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Looking Back at a Road Not Taken and Forward Towards a Future Inspired by Crazy Rich Asians
Constance Wu and Henry Golding, stars of 'Crazy Rich Asians' (Photo credit: Entertainment Weekly)
By Guest Contributor: Celeste Pewter (@celeste_pewter)
The first time I told my parents I wanted to be an actor, I was seven.
I was at an age where I was mildly obsessed with Audrey Hepburn. My classics movie-loving dad had given me VHS tapes of My Fair Lady for my birthday, and after consuming all one hundred and seventy minutes of the film in all its Technicolor glory, I could think of nothing better than a career that would let me perform and dress up in fabulous costumes daily, just like Audrey herself.
I had more than a few childish daydreams: I would first wow film crew on set, as Hepburn had likely wowed the Fair Lady crew in her transformative performance as Eliza Doolittle. Once my film(s) were released, I would charm my way through the awards season before finally taking to the stage at the Academy Awards and graciously accepting the holy grail of acting: the Best Actress Oscar. In my young heart, this was obviously a future that was meant to be.
But when I confidently announced my future vocation plans to my parents, they laughed knowingly, before sitting me down to have a conversation on the ways of the world.
"Honey, people who look like us don't make it in Hollywood," I can remember my dad saying, as he gently patted me on the knee. "Only actors with special skills like Jackie Chan can get their attention." Chan, who had recently broken into the American mainstream with 1995's Rumble in the Bronx, had become something of an icon in our household. He was not only talented, wealthy, and humble, but Chan was also one of the few Asian actors my dad could bring up to non-Asian friends without them asking: "Who?"
My mom — who loved classic films almost as much as my dad – added sagely: "Hollywood just doesn't know how to write our stories. Haven't you noticed? Asian women are always the trophy wife, the immigrant, or the token minority that needs to be rescued by the laowai (or, western foreigner). Is that really what you want to do for the rest of your life?"
At the time, it was clear. Despite their obvious love of classic cinema, my parents also saw Hollywood as a place that inherently didn't understand Asian stories. In the films they watched and shared with me, Asian characters were always the token devices who existed only to move someone else's journey along. As two immigrants who had conquered poverty, language barriers, and discrimination to make a life for themselves in the United States, my parents plainly thought I should aspire for more.
Which is probably why, when I came back to them at the age of 17 with an interest in attending USC or NYU to study screenwriting or directing, they were far less understanding.
Despite notable cinematic milestones like Taiwanese film director Ang Lee breaking barriers with 2000's Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon or Chinese American director Dayyan Eng setting festival records in 2001 with his short film Bus 44, there still wasn't enough Asian representation in Hollywood for my parents to see entertainment as a viable career choice. To them, my continued interest in a film career had now evolved from childhood curiosity into something they believed would actively prevent me from making any sort of a long-term career for myself.
"Face it: Hollywood only like films like The Joy Luck Club," my mom declared, as she shoved University of California college applications at me. "And that's already been written. Even Ang Lee had to stay at home for six years, before finally breaking into film. Better find yourself a stable career rather than risk being poor all your life."
Now if this had been a movie, I would have thrown off the parental yoke of disapproval, hightailed it to film school, and hustled, before finally catching my big break.
But in reality, I simply didn't have the courage to go against either my family or what I thought was expected from our community. All of my classmates who looked like me or came from families like mine were busy applying to appropriate colleges to study appropriate majors — all to prepare for equally appropriate careers. The men and women who looked like me who had made it in entertainment – the Ming-Na Wen's, Wong Kar-Wei's and Ang Lee's – were so rare and far between, it was easier to give into my self-doubt and accept that my parents were probably right: the odds were stacked against me.
So, I too did the appropriate thing and pursued an academic career in English and international relations before embarking on a career in politics.
But every so often, I've wondered just what would have happened if there had been a few more Asian faces in entertainment as I was making my college and career choices. Would I have felt more confident in pursuing my goals? Could better Asian representation have also changed the minds of my parents into actually considering film as being a viable profession? I'll likely never know.
But what I do know, is that as director Jon M. Chu's film adaptation of Kevin Kwan's Crazy Rich Asians opens this week, we're now on the cusp of a moment of genuine change. As cast members like Constance Wu, Henry Golding and Gemma Chan give interviews on their acting journeys, as co-screenwriter Adele Lim discusses how her childhood helped inform her writing, and actresses like Jessica Henwick buy out theaters so key Asian communities can see Chu's film, I can't help but marvel at the ripple effects that will come from not only the film, but also all of these actions that have been inspired by it.
Even if Jon, Constance, Henry, Adele and Jessica may not realize it yet, they're showing that there is now a firm path in Hollywood for our Asian stories and careers; and, it's no longer an isolated one, where one actor or director becomes the one sole touchstone for all the Asian voices out there. It's now a growing community of creative Asian minds who are proving they will support each other, encourage each other and boost each other, all in the collective effort to elevate our respective journeys to the rest of the world.
Of course, Crazy Rich Asians isn't perfect. The film has already been criticized for relegating Singapore's native Malay and Indian populations to background characters, and for focusing on a consumer-driven world, that many – myself included – don't necessarily recognize. But as Naomi Ishisaka recently wrote for The Seattle Times and Stephanie Foo shared with Vox, there is still a certain catharsis that comes with seeing the film's cast on screen. It's not only a firm reminder of how we now have a mainstream vehicle showcasing a whole spectrum of Asian identities (even if some are somewhat stereotyped), but it's also a reminder of how we, as Ishisaka reiterates in her piece, can create our own gateways for representation.
These are the types of gateways that will inspire future generations of young Asian Americans who might have dreams similar to those of my childhood self. Future Asian Americans will be motivated to realize that they can pursue entertainment as a career. We will see that there is already a large, vibrant community – not dissimilar to the family and friends of Henry Golding's Nick in Crazy Rich Asians – ready and waiting, to bring them into the fold. It matters.
As for me: if I sound regretful of my career in politics – I'm definitely not. While I may not have won my acting Oscar, I've been challenged in my chosen career in ways that have helped me develop a presence, including help better supporting lateral Asian voices in entertainment and other fields. But I'm definitely excited to see what future Asian generations with more choices, more opportunities and more representation will bring.
Celeste Pewter tweets at @Celeste_pewter. Until recently, Celeste was the head of constituent affairs for a Northern California politician, and also worked on local, state and federal political campaigns. Celeste is now a full-time student at Johns Hopkins, and a contributor to Teen Vogue.
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A forgettable start to his final college season hung in the air before an announced crowd of 5,107 at T-Mobile Arena, but when Noah Robotham's fallaway 3-pointer fell, the Rebels had a 92-90 overtime victory over Brigham Young.
The games passed early this college basketball season and the shots wouldn't fall and Noah Robotham searched inward, reminding himself of those motivational words he often embraced in such moments, all that stuff about when the going gets tough, the tough get going and that pressure can burst a pipe or make a diamond.
Shooters shoot after all, slumps be damned.
One of the finest kids Las Vegas prep basketball has produced came home to make a difference, to create the sort of dramatic ending UNLV offered Saturday at an opening game of the Neon Hoops Showcase, to be a short-lived but critical piece in the program third-year coach Marvin Menzies is building.
The forgettable start to his final college season hung in the air before an announced crowd of 5,107 at T-Mobile Arena, a descending sphere that could turn UNLV's fortunes or extend a three-game losing streak to four, a fallaway 3-pointer from Robotham that when going through net, gave the Rebels a 92-90 overtime victory against Brigham Young.
It was more than that, lending support to the preseason premise that Robotham as a transfer from Akron could in the most significant of times prove to be one on whom UNLV would rely.
He is as beloved a player as any to wear the Bishop Gorman High uniform, a three-year starter and four-year varsity player born and raised on all things Gaels, as solid a leader as the state's premier program has had, one whose Division I offers pretty much began and ended with the Zips of the Mid-American Conference.
Bishop Gorman never lost more than four times in a season during those years Robotham was its point guard.
All the kid has done is win.
He would start 85-of-87 games at Akron and be part of 74 victories in what is a really good conference (have you seen Buffalo lately?), but then sat out a transfer season at UNLV before now starting all nine games as a senior.
While there might be more to numbers in terms of how they are produced, these don't lie: Robotham entered Saturday shooting just 31 percent, including 10 of 42 on 3s for 24 percent.
Worse yet, he shot that poorly from distance and yet had still attempted 11 more 3s than the next player (Kris Clyburn).
Robotham had been struggling mightily, and that's a nice way of putting things.
He was brought home to make shots. That's his role.
And yet he hit a gigantic one Saturday, allowing the Rebels to win a game that saw them lose all of a 17-point halftime lead.
Here's why: Despite the poor outings thus far, Robotham said he has yet to have a bad shooting practice, that his jumpers have consistently found net.
So he didn't panic and begin breaking down all the mechanics that he has remained committed to over the years. He kept thinking that, eventually, things would fall his way.
They did, all right, hanging in the air, a descending sphere on which could perhaps turn a season or keep it spinning downward.
As fine a kid as Las Vegas has produced.
And on this day, with all the pressure atop his shoulders and an overtime clock about the expire, the diamond UNLV desperately needed.


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St Philip's Christian College Port Stephens is in the business of transformation. In partnership with you, the parents, we strive to empower each student to reach his or her God-given potential. Our staff are passionate in their pursuit of personal excellence – for themselves, in the work they do at St Philip's, and for your children, across all domains of learning… academic, social, emotional, creative, physical and spiritual. From our perspective, the spiritual domain is what brings direction and purpose to all the others.
At St Philip's we are committed to offering an educational program of the highest possible standard. This learning has a deep purpose: to prepare our students for life! We long for them to enjoy fruitful relationships and rewarding work beyond school. We want them to have a positive impact on the broader community. We believe the very best way to enable this is for them to develop a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. He is the one who can bring joy, hope, peace and purpose to our lives. He is the one who can transform us from within and empower us to be the best possible version of ourselves.
Transformation happens most effectively in community. We invite you to become part of the transformative community that is St Philip's Christian College Junior School.
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Light coloured tiles for kitchen may demand a rigorous cleaning practice but the dark coloured ones do not scatter light properly. So, you have to make a choice- maintenance or spaciousness? The best solution is to do both in a balanced way. Doing the majority space up with light coloured tiles and then fitting specific areas with dark coloured tiles for pop-up effect works wonders for modern kitchen spaces.
Coming to the colour palette, it is time you moved on from the classic green-white or blue-white combos of kitchen tiles to the more creative shades. The kitchen is where you will de-stress after a day's work. So, make it look cheerful so that every time you step inside to cook something special you feel happy and liberated.
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Your kitchen tiles are a part of your kitchen décor. So, the colour, pattern, and design- everything has to be in sync with the kitchen area shape and the things to be kept in there. Unless you are sure about the final outcome don't jump on to buy just any tile that comes your way. Or else, seek an expert's advice.
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The place many are turning? Social media. According to new Kantar Media data earned media, including social media, is where brands are turning to increase the ROI of their Super Bowl spending. For example, in 2018 Bud Light and Amazon took to Facebook in the week leading up to the Super Bowl, spending more than $100,000 on the Monday and Tuesday before the game, and at least $5,000 per day leading up to the game.
On average, the price for a national commercial in the Super Bowl $5.24 million in 2018; that is a 96% increase in cost over the past 10 years.
One interesting trend in Super Bowl advertising is the varied length in commercials. While :30 spots remain at the top, brands are changing up their ad lengths, some going up to :60 and some down to :15; several brands are also using multiple spots to tell a larger story, which some ads showing in the lead-up to the big game.
Meanwhile, new data out from 4C Insights is looking at the impact regular advertisers for NFL games are faring in the lead-up to the Super Bowl, and potential interests of the fans of the various teams in the playoffs.
"Multiscreen engagement is transforming media to the point where the new living room experience is sometimes better than actually being at the game," said Aaron Goldman, Chief Marketing Officer at 4C Insights. "The Super Bowl is one of the biggest live events of the year and it's no surprise that viewers are tuned in and readily sharing reactions about what's happening on the field and during the commercials ."
And from YEXT comes information about how search is faring in the lead-up to the big game. For example, their data shows that in the lead-up to last year's Super Bowl in Minneapolis, searches for hotels and banking services saw a sharp increase in the week leading up to Super Bowl Sunday and that about 41% of those in Minneapolis hit a sporting goods store before the big game.
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My name means person of the forest. I am the only red-headed ape and the smartest! I love to eat fruit in the jungles of Southeast Asia where I call home. I like build my nest in the canopies of the forest and tend to keep to myself. I can live up to 50 years old and can use sign language! Unfortunately, Palm Oil has become a big commodity and people are clearing my forests so I have become critically endangered in Borneo and and Sumatra. There are only 50,000 of me left.


The world population will reach 9.1 billion by 2050. For Africa, which is projected to be home to about 2 billion of these global citizens, farm productivity must accelerate at a faster rate than the global average to avoid continued mass hunger. Fortunately, digital technology is providing a solution. The barrier of entry into farming technology has dropped, as cloud computing, computing systems, connectivity, open source software, and other digital tools have become increasingly affordable and accessible. Local entrepreneurs can now deliver solutions to small-size African farms at cost models that farmers can afford. While there are still obstacles to overcome, digital technology opens vast untapped potential for farmers, investors, and entrepreneurs to improve efficiency of food production and consumption in Africa.
According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the world population will reach 9.1 billion by 2050, and to feed that number of people, global food production will need to grow by 70%. For Africa, which is projected to be home to about 2 billion people by then, farm productivity must accelerate at a faster rate than the global average to avoid continued mass hunger.
The food challenges in Africa are multipronged: The population is growing, but it is threatened by low farm productivity exacerbated by weather changes, shorter fallow periods, and rural-urban migration that deprives farming communities of young people. In Northern Nigeria, herdsmen are moving south looking for pasture as their ancestral lands face severe deforestation. In Somalia, the Shebelle River, which supports many farmers, is drying up, causing additional pains in the war-torn country. The combination of higher food demand, stunted yield potential, and increasingly worse farmland must stimulate a redesigned agro-sector for assured food security. Agriculture accounts for more than 30% of the continent's GDP and employs more than 60% of its working population.
For decades, African governments have used many policy instruments to improve farm productivity. But most farmers are still only marginally improving yields. Some continue to use traditional processes that depend heavily on historical norms, or use tools like hoes and cutlasses that have not evolved for centuries. In some Igbo communities in Nigeria, where I live, it's common for farmers to plant according to the phases of the moon and attribute variability in their harvests to gods rather than to their own methods.
Those that do look to leverage new technologies run into financial issues. Foreign-made farm technologies remain unappealing to farmers in Africa because they are cumbersome for those who control, on average, 1.6 hectares of farmland. What's more, less than 1% of commercial lending goes into agriculture (usually to the few large-scale farmers), so smaller farms cannot acquire such expensive tools.
But this is about to change. African entrepreneurs are now interested in how farmers work and how they can help improve yields. The barrier of entry into farming technology has dropped, as cloud computing, computing systems, connectivity, open-source software, and other digital tools have become increasingly affordable and accessible. Entrepreneurs can now deliver solutions to small-size African farms at cost models that farmers can afford.
For example, aerial images from satellites or drones, weather forecasts, and soil sensors are making it possible to manage crop growth in real time. Automated systems provide early warnings if there are deviations from normal growth or other factors. Zenvus, a Nigerian precision farming startup (which I own), measures and analyzes soil data like temperature, nutrients, and vegetative health to help farmers apply the right fertilizer and optimally irrigate their farms. The process improves farm productivity and reduces input waste by using analytics to facilitate data-driven farming practices for small-scale farmers. UjuziKilimo, a Kenyan startup, uses big data and analytic capabilities to transform farmers into a knowledge-based community, with the goal of improving productivity through precision insights. This helps to adjust irrigation and determine the needs of individual plants. And SunCulture, which sells drip irrigation kits that use solar energy to pump water from any source, has made irrigation affordable.
Beyond precision farming, financial solutions designed for farmers are blossoming. FarmDrive, a Kenyan enterprise, connects unbanked and underserved smallholder farmers to credit, while helping financial institutions cost-effectively increase their agricultural loan portfolios. Kenyan startup M-Farm and Cameroon's AgroSpaces provide pricing data to remove price asymmetry between farmers and buyers, making it possible for farmers to earn more.
Ghana-based Farmerline and AgroCenta deploy mobile and web technologies that bring farming advice, weather forecasts, market information, and financial tips to farmers, who are traditionally out of reach, due to barriers in connectivity, literacy, or language. Sokopepe uses SMS and web tools to offer market information and farm record management services to farmers.
Major global corporations have tried to advance digitalization of African agriculture by launching payment systems, credit platforms, and digital insurance. But to serve largely subsistence farmers, they have to compete against the local startups — particularly on cost of service in a highly fragmented business, with no easy path to scale, owing to illiteracy, language, border constraints, and native dogmas. The microentrepreneurs with a specific focus on their domains have inherent advantages.
While it is still early to evaluate the impacts of this digitalization of farming systems in Africa, in terms of productivity and improvement of human welfare, there is already a promising trend: Technology is making farming exciting for young people. As they see that developing mobile apps alone cannot feed Africa, many will turn to farming as a business.
But they must be ready to confront institutional challenges in the industry. Critical infrastructure is still required to truly digitally transform agriculture in Africa. The continent does not have a comprehensive soil map similar to the U.S. Web Soil Survey to provide soil data and information. The implication is that the smart farming startups must build such a map as they introduce their technologies across the continent. Alternatively, governments or the African Union could fund large-scale soil map to accelerate precision farming.
Most of the farms are in areas with limited connectivity, making full technology integration in real time challenging. As countries such as Ethiopia launch satellites, considering how farmers can benefit from such initiatives will be critical. Improved farm connectivity will usher in a new dawn in agriculture technology in the continent.
But entrepreneurs will need to work with the people themselves. Norms and traditions are prevalent in African agriculture, and just as many farmers initially rejected inorganic fertilizers, fearing that they would irreversibly poison the land, individuals may be resistant to changing their farming methods. Agro-tech pioneers must turn farmers into believers by using field demonstrations to show that new technologies can deliver better results.
Finally, Africa needs to cut its food waste in regions where electricity is unreliable or unavailable. The biggest impact will come when the little that is produced can be effectively utilized through appropriate preservation and storage techniques. Pioneering affordable solutions on food safety and tracking food supply chains will boost the overall value of the sector.
Digital technology opens vast untapped potential for farmers, investors, and entrepreneurs to improve efficiency of food production and consumption in Africa. From precision farming to an efficient food supply chain, technology could bring major economic, social, and environmental benefits. Indeed, the sheer optimism across the startup ecosystem is that extreme hunger can be cured in Africa, in this generation, by significantly transforming the industry that employs most of its citizens.


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Grace Bouton scored the opening goal and Kaylin Dawes added an insurance goal as the Redwood High girls soccer team picked up a crucial 2-0 victory against Tam on Saturday.
Bouton's opener was assisted by Madeleine Pero. The Giants (7-1-4, 7-0-4 MCAL) moved back into second place in the standings and are the only team in the MCAL without a league loss. Redwood sits at 24 points, one point behind Branson (25) and one ahead of Tam (10-2-2, 7-2-2, 23 points). All three teams have eight games remaining.
Jenna Evans scored the only goal of the game, assisted by Reyna Vara, as Terra Linda (4-6-3, 3-4-2) picked up a 1-0 victory against San Rafael (5-9-2, 1-8-2).
Lily Noto put Drake on the board then Emmi Bishop added a second goal as the Pirates went on for a 2-0 win against Novato (1-8-2, 1-8-2). Lena Kyle and Marina Alicke assisted the goals for Drake (6-3-4, 5-3-4), which remained three points ahead of MC for fourth place. MC has a game in hand.
Megan Root scored the game's only goal to lift Marin Catholic (5-6-1, 5-4-1) to a 1-0 win against San Marin (5-9-2, 1-9-1).
Adam Martinez scored a pair of goals and added an assist as Drake capped a big week with a 4-0 win against Novato (6-3-2, 6-3-2). The Pirates also defeated Terra Linda earlier in the week. Otis Lyons and Lucas Vance also had goal against the Hornets. Conor Dunn and Nico Sadie had assists for the Pirates (7-3-5, 5-3-3).
Neither team was able to break down the other and find the back of the net as Terra Linda (5-2-5, 4-2-5) and San Rafael (7-6-2, 5-5-2) settled for a 0-0 draw.
Kevin Briggs scored a goal in the final 3 minutes to lift San Marin (4-9-3, 4-4-3) to a 1-0 win against Marin Catholic (0-14-0, 0-10-0). Nathan Solivan had a couple of big saves early in the game for MC.
Dylan Joyce stuffed the stat sheet with 25 points, 11 boards, five assists and three steals in Marin Catholic's 69-42 win over San Marin on Saturday. Jack Greenwood (10 points), Eamon Davidson (nine points), Riley Wirth (nine points), Jimmy McCormack (six rebounds) and Joey Bailey (five rebounds) all contributed for the Wildcats (10-10, 4-6). Dexter Geraci scored 10 points for the Mustangs (11-9, 5-6).
Jack Cottrell tallied 13 points to pace San Rafael in a 49-49 victory over Terra Linda. Phil Hauser, Daniel Ritthaler and Jack Miller combined to score 29 points for the Bulldogs (10-11, 5-6).
Kate Wulff (17), Hailee Eastus (11) and Alyssa Freed (10) all scored in double figures to lead Drake (16-4, 9-2) to a 69-23 victory over Novato on Saturday.
Jenny Walker's double-double of 17 points and 14 rebounds led Redwood to a 58-34 victory over Tam (10-10, 6-5). Kylie Horstmeyer (12 points, four rebounds, two assists) and Yessenia Mendieta (10 points, five rebounds, four assists) both chipped in for the Giants (15-5, 11-0). Freshman Jiji Vorachard-Pugh led the Red-tailed Hawks with 11 points.
Aislinn McKelvey (five rebounds) and Kristina Poliseri scored 12 points apiece in Terra Linda's 45-26 win against San Rafael. Lily Gilmore (seven points) and Joseline Camacho (five rebounds) both contributed for the Trojans (6-12, 2-7).
Erika Stromberg and Miranda Jacobson scored 14 and 11 points, respectively, to pace Marin Catholic in a 46-34 win over San Marin (13-8, 6-5). Sydney Politzer and Sadie Blue Starrett added eight and five points, respectively, for the Wildcats (13-6, 8-2).
Redwood sophomore Ben Olsan (132 pounds) placed third at the 46th annual Kermit Bankson Invitational in Albany on Saturday. Freshman JeanEdward Cerpas (108) and junior Andrew Ji (122) won their consolation brackets, while freshman Alec Winterhalter (128) placed second in his consolation bracket.
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The second season of 'Merlina' would explore the Addams more: creators reveal their plans
Since it came to the catalog of Netflix On November 23rd, the black comedy series merlin It has become a complete rage within the platform with its captivating story.
Based on the mad addamsthe characters created by cartoonist Charles Addams, the series positioned itself as the most reproduced English-speaking plot in service last week.
The end of the production of the mind of Tim Burton is clear: Merlina solved the mystery of the monster and saved everyone from a resurrected villain; but leaves several loose ends on purpose.
Due to this, many claim that the plot continues in another installment. "Merlin, I love you. I don't know how long I can wait for a second season", is one of the comments on Twitter.
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1.1 What threats would the heroine face in a second season of merlin?
Will there be a second season merlin on netflix?
Despite its tremendous success in its opening week, Netflix has not renewed merlin for a second season, but the showrunners of the series already have clear how they would continue the fiction.
Al Gough, co-creator of the series, assured in an interview to TVLine what are they planning delve deeper into the growth of the morbid protagonist in a new delivery if they renew the production.
"The series is really about a girl who sees the world in black and white, and learn that there are shades of gray", he explained.
"I think like any relationship or any friendship, it can be complicated by other factors." "It will never be smooth sailing. And it's really her learning to navigate the ups and downs of friendship."
Likewise, another area that they want to continue exploring in a possible second season would be the eccentric family of the heroine: his mother Morticiahis father Homer And his brother pericles.
"We believe we just scratched the surface with those characters and the actors are incredible in those roles," said Miles Millar, the coshowrunner.
"Catherine is, I think, a Morticia iconic. The relationship between merlin Y Morticia is also essential to the program, and the idea that merlin is trying to forge his own path outside of the family is important," he said.
However, the writer is also clear that the series is called merlinso "we really want to focus the program on Merlina."
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However, "they definitely want to introduce the family like we did this season in a couple of episodes if we had a second season."
On the other hand, Millar assured Variety that they have some seasons drawn for the series in case the renewal of the story full of supernatural mystery is achieved.
"For us, we are always looking to the future, and when we sit down to create a program, the ideal is to watch several seasons", he exposed.
"That is never expected, but that is the anticipation that hopefully, the program is successful. Therefore, it always presents at least three or four seasons of possible stories for the characters", he pointed.
"It can evolve and change", he pointed. "We certainly have a pretty clear clue of what we want to do in the coming seasons.".
What threats would the heroine face in a second season of merlin?
In another interview with Netflix Tudum, thousand spoke about the outcome of the series and assured that the plot related to crackstone "It's sealed and the season finale is the end of that story."
"This definitely feels like a one-season arc, and there are other mysteries and misadventures that Merlina will face in future seasonsin case there are more … ", he said.
Among the possible threats that would face merlin in a second installment is the stalker who sends him those messages in the last scenes and warns him: "I'm watching you".
These scenes have awakened all kinds of theories among fans of the seriessomething that showrunners they confessed that it was definitely expected when they thought of this sequence.
"The stalker is just the idea that threats are still out there. Certainly, there are other possible threats to both merlin like for school," said Millar.
Hunter Doohanwho plays Tyler Galpin, does not believe that his role is behind. Of course, the creators affirmed Variety that the door is open for the young villain to return.
"It's out there. That's what we wanted to convey." Gough said of the character who appears to have escaped from police custody in the final minutes of the first installment.
"Not all loose ends have been tied up as well as merlin think they have. And he loves the idea of a new mystery," concluded Millar.


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Overseas Chinese return to start up businesses
The 2021 Convention on Exchange of Overseas Talents and the 23rd Guangzhou Convention of Overseas Chinese Scholars in Science and Technology (hereinafter referred to as "OCS 2021"), which was hosted by the Ministry of Education, Western Returned Scholars Association (Overseas-educated Scholars Association of China), and Guangzhou Municipal People's Government, was held on December 17.
Yan Guangmei, former vice-president of Sun Yat-sen University, has had a career committed to pharmacological research, and after studying and working abroad for years, he finally made the decision to return to Guangzhou.
Yan studied and worked abroad in the United States from 1991 to 1996. During that time, his wife and children adapted to American life and their income was good. However, in 1996, he made up his mind to return to the university and serve as vice-president.
"Before I went abroad, I already knew I was going to come back," Yan said, adding that he even packed up a set of Chinese primary school textbooks for his children when he left.
Before going abroad, he was an associate professor at Sun Yat-sen University of Medical Sciences. He revisited the university when he came back to visit his family.
"The university was at a low ebb at the time. As I graduated from this university, I have an attachment to it. I promised to the school leaders that I would come back," Yan said.
After his return, he tried to help out students abroad who wanted to come back, in a bid to encourage more talent to settle down in Guangzhou.
In 1998, the first Convention of Overseas Chinese Scholars in Science and Technology took place in Guangzhou. It blazed a trail in introducing overseas scholars to China for entrepreneurship on a large scale.
The activities attracted a number of talents, among which many were engaged in academic research and had become well-known professors and academicians.
"I feel that the environment for entrepreneurship has improved. For example, the development of new drugs requires the cooperation of other disciplines and industries. You could not find a partner before, but now in Guangzhou, especially in the Guangzhou Development District, this is no longer the case," Yan said.
Zhou Zhen participated in the Guangzhou Convention of Overseas Chinese Scholars in Science and Technology in 2002 and now he is the chairman of Guangzhou Hexin Instrument.
Back in 2004 when he returned to China and set up his business, there were far more difficulties than now, Zhou said, and there was little venture capital and angel investment at that time. The scientific instruments they were developing were strange to people.
Zhou cherished the office rental discounts and the entrepreneurial environment in Guangzhou, enjoying a two-year rent-free policy for the 2,000 square-meter work space.
"We were operating at a loss from 2004 to 2014, but we were able to survive," Zhou said.
"I think our company's efforts are far from enough. China requires a wealth of scholars who make high-end scientific instruments. More channels are available now.
"The Convention on Exchange of Overseas Talents gradually has become a benchmark," Zhou added.


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Justice League (Blu-ray Review) – The superhero team-up we've all been waiting for?
Starring: Ben Affleck, Gal Gadot, Jason Momoa, Ezra Miller, Ray Fisher
Director: Zack Snyder
Release Date: March 26th 2018 (UK)
Poor old Justice League. It's a superhero team-up that fans have been waiting for decades for. When it was announced a couple of years ago it immediately sounded like it would be the biggest movie of 2018. However, following the lacklustre reception to the Warner/DC movies that led up to it (Wonder Woman excepted) and production problems including director Zack Snyder leaving due to personal problems and replacement Joss Whedon extensively retooling the movie only months before release, it certainly didn't bode well. It also felt like Warner Bros. had slightly given up on it, or at least they failed to generate the sort of hype the movie needed, with a weak marketing campaign and little sense that this is what we'd all been waiting for.
As a result, it's ended up as the lowest grossing of all the DCEU movies, behind even Suicide Squad. [Read more…]
The Big Sick (Blu-ray Review) – Race, religion and stand-up comedy, after your girlfriend gets put in a coma!
Starring: Kumail Nanjiani, Zoe Kazan, Holly Hunter, Ray Romano, Anupam Kher
Director: Michael Showalter
Release Date: November 20th 2017 (UK)
Despite the presence of executive producer Judd Apatow (40 Year Old Virgin, Knocked Up) and plenty of ecstatic reviews, The Big Sick wasn't the breakout international hit many had crossed their fingers it would be. That said, the fact a movie about a Pakistani-born man raised as a Muslim got a mainstream release seems like progress.
Kumail (Kumail Nanjiani) was born in Pakistan but was brought to the US by his parents when he was still a kid. Now he's living between two worlds, with his family still keen for him to be a good Muslim and have an arranged marriage with a nice Pakistani girl, while he's not sure what he thinks about God and wants to be a stand-up comic. [Read more…]
Man In An Orange Shirt (DVD Review) – Two gay lives, separated by 70 years
Starring: Julian Morris, Vanessa Redgrave, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, James McArdle, David Gyasi
Director: Michael Samuels
Release Date: September 18th 2017 (UK)
It may be 2017 and gay marriage is legal in the UK, but it's still incredibly rare for a mainstream British TV show to focus on gay characters and stories, especially a Sunday night BBC period mini-series. However, we got one with Man In An Orange Shirt, one of the centrepieces of the Gay Britannia season, marking 50 years since the partial decriminalisation of gay sex in England and Wales.
It's also a somewhat unusual two-parter, as the first episode is set almost exclusively in the 1940s and 1950s, while the second episode leaps forward into the modern day. [Read more…]
Gold (Blu-ray Review) – Matthew McConaughey goes off in search of the precious metal
Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Edgar Ramirez, Bryce Dallas Howard, Corey Stoll, Toby Kebbell
Director: Stephen Gaghan
Kenny Wells (Matthew McConaughey) comes from a prospecting family going back generations. However, by the 1980s looking for minerals has changed dramatically from the Gold Rush days, where it's now controlled by big businesses, engineering, science and where billions of dollars are wagered on a claim paying off.
Due to a downturn in the economy, Kenny's family business is in the gutter. He thinks he's found his way back with a bit of a Hail Mary pass – a largely dismissed theory that there are huge reserves of gold in Indonesia. He teams up with the man who came up with the idea, Michael Acosta (Edgar Ramirez), and raises a small amount of funding – far less than they need – to try to get things started. [Read more…]
BearCity 3 (Iris Prize Festival Review)
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Starring: Gerald McCullouch, Stephen Guarino, Brian Keane, Gregory Gunter, Joe Conti
Director: Doug Langway
Certificate: NR
Release Date: October 14th 2016 (Iris Prize Festival Screening)
It's back into the world of gay bears and their admirers in BearCity 3, which had its international premiere at this year's Iris Prize Festival in Cardiff. Things have moved on from the last instalment, with Michael's (Gregory Gunter) boyfriend having died. He's trying to get his life back together with a new boyfriend, Dalton (Garikayi Mutambirwa), who loves him. However, Michael is having trouble letting go of the past and fully committing himself to this new future, which isn't made easier when Dalton's distrustful daughter arrives in the picture.
Fred (Brian Keane) and Brent (Stephen Guarino) meanwhile are preparing to have a baby – with Fred's sister as the surrogate – but Fred's worried Brent is too obsessed with finishing his Beartopia documentary and isn't taking it seriously, while Brent thinks Fred is being too uptight and fearful. There's also Roger (Gerald McCullouch), who's finished with his boyfriend and feeling a bit lost, and so sets out to find the ex he still has feelings for. However, the young ex, Tyler (Joe Conti), has issues of his own, as his fireman boyfriend Jay (Tom Hooper) is hiding the fact he's gay, afraid of what his colleagues will say. [Read more…]
The Huntsman: Winter's War (Blu-ray Review)
Starring: Chris Hemsworth, Emily Blunt, Charlize Theron, Jessica Chastain
Director: Cedric Nicolas-Troyan
The Huntsman: Winter's War was always going to have an uphill struggle with critics. Most of them didn't particularly like the first film, Snow White And The Huntsman, and it was very difficult to see the point of making a follow-up. When Winter's War arrived, it turned out not that many other people could see the point either, as it didn't exactly set fire to the box office.
That's almost a shame though, as the rubbish-ness of the first film is undoubtedly a drag on this movie and something it attempts to get around with only partial success. If this was standalone film without that millstone, and if a few structural issues were sorted out, it would have gotten a much reception. [Read more…]
High Rise (Blu-ray Review)
July 17, 2016 By Tim Isaac 1 Comment
Starring: Tom Hiddleston, Sienna Miller, Jeremy Irons, Luke Evans, Elisabeth Moss
Director: Ben Wheatley
Release Date: July 18th 2016 (UK)
Director Ben Wheatley was certainly ambitious when he decided to take on JG Ballard's cult, 1975 novel, High Rise. It's one of those books that for decades many have proclaimed unfilmable, but there's no doubt Wheatley and his cast and crew have put their all into it.
Set in a dystopian version of the 1970s (or at least a hyper-real 1970s), Dr. Laing (Tom Hiddleston) moves into a new, high-rise tower – supposedly the pinnacle of modernist living. His apartment is on one of the middle floors, while the poorer people live near the bottom, and the higher up you go, the richer and more rarefied the people become. [Read more…]
Allegiant (Blu-ray Review)
Starring: Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Jeff Daniels, Miles Teller, Ansel Elgort
Director: Robert Schwentke
Poor old Divergent. Things started off well at the box office with the first movie, which helped Lionsgate decide they should expand their plans and turn the three books into four films. However, the second movie was slightly muted at the box office, and this one didn't do well at all.
In Allegiant, Tris (Shailene Woodley) has opened the box, which suggests the city and its factions are part of an experiment, and that despite what they've been told, there is more to the world outside Chicago's walls. Once out (despite many trying to stop them), Tris, Four (Theo James), her brother (Ansel Elgort) and Peter (Miles Teller), meet David (Jeff Daniels), the director of the experiment. He says they have been using Chicago and the factions to eventually find somebody genetically pure – the other people are defective – and that Tris may be that person. [Read more…]
Boys on Film 14: Worlds Collide (UK DVD Review)
February 7, 2016 By Tim Isaac 1 Comment
Starring: James Cutler, Alan Turkington, Beth Grant
Director: Various
Release Date: February 8th 2016 (UK)
The world's most successful short film collection is back once more, offering another selection of bite-sized, gay-themed movies for us to enjoy. But is this collection as good as earlier offerings? Take a look below to see our breakdown.
And you can see what we think of other Boys On Film releases here. [Read more…]
Mad Max: Fury Road (Blu-ray Review)
Starring: Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult, Hugh Keays-Byrne
Release Date: October 5th 2015 (UK)
I think it's fair to say that a lot of people thought Mad Max: Fury Road was cursed to fail. Some didn't think it should have been made at all, as they were worried it would sully the name of the originally Mel Gibson trilogy. However, George Miller wanted to make it, but it took years to get all the pieces together and Warner to give it the greenlight. Then, when it was finally ready to shoot, a massive storm blew most of the set away.
That cause a year long delay and a move to a different country. After it was eventually filmed, it took more than two years to get it into cinemas, with some wondering whether that due to the whole thing being a giant mess. However, when it finally arrived a lot of people had to admit they'd misjudged the film, as it's a really good action movie that certainly deserves to have the Mad Max name. [Read more…]


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Brave Tank Hero Review (3DS eShop)
As Salvatore from Wind Waker would say… "Splish!"
Version Reviewed: North American
review by Jose Acosta Sat 29th Aug 2015
In Conker's Bad Fur Day, there is a chapter towards the end of the game called War. In that chapter there is one small section in which the protagonist squirrel has to get inside a tank and storm the Tediz's base. Brave Tank Hero is somewhat similar to that section of Conker's BFD, in the sense that you use tanks to storm the enemy invasion.
Unfortunately that's as far as the similarities between the two titles go. That single chapter of the Nintendo 64 title, comprised of two quests and one boss fight, has more depth and is more entertaining than anything Brave Tank Hero offers in its three hour campaign. And it's quite a shame - a tank game should always be a fun experience. Sure they are slow and a bit sluggish like Ganondorf in Super Smash Bros., but they pack a punch and nothing should be able to stand in their way. The biggest crime by Brave Tank Hero is that it plays it too safe for its own good.
The premise of Brave Tank Hero is simple, Paradise City has been invaded by the Shadow Tank forces and it's up to you, a low-rank soldier, to take it back from them. Missions start up slowly as they introduce the player to the controls, enemies and gameplay gimmicks.
Controlling the tank is pretty straightforward if the controllers are set to the default layout. The Circle Pad controls the general movement of the tank, the shoulder buttons control the rotation of the turret, while the best part of having a tank, the cannon, is assigned to the A button.
The game takes the liberty of offering an auto-lock function, leaving the player responsible for the navigation and shooting parts while the game handles the aiming; it's a fine and sound mechanic, when it works properly. The problem with the auto-lock arises when there's more than one target in sight, as the turret will start rotating from one side to the other; this happens because the targeting system works depending on how close the target is to the player. The issue here lies in the fact that tanks are vehicles, and any vehicles' main purpose is that they are mobile objects.
Luckily, the auto-lock feature can be turned off, but there's a caveat - the camera, rather than following the direction of the turret, is fixed to the back of the tank in the most claustrophobic angle possible, making it extremely difficult to pinpoint the position of the enemy tanks. There is at least one positive among this debacle, the bottom screen displays a top down view of the map giving you intel on your surroundings.
It's discrepancies like these that make Brave Tank Hero a hard sell; there are so many flaws in the basic design of the game that it is incredibly difficult to overlook them. These shortcomings are not exclusive to the controls or the gameplay; the game lacks a sense of progress throughout the 50-level campaign. Missions don't necessarily get harder, they just get longer and more frustrating due to the aforementioned flaws.
There are three types of missions, but with only a few exceptions they all feel the same. It doesn't matter if you have to rescue a hostage, escape the enemy or eliminate a certain objective, the development of the events will always repeat itself - start the level, encounter the enemy, eliminate the enemy and reach the objective. Enemy tanks have no weak points and the game doesn't encourage the player to think of different approaches. It's just one mundane battle for survival after the other.
At the end of each level the game awards a certain number of medals based on the player's performance, but with the exception of a few missions towards the end of the game it is never disclosed what's the criteria on how to achieve a better ranking. These medals can be redeemed to upgrade any of the game's three tanks. In paper each of the tanks available to the player are different - one is light and fast, the second one is a heavy tank with an impenetrable defence, and the third one comes packed with a double cannon, but is as flimsy as a cardboard box.
The only departments where the game can be lauded is in the audiovisual department. Brave Tank Hero looks pretty good, the cute graphics giving the look as if you're playing with toys. They're nothing special but manage to communicate the message. The music and sound effects are also incredibly good. Much like the graphics, the in-game songs convey the right energy and message to the player, although there are instances where the constant 'Ka-Boom!' of the cannons drown out the music.
Not that the music or the visuals could have helped Brave Tank Hero - the game just feels like a huge waste of potential and resources; not even the fact that it's a budget title should be an excuse for its sub-par quality.
There is one adjective that describes Brave Tank Hero perfectly: mediocre. Even when over-viewing the flaws of the game, there are not enough redeeming qualities to make it a worthwhile experience; there is no replay value, not even local multiplayer. A game that features tanks should be an entertaining experience, especially if the game was developed by a team who has delivered series like BlazBlue and Guilty Gear, but ultimately Brave Tank Hero is a blemish in Arc System Works' library.
Poor 4/10
Review copy provided by Natsume
Nin10dad
Sat 29th Aug 2015
Awesome sub headline 😃
mr_notok
The game looked pretty good. It's a shame it got a bad score. Oh well, great review anyway!
zool
Why such a long review when the score says it all.
Giygas_95
Splish...KABOOM!...Splish...
Ninja44X
i was looking forward and interested in this... but now...no way jose...ill be passing on this...thanks for the detailed review
Not_Soos
I always thought it was more of a... "Splursh!"
Kevlar44
Splooosh!!!!!!!!!!
DarthNocturnal
I took it a step further and called Salvatore "Mr. Splish".
Anyway, sounds like this game really tanked.
I'm going to still pick this up but will wait for a sale.
crimsontadpoles
It seems more people here (myself included) are more interested in the subheading than the actual game.
windthewaker
Sun 30th Aug 2015
More of a sploosh then a Kaboom!
JoseAcosta
@Sir_Teabag "no way jose"
I see what you did there
@JoseAcosta
too bad the game blows, it was on my radar...
@bbve never forget!
https://youtu.be/POzztS-Ndok
@crimsontadpoles hey! that subheader was the best thing that came out of Brave Tank Hero =/
Henmii
"Don't forget your umbrella on the way out!"
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11th Aug 2015 (USA), $4.99
24th Sep 2015 (UK/EU), £4.49
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Ramadan, the holy month of fasting, is a prosperous and auspicious month when people turn more pious and the society gives you the utmost of security– food security, let alone personal security.
This has always been the mystical belief in Yemen until this year. The people of the temporary capital, Aden, are living a weary Ramadan as the mysterious wave of assassinations drags on with no clue on who is behind it and no sign that the security authorities are doing something or have caught but only one assassin.
Over the past several months, dozens of mosque preachers, soldiers, doctors, activists and ordinary civilians, male and female have been killed.
Masked gunmen shoot dead victims and get away with it. Earlier in this hoy month a gunman killed, by knife attack, a female dean of the Faculty of Science and University in Aden and her son and 12-year-old grandchild as he stormed their house and shot them dead. The perpetrator of this crime was the only one caught. No suspect was caught or even identified in connection with the tens of previous assassinations.
Dr. Fikri al-Qadi, professor of sociology at the University of Aden, told Al Sahwa that disasters always have an impact on societies, especially the disaster of war, often leaves a psychological and social impact on individuals, groups and societies.
He said in that that one of the causes of the spread of crime in Aden is the absence of law enforcement agencies, courts, and prosecutions.
"The proliferation of weapons, poverty, destitution, lack of job opportunities and the spread of drugs are also among the reasons that led to the spread of crime in Aden," he added.


Global IT services company EMC (NYSE: EMC) is acquiring cloud software and services vendor Virtustream and will use the company to underpin its new managed cloud services business.
Announcing today it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the privately-held Virtustream, EMC says the acquisition represents a "transformational element" of its strategy to help customers move all applications to cloud-based IT environments.
Although the purchase figure was undisclosed, EMC reportedly paid US$1.2 billion for the acquisition.
With the addition of Virtustream, EMC completes what it says is the industry's "most comprehensive hybrid cloud portfolio" to support all applications, all workloads and all cloud models.
The merger will see Virtustream CEO Rodney Rogers report to Joe Tucci, EMC Chairman and CEO.
"Virtustream is an exceptional company and this is a critical and transformative acquisition for EMC in one of the industry's fastest-growing and most important sectors," Tucci said.
Tucci said Virtustream's cloud software and Infrastructure-as-a-Service portfolio will be delivered directly to customers and through partners, and EMC service provider partners will receive access to Virtustream's xStream cloud management software platform and be enabled to adopt and deliver their own branded services based on it.
Presently EMC provides the Federation Enterprise Hybrid Cloud Solution — an on-premise private cloud offering that provides on-ramps to public cloud services such as VMware vCloud Air.
Tucci said Virtustream brings to the EMC portfolio a managed cloud software and services capability — whether on or off premise — which EMC also intends to incorporate into the Federation Enterprise Hybrid Cloud Solution. With the addition of Virtustream, EMC will enable customers to move their entire application portfolio into a cloud environment.
According to Virtustream Chairman and CEO, Rodney Rogers, the company has established itself as an "industry leader and innovator for running mission-critical enterprise applications in the cloud".


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Bielanka – wieś w Polsce położona w województwie dolnośląskim, w powiecie lwóweckim, w gminie Lwówek Śląski, na Pogórzu Kaczawskim w Sudetach.

Nazwa
Przed 1945 wieś pojawiała się w źródłach w różnych wariantach pisowni niemieckiej nazwy Lauterseifen: w 1217 jako Luternsiven, 1300 Luthersyph, 1330 Luternsyphen, 1374 Luteseifen, Lutirseifen, 1677 Lauterseiffen, 1726 Lauter Seyffen, Lauter Seifffen, 1765 Lauterseiffen, 1816 Lauterseifen. W latach 1945–1947 Bielankę znano jako Starą Wieś, a obecną nazwę uzyskała w 1947 roku.

Podział administracyjny
Do połowy XVIII wieku wieś należała do księstwa jaworskiego. Następnie weszła w skład powiatu bolesławiecko-lwóweckiego, a po jego podziale w 1816 powiatu lwóweckiego. W latach 1954–1972 należała do gromady Płakowice, a od 1972 do gminy Lwówek Śląski. W latach 1975–1998 miejscowość administracyjnie należała do województwa jeleniogórskiego, w latach 1990–1998 w rejonie Bolesławiec.

Demografia
Brak jest informacji o liczbie ludności Bielanki w okresie rozkwitu górnictwa złota. Szczyt zaludnienia (562 osoby) wieś osiągnęła w 1840 roku. Następnie liczebność Bielanki systematycznie spadała, by zejść do 180 w 2011 roku.

Historia
Początki wsi związane są z górnictwem złota. Rozpoczęło się ono na tym obszarze około 1180 roku. Wieś wzmiankowano w 1217. Z 1479 roku pochodzą zapisy o kopalniach złota Zmartwychwstanie Pańskie i Święta Elżbieta. Roboty górnicze zakończono w XV wieku. W 1687 żyło tu 22 chłopów. Wieś należała do parafii w Sobocie. Dopiero w 1697 wybudowano Kościół św. Anny. Na przełomie XVI i XVII wieku przybyli tu szwenkfeldyści, zmuszeni do opuszczenia wsi w 1726. W 1765 w Bielance był majątek należący baronowej von Schmettau o wartości 8 185 talarów. Mieszkało tu 89 chałupników, 25 zagrodników, 14 kmieci i 8 rzemieślników. Działały dwie szkoły — katolicka i ewangelicka.

W 1812 w pobliżu Bielanki miała miejsce pierwsza bitwa nad Bobrem. Wojska francuskie dotarły do wsi wieczorem 21 sierpnia, a następnego dnia przejechał tędy cesarz Napoleon Bonaparte. W 1812 majątek w Bielance należał do hrabiego Ponińskiego. We wsi było 111 budynków, piętrowy browar i młyn wodny. W 1840 kościół katolicki był właścicielem gruntów i lasu, ale z uwagi na niewielką liczbę wiernych nabożeństwa w tutejszym kościele odbywały się tylko 8 razy w roku. We wsi mieszkali łowczy, 24 rzemieślników i 9 handlarzy. Działało 345 krosien tkackich, a chałupnicze przędzalnictwo i tkactwo było źródłem utrzymania większości mieszkańców. W szczytowym okresie w 1863 we wsi stało 180 budynków. W 1895 pomiędzy Bielanką a Skorzynicami poprowadzono linię kolejową. Powstała stacja należała formalnie do Skorzynic.

Po 1945 Bielankę zasiedliło mniej Polaków niż wyjechało z niej Niemców. W 1978 działało tu 55 indywidualnych gospodarstw rolnych. W 1988 ta liczba spadła do 28. Z pracy w rolnictwie utrzymywało się 42% ludności. Część mieszkańców pracowała w zakładach okolicznych miast i w leśnictwie. Po 1990 wielu mieszkańców było bezrobotnych.

Zabytki
Do wojewódzkiego rejestru zabytków wpisany jest:
 kościół pw. św. Anny, z XVII w.

inne zabytki:
 kaplica cmentarna w Bielance

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Transport
Przez wieś przebiega Droga wojewódzka nr 364. Niebieski szlak pieszy prowadzi z Lwówka Śląskiego na zamek Grodziec. Zielony szlak rowerowy łączy Bielankę ze Zbylutowem i Pieszkowem

Ochrona przyrody
Przy posesji nr 15 rośnie pomnikowy dąb szypułkowy.

Zobacz też
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Przypisy

Bibliografia
 Słownik geografii turystycznej Sudetów, tom 7 Pogórze Kaczawskie, red. Marek Staffa, Wydawnictwo I-BiS, Wrocław 2002,

Lwówek Śląski (gmina)

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This year I made two pretty big changes to my life, one was to start walking up mountains (generally being outdoors more) and the second was changing to a vegan lifestyle –both of these things managed to centre around deconstructing pre-established ideas I held and funnily enough many, many thoughts on poo.
So back to the mountains and a vegan lifestyle, the picture I took at the top of this post is really what inspired this article.
This sign is at the entrance to the Glencar Waterfall in Co Leitrim, and yes it is completely outdoors, surrounded by trees and pouring down from a mountainside, the only thing man-made is the pathway up to it, and the sign. Followed closely by the thought process that inspired the sign to be put up – again man-made (human made, I don't just want to be point the finger specifically at men).
Well what does this have to do with any of the above? It all pretty much comes down to the fact that I am a dog owner. Strange term as I do see her, Missy my nine year old Springer Spaniel, as being part of my family, but legally I am her owner.
As part of our family, we decided because we were going to be walking and outdoors we would bring her with us as we visited various sites around Ireland, until we tried to do precisely that.
More often than not we encountered signs not allowing dogs at all, not even well behaved ones on a lead, with well-behaved owners that did pick up their poo. See we do eventually get back to the poo.
I do understand that not all dog owners are as contentious, but an awful lot of them are, and seeing as in a recent survey it is estimated that 49% of households in Ireland have at least one dog, there does seem to be a lot of family dog members around.
So why are they randomly not allowed in various places that are outdoors?
That's right, I'm not trying to bring her inside anywhere, I'm not wondering why can't my dog sit in a coffee shop with me, or why I can't bring her into a supermarket, no, not at all. I don't expect to be able to.
But, when I am out walking I would like to know I could bring her, on a lead, with me without, the random idea I will be fined for just having her stand on a piece of grass/land or she may be shot. Yes, we have also encountered those signs! They absolutely shocked me when I first saw them!
In fairness here, they are relating to lands (public and private with access) where there are sheep roaming and there have been stories of the sheep being victims to dog packs.
But, since she (Missy) is never out of my sight, let roam and is contentiously taken care off, because I know where she is all the time, I'm not quite sure why when I arrive to visit a place or look it up online, I am turned away or don't go at all because of being faced with the No Dog Policy.
It's not like the other wild animals, and farmed stock, are subjected to the same rules, and they most certainly don't have someone walking around after them with a poo bag, (try walking up a mountain in Connemara and not stepping into some sheep poo) never mind having them on a lead.
Can you imagine a giant sign saying no sheep beyond this point, and what would we threaten them with? Eating them!!! (And so starts the vegan thoughts, which I will park right here, for another time and place).
Or if a family of wild rabbits turned up to Glencar Waterfall were greeted with a sign, No Rabbits! Fines apply!!!
The sigh could be replaced with a large structure around the area, making the outdoors/indoors, and then no animals could get in, therefore negating their need to be able to read signs. And, I wouldn't have anything to complain about because it would all be indoors and I would have no expectations of being able to bring my dog in, say just like I wouldn't in a supermarket.
And sure I don't want to be in buildings anyway, I just want to be outside with my family, including my dog!!!


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December 9, 2014 By Andrea Gudbergsson No comments yet actress, chef, Chopped, culture, documentary, feminism, fencing, hijab, muslim, pakistan, Pakistan Four, playwright, weightlifter, women, world views
The documentary Pakistan Four by Shehzad Hameed, a broadcast journalist and documentary filmmaker, tells the story of four Pakistani women living in the United States. Besides working in predominantly male professions, stories about a chef, a weight lifter, a standup comedian, and a fencer may not seem connected. However, after viewing the documentary, I was amazed by their stories. Here are four Muslim women who are challenging gender and cultural stereotypes. They tackle their dreams while paving the way for women everywhere. Each led different lives, yet their stories illustrated a little-known side to Muslim women living in the U.S.
Hareem Ahmad is a professional fencer and the first Pakistani American to train with the U.S. fencing team. Hareem left her job on Wall Street to pursue this passion, making it her mission to best conquer all obstacles in her way. Even after being told that she was wasting her money and that she would not be able to have a professional career as an athlete, Hareem decided to make her own way in life and is now successfully pursuing her dream. Another professional athlete in the documentary was Kulsoom Abdullah, a weight lifter who challenged the rules against wearing the Hijab, a religious headscarf, during competitions. Not only has she fought for religious freedom, but she has also overcome criticism about being a female weight lifter. Many feel that females cannot successfully weight lift and view it as a 'men's only' sport. Nadia Manzoor is a professional actor and has written her own play called Burq Off. She has continued with her work, in hopes to inspire others and inform the world about Pakistani culture. Lastly, Fatima Ali is a New York City chef who won the TV reality show Chopped. As a chef, she has faced challenges not only from men who didn't feel she belonged in a kitchen, but also from other women, jealous of her time spent so closely working with multiple men. Today, she has found victory by both winning the Chopped competition, and within her present restaurant work.
Pakistan Four provides an up-close view of the daily lives of these Pakistani women, and through that the viewer is given the opportunity to learn more about how the women are finding connections in Pakistani and American cultural similarities or embracing their differences. Throughout the documentary, it is made clear that these women face problems that are not only challenges for Pakistani women, but for all women around the world. Yet instead of being silenced by these problems, these women have made it their mission to raise their voices and inspire other young women to chase after their goals in a positive manner. And most importantly, they are breaking down any stereotypes that may get in their way.
As I was watching this documentary, I was amazed at the talents that each of these women possess. The fact that they can overcome their challenges and be respected in their field or sport was inspiring. While they have overcome adversity, they have remained positive and determined, which was inspiring and informative.
This documentary is important because it shows their side of the story. Not only does the director make you aware of the challenges Muslim women face here in the United States, but also integrates women's challenges globally. It illuminates these four women's setbacks while also highlighting their successes. They are finding ways of expressing themselves as Muslim Pakistani women living in the U.S. and are mixing cultures and breaking down the walls of cultural stereotypes. By telling their individual stories, they are creating room for constructive discussion and giving us insight to their world, giving us a different view of Pakistan culture that we don't see through media.
I work with Pakistanis every day and I am amazed about their achievements and kindness. The more people who see this documentary, the more people will have the chance to see the vibrant and rich culture of Pakistan.
Andrea Gudbergsson
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Andrea Gudbergsson is a Client Relations Manager at Allshore Virtual Staffing, a remote staffing agency. With a Bachelor's in International Studies and experience studying abroad, Andrea has in-depth cultural experience and enjoys continuing to learn about various cultures.
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We have been celebrating Easter in many ways so far, and the Easter Bunny hasn't even arrived yet and Lily already has some yummy Easter eggs.
One of the things Lily loves to do the most is paint. So it was only right that I let her paint some eggs this year. But as I did not want to waste food, I decided to get Lily fake eggs to paint rather than using real ones. They didn't cost much to do this activity and I spent £1 on the eggs and nothing on the paint as she already had lots of that.
I let Lily choose her colours that she wanted to paint her eggs. She chose Pink, Blue, Green, and Yellow. She did really well painting them and enjoyed that she was painting something different to just painting on paper.
After that we left them to dry. The next day they looked great and so we decided to add some decoration. I let lily choose what colours again she wanted to do and what patterns. She did some spots, stripes and also a face on one of them.
We then left them to dry and are left with some lovely decorated eggs. Lily really enjoyed doing this activity and I can see us doing it again over the Easter holidays.
Here are the photographs of Lily doing the activity.
What Easter Activities have you done this year?
Awww Lily has done a fab job of painting her eggs, good idea using fake ones instead of real eggs.
Easter Activities :- Will need to get organised. Though what you and Lily have done seems a good idea. As local church has a lovely Easter Event tomorrow. Following brief morning service, children usually roll their decorated eggs down the hill. Usually use boiled eggs. Though toy eggs, just as you and Lily have used, seem like a good idea / alternative. Will go shopping.
Easter Sunday :- Some the children rolled their egg/s down the hill. Whilst some threw them down the hill. They all seemed to have fun. We all enjoyed the Easter Event.
Easter can be a nice time of year :- Spring. Has Lily given any thought to what usually hatch from eggs. Chicks. I love to hear the birds chirping at Springtime.
Easter, a nice time of year. Seems variety of events has increased :- Easter Egg Hunt/s, Easter Bonnet Competition, etc.
Lily chose some lovely colours.
We love decorating eggs and have recently moved from fake eggs to real ones- but there have been casualties! Thank you so much for linking up with #KidsandKreativity, I hope you come back next time!
these are lovely. Good work lily.


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Evidence of Malta's earliest inhabitants dates back 8,000 years. The extraordinary Neolithic temples that can be viewed on the island are believed to be older than the ancient pyramids of Egypt and are widely thought to be the oldest free-standing monuments in the world.
The islands were conquered by the Phoenicians around 2,000 BC, followed by the Carthaginians, Romans and Arabs respectively. The Order of Knights of St John ruled the islands from 1530 until 1798, building hospitals, palaces and churches, erecting extensive fortifications and generally boosting trade. A spate of attacks from the Ottomans culminated in a prolonged battle later known as The Great Siege of 1565.
In 1798, Napoleon's army conquered the islands, establishing a civil code and educational system, as well as abolishing slavery, but the British – who ruled for the next 160 years - took over soon after. In the course of WW2, the indomitable spirit shown by the Maltese led King George VI to award Malta the ultimate accolade of the George Cross, which is proudly displayed on the national flag to this day. The country became independent in 1964 and joined the European Union in 2004.
Signs of Malta's strong national identity, enriched by millennia of foreign cultural influences, are most marked at the National Museum of Fine Arts, where the exhibits cover all key periods from the early Renaissance onwards.
The 16th century Manoel Theatre, Mediterranean Conference Centre and St James Cavalier are the key venues for theatre (often in English), dance and music, and like the opera season, feature international as well as home-grown talent. The Malta international Jazz Festival is a highlight of the summer and there is also a month-long arts festival, as well as various beer and wine events. Every village attempts to outdo its neighbours with firework displays during the so-called Parish Feast and both the traditional Good Friday and Easter celebrations are truly memorable.
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Come June Anne Arundel will again see a particularly active election cycle surrounding its judicial branch and law enforcement agencies, two years after the last race spurred lawsuits and ethics complaints.
At the top of the ticket will be the State's Attorney's race, where incumbent Republican Wes Adams will look to defeat Kathy Rogers, a former prosecutor Adams fired his first week in office, in the Republican primary election in June. The winner will go on to face Anne Colt Leitess, a former Democratic State's Attorney who lost to Adams in 2014, setting up a possible rematch in November.
In addition, seven people are running for one seat on the county's 5th Circuit Court bench.
Both races follow a 2016 election cycle that saw both the State's Attorney's Office and the judicial bench criticized and sued over issues ranging from a lack of diversity among Circuit Court judges to having an assistant prosecutor's wife paid $230,000 to help run the combined campaign of four Republican judges.
Ahead of June's primary election, here's a look at what we know so far about the candidates:
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For Adams, 2018 looks a lot like 2014.
But his opponents will have more ammunition as the Severna Park Republican faces the prospect of defending his first four years in office against the person he replaced as the county's top prosecutor.
Adams has already criticized Colt Leitess and Rogers as ones who implemented "failed policies" at the office that "led to increased crime, lenient plea deals and dysfunctional relationships with other branches of law enforcement." He'll face off against Rogers in the Republican primary election while Colt Leitess, who heads the Special Victims unit of the Baltimore State's Attorney's Office, will run unopposed in the Democratic primaries.
Adams has touted a drug court program that emphasizes placing lower-level offenders who are hooked on opioids in rehabilitation over incarceration — as well as a gang task force which will take on organized crime in the wake of MS-13's resurgence. He has also seen his office's tactics criticized by both candidates.
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Rogers has pointed to record homicides in Annapolis in 2016 and record-setting opioid overdose numbers as endemic of an office unable to successfully prosecute prominent and important cases.
Colt Leitess, who's relatively prolific on Twitter, has used the platform to criticize everything from what she believes are light sentences for convictions of violent crimes to calling out the office for seeking a subpoena asking for public housing residents' names, addresses and contact information without charging them with crimes.
Behind all of this will be Lawrence Scott, a prominent Republican operative in the county who caused a significant controversy when his wife's firm, Scott Strategies, was behind the campaign for the four Republican judges during the 2016 election for the 5th Circuit Court.
He told The Capital in 2016 the firm is fully owned by his wife and "any campaigning" he did on behalf of the four sitting judges was "100% on my own time." Campaign finance records from that June show he was listing "Scott Strategies Inc" as his employer while making donations to County Executive Steve Schuh's re-election campaign. The judges' campaign started paying Scott Strategies in February that year, online campaign finance filings show.
With Adams having already paid Scott Strategies $40,000 and legislation sitting in the General Assembly that would either oust him from Adams' office or from being a paid political consultant, he could become another controversial figure this election year.
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The controversy that surrounded the 2016 election is set to be re-litigated in 2018 as the county will select who they want to fill the newly created 13th judgeship in its Circuit Court.
Circuit Court judges are tasked with handling cases ranging from civil litigation to criminal cases. Candidates will be on both Republican and Democratic primary ballots.
Two of the candidates from the last election cycle — Claudia Barber and Rickey Nelson Jones — have alleged the selection process for Circuit Court judges excludes qualified people of color, with Jones taking the case to both federal and state court.
They will look to dethrone Mark Crooks, a Gov. Larry Hogan appointee who was photographed with former Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore in September.
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Barber has ramped up her rhetoric, accusing a black reporter of engaging in "Jim Crowism" for his reporting of her campaign in 2016, which ranged from covering her use of campaign funds to pay for her legal defense to her loss of a job as an administrative law judge after a panel found her guilty of an ethics violation.
In addition, Republican Nevin Young, a 49-year-old Annapolis attorney who ran unsuccessfully to become the city's mayor last year, is running for the judgeship.
He's joined by Annette DeCesaris, a Bowie lawyer, Kathleen Elmore, a Severna Park attorney, and Robert Burton, an associate general counsel at Prince George's County Public Schools, according to his LinkedIn profile.
Republican incumbent Ron Bateman will look to retain his title as the county's 119th sheriff against four challengers.
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The Anne Arundel County Sheriff's Office is responsible for carrying out warrants, keeping peace during evictions, providing security in the county courthouse and other law enforcement responsibilities. Most law enforcement duties in the county are handled by the Anne Arundel and Annapolis police departments.
Bateman — who had issues in his personal life after his wife accused him of domestic violence and he took out a protective order against a stepson who allegedly said he'd kill Bateman and his family — has said he wants to keep the campaign on the issues. Bateman was acquitted on all charges in St. Mary's County.
He advocates for stricter immigration laws and opposes arming teachers in the wake of a school shooting in Florida.
On the Republican side, Bateman will face three challengers in the primaries — Jim Fredericks, Beth Smith and Damon Ostis.
Fredericks, a lieutenant with the Anne Arundel County Police Department, said in 2016 he'd planned to file after Bateman's arrest compromised the "integrity and dignity" of the office.
Smith, a former lieutenant under Bateman, said last year she's vying to become the first female sheriff in the 300-year history of the office to "restore honor" to the position.
It is unclear what Ostis' background is, as state records do not have a campaign website listed for him nor did he immediately respond to requests for comment Monday.
On the Democratic side, James Williams will run unopposed for the nomination. His campaign website says he's a retired captain from the Prince George's County Police Department who wants "to bring a fresh perspective to the Sheriff's Office."
Judge of Orphans' Court
For Anne Arundel's Orphans' Court, one Republican and two Democrats will challenge three Republican incumbents for their seats on the bench.
Chief Judge Nancy C. Phelps, Judge Maureen Carr-York and Alan M. Rzepkowski will look to retain their seats against Republican challenger Carl George Holland and Democratic challengers Vickie Gipson and Torrey Jacobsen Jr.
Orphans' Court is a probate court that primarily deals with wills and estates, settling property matters. Voters will be tasked with voting for three judges to sit in the court.
Like the Circuit Court election, candidates will appear on both Republican and Democratic ballots, and the top three vote-getters on each ballot will move onto the general election in November.
Two Republicans and one Democrat are looking to succeed Clerk of Anne Arundel County Circuit Court Robert Duckworth, who announced he would not run for re-election after more than 26 years.
Republicans Doug Arnold and Bonnie Shepke will vye for the Republican nomination in June's primaries while Scott Poyer is running unopposed as a Democratic candidate.
The Clerk of the Circuit Court is an independent records keeper for the court.
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For the county's Register of Wills — tasked with carrying out decedent's written wills and collecting taxes on them — Republican Lauren Parker will look to retain her seat over Democratic challenger Joseph Janosky, who was designated by the Democratic Central Committee on Monday as their nomination for the seat.
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