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John Knefel at MMFA:

Former Trump adviser Steve Bannon and others in MAGA media have recently praised disgraced Sen. Joe McCarthy and his blacklists, a tactic that Project 2025 partner organization the American Accountability Foundation is attempting to bring to the White House should Donald Trump win in November. According to The Associated Press, AAF is planning to create and publicly post a list of “100 names of government workers to a website this summer to show a potential new administration who might be … ripe for scrutiny, reclassifications, reassignments or firings,” with a focus on “those in senior executive positions who could put up roadblocks to Trump’s plans for tighter borders and more deportations.”

The plan is reportedly underwritten by a $100,000 grant from conservative think tank The Heritage Foundation as part of Project 2025, its far-reaching and extreme effort to provide policy and personnel recommendations for a potential second Trump administration. One of Project 2025’s top priorities is the implementation of “Schedule F,” a scheme to remove job protections from federal workers by reclassifying career staffers as political appointees — a direct attack on federal unions that could be used to fire civil servants deemed insufficiently pro-Trump. AAF is one of more than 100 conservative organizations on Project 2025’s advisory board, and its initiative — synergistically dubbed Project Sovereignty 2025 — is the latest broadside against the 2.2 million people who work for the federal government. The AP article notes that the group’s list of what Heritage referred to as “anti-American bad actors” echoes the blacklist era of McCarthy, the disgraced anti-communist crusader whose name became synonymous with one of the most repressive periods in U.S. history.

[...] Project 2025’s Schedule F and AAF’s proposed blacklist are clear, direct descendants of the literal McCarthyism that MAGA media figures are so quick to praise. The McCarthy era saw massive purges of left-wing federal employees as part of the Cold War’s rightward shift in national politics, halting the potential for American social democracy and helping to plant the seeds for the neoliberal turn of the 1970s and the ensuing rise in inequality that accompanied it. McCarthy and fellow anti-communists like FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover also directed their oppressive tactics toward gay people — and those suspected or accused of being gay — who worked for the federal government during a period known as the Lavender Scare. McCarthy “directly linked homosexuality and Communism,” depicting gay people working in government as a national security threat. Historians estimate that between 5,000 and 10,000 federal workers were forced to resign during this period, often behind closed doors for fear of their gay identity — real or perceived — becoming public.

American Accountability Foundation, a Project 2025 partner, will enact a McCarthyist purge of the civil services if Donald Trump wins election again.

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Once Upon a Lamp - list of characters

In honor of Once Upon a Studio turning one year old

EXT. THE STEVE JOBS BUILDING - EARLY EVENING

The Adventures of André and Wally B.

André

Wally B.

Luxo Jr.

Luxo Jr.

Luxo Sr.

Red’s Dream

Lumpy

Red

Tin Toy

Tinny

Gumbo

Flip ‘n Beth

Ace

Clocky

Spot

Zoo Train

Chrome Dome

Rallye Guy

Fire Hydrant

Helicopter Sheep

Toypot

Frodo

Bouncy

Eben’s Car

Les

RenderMan

Knick Knack

Knick

Sunny Miami

Sunny Florida

Sunny Egypt

Sunny Jamaica

Sunny Palm Springs

Sunny Israel

Surf Death Valley

Sunny Atlantis

Toy Story (Toys)

Woody

Buzz Lightyear

Jessie

Mr. Potato Head

Slinky Dog

Rex

Hamm

Bo Peep

Mrs. Potato Head

Bullseye

Mr. Pricklepants

Dolly

Trixie

Buttercup

Chuckles

Stinky Pete

Barbie

Ken

Lots-o-Huggin’ Bear

Big Baby

Twitch

Stretch

Chunk

Sparks

Chatter Telephone

Bookworm

Peas-in-a-Pod

Forky

Giggle McDimples

Ducky

Bunny

Duke Caboom

Gabby Gabby

The Dummies

Billy, Goat, and Gruff

Toy Story (Human side)

Andy Davis

Mrs. Davis

Molly Davis

Sid Phillips

Hannah Phillips

Bonnie Anderson

Bonnie’s Mom

Bonnie’s Dad

Buster

Scud

Geri’s Game

Geri

A Bug’s Life

Flik

Hopper

Princess Atta

Princess Dot

The Queen

Molt

Slim

Heimlich

Francis

Manny

Gypsy

Rosie

Tuck

Roll

P.T. Flea

Dim

Mr. Soil

Dr. Flora

Thorny

Cornelius

Thumper

Aphie

For the Birds

Bluebird Flock

Gawky Bird

Buzz Lightyear of Star Command

Commander Nebula

Mira Nova

XR

Booster

Warp Darkmatter

Gravitina

N0S-4-A2

XL

Monsters, Inc.

James P. Sullivan

Mike Wazowski

Boo

Celia Mae

Randall Boggs

Henry J. Waternoose

Johnny Worthington

Scott “Squishy” Squibbles

Don Carlton

Terri and Terry Perry

Art

Tylor Tuskman

Val Little

Fritz

Katherine “Cutter” Sterns

Duncan P. Anderson

Roz

Yeti

Jeff Fungus

Banana Bread

Roger Rogers

Suzy “Sunny” Sunshine

Finding Nemo

Marlin

Dory

Nemo

Hank

Boundin’

Jackalope

Lamb

The Incredibles

Bob Parr

Helen Parr

Violet Parr

Dashiell Parr

Jack-Jack Parr

Lucius Best

Edna Mode (E)

Buddy Pine

Winston Deavor

Evelyn Deavor

Mirage

Rick Dicker

Voyd

One Man Band

Bass

Treble

Tippy

THX

Tex

Cars

Lightning McQueen

Tow Mater

Cruz Ramirez

Lifted

Stu

Mr. B

Ratatouille

Remy

Alfredo Linguini

Chef Skinner

Colette Tatou

Django

Emile

Anton Ego

Presto

Presto DiGiotagione

Alec Azam

WALL-E

WALL-E

EVE

Captain B. McCrea

John

Mary

M-O

The Defective Robots

Hal the Cockroach

Partly Cloudy

Gus

Peck

Up

Carl Fredricksen

Russell

Dug

Charles Muntz

Alpha

Beta

Gamma

Kevin

Kevin’s Babies

Day & Night

Day

Night

La Luna

Bambino

Papà

Nonno

Brave

Merida

Elinor

Fergus

Hamish

Hupert

Harris

Fergus’ Dogs

Angus

The Witch

Maudie

Lord MacGuffin

Lord Macintosh

Lord Dingwall

Young MacGuffin

Young Macintosh

Wee Dingwall

The Witch’s Crow

Conan the Clan Dingwall Hunk

The Blue Umbrella

Blue

Red

Lava

Uka

Lele

Inside Out (Mindscape)

Joy

Sadness

Anger

Fear

Disgust

Anxiety

Envy

Ennui

Embarrassment

Nostalgia

Inside Out (Humans)

Riley Andersen

Jill Andersen

Bill Andersen

Grace Hsieh

Bree Young

Valentina Ortiz

Dani

Ally

Sofia

Nour

Coach Roberts

Sanjay’s Super Team

Sanjay

Sanjay’s Father

Hanuman

Durga

Vishnu

The Good Dinosaur

Arlo

Spot

Henry

Ida

Buck

Libby

Nash

Ramsey

Butch

Thunderclap

Downpour

Coldfront

Frostbite

Windgust

Bubbha

Lurleane

Pervis

Earl

Forrest Woodbush

Fury

Destructor

Dream Crusher

Debbie

Piper

Piper

Lou

Lou

J.J.

Coco (Land of the Living)

Miguel Rivera

Dante

Abuelita Elena Rivera

Enrique Rivera (Papá)

Luisa Rivera (Mamá)

Tío Berto Rivera

Tía Carmen Rivera

Tía Gloria Rivera

Abuelito Franco Rivera

Abel Rivera

Rosa Rivera

Socorro Rivera

Benny Rivera

Manny Rivera

Coco (Land of the Dead)

Papá Héctor Rivera

Ernesto de la Cruz

Mamá Imelda Rivera

Pepita

Mamá Coco Rivera

Papá Julio Rivera

Tía Rosita Rivera

Tía Victoria Rivera

Tío Óscar Rivera

Tío Felipe Rivera

Bao

Mom

Son

Dad

Cindy

Purl

Purl

Lacy

Office Bros.

Office Ladies

Kitbull

Kitbull

Dog

Smash and Grab

Smash

Grab

Float

Father

Son

Wind

Ellis

Ellis’ Grandma

Onward

Ian Lightfoot

Barley Lightfoot

Laurel Lightfoot

Corey

Colt Bronco

Blazey

Soul (Living World)

Joe Gardener

Libba Gardener

Dez

Curley

Dorothea Williams

Connie

Soul (The Great Before)

22

Moonwind

Terry

Counselor Jerry A

Counselor Jerry B

Loop

Renee

Marcus

Out

Greg

Jim

Manuel

Greg’s Parents

Gigi

Luca

Luca Paguro

Alberto Scorfano

Giulia Marcovaldo

Ercole Visconti

Massimo Marcovaldo

Daniela Paguro

Lorenzo Paguro

Grandma Libera Paguro

Ciccio

Guido

Machiavelli

Nona

Nona

Renee

Twenty-Something

Gia

Nicole

Turning Red

Meilin Lee

Miriam Mendelsohn

Abby Park

Priya Mangal

Tyler Nguyen-Baker

Ming Lee

Jin Lee

Grandma Wu Lee

Auntie Chen

Lily

Helen

Auntie Ping

Mr. Gao

4*Town

Lightyear

Izzy Hawthorne

Sox

Mo Morrison

Darby Steel

Commander Burnside

Alisha Hawthorne

Kiko Hawthorne

Elemental

Ember Lumen

Wade Ripple

Bernie Lumen

Cinder Lumen

Gale Cumulus

Fern Grouchwood

Clod

Brook Ripple

Harold Ripple

Alan Ripple

Lake Ripple

Eddy Ripple

Marco Ripple

Polo Ripple

Ghibli

Flarrietta

Flarry

Self

Self

Win or Lose

Coach Dan

Vanessa

Rochelle

Elio

Elio Solis

Elio’s Aunt

Ambassador Questa

Ambassador Grigon

Hoppers

Mabel

King George

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Notes

Everybody is all smiles for the group picture, from heroes to villains and everything in-between. Even characters who were otherwise sticks in the mud like Hank genuinely smile for the picture. Villains such as Muntz, de la Cruz, Lotso, Thunderclap and his gang, Syndrome, Evelyn, Randall, Waternoose, Hopper, Skinner, and Ercole, as much of evil psychopaths they were, are seen tenderly and respectfully singing along. Even Sid, who was a massive bully to Hannah, is seen giving her a kind brotherly embrace. Also, most movies’ main cast seem to be cramped together. Even the villains stand near their respective heroes, everyone in a healthy relationship with their families and loved ones are tenderly holding each other close, and many of the larger characters offer their bodies for the smaller ones.

Forky, Heimlich, Dory, Jack-Jack, Mater, WALL-E, and one of the triplets wave at the camera.

Dim and Wee Dingwall give the camera dopey smiles.

The egg-shaped bluebirds and the gawky bird stand perched above the entrance. The bluebirds are happy to have the gawky bird with them, a far cry from how they treated him in their short.

Sulley carries Boo tenderly in his arms. Helen does the same to Jack-Jack, as do Presto with Alec, Carl and Russell with Kevin’s babies, Elinor and Fergus with their triplet sons, Embarrassment with Envy, Massimo with Machiavelli, and Izzy with Sox.

Terri attempts to dance before his other half stops him.

Hank carries Marlin, Dory, and Nemo in a coffee pot.

Voyd and Abby giddily bounce in place, clearly the most excited for the photo.

Linguini carries Remy while Colette holds Django and Emile.

WALL-E and EVE hold the umbrellas from The Blue Umbrella.

HAN-S still can’t stay still, shaking aggressively as the photo is taken.

Kevin and her babies take the time to mimic Carl once again.

Maudie and the Clan Dingwall hunk share a loving look.

Young Macintosh flexes his pecs while giving the camera a cocky smile, the same type of smile given by characters like Terry, Darby, and Clod.

The Witch has her Crow standing perched on her shoulder.

Being stationary volcanoes, Uka and Lele are unable to leave their photo. Thankfully, they have Thunderclap and his gang to hold it so they can be in the group picture.

Nostalgia sticks her head out from behind Embarrassment, clearly hiding from the other emotions.

Riley, Grace, and Bree all carry Knick together while Riley’s parents carry the Miami and Florida knick knacks, Val and the Fire Hawks carry the Egypt, Jamaica, Palm Springs, Israel, and Death Valley knick knacks, and Coach Roberts carries Sunny Atlantis in her fish bowl.

Cindy, Son’s fiancée, winks at the camera as the photo is taken.

Machiavelli gives the camera his standard bored look.

Mei has her red hair, panda ears, and panda tail, continuing to embrace her panda.

Aaron Z gives the camera a thumbs up while Tae Young makes a heart with his hands.

Izzy gives Sox a neck scratch.

Alisha and Kiko’s inclusion also counts due to their backlash following the movie’s release.

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Alfred Sisley

Though he was born British and retained British citizenship all of his life, Alfred Sisley is identified now as a French painter of the Impressionist movement. Out of all of the Impressionist, Sisley was perhaps the most dedicated to the philosophy of painting his landscapes en plein air. Unlike even the most prominent Impressionists like Renoir and Monet, Sisley would remain a purist, only occasionally deviating from landscape painting.

Alfred Sisley, Resting by a Stream at the Edge of the Wood, 1878

Sisley's most famous works depict the River Themes, the Seine, and the commune Moret-sur-Loing c. 1874. His landscapes are recognizable for their especially dreamy feel from the use of pastel hues.

Alfred Sisley was born on October 30th, 1839, to art-loving parents. He would study art in Paris, where he would meet Pierre-August Renoir, Frédéric Bazille, and Claude Monet, after fleeing a finance degree program in London. The Impressionist painters introduced Sisley to painting en plein air, or outdoors, as a way of capturing the ephemerality of nature and sunlight. However, like most Impressionists, Sisley found it difficult to find an audience for his work in his own time and had to live by an allowance sent to him by his wealthy British father until 1870.

With the arrival of the Franco-Prussian War in 1870, Sisley was forced to subsist off of his own income as an artist. Sisley would spend his entire life as a 'starving artists' with only occasional revenue to travel back to London from the support of his patrons.

Alfred Sisley, Morning, 1874

While in England, Sisley would paint some of his most notable pictures, those of the River Thames, which have been described as "a perfect moment of Impressionism" by art historians.

10 years later, Sisley and his family would move to Moret-sur-Loing, an artistic commune that had been of previous art historical importance. There, "the gentle landscapes with their constantly changing atmosphere were perfectly attuned to his talents," said art historian Anne Poulet, "Unlike Monet, he never sought the drama of the rampaging ocean or the brilliantly colored scenery of the Côte d'Azur."

Pierre-August Renoir, Sisley and his Wife, 1868

In 1897, Sisley would finally marry his longtime partner, Eugénie (Marie) Lescouezec at a Registry in Wales. The two already had two children, Pierre and Marie who were by now 30 and 28. The trip would be Sisley's last time visiting Britain and there, he would paint six oils of the sea cliffs.

At the age of 59, Alfred Sisley would die of threat cancer. His wife Marie had died just months previously and, seemingly out of love, he joined her soon. Still at the time of his death, he was denied French citizenship.

Alfred Sisley, Avenue of Chestnut Trees near La Celle-Saint-Cloud, 1865

In his painting, it is known that Sisley's work was once far more sorrowful-looking than how it appears today, though these paintings have not survived. Art Historians have suggested that a young Sisley would have likely been influenced by his British forebears: John Constable and J. M. W. Turner, though this has never been confirmed. It wouldn't be until he formed his relationships with the Impressionists that his work literally began to "lighten up."

Alfred Sisley, La Seine au point du jour, 1877

Among the Impressionists though, Sisley would be described as "almost a generic character" by art historian Robert Rosenblum, "an impersonal textbook idea of a perfect Impressionist painting" with many of his works being misattributed to Monet.

An interesting fact is that one work by Sisley, The Lane of Poplars at Moret, has actually been stolen on three separate occasions. Perhaps due to his inconspicuousness in the Impressionist movement, Sisley paintings are also the most likely ones to be found as fakes during authentication investigations.

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The story of the kidnapping of 16-year-old John Paul Getty III and the desperate attempt by his devoted mother to convince his billionaire grandfather Jean Paul Getty to pay the ransom. Credits: TheMovieDb. Film Cast: Gail Harris: Michelle Williams Jean Paul Getty: Christopher Plummer Fletcher Chase: Mark Wahlberg Cinquanta: Romain Duris Oswald Hinge: Timothy Hutton John Paul Getty III: Charlie Plummer John Paul Getty III (Age 7): Charlie Shotwell John Paul Getty II: Andrew Buchan Saverio Mammoliti: Marco Leonardi Giovanni Iacovoni: Giuseppe Bonifati Il Tamia ‘Chipmunk’: Nicolas Vaporidis Corvo: Andrea Piedimonte Bodini Piccolino: Guglielmo Favilla Maria: Adele Tirante Nancy: Stacy Martin Aileen Getty (Age 6): Maya Kelly Aileen Getty (Age 15): Anna Devlin Mark Getty (Age 4): Kit Cranston Mark Getty (Age 13): Stanley Treshansky Ariadne Getty (Age 2): Ginevra Migliore Ariadne Getty (Age 11): Josie Sayers Millicent: Olivia Grant Annie: Charlotte Beckett Attorney: Roy McCrerey Coroner: Giulio Base Kidnap Van Driver: Nicola Di Chio Prostitue #1: Alessandra Roca Prostitute #2: Francesca Inaudi Rome Hotel Butler: Francesco Bomenuto Arab Sheikh: Ghassan Massoud Bullimore: Clive Wood Conservator: Jonathan Aris BBC Reporter: Oliver Ryan Secretary Getty Oil: Cherise Silvestri Barn Man: Enzo Attanasio Barn Woman: Monica Nappo Villager #1: Gino Nardella Villager #2: Chantal Ughi Carabinieri Captain: Riccardo De Torrebruna Film Crew: Stand In: Lucy Scarfe Unit Production Manager: Francesca Cingolani First Assistant Director: Raymond Kirk First Assistant Director: Roy Bava Second Assistant Director: Edoardo Petti “A” Camera Operator: Daniele Massaccesi First Assistant “A” Camera: Alberto Torrecilla Second Assistant “A” Camera: Riccardo Pau “B” Camera Operator: Marco Sacerdoti First Assistant “B” Camera: Francisco Pintore Second Assistant “B” Camera: Irene Chiappa “C” Camera Operator: Andrea Arnone First Assistant “C” Camera: Emiliano Topai Second Assistant “C” Camera: Esther Venanzi Original Music Composer: Daniel Pemberton Script Supervisor: Annie Penn Gaffer: Francesco Zaccaria Key Grip: Massimiliano Dessena Best Boy Grip: Giorgio Pezzotti Producer: Ridley Scott Producer: Dan Friedkin Production Assistant: Ivan Janakat Producer: Chris Clark Producer: Quentin Curtis Producer: Mark Huffam Producer: Bradley Thomas Producer: Kevin J. Walsh Director of Photography: Dariusz Wolski Editor: Claire Simpson Production Design: Arthur Max Art Direction: Samy Keilani Art Direction: Andrew Munro Supervising Art Director: Cristina Onori Art Direction: Massimo Pauletto Art Direction: Gianpaolo Rifino Set Decoration: Letizia Santucci Costume Design: Janty Yates Makeup Artist: Sleiman Tadros Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Gilbert Lake Supervising Sound Editor: Oliver Tarney Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Mark Taylor Health and Safety: Daniel Rogers Set Decoration: Richard Roberts Casting: Carmen Cuba Co-Producer: Aidan Elliott Co-Producer: Marco Valerio Pugini Co-Producer: Teresa Kelly Book: John Pearson Writer: David Scarpa Stunt Double: Jdanov Andrei Stunt Coordinator: Franco Maria Salamon Foley Artist: Jack Stew Dialogue Editor: Rachael Tate ADR Mixer: Mark DeSimone Makeup Artist: Louise Young Makeup Artist: Laura Lilley Makeup Artist: Raffaella Iorio Makeup Artist: Jana Carboni Prosthetic Makeup Artist: Liz Barlow Casting: Lara Atalla Casting: Teresa Razzauti Casting: Kate Ringsell Movie Reviews:

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Events 9.16 (before 1970)

681 – Pope Honorius I is posthumously excommunicated by the Sixth Ecumenical Council. 1400 – Owain Glyndŵr is declared Prince of Wales by his followers. 1620 – Pilgrims set sail for Virginia from Plymouth, England in the Mayflower. 1701 – James Francis Edward Stuart, sometimes called the "Old Pretender", becomes the Jacobite claimant to the thrones of England and Scotland. 1732 – In Campo Maior, Portugal, a storm hits the Armory and a violent explosion ensues, killing two-thirds of its inhabitants. 1776 – American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Harlem Heights is fought. 1779 – American Revolutionary War: The Franco-American Siege of Savannah begins. 1810 – With the Grito de Dolores, Father Miguel Hidalgo begins Mexico's fight for independence from Spain. 1822 – French physicist Augustin-Jean Fresnel, in a "note" read to the Academy of Sciences, reports a direct refraction experiment verifying David Brewster's hypothesis that photoelasticity (as it is now known) is stress-induced birefringence. 1863 – Robert College, in Istanbul, the first American educational institution outside the United States, is founded by Christopher Robert, an American philanthropist. 1880 – The Cornell Daily Sun prints its first issue in Ithaca, New York. 1893 – Settlers make a land run for prime land in the Cherokee Strip in Oklahoma. 1908 – The General Motors Corporation is founded. 1914 – World War I: The Siege of Przemyśl (present-day Poland) begins. 1920 – The Wall Street bombing: A bomb in a horse wagon explodes in front of the J. P. Morgan building in New York City killing 38 and injuring 400. 1940 – World War II: Italian troops conquer Sidi Barrani. 1943 – World War II: The German Tenth Army reports that it can no longer contain the Allied bridgehead around Salerno. 1945 – World War II: The Japanese occupation of Hong Kong comes to an end. 1953 – American Airlines Flight 723 crashes in Colonie, New York, killing 28 people. 1955 – The military coup to unseat President Juan Perón of Argentina is launched at midnight. 1955 – A Soviet Zulu-class submarine becomes the first to launch a ballistic missile. 1956 – TCN-9 Sydney is the first Australian television station to commence regular broadcasts. 1959 – The first successful photocopier, the Xerox 914, is introduced in a demonstration on live television from New York City. 1961 – The United States National Hurricane Research Project drops eight cylinders of silver iodide into the eyewall of Hurricane Esther. Wind speed reduces by 10%, giving rise to Project Stormfury. 1961 – Typhoon Nancy, with possibly the strongest winds ever measured in a tropical cyclone, makes landfall in Osaka, Japan, killing 173 people. 1961 – Pakistan establishes its Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission with Abdus Salam as its head. 1963 – Malaysia is formed from the Federation of Malaya, Singapore, North Borneo (Sabah) and Sarawak. However, Singapore is soon expelled from this new country. 1966 – The Metropolitan Opera House opens at Lincoln Center in New York City with the world premiere of Samuel Barber's opera Antony and Cleopatra.

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Réhabiliter chardons et autres parias, hébergeurs de biodiversité

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Les adventices, ces plantes sauvages qui s’invitent dans les cultures, traînent une sale réputation : leur nom populaire de « mauvaises herbes » dit tout. Au sein de ce vaste groupe de centaines d’espèces adaptées à ce milieu de vie, certaines, dont des vivaces, sont encore plus honnies, vilipendées et classées comme nuisibles absolus à éradiquer quoiqu’il en coûte (financièrement et écologiquement) : les « chardons », groupe informel de grandes vivaces épineuses, en sont un bon exemple. Même en agriculture biologique, on tend à les bannir impérativement comme ennemis absolus des cultures. Et pourtant, depuis des décennies, des preuves scientifiques s’accumulent pour montrer que ces adventices très répandues et abondantes représentent d’extraordinaires réservoirs de biodiversité en hébergeant ou nourrissant de nombreuses espèces d’insectes. Deux études récentes, une anglaise et une franco-belge, enfoncent le clou en démontrant de belle façon la grande importance écologique de ces parias dans les environnements cultivés ou perturbés par les activités humaines.

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18/07/2022

  Chardons 

Le nom populaire de chardon recouvre en fait des genres de plantes différentes (pour le botaniste) mais qui partagent le fait d’être de grandes composées ou astéracées à feuilles épineuses et à fleurs en tube ; les botanistes les réunissent dans la tribu des Carduées. Ce sont, en Europe de l’Ouest tempérée : les « vrais » chardons (genre Carduus) avec par exemple le chardon crépu (C. crispus) ou le chardon penché (C. nutans) ; le chardon-Marie (Silybum) (voir la chronique) ; le chardon aux ânes (Onopordon) (voir la chronique) ; les cirses (Cirsium) dont le cirse à capitules laineux (voir la chronique), le cirse lancéolé ou cirse commun (voir la chronique) ou le cirse acaule (voir la chronique).

  Bibliographie 

The disproportionate value of ‘weeds’ to pollinators and biodiversity Nicholas J. Balfour | Francis L. W. Ratnieks J Appl Ecol. 2022;59:1209–1218.

  Endangered by laws: potential consequences of regulations against thistles on bumblebee conservation Sarah Vray , Thomas Lecocq , Stuart P.M. Roberts & Pierre Rasmont Annales de la Société entomologique de France (N.S.), 2017 

  Image : Capitule de chardon composé de fleurons tubulaires fournissant nectar (au fond du tube) et pollen mis en avant

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Can a Particle Be Neither Matter Nor Force? Get NordVPN 2Y plan + 4 months extra + up to 20Gb Saily data here ➼ https://ift.tt/h52ukC8 It’s risk-free with Nord’s 30-day money-back guarantee! Check out the Space Time Merch Store https://ift.tt/W4TJPFa Sign Up on Patreon to get access to the Space Time Discord! https://ift.tt/cNJmpoR All particles belong to two large groups: fermions like protons and electrons make everything we consider "matter", while bosons like photons and gluons transmit the fundamental forces. And that about covers the universe: matter moving through space and time under the action of forces. But what if we could create particles in between these two possibilities. Physics says these neither matter nor force anyons can exist, and they may have some pretty incredible uses. They’re called anyons. PBS Member Stations rely on viewers like you. To support your local station, go to:https://ift.tt/g6LFC0m Sign up for the mailing list to get episode notifications and hear special announcements! https://ift.tt/fbUeHpv Search the Entire Space Time Library Here: https://ift.tt/0jFs1w2 Hosted by Matt O'Dowd Written by Fernando Franco Félix & Matt O'Dowd Post Production by Leonardo Scholzer, Yago Ballarini & Stephanie Faria Directed by Andrew Kornhaber Associate Producer: Bahar Gholipour Executive Producers: Eric Brown & Andrew Kornhaber Executive in Charge for PBS: Maribel Lopez Director of Programming for PBS: Gabrielle Ewing Assistant Director of Programming for PBS: John Campbell Spacetime is a production of Kornhaber Brown for PBS Digital Studios. This program is produced by Kornhaber Brown, which is solely responsible for its content. © 2024 PBS. All rights reserved. End Credits Music by J.R.S. Schattenberg: https://www.youtube.com/user/MultiDroideka Space Time Was Made Possible In Part By: Big Bang Sponsors First Principles Foundation John Sronce Bryce Fort Peter Barrett David Neumann Alexander Tamas Morgan Hough Juan Benet Vinnie Falco Mark Rosenthal Quasar Sponsors Grace Biaelcki Glenn Sugden Ethan Cohen Stephen Wilcox J. Tyacke Mark Heising Hypernova Sponsors Michael Tidwell Chris Webb David Giltinan Ivari Tölp Kenneth See Gregory Forfa Alex Kern Bradley Voorhees Scott Gorlick Paul Stehr-Green Ben Delo Scott Gray Антон Кочков Robert Ilardi John R. Slavik Donal Botkin Edmund Fokschaner Chuck Zegar Daniel Muzquiz Gamma Ray Burst Sponsors Neil Moore Robin Sur Arko Provo Mukherjee Mike Purvis Christopher Wade Anthony Crossland Grace Seraph Parliament Stephen Saslow Robert DeChellis Tomaz Lovsin Anthony Leon Leonardo Schulthais Senna Lori Ferris Dennis Van Hoof Koen Wilde Nicolas Katsantonis Joe Pavlovic Justin Lloyd Chuck Lukaszewski Cole B Combs Andrea Galvagni Jerry Thomas Nikhil Sharma John Anderson Bradley Ulis Craig Falls Kane Holbrook Ross Story Teng Guo Harsh Khandhadia Matt Quinn Michael Lev Rad Antonov Terje Vold James Trimmier Jeremy Soller Paul Wood Kent Durham Jim Bartosh John H. Austin, Jr. Diana S Faraz Khan Almog Cohen Daniel Jennings Russ Creech Jeremy Reed David Johnston Michael Barton Isaac Suttell Oliver Flanagan Bleys Goodson Mark Delagasse Mark Daniel Cohen Shane Calimlim Tybie Fitzhugh Eric Kiebler Craig Stonaha Frederic Simon John Robinson Jim Hudson Alex Gan John Funai Adrien Molyneux Bradley Jenkins Amy Hickman Vlad Shipulin Thomas Dougherty King Zeckendorff Dan Warren Joseph Salomone Patrick Sutton Julien Dubois via YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26ZmKqLNSZ8

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Il grande attore americano, interprete di film come Invito a una sparatoria di Richard Wilson, Quiller memorandum di Michael Anderson, Chi ha paura di Virginia Woolf? di Mike Nichols, Il gufo e la gattina di Herbert Ross, Un tocco di classe di Melvin Frank, California Poker di Robert Altman e molti altri, avrebbe novant’anni. Nato a Great Neck - nello Stato di New York - nel febbraio 1934 (è morto nel marzo del 2021) da genitori figli di emigrati russi, si diploma alla Columbia University e frequenta l’Actor’s Studio. Dopo alcune apparizioni televisive, esordisce al cinema all’inizio degli anni Sessanta in Giorni senza fine (1961) di Phil Karlson, con Ben Gazzara e Fredric March, e, nel ’62, fa parte del cast corale di Il giorno più lungo di Ken Annakin e Andrew Marton, tratto dall’omonimo saggio storico (1959) di Cornelius Ryan sullo sbarco in Normandia. Segue un’intensa stagione - che durerà per circa vent’anni - da comprimario e poi da protagonista, dal western psicologico - Invito a una sparatoria (1964) di Richard Wilson, con Yul Brynner - al film di spionaggio - l’ottimo Quiller memorandum (1966), scritto da Harold Pinter, diretto da Michael Anderson ed interpretato anche da Senta Berger e Max von Sydow); è un pittore nel drammatico-grottesco La nave dei folli (1965) di Stanley Kramer, con Simone Signoret e Vivien Leigh (al suo ultimo film); ottiene una nomination all’Oscar come Miglior Attore non Protagonista per Chi ha paura di Virginia Woolf? (1966) di Mike Nichols, tratto dall’opera teatrale omonima di Edward Albee, ed interpretato da Elizabeth Taylor e Richard Burton. A prove drammatiche - Loving, gioco crudele (1970) di Irving Kershner - e di grande intensità - Il mio uomo è una canaglia (1971) di Ivan Passer - alterna commedie più indiavolate ed eccentriche come Il gufo e la gattina (1970) di Herbert Ross, con Barbra Streisand, Un tocco di classe (1973) di Melvin Frank, con Glenda Jackson, California Poker (1974) di Robert Altman, con Elliot Gould. Negli anni Ottanta e Novanta, sia pur continuando a lavorare a pieno ritmo, la sua carriera cinematografica si avvia verso il declino e Segal si orienta al film tv - Intrigo a Berlino (1984) di James Dearden ed alle serie televisive. Le sue apparizioni al cinema si orienteranno a ruoli di secondo piano, come ad esempio Senti chi parla (1989) di Amy Heckerling, con Kristie Alley e John Travolta, Giorni di gloria… giorni d’amore (1991) di Mark Rydell, Un orso chiamato Arturo (1992) di Sergio Martino, con Carol Alt, Senti chi parla adesso! (1993) di Tom Ropelewski, con K. Alley, J. Travolta e Elias Koteas, Caccia mortale (1993) di Vic Armstrong, Da morire (1995) di Gus Van Sant, Babysitter… Un thriller (1995) di Guy Ferland, Il rompiscatole (1996) di Ben Stiller, L’amore ha due facce (1996) di Barbra Streisand, con B. Streisand, Jeff Bridges, Lauren Bacall e Pierce Brosnan. Fra gli altri film ricordiamo Squadra di emergenza (1964) di John Rich, Qualcuno da odiare (1965) di Bryan Forbes, Né onore né gloria (1966) di Mark Robson, con Claudia Cardinale, Il massacro del giorno di San Valentino (1967) di Roger Corman, Addio Braverman (1968) di Sidney Lumet, Non si maltrattano così le signore (1968) di Jack Smight, con Rod Steiger e Lee Remick, Il suo modo di fare (1968) di Franco Brusati, Il ponte di Remagen (1969) di John Guillermin, La pietra che scotta (1972) di Peter Yates, con Robert Redford, Una pazza storia d’amore (1973) di Paul Mazursky, Roulette russa (1975) di Lou Lombardo, La volpe e la duchessa (1976) con Goldie Hawn e Marito in prova (1979) con G. Glackson entrambi di Melvin Frank, Rollercoaster - Il grande brivido (1977) di James Goldstone, con Richard Widmark, Henry Fonda ed una giovanissima Helen Hunt (al suo esordio cinematografico), Non rubare se non è strettamente necessario (1977) e Qualcuno sta uccidendo i più grandi cuochi d’Europa (1978), di Ted Kotcheff, Sfida alla vita (1985) di Michael Tuchner, Scherzare con il fuoco (1985) di Burt

Reynolds, Heights (2004) di Chris Terrio, 13 giorni a Las Vegas (2007) di Charlie Picerni, 2012 (2009) di Roland Emmerich, Amore & altri rimedi (2010) di Edward Zwick, Elsa &Fred (2014) di Michael Radford, con Christopher Plummer e Shirley MacLaine. Molto attivo, come già detto, anche in televisione, è apparso in vari film tv - Death of a Salesman (1966) di Alex Segal, Le piccanti avventure di Robin Hood (1984) di Ray Austin - ed in alcuni episodi di serie e miniserie - Channing (1963), La signora in giallo (1993), Just Shoot Me (1997-2003), circa centocinquanta episodi , Law & Order - Unità vittime speciali (2003), Retired at 35 (2011-13, oltre venti episodi), The Goldbergs (2013-21, oltre centosettanta episodi).

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New Fiction 2023 - October

Another October in the can! And now I wish I could snooze through the real horror that is the holiday season. Maybe I'll stay in October forever... forever... forever...

Here's the long version (since Tumblr blocks too many links in one post).

The TL;DR:

Short Stories

"Snatched from the Brink" by Mary E. Penn (1878)

"The Canal" by Everil Worrell (1927)

"The Lost Performance of the High Priestess of the Temple of Horror" by Carmen Maria Machado (2020)

"The Time Remaining" by Attila Veres & trans. Luca Karafiáth (2019)

"CUE: Change" by Chesya Burke (2011)

"Last Call for the Sons of Shock" by David J. Schow (1994)

"The Real Right Thing" by Henry James (1899)

"The Haunted House" by M.A. Bird (1865)

"The Island of Regrets" by Elizabeth Walter (1965)

"The Stolen Body" by H.G. Wells (1903)

"The White Priest" by Hélène Gingold (1893)

"The Man Who Went Too Far" by E.F. Benson (1912)

"Mater Tenebrarum" by Pilar Pedraza & trans. James D. Jenkins (2000)

"Menopause" by Flore Hazoumé & trans. James D. Jenkins (1994)

"Señor Ligotti" by Bernardo Esquinca & trans. James D. Jenkins (2020)

"Shambleau" by C.L. Moore (1933)

"The Pit and the Pendulum" by Edgar Allan Poe (1850)

"The Village Spectre" by Gianna G. Maniego (2002)

"The Fog Horn" by Ray Bradbury (1951)

"The Lady of the House of Love" by Angela Carter (1979)

"The Woman's Ghost Story" by Algernon Blackwood (1907)

"Black Bargain" by Robert Bloch (1942)

"Vastarien" by Thomas Ligotti (1987)

"The Doll" by Daphne du Maurier (1937)

"The Transferred Ghost" by Frank Stockton (1882)

"The Shadowy Third" by Ellen Glasgow (1923)

"The Daemon Lover" by Shirley Jackson (1949)

"The Interval" by Vincent O'Sullivan (1918)

"The Phantom Cyclist" by Ruth Ainsworth (1971)

"Couching at the Door" by D.K. Broster (1942)

"Bloodchild" by Octavia Butler (1984)

Audio

Tales from the Crypt Presents: Dead Easy by A.L. Katz & Gil Adler, performed by Sean Astin, Jake Busey, Tia Carrere, Brett Cullen, John Kassir (1995, 2022)

Comics

"Birds of a Feather" by Stephanie Phillips, Maan House, Giorgio Spalleta, Justin Birch, Chris Sanchez (2021)

"The Origin of Vampirella" by Budd Lewis & Jose Gonzalez (1981)

"Do You Know... the Beast-Man?" by Richard Howell, Colleen Doran, Kevin Cunningham (1992)

"Good Ol' Fashioned Vanilla" by W. Maxwell Prince, Chris O’Halloran, Martín Morazzo, Good Old Neon (2018)

"For Better or Worse?" by Richard Corben (2016)

"Werewolf!" by Frank Frazetta (1964)

"Chickadee!" by Aya Rothwell (2016)

"The Evil Dead" (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3) by Richard Floyd-Walker (1986-1987)

"Famine's Shadow" by Rachel Deering & Christine Larsen (2014)

"A Pretty Place" by Emily Carroll (2023)

"The Thing from the Sea" by Wally Wood & Joe Orlando (1951)

"The Living Ghost" by Frank Belknap Long & Fred Guardineer (1948)

"Essence of Life" by Gail Simone, Tula Lotay, Jared K. Fletcher (2013)

"Hag of the Blood Basket!" by Al Hewetson & Sean Todd (1971)

"The Fisherman" by Franco, Tressina Bowling, Wes Abbott, Sara Richard (2022)

"Dental Plan" by Joy San (2019)

"Frankenstein y el Hombre Lobo" by Unknown (1946)

"Man's World" by Keith Giffen, Mary Sangiovanni, Bilquis Evely, Mat Lopes, Taylor Esposito (2017)

"Shadow of Death" by William M. Gaines, Al Feldstein, Graham Ingels (1953)

"Smoke and Cedar" by Abby Howard & Alina Pete (2016)

"I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream" by Harlan Ellison & John Byrne (1994-1995)

"A Dog and His Boy" by Evan Dorkin, Sarah Dyer, Jill Thompson, Jason Arthur (2006)

"The Horror Beneath" by Leah Moore, John Reppion, Timothy Green II, Michelle Madsen, Nate Piekos (2006)

"Shadows on the Tomb" by Joe Certa (1952)

"The Muck Monster" by Bernie Wrightson (1975)

"The Duel of the Monsters" by Archie Goodwin & Angelo Torres (1966)

"The Willowdale Handcar or The Return of the Black Doll" by Edward Gorey (1962)

"Inside You" by Valerie D'Orazio & David James Cole (2014)

"Soylent Teen" by Jordan Morris, Liana Kangas, Ellie Wright, Jack Morelli (2023)

"The Gris-Gris" by Jim Keegan & Ruth Keegan (2004)

"Fair Ground" by Jo Duffy, Mike Manley, Jackson Guice, James Fry, Kevin Cunningham (1992)

Video Games

Haunted House dev. Atari (1982)

Castlevania dev. Konami (1987)

Clock Tower dev. Human Entertainment (1995)

D dev. Warp (1995)

Friday the 13th dev. Atlus (1989)

Silent Hill 3 dev. Konami (2003)

Five Nights at Freddy’s dev. Scott Cawthon (2014)

Movies

It Lives Inside dir. Bishal Dutta (2023)

The Company of Wolves dir. Neil Jordan (1984)

Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare dir. Rachel Talalay (1991)

Honeymoon dir. Leigh Janiak (2014)

Organ dir. Kei Fujiwara (1996)

The Bride of Frankenstein dir. James Whale (1935)

The Royal Hotel dir. Kitty Green (2023)

House of 1000 Corpses dir. Rob Zombie (2003)

The Nun II dir. Michael Chaves (2023)

The Godsend dir. Gabrielle Beaumont (1980)

Hatching dir. Hanna Bergholm (2022)

The Velvet Vampire dir. Stephanie Rothman (1971)

Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter dir. Joseph Zito (1984)

A Haunting in Venice dir. Kenneth Branagh (2023)

Piggy dir. Carlota Pereda (2022)

A Night to Dismember (The Lost Version) dir. Doris Wishman (1979)

The Blob dir. Irvin Yeaworth (1958)

Embrace of the Vampire dir. Anne Goursaud (1995)

Onyx the Fortuitous and the Talisman of Souls dir. Andrew Bowser (2023)

Exposed to Danger dir. Yang Chia-yun (Karen Yang) (1982)

Saw X dir. Kevin Greutert (2023)

The Birds dir. Alfred Hitchcock (1963)

Slumber Party Massacre II dir. Deborah Brock (1987)

Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island dir. Jim Stenstrum (1998)

The Being dir. Jackie Kong (1983)

Kuso dir. Steve (2017)

Visible Secret dir. Ann Hui (2001)

The Exorcist: Believer dir. David Gordon Green (2023)

The Love Witch dir. Anna Biller (2016)

Bones dir. Ernest R. Dickerson (2001)

Bedevil dir. Tracey Moffatt (1993)

Television

Regular Show - "Terror Tales of the Park" I-VI (2011-2016)

The Simpsons - "Treehouse of Horror Presents: Not It" (2022)

Tales from the Cryptkeeper - Seasons 2 & 3 (1994 & 1999)

[personal-reporter]

Pordenonelegge 2023

Pordenonelegge 2023, con la sua ventiquattresima edizione, è in programma nella città friulana dal 13 al 15 settembre e conta 570 ospiti italiani e internazionali, 334 appuntamenti e 65 libri presentati in anteprima. Sarà un evento quest’anno nel segno della leggerezza, nei libri e nella vita, perché ci sono cose leggere da leggere, ma anche perché l’interpretazione della realtà pone spesso di fronte a segnali ambigui, sempre più pervasivi, e a significati manipolabili. L’immagine delle piume è il simbolo dell’edizione 2023, nel centenario della nascita di Italo Calvino, a cui Pordenonelegge rende omaggio con un percorso di incontri. Pordenonelegge ha  l’inaugurazione affidata allo scrittore ucraino Andrei Kurkov, che ha appena pubblicato Diario di un’invasione e in anteprima assoluta presenta il nuovo romanzo Api grigie. Dalla Francia arrivano Laurent Mauvignier, Philippe Forest, Lydie Salvayre, Michel Bussi e Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt con la prima presentazione italiana della sua ultima riflessione in cui è custodita una lettera inedita all’autore di Papa Francesco. Oltre all’autrice Premio Nobel Annie Ernaux, che il 16 settembre riceverò al festival il Premio Crédit Agricole La storia in un romanzo, ci saranno Andrè Aciman, R. J. Palacio, Elisabet Benavent, Alberto Manguel, Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai; Michael Žantovský, Nino Haratischwili, Natasha Solomons, Michael Bible; Robert Perišić, Anil Seth, Sally Hayden, Ramin Bahrami. L’elenco delle grandi voci della letteratura, del pensiero e dello spettacolo al festival che hanno scelto Pordenonelegge 2023 per presentare i loro nuovi libri vede Michela Marzano, Emanuele Trevi, Viola Ardone, Paolo Di Paolo, Corrado Augias, Mauro Corona e molti altri. Saranno presenti inoltre Antonio Manzini, Giancarlo De Cataldo, Ilaria Tuti, Francesco Piccolo, Antonia Arslan, Mauro Covacich, Daniele Mencarelli, Giuseppe Culicchia, Tiziano Scarpa, Massimo Recalcati, Vittorio Sgarbi, Marco Balzano, Marcello Veneziani, Pier Aldo Rovatti, Giorgio Vallortigara, Ilaria Capua, Piergiorgio Odifreddi, Pietrangelo Buttafuoco, Toni Capuozzo, Vittorino Andreoli, Sandro Veronesi con Edoardo De Angelis, Malika Ayane, Dante Spinotti, Davide Toffolo, Sabina Guzzanti, Natalino Balasso, Massimo Cirri, Giuseppe Montesano, Matteo Lancini, Tullio Avoledo, Stefania Andreoli, Vittorio Bertola, Stefano Quintarelli, Nicola Gardini. Per le voci in dialogo, valore aggiunto del festival si confronteranno Marco Missiroli e Marco Cassardo, Andrea Molesini e Gianni Biondillo, Evelina Santangelo e Alberto Rollo, Romana Petri ed Elisabetta Rasy, Paola Mastrocola e Cristina Battocletti, Giorgio Nisini e Roberta Scorranese, Annalena Benini e Mariapia Veladiano, Matteo Bussola e Enrico Galiano, Elena Loewenthal e Franco Faggiani, Enrico Brizzi e Alessandra Selmi, Marco Malvaldi e Carlo Vecce, Romolo Bugaro e Maria Castellitto, Gabriella Caramore e Lidia Ravera, Alberto Casadei e Luca Doninelli, Sandrone Dazieri e Piergiorgio Pulixi. Read the full article

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O Concílio de Clermont foi um sínodo misto de eclesiásticos e leigos da Igreja Católica Romana, iniciado em 18 Novembro de 1095 e encerrando em 28 de Novembro de 1095, desencadeando a Primeira Cruzada. Em 1095, o imperador bizantino Alexius I Comnenus enviou emissários ao oeste solicitando assistência militar contra os turcos seljúcidas. A mensagem foi recebida pelo Papa Urbano II no Concílio de Piacenza; no final daquele ano, em novembro, Urbano convocou o Conselho de Clermont para discutir mais a fundo o assunto. Ao convocar o concílio, Urbano exortou os bispos e abades a quem se dirigia diretamente a trazerem consigo os senhores proeminentes de suas províncias. O Concílio durou de 18 a 28 de novembro e contou com a presença de cerca de 300 clérigos de toda a França. Urbano discutiu as reformas clunianas da Igreja e também estendeu a excomunhão de Filipe I da França por seu novo casamento adúltero com Bertrade de Montfort. Em 27 de novembro, Urbano falou pela primeira vez sobre os problemas do leste, ao declarar bellum sacrum contra os muçulmanos que ocupavam a Terra Santa. Existem seis fontes principais de informação sobre esta parte do conselho: o anônimo Gesta Francorum ("Os Feitos dos Francos") influenciando outros: Fulcher de Chartres, Robert the Monk, Baldric, arcebispo de Dol, e Guibert de Nogent, que aparentemente estiveram presentes no conselho; também sobreviveu uma carta escrita pelo próprio Urbano em dezembro de 1095. Continua nos comentários _______ Fonte - Helen J. Nicholson, The Crusades Somerville, Robert, "The Council of Clermont and the First Crusade" #curitiba #idademedia #cruzada #crusade #clermont #cwb #medieval #historia #medievalworld #medievaltimes #middleages #history #deusvult #historiamedieval https://www.instagram.com/p/ClGeIR_t5TF/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[sesiondemadrugada]

Angel Heart (Alan Parker, 1987).

[passion-of-arts]

Filmrezension: Bad Neighbors

“Bad Neighbors“, Flachwitz-Komödie, die durchaus Spaß machen kann. INHALT: “Bad Neighbors” ist eine Komödie von Nicholas Stoller mit Seth Rogen, Zac Efron, Rose Byrne und Dave Franco. Das Ehepaar Mac (Seth Rogen) und Kelly Radner (Rose Byrne) lebt mit ihrer neugeborenen Tochter Stella in einem kleinen, ruhigen Städtchen. Alles ist ruhig und perfekt in ihrem Leben, auch wenn jetzt der Sex zur kurz…

[feo-oliau]

Vanity Fair Italia N.7 - 21 Febbraio 2018

[ulkaralakbarova]

Basket-case network news producer Jane Craig falls for new reporter Tom Grunnick, a pretty boy who represents the trend towards entertainment news she despises. Aaron Altman, a talented but plain correspondent, carries an unrequited torch for Jane. Sparks fly between the three as the network prepares for big changes, and both the news and Jane must decide between style and substance. Credits: TheMovieDb. Film Cast: Tom Grunick: William Hurt Aaron Altman: Albert Brooks Jane Craig: Holly Hunter Ernie Merriman: Robert Prosky Jennifer Mack: Lois Chiles Blair Litton: Joan Cusack Paul Moore: Peter Hackes Bobby: Christian Clemenson Bill Rorich: Jack Nicholson Martin Klein: Robert Katims George Wein: Ed Wheeler Gerald Grunick: Stephen Mendillo Young Tom: Kimber Shoop Young Aaron: Dwayne Markee Young Jane: Gennie James Jane’s Dad: Leo Burmester Elli Merriman: Amy Brooks Anne Merriman: Jane Welch Clifford Altman: Jonathan Benya Mercenary: Frank Doubleday Lila: Sally Knight Spanish Cameraman: Manuel Alvarez Guerilla Leader: Luis Valderrama Guerilla Soldier: Francisco Garcia General McGuire: Richard Thomsen Commander: Nat Benchley Date-Rape Woman: Marita Geraghty Weekend News Producer: Nicholas D. Blanchet Makeup Woman: Maura Moynihan Floor Manager: Chuck Lippman Paul’s Secretary: Nannette Rickert Edward Towne: Timothy W. White Tom’s Soundwoman: Peggy Pridemore Emily: Emily Crowley Newsroom Worker: Gerard Ender Donny: David Long Chyron Operator: Joshua Billings Technical Director: Glenn Faigen Technical Director: Robert Grevemberg Jr. Control Room Director: Richard Pehle Weekend News Director: James V. Franco Assistant Director: Jimmy Mel Green Assistant Director: Raoul N. Rizik Technician: Mike Skehan Audio Visual Engineer: Franklyn L. Bullard News Theme Writer: Glen Roven News Theme Writer: Marc Shaiman Lecture Host: Alex Mathews Aaron’s Cameraman: Steve Smith Aaron’s Soundwoman: Martha Smith Mother in Hall: Cynthia B. Hayes Young Tough: Dean Nitz Young Tough: Phil Ugel Young Tough: Lance Wain Ellen: Susan Marie Feldman Tom’s Female Colleague: Jean Bourne Carinci Cab Driver: M. Fekade-Salassie Uniformed Cop: Gerald F. Gough Defense Dept. Spokesman: Robert Rasch NATO Spokesman: Robert Walsh Angry Messenger: John Cusack Film Crew: Producer: James L. Brooks Production Design: Charles Rosen Casting: Ellen Chenoweth Editor: Richard Marks Director of Photography: Michael Ballhaus Unit Production Manager: David V. Lester Music Editor: Bob Badami Associate Producer: Kristi Zea Original Music Composer: Bill Conti Camera Operator: David M. Dunlap Co-Producer: Penney Finkelman Cox Foley Editor: Mark P. Stoeckinger Costume Design: Molly Maginnis Executive Producer: Polly Platt ADR Recordist: Charleen Richards Associate Producer: Susan Zirinsky Color Timer: Bob Hagans Boom Operator: Joseph F. Brennan Hairstylist: Colleen Callaghan Foley Editor: Cindy Marty ADR Voice Casting: Barbara Harris Still Photographer: Kerry Hayes First Assistant Editor: Karen I. Stern Stunt Coordinator: Jery Hewitt Construction Foreman: Steve Callas Sound Effects Editor: Patrick Drummond Supervising Sound Editor: Robert Grieve Makeup Artist: Carl Fullerton Property Master: Mark Wade Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Rick Kline Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Donald O. Mitchell Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Kevin O’Connell Dialogue Editor: Dave Kulczycki Location Assistant: Peggy Pridemore Script Supervisor: Mary Bailey First Assistant Camera: Gábor Kövér Dialogue Editor: Jacqueline Cristianini Dialogue Editor: Frank Smathers ADR Editor: Jessica Gallavan Construction Coordinator: Bruce J. Gfeller ADR Editor: Jeff Rosen Set Decoration: Jane Bogart Best Boy Electric: Jerry DeBlau Unit Publicist: Anne Marie Stein Gaffer: John W. DeBlau Sound Effects Editor: Linda Whittlesey Production Coordinator: Cynthia Streit Sound Mixer: Thomas Causey Supervising ADR Editor: Beth Bergeron Second Assistant Director: David Sardi Negative Cutter: Donah Bassett Key Grip: Dennis Gamiello Location Manager: Stuart Neumann Dolly Grip: John Lowry First Assistant Director: Yudi Bennett Se...

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Events 9.1 (after 1870)

1870 – Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Sedan is fought, resulting in a decisive Prussian victory. 1873 – Cetshwayo ascends to the throne as king of the Zulu nation following the death of his father Mpande. 1878 – Emma Nutt becomes the world's first female telephone operator when she is recruited by Alexander Graham Bell to the Boston Telephone Dispatch Company. 1880 – The army of Mohammad Ayub Khan is routed by the British at the Battle of Kandahar, ending the Second Anglo-Afghan War. 1894 – Over 400 people die in the Great Hinckley Fire, a forest fire in Hinckley, Minnesota. 1897 – The Tremont Street Subway in Boston opens, becoming the first underground rapid transit system in North America. 1923 – The Great Kantō earthquake devastates Tokyo and Yokohama, killing about 105,000 people. 1939 – World War II: Germany and Slovakia invade Poland, beginning the European phase of World War II. 1939 – J. Robert Oppenheimer and his student Hartland Snyder publish the Oppenheimer–Snyder model, proving for the first time in contemporary physics how black holes could develop. 1944 – World War II: Launch of Operation Ratweek, complicating German retreat. 1961 – TWA Flight 529 crashed shortly after takeoff from Midway Airport in Chicago, killing all 78 people on board. At the time, it was the deadliest single plane disaster in U.S. history. 1967 – Six-Day War: The Khartoum Resolution is issued at the Arab Summit, and eight countries adopt the "three 'no's against Israel". 1969 – A coup in Libya brings Muammar Gaddafi to power. 1973 – A 76-hour multinational rescue effort in the Celtic Sea resulted in the Rescue of Roger Mallinson and Roger Chapman. 1974 – The SR-71 Blackbird sets (and holds) the record for flying from New York to London in the time of one hour, 54 minutes and 56.4 seconds at a speed of 1,435.587 miles per hour (2,310.353 km/h). 1981 – Central African President David Dacko is ousted from power in a bloodless military coup led by General André Kolingba. 1982 – The United States Air Force Space Command is founded. 1983 – Cold War: Korean Air Lines Flight 007 is shot down by a Soviet jet fighter after the commercial aircraft strayed into Soviet airspace, killing all 269 on board, including Congressman Lawrence McDonald. 2004 – The Beslan school siege begins when armed terrorists take schoolchildren and school staff hostage in North Ossetia, Russia; by the end of the siege, three days later, more than 385 people are dead (including hostages, other civilians, security personnel and terrorists). 2008 – Iraq War: The United States Armed Forces transfers control of Anbar Province to the Iraqi Armed Forces. 2022 – Physicians at AdventHealth Central Florida Division developed a new five hour test for brain-eating amoebas.