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Tinker, soldier, sailor, thief: The visual representations and appropriations of the male sexual outlaw as a gay fantasy figure in the Arts and in fashion imagery
Doron, Itai (2016) Tinker, soldier, sailor, thief: The visual representations and appropriations of the male sexual outlaw as a gay fantasy figure in the Arts and in fashion imagery. Critical Studies in Men's Fashion, 3 (2). pp. 79-93. ISSN 2050-070x
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Doron, Itai
This article examines the subject and visual representation of the gay fantasy figure, with specific reference to the male sexual outlaw character and its embodiment in the archetypes of the sailor and male hustler, and their fantasmatic performance in fashion editorials and advertising campaigns. It will focus on themes of homoeroticism, narratives of sexual danger, duality and adornment (with specific reference to tattooed bodies), and will provide an overview of the fascination with the rough trade type that gay artists and audiences share, and the dichotomy of 'good and evil' and 'tragic and comic' in these artists' subversive rendition of homo-hetero desire. The starting points for this article are two seminal works on the Male Sexual Outlaw as a central focal point for their audiences' desire: Jean Genet's novel Querelle de Brest (1947, illustrated by Jean Cocteau) and Philip-Lorca diCorcia's series of photographs titled Hustlers (1990–1992). By focusing on the figures of the professional mariner and the male prostitute, and incorporating underlying references to the male-dominated shady underworlds they supposedly inhabit and a life lived on the margins of society, the work investigates the representation and desire for a sexually dominant man from within the canon of western white gay male art.
http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/journals/view-Article,id=22267/
Additional Information (Publicly available):
Access to this publication is restricted until the 1st September 2017, due to the publisher's copyright policy. If you would like access, please contact UAL Research Online.
Keywords/subjects not otherwise listed:
fashion photography, spectatorship, gay identity, Jean Genet, fantasy figure, prostitution
Intellect Journals
Colleges > London College of Fashion
10.1386/csmf.3.2.79_1


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Analyst: Despite 80% Drop Bitcoin Network is as Strong as Ever, Enduring Fundamentals
Bitcoin (BTC) may be struggling price-wise, but an array of analysts claim that from a fundamental perspective, the cryptocurrency is stronger than ever. And while headlines have focused on impending institutional involvement, whether it be through Bakkt, Fidelity, ErisX, or otherwise, little attention has been drawn to Bitcoin's network statistics.
Interestingly, however, the latter set of fundamentals is where the meat is, so to speak.
Bitcoin Mining Ecosystem
Leading crypto trader Thrillmex, who also goes by Rampage, recently took to Twitter to issue a breakdown of Bitcoin's pertinent network statistics, and what they indicate.
The analyst noted that per Blockchain.com data, miners' aggregate revenues, determined through the dollar cost per Bitcoin transaction (currently at $18), are reaching two-year lows. Moreover, the transaction fee facet of mining revenues has reached a five-year low, with Thrillmex even dubbing this chart "brutal."
Bitcoin miners revenue is hitting a near 2 year low.
This also means that it's becoming super cheap to transact on the network again.
Anyone remember the ridiculous fee's and long wait times to transact in late 2017?
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— 𝓡𝓪𝓶𝓹𝓪𝓰𝓮 (@Thrillmex) February 17, 2019
In spite of this, however, the average daily transaction count on Bitcoin is nearing December 2017's all-time highs, when BTC entered a "full-on parabola" stage. The number of Bitcoin wallets made on Blockchain.com has also swelled, with there now being 33 million verified users.
Hashrate, arguably the most important statistic, save for transaction count, has also grown drastically. Since bottoming in December at 31 million terahashes per second, this figure has begun to steadily climb to 47 million terahashes, with Thrillmex claiming this indicates that "previous miners are holding strong, as new hash power is entering the market."
The dichotomy between waning miner revenues and the near-consistent growth in hashrate led Thrillmex to deduce that money is still getting siphoned into this space. And as such, he determined that the underlying Bitcoin blockchain is likely stronger than ever, in spite of the tumult that BTC has undergone. From a more anecdotal perspective, Thrillmex explained that as miners have the "most skin in the game," no one wants to see Bitcoin succeed more than they do. Therefore, said entities will do everything in their power to maintain profitability.
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But Thrillmex made sure to remain cautiously optimistic. Ending his thread, the analyst noted that capital continues to pour into this space to build out infrastructure, but "without a corresponding user base." Yet, he added that this only accentuates that Bitcoin holds a great risk, but monumental upside potential — an "asymmetric risk/return profile" as Anthony Pompliano of Morgan Creek Digital would put it.
Related Reading: Crypto Investor Urges Consumers to Accumulate Bitcoin Before Halving, Rally Expected?
But, Filb Filb begged to differ. The analyst noted that the use of the aggregate value of transaction fees in this context is moot, as 99% of a miner's revenue comes from block rewards, rather than the transaction market. Anyhow, the fact remains that the Bitcoin Network's hashrate is trending higher, even as BTC continues to trade in a tight range under $4,000.
Don't Fret, Fundamentals Are Here
Thrillmex's recent comments come after Dan Held, a former product manager at Blockchain.com, remarked that in terms of bullish catalysts, Bitcoin is "as strong as ever,"
Held, who founded Interchange, drew attention to the fact that despite the so-called "crypto winter," Bitcoin is still seeing upwards of $1 billion in nominal transaction value each and every day. The long-time industry proponent added that the development of Bitcoin-centric scaling, privacy, and programmability protocols, like the Lightning Network, Taproot, and Rootstock, should have investors enthused.
From a business-focused perspective, Held also noted that Bitcoin has garnered a stamp of approval from the Intercontinental Exchange, in the form of Bakkt, Fidelity Investments, among an array of other Wall Street mainstays.
Lastly, he claimed that the fact government debts are continually establishing all-time highs day-over-day should have Bitcoin investors over the moon. For some context, MarketWatch recently reported that U.S. public debt surpassed $22 trillion. In response to this swelling statistic, the Peterson Foundation, an American financial services group that is focused on amending the nation's economic issues, claimed that the fiscal situation is "not only unsustainable but accelerating."
While this isn't an explicitly bullish catalyst for decentralized, digital money, some pundits have argued that Bitcoin provides an easy-to-use way out of the incumbent financial ecosystem.
Travis Kling, the chief investment officer of Ikigai, recently quipped that Bitcoin is a perfect hedge against "fiscal and monetary policy irresponsibility." He stated that the monumental rise of employed quantitative easing (QE) strategies, along with the growth of debt, is "how you would write the script" for the adoption of cryptocurrencies, especially ones that aren't tied to the legacy world.
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Q: Variable inside asset function not rendering in blade template engine in Laravel 5 I've tried both but the variable $image->name is not rendering.
{!! asset('uploads/posts/thumbnails/$image->name') !!}
{{ asset('uploads/posts/thumbnails/$image->name') }}

it out puts the html as follows
<img src="http://localhost/blog/uploads/posts/thumbnails/$image->name/">

I don't want to use this
{{asset('uploads/posts/thumbnails')}}/{{ $image->name }}

Is there any other way?
Help!

A: Take the variable out of the string literal, because it get treated as a string, not a variable:
{!! asset('uploads/posts/thumbnails/' . $image->name) !!}

Or use double quote " (it parses the variables in it)
{!! asset("uploads/posts/thumbnails/$image->name") !!}

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Unfortunately, most children do not feel safe at school. This comes, as no surprise to most parents. We are constantly bombarded with school shootings and respected teachers and coaches molesting the children, supposedly while in the safe confines of our schools. The bullying at school continues, even when a child is safely at home. District Unified School Police are frequently patrolling the campus of Public schools to ensure the safety of our children. Something is definitely wrong with this picture.
Our children are being harassed both on and off campus via contemptuous bullies or the far reaching convenience of the Internet. Gang activity, selling drugs and promiscuous behaviors are common occurrences in our schools today. How can we protect our children from this unsafe environment taking place in the schools?
It's no wonder, we are witnessing the rapid decline of our schools. Tragically, schools that have had shootings will have to employ child psychologist to help the children deal with the trauma of these shootings taking place at their schools. This type of stress clearly hinders learning. How can a child concentrate or learn with the threat of violence lurking at recess and even in the class rooms?
Anti -social behavior is running rampant in our schools. Kids are being threatened and teased mercilessly every day. Most schools have a no tolerance for violence rule set in place. This rule does not discourage this unruly violent behavior. In fact, some children are threatened by the bullies to keep quiet about these horrific instances.
The pristine, private schools are also experiencing these type of behaviors. Consider this true scenario. A fourth grade girl was being verbally harassed by a boy in her classroom. This young boy was saying vulgar curse words to this young girl. The young girl reported this incident to her teacher and her mother when she arrived home. The mother was livid that this type of behavior was taking place at a private parochial school.
The boy was suspended by the principle because the boys comments were over heard by others in the classroom. He was forced to apologize to the young girl. You would think, the incident was resolved with the suspension of the young boy. Wrong. The young boys friends harassed the young girl daily and asked her, "why she got their friend kicked out of school"? The ramifications of these actions are far reaching.
It seems, we must confront the parents or guardians of these disruptive children to remedy the violence in our schools. A nominal fine for the parents and suspension for the student might be the answer. Later, behavior modification might be in order also.
Home schooling is gaining momentum and looking more and more appealing to the children and the parents alike. Parents are looking for safe alternatives for educating their children.


Your newborn's skin is interesting.
When your baby is in the womb, the skin is in constant contact with amniotic fluid which is mostly composed of water. Mother Nature provides this fluid layer to act as a cushion to protect your growing baby from injury, to help develop your baby's lungs, and to provide the space and means for your growing baby to move easily. Being able to move is important because movement helps to promote your baby's muscle and bone development.
Mother Nature also provides a protection for your baby's skin while living in this fluid environment. That protection is a cheesy-like substance known as vernix. You will see various amounts of vernix on your newborn's skin, from a little to a lot, depending on when your baby is born.
As your baby matures over the first few days to weeks you may notice the skin peeling on your baby's lips, hands, and feet. If your baby is born after your due date, your baby may have peeling skin at birth. The skin after peeling will be soft and smooth. This process is normal as part of the transition from the fluid environment of the womb to the air environment outside the womb. No lotions or creams should be used on your baby during this time as they will interfere with this natural shedding of the top layer of skin. Soon all of the peeling skin will be gone and your newborn's skin will be soft and smooth.
If your baby is born early you may see a fine downy layer of hair on the ears, the temples, the forehead, and the back. This abundance of hair is known as lanugo. Lanugo begins to fall out while your baby is still in the womb, and it will continue to disappear on its own after your baby is born.
It is very common for your newborn's skin to develop little white spots that are known as milia. These tiny spots are usually found on the nose and face. Milia are formed by dead skin cells that do not slough off (due to a still developing oil gland system) and the cells get trapped in tiny pockets in the skin. These tiny white spots are harmless and will go away on their own within a few weeks.
Baby acne is another possibility for your newborn's skin experience. Small pink to red spots may appear in patches or alone, usually on your baby's cheeks, chin, and forehead. This rash is thought to be caused by the hormones your baby is exposed to in the last trimester of your pregnancy. Baby acne may last for a few months. The best treatment is none at all. Just continue your usual face washing routine, using warm water only, and your baby's skin should clear up on its own.
So you see, your newborn's skin may be very different than picture perfect. All of these skin conditions are normal, and come and go on their own.
With or without vernix, peeling skin, lanugo, milia, or baby acne, your newborn's skin is perfect. With peace of mind you can embrace all of these events as a natural part of the adventure of being a newborn.
This entry was posted on June 6, 2013 by D. Fravert, RN. It was filed under Baby Care Tips and was tagged with amniotic fluid, baby acne, D.Fravert RN, lanugo, milia, Newborn Baby Manual, newborn peeling skin, vernix, Your newborn's skin.


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// Licensed to the .NET Foundation under one or more agreements.
// The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.

using System.Linq;
using System.Threading;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Editor.CSharp.DecompiledSource;
using Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Editor.UnitTests.Workspaces;
using Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Test.Utilities;
using Roslyn.Test.Utilities;
using Xunit;

namespace Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Editor.CSharp.UnitTests.DecompiledSource
{
    [UseExportProvider]
    public class DecompiledSourceFormattingTests
    {
        [Fact, Trait(Traits.Feature, Traits.Features.DecompiledSource)]
        public async Task TestIfFormatting1()
        {
            await TestAsync(
@"class C {
  void M() {
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@"class C
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        public async Task TestIfFormatting2()
        {
            await TestAsync(
@"class C {
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@"class C
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            await TestAsync(
@"class C {
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@"class C
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        {
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        public async Task TestDoWhile()
        {
            await TestAsync(
@"class C {
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@"class C
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        public async Task TestNestedIf()
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        public async Task TestBraces()
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            await TestAsync(
@"class C {
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            var formatted = await CSharpDecompiledSourceService.FormatDocumentAsync(document, CancellationToken.None);
            var test = await formatted.GetTextAsync();

            AssertEx.Equal(expected, test.ToString());
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    }
}

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Best New Boba Trend
Mitsu Teahouse
The hottest current thing in the world of tapioca drinks, a.k.a. boba tea (or, as Hillary Clinton recently called them when she tried one in New York, "chewy tea") isn't a crazy new flavor or new way to marinate the root starch balls — it's cotton candy!
Readers Poll Winners
Best Bakery Golden Gate Bakery
Film Society Awards Night @ Bimbo's
San Francisco Film Society held their Film Society Awards Night at Bimbo's on Tuesday, May 7th. Harrison Ford was in attendance accepting the 2013 Peter J. Owens Award. Photographs by Josh Edelson for SF Weekly.
Top Film Stories
By Sherilyn Connelly
Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt
By Jeffrey Edalatpour
Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You
All of Me (Llévate Mis Amores)
Don't Think Twice
July 14, 2004 Film
Duff, Dumb, and Blond
There's no magic in this Cinderella Story
By Luke Y. Thompson Wednesday, Jul 14 2004
Ron Batzdorff
A Cinderella Story.
Opens Friday
Nitpicking a movie aimed at young girls can come across as gratuitously cruel, but if you're neither female nor young, you should be warned that A Cinderella Story pretty much sucks. Now then, to the little ladies: You may not be convinced by anything that's about to be said, but it would be a dereliction of critical duty not to at least try.
If Walt Disney had been able to use technology to clone a generic teenage star in some secret laboratory, the result might well have been something like Hilary Duff, a prefab pop singer who looks just like all the other blond pop stars, yet somehow doesn't manage to generate any kind of sexy vibe despite being reasonably pretty (unlike with Britney and the Olsens, few are obsessing about the date Duff turns 18). Duff isn't a bad actress, yet her career is so micromanaged and depends so much upon image over substance that it's impossible to tell what she's truly capable of.
And she keeps playing ugly-duckling roles, which is an insult to her audience. Mandy Moore had it right when she made her big-screen debut as the bitchy blond villainess in The Princess Diaries; only later, having dyed her hair dark brown and donned sickly makeup, did she try a more modest role in A Walk to Remember. Duff could probably be prom queen at most any high school in the country, yet as Lizzie McGuire and this new Cinderella, we're expected to believe that guys ignore her and girls ridicule her. Hilary could do worse than emulate the career of older sister Haylie, who isn't as famous but excels as the smarmy would-be class president in Napoleon Dynamite.
It's not like there's much point in synopsizing the plot of A Cinderella Story, but it's always possible that some readers don't remember whether Cinderella was the fairy tale about the apple or the one about the glass slipper, or maybe the long hair. It's the slipper, but since kids today can't relate to archaic footwear, it's replaced herein with a lost cell phone. Our Cinderella (here named Samantha Montgomery, possibly as a Bewitched reference) meets her Prince Charming, football star Austin Ames (Chad Michael Murray), in an online chat. Only she doesn't know he's a football star, because despite their near-endless instant-messaging sessions ("We've been at this for five hours!"), they've never e-mailed photos of each other or used real names.
Samantha lives with two stupid stepsisters and a plastic-surgery nightmare of a stepmom (Jennifer Coolidge, funnier when she was Stifler's mom). Her father died during the Northridge earthquake, when he was dumb enough to say, "I'll be right back!," after hearing a strange noise. Evil stepmother Fiona loves pink, which is movie shorthand for tacky, and she also has a weird thing about fish, so when she takes over the family diner, it starts serving things like salmon waffles and sushi-filled doughnuts (sadly, that's as close to humor as the movie gets).
Samantha has a platonic best buddy named Carter (Dan Byrd), who, in any other movie, might end up being the perfect guy she falls for, but this is Cinderella, after all, and turning down Prince Charming in favor of a real, attainable friend would defeat the purpose. As for the fairy godmother, there's nothing fairylike about her (casting a gay male would have been funny, but again, too subversive). She's Rhonda (Regina King), a take-no-nonsense black woman who works at Fiona's diner purely so she can keep an eye out for Samantha, who's forced to toil day and night at the diner and at home. She's got a really nice house for someone who's worked under a stingy boss at a diner for the past eight years, but this is a fairy tale, after all. Paul Rodriguez plays a cook at the diner, but he doesn't do or say anything amusing -- he might as well be an extra.
The ball at which Samantha finally meets her anonymous prince is now a Halloween dance. He's revealed at last as the jock she used to dislike in real life, and she ... well, she's in "disguise," wearing a tiny mask that covers about as much of her face as Clark Kent's glasses do. Will she have the courage to tell him she's really the world's most glamorous diner waitress? And if she does, how can the movie possibly fill the rest of its running time?
You don't wanna know. Symptomatic of the film's contrived nature is one truly painful slapstick bit in which the stepsisters chase each other through a carwash, despite the fact that they could very easily have run somewhere else and escaped danger more effectively.
Readers may ask themselves, "Like, ohmigod, what do these critics expect, Gone With the Wind? Peep this: It's just a fun movie, yo!" (Did we mention that hearing suburban teens mouth lame hip-speak is apparently hilarious to the filmmakers?) Fair enough -- A Cinderella Story is obviously not trying to be great art, but is it too much to expect it to try to reach the, uh, heights of Agent Cody Banks or The Lizzie McGuire Movie? If you let them, studio executives will take endless advantage of the fact that many kids have no discernment whatsoever, as will Hilary's producer/mother. Don't encourage that.
Tags: Film, Film, Hilary Duff, Lizzie McGuire, Walt Disney, Napoleon Dynamite
"Ned Rifle": Liam Aiken plays a younger Fool in Hal Hartley's latest sequel to Henry Fool
Jonathan Kiefer @ 5:00 PM On Wed, April 1
"Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb": The Film, Like the Characters, Keeps Coming Back to Life
Sherilyn Connelly @ 4:00 PM On Tue, December 16


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Native American Slavery and Enslavers with Andres Resendez
July 7, 2022 / John Piche / 1619 Project
Professor Resendez discusses his book, The Other Slavery: The Uncovered Story of Indian Enslavement in America. Prof. Resendez discusses pre-Colonial enslavement among the native people of North America and the Caribbean. How the Spanish invasion changed native societies, altered slavery, and decimated entire populations. Also discussed is how the abolitionists movement and Civil War Amendments included and excluded Native Americans due in part to the systems of debt peonage.
Andrés Reséndez is a professor of history and author who grew up in Mexico City and currently teaches at the University of California at Davis. His specialties are early European exploration and colonization of the Americas, the U.S-Mexico border region, and the early history of the Pacific Ocean. His previous book, The Other Slavery: The Uncovered Story of Indian Enslavement in America (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016), was a finalist for the 2016 National Book Award and winner of the 2017 Bancroft Prize from Columbia University. His latest book, Conquering the Pacific (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2021), is about the first expedition to go from America to Asia and back, thus transforming the Pacific Ocean into a vital space of contact and exchange.


Join the fun - participate in a swim meet!
You've joined swim club, you've practiced your strokes, it's time to test the water.
Here are some tips to help you navigate your first meet. Don't forget, Ozark Swimming posts all upcoming meets and meet invitations.
Team suit - Swimmers furnish their own team suits (not required.) Suits may be ordered from Agon Swim.
Caps - The equipment manager and coaches have an inventory of team-caps and practice caps for sale.
Diversions - books, games, cards, etc.
Typically, there is a concession stand with snacks and drinks, and equipment vendor(s) to replace the seemingly inevitable lost or broken goggles, etc.
A swim meet can be viewed as parental abuse or as a positive experience! Here are some tips to help keep your vision in the realm of the latter.
Have your swimmer arrive in time for the warm-up session. Swimmers need this time to limber up and to accustom themselves to the starting blocks, walls, and pool in which they will be competing.
Needs of the Swimmer: To minimize whining or crankiness, you ought to properly equip your swimmer to handle the long waits between races.
Dress appropriately. Indoor pools are like August in St. Louis, while holding areas are arctic during the winter. Dress in layers and peel away as the need arises.
Bring books, paper work, needlepoint, knitting, etc. Leave the young ones at home if possible. Meets can last upward of five hours, long enough to try anyone's patience.
Volunteer to assist with timing. No experience is necessary. You provide a valuable service, you may meet interesting people, you see your own child up close, and the host team provides your food and drink. The meet goes faster when you are more engaged.
Volunteer to become a stroke and turn official. You'll be kept busy during the meet and provide a valuable service.
Form a car pool with other families, especially when you have two or more kids swimming in different halves of a split session meet. One can take the morning bunch and the other can take the afternoon crowd.
IMPORTANT - UCSC IS NOT RESPONSIBLE for any swimmer attending meets without parental supervision. If you cannot attend, please make adequate arrangements with someone else to be responsible for your child(ren) before rooms are reserved for away meets and one week in advance if the meet is not a travel meet.
We welcome you to UCSC and look forward to getting to know you. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to ask!
Meet Entry Fees, Procedures, Etc.
UCSC pays the meet fees in one check to the host club. In return the parents are billed. There can be no refund to a family once the meet entries are submitted to the host team.
Meet fees range from $2.00 to $3.50 per individual event. There is also a surcharge per swimmer that goes to the Ozark travel fund. This surcharge can range from $2.00 per swimmer to $10.00 per swimmer depending on the location of the meet. Swimmers who cannot participate in their events for whatever reason are still accountable for their fees.
A meet invitation will be emailed to all families. It is important that you read this information as it relays the time, place, and session events for each meet.
Meets are regulated by USA Swimming and the Ozark Local Swim Committee (LSC). Stroke and turn judges observe the swimmers. They are obligated to disqualify (DQ) any swimmer they see that is not swimming according to the stroke and turn rules governed by USA Swimming.
Swimmers in Age Group swimming are classified by their age and their fastest times in their events. Swimmers are placed in events according to their age the first day of a meet. Each age group swims different events. The events vary in length of races. The traditional age groups are 10 & under, 11-12, 13-14, and Open. Anyone may swim in the Open category. An example of an event listing is as follows: an 11 year old boy who is swimming the 50 back stroke will be found on the meet program/invitation under the event "11-12 Boys, 50 Backstroke". Each event is also given an event number.
Positive check-in 30 minutes prior to the completion of warm-ups may be required at Ozark meets. Therefore, when a swimmer arrives at a meet, they should check in before they do anything else. In positive check-in, swimmers mark through their names and events on the posted check-in sheets, then proceed to the team's assigned lane for warm-ups.
Most meets are pre-seeded. When meets are pre-seeded, the swimmers refer to heat sheets (usually sold at concession stands or posted on deck) for their heat and lane numbers. The swimmers in pre-seeded meets are expected to get to the correct lane in time for their heat. Many swimmers write their event and heat numbers on their arms so they do not miss a race. Swimmers need to watch so they know when to line up for their race. Parents help for younger swimmers.
How will my child know what to do? At most meets, there are adult volunteers running the "bullpen." They help ensure that the swimmers line up in the proper order by event and heat and move to the pool in an orderly fashion.
All races are swum in heats. The final results depend on the meet format. The swimmer is initially placed, or seeded, in an event according to his/her fastest previous time. A rating of NT means no time has yet been established. The group of swimmers is then divided into heats according to speed. The first race is usually swum with the slowest swimmers and the last with the fastest.
The number of heats is determined by the number of swimmers. The "final results" of the meet depend on the format of the meet itself. Most meets fall under the "timed final" category which means that whatever time the swimmer achieves for the race swum is then evaluated against the other swimmers for the whole event and placed in a final result. Faster meets trend to be of the "prelim-final" variety where the swimmers swim a "preliminary" race from which the best times are selected to fill two final heats, which are swum at a later time. The two final heats are divided into the "consolation" final and the final. The rest of the swimmers are ranked in order after the winning two heats.
Meets are generally split into sessions with certain swimmers designated to a given session. (e.g. Session I could be 13-14 Boys and Girls, and Open Boys and Girls, Session II 10 & Under Boys and Girls and 11-12 Boys and Girls). Parents of swimmers in different age groups may want to car pool if their swimmers are not in the same session.
There are currently two sets of time standards that are used: those set by USA Swimming and those set by our LSC (Ozark). Each year USA Swimming determines the time standards for the coming year based on the times swum the year before. Standards range from "C" (slowest) to "AAAA" (fastest). The standards are different for each age group. There are different standards for boys and girls as well as for yard pools and meter pools. These time standards are now used primarily for regional and national meets.
USA Swimming requires each LSC to develop and use its own time standards. Ozark uses Bronze (slowest), Silver, and Gold (fastest). As with USA Swimming time standards, the Ozark time standards are based on an average of times swum in previous years. Neither USA Swimming nor Ozark has official standards for swimmers eight years of age and under. However, some clubs will set standards for this age group for specific meets. Time standards for USA Swimming are published annually in Swimming World magazine and the USA Handbook of Rules and Regulations. They are also on the USA Swimming website. Ozark time standards are generally published in the heat sheet for individual Ozark swim meets. Coaches have these standards available, also, and they are available on the Ozark Swimming website.


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Christianson to retire; supports Patterson Chief and Turlock native for sheriff
Sheriff Adam Christianson's planned retirement at the end of his term will cap off a nearly 30-year career in law enforcement. - photo by Photo Contributed
Sabra Stafford
Updated: Aug. 8, 2017, 3:19 p.m.
Stanislaus County Sheriff Adam Christianson announced that he will not be seeking re=election when his term comes to a close in 2018.
Christianson's planned retirement at the end of his term will cap off a nearly 30-year career in law enforcement, with the last 12 in the elected position of sheriff.
"Next to my wife and beautiful children, serving as your sheriff has been the greatest experience of my life, and I will miss leading an outstanding team of law enforcement professionals," Christianson wrote in a letter announcing his retirement plans.
"I look forward to spending more time with my family and especially my wife Yvonne, who has patiently and forgivingly accepted all the time I spend away from home in support of the Sheriff's Office and the community we serve," Christianson continued. "This decision did not come lightly, and only after much thought, deliberation, and considering my family goals, I believe I have made the right decision."
Christianson started his career in law enforcement with the Ceres Police Department, before moving on to the Modesto Police Department, and eventually the Stanislaus County Sheriff's Department in 1996. His time in the sheriff's department included stints with the K9 unit, high-tech crimes detective, field training officer, and as a bailiff. As a sergeant, he supervised the K9 unit and the satellite office of the Sacramento Valley Hi-Tech Crimes Task Force. He was promoted to lieutenant in 2004 and led the Homeland Security Division for the sheriff's department.
Christianson's first election to sheriff was in 2006. During his tenure as the head of the organization, the sheriff's department has opened a new detention center using AB 900 Phase II funds. The center provides 480 maximum security beds as well as housing for 57 medical and mental health offenders and 15 hospital beds. Christianson also oversaw the opening of a day reporting center, a new coroner's facility, the Re-Entry and Enhanced Alternatives to Custody Training Center, and the re-opening of the Sheriff's Regional Training Center.
"The Sheriff's Department is recruiting, hiring and training well qualified, well-educated public safety professionals to continue protecting and serving the residents of Stanislaus County," Christianson wrote in his letter. "I cannot that the community enough for supporting the men and women who work for the Sheriff's Office."
In announcing his retirement, Christianson also threw his support behind Patterson Police Services Chief Jeff Dirkse, who announced his candidacy for the position on Monday.
"I believe Chief Dirkse has the grounded principles and calm decision-making abilities to become the 22nd Sheriff of Stanislaus County," Christianson said.
Dirkse, who is a lieutenant with the sheriff's department, grew up in Turlock and currently lives in Denair with his family on a farm along the outskirts of Denair.
Dirkse is a West Point graduate, a former Army Ranger and National Guard commander who served for nearly a year in Operation Iraqi Freedom. He joined the Sheriff's Department in 2007 as a patrol deputy and became Patterson's chief in May 2015 as part of the county's contract with that city to provide police services.
"I have a broad background in leadership over the last 25 years," Dirkse said. "I led groups of up to 120 soldiers in multinational settings. I've also run my own ag business and understand the needs and desires of private citizens and business owners. I have been a police chief more than two years in a vibrant and growing community.
"All these very rewarding experiences have developed me into the leader that I am today," Dirkse said. "In my campaign, I look forward to meeting people throughout Stanislaus County, and listening to and learning about their concerns."
Dirkse attended Turlock High School, where he was on the football, wrestling and track teams. He also was active in the youth group at Evangelical Free Church, which is now known as Crossroads Church.
In 1990, Dirkse received a nomination to West Point from former Congressman Gary Condit. He graduated from the academy in 1994 as a 2nd lieutenant and was accepted in Ranger school. He was stationed at Fort Campbell, Kentucky and Fort Lewis, Washington, commanding 40-man rifle platoons as well as a 15-man anti-armor platoon as part of the 101st Airborne Division and 2nd Ranger Battalion. He left active duty in 1999 at the rank of captain.
After the service, Dirkse began running the family ag business, which includes almonds and a host of other crops on 550 acres. The terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, prompted Dirkse to re-enlist in the armed forces and he joined the California National Guard.
"I knew I had to go back in; I just wasn't sure how or where I would serve," he said.
He was put in command of an infantry company, D/1-184 Infantry, headquartered in Oakdale. In 2005, the company was deployed to Iraq and given responsibility for a sector in the Baghdad suburbs.
"We didn't have a lot of battles in the traditional sense, but we dealt with a lot of insurgents and IEDs (bombs)," he said. "We had a zone for my company and we patrolled it every day."
Over the period of the deployment, five soldiers from the company were killed and 80 were wounded. Dirkse earned a Bronze Star for his leadership, along with a Combat Infantryman's Badge, a Joint Service Commendation Medal, an Army Commendation Medal and an Army Achievement Medal.
At the sheriff's department, Dirkse has been a STING detective, a rural crimes detective, a patrol sergeant and an internal affairs sergeant. He also supervised the Explorers for several years and developed an intern program to bring high school graduates into the department at age 18.
"One of my main goals as chief is to develop my sergeants to replace me," he said. "It takes active work by leaders to create, train and mentor the next generation."
Dirkse took a leave from the sheriff's department in 2010-12 when he was mobilized in support of Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan. He was stationed in Stuttgart, Germany, where he served as a watch commander for Special Operations Command, Europe.
Dirkse is on the board of the Greater Yosemite Boy Scouts Council, a member of the Patterson Rotary and is an advisory member of the West Modesto Boys & Girls Club.


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В 711—718 годах арабы (Омейяды) захватили большую часть Пиренейского полуострова, уничтожив Вестготское королевство. Свободными от арабского владычества остались только некоторые горные районы Пиренеев (владения басков), а также Астурия, первый король которой, Пелайо, около 718 года разбил арабский отряд в битве при Ковадонге.

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Битва
В 721 году вали Аль-Самх ибн Малик попытался взять город Каркассон, окружённый мощными стенами, однако вскоре снял осаду и двинулся к Тулузе, столице герцогства Аквитания.

Армия Аль-Самха состояла из пехоты, небольшого количества всадников и многочисленных наемников, а также имела осадные механизмы. И, хотя Тулуза была большим и хорошо защищенным городом, стены которого были последовательно усилены начиная с римских и вестготских времён, Эд Аквитанский, не дожидаясь подхода арабов, покинул Тулузу, чтобы собрать достаточно большую армию для защиты от приближающейся армии.

Осада Тулузы с её почти неприступными стенами продлилась до начала лета. Защитники были уже близки к капитуляции, когда 9 июня 721 года Эд возвратился во главе большой армии, застав врасплох Аль-Самха.

Точного описания битвы не существует. Она упоминается в ряде франкских хроник (Петавианские анналы, Лоббские анналы и другие). Однако более подробные описания битвы есть в двух испанских хрониках продолжателей Исидора Севильского: в так называемых «Арабо-византийской хронике 741 года» («») и «Мосарабской хронике 754 года» («»). Наиболее полное описание битвы содержится в «Мосарабской хронике»:

В западных областях Арабы достигли многих побед благодаря своему предводителю аль-Саму. Управляя Испанией чуть менее трех лет, он по собственной инициативе провел перепись населения Дальней и Центральной Испаний. Он разделил между союзниками добычу, оружие и все прочее, что после захвата Испании оставалось нераспределённым, а также наполнил казну множеством движимого и недвижимого имущества. После этого он сделал Нарбонну своей и начал беспокоить народ Франков частыми набегами. Он разместил гарнизон Сарацин в Нарбонне, чтобы усилить защиту города. Собрав силы, аль-Сам напал на Тулузу и окружил город войсками, пытаясь победить её с помощью камнеметов и других осадных машин. Узнав о том, что происходит, Франки собрались под командой Одо. И там, близ Тулузы, во время серьёзного сражения, в которое были вовлечены обе армии, Франки убили аль-Сама, предводителя Сарацинских войск, вместе с частью его воинов, а прочих обратили в бегство. Абд ар-Рахман принял команду над Сарацинами на один месяц, пока не прибыл, назначенный правителем, наместник Анбаса.

Упоминает о битве также и Павел Диакон, однако он считает, что в битве участвовал также майордом Карл Мартел:

В это время народ сарацин, пройдя через Африку, собрался в местечке Септем (Сеута) и вторгся в Испанию. Затем, спустя 10 лет, они вместе с женами и детьми пришли и вторглись в провинцию Аквитания в Галлии, чтобы заселить её. Однако, Карл, который хотя и был в ссоре с принцем Аквитанским Одо, но все же выступил вместе с ним, чтобы вместе сразиться с этими сарацинами. Франки напали на них и убили триста и семьдесят пять тысяч сарацин, тогда как со стороны франков погибло только пятнадцать сотен. Также и Одо, вместе со своими людьми, напал на их лагерь и также многих убил и все разграбил.

По мнению историков, Павел объединяет здесь известия о двух битвах: битве при Тулузе с битвой при Пуатье.

Три главных историка мусульмаского периода, Ибн Хайан, Ибн аль-Асир и  сходятся на том, что Аль-Самх попал в классическую ловушку, сконцентрировав всю свою армию вокруг стен Тулузы. Имея недостаточно большое количество всадников (широкое употребление арабской конницы в Европе началось позже), он был неспособен достаточно быстро реагировать на нападающую армию Эда, которая полностью окружила его. Оказавшись между защитниками города и армией Эда, Аль-Самх попытался прорваться наружу, но был пойман в ловушку с большой частью его войск в месте по имени Балат.

Аль-Маккари оценивает численность армии Эда в 300 000 человек. Европейские источники говорят о 375 000 погибших и раненных воинов против 1500 погибших франков и аквитанцев. Количество погибших со стороны арабов преувеличено, но арабские историки соглашаются, что битва при Тулузе была первой полной катастрофой для арабской армии в Европе, особенно её заключительная фаза.

Сам Аль-Самх был смертельно ранен, что во многом решило исход битвы. От полного разгрома арабскую армию спасла только энергия Абд ар-Рахмана, сумевшего вывести остатки армии на восток, к Нарбонне. Там вскоре Аль-Самх умер от полученных ран. Столь серьёзным было поражение, что каждый год в течение следующих 450 лет тех, кто умер в «Balat al-Shuhada» (Плато Мучеников), вспоминали на специальной церемонии воспоминания.

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Эта победа получила широкий общественный резонанс. Официальная хроника римских пап  торжествовала по поводу уничтожения 375 000 сарацинов (цифра совершенно фантастическая), а папа Григорий II направил Эду поздравительное послание и подарки в честь этой победы.

Кроме того, победа укрепила независимость Эда Аквитанского и на время остановила движение арабов на север. В 725 и 726 годах герцог Аквитании дважды разбил армию нового вали, Анбасы ибн Сохайм аль-Калби, причём сам вали в 725 году был убит стрелой при переправе через Рону. Однако Эд не смог помешать арабам захватить в 725 году Ним и Каркассон, и арабские силы, укрепившиеся в Нарбонне и легко получавшие снабжение по морю, направили свой удар на восток, проникнув до самого Отёна в Бургундии в 725 году. При вторжении арабов в 732 году Эд был разбит в битве при Бордо и лишь вмешательство Карла Мартела, разбившего Абд ар-Рахмана в битве при Пуатье, смогло остановить продвижение арабов на север. Только сын Карла, Пипин Короткий, смог в 759 году завоевать Септиманию, обезопасив франкское королевство от арабской угрозы.

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China-ASEAN expo resumes overseas exhibition
By Zhang Li in Nanning | chinadaily.com.cn
Visitors take in the atmosphere at the 19th China-ASEAN Expo in Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region in September. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]
The China-ASEAN Expo will resume its overseas exhibitions in ASEAN countries this year to further promote a high-standard opening-up, since Chinese epidemic control and prevention policies for COVID-19 were optimized, official said.
Wei Zhaohui, a member of the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and secretary-general of the China-ASEAN Expo Secretariat, made the remarks during the local two sessions which last from Jan 11 to 17.
According to Guangxi's 2023 Report on the Work of the Government, Guangxi will deepen its cooperation with ASEAN countries via the 20th China-ASEAN Expo, the China-ASEAN Business and Investment Summit, and a flow of related events.
"China-ASEAN Expo will set up overseas exhibitions in Singapore, Laos, and Malaysia in March, May, and June of 2023 respectively. Besides , a series of supporting activities including professional matchmaking events will be held to help enterprises reach a long list of cooperation projects as much as possible," said Wei.
Combined with new sectors such as the digital economy, the green economy, new industrialization, industry-supply chain cooperation, and cross-border e-commerce, the 20th China-ASEAN Expo will arrange theme-based exchange activities and help Guangxi's enterprises to develop business negotiations with ASEAN and Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership agreement members and countries and regions involved in the Belt and Road Initiative. These practices are aimed at attracting investment, enterprises, talents, and projects, which can make Guangxi prosperous and vibrant, according to Wei.
Yang Tianhong contributed to the story.
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U.S. Sends Patriot Missiles to the Middle East to Counter Iranian Threats
Months after removing air-defense missile batteries from countries in the region, Pentagon approves move amid Tehran tensions
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The U.S. will move a Patriot missile battery into the Middle East to counter threats from Iran, the Pentagon said Friday, reflecting ongoing concerns that Tehran may be planning to attack America forces or interests in the region.
The Defense Department released a statement about the move but provided no details. An official said the decision comes after intelligence showed that the Iranians have loaded military equipment and missiles onto small boats controlled by Iran's Revolutionary Guard. The official was not authorized to discuss the information publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity.
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Officials had said earlier this week that sending a Patriot battery to the area was under discussion and was part of the initial request made by the Pentagon's U.S. Central Command. They said it took a few days to get final approval for the Patriot, a long-range, all-weather air defense system to counter tactical ballistic missiles, cruise missiles and advanced aircraft.
The U.S. removed Patriot missile batteries from Bahrain, Kuwait and Jordan late last year. It was not clear if the battery would go back to one of those countries.
U.S. officials announced Sunday that they would rush an aircraft carrier strike group and bombers to the region. The aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln and accompanying ships have passed through the Suez Canal and are now in the Red Sea.
Officials had initially indicated that the military moves were based in part on indications that Iran had moved short-range ballistic missiles onto small boats called dhows along its shore.
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Officials would not say if the intelligence showed that the boats have mobile launchers on them. But a notice to mariners in the region has warned of potential threats to commercial maritime traffic.
John Bolton, the national security adviser, announced the initial moves on Sunday, citing "troubling and escalatory indications and warnings" but did not explain what they were.
On Friday, a defense official said the Iranian threats also include potential attacks by Iranian proxies, such as Shia militias in Iraq.
Several officials said they have not yet seen any tangible move by Iran in reaction to the U.S. military shifts in the area. But they also noted there have been no attacks.
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made a quick visit Tuesday to Baghdad to meet with top leaders and underscore Iraq's need to protect Americans in their country.
The Pentagon also said Friday that the USS Arlington, an amphibious transport ship, will move to the Middle East region earlier than planned. The ship is in Europe and will be replacing the USS McHenry, which is scheduled to leave.
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Walt Disney Firm Chairman and CEO Bob Iger introduced the newest crop of Disney Legends this morning on Good Morning America. The group of 11 new inductees, which includes Iron Man actor Robert Downey Jr. and the voice of Darth Vader, James Earl Jones, along with singer/actress Bette Midler and GMA anchor Robin Roberts, will be honored at the upcoming 2019 D23 Expo in Anaheim, CA on August 23.
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As well as to Downey, Jones, Midler and Roberts, the new Disney Legends embrace Wing Chao, Jon Favreau, Kenny Ortega, Barnette Ricci, Diane Sawyer, Ming-Na Wen, and Hans Zimmer.
The Disney Legends Awards program is a 32-year tradition of The Walt Disney Company. The primary Disney Legend was Fred MacMurray (The Shaggy Canine, The Absent-Minded Professor, The Happiest Millionaire), who was honored in 1987. Since then, 289 Disney Legends have been named, including both past and present contributors to Disney's historical past. Among the various skills, Disney Legends embrace Tim Allen, Julie Andrews, Annette Funicello, Sir Elton John, Angela Lansbury, Steve Martin, Alan Menken, Marty Sklar, Dick Van Dyke, Betty White, Robin Williams, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Stan Lee, George Lucas, animator Glen Keane and Imagineer Tony Baxter.
Right here's a video of Iger's announcement of this yr's Disney Legends:
Hosted by Iger, the Disney Legends Awards ceremony will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, August 23, in Corridor D23 of the Anaheim Convention Middle. The honorees will receive a two-foot-tall bronze Disney Legends sculpture that signifies the imagination, creativity, and magic they have brought to the Firm. Disney Legends Award recipients may even take part in a handprint ceremony at the top of the event, and their bronzed prints will be displayed in the Disney Legends Plaza at the Company's Burbank headquarters.
Admission to the ceremony will be on a first-come, first-served foundation and is included in the worth of a ticket to D23 Expo 2019.
Tickets for D23 Expo 2019 can be found for $89 for one-day adult admission and $69 for youngsters three–9. Gold Members of D23: The Official Disney Fan Membership can buy tickets for $77 for a one-day grownup admission and $59 for youngsters 3–9. For extra info on tickets and D23 Expo 2019, go to D23Expo.com.
The 2019 Disney Legends Award honorees (listed alphabetically) together with their achievements are:
WING CHAO For 37 years at Disney, Wing T. Chao played an important position in designing and creating distinctive and inspirational tasks, value greater than $12 billion, at Disney parks and resorts worldwide. Wing served as vice chairman of Walt Disney Parks and Resorts for Asia Pacific Improvement in addition to government vice chairman of Walt Disney Imagineering, the place he oversaw grasp planning, architecture, and design. He also developed and built tasks, including resort lodges, parks, cruise ships, leisure venues, water points of interest, convention and exhibition centers, sports activities stadiums, eating places, retail spaces, leisure complexes, office areas, and two new-town communities, at The Walt Disney Firm's properties in California, Florida, Hawai'i, Tokyo, Paris, Hong Kong, Shanghai, and other places worldwide.
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ROBERT DOWNEY JR. is a two-time Academy Award® nominee and Golden Globe® winner who has appeared in more than 80 movies. Downey has embraced each dramatic and comedic roles, together with his Disney debut in the 2006 remake of The Shaggy Dog. After quite a few standout performances, he then went on to assist launch Marvel Studios together with his efficiency as Tony Stark, Iron Man. His position has spearheaded the blockbuster franchises Iron Man and Avengers, for which he's starred in three Iron Man films, The Unimaginable Hulk (2008), Captain America: Civil Conflict (2016), and Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017); and four Avengers movies, including the newest, Avengers: Endgame (2019), which shattered field workplace data and have become the largest-ever movie debut, bringing in $1.2 billion worldwide in its opening weekend. He'll subsequent star in the title position in 2020's The Voyage of Physician Dolittle and is in pre-production on the third installment of the profitable Sherlock Holmes franchise.
JON FAVREAU started his profession with appearances in movie and television and has since turn into one in every of Hollywood's most profitable producers and directors. His first roles included appearances on TV exhibits comparable to Seinfeld and Associates, however his huge break got here with the Miramax indie film Swingers (1996), for which he wrote the screenplay, starred, and co-produced. His directing credits embrace Iron Man (2008), Iron Man 2 (2010), the live-action remake of The Jungle Ebook (2016), and this yr's reimagining of The Lion King. Jon also made appearances in several Marvel Cinematic Universe movies as Tony Stark's loyal bodyguard, Pleased Hogan. As an government producer for Marvel Studios, John holds credits on such movies as Iron Man (2008), Iron Man 2 (2010), Iron Man 3 (2013), Marvel's The Avengers (2012), Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), and Avengers: Infinity Conflict (2018). He has also voiced characters for Disney tv exhibits and feature films, together with Hercules (TV, 1999), Buzz Lightyear of Star Command (TV, 2000), G-Pressure (2009), Star Wars: The Clone Wars (TV, 2010–13), and Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018). Jon is writing and government producing the live-action Star Wars collection The Mandalorian for Disney+, which can premiere this November.
JAMES EARL JONES began his appearing profession with tv and movie roles, together with appearances in As the World Turns (1966) and Dr. Strangelove (1964). However the Oscar®, Emmy®, and Tony® Award-winning actor is well known for his iconic voice appearing, starting with the position of Darth Vader in Star Wars: A New Hope (1977). This villainous vocal efficiency was reprised in subsequent Star Wars movies, together with most lately in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016) and TV exhibits like Star Wars Rebels (2014–18). His voice may also be heard in Disney Parks around the globe, including recurring vocal performances as Darth Vader for Star Tours: The Adventures Proceed. Other Disney credit embrace ABC's Recess in 1998 because the voice of Santa Claus, narrator for the Disneynature movie Earth (2009), phase host for Fantasia/2000 (2000), and because the superstar narrator for the Candlelight Ceremony at Disneyland. Audiences also acknowledge the actor's basso profundo as that of Mufasa in The Lion King (1994), a task James Earl returned to in The Lion King 2: Simba's Satisfaction (1998), The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar (2015), and this summer time's reimagining of The Lion King.
BETTE MIDLER When the Disney studio set out to broaden the breadth of its film manufacturing with Touchstone Footage, it was Emmy, Grammy®, Golden Globe, and Tony winner Bette Midler who helped paved the way to field workplace success for the brand new division. She appeared in a string of hit comedies, together with Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986), Ruthless Individuals (1986), Outrageous Fortune (1987), and Massive Enterprise (1988). Touchstone's 1988 drama Seashores not solely proved to be a smash with audiences, however it additionally included Bette's platinum-selling rendition of "Wind Beneath My Wings." Different Disney movies adopted, including Stella (1990) and Scenes from a Mall (1991), in addition to a memorable vocal performance as the spoiled poodle Georgette in Oliver & Firm (1988). Bette is well-known to Disney audiences for her position as the witchy Winifred within the perennial Halloween basic Hocus Pocus (1993). She also starred in The Lottery (1989), a short movie produced for the Disney-MGM Studios Theme Park (now Disney's Hollywood Studios) in Florida for visitors of the park's Backstage Studio Tour.
KENNY ORTEGA is a multi-award-winning director, choreographer, and producer. His first work with Disney was choreographing the TV special Disney's Totally Minnie (1988), adopted by Mickey's 60th Birthday the identical yr, and he would go on to direct three episodes of Touchstone Tv's Hull High in 1990. In 1992, Kenny directed his first function movie, the beloved Disney musical Newsies, which was followed, in 1993, by the Halloween favourite Hocus Pocus. In 2006, he helmed the Disney Channel smash hit High Faculty Musical, and the success of the primary movie would deliver him again to direct—and choreograph—the sequels High Faculty Musical 2 (2007) and High Faculty Musical 3: Senior Yr (2008). Kenny also produced and staged the High Faculty Musical: The Live performance tour, as well as the Miley Cyrus and Jonas Brothers Best of Each Worlds Tour. His different Disney credit embrace directing the 2014 brief The Making of Frozen, The Cheetah Women 2 (2006), and, most lately, the worldwide phenomenon Descendants (2015), Descendants 2 (2017), and Descendants 3, which can be launched this summer time.
BARNETTE RICCI began her profession with The Walt Disney Firm as a choreographer at Disneyland. In the late 1960s, Barnette created and directed Youngsters of the Kingdom before happening to choreograph and direct many parades, together with Christmas parades, America on Parade, and the Essential Road Electrical Parade. She worked on the grand openings of Walt Disney World, EPCOT Middle, and Tokyo Disneyland and directed fashionable stage exhibits reminiscent of Golden Horseshoe Revue at Disneyland and the Diamond Horseshoe Revue within the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World Resort. Perhaps her largest challenge to date is the creation of Fantasmic! Debuting at Disneyland in 1992, the production combines state-of-the-art particular effects with stay performers alongside the Rivers of America. The present continues a profitable run at Disneyland, Disney's Hollywood Studios at Walt Disney World, and now Tokyo DisneySea. Following Fantasmic!, Barnette moved to The Walt Disney Studios because the vice chairman/present director of Special Events. After more than 40 years with The Walt Disney Company, Barnette retired in 2013.
ROBIN ROBERTS In 1990, Robin joined ESPN and would shortly turn into a frequent contributor to the network's programming. In her 15 years at ESPN, she contributed to NFL Primetime and hosted SportsCenter and In the Recreation with Robin Roberts. Robin started making appearances on ABC's Good Morning America (GMA) in 1995, and in 2005 left ESPN to be a part of the present full-time as co-anchor. Since joining GMA, the present has gained four Emmys for Excellent Morning Program. For ABC, Robin has hosted In the Spotlight with Robin Roberts: All Access Nashville, as well as ABC's pink carpet coverage of the Academy Awards, and has created unique broadcast and digital programming for the network by way of her manufacturing company, Rock'n Robin Productions. In 2007, Hyperion publishing released Robin's first guide, From the Coronary heart: Seven Guidelines to Reside By. Among Robin's many awards are the Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism, membership in the Broadcasting & Cable Hall of Fame, and being named certainly one of Glamour's Ladies of the Yr.
DIANE SAWYER is an ABC News anchor, tackling a number of the largest problems with our time with unique reporting, primetime specials, long-form interviews, and in-depth investigations. One of the respected journalists on the earth, she has traveled the globe delivering breaking news stories, and has carried out interviews with virtually each major newsmaker of our time. Her primetime documentaries have gained essential approval for shedding mild on troublesome and beforehand under-reported subjects, including her reporting on the realities of poverty in America. Diane's reporting has been acknowledged with quite a few awards, together with duPonts; Emmys; Peabodys; the grand prize of the premier Investigative Reporters and Editors Association; an IRTS Lifetime Achievement Award; and the USC Distinguished Achievement in Journalism Award. In 1997 she was inducted into the Tv Academy Corridor of Fame. After greater than a decade in television news, Sawyer joined ABC Information in February 1989 as co-anchor of Primetime. She was named co-anchor of Good Morning America in January 1999, and held the submit until taking up the World Information anchor chair in December 2009.
MING-NA WEN can at present be found saving the day as Agent Melinda Might, aka "The Cavalry," on the ABC collection Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Ming-Na can also be recognized for her seven years enjoying Jing-Mei Chen on ER. She found success on the large display when she appeared within the acclaimed Hollywood Footage adaptation of Amy Tan's The Pleasure Luck Membership. Five years later, she would find animation immortality because the title star of the Disney basic Mulan, a task for which she would receive an Annie Award. Ming-Na returned to the position of heroic Fa Mulan in a slew of tasks, together with an animated sequel, video games Kingdom Hearts II and Disney Infinity, on tv's Home of Mouse and Sofia the First, and in the Walt Disney Animation Studios movie Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018). Ming-Na has been well known to audiences for her tv tasks, including her voice work in Disney Channel's Phineas and Ferb, Disney XD's Guardians of the Galaxy and Milo Murphy's Regulation, the six-part digital brief Marvel Rising: Secret Warriors, and a recurring position in ABC's Recent Off the Boat.
HANS ZIMMER has scored more than 160 tasks which, mixed, have grossed more than $28 billion worldwide. Hans has been honored with an Academy Award®, two Golden Globes, three Grammys, an American Music Award, and a Tony Award. As well as to his long listing of credit, including notable tasks similar to Gladiator and The Dark Knight trilogy, Hans has had an incredible historical past with The Walt Disney Company. His early work for them consists of further music for White Fang (1991) and co-writing music for Cool Runnings (1993). His groundbreaking, Academy Award-winning instrumental score for The Lion King (1994) was followed by many memorable tasks, including Crimson Tide (1995), Muppet Treasure Island (1996), The Rock (1996), Pearl Harbor (2001), King Arthur (2004), and Iron Man (2008). Hans is the guiding pressure behind the music of the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, serving in numerous composing, modifying, and producing capacities for The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003), Lifeless Man's Chest (2006), At World's Finish (2007), and On Stranger Tides (2011). Hans composed the music for this summer time's reimagining of The Lion King.
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Ford, along with world champion drifter Vaughn Gittin, Jr., salute the American fighter pilots who served in the Royal Air Force during World War II with the Eagle Squadron Mustang GT.
This distinct Mustang GT was created exclusively for the Experimental Aircraft Association's auction to support the EAA's youth education programs. The auction will take place at The Gathering, the association's largest fundraiser, on July 26th. This event brings in more than 1,000 aviation fans every year. This is the twentieth year Ford has supported the program. It's also the eleventh time Ford has created a special edition Mustang for the event. These unique Mustangs have generated over $3 million in funds for the association.
The Eagle Squadron Mustang GT features a 700-horsepower 5.0-liter V8 and includes a Ford Performance supercharger, RTR carbon-fiber wide-body kit, and Tactical Performance suspension package.
The winning bidder will also receive a package for two to attend the 2018 Ford Windward Dream Cruise this August to receive the keys and a plaque autographed by Gittin and members of the Ford design team.
If you want more info on the event or the EAA, call 920-426-6573 or send an email to gathering@EAA.org.