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Apocalypse of Ice est un film catastrophe américain réalisé par Maximilian Elfeldt, sorti en 2020, avec Tom Sizemore, Emily Killian et Ramiro Leal. Le film a été produit par The Asylum.

Synopsis
Au pôle Nord, Reggie et sa collègue Joe remarquent un adoucissement excessif des océans en raison de la fonte des glaciers dans la mer. Peu de temps avant de pouvoir partager leurs résultats de recherche, ils sont frappés par un mur de glace, c'est pourquoi ils doivent évacuer l'installation de recherche. Dehors, Joe tombe morte.

Alors que le mur de glace passe, Reggie contacte son vieil ami, le professeur Loren, pour lui présenter les résultats de ses recherches. Ses collaborateurs, la virologue Jill, et son collègue Oscar Quinnton sont actuellement dans la phase finale de test d'un vaccin, car l'humanité doit s'unir contre une pandémie virale qui se propage rapidement à travers la Terre. Oscar confirme les résultats venus du pôle Nord, car de nombreux animaux marins sont récemment morts en raison de la proportion excessive d'eau douce. Un gigantesque vortex polaire menace de geler la Terre à des températures de près de −100 °C. Convaincu que le changement climatique est inévitable, Loren décide de passer les derniers jours avec sa famille, abandonnant ses collègues.

Ailleurs, Sara, la sœur de Jill, va chercher son frère Mike et sa fiancée Andrea à l'aéroport et demande à Jill si elle veut passer les dernières journées avec eux. Jill refuse et décide avec Oscar d'atteindre l'Équateur pour commencer à produire le vaccin, dont ils transportent les prototypes avec eux. En raison des tourbillons polaires émanant des deux pôles, il a été calculé que les quelques 100 kilomètres de latitude autour de l'équateur seraient épargnés par le froid extrême. Comme le GPS ne fonctionne pas en raison des conditions météorologiques, Reggie les guide par radio à travers la tempête.

L'avion de Mike et Andrea s'écrase en raison d'une panne de turbines due au froid. Mike et Andrea survivent au crash et reviennent à eux-mêmes. À part l'hôtesse de l'air Erica, le reste de l'équipage semble être mort. Cependant, Erica rapporte que les survivants ont déjà quitté l'avion et qu'ils ont été laissés derrière. Andrea soigne les deux blessés et commence à dégager la sortie gelée. Sara s'approche également de la scène de l'accident et parvient à le localiser l'avion quand elle entend la musique que le compositeur Mike joue sur son téléphone portable. Erica les encourage à piller l'avion. Mike remplit ses poches de fusées de détresse. Peu de temps avant son sauvetage, Erica meurt de ses blessures.

En raison de la météo, Jill et Oscar progressent lentement et doivent maintenant conduire plus vite car, selon Reggie, un deuxième mur de glace arrivera bientôt sur eux. La voiture fait une glissade, sort de la route et tombe d'une falaise. En plus de la perte de sa voiture, Oscar souffre également de blessures. Après une longue marche, ils arrivent à une maison, où ils sont accueillis avec hostilité par le propriétaire, Robert. Il est armé, car il les prend pour des pillards, et leur dit que sa femme a contracté le virus. Ce n'est que lorsqu'ils peuvent lui montrer le prototype du vaccin, et ainsi prouver qu'ils ne sont pas des pillards, qu'ils obtiennent son aide. La femme de Robert est vétérinaire et lui a enseigné comment opérer. Par conséquent, Robert recoud et soigne les blessures d'Oscar. Dans le hangar de Robert, ils parviennent à réparer le talkie-walkie cassé lors de la chute de la voiture, et ainsi rétablir le contact avec Reggie. Enfin, Robert confie sa voiture aux deux scientifiques dans l'espoir qu'ils parviennent à sauver le monde.

Sara, Mike et Andrea, qui sont maintenant en voiture également en direction de l'Équateur, se rendent à la morgue dans l'espoir d'y trouver des médicaments. Peu de temps après, Reggie contacte Jill et admet qu'il a mal calculé et que le deuxième mur de glace va bientôt se produire. Un peu plus tard, le vortex polaire se précipite sur lui et il est gelé. Sara, Mike et Andrea essaient de trouver refuge dans les chambres froides, mais Mike est incapable de fermer la porte en raison de son état. Andrea quitte sa cellule et ferme la porte de la cellule de Mike. Comme elle n'a pas assez de temps pour retourner dans sa chambre froide, elle rend à Mike sa bague de fiançailles puis meurt gelée. Grâce aux fusées de détresse, Mike et Sara peuvent se libérer de leurs cellules après le passage de la vague de froid. Malheureusement pour eux, le moteur de leur voiture ne démarre plus, alors ils repartent à pied vers un hôpital voisin. Alors qu'ils cherchent des médicaments, ils entendent le bruit d'un hélicoptère et attirent l'attention sur eux avec la dernière fusée de détresse.

Pour aller plus vite, Jill décide de conduire sur la mer gelée au lieu de la route. Naviguant près du rivage, elle doit de manière inattendue éviter un navire gelé. C'est pourquoi elle se retrouve sur une glace trop mince et tombe dans l'océan. Avant que la voiture ne coule, Jill et Oscar parviennent à s'échapper du véhicule. Ils continuent le voyage à pied. Oscar avoue à Jill qu'il a été infecté par le virus. Jill, qui a servi de cobaye pour le vaccin et est donc immunisée contre le virus, sacrifie une partie du vaccin pour le sauver. Après une marche ardue à travers vallées, montagnes ou eaux gelées, ils atteignent finalement Quito, la capitale de l'Équateur. Là, ils parviennent à produire en série le vaccin et à l'injecter aux malades. Jill a l'heureuse surprise de voir la rejoindre son frère Mike et sa sœur Sara, qui ont survécu.

Distribution
 Tom Sizemore : Reggie
 Emily Killian : Jill
 Ramiro Leal : Oscar Quinnton
 Torrey Richardson : Sara
 Jake Holley : Mike
 Tania Fox : Andrea
 Xander Bailey : Professeur Loren
 Christina Licciardi : Joe
 Christopher William Johnson : Robert
 Audrey Latt : Erica
 Lynda Lopez : Reporter de la radio (voix)
 Jeff Newman : Pilote de ligne (voix)
 Michael Meilander : Reporter des informations (voix)

Production
Le film a pris pour modèle la pandémie de Covid-19, qui s'est propagée depuis la Chine dans le monde entier à partir de la fin de 2019 et a coûté la vie à des millions de personnes. Le film a été tourné au Central City Studio de Los Angeles, avec un budget estimé à 1 million de dollars.

Réception critique
Filmdienst décrit un « Film catastrophe dans le style de The Asylum, qui exploite cette fois non seulement les modèles hollywoodiens, mais aussi la pandémie de coronavirus. »

Cinema le juge « Ambitieux, mais finalement pas très original. »

Sur Rotten Tomatoes, le film a reçu un score d'audience de 6% avec moins de 50 évaluations. Dans l'Internet Movie Database, le film a une note de 2,5 étoiles sur 10 possibles avec 593 votes.

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Film américain sorti en 2020
Film de The Asylum
Film d'action américain
Film de science-fiction américain
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Film tourné à Los Angeles


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There was never going to be a "New Stadium", they just needed the stalling time to decimate this community and create an artificial decline in the areas they so desperately needed for expansion.
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Down Those Dark Streets: I Wake Up Dreaming 2013
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Blues in the Night, Elliot Lavine, film noir, I Wake Up Dreaming 2013, Roxie Theater
Leave it to Elliot Lavine to emphasize the 99 44/100% aspect of his latest tour down cinema's darkest, loneliest and most dangerous streets when he opens "I Wake Up Dreaming 2013: 99 44/100% Noir" – running May 10 through May 23 at San Francisco's Roxie Theater – with Blues in the Night, a 1941 musical.
Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer's title tune that cautions against getting involved with a "sweet talkin'" woman pretty much sums up what happens to pianist Jigger Pine (Richard Whorf) when he meets sultry chanteuse Kay Grant (Betty Field) at a New Jersey roadhouse appropriately enough called The Jungle. Before riding the rails into Jersey, Jigger and his band – a quintet that includes the aptly named singer Character (Priscilla Lane), drummer Peppi (Billy Halop), trumpet player (and Character's husband) Leo (Jack Carson) and clarinetist Nickie (future directing great and HUAC snitch Elia Kazan) – are footloose but poor. The Jungle signals a welcome change in fortunes, but then two things happen: Kay gets her hooks into Jigger and their boss, Del Davis (Lloyd Nolan), shows his true, ugly self.
Blues in the Night is no "Guys and Dolls." There are some laughs and the tone at times, especially, at the start is deceptively light, but Jigger is on a treacherous path and the gambling den Del presides over is fraught with violence and danger. "Noir musical" might seem like an oxymoron, but direction by Anatole Litvak ("Sorry, Wrong Number," "The Snake Pit"), a tight script by Robert Rossen ("Johnny O'Clock," "All the King's Men" and another who would later name names before HUAC), a fabulous Arlen and Mercer soundtrack (five songs total with the title tune, a recurring theme) and a crackerjack ensemble combine for a tense rhythmic journey to the murky side of life.
Much more murder and mayhem unfold, of course, over the course of the two-week festival. Among the other highlights:
I Wake Up Screaming (1941) – Sharing the bill with Blues in the Night" is this nifty little thriller starring Victor Mature as a man accused of murdering a model (Carole Landis). Her sister (Betty Grable) starts to believe his innocence, but the detective in charge of the case (creepy Laird Cregar, reason enough to see the movie) has already made up his mind to do everything in his power to send Mature to the death chamber. Edgy and atmospheric, the film costars Elisha Cook Jr., Alan Mowbray and Allyn Joslyn.
Johnny O'Clock (1947) – This genuine rarity stars Dick Powell (Murder My Sweet's Philip Marlowe) as the title character, a gambler who co-owns a casino with the shady Guido Marchettis (Thomas Gomez). When crooked cop Chuck Blayden (Jim Bannon) tries to horn in on the casino action and Blayden's girl Harriet Hobson (Nina Foch) turns up dead not long after, dogged homicide cop Inspector Koch (Lee J. Cobb) is convinced that Johnny is the doer. If that wasn't enough grief, Johnny also has business troubles with his partner and two women – Marchettis' heedless wife Nelle (Ellen Drew) and the dead girl's sister Nancy (Evelyn Keyes) – competing for his attention. Robert Rossen wrote the screenplay and made his directing debut with this thriller that traps Johnny in a nasty little web of intrigue.
The Monster and the Girl (1941) – Weird and wonderful, this hybrid blend of crime drama and horror, stars Ellen Drew as a country girl whose move to the big city comes to disaster when she is forced into prostitution. It only gets worse when her brother (Phillip Terry) is framed for murder by her gangster pimps and executed. So far, so noir – but then a gorilla nursing a grudge declares war on the mob.
Night Has a Thousand Eyes (1948) – Edward G. Robinson stars as a carny fortuneteller who gradually realizes that he has an actual gift for foreseeing the future – and that is not necessarily a good thing. After retreating from society for decades, his visions lead him back to Los Angeles first to a Bunker Hill flophouse and then to a mansion where he tries to convince a police detective (William Demarest) that his prophecies are real and that his late best friend's heiress daughter (Gail Russell) is in mortal danger.
Black Angel (1946) – Dan Duryea is terrific as an alcoholic musician who has no memory of the night his stone-hearted wife was murdered, apparently by a man (John Phillips) she was blackmailing. Duryea offers to help the wife (June Vincent) of the condemned man clear his name, only to be plunged into a nightmare that his blackout has kept hidden.
All Through the Night (1941) – Humphrey Bogart is Gloves Donahue, a New York gambler on the hunt for cheesecake who stumbles on a Nazi conspiracy instead in this breezy, action-packed comic noir. Deprived of dessert, the Damon Runyon-esque man about Manhattan instead rallies his buddies to take on the spies. Conrad Veidt and Peter Lorre are two of the Nazis, while Bogie's pals include William Demarest, Jackie Gleason and Phil Silvers.
Sweet Smell of Success (1957) – Alexander Mackendrick's evocative portrait of black-hearted Walter Winchell-like New York columnist J.J. Hunsecker (Burt Lancaster) and his "cookie full of arsenic" publicist toady Sidney Falco (Tony Curtis) is one of cinema's great achievements, the perfect blend of cast, director, screenplay (by Clifford Odets and Ernest Lehman), cinematography (James Wong Howe), score (Elmer Bernstein) and the drama's uncredited star – Manhattan in the 1950s.
Autumn Leaves (1956) – A year after the one-two punch in the gut of "Kiss Me Deadly" and "The Big Knife," director Robert Aldrich returned with this romantic melodrama full of noirish foreboding as Joan Crawford plays a middle-aged spinster typist swept off her feet by the charming, younger Cliff Robertson. It isn't tell after the couple has said their "I dos" that she begins to suspect that there is something off about her new husband, a revelation that could endanger more than just her new marriage. Nat King Cole sings the title song, providing an elegant counterpoint to some nasty bits of business.
My Gun Is Quick (1957) – Little-known Robert Bray steps into Mike Hammer's gumshoes in this obscure Mickey Spillane adaptation. After a woman he briefly encounters in a diner turns up dead, Hammer is on the hunt for her killer in this low-budget, but thrilling and moody noir that gets a lot of mileage out of its Los Angeles' locations.
Criss Cross (1949) – Lavine brings the 2013 edition of "I Wake Up Screaming" to a close with one of noirdom's all-time greats. "The Killers" (1946) team of director Robert Siodmak and star Burt Lancaster reunite for this taut, complex drama that casts Lancaster as an armored car driver who will go to any length to win back his former wife (Yvonne DeCarlo) – even going so far as to plot an armored car heist with her new husband (Dan Duryea). What could possibly go wrong?
*For more information about "I Wake Up Dreaming 2013: 99 44/100% Noir" or to buy tickets, visit roxie.com.
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Dave and I have visited nearly every Niagara Attraction. We've been visiting Niagara Falls year after year since 1996 and it's our go-to getaway destination outside Toronto. So I would consider us experts on things to do in Niagara Falls.
You don't need to do a guided tour to Niagara Falls, it's easy to travel independently. Niagara Falls has set up an excellent set of passes from the Niagara Falls Wonder Pass that gives you entry to Journey Behind the Falls, Niagara's Fury and the Butterfly Conservatory.
Our personal favourite is the Niagara Falls Adventure Pass. It gets you into a lot of the "wow" Niagara attractions like the Hornblower, Whitewater Walk, Whirlpool Aero car and Journey Behind the Falls.
When visiting Niagara Falls, traveling by car is ideal, but if you are visiting from out of the country or taking a side trip from Toronto, you don't need a car.
Be prepared, you are going to get wet! But don't worry, they supply rain jackets.
Feel the power of the Niagara and hear the thunder. After you explore behind the scenes, you come out to an observation deck right beside the falls where you'll get to see them first hand.
It's another attraction that's sure to get your clothes very wet!
Choose from getting wet or staying dry as you take a journey along the Niagara River to the Class 6 rapids of the whirlpool. Anything that goes into the whirlpool won't come but this action packed ride takes you right beside it. Feel the power of the Niagara River as you cut through rapids with its triple turbo diesel water jet system for both propulsion and steering.
It's an adventure of a lifetime.
You must go inside one of the haunted houses just for the fun of it. It's a throwback to the 70s.
You wouldn't think that this would be an interesting attraction at Niagara, but the butterfly conservatory is a lot of fun.
Enter the climate controlled rainforest and be surrounded by thousands of butterfly's flying through the air as you walk along the path. Butterfly's will actually land on you as you walk through.
Dave and I have visited Niagara Falls countless times and it wasn't until two years ago that we finally stopped at the Botanical Gardens. It's a quiet retreat and it is the perfect spot to capture some Instagram photographs.
It's funny that we'd never walked through the gardens because the Butterfly Conservatory is located in the same spot. But in the past we skipped the gardens and went straight to the butterflies. Don't do what we did, take a stroll and see them all. It's beautiful.
Fallsview has become a huge draw to Niagara Falls. We're not big on gambling, but the Fallsview Casino Resort is an excellent place to visit. It's not just a casino, it's a resort complete international music acts and 5 star dining.
There's a shopping, five different restaurants and two nightclubs.
Located at the top of Clifton Hill across from Ripley's Believe it or Not, Nightmares is a must for anyone that loves a good scare. It is scary alright, legend has it that it was built on the site of an old coffin factory.
Only 15 minutes from Niagara Falls there are award winning winery's waiting to be explored. You can hop on a bus from Niagara Falls and join a wine tour. That's probably the easiest from the falls, but if you have a car or if you decide to stay in Niagara on the Lake, you can rent a bicycle and go on your own or join a bicycle tour. There's limo tours, funky bus tours, horse tours and more.
Popular Niagara Wineries include: Peller Estates, Trius, Inniskillin, Two Sisters, Wayne Gretzkys', and Vineland Estates.
I've already mentioned the Whirlpool Jetboat tour that leaves from here and the many wineries in the area. But the town itself if worth visiting. Stay in a bed and breakfast where you can dine in style at many fine dining restaurants and visit the historic heritage buildings.
It's a great spot for a day hike located 8 km from the falls. Excellent hiking trails and if you are into rock climbing there are great spots for bouldering.
If you aren't up for taking a boat out to the whirlpool, you might be up for taking a cablecar over the Whirlpool. Located between Niagara Falls and Niagara on the Lake, this is a really cool stop and easy to do.
It's Niagara Falls mini version of Toronto's CN Tower. A 52 Second ride takes you to the top of the Skylon Tower for views of the Falls, the Gorge and the surrounding area including Buffalo New York across the river.
The Great Canadian Midway houses Canada's largest skywheel. It offers panoramic views of the falls. The Midway is exactly what it says, it's like an amusement park midway with games, rides and cotton on candy.
There are three main areas to stay in Niagara Falls. The Fallsview area is located at the top of the falls around the Fallsview Casino, the Clifton Hill Hotels located down on the Niagara Parkway and near the Niagara Casino and Lundy's Lane.
If you have the budget, our favourite area to stay in Niagara Falls is the Fallsview Area. Hotels here have epic views of the falls and it's the more upscale neighborhood of Niagara Falls.
Raddison Niagara Falls – The Raddison has beautiful rooms overlooking the falls. In my opinion some of the best. It is connected by indoor walkway to the Fallsview concourse and it has a swimming pool and it's restaurant is the ever popular Outback Steakhouse.
Clifton Hill was the first tourist area of Niagara Falls and it is probably the first place you'll go when you visit the city. It is the main tourist drag with all the souvenir shops. You can find budget accommodation along the strip and behind the midway or you can stay on the Niagara Parkway overlooking the falls.
Sheraton on the Falls Hotel – Great views of the US and Canadian Horseshoe Falls. It's connected to the casino and the Fallsview indoor waterpark. There is an indoor midway for the whole family and rooms are elegant.
Crown Plaza – The Crown Plaza is located beside the Sheraton and it is connected to both the casino and indoor waterpark. It has the more elegant old world feel as one of those grand hotels. It was Niagara Falls' first luxury hotel dating back to 1927 when it was known as the General Brock Hotel. It has one of the best restaurants in Niagara Falls, Rainbow Room Restaurant run by Chef and Host Massimo Capra.
Located at the top of Clifton Hill, Lundy's Lane offers a lot of hotel choices. It's Niagara Falls longest street and when you get to the top of Clifton Hill at Ripley's Believe it or Not is Victoria Street which turns into Lundy's Lane.
Niagara Falls Marriott – offers free shuttles for guests to the Fallsview Marriott. It's an excellent choice for Lundy's Lane as you have easy access to Fallsview at a more affordable price. It's also very close to Clifton Hill which is fun for the whole family.
Days Inn – This is a good budget choice. It was one of the first places we ever stayed on a package in Niagara Falls and if you are on a budget, the location is good and you can't go wrong with the Days Inn Brand.
Americana Conference Resort and Waterpark – It's located a little far out of the main strip, but if you want a waterpark it's a good option. There is also a spa, and a few dining options within including Boston Pizza, coffee and snack bar and a bistro.
Brasa Brazilian Barbecue – Having sampled Brazilian Barbecue in Brazil, we can say that this restaurant gets it right in Niagara Falls. If you are into meat, you get all you can eat meat of all kinds and cuts. Here's a pro tip – don't fill up too much on the salad bar, you won't have room for the tender cuts and it's pricey so you'll want to get your money's worth.
Napoli Restaurant and Pizzeria – This is a staple in Niagara Falls and when we're craving Italian, we head to Napoli. Located just outside the Fallsview tourist area, it's a short walk on Stanely street.
18 Responses to "Things to do in Niagara Falls – What to do, Where to Eat & Where to Stay"
I love your site! Very informative and helping me and my family plan for our trip. I have a question for you if you don't mind. It seems that the famous maid of the mist boat tour starts on the NY side. Is this correct? Your help is appreciated.
I always wished to visit Niagra Falls and guess what recently after reading your blog I visited Niagra Falls. All your useful tips have helped me a lot in my trip. Thank you so much!
Nothing beats those views at sunset from a jacuzzi tub in a suite! We always remind folks that Niagara Falls needs to be experience in each season, especially Fall.
it would be great to be as close as possible.
There is a stereotype that Niagara Falls should be viewed from Canada. This is not true! Of course, it's great when you have a visa in the US and Canada, and you can get the most complete impression from the waterfalls. But if there is no Canadian visa, this does not mean that there is no point in going to Niagara! From the Canadian side, it is really better to see all the waterfalls, because two of them are on the side of the US, and the third is partly in the US and partly in Canada. Accordingly, from Canada (that is, when you are in front of waterfalls), you can see them better than when you stand near them. But! On the American side, a huge number of observation platforms that allow you to see the waterfall well enough, there is an opportunity to go down to the foot of the waterfall – Cave of the winds for only $ 10 and, of course, the opportunity to make an incredibly exciting and unusual trip on the boat Maid of the Mist and look at all three waterfalls from the water!
I've seen Niagara falls thrice and it is still a truly marvelous experience for me. I highly recommend the place if you're first time to travel to Canada!
We are going to Niagara Falls for a weekend in January, Off season, I know. Going with a nine and ten year old, any suggestions? I am real sad the Greg Frewin magic show isn't happening.
Other than what is on this list?:-) For the winter season, hit the wax museums, Ripleys and all that fun stuff, but head out to the Niagara on the Lake region too. Maybe there is some maple syrup farms or snowshoeing or even some sleigh rides. The countryside in that area is post card perfect.
You know that adventure pass seems far more desirable than the one with the simulator ride, and the haunted house. Perhaps I'll have to make my way back to the Falls.
It likes a sign from above for me. I have read several Toronto and Niagara Fall posts that I feel like I need to plan something soon. 🙂 I have thought about visiting but now it floats to the top of my list. Thanks for a great info.


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Марія Єлизавета Гольштейн-Готторпська (), (1634—1665) — німецька шляхтянка, у заміжжі — ландграфиня Гессен-Дармштадтська, донька герцога Гольштейн-Готторпського Фрідріха III та Марії Єлизавети Саксонської, дружина ландграфа Гессен-Дармштадтського Людвіга VI.

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Марія Єлизавета народилась 6 червня 1634 року в палаці Готторпів в Шлезвігу. Вона стала четвертою дитиною і третьою донькою в родині герцога Гольштейн-Готторпського Фрідріха III та його дружини Марії Єлизавети Саксонської. Її старший брат помер ще до її народження, в живих залишалися лише дві старші сестри: Софія Августа і Магдалена Сибілла. Згодом у дівчат з'явилося ще дванадцятеро братів та сестер.

В Європі в той час тривала Тридцятирічна війна. Батько Марії Єлизавети, Фрідріх III, дотримувався у ній нейтралітету, симпатизуючи Швеції. У внутрішніх справах він проявляв себе як поціновувач мистецтв та покровитель наук.

У 16 років Марія Єлизавета побралася із старшим сином ланграфа Гессен-Дармштадтського Людвігом, із яким була заручена півтора року. Весілля відбулося 24 листопада 1650 року у Готторпському палаці. У 1652 народилася перша донька подружжя. Всього ж у пари було восьмеро дітей:
 Магдалена Сибілла (1652—1715) — одружена з герцогом Вільгельмом Людвігом Вюртемберзьким, мала четверо дітей.
 Софія Елеонора (1653) — вмерла немовлям.
 Георг (1654—1655) — вмер немовлям.
 Марія Єлизавета (1656—1715) — одружена з герцогом Саксен-Рьомхільдським, дітей не мала.
 Августа Магдалена (1657—1674) — поетеса, померла у 17 років.
 Людвіг (1658—1678) — ландграф Гессен-Дармштадтський, помер перед заручинами із принцесою Ердмутою Саксен-Зайц, дітей не мав.
 Фрідріх (1659—1676) — помер молодим.
 Софія Марія (1661—1712) — одружена з герцогом Саксен-Ейзенберзьким Крістіаном, власних дітей не мала, виховувала доньку чоловіка від першого шлюбу.

Подружжя прожило разом майже п'ятнадцять років. У 1661 Людвіг, наслідуючи батькові, став ландграфом Гессен-Дармштадтським.

Марія Єлизавета померла 17 червня 1665 року при народженні молодшої дитини.
Людвіг занурився у глибокий траур. По смерті дружини він написав безліч присвячених їй віршів.

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STS Logistic has a truck fleet of 320 up-to-date vehicle-carriers. In addition, the company disposes of 300 subcontractors' trucks. In 2014, the company has delivered over 600,000 vehicles to customers at home and in Europe. The top position of the company has been confirmed with the ISO- and AEO-certificates as well as a number of awards. Among others, the STS has been awarded by by Daimler AG with the prise "European Carrier Award" for the year 2009. This is an award for the best Logistics service providers contracted by Daimler. The STS who ranked 3rd then in the category commercial vehicles, was the first Polish logistics company to gain such an award in the entire 10 year history of the competition.


Today we present our third installment of letters from mothers living in the diocese of Raleigh, North Carolina. (For part one, click here; part two, here.) These faithful Catholics have drawn the line and expect real leadership from their bishop, a sentiment Brittany Makely, author of today's missive, couldn't be more clear in expressing. The laity is paying attention as never before. That is hopeful news.
I humbly write as a lifelong Catholic in this diocese, who now experiences the horror of scandal as not just a daughter of the Church, but as a mother of four young, eager, faith-filled children. Words cannot express the depth of my sorrow and anger that so many innocents have had their peace, their joy, their faith, their humanity stolen from them by wolves who were knowingly given access to and authority over the flock. Now, we need shepherds filled with fortitude to expel the wolves, work to heal and comfort the injured flock and not only fortify the pastures but keep vigilant watch for wolves in the future.
We need honesty. We need transparency. We need accountability. We need faithfulness. We need fortitude. We need sacrifice. We need penance. We need reparation. We need righteous anger. We need prayer and fasting. We need contrition. We need sorrow. We need justice. We need protection. We need leadership. We need humility. We need vulnerability. We need strength. We need fighters, leaders, shepherds, fathers who will console us and protect us.
We have defended the Church, sacrificed for her, proclaimed and lived the faith at great cost, raised our children to know and love the Church as Mother, and now find ourselves betrayed by men who claimed the name of Jesus but were commanded by the Enemy. We cannot, we will not, allow ourselves to fall into the abyss to which the understandable fear, suspicion, hurt and anger we feel ultimately leads. We will stay and fight for our Mother, our home, our path to salvation. We will fight for holiness and justice. We will stay to fight for the protection of the innocent. And we will pray; pray for the survivors, for those with shaken faith, for the purification of our Mother, the Church.
But we need generals leading this fight and this prayer. The powerful grace bestowed at your ordination calls and equips you in a particular way to be those generals. We stand at the ready to heed your call and follow your lead. Call us and lead us to a just and righteous purification of Holy Mother Church, the beloved bride of our Lord and Savior. "In him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it" (Jn 1:4-5).


"Est. 1929 in response to increased traffic & accidents. First training school was held here; graduated 27 officers."
In 2004 the North Carolina State Highway Patrol observed its 75th anniversary. In order to enforce traffic laws on state roads, the General Assembly created the State Highway Patrol in 1929. Charles D. Farmer, superintendent of equipment for the State Highway Commission, was selected to serve as Captain and Commanding Officer. Nine lieutenants, one for each of the state's Highway Division Districts, were appointed to assist in the administration of the patrol. Farmer and his lieutenants attended a two-week state police training school in Pennsylvania. In North Carolina, the plan was to hire twenty-seven patrolmen, three for each district. The men were to be between the ages of twenty-one and thirty, fit certain physical models, and be willing to work anywhere in the state. A total of sixty-seven applicants were selected to attend the first highway patrol training school at then-vacant Camp Glenn at Morehead City.
On May 20, 1929, the sixty-seven candidates reported to Camp Glenn to make repairs and renovations to the grounds and facilities. The courses, taught by the lieutenants, included Motor Laws, Pistol Marksmanship, and Geography of North Carolina. After six weeks, the students with the best records were appointed to the highway patrol. The novice patrolmen were issued uniforms and motorcycles. The nine lieutenants received Ford coupes, and Charles Farmer was given a Buick. In their uniforms and riding their new vehicles, the new State Highway Patrol performed a dress parade with drill maneuvers in front of the Atlantic Hotel. The following day, June 23, 1929, the entire group embarked on a statewide tour in order to engender support for and confidence in the new program. The 1,028-mile tour took the men from Beaufort to Asheville and back to Raleigh, with many stops along the way. It concluded at the State Capitol on June 29, 1929. The following day all thirty-seven members of the force took their oaths of office and reported for duty.
Camp Glenn was also the site of the second Highway Patrol school, held in 1931. After that, the schools were held in various locations around the state, including Greenville, Raleigh, Henderson, and Fayetteville. The State Highway Patrol transferred its basic training schools to the University of North Carolina's Institute of Government in 1946, but reclaimed the responsibility in 1968.


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Q: How to save output of "watch" to file I want to run a command every 60 seconds, and save the output to a logfile.
I know I can print to console by
watch -n 60 <mycommand>

But what if I want to save it to a file as well as print to console?

A: try it:
while true
do
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done

I use tee so that you can see the output on your terminal as well as capture it in your log.

A: Watch is designed to run in a console window. Printing its output to file is inconvenient, because of the extensive amount of unprintable formatting characters.
You can try this without watch, if the exact 60 seconds is not an issue:
 while <some condition>
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This saves the output to a log file and shows it on console as well.

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McDonald then raced outside and smashed his windshield, cops said.
She was charged with assault, menacing and harassment, said a spokesman for DA Charles Hynes.
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Jean-Baptiste grabbed the chain from the 24-year-old victim sitting in his car on Nostrand Avenue Tuesday at 3:25 a.m., police said.
The victim gave chase, and a cop from the station house collared the suspect.
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The 51-year-old victim was biking on Varick Avenue at around 8:50 p.m. when the garbage hauler made a right turn onto Meserole Street, crushing him.
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They were charged with robbery and criminal possession of stolen property, said a spokesman for DA Cyrus Vance Jr.
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June Perez slashed a 29-year-old man on the finger at Union Square East and East 14th Street at 12:15 a.m. last Friday, cops said.
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Randy Polanco, 42, and José Torres, 28, saw the 36-year-old victim arguing with a male friend at Walton Avenue and East 167th Street at 5:53 p.m. Tuesday, sources said.
Polanco allegedly hurled a bottle in their direction as one of the suspects screamed epithets.
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Thomas Donovan, 31 and Kelly Harnett, 28, allegedly accosted Ruben Vargas, 32, just after 3:30 a.m.
A witness called cops after seeing two people pummeling Vargas, who died at the scene.
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Dawn Hunt, 31, assigned to Staten Island's Arthur Kill Correctional Facility, repeatedly phoned the ex Tuesday at the victim's Jackson Heights home, sources said.
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A teen thief and two pals burglarized the Woodrow home of his aunt, cops said yesterday.
Gregory Bressi, 18, allegedly broke into the residence on Sheldon Avenue near Vernon Avenue at 1:10 p.m. Monday while pals Daniel Martello, 16, and Michael Masula, 18, acted as lookouts, cops said.
As the no-good nephew swiped more than $1,000 cash, his aunt approached the home and spotted Martello on his cellphone alerting Bressi, sources said.
The three were arrested for burglary and grand larceny, said a spokesman for DA Daniel Donovan.
A woman was busted after she swiped more than $5,700 in jewelry from her boyfriend's New Brighton home, authorities said yesterday.
Krystal Douglas, 24, helped herself to a watch, a ring and a wallet from the apartment on Westervelt Avenue at 2 p.m. on May 4, cops said.
She allegedly sold the bling at a pawn shop.
The boyfriend reported the jewelry missing, and police traced the stolen loot to Douglas, cops said.
She was arrested on charges of grand larceny and criminal possession of stolen property.
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They recovered a .380, ammunition and pot.
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In short, one's choice of a washing machine could mean many things for the family. While basic washing machines can perform expected cleaning functions, new technological innovations now allow for more effective, efficient, flexible and convenient laundry cleaning options. For instance, choosing the right washing machine could mean lower electricity and water bills, as well as less worn clothes. For Filipino mothers, choosing a washing machine that meets her household's unique needs could mean less time spent doing the laundry, which translates into more bonding time with the family on weekends.


People living in the Scottish cities of Glasgow, Edinburgh, Fife, and North Ayrshire may soon receive an unconditional monthly sum as part of a series of universal basic income pilots currently being explored with support from the local government.
Although still in its infancy and rife with controversy, the idea has already attracted £250,000 (nearly US$334,500) of public funding in the form of a grant to develop feasibility studies.
The cities involved have until late March 2018 to submit their bids.
In a world where jobs are being increasingly taken over by machines, leaders have started to recognise that the welfare safety net will need to change.
Advocates of universal basic income believe that the unconditional offer of a regular, though tiny, sum of money could help many get back on their feet, and even encourage them to invest in new business ideas.
In Scotland, some have criticised involvement of the government, which doesn't have the powers over tax and benefits necessary to pilot a full basic income.
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Speaking at a conference of economists, Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said: "It might turn out not to be the answer, it might turn out not to be feasible.
Scotland is not the first country to consider universal basic income. 2017 saw a number of experiments being rolled out all over the world – in Kenya, Finland, Canada, and California, among others.
California's efforts are spearheaded by the Silicon Valley's largest startup accelerator, Y Combinator, which is in the process of launching a large scale study based on the findings of a small scale trial conducted last year in Oakland.
But while Y Combinator is supported by wealthy investors, governments are under greater scrutiny when it comes to spending taxpayer money.
As the world of work evolves, both private giants and governments are reflecting on the future of public welfare, and universal income is an appealing idea.
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Q: Access UIButton using NSString I have a view with 10 buttons each named Q1, Q2... Q10.
In another method I want to change the background image on the buttons however I am creating the button names from a string as such:
NSString *Q = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"Q%d", i];

i is a integer which changes, is there any way I can access the UIButtons using the string Q so that I can then change the background image.

A: I managed to find a solution in this question by creating an array of labels, like so:
NSMutableArray *buttons = [NSMutableArray arrayWithObjects: Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4, Q5, Q6, Q7, Q8, Q9, Q9, Q10, Q11, Q12, Q13, Q14, Q15, Q16, Q17, Q18, Q19, Q20, nil];

Then accessing the buttons in the array by their index:
[[buttons objectAtIndex:i] setBackgroundImage:image forState:UIControlStateNormal];


Neuroscience will revolutionize the way we do business. It will do that because it will eventually transform the way we view the way human beings function.
In Part 1, we explored some of the fundamental principles that underlie contemporary management practices. It is safe to say that while issues like motivation, learning and "performance" are all topics that dominant management theory, they are not well understood within the context of human psychology.
The dominant left-brain functioning which underpins management concepts keeps us stuck in old practices based on ideas of fragmented human experience.
The good but challenging news from the neuroscience front asserts that fragmentation isn't really possible without a significant cost to well-being. Unless we view the person as a whole system we're missing the amazing dynamism of human functioning and the interrelatedness of social communication.
Just as traditional neuroscience had for many years considered the brain as an isolated entity and largely ignored the influences of the social environment as a factor; now management theorists will have to recognize the considerable impact of social structures on the operations of mind and body.
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According to Rock, "When you encounter something unexpected – a shadow seen from the corner of your eye – or a new colleague moving into the office next door – the limbic system is aroused. This is the "minimize danger, maximize reward" response; the fundamental organizing principle of the brain." This fight or flight response mobilizes a person's neurophysiology to "flee" or "fight" threat and releases stress response hormones that flood the body.
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In a sample of more than 650 workers, the researchers found that loneliness, reduces an employee's productivity in individual and team tasks – "Loneliness tends to distort social cognition and influences an individual's interpersonal behavior, resulting in increased hostility, negativity, depressed mood, increased anxiety, lack of perceived control and decreased cooperativeness." Emotional contagion expert, Professor Sigal Barsade is further exploring whether loneliness may also be "contagious" as she has found with emotions like anger and happiness in the workplace.
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When you can't predict the outcome of a situation the brain signals an alert to pay more attention. When this happens a threat response can occur. David Rock's example speaks to the fragile role that assumptions form in the brain as it tries to accommodate multiple possibilities in predicting outcomes, "Imagine expecting a colleague to phone you at 3PM. It's now 3.06PM. You automatically start to try to predict futures: If he calls now, will he apologize? What made him late? Is he okay?" The emotional "stakes" will also play a role in how the brain demands certainty. Imagine if the caller was the employee's boss, child, or parent. Who the caller is impacts the urgency for certainty.
Providing greater transparency and promoting a climate of trust can also contribute to fostering feelings of certainty. Leaders and managers that influence the conditions that promote greater satisfaction, contentment, calm and confidence will better ensure that employees' threat responses are not unnecessarily activated.
It's long been recognized by science that when research subjects' control is thwarted, the organism experiences significant degrees of stress. It seems that choice is a necessary variable in the maintenance of overall well-being. The balanced brain seeks an idiosyncratic degree of both autonomy and social connection.
In the right personal doses, autonomy – freedom of self-control – activates the brain's reward center. Because "a little can go a long way," even small expressions of self-control satisfy the brain's need for autonomy. Office space, control over decisions, flexible work-hours and connection but not reliance on co-workers can all contribute to satisfaction.
Unfortunately, most management systems today are still top-heavy with authoritarian control. Micro-management and environments laden with criticism trigger threat responses, however subtle. These stressors all cause the brain to take defensive, even aggressive postures for self-protection.
Most Westerners have been conditioned to images of self-reliance and competiveness as the dominant themes of success, especially in relation to work. The concept of collaboration is still a relatively new idea in the workplace and the systems that foster it aren't routinely practiced. Organizations talk teams but many employees don't have the skills or mandate to operate as such. Yet, most leaders would agree that effective relationships are essential to meet business goals.
Since 2009, post-recession media coverage has broadcasted images and information that highlight unfair policies and practices that impact the lives of most people. This information has resulted in consistent polling that shows that the majority of Americans do not feel they are playing on an economically fair playing field. This has challenged many people's notions of fairness and has contributed to lower than ever trust levels of most institutions.
Perceptions of unfairness generate strong limbic system responses that can trigger resentment, hostility, anger and even rage. While people's ideas of fairness are wide ranging, even small actions perceived as unfair, can activate the flight or fight response. Loyalty and trust in organizations and workplace relationships are governed by beliefs about fairness. Although, those beliefs may not be openly expressed, they are nonetheless motivating choices and impacting behavior.
Fairness is a primary threat response. It is rooted in our evolutionary past in basic social survival interactions. Given our innate preference for fairness, cognitive dissonance can play a major role in mitigating fairness. Yet our cognitive mind games can't ensure that emotional backlash won't occur when employees perceive injustices.
Workers are constantly trolling the environment for examples of fair treatment. When they perceive fairness feel-good dopamine is activated in the brain; with a sense of trust increasing levels of reinforcing oxytocin are released.
Organizational leaders should note that employees are relating to fairness within the workplace at multiple levels. Organizational decisions, hierarchical structure, hiring, firing and promotions, salaries, manager-employee treatment, executive privilege, division of labor, benefits, information sharing and cronyism are all liable to create lasting impressions of fairness.
If you are a leader, the learning curve is steep. Most leaders are on unfamiliar ground when it comes to understanding human dynamics. Embracing innovation may mean looking at your employees in an entirely new light. Old paradigms must give way to new ideas and actions that may seem uncomfortable and "uncertain" at first.
The first step is overcoming our personal resistance to change. This is difficult because you first have to convince your brain that this is a good thing. But one thing is true – these changes are inevitable. We can't hold back the tide of knowledge about who we really are, what we really want and how we really function. The earth really isn't flat.
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Outstanding reading Louise. I was looking forward to this after reading Part I. In reading this, I was seeing a manifesto for the new workplace. SCARF is a clear and manageable lens through which leader development, organisational development and business excellence can be seen. I love how you tie up your very first paragraph with your conclusion; that neuroscience will change the way we do business and that change is inevitable. It won't be easy for some and the paradigm shift may take longer for some businesses than others, but just as it took time for us to accept that the sun was the centre of the solar system, so it is with neuroscience. The revelations of neuroscience are already beginning to catalyse a real shift in how we view people and groups to something more systemic and less mechanistic. Exciting times.
Thanks for your comment on this "epic" post (my longest – but couldn't cover Rock's excellent model with less).
applicability to every aspect of organizational life.
us a very critical part of our human "users' manual. An extraordinary thing. Hard to ignore. A new epoch.
I am glad you are part of that stewardship.
Louise: I am grateful to you for the time, energy and creativity it takes to put together a post such as you past two on the New Management Model. It is clear to me that many of us have intuitively suspected what David Rock and others are now showing us to be true with science. I doubt that initially this will make anyone's life easier but eventually we need to dive in and learn how to manage as Rock is asserting we must. Either that or fade away.
your perspective on trying to bring more collaboration and mentoring into the workplace.
there is no place for feelings in the workplace and human psychology is soft.
understanding their own experience and the dynamics of the groups they work with.
Excellent "Cliff Notes" on Rock's work! FYI: I have linked this to an article in the TaskMaster™ Series on my ADD-focused WordPress Blog ("Task Anxiety Awareness").
Many of my readers are "corporate types" and several blog on intentional change in management environs. I hope they'll take the time to jump over here to see what you have written on the topic. I will include the link on other posts in this series as well. GOOD post!
I believe that Rock's model needs more "airspace." It's really comprehensive and I hope he expands it.
own operating system is a powerful healing tool.
Heading over to your site now.
Hope to see you in this pages again.
Hi Louise – Now that I know you exist (isn't Zemanta a blessing?), I most certainly WILL be back. btw- whenever you post something that relates to anything on my blog, feel free to post a link in the comments section – which I will approve as soon as I see it (although, supposedly, once I have approved you once, you're not *supposed* to end up in the spam queue). I will also backlink as soon as I am able, since many of my readers tend to bail before they read any comments.
Thanks for checking me out. I agree about the importance of Rock's ideas – along with your wish that he would write more from that viewpoint. I position the way I work with ADD and ADDers as "learning to drive the brain you were born with" – so we are on the same page about the importance of understanding our "operating systems" as powerful healing tools.
There is SO much that the research published by the neuro-dudes in the last five years has to teach all of us – as long as we are willing to do the work to provide the bridge. That is why I was so pleased with your condensation of Rock's work. More than merely "Cliff Notes," your article illuminates the importance of understanding what he is saying and applying it to the work we have, individually, taken on. REALLY love this post.
Madelyn, Yes! pleased to "meet" you as well.
Who ever imagined that neuroscience would play such a critical role in us discovering ourselves?
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StumbleUpon Is Back With an All-New App for Android
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Before Facebook and Twitter. Before Reddit and Imgur. Before a million other apps and companies competed for space on my homescreen and a slice of my limited attention span, there was StumbleUpon. It was a simple browser extension for a simpler time, seamlessly guiding me from one piece of viral content to another with no extra gimmicks or pesky ads.
Once upon a time I spent countless hours clicking that Stumble button on my laptop browser late into the night. Now, StumbleUpon is trying to reclaim my attention (and yours) with a redesigned Android app and a slew of new features. After spending some time with a beta version, I think the new app might just do the trick.
This isn't the company's first relaunch in recent memory, but StumbleUpon is hoping this one will stick. "A couple of failed redesigns didn't turn out as hoped," mobile product manager Amol Sogal told me recently. "We weathered the storm. It's been tough but we're taking this leap forward."
StumbleUpon 4.0 is a total shift of priorities for the company as it focuses more on mobile and less on your desktop browser. There's a new user experience and a redesign to match, which takes advantage of StumbleUpon's sizable user base. The new app adds user-generated lists along with an Activity Center that introduces a stream of social content like notifications and shared posts.
Using the new StumbleUpon is easy and intuitive, but more importantly it's fun. As much as I enjoyed stumbling from my laptop browser back in highschool, the new experience makes even more sense on a smaller screen. Each piece of content, or Stumble as the app calls them, is presented as a picture and a headline packed into a small colorful square. Wait a second and the full article will load while the square melts away. Or, if you're not interested, just swipe straight to the next Stumble.
It's also very easy to add interests. I was worried I'd have to log-in online to pick from different categories. Instead, the app lets you pick interests from a full list or from a featured tab with Recommended, Trending and New options. The only issue I had using StumbleUpon 4.0 was that new posts sometimes took too long to load even over Wi-Fi, though hopefully that's an issue with the beta app I've been testing and not the final version launching today.
For now, StumbleUpon 4.0 is only available on Android, though the company says an even bigger update is coming to iOS later this year. You'll also be stumbling on Android Wear, Android TV and Chromecast in the not-too-distant future, though we're curious to see how the app adapts to different platforms and screen sizes.
If you're already using StumbleUpon for Android, today's update should show up soon, and if you haven't stumbled in years it may be worth giving the service another chance. It only takes a few minutes, though I won't blame you if you end up stumbling for hours.
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Christina Chang, née le  à Taipei, est une actrice américaine d'origine taïwanaise.

Elle est connue pour son rôle du  dans la série télévisée américaine Good Doctor (depuis 2017).

Biographie
Christina Chang, est une actrice américaine née à Taipei, à Taiwan, d'un père philippin chinois et d'une mère américaine.Elle a grandi à Taipei et, à l'âge de , elle a déménagé aux États-Unis pour étudier le théâtre et le cinéma à l'Université du Kansas, dans le pays d'origine de sa mère, le Kansas . Plus tard, elle a déménagé à Seattle, Washington où elle est diplômée de l'Université de Washington. Après avoir obtenu son diplôme, elle a obtenu son premier rôle d'actrice dans Naomi's Road au théâtre pour enfants de Seattle et ensuite apparu dans une pièce de théâtre de Tina Landau.

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Elle a ensuite déménagé à New York et a été invité à jouer dans diverses émissions de télévision, notamment Cosby et As the World Turns. Elle a gagné des rôles de long métrage dans des films tels que 28 jours plus tard et Random Hearts. Elle est surtout connue pour ses rôles à la télévision.

Entre  et , il présente trois épisodes de la série documentaire britannique Planète insolite, dont certaines séquences sont reprises dans des épisodes collectifs ultérieurs.

Elle a joué un rôle régulier dans la série ABC Dragnet (2003-2004) et a joué des rôles récurrents dans le rôle de  Sunny Macer et en tant que procureur général Rebecca Nevins dans Les Experts : Miami.

En 2010, elle a été sélectionné pour la série No Ordinary Family sur ABC, mais est sorti après deux épisodes. Elle est également apparue dans Once and Again, Boston Legal, Close to Home, Brothers and Sisters, Private Practice, Suits et Desperate Housewives.

En 2013, elle joue dans un autre rôle récurrent, dans la deuxième saison de la série dramatique ABC Nashville, dans le rôle de l'avocate Megan Vannoy, aux côtés de Charles Esten.

En 2014, elle a été choisie pour jouer régulièrement dans le pilote de la série télévisée Sea Of Fire sur ABC, aux côtés de Jennifer Carpenter.

En 2017, elle décroche un rôle récurrent dans la série télévisée, Good Doctor, une série médicale et dramatique portée par Freddie Highmore qui interprète un jeune docteur autiste savant. Elle joue le rôle du . Elle devient ensuite un des personnages principaux à partir de la deuxième saison. En France, le show est diffusé en première partie de soirée sur TF1.

Filmographie

Cinéma
 1998 : Brother Tied de Derek Cianfrance : Camille
 1999 : L'Ombre d'un soupçon de Sydney Pollack : Laurie
 2000 : 28 jours en sursis de Betty Thomas : Bridesmaid
 2001 : Dinner and a Movie de Lisa Kors : Rhonda
 2007 : Die Hard 4 : Retour en enfer de Len Wiseman : Taylor
 2008 : A Line in the Sand de Jeffrey Chernov : Robin
2008 : Yoga Matt : Christina (court métrage)
 2011 : Almost Perfect de Bertha Bay-Sa Pan : Charlene Lee
2012 : Overnight de Valerie Breiman : Lisa
2018 : The Honor List de Elissa Down : Mrs. Liang
2018 : Pin-Up : Lana (court métrage)

Télévision

Séries télévisées

 1999-2001 : Planète insolite (série documentaire) : Présentatrice/Voyageur ()
 2003-2004 : Dragnet : ADA Sandy Chang ()
 2003-2009 : 24 heures chrono :  Sunny Macer ()
 2004-2010 : Les Experts : Miami : Rebecca Nevins ()
 2005-2007 : Close to Home : Becky Brokaw ()
 2005 : Numb3rs : Val Eng (saison 2, épisode 6)
 2007 : Standoff : Les Négociateurs :  Meredith Golden (saison 1, épisode 13)
 2007 : Traveler : Alex (saison 1, épisode 6)
 2008 : Unhitched : Gabby (saison 1, épisode 3)
 2008 : Eleventh Hour : Professeur Anna Young (saison 1, épisode 9)
 2009 : Forgotten : Claire Post (saison 1, épisodes 2 et 4)
 2009 : Brothers and Sisters : Professeur Jane Condon (saison 4, épisode 4)
 2009 : Mentalist : Lillian Foster (saison 2, épisode 5)
 2010 : The Deep End : Jan (saison 1, épisode 6)
 2010 : Private Practice :  Vanessa Hoyt (saison 3, épisodes 16,17,18 et 19)
 2010 : Super Hero Family : Détective Yvonne Cho (saison 1, épisodes 1 et 2)
 2011 : CPA Holes : Jameson (1 épisode)
 2011 : Suits : Avocats sur mesure : Vivien Tanaka (saison 1, épisode 4)
 2011-2012 : Single Ladies : Ashlee (saison 1, épisodes 9,10,11 et saison 2, épisode 13)
 2011-2012 : Revenge : Karrie Thurgood (Pilot et saison 2, épisode 4)
 2012 : The Firm : Rebecca Crowell (saison 1, épisode 4)
 2012 : Desperate Housewives : D.A. Stone (saison 8, épisodes 20,21,22)
 2013-2014 : Nashville   Megan Vannoy ()
 2015 : Childrens Hospital : Duenna (saison 6, épisode 6)
 2015 : Extant :  Dowling (saison 2, épisode 1)
 2016 : NCIS : Enquêtes spéciales : Agent Valerie Page (saison 13, épisode 15)
 2016 : Lucifer : Vanessa Dunlear (saison 1, épisode 11)
 2015-2016 : Rizzoli and Isles : Kiki ()
 depuis 2017 : Good Doctor :  (rôle récurrent saison 1; principal saison 2,3,4,5 )

Téléfilms

 2003 : War Stories de Robert Singer : caméraman
 2005 : Breadwinners de Michael Lange : Anne Lowell
 2007 : Suspect de Guy Ritchie : Justine Lambroso
 2008 : Play or Be Played de Barry Sonnenfeld : Diane Hobbs
 2008 : Man of Your Dreams de Jason Ensler : Malinda
 2014 : Sea of Fire de Allison Liddi-Brown : Kristen Harper
 2015 : The Advocate de Michael M. Robin : Evelyn Adams

Voix françaises
En France, Danièle Douet est la voix française ayant le plus doublé Christina Chang.

 Danièle Douet dans :
 Good Doctor (série télévisée)

Et aussi

 Géraldine Asselin dans :
 Rizzoli and Isles (série télévisée)
 Private Practice (série télévisée)

Notes et références

Liens externes

Actrice américaine
Actrice taïwanaise
Personnalité américaine née d'un parent philippin
Étudiant de l'université du Kansas
Étudiant de l'université de Washington
Naissance en juin 1971
Naissance à Taipei


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In far north-east Australia lie the homelands of the Meriam, a dynamic seafaring, fishing and gardening people. They explained in court, often eloquently, how their 'cultural way' retains a fidelity to distinctive principles while also accommodating new ideas and techniques. In the name of Meriam law they also defended their right to land passed between generations by the spoken word. Their right to land carries with it a moral and practical responsibility to other Meriam and to the land itself. Meriam culture, often diminished in the hearing of evidence, has an original contribution to make to future Meriam, to the rest of Australia and to the world. In exploring the role of native title in the reshaping of Australian identity, some of the deeper questions of cultural diversity and self-determination are identified.
Nonie Sharp in her research and writing has made very valuable contributions to justice for the people of the Torres Strait by presenting to readers our values, laws such as Malo Ra Gelar (Malo's Law), our culture, our beliefs, as well as our frustrations and our hope for the future from our indigenous perspectives. Her close and sincere relationships with the Passi clan and many Torres Strait Islanders contributes to her sound understanding and interpretation of our views, our wisdom, our justice. From where she stands closely to us in the firm foundation of our God-given culture, she very capably contradicts the injustices of other cultures. To gain a more profound understanding of the Torres Strait Islanders and our way of life, I recommend others read her books.


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The Leading Edge – America's Biggest Opportunity – Obama's Biggest Challenge
American democracy has been the grand experiment of humankind for more than two centuries. Being an ocean away from Europe and Asia, with no threats from the North or South and having a new world upon which to build a non-old world infrastructure enabled us to transcend the restrictive and limiting mindsets and capabilities of the rest of the globe and transform this country into something that had never been seen before.
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However for the past four decades we have lost our way. I think this dated back to the 1960's when idealism and all that was possible was snuffed out by the assassinations of JFK, Robert Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X and replaced by hurt and betrayal, Vietnam and a string of less than transformational Presidents. This cast us into skepticism which hardened into cynicism. Instead of remaining transformational and transcendent we slid into transactional myopia and now into transactional blindness that is fueling the fear-on-the-brink-of-panic that we are living in daily.
The hope that President elect Obama brings is that he might fulfill the promise of "what might have been" that ended with the deaths of those larger than life luminaries of the 1960's whose lights were darkened too soon. Everything we have seen thus far in Obama is that he has been able to transcend the "zero sum" transactionally myopic AND limiting mindset of politics as usual and offer the possibility of transforming America into the world's champion of what could be.
His victory was in no small way due to Americans being sick of bipartisan pettiness based more on winning and not losing than on helping the common good and tapping into the common goodness that we all possess.
An early criticism of his being too high minded and not relating to the masses of mere mortals bespeaks his challenge of how to be truly transformational in a world that is largely transactional. That is the elephant in the room and the worry we all share. We all want him to help us transcend our fears and immediate needs to lead us to something grander, but we live in the world of transactions (one need look no further than the volatile stock market to attest to this). The devil IS in the details and it's in the details that we live, but if we only keep our eye on surviving today we will miss out on thriving tomorrow.
Like many, I eagerly await President elect Obama's arrival in Washington to see if he can meet the challenge of presenting us with a future that we will all want to make happen that will be promising enough to transcend our transactional needs for immediate relief and after our fears lessen for immediate gratification. You can't solve a transformational problem with transactional solutions.
Let us hope that a President Obama will be that rising tide we need to lift us all up and cause us to stay committed to our noble cause and calling. And good luck to him in dealing with the lowering tide of bipartisan, transactional myopia that threatens to sink us all.
Mark Goulston, M.D. is the Co-Fonder of Heartfelt Leadership a global community whose Mission of Daring to Care it dedicated to identifying, celebrating, developing and supporting heartfelt leaders who are as committed to making a difference as they are to making a profit
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