Matt Wake | al, 2 June 2023 Jefferson read Condorcet’s denunciation of slavery in Reflections on the Slavery of Negroes, a powerfully eloquent screed, two copies of which Jefferson bought in 1788. They do not necessarily reflect the views of this station or its management.Recent Examples on the Web Elvin Bishop, a gutsy and eloquent guitarist formerly with ‘60s standouts Paul Butterfield Blues Band, was at Miami’s Criteria Studios recording his next solo album. The views expressed by commentators are solely those of the authors. For tickets and schedule go to īob Goepfert is theater reviewer for the Troy Record. “The Happiest Man on Earth” plays at Barrington Stage in Pittsfield, MA through June 17. This taught him that any reason for cultural hatred is artificial.įor the rest of his life Jaku lived by his father’s guide to life. But in his native country the Germans deny his origins and define him as a Jew. Jaku realizes he is rejected in Belgium because he is German. In the play, a world-wide distrust of other nationalities is shown when Belgians refuse to help the escapee because he is German and possibly a spy. Germain and Tigar make it clear the economic and social problems that permitted the Holocaust to happen seem dangerously contemporary. It should go without saying the Holocaust must never be forgotten. Germain makes it clear that the regime was successful because it bred fear and distrust among friends and neighbors while giving the populace a common enemy to hate. While condemning the specific actions of the Nazis, St. Germain not only makes vivid the attempted extermination of a culture, he emphasizes the reason such atrocities could happen. However, what is important is the playwright never loses the essence of Jaku’s torturous life or his indomitable spirit. One minute he’s naked and ill, the next he has money for bathing. He condensed years into a speedy 90-minutes, which likely explains the omission of Jacu’s later day accomplishments.Īgain, condensing might explain moments which seem confusing and lacking in detail. He is a familiar voice at Barrington Stage having had 14 of his plays staged there. What is missing is how the man used the rest of his life as a philosopher of peace, love and happiness. Yet, it seems to come like a bolt from the blue when his first son was born. He tells us he became the happiest man on earth, and we believe it. However, if there is a disappointment in the work, it is that we learn little of Jaku’s post-war life. His courage and generosity of spirit makes his story inspirational on many levels. You are also in awe of the devotion and love of family and friends that Jaku experienced. But even as you are often in despair wondering how human beings can be so cruel to each other, you also are in awe at the tenacity and will-to-live exhibited by Jaku, and others like him. Though those experiences take up the bulk of the play, the take away is how Jaku could let go of his hatred of so many people who thrived on committing horrid inhumane acts, as well as exterminating 6-million Jews.īy the way, the biography was published when Jaku was 100 years old.īecause Tigar, directed by Ron Lagomarsino, tells of Jaku’s beatings in such an articulate manner, the loss of his parents, his many attempts to escape and the soul crushing betrayals and other in unimaginable experiences become real when he speaks.Ĭertainly you are affected by the horrors he experienced. “The Happiest Man on Earth” is adapted from the memoir of the same name telling the story of Jaku’s experience in Nazi concentration camps. Rarely have I seen an actor so inhabit a character than Tigar does with Eddie Jaku. I hope the play has a long life after it closes here on June 17.Īnd, if it does, I hope it stars Kenneth Tigar who gives one of those performances in which actor and character merge to the point where you cannot tell one from another. That is how I felt leaving the world premiere performance of “The Happiest Man on Earth” playing at Barrington Stage Company in Pittsfield, MA. The thing about such painful memories is that when expressed as art they can become tales that are so eloquent you are not only thrilled that you experienced it, but you want everyone to share in the experience. There are some stories so brutal and emotionally draining that you fear hearing them.
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and anytime I see it talked about online, I only ever see people praising the dynamic between Tora and Poppi as funny wholesome content when it’s like… what? I agree that Poppi is a great character in her own right but her relationship with Tora is canonically sex slavery. I know this game is full of kinda weird shit, but I have never encountered something this sussy in any JRPG I’ve played. Worse, the character upgrades throughout the course of the game into a high school girl and then a college girl after being upgraded by Tora, who she always refers to as her “Master” moreover, the original Japanese version of the game clarified that he programmed her armor to fall off in battle? like this shit is way beyond a horny joke and straight up into FBI OPEN UP territory I get that it’s played for a joke, but it’s still canon that this little rat bastard created a sentient being - a child, keep in mind - and programmed it to satisfy a sexual fetish of his while innocently unaware. but the constant jokes about the maid kink that runs in Tora’s family bothered my the first time through, and they’re even harder to ignore this time around So I’m pretty big into xenoblade and I really enjoy both 1 and 2, and I’m currently on my second playthrough of 2. Unmarked spoilers in non-spoiler threads will be removed. 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This community is for fans of the JRPG series Xenoblade (Xenoblade Chronicles, Xenoblade Chronicles X and Xenoblade Chronicles 2). Important: Xenoblade Chronicles Series Play-Order Spoiler Tag Rules Change Cursor He tried to set an example of good morals for Amir. Amir sees Babar as a distant but good man.Baba is Amir’s father, a well respected businessman.He is not envious though Amir has much more than him.He’s always loyal, forgiving and well behaved.Unlike Amir Hassan doesn’t change at all throughout this story. Hassan is best friend and half-brother as well as a servant of Baba’s.He feels his father does not like him and he becomes jealous when his father gives attention others like Hassan.He came from a wealthy background in Afghanistan.Amir is the narrator and the protagonist.So there were no more free elections women for instance who were able to attend University who were able to dress how they wished became very restricted and also this state of the Afghanistan became very Islamic. However the king and the government lost and the Soviet troops pulled out in 1979 and the country was left to a civil war and it was eventually controlled by extremist groups most notably the Taliban which led to a reversal in what was in the 1960s. The most notable of it being the Mujahideen which later run in the late 90s became Al Qaeda and this group was backed by the USA, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, while the Communist Party was backed by the Soviet Union and the monarchy of course was backed also by the Soviet Union. So there were lot of insurgent groups are basically rebel groups who backed by the US. So this is a war which internally hit Afghanistan substantially but also the Soviets which is the leadership from Russia at the time tried to intervene in order to protect the monarchy. In 1979 there was the soviet-afghan war which began. A coup in other words means an uprising people decide to march against the king and I try and overthrow him. However in 1973 there’s a coup against the king. People had free voting they could vote without any fear of government attacks and during the 1960’s when this novel begins times in Afghanistan were very peaceful and this was a very prosperous country. Many attended University there was a new constitution that was created – in order to institute a Democratic legislature. So firstly it’s important to understand that Afghanistan of the 1960’s was a flourishing time. The Kite Runner is an unusual and powerful graphic novel that has become a beloved, one-of-a-kind classic. It is about the power of reading, the price of betrayal, and the possibility of redemption and an exploration of the power of fathers over sons-their love, their sacrifices, their lies.Ī gripping story of family, love, and friendship told against the devastating backdrop of the history of Afghanistan over the last thirty years. The bestselling novel, Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner, being an unforgettable, sensational, emotional, heartbreaking, story of the unlikely friendship between a well off boy and the son of his father’s servant, is very artistically crafted novel set in a war-torn country, Afghanistan. Also, post-hoc analyses of a few events are plagued by the problems of hindsight bias. The many day-to-day predictions that were correct are ignored, especially true negatives (e.g., no credit is given for not having invaded other countries that did not have these weapons). The dangers of forecasters being evaluated on the basis of a few events are obvious. For example, public assessments of the IC in this century are largely based on missing the 9/11 terrorist attacks and falsely claiming that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction (WMD). These events are more likely to be failed rather than successful predictions. Without scorecards and assessment of accuracy of the many forecasts an individual or organization makes, judgments of forecaster performance are likely to be based on a few spectacular, newsworthy, atypical events. It is reasonable to expect similar benefits if these methods are applied in intelligence analysis. As the medical examples illustrate, rigorous evaluation of physician judgments and practices using the methods proposed in this chapter have improved medical outcomes substantially. That, combined with time pressure, can generate considerable stress for the person making the forecasts and detections. In both medicine and intelligence analysis the stakes are often very high. Just as physicians often have to make quick assessments based on limited and sometimes conflicting information sources with no two cases ever being quite the same, so too intelligence analysts evaluate and characterize evolving situations using partial information from sources varying in credibility. Although medical judgment tasks are not perfectly analogous to IC analyses, there are enough strong similarities to make the examples useful. The chapter relies extensively on recent advances in assessing medical forecasts and detections, where signal detection theory specifically and evidence-based medicine more generally have led to many advances. This chapter suggests methods for improving the assessment of accuracy. As discussed extensively in Tetlock and Mellers (this volume, Chapter 11), Intelligence Community Directive Number 203 (Director of National Intelligence, 2007) emphasizes process accountability in evaluating IC performance rather than accuracy. However, in a problem that is not unique to the intelligence community (IC), forecasters are notoriously reluctant to keep scorecards of their performance, or at least to make those score-cards publicly available. Being able to assess prediction accuracy is especially important when evaluating new methods believed to improve forecast performance. Those making the predictions need to know how well they are doing and if they are improving. Consumers of these predictions need to know the expected accuracy of the forecasts and the confidence with which the predictions and putative detections are made. Examples include stock analysts, weather forecasters, physicians, and, of course, intelligence analysts. Many individuals and organizations make predictions of future events or detection and identification of current states. Use of Signal Detection Theory as a Tool for Enhancing Performance and Evaluating Tradecraft in Intelligence Analysis In exchange for her silence, she will receive a handsome financial settlement. When Cun Xi's grandmother, Granny Ji, learns she is about to have a first great-grandchild, she is ecstatic and insists that they marry.Ĭun Xi, angry and feeling trapped, forces Xin Yi to agree to a post-birth divorce and the relinquishment of the baby. Her family rejects this idea, and tries to persuade Xin Yi that aborting is the best solution. Initially, she decides to have an abortion, but Cun Xi changes his mind at the last minute and offers to financially support Xin Yi until the birth. He finds out anyway, courtesy of the national news, no less! They hope to blackmail him into stopping from closing their hair products factory on Ginger Island.Īlthough each vows to forget about the indelicate incident and to continue on with their lives, Xin Yi soon discovers that she's pregnant. Suddenly, Xin Yi's brother-in-law and his father burst in their suite to snap photos of Cun Xi and the prostitute they hired to lure him into an indelicate situation. In a huge mix-up involving drugs, a blackmail plot, and other mishaps, Xin Yi and Cun Xi wind up spending the afternoon in bed, both mistaking the other for their actual partners. Aware that Cun Xi planned to propose, she abandons him by choosing the ballet over the boyfriend, confident he would wait for her just once more. As she flies to New York City, she marvels at the thought that it's a dream come true for her to be on the world stage and surely Cun Xi would understand how important this was to her, even if it was the 11th time she had stood him up. Anna has opted to accept the principal role of Odette in The Black Swan, a coup for an Asian ballerina. Once on board, Xin Yi is devastated when she catches Gu Chi cheating on her and when he tells her that he planned to break up with her anyway.įellow passenger Ji Cun Xi ( Ethan Juan), the wealthy sole heir of a toiletries company, plans to propose to his long-time ballerina girlfriend Anna ( Bianca Bai) and sets about finalizing the preparations, unaware that she didn't board the ship. She plans and pays for a romantic love cruise, hoping to lose her virginity to her boyfriend/coworker Gu Chi. Her co-workers frequently take advantage of her eager-to-please nature by dumping mindless tasks on her. Synopsis Ĭhen Xin Yi ( Joe Chen) is a dowdy legal assistant at a large law firm, where she is known as 'The sticky note girl' - someone helpful, but easily dispensed with once a task is completed. It was awarded the 2008 Best Television Series and Best Marketing Programme.įated to Love You was also reviewed by The Wall Street Journal. It was nominated in 2008 for six awards at the 43rd Golden Bell Awards, Taiwan. The drama holds the record for the highest average single-episode rating at 10.91 with a peak at 13.64 for episode 20 broadcast on 27 July 2008, and broke the previous record held by The Prince Who Turns into a Frog. The series was adapted into Korean and Thai language versions with the Thai series dubbed in Filipino for release in the Philippines. It was produced by Sanlih E-Television and directed by Chen Ming Zhang with location filming in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Shanghai. The series was first broadcast in Taiwan on free-to-air Taiwan Television (TTV) (台視) from 16 March 2008 to 24 August 2008, every Sunday at 22:00 and cable TV Sanlih E-Television from 22 March 2008 to 30 August 2008, every Saturday at 21:00. Fated to Love You ( Chinese: 命中注定我愛你 pinyin: Mìng zhòng zhù dìng wǒ ài nǐ) is a 2008 Taiwanese television series, starring Joe Chen, Ethan Juan, Baron Chen and Bianca Bai.
That said, let's get these out of the way first, because as you know Marvel and other studios tend to serve up a handful of comic flicks every year these days. If they look good to you, definitely check them out! No offense to my franchise babes, but Hollywood needs to know that as much as we love to see our faves, we're open to trying new things as well. There are even some original action movies that aren't based on anything and don't seem like two and a half hour toy commercials coming out, too. There's plenty of diversity when it comes to action this year. There are superheroes, spies, assassins, more superheroes, Vin Diesel, an archaeology professor, robots, dinosaurs, and. There's a new Mission: Impossible movie, a new Creed movie, and a new Transformers movie. From free cleaning, repair, splicing, an even adding trailers and background music of your choice.All included when we transfer your 8mm, 16mm or Super 8 film into the digital format of your choice. Just about every franchise you can think of, and even some you forgot about, is getting a sequel. It only takes a few minutes to pack and ship your film. It's, like, the only constant in the chaos at this point. If you go to the movies to see big explosions, cars defying the laws of physics, and iconic fight scenes between the coolest people on the planet in the coolest places on the planet, you're in luck! There are a gazillion action movies coming out in 2023. No genre encompasses those three things better than the action movie genre. We want to see places we may never be able to visit. We want to root for them as they do things we could never do. Fast X May 19: The Metropolitan Opera: Don Giovanni May 20: Anni Manchi Sakunamule May 17: Pichaikkaran 2 May 19: Monica May 12: Bichagadu 2. We want to be told stories about people who are nothing like us. 2315 Belair Road, Fallston, Maryland, 21047. To paraphrase the great Nicole Kidman in the AMC advertisement that I personally hope never goes away: we come to the movies for magic. Slot 6 - Ultimate Cooldown Reduction% My Thoughts: Not only are enemies blasted by a very large hit (seems to be an 8.5x multiplier base), Tip the Scales also ramps up your own Party Damage while decreasing enemy damage. Tip the Scales: This is an interesting Ultimate. Kelemvor's Will: Increases the damage of Spiritual Weapon by 100%. Specializationsĭig In: War Healing will trigger when an enemy is reduced to 50% as well as 0%. All Champion Damage: Nerys has a healthy amount of All Champion% damage in her level kit.Īt level cap, this amounts to a 32300% buff or 324x multiplier. Her Spiritual Weapon now follows the Champion with the highest DPS, doing a portion of THEIR damage instead of Nerys'! Once you unlock this upgrade, having Nerys in your party will be a huge DPS boost in addtion to having her added healing capabilities. Follow My Friend: Nerys' final formation ability breaks the mold of spiritual weapon a bit, but it works with the spirit of her character. She'll be a great addition to any Tomb of Annihilation adventure!Īt level cap, this is 900%, or a 10x multiplier. She increases the damage all champions do to undead monsters. Unholy: Nerys' next formation ability focuses on the type of enemies Nerys abhors: Undead. This will heal for 255 at level cap with no items. Whenever an enemy is killed, Nerys heals the most damaged Champion within 2 slots of her. As death comes to all, so too does it come to baddies. War Healing: Nerys' next formation ability unlocks her healing capabilities. It essentially just gives you a true damage boost, including the Hammers, rather than any extra damage because the Hammers exist. The sword attack will include Barrowin's hammer stacks.Įven with that bonus though, Hammer stacks are not going to be worth it unless you're already using Barrowin (ie, your Tyril is undergeared). This can double with her Kelemvor's Will specialization. The sword strikes for 1.46e05% (or 1461x) at level cap with no items. The sword will only strike ONCE per attack cycle, no matter how many times the champion attacks. The sword can attack either a separate target or the same target. The spiritual weapon takes the form of her greatsword and attacks with her, doing a high percentage of her damage. Spiritual Weapon: Nerys' first formation ability unlocks her companion, a spiritual weapon. Champion Spotlight Abilitiesīase Attack - Dash and Slash: Nerys cleaves all targets near the closest enemy. Nerys occupies slot 12, and fits in as a hybrid Support/Healer role. Nerys is Lawful Good and a member of the Heroes of Baldur's Gate. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. The characters Arkhan and Chango are trademarks of 3:59, Inc. and other countries, and are used with permission. Dungeons & Dragons, D&D, Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realm, Forgotten Realms, Wizards of the Coast, and their respective logos are trademarks of Wizards of the Coast LLC in the U.S.A.
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Filled with slime, algae, and gold amalgam the swamp biome is one of the most unhygienic places in the game. If the player needs an idea on where germs are located in the colony, then select the germ overlay near the top right of the screen. In the most ideal situations, these buildings will be placed right before major germ centers like restrooms, polluted water dumps, and food preparation areas. The Printing Pod is notable for its ability to print living organic material from biological blueprints. To prevent this, players need to place specific medicine buildings, like the washbasin and sink, throughout the colony. An advanced 3D printer developed by the Gravitas Facility. If the colony develops too much bacteria, it can cause duplicants to contract diseases like slimelung or food poisoning, which come with their own variety of debuffs. Speaking of bacteria, sanitation is really important in this game. 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