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[100 Companies in Pangyo, the Silicon Valley in Asia] Youneedcharacter, a company specializing in digital character and animation
By Ellen Lee
-TV animation Cricket Pang broadcast in India TV and OTT channel
-Character IP strengthens global competitiveness by launching educational apps and mobile games
These days, various Hallyu (Korean wave) contents ranging from music and video to games are valued highly in the global market. Led by K-pop and K-dramas, the global awareness of various digital video contents such as broadcasting, animation, and movies is rising. With this, the global challenges of content companies that will prove the competitiveness of K-culture are also accelerating. Among them, Youneedcharacter is producing the TV animation Cricket Pang that will be aired on local TV and OTT channels in India in December. Its business footsteps are attracting attention from the industry in that it is the first Korean company to enter the Indian TV animation market.
Youneedcharacter is a character animation production company founded by CEO Song Min-soo in 2017 to start the intellectual property (IP) business with characters. He had previously worked at ICONIX, the maker of the famous character Pororo. In the beginning of the establishment, the company aimed to start the global business with the character IPs. But, Song realized that making animation was the way to promote the character, so the company started its direction to making animations.
Song was interested in global business from the start. But, the US already had high walls with Disney and Pixar, and the UK was still preoccupied with Thomas the Tank Engine and Harry Potter. Japan and China had their own characters that were strong, and this hesitated Song. That's when CEO Song was invited to a content-related event called India Licensing Expo as the first Korean company. To make the company recognized in India, it made animations with materials related to India. It used its national sports cricket and elephant as the subject matter in the animation. This was how the animation Cricket Pang was born.
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Cricket Pang is an animation depicting comical situations played by an elephant who loves cricket and his friends targeted for preschoolers. When Cricket Pang was released at the event, the response was so good. People in India were especially amazed at the fact that a Korean company made an animation that fit the Indian sentiment. It has currently received proposals from various buyers such as education companies."
Youneedcharacter participated in the India Licensing Expo twice in a row and built a network with Indian content producers, distributors, and post-production. It is planning to complete Cricket Pang Season 1 within this year and air it in India TV and OTT channel starting in December. "I thought there would be an animation based on cricket because of the popularity of cricket in India, but there was none," said CEO Song. Seeing the annual number of newborn babies reaching 25 million per year and the growth potential of the kids business in India, he targeted the Indian market as the main target.
Youneedcharacter is preparing various character products to develop additional business with Cricket Pang character IP along with the Season 1 airing. It plans to launch a number of education and game apps for children and young adults in the app market at the end of this year when it starts airing. It will start writing the Season 2 scenario upon finishing the production of Season 1, its goal is to make strong kids brand by building awareness in the Indian market.
The company saw the possibility of advancing into the local market through a South African broadcasting station PD who participated in the India Licensing Expo. At the end of last year, it became the first Korean company to participate in DISCOP Africa, the largest broadcasting content exhibition in Africa. Starting with India, the company plans to advance into countries that play cricket like South Africa, UK, and Australia to provide One-Source Multi-Use service. Particularly wanting to grow Youneedcharacter as an animation company with strong digital power, Song said, "Since the non-face-to-face service has been in the spotlight since the COVID-19 outbreak, we are preparing to launch mobile services and AR educational products by using our characters."
On the reason for starting Youneedcharacter in Pangyo, Song said, "It is because networking with related affiliates such as game companies and Internet services is easy here." He then requested, "For more K-culture companies to thrive in Pangyo, there must be more networking programs among resident companies, and on top of that, joint cooperation and support programs for company branding like business programs and media PR are also needed."
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The worst of the nation's past remains present in the land: intolerance, anachronistic mentalities, threats, illegal methods... This political subculture has roots that go deeper than the feeble roots developed so far by the Peace Agreements. The country moves, but on its own axis.
Carlos G. Ramos
With some modifications in its formulation, El Salvador could be an exemplary case, the ideal reference to recover the theses of the ancient Greek philosopher Parmenides of Elea. Four years after the peace accords were signed and the war ended, too many political signs insistently demonstrate that El Salvador is still in pre transition.
The signs include the traditional behavior frameworks that rule party political behavior, the anachronistic mentality prevalent on the right that still sees destabilizing "communist" plans in every expression of social protest, or the low tolerance levels of political leaders and common citizens in general. Even more importantly, they include the tendency to use anomalous and extra legal methods as the first recourse for solving conflicts or influencing the political process.
The various components of the Salvadoran political structure were shaken by the Peace Accords, but little progress has been made in building the "new El Salvador" that "center" and "rightwing" propaganda claims is being attempted. What the left has to say about it is still an enigma, not only because few appear willing to position themselves there on the political spectrum, but also because, in general, the forces that up to now considered themselves "leftwing" seem to be retreating from political debate and their ability to influence the political process is ever weaker.
Organized Crime and a Divided ARENA
The country's socio political climate between the end of April and mid July is a good example of how El Salvador has been shaken up but not transformed. Already by mid April, the business strike in the east of the country and the Emergency Law-- approved without much thought by the Legislative Assembly-- indicated a disturbing political situation and put two very important issues at the top of the agenda for public debate: the existence of organized criminal structures and the marked divisions within the ARENA party.
Much has been said about organized crime, but neither the Emergency Law nor efforts by the police or judiciary have decisively tried to attack organized crime. On the other hand, very little has been said about the divisions in ARENA, despite new and clear indications that something very serious is happening within the governing party. The ARENA leadership has done everything possible to minimize the quarrels.
Disputes and Confrontations
The dispute sparked by Antonio Cornejo Arango, ARENA founder in the eastern zone, took on major importance in this regard. Cornejo refused to recognize the party leadership structure (COENA) because it did not faithfully represent the thinking of deceased Roberto D'Aubuisson. The poorly monitored confrontations between ARENA officials are also important. Among them are the dispute between the current ANTEL telephone company president and the party president, Juan Jose Domenech; the criticisms Domenech has made of government officials, above all the Minister of the Treasury and the Presidential Commission for State Modernization; and the declarations by liberal Democratic Party leader Kirio Waldo Salgado regarding the existence of a plan to kill him and Cornejo Arango, supposedly involving, among others, Tomas Calderon, brother of the President of the Republic, Hugo Berrera, Security Minister, and Rolando Garcia, deputy director of the Civil National Police (PNC). While this latter is not yet certain, it is still a concern.
This is the context for a series of incidents that have marked a definite rhythm in the political scene in the last three months, reminding everyone that the worst of the past is still with us, and its roots are deeper than those the Peace Accords have been able to generate.
The First Bomb Explodes
The first of a series of incidents started at 8:20pm on April 25, with the explosion of a car bomb a short distance from the residences of former President Cristiani and businessman Saul Suster, president of ANTEL during Cristiani's administration.
Reactions to the bombing varied. The police speculated that it could have been a desperate act triggered by PNC actions. The ARENA party president blamed extreme left elements, which he accused of trying to provoke a climate of instability. Ronald Umana, General Secretary of one of the Christian Democratic Party fractions, was even more direct, claiming it was a typical FMLN terrorist attack. The FMLN leadership, challenged Umana, should "give explanations about this attack, because we all know they used these terrorist methods during the war." The FMLN expressed concern for the political consequences and called it an "attack against the peace process and democratization." Less publicized versions associated the car bomb with ARENA's increasingly evident internal disputes-- a business strike had taken place in the east two weeks earlier.
Nothing was said about a possible link between this incident and negotiations between the Suster family and an unknown group that kidnapped one of Saul Suster's children in September 1995. That kidnapping apparently incorporates not only economic motives and demands, but also political ones. The length of time of the capture, Suster's position in the Cristiani government and ARENA party and, above all, his close friendship with Cristiani lend credence to that possibility.
On this point, El Mundo, a newsdaily linked to rightwing circles, suggested in August that the kidnapping may have been committed by "ultra right or ex military groups" which dedicated themselves to similar kinds of activities during the war.
Even when little information was available about the incident, it was learned that Cristiani's residence was robbed by unknown thieves after the car bomb exploded.
The Second Explosion
Less than a month later, a second bomb went off, damaging the Insurance and Investment Company building, whose largest shareholder is Alfredo Cristiani. Cristiani's own offices are in the same building. The explosion again took place at 8:20 pm, this time on May 23. At that hour, apparently, Cristiani was in ARENA headquarters celebrating the birthday of party president Juan Jose Domenech. Various ARENA leaders were present during the attack, but made no public statements.
The concentration of the attacks in a relatively short time period, their synchronized detonation time apparently to serve as a warning while minimizing the possibility of victims and the use of materials (C 4 plastic explosives, at least in the first attempt) employed by the army suggest professionalism and experience. The coordination in implementing both incidents could not be controlled by novices without committing major errors or leaving multiple witnesses. All of this led the Salvadoran government to solicit the collaboration of FBI experts in explosives and investigating terrorist attacks.
Four University Students?
On June 15, after almost a month of confusing investigations and the finding of a questionable key witness about whom little is publicly known, the PNC's Organized Crime Investigation Department (DICO) captured four law students from the University of El Salvador as the supposed perpetrators of the crime. The police assured that the students were part of an organization that calls itself "Popular Revolutionary Voice of the People," organized within the University. They accused a university professora an important Supreme Court official--of intellectual involvement in the students activities. Incomprehensibly, the professor was neither held nor interrogated.
Few think the police argument holds water. Even ex President Cristiani insinuated the need for more investigation. After the arrests, however, the police investigation appeared to be closed by higher orders, leaving the judicial process with a weak basis: an accusation against a university professor of intellectual responsibility without even enough evidence to permit his incarceration, an enigmatic key witness, evidence that could be refuted--a C 4 tablet, according to the accused, was planted in his house by a police agent at the moment of his capture--and a logo of a clandestine organization whose initials do not even corres pond to the supposed group.
Even if the accused are members of the clandestine university group, their characteristics do not seem to meet the requirements needed to have been able to execute actions like those perpetrated against ex President Cristiani. Strangest of all is that, accepting the guilt of the accused, the attacks have no defined motives. What sense and political logic is there behind these attempts against Cristiani, since he is not on the immediate horizon of conflicts for that clandestine group? Why run such high and dangerous risks? In fact, apart from placing the incidents in the lax category of terrorism, neither the police nor the prosecutor have given any halfway reasonable hypothesis to explain the motives behind the attacks.
"Your Days are Numbered"
In this context of terrorism with political motives and doubtful police investigations to clarify them, other incidents added to the already turbulent political climate. As in earlier critical moments, the existence of threatening notes by extreme right clandestine organizations became public.
The first of these messages, sent by a group calling itself the Major Roberto D'Aubuisson Nationalist Force (FURODA), was made public the first week of July. According to this FURODA, the moment of confrontation with anti government forces-- including local media and the "ominous" international press--has arrived. The message indicates that the time has come for all those "destabilizing and sell out elements" who defame honorable people like Tomás Calderón, Security Minister Hugo Barrera, Interior Minister Mario Acosta and the ARENA president. Finally, it provides a list of 15 people, among them politicians and religious people, who could become FURODA targets and warns that they will pay for defending terrorists based in the University of El Salvador who continue destabilizing the country.
Recalling one of the multiple rebuffs of the President of the Republic to his political opposition, FURODA's message warns "all those bad seeds"--in this case those protesting the failure to comply with labor laws in tax free zones--that "we are letting you know your days are numbered."
Against "the False Right"
After a chain of criticisms against this presumed rightwing group, a second, even more distressing, communication was made public. In this one, FURODA refers to the "scheming government officials," whose incredulity in the face of the warnings is because they do not know that the struggle since 1980 has been "to keep El Salvador from falling into the hands of the traitors of the false right." It adds that the warnings are fatal and clarifies the threat against the international press, explaining that it refers to "those correspondents who serve the interests of traitors who report negatively about the government and the transparent privatization process." Finally, it insists that the "pigs" or "political pigs," using another of President Calderón Sol's terms against leftwing politicians, "will not make it to the next elections." "This," it warns, "we have sworn before the cold, but nationalist face of Roberto D'Aubuisson. For this reason we are not put out by the schemers, who have never offered their quota of blood, commitment and sacrifice."
Without going into great detail, at least two more messages were made public the first two weeks of July. The first, in the name of the National Front for Mental Health, criticized FURODA and made its own threats against important political personalities. The second, which was more commented upon, was the work of the supposed National Liberation Strategic Command, made up of high and mid level armed forces officers. It threatened a coup if the President of the Republic did not dismiss cabinet officials linked to organized crime. Calderón Sol, the communication warns, "should act as soon as possible, or else we will take control of the state so that the glorious Armed Forces can once again be the symbol of change and the people's armed tool."
The Same Country as Always
That these communications respond to real clandestine paramilitary groups is unclear. Even though the majority of the threats are directed towards the opposition, all of them express discontent with the government in one form or another and reflect differences regarding the political line that ARENA should adopt.
It is hard to know what is behind the communications and how true the threats are. Paramilitary clandestine groups? Ultra rightwing sectors seeking to benefit from a modification in the correlation of forces before the elections? Retired military officers unhappy with the results of the process--in which they have paid the greatest costs while others have reaped the benefits? Or an operation mounted by some parallel intelligence office? All are possible. No evidence exists to suggest which hypothesis is more likely.
What is clear is that all of these incidents in the last quarter, as well as the political climate to which they have contributed, are expressions of the fact that, despite publicized institutional modernization, the mentalities, political conduct and methods used to influence the process and political decisions have not changed. Other controversies and incidents confirm this.
El Salvador has been shaken up and it has moved, but it is moving along its own axis. Very little has changed after four intense years of transition. We are in a permanent, unchanging country.

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Sri Lanka to import 300,000 tonnes of rice as crop loss expected
Tuesday January 11, 2022 10:19 am
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka's cabinet of minister has approved the import of 300,000 metric tonnes of rice to increase the supply, a government statement said, with crop losses expected due to the use of organic fertilizer.
The Minister of Trade had been given approval to import 200,000 metric tonnes of Nadu type rice (parboiled) and 100,000 tonnes of GR11 short grain rice.
GR11 is a substitute for Samba, the statement said.
The cabinet had earlier approved the import of 100,000 metric tonnes of rice.
These rice will be imported from India, cabinet spokesman Minister Ramesh Pathirana said.
Rice prices have moved up and imports are to stabilize prices, he said.
Stat-run Sathosa and some private traders have been allowed to import rice, Minister Pathirana said.
At least 30,000 metric tonnes had been imported from Myanmar.
Sri Lanka has restricted the import of rice which has allowed millers to drive up prices.
However in the Maha season, where harvesting begins from around February, crop losses are expected due to a ban on chemical fertilizer and agro-chemical import. (Colombo/Jan11/2021)


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Carlos Andrés y Morell (also known as Carles Andrés i Morell in Valencian) (1753–1820) was a Spanish philosopher, lawyer, politician and writer. He was the deputy for the district of Alcoy in Cortes of Cadiz.

Biography
Born in Planes in 1753 and belonging to the nobility, he was a lawyer for the Royal Councils. Appointed alternate deputy for the province of Valencia, he was elected by the fifty-one corresponding electors, on February 14, 1810 in the City Council, his power being approved by the Cortes on June 12, 1811, by replacing the elected deputy José Lledó, who, although he had been elected on February 2, 1810, could not attend because he was captured by the French. He was sworn in and took office in the session of June 12, 1811.

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Did you get out to the Ardenwood Harvest Festival last week? We went on Sunday and had a blast, this is my favorite visit here during the year. We finally got to take a tour of the Patterson House where they had docents talking about life on the farm, weaving lace, or demonstrating fun kitchen gadgets from times long gone. We saw Brian Scott's magic show, sang songs with David Maloney, churned ice cream, picked indian corn, and rode the funky little train. The farm is fun to visit year round, there is always something interesting going on - well worth the trip!
This week's adventure is down the coast a bit. The Half Moon Bay Pumpkin festival gets a lot of press, and it's a wonderful event, but getting there can be a nightmare. We like to head a bit further south towards Pescadero (which means the place to fish in Spanish), make a stop at Bob's pumpkin patch for great pumpkins at affordable prices and their spectacular view, then stop in at Harley Farms to see the goats, and Duarte's to grab a little bite to eat. Pescadero State Beach is also right here and if the weather is suitable, quite a nice spot to dip your toes in the water.
We love Bob's for a number of reasons.
Simply pumpkins. No bounce houses, petting zoo's, or other silliness. Just picturesque pumpkins of all kind and sizes.
Affordable. I'm pretty sure we walked out with 2 pumpkins for around $10 last year.
Wheelbarrows available to haul your goods.
Epic view of the ocean.
Favorable photo conditions, especially if it's overcast. Get those Halloween pictures in.
This had become somewhat of a tradition for us. We avoid all the craziness of getting to Half Moon Bay by taking Highway 84 over (which can be taxing if you tend to get car sick), and we get a relaxed atmosphere to go wander around in the pumpkins, take a few pictures, and walk out not feeling like I got fleeced for pumpkins. They also have a wide selection of pumpkins and other various gourds for all your Halloween decoration pleasures.
Bob's is located on the east side of Highway 1 about half way between Highway 92 and 84. There are some giant signs on the side of the road for either Bob's Vegetable Stand or Pumpkin Patch. Just keep your eyes open. There is abundant free parking. If you take Highway 84 over from 280, just take a right when you get to the coast and drive north for maybe 10 minutes.
Either one of these beaches is highly picturesque and a nice place to stop. If you've ever driven down highway 1, you have probably passed both these places and thought about stopping. San Gregorio is known for its brackish lagoon as there is a creek that empties out here. I believe that parking is just on the shoulder here and you have to make due as best you can. It's been a while since I've been and I couldn't dig up any info.
Pescadero State Beach has a parking area and costs $8. It's one of those old school pay stations, fill in the envelope with your vehicle info, put in the exact change, and drop it in the box. If the weather isn't bad, it's a great opportunity to go dip your toes in the cool Pacific.
Driving south on Highway 1, you want to look for Pescadero Creek Road and take that east to get to the town of Pescadero, just a short drive inland. This is a wonderful little town to walk around in, lots of cute shops and some good coffee can be found. Great spot to meander away an hour or so. Parking is free, but it can get crowded on the weekends.
Hey kids, do you want to see where cheese is made? Meet some goats? Sample some chèvre? Maybe go on a tour of the cheesemaking process? This is a delightful spot to visit, a sustainable farm that makes excellent product. It's one of the spots briefly mentioned in Michael Pollan's book Omnivore's Dilemma for their sustainable practices.
Go pet some goats, taste some chèvre, and if you are planning on taking some home, you might want to bring a cooler with some ice.
Established as a barbershop and saloon in 1894, Duarte's is the go to place for locals and weekenders who have a love of food. Know for their Cream of Artichoke soup since the 1960's, I'd suggest getting the half & half: half Artichoke soup, half Cream of Green Chile, and don't forget to get a slice of any of their epic pies at the end. You really aren't going to go wrong with anything on the menu. It can get pretty crowded here on the weekends, so you might want to put in a reservation given the opportunity. They have coloring menu's for the kids and affordable tasty food especially for them too.
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This was such an amazing trip! So much to see, it was like being in fantasyland. It was snowing at the top of the mountain and everyone was skiing. So incredibly beautiful. We stopped in Vic along the way and got lunch, so fun, flea market was great!
Our guide was Geordy and he did a wonderful job. We went to VIC really interesting because it was Saturday Oct 12, 2014 and the locals where having a farm market. Never saw so many mushrooms. Saw the oldest Roman ruins in all of Spain in VIC. Geordy told us to buy some food for lunch in the market so we could have a picnic in the mountains. Rode the zipper train up the Pryrenees, and nice resort near the top and a lift up to the top. We had a grand time but tired when we returned.


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Board your flight to Quito, Ecuador.
Quito is home to an array of beautiful cathedrals, elegant old mansions, interesting museums, squares and parks. The wonderful spring-like climate is dominated by mountains with several snow-capped volcanoes. Quito was also declared one of the most important world cultural heritage sites in Latin America by UNESCO.
¡Bienvenido a Ecuador! A Forum Tour Representative will greet you at the airport upon arrival and help you transfer to your host families for dinner and night accommodation.
Simon Bolivar Spanish School is located just 3 blocks from the center of the La Mariscal District – a place calm enough to study, but close enough to all that you could need. Students will participate in Spanish classes 4 hours/day, Monday through Friday. In addition to the Spanish classes, your group will participate in pre-planned activities where you will discover more of the culture and history of Ecuador.
Students will be placed 2 or 3 per family and contact information of the host family will be sent approximately 2 to 4 weeks prior to departure. Host families will be located 5-20 minutes walking from the Simon Bolivar Spanish School.
08:30am to 12:30pm Group Spanish classes.
This afternoon, meet your group at Simon Bolivar for a Quito City tour! Drive into the heart of colonial Quito and experience the charm of Indepen dence Square with its awe-inspiring Cathedral, Presidential Palace and Arc hbishop's Palace.
See the church of La Compañía – considered to be the finest example of baroque architecture in America.
You will also see the church and monastery of San Francisco.
End your tour at Panecillo Hill – an ideal location for a panoramic view of this historic capital.
This evening, return to Simon Bolivar for a fun lecture about Ecuador's common idioms and slang!
This afternoon, meet your group at Simon Bolivar for a trip to the Teleférico. The cable car lift runs from the edge of the city center up to the east side of Pichincha Volcano.
This afternoon, meet your group at Simon Bolivar and visit a local day-care/ nursery and spend time with local children.
This evening, partake in a cooking lesson and learn how to make a typical Ecuadorian dish!
After breakfast with your host family, meet your group at Simon Bolivar for a day trip to Otavalo.
En-route you will go through the Awakening Valley in Calderón with its bread-dough figures and Cayambe which is known for the local cuisine.
Arrive in Otavalo and see its famous indigenous market, offering hand-knitted wool sweaters, colorful tapestries, wood carvings, silver jewelry, native paintings, woolen and panama hats, and much more.
Stop for lunch at the traditional hacienda Pinsaqui and enjoy the amazing landscape of this beautiful area.
Visit Cotacachi – an entire town dedicated to selling fine leather products and handicrafts.
Return to Quito for dinner and night accommodation with your host families.
After breakfast with your host family, meet your group at Simon Bolivar for a day trip to Mindo – one of the most megadiverse spots in Ecuador. It is a hotspot for birdwatchers and is also home to many species of orchids and butterflies.
Upon arrival, tube down the river to a spot to take the bus to the higher part of Mindo.
Then, go on a canopy or rafting tour and enjoy an adventure with amazing views.
Have lunch with your group.
After, have some free time to stroll around the town and pick up some souvenirs at the local market.
This afternoon, return to Simon Bolivar for a fun class on Ecuador's typical musical instruments!
Later, meet your group at Simon Bolivar for a trip to the Mitad del Mundo – the invisible line known as the Equator. See the famous monument and stand with one foot in each hemisphere!
This afternoon, return to Simon Bolivar with your group for a "movie afternoon" where you will see a Spanish language film and of course, have popcorn and snacks!
This afternoon, return to Simon Bolivar with your group for a salsa dance class to learn Ecuador's Latin rhythm.
Say hasta luego to your Spanish school and receive your Certificate of Participation!
Say "gracias y hasta luego" to your host family and transfer to the airport for your flight back home.


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Leatherback Sea Turtle Populations Show Growth
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Some populations of leatherback sea turtles are growing.
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The number of endangered leatherback sea turtle nests at 68 beaches in Florida has increased.
The number of endangered leatherback sea turtle nests at 68 beaches in Florida has increased by 10.2 percent a year overall since 1979, according to a new Duke University-led study. Some of the beaches surveyed posted annual increases of leatherback sea turtles of more than 16 percent, whereas in other cases, the growth was just 3.1 percent.
This population boom of leatherback sea turtle nests in Florida mirrors trends observed for other Atlantic leatherback sea turtle populations and is "very encouraging news," according to Larry B. Crowder, director of the Duke Center for Marine Conservation. "It suggests that conservation and recovery efforts mandated under the Endangered Species Act are paying off region-wide."
Crowder said that the leatherback sea turtle population growth has likely been fueled in part by improved monitoring and protection of nesting beaches over the last 30 years, but other less benign factors may also be at work.
"Nesting is increasing even where beach protection has not been enhanced," Crowder said. "Changing ocean conditions linked to climate variability may be altering the marine food web and creating an environment that favors turtles by reducing the number of predators and increasing the abundance of prey, particularly jellyfish."
"With plenty of jellyfish to munch on, breeding-age female leatherbacks may be able to build up fat reserves more quickly, allowing them to nest more frequently," said Kelly Stewart, lead author of the study.
Stewart said that she thinks reduced populations of large predators, including the collapse of shark populations in the northwest Atlantic over the past decade, may be playing an even larger role in the turtle boom by decreasing at-sea mortality rates for juvenile and young adult leatherback sea turtles.
Despite being a small population – scientists estimate fewer than 1,000 leatherback sea turtles nest on Florida's beaches – the increase in nest counts may help achieve objectives of the federal Endangered Species Act-mandated recovery plan, according to Stewart.
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News for leatherback sea turtle populations elsewhere is not so encouraging, however. Leatherback sea turtle populations have plummeted at eastern Pacific nesting beaches in Mexico and Costa Rica, which once hosted thousands of female leatherback sea turtles each year. Extirpation of the species (meaning local extinction) may be imminent on those nesting beaches.
"The good news is that while most sea turtle populations continue to decline, some are growing in numbers," Crowder said. "We need to understand why they are increasing as much as why others are declining, so we can transfer this understanding to other at-risk marine turtles, like Pacific leatherbacks."
Stewart, Crowder and their colleagues modeled the 30-year leatherback sea turtle nest counts on Florida beaches using a type of multilevel statistical analysis called Poisson regression, which is frequently used to model numbers affected by multiple, often random, factors. Nest counts are the most reliable way of assessing trends in sea turtle populations because these reptiles spend most of their lives roaming the open ocean, where changes in their abundance are very difficult to detect.
Full paper: Kelly Stewart, Michelle Sims, Anne Meylan, Blair Witherington, Beth Brost, Larry B. Crowder. Leatherback nests increasing significantly in Florida, USA; trends assessed over 30 years using multilevel modeling. Ecological Applications, 2011; 21 (1): 263 DOI: 10.1890/09-1838.1
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Be in your seat and ready to start class when the bell rings.
Students will be evaluated based on homework completion, classwork assignments and test/quiz/project grades.
Homework – It is not formally assigned on a nightly basis, except when completing a unfinished classwork, research for a project and/or in preparing for a test or quiz. However, I strongly recommend that students review their class notes and materials in their notebooks on a consistent basis to keep the information fresh and to stay on top of the curriculum.
Make-up work – If a student is absent it is his/her responsibility to check with me for missed notes or handouts and to turn in any work they might have missed in a timely manner. Students are allowed one day for every day they were absent to make-up their work. Any previously given assignments are due on the day the student returns to school unless other arrangements have been made with me. Any missed notes or worksheets will be with for the student to collect when they return.
Late work – Students lose 10 points for every day an assignment is late.
Participation – A students participation is a window into whether or not they are understanding, obtaining and can use the information they are learning in class. Participation in my class is an essential part of a students' grade.


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Topic: Overweight & obesity
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2018) Overweight and obesity rates across Australia 2014–15, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 29 January 2023.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2018). Overweight and obesity rates across Australia 2014–15. Canberra: AIHW.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Overweight and obesity rates across Australia 2014–15. AIHW, 2018.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Overweight and obesity rates across Australia 2014–15. Canberra: AIHW; 2018.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2018, Overweight and obesity rates across Australia 2014–15, AIHW, Canberra.
The effects of overweight and obesity are a leading health concern in Australia. This report presents local rates of overweight and obesity by Primary Health Network areas, which in 2014–15 ranged from 53% in Northern Sydney to 73% in Country South Australia. It reveals higher rates for people in regional areas than in cities. The report also focuses on obesity and shows that the rate of obese adults ranged from 16% in Central and Eastern Sydney to 38% in Country South Australia.
National statistics can't always show the full extent of an issue. This report shines a light on rates of overweight and obesity at the local level, presented by Primary Health Network (PHN) areas across Australia.
Supplementary data tables and interactive data visualisations were updated in June 2018 to include age-standardised rates for comparative purposes.
This report was first published on the MyHealthyCommunities website.
Cat. no: HPF 27
The percentage of overweight or obese adults ranged from 53% in Northern Sydney to 73% in Country SA
Overweight and obesity rates were generally higher in regional PHN areas than in metropolitan PHN areas
The percentage of obese adults ranged from 16% in Central and Eastern Sydney to 38% in Country SA
The obesity rate was 25% or higher in 18 of the PHN areas for which results were available.
Overweight and obesity are important public health issues in Australia, as health problems related to excess body weight impact our health care system, as well as individuals, families and the community.
The report finds that in 2014–15:
After excluding adults who were overweight, the percentage of obese adults ranged from 16% in Central and Eastern Sydney to 38% in Country SA
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NHMRC (National Health and Medical Research Council) 2013. Clinical practice guidelines for the management of overweight and obesity in adults, adolescents and children in Australia. Melbourne: NHMRC.
OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) 2015. Health at a Glance 2015: OECD Indicators. Paris: OECD. Viewed 16 August 2016, http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/health_glance-2015-en.
ABS (Australian Bureau of Statistics) 2015. National Health Survey: First results, 2014–2015. ABS cat. no. 4364.0.55.001. Canberra: ABS. Viewed 20 September 2016.
ABS 2009. National Health Survey: Summary of results, 2007–2008 (Reissue). ABS cat no. 4364.0. Canberra: ABS. Viewed 20 September 2016.
ABS 2013. Australian Health Survey: Updated results, 2011–2012. ABS cat. no. 4364.0.55.003.Canberra: ABS. Viewed 18 September 2016.
COAG (Council of Australian Governments) 2016. Council of Australian Governments: Report on performance 2016. Canberra: COAG.
WHO (World Health Organization) 2000. Obesity: Preventing and managing the global epidemic. WHO Technical Report Series 894. Geneva: WHO.
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TONS of WASTE: China has closed access to Mount Everest for an indefinite period due to tons of trash and human excrement being left along the access trails. So far Chinese workers have hauled out 8.4 metric tons of waste. of waste, including garbage and human waste.
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My Micro Magic is finally painted!
My Micro Magic is finally painted. A couple of pics added to http://townsendpdx.com/rc-sailing/micro-magic/. Had a tough time painting outdoors in these temperatures, so it's not perfect. It will be great to get back to boat building again!


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Colaiste na Trócaire participated in the Interschool Showjumping competition held in Clonshire Equestrian Centre on Monday October 27th. Lucy Fitzgibbon, Harriett Cronin, Holly O'Connell and Sarah Flaherty were on the team.
Congratulations to Maurice Noonan of third year who was on the Munster team that won an All-Ireland medal in the Wheelchair Hurling competition held in Sligo over the mid-term.
Congratulations also to all those who took part in the 5k run/walk which was held on October 24th. The event was a huge success and the funds raised will be used to improve the sports facilities in the school.
The West Limerick Schools hurling team defeated St. Flannan's in Sixmilebridge, the final score was 3.17 to 9 points
PICTURED: A group of second year students preparing for the 5K Fun Run
PICTURED: Lucy Fitzgibbon, Amy O'Sullivan, Eoin Kelly and Joanne Foley students of Coláiste na Trócaire who took part in the 5K Fun Run
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(RxWiki News) Americans may be getting less sleep than they have in previous years, and it might be because of smartphones.
Data from a 2015 survey found that 57.8 percent of middle school students and 72.7 percent of high school students did not get enough sleep on school nights.
Lack of sleep is not only linked to chronic conditions like type 2 diabetes and heart disease, but it's associated with motor vehicle crashes and poor academic performance among children.
Those between the ages of 6 and 12 should regularly sleep nine to 12 hours.
Teenagers should sleep eight to 10 hours.
Adults need at least seven hours.
What Does Your Phone Have to Do with It?
1) Smartphones, tablets, and computers all emit a blue light. This blue light is stimulating and can keep you up. This light reduces the amount of melatonin released in your brain, according to Harvard Medical School researchers. In fact, an experiment conducted by Harvard researchers and their colleagues looked at the effects of 6.5 hours of exposure to blue light compared to exposure to green light. They found the blue light reduced the release of melatonin for around twice as long as the green light did. Furthermore, the blue light affected circadian rhythms about twice as much.
2) Surfing the Web, checking emails, and using social media can affect your mood and, as a result, your sleep.
3) Having your phone so close means your sleep can be disturbed that much more easily by noisy notifications like texts and emails.
Create a comfortable sleeping environment to improve your sleep. This may mean turning down the temperature, turning off the TV and making the room dark. The bedroom should be reserved for sleep.
This means you should unplug before tucking in. Stop using your electronics at least 30 minutes before bedtime. Better yet, avoid bringing computers, iPads, TVs or work into the bedroom. You want to limit your exposure to blue light before bedtime.
Furthermore, avoid looking at bright screens two to three hours before bed. You can use dim red lights for night lights if you need to.
For your kids, implement a media curfew. Although this is important for kids, a media curfew can be beneficial for all age groups.
For more information, check out Ways to Improve Sleep. Ask your health care provider any questions you have about good sleep hygiene.


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CNN chief outlines changes to network after layoffs, including ending live programming on HLN
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CNN on Thursday carried out massive layoffs and implemented a series of changes that impacted several divisions of the news organization, including the end of live programming on HLN, the company's chief executive said. , Chris Licht, in a memo to employees.
"The changes we are making today are necessary and will make us stronger and better positioned to place big bets in the future without fear of failure," Licht wrote in his memo.
The layoffs, which began Wednesday and were expected to affect hundreds of employees, were largely complete by Thursday afternoon. A CNN spokesperson declined to say how many employees were laid off, but the cuts targeted several areas of the company, including some on-air talent and members of management.
The series of changes, which came after Licht led a months-long review of CNN's operations after taking over as network helm in May, included the end of live programming on longtime sister channel HLN. from CNN. Licht said that starting Dec. 6, CNN "will no longer be producing live programming for HLN."
HLN will instead simulcast "CNN This Morning" and, Licht said, HLN's crime programming will transition to Kathleen Finch, head of programming at Warner Bros. Discovery, the parent company of CNN.
"I want to take a moment to thank Robin Meade — she's not only an exceptionally popular presenter, but also one of the longest-serving morning hosts in history," Licht wrote in her memo. "I know she and the other HLN talents will be missed by the HLN audience."
Licht said the network is "changing our approach to paid contributors as well," after cutting itself off from its stable of commentators on Wednesday.
"In some areas we will rely more on our CNN reporters," Licht wrote. "Overall, we will engage contributors who are subject matter experts who broaden and diversify the viewpoints we bring to our audience."
Licht said other changes included CNN International "reorganizing some of its teams and offices." And he said, effective immediately, CNN International's 5 p.m. ET show "will be replaced by a simulcast of CNN US for that half hour."
CNN en Español, Licht said, will strive to diversify its audience beyond news. Licht said CNN will still produce news for the channel, but will "seek to develop a much more robust digital platform for CNNE with the goal of launching it in 2024."
Licht also announced that several other divisions were being restructured, including news gathering, operations, research, creative marketing and programming in the United States.
When the layoffs began on Wednesday, Licht described the process as a "punch" for the network, telling employees in a memo that "it is incredibly difficult to say goodbye to a CNN team member. , let alone many."
Employees at the company have been anxiously preparing for the layoffs since Licht informed them last month that "troubling" changes awaited them.
The layoffs come as media companies are battered by brutal economic headwinds that have hit the advertising industry. Licht noted in October, when he signaled that major cuts were coming, that there was "widespread concern about the global economic outlook" and that CNN "must consider this risk in [its] long term planning.
Other media organizations have also cut costs as they strive to position themselves as best they can in the stormy economic climate. Disney said last week the company needed to restructure, and AMC Networks said Tuesday it would cut 20% of its workforce. Social media companies such as Meta, which also rely on ad revenue, have also made layoffs in recent months.
CNN, which still posts hundreds of millions of dollars in profits, has been spared the cuts that have wreaked havoc on the industry during the pandemic. Prior to this year, the last significant cuts to the organization date back to 2018, when less than 50 people lost their jobs as the company restructured its digital business.
The cuts to the organization also come after CNN's former parent company WarnerMedia merged with Discovery earlier this year, creating a media juggernaut laden with billions of dollars in debt and a need to cut costs at all levels. levels. The merger had just been completed in April when the company announced it was shutting down the CNN+ streaming service a month after its launch.
David Zaslav, CEO of Warner Bros. Discovery, the company that was created when WarnerMedia and Discovery became one, promised investors it would find more than $3 billion in savings in the combined organization.
After Licht took over as head of CNN, he conducted a review of the company for several months. That review led him to identify changes that should be made, Licht said in October. Some of these changes have already been implemented, as CNN has made small cuts to parts of its business over the past few months.
"Our goal throughout the strategic review process has been to better align our people, processes and resources with our future priorities, strengthen our ability to fulfill CNN's core journalistic mission, and enable us to innovate in years to come," Licht said in his Thursday. note. "At the highest level, the goal is to direct our resources to better serve and grow audiences for our core programs and news products."
"To achieve these goals, we will reduce vacancies, reinvent our workflows, and align our people, investments and focus around three key strategic priorities: programming, newsgathering and digital," added Light. "All decisions are designed to strengthen the core of our business."
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If you want to melt away fat, build lean muscle and get serious about your fitness, then join Jody Hendrix in RIPT90: Get Ripped in 90 Days.
RIPT90: Get Ripped in 90 Days Review 1: Did all 90 days. Now in the best shape I've been in. I'm going back for another 90 days to maintain and improve.
I finished. I'm 48 and did all 90 days. No, I do not look like the trainer (Jody) but I do look very fit so I'm happy with the results. As Jody mentions in the videos, diet has as much to do with it as exercise. Other reviews mentioned that Jody is a likable trainer, and not an "in your face bro" kind of guy. I totally agree. There's a bit of humor thrown in that helps to keep things fun. The workouts themselves are very challenging, even after all 90 days. Another thing often mentioned by Jody is your responsibility to scale the exercises. There is always one of his trainees in the video doing an alternate scaled version of the exercise to help guide you. I found that a few of the activities were a little too high impact or too difficult for me so I scaled them down (for example using pull-down bands rather than doing pull ups). By the end, there were even a few exercises that I was able to scale up for a little extra challenge. For the most part, I was still challenged all the way through doing the routines as is.
The only modification I might suggest to the program itself is that the arm workout isn't used enough. I took a few weeks off and now I'm restarting. This time I'm going to fit the arm workout into a few extra days.
It's nice to see a variety of trainees used in the videos ranging from a college kid, to a mom, to a bulky business man, to an older guy (like me). It's not a bunch of super pumped body builders – just regular fit people.
Don't let the workout titles scare you, they are just creative marketing. You will be sore at times but you will feel and look strong if you keep with it and eat well. Don't expect to jump right in and do a routine strict from start to finish. Do what you can and you'll notice the gains quickly. While you are waiting for your DVDs to arrive, start doing some daily push ups and squats to get yourself ready!
I have just done a few of these workouts thus far. Because they all seem repetitive and basic I see myself putting the workouts to paper and doing them without the video. I consider this set to be a good workout plan. I paid $30 for the plan. Not bad.
Ript90 is ahead of P90X, because I just don't want to exercise 1 hour 6 days per week. I like Rushfit the most as it is the best routine for functional fitness and athletics (I play lots of baseball). It is also fast paced and more interesting than Supreme 90 Day, Ript90 and P90X which are similar to each other. Ruthless isn't bad. I just prefer to lift weights.
I like Jody Hendricks training style the most. Steve Uria of Ruthless is obnoxious and Tony Horton is a clown. The S90 trainer, Tom Holland is similar to Jody Hendricks. I like him, too.
Update: I stuck with the plan for 3 weeks and made much of progress! I got side-tracked by whooping cough, but I am back at it, now (amazing how much strength and condition one loses after 4 weeks time). I really like that I am doing lots of pull ups with this routine and lots of pushups, too. I added a star to my original review!
I'm a big fan of the beach body products and have completed all P90X, Core De Force, Hammer and Chisel and Body Beast 2x. I wanted to try something new and was a bit hesitant based on the low cost. The production isn't as good, but realistically, you're not really watching it, you're working out.
First of all, the host, Jody, he is probably my favorite of all of the hosts. Not annoying and admits when he can't keep up or do a set. It motivates you to push it out when he is tanked. He also doesn't ramble on as much as others.
The programs aren't too hard. I have a decent fitness level to start with, so I have no problems completing all the workouts. Although death by thrusters almost got me! The workouts are also shorter than others I've done. Some are between 20-30 minutes. But there is little down time, so you get a decent workout. I've supplemented by running or biking after the shorter workouts.
I would highly recommend this for someone looking to cut body fat, lots of regular old school exercises like pushups and squats. My only gripes would be to make them slightly longer, and incorporate stretching/cool down at the end. I love that they don't push overpriced products during the workout. Overall I think this is just as good if not better than other similar products at a fraction of the cost.


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Really? 1234 is the most common iPhone passcode
Haven't you guys seen the cult-classic film Hackers? I mean, we all knew love, sex, and god were the big three passwords thanks to the Plague, but 1234? That's a new one. Either it was an oversight on the part of Fisher Stevens' character, or the writers thought people were smarter than using 1234 as a password. I'm hoping it was an oversight, because as it turns out, 1234 is the most common password for the unlock passcode on the iPhone.
Seriously, 1234.
Amitay, creator of the iPhone security application Big Brother Camera Security, "added a feature that would anonymously capture passcodes to unlock the app itself." The result was a collection of 204,508 passcodes, and the findings are pretty hilarious. I spend a lot of time telling people that this generation of technology users are far more savvy than previous generations, but it turns out that 8,884 people didn't get the memo. The password 1234 came in first, with 8,884 uses as a passcode combination, and 0000, 2580, and 1111 came in at second to fourth place.
So here's a PSA for you — change your passcode to something other than 1234, 0000, 2580, 1111, or yours or anyone else's birthday. You'll thank me for it when you lose your phone in a bar.
We set up a random number generator to spout off some completely random numbers for you. Click here, and you'll get some assistance on keeping it random and more secure.
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How has this little girl turned one already? It seems like just yesterday I took her newborn photos. She was a blast to take photos of, and I love how this cake smashing session came together. So adorable!


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The Ten Best BARNEY MILLER Episodes of Season Four
Posted on June 1, 2021 by upperco
Welcome to a new Sitcom Tuesday! This week, we're continuing our coverage on the best of Barney Miller (1975-1982, ABC), which is currently available in full on DVD.
Barney Miller stars HAL LINDEN as Barney Miller, MAX GAIL as Wojo, RON GLASS as Harris, JACK SOO as Yemana, and STEVE LANDESBERG as Dietrich. With ABE VIGODA as Fish, RON CAREY as Levitt, and JAMES GREGORY as Luger.
Any season that follows such an obvious peak is going to pale in comparison, and Four's disruption of Three's status quo feels like the guiding point of discussion. Not only does the year lose Fish to his ill-rendered spin-off, forfeiting one of the series' most iconic figures and a reliable supplier of laughs, it also displays a continued drift away from the early seasons' multi-cam theatricality for a product that's still similarly staged, but gradually forgets the energy, pacing, and comic directive typical of this guffaw-encouraging format, which misses having a live audience. Also, as an idea-driven series where procedural trappings often pull narrative focus and motivate the biggest reactions, the dwindling novelty of Four's episodic storytelling compared to previous years' ensures that it doesn't quite reach the heights that helped make Three's classics so classic, as plots are now growing more familiar and/or occasionally contrived… And yet, if Four is unable to match Three's balanced baseline, it's also adopting more of the traits for which Barney Miller is best known, with the series' unique strengths — realism suggested via character, thanks to a quiet dramatic continuity — and more of last year's funny newbies, Levitt and Dietrich, all becoming more pronounced. To wit, Four's strongest suit is how its leads increasingly aid desired realism, for while, again, this is still an idea-driven show where regulars tend to reside in subplots that spare them of personal conflicts and suppress big laughs so they don't seem false (exceptions to both are notably great or awful — depends if reality is maintained), they do become more personalized, and believable, with added continuity from, to use just one example, arcs like Harris' attempt to locate an apartment — a runner that lasts half the year and even finds him staying with Dietrich. Now, that's a small notion where the action occurs mostly off-camera, but it makes the show feel true to life and rewards viewers for paying attention, while, most importantly, reinforcing projected naturalism, which is the series' most cherished attribute (believability) and a mounting benchmark for success. So, although this year doesn't have Three's gems, it's got a lot of fine showings by Barney Miller's standards, and in literally being peak-adjacent, it's a strong collection, coming right before a season that's a bit more complicated. But that's for next week; in the meantime, my picks for Four…
01) Episode 59: "Good-Bye, Mr. Fish (II)" (Aired: 09/22/77)
Fish is in denial about his retirement.
Written by Reinhold Weege | Directed by Danny Arnold
Part II of the season's opener, designed to give Abe Vigoda over to his spin-off, this is the first of only two outings this year with Fish, one of the series' most iconic characters. It's also Four's only entry that includes the entire "dream team" — the fullest ensemble of players who all contribute to the show's humor, while also benefiting (or at least not jeopardizing) its realism. That strength is evidenced here through Fish himself — in the nuanced, palpably human scene he shares with Barney prior to his retirement from the force, and in his departure from the series with a group goodbye that pushes relationships to the fore in a way that feels earned, and not extraneously sentimental. Also, this is one of Four's few scripts where a personal idea with a lead gets to anchor the A-story — a more rewarding design because it attaches comedic and dramatic value onto its primary asset, and deemphasizes episodic narrative concerns, which, as in this case, need to be deemphasized for realism's sake. Larry Gelman and Florence Stanley guest.
02) Episode 60: "Bugs" (Aired: 09/29/77)
Recording devices are found hidden all over the squad room.
Written by Larry Balmagia, Dennis Koenig, & Tony Sheehan | Directed by David Swift
This amusing excursion is dominated by two procedural plots, but they're both comic and generally believable — one featuring Mari Gorman (who'll test later this year for a new regular spot; more below) as a mother of four who gets arrested while trying to prostitute herself for the first time, and the other an interoffice notion for the ensemble about an exterminator finding a different kind of bug all over the precinct: recording devices. That gag is a little cutesy (bug vs. "bug"), predicting a trend throughout this season in which the straining storytelling as it pertains to the weekly cases pushes too hard to comedically compensate for its oftentimes quieter, realism-driven character work. But, thankfully, the plot's serious implications provide a weight that keeps it appropriate for these regulars and this series. Robert Costanzo appears.
03) Episode 63: "Copy Cat" (Aired: 10/27/77)
A man is committing crimes as seen on TV while Wojo finally passes his exam.
Written by Douglas Wyman & Tony Sheehan | Directed by Jeremiah Morris
The A-story about a man committing crimes as seen on TV is a comic idea that's always a hit, whether it's on Barney Miller or Car 54. Yet what makes this installment really worth celebrating are the leads' subplots — not only the stuff with Harris searching for an apartment (continuing the thought suggested in the preceding entry), but also with Wojo finally passing his exam (fifth time's the charm): an impersonal personal story. That is, it's about and motivated by the job, but indicative of who he is as a humorous but believable character. So, this is a well-balanced offering and a great showcase of Four's specific aesthetic. John Dullaghan appears.
04) Episode 65: "Chase" (Aired: 11/17/77)
Wojo crashes a taxi in a chase while Scanlon has one of his minions go undercover.
Written by Danny Arnold, Reinhold Weege, & Tom Reeder | Directed by Jeremiah Morris
Although I appreciate the story where Wojo crashes a cab on a chase because it puts one of the leads in the (literal) driver's seat of a procedural idea that's nevertheless personally revealing, I must admit that I most enjoy this episode for the return of George Murdock's Lt. Scanlon, an antagonistic force who can create job-related drama that's simultaneously rooted in his well-established depiction, thereby allowing the series to use character to reinforce the premise in story. Yes, his broadness makes him best in small doses (due to the series' high standards regarding realism), but the show knows this. Luis Avalos and George Loros also appear.
05) Episode 69: "The Bank" (Aired: 01/05/78)
A man is brought in for raising a ruckus at a sperm bank that allowed his specimen to "go bad."
Written by Tony Sheehan | Directed by Noam Pitlik
If there's any doubt that Barney Miller is an idea-driven series that predicates the bulk of its comedy and drama on story related to the premise but not the characters, I'll point to "The Bank," with the overly clever idea of a man being upset to learn that his deposit at a sperm bank has "gone bad" — a funny and slightly taboo (then novel) comic idea that enables easy jokes and exists as one of this year's most memorable. However, I'm happy to say that's not all there is to this offering, for with more of Harris' apartment quest, some great laughs from Dietrich, and the inclusion of the enjoyable Luger, there's enough character support in the periphery to make this a satisfying half hour. Sandy Sprung, Peter Jurasik, and John La Motta appear.
06) Episode 70: "The Ghost" (Aired: 01/12/78)
The cops arrest a man who claims to be haunted by a ghost.
Written by Reinhold Weege | Directed by Lee Bernhardi
Kenneth Tigar is back for this, the series' first obvious attempt to replicate the success of last year's "Werewolf," where a kook also played by Tigar similarly believed that he was another supernatural being. Because it's always a funny idea with a funny performer, the entries that adhere to this template are all candidates for these lists, even though none are as strong as the original, which was not only fresher in its episodic A-story but also had some fine character stuff in the subplot. Fortunately, this installment can boast some of the latter too, courtesy of the next development in Harris' apartment arc: he's finally moved in with Dietrich. And more than the other procedural ideas (like the erotic cake and the green card drama), it's for these incidental character bits that this is a worthwhile addition to this list and our rhetorical study. Other guests include Nehemiah Persoff, Titos Vandis, and Caroline McWilliams.
07) Episode 73: "Eviction (I)" (Aired: 02/02/78)
Barney is ordered, against his will, to evict the tenants of a condemned hotel.
Teleplay by Tony Sheehan & Tom Reeder | Story by Tom Reeder | Directed by Noam Pitlik
This two-parter is not as funny as the best of this season's output, but I appreciate it for claiming a procedural story — the cops having to evict tenants in a condemned hotel — that puts its lead character, Barney, in the center of the drama with a motivated inner dilemma: he doesn't want to throw these people out on the street, even though it's his job. Now, this is sort of a routine plot for a cop series with a humanistic bent — the moral gray area where the law is pitted against one's personal ethics — but such explicitness is a rarity for Barney Miller and more potent as a result. That said, nothing else here enthuses as much, including the exaggerated guest performances and the subplot with Dietrich falling for an amnesiac woman, which feels contrived. Also, unlike previous two-parters I've highlighted, I don't find both halves of nearly equal value, for Part II thinks it's dramatically important enough to leave the precinct for a scene, and it's not; it's gaudy and overwrought. Dave Madden is one of the guests.
08) Episode 76: "Quo Vadis?" (Aired: 03/02/78)
Barney's wife worries after she learns he's been shot.
Teleplay by Tony Sheehan | Story by Douglas Wyman & Tony Sheehan | Directed by Alex March
My pick for this year's Most Valuable Episode (MVE), "Quo Vadis?" is easily the most memorable half hour of the season, with a boldness that many in Four lack, and/or fail to actually justify. In other words, instead of the bold ideas coming from the revolving procedural door of crooks, cases, and crimes — which have to somehow pair well with quieter character work in order to satisfy as a sample of Barney Miller — this entry goes for broke with a meaty A-plot for its star: Barney, who gets shot in the line of duty. It's nothing serious — just his finger — but it speaks to the real danger of his job and the somewhat topical notions that scripts were more apt to explore in early years when discussing the difficulties inherent to this profession. Accordingly, although career-motivated, this series defines Barney by his career, rendering such drama more personal too, particularly with the long-awaited return of his wife Liz (Barbara Barrie), appearing for the first time since Two to forecast a largely off-camera arc about their separation. In fact, this and next year's "Toys" are all we'll ever see on-screen of the tension brewing between them because of this clash over the personal vs. the professional, or the series' original thesis. Yet, this isn't my MVE for merely being thesis-connected; it's my MVE because of how it affirms the show's intended realism, for by bringing back a former regular whom we know but haven't seen in a while, there's a depth of emotional history (with them and us) that elevates the believability of their combustion and produces a powerful dramatic response that's a testament to the series' continuity and its implied truth. As for the comedy, it comes largely from the procedural subplot involving an old woman and a nude painting, but it's well-drafted and helps round out this notable, unforgettable outing. Okay, it's not transcendent like "Hash," but it's a seminal display of Barney Miller. (Also, John Dullaghan appears again.)
09) Episode 77: "Hostage" (Aired: 03/23/78)
The precinct is held hostage, while a ventriloquist's dummy is brought in for harassment.
Teleplay by Reinhold Weege | Story by Chris Hayward & Reinhold Weege | Directed by Hal Linden
Despite capping off the year's Harris arc, which fleshed out his character and had fun with some mild serialization that brought personalizing continuity, this popular entry otherwise doesn't bode well for the series' interest in realism, for there's a disconcerting broadness to the comic ideas — like the subplot with the ventriloquist's dummy — and also to the dramatic ideas, with another hostage situation that tries to balance the graveness of being held at gunpoint with the manic foolishness of the guest character and the genre's ensured outcome. More succinctly: this feels like a Night Court, where reactions trump reality, and indeed, it's written by Reinhold Weege, who's not only suggesting his future series, but also what we might expect next week with Five (when he graduates from Story Editor to Producer). Oh, and this is one of the three with Mari Gorman as a new cop, Licori; she's better defined than her distaff predecessors, but the big style of playing also makes her not an ideal mainstay. Oliver Clark and Alix Elias guest.
10) Episode 78: "Evaluation" (Aired: 05/04/78)
The cops await evaluations from Barney while a mom-and-pop porn shop is vandalized.
Written by Larry Balmagia | Directed by Noam Pitlik
With a jokey procedural yarn about a mom-and-pop porn shop being vandalized by the couple's disapproving kids sitting surprisingly comfortably alongside a relatable interoffice story where the staff is nervous ahead of their evaluations, this outing manages to add enough personal support from the leads to enliven what are otherwise two job-related ideas, one of which is guest-led and indicative of some of the heightened, too-clever falseness that's been sneaking into this year's plots. So, it's not a perfect showing — Gorman continues to grate, and, as with the two offerings directly above, we miss the absent Yemana (stay tuned…) — but it is an affable example of Season Four. Kay Medford, Richard Libertini, and Garn Stephens appear.
Other notable episodes that merit mention include: "Wojo's Problem," which has a great, personal A-story with Wojo but a particularly aggressive use of Gorman's Licori, "Atomic Bomb," which has two big, broad ideas that are memorable, but don't offer enough support from the regulars for this era, and "Blizzard," a tight ensemble show with several funny ideas (but not as much character fare). Other interesting offerings of lesser quality include: "Appendicitis," which has an unmotivated but centralizing A-story with Yemana and some overly cute procedural ideas that feel false, "Inauguration," which deploys a real-life development to find a mild interpersonal conflict related to Harris' fate on the force, "Tunnel," where small character beats compensate for mediocrity elsewhere, and "Good-Bye, Mr. Fish (I)," the first Fish-less half of the two-parter discussed above.
*** The MVE Award for the Best Episode from Season Four of Barney Miller goes to…
Come back next week for Season Five! And stay tuned tomorrow for a new Wildcard!
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