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Posts tagged "Yuya Ishikawa"
Ghost Squad (Review)
Ghost Squad
aka ゴーストスクワッド aka Gôsuto Sukuwaddo
Written and directed by Noboru Iguchi
G-g-g-g-g-ghost Squad!! Sorry, just getting the "g-g-g-ghost" joke out of the way early! Ghost Squad is the latest from splatter auteur extraordinaire Noboru Iguchi, who has been covered by TarsTarkas.NET many times and will be covered many more times, as his films are usually filled with fun dumb energy and lots of ridiculous effects and plots that manage to entertain and occasionally comment on various aspects of society in the warped way that only exploitation cinema can. Ghost Squad joins the pantheon of his fun films, with plenty of crazy action and weird effects. Splatter fans might find little to be excited about, as the gore is subdued for a Iguchi film. But there are ghost ladies beating a guy in the junk with a meat hammer arm, a ghost with a dog for an arm, a ghost with a Machine Girl-style gun arm, and a gun with a baby face. So embrace the ridiculousness of a squad of murdered ghosts coming together to get their revenge with Ghost Squad!
Rika (Anna Yanagi) is your normal teen girl with an abusive father (Iguchi regular Yûya Ishikawa) who also sees ghosts. She explains this to her scoffing boyfriend Yosuke while also observing a ghost named Keiko Furukawa (Sumire Ueno) who struggles to write a letter to her father while slipping between being aware and unaware that she is dead. Rika goes to work as a waitress, but Yosuke follows her to harass her. But he didn't count on Keiko also following along, as well as another ghost named Akari (Minori Mikado), who soon spring to action just as Yosuke is slashing Rika's wrist. They beat him down and give him a few extra holes due to impalements, but let him survive enough to be in the hospital later.
Rika awakens at home with her wrist bandaged, and soon learns from the ghosts that they can only interact with the physical world when she is close to death (she learns this as she tries to hang herself from depression and guilt!) She quickly makes friends with Keiko and Akari, and also a third ghost named Yoshie who at first is a story telling framing device but quickly joins the main story as a fellow ghost. The three ladies need to get revenge on the men who attacked them in order to pass on to Heaven. It's the law, Ghost Law. As we see later when Naomi Ohishi (Asaka Nakamura) shows up, it actually is the law and there is a whole bureaucracy set up to make sure they get revenge on everyone. Biggest critique here seems to be only lady ghosts have to get revenge, as we see a male character murdered later who goes directly to Heaven. That is totally unfair, we need to reform our Ghost Laws!
Categories: Movie Reviews Tags: Anna Yanagi, Asaka Nakamura, Japan, Minori Mikado, Noboru Iguchi, Sumire Ueno, Yuni Hong, Yuya Ishikawa
Dead Sushi
aka デッド寿司 aka Deddo Sushi
Written by Noboru Iguchi, Makiko Iguchi, and Jun Tsugita
Directed by Noboru Iguchi
Summing up Dead Sushi in one picture!
Dead Sushi combines two of my favorite things from low budget Japanese cinema – Rina Takeda and Noboru Iguchi! While I wish these two combined to make something amazing, Dead Sushi turns out to just be above average. While certainly a lot better than either of the prior Iguchi and Takeda films I have seen (Zombie Ass and Kunoichi), Dead Sushi suffers from trying to be too many things. Sure, it's got zombies, killer sushi, and face kicking, but there is also a big lecture on the proper way to make, eat, and appreciate sushi. Dead Sushi takes as much from Jiro Dreams of Sushi as it does from Machine Girl or High-Kick Girl! Unfortunately, they drag the movie down to a more average range.
Finally a movie that isn't afraid to spit the truth!
The two main attractions to Dead Sushi are the gore effects and the choreography. First – the gore effects are okay, but not so different from what we've seen before. The humor comes from the instigators of this gore, living sushi pieces that talk gibberish and fly through the air, skeletonizing people. After the gimmick wears off, Dead Sushi gives us zombies to allow for some actual fighting against something other than CGI and puppets. While zombies are overused and boring (despite these zombies spitting up rice!), the occasional fights against CGI sushi have their fun, and remind me of Birdemic.
Why you should never eat cheap take-out rice!
The choreography is less disappointing, and is what you should seek out Dead Sushi for. Rina Takeda's Keiko is a sushi apprentice to her father, the sushi chef skills giving her karate skills because that's just how it works. There is some kicking and punching of sushi pieces out of the air, and later some battles against ineffectual zombies. Dead Sushi then shakes things up with Kentaro Shimazu running around with a giant fish head and a gianter axe to battle Rina Takeda, while the one good piece of sushi – Eggy – does battle with a giant CGI sushi battleship. The fights keep you entertained, whoever the stunt guy for Kentaro Shimazu is matches well with Rina Takeda's moves, giving us nice fighting to entertain the people. Bread and circuses. Or Sushi and Zombies.
Shaming the shameless
Keiko (Rina Takeda) – Daughter of a great sushi master, who is angry that she was a girl and thus inferior at making sushi. She runs away in anger, taking a job as a hostess at a hotel. The years of practice at making sushi has honed her skills at fighting, and also given her admirable sushi skills that are recognized by Mr. Sawada. Keiko is also known to lecture on proper sushi etiquette, showing she was paying attention to all her father's teachings.
Yamada (Kentaro Shimazu) – What seems to be just a homeless guy is actually the former head of new medicine development at Komatsu Pharmaceutical, the company that comes to dine at the hotel for their famous sushi. His project on bringing dead sea life back to life was cancelled, but not without the side effects of turning him into a zombie lord, and he unleashes the infection at the hotel. Evolves into a fishhead form.
Nosaka (Takamasa Suga) – A good guy who isn't that good, secretly knows what's going on as the whole outbreak is part of his own sick experiments for Komatsu Pharmaceutical. But the worm will turn…
Yumi Hanamaki (Asami Sugiura) – Hostess at the hotel who worked hard to gain her position, and also married the new owner. Is cheating on her husband Mr. Hanamaki (Takashi Nishina) with arrogant sushi chef Tsuchida.
Mr. Sawada (???) – Nice guy at work, was an arrogant sushi chef at the inn until he accidentally stabbed his wife and became knifephobic.
Eggy (himself) – an egg sushi that is spurned by all the seafood-based sushi, Eggy turns good and uses his acid egg juice squirting ability to aid Keiko and Mr. Sawada.
Better than the movie Battleship!
Posted by Tars Tarkas - August 8, 2013 at 8:32 am
Categories: Movie Reviews, Ugly Tags: Asami Sugiura, Demo Tanaka, Japan, Jun Tsugita, Kentaro Shimazu, Makiko Iguchi, Noboru Iguchi, Rina Takeda, Takamasa Suga, Takashi Nishina, Too many damn zombie movies, Yui Murata, Yuya Ishikawa
Zombie Ass: Toilet of the Dead
aka ゾンビアス Zonbiasu
Written by Noboru Iguchi, Ao Murata, and Jun Tsugita
Story by Tadayoshi Kubo
The horrible secret of Bush's Baked Beans…
While normally a fan of the Japanese ultra-gore films and Noboru Iguchin in general, Zombie Ass: Toilet of the Dead ends up sucking ass! What is should be a bunch of fun and ridiculous scenes instead gets bogged down by far too much melodrama, and the replacement of poo for the blood splatter scenes. Which isn't done in a creative way, and instead rely on the fact that there is lots of poo around for the laughs. Poo may be funny in concept, but in practice it gets boring really fast. While other films like Helldriver and Mutant Girls Squad mix their films with a greater theme, Zombie Ass fails to successfully do that, either. There is a vague theme of bullying that rarely comes in to play, and doesn't parallel with the zombie tapeworm invasion tale going on. The obvious subtext of body image is barely addressed and would have resulted in a much better film. The ending battle with a flying girl versus a monster is nothing we haven't seen before, either. It took four people to write something so bland!
Funnily enough, this method of transportation has begun to catch on in crowded Tokyo
Zombie Ass's few pluses include the design of the tapeworm parasites, they have a brain on them that make them look like the creatures from Fiend Without a Face. I do not know how intentional this homage is, but I hope it was very. I will also score a point for the final monster looking like a sock puppet Jar Jar Binks, because that effect is bad enough it became funny. But besides that, I do not need a heroine who is sad all the time because she didn't bother to save her bullied sister, nor every other character either being horrible or dating someone horrible. Most of the cast are the type of people who die first or second in a movie, and it was annoying seeing them continue to live beyond their expiration date. I was rooting for the poo to drown them!
Meesa mutant butt zombie, okeyday!
Even the appearance by regulars Asami Sugiura, Demo Tanaka, Yuya Ishikawa, and gratuitous nudity don't save Zombie Ass from going down the drain. You're gonna want to flush this load as soon as it's dropped off at the pool. This film doesn't have much to go on, and this is no smear campaign. Zombie Ass could be more Charmin, and that's the bottom line. Despite the brown-nosing, Zombie Ass is only a #2. You might want to log off now, these puns sure are on a roll!
Megumi (Arisa Nakamura) – Our heroine. Her younger sister Ai died due to bullying, and Megumi was unable to act to stop it. So now she studies karate all day to be strong to make up for failing to save her sister. She's also very introspective.
Aya (Mayu Sugano) – Megumi's good girl friend, and the only non-annoying character in the film. So you know she's going to die. She's dating scuzzy guy Take, whose main hobby is cheating on her with other girls.
Maki (Asana Mamoru) – Megumi's controlling and vain friend, whose idea it is to go find some tapeworms so she can look thinner. Has no problem with getting it on with Aya's boyfriend. Is entitled and spoiled, the perfect host for the Queen Parasite. Asana Mamoru is a Gravure model also known as Asana Kouno.
Sachi (???) – Young sick daughter of the mad scientist who is raising the tapeworms and feeding them to her to help keep her leukemia in remission. Is deranged and has a fondness for knives and for killing people. Can communicate with the Nekurogedoro due to the large amount of their chemicals in her body.
Sachi's Dad (Kentaro Shimazu) – Sachi's mad father who set up this crazed scheme to help her live longer. Cares about nothing but having his daughter live longer, no matter how many lives it costs.
Queen Nekurogedoro (A puppet) – The boss of the mutant parasite tapeworms dubbed nekurogedoro, the Queen resides inside of Maki until such time that she pops free to battle Megumi. Can fly, and teams up with Sachi. This puppet is my favorite part of the film. Yep.
Okay, Star Wars Prequel Abomination, I got the cure!
Posted by Tars Tarkas - May 26, 2013 at 6:36 am
Categories: Movie Reviews, Ugly Tags: Ao Murata, Arisa Nakamura, Asami Sugiura, Asana Mamoru, Demo Tanaka, Japan, Jun Tsugita, Kentaro Kishi, Mayu Sugano, Noboru Iguchi, Tadayoshi Kubo, Too many damn zombie movies, Yuya Ishikawa, Zombie Ass
aka ヘルドライバー aka Nihon bundan: Heru doraiba
Written by Yoshihiro Nishimura & Daichi Nagisa
Directed by Yoshihiro Nishimura
Ah, Helldriver. How damn awesome are you? Pretty damn awesome! If you love the Japanese gore flicks where blood flows like an Old Faithful orgasm-quake covering everyone and everything as they scream, if you love films where zombies build things out of parts of other zombies like the world's grossest Lego set, if you like chicks with chainsaw swords and cowboys in blade-covered trucks, if you like stories of loss and redemption and revenge, then Helldriver is a movie for you. Helldriver goes…FULL THROTTLE!! Ha! Okay, sorry, that will be the only car pun.
Another in the line of Sushi Typhoon crazed gore flicks, Helldriver features many of the repeat players along with some new leads. Yoshihiro Nishimura is the makeup effects wizard who also helmed Tokyo Gore Police, Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl, and a chapter in Mutant Girls Squad, along with a massive amount of makeup work in cult flicks. He keeps the tradition alive with Helldriver, and attempts to break new ground. Each of these features attempts to one-up the last one, going further and further over the top. But it's important to be more than just gross. It must be entertaining. I've seen a few that haven't been so hot. Helldriver is long, has a complicated back story, parts are redundant, and at least one part looks thrown in at the last minute just to add Asami to the cast list. But overall it is pretty cool and zips along.
Helldriver clocks in at almost 2 hours in length. Partially because they need to explain the setup, which is an alien zombie infestation that caused half of Japan to be walled off and the survivors forced to crowd into the remaining half, and the various cultural problems that it would result in (arguments over the rights of the infected, overcrowding and stranger families being forced to live together, lack of proper food, and an illicit drug trade based on the horns of the zombies, which can get you high but also randomly explode.) There is a brief bit of narration setting a lot of this up, then later Kika observes the same things herself after she's revived.
Zombies play a major role in Helldriver, but Helldriver put some thought into their creation and mythos. This isn't your standard Romero zombie where a brain shot kills them (thank goodness!), they are more of Return of the Living Dead zombies, but with one weak spot – a horn that grows out of their head. People were infected by breathing in an ash, which then dissipated after 6 million were infected. No one bitten becomes a zombie. Zombies are ripped apart and sewn together, creating new and horrible chimeras of destruction.
There is more than just the zombie element to Helldriver. There is a strong theme of family throughout the film. Many of the proponents of zombie rights have relatives who are infected. They even go so far as to bring body parts to their infected children to feed on. Kika has an adversarial relationship with her psychotic mother, Rikka, and her equally crazed brother Yasushi. Rikka literally becomes the zombie queen, and snatches away Kika's heart just before she dies. Kika doesn't die, both women are cocooned in space goo, Rikka becoming the queen while Kika being preserved until she's revived by Japanese government and turned into an instrument of revenge. A generator is built into the hole in her chest, and it powers a chainsaw sword. She's then abandoned until the powers that be can use her for their own ends to kill the queen. Her heart still lives in the chest of Rikka, cpnnecting the two together. Kika's last memories are of her father being eaten and burned alive by her mother and uncle. Further flashbacks seem to imply that he was wheelchair bound as a result of their abuse, that everything the family ever had was taken by Rikka and Yasushi for their own. Rikka is so bad it is a wonder she ever even had a child, or a husband who is kind. But the family must have their reunion, Kika wants her heart back, wants to confront her mom for everything she's done, and can't ignore her because her mom can torture her through hurting her heart. Side characters deal with their own family issues, from missing relatives to ones that were killed by the zombies. These themes help build Helldriver into something bigger than it sounds like it would be, based on the title and premise.
And then it gets even more nuts when you figure out all the North/South Korea analogies!
Kika Miyata (Yumiko Hara) – Just your average girl from a troubled home whose psychotic mother eats her dad and tries to murder her just before being turned into a space zombie queen. Kika is then turned into a weapon of revenge against the zombie hordes, as she fights for the right to have her own life and be free of her mother. Easeir said than done, as her mom literally holds her heart in her chest. Yumiko Hara is awesome and can hit the right notes both in the action sequences and the family drama scenes. Nishimura uses how good she looks in action to great effect, there is plenty of visual eye candy.
Rikka Miyata (Eihi Shiina) – Crazed murderess cannibal turned zombie queen when a meteor crashes through her chest. Shiina plays Rikka as a mad goddess, dancing and spinning as the world burns around her, destruction and chaos is her playground. She does what she wants when she wants, and becoming a zombie only enhances her ego and lust for power. Eihi Shiina is a familiar face to cult cinema fans from Audition. Believe it or not, she has been in films where she's not be a complete psychopath.
Yasushi Miyata (???) – Rikka's brother and fellow crazy. Yasushi has a Nazi symbology thing going on, wearing Nazi patches and flags, and he even has a swastika burnt into his head by Kika (a la Charles Manson.) Is non-stop energy, a perpetual motion of manic crazy.
Kaito (Kazuki Namioka) – As Kika and her crew travel the zombie-infested wilderness, they are almost killed..until a cowboy shows up and saves them! Yes, a cowboy. Kaito here has been living in the infected zone after he found his wife dead. He even has an Ennio Morriconeish theme and drives around in a Helltruck, with giant blades on the front hood.
Taku (Yurei Yanagi) – Son of an orphanage runner who has resorted to harvesting drugs for money. Is saved by Kika when she first revives, and then he saves her. Is dealing with the legacy of his father, who was killed by one of the children he tried to save when it turned out to be a zombie.
No-name (???) – An orphan who barely talks and won't give his name. All we know his he has a missing sister named Maya. And he fights with a giant blade.
Posted by Tars Tarkas - September 19, 2012 at 2:14 pm
Categories: Bad, Movie Reviews Tags: Asami Sugiura, Cay Izumi, Daichi Nagisa, Demo Tanaka, Eihi Shiina, Guadalcanal Taka, Japan, Kazuki Namioka, Yoshihiro Nishimura, Yukihide Benny, Yumiko Hara, Yurei Yanagi, Yuya Ishikawa
Horny House of Horror (Review)
Horny House of Horror
aka Fasshon heru aka Fashion Hell
Directed and written by Jun Tsugita
How many different ways are there to film girls chomping off a guy's johnson while keeping thing interesting? Well, Horny House of Horror has an answer to that, and the answer is "not enough." As we've seen time and time again the past few years, Japan has become a great exporter of films that fit a genre of ridiculous gore – The Machine Girl, RoboGeisha, Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl, Mutant Girls Squad, Gothic & Lolita Psycho – are all examples that TarsTarkas.NET has taken the time to view. And I admit that I think some of those films are rather good, in a WTF fashion, and I'm even shocked that the genre has lasted as long as it has without getting on my nerves. But when you get enough of something, parts of it will be crappy, and with Horny House of Horror is that part.
Up until the last third of the movie, the majority of the blood on display is arterial spray gushing out of the crotches of three unfortunate men. The rest is talking. And talking. And anticipating. At this point in the genre's life, it is too late to try to do a slow buildup to the crazy, we've gotten to the point where we need a constant stream of crazy violence, much like the sprays of blood desired.
With a pedigree including writer/director Jun Tsugita (Mutant Girls Squad), and gore effects by Yoshihiro Nishimura (Tokyo Gore Police, Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl, and many more), this seemed like it would be a treat. Even some of the familiar cast members from Sushi Typhoon films pop up. But things just don't go together right. And though the film gets around the banishment of full frontal nudity in Japan by using black circles over the severed and non-severed dongs, the limited freedom isn't incorporated in a way that takes full advantage of the effect. It's simply an afterthought, not part of the film itself. Though a small point, it is indicative of how much of the film doesn't go together well.
The opening 16mm slideshow strip of a guy going to a sex massage club on the way home from work was rather nice – it is probably my favrite part of the film as a whole, and made me expect that things would be good throughout. But shadows of the strip remind me of my reading of Tokyo Vice by Jake Adelstein, which will sour you on the sex industry in Japan like nothing else will. We jump into our first victim, whose gets is wang rolled into a sushi roll that is promptly chomped by his working girl as he screams helplessly and blood reddens the world.
So let's meet the cast!
Nagisa (Saori Hara) – This sushi-loving masseuse is the newest filly in the herd. She's also the most reluctant. Saori Hara is an AV star who also does a good deal of softcore flicks. Oddly enough, she's also in Deep Sea Monster Reigo, as well as 3-D Sex and Zen: Extreme Ecstasy. Back when she was Mai Nanami, I commented that she hadn't done much of anything. Now she's done much of everyone!
Nonoko (Asami Sugiura) – The most experienced working girl and the most jaded. Truly enjoys her job, even if it is apparent she hates herself and everyone else. Lesbionic with Kaori Asami is also an AV star, but her biggest fame is appearing in all the Noboru Iguchi and friends ridiculous gore films such as The Machine Girl, RoboGeisha, Mutant Girls Squad, Gothic & Lolita Psycho.
Kaori (Mint Suzuki) – Kaori is the new girl in the club, forced into a life of selling her body after her parents died to care for her younger siblings. But not is all as it seems with her. Mint Suzuki is an AV star whose films you can probably find with a quick Google search.
Nakazu (Yuya Ishikawa) – Nakazu is going to get married to his lovely girl Misa, thus his friends drag him out to have sex with some random chicks! He's not that into it. Then things get interesting… Yuya Ishikawa is a familiar site in these ridiculous gore films, popping up inThe Machine Girl (plus the short sequel), RoboGeisha, and Gothic & Lolita Psycho.
Uno (Toushi Yanagi) – Uno is no slouch in picking women to have sex with in sex clubs. He's also a karate master out of nowhere!
Toshida (Wani Kansai) – The bald member of the crew, fancies himself and expert in the ways of sex parlors. Too bad he isn't an expert in not getting a boner!
Posted by Tars Tarkas - July 13, 2011 at 12:15 pm
Categories: Movie Reviews, Ugly Tags: Asami Sugiura, Demo Tanaka, Japan, Jun Tsugita, Mai Nanami, Mint Suzuki, Saori Hara, Toushi Yanagi, Wani Kansai, Yoshihiro Nishimura, Yuya Ishikawa
The Machine Girl (Review)
The Machine Girl
aka Kataude Mashin Gâru
One day people will be able to detect awesomeness with a Geiger counter type device. When this Awesomeness Detector is used to measure DVDs of The Machine Girl, it will overload by so much, the explosion will destroy half the universe. This film simply rocks. It is beyond cool. We have a girl with a machine gun for an arm, evil ninja yakuza, and more blood than a Red Cross warehouse. There will be blood. Lots and lots of blood. Blood that sprays forth at like a firehose. Let's just say that if any woman in this universe ever had her period, the force of the blood exiting her body would cause her to launch up into the air like a rocket and she'd crash into the moon. There's that much blood.
Much of this film is beyond description, only pictures and video will be satisfactory. It's an explosion of visual images and over the top-ness that will make your jaw drop and your pants moist. A low-budget original film from Fever Dreams/Media Blasters, hopefully the first of many awesome productions. It was actually released in the US before Japan, which is a first I can get behind. The DVD has both subtitles and an English dub, so of course we will jump right to Japanese with subtitles. Because we are out and proud geeks.
Ami Hyuga (Minase Yashiro) – A normal basketball-playing girl becomes the instrument of vengeance known as The Machine Girl after her brother Yu is murdered by the son of Yakuza. After losing her arm, she is aided by fellow victims and given a machine gun as replacement, which allows her to blast her way to total vengeance. Ami's parents killed themselves when they were framed for murder.
Miki (Asami Sugiura as Asami) – Miki was in a biker gang with her hubby. Her son Takeshi was killed by Sho, and afterwards helps Ami on her quest of vengeance. Married to Suguru. Asami is an AV actress, for those of you who don't speak Japanophile, that means she's a porn star (Mosaic only.)
Yu Hyuga (Ryôsuke Kawamura) – Ami's little brother, who is killed by Sho Kisuma, son of a Yakuza boss. Appears as a ghost helping Ami and applauding her efforts. Thankfully, not as a scary long-haired ghost like most Asian horror films.
Sho Kimura (Nobuhiro Nishihara) – Killed Yu and Takeshi for kicks. Snotty and sarcastic. Has a flair for wearing outfits that make him look like a gay pimp. He and his mom are almost like they share brains…
Ryuji Kimura (Kentaro Shimazu) – Dad Kimura is head of a ninja clan that is the Hatori Hanzo clan, which now is yakuza. Crazy. Wears his hair in demon horn style. Uses the flying guillotine, mouth masks, swords, and intense praying powers.
Violet Kimura (Honoka) – Mom Kimura is formerly of the Kanto Beasts, this woman beats her husband for being soft, kills maids as punishment, makes a chef eat "finger food", and wears metal undergarments. Just your average Japanese woman!
Suguru (Yûya Ishikawa) – Takeshi's dad, Miki's husband, mechanic, and builder of machine gun arms. The son of a surgeon, and a former biker gang member (where he met his wife.) He doesn't seem to have the temperament of a biker gang member, unless they are much calmer in Japan, which I doubt based on their many other depictions in movies. He's a nice guy, so of course he gets killed violently.
Abraham Lincoln (???) – Abraham Lincoln is alive and well, living as a Yakuza bodyguard in Japan. Until he's killed in the movie, so I guess he is dead. Damn you, Japanese John Wilkes Booth!!!
Posted by Tars Tarkas - August 28, 2008 at 9:41 pm
Categories: Movie Reviews, Ugly Tags: Asami Sugiura, Honoka, Japan, Kentaro Shimazu, Minase Yashiro, Noboru Iguchi, Nobuhiro Nishihara, Noriko Kijima, Ryosuke Kawamura, Women who kick butt, Yuya Ishikawa


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King of the Assist
Creative Carey Vital to the Argyle Cause
GRAHAM Carey's pair of assists on Tuesday night against Walsall epitomises just how important he is to the team, according to Argyle manager Derek Adams.
The Irishman's twin free-kicks in the 2-1 Sky Bet League One victory over the Saddlers brings him to 10 assists for the campaign, an exceptional haul at this stage of the season.
The ability to create chances is such a vital asset for a team building in confidence after four straight league wins in 2019, as we head into the weekend test at Wycombe Wanderers.
"When you've got someone like Graham in the team, you're always going to have a chance," said Derek. "It was a very tight affair in the middle of the pitch but the two balls in from Graham Carey were excellent. In any game, when chances become few and far between, it's important that you have good delivery."
Carey's influence on his teammates remains significant, and the Argyle gaffer believes it's only a matter of time before he gets the goals he deserves, too.
"Graham Carey will score goals," said Derek. "He's had a lot of opportunities but been unlucky, either by good goalkeeping or blocked shots. He hasn't got as many goals [compared with previous seasons], but I think he's got ten assists this season, so that is something you need in your team. Other players can score the goals, but Graham is still contributing a huge amount to the team by giving us assists."
The Irishman, affectionately known around the club as 'G', has finished the last two seasons as Argyle's leading goal-scorer, and has won the club's Player of the Year award in two of the past three campaigns. Derek, though, feels that Carey's contribution need not be measured by goals alone.
"It would be better for Graham [to get a goal], but to have ten assists with 17 games to go, I don't think there'll be many players in the league, if any, who have got more assists than him."
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redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


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Q: RegEx for taking product# and Order# I am struggling to find a general rule for this, as I newbie in regex domain. I tried a lot of different combinations, but no success. I posted my best one, which still miss some of them.
In abstract, I want to extract order# and Product number in different cells of my array. (global and multi line )
for Product #                    [\D^\s]([790]\d{1,4})[\D\s$]
for Order# (6 or 7 character)    ([56]\d{6})[\D$]|[\D^]([56]\d{5})[\D$]

my final pattern for all groups:
[\D^\s]([790]\d{1,4})[\D\s$][\D?|^]|([790]\d{1,4})[\D$]|([56]\d{6})[\D$]|[\D?|^]([56]\d{5})[\D$]

these are some examples
5494398 70008                   'order # 5494398  Product#: 70008
5001447452                      ' should be ignored
6415366 OSW SHIP 70052          'order # 6415366  Product#: 70052
6567598y7058 Nov 20             'order # 6567598  Product#: 7058
OSW SHIP 70054 RH STRONGBACKS   'order # N/A      Product#: 70054
OSW HS 70052 70053              'order # N/A      Product#: 70008
6511534 04450                   'order # 6511534  Product#:either  04450 or 0445 (this is only case)
6511538 0046                    'order # 6511538  Product#: 0046
0046 6387125                    'order # 6387125  Product#: 0046
OSW 70032                       'order # N/A      Product#: 70032
OSW HEX Blots 046 047 048 049   'order # N/A      Product#: 064 & 047 & 048 & 049 (4 matches)

and this is what i am getting, I think I fail to exactly address the start point and set the length, also not sure why the last product number is not identified! below I posted the test result. I am using this in VBA environment.
Thanks in advance.
M

A: Why your regex isn't working
You're confusing quite a few things in your existing regex.

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*[] this defines a character set. Any positional tokens like ^ or $ are matched literally.

*

*[\D\s$] matches \D (any non-digit character) or \s (any whitespace character) or $ (the dollar sign symbol literally)

*[\D?|^] matches \D (any non-digit character) or ? (question mark symbol literally) or | (vertical bar symbol literally) or ^ (carat symbol literally)

Some exceptions to the above are character set specific symbols (and placement usually matters) such as:

*

*[^] any character not in the set - must have carat at the beginning ([^\d] any character that isn't in the set - so any non-digit character)

*[0-9] any character in the range from 0 to 9 (based on the ASCII table). Lots of times we see people specifying a-Z which doesn't match a-zA-Z, it matches [\]^_ and ` as well - see http://www.asciitable.com/)

Instead, use non-capture groups to group those things together. If you need to have positional tokens like ^ or $ in your regex, include them as alternations [\d\s]|$ for example.

How to fix your regex
Order Number
See regex in use here
(?:^|\D)([790]\d{1,4})(?!\d)

The above works as follows:

*

*(?:^|\D) either asserts start of line or matches any non-digit character

*[790]\d{1,4} match any character in 790, then any digit 1-4 more times (matches a 5 digit number starting in 7, 9, or 0)

*(?!\d) asserts what follows is not a digit (will also match end of line since it's not a digit)

Product Number
See regex in use here
(?:^|\D)[56]\d{5,6}(?!\d)

The above works as follows:

*

*(?:^|\D) either asserts start of line or matches any non-digit character

*[56]\d{5,6} match any character in 56, then any digit 5-6 more times (matches a 5 or 6 digit number starting in 5 or 6)

*(?!\d) asserts what follows is not a digit (will also match end of line since it's not a digit)

Combining the regex (Final Pattern)
See regex in use here
(?:^|\D)([790]\d{1,4}(?!\d))|(?:^|\D)([56]\d{5,6}(?!\d))

The first capture group is order #, the second is product #.

A: I think this is what you need:
(?<=[^\d]|^)(?<order>[56]\d{5,6})(?=[^\d]|$)|(?<=[^\d]|^)(?<product>[790]\d{1,4})(?=[^\d]|$)

I have no clue whether named capture groups such as ?<order> are supported in VBA. If not then remove the respective ?<order> and ?<product> and your matches will be available $1 and $2 respectively.
https://regex101.com/r/PeOfKm/1

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WHITE TIGERS - MOHINI, MOTHER OF AMERICAN WHITE TIGERS, AND HER DESCENDANTS
Historical quotations are credited and are in the public domain. Original text is licensed under the GFDL. I am grateful to Paul McCarthy and Jerry Blackman for researching and providing extensive material, information and corrections on white tigers and for genealogies.
White Tiger Genealogies from Mohan to Modern Day
1500 to 1899 - Historical Accounts of White Tigers
1800s - Current Day Stripeless White Tigers
1900 to 1950s - Historical Accounts of White Tigers
1950s to 1970s - The White Tigers of Rewa & Orissa
1970s - Alleged White Amur Tigers, Susie & White Tigers of Unknown Lineages
White Tigers in Captivity Today
White Tigers in British Zoos (1960s to 1990s)
White Tigers: Mohini - Mother of American White tigers - and her Descendants
White Tiger Breeders: Robert Baudy, Josip Marcan
Circus White Tigers: Susie - Matriarch of a White Tiger Line
Circus White Tigers: Takila/Chequila & Tony - Patriarch of a White Tiger Line; Maharanee/Maharani
Circus White Tigers: Siegfried and Roy's Tigers
Circus White Tigers: Obie and the Mysterious 1975 Litter of Six
Circus White Tigers: The 1984 White Tiger Cubs Theft Case
Current Day - Spread Of White Tigers In Zoos - Too Many To Count
Reintroducing White Tigers Into The Wild?
White Tiger Studbook and Bibliography
MOHINI, MOTHER OF AMERICAN WHITE TIGERS
Mohan was bred to his daughter Radha, resulting in 4 white cubs on October 30th, 1958: Raja ("ruler" or "king"), Rani, Sukeshi and Mohini ("Enchantress") that carried 75%. Mohini, the daughter of Mohan and Radha, was born at Rewa in October 1958. After the Maharajah successfully bred white tigers at Govindgarh Palace, the Indian government banned the export of white tigers, declaring them a living treasure. When Eisenhower visited New Delhi in 1959, a white sister of Mohini was brought from Rewa to show him. Washington attorney Ralph S Scott had suggested to the German-American billionaire John W Kluge that he buy a white tiger for Washington Zoo as a gift for the children of America. So in 1960, Kluge bought a white tigress from the Maharajah for $10,000 as a gift for the US National Zoo (NZP) in Washington DC, but the Indian government refused to let it out of India. Negotiations included President Eisenhower appealing to Prime Minister Nehru to release Mohini from India. Finally Mohini was officially presented to President Eisenhower on the White House lawn. She was a great attraction and the zoo wanted to breed more white tigers.
A person instrumental in bringing Mohini to the USA was Patricia Hunt. In "Life" magazine Vol 56, No 6, Feb 7, 1964, the "Editor In Charge Of Whales, White Tigers, and Sifakis" column by George P Hunt (no relation) wrote "[Patricia Hunt] once found a story in the ad columns of The New York Times, in which an Indian maharaja was offering white tigers for sale. Her cables and her interest resulted in the sale of a white tiger to a U.S. zoo, for which the maharaja was duly grateful."
Ralph S. Scott, who was instrumental in bringing Mohini to the United States, said that at one point the United States Ambassador to India had her placed in an Embassy truck with Marine guards, because of all of the difficulty they were having getting her out of the country. Prime Minister Nehru of India had wanted the first white tiger to be exported from India to go to Beijing Zoo, and not Washington DC. One of the events that influenced Mohini's fate was developments in Tibet, which resulted in the Dalai Lama fleeing from the Chinese to India. A wave of anti-Chinese sentiment swept India and Mohini went to the US National Zoo instead. Dr. Theodore H. Reed, the director of the National Zoo, had spent 6 months in India trying to cut through the red tape; Reed unsuccessfully tried to buy a white tiger for Clyde Beatty. Reed had been given a free choice and could have chosen Sukeshi, Raja, Rani or Mohini, for the Washington Zoo. Ralph S. Scott, was a big game hunter who had discovered white tigers on his way home from Nepal when he was a guest of the Maharaja of Rewa; he acquired an orange Bengal tiger named "Uncle Samson," a heterozygous son of Mohan and Begum, as a mate for Mohini in 1963.
Of Mohini, TH Reed said "Her stripes were black, shading into brown, but her main coat was eggshell white instead of the normal rufous orange. Exotic coloring and magnificent physique made her a tiger without peer [...] For a two-year old kitten, she had tremendous growth-almost 190 pounds, three feet tall at the shoulders, and eight feet long from nose to tail." ." Reed selected Mohini out of a litter of four white cubs.
Mohini stayed overnight at Bronx Zoo where Crandall was director. She also spent one night at the Philadelphia Zoo, en route to Washington. Crandall described the arrival of Mohini, and later her consort, thus: "On November 30, 1960 a "white" tiger that had been presented to the National Zoological Park by John W. Kluge of the Metropolitan Broadcasting Company arrived here for an overnight stay. It was forewarded to Washington on Dec. 1. This animal, bred in the collection of the Maharaja of Rewa, in central India, was a well grown female about 2 years old. It's ground color was nearly white with faint cream overcast, and the stripes were sooty black. The eyes, reported as blue, appeared green to me. [...] On January 6, 1963 a normally colored male Bengal tiger arrived at the National Zoological Park, Washington, from the zoo at Ahmedabad, India. Bred under the direction of the Maharaja of Rewa, this animal is both half brother and uncle of the "white" female recieved in 1960. On January 6, 1964 the female gave birth to three cubs, of which one was white."
Ralph S. Scott, President of the Zoological Society of Florida, brought back at least two wild caught orange tigers for loan to the National Zoo, including a male named "Mighty Mo", who was paired with Mohini for breeding, without success, so he was replaced by "Uncle Samson" from Ahmedabad Zoo. Mighty Mo is not in the studbook and was was later transferred to Pittsburgh Zoo. Samson, was a more assertive mate. In a Miami Herald article from Dec. 1, 1960, Scott referred to Mohini (of Rewa) as "Princess" and said that Mighty Mo, her intended mate, was in the cage next to her. Mighty Mo had been captured in central India in 1959 as a cub. He was then exhibited at various branches of a restaurant chain before being formally presented to the National Zoo by J. Willard Marriott, Sr. Because no more white tigers were being allowed out of India, NZP mated Mohini to Samson (her mother Radha's brother, imported to Washington from Ahmedabad Zoo, India in 1963), her orange uncle and half-brother (thanks to inbreeding) who carried the white gene. One of their offspring, Ramana, was mated back to Mohini resulting in the white female, Rewati. When first introduced, Sampson bit off part of Mohini's ear! Unfortunately, inbreeding depression was starting to show up; Rewati had a crooked spine and short limbs and at one point her hind legs were paralyzed and she was crawling in circles.
Ramana and his orange sister Kesari had a litter of three white tiger cubs, and one orange, at the Cincinnati Zoo on 20th June 1974. These four cubs were the last (studbook) registered (pure-bred) Bengal tigers born in the Western Hemisphere. Cincinnati Zoo claimed that the NZP had tried – and failed - to breed Ramana to Kesari, only for the pair to breed almost as soon as they reached Cincinnati. These cubs went to either Port Clinton, or Sandusky, Ohio, or Grand Prairie TX. Bharat, Priya, and Peela were sold to the International Animal Exchange, Sandusky, Ohio. Ranjit, Priya, and Peela went to the IAE's facility in Grand Prairie, Texas. Ranjit and Bharat were then sold to a zoo by the IAE – supposedly the name of the zoo is a secret, but it was on the island of Formosa. The Honolulu Advertiser Wednesday December 21, 1988 (p 64) said there was a one month old white tiger cub at Grand Prairie, Texas, but didn't state if the cub was born there - this may have been Priya's cub, sired by Ranjit. At the time Ranjit, Priya, and Peela were there.
Chart 03: Mohan's Line via Mohini in the USA (large image, opens in new window)
In 1964 - one year and one day after Samson's arrival - Mohini and Samson produced orange male Ramana who was bred to Mohini after Samson's death. The Mohini-Samson mating also produced white male Rajkumar - the first white tiger born in a zoo (said to have a particularly nasty temperament!) - who survived only 10 months before he and his orange sister, Ramini, died of feline distemper. The claim of panleucopenia is contradicted by Sankhala and Roychoudhury. They say that Rajkumar died on July 27, 1965 and Ramani on July 7, 1965. Rajkumar was supposed to have had a terrible disposition. All three cubs were vaccinated against panleucopenia, but two of them appear to have died from it anyway. According to the Smithsonian annual reports the zoo had seven Bengal tigers in 1964: Samson, Mohini, Rajkumar, Ramana, Ramani, Mighty Mo (Mohini's original mate), and another male Bengal tiger (in 1961 they had only three, including Mohini). Going through subsequent issues year by year there is no report of Mighty Mo leaving the zoo or of his death.
According to Smithsonian annual reports at the time: "Until the cubs [Ramana, Rajkumar and Ramini] were 6 weeks old the Lion House was closed to the public . . . When they were first put on exhibition they were so popular that it was necessary to put a sign on the cage asking visitors to move on and let others enjoy the scene; some people actually arrived in the morning and spent the entire day standing in front of the cage until the building closed in the evening. A film of the birth, combined with a film made at the palace of the Maharaja of Rewa in India, was shown on a half-hour nation-wide television program." One of the cubs was unusually light orange in colour, probably due to a condition called "fever coat" where high temperature in the womb prevents pigment from forming properly. T.H. Reed wanted to trade the entire litter including the white one to another zoo for an assortment of animals, including zebras, but the Secretary of the Smithsonian vetoed the deal.
In 1966, Mohini and Samson produced orange daughter Kesari; no other cubs from that litter, which included white cubs, survived. In 1969, Ramana and Mohini produced cross-eyed white female, Rewati (she also had a crooked spine, short limbs and at one point her hind legs were paralysed). Their next litter had 2 white and 3 orange cubs, but only white male Moni survived.In a tragic accident, after 48 hours Mohini crushed and killed three of the cubs while in labour with a fifth (stillborn) cub. The surviving cub, a white male named Moni was hand-reared by Elizabeth Reed. Moni was the last white tiger born in Washington and died of a neurological disorder. Moni also had a twisted neck, something previously seen in the Delhi Zoo's white tigers. He had just received a lot of medical treatment at John Hopkins before he died. Moni was the first white tiger in whose brain the visual pathway abnormality was first documented. None of Mohini's white offspring survived to reproduce, and adfter Moni died the zoo never bred Mohini to Ramana again.
Scott bought a male white tiger named Rajah as a mate for his female white tiger, Gomti/Princess, but she died on 16th December, 1970, and the male died in transit. After Gomti/Princess died, Scott had still expected to take delivery of Rajah as a mate for Mohini.
Devra Kleiman described the efforts to breed the Bengal tigers at the NZP in 1973 and noted that they made every effort to breed Rewati, probably to her sire Ramana, as soon as she was old enough. Only one year later, the NZP seemed to have had enough of breeding white Bengal tigers and dispersed their stock ofwhite and heterozygous tigers. Mohini went to the Brookfield Zoo (Chicago Zoological Park) to join their Bengal tigers (if she bred there her cubs would have been orange heterozygotes).
Rewati was almost certainly sterile. Devra Kleiman wrote "I knew all about the white gene and specifically told the Cincinnati Zoo not to breed from any of these tigers (Ramana, Kesari, and Marvina)". According to Kleiman in her correspondence with others, Rewati didn't "cycle regularly" in addition to her physical issues. These issues may have been congenital (foetal development) rather than genetic. The National Zoo considered Rewati a poor tiger specimen due to inbreeding, but made several unsuccessful attempts to breed her, but when Poona was loaned to the National Zoo in 1973 he was supposed to impregnate Mohini, Rewati and Kesari. After leaving Cincinnati Zoo Rewati lived at Bronx Zoo and Center Hill, then Cincinnati Zoo in 1976 (as the intended mate of Tony). Rewati and Mohini lived at the Brookfield Zoo for two years from 1974 to 1976 while Kesari, Ramana and Marvina were in Cincinnati. There would have been additional opportunities for Mohini and Rewati to be bred in Brookfield, but there are no records of this happening. Then she was sent to Columbus Zoo and they tried to get a male white tiger from India to breed with her in the hope of producing pure-bred Bengal tigers from her. Rewati was killed in 1983 aged 14, by her nephew Ika while mating, although at that time she was considered too old to breed (though she might have bred at the Rare Feline Breeding Compound at Center Hill i.e. Robert Baudy's "white Siberian" tigers might be Bengal/Siberian mixes descended from Rewati). Zoos were so desperate to breed white tigers that they took anything they could get, including physically defective animals.
In 1971 Washington Zoo director Dr Theodore H Reed hoped to acquire a tiger named Ram (born New Delhi Zoo 23rd March 1965 to Vindhya, daughter of Mohan and Begum, and an unrelated tiger named Suraj) from a Trivendrum Zoo in southern India as a mate for Mohini. He described Ram as a grandson of Mohan having 25% of Mohan's genes, 25% of Begum's genes and a 50% chance of carrying white genes. When Mohini was euthanized in 1979, Reed was apparently so upset he left town the next day. He said "It's impossible to say how much the zoo owes that cat and her cubs. They drew attention to the facility and made all our recent improvements so much easier. If she had been human she would have been a movie star." Mohini had been born and bred in a maharaja's palace and had visited the White House in the USA. During her lifetime, she spent a night at each of the Bronx and Philadelphia zoos, spent 2 years at Brookfield Zoo and spent the rest of her life in Washington DC. Mohini's legacy lives on in her progeny and in sections of Mohini's brain preserved for scientific study. The skulls and skins of Mohini and Rajkumar are preserved in the Smithsonian's National Museum Of Natural History, but are not displayed.
Kesari was bred to Tony, on breeding loan from the Hawthorn Circus, at Cincinnati Zoo in 1976. Tony had gone to Cincinnati to be bred to Rewati, not Kesari, and had the Tony-Rewati breeding occurred it would have resulted in only white cubs. In any event, Kesari produced more white cubs than expected. Tony-Kesari matings produced 80% white cubs rather than the expected 50%. Ramana-Kesari matings produced 75% white cubs instead of the expected 25%. Kesari went from Cincinnati zoo to HDZ, but produced no more cubs. Tony introduced Amur (Siberian) tiger blood into the zoo population of white tigers.
Chart C: The Merging of Bengal and Amur (large image, opens in new window)
Kesari's offspring Ranjit, Bharat, and Priya were all outcrossed with unrelated orange tigers to introduce fresh blood (heterozygotes bred from Bharat or Priya went to Gulf Breeze Zoo). The three were eventually sold to Hunt's Bros' International Animal Exchange (IAE) in 1987. NZP had a non-breeding brother and sister pair of orange Bengal tigers, offspring of Bharat and a supposedly pure Bengal from Knoxville, for many years. Kesari's four cubs were the last (studbook) registered (pure-bred) Bengal tigers born in the Western Hemisphere. Ranjit, Bharat, Priya and Peela have proved hard to follow up in the records as they are all marked "lost to follow-up." They were all sold by the NZP in 1986 and would have been 12 years old and able to breed. Ranjit, Bharat, Priya and Peela have proved hard to follow up in the records as they are all marked "lost to follow-up." They were all sold by the NZP in 1986, on the same day that Panghur Ban arrived there. One account says that Bharat, Priya, and Peela were sold to the International Animal Exchange, Sandusky, Ohio, while Ranjit, Priya, and Peela went to the IAE's facility in Grand Prairie, Texas. Ranjit and Bharat were then sold to a zoo by the IAE – supposedly to a zoo in Formosa. According to other accounts, Ranjit went to the African Safari Wildlife Park in Sandusky, Ohio, while Bharat went to Royal Oak, Michigan, and Peela and Priya went to Hunts Bros' International Wildlife Park, Grand Prairie, Texas. Royal Oak is the office of Hunts Bros, International Animal Exchange and is directly opposite the Detroit Zoo. The Detroit Zoo apparently never exhibited white tigers, so Bharat was owned by the International Animal Exchange but it is unclear where she was "warehoused."
The Lincoln Star 23rd March 1978 article "Two tigers secret riders aboard flight to Omaha" reports on Ranjit and Kesari flying from Washington DC with zoo keeper Arthur Cooper from the NZP (Cooper hand-reared Marvina, Kesari's daughter born in 1973.) This means Ranjit was at Washington 1976 – 1978 while too young to breed. On 15th August, 1978, a Nebraska newspaper proclaimed "Zoo awaits four new tigers to be delivered to the Henry Doorly Zoo here Sunday and Monday, officials say. Director Lee Simmons said it is hoped the tigers will produce another rare white cub through matings with one of the new tigers and the mother of a white tiger currently at the zoo."
According to the Leipzig Tiger Zuchtbook, Priya was transferred to Knoxville on 5th April 1974, then to Ferndale (which is synonymous with Royal Oak) on 8th April 1983, and was transferred and lost to follow up as of 21st April 1986. Peela went to Ferndale on 4th Nov 1976 and was transferred and lost to follow-up on 30th April 1986. Bharat was transferred to Ferndale on 5th April 1976 and lost to follow-up on 30th April 1986 (along with Peela). Ranjit was transferred to Omaha on 5th April 1976, loaned to Ferndale on 21st March and lost to follow-up on 28th April 1986. So all 4 tigers ended up at Ferndale and were transferred and lost to follow-up in April 1986, which indicates they went into private ownership or were exported.
The African Safari Wildlife Park brochure (1987?) shows what looks like a pure-Bengal white tiger, and it says there are only 55 white tigers on earth. This appears to be Bharat in the IAE safari park at Port Clinton, Ohio, which means Bharat was not at Sandusky at that time. Port Clinton only had one white tiger while Grand Prairie had two (Ranjit and Priya). These two safari parks were "holding areas" until a buyer is found. Ranjit and Bharat were sold together to a zoo in "a Chinese-speaking part of Asia" and probably Priya and Peela were too; possibly they were sold as breeding pairs. Other tigers, such as Marvina, Raja, Sheba II, and Obie may also have spent time in one of these safari parks.
In 1973 an unrelated orange Bengal (actually Indo-Chinese) tiger named Poona was sent from Chicago Brookfield Zoo to Washington on six month loan to breed with either Mohini, Rewati or Kesari. Brookfield Zoo probably expected a share of any cubs he sired at Washington DC. When Poona, Mohini, and Rewati arrived back at the Brookfield Zoo together, the Zoo intended to continue their attempts to breed him with both Mohini and Rewati. According to Brookfield Zoo, Poona was born in Seattle 7th August 1962 and was listed as Panthera tigris corbetti (North Indochinese tiger). Poona of Chicago appears to have been confused by Sankhala and Thornton with a heterozygous orange tiger named Poona born at New Delhi zoo to Moti (male) and Homa (white daughter of Raja and Rani) – also a mistake because Raja and Rani's daughter was "Roma" while "Homa" was the offspring of Mohan and Sukeshi. Poona of Chicago mated with 15 year old Mohini in 1973, but no cubs resulted. He was also bred to Kesari, resulting in 6 orange cubs in 1973; but only Marvina (female) survived (hand-raised). Brookfield Zoo stated that their Poona was not the heterozygote from New Delhi zoo as claimed by Thornton and Sankhala. Poona of Chicago fathered cubs by 2 other tigresses at Brookfield zoo and 50% would have been heterozygotes. One may have gone to Racine zoo. Neither Poona, nor Marvina were registered Bengal tigers nor listed in the white tiger studbook.
Poona of Delhi's mother Homa was quadruple first cousin to Kesari (all of their parents - Raja, Rani, Mohini, Samson - were siblings). According to Sankhala, Moti was an orange male, Moti captured in the forests of Panna in the neighbourhood of Rewa and taken to Delhi Zoo. At Delhi Zoo, Moti was paired with white females, Homa and Roma to produce heterozygous offspring and introduce fresh blood.
Prior to 1974, Cincinnati Zoo director, Ed Maruska, was anxious to acquire a white tiger, but zoos would not sell at any price. In 1974 Marvina, Kesari and Ramana were boarded at the Cincinnati Zoo during renovations in Washington. Zoo 2000 quoted Devra Klieman of the NZP as saying "I was well aware of the white gene and told Cincinnati not to breed from any of these tigers." NZP had attempted unsuccessfully to breed Ramana to Kesari prior to their successful breeding at the Cincinnati Zoo in 1974. Cincinnati Zoo responded that while Ramana and Kesari had refused to mate in Washington, they had mated almost as soon as they arrived in Cincinnati. The Ramana-Kesari mating produced 3 white and 1 orange cub, all healthy, born just after Ramana's death from a kidney infection. The cubs were white male Ranjit (sent to HDZ), 2 white females Bharat and Priya, and orange male Peela. These all returned to Washington. These were the last registered pure-bred Bengal tigers born in North America. Inbreeding for white tigers had coincidentally kept the Bengal bloodline pure.
Chart 3.1d: Ramana and Kesari's Offspring (large image, opens in new window)
Cincinnati Zoo had hoped that Ranjit, Bharat and Priya would remain on permanent loan in Cincinnati. Ranjit, Bharat, Priya and Peela have proved hard to follow up in the records as they are all marked "lost to follow-up." They were all sold by the NZP in 1986, on the same day that Panghur Ban arrived there. - See the blue-coloured section further up the page. Marvina, aged 14, may have gone to Grand Prairie with them; she was not registered as a pure Bengal as her grandfather Moti (not to be confused with Cincinnati Zoo's Mota) was possibly of mixed ancestry, hence her father Poona could not be considered a pure Bengal.
In 1976 Cincinnati Zoo unsuccessfully tried to breed John Cuneo's Tony to Rewati. Tony was successfully bred to Kesari, resulting in 4 white and one orange cub in 1983. Although born to unrelated parents, the 4 white cubs developed crossed eyes (only one other cub, out of 70 born at Cincinnati Zoo, was cross eyed). The 2 white males returned to the Hawthorn Circus with Tony. Cincinnati Zoo kept a white pair named Bhim and Sumita along with orange female Kamala. Mexico City Zoo obtained white offspring of Bhim and Sumita (some may have been offspring of Bhim and Kamala). Bhim and Sumita became the world record parents of white tiger cubs.
About 25% of Bhim and Sumita's cubs were stripeless white tigers. Tapi (white daughter of Bhim and Sumita) may have been paired with Mota (white son of Bhim and Kamala) while at Los Angeles zoo, before moving on to San Diego zoo and eventually to the African Lion Safari in Ontario. African Lion Safari had a white tiger Calcutta (son of Bhim and Sundari) and in 1997, they had a white tiger cub Nicholas (son of Calcutta and Badfinger - a daughter of Bhim and Kimanthi). At Cincinnati, Bhim was outcrossed to unrelated orange Bengal tigress, Kimanthi, producing 5 litters. Kimanthi was on breeding loan to Cincinnati Zoo from Oakland Zoo, California, and the pairing resulted in Indira (Rajiv's mother) and Dolly. Bhim was also bred to his daughter Indira. According to Zoon, the Pretoria Zoo magazine, Indira shared Rajiv's enclosure at the National Zoo, even though she was Rajiv's mother and half-sister (being Bhim's daughter), and Rajiv was the product of a father-daughter mating.There was apparently an orange tiger named "Moti" who was born at the Cincinnati Zoo and lived at both the San Diego and Los Angeles zoos and who may have gone to the African Lion Safari in Ontario, Canada. If he was one of Bhim's sons he was not registered as "Moti."
Chart 3.1a3: Bhim and Kimanthi's Offspring (large image, opens in new window)
Chart 3p1a1: Bhim and Sumita Pt 1 (large image, opens in new window)
Chart 3p1a1a: Bhim and Sumita Pt 2 (large image, opens in new window)
Chart 3p1a1f: Bhim and Sumita Pt 3 (large image, opens in new window)
Chart 3.1a2: Bhim and Kamala's Descendents (large image, opens in new window)
Chart 3p1a3b: Bhim and Indira's Descendents, showing the genetics of golden tabby (large image, opens in new window)
Chart 3.1a3: Bhim and Kimanthi Descendents (large image, opens in new window)
Chart 3.1a1b: Bhim and Sundari Descendents (large image, opens in new window)
Chart 3.1a1c1: Bhim and Tapi's Descendents (large image, opens in new window)
Chart 3.1a1c: Tapi, Naranga and Mota's (Bhim's Sons) Descendents (large image, opens in new window)
Chart 3.1a1b: Shubra (Bhim/Sumita Daughter) and Benzoo (Bhim/Kamala Son) and their Offspring (large image, opens in new window)
Chart 3.1a1b1: Bubba (Shubra/Benzoo Son) and Kipling and their Offspring (large image, opens in new window)
In the 1980s the Cincinnati Zoo was selling white tiger cubs sired by Bhim for $60,000 each. The zoo was criticised as being a "white tiger mill". When NZP decided to leave the white tiger business and sent their white carriers out, they specifically asked that the carriers not be bred for their white genes; Cincinnati Zoo ignored this request. Genealogies show that Bhim-Sumita (brother-sister) matings had more females born or surviving than males, indicative of an unhealthy level of inbreeding. Matings between Bhim and his daughters will make this even worse. Inbreeding also brought out the apparently recessive mutation for stripeless (snow white) tigers that may originally have come from Tony.
Siegfried and Roy bought a litter of 3 white cubs from Cincinnati Zoo (born in 1982) for $125,000 (at the suggestion of the Maharajah of Baroda, cousin of the Maharaja of Rewa and India's commissioner of wildlife at the time, who negotiated on their behalf). These were stripeless white tigress Sitarra ("Star of India"), Neva (snow") and Shasadee ("chosen one"). Stripeless Sitarra became the matriarch of Siegfried and Roy's "Royal White Tigers of Nevada." At the time it was believed that stripeless white tigers were sterile so Sitarra was included for the bargain price of $5000.
Chart 3.1c1: Ranjit and Soma's Descendents (large image, opens in new window)
Chart 3.1c: Ranjit, Ia and Tanya's Descendents (and Cherry & Maynard's line) (large image, opens in new window)
In the 1980s HDZ acquired Tony's parents Raja and Sheba II, and Tony's orange sister Obie, from the IAE (Baron von Uhl). In 1978, HDZ borrowed Ranjit (son of Ramana and Kesari) from NZP to breed with Obie. Ranjit's mother Kesari also went to HDZ, but produced no more cubs. Ranjit was bred to four tigresses, including an orange tigress from Muscatine (Weed Park Zoo, Iowa) and orange tigresses Soma and Tanya to widen the gene pool. The offspring were then crossed to produce both orange and white offspring. Ranjit-Obie matings produced both orange and white offspring. A brother and sister pair of supposedly pure-Bengal tigers (unregistered) from Knoxville Zoo were bred to Ranjit and Bharat in Washington (the female might have been Soma). In 2006, Omaha Zoo still had two of Ranjit's granddaughters (his last descendents were born 1998), one of whom was on loan to Michigan. According to Sara Iverson's ZooGoer article, a Bengal tiger (possibly not purebred) named Jack was sent from the San Francisco Zoo and bred to Bharat in Washington. Jack appears to have sired Kanchana, a tigress who later bore at least one white cub (possibly at Riverbanks Zoo, Columbia, South Carolina).
Columbus Zoo borrowed Ika (brother of Bhim and Sumita), a 3-legged amputee retired from performance, from the Hawthorn Circus. Ika was born at Cincinnati Zoo in 1976 and named Vir. He was bred to Rewati in 1984, even though both were cross eyed. According to the zoo "We took anything we could get." Ika and Rewati were gradually introduced over a 9 month period and were getting along well, but unfortunately Ika killed Rewati during mating. Ika was then paired with white tigress Taj, daughter of Dolly and Duke and granddaughter of half brothers Bhim and Ranjit. The Ika-Rewati mating produced a cross-eyed female Lilly. Ika was also bred to Taj's mother, orange tigress Dolly, on loan from Cincinnati zoo, resulting in 2 orange and one white cub in 1986.
Chart 2.2: Ika, Baby and Dolly's Descendents (large image, opens in new window)
Chart 2.6: Ari and Kashmir's Descendents (large image, opens in new window)
Dolly and Duke were the orange parents of Taj. Duke was Ranjit's son from an outcross and Dolly was Bhim's daughter from an outcross, ensuring Taj had fresh blood from both sides. Taj's siblings included one regular orange and 2 golden tabbies. Taj and Ika's offspring Yin and Yang, born at Columbus Zoo, went to the Hawthorn circus as part of their share from the breeding loan of Ika. The incestuous nature of breedings among Bhim, Ika and Ranjit (all offspring of Kesari) can be seen from the genealogies. Ika was returned to Hawthorn Circus at the conclusion of the breeding loan. Taj was also mated to Isson, a son of Arjun (Arie), in 1997. In 2006, Columbus Zoo had just one white tiger, an 8 year old striped male named Akere (or Akeer - Hindi for "last") on loan from Cincinnati Zoo when Taj died. When Akere returned to Cincinnati Zoo, he was castrated before being exhibited with white tigress called Popsie.
By this time, most of the white tigers in US zoos were mongrels and there was interchange of tigers between zoos and circuses, something that is unthinkable today. Mohini's blood lives on in many of them, but it would not be long before zoos became more conservation-minded and got out of the white tiger business in order to concentrate on pure-bred tigers. Circuses continued to breed white tigers, and there were several facilities that were little more than white tiger farms breeding them for sale to private collections and as performing animals.
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Baby On The Way
Behati Prinsloo just announced baby #2 with Adam Levine in the cutest Insta post
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There's absolutely no denying that Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine and Victoria's Secret angel Behati Prinsloo are one of the cutest couples around. The pair got married in 2014, welcomed their daughter Dusty Rose last September, and now Behati and Adam are expecting their second child. Yes! Little Dusty is going to be a big sister, and we couldn't be more excited for the trio. In fact, when it comes to baby news, we're always excited — from learning the names of celebrity newborns to discovering cute baby announcements, we just can't seem to get enough.
And speaking of cute announcements, the VS model took to Instagram to share her baby news.
Behati posted a bikini selfie showing off her growing bump, with the caption "ROUND 2…"
We haven't seen Adam post or repost anything related to the news (yet) but we imagine he's over-the-moon ecstatic about his family's new addition. The Voice coach has adjusted beautifully to fatherhood and has been non-stop gushing about his wife and daughter (as he should).
"I have a daughter, I have the most beautiful wife in the entire world," he said back in February at his Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony. "I am one of the luckiest people who's ever lived and it has nothing to do with me. It has to do with the people who love me the most, and so I thank all of those people. I can't do it individually, but I thank you all."
Both Adam and Behati have admitted to wanting a big family. In a Net-a-Porter interview back in July 2014, Prinsloo said, "I've always wanted a family since I was a little girl, a big family. I'm an only child so I wanted like 10 kids…for sure."
And while speaking to Ryan Seacrest during a KIIS FM radio interview in November of that same year, Adam quipped, "I want to have 100 kids. I want to have more kids than would be socially responsible."
This might be baby #2 but there could be 8 or 98 more to come depending on whose version you believe. Either way, we're sending huge congratulations to the Levine family.
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In 2011, a British comedy quiz show named "Al Murray's Compete for the Meat" premiered, in which contestants competed for a frozen chicken, while the second placed team got sausages.
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2Alternative 3
In 1977, a faux-documentary called 'Alternative 3' caused mass panic in the UK. It alleged that the Earth was becoming uninhabitable and the government was kidnapping scientists to prepare for colonization of Moon and Mars.
3Naughtiest Home Videos
Australia's Naughtiest Home Videos was a special spin-off of Australia's Funniest Home Video Show, which depicted videos of sexual situations and other sexually explicit content. It was taken off part-way through its first and only episode that aired in 1992, at the demand of the network's owner Kerry Packer.
4Pokémon Shock
In 1997, a Pokemon episode which had flashing lights visual effect ended up inducing mass seizures in children across Japan. About 685 viewers were taken to hospitals. When this incident was reported on the nightly news, they replayed the offending scene, which induced yet more seizures.
5Flemish Secession
In 2006, regular programming was interrupted on the Belgian public television channel with a news bulletin claiming that the Northern portion of Belgium, better known as Flanders, had declared succession and freedom from the Kingdom of Belgium. It showed interviews with prominent Belgian politicians as well as footage of the evacuation of the royal family. All of this turned out to be a hoax.
6Guy Goma
In 2006, a man named Guy Goma showed up at the BBC for a job interview as a computer technician. He was mistaken for Guy Kewney, a computer expert, and put on live TV to discuss a judicial verdict. Despite his amazing performance faking his way through the segment, he did not get the job.
7Greg Packer
A retired highway maintenance worker named Greg Packer has been quoted over 100 times by news outlets, including AP, New York Times, NY Post, and Newsday, as their "man on the streets." He has admitted to making things up to get into the paper. Many agencies in the USA now have directives against interviewing him.
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8Heil Honey, I'm Home
In 1990, a controversial sitcom aired on British television which was titled "Heil Honey, I'm Home!" The show centered around the fictionalized versions of Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun and their inability to get along with their Jewish neighbors. The show was canceled after 1 episode.
9KLF Foundation
In 1994, the duo responsible for 1990s electronic band The KLF, in a performance art piece called "K Foundation Burn a Million Quid," burned all the money they had earned, which was a million pounds. The video aired on television a year later. They swore off discussing the project for 23 years, but 8 years later, admitted they regretted burning the money.
10Michael Larson
In 1984, a man named Michael Larson who was a contestant on "Press Your Luck" won 45 consecutive spins and earned a total of $110,237 in cash and prizes. It was at that time the largest one-day total ever won on a game show. He was able to do so by using the stop-motion feature on his VCR and memorize the patterns used in the game board.
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Renowned Scottish artist John Bellany (1942-2013) produced a series of oil paintings and drawings inspired by the experiences of the wounded soldiers and the nurses that cared for them. These previously unseen works will feature in the exhibition which also includes a specially commissioned poem by Scotland's Makar, Liz Lochhead, her creative response to the Bellany works.
There are a number of events being held at the Scottish Parliament during the John Bellany and the Scottish Women's Hospitals exhibition. All events are FREE!


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Different standards lead to Sweden's false positive COVID-19 results: Chinese biotech firm
By Zhao Yusha and Zhang Hui Source: Published: 2020/8/26 22:33:17
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In response to Sweden's concerns over "false positive COVID-19 test kits," the Chinese company in question, BGI Genomics, said on Wednesday that the "high positive rate" was due to the amount of virus inside asymptomatic patients, and different countries and regions define asymptomatic patients differently.
Observers said that as China prefers to use products with high sensibility to distinguish asymptomatic patients and avoid blind spots, low-sensitivity reagents used in some Western countries may cause more infections, as low virus carriers that cannot be detected with low-sensitivity reagents can be infectious.
The company has been in hot water after media reported 3,700 people in Sweden who got tested received a positive result due to a fault in a COVID-19 test kit from Chinese firm BGI Genomics.
The kit could not distinguish between very low levels of the virus and a negative result, the Swedish Public Health Agency said on Tuesday.
In response, the company told the Global Times on Wednesday that the rate of positive detection from COVID-19 test kits can be linked to the different sensitivity standards of countries and regions.
"For asymptomatic infections… nucleic acid tests with high-sensitivity reagents would generate a positive test result," it said.
BGI added that "if nucleic acid test results from low-sensitivity reagents are used as the standard, test results from high-sensitivity reagents will then be regarded as 'false-positive,'" and vice-versa.
The problem of low-sensitivity reagents is that infected persons will engage in daily work and social activities as a "healthy" person, creating blind spots to the prevention and control of the epidemic, Yang Zhanqiu, deputy director of the pathogen biology department at Wuhan University, told the Global Times.
"That's why Chinese people and companies prefer test kits with high sensitivity. The virus is new and we know little about it. Anyone with a low content of the virus may pass it to others, so we need to be 100 percent sure," Yang said.
Yang hinted it might be Sweden's "passing bucket" tactic to blame China's test kits, in order to divert domestic attention on its own failure in containing virus.
A clear logic fallacy in Sweden's accusation is that it claimed that the BGI test kits "could not distinguish between very low levels of the virus and a negative result," but on the other hand said "it is mainly people who have had mild symptoms or have not felt symptoms at the time of the test who have received false positive answers."
However, people who suffer from mild symptoms or silent carriers should all be counted as COVID-19 patients and have virus inside them, a well-known fact that contradicts Sweden's accusation.
In China, asymptomatic patients are defined as those who have no clinical symptoms but test positive for COVID-19, according to the standard issued by the National Health Commission in March. So far, asymptomatic patients are not counted as "confirmed cases" in China, but they will be subject to a 14-day quarantine, and will be examined like COVID-19 patients.
Sweden in March gave up testing patients with mild symptoms and silent carriers, due to limited medical resources. The country, which was labeled by WHO as high risk of COVID-19, admitted in July that it could not live up to the goal of testing 100,000 per week due to a shortage of test kits.


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Q1. Can I enroll for the dinners later?
A. It will help with our planning if you enroll now so that the place we reserve is large enough to hold everyone. If you later become unavailable, please let us know soonest. However, if you decide to enroll later and we run out of space, we may have to decline your enrollment.
Q2. Can we have the full address of the venues since we do not know the places well?
A. You will be informed of the full name and address of the venues (in Chinese as well) when they are confirmed so that you can Google map them, if needed.
Q3. Can you supply veg. menu for all meals including those in the China trip?
A. We shall try to meet your requirement if you let us know in the enrollment form that you are sensitive to any food, e.g. whole lamb dinner in the China trip.
Q1. Is the itinerary confirmed or still subject to change?
A. Roughly the same itinerary will be followed but after the no. of participants is known, we'll further negotiate with the tour operator to improve it and get a better deal.
Q2. Why do we stay only one night at a hot spring hotel in Shao Quan and not two?
A. The hot spring hotel is isolated within the mountain and far away from town centre. It is therefore better to stay another night near the town to see more of it and other places. However, ample time will be spared for participants to enjoy the hot spring.
Q3. What if I wish to withdraw before the tour starts? Any refund?
A. That is where insurance comes in. After we have paid deposit to the tour operator, it will not be possible to have any refund. You can, however, put up a claim to your insurer, if that is covered. To protect your interest, you are reminded to purchase insurance to meet your own requirement.
Q4. Can I just join only the SZ part of the trip?
A. No problem. We'll let you know where to wait for the main party in SZ in the evening of Mon. 11 Nov. or morning of 12 Nov.
Q5. Is the SZ trip organized by a tour operator?
A. According to HK law, no one except a licensed tour operator can organize a tour. Since SZ is so near to HK and local classmates are so familiar with the place, we decide NOT to engage an operator. We are therefore going on our own risk in the same manner as a class picnic while we were studying in junior form at Wah Yan , but you are also paying less than a regular tour and no tips are required. Being volunteers, members of the working committee will therefore not be responsible for any claim for loss, damage or injury arising from the entire trip. That is also the reason why you need to purchase your own insurance.
Q6. Can we purchase a group insurance to cover everyone for the entire trip since it is less expensive?A. Yes, we can do that but as many classmates have their own insurance coverage and the amount of coverage required differs with each individual, the purchase of a group insurance may not only fail to meet individual need but surplus to individual requirement, thus money wasting. It is therefore only fair for every participant to take care of his own insurance need.
Q7. Where are we going to have dinner on the third day?
A. We plan to have dinner on the third day in SZ. Classmates who opt to join the one night and one day optional tour can join the main group at SZ and have dinner together. They will be informed of the location of the rest later..
Q8. Do I have any obligation/duty to discharge?
Q1. Do I have to be 60 to join the celebrations?
A. Long as you are a classmate, you are welcome. No age limit. Your can also take along your wife, kids, S-I-Ls, D-I-Ls, M-I-L, or even grandsons or granddaughters.
Q2. Will participants be supplied with further info. about the trip and dinners?
A. Further newsletters will be published as the need arises to inform participants of progress.
Q3. How will surplus fund be handled?
A. It is our intention to refund all money left behind. However, as the remaining sum is expected to be small, some classmates have proposed to use it for establishing a General Fund for the common good of WYHK Class 1971, like paying for small donations or anniversary advertisements sought by the school, wreath for teacher or classmate, congrat. card/gift to single classmates who are getting married, etc. Participants are requested to indicate in the appropriate entry of the enrollment form whether they support this proposal.


It's important to deal with our 'demons' (problems) before they get bigger and complex. When they begin they have be really simple. However they grow as they become interlinked with other issues or reinforced with thoughts. Don't let these sorts of problems have control over you and deal with them at the root. Also don't think about them being around you attached to you, but within you think about the strength you have to overcome and change. Don't let external issues like this hold you down.
This entry was posted in Uncategorized and tagged darkness, demons, fear, inner demon, issues, life, life problems, problems, reality, simple, thoughts on February 16, 2018 by phoenix.
You may have felt before the sensation holding in feelings that really need to be released but not knowing how exactly. It's not as simple as just letting go. It's like a big tangled up rope that is secured and held down at many points.
To target these sorts of things its usually a long term process. It is important though to have a 'positive' (i.e. for change) mindset about this. Also understanding how your feelings and thoughts and linked. The other thing to consider is to target these issues at the root. Overtime you may realise you had problems or issues you never thought you had so it's never so simple and you have to approach these things at multiple angles. These sorts of things also exist at multiple levels so it is also complex in that sense.
This entry was posted in change, Uncategorized and tagged depression, emotions, feelings, happiness, health, issues, mental health, pain, people, positivity, problems, selfhelp, vent on February 16, 2018 by phoenix.


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The Hague Marriott Hotel is rated 4.3 out of 5 by 298.
Rated 2 out of 5 by FloridaTraveler from Bonvoy Gone Bad The Hague Marriott is another example of the new Bonvoy program gone bad. There is nothing wrong with the hotel per se but the benefits of being gold elite do not exist. I am seriously considering a transfer to the Hilton or Hyatt program. The only recognition on checkin was a key envelope that said: you have been upgraded. They only problem is that I was traveling with two friends who were assigned the same room although with a preferable walk in shower and they do not participate in the Marriott reward program. Quite simply, if you are not going to provide an upgrade, don't lie about it. My travel partner and I were later advised that we could purchase access to the executive lounge separately. Honestly, what is left to the rewards previously offered to those with gold status? My next stay in the Hague will take me to a much more central location that is utilized by people other than those in large tour groups and staffed with people who can provide appropriate transportation and restaurant recommendations.
Rated 5 out of 5 by MPB from very pleasant experience/stay Great location, Professional and courteous staff. Very relaxing stay!
Rated 3 out of 5 by WilburCoutinho from Bar staff People have to be active in doing service ,and checking for guests needs.
Rated 3 out of 5 by NicoletteWood from Overcharged for parking! Charged me 22.50 for parking, sign says 19.50 however gate was wide open and other cars not using slips to exit so I feel as if we were charged when others are not!
Rated 1 out of 5 by dissatisfiedguest from Not satisfied I politely asked on 3 different occasions at the reception desk if some-one could replace my shower hose which was old and dirty. 3 times the receptionists noted down my request and said they would make sure it gets replaced. I stayed at your hotel from Monday 8 April until Thursday 11 April. The shower hose never got replaced.
Rated 4 out of 5 by JRS4851 from 2017=Mit Gruppe 2019=Privat Da das Haque Marriott Hotel und besonders das Personal und der Service uns 2017 sehr zufrieden gestellt hat,fiel die Wahl - sowie eine Empfehlung - anläßlich einer privaten Feier in Den Haag 2019 wieder auf das Haque Marriott Hotel!
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Altai Blue Eyes
The blue-eyed Altai is a breed of cat that has been known for a few years and has been gaining a lot of notoriety, thanks to its particular blue eyes and variety of colors in its fur, such as tabby or black, among others, which are difference from the typical white pussycats or the point pattern.
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The Balinese cat has a great resemblance to the Siamese, but with semi-long fur and is less noisy. Agile, playful and observant. It emits different meows to attract the attention of its master. They usually choose a member of the family as their favorite, and accompany them around the house.
It is more muscular and almost identical to the Siamese, but the Colorpoint Shorthair cat includes 16 coat colors. It constantly seeks to attract attention with its vocalizations, which increase during the mating season. They are very intelligent and affectionate.
The Himalayan cat arises thanks to the crossing of the Siamese with the Persian. From this cross he inherits the personality and its beautiful physical characteristics. It is attractive, for its elegance and beauty, as well as for its tranquility and docility. Ideal for older people or people who live alone.
mekong bobtail
The Mekong Bobtail has a sleek, slim and slender body. The characteristic feature is its short tail of no more than 3 vertebrae, with curvatures that give the tail a unique characteristic. They have a dog-like personality by forming strong bonds with their owners and being loyal to them.
New Masquerade
It has its origin in Russia. The Neva Masquerade cat is the point version of the Siberian kitten. With blue eyes, medium to large size and abundant fur, which gives it an imposing appearance. Its robust and firm appearance also gives it a unique elegance.
The Ragdoll is ideal for families with children or older adults. Docile for others and very calm, they are also active and like to play. They cannot be without their owners or company for many hours. Thanks to selective breeding between Angoras, Sacred Burmese and Siamese, we have this kitten.
Holy of Burma (Burmese)
Strong presence and semi-long hair. It has light color, but with areas in dark tones, white gloves and blue eyes. The Sacred of Burma (Burmese) is tender, sociable and active, ideal for families with children and pets. He likes to play, but when he is tired he will go away to rest.
The Siamese cat has an elongated and stylized appearance. They are very active, curious and playful, ideal for the family. It should be taken into account that it is very meowing, its cries being more powerful in mating season, which is why we will live with its constant meowing.
The Snowshoe arises from the cross between the American shorthair and the Siamese, bringing together, on the one hand, the robustness of the American shorthair and, on the other, the elongated body, the triangular head, and the blue eyes of the Siamese cat.
Originally from Thailand. The Thai is an ancient breed of cat that is similar in appearance to, but distinct from, the modern, Western Siamese. Rounded, with a compact body, elongated eyes, and a shorter tail. He is sociable, cheerful and very affectionate, demanding a lot of attention. Very active and great meower.
The Tonkinese cat is a balanced version thanks to the cross from which it descends, with a stable temperament, an appearance similar to the Burmese and the particular meows of the Siamese. They are sociable and playful, recommended for all types of families and get along well with other pets.


There were several sessions of the 2016 SustPack conference with intersecting conversations about biopolymers, food waste, compostable packaging, and the challenges of creating infrastructure for composting and anaerobic digestion.
It was exciting to see so many professionals sharing their perspectives about the opportunities and challenges of building out this part of the carbohydrate economy. While the learning curve is steep and there is much to do to realize a circular economy for biodegradable materials, the outlook is very optimistic. More stakeholders are becoming educated and getting involved, and the conversation is getting richer and reflective of the kinds of systems thinking that will be required to achieve success. Despite the lack of infrastructure to collect and reutilize biodegradable packaging, the Biodegradable Product Institute (BPI) reported that since it introduced its label in 1999, over 5,000 products have been certified as compostable with significant growth occurring in the past five years.
During one session at SustPack,, members of the Sustainable Packaging Coalition's Biopolymers Industry Leadership Committee were discussing the challenges inherent in manufacturing and marketing compostable packaging materials. Suppliers of compostable materials lament the lack of education and continued misperception among brands that a healthy market for bioplastics means necessarily competing with the food and fiber needs of society. These misperceptions combined with the lack of infrastructure to collect and compost food waste and packaging are depressing market growth for these materials. All members of the ILC agreed that more education and better data is required to help improve market conditions for biopolymers.
Immature collection infrastructure – BPI reports that fewer than 200 municipalities have source-separated organics collection programs and even fewer take compostable packaging. Municipal programs that accept compostable packaging are negatively impacted by contamination from non-biodegradable materials. Contamination continues to be a primary hurdle for growing the market for biodegradable packaging. There was agreement that the need to educate residents, restaurants, food processors, and composters about the differences between composting, biodegradation and disintegration/fragmentation will be a consistent part of the solution.
In the long-term, third party certification and clear labeling of products through the How2Compost Label must work in tandem with state and local policies mandating and funding food waste diversion programs to successfully scale up composting.
Transparency and broad access to reliable information is key to building a resilient system. Education, communication, and standardization (without "killing innovation" to quote Susanna Carson of Besics Packaging) will continue to be indispensable tools for sharing this information.
Certain topics were not covered in the presentations or panel discussion that may have an influence on how we reutilize biological nutrients. For example, similar to EPA's now very familiar hierarchy of recycling: reduce, reuse, recycle; many NGOs advocate that we solve our nation's endemic food waste problem by making all possible efforts to reduce waste at the source (one of the most valuable functions of packaging), reuse nutrients for consumption by humans or for animal feed, and then recycle the remainder to produce biogas and/or compost. While this hierarchy is perfectly logical, one wonders what impact the diversion of materials would have on the economics of anaerobic digestion and/or composting. Another potential conundrum is sorting out how we create a system that is capable of simultaneously recycling them for their material and functional value (as technical nutrients) versus their value as sources of energy and/or to build soil fertility. Ideally, the marketplace would decide which is the most economically beneficial path for "valorization".
Lastly, as a member of GreenBlue's staff that focuses on issues of green chemistry and effective methods for managing chemicals in supply chains more sustainably, I would like to enable industry to have the tools and information they need to ensure that the chemicals additives used in biodegradable materials does not lead to unintended adverse impacts to humans or the environment.


WordPress is a complex content management system.
You may find yourself in a situation where tech support or an outside developer needs access to your WordPress website.
The following steps show you how to create a second admin account – which can easily be deleted if it is no longer required.
Important: Select "Administrator" from the drop-down if you are seeking technical or development support.
4) Click the "Add User" button.
If the User has created posts or pages you need to assign them to a different User. If not the pages/posts will be deleted. This step cannot be reversed.
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The following is the past results and the projection of disclosure segments after FY2018.
The Canon Marketing Japan Group changed disclosure segments at the beginning of FY2018. Please refer to the "Segment Information" for the past results before 2017.