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Chris Berkel is not doing it this week, but I will still give it my best try. Wish me luck!
Nothing like an end to a four game series that is a Sunday night game and has been advertised on ESPN for the past week.
It will be the first game back in Atlanta for Craig Kimbrel, Mevil Upton Jr., and some others. It should be fun to watch.
Two teams that are desperately trying to get away from the vicinity of the 500 mark. It also doesn't hurt that Lester and Sanchez are pitching.
The roles have sort of reversed over the course of the season in terms of records for these teams. Hudson and Harvey are pitching which is why I chose this game for this day.
I guess I chose this game because…. Actually, I don't quite know.
Once again, you can't go wrong with two of the best teams in the MLB.


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There are many well-documented challenges in disentangling empowerment interventions from other interventions with which they are delivered. Empowerment interventions are often integrated into income-generating activities and agricultural extension, and many empowerment approaches are retroactively classified as "nutrition-sensitive" despite a lack of nutrition components in the original intervention designs (5). In addition, many studies are limited in scope and their evaluation of nutrition outcomes (159), and it is difficult to evaluate which dimensions of women's empowerment matter most for nutrition (162). Notably, indicators to quantify women's empowerment are also not used consistently and vary widely between individual studies (158).
For some simple suggestions about eating a healthy, balanced diet, check out the "New American Plate Concept" from the American Institute for Cancer Research. This concept suggests you fill your plate with two-thirds or more of vegetables, fruits, whole grains or beans and only one-third or less of animal protein. This simple principle can guide you toward healthier eating. For more details, visit http://www.aicr.org/site/PageServer?pagename=reduce_diet_new_american_plate.
Evaluations of protein-energy supplementation were limited to specific situations and contexts, and few studies evaluated national-scale programs (14, 33). National-level protein-energy supplementation programs for women and adolescent girls are expensive and challenging to implement compared with other efficacious interventions (33). Procuring, preparing, and distributing food and appropriately targeting women most in need (e.g., women below the poverty line, women who have or are at high risk of malnutrition, etc.) present challenges to protein-energy supplementation interventions (33).
There remain significant barriers to accessing contraception for many women in both developing and developed regions. These include legislative, administrative, cultural, religious and economic barriers in addition to those dealing with access to and quality of health services. Much of the attention has been focussd on preventing adolescent pregnancy. The Overseas Development Institute (ODI) has identified a number of key barriers, on both the supply and demand side, including internalising socio-cultural values, pressure from family members, and cognitive barriers (lack of knowledge), which need addressing.[67][68] Even in developed regions many women, particularly those who are disadvantaged, may face substantial difficulties in access that may be financial and geographic but may also face religious and political discrimination.[69] Women have also mounted campaigns against potentially dangerous forms of contraception such as defective intrauterine devices (IUD)s, particularly the Dalkon Shield.[70]
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ISA RC17 Newsletter September 2022
Posted on September 24, 2022 by m-grothe Posted in News & CfPs, Newsletter
Dear RC17 members,
There is roughly one week left to submit your abstracts to the ISA World Congress of Sociology. This newsletter also features calls for proposals for a SASE mini-conference, a call for papers of the Scandinavian Journal of Management, and an invitation to participate in an online survey regarding equity diversity and inclusion in the ISA. More information below!
Calls for Abstracts, Papers, Themes
Call for Abstracts for the hybrid ISA World Congress of Sociology, Melbourne, June 25-July1, 2023
Deadline for submission of abstracts (max. 300 words) is September 30, 2022, 24:00 GMT
RC17 is delighted to invite you to submit your abstracts to the following themes. All sessions accept submissions in English, many also in French and Spanish. The conference will take place in a hybrid format, meaning that you can choose to either participate in person on site or digitally.
(Meta)Theorizing in Organizational Sociology
Accountability and Sustainable Transitions: Toward an Integrated Analysis of Sociopolitical and Ecological Risks
Crisis and State Capacities
Going Beyond Organisational Professionalism. Exploring the Role of Work Settings for Professionals in the Digitalised Era
Historical Sociology of Organizations
How Organizations Make People: Identities, Subjectivities, and Agencies
Meta-Organizations, Meta-Organizing and Grand Challenges
More Than a Buzzword: Wellbeing in Uniformed Organizations
Organising Precarity and Inequality in the Gig Economy
Organizational Networks: Innovation and Learning in Response of Organizational Challenges
Organizations and Digital Innovation
Organizing through Standards and Value Hierarchies
Whistleblowing and Social Justice
The call for abstracts for each theme can be found here:
https://isaconf.confex.com/isaconf/wc2023/webprogrampreliminary/Symposium740.html
For more information about the ISA World Congress of Sociology 2023, please visit:
https://www.isa-sociology.org/en/conferences/world-congress/melbourne-2023
Spread the word and see you in Melbourne/virtually!
RC17 Program Coordinators:
Robert VAN KRIEKEN, University of Sydney, Australia, robert.van.krieken@sydney.edu.au
Michael GROTHE-HAMMER, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway, michael.grothe-hammer@ntnu.no
Call for Proposals, SASE: 2023 Mini-Conferences
Socio-Economics in a Transitioning World: Breaking Lines and Alternative Paradigms for a New World Order
Mini-Conference Proposal Deadline: 10 October 2022
Thematic mini-conferences are a key element of SASE's annual conferences. We are currently accepting submissions for mini-conferences for the 2023 annual SASE conference, to take place at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), 20-22 July 2023. Preference will be given to proposals linked to the overarching conference theme, "Socio-Economics in a Transitioning World: Breaking Lines and Alternative Paradigms for a New World Order" (full conference theme text can be found here). Special consideration will also be given to proposals that cover areas currently underrepresented in SASE, notably race and ethnicity, migration, economic history, and heterodox economics – as well as submissions that provide a global perspective.
Proposals for mini-conferences must be submitted electronically to the SASE Executive Director (saseexecutive@sase.org) by 10 october 2022.
More information under https://sase.org/event/2023-rio-de-janeiro/#mini
Call for Papers, Special Issue "Economic Organizations, Uncertainty, and Risk"
Economic Organizations, Uncertainty, and Risk: Sociological Analyses of Economic Organizations in Times of Crises
Scandinavian Journal of Management
Submission deadline for extended abstracts (800 characters) is 30 April 2023
Prof. Dr. Konstanze Senge, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg. Email: konstanze.senge@soziologie.uni-halle.de
Prof. Dr. Alberto Cevolini, Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia. Email: alberto.cevolini@unimore.it
Bernadette Hof, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg. Email: bernadette.hof@soziologie.uni-halle.de
Dr. Markus Lange, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg. Email: markus.lange@fu-berlin.de
Audrey Terracher-Lipinski, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg. Email: audrey.terracher-lipinski@soziologie.uni-halle.
Special issue information:
The past 15 years represent an era of capitalism in crises. Phenomena like the global financial crisis (2007-2009), followed by the European sovereign debt crisis in 2010, major political occurrences such as the Brexit referendum (2016), or Covid-19 have challenged economic and political reality that likewise engendered critics towards it. Furthermore, the danger of an ecological collapse is omnipresent. And with respect to the ongoing war in Ukraine it is currently impossible to foresee what humanitarian and social catastrophe is looming.
As inherent characteristic of (post)modern societies (Beck, 1992; Luhmann, 1993), new uncertainties and risks have emerged that require action. Economic organizations as central protagonists of current capitalistic dynamics are twofold involved: First, they have to deal with these risks in order to secure own goals and legitimation. The way they cope with them has major impacts on the socio-economic consequences of these crises. Second, economic organizations may be involved in the emergence of crises or even intensify them, if, for example, market-based institutional logics and management processes manifest crises rather than reducing them (Tooze, 2018).
With this Special Issue, we aim to bring economic organizations back into analytical focus – as drivers and likewise as managers of uncertainty and risk in times of crises. In order to do so, we want to connect scholars in organizational and economic sociology dealing with this topic empirically and/or theoretically.
More information under:
https://www.journals.elsevier.com/scandinavian-journal-of-management/forthcoming-special-issues/economic-organizations-uncertainty-and-risk-sociological-analyses-of-economic-organizations-in-times-of-crises
Invitation to participate in online survey regarding equity diversity and inclusion in the ISA
Invitation text by Debra Davidson:
Dear colleagues and friends, my name is Debra Davidson, long-time member of the ISA, and for the past two years, I have been chairing a Task Force formed to develop ideas to enhance our association's capacity to support equity, diversity and inclusion. To that end, we would like to collect information that can offer an improved understanding of our membership, and their positionalities, experiences and ideas, and have developed a member survey to assist us.
We would like to invite each of you to fill out the survey, which should take 10-15 minutes to complete. We will continue to collect responses until October 15.
Your participation is completely voluntary, and you may choose not to answer any of the questions, or quit the survey at any time. The data will only be accessible by members of the EDI Task Force, and will only be presented to the ISA membership in summary form, in written reports and oral presentations. The data will not be used for research purposes beyond policy and planning within the ISA (e.g. presented in peer reviewed publications). No personal information is being gathered that would enable us to identify individual participants, and the data will be destroyed as soon as it has been analyzed, which may take 6 months to one year after the data has been collected. If you have any questions about the survey, please contact me at debra.davidson@ualberta.ca.
Here is the link to the survey. Thank you for your participation!
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Accelerate resources to fortify fiscal position, NE states told
Agartala, Jan 18 (TIWN / IANS) The 15th Finance Commission Chairman N.K. Singh on Thursday suggested the northeastern states to accelerate resources and revenue to strengthen fiscal position.
"The northeastern states must accelerate own resources and revenue to build up sustainable fiscal situations. Each northeastern state has unique features and challenges," Singh told the media.
Accompanied by two other members of the commission -- Ashok Lahiri (former chief economic adviser) and Anoop Singh (former Georgetown University professor) -- the Chairman said that there are huge resources and opportunities in the region, these must be tapped properly.
N.K. Singh, Former Planning Commission member, said that the connectivity between the area and rest of the world could be improved by using the Chittagong sea port, which is just 72km away from southern Tripura, and the other infrastructure of Bangladesh.
"We would support these states to face challenges and improve growth trajectory and would take sympathetic view for their all round growth," he emphasised.
To a question over special category tag for the northeastern states, he stressed that this must be continued.
Currently, the eight hilly states, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and Uttarakhand have the special category tag, which are getting higher financial support from the Centre.
Praising the Tripura government's efforts to make it an "ace-model state", Singh said that there are potentiality in tourism, agriculture and other sectors.
"With proper utilisation of the talents of the human resources, qualitative changes could be done. Bamboo, forest resources and diverse industrial potentiality could be harnessed properly. We would give a careful look to the state government's demands, aspiration and vision," he added.
Singh said that after visiting remaining 12 states including three northeastern states -- Meghalaya, Mizoram and Sikkim -- Commission would submit its report to the government this year end for the five-year period starting April 1, 2020.
The panel was constituted by the Centre government in November 2017.
Singh and his other members of the commission held meetings with the top functionaries of Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council, Panchayati Raj Institutions, urban local bodies, representatives of various organisations of industries and commerce besides leaders of recognised political parties.
The Commission on the second day of its three-day consultation programme on Thursday met the council of ministers led by Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb and top government officials led by Chief Secretary Lalit Kumar Gupta.
The commission members and officials on Thursday visited a giant 726 MW capacity power plant, set up by the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation sponsored company -- ONGC Tripura Power Company -- at Palatana in southern Tripura.
Besides all the northeastern states, the power plant is also supplying electricity to Bangladesh (160 MW).
Tripura is the 17th State of India that the Finance Commission visiting.
An official of the finance Department of Tripura said that the state government has demanded at least 50 per cent share in net taxes from the existing 42 per cent.


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Polish Polar Research (1)
Eocene age of the Baranowski Glacier Group at Red Hill, King George Island, West Antarctica
Krzysztof P. Krajewski Anna Mozer Zoltán Pécskay
Polish Polar Research | 2015 | No 4 | 307-324 | DOI: 10.1515/popore−2015−0022
Keywords Antarctica King George Island Red Hill Eocene volcanogenic succession K−Ar dating flora
Radiometric and geochemical studies were carried out at Red Hill in the southern part of King George Island (South Shetland Islands, northern Antarctic Peninsula) on the Bransfield Strait coast. The rock succession at Red Hill has been determined to represent the Baranowski Glacier Group that was previously assigned a Late Cretaceous age. Two formations were distinguished within this succession: the lower Llano Point Formation and the upper Zamek Formation. These formations have stratotypes defined further to the north on the western coast of Admiralty Bay. On Red Hill the Llano Point Formation consists of terrestrial lavas and pyroclastic breccia; the Zamek Formation consist predominantly of fine to coarse tuff, pyroclastic breccia, lavas, tuffaceous mud− , silt−, and sandstone, locally conglomeratic. The lower part of the Zamek Formation contains plant detritus (Nothofagus , dicotyledonous, thermophilous ferns) and numerous coal seams (vitrinitic composition) that confirm the abundance of vegetation on stratovolcanic slopes and surrounding lowlands at that time. Selected basic to intermediate igneous rocks from the succession have been analysed for the whole−rock K−Ar age determination. The obtained results indicate that the Red Hill succession was formed in two stages: (1) from about 51–50 Ma; and (2) 46–42 Ma, i.e. during the Early to Middle Eocene. This, in combination with other data obtained from other Baranowski Glacier Group exposures on western coast of Admiralty Bay, confirms the recently defined position of the volcano−clastic succession in the stratigraphic scheme of King George Island. The new stratigraphic position and lithofacies development of the Red Hill succession strongly suggest its correlation with other Eocene formations containing fossil plants and coal seams that commonly occur on King George Island.


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Kostopoulos Vassilis
Academic position: Professor
Director of the Laboratory: Laboratory of Applied Mechanics and Vibrations
Tel: (2610) 969443 / (2610) 969441
Email: kostopoulos@mech.upatras.gr
Personal Website: http://www.mech.upatras.gr/~aml/
Biographic Notes
1980: Degree in Mechanical Engineering (Dip. Eng.), National Technical University of Athens, Greece
1987: PhD in Applied Mechanics (Wave Propagation & Scattering, Non – destructive testing of Composite Materials), University of Patras, Greece
1994 – 1996: Visiting Scientist, JRC Petten, The Netherlands, Institute for Advanced Materials, EU
2018 Visiting Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Center for Composite Materials, University of DELAWARE, USA.
Member of the States Representative Group (SRG) of JTI 'CLEAN SKY 2' (2014-2020), and Vice President of SRG.
Member of CS3 Preparation Group, Explore & Mature Working Group, 2019.
2011-today Member of the Advisory Council for Aviation Research and innovation in Europe (new ACARE).
Elected Member of the Council of the European Society for Composite Materials (ESCM), and President of the Council.
2003 – 2011 Member of the Advisory Council for Aeronautics Research in Europe (ACARE).
Member of the National States Representative Group (NSRG) of JTI 'CLEAN SKY' (2008-2014).
2003 – 2006 National Delegate of FP6 Aerospace Program Committee
2007-2013 National Delegate of FP7 Transport (including Aeronautics) Program Committee
Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal 'Composite Science and Technology'
Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal 'Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures'
Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal 'Research & Reviews in Polymers'
Associate Editor of the 'International Journal of Aerospace Engineering' (2008-2014)
Reviewer in more than 45 International Scientific Journals
Evaluator of research proposals (EU, UK, Belgium, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Romania, Greece and Cyprus)
Member of the International evaluation board of Romanian Research Centers (INCAS and COMOTI)
Teaching Activities:
Undergraduate Courses:
(a) Vector Mechanics for Engineers (I. Static, II. Dynamics), (b) Experimental Mechanics of Composite Materials, (c) Thermo-mechanical behavior of Composite and Ceramic Materials, (d) Micro-Macro Mechanical Behavior of Composite Materials, (e) Non-Destructive Testing and Non-Destructive Inspection, (f) Wave Propagation and Scattering in Layered Media, (g) Sensors and Signal Analysis, (h) Materials for Aeronautic Applications, (i) Damage Tolerance Design, (j) Space Technologies.
Graduate Courses:
(a) Advanced Dynamics, (b) Fatigue and Fracture Behavior of Composite materials and Structures, (c) Ceramic Matrix Composites, (d) Wave propagation and Scattering Theory, (e) Mathematical Theory of Elasticity, (f) Anisotropic Elasticity
Design, Analysis and Optimization of Composite (lightweight) Structures.
Non-Destructive Inspection & Evaluation of Engineering Structures, Structural Health Monitoring.
Nano-augmentation, Nano-engineering and Nano-design of structural composites.
Biomechanics & Bioengineering (implants design, 2 and 3D scaffolds, stress analysis, wear and fretting fatigue)
Fracture and Fatigue of Composites Materials and Structures.
Blast, impact and crash behavior of Aerospace Structures, high strain rate effects on metals and composites.
Anisotropic Elasticity, Anisotropic Damage Theory.
Wave Propagation and Scattering in Continuous Media. Non-Linear Acoustics.
Life cycle analysis of composite components and structures
Space Technologies and Micro & Nano Satellites
205 publications in international referee Journals
291 presentations in International Conferences
7 books (5 International and 2 in Greek)
16 chapters in international books
71 technical reports
41 Invited Lectures in International Conferences and International events
CITATIONS (google scholar): 4266
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International Research Projects (since 2000): Scientific Coordinator (Greek participation) and Principal investigator for 73 International Research Projects, (EU, ESA, EDA, NSF, USAF and Industrial ones).
Co-organizer of 59 International Conferences
Main Supervisor of 31 completed PhD theses
Supervisor of 161 MSc theses
Patents: 3 European, 1 US and 7 National
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1st Senior Scientist Award, in TRA-VISIONS 2020 Senior Researcher Competition, Transport Research Arena, Helsinki, 2020.
Communication Award, Aerospace Challenge 2018/2019, ESA Educational Office, EXPRESS – EUROPEAN MULTI-PURPOSE REUSABLE SPACEPLANE, Paris, June 2019.
1st Innovation Award, UK innovation competition organized by Accelerate ME 2018/19 programme, December 2018.
2nd prize of the International CubeSat and Mission Contest, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, November 2018.
ΜΜ11 | CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITES
Μεταπτυχιακός Κύκλος Σπουδών | Κεραμικά Σύνθετα Υλικά Ceramic materials in general have a very attractive package of properties: high strength and high stiffness at...
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COURSE CONTENT Introduction The role of technical writing in business, industry, studies and research Characteristics of correct technical writing: The writing process Assessment of...
Space Technologies
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COURSE CONTENT Kinematics of Particles: Introduction to Dynamics, Rectilinear Motion of Particles, Position, Velocity, and Acceleration, Determination of the Motion of a Particle, Uniform...
Introduction to Composite Materials
COURSE CONTENT The Nature of Composite Materials: Polymer Matrices: Ways of Classifying Polymers. Thermosets and Thermoplastic Polymers. Polymer morphology. Microstructure. Effect of Deformation on...
Wave propagation and scattering
COURSE CONTENT Introduction, link with non-destructive testing, ultrasonic method, Acoustic Emission (AE) method, correlation with wave propagation and scattering. Definitions, homogeneous and non-homogeneous waves,...
Damage Tolerance Design
COURSE CONTENT Definitions, basic considerations, non-uniform loading conditions, characteristic dimensions, degradation of strength and stiffness, general description of the design methodology of damage tolerance....
Experimental Characterization of Composite Materials
COURSE CONTENT Experimental characterization of thermomechanical properties of orthotropic layer of fibrous composites (Basics of anisotropic theory of elasticity). Engineering elastic constants, Effect of...


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The 87ers were victorious with a 127 to 120 victory.


It's time for Nashville to take its final bow.
On Thursday's series finale, titled "Beyond the Sunset," the country music drama signs off for the last time after a six-season run (four on ABC, two on CMT), and only ET has an exclusive first look from the episode.
Following Juliette Barnes' (Hayden Panettiere) press conference where she announced her plans to retire from music and public life, she quickly makes moves to start her life anew. In ET's exclusive sneak peek from the series' final installment, Juliette's ex-lover and baby daddy, Avery Barkley (Jonathan Jackson), visits the house to drop off their daughter, Cadence, only to realize that Juliette has been busy planning a big move without his prior knowledge.
"Did you sell the house?! Without talking to me?! Without a discussion?!" Avery asks in shock when the possibility begins to set in.
"Someone heard my press conference and made me an offer I couldn't refuse," Juliette tries to calmly explain, adding that she's not "running away" or "going far." "This farm has sheep, goats, big fields. It's the perfect place for a little girl to grow up." If distance and time were a prime worry for Avery, Juliette nips that in the bud, sharing that the new place is just "30 minutes outside the city, max."
"We will split Cadence 50/50. We will make this work, I promise," Juliette assures him.
But Avery isn't fully buying what Juliette's selling. After all, she's hiding a giant secret from him: She's pregnant with his baby.
"There's something you're not telling me," Avery asks, suspicious over Juliette's abrupt decision to leave town. "Juliette, I know you well enough to know that."
"Look, these walls just have too many memories," Juliette pleads. "I need a new beginning. You understand that, don't you?" Watch the exclusive clip above to see what happens next.
Ahead of the series finale, ET was on set with Jackson, where he opened up about what he's enjoyed the most about exploring the complicated -- often volatile -- relationship between Juliette and Avery.
"One of the things I love about Avery and Juliette is they're both kind of strong-willed, hard-headed people. Because Avery was not the most likable guy in the beginning of the show," Jackson told ET last year. "But they actually help each other in many ways."
Nashville wraps up its run on Thursday, July 26 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on CMT.
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Ambasada Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej w Astanie (ros. Посольство Республики Польша в Республике Казахстан и Кыргызской Республике) – polska misja dyplomatyczna w stolicy Kazachstanu.

Ambasador RP w Astanie oprócz Republiki Kazachstanu akredytowany jest również w Republice Kirgiskiej.

Struktura placówki
 Wydział polityczno-ekonomiczny
 Wydział konsularny
 Wydział Promocji Handlu i Inwestycji, ul. Zatajewicza 72, 050059 Ałmaty)

Historia

W 1942
W 1942 w Astanie (ówcześnie noszącym nazwę Akmolińska) funkcjonowała Delegatura Ambasady RP z siedzibą przy ul. Oktiabrskiej 44 (ул. Октябрьская). Kolejnymi delegatami byli: Kazimierz Rola-Janicki oraz Erazm Tomaszewski; liczba personelu: 9 osób.

Podobne placówki konsularne w randze delegatur funkcjonowały na obszarze obecnego Kazachstanu również w 7 innych miastach – w Ałma-Acie, Czimkencie, Dżambule, Kustanaju, Pawłodarze, Pietropawłowsku i Semipałatyńsku.

Po 1992
Polska nawiązała stosunki dyplomatyczne z Kazachstanem w 1992. W 1994 otwarto Ambasadę RP w Ałmaty. W 2009 siedzibę ambasady przeniesiono do Astany, która w 1997 została stolicą Kazachstanu. W latach 2019–2022 placówka nosiła nazwę Ambasada RP w Nur-Sułtanie.

Okrąg konsularny ambasady
Okręg konsularny wydziału konsularnego ambasady obejmuje następujące obwody:
 miasto stołeczne Astana
 akmolski
 karagandyjski
 kustanajski
 północnokazachstański
 pawłodarski

Pozostałe obwody obsługiwane są przez Konsulat Generalny RP w Ałmaty.

Zobacz też
 Ambasada Kazachstanu w Polsce

Przypisy

Bibliografia
 Oficjalna strona Ambasady
 Archiwalna strona Ambasady

Astana
Polska
Stosunki polsko-kazachskie
Stosunki międzynarodowe Kirgistanu
Astana

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Creates a private/public matching ecotourism fund to improve the
trail system in Hawaii and promote ecotourism to be administered
and funded by the Hawaii tourism authority.  Creates an income
tax credit for contributions made to the ecotourism special fund.
THE SENATE                              S.B. NO.           520
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 1999
A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT
RELATING TO ECOTOURISM.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
1      SECTION 1.  Chapter 201B, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
2 amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated
3 and to read as follows:
4      "�1B-     Matching ecotourism special fund.  (a)  There is
5 established in the state treasury the matching ecotourism special
6 fund, to be administered by the authority, into which shall be
7 deposited all gifts, grants, and other funds accepted by the
8 authority from sources other than state funds that will be
9 matched dollar for dollar by funds from the tourism special fund
10 established in section 201B-11.
11      (b)  Moneys in the matching ecotourism special fund may be
12 placed in interest-bearing accounts or otherwise invested by the
13 authority until such time as the moneys may be needed.  All
14 interest accruing from the investment of these moneys shall be
15 credited to the matching ecotourism special fund.
16      (c)  Moneys in the matching ecotourism special fund shall be
17 used by the authority to promote ecotourism, including regular
18 distributions to the department of land and natural resources for
19 the purposes of maintaining and improving the trail systems in
S.B. NO.           520
1 Hawaii."
2      SECTION 2.  Chapter 235, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended
3 by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to
4 read as follows:
5      "�5-     Ecotourism credit.  (a)  Each individual or
6 corporate income taxpayer, who files an income tax return for a
7 taxable year, and who is not claimed or is not otherwise eligible
8 to be claimed as a dependent by another taxpayer for Hawaii state
9 individual income tax purposes, may claim an ecotourism credit
10 against the taxpayer's income tax liability for the taxable year
11 for which the income tax return is being filed when the taxpayer
12 has made a contribution to the matching ecotourism special fund
13 during the taxable year.
14      (b)  The amount of the credit shall be equal to the amount
15 of the contribution paid by the taxpayer to the matching
16 ecotourism special fund established in section 201B-   , during
17 the taxable year for which the income tax return is being filed
18 but shall not be more than $       for individual taxpayers or
19 $       for corporate taxpayers in any one taxable year.
20 Taxpayers filing joint returns may claim up to $      .
21      (c)  The tax credit claimed by a taxpayer pursuant to this
22 section shall be deductible from the taxpayer's income tax
23 liability, if any, for the tax year in which the credit is
1 properly claimed.  If the tax credit claimed by a taxpayer
2 exceeds the amount of income tax payment due from the taxpayer,
3 the excess of credit over payment due shall be carried over to
4 successive years until exhausted.
5      (d)  The director of taxation shall prepare forms as may be
6 necessary to claim a credit under this section.  The director may
7 also require the taxpayer to furnish reasonable information in
8 order that the director may ascertain the validity of the claim
9 for credit made under this section.  The director may adopt rules
10 necessary to effectuate the purposes of this section pursuant to
11 chapter 91.
12      (e)  All claims for tax credits under this section,
13 including any amended claims, shall be filed on or before the end
14 of the twelfth month following the close of the taxable year for
15 which the credits may be claimed.  Failure to comply with the
16 foregoing provision shall constitute a waiver of the right to
17 claim the credit."
18      SECTION 3.  Section 201B-11, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
19 amended by amending subsection (c) to read as follows:
20      "(c)  Moneys in the tourism special fund shall be used by
21 the authority for the purposes of this chapter, provided that
22 [not]:
23      (1)  Not more than three per cent of this amount shall be
1           used for administrative expenses[; provided further
2           that] and of this amount the sum of $15,000 shall be
3           made available for a protocol fund to be expended at
4           the discretion of the executive director; [provided
5           further that moneys]
6      (2)  Moneys in the tourism special fund shall be used for
7           the salaries and expenses of the office of tourism
8           established in section 201-92[.]; and
9      (3)  Moneys in the tourism special fund shall be used to
10           match grants, gifts, and other non-state contributions
11           to the matching ecotourism special fund."
12      SECTION 4.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed.
13 New statutory material is underscored.
14      SECTION 5.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 1999;
15 provided that section 2, shall apply to taxable years beginning
16 after December 31, 1999.
18                           INTRODUCED BY:  _______________________


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New Asda 'On The Move' store launched by Blackburn's billionaire Issa brothers
The new shops on petrol station forecourts will be the first of their kind to stock the 'Extra Special' premium range
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More locations are set to be opened around the UK in the coming months (Image: MEN)
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A new Asda store is set to be launched by Blackburn's billionaire Issa brothers.
The new 'On The Move' store at the EG Group petrol station forecourt on Oxford Road in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, is the first of its kind to stock the 'Extra Special' premium range.
The brothers, who hail from Lancashire, started up the Euro Garages (EG) Group in 2001 with a single petrol station in Bury — now own Asda, Cooplands bakery, and Leon restaurants.
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The new store represents the first time EG has collaborated with Asda to trial a 'premium' format with the firm's existing brands linking up with other partners — such as Leon and Greggs — to add variety in-store.
What customers can expect from the interior of the Asda 'On The Move' store (Image: MEN)
"We know that customers want great quality that is easily accessible and great value – so we're delighted to be able to launch our first ever 'Extra Special' Asda On the Move store in Beaconsfield," Derek Lawlor, chief merchandising officer at Asda, said.
"Customers visiting the store will find everything you would expect to be able to pick up in a forecourt grocery location, along with a wide range of premium 'Extra Special' options across chilled meals, fresh ingredients and a specially selected range of beverages.
"The launch marks a milestone in the evolution of Asda On the Move and our convenience offer, as well as an increased focus on showcasing our Extra Special range, which continues to be a popular choice with customers.
Blackburn's billionaire Issa brothers
In the coming months, Asda will open 28 new 'On The Move sites' with EG - before extending to 200 locations in 2022.
The first three forecourt stores opened in the Midlands in October 2020.
Its latest 'On The Move' addition stocks 2,500 products including a large selection of Asda's premium range products. These include an extensive selection of fresh and chilled 'Extra Special' products, as well as ready meals and beers, wines and spirits, offering great value and quality compared with rival forecourt grocery formats.
Dishes created by celebrity chef, Gino D'Acampo, including his 'Mamma's' lasagne and classic Italian recipes such as aubergine parmigiana will also be stocked in the Buckinghamshire shop.
The store will have a different look to a traditional grocery convenience format, using the Extra Special branding as inspiration for the design of the store inside and out.
A second premium store will launch in Hartlebury, Worcestershire, before the end of 2021, with five more locations set to receive an extended range of 'Extra Special' products.
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One of the habits we are practicing in the Lean Eating for Women program I started back in late July is to plan our meals. Planning sets us up for success, whatever that might look like! For me, that means preparing meals for the upcoming week on Sundays. And each night during the work week I take some of what I've prepared and get my lunch ready in a Tupperware to take to work with me. While I do like my job, our work cafeteria is pretty lame. [Getting the runs on my first day after grabbing a seemingly innocent slice of pizza for lunch, and hearing how others have gotten sick after eating from the salad bar was enough to scare me off.] And we're in a rural part of suburbia where there aren't too many choices for going out to eat. Plus, that can add up and get expensive over time. Preparing and bringing my own food sets me up for success – the choices I make are mine alone and work for my own personal food and nutrition journey.
Have I mentioned I've dropped 33 lbs since I started this journey last July?? That's just under 15 kg for my metric readers, by the way! I've been weight training 3 times a week, doing some sort of cardio 2-3 times a week, and resting one day a week (usually on Sundays). Now, of course, we're going for excellence, not perfection here, people! If I'm sick it's not a good idea to work out and I will have zero energy. Knock on wood I've been injury-free during these past 9 months so that has not been a problem. And when the gym was closed for Christmas, no excuses! I met up with a friend at a school playground with some stretchy bands and did a playground workout bundled up in the cold!
I also make sure I have other veggies stocked up for the week such as fresh spinach, baby carrots, green onions and flat-leaf Italian parsley.
To cook the chicken, I usually roast two breasts. I'll line my broiler pan with tin foil and drizzle a little olive oil on it. The chicken breasts go in the pan and I douse them with lemon juice and garlic salt. I might sprinkle some paprika on one and some tarragon on the other. Play around and experiment with different spices! 20-25 minutes at 425 degrees is about right to cook the chicken, but it's good to test and cut into the chicken and make sure it's cooked through (meaning, no pink). I usually bring one to work for lunch and dice up the other one to throw into an omelet for dinner later in the week or maybe to toss with some veggies.
I'm falling in love with quinoa! But I will admit the flavor can be a little bitter depending on what I eat it with. Sometimes a small blob of pesto helps. But I've also discovered blending some red quinoa in with the regular tan-colored type cuts the bitterness too. 1/2 cup of each in a pan with two cups of water, boil for 15 minutes and then let rest, covered for about 45 minutes until all the water is absorbed. Put it in a Tupperware and you've got a nice batch of quinoa that will keep for over a week in the fridge.
What about polenta? This is a "neutral" food that goes with just about anything. I buy it in a tube, slice it up and put it under the broiler for a few minutes to 'toast' it slightly. And I might sprinkle it with a little pink Himalayan sea salt.
I also spend time slicing up some fresh mushrooms and dicing a red bell pepper. I'll sauté the mushrooms very lightly in a little olive oil and add some garlic, lemon juice and minced flat leafed Italian parsley. The mushrooms and bell pepper each go in their own separate Tupperware in the fridge.
NOW with all of those ingredients I have endless combinations of lunches and dinners to get me through a busy week! The secret is to take that time to get your foods cooked and ready to go. After work I immediately go to the gym and work out. When I get home I shower. By this time I'm feeling good but a little tired and not really in the mood to spend a lot of time making myself dinner. BUT with my veggies all chopped and ready to go I can crack a couple of eggs and whip up an omelet with the diced chicken, mushrooms, bell peppers and some fresh spinach thrown in! Voila! Easy, quick and nutritious!!
Or for lunch during the work week, the night before I will pack up a Tupperware with a few pieces of sliced polenta, some quinoa and throw in some of the diced red peppers, mushrooms and some spinach leaves. I might even add a small blob of hummus or guacamole and sprinkle in a few black Kalamata olives. The next morning I throw it into my lunch bag, grab an apple for my late afternoon pre-workout snack and off I go! I'm usually on conference calls all morning and through the traditional lunch hour, so I typically will eat lunch at my desk, listening in on calls with my headset in mute mode.
See how investing a little time on a Sunday sets me up for eating success? What are some of YOUR favorite meal prep rituals?
Ahhhh, bliss. It's a 3-day weekend and I'm feeling so lazy and luxurious! My weekends tend to be either jam-packed full or with absolutely nothing going on. And for nearly the past year, one weekend a month had been dedicated to work – by design. That's actually not been so bad – our entire team goes into the office and works two shifts spanning from around 8pm on a Saturday night through lunchtime on Sunday. Sure, that next Monday everyone is a little groggy in the office, but we all were in it together and that makes it understandable. And that's the world of IT for ya – when things need to be deployed we have to work when most everyone else is asleep.
So. Many of you know since last July I've been immersed in the Lean Eating program for women. Guys, there's a program for you too by the way! THE best habit-based coaching I've ever done. I'm learning and practicing habits I will keep for LIFE! Amazing stuff – really and truly.
Sundays are typically the days I do grocery shopping, meal planning and food prep for the week ahead. I might still do that today even though my company has the holiday tomorrow (President's Day). Which is truly bizarre – I haven't had President's Day off in 6 years! (Other than when I was unemployed the first half of 2010). Yeah, I think I will still do food prep today. Just one less lunch to prepare for the work week ahead. I'm actually going to have lunch tomorrow with a guy I worked with over 10 years ago. He and his wife are moving back east so this will be a sad farewell, but I'm looking forward to seeing him.
What does meal prep look like? I may do some more detailed posts on this down the road, but it's basically about setting yourself up for success for the week ahead. Getting groceries and preparing food on Sunday so it's easy to grab and go when you head out the door to go to the office or school or whatever you are doing every morning. Who has time in the morning to chop up veggies or cook up some quinoa or steel-cut oats before heading out the door? Maybe some of you do, but I sure don't. But if I spend my Sunday getting veggies chopped, cooking up a batch of quinoa and slicing and broiling up some polenta brushed with a little olive oil (which I love), then it's easy to throw a mixture of that in a small Tupperware in the morning and throw it in my lunch bag. Maybe with a small handful of fresh spinach on top, some baby carrots, a couple of black olives and a small blob of hummus.
I find that eating two small afternoon meals works best for me. I do my workouts in the evenings after work, and having a small snack around 4pm makes me feel ready and confident for my upcoming workout. Typically that late afternoon snack has been a plain nonfat Greek yogurt sprinkled with 5 or 6 walnuts, but ever since trying plant-based eating exclusively for a couple of weeks, I find that reintroducing dairy into my diet makes me feel bloated. And gassy. Yeesh. Maybe I have a mild intolerance I never realized? Who knows. So I've switched to either a couple of slices of polenta or some baby carrots with hummus.
Along with trying plant-based eating, our program also had us experiment with Paleo eating. I've enjoyed Paleo (also known as 'primal' or 'ancestral') eating in the past so this was nothing new to me. But I do find that I do OK with polenta and hummus…neither of which officially is Paleo, because polenta is corn-based and hummus is legume-based. My coach says that's OK – what's best for me doesn't have to be strictly vegan or strictly Paleo, for example. What a relief!
I do know I've been dropping more poundage and feeling leaner and more energetic since I've cut way back on grains and dairy while increasing my veggie consumption. Do I miss grains and dairy? Honestly, no! Is it worth indulging, knowing I'm going to feel bloated, miserable and rip farts for a good half hour afterwards?
Um, OK. The last two soups I made did not require blending/pureeing at the final step, and I'd made a bad assumption this one wouldn't either given it's from the same cookbook. So I'd planned to just make this recipe un-pureed (is that a word) and keep it chunky-style, which is just as flavorful, though a far different texture. (And yeah, I felt lazy too). Good news that the vegetables did NOT get too mushy…my alternative turned out great.
Heat the oil in a 4-quart saucepan over low heat. Add the onion and cook, stirring, until softened, about 3 minutes. Add the garlic, carrots, potatoes, celery, cilantro and parsley and cook, stirring, for a couple of minutes. Add the mustard, white pepper, salt, bouillon and water. Bring to a boil, reduce the heat to low and simmer for 15 minutes. Add the crabmeat and cook for 5 minutes.
Remove from heat. Let cool for a few minutes, transfer to a blender, and process until smooth. Return to the saucepan, bring back to a boil, and taste for salt and white pepper. Stir in the lemon juice and cream (if using), keeping the soup on the burner just long enough to heat through.
Serve in soup cups, sprinkled with cayenne.
Fivenineteen notes: dry mustard is like a mustard powder. You can find it in the spice section of most grocery stores. Do NOT try to substitute regular, creamy mustard or mustard seeds. It's not the same and won't work. I also chopped up a whole, small potato and a whole, small yellow onion. It might have been more than the recipe called for, but it turned out great.
Crabmeat: another sticker-shock moment, although not surprising. Fresh Dungeness crabmeat was US$29.99 per pound at the grocery store. Compare that to whole, fresh Dungeness crabs at $8.99 per pound, plus all the cracking, cleaning and scraping/steaming I'd need to do with them…I splurged on a half pound of the prepped, shredded crabmeat. Which is delicious, by the way.
Yet another fantastic soup meal, with leftovers to savor! Enjoy!


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Book Review: Party Girl by Rachel Hollis
December 16, 2014 by Holly
Party Girl by Rachel Hollis
Publisher: Lake Union Publishing
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Landon Brinkley's dreams are all coming true. She's landed an internship with the fabulous Selah Smith, event planner for the Hollywood elite, taking her from small-town Texas to the bright lights of LA. Landon soon finds herself in a world in which spending a million dollars on an event—even a child's birthday party—is de rigueur and the whims of celebrity clients are life-and-death matters. At first, the thrill of working on A-list parties and celebrity weddings is enough to get Landon through the seventy-five-hour workweeks and endless abuse at the hands of her mercurial boss. But when the reality of the business reveals itself, she's forced to make a choice: do whatever it takes to get ahead, or stay true to herself.
Drawing on the author's real-life experiences as an event planner to the stars, Party Girl takes readers on an adventure among Hollywood's most beautiful—and most outrageous—people, revealing the ugly side of Hollywood's prettiest parties.
Party Girl is the debut novel by Rachel Hollis. I'd never come across Rachel before so I went and had a nose at the lifestyle website that she originally founded (www.thechicsite.com) to find out more about her and her debut novel. As soon as I discovered that Rachel also founded her own LA-based event planning firm and has drawn on some of her own experiences for Party Girl I knew it would be a thrilling, juicy read, and it certainly was that…and much more!
In Party Girl we meet Landon Brinkley, a girl from Texas who is seemingly living the dream when she moves to LA to work as an intern for the one and only Selah Smith at SSE. It's the biggest and the best events organising company and Landon has dreamed about doing this job all of her life, yet she soon discovers that life working on A-List Parties and for celebrity weddings isn't all it's cracked up to be as she embarks on working 75 plus hour weeks and works herself flat out catering to Selah's every whim. After sacrificing her life, relationships and friendships for her career at SSE Landon starts to question if she really has what it takes to get ahead in this line of work.
I found myself getting quickly absorbed into Party Girl. I loved Landon right from the start (who objects to having to wear all black to work and loves her false lashes).
Before we go any further I must apologise if I refer to Landon as Brinkley at any time throughout this review. One of the laws at SSE is that everyone (besides Selah of course…) is referred to by their surname and I've got used to referring to Landon as Brinkley… or even her loveable nickname 'Brinks'.
But anyway, Landon, Brinkley…Brinks, is such a likeable character that you can't help but root for her. She is so desperate to succeed at doing what she dreams of and I love her can-do attitude.
Throughout Party Girl I found myself making several comparisons to The Devil Wears Prada (which is one of my all time favourite books). The unreasonableness and downright nastiness of Selah reminded me so much of Miranda Priestly, and of course this means that she makes for a fabulous character to read about (and to hate!) I loved seeing how Landon adapted and worked her backside off to establish herself with SSE and the friends that she makes along the way are brilliant additions to the story, especially Miko. I was touched by how she took Landon under her wing and also relieved that Landon had found herself an ally.
I also found this novel to show a fascinating side to the party planning industry. I must admit that before reading Party Girl I had a view that this was a glamorous role – who wouldn't want to plan A-List parties where thousands of dollars are lavishly being spent? However, after everything that Landon goes through my view definitely changed but I must admit that it's still a fascinating career to read about and makes a brilliant subject matter for a novel.
I would have liked to have heard more about exactly what happened to Selah at the end of the novel and to see how she dealt with the repercussions of her doings. Apart from that I was really pleased with how things turned out towards the end, especially where Brody and Landon were concerned.
Party Girl had me gripped throughout; it's a fast paced, exciting story with romance, laughs and a genuinely loveable lead character. I found Rachel Hollis' writing a joy to read, she has a really familiar writing style and I'm eagerly anticipating her next novel!
Party Girl is an uplifting, absorbing read. If you're looking for an all round fun, exciting novel for the up-and-coming party season then look no further!
A huge thank you to Chic Publishing. ♥
Rachel Hollis is the founder of the popular lifestyle site http://www.thechicsite.com and the Los Angeles–based event planning firm Chic Events. At twenty-seven, she was named by Inc. Magazine as one of its "Top 30 Entrepreneurs under 30." She has designed and produced parties for many Hollywood stars, including Bradley Cooper, Al Gore, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Ivanka Trump, Rashida Jones, Marcia Cross, Jamie King, and Cuba Gooding Jr., among others. Rachel is a lifestyle expert for The Talk, Extra, The Nate Berkus Show, and The Steve Harvey Show and has been featured in People, InStyle, Cosmopolitan, OK!, Entertainment Weekly, Better Homes and Gardens, and Traditional Home. Rachel lives in Los Angeles with her husband and three children.
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EWU, playing for the first time since Dec. 21 after having two games postponed by coronavirus protocols, lost its fifth straight.
Jaydia Martin led the Eagles (2-9 overall, 0-2 Big Sky) with a game-high 21 points and 11 rebounds. Teammate Jacinta Buckley (Lewis and Clark High) added 15 points and three assists.
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Sukki Singapora live New York Asian Burlesque 2014
Sukki Singapora performs a shortened version of Henna Diamonds at her Asian Burlesque Spectacular. Shot by speliotis video of New York, May 2014 and special thanks to Steven Speliotis, Reiko Yanagi.
Sukki Singapora; September 14, 2014
Sukki Singapora (born Sukki Menon, 1986, in Singapore) is a burlesque performer and model. She is best known for being the first international burlesque performer from Singapore. For her outspoken political views on freedom of expression for women in socially restrictive countries she was recognized with an "Asian Women of Achievement Award."
Her career choice as a Burlesque performer, despite her stringent cultural background, has gained her a large international fanbase, leading to her founding The Singapore Burlesque Society in 2012: to protect Asian women (and men) wanting to pursue a career in burlesque.
Singapora was born to a Singaporean father and English mother, both doctors, and has two sisters. While young, her father moved the family to Cornwall, although she spent her childhood in a small Indian Singaporean community around the Goodman Road area in Singapore and was brought up with traditional Asian values. As a child, she trained in classical ballet. She became a British citizen at 18 and attended the University of Nottingham. After graduation, she worked in the IT Industry.
In February 2011, she auditioned for a part in a cabaret theatre near Manchester and was hired as one of the dancers. She was slowly given more solos and was offered other gigs; "I was fortunate enough to be offered enough shows that I no longer needed a day job."
Singapora's burlesque performances are noted for being lavish with elaborate costumes and a Bollywood-influenced style. Her emphasis is on sensuality and fusing Western and Eastern styles with a particular nod to classic Hollywood glamour and inspiration from Barbara Yung, a 1950's American-Chinese performer.
She gained global recognition appearing in Esquire Magazine as "Women We Love," FHM India and the front cover of international burlesque magazine Burlesque Bible and in 2013 her performances were praised for their daring attitude. Although she is successful in her field, she is also a passionate activist who campaigns for women's rights.
Burlesque as Activism
Singapora became the first burlesque performer in the world to be invited for tea at Buckingham Palace for recognition of her contribution to the Arts as an Asian role model. She has noted that there is a taboo and disapproval surrounding burlesque within the Asian community and has worked to change the stereotypes and misconceptions about Burlesque and to encourage others to try the performance style. About her activism for Asian women, she stated; "This is not just an opportunity to prove that Burlesque can make a difference, it is a responsibility."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukki_Singapora


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In Celebration of Queer Anime: Its History, What to Watch, & What's Next
By Michael Lee | June 7, 2022 | 11:38am
Photo Courtesy of MAPPA TV Lists
Queerness in Japan has a tumultuous history. At one time, long ago, Japan had fairly open attitudes towards gender and sexuality. Same-sex relationships existed in the culture, and if you consider male Kabuki actors presenting as female in their everyday lives, as the famous Kabuki actor Yoshizawa Ayame did, there was at least a conversation to be had about transgender identity. Japan's more recent history, however, is of a country that took a sharp turn towards conservative values. During the Meiji Era of the late 19th century, Japan made a concerted effort to emulate Western attitudes of the time. The country would become critical of homosexuality and literature featuring queer themes, seeing queer life as deviant.
The country remains conservative to this day, still not recognizing same-sex relationships and doing little to secure LGBTQ rights. But anime has long been a place where queer expression flows freely. In many cases, anime has been the medium of choice to protest dominant political ideologies and championing queer characters in a society that refuses to acknowledge their existence.
At a time when queer media is being threatened by out-of-touch senators and pearl-clutching Republicans across the United States, and continues to exist precariously on the fringes of Japanese society, this Pride Month, let's talk about some exceptional queer stories in anime.
In the 1960s and 1970s a counterculture was starting to form in Japan. Protests against conservative institutions and the rise of women's liberation groups created an audience for more openly expressive manga and anime. Many of the works that would begin to challenge heteronormativity and play with gender identity were written by a group of women known as the Year 24 group.
Started as a manga by Keiko Takemiya in the 1970s, but airing as an Original Video Animation in 1987, The Song of Wind and Trees is one of earliest examples of what would now be considered a Boys' Love anime. The story is set at a fictional all-boys boarding school in the south of France. The star-crossed lovers at the center of the story are Serge Battour and his roommate, the mercurial Gilbert Cocteau. What is immediately apparent is how impossibly beautiful these boys are. Compared to their classmates, Serge and Gilbert stand out. Drawn with feminine features, and in particular, the glittering, saucer-like eyes much more commonly seen on female characters of the time, Serge and Gilbert are prototypical examples of the bishonen, or "beautiful boy," in anime. Occupying a space between male and female, the bishonen embodies all things beautiful and cares not for any notion of a gender binary. The bishonen operates with a fluidity that defies classification. This goes back well into Japanese history, when young men known as wakashu were considered to be Japan's "third gender", and continues in manga and anime today.
Stories like The Song of Wind and Trees feature, at their core, queer romance that is often tragic. Gilbert is a boy who has been abused, and continues to be used as a sexual object. Serge tries to save Gilbert, but faces harassment and bullying from his classmates for doing so. Their relationship is fraught with obstacles. Yet, despite this (and a short 60-minute run time), their love does shine through. The anime doesn't shy away from depicting male-on-male romance and has a palpable sexual tension running through it. Anime (and manga) like The Song of Wind and Trees were dramatic and liberating. They fought against a conservative culture that valued the nuclear family and heteronormativity above all else. This was also a time when the envelope was pushed by some groundbreaking women.
The Lost Decades
Written by Chiho Saito and directed by the legendary Kunihiko Ikuhara, 1997's Revolutionary Girl Utena challenges gender norms and oozes with queer energy. A surrealist fairytale steeped in abstract visuals and layers of metaphor, Revolutionary Girl Utena tells the story of the eponymous Tenjou Utena as she searches for a mysterious prince who gave her a rose-engraved ring many years ago, though there is a lot more going on than just that. Explaining the plot of Revolutionary Girl Utena is a fool's errand. It's best to just let the show do the talking. What makes Utena an iconic character is her refusal to go along with the gender norms of her school, Ohtori Academy, and the challenge she presents to patriarchal structures: Utena wants to be a prince, despite being told that she can't be one; she refuses to wear the female school uniform, much to the chagrin of the school's administration; she is in a lesbian romance with Himemiya Anthy that forms the core relationship of the series; she exhibits unladylike behavior by engaging in duels against combatants who challenge her love of Anthy. At every turn, she refuses the role she is "expected to play" as a woman. She is a revolutionary girl.
Japan in the 1990s was worlds apart from the excess and extravagance of the 1980s. This was largely due to the country's economic bubble bursting, leading Japan into a deep recession. In the wake of the collapse, the blossoming counterculture and queer narratives that had made inroads, were displaced and returned to marginalized status as a recentering of "family values" took hold. There was no time to explore sexuality, and the nation grasped at traditional patriarchal structures to provide stability in uncertain times. Utena arrived and challenged these norms that were trying to reestablish themselves. The series is one of the most influential anime of all time, and is often cited as an inspiration by artists today. Rebecca Sugar, the creator of Steven Universe, has said that Utena was "an epiphany for her.
Director Kunihiko Ikuhara has always celebrated queer characters in his works, before Utena, he oversaw the arcs in Sailor Moon that feature the iconic couple Sailor Uranus and Sailor Neptune. (Yes, they're a couple, English dub. Deal with it.) He then directed 2015's Yurikuma Arashi, another queer series dripping in metaphor and symbolism centered around lesbian bears (yes, you read that right). Most recently, Ikuhara directed 2019's Sarazanmai, which features a gay boy with a serious crush on his best friend. All are great, and worth checking out.
What Are Boys Made Up Of? What Are Girls Made Up Of?
When it comes to queer stories in anime, the majority focus their narratives on gay and lesbian characters. There is less representation for transgender individuals. Having said that, one of the best queer stories in the medium is 2011's beautiful Wandering Son. The story by Takako Shimura follows middle schooler Shuichi Nitori, who is born male but identifies as female. The entirety of the manga tells Nitori's story from late elementary school through their college years, but the anime focuses on their time in middle school. This is a particularly crucial time for a young transgender person, and in Nitori's case, the hormones brought on by puberty begin to affect their ability to conceal the maleness they are trying to transition away from.
Transgender rights in Japan are virtually non-existent, and the process required to have one's affirmed gender legally recognized is intrusive and littered with roadblocks. When Human Rights Watch is up in arms about your discrimination situation, it's a problem. First off, a person who wishes to transition must be over 20 years of age, not married, and not have any children under the age of 20. A transgender person in Japan must be diagnosed specifically with "Gender Identity Disorder," but finding a doctor that will give that diagnosis can be a challenge. Finally, in order to be legally recognized as the gender one is transitioning to, sterilization surgery is required. Stigma and discrimination follow transgender individuals at every turn in Japan. They may even be passed up for promotions at work, as private companies in Japan are somehow within their rights to only promote those who are married and have, or are planning to have, children.
Wandering Son doesn't pull punches with its depiction of the bullying and discrimination that Nitori faces. They experience a lot in the 11-episode series. But they do have allies who stand by them, and what we see is a young transgender person who knows who they are, who they want to be, and is committed to the difficult road that lies ahead of them. The anime makes a strong case for young transgender individuals being much more aware of their own gender than the adults around them who try to impose laws or think they know better. Nitori knows who they are, and they struggle emotionally because none of the authority figures in their life recognize this. This reverberates all the way to the United States, where legislation outlawing gender-affirming care in 15 states is threatening the wellbeing of transgender youth. Wandering Son is a hugely important queer anime, and while it may not be perfect, for a story like this to even make it as an anime, in a country that does next to nothing to help transgender individuals, it's a must-watch. Sadly, Wandering Son is not available on any streaming service, so actually finding it is a bit of a challenge—but seek it out by any means necessary (and get on Twitter and tell @Crunchyroll to re-up that license!)
When Queer Love Gets Real
In recent years, there have been a flood of anime that are taking queer love seriously. In the past, a not insignificant amount of the queer anime out there sought to titillate, provoke, and featured queer love that suffered from toxic relationship traits. What is starting to happen is a change in theme towards presenting queer love as a normal part of everyday life; a beautiful lived experience that is no different than the heterosexual love Japan has so thoroughly ingrained into its culture. While there might still be tropes in the writing, it's the little things that are finding their way into the narratives of queer anime that make these romances feel more authentic, more real.
While this trend has been building, the show that achieved true mainstream success centered around a gay romance is 2016's Yuri!!! On Ice. Figure skater Yuri Katsuki considers hanging up his skates after a run of poor performances at international competitions, suffering from anxiety on the ice—he's all in his head. But when his idol, Victor Nikiforov, seeks out Yuri to coach him back to greatness, he decides to give competition a try once more. Along the way, he begins to fall for Victor.
Yuri!!! On Ice felt like lightning-in-a-bottle when it hit the scene. The reason for its success is likely due to a couple of factors. First off, the gay romance at the center of the show is done well, featuring some downright cute moments between the leads, but unafraid to pepper in bold moments that affirm the strength of Yuri and Victor's relationship. Secondly, Yuri!!! On Ice is a really good sports anime. A tried and tested genre, the sports anime lives and dies on the strength of its narrative, usually one of overcoming obstacles to reach the pinnacle of sport, and its characters. Yuri!!! On Ice does this well, and with great attention to detail regarding the sport of figure skating. You can't help but cheer for Yuri both on and off the ice. The show ventures further into uncharted territory by addressing same-sex marriage, something that isn't legally recognized in Japan, though some local governments are now providing rights for same-sex unions. The pressure being applied to Japan's conservative national politics is slowly ratcheting up, and anime is playing a part in that.
2018's Bloom Into You features a budding lesbian romance that is filled with tender moments of a first love. There is a lot of tension between Koito Yuu and Nanami Touko as they navigate the minefield of high school while trying to understand their feelings for one another. Holding a hand, stealing a kiss when they think no one is looking, supporting one another no matter what. Is this what love is? Bloom Into You is an interesting one as there is a lot of push and pull between the two leads. Koito and Nanami are at times aggressive, pushing the relationship forward, but are equal parts timid; unsure if the other feels the same way. The show captures this nuance well. But what really sets Bloom Into You over the top is its inclusion of queer adult characters. The girls and their friends frequent a café near their school to kick back, gossip, or discuss school projects. When their teacher, Ms. Hakozaki, happens to walk in and is greeted by the café's female owner, Miyako, with a familiar "welcome home," the secret is out. Later on, Sayaka, a girl with a crush on Nanami, reaches out to Miyako for advice on how to handle her feelings, and Miyako is able to help Sayaka with what may lie ahead.
This is a pretty big deal as it stands up against the belief that queer love is something that is only experienced during adolescence, and is eventually abandoned in favor of pursuing straight love. This idea is propagated by conservative groups in Japan that are insistent queer love is nothing more than a phase. It was an idea that bled into literature during the early 1900s where romantic writing might feature a same-sex confession of love, and might even go as far as sexual activity, but that love is "corrected" later on and reduced to a memory: "that one magical summer." With Bloom Into You (and Wandering Son as well, by the way), these queer adult characters are proof that their love is not "just a phase." It's a subtle acknowledgement of queer love as a part of everyday life, found everywhere, and at any age.
The Evolution of BL
Finally, let's talk about the most improved anime genre out there, Boys' Love. BL, for the uninitiated, acts as a catch-all term for pretty much any and all stories that feature male characters in some kind of romantic relationship. Hugely popular in the world of fanfiction, BL dominates almost every convention in Japan for dojinshi (self-published) artists. Media scholar Fujimoto Yukari talks about Boys' Love through the years, and touches on a valid point of criticism—that for a long time BL was a genre that fetishized gay romance and was out of touch with reality. How quickly things can change.
In the last few years, Boys' Love anime have been some of the best romance anime out there, hands down. Excellent straight romance anime from days long since past like 2007's Clannad or 2008's Toradora are most definitely in the queer-view mirror at this point, as Boys' Love has taken the wheel. (Yes, I'm aware that straight romance isn't dead yet. 2016's A Silent Voice exists and is awesome.)
The 2016 movie Classmates is an opposites attract situation wherein the cool, guitar-playing Hikaru Kusakabe falls for the nerdy, uptight Rihito Sajo. Kusakabe takes the lead, while Sajo is a bit more reticent. There is very little in the way of melodrama, something Boys' Love has a propensity to lean into. It's all the little bits of banter and subtle reactions that make the characters feel real, like when Kusakabe invites Sajo to his band's live show matter-of-factly after leaning in for a kiss, flustering poor Sajo. Moments where jealousy or uncertainty creep in are offset by sweet, intimate resolutions.
The 2019 series given is also centered around music as four bandmates catch feelings bad for one another. With a bit more time to breathe over 11 episodes and a movie-length sequel, given's relationship arcs are a slow burn. As the narrative fire smolders at a relaxed pace, crackles and pops of drama might seem a tad overwrought, but are generally well earned and fit the mood of a band trying to realize their potential while dealing with hormonal overload. Cathartic moments are felt after a lot of "will they, won't they" and missed opportunities to confess. given doesn't break new ground, but it showcases how relationships in BL anime can be written well, and avoid some of the toxic tropes of the scene, by presenting believable, complex relationships.
Last, but certainly not least, 2020's The Stranger By The Shore, which takes place on a small island in Okinawa, has a beautiful setting that the film's artists go for broke in depicting. Each scene is filled with gorgeous, densely layered background art. Hashimoto Shun, a young author who struggles with his sexuality, has a chance encounter with Chibana Mio after noticing that Mio often hangs out by the shore across the way from Shun's grandmother's café/hostel. There is immediate chemistry between the boys, but Shun can't open up. He was bullied as a high schooler and more or less disowned by his parents after coming out.
Unlike a lot of Boys' Love material, Stranger addresses the reality that many queer youth in Japan (and in many places around the world) face, ostracization & othering. This hangs over Shun immensely, and it's through Mio and his support network in Okinawa that Shun begins to let go of his anxiety. Both characters also admit to having had straight relationships, which could be a claim to bisexuality (something Mio is fairly open about), but could also be a case of keeping up appearances, as queer people in Japan may hide their orientation behind a hetero marriage. Shun seems to fall into the latter category, which is something else he has to address in the film.
Stranger By The Shore is also noteworthy for having its characters go all the way, in a tastefully done scene that feels intimate without being gratuitous. In a lot of cases, censorship gets in the way as production committees and TV networks fret over queer love. Even Yuri!!! On Ice somewhat covers up a kiss, which may have been the result of corporate meddling, if internet rumors are to be believed. For Stranger to be given the go ahead for a sex scene, feels like a win.
Anime offers a lot of hope for the queer community; its track record shows that it has long been the medium leading the charge for LGBTQ representation, and continues to highlight the issues that still remain as barriers to equality. From Serge and Gilbert's beautiful, shocking, tragic love that broke ground in the 80s, to the supportive, intimate love Shun and Mio show us today, queer anime needs to be supported to continue raising awareness and changing minds.
It seems to be working in Japan, as more local governments are recognizing same-sex couples, with support for equality swelling. A recent ruling on Japan's same-sex marriage ban found the ban to be unconstitutional, so the tide does feel like it's turning. Queer anime continues to play a part in the push for LGBTQ rights in Japan, and with anime's greater visibility and influence across the globe, watching, supporting, and promoting queer anime is important here, too. It also helps that a lot of it is really good.
"This is an ordinary love story, that took place one ordinary spring." says Nakayama Haruki in given.
It's just that simple. How can anyone hate on that?
Michael Lee is a writer who might take anime and video games a little too seriously. For more musings on animation, fandom, and game worlds, follow him on Twitter @kousatender.
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With a new spinoff announced for Captain Jack in the form of a Big Finish audio drama (The Lives of Captain Jack), I thought it would be a good idea to look back at the two parter that introduced the character to the Whoniverse - The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances. An ongoing debate in fandom is who actually created Captain Jack. Whilst Steven Moffat was the first to write the character, Russell T Davies gave the character to Moffat to introduce in his two parter. Personally, I see Steven Moffat as the character's creator as he is the one who first established the character's personality onscreen. Without Moffat's writing first, Jack may have been a completely different character with a completely different personality. Whilst I'm not as in love with The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances as other members of the Whovian fandom, if it wasn't for this story Captain Jack may not have become arguably the most compelling of the new series' recurring characters to date.
The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances finds the Doctor (Christopher Eccleston) and Rose (Billie Piper) arrive in WW2 London, where a young child called Jamie (Albert Valentine) is terrorising the population by spreading what appears to be a disease that turns everybody he touches into gas mask zombies. Whilst Rose searches for a young boy crying for help and is rescued hanging from a barrage balloon by con man Captain Jack Harkness (John Barrowman), the Doctor meets the young boy's 'sister' Nancy (Florence Hoath). Eventually the Doctor and Rose learn that the gas mask zombies have been created by nanogenes (robots that take on the appearance of glowing specks and are capable of healing wounds) from a Chula ambulance that Jack crashed in the middle of war-torn London. In order to save London from the nanogenes, the Doctor, Rose and Jack must reunite Jamie with his mother.
It's not hard when looking at this story to see why the character of Captain Jack became so popular. John Barrowman as Captain Jack is perfect casting and is extremely fun to watch. There is literally never a dull moment when Jack is around, his cheeky nature balancing nicely off Christopher Eccleston's more serious take on the Doctor. One great scene shows Jack admiring Rose's arse through a pair of binoculars. To me that is the scene in this two parter that sums up Jack's character best; it shows how progressive Doctor Who as a show is and always has been that it introduced its first bisexual character in 2005. That's at least 10 years before other television shows started introducing bisexual characters, maybe even longer than that. The only other bisexual character in a television show I can recall is Marcus Dent in Coronation Street and he wasn't revealed as bisexual until 2012, when he developed feelings for hairdresser Maria Connor.
Christopher Eccleston is much better here than he is in other Series 1 stories as the Doctor too. By this point he feels much more comfortable in the role, especially with the humour that the part requires. Earlier in the series some of Christopher Eccleston's more light-hearted lines felt a little forced but here it sounds somewhat more natural coming from his mouth. The line 'Oh, that's just humans. By everyone else's standards, red's camp.' would have probably felt stiff said by early Eccleston but here the way he says it to Rose works well. He still isn't the best Doctor at the more comedy-orientated elements (hell, he's probably my least favourite Doctor out of all the actors to play the role) but it shows that he might have improved had he stayed on for a second series. This is something that even Christopher Eccleston himself has begun to acknowledge; in recent interviews he has stated he regrets leaving Doctor Who after such a short space of time and could have improved at the comedy had he continued. Here's hoping Big Finish can convince him to record some new audio adventures of the ninth Doctor as it could be a Colin Baker scenario: the audio ninth Doctor being better than the TV ninth Doctor.
The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances has possibly one of the best one-off characters in any episode of the show too. Florence Hoath is brilliant as Nancy; an extremely likeable young woman who feeds homeless children in her shelter. She's a woman with a heart of gold, yet she's certainly no Mary Sue. Her weakness is actually pretty dark for Doctor Who, in that she refuses to accept a kid of hers who in her mind is a 'mistake'. You see, Nancy is a mother who gave birth at the age of sixteen. She's the victim of an unfortunate young pregnancy. It can perhaps be argued that in the same way Kill The Moon is a subtext for abortion, The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances is more the story of a young woman facing her 'mistake' and having to accept him for who he is rather than as someone who wasn't meant to happen than it is about gas mask zombies. Nancy could have made a brilliant companion and it is a wonder that she didn't join the ninth Doctor, Rose and Jack in the TARDIS (although it would have been a bit crowded).
My problem with The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances is that I don't find the gas mask zombies that convincing as a threat. The catchphrase 'Are you my mummy?' is creepy in the way it is spoken regardless of the character's age in a childlike voice but it isn't clear enough what the gas mask transformation does to its victims. Do they lose their humanity? Is it like a mental condition such as dementia where they're no longer the same person but merely a reflection of who they used to be? Do they have the same memories or only simplified versions of them (does Jamie only remember Nancy being his mother?)? None of this is made clear enough in the two parter and it would have been nice to have had more clarity by Steven Moffat as to how tragic becoming a gas mask zombie is.
Having said that, the climax of 'everybody lives' still remains one of the most heart-warming moments the show has ever had. You truly feel the Doctor's joy when he says it and it feels like a natural conclusion that makes sense given what has happened earlier in the story. The foreshadowing is all there for a satisfying pay-off and is expertly written by Steven Moffat, in a way that I couldn't possibly imagine this story having any other ending. It's sort-of like if Steven Spielberg directed a Doctor Who episode: the kind of magical conclusion you'd get from a Spielberg film like E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if Spielberg movies were an inspiration for Moffat when writing this two-parter. Maybe one day the show could even get Steven Spielberg to direct a Steven Moffat episode?
The CGI in that scene by The Mill is still incredible ten years' on, the tractor beam Captain Jack uses to beam Rose up being another effect in that scene that feels extremely real. If you showed that to anybody without bias towards Doctor Who and asked them how old the CGI is, I would predict their response would be '2016' rather than '2005'.
Overall, I might not have as much love for The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances as other Whovians (personally I prefer Silence In The Library/Forest of the Dead) but it is still a great two-parter and a successful introduction for Captain Jack Harkness. John Barrowman was perfect casting as Jack and it isn't hard to see why years later many of us are begging for his return in the main show after being absent since 2010. Christopher Eccleston gives one of his best performances as the Doctor and Nancy is one of the show's most likeable one-off characters. The gas mask zombies may not have impressed me as they did other viewers but their catchphrase is certainly creepy, even if what the gas mask transformation even means for its victims isn't explained enough in the two parter for me to really care or find them scary. The CGI is still amazing though (especially the barrage balloon sequence) and it's hard to believe the visual effects here are ten years' old.
The second part of this two parter remains one of the outstanding episodes in new Who. Throughout, it maintains a good balance of drama, suspense, horror, and comedy. There are some off moments to be sure and a few gratuitous elements but the denouement of the crisis is pure magic. The climatic scene is one of the show's most Iconic moments, carried perfectly by Christopher Eccleston. Florence Heath is superb is Nancy. The two parter (began with the Empty Child) is one the best stories of the Revived series.