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Street Fighter II - The Movie (Street Fighter II - The Animated Movie nos EUA, ストリートファイターII MOVIE Sutorīto Faitā Tsū Mūbī no Japão e Street Fighter II - O Filme em português) é um filme de animação japonês de 1994 dirigido por Gisaburo Sugii e produzido pela Capcom.

A animação é uma adaptação da série de jogos Street Fighter II e teve a animação realizada pelo Group TAC, sendo distribuído pela Manga Entertainment. Não confundir o título com o filme em live-action Street Fighter: A Batalha Final estrelado por Jean-Claude Van Damme e Raul Julia. Foi lançado no Japão em 8 de agosto de 1994 e teve versões dubladas em várias partes do mundo, sendo duas versões diferentes no Brasil, na qual foi vista nos cinemas em Fevereiro de 1996. Também foi editado em algumas partes do mundo para se adaptar as leis locais devido a cenas consideradas impróprias para o público alvo do filme, normalmente adolescentes entre 12 e 18 anos. Anos depois, as cenas consideradas impróprias foram mostradas sem censura quando lançaram o filme em Blu-Ray em todas as partes do mundo.

Sinopse
O filme começa com a luta entre Ryu e o multi-campeão de Muay Thai, Sagat. Depois de uma sangrenta batalha, Ryu vence com um potente golpe Shoryuken, deixando uma enorme cicatriz no peito de Sagat, finalizando com um Hadouken e se tornando, simbólicamente, o campeão mundial dentre os lutadores de rua, por derrotar o considerado mais forte lutador do mundo até então. Enquanto isso, a agente Cammy, sob efeito de lavagem cerebral, é enviada a Inglaterra para assassinar um ministro local a mando de uma organização criminosa Shadaloo, comandada por M. Bison. A agente da Interpol, Chun Li investiga o caso e aponta para o recrutamento de vários lutadores no mundo a mando de M. Bison para fazerem parte da organização, seja através de benefícios financeiros ou através de lavagem cerebral.

Nos EUA, Ken Masters, amigo antigo de mesmo dojo de Ryu, vence mais um torneio de artes-marciais, porém sem nunca se esquecer do amigo que não vê a alguns anos. Durante uma ida ao cais da cidade de Seattle, Ken é desafiado por T. Hawk, um índio americano que foi obrigado a se refugiar no México por ter suas terras tomadas pela Shadaloo. Mesmo evitando a luta, Ken vence o índio de 2,39 cm de altura. A luta é acompanhada por um dos ciborgues de M. Bison para avaliar a habilidade dos lutadores. Ryu continua sua caminhada, dessa vez na Índia, onde enfrenta o ator de filmes de ação Fei Long, que grava um filme no local. Na central da organização Shadaloo, na fronteira do Camboja com o Laos, Bison observa a semelhança do estilo de luta de Ken e Ryu, pedindo o recrutamento de ambos, assim como já havia feito com Vega, Balrog e Sagat. Chun Li recorre as Forças Armadas dos Estados Unidos para convencer o coronel Guile uma operação conjunta para capturar Bison. Porém, inicialmente esse recusa.

Guile é surpreendido por Chun Li novamente e pede uma aliança com ele, mas este se recusa devido a perda de seu companheiro em um evento atrás. Chun Li fala que ambos possui um mesmo ideal porque o pai dela foi morto por Bison e eles vão a Los Angeles alertar Dee Jay, que também estava a ser observado por um dos ciborgues. Ao perceber a movimentação contra sua organização, M. Bison ordena que Vega dê um fim em Chun Li. Já de volta a seu apartamento em Nova York, Chun Li é alvo do assassino espanhol, porém consegue vencê-lo após uma sangrenta batalha e arremessando-o de seu apartamento. Entretanto, Chun Li acaba entrando em coma devido à perda de sangue durante a batalha. Guile chega a tempo de levá-la ao hospital e continua suas investigações sozinho. Enquanto isso, Bison vai pessoalmente capturar Ken na região noroeste dos EUA. Usando seu poder descomunal, ele rapta Ken e também realiza lavagem cerebral com ele. Balrog é enviado a Las Vegas para recrutar mais dois lutadores que estariam em combate, Zangief e Blanka.

Bison ordena a Sagat para ir atrás de Vega e Cammy achando que eles poderiam dar informações da Shadaloo. Sagat questiona que este tinha uma rixa com Ryu, mas Bison quer que faça o que foi ordenado e que seu inimigo são os Street Fighters e não Ryu.

Ryu está nas montanhas do Himalaia e ajuda uma menina por causa de um mal-entendido e também conhece E. Honda, que havia vencido a Dhalsim em um combate graças a presença de Ryu. Contudo, eles são compatriotas, segundo E. Honda, são japoneses. Enquanto treinam, eles recebem a visita de Guile para os alertar sobre as buscas de Bison por novos soldados. Seguido por Bison, os três são surpreendidos pelo avião do líder da Shadaloo. Com Ken, sob efeito da lavagem cerebral e Balrog, começa a batalha entre os 6 lutadores.

Ryu não combate contra Ken por se tratar de seu melhor amigo, porém esse não se lembra de nada anterior a hipnose de Bison. Guile enfrenta Bison, sem muita chance diante de tanto poder, enquanto E. Honda e Balrog duelam próximos a um desfiladeiro em que caem. Após algumas lembranças virem a sua mente, Ken desperta em parte do transe e Bison, vendo tal coisa, o golpeia fortemente. Então, Ryu enfrenta Bison, também com poucas chances de vencer. Ken volta a si depois de despertar do transe do Bison e mal consegue ficar de pé. Ken vê seu amigo Ryu enfrentando Bison e vai se juntar na luta, mas seu corpo e alma estão abalados devido a lavagem cerebral de Bison que mal consegue ficar em pé. Ken se concentra para poder se recuperar totalmente do ocorrido, eliminando o que era negativo em sua mente e depois aparece no campo de batalha para ajudar o amigo na luta contra Bison. Bison comete o erro de lutar com os amigos "no mesmo nível deles", ou seja, sem utilizar todos os seus poderes sobre-humanos, apenas no corpo-a-corpo. Depois de uma grande batalha, Ken e Ryu vencem o líder da Shadaloo usando um Hadouken duplo. E. Honda aparece carregando Guile e Balrog, mas fica feliz pela dupla ter se acertado e por ter derrotado Bison.

O quartel general da Shadaloo é destruído pela Interpol e Forças Armadas dos EUA no Laos. Guile recebe uma ligação do hospital para se dirigir até lá. Chegando ao quarto onde estava Chun Li, seu corpo estava coberto, achando que Chun Li não tinha resistido aos ferimentos que recebeu de Vega, mas Chun Li surpreende Guile, como também mostra a notícia da vitória em cima da Shadaloo, mas quando ia cumprimentá-lo, Guile não demonstra estar bem pelo fato de ter sido enganado.

Ryu se despede de Ken e continua seu caminho em busca da melhora espiritual na região do estado de Washington, nos EUA com Elisa e oferece carona, mas Ryu preferiu caminhar e os dois admitem para ambos que ficaram bem fortes. Enquanto Ryu seguia, é surpreendido por Bison dirigindo um caminhão em sua direção.

Recepção do Filme

No ano de seu lançamento, 1994, o anime era tido como a versão real das histórias de vida dos personagens, uma vez que as histórias nos jogos eram limitadas a pouquíssimos quadros de uma animação pobre, devido a tecnologia da época. Porém, com a passagem dos anos e os novos jogos que viriam a seguir, deixaram essa animação como apenas mais uma das muitas adaptações baseadas na série de jogos. Apesar disso, por ter sido lançada pela própria empresa do game e tendo o aval e colaboração do criador da série, Yoshiki Okamoto, essa animação desempenhou um papel importante na história de Street Fighter.

O jogo que sucedeu o marcante Street Fighter II foi Street Fighter Alpha (no Japão conhecido como Street Fighter Zero). O enredo do jogo foi claramente baseado nos momentos em que Ken relembra fatos passados com Ryu. Dessa forma, ao invés do esperado Street Fighter III, a Capcom lançava um jogo em que contava a história dos personagens quando jovens, com o visual sendo também baseado no anime, como o cabelo comprido de Ken e Ryu ainda sem sua tradicional faixa vermelha. A faixa vermelha de Ryu também é outro fato significante trazido da animação. Durante uma de suas lembranças no filme, Ken e Ryu estão treinando em uma floresta no Japão, quando o japonês sofre um pequeno acidente e fere a testa. Ken, em sinal da amizade de ambos, lhe dá a faixa vermelha que usava para prender seus longos cabelos. Esse gesto acaba se tornando um grande símbolo da amizade de ambos, apesar da rivalidade. No final de Ken no jogo Street Fighter Alpha 2, a mesma cena acontece, porém com leves mudanças (como o cenário de fundo, o motivo da entrega - Ken ter vencido Ryu no combate final) deixando claro que a idéia foi baseada no anime mas não necessariamente sendo o anime parte real do enredo dos jogos.

A luta final do anime entre Ryu e Ken contra Bison também inspirou uma novidade no jogo Street Fighter Alpha. O chamado Dramatic Battle, em que os dois personagens lutavam ao mesmo tempo contra Bison, artifício usado originalmente no game Fatal Fury, da SNK, uma antiga competidora da Capcom. Inclusive a música do jogo é a mesma do anime, seguindo a trilha sonora japonesa.

Diferentes versões

O anime teve diferentes versões em várias partes do mundo, dependendo das leis locais para algumas cenas consideradas impróprias em alguns países. A mais famosa delas é o banho em que a personagem Chun-Li aparece completamente nua. O filme em que Chun-Li utiliza o Kikouken, é trocada em que ela arremessa o sofá em Vega devido a cena de nudez. Essa cena foi editada em algumas versões (como a brasileira, por exemplo) e completamente excluída em outras. Algumas das lutas entre Vega e Chun-Li também sofreram edições. No total, a versão original apresenta um tempo de duração de 96 minutos (desconsiderando os créditos) e nas versões editadas cerca de 94 minutos. O filme, mesmo com as edições, recebeu classificação de 16 anos nos EUA, o que atrapalhou sua divulgação, uma vez que grande parte dos fãs dos jogos possuiam idade inferior a época do lançamento. Anos depois foi lançado em Blu-Ray para todos os países, inclusive o Brasil, remasterizado em HD e sem censura, incluindo a cena da Chun-Li tomando banho e a luta contra Vega.

Também houve troca nos nomes de alguns personagens, porém esse problema já era originado das versões dos jogos. O Japão reconhecia M. Bison, Balrog e Vega como sendo o boxeador americano, o espanhol com garras e o líder da Shadaloo respectivamente. Já nos EUA, os mesmos personagens eram conhecidos como Balrog, Vega e M. Bison, seguindo a ordem anterior. Isso pode ser visto no painel onde Chun Li apresentava os personagens em seu relatório inicial na Interpol. Dessa forma, cada país também seguiu com sua própria versão, conhecendo os personagens de acordo com a "versão japonesa" e a "versão americana". No Brasil, e em geral na Europa e países do Ocidente conhecem seus personagens pelos nomes apresentados na versão americana, enquanto os países da Ásia preferem identificá-los pela versão japonesa. Essa mudança altera a dublagem desses países, assim como os créditos finais.

Outra mudança entre as versões japonesas e americanas está na trilha sonora. A versão japonesa tem uma trilha com artistas daquele país, seguindo um ritmo mais pop rock característico do país. Já a versão americana ganhou músicas de bandas que faziam sucesso nos EUA, como Silverchair, Alice in Chains e Korn, ainda vivendo um final da era grunge.

Dublagem

O filme foi distribuído em vários países, sendo dublado em várias línguas. A versão brasileira, porém, teve duas dublagens. Quando o anime finalmente chegou aos cinemas do país em Fevereiro de 1996, apresentava uma dublagem de qualidade ruim, feita por um estúdio em Miami, EUA, por atores brasileiros que atuavam como coadjuvantes em séries americanas. Algumas das vozes apresentavam inclusive certo sotaque, uma vez que alguns atores moravam a muitos anos nos EUA e pouco praticavam o português. Mas como a série Street Fighter II Victory fazia muito sucesso no país, sendo exibida pelo SBT, resolveram fazer uma dublagem usando os mesmos dubladores dessa versão. Dessa forma, a mesma empresa de dublagem, Master Sound, foi contratada e o anime ganhou sua segunda versão. Os nomes seguiram a versão americana assim como a trilha sonora.

Protagonistas

Outros Personagens

Trilha Sonora

Versões Japonesas
Duas trilhas oficiais foram lançadas no Japão.

A primeira, mais conhecida, lançada em 1 de agosto de 1994 era composta das seguintes músicas:
Tetsuya Komuro - Fighting Street
Tetsuya Komuro - "Plot"
Big Life - "Cry"
Tetsuya Komuro - "Enter VEGA"
Ryoko Shinohara w Tetsuya Komuro - "Itoshisa To Setsunasa To Kokoro Tsuyosato"
Tetsuya Komuro - "Battle-Blanka & Zangief"
Alph Lyla|Alpha-Lyla - "Break!"
Tetsuya Komuro - "Mission"
Alph Lyla|Alpha-Lyla - "Kitsusuki Nagara Atsukunare"
Tetsuya Komuro - "Assassination"
Tetsuya Komuro - "Farewell - Ryu & Ken"
Ryoko Shinohara & Tetsuya Komuro - "GooD LucK"
Yoko Shimomura - "Bonus Track - A Riddle/Gouki Theme"

A segunda trilha, lançada em 21 de novembro de 1994 foi composta por Tetsuya Komuro e contém músicas diferentes da primeira trilha, com exceção da faixa 17.

 "Opening Fight - Ryu vs. Sagat"
 "Ryu's Training"
 "Ryu and Ken's Friendship"
 "Fei Long and Ryu's Battle"
 "Fei Long and Ryu's Quiet Friendship"
 "Honda and Dhalsim's Battle"
 "Chun Li"
 "Dee Jay"
 "Balrog's Eyes"
 "Balrog and Chun Li's Battle"
 "Vega Psycho Power"
 "Possessed Ken"
 "Ryu and Ken (Wake up, Ken!)"
 "Life and Death Struggle"
 "Heated Friendship"
 "Chun Li's Sad News"
 Ryoko Shinohara e Tetsuya Komuro - "Itoshisa To Setsunasa To Kokoro Tsuyosa To (Q Sound Mixed Version)"

Ambos as trilhas foram lançadas no Japão somente pela Sony Music Entertainment local.

Versão Americana
A versão americana substituiu as músicas originais por outras mais pesadas, baseadas no grunge e no metal alternativo, além de algumas músicas eletrônicas. Composta por Cory Lerios e John D'Andrea, dupla famosa por também lançar a trilha sonora da série Baywatch:

Korn - "Blind"
Alice in Chains - "Them Bones"
Silverchair - "Israel's Son"
In The Nursery - "Hallucinations" (Dream World Mix)
Black/Note - "Evil Dancer"
KMFDM - "Ultra"
Smokin Suckaz Wit Logic - "Cuz I'm Like Dat"
Intermix - "Mantra"

Jogo

Anos depois, em 1996, a Capcom lançou um jogo para Playstation e Sega Saturn baseado no anime, chamado Street Fighter II Movie The Interactive Game, jogo em era possível controlar os ciborgues da Shadaloo e mudar o final da história original do filme. Algumas cenas cortadas da versão final do anime, foram colocadas no jogo, como a fireball de Chun Li em sua luta contra Vega e uma aparição de Akuma na Índia.

Ligações externas

  Street Fighter II The Movie no AllMovie.com

Filmes de anime
Filmes do Japão de 1994
Filmes da série Street Fighter
Animes de 1994
Filmes baseados em jogos eletrônicos
Filmes ambientados em Las Vegas
Filmes ambientados na China
Filmes ambientados na Índia
Filmes ambientados em Londres
Filmes ambientados em Los Angeles
Filmes ambientados em Nova Iorque
Filmes ambientados em Seattle
Filmes em língua japonesa
Filmes de animes baseados em jogos eletrônicos

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Amid fears, PTSD, Sri Lanka protesters determined to continue anti-government struggle
By NESHELLA PERERA
Monday October 31, 2022 8:23 pm
ECONOMYNEXT – It was not easy for Nuzly Hameem, a 31-year-old civil engineer, to face reality after a long spell as one of the key figures in Sri Lanka's historic Aragalaya (Struggle) protests that ousted former leader Gotabaya Rajapaksa in July this year.
He had to sacrifice his lucrative job for the protest that lasted five months before the protestors dispersed in August.
He has been seeking a job that suits his degree obtained at the University of the West of England.
"Well, life has been hard for a long time now, especially since I had to leave my job due to various reasons," Hameem told EconomyNext before participating in a token protest on October 27 to warn President Ranil Wickremesinghe's government.
"Five months into unemployment, I have literally spent all my savings. I have applied for more than 200 job applications, most of them aren't in the construction field because the industry is dead due to the economic crisis.
"I got only three interview calls. They all said they cannot afford the remuneration I was seeking. What they offered is not sufficient to live in current conditions," he said.
Hameem has witnessed the arrest of over a dozen of his colleagues who protested with him over various allegations after President Wickremesinghe took over the government. He has not been arrested yet, but has faced frequent questioning from police, he says.
The Aragalaya protestors successfully ousted four Rajapaksa brothers: President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa, and Irrigation Minister Chamal Rajapaksa – and their second-generation law makers – Sports Minister Namal Rajapaksa and state agricultural minister Shasheendra Rajapaksa.
Many of the protest leaders who unseated the powerful Rajapaksas are suffering due to legal actions.
Some of them are undergoing post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) while some even attempted to commit suicide, close allies of protesters say.
"I tried to quit myself. I haven't been myself lately, personally or professionally. It's been very tough going with everything happening around me," Hameem tweeted on October 13.
Many of the protesters have lost their jobs and some have said companies are not considering them suitable for jobs because of their involvement in the protest movement.
Arrest, oppression
The protest leaders including those affiliated with political parties and non-political groups are now living in fear due to the arrests and alleged acts of intimidation.
Their forceful removal from the protest site near the Presidential Secretariat adjacent to the Galle Face Green was internationally criticised as a violation of the protestors' basic rights.
Three protesters were detained under controversial Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA), a law which the international community wants scrapped on the grounds that it allegedly violates the rights of detainees. One of the three detainees was released last week.
The use of the PTA has created fear among the protesters.
"Engaging in protests has limited my freedom as human, a citizen and a professional," Melanie Gunathilaka, an environmental activist who was part of the anti-government protest, told EconomyNext.
Gunathilaka was arrested on September 24 over alleged illegal assembly but was given police bail after one day behind bars.
"While I was in custody as a suspect, I was treated like a criminal. It is not fair to punish people when they are only suspects and have not gone through the judiciary process… I don't feel safe in my country anymore," she said referring to the twin attacks on anti-government protesters on May 9 and July 22.
"I experienced what it feels to be scared and being insecure in my own country."
The new government after the ouster of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa is concerned about the way forward for the protesters.
In the five months from March to July, protesters started the agitation in isolation, mainly in select places in and around Colombo. But it spread throughout the country after protesters were brutally attacked by police when they tried to reach Gotabaya Rajapaksa's private residence on March 31.
The attack allowed the protesters to create a tipping point using Rajapaksa's policy lapses in the economy, agriculture, and supply of essentials like fuel, cooking gas, kerosene, milk powder and medicines.
The protesters built the moment to bring mostly middle-income earners across the country to Colombo to oust Rajapaksa and they succeeded on July 09.
"The current government is worried about the apolitical protesters establishing a political party in the long run," a politician from the ruling Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) told EconomyNext.
"If the protesters continue as an apolitical force, that will be a disaster for all the main political parties in the future because nobody is ready to trust any minister or politician yet."
Preventing a future protest will be a daunting task for any government given the worsening economic crisis amid increased taxes and stubbornly high inflation. The youthful protesters are now planning to take on the government after a lapse of three months.
"Occupancy is done but we are continuing the struggle," Jeewantha Pieris, a pastor and protest leader who also was arrested after Wickremesinghe came into power, told reporters at last week's protest in Colombo referring to the next phase of the campaign.
"Everyone is struggling and there is a limit to how much we can bear, which is why the people and the struggle are returning."
The protesters have mainly demanded a change in governance, demanding a "system change" with no corruption. However, Wickremesinghe has so far failed to change any governance system significantly, analysts say.
B P Udara, a leading protester who was chanting slogans against the government during the "Occupy Galle Face" protest said the protester took a break because "everyone said to give Wickremesinghe a chance".
"We gave him his trial period and now we are stepping up and coming out again. The cost of living is rising, there are no jobs, and we don't feel safe in our country," Udara said at the protest last week that was organised as a warning to the government.
"To reclaim all that and live in the country we once were, it's time to come back onto the streets."
Hameem also warned that bullets and guns will not scare them as they have already "managed to send Gotabaya Rajapaksa home".
"For three months we took a nice nap, we took a good rest. But today is the day your countdown starts Ranil Wickremesinghe," he warned.
"You either stop oppression and dissolve the Parliament or else pack your bags right away." (Colombo/Oct31/2022)
Disclaimer: Amid fears, PTSD, Sri Lanka protesters determined to continue anti-government struggle - Views expressed by writers in this section are their own and do not necessarily reflect Latheefarook.com point-of-view
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From Boxcar Services to ReVision Celebration
The Wesleyan-Methodist revival of Christian faith and experience spreading through England during the 18th century and migrating to the newly born United States of America in the 19th century made a "whistle stop" in Conway in 1871 that transformed into a major settlement. Who knew that Conway's first Methodists holding worship services in a boxcar on a siding of the Little Rock and Fort Smith Railroad would emerge into a major spiritual force in this town.
From the initial worship gatherings at the Cadron Settlement around 1808 to Faulkner County's introduction to circuit riders during the remainder of the 1800s to the laying of the first tracks (of what was later part of the Missouri-Pacific Railroad) through the newly established town of Conway in 1870, the congregation of First United Methodist Church has outgrown three previous church buildings. The beautiful, red-domed structure is the fourth; it was opened on November 14, 1915. The combination of Byzantine and Renaissance architectural styles created a landmark church facility anchoring four succeeding building projects:
1955-Educational Building and chapel on Clifton Street (this building was razed in 2008).
1970-McHenry Fellowship Center on Prince Street.
1992-Hospitality Center (connecting the Sanctuary and the Fellowship Center).
2008-Trinity Building, which includes the Great Hall for worship services; youth facilities; pre-school wing; and chapel.
For 100 Days in 2015, the congregation celebrated the 100th anniversary of this beautiful building. For the 100 days following Aug. 2, 2015, activities included:
Phil Hathcock, our longest-serving pastor, brought the message in the Sept. 13 Sanctuary services as we celebrated past and present pastors.
Architecture tours of the Sanctuary were held.
A Sanctuary art display was held in conjunction with Conway ArtsFest, where the church's youngest artists were invited to submit images of the Sanctuary.
A new Hall of History was created by History Committee chairman Emily Walters. This area includes photos, original bulletins and blueprints, and other interesting items gathered together from our History Room.
On Nov. 8, a birthday celebration was held to note the 100thanniversary of the completion of the Sanctuary. Senior pastor Dr. Michael Roberts brought the message of how Conway FUMC's history has shaped its present and its future. About 600 people attended the festivities.
A Commemorative 3D replica ornament of the Sanctuary Building was created and sold for $20 each. Extras are available!
Photographs of church members in and around the Sanctuary were collected and used to create a lovely Mosaic that now hangs in the Hall of History.
The church's pastors, staff and members invite you to join us on a Christian journey in response to the Bible's call to be faithful with our "prayers, presence, gifts, service and witness" in following the teachings of Jesus Christ. If you are looking for a community of faith to which you can belong and with whom you can be involved in Christian faith and ministry, you are invited to be in the Body of Christ here.


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Biography of Charles A. Chadwick
Born and reared far from the scenes of his present labors, and occupying the years and energies of his younger manhood in vastly different pursuits from those in which he is now engaged, the native force and adaptability of Charles A. Chadwick, of Garfield county, this state, are such that he turned readily and successfully to his present occupations, and has made them profitable and well worthy of his own continued application and the general esteem in which his management of them are held. He is a native of Kennebunk Port, Maine, where his life began in 1845, and is the son of Nathan and Mary A. (Carlton) Chadwick, then residents of that place. His father was a native of New York who moved to Vermont in early life and afterward to Massachusetts. Not long before the birth of the son, who was the third of seven children, the family settled at Kennebunk Port, and there the father died in 1874, aged seventy-two years. The mother died in the sixties, at the age of sixty-eight. Their son Charles grew to manhood in his native town, and received a common-school education there. At the age of twenty-one his father started him in business as a grocer at Biddeford, Maine, and he continued the enterprise there four years. He then engaged in business in the woolen industry at Bridgton, in the same state, in which he was occupied until 1864. At that time he moved to Massachusetts and became a contractor in furnishing building and other stone, remaining there so occupied until 1879. In that year, the Leadville, Colorado, mining excitement being at its height, he became a resident of that place, and during the next five years he followed the exciting but delusive work of prospecting and mining, losing all he had accumulated. From Leadville he went to Helena, Montana, where he again became a stone contractor, and in the four years during which he was engaged in this business at that city he partially retrieved his fortunes. In 1884 he again came to Colorado and settled at Denver where he remained two years. At the end of that time he took up his residence on the ranch he now occupies on Roan creek and turned his attention to farming and raising stock. His land was practically unimproved and virgin to the plow, but by assiduous labor and the application of common sense and an awakened intelligence to his new occupation he has brought much of it to a high state of cultivation and built up his stock industry to a large and profitable business. His ranch, which is located in one of the most fertile and promising sections of the state, in Garfield county about fifteen miles north of Debeque, has been transformed into a desirable and valuable country home, and is well known throughout that region for the excellence of its products, its attractive appearance and the skill and vigor with which it is managed. In 1861, before leaving his native heath, Mr. Chadwick was united in marriage with Miss Abbie F. Chick, a native of Maine like himself. They have had five children, Charles A., who died in 1865; Fred D., who died in 1868; and George M., Charles A. and Edward E., who are living.


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Q: How to printf accented characters in ANSI C (like á é í ó ú) I tried to printf with some accented characters such as á é í ó ú:
printf("my name is Seán\n");
The text editor in the DEVC++ IDE displays them fine - i.e the source code looks fine.
I guess I need some library other than stdio.h and maybe some variant of the normal printf.
I'm using IDE Bloodshed DEVC running on Windows XP.

A: Perhaps the best is to use Unicode.
Here's how...
First, manually set your console font to "Consolas" or "Lucida Console" or whichever True-Type Unicode font you can choose ("Raster fonts" may not work, those aren't Unicode fonts, although they may include characters you're interested in).
Next, set the console code page to 65001 (UTF-8) with SetConsoleOutputCP(CP_UTF8).
Then convert your text to UTF-8 (if it's not yet in UTF-8) using WideCharToMultiByte(CP_UTF8, ...).
Finally, call WriteConsoleA() to output the UTF-8 text.
Here's a little function that does all these things for you, it's an "improved" variant of wprintf():
int _wprintf(const wchar_t* format, ...)
{
  int r;
  static int utf8ModeSet = 0;
  static wchar_t* bufWchar = NULL;
  static size_t bufWcharCount = 256;
  static char* bufMchar = NULL;
  static size_t bufMcharCount = 256;
  va_list vl;
  int mcharCount = 0;

  if (utf8ModeSet == 0)
  {
    if (!SetConsoleOutputCP(CP_UTF8))
    {
      DWORD err = GetLastError();
      fprintf(stderr, "SetConsoleOutputCP(CP_UTF8) failed with error 0x%X\n", err);
      utf8ModeSet = -1;
    }
    else
    {
      utf8ModeSet = 1;
    }
  }

  if (utf8ModeSet != 1)
  {
    va_start(vl, format);
    r = vwprintf(format, vl);
    va_end(vl);
    return r;
  }

  if (bufWchar == NULL)
  {
    if ((bufWchar = malloc(bufWcharCount * sizeof(wchar_t))) == NULL)
    {
      return -1;
    }
  }

  for (;;)
  {
    va_start(vl, format);
    r = vswprintf(bufWchar, bufWcharCount, format, vl);
    va_end(vl);

    if (r < 0)
    {
      break;
    }

    if (r + 2 <= bufWcharCount)
    {
      break;
    }

    free(bufWchar);
    if ((bufWchar = malloc(bufWcharCount * sizeof(wchar_t) * 2)) == NULL)
    {
      return -1;
    }
    bufWcharCount *= 2;
  }

  if (r > 0)
  {
    if (bufMchar == NULL)
    {
      if ((bufMchar = malloc(bufMcharCount)) == NULL)
      {
        return -1;
      }
    }

    for (;;)
    {
      mcharCount = WideCharToMultiByte(CP_UTF8,
                                       0,
                                       bufWchar,
                                       -1,
                                       bufMchar,
                                       bufMcharCount,
                                       NULL,
                                       NULL);
      if (mcharCount > 0)
      {
        break;
      }

      if (GetLastError() != ERROR_INSUFFICIENT_BUFFER)
      {
        return -1;
      }

      free(bufMchar);
      if ((bufMchar = malloc(bufMcharCount * 2)) == NULL)
      {
        return -1;
      }
      bufMcharCount *= 2;
    }
  }

  if (mcharCount > 1)
  {
    DWORD numberOfCharsWritten, consoleMode;

    if (GetConsoleMode(GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE), &consoleMode))
    {
      fflush(stdout);
      if (!WriteConsoleA(GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE),
                         bufMchar,
                         mcharCount - 1,
                         &numberOfCharsWritten,
                         NULL))
      {
        return -1;
      }
    }
    else
    {
      if (fputs(bufMchar, stdout) == EOF)
      {
        return -1;
      }
    }
  }

  return r;
}

Following tests this function:
_wprintf(L"\xA0\xA1\xA2\xA3\xA4\xA5\xA6\xA7"
         L"\xA8\xA9\xAA\xAB\xAC\xAD\xAE\xAF"
         L"\xB0\xB1\xB2\xB3\xB4\xB5\xB6\xB7"
         L"\xB8\xB9\xBA\xBB\xBC\xBD\xBE\xBF"
         L"\n"
         L"\xC0\xC1\xC2\xC3\xC4\xC5\xC6\xC7"
         L"\xC8\xC9\xCA\xCB\xCC\xCD\xCE\xCF"
         L"\xD0\xD1\xD2\xD3\xD4\xD5\xD6\xD7"
         L"\xD8\xD9\xDA\xDB\xDC\xDD\xDE\xDF"
         L"\n"
         L"\xE0\xE1\xE2\xE3\xE4\xE5\xE6\xE7"
         L"\xE8\xE9\xEA\xEB\xEC\xED\xEE\xEF"
         L"\xF0\xF1\xF2\xF3\xF4\xF5\xF6\xF7"
         L"\xF8\xF9\xFA\xFB\xFC\xFD\xFE\xFF"
         L"\n");

_wprintf(L"\x391\x392\x393\x394\x395\x396\x397"
         L"\x398\x399\x39A\x39B\x39C\x39D\x39E\x39F"
         L"\x3A0\x3A1\x3A2\x3A3\x3A4\x3A5\x3A6\x3A7"
         L"\x3A8\x3A9\x3AA\x3AB\x3AC\x3AD\x3AE\x3AF\x3B0"
         L"\n"
         L"\x3B1\x3B2\x3B3\x3B4\x3B5\x3B6\x3B7"
         L"\x3B8\x3B9\x3BA\x3BB\x3BC\x3BD\x3BE\x3BF"
         L"\x3C0\x3C1\x3C2\x3C3\x3C4\x3C5\x3C6\x3C7"
         L"\x3C8\x3C9\x3CA\x3CB\x3CC\x3CD\x3CE"
         L"\n");

_wprintf(L"\x410\x411\x412\x413\x414\x415\x401\x416\x417"
         L"\x418\x419\x41A\x41B\x41C\x41D\x41E\x41F"
         L"\x420\x421\x422\x423\x424\x425\x426\x427"
         L"\x428\x429\x42A\x42B\x42C\x42D\x42E\x42F"
         L"\n"
         L"\x430\x431\x432\x433\x434\x435\x451\x436\x437"
         L"\x438\x439\x43A\x43B\x43C\x43D\x43E\x43F"
         L"\x440\x441\x442\x443\x444\x445\x446\x447"
         L"\x448\x449\x44A\x44B\x44C\x44D\x44E\x44F"
         L"\n");

And should result in the following text in the console:
 ¡¢£¤¥¦§¨©ª«¬®¯°±²³´µ¶·¸¹º»¼½¾¿
ÀÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈÉÊËÌÍÎÏÐÑÒÓÔÕÖ×ØÙÚÛÜÝÞß
àáâãäåæçèéêëìíîïðñòóôõö÷øùúûüýþÿ
ΑΒΓΔΕΖΗΘΙΚΛΜΝΞΟΠΡ΢ΣΤΥΦΧΨΩΪΫάέήίΰ
αβγδεζηθικλμνξοπρςστυφχψωϊϋόύώ
АБВГДЕЁЖЗИЙКЛМНОПРСТУФХЦЧШЩЪЫЬЭЮЯ
абвгдеёжзийклмнопрстуфхцчшщъыьэюя

I do not know the encoding in which your IDE stores non-ASCII characters in .c/.cpp files and I do not know what your compiler does when encounters non-ASCII characters. This part you should figure out yourself.
As long as you supply to _wprintf() properly encoded UTF-16 text or call WriteConsoleA() with properly encoded UTF-8 text, things should work.
P.S. Some gory details about console fonts can be found here.

A: Windows console is generally considered badly broken regarding to character encodings. You can read about this problem here, for example.
The problem is that Windows generally uses the ANSI codepage (which is assuming you are in Western Europe or America Windows-1252), but the console uses the OEM codepage (CP850 under the same assumption).
You have several options:

*

*Convert the text to CP850 before writing it (see CharToOem()). The drawback is that if the user redirects the output to a file (> file.txt) and opens the file with e.g. Notepad, he will see it wrong.

*Change the codepage of the console: You need to select a TTF console font (Lucida Console, for example)  and use the command chcp 1252.

*Use UNICODE text and wprintf(): You need the TTF console font anyway.

A: The Windows-1252 (also known as "ANSI") character set used by Windows console mode is not the same as that used by GUI applications.  Hence the IDE representation differs from the runtime representation.
A quick-and-dirty solution for your example is:
printf("my name is Se\xe9n\n");

Most solutions to this problem are flawed one way or another and the simplest solution for Windows applications that need extensive multi-language localisation is to write them as GUI apps using Unicode.

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text:
Death Is The Only Ending For The Villain
*. *. *
"Goddess!"
The open war.
Sitting in the highest and brightest seat of Emperor Palace, Yvonne looked at the people who bowed their heads before her with curious eyes.
It was the Empire. And it was none other than the people of the country who were defeated in the conquest war initiated by the Empire that surrounded the interior of the war.
It is ironic that humans from all over the world can gather together like this.
Then, an old aristocrat offered something in front of her, wrapped in a luxurious cloth.
When the cloth was unwrapped, the head of a dead body with his eyes wide open, and the emperor's usual treasure was revealed.
"It's the Emperor's head, Goddess." Marquis Ellen was small.
Yvonne looked all the way through the lying-down human beings beyond that savage face.
From a man called the 2nd Prince to a high-ranking aristocrat who controls the Queen and the Empire.
Humans who were fooled by the absurd remark that she would give them the power of Leila even cut off the Emperor's neck and gave it to her.
'That's easy.' Click-.
Yvonne opened the box that was on her lap and looked in. Fourteen pieces were seen.
But now even the last piece was supposed to be in her own hands.
After seeing her behavior, Marquis Ellen gave a covetous glow in his eyes. "Dear Goddess, then do you start awakening ceremony now...?"
"It's not time yet."
Yvonne replied with a grin. "Oh, I see."
The old man withdrew with a mixture of disappointment and worries. In the past, she had made countless efforts to get here.
'Why didn't I think of taking advantage of these idiots then?'
Just before they were sealed by ancient wizards, the several pieces of a mirror of truth that foretold the future that the brothers had hidden in advance deep in the emperor palace.
Only with all these Lelia could be unsealed.
However, the body of the other person which was stolen it was not complete. Because the soul of "real Yvonne" was still alive.
Incomplete bodies were constrained by the use of force.
So she searched for scattered pieces and entered the Emperor palace herself to take her body completely.
Fooling suspicious wizards, occupying them, killing a woman who was an obstacle, becoming a crown princess, and entering the palace.
Those were the past days.
And finally, it was even more successful, taking the body completely with Golden Dragon's fangs. She gathered the pieces together and unsealed them.
Tak-.
Yvonne closed the box and raised her head. At the same time, eyes met with his eyes. "hiik!"
His small shoulders were flapping, and soon he began to cry.
It was a lion mask that drove friends to their extremities because of brainwashing.
Unlike his scattered friends, the child, who has not tied alone, cried endlessly standing in the corner. The crying was very pleasing to the ear.
'So, in the past, there used to be Vinter Verdandi in that spot'
The man who sacrificed his fellow wizards and his beloved children with his own hands at Leila's sacrifice and ended up going mad.
Because of his disappearance, he could not see the funny side of the scene this time. Yvonne ate up her appetite with regret.
"Yvonne."
It was then. Someone walked fast across the vast space of the Imperial Palace. "Welcome. I've been waiting."
Yvonne welcomed him as he approached.
In the past, at the moment of the collapse of the empire, he was chosen this time instead of the Crown Prince, who was next to her.
Eclise held out something to her silently.
Yvonne's blue eyes, which had grown for a while, were wide bent into half-moon. "As expected, I knew you'd make it."
This brought together all 15 pieces.
Yvonne grinned and put the last piece that was handed over by Eclise into the box. Then suddenly something caught her eye.
"That"
"Don't look."
Eclise hid what he was holding behind his back.
It was Penelope's magic wand. He was going to keep the mirror wand, and when it was all over, he was going to give it back.
"Why would I pay attention to Penelope's when there's a piece?" Yvonne smiled all the way at Eclis's behavior.
However, the wary eye was not relieved. "Heep your word, Yvonne."
"I have kept all my promises to you, Eclise, unlike Penelope."
She got up from her seat. The Emperor gold chair with the golden dragon wrapped in splendor was revealed.
"Sit down. Now this is your seat." "Not that."
"Then?"
"The hostages."
Eclise turned and went toward the children, tied to one side of Palace.
"You know what it means not to touch? Of course, not a single person can get hurt." "You're trying not to be hated by Penelope, aren't you?"
"My answer back. I could turn everything upside down and surrender you to the Crown Prince." "Of course."
Yvonne responded with a big smile to Eclise's cold warning. In the past, wizards would have been necessary.
Their mana-filled vitality was abundant for Leila. But.
"This timeI really don't need it."
Yvonne muttered, looking into the distant air.
Leila, who sacrificed and resurrected wizards, was arrogant and self-centered.
In a world where all the rival ancient wizards had disappeared, Leila had regained their original power by killing humans at random.
Then they began to threaten Yvonne's position.
There have been a number of people trying to take away pieces of the mirror of truth, the only means to control them, and become leaders.
When she first found out that she had returned, she was in despair.
'I have come so far, and I have finally been able to rule the world with my brothers, why! Why are you just around the corner?'
But on second thought, it wasn't just despairing.
She who had golden dragon's fangs could use it only once in her life.
In the past, however, the body and strength that had killed the real Yvonne's soul remained the same even after the return.
Then, didn't it mean that the golden dragon's fangs can be used again? 'This is a chance.'
Why was life an infinite repetition of trust and betrayal?
Revenge against the humans who killed her families and brothers, like that, gradually faded over time. After a series of events, she finally realized.
The world she wanted was not a world dominated by Leila-. "Yes, I don't need it all."
It was a world she controlled herself.
Yvonne stared into the air and repeated it like a pledge.
"Prince!"
Then, someone roughly opened the door of the hall and jumped in.
"We're in big trouble! The Imperial Army is coming through the west gate of the Imperial Palace! Looks like they're going straight to the sun palace!"
Eclise's face was horribly distorted by the soldier's words.
It was not the question of defense that popped out of his mouth urgently. "What about the lady?"
"What happened to Lady Eckart in the empress palace!" "Well, I haven't checked the palace yet"
"Damn it!"
Eclise turned roughly before the soldier words was finished. Then he suddenly stopped in front of the hostages.
He passed the magic wand he was holding on to one of the Delman soldiers and spoke.
"Yourisk your life to protect the hostage-children. They must not be taken away by anyone. Even if
it's Lady Eckart. Okay?" "Yes, yes! All right!"
Emily's eyes, which were eavesdropping on the conversation pretending to be faint, opened wide. Eclise, unable to believe Yvonne, has four of his men standing around the hostages.
Then he led the rest of the troops inside the Sun Palace and quickly left the palace.
After a storm of turmoil swept through, it was empty in Emperor Palace, which was packed with armed forces.
Marquis Ellen, who was rolling his eyes at the turn, approached Yvonne one more time.
"God, Goddess, what do you mean a surprise? If so, when will the ritual of becoming a Leila be"
Yvonne, who was standing, turned her head and looked at the empty throne. The back of the golden chair had grooves of an unusual shapes.
When the emperor's seal containing fangs is inserted and rotated, the chair is pushed out and the secret place is revealed.
In the past, it was the secret of thousands of years of imperial history that she found out in a muddle while searching for the use of thrones.
Yvonne took her eyes off the chair and leaned down.
She smiled brightly, lifting up the emperor's jewel beside the body's head. "The party has just begun, people."
*. *. *.
"Crazy bitch, the party's beginning is frozen to death." A secret passage behind a large pillar.
While peeping inside Emperor Palace, I was fed up with the idea of a party she had started. The Crown Prince looked at me and said that I was funny.
"It's easier than I thought, princess."
I looked back with my eyes wide open at his words.
"Easy? There are still so many people."
Of course I didn't know how many soldiers Eclise would take out, but about ten noblemen, including Marquis Ellen and the 2nd Prince.
It was still a large number.
"It's not even a week's worth of food for old people like that. In fact, all we have to do is deal with those four men."
"What about the 2nd Prince? But he knows how to use a sword." "That bastard's an X**."
To my surprise, his vulgar and resolute reply made me feel at ease. "Come on, take this."
He took something out of his arms and handed it over to me. "This"
The golden colorful dagger. The other day at his birthday party, he asked me to cut his neck.
"I'm going to go out first and get rid of those four, so you'll have time and let the hostages go with this." I nodded, recalling the children who were tied tightly to the rope.
"And pick up a magic wand and shoot that Leila. What do you think, my plan is." "It's full of loopholes, but it sounds strangely perfect."
It was true. The plan he was talking about was, in a way, a wild adventure.
It was a complete exclusion of any unforeseen circumstances that might have been caused by Marquis Ellen or Yvonne.
Nevertheless, I was relieved by his confident voice.
Come to think of it, Callisto had never failed to keep what he had said. I could believe it. "Thankyou, for coming with me."
I whispered in a small voice.
Without him, I wouldn't have been able to get through this situation alone. He grinned gladly at my words.
"One, two, three, and we'll gonna pop out." "I'll be ready."
With a determined face, I held the Crown Prince dagger firmly. Then he grabbed the door of the secret passage and said. "One, two."
Chu-.
Instead of "three," a soft touch touched and fell on my lips. Surprised and hardened, he whispered to me.
"By the way, I'm dying to see my girlfriend it is." kkiik il-.
In no time, the aisle door opened and Calisto ran out to Emperor Palace. His sword dance began.
Translator: AikoHiao


As with an equation, we solve an inequality in the variable X by finding all values of X for which the inequality is true. Such values are called solutions and we say that the solutions satisfy the inequality. The set of all real numbers that are solutions of an inequality is called the solution set of the inequality. The procedures for solving linear inequalities in one variable are much like those for solving linear equations. To isolate the variable we make use of properties of inequalities which are similar to the properties of equality. However, there is an important exception. WHEN BOTH SIDES OF AN INEQUALITY ARE MULTIPLIED OR DIVIDED BY A NEGATIVE NUMBER, THE DIRECTION OF THE INEQUALITY SYMBOL MUST BE REVERSED. Solve the linear inequality and sketch the solution set on the real number line.
Solve the linear inequality and sketch the solution set on the real number line.
To solve a quadratic inequality, we use the fact that a polynomial can change signs only at its zeros (the x-values that make the polynomial zero). Between two consecutive zeros a polynomial must be entirely positive or entirely negative. This means that when the real zeros of a polynomial are put in order, they divide the real line into intervals in which the polynomial has no sign changes. We call these zeros the critical numbers of the inequality and we call the resulting intervals the test intervals for the inequality. To determine the intervals on which the values of a polynomial are entirely negative or entirely positive, use the following steps.
1. Find all the real zeros of the polynomial, and arrange the zeros in increasing order (from smallest to largest). The zeros of the polynomial are its critical numbers.
2. Use the critical numbers of the polynomial to determine its test intervals.
3. Choose one representative x-value in each test interval and evaluate the polynomial at that value. If the value of the polynomial is negative, then the polynomial will have negative values for every x-value in that interval. If the value of the polynomial is positive, then the polynomial will have positive values for every x-value in that interval.
The concepts of critical numbers and test intervals can be extended to inequalities involving rational expressions. To do this, we use the fact that the value of a rational expression can change signs only at its zeros (the x-value for which its numerator is zero) and its undefined values (the xvalues for which its denominator is zero). These two types of numbers make up the critical numbers of a rational inequality.


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text:
Ed Reep
Soon after graduating from The Art Center School, and five months before the attack on Pearl Harbor, Reep enlisted in the Army as a Private. After getting an assignment as an Overseas Artist, Reep skeched and painted throughout North Africa and Italy. He often found himself in the thick of battle and was repeatedly strafed, bombed, and shot at while painting the war. He was awarded the Bronze Star, promoted twice on the battlefield and left the army as a Captain. Reep returned home to work on a Guggenheim Fellowship, awaded to him on the basis of the paintings he made in Italy. After the war he taught painting and drawing at the Art Center College, East Carolina University, and the California Institute of the Arts. He lives in Bakersfield, California.
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Valero has a diverse set of refineries that allows it to take advantage of volatile crude price differentials and process lower-quality feedstock into high value refined products.
Net income attributable to company shareholders rose to $469 million, or $1.09 per share, from $305 million, or $0.68 per share, a year earlier.
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Home > DREAMS THAT HAVE COME TRUE > The exact location of The Amber Room or Yantarnaya Komnata is a world-famous chamber decorated in amber panels backed with gold leaf and mirrors.
The exact location of The Amber Room or Yantarnaya Komnata is a world-famous chamber decorated in amber panels backed with gold leaf and mirrors.
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PRESS RELEASE – Seventy years ago today, Allied leaders met at the Yalta Conference in Crimea to begin their discussions of the structure of post-World War II Europe. To honor the heroes who fought in the War and those on the home front who produced the tanks, ships, and aircraft that enabled the United States and its Allies to achieve victory, one of the most diverse arrays of World WarII aircraft ever assembled will fly above the skies of Washington, D.C. on Friday, May 8, 2015, the 70th anniversary of Victory in Europe (VE) Day, as part of the Arsenal of Democracy: World War II Victory Capitol Flyover.
As part of a thrilling three-day celebration in the nation's capital, the May 8 event will coincide with a ceremony for veterans at the World War II National Memorial, followed by a vast assortment of World War II aircraft flying overhead in historically sequenced warbird formations. The formations will represent the War's major battles, from Pearl Harbor through the final air assault on Japan, and conclude with a missing man formation to "Taps."The event will also be commemorated in a special May issue of Air & Space magazine dedicated to the airplanes and airmen who fought in World War II that will feature historic "spotter cards" of the aircraft. These cards will be used by students and others to identify the aircraft in the flyover and to learn more about the history of World War II.
Approximately two dozen different types of vintage military aircraft are expected to participate in the flyover. Aircraft are being provided by multiple organizations and individuals whose mission is to preserve these historic artifacts in flying condition. These organizations include the largest vintage military aircraft organization, the Commemorative Air Force—providing fighter and bomber aircraft, to include the only flying B-29 Superfortress FIFI. Additionally, organizations such as Texas Flying Legends, Fighter Factory, and Fagen Fighters have thus far committed multiple aircraft, along with a number of individual owners. The historical aircraft expected to participate include the P-40 Warhawk, P-39 Aerocobra, P-38 Lightning, P-51 Mustang, P-47 Thunderbolt, FG-1D Corsair, B-25 Mitchell, B-17 Flying Fortress, and many others.
The United States manufactured about 300,000 aircraft, 2.4 million military vehicles, and 124,000 military ships to support the War efforts. The ramp-up in manufacturing was extraordinary. Before entering the War, for example, annual production of military aircraft was less than 6,000 aircraft in 1939, but after President Franklin D. Roosevelt called in a May 1940 speech for 50,000 aircraft to be made each year, production rose dramatically—reaching its peak in March 1944, when 9,000 planes were produced that month. Millions of American men andwomen worked on the home front to manufacture the aircraft, ground vehicles, and ships that significantly propelled U.S. and allied forces to victory.
In addition to the actual flyover, the Arsenal of Democracy events will include a gala dinner on Thursday, May 7, 2015 at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. The dinner, which will pay tribute to World War II veterans, will feature combat heroes sharing theirpersonal stories of experiences in the European and Pacific theaters.
The Arsenal of Democracy Executive Committee includes Stephan C. Brown, President and CEO of the Commemorative Air Force (CAF); Pete Bunce, President and CEO of the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA); John Cudahy, President of the International Council of Air Shows (ICAS); Paul Rinaldi, President of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA); and Doug Rozendaal of the Texas Flying Legends Museum.
Former President George H.W. Bush, former U.S. Senator Bob Dole (R-KS), and former Dean of the U.S. House of Representatives John Dingell (D-MI), all World War II veterans, are the Honorary Co-Chairs of the Arsenal of Democracy. U.S. House General Aviation Caucus Co-Chair, Representative Sam Graves (R-MO), andlong-time aviator U.S. Senator James M. Inhofe (R-OK) serve as co-chairs of the Honorary Congressional Committee.Other members of the Honorary Congressional Committee include Speaker John A. Boehner (R-OH), U.S. Representatives Corrine Brown (D-FL), Chris Collins (R-NY), Richard Hudson (R-NC), Duncan Hunter (R-CA), Adam Kinzinger (R-IL), Dan Lipinski (D-IL), Michael McCaul (R-TX), John Mica (R-FL), Rick Nolan (D-MN), Mike Pompeo (R- KS), Harold Rogers (R-KY), Bill Shuster (R-PA), Chris Stewart (R-UT), and Marc Veasey (D-TX), and U.S. Senators Roy Blunt (R-MO), John Boozman (R-AR), Thad Cochran (R- MS), John Cornyn (R-TX), Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND), Johnny Isakson (R-GA), and Ron Johnson (R-WI).
"Our WWII veterans are living testaments to the valiant sacrifices during uncertain tyrannical times. They protected our nation and secured freedom for future generations. Now, 70 years later, it is important to continue to recognize their valiant sacrifices notonly through public service events, but always. It is an honor to participate in such events as a veteran and a pilot, and it is an honor to preserve the memory of WWII veterans' heroism."— U.S. Senator Jim Inhofe (R-OK) "With this year's 70th Anniversary of Victory in Europe, we once again have the opportunity to celebrate and honor the extraordinary sacrifices made by our World War II veterans. These brave men not only defended our freedoms here at home, but protected the world from the clutches of tyranny and genocide. As a pilot, a public servant, andmost importantly, as an American, I am extremely proud to be a part of this momentous event."—U.S. Representative Sam Graves (R-MO).
"In 1957, the Commemorative Air Force began an effort to preserve and honor our nation's proud military aviation tradition by maintaining and flying World War II aircraft. Our fleet, the largest flying collection of military aircraft, now stands at 162 airplanes, which are preserved and flown across America by our membership of over 12,000 individuals. We are thrilled to be participating in the Arsenal of Democracy Flyover with 29 of our aircraft. This is an incredible opportunity to see U.S. military aviation history come to life by watching these aircraft fly and accomplishes our educational goals as an organization."—Stephan C. Brown, President andCEO, Commemorative Air Force.
"It is a huge task to coordinate a flyover of this magnitude in the Washington, D.C. airspace. We are very appreciative of the close coordination and support we have received to date from federal entities such as the FAA, TSA, Secret Service, U.S. National Park Service, and Capitol Police, just to name a few. In World War II, our nation came together to manufacture the machines that our military took to battle, and our hope is that this 70th anniversary tribute will do the same—bring our nation together to honor all our World War II veterans who served and sacrificed to defeat tyranny, both in uniform and on the home front."—Pete Bunce, President and CEO, General Aviation Manufacturers Association.
"From time to time, we need to remind ourselves just how much we have accomplished as a nation. May's Arsenal of Democracy Flyover in Washington, D.C. will provide us with exactly that kind of opportunity—a chance to recognize those men and women who made the sacrifices necessary to preserve freedom here at home and around the world, a moment in time to reflect on the awesome power of this country and its people when we focus on a common goal."—John Cudahy, President, International Council of Air Shows.
"As a part of our ongoing mission, it is an honor for the Texas Flying Legends Museum to be involved in a cooperative effort to honor the men and women who have defended and continue to defend our way of life. The aircraft being supplied by the Texas Flying Legends Museum represent aircraft from practically all facets of the air war in WWII. We are extremely proud to be able to provide the missing man formation that will honor those who have made the ultimate sacrifices for our country."—Texas Flying Legends Museum Director of Operations Warren Pietsch.
"NATCA and the 20,000 aviation safety professionals we represent are very proud and honored to be part of this year's Arsenal of Democracy Flyover event. Our members are proud public servants who have a deep passion for aviation and a rich appreciation for history. We also represent many members who are military veterans. This event gives us an opportunity to show our respect for a key anniversary in our nation's history by commemorating it with honor."—Paul Rinaldi, President, National Air TrafficControllers Association.
** The aircraft listed have agreed to participate in the flyover, but due to factors such as weather or mechanical issues, participating aircraft are subject to change without notice. The most accurate information can be located on the website at www.ww2flyover.org.
More information about the Arsenal of Democracy flyover and sponsorship opportunities are available on the website at www.ww2flyover.org. Members of the media should contact Mary Lynn Rynkiewicz of General Aviation Manufacturers Association at (202) 637-1375 or marylynn@gama.aero or Stephan C. Brown of the Commemorative Air Force at (850) 978-2736 or sbrown@cafhq.org for additional information.
What is the planned route of the aircraft or has one been made yet?
No official plans were made yet Chris.
When do you expect the flyover routing will be identified for those wanting to position themselves best for the event?
At which airport or airports will the aircraft be based?
Charles, the airport at Culpeper Virginia has been mentioned in an article in the Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star on February 7, 2015. I don't know if it can accomodate a B-29, but sounds as though it will be playing a major part in this gathering (as mentioned in AOPA AviationeBrief today.
The same article goes on to say that the B-24, B-17's and the B-29 will stage at Manassas Airport in Northern Virginia.
Unofficial info is that the bombers will be at the Manassas Airport, and smaller craft at Culpepper.
Any from new England that'll fly over metro boston south OR fly up the coast to Boston & pounts north ?
Will the Thursday, May 7, gala event at the Air & Space Museum be open to the public?
members of the Loudoun VFW Post 1177 Auxiliary would like to see as much as possible from outside the city. Know the planes have to fly north to the Potomac River and then south to the city. would love to position ourselves so as to watch them on their way. Will they fly near Dulles, I know they will fly there on their way back to park at udva-hazy? My dad jumped out of one of them into Normandy!!!
They flew for 30 minutes over my house in western Loudoun, getting ready. Better than going to Oshkosh for the air show. Thank you for bringing our heritage back to us.


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The UK's Princess Beatrice, who sixth in line to the British throne and is a friend of Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson, had paid $250,000 to be on one of the maiden flights next year.
The first celebrity who had paid to be among the inaugural passengers on Virgin Galactic's trip into space has pulled out after a pilot died in a test flight last week.
But the Daily Mail said a Buckingham Palace source told the newspaper she no longer wanted to be a part of the venture, which is also backed by Abu Dhabi government investment firm Aabar Investments, with a 37 percent stake in Virgin Galactic.
"Beatrice was excited by the idea of space tourism, but there is no way she will be going on one of the flights, if they are ever allowed to take place," the source told the Daily Mail.
Other celebrities who also have paid to be on one of the first flights, including Justin Bieber, Ashton Kutcher and Leonardo DiCaprio, are yet to comment on the fatal accident on Friday.
Co-pilot Michael Alsbury, 39, died in the crash, while a second pilot, Peter Siebold, 43, remains in hospital after parachuting from the space plane.
US crash investigators are reportedly looking into whether pilot error was a factor in the accident. The Guardian reported that the investigation also would scrutinise the design of the space plane and look at training issues, pressures to continue testing and the safety culture at Virgin Galactic.
Sir Richard has been repeatedly criticised for missing announced timeframes to launch SpaceShipTwo.
He told Arabian Business in April that it would "definitely" go ahead next year, with himself and his son Sam on board.
The British businessman has moved into public relations overload since the crash, in a bid to downplay negative publicity, insisting space tourism still will be achieved in the near future – and by Virgin Galactic.
On Monday, Branson hit out at detractors and the media. In particular he said "self-proclaimed experts" were falsely claiming an explosion caused the crash, while some media had been sensationalist.
"The fuel tanks and the engine were intact, showing there was no explosion, despite a lot of self-proclaimed experts saying that was the cause," Branson said, according to ABC News in Australia.
"I've never seen such irresponsible innuendo and damaging innuendo."
He reportedly said sensationalist press reports about the crash had been "incredibly hurtful", adding that some of the journalists "should hang their heads in shame".
"We will not fly members of the public unless we can fly myself and family members," he said.
"I'm absolutely convinced that Virgin Galactic has a great future once the NTSB [National Transport Safety Board] has made clear exactly what happened."
NTSB investigators have found most of the wreckage needed to complete their assessment, while cameras in the cockpit and elsewhere also will be assessed.
They expect to interview Siebold this week.


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MLEC students win in video documentary contest
Wednesday, May 1, 2019 0 Comments
By Sabine Joseph, Special to The Miami Laker
For the fourth year in a row, Miami Lakes Educational Center's (MLEC) journalism students have won honors in C-SPAN's annual StudentCam competition, an annual national video documentary competition that encourages students to think critically about issues that affect their communities and the nation.
"C-SPAN started this competition 15 years ago for smart students who have opinions and ideas but often feel that they don't have a voice," said Joel Bacon, who traveled to MLEC on April 3 to present the award to the school's winning team.
Daniel Gonzalez III, Michelle Mairena and Khimmoy Hudson, sophomores enrolled in the Cambridge Journalism Program at MLEC, won honorable mention and will receive $250 for their documentary, "Listen: America is Speaking"
Each year since 2006, C-SPAN partners with its local cable television providers like Comcast in communities nationwide to invite middle and high school students to produce short documentaries about a subject of national importance. This year students addressed the theme "What does it mean to be American? Choose a constitutional right, national characteristic, or historic event and explain how it defines the American experience."
In response, a record 6,318 students from 48 states and Washington, D.C., participated. MLEC was one of only two high schools in Miami-Dade County to be recognized.
In their film, the team explored the First Amendment and its role in American democracy.
"All of us come from immigrant families," said Mairena, who emigrated to the United States just three years ago. "In Nicaragua, freedom of speech does not exist." As student journalists, the freedom of the press was already a topic that they've discussed, both in and out of class.
"I love the First Amendment," said Miami Lakes Mayor Manny Cid in the students' film. The mayor spoke to students, not only from the perspective of a political official, but also as the child of Cuban exiles who did not have that freedom in their native country. "It doesn't just protect popular speech, it protects unpopular speech and it is why I am open to constructive criticism."
This sentiment really seemed to become the common denominator in their interviews and took the project in a new direction. "We were not planning to attend the protest," said Gonzalez, "we were actually on our way to interview a journalist, but this was just such a unique opportunity."
There was a march to bring awareness to the political strife in Nicaragua and the students quickly went to work filming the protest and interviewing the protestors about why they were there and what the freedom to protest meant to them.
"One protestor literally told us, 'in Nicaragua, marching like this could get you killed.' That was big and we wanted to explore that emotion," said Gonzalez.
It reminded the students about what the First Amendment actually means, about the rights granted to Americans, "the opportunity to think, write, walk and speak, Americans are allowed freedom," as Sheila Banks, secretary to the federal Defense Attorney's office told them.
And that reality changed the course of their project from an exploration of journalism and reporting in the era of "fake news" and political polarization, to an exploration of freedom.
This is why C-SPAN works to sponsor this competition each year according to Bacon. "We want students to learn and to explore, to conduct compelling interviews, at the end of the day, a documentary is storytelling."
"Over the last 15 years, we've had the privilege of hearing viewpoints on a wide variety of issues directly from young filmmakers across the country," said C-SPAN's manager of Education Relations Craig McAndrew. "This year, students clearly stepped up their approach to deliver thoughtful and diverse responses to our competition theme which reflect enormous time and effort put into the research and construction of their documentaries."
C-SPAN is funded by America's cable television companies, which also support StudentCam. In Miami and Miami Lakes, C-SPAN is available locally through Comcast.
"As a strong supporter of civic education, Comcast proudly partners with C-SPAN for its annual documentary competition, StudentCam. Each year, we are impressed and inspired by Miami students' insight and creativity tackling national issues through their short videos," said Marta Casas-Celaya, director of External Affairs and Community Impact for Comcast in Miami, in a press release.
"We learned, or understood, that the ability to speak isn't something that we should take for granted," said Hudson. "At the end of the day, we were reporting a story. There are different points of view on opinions. We had to let the story unfold."


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Although this article talks about a $335 million cut, it lays out that this is because they've started to fund the $190 million per year increase (which is $335 million less than the $525 million the Liberal Party had already started funding).
Some of Ontario's $1.9 billion in spending on mental health and addiction supports "will be going to the police," Premier Doug Ford said after an impromptu city hall summit on fighting gun violence. Ford did not elaborate during an interview with CTV News Toronto on how much money will flow to police, what it will be spent on or how that could help prevent tragedies such as Sunday's Danforth mass shooting in which a gunman killed a 10-year-old girl and an 18-year-old woman, and injured 13 others.


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