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Cast:

Tim Allen as Buzz Lightyear

Mamaudou Athie as Wade Ripple

Emma Berman as Giulia Marcovaldo

Gael García Bernal as Papá Héctor Rivera

Lewis Black as Anger

Benjamin Bratt as Ernesto de la Cruz

Jack Bright as Spot

Jen Brown as Pixar Intern

Ben Burtt as M-O & WALL-E

Tristan Allerick Chen as Tyler Nguyen-Baker

Rosalie Chiang as Meilin Lee

Sawyer Cole as Dashiell Parr (Dash), Luca Paguro, & Nemo

Billy Crystal as Mike Wazowski

Joan Cusack as Jessie

Charlie Day as Art

Pete Docter as Himself

Jordan Fisher as Robaire

Dave Foley as Terry Perry & Flik

Jamie Foxx as Joe Gardener

Jim Gaffigan as Lorenzo Paguro

Janeane Garofalo as Colette Tatou

Brad Garrett as Dim

Brian George as Chef Skinner

Alex Gonzalez as Miguel Rivera

John Goodman as James P. Sullivan

Kelsey Grammer as Stinky Pete the Prospector

Tony Hale as Fear

Tom Hanks as Woody

Sean Hayes as Terri Perry

Bonnie Hunt as Rosie

Caz Inghram as Russell

Samuel L. Jackson as Lucius Best/Frozone

Catherine Keener as Evelyn Deavor

Yonas Kibreab as Elio Solis

Richard Kind as Molt

Diane Lane as Jill Andersen (Mom)

Liza Lapira as Disgust

Larry the Cable Guy as Sir Tow Mater

Denis Leary as Francis

Jason Lee as Buddy Pine/Syndrome

Leah Lewis as Ember Lumen

Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Princess Atta

Bud Luckey as Rick Dicker

Kelly Macdonald as Merida

Kyle McLachlan as Bill Andersen (Dad)

Michael McShane as Tuck & Roll

John Morris as Andy Davis

Ava Morse as Miriam Mendelsohn

Joel Murray as Don Carlton

Craig T. Nelson as Bob Parr/Mr. Incredible

Randy Newman as Himself

Raymond Ochoa as Arlo

Catherine O’Hara as Brook Ripple

Patton Oswalt as Remy

Keke Palmer as Izzy Hawthorne

Hyein Park as Abby Park

Bob Peterson as Dug & Roz

David Hyde Pierce as Slim

Amy Poehler as Joy

Maitreyi Ramakrishnan as Priya Mangal

John Ratzenberger as P.T. Flea & Underminer

Lou Romano as Alfredo Linguini

Maya Rudolph as Daniela Paguro

Wallace Shawn as Rex

Phyllis Smith as Sadness

Peter Sohn as Scott “Squishy” Squibbles & Emile

Andrew Stanton as Hopper & Emperor Zurg

Kensington Tallman as Riley Andersen

Alanna Ubach as Mamá Imelda Rivera

Alma Versano as Princess Dot

Owen Wilson as Lightning McQueen

Once Upon a Pixar (2026)

Hello. It's me, and this is the Pixar version of Once Upon a Studio called Once Upon a Pixar.

(The film opens with the headquarters at Pixar as the employees leave for the day.)

Pixar Intern: It's so incredible to think that George Lucas started Pixar back in 1979 until it was founded by Steve Jobs in 1986 40 years ago today. To think of all those talented animators and unforgettable characters who have been a part of the studio over the years.

Pete Docter: Yep. (as he and the intern turn around one last time) If the characters could talk to each other.

(Pete Docter and the intern leave as the door closes while the title comes up: "Once Upon a Pixar". The camera zooms into a photo picture of Woody, Jessie and Bullseye running on a record player. Woody glances back as everything seems quiet in the lobby.)

Woody: Psst! Atta. Princess Atta. You there?

(Princess Atta flies into the lobby and over to his picture.)

Woody: Is that it? They all gone?

Princess Atta: Yep, they're all gone.

Woody: Yee-haw! (he, Jessie and Bullseye leap out of the picture) Come on, Jessie, this is it.

Jessie: Let's get everyone. Yodel-ay-hee-hoo!

Joy: (gasps) There's the signal! All right, everyone! (she, Sadness, Anger, Fear, and Disgust jump out of their production cell) It's picture time!

Elio: That's tonight?

Joy: That's now.

Ember Lumen: The 40-year group photo. (she and Wade jump out of their production cell as well) And the sun's going down. Come on, Wade, let's feel the burn!

Wade: Ooh, a fire pun. (chuckles) Got to like that.

(Suddenly, Arlo and Spot come out of their production cell as Wade gasps and goes against the wall.)

Arlo: (chuckles nervously) Sorry.

Woody: Picture time, gang!

Mei Lee: (chuckles) Okay, here we come!

(Mei Lee, Miriam, Abby, Priya and Tyler jump out of their production cell while they laugh.)

Abby: Wake up, everyone!

(The Oozma Kappa come out of their production cell as Squishy yells while Russell, Carl and Dug walk down the hallway.)

Russell: Whoa!

Dug: Awesome!

Russell: Oh, Mr. Lightyear! Get the folks upstairs!

Buzz Lightyear: Roger that, Russell. To infinity and beyond!

(Buzz Lightyear flies upstairs as Lightning McQueen drives happily down the hall with Mater.)

Mater: Yee-haw!

Merida: (jumps out of her production cell) It's picture time! (runs to the lobby) We're meeting at the lobby!

Flik: Okay! See you there!

(Miguel Rivera and Riley Andersen ride on Dim as Dim flies to the lobby.)

Miguel Rivera: (hollers)

(Francis gives a fun ride to Dash Parr.)

Dash Parr: Whoa! Higher! (laughs)

(Francis chuckles as Remy and Emile slide down the stairs as Luca Paguro lands on the floor and sighs as he catches Nemo.)

Nemo: Water.

Luca Paguro: (shudders and rushes to the counter)

P.T. Flea: No, no, no, there's no time for snacks!

Luca Paguro: Uh, Andy! A little help here?

Andy Davis: Oh, uh, let me see here. There we go, a nice bucket of water.

(Luca Paguro dunks Nemo to a bucket of water.)

Nemo: (grunts)

Linguini: (chuckles) Oh, waiter! There's a fish in the bucket! (laughs)

(Ernesto de la Cruz tries to get candy from the vending machine while he curses in Spanish as Mr. Incredible and Frozone walk down the hall.)

Mr. Incredible: Yikes! Do you think all the villains might catch up?

Frozone: Hmm. (freezes Syndrome in his frame) Not all.

Syndrome: (strains)

(Rex goes to the elevator with Imelda Rivera, Manticore, Ian, Barley and Laurel Lightfoot.)

Imelda Rivera: Going down?

Roz: Hold the elevator. I'm going to the lobby.

Rex: Huh? Oh, you've got to be joking.

(Joe Gardner hums to "Put On Your Sunday Clothes" while he draws Hector Rivera.)

Brook Ripple: Hey, black man. Shake a leg, will ya?

Joe Gardner: The leg won't make a difference, it's all in the wrist.

(Hector Rivera bursts out of the drawing as Joe Gardner shrieks in surprise.)

Hector Rivera: Ay! I haven't seen a fall like that since Spain. (fixes the chair) Oh! Much better.

(At the men's room, Hopper, 4*Town and Chef Skinner freshen up as Chef Skinner blows a kiss and chuckles. Suddenly, Tuck and Roll appear in front of his eyes, laughing, as Jessie opens the door.)

Jessie: Let's move it, gentlemen!

(While Lorenzo Paguro tries to free his wife Daniela Paguro from her picture, Giulia Marcovaldo walk with Buster, Mr. Mittens, Larry and Machivelli.)

Giulia Marcovaldo: Uh-huh. Meeting at the lobby. Don't eat the rats.

(Scud tries to eat Remy and Emile but Dante pops up and scares Scud away, thus saving the rats' lives. While Izzy and her team walk by, Mei Lee and her friends watch a cartoon on a TV.)

Izzy Hawthorne: Come on, everyone, you're gonna have nightmares.

(Zurg pops out of the TV and scares Mei Lee and her friends away, laughing. Back at the elevator, Roz makes it in time.)

Roz: Thanks very much for holding the elevator.

Rex: (groans)

Evelyn Deavor: I'm also going to the lobby as well.

Rex: Huh? Oh, come on!

(While M-O is being followed and annoyed by Dot, Mr. and Mrs. Anderson follow down the stairs, where Mr. Anderson is the one to drop his wallet and they laugh. Buster picks up the wallet and runs off with it.)

Mr. Anderson: Hey, Buster! Andy, get your dog!

(Woody follows up the stairs as he looks amused when he sees Underminer leading Colette Tatou with his hypnosis watch.)

Woody: Underminer? Underminer! You-- You stop that now, Underminer!

Rosie: Don't worry, Woody. (chuckles) I got this.

(Rosie hits Underminer offscreen unconsciously.)

Woody: Huh. (gasps) Wow.

(Woody looks up at photographs of John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter, Lee Unkrich and Joe Ranft while he takes his hat off.)

Buzz Lightyear: Oh, Woody, where are you? We're at the lobby!

Woody: (chuckles) Got to go, but thanks. (puts his hat back on) On with the show.

(At the lobby, Woody rides on WALL-E with a fire extinguisher)

Woody: Yee-haw!

Mike Wazowski: Coast is clear, Sheriff.

Woody: Great! (holds the door open) Right this way, everybody.

(Sulley bumps into the door.)

Woody: Oh! Sulley, are you okay?

James P. Sullivan: (grunts) Never better, Eastwood. (accidentally trips the trash can)

Stinky Pete: I knew I'm surrounded by... (gets startled by Slim who rides on EVE) Idiots!

Slim: Tallyho! Whee! I'll show you the world! (laughs)

Woody: Oh, great, the ladder.

(Buzz sets the ladder while he hums.)

Mr. Dicker: Every time it gets hard. Money, money, money.

Woody: All right, everyone. Get-- Get together now. (to Tinny) Oh. After you, Tinny.

Emile: Oh. Pardon me.

Francis: (holds up a camera) Here's the camera, Lightyear.

Buzz Lightyear: (takes a camera and chuckles) Thanks, Francis. (climbs up the ladder)

Woody: Buzz, be careful!

Buzz Lightyear: (makes it to the top) All right, now where's the timer button?

Molt: Oh, oh! Three, two, one! (Randall Boggs grins)

(Buzz accidentally falls off while he screams and breaks the camera. As Buster walks to the broken camera, Buzz recognizes it.)

Andy Davis: Come on, Buster. (Buster runs back to Andy)

Buzz Lightyear: Huh? Oh, no. It's ruined.

Anger: Well, that was fun!

Sadness: Maybe we can try again in another forty years.

(The characters sigh disappointedly and are about to leave.)

Woody: Oh, no, no, wait. Come back. It-- It-- It'll be fine. It'll be...

(Just as the characters are about to leave, Randy Newman appears from nowhere while he plays "You've Got a Friend in Me" on piano with his orchestra.)

Randy Newman: ♪ You've got a friend in me ♪

♪ You've got a friend in me ♪

♪ When the road looks rough ahead ♪

♪ And you're miles and miles from your nice warm bed ♪

Hopper: I knew this was gonna happen.

Randy Newman: ♪ You just remember what your old pal said ♪

♪ Boy, you've got a friend in me ♪

♪ Yeah, you've got a friend in me ♪

(While the song goes on, Mr. Incredible fixes the camera as Buzz looks excited and Sulley puts the ladder back in position. Manny and Gipsy lift Buzz to help him up as Buzz sets the camera up for the photo.)

♪ Some other folks might be ♪

♪ A little bit smarter than I am ♪

♪ Bigger and stronger too, maybe ♪

♪ But none of them will ever love you ♪

♪ The way I do, it's me and you, boy ♪

♪ And as the years go by ♪

♪ Our friendship will never die ♪

♪ You're gonna see it's our destiny ♪

All: ♪ You've got a friend in me ♪

♪ You've got a friend in me ♪

♪ You've got a friend in me ♪

(The camera flashes as the group photo in the Pixar hall is taken, and the short ends with a text "To the animators, directors and crew of Pixar who worked for 40 years on movies and short films, Thank You." and then the song ends.)

Well, I think this is the transcript. I hope you like it. I also hope Pixar does a new short film like Once Upon a Studio did. Have a Happy New Year.

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The Fault in Our Stars/John Green - ‘People Love Dead Jews’, says Dara Horn, but the living ones don’t fare as well/Renee Gert-Zhand

Red, White and Royal Blue/Casey McQuiston - Every Day/David Leviathan

The Lunar Chronicles/Marissa Meyer - Bayern series/Shannon Hale

To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before/Jenny Han - Sometimes We Tell the Truth/Kim Zarins

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The Bromacker Fossil Project Part VII: Eudibamus cursoris, the Original Two-legged Runner

Holotype specimen of Eudibamus cursoris, the most complete bolosaurid reptile known. Photo by the author, 2013.

Stuart Sumida discovered some small bones in the Bromacker quarry in 1993, the same year that the holotype skeleton of Diadectes absitus was found. Dave Berman told me that when Stuart showed them to him, he couldn’t see anything because they were so small. Upon closer examination, Dave, Stuart, and Thomas Martens identified them as those of the captorhinomorph reptile Thuringothyris mahlendorffae. Thomas’ wife Stefani, whose maiden name is Mahlendorff, discovered the first specimen in the Bromacker in 1982, and Thomas and a colleague named it in her honor in a 1991 publication.

The fossil was exposed in several pieces of rock, which Thomas shipped to Carnegie Museum of Natural History (CMNH) along with the large block of rock containing Diadectes. I didn’t prepare the specimen until several years later, as other projects, including the Diadectes, overshadowed it. Once I began working on it, though, Dave and I realized that it was not Thuringothyris. Indeed, we had no idea what type of animal it was, and our puzzlement grew as I exposed more of it. The identity wasn’t revealed until I had uncovered some very unusual, tiny teeth, which under the high magnification of the preparation microscope appeared to have a bulbous cusp towering over a basin. They looked vaguely familiar to me, but because I couldn’t immediately put a name on them, I rushed to get Dave from his office. Once Dave saw the teeth, he realized that the specimen was a new genus and species in the rare, enigmatic reptile group Bolosauridae.

Tiny teeth of a bolosaurid reptile, Bolosaurus striatus, in lateral (side; left) and occlusal (chewing surface; right) views. The specimen is in the CMNH Vertebrate Paleontology collection. Photos by Spencer Lucas (Research Associate, CMNH).

Until the discovery of Eudibamus cursoris, bolosaurids were represented in the fossil record by two genera, Bolosaurus and Belebey, which were based mainly on poorly preserved skull and fragmentary jaw fossils from Texas and Russia, respectively. Even though bolosaurids had been known since 1878, their relationship to other reptiles was not well understood. The nearly complete anatomy of Eudibamus allowed our team to determine that bolosaurids are the oldest member of the ancient group of reptiles called Parareptilia. This group has no living relatives, except possibly for turtles, a hypothesis that is highly debated by scientists.

Closeup of front and hind legs of Eudibamus. The hind leg, folded upon itself, is considerably longer than the front leg. Photo by the author, 2013.

When our study of the fossil began, we realized that Eudibamus was very different than other reptiles from that time. Proportions of the limbs and positions of the articulation surfaces on the upper and lower hind leg bones indicated that, in terms of posture, Eudibamus resembled a bow-legged human with a bad back instead of a typical sprawling reptile on four legs. It could stand and locomote on its hind legs in an upright posture (bipedal) with its legs held close together and in the same plane (parasagittal).

Dave was in constant phone communication with team member Dr. Robert Reisz (Professor, University of Toronto at Mississauga). One day Robert called Dave to ask if all the tail had been exposed, because he learned that modern lizards that are able to run bipedally have a long tail to help maintain their balance. The specimen was in Dave’s office and he immediately uncovered more of the tail and then let me finish the task. The tail was indeed very long and extended close to the edge of the block, which I had previously reduced in size. Additionally, we determined that the third, fourth, and fifth toes of the hind foot also were greatly elongated through lengthening of some of the individual toe bones, and that the first and second toes were extremely shortened by the reduction in size of individual toe bones. We hypothesized that when Eudibamus ran bipedally, it would rise on its toes, so that only the tips of the third, fourth, and fifth toes would contact the ground.

Drawing of the hind leg of Eudibamus cursoris (left) and the roughly contemporaneous reptile Captorhinus (right). Leg drawings are scaled to the same torso length of the whole animal. Illustrations of the animals are not to scale. Hind leg drawings are modified from Berman et al., 2000 and animal illustrations are from Wikimedia Commons.

Eudibamus occurred at least 60 million years before other bipedal, parasagittally-running reptiles appeared in the fossil record. This is reflected in its scientific name, which is derived from the Greek “eu,” meaning original or primitive, and “dibamos,” meaning on two legs. “Cursoris” is Latin, meaning runner. Examples of other reptiles using this locomotion mode are the dinosaurs Allosaurus fragilis and Tyrannosaurus rex, which you can view in CMNH’s Dinosaurs in Their Time exhibition.

So, what was the advantage of being able to run bipedally instead of running on all four legs? Lengthening the hind leg and foot would greatly increase stride length, especially if only the tips of the toes contacted the ground, which is an efficient way to increase speed. Eliminating arm to ground contact while running removes forelimbs from the path of the long-striding hind legs. The bulbous teeth and jaw structure of Eudibamusindicate that it was herbivorous. It seems likely, then, that Eudibamus used its ability to sprint to avoid becoming a tasty meal for a pursuing predator.

Peter Mildner (exhibit preparator at the Museum der Natur, Gotha) made a surprise visit to the Bromacker one afternoon to show us a model of Eudibamus cursoris he’d made. This image shows the model in the present day Bromacker quarry, part of the region it inhabited 290 million years ago. Photo by the author, 2006.

One of our laments is that a fossil trackway preserving Eudibamus walking quadrupedally and then switching to a bipedal gait has yet to be found.

Next time you are at CMNH, make sure you see the cast of the fossil skeleton and a model of Eudibamus that are exhibited in the Fossil Frontiers display case in CMNH’s Dinosaurs in Their Time exhibition. Stay tuned for my next post, which will feature the herbivorous mammal-like reptile Martensius bromackerensis.

For those of you who would like to learn more about Eudibamus, here is a link to the 2000 Science publication in which it was described: https://science.sciencemag.org/content/290/5493/969.

Amy Henrici is Collection Manager in the Section of Vertebrate Paleontology at Carnegie Museum of Natural History. Museum employees are encouraged to blog about their unique experiences and knowledge gained from working at the museum.

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Songwriting H.W.: Alex Berman Format: Intro, Verse 1, Chorus, Verse 2, Chorus, Bridge, Chorus Song Info/Credits: Written, produced, and performed by Rex Orange County (a.k.a. Alex O’Connor) and it’s Rex Orange County’s single “Sunflower.” Arrangement: The electric guitar is amplified throughout the song over a soft drumbeat. The song also features a saxophone solo toward the end of the song. Lyrical Notes: Rex utilizes assonance throughout the entire song. For example, in the First verse, he says “you don’t have to feel this emptiness” (rhyming the “e” vowel) and “I love you till the day that I die” (rhyming the “i” vowel). Throughout the song, Rex uses a sunflower to metaphorically describe the love that he has for his girlfriend. Although sunflowers need sun to grow, he basically says that even at night when the sun is down, his love for her proceeds to grow. Opinion: I personally love the songwriting and upbeat blend of instrumentation and mellow vocals. The sunflower metaphor expresses Rex’s pure and everlasting love for his girlfriend, and I thought that was a unique way to portray those feelings and emotions. The way Rex’s voice is muted in the intro over simple chords of electric guitar and a soft drumbeat and then transitions into the first verse with more open and clear vocals over a louder drumbeat and electric guitar works so perfectly. Production Moves: A hi hat is used in the intro of the song to create a mellow beat. In the chorus, trumpets are incorporated into the song to brighten it up even more. The saxophone solo toward the end of the song also adds to the jazzy vibe of the song. Overall, the brass blend that Rex incorporates into the song makes it a very joyful and optimistic song. Songwriting Success: The bridge is unique in that it is a speaking part as opposed to him singing. It adds to the authenticity of the song and what he is saying. Also, in part of the chorus, Rex uses a doo-wop lyricism, which contributes to the catchiness of the song. The song is very well-organized as well; after the saxophone solo toward the end, the chorus comes back in and it flows very smoothly.

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Episode 178: Captain Marvel with guest Sara Gill

Summary:

"I am Carol." This week we invite Sara Gill, co-host of the podcast Warriors, Bards 'n Brews on the show to talk about the movie Captain Marvel. Also discussed: allergy season, Abducted in Plain Sight and Jagged Little Pill. 

Show notes:

  Warriors, Bards and Brews (Sara Gill's podcast about Xena: Warrior Princess)

  Flerkens

  Captain Marvel trailer

  The Weird and Diverse Comic Book History of 'Captain Marvel' (The Wrap)

  Carol and Maria's Friendship in 'Captain Marvel' Is The Heart Of The Movie Because of Editor Debbie Berman (Bustle)

  Billboard Top 100 of 1995 on Spotify

  Recommendations:

  Lisa: The Hook-Up Plan (Netflix)

  Andrea: Abducted in Plain Sight (Netflix)

  Sara: Dessa, Chime (music)

  Music credits:

   "Deviate" by Podington Bear

  "Back to the '90s" by Douglas Mulvey aka D-REX

From Free Music Archive

CC BY 4.0

  Theme song "Pyro Flow" by Kevin Macleod

From Incompetch

CC BY 3.0

Intro bed:"OLPC" by Marco Raaphorst

Courtesy of Free Music Archive

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April 14 in Music History

1676 Birth of German viola da gamba virtuoso Ernst Christian Hesse.

1718 Birth of composer Emanuele Barbella in Napoli.

1723 Birth of composer John Wainwright.

1759 Death in London of German-born composer G. F. Handel in London. 1782 Birth of Italian composer Carlo Coccia in Naples.

1811 Birth of French composer Felix Le Couppey.

1842 Birth of composer Sven August Korling.

1843 Birth of composer Gustave Leon Huberti.

1852 Birth of Brazilian pianist and composer Henrique Oswald. 1857 Birth of American composer Edgar Stillman Kelly. 1861 Birth of French operatic bass Jean-Francois Delmas in Lyons.

1862 Birth of German composer Alphons Maurice in Hamburg.

1866 Birth of German bass-baritone Felix Fleischer-Janczak in Leipzig.

1870 Birth of American baritone Francis Rogers in Roxburg, MA.

1871 Birth of Puerto Rican-American tenor Antonio Paoli in Ponce.

1873 Birth of composer Viktor Joseph Keldorfer.

1878 Birth of German baritone Hans Bahling.

1883 FP of Delibes Lakme in Paris.

1886 Birth of German bass-baritone Felix Fleischer-Janczak in Leipzig.

1892 Birth of Russian baritone George Cehanovsky in St Petersburg.

1895 Birth of Polish composer Wiktor Labunski.

1900 Birth of Italian bass Salvatore Baccaloni in Rome.

1906 Birth of American composer Hunter Johnson.

1907 Birth of German baritone Rudolf Gonszar in Frankfurt.

1908 Birth of English tenor Stephen Manton in Leads.

1910 Birth of pianist, conductor, composer Werner Wolf Glaser, in Cologne.

1913 Birth of French conductor Jean Fournet.

1916 Birth of British composer Denis ApIvor.

1916 Birth of composer Emerson Buckley.

1919 Birth of Czech bass Kare Berman in Jindrichuv Hradec.

1920 Birth of composer Eduardo Maturana.

1922 Birth of composer David Alexandrovich Toradze.

1928 Birth of American tenor Loren Driscoll in Wyoming, MN. 1929 Birth of Finnish conductor Paavo Berglund in Helsinki.

1932 FP of Paul Hindemith's Philharmonic Concerto for the jubilee of the Berlin Philharmonic, Wilhelm Furtwängler conducting in Berlin.

1933 Birth of American composer Morton Subotnick in L. A. 1934 Birth of Swiss baritone Marc Belfort in Zurich.

1937 Birth of Canadian soprano Gwenlynn Little.

1939 Birth of Australian composer Jennifer Fowler in Bunbury.

1942 Death of English tenor Paul Reimers.

1943 Birth of Russian pianist Nikolai Petrov in Moscow. 1944 FP of Roy Harris' Symphony No. 6 Gettysburg. Boston Symphony, Serge Koussevitzky conducting. 1946 Birth of Scottish trumpeter John Wallace in Fife.

1949 Birth of English soprano Eiddwen Harry in Trowbridge, Wiltshire.

1949 FP of Frederick Loewe's musical, Brigadoon at His Majesty's Theatre in London.

1951 Birth of English cellist Julian Lloyd Webber. 1951 FP of Henry Cowell's Hymn and Fuguing Tune No. 3 for strings, in LA, CA.

1956 Birth of American soprano Barbara Bonney in Montclair, N J.

1957 Birth of Russian pianist and conductor Mikhail Pletnev. 1958 Birth of American soprano Aprile Millo in NYC.

1958 On NBC-TV's 'Tonight Show', Jack Paar introduces First American winner of Tchikovsky Piano Prize, Van Cliburn. 1967 FP of Krzysztof Penderecki's Dies Irae in Krakow.

1967 FP of Anton Webern's Three Pieces for orchestra. Performed posthumously by the Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy conducting.

1972 FP of Paul Chihara's Grass for double-bass and orchestra. Oberlin College, OH.

1972 FP of Roger Sessions' Concertino for small orchestra, in Chicago.

1974 Death of French violinist and conductor Gaston Poulet.

1974 FP of J. P. Rameau's unfinished opera Les Boréades in London. His last opera was composed in 1764, unfinished at his death. The conductor John Eliot Gardiner prepared a performing edition of the score.

1977 FP of Leon Kirchner's opera Lily based on Saul Bellow's novel Henderson, the Rain King in NYC.

1981 FP of Floyd's "Willie Stark" in Houston.

1983 Death of composer Willem Frederik Bon.

1987 Death of German composer Karl Höller.

1996 FP Ellen T. Zwilich's Jubilation for orchestra. University of Georgia orchestra, Yoel Levi conducting in Athens, GA.

2013 Death of English conductor Sir Colin Rex Davis.

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Inside ESPN’s Super Bowl Coverage: From Rex Ryan and Odell Beckham Jr, to the Patriots and Politics

Inside ESPN’s Super Bowl Coverage: From Rex Ryan and Odell Beckham Jr, to the Patriots and Politics

The NFL’s biggest game of the year has long graduated from being Super Bowl Sunday to Super Bowl Week. While ESPN won’t be airing the matchup between the New England Patriots and the Atlanta Falcons (that honor goes to Fox this year), they do dominate coverage running up to the 3:30 p.m. kick-off Feb. 5, and post-game analysis the days after it. And there’s a lot more to it than debating whether…

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¿Por qué los ataques de tiburones que comen humanos en humanos están aumentando en todo el mundo?

El mundo ha sido sacudido por una ola de ataques de tiburones impactantes y mortales, y los expertos dicen que los humanos y el coronavirus tienen la culpa.

En las últimas semanas, varias víctimas han sido rescatadas por depredadores marinos gigantes y tres han perdido trágicamente sus vidas.

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Ha habido varios ataques de tiburones en las últimas semanas.

Justo esta semana, un ejecutivo de la moda de Nueva York fue asesinado por un hombre blanco alto en Maine, la primera muerte de tiburón del estado.

Julie Dimpero Holowach murió cuando se reveló que cinco tiburones monstruos fueron detectados al acecho en las aguas de la ciudad de Nueva York.

Ahora, los expertos han advertido que la cantidad de ataques aumentará gracias a las iniciativas ambientales para proteger a las focas, una parte clave de la dieta de un tiburón.

Se cree que Holowach, que llevaba un traje de neopreno, fue asesinada por un hombre alto y blanco que la confundió con una presa.

Un hombre alto y blanco que mató a un hombre en Cape Cod en 2018 también lo confundió con un sello.

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Gran blanco rompe agua en un intento de atrapar una foca en False Bay, SudáfricaCrédito: Características de Rex

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Julie Dimperio Holowach fue asesinada por un gran blanco mientras nadaba en la costa de MaineCrédito: Noticias e imágenes empresariales

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Leeanne Ericson fue atacada en aguas del sur de CaliforniaCrédito: abc news

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Se cree que las crecientes poblaciones de focas han desencadenado ataques de tiburonesCrédito: Getty Images – Getty

Fue el primer ataque mortal de tiburón en Massachusetts en más de ocho décadas.

Y a los nadadores también se les advirtió que tengan cuidado con los tiburones que se acercan a las playas abandonadas durante la pandemia de coronavirus.

"No son vengativos, locos, enojados o prefieren la carne humana", dijo Greg Skomal, un especialista en tiburones de la División de Pesca Marina de Massachusetts.

"Solo ocasionalmente cometen un error. Y es trágico cuando lo hacen", agregó.

Los ataques recientes de tiburones incluyen:

"A medida que restauramos los principales depredadores, el potencial de estas interacciones puede aumentar".

Los investigadores ahora están viendo más blancos excelentes en Nueva Inglaterra, dijo a Time James Sulikowski, un investigador de tiburones del noreste con sede en la Universidad Estatal de Arizona.

El mayor número de avistamientos es "inequívoco" debido al resurgimiento de las focas, dijo.

El resurgimiento de la población de focas se debe a la Ley de Protección de Mamíferos Marinos de 1972, que les permitió repoblarse después de generaciones de cacería humana.

Se cree que casi una de cada cinco especies de tiburones está en peligro o vulnerable.

Sin embargo, algunas personas creen que las focas ahora representan un peligro real para los humanos ya que atraen un número récord de tiburones más cerca de la costa.

“No nos están buscando. No estamos en el menú ”, dijo Sulikowski.

"Pero a medida que estas relaciones depredador-presa continúan, y debido a que son tan costeras, existe la posibilidad de que aumente la interacción con los humanos".

Robert Hueter, científico principal y director del Centro de Investigación de Tiburones del Laboratorio Marino de Mote, también advirtió a los nadadores que tengan cuidado.

Los tiburones seguirán su comida, dijo, y agregó que donde quiera que vayan focas, delfines y otras presas, los tiburones los seguirán.

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Matthew Tratt, visto aquí con su esposa Kayla, fue mutilado a muerte por un tiburón el sábadoCrédito: Facebook

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Mani Hart-Deville fue asesinado mientras surfeaba en la playa de Wooli, AustraliaCrédito: Facebook

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Este adolescente sufrió heridas profundas en el muslo después de que el tiburón de cinco pies lo destrozó mientras nadaba en los Estados Unidos.Crédito: Fox8

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El gran blanco nada terriblemente cerca del grupo de surfistas en SudáfricaCrédito: ZACHARY BERMAN / NSRI

"Es una relación depredador-presa natural que data de siglos", dice.

"No es sorprendente que con una población de focas recuperada, hayamos visto al depredador de focas aquí".

Los ataques de tiburones son muy raros, pero los biólogos marinos dicen que los nadadores siempre deben evitar usar ropa oscura y no nadar solos.

EL NEGOCIO ESTÁ AUMENTANDO

Los casos de corona en el Reino Unido aumentaron en 880 en el mayor salto en 33 días a medida que mueren 120 personas más

Pinta costosa

Pals multado con £ 9,000 por ir al pub durante el período de cuarentena de 14 días

PANADERO DE REGISTROS

Los británicos empacan playas en el tercer día más caluroso registrado en el Reino Unido cuando el 37.8C llega a Londres

GUERRERO DEL EGO

Harry criticó después de instar a la industria de las aerolíneas a ser ecológica a pesar de las enormes pérdidas de empleos

AISLE SER DAÑADO

Las recepciones de bodas ya no están permitidas ya que el PM se ralentiza y facilita el bloqueo

BURBUJA BURBUJA

Boris advierte que las prohibiciones entre amigos y familiares podrían ampliarse en el Reino Unido a medida que los casos aumentan en un 63%

Los tiburones también están mucho más amenazados por los humanos que al revés y millones de personas son asesinadas por deporte cada año.

Y se cree que casi una de cada cinco especies de tiburones está en peligro o vulnerable.

“La gente siempre debe recordar que el océano es un lugar salvaje. Es como dar un paseo por el bosque profundo y debes saber cómo evitar los encuentros con osos ”, dijo Hueter.

Grandes tiburones blancos atacan al surfista Phil Mummert en Australia Occidental

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Community Voice Response: Dec. 10, 2019

From the Nov.15 Numismatic News E-NewsLetter

Do you collect medals in addition to coins? If so, what types? If not, why?

Here are some answers sent in from our E-Newsletter readers.

  Rarely would I collect medals.

Mark Cooper Address Withheld

  Yes, I collect silver medals as of six months ago to go along with my world coins books I’ve made up. I have three that are from Italy which are mid-1800s I believe, basically Papal States (popes). Why do I collect them? I don’t know, lol. I like that they’re old, silver and beautiful to look at.

Montague Bakasy Address Withheld

  I can honestly say that I’ve never seriously considered medals. But at the same time, I have limited resources so I have to choose whether I want to spend my money on coins (which I am already interested in), or on medals, which I don’t currently collect but am interested in.

None of the coin stores in my area stock a selection of medals, so it’s difficult for a new person who is interested to really know where to start or see what is available. Some websites such as eBay and the major auction houses are useful for reviewing what’s out there and selling. I refer to websites such as Numismatic News, CoinWeek, or Coin World, which occasionally provide interesting articles on medals, but it’s still hard to know where to start with a collection. Also, at least for me, there seem to be few local resources such as mentors or other collectors who I can talk with about collecting medals.

Matthew Kable Address Withheld

  I collect all types of numismatic items, including medals. I basically collect medals that were struck for a reason or place I can relate to or have lived. Specifically, I collect items such as Assay Commission medals and Lesher dollars.

Gary Lewis Cape Coral, Fla.

  I collect medals that go along with classic commemoratives such as the 1893 Columbian Exposition, 1901 Pan Am and the 1915 Pan-Pac Expos.

I also collect the occasional medal that catches my eye on a historical or artistic subject. I do not collect sets or modern arts medals. Some of these are pretty but way overpriced.

In foreign coins, I collect a few coronation or historic events medals that are artistically done and reasonably priced.

Rich Vatovec Trussville, Ala.

  Yes, I do collect medals also. I collect Fairfield County Connecticut and Monarch who did not issue coins.

Allen Berman Fairfield, Conn.

  I collect medals as a dealer, not a collector. I collect original silver Indian Peace medals and rare Civil War and earlier military campaign medals and awards.

Rex Stark Gardner, Mass.

  Yes, I love to collect exonumia, including Civil War tokens, Hard Times tokens, and so-called dollars and medals. I think it enhances my collecting experience because of the history usually associated with these pieces.

I usually collect medals that commemorate a historical event or person and have a beautiful design. Truly, one benefit of collecting medals is the vignettes and designs. Since they are usually larger in size, there is more room for intricate and bold designs on the pieces.

Richard Tritz San Diego, Calif.

  While I do own some U.S. coins, I collect U.S. exonumia generally and medals specifically. I prefer medals to coins because I find that, by and large, they are far more varied and interesting than coins.

It also appeals to me that many individual medals are far more likely to have been actually handled by famous individuals than individual coins are.

For instance, the Indian chief’s photographed wearing Peace medals or numismatists such as Farran Zerbe, well-known as a medal maker in his own right, and Thomas Elder whose medals continue to charm and offend (see Delory) to this day, and of course Benjamin Franklin, whose medallic design of the Comitia Americana medal one hopes is for the ages.

A. Kim Address withheld

  I do collect so-called dollars in addition to coins. Their size (similar to a silver dollar) is substantial enough to capture details. The variety and rarity of medals are so much greater than that of true coins. It is a challenge to hunt and find SCDs, yet the costs are a mere fraction of similar-rarity, regular-issue items. I especially enjoy medals from the World’s Fairs held in the United States. These are well known and cataloged among so-called dollars. Medals from the 1892 World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago are relatively plentiful and affordable. Take a detour from the U.S. Mint. Investigate so-called dollars!

Jim Chudd Fort Collins, Colo.

  I collect all kinds. Right now I have some Presidential, Apollo 11,12 and 13, Elvis, Marilyn Monroe, and others. I have a catalog on medals but from 1991. I hope to collect more.

Jim Casto Houston, Texas

  I collect some medals which meet at least one of the following criteria:

1. Commemorating a historical person or event of significance to me

2. Of exceptional artistic merit

3. Of historical importance in and of itself (e.g. Lusitania medal)

4. Having a close connection to my other numismatic interest (e.g. British coronation medals)

Additionally, it must meet the criterion of economic viability, i.e., costing relatively little in respect to my perception of its “true” value

Jack Lloyd Panama City, Fla.

  I started collecting medals about 10 years ago, being impressed by the artistic quality of the designs and engraving. I am particularly fond of French and Belgian medals from the period 1900-1950.

Martin Mettee Ellicott City, Md.

  I collect medals and medallions dealing with “outer space” and astronomy, which are my intense interests.

Greg Gonia Franklin, Wis.

  I have never really been interested in collecting medals as much as I do U.S. coins, which I’ve been collecting for over 25 years since I was a teenager.

Emil Bley Catonsville, Md.

  I only collect medals that happen to come my way.

David Wyndoze via Facebook

  I like European art medals. I collect most Art Nouveau with female figures.

Wayne Aldrich via Facebook

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(http://www.MaritimeCyprus.com) State-owned Turkish bank Halkbank has been criminally charged in an indictment for involvement in a multibillion-dollar scheme to evade U.S. sanctions against Iran.

Prosecutors in New York on October 15 alleged the bank had protection from high-level Iranian and Turkish government officials as it engaged in widespread fraud and money laundering using a vast, complex network of front companies to help Tehran shift billions of dollars in oil revenue illegally.

Senior Halkbank management’s participated “in this brazen scheme to circumvent our nation’s Iran sanctions regime,” U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman said in a statement.

Assistant Attorney General for National Security John C. Demers said the scheme was one of the most serious violations of Iranian sanctions his office has seen.

Prosecutors in particular said that between 2012 and 2016, the Turkish bank enabled Iran to spend proceeds from oil and gas sales on international markets in violation of U.S. sanctions.

The charges mirror those that one of Halkbank’s former executives, Mehmet Hakan Atilla, faced and who was found guilty and sentenced to prison last year.

A star witness in the case was Turkish gold trader Reza Zarrab, who said he had helped Iran access funds from overseas oil sales that were frozen in foreign accounts.

After he was taken into custody in 2016, Zarrab included Rudy Giuliani, U.S. President Donald Trump’s personal attorney, to his legal team.

In that capacity, Giuliani tried to get Zarrab exchanged for an American pastor, Andrew Brunson, who was being held in Turkey.

He also in 2017 urged Trump to ask then-Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to have the Justice Department drop its case against Zarrab, Bloomberg News reported last week.

Giuliani, a former New York mayor and prosecutor, subsequently has said his role as Zarrab’s lawyer was ethical and legal.

Source: US Department of Justice (DOJ)

  Sanctions violations: US charges Turkey’s state-run bank. (www.MaritimeCyprus.com) State-owned Turkish bank Halkbank has been criminally charged in an indictment for involvement in a multibillion-dollar scheme to evade U.S.

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NFL 100 Greatest Game Changers' Premieres Friday, October 25 with Parts 1 and 2

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The NFL 100 Greatest series kicks off another category Friday, October 25 at 8:00 PM ET with 70 of the top 100 greatest game changers unveiled.

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Last week's episodes of NFL 100 Greatest Characters revealed the top 30 in two parts, with names such as Marshawn Lynch (No. 24), Vince Lombardi (No. 22), Rob Gronkowski (No. 15) and Joe Namath (No. 1) all making the countdown.

Among the NFL personalities and events viewers can expect to make the 100-31 countdown of NFL 100 Greatest Game Changers are:

Eric Dickerson – Who "infused the fan base in LA with such hope"

Moving the goal post, which quite literally changed the game

The man voted most respectful NFL decision-maker, Ozzie Newsome

The fearless Dan Marino known for his accuracy and quick release who changed how the ball was thrown

Apple's First Super Bowl Commercial which introduced the hype around Super Bowl commercials

Ronnie Lott who changed the game in many ways, but especially in Super Bowl XXIII

For the NFL 100 Greatest series, NFL Films and NFL Media conducted more than 400 interviews with celebrities, current NFL stars and Legends. Parts 1 and 2 of NFL 100 Greatest Game Changers features interviews with the following personalities:

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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Kenny Albert

Erin Andrews

Saquon Barkley

Bobby Bell

Matthew Berry

Mel Blount

Kobe Bryant

Nate Burleson

Garry Cobb

Terrence Crawford

Anthony Davis

Mike Ditka

Boomer Esiason

Ric Flair

Jay Glazer

Greg Gumbel

Kevin Harlan

Tim Jennings

Ed "Too Tall" Jones

Jim Kelly

Chuck Klosterman

Jarvis Landry

Howie Long

Eli Manning

Matt Millen

Beth Mowins

Joe Namath

Patrick Peterson

Jalen Ramsey

Lindsay Rhodes

Rob Riggle

Drew Rosenhaus

Barry Sanders

Don Shula

Dick Stockton

Marc Summers

Fran Tarkenton

Sarah Thomas

Courtney B. Vance

Adnan Virk

Ed Werder

Chris Willis

Charles Woodson

Ernie Accorsi

Morten Andersen

Brian Baldinger

Charles Barkley

Upton Bell

Brian Billick

Joey Bragg

Joe Buck

Cris Carter

Cris Collinsworth

Tommy Davidson

Brian Dawkins

Tony Dungy

Brett Favre

Dwight Freeney

Tony Gonzalez

Todd Gurley

James Harrison

Keyshawn Johnson

O'Shea Jackson Jr.

Mina Kimes

Bonnie-Jill Laflin

Willie Lanier

Michael MacCambridge

Dan Marino

Chris Mortensen

Chad Michael Murray

Pam Oliver

Scott Pioli

Ahmad Rashad

Condoleezza Rice

Ron Rivera

Darius Rucker

Deion Sanders

Dan Soder

Eric Stonestreet

Cole Swindell

Maria Taylor

Mike Tirico

Dick Vermeil

Lindsey Vonn

Dana White

Trey Wingo

Rayfield Wright

Troy Aikman

Clayton Anderson

Alec Baldwin

Lem Barney

Chris Berman

Men in Blazers

Isaac Bruce

Kevin Burkhardt

Bernie Casey

Bryan Cranston

Thomas Davis

Ray Didinger

Herm Edwards

Jay Feely

Fred Gaudelli

Joe Greene

Jon Hamm

Ron Jaworski

Jimmy Johnson

Stacy Keibler

Peter King

Carnell Lake

Carli Lloyd

Method Man

Al Michaels

Randy Moss

Brent Musburger

Dr. Mehmet Oz

Bill Polian

Ed Reed

Jerry Rice

Philip Rivers

Rex Ryan

Adam Schefter

Leigh Steinberg

Hannah Storm

Michele Tafoya

Joe Theismann

Jim Trotter

Michael Vick

Matt Walsh

Aeneas Williams

Rod Woodson

The NFL and the AP elected the "100 Greatest" across five categories – Plays, Games, Characters, Game Changers and Teams. The 80-person blue-ribbon panel was comprised of experts selected by the AP and NFL Media.

Friday nights are home to the slate of NFL 100 original programming on NFL Network this season. The NFL 100 Greatest Series continues Friday, November 1 at 8:00 PM ET with Parts 3 and 4 of NFL 100 Greatest Game Changers, rounding out a countdown of the players, personalities and events that have revolutionized the game.  

As the official site for all things NFL 100, NFL.com/100 is the primary destination to stay up to speed with all the initiatives, activities and content happening across the league and at the club level. Additionally, NFL.com/100Greatest offers a companion experience to the series where fans will be able to relive their favorite moments from the show with clips and bonus content from the celebrities and influencers who shared their favorite NFL memories from the series.  

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