#LaLa 12/2019

[akonaman]

Everytime i hear news about POGOs feeling ko nag kaka justice na yung trauma na inabot ko nung 2019 Alam kong madami yung mawawalan ng trabaho but Filipinos deserve better.

- Most of the Chinese na nagwowork sa POGO are not using their real name pag pasok ng Pinas. Kaya takot na takot sila lumabas even sa mall kase baka ma question yung pagkatao nila. Kaya di na ko nagtaka kung pano nakalusot si Mayor Alice Guo. Some of them are using an English name.

- Uso kidnapping sa kanila and kapwa Chinese pa nila yung gumagawa nun kase wala naman silang bank account and puro lang sila cash pag sumasahod. 150k+ sahod nila kase once a month lang rd nila. Pero sahod na yun ng limang pinoy sa POGO.

- I won’t forget how disrespectful yung mga Chinese na kawork namin na lalaki. Most of them mas gustong babae yung partner ng Chinese on shift kase nakakapikon talaga yung ugali nila and prone sila sa away. Naranasan kong may nagsusuntukan sa harap ko while on shift. Very unprofessional. Mga bastos pa, they are sexualizing girls na kawork nila including us.

- Mostly na kinukuha nila is mga Chinese nationals na farmers, mga di nakapag aral, and laki sa hirap. Nothing wrong with being a farmer pero i would say na yung iba talaga sa kanila, wala talagang modo and halatang walang pinag aralan.

- Mapanakit sila. Nung naka gy shift ako that time may isang Chinese na trip talaga ko saktan. Habang naka break ako sa labas ng office dinaganan niya yung hita ko ng walang rason and sobrang nagpasa siya. Pinalagpas ko yun kase paborito yun ng boss. Take note na lalaki siya. There are times na bigla nya iuurong yung lamesa na kahoy minsan pag trip nya and babatuhin niya ko ng crumpled paper for no reason. He also used spoon sa balikat ko to call my attention habang kumakain ako ng lomi.

- Tatanggalin ka nila kapag may mistakes ka sa transaction. Puro pera from gambling yung need naming isend from diff banks and may isang Chinese dun na ang lala ng galit sakin. He mentioned thru google translate na malas daw ako. Shuta never ako nagka mistake sa transactions ko kase sobra akong nag iingat. Kalahating araw niya kong pinagmumura in Chinese dahil lang ako partner nya that day and hindi gumana yung pc nya.

- 12 hrs shift mo with 30 mins lunch. Literal na para kang OFW vibe pag andun ka. Yung feeling na alipin ka sa sarili mong bansa. Yung boss namin na Chinese nagagalit ng walang dahilan. Very unreasonable. Nahuli nya kong nagsasalamin and shuta sinigawan nya ko. Yung nag mentor naman sakin na babae, napuno na kase kumuha lang siya ng tissue sa box ang dami ng sinabi nung Chinese. Haha Pinakyuhan ni ate geraldine yung boss namin sabay Resign kinabukasan.

- Kung pera lang ang usapan I would say na eto yung pinaka madaling work na ginawa ko. Kase encoder kalang and same excel sheet lang gagamitin mo everyday. Pero wala siyang growth kase most of the time naka tunganga ka lang.

- I hate my experience in POGO given that 2 mos lang naman tinagal ko dahil gusto ko magpahinga sa BPO, mas ok na kong sigawan ng mga kano sa calls kesa maging alipin ng mga Chinese. Working environment there was awful for me. And inhumane. It was an eyeopener for me na wag magpa api sa sariling mong bansa.

- Some had good experiences with POGO, given that pumapantay at humihigit pa nga sa sahod ng mga bpo workers, pero sana hindi nila ma experience yung mga naexperience ko.

- There are still good Chinese na nakilala ako. Some of them kumapit na lang siguro sa ganitong trabaho to help their families in China. Sila lang yung mga pinagpepray ko na sana ok pa rin up until now.

PERO SATIN PA RIN ANG WEST PHILIPPINES SEA.

[p-isforpoetry]

"Words, Wide Night" by Carol Ann Duffy ‖ Tom Hiddleston (12/08) [without music]

This is a re-upload of Tom reading poetry for Ximalaya FM from 2019 without the background music.

"Words, Wide Night" by Carol Ann Duffy Somewhere on the other side of this wide night and the distance between us, I am thinking of you. The room is turning slowly away from the moon. This is pleasurable. Or shall I cross that out and say it is sad? In one of the tenses I singing an impossible song of desire that you cannot hear. La lala la. See? I close my eyes and imagine the dark hills I would have to cross to reach you. For I am in love with you and this is what it is like or what it is like in words.

Source: Ximalaya FM

[fullscoreshenanigans]

WHERE are you reading the light novels ohmigoodness

In addition to sound dramas and links I mentioned in this post, @1000sunnygo has graciously compiled what I believe is the most extensive master list of TPN material in the English-speaking fandom: https://1000sunnygo.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-promised-neverland-masterlist.html

Love the symmetry of these covers.

I already touched on what can be found in A Letter from Norman, and Sunny already outlined what can be found in the fourth one, so I’ll just briefly go over the second and even more briefly touch on the third since I haven’t read it in its entirety yet. (gotta savor the content 👌😩)

☆ The second light novel, Moms’ Song of Remembrance, released in January 2019, is split into two stories:

1. “The Starry Sky and Leslie’s List” (translated by c72684 here)

Isabella remembers helping Leslie with a list of goals he set out to accomplish before leaving Grace Field two days before he’s shipped out. It’s book-ended by segments set on January 15, 2046, where Isabella briefly chats with Phil, reflects on her relationship with Ray, and finds new purpose now that her children have proven she was wrong about escape being impossible.

(It’s roughly 52 pages in Word at 12 point Times New Roman font single spaced if one is wondering about the time commitment.)

2. “Searching for the Skies of Freedom” (translated by @standreamy​ and 14thNeah; many thanks!) (It’s roughly 64 pages in Word using the aforementioned standard)

This was eventually turned into chapter 181.2 that features Krone during her first month of training to be a sister candidate where she reunites with her elder sister Cecile. The gist of the story is kept the same, however, the novel also:

Confirms sister candidates have the electronic chip surgery the day they arrive at HQ.

Expands upon the training sister candidates go through, specifically incorporating scenes of self-defense training and one on medical training. It’s also noted that cooking is not a priority for sisters during their first regiment of training; that’s only if they retrain to become one of the kitchen staff, which is one path of retraining they can take in the event they can’t secure a sister position at one of the plants. Others are teachers, child caretakers, and doctors/surgeons. (The better to keep them stratified and make it more difficult to fight the system.)

Has more scenes between Krone and Cecile.

Briefly looks into Grandma’s thoughts during the panel where she holds the embroidery with the map of HQ on it as a trophy.

Briefly features the scene in chapter 23/S1e07 where Smee gives Krone the Minerva pen.

☆ The third light novel, Records of Comrades, released in October 2020, is split into a prologue and three stories:

1. “Two Paths”: A story about Yugo and Lucas’ time at Glory Bell. 2. “Two Wills”: The story of Nigel and Gillian’s first few days at Goldy Pond. Nigel’s sister, Lala, and Gillian’s sister, Emilia, who are both briefly shown in chapter 77 are featured in here.

3. “Two Destinies”: The story of how Sonju and Mujika first met. Legravalima, Leuvis, and Yverk also appear in here.

(The document I have is 133 pages in Word at 14 point Verdana font single spaced.)

[x--daughters-of-darkness--x]

BURNING WITCHES Announce New Album 'The Dark Tower'

Swiss/Dutch all-female heavy metal outfit BURNING WITCHES will release its fifth studio album, "The Dark Tower", on May 5 via Napalm Records. The official music video for the LP's title track can be seen below.

BURNING WITCHES comments: "Wow, that was quick, right? Album No. 5 is already done and we are back with the brand-new single 'The Dark Tower'. The title track of the new record will fit perfectly into our set list with its relentless beat, the truly epic riffs and the striking but melodic vocals!

"The theme of Elizabeth Bathory and her infamous 'blood countess' reputation was a fantastic inspiration for a breathtaking video clip. We all could relate to the story and its creepy saga and knew from the beginning it would be a new highlight in the WITCHES history!

"Last but not least, we want to thank the fans that supported us here and played the extras, in this very emotional and creepy little ride! Enjoy the clip!"

"The Dark Tower" track listing:

01. Rise Of Darkness 02. Unleash The Beast 03. Renegade 04. Evil Witch 05. World On Fire 06. Tomorrow 07. House Of Blood 08. The Dark Tower 09. Heart Of Ice 10. Arrow Of Time 11. Doomed To Die 12. Into The Unknown 13. The Lost Souls

BURNING WITCHES are:

Laura Guldemond - Vocals Romana Kalkuhl - Guitars Larissa Ernst - Guitars Jeanine Grob - Bass Lala Frischknecht - Drums

BURNING WITCHES' first live performance with Guldemond took place in June 2019 at the Sweden Rock Festival in Sölvesborg, Sweden.

The vocalist of the Dutch symphonic metal band SHADOWRISE, Guldemond was recruited by BURNING WITCHES following the departure of Seraina Telli.

In a 2021 interview with Femme Metal Webzine, Guldemond stated about how she joined BURNING WITCHES: "Since the previous guitarist of BURNING WITCHES was already an acquaintance of mine, when they were looking for a new singer, she proposed it to me because I know that I would fit the band. You know, I have the voice, I love the old-school metal and I was already having the same style. In the end, it felt like a natural match. Then I sent a couple of recordings and submitted them for my audition."

In a separate interview with Ireland's Overdrive, Laura spoke about her vocal inspirations. "It's difficult to choose one because I have so many vocalists that I really love," she said. "For example, when I started to really take my singing seriously, I would look at singing in a clean melodic voice and also in a distorted voice and I've got a lot of respect for singers that specialize in both of those styles. Like Lzzy Hale [HALESTORM], she has a very tough and strong vocal technique that I love, because of her husky, distorted delivery, but then there's Sia, who's a pop singer but has a voice that I really like. I really love many vocalists, and in some ways, I am inspired by a little bit of all the vocalists I admire and enjoy. That’s one of the very cool things about BURNING WITCHES — we have a lot happening in the music and are very versatile when it comes to melody and sound."

[pinkcandycat]

Some screenshots taken from the first episode of the first season of the Lala Chan anime because I love them.

I remember these characters when I went to an indoor playground inside a mall years ago which the mall I went is Robinsons Galleria. It's called Kidzooona and you're not to be confused with Kidzania. Kidzooona is another title for the Aeon/Molly Fantasy franchise in some countries in Southeast Asia. I wonder why if Lala Chan and her friends (the mascots of Molly Fantasy) met Urabano and his friends (the mascots of Kidzania) like they didn't met before. And I still missed going to Kidzania like, it was yesterday. I went there on a field trip when I was in preschool. It's been years that I haven't went there, I went there once but it was closed today, sad 😿😭

I revisited Kidzooona again with my brother on a field trip in late 2019. Off topic time... This time, I went to a nature museum where there's a lot of bugs, then they're a zoo, even a farm! Then we took lunch, and we have a field trip on a car because my brother can't enter on the bus because there's no space. And on topic we visited Kidzooona on SM Manisag which is the mall I've visited. I was 11 before I turned 12. I have fun there, and we went home and it looks like fun.

[davidstfde]

Completed Class 12 Board Exams? Know what are the best colleges around the country for Graduation

Class 12 is, without a doubt, a watershed moment in the lives of all students. Some of you may have a clear idea of what you want to do with your life, but many of you may find yourself at a career crossroads and unsure of what to do after 12th grade.

Students completing class 12 must prepare for the next step, which is to select a course to pursue after class 12 and an excellent college or university that would help them explore their horizons more often.

Science, Arts, and Commerce courses are available after 12th grade, this requires some thought and research. Science, Commerce or Arts? After tenth grade, what’s next? Which college or university should you attend?

Every field today offers a plethora of opportunities, but you should always choose a stream/course based on your interests, aptitude, and class 12 grades. It’s critical to assess your interest and aptitude, as well as your understanding of the job’s requirements. If you choose a stream solely on the basis of your interests and lack the necessary skills and abilities, you may face difficulties in the future. So, to get a better idea of what’s next after grade 12, sit down and reflect on what areas you’re naturally good at and what areas are frequently a source of difficulty for you. You can also solicit feedback from parents or teachers.

However, here are some lists of Colleges after 12th grade that would help explore students’ horizons more often.

TOP 10 COLLEGES IN INDIA

1. Miranda House- Miranda House is a well-known women’s college affiliated with the University of Delhi. The college was founded in 1948 and is located on DU’s North Campus in New Delhi. India Today 2021 recently ranked it second in Science and third in Arts. With a 3.61 CGPA, the college has received NAAC Grade A+ recognition. Miranda House has been ranked as India’s number one college by the NIRF (Ministry of HRD), Government of India, for three years in a row — 2017, 2018, and 2019.

Miranda House also has a thriving placements department that works around the clock to connect students with job opportunities. Miranda House places 70–90 percent of students (every year) and hosts multiple job fairs and internship fests, according to a number of students who wrote verified reviews on Shiksha. Some of the well-known companies that come to Miranda House to hire students include McKinsey, DE Shaw, TCS, ZS Associates, Tries Vista, and Accenture.

2. Lady Shri Ram College- The University of Delhi’s Lady Shri Ram College for Women (also known as LSR College for Women) is an all-women college affiliated with Delhi University. It was founded in New Delhi in 1956 by the late Sir Lala Shri Ram. The Ministry of Human Resource Development has recognised the campus in Lajpat Nagar, South Delhi (MHRD). LSR College was ranked 2 in NIRF 2020 in the ‘College’ category, 3 in India Today Ranking 2021 in the ‘Commerce’ category, and 4 in India Today Ranking 2021 in the ‘Arts’ category. The college received an “A” grade and a 3.61 CGPA from the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC). LSR offers a total of 25 courses, including all UG, PG, and specialisation courses.

3. Shri Ram College of Commerce- The Shri Ram College of Commerce, or SRCC, is a Delhi University-affiliated institution. The college, which was founded in 1920, is ranked №1 for Commerce by India Today and The Week in 2020. SRCC was also ranked 12th by NIRF 2020. Shri Ram College of Commerce, which is located on the university’s North Campus, is accredited by the NAAC with an A+ grade.

An active placement cell is also located at SRCC. It has seen a smooth transition to virtual placements over the last two years in order to provide a hassle-free hiring experience for its students and recruiters. Phase one of the SRCC placements 2021 programme resulted in the college receiving more than 130 job offers. During SRCC placements 2021, the highest and median salaries increased by about 3% and 30%, respectively.

4. Loyola College- The Society of Jesus founded Loyola College in Chennai in 1925. It is one of India’s most prestigious colleges, having been ranked third by NIRF in 2021. It became self-governing in 1978 and is affiliated with Madras University.

Under the Humanities, Science, and Commerce Departments, Loyola College offers 19 PG courses, 24 UG courses, and 12 PhD programmes. The college, which covers a total of 99 acres, has all of the necessary facilities, including a library, ICT labs, specialised laboratories, wi-fi, cafeteria, health centre, sports pavilion, and hostels.

A separate training and placement cell exists at Loyola College Chennai. Loyola’s placement office hosts a variety of webinars and training sessions for students, including sessions with Barclays Bank, ICICI Bank, BYJU, NISM, and Naukri First, among others. 100 companies visited the campus during the academic year 2020–2, and 423 students were chosen. In addition, the Loyola placement office offers internships with reputable companies such as EY, Goldman Sachs, and Accenture. Internshala is a Loyola internship partner.

5. Mithibai College of Arts, Chauhan Institute of Science & Amrutben Jivanlal College of Commerce and Economics- India Today 2021 ranks Mithibai College 10th in Commerce and 11th in Arts. Mithibai was founded in 1961 and is accredited by NAAC with an A grade. It is approved by AICTE and UGC. Mithibai College is a private college in Mumbai that is affiliated with the University of Mumbai. Mithibai College Mumbai is divided into two parts: a degree programme and a junior college. The Degree College offers 26 UG courses, 17 PG courses, and 7 PhD courses in various Arts, Science, and Commerce streams. The college has received INR 11.62 crore in grants from various government bodies over the last four years, including RUSA, DBT, UGC, DST, RUSA, and the University of Mumbai. Future First, Morgan Stanley, Tech Mahindra, and others are among the top companies participating in the placement drive.

6. Hindu College- Hindu College, a constituent college of Delhi University, is regarded as one of the best science, arts, and commerce colleges in the country. Hindu College, which was recently ranked 1 for Science and Arts and 2 for Commerce by India Today 2021, celebrated 120 years of academic excellence in 2021. This college, which is accredited by NAAC, has a placement record of 95% over the years. The college was previously affiliated with Panjab University before being transferred to DU in 1922. The University will consider UG admission for Hindu College admission 2021 based on the merit of Class 12 this year, as declared by DU’s VC. DU UG registrations for 2021 started in the last week of July and the first week of August, respectively, for PG and UG courses.

In the fields of Arts, Science, and Commerce, Hindu College offers undergraduate and graduate programmes. All UG courses are finalised based on DU cutoff lists, which are released in seven to eight rounds each year. PG admission to Hindu College, on the other hand, is based on both merit and entrance.

7. Hansraj College- Hansraj College, a government college in Malka Ganj, Delhi, is one of the University of Delhi’s largest constituent colleges. It was founded in 1948 and offers liberal arts, science, and business courses. Hansraj College has a ‘A+’ accreditation from the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) and is ranked 9 in the NIRF 2020 rankings. It’s also ranked 5 in Commerce by The Week 2020, 5 in Science by The Week 2020, 6 in Arts by India Today 2020, and 7 in Arts by The Week 2020. Undergraduate and postgraduate courses in Science, Commerce, and Humanities are available at Hansraj. Radio jockeying, anchoring & TV journalism, acting and filmmaking, mass communication, journalism & marketing, and digital marketing professional are all available as add-on courses. Each department has an average faculty-to-student ratio of 1:25.

8. Madras Christian College- Madras Christian College (MCC) is a Christian college in Tambaram, Chennai, that was founded in 1837. It is a Government College that is affiliated with Madras University. According to India Today’s 2020 rankings, it is among the top three colleges in India. In 2020, it was also ranked 13 by NIRF. The college offers UG and PG courses in Science, Commerce, and the Arts that are both aided and self-financed. These are on-campus, full-time courses. A well-equipped central library, seminar halls, laboratories, sports facilities with an indoor stadium, instrumentation facilities, and an exclusive innovation park are all available at the college. It provides hostel facilities for both boys and girls on its campus. As a result of agreements to collaborate with over 30 foreign universities, it offers both student and faculty foreign exchange programmes.

9. Bishop Heber College- Bishop Heber College is a private Religious Minority Educational Institution in Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, that was founded in 1873. The All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE) has approved the college, and NAAC has given it a ‘A’ rating. The college is also ranked 43rd in the NIRF College Ranking for 2021.

It offers a variety of engineering and technology courses at the undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral levels. The college has over 550 faculty members and over 14,000 students. The college has signed Memorandums of Understanding with a number of international universities, colleges, and institutions, including Kingston University in the United Kingdom, the University of Burgundy in France, Liverpool Hope University in the United Kingdom, Appalachian State University in the United States, Groupe ESC in Rouen, France, Churches Council for Child and Youth Care in Bangalore, IBM in Bangalore, and Kasetsart University in Thailand.

10. Narsee Monjee College of Commerce and Economics- NM College, or Narsee Monjee College of Commerce and Economics, is a constituent college of SVKM NMIMS. Shri Vile Parle Kelavani Mandal founded the college in 1964, and it is affiliated with the University of Mumbai. It has a grade of A from the NAAC (CGPA: 3.42).

Having capacity of 6,000 students, the college offers HSC, Degree and PG Degree courses such as Bachelor of Management Studies (BMS), Bachelor of Commerce (BCom), Bachelor of Science (BSc IT), MCom and Doctorate of Philosophy (PhD).

The college has modern facilities such as air-conditioned classrooms with LDC projectors, computer labs, conference rooms, an auditorium, a cafeteria, a 300-seat library, and a hostel for outstation students.

Conclusion

We talked about the top 10 colleges in India. Some of the colleges/ universities on the list have consistently ranked at the top, while others have been added to the list as a result of their academic progress. And moreover, a student must keep track of their preferred colleges’ websites and be aware of their admissions process dates. This is extremely beneficial in terms of preparing for entrance exams well ahead of time in order to beat the competition. We hope you found the information provided to be useful.

[hisazuki]

Toshokan Sensou Love & War - Bessatsu hen

Color title page for index #48 from LaLa magazine issue 12/2019

Art by Kiiro Yumi

[a-dinosaur-a-day]

Eudyptula minor

By J. J. Harrison, CC BY-SA 3.0 

Etymology: Good Diver

First Described By: Bonaparte, 1856

Classification: Dinosauromorpha, Dinosauriformes, Dracohors, Dinosauria, Saurischia, Eusaurischia, Theropoda, Neotheropoda, Averostra, Tetanurae, Orionides, Avetheropoda, Coelurosauria, Tyrannoraptora, Maniraptoromorpha, Maniraptoriformes, Maniraptora, Pennaraptora, Paraves, Eumaniraptora, Averaptora, Avialae, Euavialae, Avebrevicauda, Pygostaylia, Ornithothoraces, Euornithes, Ornithuromorpha, Ornithurae, Neornithes, Neognathae, Neoaves, Aequorlitornithes, Ardeae, Aequornithes, Austrodyptornithes, Sphenisciformes, Spheniscidae

Status: Extant, Least Concern

Time and Place: From 12,000 years ago until today, in the Holocene of the Quaternary 

Little Penguins are known from the coast of Australia and New Zealand

Physical Description: Little Penguins are some of the most adorable penguins alive today, and the reason is clear: they’re smol! Little Penguins range in size between 40 and 45 centimeters in length, and none weigh more than 2.1 kilograms. They are a blue-grey on their backs and white on their bellies and necks. They have very small flippers, which can be entirely blue or blue only in the center with white banding around it. They have short little tails and small feet, which are formed into lightly orange flippers. Their beaks are short and round, and either light in color or dark depending on the population. The juveniles tend to be a somewhat duller color than the adults, but usually very similar overall. 

By Magnus Kjaergaard, CC BY 3.0 

Diet: Little Penguins feed mainly on fish that form schools in the pelagic zone of the ocean (rather than closer to the coast). They’ll also feed on cephalopods and crustaceans. 

By Francesco Veronesi, CC BY-SA 2.0 

Behavior: These nocturnal penguins will capture their food via pursuit-diving, mainly swimming around schools of fish in tighter and tighter circles until finally - woosh! - they dive into the middle and grab as much food as they can. In shallower water, they do pursue the fish more directly. They can dive as deep as 50 meters underwater, sometimes more - including 69 meters deep. They go up to 62 kilometers away from the nesting and sleeping colony sites, though they can usually only go a fraction of that in a single day and longer distances are reserved for multiple day trips. Females tend to forage more than the males. They feed alone, though they do forage in groups. They are extremely noisy in their colonies, making a variety of trills, brays, growls, grunts, yelping, trumpeting, and wailing sounds to one another. They do not migrate, but do stay near the breeding colony extensively during the moulting and nesting season. Juveniles will leave the colony for a large amount of time, but do eventually return to breed where they were born. 

By Phillip Island Tourism, CC BY-SA 4.0 

Little Penguins begin breeding in July and continue through December, though it varies from colony to colony and from year to year. They tend to stick to one nest site for their whole lives and are also fairly monogamous, though they do divorce from their partners around 76% of the time. If they are unsuccessful in raising any chicks one year, the next year they are more likely to divorce than not. The nests are made in a little bit far apart from one another in the colonie, usually a burrow in the sand lined with plant material. Usually two eggs are laid in the nest and are incubated for a little more than one month by both parents. The chicks hatch extremely fluffy and greyish-brown; they then molt to look dark brown and grey another month later. At this time young birds will form creches together for two more months, hanging out and learning from each other. They then fledge and become juveniles two more months later. They become sexually mature at two to four years of age, and can live for up to 20 years (though shorter is more common). The chicks and nesting colonies tend to feed at dusk. 

By Mark Nairn, CC BY 3.0 

Ecosystem: Little Penguins live mainly in sandy and rocky coasts, usually near the bases of cliffs and in sand dunes. They will spend most of their time in temperate to sub-arctic marine waters, many miles offshore. They are preyed upon by cats, dogs, rats, foxes, lizards, snakes, ferrets, stoats, seals, and some other ocean predators. They are mostly affected by introduced mammalian predators at this time. 

By fir0002, GFDL 1.2 

Other: While Little Penguins are, overall, doing alright and are even common in terms of population  management; however, a number of human-created threats are affecting certain colonies and bringing many of them to the verge of collapse. Uncontrolled hunting by domesticated dogs and cats are major causes of colony destruction, as are oil spills, fishing interactions (including being caught in nets), human interference and development, as well as cullings by humans attempting to manage populations of other birds. As such, Little Penguins are of major interest for ecological groups in order to preserve their populations in light of these threats. Fossils of this species are known from its current range from the recent ice age.

~ By Meig Dickson

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[sofiafilmshit]

the best films aka art (2010-19)

(in my opinion, so please do not attack me thank you. sorted from oldest to most recent ;))

2010 - Inception 

2010 - The Social Network

2011 - The Intouchables 

2012 - The Hunt (foreign) 

2012 - Moonrise Kingdom 

2012 - The Perks Of Being A Wallflower 

2012 - The Impossible 

2012 - Silver Linings Playbook

2013 - 12 Years a Slave 

2013 - The Great Gatsby 

2014 - The Judge 

2016 - The Day Will Come (foreign) 

2016 - Lala Land 

2016 - Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 

2016 - Manchester By The Sea 

2017 - Call Me By Your Name 

2017 - Lady Bird 

2018 - Green Book 

2018 - Beautiful Boy 

2018 - Ready Player One 

2018 - Black Panther 

2019 - Once Upon a Time in Hollywood 

2019 - Little Women 

2019 - Parasite 

thanks for listening to my ted talk. 

[jokerfan99]

All 2019 Anime Girl of The Months Part 2

7. July-Lala Satalin Deviluke (To Love Ru): https://jokerfan99.tumblr.com/post/186096050933/2019-anime-girl-of-the-month-july-lala-satalin

8. August-Bulma (Dragon Ball): https://jokerfan99.tumblr.com/post/187053531018/2019-anime-girl-of-the-month-august-bulma-dragon

9. September-Saeko Busujima (Highschool of the Dead): https://jokerfan99.tumblr.com/post/187472136333/2019-anime-girl-of-the-month-september-saeko

10. October-Miia (Monster Musume): https://jokerfan99.tumblr.com/post/188704331658/2019-anime-girl-of-the-month-october-miia-monster

11. November- Yuuna Yunohana (Yuuna and the Haunted Hot Springs): https://jokerfan99.tumblr.com/post/189392515118/2019-anime-girl-of-the-month-november-yuuna

12. December-Ran Mouri (Case Closed aka Detective Conan): https://jokerfan99.tumblr.com/post/189743572613/2019-anime-girl-of-the-month-december-ran-mouri

[richincolor]

The end of 2019 is on its way, and I’m already looking ahead to what’s coming up next year. Here are three books I want to get my hands on in 2020–are any of them on your list?

Salty, Bitter, Sweet by Mayra Cuevas Blink (March 3, 2020)

“Happiness, like love, arrives through the kitchen. At least that’s what my abuela Lala used to say. I may not know much about love, but I definitely got the kitchen part down.”

Seventeen-year-old aspiring chef Isabella Fields’ family life has fallen apart after the death of her Cuban abuela and the divorce of her parents. She moves in with her dad and his new wife in France, where Isabella feels like an outsider in her father’s new life, studiously avoiding the awkward, “Why did you cheat on Mom?” conversation.

The upside of Isabella’s world being turned upside down? Her father’s house is located only 30 minutes away from the restaurant of world-famous Chef Pascal Grattard, who runs a prestigious and competitive international kitchen apprenticeship. The prize job at Chef Grattard’s renowned restaurant also represents a transformative opportunity for Isabella, who is desperate to get her life back in order.

But how can Isabella expect to hold it together when she’s at the bottom of her class at the apprenticeship, her new stepmom is pregnant, she misses her abuela dearly, and a mysterious new guy and his albino dog fall into her life?

The Henna Wars by Adiba Jaigirdar Page Street (May 12, 2020)

When Nishat comes out to her parents, they say she can be anyone she wants—as long as she isn’t herself. Because Muslim girls aren’t lesbians. Nishat doesn’t want to hide who she is, but she also doesn’t want to lose her relationship with her family. And her life only gets harder once a childhood friend walks back into her life.

Flávia is beautiful and charismatic and Nishat falls for her instantly. But when a school competition invites students to create their own businesses, both Flávia and Nishat choose to do henna, even though Flávia is appropriating Nishat’s culture. Amidst sabotage and school stress, their lives get more tangled—but Nishat can’t quite get rid of her crush on Flávia, and realizes there might be more to her than she realized.

The Gilded Ones (Deathless #1) by Namina Forna Delacorte (May 26, 2020)

The start of a bold and immersive West African-inspired, feminist fantasy series for fans of Children of Blood and Bone and Black Panther. In this world, girls are outcasts by blood and warriors by choice.

Sixteen-year-old Deka lives in fear and anticipation of the blood ceremony that will determine whether she will become a member of her village. Already different from everyone else because of her unnatural intuition, Deka prays for red blood so she can finally feel like she belongs.

But on the day of the ceremony, her blood runs gold, the color of impurity–and Deka knows she will face a consequence worse than death.

Then a mysterious woman comes to her with a choice: stay in the village and submit to her fate, or leave to fight for the emperor in an army of girls just like her. They are called alaki–near-immortals with rare gifts. And they are the only ones who can stop the empire’s greatest threat.

Knowing the dangers that lie ahead yet yearning for acceptance, Deka decides to leave the only life she’s ever known. But as she journeys to the capital to train for the biggest battle of her life, she will discover that the great walled city holds many surprises. Nothing and no one are quite what they seem to be–not even Deka herself.

[nuclearblastuk]

BURNING WITCHES | announce new studio album Dance With The Devil

BURNING WITCHES TO RELEASE THIRD STUDIO ALBUM DANCE WITH THE DEVIL ON MARCH 6TH 2020!       

Last week, Burning Witches unleashed their new Wings Of Steel EP - and to continue the string of good news, today the group are proud to announce that they have completed their third studio album Dance With The Devil which is set to be released on 6th March 2020 via Nuclear Blast! The band comments, "The 3rd album is of course a very important one but we felt very comfortable with that pressure; the band was a strong unit writing and recording the new songs. The idea behind Dance With The Devil is inspired by the famous Walpurgis night, the saga of the gathering of the witches in the middle ages! We thought this magic showdown on the Brocken mountain symbolically stands for strength and the friendship of the band, that's why it's the perfect title for the new album!" More details on Dance With The Devil will be unveiled soon...! It was also announced last week that Burning Witches will be touring the UK in March 2020 as support to Korpiklaani - the dates are on sale this Friday via the below links. LAND OF A THOUSAND DRINKS UK TOUR 2020 KORPIKLAANI w/ Burning Witches 13/03/20  UK  Manchester - Rebellion 14/03/20  UK  Liverpool - O2 Academy 2 15/03/20  UK  Sheffield - Corporation 17/03/20  UK  Bristol - Thekla 18/03/20  UK  Southampton - The 1865 19/03/20  UK  Birmingham - Asylum 20/03/20  UK  Glasgow - The Classic Grand Burning Witches have another UK date set for November 2020, at HRH Vikings in Sheffield: 28-29/11/20 UK Sheffield - HRH Vikings

Order the Wings Of Steel EP here: https://nblast.de/BW-WingsOfSteel Purchase & stream 'Wings Of Steel' here: http://nblast.de/BWWingsOfSteel Watch the visualiser over on YouTube: https://youtu.be/Jr0hcJw8km8 More on the Wings Of Steel EP: Wings Of Steel Official Visulalizer: https://youtu.be/Jr0hcJw8km8 Wings Of Steel Official Guitar Playthrough: https://youtu.be/6dlRVBypcLo Wings Of Steel Official Drum Playthrough: https://youtu.be/k0J9yan3kp0 Tracklisting for 'Wings Of Steel': Side A 01. Wings Of Steel 02. Executed (Live at Wacken 2019) Side B 01. Open Your Mind (Live at Wacken 2019) 02. Hexenhammer (Live at Wacken 2019) --- Order Burning Witches latest album Hexenhammer here: http://nblast.de/BWHexenhammer More on Hexenhammer: 'Executed' Official Lyric Video: https://youtu.be/840vcVzth-0 'Hexenhammer' Official Video: https://youtu.be/1OCmwMFKDlE 'Open Your Mind' Official Lyric Video: https://youtu.be/_euUC4GzH90 --- Burning Witches have some more European live dates scheduled: 2019: 13/12  NL  Eindhoven - Metal Meeting 20/12  CH  Pratteln - Swiss Metal Attack 28/12  DE  Crailsheim - Dynamite Night 2020: 28-29/02  SE  Umeå - House of Metal 18/04  DE  Mannheim - Delta Metal Meeting 11-13/06  DE  Büßfeld - M.I.S.E. Open Air 05-08/08  SE  Falun - Sabaton Open Air 07-09/08  BE  Kortrijk - Alcatraz Metal Festival --- Burning Witches is: Laura | vocals Romana | guitars Sonia | guitars Jay | bass Lala | drums More info: http://facebook.com/burningwitches666 http://nuclearblast.de/burningwitches   

[x--daughters-of-darkness--x]

BURNING WITCHES To Release New Album 'The Witch Of The North' In May

Swiss metallers BURNING WITCHES will release their fourth full-length album, "The Witch Of The North", on May 28 via Nuclear Blast Records.

Following 2020's "Dance Of The Devil", which charted at #22 in Germany, and the "Circle Of Five" EP, vocalist Laura Guldemond, guitarists Romana Kalkuhl and Larissa Ernst, bassist Jeanine Grob and drummer Lala Frischknecht notably upped the ante on "The Witch Of The North", delivering their most dynamic, intricate and powerful album thus far. Perfectly mixed and mastered by V.O. Pulver and produced by German thrash titan Schmier (DESTRUCTION), the LP sees BURNING WITCHES stick to their irrefutable 1980s influences (JUDAS PRIEST, IRON MAIDEN, DIO, ACCEPT, WARLOCK, W.A.S.P., etc.) and inject irresistible energy and a refreshing vibe, topping it off with classic art by Claudio Bergamín (who illustrated JUDAS PRIEST's triumphant "Firepower"). From the epic title track to the album's catchiest anthem "We Stand As One" over to the ballad "Lady Of The Woods" and speedy riff attacks like "Thrall", "Flight Of The Valkyries" and "Nine Worlds", "The Witch Of The North" marks a new highlight in the band's career, with vocalist Laura brilliantly shifting from aggressive to seductive with ease.

Says the band: "We are happy and proud to announce the new album already and show you the terrific cover art. We have grown together as a team and have evolved our sound to the next level; the WITCHES 2021 are heavier and more epic than ever! So is the cover: Claudio Bergamín's amazing art is the perfect reflection of the record: icy, mystical, timeless and powerful! Please meet the 'The Witch Of The North' and fall in love with our evolution!"

The cover it sets the mood for the enthralling journey through enchanted forests and across snow-capped mountain tops that is The Witch Of The North.

Says Bergamín: "The one and only Schmier, from DESTRUCTION, reached out to me to ask if I'd be interested in doing the new BURNING WITCHES album cover. Needless to say, I was delighted to jump on board. The band had a very unique concept so it took me a couple of weeks to come up with an idea I was happy with. They wanted a classic-looking illustration; pretty much in the vibe of Ken Kelly and Frank Frazetta. The Forest Witch was inspired by The Ents from 'Lord Of The Rings' and Botticelli's 'Birth Of Venus'. The girls' depictions were done in pure comic book style, and working on their faces to make them look as close as possible to the real people was a lot of fun. I wish more bands would ask me for that!"

"The Witch Of The North" track listing:

01. Winter's Wrath 02. The Witch Of the North 03. Tainted Ritual 04. We Stand As One 05. Flight Of The Valkyries 06. The Circle Of Five 07. Lady Of The Woods 08. Thrall 09. Omen 10. Nine Worlds 11. For Eternity 12. Dragon's Dream 13. Eternal Frost

The pre-order for "The Witch Of The North" will start on March 19.

BURNING WITCHES' first live performance with Guldemond took place in June 2019 at the Sweden Rock Festival in Sölvesborg, Sweden.

The vocalist of the Dutch symphonic metal band SHADOWRISE, Guldemond was recruited by BURNING WITCHES following the departure of Seraina Telli.

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[monstermaster-69-blog]

I will love and miss you forever Lala! Rip guardian angel! 12/22/2019 https://www.instagram.com/p/B6c358WH7AT/?igshid=k4whc1b2y2nv

[plasticdreams]

29: やまじシスターズ(茸) [] 2019/10/18(金) 12:20:57.52 ID:CzKgVqFS0 本文のようにディベロッパーが損する方向に進んでほしい 56: ガリ子ちゃん(埼玉県) [] 2019/10/18(金) 12:28:46.53 ID:5R/3p3450 >>29 そーゆこと。 巨大物件だけに、社会が企業を監視している。 これだけの巨大物件を開発できるなんて「〇〇不動産」とか ほんのわずか、対応ヒドすぎると次を買ってくれないからね。 ３年くらい前だったか、港区で完成間近の高級タワマンで、 鉄筋ブチ抜き工事が暴露されて、三菱が補償と別物件を用意した記事あったな 88: マツタロウ(庭) [US] 2019/10/18(金) 12:44:13.76 ID:HPOoyxuZ0 >>56 あれは住む前だからデベロッパーが直す必要がある。 148: ハッケンくん(東京都) [US] 2019/10/18(金) 13:06:35.14 ID:eRS5CUlH0 >>56 横浜の虚偽データに基づいた鉄筋基礎を施工したのも三井不動産、パークシティLaLa横浜。欠陥住宅を建てる会社の体質なんだろうなと思う 157: 吉ブー(静岡県) [JP] 2019/10/18(金) 13:10:55.72 ID:Xp+brHK10 >>56 パークシティという名前でやっているのは 三井不動産らしいやん 複数そこが被害起きているのは 三井の手抜きか、土地が特に悪いのか

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