#or realistically to a good team abroad

[melodiousoblivionao3]

Lexi Missimo signing with the Dallas USL team for 2.5 years (!!!!!!!!) made no sense to me until I saw her dad was friends with the owner

Still…girl…

(Screenshot from expected own goals on bsky)

[b14augrana]

Ad Astra Per Aspera

Your story goes deeper than what meets Alexia’s eye

Alexia Putellas x teen!reader

pt. 2 masterlist

Warnings: this story contains depictions of alcoholism, adultery, and familial issues. read at your own discretion. aditionally, alexia is pretty mean in this and there wont be a happy ending for a few parts 😬

A/N: massive thank you to this request for the amazing idea 🫶🏼. r is 18 y/o but still going under teen!reader. this is going to be multiple parts because theres so much i could do for this request that i find impossible to fit into one part and write to a good standard, so here you go!

The Stands

Football unites the world. It brings people, cities, and countries together, like nothing else.

You’ve seen it happen in your beautiful hometown of Barcelona — all you can see during the hours leading up to any match set to be played in the Camp Nou is red and blue in the sky. Blaugrana painted the streets below, and the entire city came alive with the commotion from the stadium.

You spent your entire childhood being part of the roaring atmosphere, waving your Barça flag proudly in the air alongside every other flag and wearing the infamous colours across your chest.

Most of all, you prayed with every bit of faith in you, that one day you’d be on the pitch, playing for the club of your dreams.

Everyone in the crowd had their own individual life. There could be a single mother, a lawyer who used up his last days of leave to attend the match, a young boy with his father, an elderly person on an outing with his wife, someone from abroad who’s spent thousands and travelled for hours to watch their favourite player in real life.

11 players could bring together almost 100,000 people just to watch them kick a ball around, and you wanted to have the same effect. You wanted to be so good at football and have the ability to transform a simple sport about kicking a ball around into 90 minutes of entertainment, performance, art. You wanted to do it with Barcelona.

You trained meticulously for months. You passed your small, worn out ball against the same fence in your backyard, you practiced your touch by juggling until the frustration made you storm away in tears and you learned new skills and used your own shoes as cones to pose as defenders and dribble around.

When you went to the Camp Nou to trial for the renowned La Masia academy, you were little and clutching your FC Barcelona backpack for support. The stadium already looked so big when you were up in the stands, but when it was empty and you were actually on the pitch, it was even bigger. You were stood on the same grass as your idols that once had the same dream as you, and that was unbelievable.

The start of your journey as a player at FC Barcelona had begun.

Day after day, you woke up early for training. Your siblings were never awake at that time, so the rare moment of peaceful alone time with your mother was something you looked forward to every morning.

She drove you to the La Masia facilities and then picked you up at sunset. Sometimes, when she had to work late, you and some of your teammates would go to the park and play with the other local kids until your parents came.

Those were the same teammates that you got promoted to the B team with, and the evening 5-a-side games in the park never stopped. They were your best friends — you all shared a common dream of getting to the first team and playing in big tournaments and winning titles, and even though you realistically wouldn’t all be able to do that, no one ever stopped believing that one day it would happen.

As you grew up and your career just started to take off, things started to change. Not just in football, but your life off the pitch too. All at the age of thirteen.

Your father started coming home late. As if your mother was stupid, he’d waltz into the house in the middle of the night, claiming he had to stay a little late because a last minute meeting was called or he lost track of the time. The mild arguments started, and when the late arrivals became more frequent, your mother’s suspicions grew stronger.

One night, it came to a halt. Just when you stopped expecting it, he came home at his regular time; half past six. The only difference was, he didn’t look happy to be home at all. A frown tainted his face ans there was something off-putting about his demeanour. Soon, it all made sense.

You watched from around the corner, your head barely peeking out. Your dad shrugged his blazer off, and you noticed the way his mouth twitched as if hesitating to say something. Once he spoke, a big part of you wished he hesitated a bit more and realised down the line that he was making a bad decision, but it was too late.

The reason he was working late, the secrecy, the floral smells that lingered on his shirts; he was never working overtime, the floral smells were not from the diffuser in the office, and he did have something to hide.

It was called infidelity.

Your siblings emerged from their rooms as soon as the cacophonous yelling started, and you were quick to usher them away from the arguing.

The reality of how bad the situation really was hadn’t yet settled in, but you knew the outcome wasn’t going to be good.

Your youngest brother complained about his rumbling stomach, and the other two were quick to jump on the hunger train. For a moment you were stumped, because you didn’t want to go into the kitchen where the argument was taking place and get dragged into it, so your solution was grabbing a €50 bill and sneaking out to the nearest restaurant.

You were the oldest of four kids. After you was one of two boys, Lorenzo, and then the twins, Magdalene and Dani. They shared the same passion for football as you, and your fondest memories consisted on being in the stands of Camp Nou with them.

All of you snagged a table in a cozy restaurant, one you were familiar with due to going there multiple times with the rest of your family.

The hour you spent in that restaurant with your siblings turned out to be the last hour of a carefree life you’d get to indulge in.

The Pitch

You turned 18 last week, but you got promoted to the first team last month. The headlines painted you as an emblem of success for Barça’s youth programme, the future captain of the first team, and there were all these opinions flying around about you as a player. The opinion that mattered most, though, was that of your captain.

You and Alexia Putellas didn’t get along. Her opinion on you was nothing short of disapproving, and she let you know of that as you arrived at practice.

“(Y/N),” the woman said, her voice holding notes of irritation as she approached you. You looked at her, preparing yourself for the inevitable lecture.

“You’re late again. You might be young, but over here you’re the same as all of us no matter your age, which means getting to training at the same time as us,” she berated you, her hands set on her hips and her eyebrows furled in annoyance.

“Look, captain, I had to–” you started, but your explanation was cut short by Alexia.

“I don’t have time for your excuses. Do better next time, or you’re sitting out of practice entirely. Go run your laps,” she snarled, dismissing you with a wave of her hand.

You could only watch in anger as she stormed away while the others looked at you sympathetically, and you bit your tongue as you walked to the locker room and dumped your bag in your cubby.

She belittled you in every interaction you two had, which was a shame because you really liked her beforehand. In fact, you looked up to her, and you looked forward to being captained by her, but now it was hell on earth every time you entered the gates and met her scrutinising gaze.

Training was nothing special. It was the same old passing drills, small-sided games, shooting and free kick practice, and then before you knew it, home time.

You slung your bag over your shoulder and left before Alexia could stop you and give you yet another lecture. After stopping at the primary school to pick up Magdalene and Dani, you three drove to the middle school to pick up Lorenzo. Barcelona rush hour was rife around the time you picked up your siblings, so you spent another half an hour stuck in traffic until you finally got home.

All you wanted was your bed, and a nap. Still, you dragged yourself to the kitchen to make something quick for dinner so it was ready for your siblings when they were hungry, and then you tidied up in the living room.

Ever since your dad left, your mother was a wreck, leaving you as the successor to her caretaking duties of the kids. She was never a drinker, but after he left, she found herself depending on alcohol for a quick escape.

It was nice for a little bit; a short break from the world that always ended too soon. She kept chasing and chasing that relief until she was in too deep, and it was never enough. The bottles multiplied, the cans lined the rubbish bins, the stench polluted the air that once smelled of a fresh vanilla essence, and she became latched onto it.

You blamed your father for it all, because it was his unchastity that motivated every drink. Your mother was a beautiful woman who loved her family more than herself.

That was what ruined her.

“Hermana, hermana,” Magdalene spoke, tugging on the sleeve of your shirt. You looked down just as you turned off the stove, and she rubbed her stomach, “I’m hungry.”

“Okay hermanita, ask the boys if they’re hungry, please,” you replied, smiling at her. She nodded and ran to their bedrooms, and soon they all emerged from around the corner.

After scooping generous amounts of macaroni and cheese onto their plates, you put some onto your plate and sat down with your siblings to eat. Together, you all talked about your busy days and they listened to you tell them all about your training. They loved hearing your stories about Barça, and every time, Magdalene and Dani would ask you to continue your stories until they fell asleep.

Tonight was no different as you tiptoed out of the twins’ bedroom, gently shutting the door behind you. As much as you loved sleeping after a long day, part of you also dreaded it, because it meant starting a new day and facing Alexia.

When you woke up, it was to gentle knocking on your bedroom door. You were awake enough to comprehend the quiet pattering of footsteps across your hardwood floors, and when tiny hands grazed your skin, you jolted awake. “Hermana, time to wake up! School time!” Magdalene chimed.

So your morning routine began.

With one sock and half your jacket over your head, you made three lunches for the kids right after making their breakfast. Your mother slowly slumped out of her bedroom, wrapping her robe tight around her.

“Bon día,” she mumbled, a smile on her face. With a glance over your shoulder, you acknowledged her before going back to slicing two oranges.

“Morning, mamá,” your siblings responded quietly, shoving food into their mouths to avoid speaking any further. She sat on the couch, sighing deeply.

As she walked past you, you could immediately recognise the stench of alcohol — no surprises there. Years ago, she would’ve smelled like warm musky perfume, not the pungent smell of chemicals.

“Can you make me something, hija? ‘M very hungry,” she said to you, looking your way. You kept your head down, sealing the lunchboxes and cleaning up the counter.

“No, ma, I have things to do. Make your own breakfast,” you responded coldly, “Hermanita, pequeños, bring your dishes here.”

Your siblings scrambled from the table with their empty plates, giving them a quick wash before retreating to their rooms to get their uniform on. On the couch, your mother was still begging for food.

“Hija.. I’m hungry,” the woman slurred.

“Mamá, I have to get your kids to school and go to my own job, which my captain is already angry at me for being late because I have to drive them all around Barna,” you hissed.

“Then I have to come home and make dinner after cleaning your mess. You can make your own breakfast, for once!”

You always felt bad for yelling at your mum, but your life was hard enough with trying to get to work and drop off your three siblings in time while worrying about making your mum a meal.

You had a chance at life. You had a chance to succeed, and you weren’t going to waste it. You weren’t going to rely on a man to look after you in the future until he turns around and wants to look after another woman, leaving you damned.

“Bye, mamá,” you grumbled, grabbing your keys from the bench and swooping your boot bag up from the floor.

It was Dani’s turn to pick which song to play on the radio on the drive to school. He chose a very popular song within your siblings; ‘Me Gustas Tu’. The song had been broadcasted on the radio one day, and everyone seemed to love it. Their favourite part of car rides to school was winding the windows down and singing as loud as they’d like.

Somehow, amongst your father leaving and your mother’s new habits, your siblings were always happy, and that’s what you admired most about them. Maybe they were unaware of the harsh reality, but they were still naïve and unscathed by everything that happened.

It was almost 9:30 in the morning when you started making your way to the training pitch. Mentally, you were preparing yourself for the big lecture you were about to get from Alexia and seriously didn’t need, but physically, you looked unbothered if not a bit tense in the shoulders.

You almost tripped on your way out of the car as you rushed around to get your gear. Walking into training everyday just to get yelled at by Alexia was never nice, but you were used to it. Unfortunately.

That wasn’t the sort of relationship a captain should have with one of her players. It was almost like she despised you, and if she had her way, you probably would’ve been off the team within the first week.

Sure enough, when you appeared on the pitch, the first thing you heard was the low whispers beside you.

“…She’s irresponsible and doesn’t belong on the first team. Being late once, I understand, but multiple times? Her excuses are not good enough–”

“Excuses? Ale, you’ve never let her explain herself.”

“There shouldn’t be any need for excuses anyways, because she shouldn’t be late at all. If she wants to take her time and be let off easy like a child, send her back to the B team. Look, she isn’t even here yet.”

“She is, though. Look behind you.”

The woman turned around, her glare settling on you and being as cold as ever. She spun her whole body around and folded her arms across her chest, her frown heavy.

You sighed, looking down to your feet. It made you feel even worse that you couldn’t help it, and you couldn’t explain it to her either, because that action had potential to get your siblings taken away.

“Drop your bag, get comfortable. You’re not training today,” she snapped.

Your heart sunk. You fought to fend off any tears from forming on your waterline as you nodded, raising your head slightly.

“Listen, (Y/N). This team is everything to me. I have lots of respect for the people who coach us and come here to be coached. You, showing up late? That shows a lack of respect for those people. You’re lazy, unorganised, irresponsible–”

Irresponsible was untrue. If anything, you were the most responsible person you’ve ever known, but Alexia didn’t know that because she didn’t care to know you.

“…I can’t expect you to represent our club and our city on big stages if you can’t even come to training on time. You aren’t FC Barcelona material, and unless things change, you never will be.”

Your lip quivered as your body aligned to bolt for the locker room as soon as she left you alone, away from the watchful eyes that surveyed you in pity when had you arrived. Alexia turned on her heel and stormed away past Mapi, whom she was talking to previously.

She left you in her wake, crestfallen and misunderstood, defeated by circumstances beyond your control.

[usafphantom2]

USAF completes new round of missile tests on the F-35

Fernando Valduga By Fernando Valduga 11/17/2023 - 08:00am Military

The Conjugated Operational Test Team (UOTT) completed eight real missile firing tests in support of the F-35's Continuous Capacity Development and Delivery (C2D2) program.

UOTT collaborated with Navy Air Test and Evaluation Squadron 9 (VX-9) at Edwards Air Base, California; the 422º Air Force Test and Assessment Squadron at Nellis Air Base, Nevada; and the 83º Fighter Arms Squadron (FWS) at Tyndall Air Base to perform operationally realistic real-firing tests.

“This was the biggest real shooting event in UOTT history,” said Joshua Herrera, UOTT leader for the event. "I am very proud of the team and the hard work they have done in the last months leading up to the event. We look forward to deepening the data in the coming weeks."

The team employed four types of missiles, the AIM-120D, AIM-120D3, AIM-9X and AIM-9X-3, against advanced targets provided by the 83º FWS Weapon Systems Assessment Program. The tests verified the effectiveness of several new capabilities and advanced tactics and met the Congressional supervision requirements for F-35 operational testing. The team also collaborated with the Royal Australian Air Force Nº 2 Squadron, which operates the E-7A Wedgetail, to evaluate the effectiveness of advanced coalition tactics.

This event was the first time that an F-35 fired the new AIM-120D3. The AIM-120D3 features modernized hardware, compared to the AIM-120D, and is prepared to receive continuous and agile software updates in the coming years to further refine its capabilities. The missile was released from one of the VX-9's F-35C.

“MRAAM has been a basic element of the air-to-air arsenals of the United States and our allies for decades,” said LCDR Wes Holt, a VX-9 pilot. “This new AIM-120D3 had an exceptionally good performance. I am excited to see how your performance will continue to advance in the coming years with your software improvement program."

The actual firing tests were conducted with F-35 loaded with 30R08.051 software, which is the latest release of Lockheed Martin development software as part of the C2D2 program.

“UOTT has several mission effectiveness tests planned in the coming months to fully characterize the performance of the F-35,” said Lieutenant Colonel Brent Carroll, UOTT's chief operating test director. “We are also planning several additional real-fising tests to ensure that this software is robust and capable when delivered to the U.S. Air Force combat fleet.”

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[obeymematches]

Hi! 👋 Could you please do a match up for me.

My Personality in few words :-

• Caring

• Loyal

• Protective

• Sarcastic

• Innovative

• Understanding

• Challenging

I'm a Ambivert. I'm a Realist if it counts, if not am a pessimist. I keep my emotions to my self and will rarely tell anyone how I feel. I don't judge a person by what I hear only after I interact with them and get to know them will I draw up a conclusion. I dislike being ignored when I am speaking. I tend to space off in classes if I'm not interested. I dislike being nagged constantly. If I'm given a task to do I will do it at my own pace if it's not urgent. In my day-to-day life I would describe myself as a easygoing person I will put in the required amount of effort based on the importance of the work I'm doing. I am a perfectionist only if the topic catches my interest other wise nope.

I can also be lazy at times. I'm naturally sarcastic and I don't really realize it at all so I can be sarcastically insulting at times. I also tend to curse 🤬 alot. I have a bad habit of subconsciously ignoring people when I'm engrossed with something. I'm Chaotic Good.

I like to read fiction or fantasy online novels, comics, manga, webtoons and occasional watch anime and k-drama . I love listening to music when I read or while doing arts and crafts, I'm good at drawing and painting and generally making things which interests me. Currently I have taken to Diamond painting. I like meeting my friends and hanging out. I like scrolling though insta but rarely post at all. I don't play video games just the phone games (if this makes any sense). I like to try new and different foods when traveling abroad and I occasionally cook and bake. I like spicy foods and my favorite is seafood 😋.  I like to grow flowers and plants. I like drinking Chai / tea. I also like sweets of any kind.

I dislike maths and anything related to mathematics. I don't like rainy weather and would prefer to stay in doors. I don't like being on stage and have stage fright. I have a phobia of spiders.

My biggest peeve is being told what to do or where to go. Over controlling and over possessiveness.

For me trust is very important and if you can't give me basic trust it will not work.

I'm a INFP. My zodiac is Cancer ♋ and it definitely aligns with my personality. I'm a Type 4 on the Enneagram. My Hogwarts house is Ravenclaw.

ahhhh wait a minute i still see you around in my notes hows it going bestie???💞

Honestly on first thought I was thinking of The Mammon but then I changed my mind 😅

I decided to match you with Satan!

yes i am aware those are 2 very different characters but listen.

All of the traits you bulletpointed are in balance with him; being caring comes in handy as he tends to be a bit forgetful especially when he is focused on a story of his interest, or when he is bustin with his studies.

Of couse being loyal is high on his priority list when he likes someone. He is pretty loyal himself it is understanable he wants someone just as loyal as himself.

Ahhhh the two of you are going to be the sarcastic duo at HoL. In my experience sarcadtic people get along well easily and almost instantly, though the muse of their sarcasm has to be similar. Thankfully you two are on the same team as you both despise being controlled!!

You mentioned you don't like possessiveness... well... he might be possessive if you are in the wrong company but otherwise he is not too bad? Like he definitely won't limit you or be jealous as a hobby as long as you keep boundaries (which you will) so that won't be an everyday problem.

He himself is a realist as well so there are no issues about your views!

He is pretty good at maths so I see a balance regarding this-

I feel like he also tends to leave stuff for the last minute if it's not his cup of tea, which means he won't be nagging you at all!

Now some story on how it started;

I'd think at first it was a slow attraction for you two. Like it was there but neither of you acted on it. After a while everyone knew you two have a special relation going, even if at this point you still didn't spend too much time together; you know the vibe was totally different with you two around, he became a little bit more shy... it was easy to tell.

That was until you started to open up to him too, step by step you spent more time together... he got himself thinking he needs to tell you something, he wishes he could spend more time with you, you know? He found himself genuinely curious about you!!

Some scenarios to think about;

He is pretty versatile regarding activities; if you prefer staying in this weekend that's fine, however for next weekend he already has a date planned for you! He would totally enjoy a picnic with you, or museum, library dates! He puts effort into planning these as you are very important to him 💘

Your chaotic goodness has to balance him on the regular; you know sometimes he is up to no good and it usually turns out rather bad for him. Pls be his vioce of reason if needed.

ahhh you could have a little garden with him? Okay he doesn't have a green thumb at all but he is more than willing to pick up some of the interests of his beloved other half and gardening is something he'd enjoy if he actually tried it. It is rewarding and calming!

Him baking just for you something special on a regular Thursday. ❤️‍🔥

If you ever have trouble with your studies just ask him, he is a good teacher! Well maybe not the most patient/empathetic one but at least he is pretty good at explaining.

One thing about you he is not a big fan of is your laziness. To some degree it's okay, he is not the most active either but the aim is to have balance.

a song that remind me of you two is patrick watson's je te laisserai des mots 🤭😇

[roobylavender]

Do you think TimSteph would have ever worked out if written by someone else?

personally no.. like in the easiest terms i'm not really one to cling to relationships between teenagers as long term permanencies unless there's some really particular circumstances that forever keep them in each other's immediate orbit (eg ed and winry), because realistically most teenagers aren't going to end up with people they date in high school. in the cases where they do it's often a product of either coming from a small town where everyone knows everyone intimately and there's a family friends type of thing going on (so again. eg ed and winry) or these two people end up doing close to like everything together from college to traveling abroad to working adjacent to each other (i have a pair of friends who are currently like that and engaged they're very cute lol). and i don't really see stephanie and tim fitting either of those molds. tim to me is someone really rooted in gotham and without immediate ambitions outside of who he is in the mask. stephanie is comparatively way more daring and actively invested in her civilian life. i don't really see their worldviews clicking with each other's in the long term unless maybe tim is convinced to crawl out of his self-imposed hole of vigilantism and actually do something with his life. and even then i don't think stephanie would take the responsibility of facilitating that upon herself. i like the idea of them being really good friends who are sort of temporarily caught in the hellscape of this post-jason/post-knightfall gotham that is steadily falling to pieces, thus they look to each other for support. but in a world where gotham is actually allowed to grow from all of that i don't see them needing to maintain that same level of codependency long term

on another front, i feel like we wouldn't really have the timsteph that we do if they were written differently than they were by dixon. like tim's (and bruce's) misogyny sucks but it's ultimately critical to defining stephanie as a character and when you remove that you kind of remove a crucial impetus for why stephanie continues to persist in this field of work despite initially gaining closure on the mess with arthur. granted you could try to move away from the misogyny and lean fully into the codependence in the midst of apocalyptic hysteria thing i talk about above, but like i already said on that front, it's a temporary state of existence. they're not really like any of the teen titans members for example, who report daily to a team and grow up with the same goals and aspirations and with the active intent of operating as a team and prioritizing a career as a hero against near all civilian aspirations. tim and stephanie are fractured pieces in the greater mosaic of gotham vigilantism who simply happen to exist alongside each other at the right time. it's briefly compelling, but i don't think it's something that should be written as meant to last

[goddesspharo]

EIGHT SHOWS TO GET TO KNOW ME

@earnmysong tagged me for this. Feel free to do it if you want!

This was surprisingly difficult because I decided to go with shows that had finished their runs and am in an extremely nostalgic mood about tv today. I think I watched more TV in my youth and now I am more of a movie gal. (Haha, too bad the meme isn’t 8 movies to get to know me!) I don’t know if these are my favorite favorite shows, but either I was ridiculously into them (ah, fic) or I genuinely loved them or they hold a special nostalgic place in my heart.

The X-Files

Alias

Freaks and Geeks (A perfect one season show that fully captures its perfection in the finale when a Grateful Dead fan says she wished she had never heard the band so she could experience it again for the first time ever.)

Beverly Hills, 90210 (The OG, of course, and only the Brenda Walsh years. If you were not raging when HER BEST FRIEND and HER BOYFRIEND hooked up with each other during Brenda’s summer abroad and then made it seem like SHE was to blame for not being supportive of THEIR BETRAYAL, then I don’t even know what to say. Team Brenda always.)

Buffy the Vampire Slayer (If we’re being honest, it’s probably just the first three seasons after which my viewing dropped off to sporadically at best.)

House, MD (The first two seasons of this show were so good and happened to coincide with when I was in med school so it hit differently when I was studying different pathway deficiencies at 3am just as it also happened to be the answer to the case of the week! Also lupus was never that rare, you dorks! Unfortunately, this show also has the distinction of disappointing me so much - I don’t even think I watched the last few seasons - by giving me the thing that I wanted back when it was a thing that was never actually going to happen and morphing it into this soul-sucking beast that devoured the show in a really terrible way when it happened. I am, of course, talking about when they made House/Cuddy canon and turned them into needy people in a fundamentally unpleasant way that didn’t work.)

Happy Endings

Gossip Girl (The OG, probably the first two seasons although realistically I am going to say that this show was great just during the first 13 episodes of the first season before the writer’s strike. Again, I didn’t even watch the last few seasons except for that Dan is GG reveal. But in the halcyon days of ol’ LJ, I was all about the fic and picspams and the mixes for these terrible idiots. Why doesn’t Leighton Meester have a better career than what she has when she was the best out of the nonjudgmental breakfast club? She has Adam Brody so she wins in that regard, but I need her to have gigs that are not bad made-for-Netflix movies!!!! Did Cobra Starship break up? Can we get a sequel to “Good Girls Go Bad,” which is somehow still a banger whenever a clip randomly makes the rounds on Twitter?)

This is my warning that I’m going to be feral about it when Succession and Yellowjackets come back at the same time at the end of this month.

[artg476tysonschofield]

Part 1: Creative Brief

Name: Tyson Schofield

Field of Interest: Music Scene

Type of Company: Design Studio

Company Location: Nanaimo, Victoria, Vancouver, Abroad

Company Size: Medium

Type of Job: Graphic/Web Designer

Value Proposition

Empathy

Intelligent Solutions

Realistic Goals

Strong Research

Resourcefulness

Brand Statement

My brand stands for creativity, empathy, and meaningful connections. It’s about blending artistry and practicality to create solutions that inspire growth, foster community, and leave a lasting impression.

Brand Promise

By combining empathy, resourcefulness, and a keen eye for detail, I promise to bring your ideas to life in a way that’s both meaningful and tailored to your vision.

Brand Characteristics

Empathy

Resourcefulness

Connection

Creativity

Intelligence

Part 2: “How to get a job at x”

What Examples Did I Explore?

EA:

Focused on clear portfolios showing the design process. Recommended engaging in gaming communities by creating or sharing related content.

Disney:

Valued storytelling and creative problem-solving. Highlighted internships as a key pathway for gaining experience.

Microsoft:

Looked for diverse portfolios with side projects and prototypes. Encouraged collaboration and openness across teams.

What Points Stood Out?

Showing your design process is just as important as the final product.

EA’s focus on community involvement highlights the value of being active in your industry.

Disney’s emphasis on storytelling is a unique way to show creativity.

Microsoft’s appreciation for side projects shows they value versatility and self-initiated work.

Common Points:

Strong portfolios are a must.

Networking and engaging with industry communities is a good idea.

[mdmotalebhossainraju]

The Best Litigation Lawyers in Delhi: Top Firm Insights

Delhi, the bustling capital of India, is not just the political hub but also a prominent legal center. Home to the Supreme Court of India, the Delhi High Court, and various tribunals, the city attracts top legal minds from across the country. For individuals and businesses seeking legal recourse, finding the right litigation lawyer is paramount. This article delves into the best litigation lawyers and firms in Delhi, offering insights into their expertise, services, and accolades.

What Makes a Great Litigation Lawyer?

Before exploring specific Top law firm in Delhi, it's essential to understand what sets a great litigation lawyer apart:

Expertise and Knowledge: Proficiency in procedural and substantive law is critical. Lawyers must have a thorough understanding of legal precedents and case laws.

Courtroom Experience: The ability to argue effectively, handle judges' queries, and navigate courtroom dynamics is invaluable.

Client-Centric Approach: A good lawyer prioritizes the client’s needs, communicates clearly, and provides realistic expectations.

Reputation: Accolades, landmark case victories, and peer recognition enhance a lawyer’s standing.

Top Litigation Lawyers and Firms in Delhi

Here is a curated list of some of the best Litigation firm in Delhi:

1. K.K. Venugopal

K.K. Venugopal is a renowned name in the legal fraternity, having served as the Attorney General for India. Known for his incisive arguments and vast legal knowledge, he has represented clients in some of the most high-profile cases in the Supreme Court and Delhi High Court. His specialization includes constitutional law, arbitration, and corporate litigation.

2. Gopal Subramanium

A former Solicitor General of India, Gopal Subramanium is an exceptional litigation lawyer known for his eloquence and legal acumen. With a career spanning decades, he has represented clients in landmark constitutional and commercial disputes.

3. Zia Mody

While Zia Mody is primarily known for her corporate law expertise, her firm, AZB & Partners, has a robust litigation practice in Delhi. They handle high-stakes commercial disputes, arbitration, and white-collar crime cases.

4. Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co.

One of India’s leading law firms, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co., has a stellar litigation team in Delhi. The firm handles diverse cases, including mergers and acquisitions, competition law disputes, and insolvency matters. Their litigation lawyers are known for their strategic thinking and courtroom prowess.

5. Khaitan & Co.

With a legacy dating back to 1911, Khaitan & Co. is one of India’s oldest law firms. The firm’s litigation practice in Delhi is extensive, covering corporate disputes, regulatory matters, and tax litigation. Their lawyers are respected for their meticulous preparation and client-centric approach.

6. Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas

Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas boasts a strong presence in Delhi with a dedicated litigation team. They specialize in commercial disputes, arbitration, intellectual property cases, and more. The firm’s lawyers are known for their innovative legal strategies and persuasive arguments.

7. Senior Advocate Harish Salve

Harish Salve is a name that resonates with excellence in litigation. Known for his expertise in constitutional law, commercial law, and international arbitration, Salve has been involved in several high-profile cases in India and abroad. His meticulous approach and compelling advocacy make him one of the most sought-after litigators in Delhi.

8. Arvind Datar

Arvind Datar is a senior advocate with an outstanding reputation in tax law and constitutional litigation. Based out of multiple cities, including Delhi, his expertise and ability to handle complex cases have earned him significant acclaim.

9. L&L Partners

Formerly known as Luthra & Luthra, L&L Partners is a full-service law firm with a strong litigation practice in Delhi. Their lawyers are well-versed in handling disputes related to corporate law, real estate, and intellectual property.

10. Phoenix Legal

Phoenix Legal is a boutique law firm with a growing reputation in litigation. They specialize in corporate litigation, arbitration, and white-collar crime cases. The firm’s lawyers are known for their pragmatic and result-oriented approach.

Navigating the Legal Landscape in Delhi

For those seeking litigation lawyers in Delhi, the following tips can help streamline the process:

Identify Your Needs: Determine the nature of your legal issue—whether it’s corporate, criminal, civil, or family law. This helps narrow down your search.

Research Credentials: Look for lawyers with relevant experience and a proven track record in similar cases.

Schedule Consultations: Most top lawyers and firms offer initial consultations. Use this opportunity to assess their expertise, communication style, and approach.

Understand Fee Structures: Litigation costs can vary widely. Ensure you discuss the fee structure upfront to avoid surprises later.

Conclusion

Delhi’s legal landscape is dynamic, with top-notch litigation lawyers and firms catering to a diverse clientele. From constitutional experts like Harish Salve to full-service firms like Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co., the city offers unparalleled legal talent. When selecting a litigation lawyer, prioritize expertise, courtroom experience, and client reviews to make an informed decision. With the right representation, navigating legal challenges in Delhi becomes a manageable and rewarding endeavor.

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Aviation Training in Chandigarh: A Guide to the Best Institutes

Chandigarh, known for its well-planned infrastructure and scenic beauty, has rapidly emerged as a hub for quality education. This includes aviation training, which is in growing demand due to India's expanding civil aviation sector. For aspiring pilots, cabin crew members, and aviation professionals, choosing the right training institute is crucial. In this blog, we’ll explore the best aviation training in Chandigarh,

Why Chandigarh is a Great Choice for Aviation Training?

Chandigarh offers several advantages for aviation enthusiasts:

Proximity to major airports: With Chandigarh International Airport nearby, students gain access to real-world aviation environments.

Quality infrastructure: The city boasts well-equipped training institutes, with modern simulators and facilities to enhance learning.

Growing aviation industry: As aviation continues to grow in India, Chandigarh is fast becoming a hotspot for students seeking to enter this dynamic field.

Whether you’re aiming to be a commercial pilot, a member of the cabin crew, or involved in ground handling and operations, aviation training in Chandigarh provides comprehensive programs to meet your career aspirations.

1. SkyWize Aviation Academy

At the forefront of aviation training in Chandigarh is SkyWize Aviation Academy, renowned for its industry-relevant programs and highly qualified faculty. SkyWize has built a solid reputation for producing some of the finest pilots, crew members, and aviation professionals in the country. Let’s delve into what makes SkyWize the top choice:

Why Choose SkyWize Aviation Academy?

A Comprehensive Course The academy provides classes in commercial pilot training as well as cabin crew management, ground handling and airport operations. This ensures that students are aware of the aviation business.

Advanced Simulators with the most advanced simulations for flight, SkyWize gives realistic training experiences that mimic the cockpit conditions and prepares pilots for the actual-world situations.

Expert Faculty The academy is home to an experienced team of engineers, pilots along with industry specialists who guide students, offering practical tips and advice throughout their journey to learning.

World Recognition: SkyWize is recognised by international aviation associations, giving students the chance to pursue careers in India as well as abroad.

100 100% Placement Assistance With strong relationships with industry professionals, SkyWize ensures that students are adequately prepared for their careers in the workplace and assists them to secure positions at the top aviation and airline companies.

Alongside these benefits, SkyWize offers an excellent infrastructure, modern classrooms and a relaxed atmosphere which encourages both academic and personal development. If you're seeking to become a pilot, or to explore different career options in aviation, SkyWize is the best option in Chandigarh.

2. Flytech Aviation Academy

Another well-known institution that offers aviation education located in Chandigarh Chandigarh is Flytech Aviation Academy. Although SkyWize is still the most popular choice, Flytech is also worth taking into consideration, particularly for those seeking a range of aviation-related programs. Flytech is well-known for its high-quality training in aviation-related areas like maintenance of aircraft as well as ground operations and cabin crew services.

Key Features:

Multi-Disciplinary Programmes: Flytech offers courses in aviation management as well as airport operations, making it a good choice for students interested in exploring various aspects of the aviation business.

Proficiency of Faculty The academy has experienced and highly qualified instructors with years of industry experience and ensures that students receive the best instruction.

Interactive Learning The practical exposure provided by simulators and on-site training give students the chance to apply their theories in real-world scenarios.

Although SkyWize can be usually popular for its top-of-the-line facilities and impressive performance in placement, Flytech remains an excellent choice within the region, with adequate infrastructure and a positive learning environment.

3. Indira Gandhi Institute of Aeronautics (IGIA)

Indira Gandhi Institute of Aeronautics (IGIA) is a prominent institute that offers aviation courses at Chandigarh. It is known for its specialization courses, IGIA focuses primarily on pilot training and cabin crew management, which makes it an appealing alternative for those who want to pursue these careers.

Key Features:

Particularized Training: IGIA offers focused classes such for Commercial Pilot License (CPL) training as well as Air Hostess training, which is specifically tailored to the needs of these occupations.

Industries Partnerships The institute has agreements with several airlines as well as aviation companies that assist students to get work placements and internships.

Help for Students: IGIA provides excellent student support services that include counseling and mentorship to ensure that students achieve your aviation ambitions.

Although it might be lacking the degree in infrastructure that SkyWize, IGIA is recognized as a leader in the field of developing future aviation professionals. If, however, you are seeking more advanced education and recognition around the world, SkyWize Aviation Academy is your best option.

4. Indian Institute of Aeronautics (IIA)

It is the Indian Institute of Aeronautics (IIA) is an established name in aviation education in Chandigarh and has a long history of producing highly skilled experts in aviation maintenance engineering. Although not as comprehensive in scope as SkyWize, IIA is well-regarded for its programs in technical aspects specifically for students who are interested in the engineering aspects of aviation.

Key Features:

Aircraft Maintenance Engineering The IIA offers programs that are specialized on the repairs and maintenance of aircrafts giving students the knowledge needed for ground operations as well as safety inspections.

A Strong Alumni Network The institute's graduates have been placed in top jobs on the plane industry, forming an extensive network for current students to connect with.

affordable programs for students who are looking for an affordable alternative, IIA offers quality education with affordable costs when in comparison to other aviation schools within the region.

Although IIA is a technical school with a strong orientation, it may not be the right choice for students aspiring for a career as a commercial pilot or cabin crew member. In these types of careers, SkyWize Aviation Academy is still the best option.

Choosing the Right Aviation Institute in Chandigarh

When deciding on the best aviation training institution in Chandigarh It's crucial to look at the following elements:

Accreditation Check that the institution is recognized by the relevant aviation authorities and is recognized both internationally and nationally. SkyWize is unique by virtue of its international recognition.

Infrastructure Find modern models, well-equipped rooms and highly skilled instructors. In addition, SkyWize excels in providing top-quality infrastructure.

Opportunities for Placement institutes such as SkyWize offer 100 percent placement assistance, which is vital to begin an aviation career that is successful.

The Course's Specialization Certain institutes focus on pilot education, whereas others specialize in aircraft maintenance and cabin staff. SkyWize provides comprehensive courses across all of these fields.

Conclusion

Training in aviation at Chandigarh is flourishing and has numerous institutes that offer various programs that are tailored for those who want to become aviation professionals. If you're looking for the most effective education, SkyWize Aviation Academy is your best option. With its state-of-the-art facilities, knowledgeable faculty and an excellent track record of placement, SkyWize sets itself apart as the top aviation school in the region.

If you're looking to become commercial pilots or perform ground operations or are interested in a career in cabin crew, registering at an accredited aviation school will be the initial step towards realizing your goals. Although there are alternatives such as Flytech Aviation Academy, Indira Gandhi Institute of Aeronautics and Indian Institute of Aeronautics however none have the depth and quality of training like SkyWize Aviation Academy offers.

The right institution is vital for your future success within the aviation field and SkyWize guarantees that you're equipped with the expertise, knowledge and opportunities to succeed in your chosen field. Therefore, if you're thinking of aviation-related training in Chandigarh and beyond, take a look at SkyWize Aviation Academy--your pathway to a brighter and more prosperous future on the horizon!

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Week 2 - Class Exercise

I'm still exploring my career options after graduation since I’m still in the process of learning and developing new skills, I haven’t settled on one exact idea or area just yet but I do have a base thought on what I’d like to potentially pursue. I hope to have that vision much more clearer by the end of this year on where I could use my skills to my best potential.

While moving abroad is ideal since I don’t plan on settling down here, I don’t think its immediately realistic. My focus is on finding a remote job for a short period of time that offers good experience and a pay that’d also assists me to even partly contribute financially to my family.

I'm currently honing my skills in 3D modeling/animation, 2D illustration, environment/character concept art and graphic design. So, I'd like to join a studio that values my growing skill set.

Long-term, I see myself working collaboratively on bigger projects where my creative contributions add to a lasting impact and I’d be happy with myself to look back and be proud that I was part of some work of that sort. My passion lies in the entertainment industry, whether its film, animated short films, cartoons or game design, I would want to be part of the pre production team in charge of illustration/ concept art but I'm also open to post production and 3D animation as well.

I do expect to work in a friendly work environment with supportive colleagues and management

However, I'm aware that the entertainment/animation industry can be quite challenging and competitive with so many creative and talented individuals out there. This is my ideal scenario of what I would want to do upon graduation.

[zoe-wrote]

One month abroad

Hello. I thought I would write more often, but I felt I didn't have enough to report on. In reality, studying abroad can be quite mundane.

In these past few weeks, I've spent my time learning the bus system and how to feed myself. I've never been responsible for all three meals before. Everytime I actually cook, I start by chopping up onions and garlic and caramelize them on the stove. I think of my papa every time I do that-- he never shies away from bold flavors, and back home some well browned onions and garlic are often the base that allows the meal to be built so flavorfully. I like to listen to whatever novel is assigned for my contemporary dystopian literature course via audible while completing tasks like cooking and cleaning. Having a manual task to keep my body occupied helps my mind stay focused and I get my chores done, so it's a win-win really. I've listened to Herland and 1984 thus far, Fahrenheit451 is up next.

I like to open my window in the morning to get some fresh air in the room and hope enough sunlight comes in to dissuade any seasonal affective symptoms that could occur in my silly little brain due to the change in climate. I like to put on my big headphones blasting music as I power-walk to class (I'm often supposed to have left three minutes prior). Recently I've been listening to a lot of The Smile because I am insufferable and seeing them in concert next month with jena (THOM YORKE IN THE FLESH!) as well as the usual shoegaze indie pop burlington vermont listening location shit. There is something so wonderful about the sensation of the wind on my skin as I speed through campus to my Existentialism and Humanism lecture blasting Mac Demarco.

I do really love learning, and my classes this term are pretty fun. I think my favorite emotion ever is curiosity, I love the feeling of wanting to know more and giving myself unbridled permission to explore whatever I've stumbled upon. Me and Jena love just trying random doors and seeing if they will open, walking down corridors and pathways in directions we are uncertain of, exploring new random hobbies and chasing new experiences. The two of us are destined to either live long fulfilling lives filled with whimsy and joy or to get kidnapped quite young due to our foolishness and trust.

We joined several clubs at UCD including; film, horticulture, taekwondo, juggling and circus, i joined the lgbtq one as well but jena did not because she is busy being such a good ally to the community. i wanna join orienteering soooo bad they give you a compass and you have to run to spots on a map it sounds so beautiful. We tried to find the gardens for a hort soc meeting but failed miserably, got some fantastic pics from that hero's journey though. Every now and then I get so lost I think I know what Odysseus felt like.

We did attend a two hour Taekwondo training and will continue that I suppose, we had no prior ambition of doing Taekwondo but the girls running the recruitment table were so cool and made a great pitch. I really enjoy getting sold to. It's mostly queer women on the Taekwondo team, but we are instructed by black belt men who I think perhaps attended UCD like a decade ago??? Idk really but it's kind of fun and I've been saying I need a hobby. I love to kick.

We went to our first Juggling and Circus event yesterday, and we didn't vibe with the people as much. Did get to make some balloon flowers though so that's pretty cool. Probs gonna garden this week as well. The campus is kind of inconveniently located (realistically about 1 hour away from the city centre if you want to go anywhere other than Grafton st), so we're trying to find a good amount of things to do on campus.

I've definitely learned a lot about Ireland, credit is certainly due to my personal irish cultural guide Síofra who I've become close with this last month. It's been great getting to know people and to build a new life. I suppose it's reassuring that I've been able to get by these past few weeks without being miserable.

It's a bigger deal to study abroad than I give myself credit for, especially given that three years ago I wasn't sure I would graduate high school. I think often of how my younger self might react to my current life; my teen self would be astonished and disbelieving, but my child self would be reassured and excited. I am quite proud of myself. I feel an obligation to be appear particularly wise when I write or speak about emotions and past life experiences which often manifests in me writing blog posts and such with some kind of message in them once I start wrapping up my thoughts.

I don't have anything specific to offer. What I can say is that I'm excited, and looking forward to exploring this city, country, and continent more. I'm excited to keep getting to know the cool folks I've met here and to see where life takes us these next few months. The world is weird. I'm tired.

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Week 2: Wieners in Wien

Čau všichni! (Hello everyone!)

This week was filled with a ton of new adventure and exploration!

Morning runs

I love to run at home, so I decided to go on some morning runs this week to explore new areas of town and start my day off with some good energy. The weather was pretty mild this week, which called for a light jacket. I also brought a fanny pack to hold my phone in while I ran which was convenient, but I had to look up directions a couple times because I got lost. Nothing Google Maps couldn’t fix! I’ve included pictures of the view from the National Memorial on Vítkov Hill that I pleasantly stumbled across on my first run :)

Classes & Workload

Classes started up this week. Fortunately, besides the time I spent in class, I didn’t have to do much work for them. Most of my classes have weekly readings paired with quizzes, discussion posts, or short writing assignments. My architecture class also features walking tours before lecture to visualize the styles or periods we will be learning about that day. Database Management Systems counts as an upper level CS class, and I expect it to be more project and presentation based. We spent the first day setting up MongoDB, a document-oriented non-relational database system, as well as PostgreSQL, a relational database system. We will use these open source database management systems throughout the semester for SQL and noSQL (not only SQL) projects. 

The leadership class is also project based, and we’re split up into teams to work with local companies and integrate new ideas into their current practices. My group’s focus is Search Engine Optimization (SEO), working with the local Business Leaders Forum to improve their site’s visibility and traffic through advertising and content management. There haven’t been too many expectations established for this project yet, but I’m looking forward to getting a sense for what the company culture and work-life balance is here in Prague. 

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Grocery Runs & Cooking

Monday was my first time getting a full set of groceries for the week. I was intimidated at first, as I’d walked into multiple markets and noticed that very few things were written in English. So, the night before I prepared a grocery list and translated each item to Czech along with common phrases such as:

Máte…? (Do you have…?)

Kde je/jsou…? (Where is/are the…?)

můžete mi prosím pomoci? (Can you please help me?)

This turned out to be extremely helpful and necessary for me to find everything I needed (which I did!). I keep the list in my notes app so that I can access it with ease anytime I enter a store, even if I don’t have wifi or cellular. 

Czech grocery stores also have self checkout stations that you can interact with in a couple different languages, including English. However, like those in America, these self checkout stations tend to freak out when the scale mistakes you for incorrectly “placing/removing an item in the bagging area”. I had to call over a worker about 5 times before completing my checkout and she did not speak English, which made the process pretty frustrating. 

Budgeting

Creating a budget is one of the most difficult, but important, things to do while abroad. Being in the center of Europe, we all want to take advantage of Prague and explore everywhere, but travel is expensive and life within Europe is also expensive. Everyone has different financial circumstances and creating a budget helps me visualize where I stand in terms of my spending and financial goals. Fortunately, everyone has been respectful of the boundaries I have set up for myself, and of those by others, due to such varying circumstances. 

I began general expectations for my spending prior to arriving in Prague, but I waited to complete my spreadsheet once I knew realistically what my weekly expenses would be. I recommend this process because it gets you thinking about finances early, so you’re not in a bad spot later on in the trip, and it also adds flexibility to avoid setting an unrealistic budget in the beginning and feeling like a failure.

The main categories I have in my budget are Groceries, Restaurants, Entertainment, Local Transport, Flights and Trains, Lodging, and Shopping. All of which have independent expectations for spending, which factor into my overall budget.

By far the most expensive thing for me has been “Flights and Trains”. Prague being in the dead center of Europe is helpful because we can take an express train to neighboring countries like Austria, Germany, and Poland. However, cheap flights/trains, paired with housing accommodations and other essentials like meals, local transportation, and excursions, add up across multiple trips. I’ve always found the experiences to be worth it, but it’s important to carefully plan these trips before booking, to have clarity in what you’re about to spend. 

Unlike most of the people in my program, I booked a lot of my trips prior to arriving in Prague. The reasoning behind this is a combination of boredom in January and wanting something to look forward to, as well as coordinating with my friends at school/home to meet up in certain countries while abroad. The bright side is that I got pretty good deals for flights, but I have some fomo due to not traveling so often with the friends I’ve grown close with here.

Plzeň (Pilsen) Day Trip

The Institute for Study Abroad (IFSA) has coordinated a couple of day trips and one overnight trip within Czechia that are included in our program fee. Our first day trip was Friday to Plzeň, a city famous for its Pilsner beer. We toured the Pilsner Urquell Brewery, the largest brewery in the Czech Republic, and learned about their fermentation, brewing, and malting processes. What makes their beer so special is the local Plzeň soft water and Czech grown barley malt, two of the four ingredients that make up the golden beer we tried at the end of the tour! Personally, I dislike most beer and I wish I could say Pilsner was an exception but I cannot. Most people loved it though so it was not hard for me to find someone to finish my glass!

We also went on a scavenger hunt throughout the city center, learning more about its history and significance in historical Bohemia and WWII. At each location, we had to solve a riddle which would give us a 3 digit code used to unlock the next clue which guided us to the next landmark. Our group ended up winning so we got a cute little bottle of sparkling wine! The coolest things we saw on this tour were the highest tower in Plzen, which stood atop St Bartholomew's Cathedral with views of the whole city, and the Old Synagogue which was of Neo-Romanesque style built in the 19th century. Pictures throughout the hunt are included below!

Vienna Weekend Trip

This weekend three of my friends and I headed to Vienna, which is only a 4 hour train ride from Prague! We were advised by some kids in our program to buy tickets at the station the day of because they would be cheaper, and we listened, but they ended up being more than double the price of the tickets my friend purchased online for the same trip… rip. Now we know to buy train tickets in advance at the station or through a reputable site like Trainline or Omio. These have a small service charge, but tend to be much cheaper when bought in advance than tickets bought at the station. 

When we arrived in Vienna Saturday at 1pm, we headed straight to brunch. We find most of our restaurants by peering into cafes and seeing where the locals are at, and this method hasn’t missed yet. The food was amazing, with homemade pita, toast, hummus, and falafel. Throughout the trip we actually realized that Middle Eastern cuisine has a huge presence in Vienna. See some of our eats below!

We then headed to our AirBnB, right outside of the city center. We had to go into a sketchy gas station to get the key but the workers were super nice and explained how they knew the owners of the property we were staying at. Our next stop was St. Charles’s Church, which was incredibly beautiful from the outside, inside, and rooftop! I ended up getting a super bad bloody nose (the first of many…) and had to be escorted behind the altar to a private bathroom where I proceeded to clean myself up, oops. We then headed to Hofburg Palace, which had incredible gardens and views (see pictures below). Afterwards, we were hungry again and decided to stop by the Naschmarkt where we found the best Turkish Kebap I’ve ever had. A kebap is the same thing as a kabob, roasted meat that they put into a pita-like bread with cabbage, tomatoes, and sauces. We stopped for dessert by another local place and headed back to our AirBnB to chill. As soon as we got back I got another nosebleed, but I rallied and got ready to go out. One of my friends recommended the Bermudadreieck (Bermuda Triangle) area for bars; an extremely lively scene located in the historic center of Vienna next to the Jewish Synagogue! 

We woke up pretty early Sunday to start our day, and headed to the Viennese Holocaust memorial in the Jewish Quarter. Afterwards, we saw a cool church from afar and decided to check it out. We accidentally walked into the coolest Sunday Mass I’ve ever seen in my life at Stephen's Cathedral. Sounds from more than 12,000 pipes filled the church which only added to the beautiful aesthetic inside. We then headed to Palmenhaus for brunch, a former tropical house turned restaurant that overlooked one of the Habsburg Palaces. The food was great and rejuvenated me from all the lightheadedness caused by my nosebleeds. After lunch we left the city center and visited Schönbrunn Palace. Schönbrunn means “beautiful spring” and the HUGE property definitely lived up to its name. Around the palace lay gardens, pools, fountains, a labyrinth, a summer guesthouse, greenhouses, and statues (that we mimicked, see pictures lol). Finally, we finished off the tourism by going to the Kunsthistorisches Museum, which combined history and art in an amazing way. On the first floor were archaeological artifacts from Greece, Egypt, and Bohemia, and on the second were paintings from many astounding artists like Velázquez, Rubens, and Raphael. Definitely worth our time spent there, and they even had free lockers so we didn’t have to lug our stuff around the museum! 

Now for a couple of ins (things that are working) and outs (things that have caused me some trouble) for this past week.

Ins:

Bolt: Bolt is a cheap EU version of Uber, and it’s incredibly reliable. Both times we took the train this week (to Plzen and Vienna), I was running late and Bolt got us to the train station in 5 minutes for $3. It would’ve been a 15 minute commute otherwise… we love bolt.

Engaging professors: I really struggle with attendance at UM because I prefer to teach myself concepts and cannot focus in most large classroom settings, but attendance is mandatory here. Fortunately, all of my professors have been super fun, flexible, and engaging, particularly for architecture, essential Czech, and tech comm. It really makes all the difference.

Wien: The Germans and Austrians say “Wien” instead of “Vienna” because it is the German name for the city, and German is the primary language in Austria. This is similar to how “Prague” is called “Praha” in the EU, different languages have their own names for cities. A Wiener is a male who comes from Vienna, but it’s also where the word “wiener” comes from when referring to a hot dog.

Outs: 

Paying full price for museum entry: A lot of museums in the EU have a special student discount, or even offer free entry for those under 18. Fortunately, they accept photo IDs for proof of age. Do with that information what you will :)

Unexpected Friday obligations: IFSA had originally told us that Fridays are designated travel days, and we aren’t expected to be in Prague those days. However, they failed to communicate a couple key dates with mandatory events for some of our classes. This resulted in me not being able to miss any classes now for my Leadership class, simply because I booked a flight during one of the mandatory Fridays in March when my dad is coming up… I’m annoyed if you couldn't tell.

Bloody noses: This one explains itself… I get bloody noses a lot due to dryness and low iron problems, but nothing ever as frequent or severe as the ones on this trip. Let’s just say my parents and I were pretty concerned, but I seem to be doing okay now. 

See you all next week!

Čau čau,

Reese Liebman

Computer Science and Engineering

Institute for Study Abroad (IFSA) CS Tech Career Accelerator in Prague, Czechia

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Don’t. Seriously don’t. Don’t worry about how awful it will be when MFF reach the top tier. If you care about women’s football, put your brain power towards how we will get more people in, for many teams. Because that’s the problem. The problem is not that there are too many fans and we need to get rid of half of them.

Security is a matter for clubs, and the police. Violent individuals, racists, homophobes and those who are only there to fight and ruin it for others, they should be banned by clubs. And the clubs need to be serious about this. Not least because a lot of women with prominent voices in the women’s game seem genuinly scared that they won’t be able to take their kids to games if games are no longer essentially unattended. Which is the comparison, if we’re being serious.

When I was at the Hammarby - Häcken game, I thought for sure there would be serious security because of the current terror threat level in Sweden, and the police had just banned bags and hand bags to all events. But there wasn’t. I wasn’t even searched or asked to empty my pockets. People went in with huge winter jackets where you can fit anything in pockets. The ”security” looked like teenagers, maybe Hammarby youth players. And that’s not serious. When the women’s game grows, clubs also need to be serious about security. Assure the worried, long term fans that they will do everything in their power to keep everyone safe, and suspend individuals that are violent or hateful. Create tools where fans can report if they feel unsafe, like on their website. It is about knowing your fanbase too, because it should not only be for men. They should want the women, children and long term fans there too, and they should feel safe. And it’s not an automatic goal that women’s football should be exactly like men’s football.

But, the notion that women’s football should remain only for the core group of fans, no men’s football culture, no booing, no nothing, and the wish to see the women’s game grow and for players to be properly paid and have good conditions, that is a conflict of interest. Everyone now more or less working against the growth of the game, that dislike Hammarby doing well because they’re from Stockholm and are a ”double club” and think they should be put in their place, or would prefer games to stay at 200 people in the crowd, whatever, they should ask themselves what they want for the future of women’s football and be honest and realistic.

You aren’t going to get 10,000 people in women only to every game in Piteå, Vittsjö or even Örebro. If we are going to have small, local teams not attached to a major men’s team in the future, having teams like Hammarby and Häcken is a prerequisite. Because they bring money to all of the league that can then be redistributed. And I want these small teams to remain at the top. They are part of Swedish football culture. And they exist on the men’s side too, like Degerfors playing (until today) in the top tier. So small teams will likely stay on the women’s side too. But it’s like Johan Lager said, Swedish women’s football needed a well known brand (Hammarby in this case) to start doing well to start attracting bigger crowds. Allsvenskan (men’s league) would not do well either if there were only small clubs from small places, they need the bigger teams with bigger fanbases. It’s the same for women’s football.

And as for getting more women and girls to games, or following the sport. Then you need players like a Sam Kerr, Alex Morgan. You need stardom around the players, like England and Spain also have. Sweden doesn’t really market their players in that way, and the biggest stars play abroad. Getting for example more teenage girls and young women to games, many of those fans don’t come primarily for the football to begin with. They come because they like a player or a community, and then hopefully stay for the football. To get them to games in large numbers, you need other pull factors than to see how Örebro, with zero well known players, does in their battle for 8th place.

Yea do I think there will be caution needed to be taken at certain points yes but its not gonna be worst case scenario every game

[deepbluequill]

1. Last beverage?

I genuinely drank tea, and water all day, and then had a sip of diet pepsi right before this.

2. Last phone call?

Either my dad or my bro I can't remember which one was after the other.

3. Last song you listened to?

Snow - RHCP

4. Last time you cried?

I laugh cried a few days ago.

I cried cried like two weeks ago.

5. Have you dated someone twice?

Yeah, we broke up, had some time apart were we both knew we really shouldn't see other people because we were not over each other, got back together because it felt inevitable, and it just did not work.

6. Have you ever been cheated on?

Yes, it was not as simple as it sounds but it still hurts.

7. Kissed someone & regretted it?

Not because of them, they're great, but yeah dont kiss just anyone, because it can make stuff weird.

8. Have you lost someone special?

A few good people, RIP.

9. What are your three favorite colors?

Blue, Brown, & Grey. (And orange)

10. Met someone who changed you in the past month?

I don't think so?

11. Kissed any of your friends?

A few actually :o

12. How many kids do you want?

I always say I want twelve kids and a farm but realistically maybe 4?

13. Do you want any pets?

I love my pets so much but I do wanna travel.

14. Do you want to change your name?

No I really like my name.

I have a name to write under if that counts?

15. What did you do for your last birthday?

I went out to eat and saw my friends and family.

16. What time did you wake up today?

6:00am

17. Name something you CANNOT wait for?

That phase of house ownership where its just like picking out the cool stuff you want.

18. Last time you saw your mother?

About an hour ago.

19. Most visited webpage?

At the moment IGN, is it called IGN? The gaming website because I need help completing tasks on children's nintendo games.

20. Nicknames?

Shortstuff, Little Angel, Lebeau, Chibitch, mostly stuff calling me small because I am usually taller than everyone.

21. Relationship status?

Allll byyyy myselfffff.

22. Zodiac sign?

Earth? Is that what that means?

23. Male or female?

I am a boy.

24. Height?

193cm

25. Do you have a crush on someone?

Not really. Maybe like celebrity crushes?

26. Piercings?

I wanted so many and got none. I no longer want any.

27. Tattoos?

I wanted tons and i got one, I'd be happy to have none, but i do really cheesily wanna use inkbox.

28. Strong or Weak?

Thighs of STEEL.

FIRSTS

29. First surgery?

Ive had a lot of stuff but not surgery I dont think?

30. First best friend?

Like earliest one? My siblings.

31. First sport you joined?

Skateboarding is a crime not a sport so although I joined teams and a park, i'll say Ju Jitsu, because I didn't "join" swimming either I just jumped in the lake.

32. First trip abroad?

Andalusia.

33. First school?

Nursery? Idk what this means?

34. First pair of trainers?

No idea. First I bought with my own money? Probably És, Converse, or DCs. I think it was És.

WHICH IS BETTER

35. Lips or eyes?

Depends on the person, but usually eyes.

36. Hugs or kisses?

I kinda love both but hugs are more universal, Id only wanna kiss certain people, or get kisses from certain people. Same with hugs but the pool is wider.

37. Shorter or taller?

I like stuff to be taller so i dont have to crouch for it but people can be whatever size they have grown.

38. Older or younger?

I'd like to be younger again so I can do it with confidence this time. I love talking to older people.

39. Romantic or spontaneous?

Either is cool depends on what exactly is going on, a lot of potential cross over here too.

40. Sensitive or loud?

I'm a sensitive soul.

41. Hook-up or relationship?

Relationship.

42. Shy or outgoing?

Shygoing.

HAVE YOU EVER

43. Kissed a stranger?

I have kissed a few because I had a weird phase.

44. Gotten a speeding ticket?

Never, thankfully, I drive like a grandpa.

45. Lost glasses/contacts?

Sunglasses for sure.

46. Sex on first date?

I wouldn't even call it a date :o

47. Broken someone's heart?

My own for a start.

48. Been arrested?

No, I am a good boy.

49. Have you turned someone down?

Many people, many times, for many things.

50. Fallen for a friend?

Had crushes on friends but not fallen in love.

51. Moved out of town?

I moved country on my own three times and now I live back home again.

BELIEVE IN

52. Miracles?

Yes.

53. Love at first sight?

Yes.

54. Heaven?

Yes.

55. Santa Claus?

Yes.

56. Kiss on the first date?

Depends on the vibes.

57. Angels?

I know so many.

58. Yourself?

Yes.

ANSWER TRUTHFULLY

59. Had more than 1 girlfriend/boyfriend at a time?

I was in "the talking stage" with two different people and i really liked both and couldn't take it any further because i could not choose but we never really passed the that stage so it wasn't the same thing really?

60. Been in love with someone you couldn't be with?

I've had crushes on people I couldn't be with but rarely have I ever been in love.

61. Ever cheated on somebody?

No.

62. If you could go back in time, how far would you go?

To see the British temperate rainforests before we ruined them.

63. Are you afraid of falling in love?

I hope not.

64. Was your last relationship a mistake?

No, that's mean, it meant a lot, but we just weren't the one.

65. Do you miss your last relationship?

I miss the feelings, and the person, but not the relationship? It's done and it should stay done.

66. Who did you last say “i love you” to?

my parents.

67. Have you ever been depressed?

Not like diagnosed no, but I think that may be because I never asked to be diagnosed...

68. Are you insecure?

I'm working on it.

69. How do you want to die?

Happy and fulfilled.

70. Do you bite your nails?

No I just clip them.

71. When was your last physical fight?

I don't remember.

72. Do you have an attitude?

A bad one? I hope not.

73. Twirl or cut your spaghetti?

Twirl.

74. Do you tan a lot?

I don't at all, I go red then white again but with more freckles.

[terubakudan]

This may be an old article from 3 years ago, but these cultural aspects/observations still apply even today. And though this is strictly a Chinese perspective, a lot of these everyday life bits are observed in Overseas Chinese communities in countries such as The Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, etc. as well as countries heavily influenced by Chinese culture like Taiwan, Japan, and Korea.

I've always liked learning about other cultures and making comparisons between how things are done East vs West. Which probably stems from growing up with two cultures and Mom raising me on American movies xD

So the irony is if you asked me how many Chinese, Taiwanese, or Hong Kong actors I know, chances are I know as much as you do xD Like Jackie Chan, Andy Lau, and that's about it. But if you asked me about Western (specifically American and British) actors, then I have a useless brain dump of movie trivia and who was with who in what movie xD

Hmmm, both Taiwan and the Philippines are two distinct cultures but both look up to a certain country and are fascinated by that. In Taiwan's case, Japan and the US for the Philippines. In both cases, this is due to being under the rule of those countries in their history. Taiwan being under Japan for 50 years, and the Philippines being under Spain for 300+ years, followed by periods of American and Japanese rule. To put it simply though:

Taiwan is "mini-Japan with a very Chinese culture".

The Philippines is "former colony of Spain with lots of American influences".

But unlike the author, I've never set foot in any Western country, so my understandings are strictly what I've observed in media, which while it can be accurate, doesn't compare to actually experiencing the culture.

Some further elaboration on most points:

#1 We quite literally use chopsticks for everything. We use it to pick rice, viands, vegetables, fruit, smaller desserts, almost all the food you can think of.

But where do you put your chopsticks when you're not using them? Just put them on top of your bowl or flat on your plate. But do not ever stick them vertically. It's taboo, since it looks like incense sticks, which we use to pray for those who have passed, like our ancestors or during funerary services.

#3 The majority of Asia is obsessed with fair/white skin. In my time at the Philippines, I grew up watching all these Dove Whitening commercials and my classmates often commented on how fair my skin was, how they envied it etc. In Taiwan, girls often say they don't want to 變黑 (biàn hēi) 'become dark'. Japan and Korea too are not innocent of this either (if their beauty/skin products weren't a dead giveaway).

People here at Taiwan often mistake me for being from Hong Kong or Japan (as long as I don't speak Mandarin with my heavy accent xD). A Taiwanese classmate of mine joked that she often gets mistaken for being from Southeast Asia due to having a darker complexion. And while I laughed it off with her at that time, looking back, I now realize she was lowkey being racist. xD

And believe me Filipinas have mentioned literally being told 'your skin is so dark' here in Taiwan, or being given backhanded compliments like 'you're pretty despite having dark skin' and...*facepalms*

My point is, beauty is not exclusive to skin color. People who still think that are assholes.

#5 Not to say we don't have salt and pepper, but yes soy sauce and vinegar are the classic condiments you see on the table, be it at home or at a restaurant.

And if I may add, Taiwanese love their pepper. xD If you ever get to eat at a night market or a smaller "Mom n' Pop-style" restaurant here, some dishes/soups tend to add quite an excessive amount of pepper. Not like anthills, but quite liberally and way more than average. Enough that you see traces of pepper at the bottom of the food paper bag or swirling in your soup. xD

#6 I know this all too well from personal experience. In my years of studying at Taiwan, I always had roommates. 3 in my first school (I graduated high school in the Philippines pre K-12 so I had to make up 2 years of Senior High), followed by 2 in college, with the exception of 1 in freshman year.

My college did offer single person dorms but at around 9000 NTD ($324) per month compared to around 6000 NTD ($216) per semester. Because I wanted to save, the choice was obvious for me xD. But ah, this doesn't mean I don't value personal space, in fact I love having the room to myself, and since both my roomies would go home to their families every weekend, weekends were bliss for me xD

And you don't have to be friends with your roommates (that's an added bonus however), you just have to get along with them. I was quite lucky to have really great roommates all throughout my schooling years.

#9 In the Philippines, we do. Owing mostly to American influences and maybe being predominantly Catholic? xD

#10 *sigh* Chinese parents and parents from similar Asian cultures tend to put too much emphasis on grades, so much that kids could get sent to cram school as early as elementary. This is because what school you get into could literally affect your future job opportunities, and while that's not exclusive to any particular country/culture, I feel it's especially pronounced here in Asia. I'm really lucky my own parents weren't that strict about it. However, if your parents don't point the mistakes out to you, chances are you'll do it yourself, if you're an Asian kid like me anyway. xD It just becomes a habit.

#11 My family is an exception to this. xD We do say 'I love you' directly, but complete with the 'ah eat well ok?', 'don't scrimp on food', 'sleep well' and similar indirect words/actions of affection. We were doing 'Conceal, Don't Feel' before it became popular. xD

#13 I'm kind of confused about this but this has sort have changed over the years in which eye-contact is now more encouraged. But don't stare, especially at elders and authority figures. Sometimes it's just shyness though. xD And I've observed this with my own Taiwanese friend, especially when I'm complaining or ranting to her about something. xD I'm a person who likes to express my opinions strongly, which tends to scare/alienate some of the locals here, as doing so is kind of frowned upon. Thankfully, she does listen and offers her take on things.

#14 Ah this. xD In the Philippines, this is a common greeting known as beso-beso, and I freaked out too when an auntie did that to me. xD Needless to say, Mom lectured me later on what that was. ^^"

#16 Along with #3 another crazy beauty standard. In my view, people always look better with a little meat on them and when they're not horribly thin. Asia still has a loonng way to go with accepting different types of bodies if you ask me. This combined with modern beauty standards has made the pressure for women especially to 'look beautiful' higher than ever.

I know many people love them but please, starving yourself or glorifying eating disorders is never OK just to get this kind of 'ideal' body. I'm not part of the Kpop fandom, but even I think when idols get bullied just for gaining the least bit of weight among other insensitive comments, that's really going too far.

#17 'If you want to make friends, go eat.' <- I couldn't agree more. In the Philippines we have a greeting: 'Kumain ka na ba?' (Have you eaten?) . Similarly in Taiwan, we have 吃飯了沒? (chī fàn le méi), both of these can mean that in the literal sense but are often used as greetings instead. By then which invitation to having lunch/dinner together may or may not follow. Food really is a way for us to socialize and to catch up with what's going on in each other's lives. Not to say we don't have regular outings like going out to the mall, going shopping, etc. but eating together is a huge part of our culture, be it with family or friends.

And while I'm at it, some memes that are way too accurate good to pass up xD

Parents, uncles, aunties alike will fight over the bill xD

Alternatively:

You just space out until your name is called xD

My parents are guilty of the last one. Logic how? xD

#18 True. xD I like giving compliments out to people but I have a hard time accepting them myself, though I've learnt how to accept them much more now than before. We're kind of raised to constantly downplay ourselves so we often say things like 'ah no no' or 'I'm really not that good'. The downside of this of course is that it can come off as somewhat fake. xD

Again from personal experience, that same classmate who made the lowkey racist remark, she was good, she was on the debate team, was a honor student, knew how to mingle with people, but she downplayed herself way too much, while praising me but I honestly thought that she never really meant it from how she treated me. She wanted to keep me around her yet make backhanded compliments at me and she didn't want me socializing with my other classmate who is now my friend. *sigh* It was only after discussing this with one of my roomies did I realize how this 'excessive downplaying' might come off to people like me who more or less grew up with a more 'Westernized' mindset. I'm not saying brag about your achievements but don't be overly humble about them either, which can also be a turn off.

#20 We do tend to be a lot more realistic on how we view things, neither entirely optimistic nor pessimistic. We try to think of things practically and often analyze things on pure logic. A downside of this however, is that Chinese people can be overly practical. Taiwanese for instance don't like to 'find inconveniences' and generally keep to themselves, meaning, they won't help you in your hour of need even when they do have the capabilities. Sounds really harsh I know, but in my 6 years of living in Taiwan, while this doesn't apply to all the people, a lot of them really do only find/talk to you when they need something.

So for some people saying Taiwanese are 'friendly', that's BS xD If you ask me, Filipinos are infinitely more friendly, and again while not all, generally make more of an effort to help you when you need it. I really felt more of a real sense of community during my years growing up in the Philippines compared to Taiwan.

#21 Children do tend to stay with their parents well into college and adulthood, since Chinese families are indeed very family-oriented, in a lot of cases, grandparents often live under the same roof as us as well! And it really does save a lot of money. I see there's a real stigma in the US when it comes to "living with your parents", but that's starting to change especially because of Covid and having more and more people move back in with their parents.

Housing unfortunately is pretty much hella expensive no matter where you go, and Taiwan is no exception. Steep housing prices and the very high cost of raising a child (schooling + buxiban fees, etc.) contribute to a very low birth rate and thus an aging population like Japan. It's not uncommon to see both parents working in Taiwan.

#23 I'm an overthinker myself, but I totally agree with the author that the best is to strike a good balance between these two. Which I guess is why I love drawing or any other related creative attempts, it helps me be more spontaneous or well, creative! I like to remain intellectually or artistically inspired.

#24 Is French high school really like that? xD My friend did watch SKAM France and more or less got a culture shock from what was depicted on the show. I can confirm however that most high schools both in the Philippines and Taiwan require students to wear a uniform, only in college is everybody free to wear casual/civilian clothes.

#26 Ah this is part of our Asian gift-giving etiquette xD We always open gifts later after the event/meeting and in private. Never open them in front of the person who gave it to you or in front of others. This is to prevent any 'shame/embarrassment' that may result both to yourself and to the gift giver. I know this may come off as something weird since some people may want a more honest response or immediate feedback when it comes to gift-giving, but that's just how it is in our culture. You're always free to ask us though (in private) if we liked the gift or not ^^"

#28 I want to say the same goes to drinking, partying, and drugs however xD Those are things which are still frowned upon in our culture. And to be honest, whenever I see those in movies, it does kind of turn me off xD It doesn't mean that we're "uncool" or "boring", we just think that there are much better or healthier ways of "having fun".

#31 Is this true in France?! Man I would kind of prefer that instead of people being on their phones all the time xD This kind of goes with #20 in that Chinese are overly practical or logical, and don't read fiction as much as nonfiction. My Taiwanese friend is an exception though, she's a bibliophile who loves the feel of paper books compared to e-books, and it's a trait of her that I like a lot. Both the Philippines and Taiwan however have a huge fanbase when it comes to manga and anime though.

I'm all for reading outside of "designated reading" at schools especially. Reading fiction improves your vocabulary too, and can be quite fun! It helps you imagine and really invest in a world/story, and if you ask me something that I feel Westerners are better at, they're more in touch with their emotions and creativity, and are thus much more able to write compelling or original stories. Believe me, I've seen a fair amount of Chinese movies that rip off Western movie plotlines xD

#33 Nothing much to add on here..except that since I'm a "weird" person, Mom often jokes that she got the wrong baby from the hospital. xD

#35 True. While I agree with the care and concern that your fellow community can give you, the downside of this is we tend to only hang out with our own people, e.g Chinese with Chinese, Taiwanese with Taiwanese, etc. I've seen too that it's especially hard to make friends in Japan and Korea as a foreigner. Not only is there the language barrier, but the differences in culture too. In a way, Asians can be pretty close-minded on getting to know other cultures or actually making friends with people from other countries. I know this all too well being half-Taiwanese/half-Filipino, being neither "Filipino" enough nor "Taiwanese" enough. xD It's more of people here being too used to what they're comfortable with.

#36 Oh this is something I feel that Chinese students and other students from similar cultures should really improve on. xD How will people respect you if you don't speak your mind?

I felt bad especially for my Spanish teacher in college, granted it was an introductory course (Spanish I and II) but the amount of times that our teacher had to prompt a student to recite/speak even with clear hints already made her (and me too) extremely frustrated. The thing is, these are college students, I personally feel they don't have any reason to be so shy of speaking and technically by not doing so they're slowing the pace of the class too much and a lot of time is wasted.

Unfortunately you can't always be very vocal with your thoughts and opinions in most Asian cultures. I would say strive for that, but at the same time, play your cards well, especially if you're in a workplace setting.

If you made it to the end, thank you for reading and here's a cookie! 🍪 I'm not perfect and there's bound to be something I missed so please let me know if you spotted anything wrong. Feedback/questions are very much welcome and please feel free to share about your country/culture's differences or similarities!

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China intends to develop fixed-wing transport aircraft for its third aircraft carrier

Fernando Valduga By Fernando Valduga 07/01/2022 - 16:00 in Military

China intends to develop a transport aircraft based on the KJ-600 for its third aircraft carrier, the Fujian, equipped with electromagnetic catapults.

The Naval Aviation University of the People's Liberation Army of China (PLA) recently organized a series of training sessions in realistic combat scenarios with Y-7 transport aircraft at an aerodrome in northern China recently, China's National Radio reported on Wednesday.

Among a series of training courses, the pilot cadets conducted ground simulation training with transport aircraft, aiming at landing on aircraft carriers.

Computerized image of the Chinese Navy's third aircraft carrier, Fujian.

China's two current aircraft carriers, Liaoning and Shandong, do not have fixed-wing aircraft because they use ski jump ramps that limit the takeoff weight of the aircraft. But these aircraft will soon be able to operate on the third newly launched aircraft carrier in the country, Fujian, which uses electromagnetic catapults, Chinese analysts told the Global Times.

"Fixed-wing transport aircraft are advantageous over aircraft carrier helicopters in terms of range, speed and cargo capacity, which is why China should have them, now that it has an aircraft carrier equipped with catapult," Fu Qianshao, a Chinese military aviation expert, told a semi-official news agency.

U.S. Navy C-2 Greyhound aircraft.

Using the Y-7 for simulated training is a good choice because the general characteristics, such as the size of the Y-7, are similar to a cargo plane transported by an aircraft carrier, Fu said.

The U.S. has the C-2 Greyhound cargo plane for its aircraft carriers and has developed E-2 Hawkeye early warning aircraft based on it.

KJ-600 Aircraft.

China allegedly developed the KJ-600 early warning aircraft for its third aircraft carrier, and developing a cargo aircraft based on the KJ-600 would be easy, Fu said, noting that it could also generate more variants of special missions, including aircraft-port-based fixed-winged anti-submarine warfare aircraft.

The Fujian should also be equipped with an improved version of the J-15 heavy fighter compatible with catapult launches, an electronic warfare variant of the J-15, a next-generation poacher allegedly called the J-35, and armed reconnaissance drones, according to media reports.

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