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NASA 'on the Cusp' of Being Able to Answer if We're Alone in the Universe
By Bill Straub 2015-08-05T04:39:03
WASHINGTON – National Aeronautic and Space Administration officials maintain that the New Horizons approaching Pluto in the deepest part of the solar system has transformed the way scientists view the dwarf planet and that additional space probes might even address one of man's great unanswered questions: Does life exist outside of Earth's boundaries?
Appearing before the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology, Dr. John Grunsfeld, a former astronaut who is now the associate administrator of the Science Mission Directorate at NASA, told lawmakers that New Horizons has resulted in the United States becoming the first nation to successfully reach every planet in the system – from Mercury to Pluto -- with a space probe.
"But our study of the solar system does not stop at the Voyagers or New Horizons," he said. "We continue to seek answers to fundamental science questions, including whether we are alone in the universe."
The probe offered signs of an interior ocean on Pluto. Meanwhile, the Hubble Space Telescope found evidence that one of Jupiter's moons – Ganymede – houses an ocean beneath its crust that could contain more than twice as much water as Earth.
Scientists, in fact, have uncovered at least half a dozen oceans on orbs within the solar system. Where there's water, there exists a potential for some form of life.
"Are we alone?" he asked rhetorically. "Many, many people on planet Earth want to know. We are on the cusp of being able to answer that question."
Grunsfeld said NASA will probe deeper into the question by studying solar systems around other stars using satellites like Hubble, Spitzer, Kepler and the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) that will launch in 2018. The probes "have been humanity's pathfinders and explorers in the depths of our solar system."
"We study the planets in our solar system to answer fundamental question about where we come from, how the solar system came to be and in the search for life beyond the Earth," he said. "Space exploration is difficult, requiring our best and brightest engineers and scientists to succeed, and when we develop innovative probes to explore the solar system, we invent technologies which improve our lives here on planet Earth."
"This great journey into the unknown continues and there is still much to be learned," he said.
The New Horizons Space Probe, launched in January 2006 at a cost, thus far, of about $700 million, flew by the Pluto system in early July, providing high-resolution images and other scientific observations of a dwarf planet 4.67 billion miles from Earth. The highly successful mission offered close-up views of this "enigmatic object" and its moons that Grunsfeld said are "already testing our ideas about the formation of our solar system."
"We have known about Pluto now for over 85 years, since the discovery by American astronomer Clyde Tombaugh, but even observations with the venerable Hubble Space Telescope revealed only rough details," he said. "Like the explorers of the classic era, the NASA New Horizons mission captured previously unseen vistas allowing us to make the first maps of Pluto and its moons. Now, as New Horizons speeds off beyond Pluto, it is entering a new realm of the solar system -- the Kuiper Belt."
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Alan Stern, the principal investigator for the New Horizons Mission, said the probe already has revealed evidence of nitrogen glaciers on Pluto and a mountain range "as tall as the Rockies." Caverns deeper than the Grand Canyon have been found. There is evidence of geologic activity and "other wonders," like an atmospheric haze.
New Horizons has established that Pluto – which surrendered its status as a planet in 2005 and was given the designation of dwarf planet – is actually larger than projected -- about 1,473 miles in diameter, compared to Earth's diameter of about 7,900 miles. The craft collected data regarding mountain altitudes and surface temperatures – minus-390 degrees Fahrenheit.
NASA discovered a difference in the composition of Pluto and its largest moon, Charon. Scientists believe the dwarf planet consists of methane gas, nitrogen ice and carbon monoxide ice. Charon, meanwhile, is determined to be made up of water and ammonia.
"With only 5 percent of the data on the ground, we all feel like we need to fasten our seatbelts for the remaining 95 percent," he said. "This is quite a ride, scientifically."
It will be another 16 months before all of the data collected by the probe is transmitted to Earth.
Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas), the committee chairman, acknowledged that the "exploration of our universe captures Americans' interests, inspires us to pursue extraordinary goals, and keeps us on the forefront of scientific achievement." The photos and data sent back to Earth from the far reaches of the solar system "continue to capture the imagination of people around the world."
Smith went on to criticize the Obama administration, asserting that proposed cuts to planetary science and exploration at NASA "have made it clear these endeavors are not its priority."
The administration's Fiscal Year 2016 request cut funding for planetary science by $77 million from Fiscal Year 2015 levels. Smith said his panel is seeking to restore the lost funds.
"Funding levels requested by the Obama administration would slow the rate at which we can develop, build and launch new missions like New Horizons," he said. "This Committee's bill, and the funding levels approved in the House, would allow NASA to keep planetary missions like New Horizons on track."
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Gregory Peck, né le  à San Diego et mort le  à Los Angeles, est un acteur américain.

Grande star du Hollywood des années 1950 et 1960, Gregory Peck interprète de nombreux rôles restés célèbres : dans Duel au soleil (1946), Le Mur Invisible (1947), Capitaine sans peur (1951), Vacances romaines (1953), Moby Dick (1956), Les Canons de Navarone (1961), Les Nerfs à vif (1962) ou encore La Malédiction (1976). Son rôle le plus célèbre et le plus marquant pour des générations de cinéphiles reste cependant celui de l'avocat  dans Du silence et des ombres (1962), personnage qui figure à la première place du classement des AFI's 100 Years... 100 Heroes and Villains des 100 plus grands héros de films du cinéma américain.

Il fut aussi connu pour être l'incarnation du gentleman, à la ville comme à l'écran. Viril, bel homme, garant des valeurs et de la morale dans ses films, il déclara à la fin de sa vie vouloir que l'on se souvienne de lui comme d'un bon père et d'un bon mari avant tout.

Il est classé douzième acteur de légende du cinéma américain par l'American Film Institute.

Biographie

Jeunesse

Né dans le quartier de La Jolla à San Diego (Californie), Eldred Gregory Peck est le fils unique de Gregory Peck, un pharmacien/chimiste d'origine anglo-arménienne du côté de son père et irlandaise du côté de sa mère, catholique, et de Bernice Ayres, originaire du Missouri, convertie au catholicisme.

Sa grand-mère paternelle, Catherine Ashe, est liée au nationaliste irlandais  qui prend part à l'insurrection de Pâques 1916 (année de naissance de Peck).

Malgré leur pratique stricte de la religion catholique, les parents de Gregory Peck divorcent alors qu'il n'a que cinq ans ; il est alors pris en charge par sa grand-mère. Il est ensuite envoyé à dix ans dans une école militaire catholique de Los Angeles, puis à la . Une fois diplômé, il s'inscrit à l'université d'État de San Diego puis à Berkeley.

À partir de 1936, il commence à développer un intérêt pour la comédie et s'implique dans la section de théâtre de Berkeley. Il apparaît dans cinq pièces durant ses années d'études. À la même époque, il doit travailler pour pouvoir financer ses études. Pendant une courte période, il travaille comme conducteur de camion pour une entreprise pétrolière, puis comme aide-cuisinier. Gregory Peck dira plus tard de ses années passées à Berkeley :

En remerciement à son entraîneur, Ky Ebright, Peck fait un don de  dollars à sa section de Berkeley en 1997.

Après avoir obtenu son diplôme en langue anglaise, il enlève légalement le « Eldred » de son nom et part à New York étudier à la Neighborhood Playhouse, une école de comédie réputée. Il manque alors souvent de moyens et dort quelquefois à Central Park. En 1939, il travaille à l'Exposition universelle puis comme guide pour la chaîne de télévision NBC.

Débuts
Gregory Peck fait ses débuts à Broadway dans la pièce d'Emlyn Williams The Morning Star (1942) puis dans The Willow and I avec Edward Pawley et The Doctor's Dilemma. À cette même période, il épouse Greta Kukkonen Rice avec laquelle il a trois enfants.

Il gagne en popularité durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, bien qu'exempté de service militaire en raison de maux de dos. Ce problème de dos serait dû à un mauvais mouvement durant une leçon de danse avec Martha Graham, mais la Twentieth Century Fox préfère annoncer qu'il  résulte d'un accident d'aviron à l'université. Gregory Peck en dit plus tard :

Carrière cinématographique

Gregory Peck arrive à Hollywood en 1944 avec quatre contrats en poche. Jacques Tourneur lui donne son premier emploi au cinéma : le rôle principal de Jours de gloire (1944).

Il est immédiatement pris sous contrat par David O. Selznick qui prépare la production de Les Clés du royaume (1944). Bien que quelques critiques qualifient son jeu d'inexpressif, Gregory Peck est nommé cinq fois au cours de sa carrière pour l'Oscar du meilleur acteur, dont quatre au cours de ses premières années au cinéma avec : Les Clés du royaume, Jody et le Faon (1946), Le Mur invisible (1947, aux côtés de Dorothy McGuire) et Un homme de fer (1949).

Il remporte l'Oscar à sa cinquième nomination, pour le rôle d' dans Du silence et des ombres (To Kill a Mockingbird, 1962), adaptation du roman homonyme d'Harper Lee. Sorti en pleine lutte des Noirs américains pour obtenir l'égalité des droits civiques, ce film a pour thème l'injustice dont est victime un Noir de l'Alabama, accusé à tort de viol. Dans ce film, Peck joue un avocat, veuf et père de deux enfants, qui doit défendre cet homme   injustement accusé contre la société raciste du Sud. Du silence et des ombres aurait été le film préféré de l'acteur. Le personnage qu'il interprète, Atticus Finch, est désigné en 2003, soit deux semaines avant la mort de l'acteur, par l'American Film Institute comme le plus grand héros de l'histoire du cinéma américain (avec en  place Indiana Jones et en  James Bond).

L'acteur a eu une carrière prolifique, dont certains films se démarquent : Les Canons de Navarone (1961), film de guerre avec David Niven et Anthony Quinn ; le Moby Dick (1956) de John Huston ; deux collaborations avec Alfred Hitchcock (La Maison du docteur Edwardes en 1945 et Le Procès Paradine en 1947), ainsi que Vacances romaines (1953) aux côtés d'Audrey Hepburn, celle-ci remportant son premier Oscar grâce à ce film. Gregory Peck et Audrey Hepburn furent des amis proches jusqu'à la mort de celle-ci : c'est d'ailleurs lui qui lui présenta son premier mari, Mel Ferrer.

Parallèlement à sa carrière, Peck fonde en 1949 dans sa ville natale , un théâtre professionnel à but non lucratif situé sur le campus de l'université de Californie à San Diego, avec ses amis Mel Ferrer et Dorothy McGuire.

Relations avec la politique
En 1947, alors que beaucoup à Hollywood figurent déjà sur une liste noire de personnalités soupçonnées de communisme, Gregory Peck signe une lettre accusant le House Un-American Activities Committee (Comité des activités anti-américaines) et condamnant les investigations menées par Joseph McCarthy dans l'industrie du cinéma. Quand, en 1958, il tourne avec Henry King le western psychologique Bravados traitant d'une vengeance injustifiée, il déclare avoir voulu dénoncer le maccarthysme.

Il prend également la parole pendant la guerre du Viêt Nam, alors que son propre fils Stephen y combat. En 1972, il produit l'adaptation cinématographique de la pièce de Daniel Berrigan, Les Neuf de Catonsville, sur le procès d'un groupe de Vietnamiens accusés de désobéissance civile.

En 1977, malgré son hésitation initiale à interpréter le général Douglas MacArthur pour le film MacArthur, le général rebelle, il en ressort avec une grande admiration pour l'homme.

Sympathisant du Parti démocrate, Gregory Peck est envisagé, dans les années 1970, comme un candidat possible contre Ronald Reagan au poste de gouverneur de Californie.

Dans une interview, il révèle aussi que le président Lyndon B. Johnson, alors candidat à sa réélection, lui avait proposé un poste d'ambassadeur des États-Unis en Irlande (poste que Peck aurait volontiers accepté en considération de son ascendance irlandaise).

Il encourage plus tard un de ses fils, Carey, dans sa carrière politique. Mais celui-ci échoue deux fois à entrer au Congrès en 1978 et 1980 (les deux fois avec de faibles écarts en nombre de voix).

Gregory Peck est présent aux côtés de Line Renaud (et en direct à la télévision, dans leur voiture commune, avec aussi Madame Peck, présentée par Line Renaud), lorsque la chanteuse française va féliciter Jacques Chirac à l'occasion de sa victoire à l'élection présidentielle, le .

Fin de carrière et mort

Dans les années 1980, Gregory Peck interprète le rôle d'Abraham Lincoln dans le téléfilm Les Bleus et les Gris. Il joue aussi dans The Scarlet and The Black, téléfilm sur un prêtre catholique qui sauve des juifs et des réfugiés du nazisme durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale.

L'acteur se retire du métier en 1991. Tout comme Cary Grant, il passe les dernières années de sa vie à parcourir le monde, multipliant les discours et les conférences.

Il meurt à l'âge de 87 ans dans son sommeil, des suites d'une pneumonie, le , à Los Angeles. Il est inhumé à la cathédrale Notre-Dame-des-Anges de Los Angeles. Sa femme Véronique Peck meurt à l'âge de 80 ans, le , à son domicile de Los Angeles.

Vie privée

De sa première épouse Greta Kukkonen (1911-2008), avec laquelle il est marié de 1942 à 1954, Gregory Peck a eu trois fils : Jonathan (né en 1944 et qui se suicide en 1975), Stephen (né en 1945) — père de l'acteur Ethan Peck — et Carey (né en 1949).

Au cours d'une interview en 1953, il répond aux questions d'une journaliste française de France-Soir, Véronique Passani, avant de se rendre en Italie pour tourner Vacances romaines avec Audrey Hepburn. Six mois plus tard, il invite Passani à déjeuner. Ils deviennent alors inséparables. Il l'épouse le , soit le jour où est prononcé son divorce d'avec Greta Kukkonen, mère de ses trois fils. Par amour pour lui, la journaliste abandonne son travail et s'installe aux Etats-Unis. Ils ont un fils, Anthony (né en 1956) et une fille, Cecilia (née en 1958), tous deux devenus acteurs.

Filmographie

Acteur

Années 1940
 1944 : Jours de gloire (Days of Glory) de Jacques Tourneur : Vladimir
 1944 : Les Clés du royaume (The Keys of the Kingdom) de John M. Stahl : Père Francis Chisholm
 1945 : La Vallée du jugement (The Valley of Decision), de Tay Garnett : Paul Scott
 1945 : La Maison du docteur Edwardes (Spellbound) d'Alfred Hitchcock : John Ballantine
 1946 : Jody et le Faon (The Yearling) de Clarence Brown : Penny Baxter
 1946 : Duel au soleil (Duel in the Sun) de King Vidor : Lewt McCanles
 1947 : L'Affaire Macomber (The Macomber Affair) de Zoltan Korda : Robert Wilson
 1947 : Le Mur Invisible (Gentleman's Agreement) d'Elia Kazan : Phil Green
 1947 : Le Procès Paradine (The Paradine Case) d'Alfred Hitchcock : Anthony Keane
 1948 : La Ville abandonnée (Yellow Sky) de William Wellman : Stretch
 1949 : Passion fatale (The Great Sinner) de Robert Siodmak : Pedja
 1949 : Un homme de fer (Twelve O'Clock High) de Henry King : Général Frank Savage

Années 1950
 1950 : La Cible humaine (The Gunfighter) d'Henry King : Jimmie Ringo
 1951 : Fort Invincible (Only the Valiant), de Gordon Douglas : Capitaine Richard Lance
 1951 : Capitaine sans peur (Captain Horatio Hornblower) de Raoul Walsh : Capitaine Horatio Hornblower
 1951 : David et Bethsabée (David and Bathsheba), d'Henry King : Le Roi David
 1952 : Le monde lui appartient (The World in His Arms) de Raoul Walsh : Jonathan Clark
 1952 : Les Neiges du Kilimandjaro (The Snows of Kilimandjaro) de Henry King : Harry Street
 1953 : Vacances romaines (Roman Holiday) de William Wyler : Joe Bradley
 1954 : Les Gens de la nuit (Night People) de Nunnally Johnson : Colonel Steve Van Dyke
 1954 : L'Homme au million (The Million Pound Note) de Ronald Neame : Henry Adams
 1954 : La Flamme pourpre (The Purple Olain) de Robert Parrish : Bill Forrester
 1956 : L'Homme au complet gris (The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit) de Nunnally Johnson : Tom Rath
 1956 : Moby Dick de John Huston : Capitaine Achab
 1957 : La Femme modèle (Designing Woman) de Vincente Minnelli : Mike Hagen
 1958 : Bravados (The Bravados) de Henry King : Jim Douglass
 1958 : Les Grands Espaces (The Big Country) de William Wyler : James McKay
 1959 : La Gloire et la Peur (Pork Chop Hill) de Lewis Milestone : Lieutenant Joe Clemons
 1959 : Un matin comme les autres (Beloved Infidel) de Henry King : F. Scott Fitzgerald
 1959 : Le Dernier Rivage (On the Beach) de Stanley Kramer : Dwight Towers

Années 1960
 1961 : Les Canons de Navarone (The Guns of Navarone) de Jack Lee Thompson : Capitaine Keith Mallory
 1962 : Les Nerfs à vif (Cape Fear) de Jack Lee Thompson : Sam Bowden
 1962 : La Conquête de l'Ouest (How the West Was Won) de John Ford, Henry Hathaway et George Marshall : Cleve Van Valen
 1962 : Du silence et des ombres (To Kill a Mockingbird) de Robert Mulligan : Atticus Finch
 1963 : Le Combat du capitaine Newman (Captain Newman, M.D.) de David Miller : Capitaine Josiah Newman
 1964 : Et vint le jour de la vengeance (Behold a Pale Horse) de Fred Zinnemann : Manuel Artiguez
 1965 : Mirage de Edward Dmytryk : David Stillwell
 1965 : John F. Kennedy: Years of Lightning, Day of Drums (documentaire) : le narrateur
 1966 : Arabesque de Stanley Donen : David Pollock
 1968 : L'Homme sauvage (The Stalking Moon) de Robert Mulligan : Sam Varner
 1969 : L'Homme le plus dangereux du monde (The Chairman) de Jack Lee Thompson : John Hathaway
 1969 : L'Or de MacKenna (MacKenna's Gold) de Jack Lee Thompson : MacKenna
 1969 : Les Naufragés de l'espace (Marooned) de John Sturges : Charles Keith

Années 1970
 1970 : Le Pays de la violence (I Walk the line) de John Frankenheimer : Sherif Henry Tawes
 1971 : Quand siffle la dernière balle (Shout Out) de Henry Hathaway : Clay Lomax
 1973 : Un colt pour une corde (Billy Two Hats) de Ted Kotcheff : Deans
 1976 : La Malédiction (The Omen) de Richard Donner : Robert Thorn
 1977 : MacArthur, le général rebelle (Mac Arthur) de Joseph Sargent : General Douglas MacArthur
 1978 : Ces garçons qui venaient du Brésil (The Boys from Brazil) de Franklin J. Schaffner :  Josef Mengele

Années 1980 et 1990
 1980 : Le Commando de Sa Majesté (The Sea Wolves) de Andrew V. McLaglen : Lewis Pugh
 1982 : Les Bleus et les Gris d'Andrew McLaglen (série télévisée) : Abraham Lincoln
 1983 : La Pourpre et le Noir (The Scarlet and the Black) de Jerry London : Hugh O'Flaherty (téléfilm)
 1987 : La Force du silence (Amazing Grace and Chuck) de Mike Newell : le président
 1989 : Old Gringo de Luis Puenzo : Ambrose Bierce
 1991 : Larry le liquidateur (Other People's Money) de Norman Jewison : Andrew Jorgenson
 1991 : Les Nerfs à vif (Cape Fear) de Martin Scorsese : Lee Heller
 1993 : Le Portrait (The Portrait) d'Arthur Penn : Gardner Church (téléfilm)
 1995 : Un voyage avec Martin Scorsese à travers le cinéma américain (A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies) de Martin Scorsese : lui-même
 1998 : Moby Dick : Père Mapple (TV)
 1999 : From Russia to Hollywood: The 100-Year Odissey of Chekhov and Shdanoff de Frederick Keeve : le narrateur
 1999 : Conversation avec Gregory Peck (A Conversation with Gregory Peck) de Barbara Kopple : lui-même

Producteur
 1958 : Les Grands Espaces (The Big Country), de William Wyler avec Gregory Peck et Jean Simmons
 1972 : Les Neuf de Catonsville (The Trial of the Catonsville Nine), de Gordon Davidson avec , Ed Flanders
 1974 : The Dove de Charles Jarrott avec Joseph Bottoms, Deborah Raffin
 1993 : Le Portrait (The Portrait), de Arthur Penn avec Gregory Peck et Lauren Bacall

Distinctions

Récompenses

 1947 : Golden Globe du meilleur acteur dans un film dramatique pour Jody et le Faon
 1963 : Oscar du meilleur acteur pour Du Silence et des Ombres
 1963 : Golden Globe du meilleur acteur dans un film dramatique pour Du Silence et des Ombres
 1969 : Cecil B. DeMille Award pour l'ensemble de sa carrière
 1971 : Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award
 1986 : Prix Donostia au Festival de Saint-Sébastien
 1989 : AFI Life Achievement Award
 Berlinale 1993 : Ours d'or d'honneur
 1996 : Crystal Globe
 1999 : Golden Globe du meilleur acteur dans un second rôle dans une série, une mini-série ou un téléfilm pour Moby Dick

Nominations
 Oscars du cinéma :
 1946 : nomination à l'Oscar du meilleur acteur pour Les Clés du royaume.
 1947 : nomination à l'Oscar du meilleur acteur pour Jody et le Faon.
 1948 : nomination à l'Oscar du meilleur acteur pour Le Mur Invisible.
 1950 : nomination à l'Oscar du meilleur acteur pour Un homme de fer.
 Golden Globes :
 1978 : nomination au Golden Globe du meilleur acteur dans un film dramatique pour MacArthur, le général rebelle.
 1979 : nomination au Golden Globe du meilleur acteur dans un film dramatique pour Ces garçons qui venaient du Brésil.
 British Academy Film Awards :
 1954 : nomination au BAFTA du meilleur acteur étranger pour Vacances romaines.
 1964 : nomination au BAFTA du meilleur acteur étranger pour Du Silence et des Ombres.

Décorations
 Presidential Medal of Freedom (1969), décernée par Lyndon B. Johnson
 National Medal of Arts (1998), décernée par Bill Clinton
  (1995) ; Chevalier (1993)

Hommages

En 1979, Gregory Peck est introduit au Western Performers Hall of Fame du « National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum » à Oklahoma City.

En 1989, il reçoit l'AFI Life Achievement Award décerné par l'American Film Institute. En 1996, il reçoit également un Globe de cristal pour sa contribution artistique au monde du cinéma.

En 2000, il est fait Docteur es Lettres par l'Université nationale d'Irlande. Il est aussi patron de l'« University College Dublin School of Film » (où il nomme Martin Scorsese comme membre honoraire) et siège quelque temps à l'American Cancer Society.

Il est l'un des premiers à recevoir une étoile sur le Hollywood Walk of Fame dans les années 1960, au 6100 Hollywood Boulevard, mais cette étoile est volée 45 ans plus tard, le  ; elle a été depuis remplacée.

Voix françaises
En France, Gregory Peck fut particulièrement doublé par des comédiens possédant un timbre grave, Marc Valbel et Jean-Claude Michel étant les deux plus réguliers.

 Marc Valbel (*1907 - 1960) dans :
 Les Clés du royaume
 La Maison du docteur Edwardes
 Duel au soleil
 Le Procès Paradine
 Le Mur invisible
 La Ville abandonnée
 Un homme de fer
 La Cible humaine
 Fort Invincible
 Capitaine sans peur
 Le monde lui appartient
 Les Neiges du Kilimandjaro
 Vacances romaines
 La Flamme pourpre
 L'Homme au million
 L'Homme au complet gris
 Bravados
 La Gloire et la Peur
 Un matin comme les autres
 Le Dernier Rivage
 Jean-Claude Michel (*1925 - 1999) dans :
 Du silence et des ombres
 Les Nerfs à vif, 1962
 La Conquête de l'Ouest
 Le Combat du capitaine Newman
 Mirage
 Arabesque
 Le Pays de la violence
 Un colt pour une corde
 MacArthur, le général rebelle
 La Force du silence
 Old Gringo
 Le Portrait (téléfilm)

 Georges Aminel (*1922 - 2007) dans :
 La Femme modèle
 L'Homme le plus dangereux du monde
 La Malédiction
 Ces garçons qui venaient du Brésil
 Jacques Berthier (*1916 - 2008) dans :
 L'Homme sauvage
 Les Naufragés de l'espace
 l'Or de MacKenna
 Le Commando de sa Majesté
 Jean Davy (*1911 - 2001) dans :
 David et Bethsabée
 Les Gens de la nuit
 Moby Dick
 Raymond Loyer (*1916 - 2004) dans :
 Les Canons de Navarone
 Et vint le jour de la vengeance
 La Pourpre et le Noir (téléfilm)

et aussi :
 Jean-Henri Chambois (*1907 - 1997) dans La Vallée du jugement
 Maurice Dorléac (*1901 - 1979) dans Jody et le Faon
 Jacques Harden (*1925 - 1992) dans Les Grands Espaces
 Edmond Bernard (*1921 - 1994) dans Quand siffle la dernière balle
 Jean-Claude Balard (*1936 - 2022) dans Les Bleus et les Gris (mini-série)
 Jean Lagache (*1931 - 2018) dans Les Nerfs à vif, 1991
 Roland Ménard (*1923 - 2016) dans Larry le liquidateur

Notes et références

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Golden Globe du meilleur acteur dans un second rôle (télévision)
Ours d'or d'honneur
Cecil B. DeMille Award
César d'honneur
Hollywood Walk of Fame
Récipiendaire de la médaille présidentielle de la Liberté
Étudiant de l'université d'État de San Diego
Personnalité inhumée en Californie
Naissance à La Jolla
Naissance en avril 1916
Décès en juin 2003
Décès à Los Angeles
Décès à 87 ans
Mort d'une pneumonie
Lauréat de la médaille de la Ville de Paris

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Africa Latest News, Videos and Opinions Uncategorized Ethiopian PM's visit renews hope for ancient Lalibela churches
Ethiopian PM's visit renews hope for ancient Lalibela churches
Designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1978, the Lalibela churches are unique.
Ethiopian Orthodox devotees walk between the rock-hewn churchs of Saint Gabriel and Saint Raphael in Lalibela, Ethiopia, on March 7, 2019. (Photo by EDUARDO SOTERAS / AFP)
Priest Mekonnen Fatne stood among his Ethiopian Orthodox faithful, looking upon a nine-centuries-old church they feared could be wrecked at any minute.
Over the church loomed a massive tarpaulin screen supported by a lattice of metal, one of four shelters erected to protect the northern Ethiopian town of Lalibela's historic churches, but which residents worry — despite experts' assurances — could obliterate them.
"If this were to collapse, do you think there would be any piece of the church left?" the priest asked, gesturing to the thick metal rods plunging into the red earth around Bete Maryam church.
French President Emmanuel Macron is set to arrive in Ethiopia on Tuesday afternoon. Macron and Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed are scheduled to travel to Lalibela later this week, for a visit locals hope will result in a new plan, money and expertise for the complex's renewal.
Ethiopian Orthodox devotees sit on a pillar of the shelter that protects from erosion the structure of the rock-hewn church of Saint Emmanuel in Lalibela, Ethiopia. (Photo by EDUARDO SOTERAS / AFP)
Designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1978, the Lalibela churches are unique. They are carved from rock and sit below ground level, surrounded by deep, dry moats, with only their roofs visible.
The courtyards surrounding these extraordinary places of worship are reachable only by staircases and tunnels.
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Preservationists say the shelters erected in 2008 to keep rain off the churches pose no threat, but the structures have nonetheless become a symbol of the neglect Lalibela residents say they, and the complex, endure.
"We are here because of the heritage," said Yitibarek Getu, a deacon at the complex. "If there's no heritage, imagine what will happen?"
Lalibela takes its name from King Gebre Mesqel Lalibela, a 13th-century leader who local lore holds built 11 churches with the help of angels after God ordered him to build a "New Jerusalem".
Located 680 kilometres (420 miles) north of Addis Ababa, Lalibela is a popular destination for foreign tourists and followers of the Ethiopian Orthodox faith — the country's largest religion.
An Ethiopian Orthodox pilgrim sits near a shelter protecting the rock-hewn structure of the House of the Saviour of the World church from erosion in Lalibela, Ethiopia. (Photo by EDUARDO SOTERAS / AFP)
The rock-hewn churches stand up to 15 metres (42 feet) tall, replete with ornate designs and windows carved in the shape of crosses, but their rock composition leaves them vulnerable to erosion from the intense downpours of Ethiopia's rainy season.
The Italian-built shelters that protect some of the churches have earned the ire of residents who claim they are ugly and could collapse in strong wind.
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"It's like revenge by the Italians!" Negash Adamu, a 27-year-old Lalibela resident, said in reference to Ethiopia's repeated conflicts with Italian colonisers.
Priests and worshippers at the complex complain the shelters' heavy support pillars have damaged the underground Trinity chapel, its roof cracking under the weight of the support pylon.
The chapel is not open to the public.
Locals also worry about the soundness of the shelters, which came with a 10-year guarantee.
"We want a permanent restoration, and we want the shelter to be removed," said Tsigieselassie Mazgebu, the complex's parish priest.
"There is a big possibility that if it falls on the treasure, it would demolish it."
Lack of trust
Last year, Lalibela residents sporting shirts reading "save Lalibela", staged a protest over the churches' condition, according to Negash.
Hailu Zeleke Woldetsadik, director of cultural heritage conservation at Ethiopia's Authority for Research and Conservation of Cultural Heritage, insisted there was no cause for alarm.
He denied any damage had been done to the Trinity chapel, and said the shelters were designed to stand safely beyond their 10-year warranty.
An Ethiopian Orthodox priest steps out of a room of the rock-hewn church of the House of the Saviour of the World in Lalibela, Ethiopia. (Photo by EDUARDO SOTERAS / AFP)
"There is no imminent danger," he told AFP, adding that the structures were designed to sway in heavy winds, rather than strain to breaking point.
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Kidanemariam Woldegiorgis, an archaeologist who grew up in Lalibela, blamed the controversy on a lack of consultation with town residents, which stoked suspicion.
"It's not clear, it's not transparent what they are doing," he said.
Hailu said Abiy and Macron will sign an agreement for the temporary shelters' maintenance and the hiring of scientists to look into permanently restoring damaged churches.
This could pave the way for the shelters' replacement with lighter structures, possibly ones that can open and close depending on the weather, while repairs are done.
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After a short Cartesian detour on the certainty of our own existence, Wolffian metaphysics began from ontology – after all, one has to look at all things in general, before one can say something about any particular thing. While Wolff's choice of beginning appears almost inevitable, it is not as easy to decide where to continue. Even if one is to leave God last as the metaphysical object most remote from us, one must still determine whether to start from ourselves or from the world around us. Wolff's strategy is mixed: we do first start from ourselves, but then go on with the world and afterwards return to discuss our own nature. What is behind the reason to divide the treatment of human consciousness in two parts?
The study of human nature or soul – traditionally called psychology – was at the time of Christian Wolff actually divided into two subdisciplines, empirical and rational psychology. The subject matter of both disciplines was the same, but they were distinguished by the method used. Empirical psychology was based on experiences: it described e.g. what sort of capacities one could find through observing oneself. Rational psychology, on other hand, tried to go beyond experience by help of deductions. Wolff is apparently following this division: he is firstly listing all the characteristics of consciousness that are apparent from introspection, and only after a digression to the world does he discuss what we can deduce of human consciousness beyond mere experience.
The starting point of Wolff's empirical psychology is then the same Cartesian idea of thinking, with which the whole Wolffian metaphysics began. I have already remarked in an earlier post that by thinking Wolff refers to all processes in which human being is conscious of itself. Despite his Cartesian beginning, Wolff is quick to point out that human beings appear to be involved also in processes in which they are not conscious of themselves, in other words, that the human minds are not necessarily conscious all the time. A simple example is the state of dreamless sleep, where there is no trace of self-consciousness to be found at all.
Wolff makes quickly the distinction between two self-conscious states. In one type, we are conscious also of other things beyond ourselves. We have already seen that Wolff has characterised these other things as spatial and complex or as constituted by other things. Now Wolff adds that there is one particular thing that we are always conscious of, although it is spatial and complex – this is obviously our own body.
Wolff is thus at the outset accepting a dualism between consciousness and its body: body is something different from the consciousness, although consciousness is – at least according to our experience – constantly connected to it. The obvious problem in such a dualistic notion is that it ignores the centrality of the body for the consciousness and treats it like any material object whatsoever, although one we are constantly aware of. We shall see in a later text how this problem makes Wolff's theory of pleasure and pain difficult to accept.
The consciousness of external objects is in some cases connected to physical processes involving our body. For instance, when I hear the voice of a violin, vibrations produced by the playing of the violin reach my ear. Such a state of consciousness Wolff calls Empfindung, and as I have noted earlier, Wolff appears to include, in addition to sensations, also perceptions under this notion. Still, Wolff's Empfindung and the corresponding capacity of Sinnlichkeit are passive like the respective Kantian notions: consciousness cannot decide by itself what it will sense, when it looks upon something.
Wolff's apparent confusion is a fine example how unanalysed the pre-Kantian psychological notions seem when compared with Kantian classifications. Then again, while Kantian analyses might suggest the idea that e.g. we could have sensations that are not components in any perception, the seemingly careless style of Wolff never hides the necessary interconnectedness of such components – individual sensations are always just sensations of an object and thus components of perceptions.
In addition to other things, we are also conscious of ourselves. As confusing as Wolffian account of Empfindung is from a Kantian viewpoint, as confusing is his idea of self-consciousness. Kant himself divided our consciousness of ourselves into two aspects, roughly corresponding to aspects of our consciousness of other things. Firstly, we have an capacity of inner sense, which is like "outer sense" in its passivity, and secondly, we have a more active transcendental apperception. Wolff, on the other hand, speaks simply of our self-consciousness without any consideration of a possible complexity of that notion.
What is more confusing is Wolff's reluctance to relate his account of self-consciousness to his notion of Empfindung. Wolffian sensation/perception is clearly connected to the human body, but a possibility of a similar relation between self-consciousness and body is not even mentioned. Undoubtedly Wolff's dualistic presuppositions are the primary reason preventing him of even conceiving this possibility, because he does not even try to argue against it.
Indeed, when Wolff himself accepts the idea that some sensations/perceptions might be so faint that we are not consciously aware of them, he could not have dismissed the corporeal nature of self-consciousness just on basis of not being aware of any bodily processes, when thinking ourselves. Furthermore, one might even argue with Hegel that internal processes of human being have in some cases clear bodily manifestations, for instance, in a headache we feel after a long spell of abstract thinking.
Wolff's incapability of explaining what observation of oneself involves is especially fatal, because the very possibility of empirical psychology is based on such a capacity of introspection. In fact, Wolff's study of empirical psychology consists of Wolff remarking how we can observe ourselves doing something and concluding that we have a capacity for doing such a thing. One might note, by the way, how this line of reasoning is dangerously close to interpreting the capacities as modules separable from the "soul" having these capacities – something which Hegel was later to criticise.
No matter how dubious Wolff's method of empirical psychology then is, we should still investigate what capacities or faculties he finds within human mind: after all, the Wolffian psychological terminology will be shared by later German philosophers. I shall continue with this task in the next post, but for now I shall note an interesting point that Wolff appears to accept the possibility of quantifying the different faculties of human soul, somewhat like intelligence is nowadays quantified in the IQ score. Thus, Wolff speaks of several faculties having different grades: remember that by grade Wolff means a characteristic that is analogical to a spatial or numeric quantity (of course, these grades are not static, because a person can e.g. improve his capacity of remembering things). This possibility of quantifying human capacities will be important for Kant in an attempt to show why traditional proofs of the immortality of soul must fail – and later on Hegel will criticise the very same notion Kant uses.


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Local history a family affair: Documenting Hatfield's Tercentenary Genealogy Reports
Introducing a guest blogger – UMASS PhD student Amanda Tewes of Morgan Hill, CA, who's been our museum intern for the summer. Amanda has used her talents to work on a Hatfield genealogy project for us – and she's just completed it. It starts in 1970 and stretches back four to five generations. We hope you enjoy her thoughts on the project!
(click photo for larger image)
By Amanda Tewes
Growing up in California, most of my peers were first or second generation Californians, as many families did not arrive in the state until the huge midcentury population boom and the national and international migration that ensued. New England experienced this boom much earlier than its Western neighbors, but the change in demographics was just as important to the development of the region. The effects of the influx of new nationalities like French Canadians and Poles to the traditionally Yankee stronghold were felt generations later as Hatfield, Massachusetts, prepared for its tercentenary celebration in 1970.
Before its 300th birthday, Hatfield's Tercentenary Committee encouraged residents to document their family histories with a simple questionnaire asking for the names of relatives, dates of birth, places of birth, and names of siblings going back four generations. Any other information was completely optional and may have required a bit of research on the part of the participating family—no small feat considering many families traced their roots to behind the Iron Curtain.
Kellogg Family (click photo for report)
Most of the completed questionnaires seem to have come from students ranging from kindergarten to high school; however, several entries came from older residents, some of whom also had children in school. This overlap presented some challenges in how to document and display the questionnaires. If a family completed multiple questionnaires, whose would take priority? Additionally, the finished questionnaires came to the Hatfield Historical Museum under the names of the male heads of household. Should we apply the same priority to the fathers or to their children, whose names adorned the top of the questionnaires?
These were just some of the questions we faced when beginning this project. But most importantly, we had to ask ourselves: how do researchers want to use this information? Accessibility is key for local history organizations, and we felt that posting this information online would allow for the largest audience. We grappled with simply scanning the original documents and providing a separate list of participants. However, when I research topics I prefer to have as much information at my fingertips as possible. So after much discussion, we decided to create two spreadsheets: a detailed list transcribing as much of the fifty-seven questionnaires as possible, and one with only the names of the participants and their ancestors. These spreadsheets, along with scans of the original documents, allow researchers maximum benefits of the information in this project.
Cady Family (click photo for report)
Perhaps you are still wondering why the Hatfield Historical Museum should go this far to document and share family histories from the tercentennial. One answer is that in the last four decades, the students who completed these genealogies have grown up, had families of their own, and scattered across the country. Sharing this information online allows these families to reconnect to their Hatfield roots, find long-lost cousins, and flesh out their own genealogies.
But I think there is also another answer. These genealogical questionnaires from the late 1960s tell us not only what Hatfield remembered about its past, but how it remembered its past: through the lives of individual family members. These questionnaire participants made Hatfield's history personal.
Michael Cady may have been one of many Irish immigrants who found their way to New England in the nineteenth century, but his is the story that matters to his descendants. Helping others find this personal connection is why I am proud to be a part of the Hatfield Historical Museum as we uncover family history from the town's tercentenary!
"The Loud, the Weird and the Wonderful..."
Our exhibit on Polish Immigration in Hatfield will be coming down in September, which means we'll have two large cases to fill. We will replace one case with an exhibit on Medical Care in Hatfield in Years Past -- and we're very excited about that, with museum volunteers Linda Golash and Vivian Kinzler taking the lead. Details to come in a future post. But that doesn't leave us any extra time or people to develop an exhibit for the second of the two large cases. What to do?
Whately saves the day. Last week we were visited at the museum by two members of the Whately Historical Society (Adelia Bardwell and Jane Grybko) because we had some duplicate local book items to deaccession and thought they might be interested. We got to talking about exhibits and how this year they didn't have quite enough artifacts in their Whately Postal History exhibit to fill their cases, so they ended up doing a case of recent acquisitions.
Brilliant. What a wonderful idea! Why didn't I think of that? Not only would it make the donors happy, but it would have broad appeal and be relatively quick and easy to assemble. It would also help us gauge interest for future exhibits.
"The Loud, the Weird and the Wonderful: A Sampling of Recent Acquisitions" will now be our second exhibit opening for Fall Festival on Oct. 6, 2013. Thank you Adelia and Jane!
**And if you'd like to check out the Whately Historical Society's Recent Acquisitions, as well as their look back at Whately Postal History and their perennial exhibit on Whately Potters, their museum is open every Tuesday morning from 9 am to 12 noon, or by appointment by calling 413-665-3837.


Board index OUR FAMILY OF SITES TUGS AND TOWING S.A.R.H.
Société Anonyme de Remorquage à Hélice - Antwerpen.
Build 1912 at Gebr. v/d Windt - Vlaardingen.
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24-01-1918 near Yorkshire Coast by U-34 torpedoed and lost.
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Photo of this short-lived tug from Antwerp journal "Neptune" of 7/3/1914.


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/*
  Copyright 2015  Dean Camera (dean [at] fourwalledcubicle [dot] com)

  Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute, and sell this
  software and its documentation for any purpose is hereby granted
  without fee, provided that the above copyright notice appear in
  all copies and that both that the copyright notice and this
  permission notice and warranty disclaimer appear in supporting
  documentation, and that the name of the author not be used in
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  The author disclaims all warranties with regard to this
  software, including all implied warranties of merchantability
  and fitness.  In no event shall the author be liable for any
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  whatsoever resulting from loss of use, data or profits, whether
  in an action of contract, negligence or other tortious action,
  arising out of or in connection with the use or performance of
  this software.
*/

/** \file
 *  \brief Board specific information header for the Micropendous series boards.
 *  \copydetails Group_BoardInfo_MICROPENDOUS_32U2
 *
 *  \note This file should not be included directly. It is automatically included as needed by the Board driver
 *        dispatch header located in LUFA/Drivers/Board/Board.h.
 */

/** \ingroup Group_BoardInfo
 *  \defgroup Group_BoardInfo_MICROPENDOUS_A MICROPENDOUS_A
 *  \brief Board specific information header for the Micropendous A (https://code.google.com/p/micropendous/wiki/MicropendousA).
 *
 *  See \ref Group_BoardInfo_MICROPENDOUS_32U2 for more details.
 */

/** \ingroup Group_BoardInfo
 *  \defgroup Group_BoardInfo_MICROPENDOUS_1 MICROPENDOUS_1
 *  \brief Board specific information header for the Micropendous 1 (https://code.google.com/p/micropendous/wiki/Micropendous1).
 *
 *  See \ref Group_BoardInfo_MICROPENDOUS_32U2 for more details.
 */

/** \ingroup Group_BoardInfo
 *  \defgroup Group_BoardInfo_MICROPENDOUS_2 MICROPENDOUS_2
 *  \brief Board specific information header for the Micropendous 2 (https://code.google.com/p/micropendous/wiki/Micropendous2).
 *
 *  See \ref Group_BoardInfo_MICROPENDOUS_32U2 for more details.
 */

/** \ingroup Group_BoardInfo
 *  \defgroup Group_BoardInfo_MICROPENDOUS_3 MICROPENDOUS_3
 *  \brief Board specific information header for the Micropendous 3 (https://code.google.com/p/micropendous/wiki/Micropendous3).
 *
 *  See \ref Group_BoardInfo_MICROPENDOUS_32U2 for more details.
 */

/** \ingroup Group_BoardInfo
 *  \defgroup Group_BoardInfo_MICROPENDOUS_4 MICROPENDOUS_4
 *  \brief Board specific information header for the Micropendous 4 (https://code.google.com/p/micropendous/wiki/Micropendous4).
 *
 *  See \ref Group_BoardInfo_MICROPENDOUS_32U2 for more details.
 */

/** \ingroup Group_BoardInfo
 *  \defgroup Group_BoardInfo_MICROPENDOUS_DIP MICROPENDOUS_DIP
 *  \brief Board specific information header for the Micropendous DIP (https://code.google.com/p/micropendous/wiki/MicropendousDIP).
 *
 *  See \ref Group_BoardInfo_MICROPENDOUS_32U2 for more details.
 */

/** \ingroup Group_BoardInfo
 *  \defgroup Group_BoardInfo_MICROPENDOUS_REV1 MICROPENDOUS_REV1
 *  \brief Board specific information header for the Micropendous Arduino-like Revision 1 (https://code.google.com/p/micropendous/wiki/Micropendous).
 *
 *  See \ref Group_BoardInfo_MICROPENDOUS_32U2 for more details.
 */

/** \ingroup Group_BoardInfo
 *  \defgroup Group_BoardInfo_MICROPENDOUS_REV2 MICROPENDOUS_REV2
 *  \brief Board specific information header for the Micropendous Arduino-like Revision 2 (https://code.google.com/p/micropendous/wiki/Micropendous).
 *
 *  See \ref Group_BoardInfo_MICROPENDOUS_32U2 for more details.
 */

/** \ingroup Group_BoardInfo
 *  \defgroup Group_BoardInfo_MICROPENDOUS_32U2 MICROPENDOUS_32U2
 *  \brief Board specific information header for the Micropendous series boards.
 *
 *  Board specific information header for the Micropendous series boards (https://code.google.com/p/micropendous).
 *
 *  @{
 */

#ifndef __BOARD_MICROPENDOUS_H__
#define __BOARD_MICROPENDOUS_H__

	/* Includes: */
		#include "../../../../Common/Common.h"

	/* Enable C linkage for C++ Compilers: */
		#if defined(__cplusplus)
			extern "C" {
		#endif

	/* Preprocessor Checks: */
		#if !defined(__INCLUDE_FROM_BOARD_H)
			#error Do not include this file directly. Include LUFA/Drivers/Board/Board.h instead.
		#endif

	/* Public Interface - May be used in end-application: */
		/* Macros: */
			#if ((BOARD == BOARD_MICROPENDOUS_32U2) || (BOARD == BOARD_MICROPENDOUS_A) || \
			     (BOARD == BOARD_MICROPENDOUS_1)    || (BOARD == BOARD_MICROPENDOUS_2) || \
			     (BOARD == BOARD_MICROPENDOUS_3)    || (BOARD == BOARD_MICROPENDOUS_4) || \
			     (BOARD == BOARD_MICROPENDOUS_REV1) || (BOARD == BOARD_MICROPENDOUS_REV2) || \
			     (BOARD == BOARD_MICROPENDOUS_DIP) || defined(__DOXYGEN__))
				#include "../../Buttons.h"

				/** Indicates the board has hardware Buttons mounted. */
				#define BOARD_HAS_BUTTONS
			#endif

			#if ((BOARD == BOARD_MICROPENDOUS_REV1) || (BOARD == BOARD_MICROPENDOUS_REV2) || \
			     (BOARD == BOARD_MICROPENDOUS_32U2) || defined(__DOXYGEN__))
				#include "../../LEDs.h"

				/** Indicates the board has hardware LEDs mounted. */
				#define BOARD_HAS_LEDS
			#endif

	/* Disable C linkage for C++ Compilers: */
		#if defined(__cplusplus)
			}
		#endif

#endif

/** @} */


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If you've opted out of The Button on your browser toolbar, you can also easily manage your account from your menu icon on the app (I'll walk you through setting it up a little later) or the Ebates website once you've logged into your account. To access this information from the website, once you're logged into your account, simply hover over your email address in the top right hand corner. From there, you will be able to choose from a list of account management links including your Cash Back Activity, your Big Fat Payment Settings, and your Account Settings.
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Looking for Trouble: Backstage Book 2 by Joan Wendland
by Joan Wendland | Dec 16, 2020 | Author | 0 comments
In the first Backstage novel, we are introduced to CC Law – a woman so desperate for work that she joins a secret society for no better reason than a steady paycheck. Little did she know that she would find both her dream job and love there. Then again, where is there? Backstage is far more mysterious than your average secret society. CC doesn't know who is running Backstage, and she can't even figure out where it is! CC doesn't take that lying down though. She will get to the bottom of Backstage come hell or high water.
"Looking for Trouble" continues the story of CC Law – a troubleshooter for the world. She and her team do their best to keep civilization on track, but even with nearly unlimited resources that can be a dicey deal. The first Backstage book introduced CC to the secret society and set for her a variety of difficult tasks, but in "Looking for Trouble" CC is invited to select her next task. In typical CC fashion, she may have bitten off more than she can chew.
This second book was inspired by a series of real world news articles I read about the massive gender imbalances in India and China, as well as the incel problem in North America. It seemed that the evidence of a near future calamity was everywhere, but the problem is so big no one wanted to acknowledge it. "Looking for Trouble" was written to raise awareness and get people thinking about possible solutions.
"Looking for Trouble" was thoroughly researched. If CC and her team read an article – it's a real article. All the statistics used were correct at the time the book was written. The numbers are staggering with India and China clocking in at millions more men than women. Since both cultures are strict about monogamy for women, their men are growing increasingly desperate. In China that desperation is being expressed as depression, but in India and among the incel community it is manifesting as violence against women. If there are solutions to be had, they will most likely be far outside of the box – which is CC's specialty!
One would think from the subject matter that "Looking for Trouble" would be unrelentingly depressing, but its genre is actually Hopepunk. CC and her team are all about solutions, and when you work as hard as they do then you need to play hard as well. There's drinking, gaming, and CC's favorite pastime – trying to figure out who's in charge of Backstage and where the heck it's located. Throw in an epic feud with her brother-in-law and there's more than enough light material to balance out the serious subject matter.
A third book, "Going Places", is planned to round out the Backstage trilogy. The full title of the first book is, "Backstage: A Novel of Secret Agendas, Slow Burn Romance, and Imaginary Cats". Also available from Joan Wendland is "Mr. Darcy: Cogs Maketh the Man" which is a steampunk retelling of Pride and Prejudice entirely from Mr. Darcy's point of view. Next in the Wendland pipeline is a fantasy novel tentatively titled Splinters of Divinity. All Joan's novels are available in ebook format on Amazon, and are free to read on Kindle Unlimited at:
Due to the issues the characters are trying to solve, Looking for Trouble contains content pertaining to sexual violence. This book is not recommended for young readers, or people who do not wish to be exposed to the subject matter. Healthy sexual relationships are portrayed as well – romance isn't dead Backstage!
Joan Wendland is a retired electrical engineer. She also owns and operates a small press game company called Blood & Cardstock Games. Her Twitter handle is @BandCGames.
You can find Joan's games at: https://blood-and-cardstock.com


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Q: IndexOutOfBoundsException in Edit Text for android i have an edit text in my activity.i am entering numbers in it manually but
   int mystart = destinationNumber.getSelectionStart();
   int myend = destinationNumber.getSelectionEnd();
   numberText.getText().replace(Math.min(mystart, myend), Math.max(mystart, myend),
                        "1", 0, 1);

its entering fine according to the cursor position.
i have a delete button in my acitivity which deletes single character according to cursor postion.
numberText.getText().delete(myend - 1, mystart);

But this logic is not working properly when i select whole text and call delete method it gives me IndexOutOfBoundsException OR i select 4-5 digits and call this delete.
I want the same functionality as android contact dialpad number enter field.Can someone help me figure out what is the correct logic to delete single digit from edittext and multiple selected digits as well.
Thanks

A: delete receives the start as first parameter and end as second, not the other way around.

A: Probably the error its taht mystart or myend(probably this) are bigger or smoller than numberText.lenght().
Try to put a Log.d("","" ) with the lenght of the text, mystart and myend and check if you need a myend -1 or something like that.

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Introducing Freida Pinto
"Being myself makes me feel most comfortable"
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Why did you choose to partner with Clarks?
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in the world of fashion and style that is really not preached, or talked about, because like I said earlier as well at the beginning of my career I was asked to sacrifice comfort for the sake of fashion and style, and being a fashion icon, which I think is not true at all – so I think Clarks and I have a common idea on the word comfort, and what it really means and, I find the collaboration very organic." - Freida Pinto
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HAPPY DONABE LIFE - Mrs. Donabe's Rustic Japanese Kitchen: Donabe Dinner in Sonoma 2...Tofu, Matsutake, Yuzu, Duck and more!
Donabe Dinner in Sonoma 2...Tofu, Matsutake, Yuzu, Duck and more!
On the second night in Sonoma, we had a couple of guests for our donabe dinner. They have never tasted donabe dishes before. Kyle and I made all the dishes with donabe.
A little snack with Champagne aperitif...my donabe steam-roasted fingerling potatoes with Yuzu-kosho mayo dipping sauce. It was cooked with tagine-style donabe, "Fukkura-san". (recipe is here) It was just a pre-dinner snack, yet these simple donabe-cooked potatoes made a huge impression on our guests already! Donabe cooks potatoes so good that they turn to something special. With Henriot, Champagne, Brut Souverain, it was so hard to stop eating these little potatoes.
Another course with tagine-style donabe, "Fukkura-san", was my donabe steam-fry sizzling tofu and mixed mushrooms in miso-sake sauce. They turn to donabe paparazzi!
With donabe smoker, "Ibushi Gin", I did simple smoked duck breast and eggs with creamy wasabi sauce. As soon as they tasted, one of our guests tweeted about it! Smoked duck and 2010 Quivira Vineyards, Old Vine Zinfandel, made beautiful mariage. Part of the vines are from pre-prohibition era!
Kyle did an amazing steamed dish with donabe steamer, "Mushi Nabe". It was chicken meatballs and matsutake mushrooms, steamed over deep chicken broth. As soon as they were steamed, these ingredients were divided into bowls, then the broth in the donabe was poured over. Great presentation, super deep flavor.
Rice course was yuzu butter rice, which was cooked in double-lid donabe rice cooker, "Kamado-san". I used my home-polished brown rice, so they were first surprised by how fresh the rice tasted, then they just loved tasting this super aromatic rice with such simple ingredients.
It was a great fun, and great success. Everybody loved everything. That's the donabe spirit.


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A Roman Reigns Heel Turn? Plus Ponderings From WWE Smackdown
How many years did we wait for a John Cena heel turn? Hell, some of us are still waiting. I was there at Wrestlemania XXII when he got booed out of the building during the main event. That was in 2006. So it's been at least a decade.
The smart bet is that it's never happening. At this point, why bother? It feels like the fans are finally starting to turn back around on Cena, and cheer him as Smackdown's resident legend. But there was a long period where so many of us were clamoring for Cena to snap back at those crowds that were booing him so hard.
Obviously we now have the same situation with Roman Reigns. For better or worse, he's the company's next chosen one. Like Cena, he comes out to a chorus of boos from most of the grown men in the audience. Children and women seem to enjoy him, but the fanboys hate him. And they're not likely to stop booing him anytime soon, especially given this stuff with the Undertaker.
This week's Raw segment with Roman struck a chord with me. Not just because Shawn Michaels was in there with him, but because he threatened to retire the Undertaker. As Undertaker is someone I've been watching since I was 11 years old, it almost felt personal. I suspect that's how a lot of people feel, and you've got to know WWE is counting on that.
I understand the generational, "passing the torch" element of WWE putting Reigns with the Undertaker. But I don't think having Roman beat the Undertaker helps him as far as being a lead babyface. People generally don't like seeing the Undertaker beaten in big matches. Wrestlemania XXX comes to mind.
If Roman is turning heel, however…
Keeping Roman strong is a top priority, and has been for years. In this company, you can't look any stronger than when you beat the Undertaker at Wrestlemania. Just ask Brock Lesnar and Paul Heyman. But Brock was also a heel when he did that. I don't see how beating the Undertaker at Wrestlemania makes Roman anything less than a heel. Mind you, I'm assuming that's the direction they're going. But I don't see them simply having Roman lose to Undertaker, unless the plan is for him to snap afterward and beat the hell out of him. Again, as a heel.
Perhaps it's pie in the sky thinking, and this heat from the crowds is simply part of being WWE's marquee man nowadays. But man, imagine the story of Roman beating the Undertaker, and officially becoming the most hated man in the company. Especially if he cheats to do it…
Ponderings From Smackdown:
AJ Styles cuts a promo on not having a match at Wrestlemania, promises to confront Shane McMahon. Hearing AJ trace his frustrations back to the Royal Rumble made this feel very reminiscent of Bret Hart in early 1997. He would always talk about being screwed out of the WWF Title. It all culminated in that famous moment on Raw when he shoved Vince McMahon, and cut that scathing, cuss-laden promo. Now all these years later, It's AJ against Vince's son. It somehow feels fitting.
Tom Phillips and JBL call the show without Mauro Ranallo and David Otunga. Ranallo was supposedly held up by bad weather, and Otunga is shooting a Tyler Perry movie. So for the first time in quite awhile, we had a two-man announce team on WWE television. Wouldn't you know it, the world didn't end. Just sayin'.
Becky Lynch def. Natalya via submission. Carmella attacks Becky after the match. Tremendous counter from the top turnbuckle into the Disarm-Her. I feel like the crowd chants for Becky Lynch every week. I'm legitimately rooting for her at Wrestlemania. She deserves a moment in the sun.
Noticed Carmella didn't have her accent in the backstage promo that followed. Did they drop it? If so, that sucks. That was instant heat with me.
John Cena and Nikki Bella appear on Miz TV. Maryse accuses Nikki of keeping her off the first season of Total Divas. Daniel Bryan makes a mixed tag match between the two couples for Wrestlemania. For months, the heels on this show have made it a point to talk about how Cena will never marry Nikki. Miz and Maryse did the same here, with a close-up of her wedding ring for good measure. So we're getting a proposal at Wrestlemania, right? Seems pretty obvious to me. Hey, we've never seen one before. So maybe it'll be cool.
Last week on Talking Smack, Daniel Bryan made a vague comment about possibly being able to wrestle again in a year and a half. I imagine that's when his contract expires. Obviously, his health issues have been well documented. Please be careful, good sir…
Mickie James def. Alexa Bliss. My question last week about Mickie turning face has apparently been answered. That's seemingly how she was positioned here. No complaints from me in that respect. Less experienced ladies on the heel side of things, like Alexa Bliss, could learn a lot from her. Phillips and JBL also told a nice story about Mickie potentially tying Trish Stratus' record of seven Women's Championships at Wrestlemania.
It wouldn't surprise me to see Alexa lose more matches in the coming weeks to advance how vulnerable she is in the multi-woman match at Wrestlemania.
Mojo Rawley def. Dolph Ziggler via count-out. You know what the interesting thing is about this story with Ziggler believing he deserves a bigger spotlight? He's right! He's legitimately more talented than everyone they've put him up against since his heel turn.
Randy Orton explains his actions against Bray Wyatt. One thing I would have added here: Having Orton talk about "relinquishing" his title shot at Wrestlemania, and how that was the final step in earning Bray's full confidence. Makes sense to me.
The visual of Bray "baptizing" himself with Sister Abigail's ashes was haunting, and I loved that he cut down on the laughing. His end of this was really good.
In a backstage promo, Baron Corbin says he'll take Dean Ambrose's Intercontinental Title if he can make it to Wrestlemania. No Ambrose on TV this week, which is fine. He's selling the injury, and it builds some anticipation to when we do see him again. Corbin gave his standard delivery here, which is to say it was strictly okay. But they gave him a good line: "They say Dean Ambrose can get up from anything. Well I'm the man that puts people down."
The Usos def. American Alpha. I'm fine with these two teams working together again, especially now that the Usos seem to have found their heel groove. But when they're done, who do they go to next? This Smackdown Tag Team Division is in desperate need of a shake-up. The Vaudevillians and the Ascension are dead teams. Breezango is a joke. Who else is there? Once Zack Ryder comes back, there's a chance the Hype Bros can actually become something. But until then, these two teams are seemingly all that Smackdown has.
AJ Styles ambushes Shane McMahon in the parking garage, smashes his head through a car window. Daniel Bryan apparently fires Styles, but Shane later calls him out for Wrestlemania. And here it is. I think the brawl we saw was all the impetus we need for this to be a Street Fight.
I maintain this is a good spot for AJ to be in at Wrestlemania. It's not going to be Nakamura at Wrestle Kingdom. But AJ will get to shine here, and odds are he'll win. He's going to be just fine, folks.
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1 For yourselves, brethren, know our entrance in unto you, that it was not in vain: 2 But even after that we had suffered before, and were shamefully entreated, as ye know, at Philippi, we were bold in our God to speak unto you the gospel of God with much contention. 3 For our exhortation was not of deceit, nor of uncleanness, nor in guile: 4 But as we were allowed of God to be put in trust with the gospel, even so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, which trieth our hearts. 5 For neither at any time used we flattering words, as ye know, nor a cloak of covetousness; God is witness: 6 Nor of men sought we glory, neither of you, nor yet of others, when we might have been burdensome, as the apostles of Christ. 7 But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children: 8 So being affectionately desirous of you, we were willing to have imparted unto you, not the gospel of God only, but also our own souls, because ye were dear unto us. 9 For ye remember, brethren, our labour and travail: for labouring night and day, because we would not be chargeable unto any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God. 10 Ye are witnesses, and God also, how holily and justly and unblameably we behaved ourselves among you that believe: 11 As ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father doth his children, 12 That ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory. 13 For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe. 14 For ye, brethren, became followers of the churches of God which in Judaea are in Christ Jesus: for ye also have suffered like things of your own countrymen, even as they have of the Jews: 15 Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they please not God, and are contrary to all men: 16 Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to fill up their sins alway: for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost. 17 But we, brethren, being taken from you for a short time in presence, not in heart, endeavoured the more abundantly to see your face with great desire. 18 Wherefore we would have come unto you, even I Paul, once and again; but Satan hindered us. 19 For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Are not even ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming? 20 For ye are our glory and joy.
1 Wherefore when we could no longer forbear, we thought it good to be left at Athens alone; 2 And sent Timotheus, our brother, and minister of God, and our fellowlabourer in the gospel of Christ, to establish you, and to comfort you concerning your faith: 3 That no man should be moved by these afflictions: for yourselves know that we are appointed thereunto. 4 For verily, when we were with you, we told you before that we should suffer tribulation; even as it came to pass, and ye know. 5 For this cause, when I could no longer forbear, I sent to know your faith, lest by some means the tempter have tempted you, and our labour be in vain. 6 But now when Timotheus came from you unto us, and brought us good tidings of your faith and charity, and that ye have good remembrance of us always, desiring greatly to see us, as we also to see you: 7 Therefore, brethren, we were comforted over you in all our affliction and distress by your faith: 8 For now we live, if ye stand fast in the Lord. 9 For what thanks can we render to God again for you, for all the joy wherewith we joy for your sakes before our God; 10 Night and day praying exceedingly that we might see your face, and might perfect that which is lacking in your faith? 11 Now God himself and our Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way unto you. 12 And the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we do toward you: 13 To the end he may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints.


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Q: How to get dynamically added elements name using jQuery find() method? I practicing jQuery, I came into a scenario which requires me to get the element name that is dynamically added inside the #field div. my code below is working on static elements but not those elements that is manipulated dynamically.
//This works on static elements
$('#field').find('input, select, textarea').each( function() {
   var name = $(this).attr('name');
});

I also tried:
1.
$('#field').get(0).find('input, select, textarea').each(function() {
   var name = $(this).attr('name');
});

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$('#field').find('input, select, textarea').each(document, function() {
   var name = $(this).attr('name');
});

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$('#field').find('input, select, textarea').get[0].each(function() {
   var name = $(this).attr('name');
});

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$(document, '#field').find('input, select, textarea').each(function() {
      var name = $(this).attr('name');
});

PS: no.4 works but some elements outside the div is displayed. I want only those element inside #field div. the attempt no.1 - no.3 is not working.

A: How about onchange event?
you need to have a change event that care about changes on your input elements, also I made a button to change dynamically one of the elemtns, now whenever you change them, statically or dynamically all of them will change.
Important note
you need to trigger change() event wherever you are dynamically change your inputs, look at js section that I called .change() method.

$('input, select, textarea').on('change', function() {
   $('#field').find('input, select, textarea').each( function()      {
     var name = $(this).attr('name');
     $(this).val(name);
   });
});

function myclick(){
  // first let's change one of them dynamically
  $("#thisone").val("hello").change();
  return;
}
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<div id="field">
<input  name="saeid" value="nothing">
  <input id="thisone" name="Hdog" value="nothing">
  <input  name="jack" value="nothing">
  <input  name="maz" value="nothing">
  <input  name="banana" value="nothing">

</div>
<input  name="banana" value="nothing">
<input  name="banana" value="nothing">
<input  name="banana" value="nothing">
<input type="button" onclick="myclick();" value="chane one of them and update all of them">


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UTEP at Houston Game Preview
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After posting a 2-1 mark on a three-game homestand, UTEP will play three of its next four games on the road. The Miners (13-9, 6-3 C-USA) will begin the stretch on Wednesday at Houston (14-8, 3-6 C-USA).
UTEP begins a demanding four-game stretch against the Cougars. The combined record of the Miners' next four opponents (Houston, UCF, Southern Miss, NM State) is 67-28. UTEP will play at Houston on Feb. 13, at Southern Miss on Feb. 20 and at NM State on Feb. 23. Those teams are a combined 30-6 on their home courts.
Up first is a Houston team that has gone 10-4 at Hofheinz Pavilion, while taking UCF to overtime and blowing out to a 19-point second half lead against Tulane before losing 88-85 on Saturday.
"They are one of the more physical teams in our league. They are one of the more talented scoring teams in the league," UTEP coach Tim Floyd said. "They are averaging 78 points per game. I think we average around 65. We will have to make up for some things defensively."
Sophomore forward TaShawn Thomas rates among the national leaders in rebounds per game (9.6, 25th) and double-doubles (nine, 26th). He is averaging 15.9 points and shooting 53 percent from the field. Thomas is second in C-USA in rebounding and third in blocked shots. Sophomore guard Joseph Young is eighth in the NCAA in free throw percentage (.900) and leads Houston in scoring (17.2 ppg). Forward Danuel House leads all Conference USA freshmen in scoring (12.7 ppg) and has scored 20+ points five times, including 28 against SMU on Jan. 9.
"TaShawn Thomas is one of the top two or three bigs in our league," Floyd said. "He has had 40 points and 24 boards in three games against us. They've got Joseph Young, who is an outstanding scorer and a real matchup problem for us on the perimeter. They put five guys out there who can make shots."
The Miners have struggled historically at Hofheinz Pavilion, posting a 2-6 record, although all eight games have been decided by 10 points or less. That's typical in a series where the teams have met 18 times as Conference USA members, and 15 of the games have been determined by eight points or fewer.
UTEP notched two wins in three tries versus Houston last season, including in the opening round of the Conference USA Tournament at Memphis. In three games versus Houston last season, junior center John Bohannon averaged 15.7 points and 9.7 rebounds with two double-doubles. Sophomore forward Julian Washburn scored in double figures in all three games, averaging 15.0 ppg with a .545 (18-for-33) field goal percentage.
The Miners are hoping to get back on the winning track after a disappointing performance against Tulsa over the weekend. Floyd knows it won't be easy on Wednesday night.
"When I watch [Houston], I say 'How in the heck are we going to guard them?'" he said. "That's what I'm worried about. Teams are always good at home, and their home record has been very good."


Yesterday was another blow for Sheffield Eagles, in a long line of disappointments off the field. After discussions with the Olympic Legacy Park committee, the people who had promised the Eagles a ground of their own, the club found out that they had opted with another bidder and the final decision now lies with Sheffield City Council.
It's a terrible state of events for Sheffield, who won't receive any money from food or drinks purchases in the stadium if the Council side with the OLP's preferred choice – Sheffield United chairman Kevin McCabe's Scarborough Group.
So if the Eagles do move in, it will be an home of sorts but there will be no guarantee that the stadium will be up to RFL standards by the start of next season or even by the end of 2018.
Not being able to maximise profit in the ground via food and drinks sales is something that the club will have to deal with but the people behind the scenes at Sheffield will be working hard to find a place to play next year, considering the rumours about Wakefield's move out of their ground.
The Eagles' investor had said before the decision that he will stay by the club, no matter what the decision from the OLP and Council is. However, he/she must be slightly miffed at the result of the recent discussions when you consider Sheffield were promised a ground and now they won't even be able to run it themselves.
The Eagles are currently playing at Trinity's Beaumont Legal Stadium. Several ground changes in the past few years have hampered the squad, although they did make the top four in 2015 when playing in Doncaster.
Coach Mark Aston has stuck by the club, like he has done ever since the ill-fated merger between Sheffield and Huddersfield in 1999, just a year after the Eagles' famous Challenge Cup victory starring the Lance Todd winning Aston.
This season has followed the same path as last year for the Eagles, with the side capable of great things but the bottom line is they're too inconsistent.
But as previously mentioned, and as the column title suggests, there is now more things to worry about for the club and their hardy followers who may be small in size but not in voice.
Once again, it seems the city of Sheffield has shown that it simply doesn't want a rugby team in its area despite the fact that the club's last two permanent seasons at Don Valley brought with it two consecutive Grand Final wins.
It's another awful situation for the Eagles.


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