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The Ex Agnostic and the Actor: a film starring Kevin Sorbo
2timothytrump October 25, 2017 October 25, 2017 politics, Uncategorized
I have an idea for a movie. It is about a lapsed Catholic who left the church because of the sex scandal. A man who suffered from severe anxiety and depression. A man who considered himself a loser who hated himself and the world.
A man who would not come to Christ because he saw a hypocritical church. A church that cared more about money and politics than anything else. But during the 2008 election, he saw Sarah Palin. He thought how can there be a good God who would allow so many people to support tax cuts for the wealthy, and mock the working poor, and support unjust unpayed Wars etc.
He writes 10 of the top evangelical Leaders asking them how they can support politics that go against scripture. But then a minister from the Saddleback Church contacts him and this man realizes that he was not angry at God but at man. And he prays and God leads Him to a Christ centered church. He sees a Pastor talking about how you could be evangelical or social justice based but you are serving God. That only through Christ we can have healing both individual and societal.
The film's hero became born again. He felt the Holy Spirit overcome him and he became a follow of the one living Christ. But he realized that he almost gave up an opportunity to know God because of the wickedness of hypocritical men. And how these wicked men block people from the Kingdom of Heaven and make these converts twice the children of Hell as they are.
So he tries to bring atheists to the faith and to bring these lost apostates back to Jesus. He watched a great movie called What If? One of the best movies he has ever seen. A movie staring Kevin Sorbo of Hercules fame. An actor that this man enjoyed since he first saw him as a suspected stalker on an episode oThe Commish and as a nerdy computer programmer on an episode of Murder She Wrote.
It is A great movie about a Trump like businessman who is greedy but due to a miracle wakes up married to his high school sweetheart with kids and a pastor of a small church. By the end of the film this lost soul is a born again believer. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1468387/?ref_=nv_sr_3
Our hero's faith is as strong as ever. So he decides to seek out the actor on social media and finds out that the actor is just like all the politicians and religious leaders that kept him blocked from God. At the same time, he is hanging out with some of his friends who happen to still be atheists who hate Christianity for the very same reasons that this man did and they make fun of stupid movies. They watch a terrible movie about FDR attacking Japanese and German werwolves. A movie that has FDR saying "Does my cock still work?" And has his secretary licking condiments off of FDR's polio paralyzed legs. And while this man is watching this horrid piece of drek, he sees the actor, the star of What If? Playing a stoned Abraham Lincoln in a dream sequence where FDR is stoned. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1811315/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
This insenses our main character so he makes a YouTube video directed to Kevin Sorbo. This is in fall of 2014. https://youtu.be/STyZdjvpC-s
In 2015 a wicked man runs for president, a man who starts his presidency with a slanderous attack against Mexicans. The election gets worse and worse. His fellow Christians couldn't vote for this man could he? We have Kasich, a decent man running against a wicked woman. They would support him right? Kevin Sorbo wouldn't support Trump? A man who attacked a POW, a man whose all campaign was based on fear and hatred.
But somehow neither the son of a president nor John Kasich, the candidate this hero of the film voted for got the nomination but a wicked man who stands for everything that Jesus stood against. So our hero makes another video entitled "Kevin Sorbo: Be a Hero Of Faith" in September of 2016 https://youtu.be/Oaz-1g3ymzc
And in October of 2016 a tape comes out with the wicked man bragging about him chasing after a married woman and talking about "grabbing them by the pussy".
Even with a wicked woman running, they wouldn't vote for him would they? This Actor. This man with a film that says "God's Not Dead" would not support a man such as Trump could he? Trump is pre saved Ben Walker on steroids, at least Ben Walker never grabbed women's genitalia in the movie.
But Trump did win. And this actor continued to support this president. He continued to promote atheistic economic policies. He continued to practice this twisted nationalistic Christianity and every post broke our hero's heart. The election and the aftermath almost was enough to make this man lose his faith. But even a thread of faith in Jesus Christ is stronger that Damascus Steel. So he continues to make videos and blogs opposing the religious right. A crusade to bring Franklin Graham and Kevin Sorbo back to the light.
He posts one more video in March of this year. https://youtu.be/svOe88bn_xw
So this man continue to try to communicate with this actor via Facebook and Twitter trying to get him to fight for Christ instead of for the opposite of Christ. All the while being attacked by his followers.
How will this movie end? Will the actor realize the error and admit and speak out against the lies and to be an inspiration to agnostics and atheists like the film's protagonist was? Will Kevin Sorbo use his prophetic voice for good? Will he help bring both the atheists and the apostates back to Christ or will he be just like any other false prophet?
I am praying for the former because I am a Christian and I believe in miracles and happy endings.
So "God's Not Dead", "What If?", and "Let There Be Light" how bout "The Ex Agnostic and the Actor for your latest production? It would be an honor to work with you to show the world that GOD IS NOT DEAD. It will be an honor to show the world WHAT IF? We fight for justice and become the City on the Hill again what will God do with us? And then in this nation full of darkness. A nation where a president symbolizes hate, fear, and lies. We can start a revival to rival the 2nd great awakening and then LET THERE BE LIGHT
Let's do it Kevin Sorbo. Let's make a feel good movie.
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A Bond insider revealed that Daniel Craig is very much loved by the audience. Apparently, he is a valuable asset to the spy franchise and the producers don't want to lose him just yet. Coming in November 2019 is Bond 25, whose script is about ready. The film is said to be based on the 2001 novel "Never Dream of Dying" by Raymond Benson.
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Enduring props to Sting for the melodious metaphor.
Hey I am not a big texter. Maybe if I was 14, had an X chromosome instead of a Y and hung out at the mall, then maybe yea.
Instead I am a boomer with a BlackBerry Curve.
This morning, whilst (not a Brit but I love typing that word) on the Acela train from Providence to Boston for Fall Von I decided I would actually send an SMS via my Curve. Target: the actual X chromosomal unit back home in Oregon.
Sending out an SMS via BlackBerry is OK, but apparently, one of life's minor mysteries goes like this. Why, when incoming SMS messages come in, do they wind up in my general Messages box?
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Police responding to reports of a shooting Tuesday night found Clinton Howell suffering from two gunshots outside his Bridgeport home. Howell was rushed to Bridgeport Hospital where he died.
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Marjorie's Canadian Winter -- A Story of the Northern Lights
Title: Marjorie's Canadian Winter -- A Story of the Northern Lights
Machar, Agnes Maule
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Tags: adventure, Canadiana, fiction
In the two decades following Confederation, Quebec nationalism had become inward-looking and defensive, struggling to maintain French and Catholic rights in a separate school system as a way of resisting Anglophone and Protestant dominance. The Northwest Rebellion of 1885 (which Machar, like many of her contemporaries, understood primarily as a conflict between French Catholics and English Protestants) and the Manitoba Schools' Question, when Manitoba moved to abolish French as an official language, exacerbated tensions between English and French, fundamentally splitting the country along racial lines. The Indian and Métis roles in the Northwest Rebellion seemed to reveal Native peoples not as heroic allies but as desperate peoples driven to violence and requiring firm, gentle guidance. The relationship between all these founding peoples becomes the focus of Marjorie's Canadian Winter.
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Agnes Maule Machar (23 January 1837 – 24 January 1927) was a Canadian author and social reformer.
Machar was a prolific writer. Her first published book, Faithful Unto Death, was a memorial to a janitor at Queen's, published in 1859. Her 1870 novel, Katie Johnstone's Cross, won the Campbell's Prize (offered by Toronto publisher James Campbell and Son), and she won the same prize again the next year for Lucy Raymond. In 1874 she received another prize, this time for For King and Country, awarded by The Canadian Monthly and National Review; the novel is probably her best known work. Writing under her own name, and the pseudonym Fidelis, Machar published at least eight novels, a biography of her father, and many poems and essays. An anthology of her poetry, Lays of the "True North" and Other Canadian Poems was published in 1899, and she coauthored six historical works.--Wikipedia.


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Hi guys, I hope some one can help me, or maybe recognize my symstoms.
I have now done the TMS work for 7 month, with zero progress, on the contrary. Since I stop doing my daily stretch exercises, and self massage, my muscle are getting more tight and painfull.
When I first heard about TMS and John Sarno, and how the subconscious and the autonomic nervous system, reduce the oxygen to the muscle, it really make sence to me. 10 years after I broke my neck, I slowly starts to have some muscle tightness in my left lower back and buttocks, when I do biking race. After one year I have my first lock up in L5 and SI-joint, and then the muscle tightness start to spread to must off my body, and I have been in this condition more or less the last 25 years.
When I started to read TMS books, and heard recovery stories, I found out, that everybody, seems to see themselves one every page in the books. I don`t......I`m not a goodist or peoble pleaser, nor a perfectionist. I don`t feel anyxiety or fear to do anything physical with my body. It is just very uncomfortable and my muscle are tighten more up doing my training and also some time after the training. It feels like living in a very tight twisted straitjacket, like the are glue that tears in my muscle. I don`t have unbearable pain,but constantly and very uncomfortable.
who didn't show up when I just thought about them. 2 weeks ago I stop doing my TMS work, I could`t find new topics to write about, because it just make me even more frustrated.
The last 25 Years I have seen more then 100 Doctors, physical therapists, alternativ therapist ect.... Nobody have seen muscle act like mine before, and the injuries I have on my body should not give these symptoms. For many years my one theory is: When I broke my neck, my body structure changes a bit, and I think that my brain ( subconscious and autonomic nervous system ), tried to protect me, by tighten up my muscle in the spine. So now I confused about, do I have TMS? I doubt that there are suppressed feelings that cause my pain, But I`m 100% sure that it is my brain, that are course the muscle tightness. So where do I go from here?
There are now TMS doctors in my country ( Denmark ) So I feel bit alone, with my process.
I hope some one can give me some good advice.
Welcome to the Forum and the Wiki! I'll make some comments on what you've said. I am not a physician though.
Seeing how the symptoms progressed, this supports a TMS diagnosis, yes. So do all the findings ---none which point to something serious, from the physicians, if I follow you correctly. "They can't find out what is wrong" is a common experience for TMS sufferers.
For many years my one theory is: When I broke my neck, my body structure changes a bit, and I think that my brain ( subconscious and autonomic nervous system ), tried to protect me, by tighten up my muscle in the spine. So now I confused about, do I have TMS? I doubt that there are suppressed feelings that cause my pain, But I`m 100% sure that it is my brain, that are course the muscle tightness. So where do I go from here?
You may find something here which supports your work on yourself.
Ultimately it is the confidence that symptoms are not dangerous and are forms of TMS which works.
About your personality, I don't think this is critical. You're suffering from something chronic which has no medical explanation, started with a severe injury, and "spread." And seems to have gotten worse with "treatment." These are signs of TMS.
I suppose you've seen Alan Gordon's program at the Wiki? This might be very good also for you. I have had folks tell me just reading it again and again helps them be less fearful.
Or engage any other material which helps you reduce fear when you digest it, including relaxing meditations, music, etc. Things which relax your nervous system, even if they have nothing to do with "treating TMS." Although you don't sound so afraid, you have engaged a long time at trying to rid yourself of this, which testifies to fear being present.
I wish you strength and patience as you look further, and I'm glad you're here.
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Yes I have read Alan gorden`s program. I`ve read og lesson to so much, that I had to take a break. But for me it is difficult to find what to work with.....of all the recovery stories I`ve heard, I have not heard any one I can relate and recognize myself in. As mentioned, Im not the typical type T person, and I`m not afraid or fearfull to do anything. All my live, I have push my self physical to the limit an many time over, even I had pain and it was wery uncomfortable, I`ve always tried to the things that I like, but it is not wery funny when you are in pain all the time. What I`m trying to say is, that I don`t feel I can use the experience that has helped other people to heal, it hasn`t work so far for me.
I think I have to let go and give up, before I can heal. But it's easier said than done, how are you doing that?? I am very mental strong, and I have fought this battle to hard and to long.
Let go, yes, as in stop bargaining with the pain, anticipating it, letting it affect you. Give up, definitely not; redirect your enthusiasm to being fully engaged in whatever you are doing despite the pain. Mindfully reassure yourself when the pain comes that it is just your brain generating symptoms. See yourself as already healed but you are practising overcoming triggers of psychologically induced pain.
Repression seems to be the most misunderstood aspect of this. Unfortunately, I think Sarno set things back for some people by emphasizing the "Helen" case, where she released everything in a single emotional outburst. But that's too attractive to those of us who want to just get rid of the pain and get rid of it quickly and not really examine our lives. Sarno mentioned that there were people who didn't relate to the personality type, but he'd eventually find some kind of perfectionism in them. And a bicycle racer that doesn't have perfectionist tendencies... I'm doubtful.
It doesn't have to be some big emotional thing, I understand it as just unmet needs. It could be just the need to relax or lighten up on yourself. I remember that I was initially somewhat barking up the wrong tree with my journaling when I was putting so much emphasis on my parents and childhood. It turned out that it was more about the very simple and insignificant problem of having given up on all of my hopes and dreams! So, it turned out to be something rather big, but I was not truly consciously aware of it if you can believe that. Good luck!
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And a bicycle racer that doesn't have perfectionist tendencies... I'm doubtful.
I think you make some great points Nick. You put into words what I was hesitant to say.
Anyone, tasy who pushes themselves as hard as you do, and then denies that he is pressuring himself does have a recognizable source of tension!
I think I have to let go and give up, before I can heal. But it's easier said than done, how are you doing that?? I am very mental strong, and I have fought this battle to hard and to long. The only work I do now is meditation, and I have started to do hypnotherapi, to see if this can help me let go. I been there 3 times now, and he said I have a very aktive and strong mind, that has difficult to let go and go in to trance.
I think tasy that you're touching on some of your tendencies here. I think your intuition about "letting go" is good, and is a guidance about disengaging from pushing yourself, being in control, etc. If you can apply it to the TMS work, this is good, which it sounds like what you're doing: stopping the attempt to fix, and relaxing more about the whole constellation, regardless of how hard (and possibly discouraging to your "TMS progress") this is.
How do we let go? The way I teach it is by sensing into the direct experience of "not letting go" in the body. If we can become the tension, there is less unconscious identification with the tension, and it just "is." And just being itself it can relax. Also, in "being the tension" information will surface about why we push ourselves, try to "keep it together," and this helps us be less identified with these strategies for survival. There is more room to be in other ways.
I also think hypnotherapy is a good way to support yourself in this. It helped me, and I've seen it help others.
Even though the last 5 years has become more difficult, it is all the same thing. Your mind is trying to convince you otherwise and bring you to a state of preoccupation about the pain. I agree with Andy B in that your intuition is on the right track about "letting go" so I encourage you to integrate the knowledge that there is nothing to do. You are already healed. Feel the relaxation and relief that comes with that and see the leftover symptoms as conditioning that just requires practice to overcome.
Hi Nick, you got me ;-) Maybe I have some perfectionist in me, especially when it is something that really interests me, but I will say, it is not my main character. I can relate to what you say about letting go of your dreams. I've always had a strong sense of what I want to do, and I have been targeting that. And when you realized, that you can`t do what you want and love, it is very frustrating, and it give you more tension.
I must tell, that I don`t push my self anymore. I only do a little training, just to maintain my body, and it is not nice to do. I don`t work anymore, just doing some Volunteering. I sold my house, my car and allmost everything I own. I moved in a small room and live very minimalist, And I do not miss anything materialistic. So I'm really trying to let go of everything.


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By Matt Webb Mitovich / October 16 2021, 7:45 AM PDT
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To commemorate the 20-year anniversary of Smallville's debut, TVLine is re-upping this oral history which was first compiled by Matt Webb Mitovich for the June 2011 issue of CBS' Watch! Magazine. And coming soon: TVLine's brand-new, superfun catch-up with Smallville frontman Tom Welling.
With those words, spoken by Jonathan Kent in the Smallville pilot, a new take on the superman saga found a home that would last for 10 years.
Developed for TV by Al Gough and Miles Millar, Smallville— which followed the adventures of Clark Kent in the fictional town
of Smallville, Kan., before he becomes Superman — made its debut Oct. 16, 2001,
on The WB. Fronted by Tom Welling and also starring Kristin Kreuk (as Lana Lang), Michael Rosenbaum (Lex Luthor), Allison Mack (Clark's BFF Chloe Sullivan), and John Schneider and Annette O'Toole (as Clark's parents, Jonathan and Martha), the first episode drew 8.4 million viewers — breaking the record for a bow on the six-year-old netlet and proving that no amount of previous adaptations had quelled our fascination with Clark's story.
"It's wish fulfillment for every 'kid' out there," offers Kelly Souders, who starting with Season 8 served as showrunner with fellow executive producer Brian Peterson. (Both joined Smallville as writers in Season 2.) "So many heroes in mythology are gods or characters that are hard for the everyday person to connect with, but Clark is someone we can all relate to. We want to believe that heroes are made out of people like us."
As Smallville ended its decade-long journey, we spoke with many of those involved in getting the young man-who-would-be-Superman off the ground. Herewith, our kryptonite-free tribute to one of the greatest superhero series.
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Evans, Hemsworth, Pine, Or Pratt: Which Chris Reigned Supreme In 2018?
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Another year, another Chris to crown. By now, we're well aware of the fact that there are four handsome Chrises dominating Hollywood and running amok with our fragile emotions. 2018 took a toll on everyone, but Pratt, Evans, Hemsworth, and Pine really held things down, with three of the four starring in one of the biggest films of the year and the other spending quality time with Gal Gadot. So there are no real losers here.
Still, only one famous Chris can be called the Chris of 2018, and here at MTV News we have this Chris-quation down to a science. In addition to box-office earnings, we'll be analyzing several other factors, including critical reception, general life choices, meme-ability, and social media presence. Scoring is simple: Each Chris will receive a score in each category, ranging from highest (400) to lowest (100).
Now, let's get down to business.
PRATT (400): What do three of the four handsome Chrises have in common? They all starred in the second highest-grossing film of 2018: Avengers: Infinity War. The Marvel film made a mighty haul of $679 million at the domestic box office — and grossed over $2 billion, with a "b," worldwide — to become the most successful Avengers film to date. But if you're Hollywood's billion-dollar everyman like Pratt, you don't rest on your laurels. The actor proved he still has the magic touch when Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom made $417 million domestically, despite less-than-stellar reviews. No wonder his agent was able to negotiate the most distinctive credit on the stacked Infinity War billing; he's truly earned it. (It's almost like Passengers never happened. Almost.)
HEMSWORTH (300): The Aussie Chris was busy in 2018. Not only did he partake in the box office-smashing superhero shenanigans of Infinity War — where he filmed an extended scene with another Chris, bringing us one step closer to the Chris Singularity — but he also had two other films in theaters: 12 Strong ($45 million) and Bad Times at the El Royale ($18 million). That's not the kind of money you'd think one of the faces of Marvel could rake in. Then again, it just took too long for Hollywood to realize that Hemsworth is actually the Funny Chris.
EVANS (200): It must be nice to do one film a year, make a ton of money at the box office, and then throw yourself into a Kenneth Lonergan play on Broadway. Such is the life of Chris Evans, a Chris who's so thoroughly over the Marvel Cinematic Universe that he's said it multiple times and we refuse to believe him. In addition to the Hulk-sized haul of Infinity War, Lobby Hero made roughly $5 million at the Broadway box office — thanks in part to a bunch of tourists who couldn't wait to see Captain America rock a pornstache in the flesh.
PINE (100): Unfortunately for the only Chris who wasn't invited to the Avengers party, his one major release this year — Ava DuVernay's A Wrinkle in Time — failed to connect with critics and audiences. It only grossed $100 million domestically, which is a disappointment for a powerhouse like Disney — and Oprah. Pine also starred in the gritty Scottish tale Outlaw King on Netflix, but since the streaming platform doesn't release its viewership data, that's a moot point.
CRITICAL RECEPTION:
EVANS (400): With Lobby Hero, Evans proved that he wasn't going to let himself be boxed in by Hollywood. The hunky actor transformed his look and took on the emotional toll of playing the smarmy antagonist in Lonergan's weary milieu, signaling a commitment to washing himself clean of his superhero image. The New York Times called his performance a "terrific Broadway debut," 'stache be damned.
PINE (300): A Wrinkle in Time may not have garnered a lot of favorable reviews, but the film showcased Pine's versatility and emotional depth. There's a vulnerability to Pine that shines through in every performance, and it makes him an equally gracious scene partner. For example, the father-daughter moments between him and young actress Storm Reid were genuinely moving, and that's because Pine knows not to take up too much space. He never let you forget that it was Meg's story to tell.
HEMSWORTH (200): Infinity War gave Hemsworth another opportunity to flex his comedic chops, specifically in his onscreen confrontations with Pratt's Star-Lord and the rest of the crew aboard the Benatar. In Bad Times at the El Royale, Hemsworth fully committed to the role of a wickedly charismatic cult leader, but even his memorable shirtless performance couldn't save the film from being a total mess. And does anyone really remember 12 Strong, a slog about a group of U.S. Special Forces on a covert mission in Afghanistan?
PRATT (100): Pratt is an unfairly funny guy. (He really is!) But he occasionally acts on Autopilot. There's nothing wrong with that, per se. It will still get him laughs and make him a box-office draw. But there's nothing exciting about it either. Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom was fine. However, it was lacking the spark that made his performance in the first one so exhilarating (and memeable). It's the same spark that led to years of Indiana Jones rumors and fan castings. He's funny, charming, and extremely diligent — but would it kill him to be less predictable? Honestly, he's a Hufflepuff, and we just have to accept it.
GENERAL LIFE CHOICES:
PINE (400): Pine is the only Chris smart enough to not be on social media. Pine is the only Chris to have appeared full-frontal in a film this year — a Netflix film that viewers can pause and screenshot for all eternity — rendering his terrible Scottish accent in said film totally excusable. Pine is the only Chris who can show off his bare ankles and not look like a tool. All of this good karma has already turned into real results: Pine started dating The Mummy's Annabelle Wallis in March 2018.
HEMSWORTH (300): Hemsworth is always vacationing with his gorgeous wife Elsa Pataky and their adorable children, even when it means spending an extended period of time with his good friend Matt Damon. And when he wasn't hitting the surf and sand, he was filming MIB, a Men In Black spin-off, with Tessa Thompson. Tessa! Thompson!
EVANS (200): In March 2018, Evans confirmed that he and his on-again/off-again girlfriend Jenny Slate had called it quits — again. This means that the Boston actor and his "golden-colored heart" are back on the market. But these days, Evans seems content with only his dog/best friend Dodger by his side. This is also the man who admitted that the Dumbo trailer made him cry. (Same.) We love a guy who loves Disney and isn't afraid of his emotions! It nearly makes up for the fact that the 37-year-old is still listening to Eminem.
PRATT (100): After filing for divorce from estranged wife Anna Faris last year, Pratt began dating Katherine Schwarzenegger this past summer. Things got serious between them when they were spotted at church together with Pratt's five-year-old son, Jack. A church date is perfect for Pratt, a proud Christian, but it does make me wonder if the pair have done any of the actor's other favorite activities together, like erecting crucifixes, fishing, and hunting for sport, and where those pastimes fall on his nine rules for living a long, happy life.
MEME-ABILITY:
EVANS (400): Who can forget when the 'stache made its formal debut in the pages of The New York Times? The internet will never forget. This was also the year that Evans meme'd himself, which is admirable.
PRATT (300): Star-Lord is a walking meme, so of course the release of Infinity War would inspire a barrage of new content. Most of them were directed at the fact that Star-Lord is kinda-sorta at fault for the disappearance of half of all living creators in the universe. Oops.
PINE (200): When photos of Pine on the set of Wonder Woman 1984 hit social media earlier this year — spoiler alert: Steve Trevor is coming back, baby! — everyone rightfully freaked out. But it wasn't just Steve's return that had people so excited; it was his rad '80s wardrobe, complete with a glorious fanny pack. Imagine surviving the events of World War I only to end up in the 1980s wearing a track suit and a fanny pack. Wild!
HEMSWORTH (100): I think about this scene from the El Royale trailer a lot.
SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENCE:
EVANS (400): By far the most active Chris on social media, Evans mainly tweets about four things: politics, space, his super cute rescue dog (just try not to tear up watching this video of their first meeting), and Boston sports. And there's the occasional Avengers tweet that's bound to get film Twitter and Marvel fans in a tizzy. But it's the Nazi-busting, Trump-tagging Chris who we all love and admire. If 2017 was the birth of Woke Chris, then 2018 was his Give-Zero-Fucks era. He called out Kanye, put Fox News on blast, live-tweeted Ferris Bueller's Day Off, and begged his followers to vote. He really is a real-life Captain America.
And here's Dodger:
HEMSWORTH (300): Two words: workout videos. Hemsworth is the most curated Chris of the bunch. You see only what he wants you to see, and that includes videos of him working out, photos of his picture-perfect family, and selfies with King T'Challa himself, Chadwick Boseman. This was also the year Hemsworth and his kids danced along to Miley Cyrus's "Wrecking Ball" and posted the entire thing on Instagram.
PRATT (200): When Pratt's in promo mode, he's fully ON, posting red carpet pics and behind-the-scenes videos from his global travels with steady aplomb. When he doesn't have anything to promote, his accounts are decidedly more chill — and incredibly positive. Pratt loves to retweet a heartwarming story and use a good trending hashtag. Not to mention, he's an underrated film critic. Though, he's the only Chris who earnestly uses Facebook, which is an obvious red flag.
PINE (100): A self-proclaimed Luddite who traded in his smart phone for a flip phone because being connected 24/7 made him anxious, Pine isn't on social media. And maybe that makes him the smartest Chris of them all. How nice it must be to not be inundated with breaking news alerts every 10 minutes.
TOTALS:
Evans: 1,600
Hemsworth: 1,200
Pine: 1,100
Pratt: 1,100
Chris Evans is the Chris of 2018. Why? Maybe it has something to do with his unbridled passion for things like Disney movies and NASA. Or the way he stands up for what he believes in — democracy, equality, freedom of the press, and basic human decency, to name a few. But to be honest, it's the tap dancing. Because when you feel like you're losing control, all it takes is a nice guy with a dog and an affinity for musicals and Rihanna to make you feel whole again.
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Cat went under the knife again, more teeth out. She's fine and apparently has kidney and liver function far in excess of a cat of her advanced years (16) and will most likely live a lot longer.
The cats are part of the family so despite no pet insurance I keep paying for the treatments. I can't "youth" my cats.
Now she's home and getting better, I'm glad and fuss her endlessly. However it makes me think why the hell did I get cats in the first place.
I got the cats when I was 22(?23) just married, just moved into new house and a friend had a litter of 50,000 kittens and would I like two? Liking cats I agreed with the then wife and we had two lovely moggy kittens.
They have had no illnesses or problems until now 15/16 years later so nothing to complain about.
However owning cats though has altered my choices of work, house, holidays ever since. When offered a role in Seattle and having it subsequently cancelled before the move (along with 1000 others) I never fought hard for the same role but via alternate route after finding out that the cats would now be indoor cats as having a cat flap is inviting death and having them eaten. This played on my mind and I let it drift on by, other things influenced me more on this but cats influenced me quite a bit.
The house I live in now was chosen due to its position in the estate with cats in mind.
I avoid two week holidays because I don't want to put them into catteries.
When I had the cats I thought they might peg out at 12-15 which didn't sound that long when your 22. But here I am now nigh on 40 and faced with the great and bad possibility of another "n" years and some cats can go on to 30. Thirty years !!! I'll be gone 50 if that happens. While they are healthy and happy and active I don't mind but Holly just sits all day all night doing nowt but eat and sleep, Kryten is out and about and having fun ( I suppose whatever counts as fun for a cat ).
So what am I saying.
Well if your young and thinking of getting a pet, think long and hard about how this will effect your life and if your ready for it. I might have chosen differently if I knew how much of an effect the cats would have on my circumstances, I love them to bits and would never part with them, but things may have been a little different had I decided on a goldfish.


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Bad beef: Despite pledge, Burger King continues to cause massive deforestation
Last updated on July 3rd, 2017 at 2:52 pm by Mihai Andrei
Does this look like a bunch of food for you? If you answered 'yes,' then you might want to read on. Image via UCS.
If you're like most people in the world, reducing beef and pork consumption is the single most environmentally friendly decision you can make. Few other commodities (let alone foods) come with such a strong environmental footprint, in terms of greenhouse gas emissions, water consumption, and terrain usage.
Oh, meat companies — especially the big guns — will tell you otherwise. They'll tell you what a big effort they're doing, and how sustainable and green their products are. Take Burger King for instance. They pledged to completely stop deforestation by 2030, but recent reports show that their deforestation is in no way slowing down.
Greenwashing is a term we'd best familiarize ourselves with as soon as possible because it's incredibly prevalent in today's world. Greenwashing is when a company uses deceiving PR and advertising to boast about how environmentally-friendly it is, but in reality, it's really not. Take Exxon Mobil, the world's largest oil company, who talks a lot about adapting to climate change, but spends millions and millions funding climate change deniers, and carries on with its usual operations.
Burger King pledged to greatly reduce its deforestation practices, to a great extent due to "peer pressure" — McDonald's had already done it, as did Walmart. Not wanting to be left behind, Walmart also promised to reduce deforestation. Promises are free, right?
"The pledge from Burger King to stop deforestation by 2030 is simply absurd and not acceptable," Lars Lovold, director of Rainforest Foundation Norway, told DW.
But from the get-go, things weren't looking good. A 2016 UCS study gave Burger King's efforts a 0 out of 100. None of the analyzed companies got a good or better rating, though McDonald's scored 48, and Mars Inc scored 37. Aside from Burger King, Pizza Hut also got a 0.
Rainforest Rescue campaigner Mathias Rittgerott also bashed Burger King's initiatives as mere baseless PR.
"Burger King has felt the pressure from other companies and wants to get out of the black list," Rittgerott told DW.
In March, data gathered from satellites and drones as well as field research showed that around 700,000 hectares (1,729,738 acres) of forest were wiped out between 2011 and 2015, affecting jaguars, giant anteaters, and sloths, among many other creatures. Local indigenous populations also suffered and in some cases were forced to completely relocate.
Though cattle production is distributed widely around the globe, its deforestation impact has been particularly high in South America, with Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina and Bolivia all experiencing high levels of cattle-driven deforestation. Source: Map made with the Livestock Geo-Wiki, using data from Robinson et al. 2014. Credits: UCS.
Soybean is one of the main causes of deforestation, globally. Soy is mostly used to feed livestock, with only 6% of soybeans grown worldwide ending up as human food, and 70-75% of it ending up as livestock. The rest is mostly used for biofuels.
All of this for a steak
Already, more than half of the Brazilian savannah — the Cerrado — has been deforested, most of it to support livestock agriculture. Beef production is by far the leading cause of tropical deforestation, and it's not like you can just eat European cows and think you've helped fight deforestation — those cows have likely been fed with soy from deforested tropical areas.
The outsized deforestation impact of beef produced in the tropics looks even bigger on a per-calorie basis. Source: Persson et al. 2014, Figure 3a.
Just look at Buge and Cargill, two of the world's largest soy producers. Together, they were responsible for the loss of the 700,000 hectares referenced above and they're also not living up to their commitments.
All this inefficiency in beef production is evident in its price. Pound per pound, beef is, on average, 4 times more expensive than poultry and 17 times more expensive than wheat. In terms of environmental damage, the impact of beef ranges from 6 to 34 times that of pork, poultry, dairy, and plant-based foods. It also requires more land than all these foods.
This is why beef is an extremely serious environmental problem, but also an opportunity because reducing beef consumption can make such a big difference.
It's up to us
The companies here have little direct incentive to change their practices. What does Burger King care about deforestation? Why should they care if animals and humans suffer, why should they give a damn about greenhouse gas emissions? Unfortunately, without strict policies (which is highly unlikely at this point), they just don't. So it's up to us, the consumers, to start making a difference.
As consumers, we have a lot of power to persuade companies to become more moral. We should exercise it. Image via Wikipedia.
We have the most power to force action, by hitting companies where it hurts the most: in their pockets. The decision to not buy from immoral companies is one that we can all make, and it can go a very long way.
Thankfully, we have access to unprecedented product variation. Just go to any supermarket or any mall, you'll find dozens if not hundreds of similar products. Stay informed, look deeper than the press statements, and understand what companies are actually trying to reduce their negative impact, and what companies are just greenwashing.
It's a great power that we, the consumers have, and it's one that we don't exercise as often as we should. As they say, with great power comes great responsibility — so when you're buying beef or a burger, just spend a moment and consider what you're actually supporting. You might end up making a better choice.
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Electronic Discovery & Information Governance - Tip of the Month: Strategies for the Preservation and Production of Audio Recordings
Electronic Discovery & Information Governance - Tip of the Month: Strategies for the Preservation and...
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A large financial institution that is a major participant in the swaps market instituted an audio data retention policy to conform with newly enacted regulatory requirements which required swaps dealers to keep a record, for one year, of all oral communications concerning quotes, solicitations, bids, offers, instructions, trading and prices that lead to the execution of a swap, whether communicated by telephone, voicemail, mobile device or other digital or electronic media. As required by the regulations, the company records, retains, time-stamps and indexes terabytes of oral communications from a variety of devices used by hundreds of employees who are involved in swaps trading activities. The company's legal department has been tasked with identifying and minimizing the risks associated with compliance with these new regulations.
Preservation and Discovery of Audio Recordings
The creation, retention and production of audio recordings is compulsory in certain regulatory contexts. For instance, the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), the Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("CFTC") and certain other regulatory entities require that certain oral communications—e.g., telephone and "squawk box" conversations—be recorded and maintained for certain individuals such as Broker Dealers (SEC) or Registrants (CFTC).
These requirements permit regulators to review such data under a variety of scenarios. One scenario is a routine regulatory examination, during which regulators analyze whether a registered entity's operations are compliant with applicable regulations—e.g., is the regulated entity in fact recording and maintaining audio files as required by applicable regulations. Regulators also investigate possible regulatory violations, and in such investigations, the content of the audio recordings themselves will be of primary importance. As a practical matter, regulated entities often strive to comply with requests for audio data in order to cooperate with investigations and because such requests are often already narrowly tailored to one or two individuals over a short period of time.
However, once created and maintained for regulatory or other purposes, audio recordings may be discoverable in civil litigation or subject to discovery in the context of criminal investigations. In the criminal context, in addition to the usual investigative powers of criminal prosecutors, certain regulations explicitly require registered entities to permit the Department of Justice to have access to all daily trading records.
In the civil context, electronically stored information ("ESI") is discoverable under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 34 if it is "stored in any medium" from which it can be obtained "either directly or, if necessary, after translation … into a reasonably usable form." Audio recordings are, thus, treated under the Rules like any other medium, such as email, and may be considered discoverable ESI. Further, requests for audio data in civil discovery are likely, at least initially, to be coextensive with document requests and are, therefore, likely to cover many custodians over a long period of time. In such cases, compliance may be unduly burdensome.
Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26 protects a party from being forced to produce ESI from sources that that are "not reasonably accessible because of undue burden or cost." However, there has been little explicit guidance from the courts on the degree to which this rule may apply to requests for large amounts of audio data.
In other ESI contexts, courts have crafted novel approaches to balance discovery rights against burden and cost concerns, rather than preclude discovery entirely. For example, although courts typically rule that requests for production from email backup tapes impose an undue burden, some courts have allowed restoration of a limited set of backup tapes, at shared or shifted cost, where emails from the relevant period have not been retained. Given that certain audio recordings are required to be created and maintained for the purpose of production to regulators, a court could presume them to be reasonably accessible, and expect such regulated entities to maintain audio in a manner that provides for ready access.
Strategies and Best Practices
As a threshold matter, it is important to know what audio data is being recorded and how long it is being maintained. Typical examples of sources of audio data include:
Recorded telephone lines: Telephone lines are most often recorded because it is either required for regulatory purposes or desired for business purposes. For instance, a company's call center may record customer service calls for training and quality control purposes.
Recorded "squawk boxes": Squawk boxes are intercom systems used by financial professionals to broadcast offers, bids and other market information to traders and other market participants.
Voicemail: Voicemail from work or personal cell phones or landlines is a common source of audio data.
The collection, processing, review and production of such sources of audio files have the potential to be costly and time consuming. However, there may be ways to attempt to narrow such broad requests—through negotiations with counterparties or by conducting preliminary discovery—that are likely to satisfy the regulator or the Court and help reduce the costs and burdens involved.
Conducting witness interviews and at least a limited review of written communications prior to processing audio data may help narrow the individuals and date ranges at issue. Preliminary investigation also can help educate the parties on how best to refine search terms and limit the sources of audio that need to be searched. For instance, when relevant, squawk boxes can account for a large percentage of the total amount of data in an audio review. This is, in part, because squawk boxes typically record 24 hours a day, seven days a week. One way to limit the amount of squawk box data to be processed is to obtain agreement from the regulator or opposing counsel to process only data recorded during work hours.
The majority of audio is recorded and maintained pursuant to regulatory requirements and its retention serves no business purpose. As such, there is seldom any reason to maintain audio data beyond the regulatory requirements. The company's retention policies should be reviewed and tailored to meet applicable regulatory requirements and careful thought should be given to whether any audio data should be maintained beyond those requirements, with appropriate consideration given to the existence of any litigation holds that might require further retention.
Certain e-discovery vendors have the capability to process audio data in ways that render that data searchable (either through speech-to-text or phonetic search methodologies), which can further aid in limiting the amount of audio that would need to be reviewed in order to respond to a request. Counsel should consider identifying vendors with the requisite capabilities if audio data needs to be reviewed and produced.
Counsel should also consider instituting a protocol for collecting audio data. Consideration can also be given to whether existing and future litigation hold letters should specifically identify audio data sources on company-issued and personal devices as among the categories of documents and data to be retained, both to ensure that clear instruction is given and to document compliance with preservation obligations.
In conclusion, companies may face the prospect of reviewing and producing audio data in the regulatory, criminal and civil litigation contexts. Couple that possibility with the broad regulatory retention requirements and companies have ample reason to ensure they have appropriate systems in place to help effectively and efficiently comply with requests for audio data.
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Remember when I posted about Alex et Mosengo and I said that some people hire as many people as they can afford and give them various jobs? That was our life this week. It was a little crazy, but so much work got done. I got a very sweet note from my mother-in-law after I posted that blog, reminding me that in cultures in the past, managing a household of workers was part of the job as a housewife. The ideal Godly woman, highlighted in Proverbs 31, doesn't do it all herself: she has people for that, and she treats them well. Apparently, that's me. I would not have seen it that way without my mother-in-law's reminder. So, this week I accelerated my experience in old school home management.
Our MAF neighbors are on vacation and wanted their part time indoor worker to not be without pay. So, I agreed to take him on for one day a week, because he makes epic tortillas (as previously mentioned). But, then I heard that he cleans well, so I agreed to two days per week. However, his first day here, he did such an amazing and thorough job cleaning that I was blown away. And I didn't even need to keep him tasked, he found things to do all by himself. So, when he asked about working Wednesday, too, I asked Matthew and we agreed he should.
Then I remembered that I always hire Pepe on Wednesdays. Pepe is a driver, and so he usually takes me grocery shopping. But he will do anything for work to keep him busy, so if I don't have any place to go, I recently discovered that he, too, can clean.
So, now I had three workers coming on Wednesday…how could I manage all of them and the kids? So, I "hired" one of the MAF teenagers who loves the kids to come over, too.
Thus, Wednesday was very eventful. Mosengo relieved Alex at 7am, just like every morning. Papa Willy, the epic tortilla-maker, arrived at 7:30. Pepe showed up around 9am. I went and walked our sitter down around 10. Let the work party begin!
Mosengo went about his usual duties in the yard, making it gorgeous. Willy did the dishes and washed the walls in the kitchen. Then he set about dusting the living room, pulling out the couches. Soon he was mopping the whole thing. Pepe was set to work preparing the porch railings (which are concrete slabs) to be painted, so he began by bleaching them and scraping off old paint.
Meanwhile, I was all ready to get some baking and laundry done (my laundry is being done at the vacant house across the street because my washer is still down)…but then the power went out. Oh, Congo! So, I putzed around, helped Matthew with his tasks here at the house that he was working on, got lunch together, etc.
Part of having workers is feeding them. We told Papa Willy and Pepe all of the food we could offer them and let them choose from what we had. They settled on fufu, a local favorite that I will talk about in a future food post, and Papa Mosengo set to making it for the group. It was really fun to see all of the working guys enjoying lunch together.
That afternoon, Pepe took me for a quick grocery run at the closest store (grocery shopping will be featured in our next food post). After, we went on an errand to pick up a part for Matthew. Earlier in the day, the spigot on one of the water tanks popped off, sending 500 gallons of water into our driveway at full force. It was quite entertaining. And the temporary Congo fix was genius, put together by Papa Willy and Pepe, it was a big stick shoved in the spigot.
This errand took us to the local market, somewhere I really hadn't had the opportunity to go yet. They have everything for sale there! While I waited a few feet away from Pepe for him to make the transaction, one of the other guys at the market greeted me, in English. So far, anytime a Congolese person greets you English, it's followed by, "I speak English!" They are so excited to practice their phrases on you! I try to encourage them, but then always end with "Merci!" so as not to seem superior. I hope it's working. Ha!
Another stand's merchant came over to practice his English. The first one politely offered his chair to me. They were very pleasant. We bought a few more needed things and left. I realized once I left that not one person tried to sell me something and no one tried to ask me for money. These two things are very common here and I still can't figure out why it didn't happen that afternoon.
We drove around a bit more to find something else I remembered I needed, then headed home. On our way out of the marketplace, I saw a sewing shop with a bunch of foot-pedal-powered Singers in the room. I simply went "Oooooo" and pointed out my awe to Pepe. He said his sister does that. I incredulously asked if she makes dresses. He enthusiastically (Pepe does everything enthusiastically) said that she does indeed. I waited until we got home and I had my French/English dictionary before telling him I wanted some dresses made from my fabric. Once home, Pepe finished cleaning the porch and Papa Willy signed off from all of his work. Mosengo had spent the day adding to our garden (it's his garden too). Meanwhile, inside the house both kids and the sitter were all sleeping. What a peaceful day for them!
Thursday didn't start out very well. Levi began throwing a fit that lasted for five hours. FIVE. HOURS. I was exhausted and pretty much out of ideas for dealing with it. Matthew and his assistant, Nestor, had been working on a vehicle in our driveway, waiting for some people to show up to start work on some issues with the house. The roof is needing replaced and has gotten progressively worse (as in, collapsing) and there were some cracks in the walls that grew nearly overnight a few weeks ago, so we called the home owners (from whom the family that normally lives here rents) and they hemmed and hawed and the work was finally supposed to start that day. We weren't sure on the specifics, but we were about to find out.
So, they showed up and immediately tear down began of the eves on the porch (that had already begun to collapse). It was loud and messy and very entertaining. I felt badly that Pepe had cleaned the porch so nicely the day before, but this wouldn't be hard to sweep and wash away.
Alex jumped right in to help Matthew and Nestor with tear down. I put both kids down for a nap (Amelia slept through the chaos, Levi did not) and headed across the street to add to my laundry piles in progress. When I walked back in the gate I noticed that there were about eight or so workers there to work on the house. Thankfully, Pepe also showed up (originally to finish painting, but instead he helped with the big project). "Our" guys were able to make sure that "their" guys were not just wandering through the house or yard, keeping us and our things safe.
I remembered to show Pepe my fabric and get that conversation rolling. Alex heard us talking and was able to translate a little bit. Then Nestor, who also acts as Matthew's translator, was able to translate a little more. Matthew, wondering where all of the guys were, came inside to find us all talking about dresses. Ha! I pulled up some pictures and printed them out for Pepe while he called his sister. He had to drive out to trade a vehicle and would pick her up while out, since she was nearby. He'd bring her back to our house for measurements and to talk about what I wanted that very night! Sweet!
Nestor and Pepe were about to leave when they got a brilliant idea: take Levi with them! They both love talking to and playing with Levi, and he is always happy to go for a ride, so we thought, why not? So, Levi went! Matthew continued working with the guys on the porch. One of them was inside fixing the giant cracks. Alex was helping with demo and clean up. I played with Amelia and started this blog, thinking it was only going to be about Wednesday.
I got a text from Pepe a little bit later (the Congolese are great at texting!), all in French of course, that basically translated to, he and Levi were at the park. They had gone to the American School campus to pick up the other vehicle and found the playground there. Hilarious! A few minutes later I got another text, saying that all was well, and about 30 seconds after that I got a phone call. It was Levi, saying hi, that he was climbing up the ladders and going down the slides and having a good time with Pepe. Adorable!
Finally they came home, with two ladies in tow. One was Pepe's sister-in-law, the seamstress/dressmaker, and the other was Pepe's fiance. I was so excited to meet her! One of the reasons Pepe works so hard is to pay off an unusually high dowry (yep, they still do that here). The two girls came in and we attempted to talk, as best we could, about the dresses I wanted and she took my measurements. Pepe got the great idea to go across the street and get Orelik (mentioned in a previous post – he speaks English, Lingala and French) to help translate. About ten minutes later Matthew walks in to loud, boisterous laughter between Orelik, Pepe, and the girls. I was just laughing, because I had no idea what was going on, and Amelia just sat there on the floor in the middle, grinning.
It was so fun having them over and, even though I couldn't understand a word of it, I was, at that moment, so excited to be here and be a part of this experience.
Finally, we talked about price and timeline, and Pepe took the girls home. Matthew and I got Amelia to bed and finally sat down to have dinner. While get Levi ready for bed the power went off, so it was early to bed for all of us.
This morning I'm off to another adventure. Here at the house, the work continues, the kids will have fun with a sitter, and I'm off for my first visit to a Congolese orphanage.


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42-й чемпионат мира по кёрлингу среди женщин 2020 отменен. Всемирная федерация кёрлинга отменила Чемпионат мира по кёрлингу среди женщин 2020 года в Канаде из-за продолжающегося распространения (пандемии коронавируса COVID-19).
Это решение было принято с учетом других крупных спортивных мероприятий, которые были отменены за последние 24 часа до принятия решения, а также различных национальных ограничений на поездки, которые вступают в силу по всему миру.

Проведение 42-го чемпионата мира по кёрлингу среди женщин 2020 было запланировано с 14 по 22 марта 2020 года в городе Принс-Джордж (провинция Британская Колумбия, Канада) на арене «CN Centre» с участием 13 национальных сборных команд.

Это первый чемпионат мира, по результатам которого сборные стран должны были набирать рейтинговые очки для отбора участников кёрлинг-турнира женских команд на Зимних Олимпийских играх 2022.
В виду отмены чемпионата, Всемирная федерация кёрлинга рассмотрит последствия для олимпийской квалификации и обсудит потенциальные изменения, которые необходимо будет рассмотреть со всеми соответствующими заинтересованными сторонами.

Официальный хештег чемпионата: #WWCC2020 .

Команды-участницы
  — команда страны-организатора;
 7 лучших команд по итогам :

 две команды по итогам :

 одна команды от зоны Америки по итогам Американского отбора 2019:

 две команды по итогам квалификационного турнира к чемпионатам мира 2020:

Рейтинг ВФК женских сборных
В рейтинге Всемирной федерации кёрлинга показана расстановка и сумма рейтинговых очков женских сборных стран-участниц чемпионата, после окончания , на 26 марта 2019 года.

В рейтинге Всемирной федерация кёрлинга учитываются успехи (занятые на турнирах под эгидой ВФК места) сборных всех ассоциаций-членов ВФК. Баллы начисляются по отдельности за сезон и за дисциплину (мужские, женские сборные, смешанные пары, на колясках). Ассоциации-участницы получают баллы либо после региональных квалификаций стран Америки, Европы и Тихоокеанско-Азиатского региона и квалификаций к Чемпионату мира, либо после чемпионатов мира в смешанном, на колясках, женском, мужском и смешанном парном разряде. В сезон Олимпийских и Паралимпийских зимних Игр дополнительные баллы начисляются ассоциациям-членам, участвующим в Играх. Учитываются набранные баллы в течение четырех последних сезонов по определенной схеме со следующими значениями ценностей (весовых коэффициентов) баллов сезона: 100% за баллы текущего сезона, 75% за баллы прошлого сезона, 60% за баллы сезона двухлетней давности, 40% за баллы сезона трёхлетней давности.

Рейтинг Мирового тура по кёрлингу
В рейтинге Мирового тура по кёрлингу перед началом турнира указаны команды (скипы), которые представляют свои страны на Чемпионате мира.

Составы команд

(скипы выделены полужирным шрифтом; источник: )

Система проведения чемпионата
На групповом этапе команды проводят однокруговой турнир, по результатам которого шесть лучших команд выходит в плей-офф. Второй этап, плей-офф проводится по неполной олимпийской системе: две лучшие команды попадают прямо в полуфиналы; команды, занявшие места с 3-го по 6-е, попадают в четвертьфиналы (), победители которых проходят в полуфиналы; в финале золотые награды оспаривают победители полуфиналов; бронзовые медали разыгрывают проигравшие в полуфиналах.

Время начала матчей указано местное (UTC−08:00).

Групповой этап

Турнирная таблица
(после сессии ..)

  Проходят напрямую в полуфиналы плей-офф
  Проходят в четвертьфиналы плей-офф

Сессия 1
14 марта, 14:00

Сессия 2
14 марта, 19:00

Сессия 3
15 марта, 9:00

Сессия 4
15 марта, 14:00

Сессия 5
15 марта, 19:00

Сессия 6
16 марта, 9:00

Сессия 7
16 марта, 14:00

Сессия 8
16 марта, 19:00

Сессия 9
17 марта, 9:00

Сессия 10
17 марта, 14:00

Сессия 11
17 марта, 19:00

Сессия 12
18 марта, 9:00

Сессия 13
18 марта, 14:00

Сессия 14
18 марта, 19:00

Сессия 15
19 марта, 9:00

Сессия 16
19 марта, 14:00

Сессия 17
19 марта, 19:00

Сессия 18
20 марта, 9:00

Сессия 19
20 марта, 14:00

Сессия 20
20 марта, 19:00

Плей-офф

Четвертьфиналы
21 марта, 09:00

Полуфинал 1
21 марта, 14:00

Полуфинал 2
21 марта, 19:00

Матч за 3-е место
22 марта, 11:00

Финал
22 марта, 14:00

Итоговая классификация

Награды

Примечания

Ссылки
 Официальный сайт чемпионата на сайте Curling Canada
 Официальный сайт чемпионата на сайте WCF
 Чемпионат мира 2020 на сайте результатов и статистики WCF

См. также
 Чемпионат мира по кёрлингу среди мужчин 2020

 Чемпионат мира по кёрлингу среди смешанных команд 2019
 Чемпионат мира по кёрлингу среди юниоров 2020
 Чемпионат мира по кёрлингу на колясках 2020

2020
Международные соревнования по кёрлингу в Канаде
Спортивные соревнования в Британской Колумбии
Спорт в Канаде в 2020 году
2020 год в кёрлинге
Март 2020 года
Спортивные соревнования, отменённые из-за пандемии COVID-19

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Nadia Russo właśc. Nadieżda Jewgienjewna Brżozowska, też jako: Nadia Russo-Bosse (ur. 17 czerwca 1901 w Twerze, zm. 22 stycznia 1988 w Bukareszcie) – rumuńska pilot wojskowa, pochodzenia rosyjskiego.

Życiorys
Urodziła się w Twerze, jako córka generała kawalerii Jewgienija Wasiljewicza Brżozowskiego. Uczyła się w szkole w Charkowie. W dzieciństwie straciła oboje rodziców. Po wybuchu rewolucji bolszewickiej przedostała się wraz z siostrą do Kiszyniowa i zamieszkała w Rumunii, uzyskując obywatelstwo rumuńskie.

W roku 1925 poślubiła znacznie starszego od siebie właściciela ziemskiego Alexandru Russo. Małżeństwo rozpadło się po kilku latach, a Nadia przeniosła się do Bukaresztu, gdzie uczyła się w szkole dla pielęgniarek, a następnie podjęła studia artystyczne w Paryżu.

Była jedną z pierwszych kobiet w Rumunii, które w roku 1936 uzyskały licencję pilota. Dzięki wsparciu rumuńskiego ministerstwa lotnictwa i funduszom społecznym w 1937 zakupiła niemiecki samolot Bücker Bü 131, na którym uczestniczyła w zawodach lotniczych, reprezentując Rumunię. Za udział w zawodach państw Małej Ententy, w 1938 została uhonorowana przez króla Karola II Orderem Zasług Lotniczych.

W 1938 znalazła się w gronie czterech kobiet-pilotek tworzących wojskową eskadrę sanitarną, określaną potem jako Biała Eskadra (Escadrila Albă). W czasie wojny Biała Eskadra wykorzystywała samoloty RWD-13S, transportując rannych żołnierzy z frontu wschodniego. W 1942 Russo została uhonorowana Orderem Zasługi Orła Niemieckiego III klasy. Z powodu złego stanu zdrowia, w 1943 zrezygnowała ze służby.

Po zakończeniu wojny była prześladowana przez władze komunistyczne. Pretekstem do jej skazania były spotkania polityków antykomunistycznych z oficerami brytyjskimi, które odbywały się w jej mieszkaniu. W 1951 skazana na 8 lat więzienia. Wyrok odbywała w Mislea i Miercurea-Ciuc. W 1957 była deportowana do wsi Lățești w rejonie Bărăgan, gdzie przebywała do roku 1962. W obozie poznała Gherghe Bossego, który został jej drugim mężem.

Zmarła w roku 1988 w Bukareszcie.

Przypisy

Kobiety w służbie wojskowej (biografie)
Ludzie urodzeni w Twerze
Odznaczeni Orderem Zasługi Orła Niemieckiego
Osoby pochodzenia rosyjskiego
Piloci sportowi
Rumuńscy piloci
Rumuńskie ofiary prześladowań komunistycznych 1944–1989
Urodzeni w 1901
Zmarli w 1988


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Arup BanerjeeDec 5, 2022 6:23:38 PM
Part 2: The Impact of High Net Worth Households Across Political Contributions
As political contributions continue to break records over the past several cycles, Windfall wanted to understand who is driving the increased contributions or influencing fundraising activities. In our last post, we reviewed The National Landscape and Trends Across the Country, which provided us with a solid foundation on the overall evolution of political contributions. As 2022 contributions to both Republicans and Democrats increased over the 2018 midterms, Windfall wanted to look specifically at High Net Worth ("HNW") donors.
Donations from HNW Individuals Vs. Total Donations
We are defining HNW as those that have at least $1 million of net worth (assets - liabilities). Currently, this population is estimated at anywhere between 13-18% of the US population. Thus, we aren't just focusing on the top 1% but a relatively sizable population across the country.
Windfall has a unique vantage point given our focus on people intelligence and AI. Many of our customers leverage our intelligence to identify, understand, and engage segments of the population in various wealth, demographic, and psychographic profiles. In fact, we have published historical analyses around political contribution trends for HNW donors in the 2018 and 2020 election cycles.
HNW Total Contributions Across the Country
Due to some delays in reporting, Windfall wanted to analyze reporting through the end of August 2022 to understand the trends of this election year versus historical cycles. Interestingly, it appears that HNW donors are outpacing even their record contributions in 2020.
Percentage of Total Amount from HNW Individuals
Holistically, if we look across the country we can see that HNW donors are dominant in most states contributing more than ~40%+ in each state across the union. This is pretty staggering when we think about the footprint of each individual in this population (estimated to be ~13-18% of the total households in the US). Another way to think about this is that their dollars are helping make a ~3x impact for any given voter.
Percent Contributions from HNW to All Parties
Percent Contributions from HNW to Republicans Vs. Percent Contributions from HNW to Democrats
Interestingly enough, the graphs look nearly identical to our overall heat map. This effectively showcases a density graph of where HNW individuals live. However, since we are capturing ALL HNW donors in this scenario, it is important to also look at how HNW individuals contribute to races outside of their home state.
HNW Donors Out-of-State Influence
As we described in our last post, candidates who raise more money generally win 75%+ of the time. HNW donors have the capacity or ability to give more – this doesn't mean they all do, but they at least have the means to make an impact. Revising our heat maps, we only focused on HNW donations across state lines:
Gross Amount Totals from HNW Individuals: Amounts Received from Out of State
Gross Amount Totals by HNW Individuals: State for Republican Candidates Vs. Democratic Candidates. Amounts Received from Out of State.
Interestingly, the patterns are starting to diverge. Specifically, we can see that both parties are enjoying HNW donations across state lines in battleground states like Georgia or Pennsylvania; however, Democrats certainly funneled more dollars on a relative basis into Nevada while Republicans sent their money to Ohio and Wyoming. Even without dollars, we can see the number of HNW donors across state lines is much higher for Democrats versus Republicans:
Count of Out of State HNW Republican Vs. Democratic Donors
Out-of-state HNW Republicans seem to funnel money into "redder" states like Florida, Texas, and even Louisiana compared to HNW Democrats, who tend to support more races in purple states.
After reading through our analyses, you may wonder which specific elections drew the most contributions, and how HNW donors impacted specific races. In our next post, Windfall digs into these races to determine the influence of political contributions on the overall outcome of the election. In the meantime, subscribe to our blog for future data-driven insights of interest today!
(1): FEC and Windfall 2022.
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