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Fearless (2006)
PG-13 103 min - Drama, Action - 26 January 2006
Huo Yuan Jia became the most famous martial arts fighter in all of China at the turn of the 20th Century. Huo faced personal tragedy but ultimately fought his way out of darkness, defining the true spirit of martial arts and also inspiring his nation. The son of a great fighter who didn't wish for his child to follow in his footsteps, Huo resolves to teach himself how to fight - and win.
Director: Ronny Yu
Stars: Jet Li, Betty Sun, Dong Yong, Yun Qu, Paw Hee-ching, Nathan Jones, Brandon Rhea, Anthony De Longis, Jean Claude Leuyer, Mike Leeder, Jon T. Benn, John Paisley, Collin Chou, Masato Harada, Shidou Nakamura
Collections: Ronny Yu
Tagline: Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself makes you fearless.
Genres: Drama, Action
Official Website: —
Country: China, Hong Kong, United States of America
Language: English, Japanese, 普通话
Release Date: 26 January 2006
Production Companies: Beijing Film Studio, China Film Co-Production Corporation, Hero China International, Wide River Investments, China Film Group Corporation (CFGC)
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Huo Yuan Jia became the most famous martial arts fighter in all of China at the turn of the 20th Century. Huo faced personal tragedy but ultimately fought his way out of darkness, defining the true spirit of martial arts and also inspiring his nation.
Fearless, also known as Huo Yuanjia (霍元甲) in Chinese, and as Jet Li's Fearless in the United Kingdom and in the United States, is a 2006 Chinese-Hong Kong martial arts film directed by Ronny Yu and starring Jet Li. It is loosely based on the life of Huo Yuanjia, a Chinese martial artist who challenged foreign fighters in highly publicized events, restoring pride and nationalism to China at a time when Western imperialism and Japanese manipulation were eroding the country in the final years of the Qing Dynasty before the birth of the Republic of China. Li stated in an interview that the film was his last wushu martial arts epic, a point also made in the film's television promotions and other publicity.
Fearless was released on 26 January 2006 in Hong Kong, on 23 June 2006 in the United Kingdom, and on 22 September 2006 in the United States.
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The film begins with Huo Yuanjia fighting and defeating three Westerners: a British boxer, a Belgian lancer and a Spanish fencer. While waiting for the fourth match to begin, Huo remembers his father Huo Endi teaching martial arts. The story is then told in an extended flashback. Watching his father fight, the young Yuanjia wants to participate, but his father is concerned about his asthma. Yuanjia sees his father in a leitai match with Zhao, who won the fight dishonourably by retaliating when Huo Endi held back what would have been a fatal blow. Humiliated by his father's defeat, Huo Yuanjia vows to regain the Huo family's honour and pride. He practices martial arts behind his father's back. As the years pass, Huo Yuanjia defeats several opponents in leitai matches and becomes a famous martial artist in Tianjin. As he becomes successful, he becomes arrogant and ruthless towards his opponents, compared to his late father who advocated showing mercy to opponents.
When a rival martial arts master named Qin Lei injures one of his followers, Huo feels insulted and confronts Qin at a restaurant owned by Huo's childhood friend, Nong Jinsun. After failing to talk his friend out of fighting and fed up with his ruthless behavior, Jinsun ends his friendship with Huo. The confrontation escalates into a fight between Huo and Qin, in which Huo emerges as the victor by killing Qin with a fatal blow. Qin's godson seeks vengeance and kills Huo's mother and daughter in retaliation. Huo goes to Qin's house, where Qin's godson admits to the murders before killing himself. Huo learns that it was his follower who had insulted and provoked Qin, which prompted Qin to beat him.
Wracked with guilt, Huo flees Tianjin, and wanders aimlessly for many months. He nearly drowns in a river, but is saved by Granny Sun and her blind granddaughter, Yueci. They bring him back to their village. Huo, guided by their kindness, begins to learn the value of compassion and mercy.
In 1907, Huo returns to Tianjin and sees the changes that have taken place. He apologizes to Qin's family and reconciles with Jinsun, who is now a businessman. He challenges the American wrestler, Hercules O'Brien. Prior to the match, Huo requests that he and Hercules fight with honor and civility to which the Announcer, taking advantage of the language barrier, deliberately mistranslates Huo's request to "He wants to kick your butt". During their match, Huo saves O'Brien from being impaled on some nails and wins the gratitude of O'Brien, who names Huo the victor. Huo's fame spreads with successive bouts against other foreign fighters. In 1909, with funding from Jinsun, he founds Chin Woo Athletic Association in Shanghai.
The members of the foreign chamber of commerce fear that Huo's victories might fan anti-foreign sentiments among the Chinese people and thus become a disadvantage to them. They propose a match between Huo and four foreign champions. Huo takes up the challenge, even though he will have to fight four bouts in a row. Before the matches, Huo meets the Japanese champion Tanaka for tea and strikes up a friendship.
The film then returns to the competition shown in the opening scenes. On September 14 1910, Huo, after defeating the European challengers, faces Tanaka. In the first round, they fight with their weapons of choice. Huo uses a sanjiegun while Tanaka uses a katana. In the heat of the fight, they accidentally exchange weapons. However, Huo is able to handle the katana proficiently, while Tanaka fumbles with the sanjiegun. Huo offers to exchange weapons with Tanaka, and the first round ends in a draw. Before the next round, Huo unknowingly drinks tea poisoned by the members of the foreign chamber of commerce. In the second round involving unarmed combat, Huo has difficulty breathing and begins to lose his strength. He collapses and starts coughing blood, the result of arsenic poisoning. Tanaka and Huo's supporters demand that the match be halted and postponed, but Huo wishes to continue, since he is going to die in any event. Huo is dominated by Tanaka but manages to deliver a blow to Tanaka's chest, using the same technique that killed Qin. He then collapses. Tanaka, aware that he would have died had Huo used more force, declares Huo the victor as Huo dies.
In the epilogue, Huo's spirit practices Wushu on a field while Yueci observes him. Huo turns to her and smiles, indicating a lovers' reconciliation.
The descendants of Huo Yuanjia were so upset by how their ancestor was portrayed in Fearless, as well as by the historical inaccuracies in the film, that they launched a lawsuit against Jet Li and the film's producers and distributors in March 2006. Huo Shoujin, an 81-year-old grandson of Huo Yuanjia, stated he was unhappy that the movie showed Huo Yuanjia causing "trouble", which led to the deaths of his mother and daughter. Huo Shoujin also denounced the filmmakers for depicting his grandfather as a violent fighter. In December 2006, a court in Beijing dismissed the case, saying Fearless was an exaggerated and fictitious portrait of Huo Yuanjia but it "contained no defamatory or libelous depictions".
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Full Report: Onboard The American Airlines MD-80 Farewell Flight
by Bernie Leighton
Story by Bernie Leighton , Cody Diamond, and Chris Sloan
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Our ship, N984TW was the last MD-80 ever delivered. It was accepted by TWA in December of 1999. By 2001, it was in AA's colours. It's truly wild to think that on the day of the final flight, American only had 26 aircraft remaining.
They were going to CLT, ICT, AMA, LBB, PNS, CLE, VPS, MFE, OMA, RDU, DSM, SAT, CVG, STL, ABQ, and ORD. With all returning back to DFW for disbursement except ours, which would carry on to Roswell from Edward H. O'Hare directly. That's not my part of the flight.
One must also remember there was another MD-80 coming into Roswell from STL.
With a 2,000nm still-air range, the MD-80 series allowed American to fly to every corner of the Continental U.S. form its DFW and ORD hubs. It was their mid-con king. They had a fleet of 362 of these beasts at their peak. That's an unfathomable number of JT8D-219s.
It's sad to think that this is, largely, the end of the JT8 series in America. At least, at least, Pratt & Whitney lives on with the excellent, and far quieter, GTF.
When AA decided to make these aircraft MD-83s in 1993, all their MD-82s gained extra tanks, 7,000lbs more of fuel capacity, and an additional 500nm of still air range. Very useful, especially in Winter.
I remember, once, my 737-823 on DFW-SEA subbed for an MD-80. With strong headwinds and bad weather at SEA-TAC, I imagine those tanks saved us a potential diversion. The flight's 140 seats were nearly full – though there were a couple of no-shows.
American was not the only airline within the U.S. to operate the "Super 80", though they were the first major with their lease-order for 20. Muse Air, Frontier, PSA, Republic, and Hawaiian all operated the type before. Ironically, many of those frames would later end up operating in AA's colours.
American has operated almost every model of the DC-9 "Super 80", including the MD-82, MD-83, MD-87, and even the MD-90. American operated five MD-87s and five MD-90s acquired through its acquisition of Reno Air.
These aeroplanes were painted in full American colours following the merger but bore a distinctive white fuselage with traditional AA colours otherwise. American also acquired several -82's and -83's from Reno. Lacking commonality with the rest of the fleet, all of Reno's aeroplanes were retired fairly quickly. American took delivery of its last new build MD80 from the McDonnell Douglas factory in 1992.
On the final day of operations, American had 26 operational aeroplanes, including one original AA MD-82, N501AA, built and delivered in 1989. American was required to keep at least one MD-82 on its OpSpecs as the -82 was representative of the simulators used for training. At the time of this writing, Ship 501 was the oldest aeroplane in the American Airlines fleet and the last aeroplane remaining from the 1980s. All in all, those 26 retiring planes carried more than 94 million passengers.
The other 25 aeroplanes were former TWA aeroplanes, relatively new for a DC-9, all built between 1997 and 1999. A few fun facts here are that they were the last post-merger TWA aeroplanes remaining in the fleet, and, several are even newer than some of the oldest Boeing 737-800s in the fleet!
Other than one 737-800 retrojet, the retirement of the Super 80 marks the retirement of the final aircraft remaining in the iconic American silver bird Massimo Vignelli 1968 livery, a livery officially retired in 2013 with the unveiling of the "New American".
When AA accepted our bird, ship 4YU it was C12 123Y now it's C12 35MCE and 89 Main Cabin. So, not much of a change. It's always been a near 150 seat mid con haulier, though as the second hand unwound and fuel became more expensive, it did start operating much shorter sectors.
Interestingly, as N984TW was built after the merger between McDonnell-Douglas and Boeing, it bears a Boeing manufacturer's data plate, still showing it as a DC-9-83 under the DC-9 type certificate of A6WE. The TWA MD-83s also had an auxiliary fuel tank for added range.
Many speculated that the AA MD-80 might continue on given the recent grounding of the Boeing 737 MAX. This was not technically possible as the simulators used for training on the Super 80 did not include the software required for new FAA required enhanced envelope upset recovery training, required as of 2020. Thus, it was never feasible for the AA MD-80s to continue flying due to the simulator limitations.
The JT8Ds still cool faster than almost any other engine in commercial service today. The JT8D is a fuel cooled engine, much more sensitive to throttle movements than modern higher bypass motors!
American also operated 5 former TWA MD-83's that were built by Shanghai Aircraft Industrial Corporation (SAIC) in China under the "TrunkLiner Program".
When American launched Super 80 service on May 15, 1983, the three aircraft initially entering service flew to DFW, LGA BNA, ONT, MEM, and DTW with 13 flights on opening day. Flight 577 from LGA-BNA was the inaugural service.
In 1984, less than a year after the Super 80 entered service with American, AA made the largest aircraft order in history for an additional 67 airframes and 100 options for delivery between 1985-92.
The S80s were ordered specifically to expand the DFW & ORD hubs and cut fuel burn costs, replacing the 727-100. American took delivery of its final new build MD-80 in 1992.
This aircraft is MSN 53634, LN2287. It was 19.8 years old as of July 31, 2019. According to AA spokesman Ross Feinstein, this aircraft had accumulated 27,554 cycles and 53,598 hours in its logbook. And at an average of 115 passengers, had carried 3.2 million passengers over its nearly 20-year career. It was produced in Long Beach. And again, it was the last MD-80. What a tribute.
Flying into DFW on an A220-100, in many ways a spiritual successor to the DC-9, was surreal. Mostly because by the time I arrived, I only saw a grand total of three MD-83s.
Three, three at DFW. DFW, the land of the MD-80! It really hit home that this was not just the end of the type at AA, this was the end of their historic, polished aluminium, livery. They really stood out. Still, a sad sight. DFW, nor ORD will never look the same again with these T-tailers' demise.
There are two things interesting about this flight. One, in the Words of my favourite lady from Trinidad and Tobago – I am "Pelican Fly." Yet here I am in 19D. It's louder back here. Just the way I like it.
The MD80 was quiet upfront and noisy in the back. Like a mullet, party in the front and business in the back (or is that the other way around?)
Two, I'm wearing a lime green suit because it's still 1986 in my head. I never left the 1980s, and I don't plan to.
A man needs a lime green suit. No regrets. Photo: Chris Sloan
The MD-83 is coming from an era when seats had this thing called padding, something sorely missing on most domestic airliners, and even many long haul seats. That, in and of itself, is inducing of nostalgia.
Some of us, even, Remember those crazy brown leather recliners AA had up in F back in the A300 era. Those were nice. I miss those. Flying an MD-83 always reminded me of that, even when the seats went to the blue cloth.
The legroom was never Oasis'd – it was certainly better than any other aircraft in the fleet at the time of its retirement. It was pleasant. It was familiar. I used to have very high AA status. I've spent a lot of time on Mad-Dogs, I'll miss them.
Our flight, scheduled as AA 80 (normally the flight number from DFW-LHR), quickly sold out when it was marketed as the last scheduled AA Super 80 flight. Operating the iconic city pair of DFW-ORD, the flight would be the only scheduled MD-80 departure from DFW on September 4.
Several RONs would arrive prior to the departure of AA 80, with most of the fleet retiring to DFW as originators from outstations. 20 or so MD-80's would ferry from DFW to Roswell (ROW) throughout the day, beginning at 0715, with the final one departing to ROW at 1415. At least two flights to Roswell would carry media and retirees or employees, bidding a final farewell to the desert.
Editor's Note: Our reporter, Ben Bearup was on one of the Roswell Charter flights. Click for this story.
Our airplane would fly Flight 80 to ORD before ferrying to ROW as AA Flight 9605, arriving at Roswell at 1530 local. Two airplanes, one being N501AA would ferry to Tulsa (TUL) to be donated for preservation at a school while another would remain at DFW reportedly as a de-icing trainer.
AA 80 was scheduled to depart DFW at 0900 and arrive at ORD at 1135, ending 36 years of scheduled DC-9 Super 80 service at American Airlines.
By the numbers, American operated well over 350 MD-80's, including 270 MD-82's, 108 MD-83's, 5 MD-87's, and 5 MD-90's.
American began phasing out the noisy and gas-guzzling MD80 fleet years ago, especially after the historic 460 narrow-body aircraft of A320, A320neo, and 737 MAXs order in 2011. This has resulted in AA renewing its once elderly fleet with the youngest, most fuel-efficient and environmentally friendly fleet of any US network carrier.
AA went all out for this celerbrAAtion with swag bags, social media feeds, t-shirts, '80s music (including a playlist on Apple Music), 1980s SABRE commemorative boarding passes, and balloons festooning the gate.
Many of the boarding passengers were attired in MD80 and 1980s garb. Online, an AA MD-80 timeline and special Instagram video caught many an eye.
The airline's CEO Doug Parker, who would be on the later special charter to Roswell was in attendance helping with the boarding and autographing boarding passes – and enduring selfies aplenty.
AA Flight 80 was flown by two veteran American Super 80 Captains, Captain Clint Beedle, and Captain Gregory Kunasek. Captain Kunasek was the Fleet Training Manager and MD-80 Fleet Captain.
They were not retiring but joked "Because it's a special flight, you get two Captains for the price of one. And after 38,000 hours between us, we've got it figured out by now." In the cabin were three Chicago and one Dallas based flight attendants.
Nearly everyone who was on this flight was here to celebrate the historic occasion. One of the FA's announced over the PA: "Is anyone here mistakingly on what they thought was a normal flight to Chicago?" Of course, most everyone onboard was here for this fun and a fond farewell though there were a few perplexed passengers who had booked this flight as a regular trip.
Nearly Mixed in with the press and AA team members were many AAdvantage members: 10 Concierge Keys, 47 Executive Platinums, 2 Platinum Pros, 6 Platinums, and 8 Golds.
After an efficient boarding process, American 80 pushed back at 0903 local time from Gate C2 and taxied out to Runway 18L. We witnessed other MD80 arrivals from that morning that would soon be heading to Roswell.
Holding short of the runway, Captain Kunasek and Captain Beedle introduced themselves. It was evident it was both an exciting and somber day for most of them.
Captain Beedle has over 21,000 hours in the MD-80 and has been flying the jet since 1987 with American Airlines. Between both Captains, they have a total of over 38,000 hours in the MD-80.
Captain Beedle remarked that with his next aeroplane, he'd have to "learn French" too big laughs in the cabin, referencing the Airbus.
Emotional farewell to @AmericanAir #MD80 from the flight deck #Super80SendOff pic.twitter.com/apOFthKd2y
— Chris Sloan (@airchive) September 4, 2019
Flight 80 was flight planned for 1 hour and 51 minutes at a cruising altitude of 25,000 feet, with a field cruise speed of 477 knots, roughly Mach 0.77. Our filed flight plan routing was KDFW AKUNA7.MLC.SGF.J105.WELTS.TRTLL5 KORD.
Flight 80's ramp weight at DFW would be about 141,000 lbs, with a blocked fuel of just over 25,000 lbs and a burn-off of about 17,000 lbs of fuel, covering a distance of 774 nautical miles.
Takeoff occurred at 0925 local into a beautiful shining blue sky, with a takeoff flap setting of 6 degrees. Chicago weather was mostly partly cloudy skies with light winds out of the northeast.
Our @AmericanAir Mad Dog leaves @DFWAirport for the last time . #Super80sendoff pic.twitter.com/GNFI45HR3s
😭 I'm not crying, you're crying.
✈ Flight 80 has lifted off.
See you soon @fly2ohare! #WheelsUpWheelsDown pic.twitter.com/exwWGJs1fL
— DFW Airport (@DFWAirport) September 4, 2019
Unsurprisingly, the flight itself became an absolute airborne party. Once the fasten seatbelt sign was turned off, the aisle became party central. It was amazing that the Flight Attendants were able to conduct a service at all. Everything on the drink and catering cart was free "until we run out".
The cabin crew who had bid this special flight got into the act, enthusiastically snapping selfies and making hilarious quips on the PA.
Pumped pax in flight on @AmericanAir #super80sendoff pic.twitter.com/vQTuetuzu5
Nancy Shippel, a forty-year AA FA had been flying the MD80 since it entered service in 1983. Though she has many fond memories of the Mad Dog, she said: "My highlight is this special flight." Indeed, she hadn't flown it in 6 years as she regularly works internationally.
The AA employee standby list was well over 400. Many paid Z fares to be there, but American also raffled off seats to grateful employees. Brandon Carpenter, who works in cargo revenue management was one of the lucky winners. His father was an MD80 First Officer so for him "This flight was bittersweet but a dream come true because it instilled my love for American. It runs in my family."
American Airlines VP of Network Planning, Vasu Raja and his son were among those aboard. Raja's son was operating a GoPro and hosting a celebratory Mad Dog video for later internal use. Raja, a well respected figure at the airline did not attempt to hide his enthusiasm and inner #AvGeek.
This was the flight no one wanted to end. The crew passed around a safety card to be autographed by all the passengers. This card was destined for the C.R. Smith Museum. But with Sharpies now in the hands of nostalgic and enthusiastic passengers, it wasn't long before the Sharpies were used to autograph the cabin with many messages and drawings. Clearly, there was a lot of love for the old Mad Dog!
With only 10 minutes remaining in the flight, the crew was asked to clear the aisles and prepare for arrival. Some people resisted chanting for a go around!
Captain Beedle made an extremely smooth touchdown on Runway 10C at O'Hare at 1112 local time. Parking at Gate K5 at 11:18 local to a round of applause, Flight 80 had arrived.
Our @AmericanAir #MD80 Mad Dog kisses the @fly2ohare runway for the last time. She didn't want to land. #Super80SendOff pic.twitter.com/DOb0lBfz55
Usually, there's a mad rush to disembark a flight but not with Flight 80. Another chant went up to depart via the rear tail-cone stairs – though, at ORD, this was not to be.
Instead, everyone was greeted to another party on the ground festooned with balloons and applause from the ground staff. It felt like a hero's welcome!
The weird thing about this flight is that, even with everyone decked out in their MD-80 finest, it felt like a completely normal flight from DFW to ORD… until it didn't!
Seriously, it was a strange mix of familiarity and excitement – and it opened with the former! I can't describe what it felt like beyond. "Well, this is one of those times my UDU didn't clear – here I am on a Maddog, it's comfy."
When the captain started making announcements that this was the last flight, it had struck me. It's an end of an era. And while I may not be as impacted as many given that I was not born in the USA and did not grow up flying AA – it's a big deal. There will never be another passenger announcement made on an AA MD-80, as one of the captains pointed out. It's done. Finished. They're all memories now.
It was such a cool experience to be in a flying party! Within the CONUS! No less. Never done that. It was magical. Everyone was there because they love planes. That made me so happy.
I'm very grateful to have been on this historic pAArty in the Sky with the #Super80SendOff. After 36 years, AA's Mad Dog has earned her retirement her place in history, and in many people's hearts.
My 1980s Super 80 Playlist
Linda Brock of AA Corp Comms in Tulsa cleverly created a 1980s playlist on Apple Music. And so did I.
For those of you who are curious, when I fly as a passenger on something that I've been on eleven million times – I wield a pair of Sony WF-1000XM3 headphones. You should listen to it!
"Echo Beach" – Martha and the Muffins
"Our Lips Are Sealed" – The Go-Go's
"Cities in Dust" – Siouxsie and the Banshees. The version from Tinderbox, not the single version.
"(Nothing But) Flowers" – Talking Heads
"Island of Lost Souls" – Blondie
"Private Idaho" – The B-52's
"Mad About You" – Belinda Carlisle (Quelle surprise)
"Hero Takes a Fall" – The Bangles. "Walk Like an Egyptian" – The Bangles. Can't be too careful.
"My Best Friend's Girl" – The Cars. It's way better than "Magic," I am convinced the person making the playlist at AA was one of the cool kids. Or they palmed it off onto their, cool-kid, millennial intern (hence the pointless Rickroll). This band called Echosmith said that they wanted to eat all the cool kids, at least from the one time I heard that millennial trash in the distance.
"The Old Man Down The Road" – John Fogerty
"Suddenly Last Summer" – The Motels
"Head Over Heels" – The Go-Gos. They put Tears for Fears on their playlist. It must be counteracted. Tears for Fears did a song with the same title, but it wasn't a secret allegory for misery. They also used two songs by the same artist – therefore, so can I. Nothing happens and I'm not head over heels. Especially when the decadence of the past must be corrected.
"Supervixen" – Garbage. The Maddog served well in the 1990s, it's a super 80. There is nothing but this, this thing you'll never doubt.
"Monkey to man" – Elvis Costello. Few planes have soldiered on through as many comebacks and attempts to return to making good music as the MD-82. It's fitting to use a good Elvis Costello song that came out after This Years Model!
"А Я всё летала" – Блестящий. I'm me. The song literally translates to 'And I kept flying!" No, I don't know why either. Oh, wait I do. The MD-80 continues to serve in the Islamic Republic of Iran. There are also a few freight dog mad dogs in Alaska.
Even more reason for this song, the DC-9 type certificate is not even dead within America and will not be gone for quite some time.
Delta will keep the MD-88 going until 2020 (maybe even later), taking the MD-90s with them around 2022. The 717 will soldier on after.
Of course, even that is not the end of the DC-9, as airlines within the People's Republic of China take deliveries of its grandson, the COMAC ARJ-21.
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For years, I was skeptical about divine healing. I thought that it was too good to be true. But one day, I got very sick and I needed help. Like anyone with common sense, I went to the hospital to be treated by medical Doctors. I sought for the best of them because I could afford it and I certainly wanted to live. To my surprise, I found out that those Doctors are humans and they don't have all the answers. They did the best they could for me but my condition did not improve. So, I sought God and He healed me fully and completely. I discovered that there is something that is impossible with men, but with God, all things are possible. (Luke 18:27) This book is not intended to bash the medical Doctors. To the contrary, I actually admire them. But for Doctors, many people would have died before their time. So, I am not anti Doctors. Instead, this book is intended to share with you a practical way to get healed. When the Doctors have done all they could do for you, it is good to know that there is a God who can heal your body and He has never lost a patient. More so, God's method is very effective. He works through Doctors, but He can heal without them. With God, there are no prescription drugs, no recovery room, and no need for a follow up appointment. In short, this book is not a fiction of someone's imagination. It is a practical guide to God's divine healing. If you need healing and you really want to know how God can heal you, I seriously encourage you to read this book. Believe me, your life will never be the same again.


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"Working with glass and ceramics have brought a new way for me to express my creativity. I'm an interior designer, and exploring the uniqueness of hand-crafted objects as a maker and curator of both the content and context of the creations is fascinating. I'm deeply interested in history and anthropology, which influence my work a lot. I strive to create complex design outcomes through simple and minimalistic shapes."


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Alexander Hamilton was one of the Continental Army officers, who served George Washington during the American war of Independence. Hamilton prevailed over the greatest difficulties and miseries like penury and illegitimacy, while gaining the auspicious position as aide-de-camp to George Washington. Hamilton and Washington work hand in hand for more than quarter of century during the Revolutionary War, Hamilton helped Washington in framing the Constitution, and finally the Presidency of the US.
The unyielding reputation Alexander Hamilton had enjoyed during the Revolutionary War put him among the greatest heroes of American history.
Hamilton was the strongest advocate of the Constitution, and his contribution to the substance of American government is incomparable. Even today after the passage of two centuries, Hamilton's importance remains unmatched. He will always be remembered for his financial prowess, principled politics, intellectual depth, and hard work. $10 bill of US currency still reminds us of the only non-presidential face besides Franklin to appear on currency note. Hamilton's Early Life Alexander Hamilton's early life was not an auspicious by any means; he was born in 1755 in the British West Indies.
His father, James Hamilton, was a merchant, could not come to America because of debt. Hamilton's mother, Rachel Fawcett, had to depended upon friends and family to survival in the new land. When Hamilton reached the age of ten, the family moved to a small island of St. Croix, where his mother could not survive more than few months. Although Hamilton could not get the proper school education, but he excelled himself as a mercantile clerk upon the encouragement of friends and relatives. His formal education began when a Presbyterian minister Reverend Hugh Knox gave a sermon, which proved inspiring to him.
Reverend Hugh Knox raised funds to send Alexander away to school in 1773. He entered Kings College in 1774. "He was quite a mature young man, with a strong grasp on political issues with a working knowledge of British and American government, which he exhibited in a series of anonymous pamphlets so discerning; they were attributed to John Jay. He was only 17 at the time". (Frisch, 33) Hamilton's Military Career In 1775, he discontinued his education, and on March 1776 he founded a volunteer military company.
He was then commissioned as Captain of the Provincial Company on New York Artillery. He demonstrated immense talent and intellect in his duties with artillery that Nathanael Green took notice of him. "He was asked to serve on the staff of Lord Stirling, which he declined, and continued his career with the artillery effectively at Long Island, Harlem Heights, White Plains… as well as seeing action at Trenton and Princeton in the New Jersey campaign". (Cooke, 71) Hamilton did not study military history and tactics in any institution but developed the military acumen on his own.
Hamilton led a successful raid for British cannon in the Battery, the capture of which resulted in the Hearts of Oak becoming an artillery company thereafter. Through his connections with influential New York patriots like Alexander McDougall and John Jay, he raised his own artillery company of sixty men in 1776, drilling them, selecting and purchasing their uniforms with donated funds, and winning their loyalty; they chose the young man as their captain. Association with George Washington In the campaign of 1776 around New York, Hamilton's proficiency and bravery got the attention of George Washington.
Since the possibility that the French might enter the war in Europe would disincline the British from sending reinforcements overseas". (Flexner, 77) Hamilton spent the winter of 1777-1778 with Washington and the Continental Army at Valley Forge. Hamilton's Non-military/Political Career Hamilton began his non-military career soon after the Revolutionary War. After three months of intensive study of the law in Albany, New York, Hamilton was admitted to the bar in July of 1783. Then, after the British army evacuated New York City, he opened his law office at 57 Wall Street.
Hamilton also continued with his political endeavors. He served in Congress from 1782 to 1783, was elected to the Continental Congress, and founded the Bank of New York in February of 1784. Once elected, Hamilton remained politically active all of his life. He prepared but did not present a proposal calling for a convention with full powers to revise the Articles of Confederation. Instead, he became one of the prime movers for calling the Annapolis Convention. At the Annapolis Convention in September of 1786, Hamilton served as one of three delegates from New York.
"He supported Madison in inducing the Convention to exceed its delegated powers and personally drafted the call to summon the Federal Convention of May 1787 at Philadelphia. At that Convention, Hamilton again represented New York as one of three delegates". (Goebl,, 127) Rivalry with Jefferson Considering Hamilton in relation to Thomas Jefferson is instructive. During their lives, the two men engaged each other in a titanic struggle over the form of the United States government and its relationship to society. In a directly parallel fashion, the public images of the two men also have been in perpetual contention.
"Yet while Hamilton and the Federalists were able to seize the reins of power in the 1790s and institute many of their programs, it is Jefferson who, in the long run, captured the imagination and love of the American people". (Syrett, 82) Last Years Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton had been on friendly terms for years, but after fifteen years of having every political aspiration thwarted by Hamilton, Burr was seething with anger and itching for revenge. Burr's loss in the governor's race led him to challenge Hamilton to a duel. On July 11, 1804 in Weehawken, New Jersey, Burr exacted his revenge on his nemesis with a single shot.
Alexander Hamilton died from the wound on July 12, 1804 in New York City. Works Cited Cooke, Jacob E. , The Reports of Alexander Hamilton, New York: Harper & Row, 1964. Frisch, Morton J. , Selected Writings and Speeches of Alexander Hamilton, Washington/London: American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, 1985. Goebl, Julius, The Law Practice of Alexander Hamilton, Vols. I & II, New York: Columbia University Press, 1964, 1969. Syrett, Harold C. , The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, Vols. 1-27, New York/London: Columbia University Press Flexner, James T. , The Young Hamilton. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1978.


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Meet Our Faculty & Staff: Menghui Yan-Andrews, Subject Expert Teacher: Mandarin
Subject Expert Teacher
As the first day of our inaugural school year approaches, we're thrilled to unveil to you the team that will make up the founding faculty and staff of BASIS Independent Manhattan. We're pleased to introduce to you Mandarin Subject Expert Teacher, Menghui Yan-Andrews.
Ms. Andrews hails from Minnesota, where she developed and implemented the Chinese program in Fergus Falls Public Schools in 2009 and has since been teaching Mandarin to students ranging from kindergarten to high school, and into college. Ms. Andrews attended the Startalk program in Fargo, North Dakota as a student in 2015 and returned as a teacher in the immersion program in 2016.
Ms. Andrews holds two Master's degrees, one in English Linguistics from Shandong University in China and another in Publishing Management from Oxford Brookes University in the United Kingdom. She is also a freelance translator and has published a number of books, with topics ranging from second language acquisition to traditional Chinese cultures.
Ms. Andrew's strengths include the design of interactive and multi-disciplinary curricula to meet the students' needs, and integrating technology to maintain interest. She is thrilled to be joining the BASIS Independent Manhattan team as a Mandarin Subject Expert Teacher.
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First Lieutenant Albert E. Fernald (May 13, 1838 – December 3, 1908) was an American soldier who fought in the American Civil War. Fernald received the country's highest award for bravery during combat, the Medal of Honor, for his action during the Battle of Five Forks in Virginia on 1 April 1865. He was honored with the award on 10 May 1865.

Biography
Fernald was born in Winterport, Maine, on 13 May 1838. He enlisted into the 20th Maine Infantry. He died on 3 December 1908 and his remains are interred at the Oak Hill Cemetery in Maine.

Medal of Honor citation

See also

List of American Civil War Medal of Honor recipients: A–F

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1838 births
1908 deaths
People of Maine in the American Civil War
Union Army officers
United States Army Medal of Honor recipients
American Civil War recipients of the Medal of Honor
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Q: Are these terminal commands and temporarily disable SIP safe? Im trying to installed Sophos anti virus on a mac running 10.10.5, but it keeps failing to install, Sophos support have advised i should do the following work flow, which involves running the following terminal commands and temporarily turning off SIP.
Is the following workflow safe to do ?
1. Reboot into Recovery Mode (Command+R on boot)
2. Open Utilities->Terminal
3. Run the command (This turns off SIP): csrutil disable
4. Reboot
5. Open a Terminal, run the following 3 commands:

sudo chmod 755 /
sudo chmod 755 /Library/
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6. Install Sophos Home
7. Repeat Step 1 & 2
8. Run the command (This turns on SIP): csrutil enable

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Zaldívar (originally Basque Zaldibar) is a Spanish/French family name of Basque origin. Zaldi, meaning "horse" and Ibar, meaning valley. Zaldivar, means "valley of horses".

People with this surname include:
Diego de Zaldívar y Fernández, , Condado de Saucedilla, Almirante de la Flota de Nueva España (1689).
Adolfo Zaldívar, Chilean politician
Andrés Zaldívar, Chilean politician
Ángel Zaldívar, Mexican football player
Juan de Zaldívar (1514–1570), Spanish official and explorer in New Spain.
Juan de Zaldivar (Spanish soldier), (c. 1570-1598), Spanish soldier, killed by Indians.
Vicente de Zaldivar (c. 1573-before 1650), Spanish soldier.
Juan Carlos Zaldívar, filmmaker, video artist
Rafael Zaldívar, former President of El Salvador
Roberto Zaldívar, Argentine physician
Ambrosio Zaldívar, Cuban Paralympic athlete 400 meters

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This document provides privacy engineering guidelines that are intended to help organizations integrate recent advances in privacy engineering into system life cycle processes. It describes:
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Q: Email variable order.getShippingAddress().getStreet1() returns null I have created custom order email template and placed some order shipping address variables inside it.
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The Buckmen have a great team of people that work with them at each hunt! Meet the Buck Commander Crew! Grant Taylor, Jordan Summitt, & Mike Miller
Grant Taylor was born and raised in Huntsville, Texas, where he grew up hunting with his dad and brothers all around the state. Since joining the Buck Commander team in 2011, Grant spends a lot of his time in the office managing the business side of Buck Commander while the Buckmen tend to their day jobs. But when fall rolls around, he enjoys hitting the woods just as much as the rest of the crew, and does so any time he gets the chance. "There's never a dull moment with this bunch and hardly ever a day when it feels like work. I'm blessed to work with a great group of guys and have a blast doing it," said Grant. He lives in Duck Commander territory, West Monroe, La., with his wife, Katelyn, and their son, Judson.
Jordan Summitt
Born and raised in Arkansas, Jordan married Angila and then moved to Louisiana at age of 21 to pursue his dream of filming hunts.
He started his career as cameraman and editor for "Duck Commander." It wasn't long before Willie Robertson came to him with another idea – for a new series called "Buck Commander." He wanted Jordan to take the lead role in production of that project.
"I wasn't a big deer hunter at the time, but I was ready for the challenge, and I knew if Willie was behind it all, then it would be big one day," said Jordan. The "Buck Commander" line of DVDs took they country by storm with its crazy, fun style exhibited by the hunters, a lightheartedness not often see in the hunting video market.
"We wanted to show a different side to deer hunting, the fun that deer camp is and make the viewer feel involved," explained Jordan. Seven years later, he produces the "Buck Commander" TV series on the Outdoor Channel, with the help of a big crew of friends and colleagues in the industry. The series is in its 5th season. "It's crazy to see how far this company has come since it started in 2006. I was Willie's first employee at 'Buck Commander' and now we've added 10 or so more," noted Jordan.
"It's not a club, there are no cliques. Everyone is welcome and we celebrate when anyone brings a deer into camp. That's what it's all about! It may get crazy at times with this big bunch of guys, but in the end, we are all about having fun," said Jordan.
Even though Jordan spends most of his time in the woods, behind a camera, or at a desk behind his computer, he still carves out time for his family and, most importantly, for God. He believes that without God in his life, he would not be as blessed as he has been.
"Believe me, I count my blessings every day! I'm very fortunate to work for 'Buck Commander.' I've met some great people, can call them all friends and I have many memories that I will cherish for the rest of my life!"
Jordan and Angila live in Calhoun, La., with their 5-year-old son, Rhett.
Mike Miller
Mike Miller has been hunting for almost 40 and started filming hunts in 1997. He has a great portfolio and is one of the best camera men in the industry. His video work has appeared on many of different tv shows and videos, including— Buck Commander, Duck Commander, Wildgame Nation, World Wild Adventures, Hardcore Hunting TV, Exploring The Outdoors, Hunter's Specialties, Hook's Custom Calls Crushing Heads just to name a few.
Mike claims that working for Buck Commander is a way for me to film hunts and enjoy time with great friends to pass the time until the only real hunting season opens in March and that's Turkey season, which would explain the nickname Mike Miller "The Turkey Killer". When not hunting or filming, Mike spends his time with his lovely wife Kelly and stepsons Tylor, Cody and Logan fishing for crappie, bream, catfish or trout on the trout magnet lures.
Mike credits all of his abilities to God Almighty. He says, "For without Him I am nothing! Am blessed to be apart of such a great family as Buck Commander."


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Q: Why does Tesseract fail with "Empty page" with this image? I have the following screenshot:

I want to extract the manuscript word count, 3.574 in this case, from that image (see red rectangle below).

To do this, I run following script:
magick screenshot.png -crop 33x20+2+83 screenshot-cropped.png
tesseract screenshot-cropped.png screenshot-ocred -l eng

The first line cuts out the place with the word count and saves it in screenshot-cropped.png which looks like this:

tesseract screenshot-cropped.png screenshot-ocred -l eng is supposed to recognize the characters and save them as text in screenshot-ocred.txt.
However, it produces the following error:
C:\usr\dp\ref\marcomm\2020_04_22_wordCounter>ocr.bat

C:\usr\dp\ref\marcomm\2020_04_22_wordCounter>magick screenshot.png -crop 33x20+2+83 screenshot-cropped.png

C:\usr\dp\ref\marcomm\2020_04_22_wordCounter>tesseract screenshot-cropped.png screenshot-ocred -l eng
Tesseract Open Source OCR Engine v5.0.0-alpha.20200328 with Leptonica
Empty page!!
Empty page!!

How can I fix it, i. e. make Tesseract recognize 3.574 and save it in screenshot-ocred.txt?
Note: All of this runs on Windows. Here is the output of magick --version:
C:\usr\dp\ref\marcomm\2020_04_22_wordCounter>magick --version
Version: ImageMagick 7.0.10-7 Q16 x64 2020-04-20 http://www.imagemagick.org
Copyright: Copyright (C) 1999-2018 ImageMagick Studio LLC
License: http://www.imagemagick.org/script/license.php
Visual C++: 180040629
Features: Cipher DPC Modules OpenCL OpenMP(2.0)
Delegates (built-in): bzlib cairo flif freetype gslib heic jng jp2 jpeg lcms lqr lzma openexr pangocairo png ps raw rsvg tiff webp xml zlib

A: Adding --psm 7 to the Tesseract call solved the problem (tesseract screenshot-cropped.png screenshot-ocred -l eng --psm 7).


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Steroid Psychosis
Suicide of photographer Donovan
Dr Thomas Stuttaford wrote about steroid psychosis in The Times 25th November 1996 following the suicide, while on corticosteroids for asthma, of the famous photographer, Donovan. Short courses of high dose oral steroids can induce a wide range of psychiatric problems. changes in mood, either unreasonable elation or depression to the extent of producing feelings of hopelessness and suicidal thoughts, are the most common undesirable effects."
Suicide of nurse's father
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We were told by a lady who suffered steroid withdrawal psychosis, that she received an apology from the hospital after discharging her with abrupt cessation of corticosteroids. The hospital promised to re- train staff in light of her experience
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Psychotropic effects of corticosteroids have been reported since early 1950. Dementia-like cognitive changes in patients undergoing treatment with high doses of corticosteroids were identified in 1984. The clinical presentation of these steroid dementia patients, mimicked those typical of early Alzheimer's disease. As with psychiatric side effects of croticosteroid use, the dementia is reversible. The case presented describes a patient who developed dementia-like cognitive changes and an abnormal EEG as a result of steroid treatment. The case is of interest not only as an example of steroid dementia, but also because it is the first with documented electroencephalographic sequelae and premorbid EEG, CT scan and neuropsychological testing.
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Reversible steroid dementia in patients without steroid psychosis
American Journal of Psychiatry
Am J Psychiatry 1984; 141:369-372 - NR Varney, B Alexander and JH MacIndoe
Six patients developed dementia-like cognitive changes that appeared to result from administration of steroid medications. Four of the patients never showed symptoms of steroid psychosis; the remaining two continued to show steroid dementia well after their steroid psychoses had resolved. The dementia was characterized by deficits in memory retention, attention, concentration, mental speed and efficiency, and occupational performance. All six patients eventually recovered normal mental status following discontinuation or reduction of steroid medications. Larger prospective studies are needed to determine the prevalence and nature of the syndrome
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The Random Conversations We Can't Have Right Now
We need a lot more of this. Photo: Courtesy of MGM
Until about a year ago, New York's office was located a few blocks west of Lucky Strike, Keith McNally's narrow Soho brasserie. I remember practically sprinting on some days to make it over before happy hour ended, not because I loved the extra-dirty gin martinis and the skinny, salty fries — although they were a lovely combo — but because the restaurant's bar was a perfect place to talk to strangers. On any day, I could get recommendations for an old movie to watch, or a book to read. We'd vent about our jobs, and eavesdrop on personal stories when someone didn't realize they were speaking loudly enough for everyone to hear. It was at Lucky Strike's dented, copper-topped bar that I learned how, and when, to ask for a raise at work.
Fleeting conversations with strangers could be a nuisance (depending on the stranger, usually), but they could also be revelatory little moments of insight into the larger world — and a necessary way to gain some much-needed perspective on any number of situations. It was almost like accidental exposure to culture, and it was easy to take for granted because it was everywhere, all the time.
"It's kind of an invisible thread in the fabric of a New Yorker's daily existence," says David Potters, who until the pandemic arrived, worked as a barista at Flora Bar's coffee counter on the Upper East Side. "You go to get your cup of coffee, or you go to pick up your cigarettes at the bodega, or whatever quick, brief two-minute interaction you have," he says, "and those faces, the people you interact with while doing those things, they become part of your routine — your whole day is just this jambalaya of interacting with strangers in little ways."
Potters, like many of us, is wondering what he misses now that those interactions are so rare: "The thing about working in a restaurant is you're just kind of thrown into this space with people who come from all different backgrounds and all different parts of the world," he explains. "You're gonna learn something."
The need to socialize is as crucial to our mental well-being as sleeping or exercising or ordering a dirty martini after work. When I emailed Daniel Walkowitz, an expert in urban history and professor emeritus at NYU, about this, his response could not have been more clear: "All brief encounters like this have important meaning for psychological health."
But with lockdowns and restaurant closings, the shutdowns of third places, and winter weather eliminating even outdoor interactions to some degree, much of the focus has been on losing in-person meetings with friends and colleagues — "strong ties." But as the Washington Post reported in 2018, just as critical are so-called "weak ties" — relationships with people we don't see often, or even know very well. As the Post wrote at the time, "People with high levels of what psychologists call social integration — those who participate in a broad range of relationships that consist of both intimate and weak ties — tend to be healthier and happier." (Meanwhile, other research shows that when humans lack this social component in their lives, they are more likely to experience anxiety, depression, elevated stress, inflammation, and high blood pressure.)
Anecdotally, anyway, this rings true. Without cafés, or bars, or restaurants, the vacuum of no-stakes conversations with people I might never see again has started to feel particularly acute. I had never realized how much I relied on surface-level bonding to create a feeling of community. Even in moments where I do see people, the goal is to communicate as little as possible. "There isn't that same openness," says Camille Larkins, a Brooklyn bartender, of the social shift she saw after the pandemic took hold. "That ability to comfortably interact with people you don't know is gone."
Glori Dei Filippone, a manager at a juice bar and coffee shop on the Upper East Side, says that at the beginning of the pandemic, when social isolation was still a new idea, customers who came in would cling tightly to the brief conversations they had. Regulars who had never said more than their order before asked Dei Filippone about life outside of work, or talked about the ways they were trying to manage life during the pandemic.
"It was almost like COVID, combined with the political climate of the world really opened the customer up more to creating a conversation about what was happening in the world," Dei Filippone remembers.
Weeks later, a woman came in and ordered a coffee. She placed the order with an abrasive, almost hostile, tone and quickly snatched the cup out of Dei Filippone's hand once it was ready. Moments later, as she stirred a packet of sugar into the drink, the woman started crying and began unloading months-long worries and frustrations onto them. She had lost her job, was terrified of the unknown future of the pandemic, and said ordering that coffee was the first time she had left her home in a month. In that moment, Dei Filippone realized how desperate the woman was just to be heard.
The term "third place" was coined by sociologist Ray Oldenburg to describe a familiar, comfortable space that isn't home and isn't work. We all need more of those right now, but this kind of conversation might be even more momentary than that. It's advice that solves a problem you didn't even know you had. It's a designer you learn about because someone is carrying their bag. It's a tip on which gin is best in that dirty martini.
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The Impact of Training and Staff Attributions on Staff Practice in Learning Disability Services: A Pilot Study
Karen McKenzie, Kirstin Sharp, Donna Paxton, George Murray
The present study examines the impact of a training course which has previously been found to significantly increase the knowledge of staff working in learning disability services on staff attributions and practice. No significant changes were found in staff (n = 39) attributional dimensions following training. However, a decrease in the use of the attributional category 'communication deficit' was found 8 weeks after training. Staff rated their knowledge levels as higher both immediately following training and 8 weeks later. The subgroup (n = 14) of staff who were examined in relation to staff practice were found to change their practice significantly from baseline to follow-ups 4 and 5 months later. Methodological limitations and implications of the study are discussed.
Journal of Intellectual Disabilities
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McKenzie, K., Sharp, K., Paxton, D., & Murray, G. (2002). The Impact of Training and Staff Attributions on Staff Practice in Learning Disability Services: A Pilot Study. Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 6(3), 239-251. https://doi.org/10.1177/1469004702006003034
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Billy Hatton, who has died aged 76, was the bass player and harmony singer with the Fourmost, the Liverpool beat group signed in 1963 with the Beatles manager Brian Epstein's NEMS company.
The Fourmost made the Top 10 in April 1964 with the up-tempo A Little Loving, then had a record-breaking run, from June to December that year, in the Startime revue at the London Palladium with Tommy Cooper, Cilla Black and Frankie Vaughan, and appeared in the film Ferry Cross the Mersey (1965). Three further singles made the Top 40, and their versatility was showcased on the album First and Fourmost (1965). The group's promotion of their cover of the Four Tops' Baby I Need Your Loving on Ready Steady Go! was helped when an enthusiastic fan made a grab at Hatton on live TV.
The Fourmost performing Baby I Need Your Loving on ITV's Ready Steady Go!
Hatton had a love for American cars, and on the back of this success swapped his old Ford Prefect for a Mercury Monterey, which created a sensation when he took it home to Liverpool.
Hatton himself sang and played the guitar in a country band and then with the Four Jays. In 1962 they were Epstein's second choice to sign, after the Beatles, but there were problems. Their lead singer and guitarist, Brian O'Hara, was studying accountancy; the rhythm guitarist, Mike Millward, worked for a solicitor; the drummer, Dave Lovelady, had his sights on being an architect; and Hatton was serving an apprenticeship with the Atomic Energy Authority in Cheshire. They were regarded as the brainiest group on Merseyside and they did not want to throw away their prospects for the slim chance of a hit record. For the time being, they remained on Merseyside and played in their spare time.
"We never wanted to just stand there and sing," said Hatton, and they developed a fast-moving act which included comedy routines and a lengthy version of September in the Rain, packed with impersonations. The Beatles had them as special guests for their fan club night at the Cavern in April 1962.
Once the NEMS artists were having hit records, Epstein approached the Four Jays again. By then, both O'Hara and Hatton had passed their examinations and they turned fully professional as musicians, securing a record contract with Parlophone. Wooler suggested a name change to the Fourmost.
For all their early success, Hatton lacked confidence and in his private life he never wanted responsibility. He recognised this as a flaw and said he regretted not marrying his onetime girlfriend, Nicky Stevens, singer with the pop group Brotherhood of Man.
He was a popular figure in Liverpool, especially in the Roscoe Head, the pub he called his office. His final television appearance was with the Hairy Bikers in their Liverpool episode of The Pubs That Built Britain (2016).
He is survived by his sister, Ada.