Plot.

"Charlotte" takes place in an alternate reality where a short-period comet called Charlotte passes near Earth once every 75 years. As this happens, it spreads dust onto the Earth, which causes a small percentage of preadolescent children who inhale the dust to manifest superhuman abilities upon reaching puberty. The story follows the protagonist Yuu Otosaka, a boy who awakens the ability to temporarily possess another person for five seconds. Although hoping to use his ability to fraudulently live a carefree high school life, he is unexpectedly exposed by Nao Tomori, a girl who can make herself invisible to a specific target. She forces him to transfer to and join its student council, of which she is the president. Also on the student council is Jōjirō Takajō, a boy who can move at uncontrollably high speeds. The student council's main objective is to ensure the safety of ability users from organizations who seek to exploit their powers. In doing so, the student council warns ability users of the potential danger of using their abilities openly. This leads the student council to Yusa Nishimori, a pop singer who has the ability to channel the spirits of the dead as a medium. Yusa's dead older sister Misa frequently makes use of this ability to freely possess her at any time, which allows Misa to use her own ability, pyrokinesis. Nao soon arranges for Yusa to transfer to Hoshinoumi Academy and join the student council.  Yuu's younger sister Ayumi unexpectedly awakens an ability to cause anything around her to suddenly collapse, which results in her death. Yuu falls into a deep depression as a result and isolates himself, but Nao successfully manages to pull him out of his depression and gets him to return to the student council. While attending a concert of the post-rock band Zhiend with Nao, Yuu recollects previously suppressed memories of his older brother Shunsuke, who has the ability to time travel. Shunsuke had used this ability to establish Hoshinoumi Academy and an affiliated organization attempting to develop a vaccine to prevent children from developing abilities before they manifest, but his repeated use has left him blind. Yuu learns that the true nature of his ability enables him to steal another person's ability by possessing them. Yuu steals Shunsuke's ability to go back in time and ultimately prevent Ayumi's death by stealing her collapse ability before she can use it.  A terrorist group manages to abduct Nao and Kumagami, one of Shunsuke's closest friends and aides, and holds them hostage in exchange for Yuu, who attempts to rescue them. However, the operation does not go as planned, which results in Kumagami's death and Yuu being gravely injured. After Yuu recovers, he resolves to protect all of the ability users around the world by stealing their abilities as per Nao's suggestion. As Yuu travels the world stealing abilities, the more powers he takes on soon takes its toll on him as he starts losing his memories and sense of self. However, he still manages to steal everyone's abilities throughout the world before collapsing. Shunsuke rescues Yuu, bringing him back to Japan among friends and family. Yuu is left with no past memories, but Nao tells him she is his girlfriend. Yuu and his friends look forward to the memories they will make from now on as Yuu continues to recover from his ordeal.

Production.

Creation and conception.

The original creators of "Charlotte" are Jun Maeda and Na-Ga of Key, and "Charlotte" is the second original anime series created by Key following "Angel Beats!" (2010). Hironori Toba of Aniplex approached Maeda in early 2012 with an offer from P.A.Works president Kenji Horikawa to do another anime series with the studio. Maeda was surprised by this, as he never expected to work with P.A.Works again. Horikawa explained that the production staff could now handle things that were not able to be fully materialized during the production of "Angel Beats!". Maeda did not think he would ever be involved in the planning of another anime series, but he said that he had no choice but to accept Horikawa's offer after discussing it with him. Toba asked Maeda to write a "Key-like story", and Maeda started out by applying his prior experience of working on "Angel Beats!". He went through a trial-and-error process to work out what kind of setting and story would work well for an anime series. Long before working on "Charlotte", Maeda had thought up a concept for a story with characters who have imperfect superpowers that must cooperate with each other to resolve any incidents that arise. Maeda originally submitted three separate ideas for a story to Toba, and he asked him which one he liked best. However, after Toba pointed out one of the other two, Maeda made it clear that he wanted to do the story that would become "Charlotte". When writing the story, Maeda also reconsidered how he had done certain things with "Angel Beats!". In particular, he attempted to put more of a focus on the behavior of the characters. Maeda also narrowed down the number of main characters in "Charlotte" compared to "Angel Beats!", which could not put a focus on each and every character. Toba felt that Maeda was influenced by his work on "Angel Beats!", which changed his thought process and what he wanted to depict in "Charlotte".  Maeda thought issues had arisen with the large cast of characters in "Angel Beats!", such as overlapping personality traits and not being able to remember everyone, and he used those considerations when writing "Charlotte". Similarly, when designing the characters in "Angel Beats!", Na-Ga had been concerned about designs being too similar among the characters, and went on to make use of that experience with "Charlotte". When developing Jōjirō Takajō, he originally had a different appearance and personality, but over the course of the development process, he eventually became similar to Takamatsu from "Angel Beats!". Maeda decided fairly early on to make Yuu Otosaka a low-life cheater at the start of "Charlotte" because he had never created a character like that before. When trying to choose a title for "Charlotte", Maeda's friend Taisei Nakagawa proposed a title which could be abbreviated as "AA" based on its similarity to "Angel Beats!" abbreviation of "AB". However, Maeda did not like the title, and devised the title "Charlotte" as one that would surpass the original "AA" title. The title "Charlotte" came from the song by the Japanese band Art-School.

Development.

When deciding on "Charlotte" staff, Toba thought it would be better not to have exactly the same team that produced "Angel Beats!". Having already decided to stick with Maeda, Na-Ga and P.A.Works, Toba aimed to bring together a staff that would add a new variety to the creative process, and in doing so would prevent being influenced by the work done on "Angel Beats!". With that in mind, Toba wanted a director who had a good understanding of "Angel Beats!" and who would also be suitable as "Charlotte" director, leading him to seek out Yoshiyuki Asai. Toba took into consideration the storyboarding Asai had done for two episodes of "Angel Beats!", and he thought that "Charlotte" would be a good opportunity to have a first-time series director. Asai was also chosen as someone who could handle both comedic and serious moments. When Horikawa first looked at "Charlotte" incomplete script, he told Maeda that it did not feel like it had the same kind of zeal that "Angel Beats!" had. However, once he saw the whole script, his concerns with it were dispelled, much to Maeda's relief.  While the entire script was still in the draft phase, Maeda revised lines that felt unnatural after asking others for their opinions on it, including Na-Ga. When writing the script, Maeda made a conscious effort to write "Charlotte" in the framework of an anime series, as opposed to when he wrote the script for "Angel Beats!", which he admits he wrote more akin to the framework of a video game. In this way, Toba felt that "Charlotte" was Maeda's effort to write a story in its purest form that could not be made into a video game, unlike "Angel Beats!". Toba also noted that the characters in "Charlotte" are not written for a video game scenario, especially the protagonist, and went on to echo Horikawa's sentiment that "Charlotte" is akin to an I novel for Maeda. Toba explained that this is a result of Maeda's effort to remove the restrictions that come from writing the scenario for a video game.  Kanami Sekiguchi was chosen as the character designer after Horikawa took notice of her work as the animation director of episode nine of "Angel Beats!", and Toba was eager to see how she would render Na-Ga's original designs. When it came time to choose an art director, Kazuki Higashiji was chosen for his zeal in the workplace and Horikawa's confidence in his artistic talent; Higashiji had also been the art director for "Angel Beats!". Similarly, Satoki Iida was brought back to work on "Charlotte" again as the sound and music director, and he also helped with the proofreading of the script as he had done for "Angel Beats!". Iida was largely chosen for his good communication with Maeda, and so that he could make the best use of his experience working on "Angel Beats!". When writing the music for How-Low-Hello, Maeda reused some older songs he had composed as a student in the 1990s that he felt were selective of his best songs from that period. At the time, his concept when composing the songs was "early B'z", but Maeda notes that this is no longer the case with the completed songs.

Media.

Manga.

A four-panel comic strip manga, illustrated by Haruka Komowata and titled, was serialized from the May 2015 issue of ASCII Media Works' "Dengeki G's Comic" sold on March 30, 2015 to the May 2017 issue sold on March 30, 2017. Three "tankōbon" volumes for "Charlotte The 4-koma" were released between September 26, 2015 and May 27, 2017. A second manga, illustrated by Makoto Ikezawa and Yū Tsurusaki, is titled "Charlotte" and was serialized from the September 2015 issue of "Dengeki G's Comic" sold on July 30, 2015 and the February 2019 issue sold on December 27, 2018. "Charlotte" is also available on Kadokawa Corporation's ComicWalker website. Six "tankōbon" volumes for "Charlotte" were released between August 27, 2015 and January 26, 2019.

Anime.

The 13-episode "Charlotte" anime television series is directed by Yoshiyuki Asai and produced by P.A.Works and Aniplex. The series aired in Japan between July 5 and September 27, 2015. The screenplay is written by Jun Maeda, who originally conceived the series. The chief animators are Noboru Sugimitsu and Kanami Sekiguchi, and Sekiguchi based the character design used in the anime on Na-Ga's original designs. Sound and music direction is headed by Satoki Iida. The series is being released on seven Blu-ray/DVD compilation volumes between September 23, 2015 and March 30, 2016 in limited and regular editions. The seventh volume featured an original video animation episode. Three drama CDs, written by Maeda and performed by the anime's cast, were released with the first, third and fifth volumes. In North America, the series is licensed by Aniplex of America, who simulcasted the series on Aniplex Channel, Crunchyroll, Hulu, Daisuki, Viewster, and Animax Asia. The series was obtained by Madman Entertainment for digital distribution in Australia and New Zealand who simulcasted the series on AnimeLab.  The anime's music is composed by Maeda, Hikarishuyo, and the group Anant-Garde Eyes, who also provided the musical arrangement. The music is released on Key's record label Key Sounds Label. The single "Bravely You / was released on August 26, 2015 in limited (CD+DVD) and regular (CD) editions; the limited edition's DVD contains the opening and ending videos without the credits. There are two in-story bands: How-Low-Hello featuring vocals by Maaya Uchida, and Zhiend featuring vocals by Marina. One single and one album was released for both bands in 2015. How-Low-Hello's single was released on September 2, and the band's album "Smells Like Tea, Espresso" was released on September 30. Zhiend's single "Trigger" was released on September 9, and the band's album "Echo" was released on October 14 as a two-CD set for both English and Japanese lyrics. The anime's original soundtrack was released on November 4, 2015 as a two-CD set.  An Internet radio show to promote the series titled streamed 13 weekly broadcasts between July 6 and September 28, 2015 on Niconico. The show was also available via Hibiki Radio Station and Onsen, and was hosted by Ayane Sakura (the voice of Nao). Two CD compilation volumes for the show were released between September 30, 2015 and January 27, 2016.

Reception.

In a review by Anime News Network, reviewer Gabriella Ekens praised the series for "sculpting singular, evocative moments", but went on to say that a "problem arises when you try to tie them into a bigger picture." Ekens criticized the pacing and structure of the show, calling it an "inefficient...collection of sprawling narrative ideas" and comparing it to """ suddenly turn[ing] into "Darker than Black"." Ekens also notes that its thematic purpose "seems to be Jun Maeda's opportunity for melodramatic elaboration on the emotional dilemmas posed by "Madoka Magica"." Overall, "Charlotte" was lauded for its entertainment value and unpredictability, but "disappoints as a work of art." Early on, Ekens described the series as having "sharp comedic timing," and by episode four, she praised the comedic elements as "already much funnier than "Plastic Memories"." She went on to say that "it's dumb, but I like it for the same reasons I liked the comedy in "Seraph of the End: Vampire Reign"." Chris Beveridge of The Fandom Post found "Charlotte" unpredictability "engaging" and its animation "beautiful". Ekens praised P.A. Works for their dynamic direction and "expressive cinematography" which offers "a distinct, pleasant aesthetic."  In a column on "Mainichi Shimbun" Mantanweb portal, "Charlotte" was praised for the balance it strikes to reach a wide audience, from "core fans" of anime to casual viewers, in regards to its creative use of peculiar characters coupled with a scenario focused on resolving problems. Columnist Ryō Koarai commended "Charlotte" for pulling in the viewer from the first episode due to Yuu's surprising, unorthodox personality in contrast with how he uses his superhuman ability in his everyday life. Writer Seiji Nakazawa lauded "Charlotte" for defying the ""moe" anime" stereotype at first glance and for instead being what he describes as a "human drama". He notes that "Charlotte" is written in much the same way as Maeda's previous works by inserting jokes between serious moments to offer some relief to the viewer. While Nakazawa admits that some may find the jokes in "Charlotte" corny, he finds them acceptable and likens them to a palate cleanser.  The seven Blu-ray compilation volumes ranked in the top 15 on Japan's Oricon weekly Blu-ray sales chart for animation: Volume one ranked at No. 1, volume two ranked at No. 6, volume three ranked at No. 9, volume four ranked at No. 4, volume five ranked at No. 10, volume six ranked at No. 13, and volume seven ranked at No. 3. The opening and ending theme song single "Bravely You / Yakeochinai Tsubasa" debuted at No. 4 on Japan's Oricon weekly singles chart, selling over 23,000 copies in its first week of sales. How-Low-Hello's single "Rakuen Made / Hatsunetsu Days" debuted at No. 9 on the Oricon singles chart, selling about 9,300 copies in its first week of sales. How-Low-Hello's album "Smells Like Tea, Espresso" debuted at No. 12 on the Oricon albums chart, selling about 9,500 copies in its first week of sales. Zhiend's single "Trigger" debuted at No. 11 on the Oricon singles chart, selling about 14,000 copies in its first week of sales. Zhiend's album "Echo" debuted at No. 4 on the Oricon albums chart, selling about 10,300 copies in its first week of sales. The "Charlotte Original Soundtrack" debuted at No. 9 on the Oricon albums chart, selling about 6,600 copies in its first week of sales.

The story was originally conceived by Jun Maeda, who also wrote the screenplay and composed some of the music, with original character design by Na-Ga. Both Maeda and Na-Ga are from the visual novel brand Key, and "Charlotte" is the second original anime series created by Key following "Angel Beats!" in 2010. Maeda had thought up the concept for "Charlotte" long before he was approached in early 2012 to work on another anime series after "Angel Beats!". Maeda narrowed down the number of main characters compared to "Angel Beats!" and attempted to put more of a focus on their behavior. Instead of employing the same staff that had worked on "Angel Beats!", the aim for "Charlotte" was to bring together a staff that would add a new variety to the creative process to prevent being influenced by the work done on "Angel Beats!".

Charlotte () ist eine japanische Animationsfernsehserie (Anime), die im Animationsstudio P.A. Works unter der Regie von Yoshiyuki Asai entstand und zwischen 5. Juli 2015 und dem 27. September gleichen Jahres in Japan gesendet wurde. Die Serie umfasst dreizehn Episoden. Eine zusätzliche Episode wurde im März 2016 als Original Video Animation (OVA) veröffentlicht. Außerdem wurden zwei Mangaserien im Dengeki G’s Comics des Verlages ASCII Media Works publiziert.


Life.

Winwaloe was the son of Fragan (or Fracan), a prince of Dumnonia, and his wife Gwen the Three-Breasted, who had fled to Brittany to avoid the plague.  Winwaloe was born about 460, apparently at Plouguin, near Saint-Pabu, where his supposed place of birth, a feudal hillock, can still be seen. Winwaloe grew up in Ploufragan near Saint-Brieuc with his brother Wethenoc, and his brother Jacut. They were later joined by a sister, Creirwy, and still later by half-brother Cadfan. He was educated by Budoc of Dol on Lavret island in the Bréhat archipelago near Paimpol.  As a young man Winwaloe conceived a wish to visit Ireland to see the remains of Saint Patrick, who had just died. However, the saint appeared to him in a dream to say that it would be better to remain in Brittany and found an abbey. So, with eleven of Budoc's other disciples, he set up a small monastery on the Île de Tibidy, at the mouth of the Faou. However it was so inhospitable that after three years, he miraculously opened a passage through the sea to found another abbey on the opposite bank of the Landévennec estuary.  Winwaloe died at his monastery on 3 March 532.

Veneration.

Winwaloe was venerated as a saint at Landévennec until Viking invasions in 914 forced the monks to flee, with his body, to Château-du-Loir and then Montreuil-sur-Mer. His relics were often taken on procession through the town.  Winwaloe's shrine was destroyed during the French Revolution in 1793.  He apparently acquired a priapic reputation through confusion of his name with the word "gignere" (French "engendrer", "to beget") and was thus a patron of fertility as one of the phallic saints. He is also the patron of Saint-Guénolé in Penmarch, Finistère.  In Cornwall, Winwaloe is the patron of the churches at Tremaine, St Wynwallow's Church, Landewednack, Gunwalloe and Poundstock as well as East Portlemouth in Devon and two lost chapels in Wales. His feast day is 28 April and Gunwalloe feast is celebrated on the last Sunday of April. The churches of St Twynnells, near Pembroke, Pembrokeshire and Wonastow, Monmouthshire may have been originally dedicated to him. They were probably founded by his successor at Landévennec, Gwenhael, who certainly made trips to Great Britain. Exeter Cathedral, Glastonbury Abbey, Abingdon Abbey and Waltham Abbey Church held small relics. He was also popular in East Anglia where the abbey at Montreuil had a daughter house; St Winwaloe Priory in Norfolk was dedicated to him.

Saint Winwaloe (; ; or ; – 3 March 532) was the founder and first abbot of Landévennec Abbey (literally "Lann of Venec"), also known as the Monastery of Winwaloe. It was just south of Brest in Brittany, now part of France.

Der Heilige Guengalaenus (* nach 460 in Wales; † 532 (?) in der Bretagne) war ein Benediktiner und Missionar. Das Zentrum seiner Verehrung befindet sich in der Bretagne. Es existieren über 50 Variationen seines Namens. In Frankreich gebräuchlich ist "Guénolé". Variationen sind unter anderem Winwaloe oder Winwallus. Sein Gedenktag ist der 3. März.


Early life.

Swammi's parents are industrialist V. D. Swami and Bharatanatyam dancer C. V. S. Vasantha. Swamy studied at the Sishya School and later in Don Bosco Matriculation Higher Secondary School and completed his schooling in 1987. He then graduated from Loyola College, Madras in 1990 with a Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com) degree. He then went to the United States to do his Masters in International Business from Wake Forest University in North Carolina.  Arvind Swami wished to be a doctor. In college, he used to be a model for pocket money. In his Loyola Theatre Society, he wasn't well received and was asked to get off stage. Later on Mani Ratnam saw him in an advertisement and called for a meeting. Then he and Santhosh Sivan introduced him into the basics of film-making.

Career.

1991–2006: Early career.

Swami made his debut in Mani Ratnam's action drama film, "Thalapathi", where he played a young district collector pitted against a don and his own biological brother. Subsequently, Mani Ratnam signed him on to play the lead role in the 1992 political drama film "Roja". "Roja" and "Bombay" won awards at the State and National Film Award functions. His performance in "Bombay" was called "soulful" by Time Magazine. Swamy has won several awards, popular and critical, for his films. He has been described as one of the first few actors in India who is able to achieve pan-Indian appeal. In 1995, Swamy provided the Tamil dubbing voice for the adult Simba of Disney's "The Lion King" (1994). He starred in Rajiv Menon's "Minsaara Kanavu" alongside Kajol and Prabhu Deva, which won four National Film Awards besides high box office reviews.  He had also acted in director Mahendran's "Sasanam" in 1999, for NFDC, a low budget ‘arthouse’ Film, without his remuneration only for the experience of working with the director(released 2006),  Swamy retired from acting in 2000 after playing a guest role in Mani Ratnam's "Alaipayuthey" and concentrated on his business interests.  He was the only actor in India who opposed fans associations.  Swamy was earlier director of V D Swamy and Company and engaged in international trade and construction in the 90s. In 2000, he was the president of InterPro Global and the chairman and managing director of Prolease India, engaged in transaction processing. Swami was in charge of operations and technology for the delivery of many processes across different verticals globally.  He then founded Talent Maximus in 2005, a company engaged in payroll processing and temporary staffing in India.  He had quit films in 2000 and was focussed on growing his businesses. In 2005, he had an accident and injured his spine. He experienced partial paralysis of his leg and suffered in pain for many years. The treatment took another 4–5 years.

2013–present.

After his successful treatment, Mani Ratnam called him once more to play a role in one of his films, "Kadal" (2013) for which Swamy dropped 15 kilograms.  In 2013, he provided the voice-over for Santhosh Sivan's film "Ceylon". In 2015, he acted in a now iconic negative role of Sidharth Abhimanyu in "Thani Oruvan", for which he was highly praised and received positive reviews and many awards for his acting.  In 2016, he reprised the same role in Telugu in the film "Dhruva" with Ram Charan, a remake of "Thani Oruvan" for which he got a lot of appreciation from the Telugu audience. Later in a Hindi movie, "Dear Dad" (2016).  The popular game show "Neengalum Vellalam Oru Kodi" recruited Swamy for its third season, which started airing on 30 May 2016.  In 2017, he did the title role of "Bogan", co starring Jayam Ravi, for which he again got an outstanding response from the critics and the audience. In 2018, he acted in "Bhaskar Oru Rascal". Arvind Swami does a neat job without imitating what Mammootty did in the original. The film is followed by "Chekka Chivantha Vaanam" (2018). Throughout, the film pretends to be a hunt for that one bad guy among the heroes. The film is released to mostly positive reviews.

Personal life.

Swamy married Gayathri Ramamurthy in 1994 and has one daughter Adhira Swami, born in 1996 and a son Rudra Swami, born in 2000. The couple lived separately for seven years until 2010, when they filed for divorce. He is married to Aparna Mukerjee, a lawyer, since 2012. Arvind Swamy was granted custody of his children.

Arvind Swami (born 18 June 1970) is an Indian film actor, model, entrepreneur and television presenter known for his work in Tamil cinema. He was introduced as an actor by Mani Ratnam with the film "Thalapathi" (1991) and subsequently starred in successful films such as "Roja" (1992), "Bombay" (1995), "Minsaara Kanavu" (1997) "Thani Oruvan" (2015), "Bogan" (2017) and "Chekka Chivantha Vaanam" (2018).

Arvind Swami, auch Arvind Swamy (* 18. Juni 1970 in Trichy, Indien), ist ein indischer Schauspieler. Er ist aus tamilischen Filmen bekannt.


History.

The group fought along with the People's Guard () in a number of intense engagements against German forces, making use of machine guns, explosives for mining railways and other supplies air-dropped by Soviet forces, with food stuffs requisitioned from local farmers. They participated in the takeover of the city of Parczew on April 16, 1944.  The "Holocaust Encyclopedia" claims that the Polish Home Army (AK) usually "refused" to accept Jews. This information however, is challenged on statistical grounds by the Jewish veteran of the Polish Home Army First Armoured Division, Willie Glaser who wrote, that Jewish resistance fighters were members of the Armia Krajowa in considerable numbers as well. Also, Gwardia Ludowa (GL) partisans, created by the communist PPR in January 1942 (with whom Parczew partisans aligned themselves) were engaged in terror aimed at local domination. On one occasion, the unit of Gwardia Ludowa commanded by Grzegorz Korczyński from Kraśnik County near Lublin, committed mass atrocities in the village of Ludmiłówka on 6 December 1942 killing dozens of Jews in retaliation for the PPR action in Grabówka against their own men. The murders were hushed up in Stalinist Poland by the Ministry of Public Security engaged in brutal persecution of the AK soldiers.  After Operation Barbarossa, the German military and Orpo aided by the Ukrainian Auxiliary Police battalions, began mass deportations of Polish inhabitants of Zamojszczyzna south of Chełm in preparation for the "Generalplan Ost" resettlement ordered by "Reichsführer-SS" Heinrich Himmler. Some Polish villages were simply razed and their inhabitants massacred. During "Heim ins Reich Ukraineraktion", pro-Nazi Ukrainians and German-Ukrainian "Volksdeutsche" were being resettled there along with ethnic Germans from the east. They were given new latifundia built by Jewish prisoners of the Lublin Reservation who were sent to nearby Sobibór extermination camp afterwards. The Polish underground retaliated by launching the Zamość uprising, considered to be among the largest actions of the Polish resistance during World War II. Some Ukrainian sources refer to this operation as a massacre of Ukrainian villagers near Chelm and in the Podlasie area, and attribute thousands of those killed to the Polish underground. Such claims are rejected by the Institute of National Remembrance, and debunked by Ukrainian authors of the "Historical Dictionary of Ukraine" who point out that recent studies confirm a much lower figure. According to Jewish sources, the Jewish partisans themselves used to execute Ukrainian villagers "who had gone to the woods to round up the Jews who had escaped" from the ghettos. The killings in villages near the Parczew forest were motivated by revenge for the "anti-Jewish activities" of the Ukrainian peasants.

The Parczew partisans were fighters in irregular military groups participating in the Jewish resistance movement against Nazi Germany and its collaborators during World War II. The name of the partisan force, coined by the Holocaust historians, is borrowed from the Parczew forest located a short distance away from Lublin, halfway to the town of Sobibór, the location of the Sobibór extermination camp during the Holocaust in occupied Poland. The Jews who managed to escape from the camp hid in there along with the considerable number of Jewish families of the Lublin Ghetto.

Die Parczew-Partisanen waren Kämpfer in irregulären militärischen Truppen, die an der jüdischen Widerstandsbewegung gegen NS-Deutschland und seine Kollaborateure während des Zweiten Weltkriegs teilnahmen. Sie waren Teil der geschätzten 20.000 bis 30.000 jüdischen Partisanen auf polnischem Gebiet. Die von Holocaust-Historikern geprägte Bezeichnung dieser Partisanentruppe geht auf den Parczew-Wald zurück, in dem sich die Partisanen versteckt hielten. Dieser liegt nicht weit von Lublin entfernt, auf halber Strecke zur Stadt Sobibór, dem Ort des Sobibór-Vernichtungslagers während des Holocausts im besetzten Polen. Die Juden, denen es gelang, aus dem Lager Sobibór zu fliehen, versteckten sich dort zusammen mit einer beträchtlichen Anzahl jüdischer Familien des Lubliner Ghettos.


Plot.

Conan lived in Cimmeria with his parents throughout his childhood. While out with his grandfather one night on a trek, "fiery tears" or meteors dropped from the skies. Conan collected them and brought them back to his family. Conan's father, the village blacksmith, used the ore from the meteors to forge Star Metal and used it to create various tools and weapons that would never rust or break or dull. He sold them, but his finest work, a magnificent sword, he kept for Conan. It was laid in a crypt and covered over with a heavy stone slab. Conan's father told his son that only when he was "man enough" (i.e., strong enough) to push off the stone slab, could he rightfully claim the sword.  Meanwhile, the evil Serpent Man wizard Wrath-Amon learned of Star Metal and that in addition to its strength that it possessed the power to open portals between dimensions. He thus sought Star Metal to release his deity Set from "the Abyss" to which he long ago had been banished by the combined powers of virtually every living wizard then on Earth for trying to enslave the human race. As part of his search, Wrath-Amon sought out Conan's family. Conan's father told Wrath-Amon that he had sold all of the Star Metal, but the wizard refused to believe it. The wizard was right for aside from the sword, it was revealed in a later episode that Conan's father had hidden pieces of Star Metal with other villagers. Wrath-Amon used the spell of living stone upon Conan's family.  Conan by then had gone to claim his Star Metal sword to attack Wrath-Amon and his followers. When the Star Metal sword got near Wrath-Amon, it disrupted his magic and showed his reptilian face. To this, he said "Those who see the true face of Wrath-Amon must perish!" (this scene is similar to one in the film). Having chased away the wizard, Conan then turned to his family and swore in the name of their god Crom to find a way of releasing them from the spell.  Conan's adventures thus begin as he searches Hyboria looking for a way to cure his family and free the land from Wrath-Amon's rule. Wrath-Amon's henchmen are also shapeshifting Serpent Men. When Conan's Star Metal sword is close enough to them, it broke the spell that disguised them and revealed their true form to be Serpent Men. When Star Metal made contact with the Serpent Men, it banishes them to the Abyss with Set. Spies and agents of Set and Stygia, many of them also Serpent Men, were present in many cities, nations and tribes throughout the land in the age of Conan.  As compared with the original Conan stories and the Marvel Comics such as "King Conan", "Conan Saga", "Conan the Barbarian" and "Conan the King", the cartoon Conan displays a higher degree of modern morality. While the original Conan is a thief, a killer, and a philanderer, the cartoon Conan has more in common with sword-wielding cartoon characters such as He-Man. At one point, he refuses to join a pirate crew on the grounds that it is wrong to steal, he refuses to strike unarmed or defeated opponents. He is a kind and caring character, albeit a little naive, who stands up for his friends and what he sees to be right and is very respectable. The show also reduced the violence of the original to cartoon levels, deliberately making the Serpent Men "banished" with any touch of the heroes' weapons rather than actually struck.

Characters.

Villains.

The Snake Cult.

The Snake Cult is an evil religion that worships Set and lures away victims, even rulers who fear the wrath of Wrath-Amon. Wrath-Amon preaches the wicked religion of Set and so did the sorcerer Ram-Amon before him. While some of its members are human, current or former, the Snake Cult's primary members are the reptilian Serpent Men. While able to assume human form, the Serpent Men share their Set's weakness for Star Metal and would end up in the Abyss if exposed to anything made of Star Metal.

References to deities.

There are references to other beings (mostly deities) most of which who are never seen in the series.

Home releases.

In the UK, Maximum Entertainment (Under license from Jetix Europe) has released a single DVD featuring 5 episodes in 2004, and later released the complete season one DVD set containing all 13 episodes of season one of the series in 2008, uncut and in their original story order. This set was released in Region 2 format, but is now out of print.  Force Entertainment released the complete series on DVD in Australia in Region 4 format in a series of 16 single-disc DVD volumes, with four episodes per disc, excluding episode 27 (A Needle in a Haystack) which is thankfully featured on the Region 1 Season 2 Part 2 DVD Release.  In 2011, Shout! Factory began releasing the series on DVD in Region 1 for the very first time. To date, they have released season 1 as well as the first half of season 2 on DVD.

Reception.

The animated version was popular with fans and audiences alike, and also praised for staying largely true to Robert E. Howard's material, and was one of the most popular sword and sorcery cartoons alongside "He-Man" and "Dungeons & Dragons".  However, it did receive some criticism, for being more suitable to younger audience, removing the adult content and toning down the violence. According to The A.V. Club, this cartoon, like the other two Conan television series, "has been significantly defanged, dumbing down and infantilizing the character to the degree that he's robbed of his savage appeal".

Conan the Adventurer is an American-French-Canadian animated television series adaptation of Conan the Barbarian, the literary character created by Robert E. Howard in the 1930s. Produced by Jetlag Productions and Sunbow Productions, the series debuted on September 13, 1992, ran for 65 episodes and concluded on November 22, 1993. The series was developed by Christy Marx who served as the sole story editor.

Conan, der Abenteurer (Originaltitel: "Conan the Adventurer") ist eine US-amerikanische-französische animierte Fantasy-Zeichentrickserie von Graham Morris und Karen Peterson, die auf der von Robert E. Howard erschaffenen Figur Conan basiert. Die Serie besteht aus zwei Staffeln mit insgesamt 65 Folgen zu je 25 Minuten.


Characteristics.

"Osmundastrum cinnamomeum" is a deciduous herbaceous plant that produces separate fertile and sterile fronds. The sterile fronds are spreading, tall and broad, pinnate, with pinnae long and broad, deeply lobed (so the fronds are nearly, but not quite, bipinnate). The fertile spore-bearing fronds are erect and shorter, tall; they become cinnamon-colored, which gives the species its name. The fertile leaves appear first; their green color slowly becomes brown as the season progresses and the spores are dropped. The spore-bearing stems persist after the sterile fronds are killed by frost, until the next season. The spores must develop within a few weeks or fail.  The "Osmundastrum cinnamomeum" fern forms huge clonal colonies in swampy areas. These ferns form massive rootstocks with densely matted, wiry roots. This root mass is an excellent substrate for many epiphytal plants. They are often harvested as osmunda fiber and used horticulturally, especially in propagating and growing orchids. Cinnamon Ferns do not actually produce cinnamon; they are named for the color of the fertile fronds.

Classification.

Traditionally, this plant has been classified as "Osmunda cinnamomea" L. However, recent genetic and morphological evidence (Metzgar et al. 2008; Jud et al. 2008) clearly demonstrate that the cinnamon fern is a sister species to the entire rest of the living Osmundaceae. Cladistically, it is either necessary then to include all species of the Osmundaceae, including "Todea" and "Leptopteris" in the genus "Osmunda", or else it is necessary to segregate the genus "Osmundastrum". "O. cinnamomeum" is the sole living species in the genus, although it is possible that some additional fossils should be assigned to "Osmundastrum".  Formerly, some authors included the interrupted fern, "Osmunda claytoniana", in the genus or section "Osmundastrum", because of its gross apparent morphological similarities. However, detailed morphology and genetic analysis have proven that the interrupted fern is actually a true "Osmunda". This is borne out by the fact that it is known to hybridize with the American royal fern, "Osmunda spectabilis" to produce "Osmunda × ruggii" in a family in which hybrids are rare, while "Osmundastrum cinnamomeum" has no known hybrids.  "Osmundastrum cinnamomeum" is considered a living fossil because it has been identified in the geologic record as far back as 75 million years ago. A more recent discovery extends this value up to 180 million years ago.  The Asian and American populations of cinnamon fern are generally considered to be varieties of a single species, but some botanists classify them as separate species. The Asian taxon is thus named "Osmundastrum asiaticum".

Uses.

According to the Native American Ethnobotany Database, cinnamon fern has been historically used by first nations tribes (Abnaki, Menominee) as a food source. The Iroquois and Cherokee tribes used the fern for a wide variety of medicinal purposes including as a cold remedy, gynecological aid, venereal aid, and as a remedy to snake bites.

Osmundastrum is genus of leptosporangiate ferns in the family Osmundaceae with one accepted species, Osmundastrum cinnamomeum, the cinnamon fern. It is native to the Americas and eastern Asia, growing in swamps, bogs and moist woodlands.

Der Zimtfarn ("Osmundastrum cinnamomeum", Syn.: "Osmunda cinnamomea" L.) ist die einzige Art der Pflanzengattung Osmundastrum innerhalb der Familie der Königsfarngewächse (Osmundaceae). Sie ist von Nordamerika über Mexiko und die Karibischen Inseln bis Zentral- sowie Südamerika und in Ostasien weitverbreitet. Er gedeiht in Brüchen, Mooren und feuchten Wäldern. Sie ist seit dem Campanium belegt. Von der TNC wird "Osmundastrum cinnamomeum" als "wahrscheinlich ungefährdet" („G4“) eingestuft. Ein englischsprachiger Trivialname ist cinnamon fern.


Release.

The film had its world premiere at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival on January 24, 2019. Netflix acquired the distribution rights to the film which was released worldwide on June 19, 2019, along with a theatrical run in New York and Los Angeles. The film was also screened at the, the San Francisco International Film Festival, Sheffield Doc/Fest, the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival and the Montclair Film Festival.

Reception.

Critical response.

On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 97% based on 30 reviews. On Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating to reviews, the film has a weighted average score of 81 out of 100, based on 13 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".  A. O. Scott of "The New York Times" praised the film, calling it "a chronicle of civic betrayal and the abuse of power, and also of heartbreak, under the perspective by the filmmaker Petra Costa, who narrates the documentary in the first person." Leslie Felperin of "The Guardian" gave the film 4 out of 5 stars, saying, "Costa manages to craft an intimate primer about the state's descent into populism and the fraying of the country's democratic fabric." David Ehrlich of "IndieWire" gave the film a grade of B, and described it as "an angry, intimate, and haunting portrait of Brazil's recent slide back into the open jaws of dictatorship." The online newspaper "The A.V. Club" praises the coverage of the themes, but criticizes the documentary's lack of comprehensiveness: "Costa understandably places emphasis on the unjust political machinations of Brazil’s Lower House, but also glosses over the failures of Rousseff’s government and its incontrovertible manipulation of the federal budget."

Controversy.

The documentary caused controversy in Brazil and was considered by some to be a partisan propaganda tool by those claiming Petra Costa misrepresented historical facts about Brazil and tampered with photos removing guns in a picture of two dead leftist militants - including Pedro Pomar (a political mentor of Costa's mother) - who were killed by the police in 1976 during the military ditactorship.  Costa confirmed editing the photo, alleging she wanted to pay tribute to the men, since the National Truth Commission confirmed the scene was tampered with by the military to justify an alleged gunfight and held the State responsible for the crime. Luan Sperandio of Gazeta do Povo enumerated a list of 45 alleged omissions and false narratives in the documentary, concluding that "the film fulfills its role: to ignore facts, data and evidence to sell the Worker's Party world view of the impeachment, Lula's arrest and the election of Jair Bolsonaro."  The Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said that "the film is not a documentary but a fiction, and only fit for vultures to eat."

Accolades.

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The Edge of Democracy () is a 2019 Brazilian documentary film directed by Petra Costa. The film follows the political past of the filmmaker in a personal way, in context with the first term of President Lula and the events leading to the impeachment of Dilma Rousseff, analyzing the rise and fall of both presidents as well as the 2014 socio-political crisis that swept Brazil. The arrest of Lula paved the way for Jair Bolsonaro 2018 campaign and presidency. It had its world premiere at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival and was released by Netflix on June 19, 2019. It was nominated for Best Documentary Feature at the 92nd Academy Awards.

Am Rande der Demokratie (Originaltitel ; ) ist ein brasilianischer Dokumentarfilm von Petra Costa über die gesellschaftlichen und politischen Entwicklungen der vergangenen dreißig Jahre sowie die gegenwärtige Situation Brasiliens.


Overview.

PSA World Tour changes.

Starting in August 2018, PSA revamped its professional tour structure in two individual circuits; PSA World Tour and PSA Challenger Tour.  PSA World Tour (formerly PSA World Series) will comprise most important tournaments in prize money ($50,000–$1,000,000) for more experienced and higher-ranked players, including PSA World Championships and PSA World Tour Finals, labelled as following:  PSA Challenger Tour tournaments will offer a $6,000–$30,000 prize-money, ideal circuit for less-experienced and upcoming players, that will include the following tiers:  Further, PSA will implement some rule changes like the removing of qualification rounds among others. Also PSA will grant 7 World Championship wildcards for winners of selected PSA Challenger Tour chosen by PSA. Additionally, PSA and WSF will jointly manage PSA Satellite Tour, a circuit for amateur or junior players who aim to become professionals.

Prize money/ranking points breakdown.

PSA World Tour events also have a separate World Tour ranking. Points for this are calculated on a cumulative basis after each World Tour event. The top eight players at the end of the calendar year are then eligible to play in the PSA World Tour Finals.  Ranking points vary according to tournament tier being awarded as follows:

Calendar.

August.

(QE): 2019–20 PSA World Squash Championships Qualifying Event.

Statistical information.

The players/nations are sorted by:

World Championship qualifiers.

Winners of a select group of PSA Challenger Tour tournaments chosen by PSA receive a wildcard for the Men's and Women's World Championships. The qualified players were:

National championships.

These are the winners of the most relevant national squash championships.

Retirements.

Following is a list of notable players (winners of a main tour title, and/or part of the PSA Men's World Rankings and Women's World Rankings top 30 for at least one month) who announced their retirement from professional squash, became inactive, or were permanently banned from playing, during the 2019–20 season:

The 2019–20 PSA World Tour is the international squash tour organised circuit organized by the Professional Squash Association (PSA) for the 2019–20 squash season. It's the 5th PSA season since the merger of PSA and WSA associations in 2015.

Die PSA World Tour 2019/20 umfasst alle Squashturniere der Herren-Saison 2019/20 der PSA World Tour. Sie beginnt am 1. August 2019 und endet am 31. Juli 2020. Die nach dem Monat sortierte Übersicht zeigt den Ort des Turniers an, dessen Namen, das ausgeschüttete Gesamtpreisgeld, sowie den Sieger des Turniers. In der abschließenden Tabelle werden sämtliche Turniersieger nach der Menge ihrer Titel aufgelistet. Dabei ist es nicht relevant, welche Wertigkeit die vom Spieler gewonnenen Turniere besaßen, auch wenn eine entsprechende Erfassung erfolgt.


Plot and setting.

"Brum" is the story of a small replica car who ventures out into Big Town when his owner isn't looking, and gets up to all manner of adventures. Each episode begins and ends in the same way, with Brum leaving the other cars in the motor museum when the owner's back is turned and heading out to explore Big Town, before eventually returning to his place. Each series has had its own background music. From series 1-2 the introduction music was the same but in series 2 they used different instruments. From Series 3-5 the music became jazzy and a new Title sequence was Directed by Nigel P. Harris.  The car can express himself in various mechanical ways including opening and closing his doors and bonnet, bobbing his suspension, and flashing and swivelling. The actors in "Brum" do not speak – mime and off-screen narration help propel the story. It was therefore easy to prepare episodes for airing in other countries, and the series has been broadcast in many parts of the world and in many languages.  The stories are set in the city of Birmingham, England, since in addition to its onomatopoeic nature of a car engine revving, Brum (as a contraction of "Brummagem") is a common colloquial name for Birmingham. Although later series make no direct mention of Birmingham, calling it simply Big Town, many of the city's streets and landmarks can be seen in each episode.  The show was written by a range of writers. Anne Wood primarily wrote all the first series, while the second was written by Tom Poole, Dirk Campbell, Andrew Davenport and Morgan Hall. The last two series were written by Nigel P. Harris (5 Episodes) and the existing Ragdoll team.  The car itself – a half-scale replica of a late-1920s Austin 7 Chummy convertible – was designed and built by Rex Garrod. It is now housed at the Cotswold Motoring Museum in Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire, which is also where the opening and closing sequences of the programme were filmed.

DHX Media revivals.

February 2016 saw the release of a rebooted "Brum", made by the current owners of the franchise DHX Media. The show now takes place in a white world instead of the Big Town and features new friends for Brum. The first episode, "Brum's Car Wash Adventure", premiered on 4 March 2016 via the official Brum YouTube channel. A total of 25 CGI episodes were produced, with a second series currently airing.  Another series, this time animated using Toon Boom Harmony Animation called "Brum & Friends" premiered on the channel in September 2017.

Kiddie ride.

A coin operated kiddie ride of Brum was made by Amutec Ltd. 3 versions were made in the years 2004, 2005 and 2006.

Brum () is a British children's television series about the adventures of a small, radio controlled vintage car. Set in Birmingham, England and produced by Ragdoll Productions, "Brum" was first broadcast in 1991 and the last live action series was broadcast in 2002. It was initially directed, written and produced by Anne Wood and initially narrated by Toyah Willcox. The show was first aired on BBC One, as well as airing on satellite and pay television where it was screened on TCC and Living, and also aired in the United States on Discovery Family, in Australia on ABC, Max, Nickelodeon, ABC Kids and ABC2, in Brunei on RTB, in Indonesia on antv, in Singapore on Kids Central, in South Africa on SABC2 (with both an English dub and an Afrikaans dub) and CBeebies, in Kenya on KBC, in New Zealand on TV3, in Namibia on NBC, in Zimbabwe on ZTV, in Ireland on RTÉ, in Germany on BFBS and SSVC Television, in the Netherlands on Nederland 3, in Bangladesh on BTV and in the Emirates on Dubai 33. It also aired on the now defunct children's channel, KPC "Kids Pick Cartoons". A new CGI-animated series, aimed at young pre-school children, was produced in 2016.

Brum ist eine amerikanisch-britische Fernsehserie von Ragdoll Productions, HiT Entertainment, BBC Television und Discovery Kids, die zwischen 2003 und 2006 erstausgestrahlt wurde. Die Serie wurde konzipiert von Peter Curtis, der auch für "Moonacre", "Fifi und die Blumenkinder" und "Bob der Baumeister" verantwortlich war.


History.

Late 18th century and 19th century.

King's College traces its origins to the King's College of New York City. On 31 October 1754, King George II of Great Britain issued the charter for King's College within New York City, establishing it as the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York and the fifth oldest in the United States. In 1776, during the eruption of the American Revolutionary War, studies at the university halted for the subsequent eight years. Within this time, the College's library was looted, and its sole building was requisitioned for use as a military hospital first by American and then British forces. When Patriots took over the university, Bishop Charles Inglis, the rector of Trinity Church, led the flight of Loyalists to Windsor, Nova Scotia. After the American Revolution, the old institution was resuscitated and eventually renamed Columbia College, which would develop into Columbia University.  In 1788, these resettled Anglician Loyalists founded the King's Collegiate School in Windsor. During the following year, the University of King's College emerged from the Collegiate. In the same year, 1789, an Act passed for "the permanent establishment and effectual support of a college at Windsor," and £400 per annum granted towards its maintenance. The College opened in 1790, and received a Royal Charter from King George III in 1802, becoming Canada's first university. Even though the University of New Brunswick traces its history to King's College at Fredericton, which was established in 1785, it did not initially receive university powers and did not receive a Royal Charter until 1827. Similarly, McGill University traces its origins to 1801 but did not receive a Royal Charter until 1821.  The university was generally modeled on older English universities which were residential, tutorial, and closely tied to the Church of England. With its strong Anglican affiliation, all students at King's College were required to take oaths affirming their assent to the 39 Articles of the Anglican Church during the 19th century. Upon discovering the chalice and paten of St. Peter's Anglican Church (West LaHave, Nova Scotia) were being sold in Halifax, Senator William Johnston Almon purchased them and donated them to the King's College Chapel (1891). The chalice is reported to be the oldest Anglican chalice in Canada, dated to c. 1663.  The Town of Windsor assert that students at King's College invented ice hockey c. 1800 on Long Pond adjacent to the campus. (A similar game developed, perhaps independently, in Kingston, Ontario several years later which has led to occasional confusion about the sport's origins.)  The noted Canadian poet Sir Charles G. D. Roberts taught at King's College from 1885 to 1895.

Early and mid-20th century.

On February 5, 1920, a fire consumed the university campus. Though the cause of the blaze is still unknown, tradition states it was caused by students 'playing with matches' in a dormitory. Due to frozen fire hydrants, the blaze could not be put out and the buildings burned to the ground.  In 1922, the Carnegie Foundation offered a conditional grant to rebuild King's College. Among the provisions were that King's College was to be rebuilt in Halifax, the capital city of Nova Scotia, and that it was to enter in association with Dalhousie University. The partnership required King's to pay the salaries of select Dalhousie professors, who, in return, would help manage King's College. In addition, students at King's would be permitted to study at Dalhousie, while Dalhousie students would be permitted to study at King's with the exception of Divinity; the granting of all other degrees outlined in the 1802 charter were to be 'temporarily' stopped. The conditions were in hope that one day all of Nova Scotia's universities would merge into a single body, much like the University of Toronto.  King's College accepted the funding, and relocated adjacent to Dalhousie's Studley Campus, at the corner of Oxford street and Coburg road. Alongside the move, the institution renamed itself 'University of King's College'. Other universities in Halifax similarly did not follow through with the Carnegie Foundation's merger plan. Seven decades later, in 1997, a directive from the provincial government saw the Technical University of Nova Scotia (TUNS) merge with Dalhousie.  In the formative years of King's College, many more types of degrees were offered than the institution offers today; for example, the University of New Brunswick Faculty of Law traces its history to the 'King's College Law School' that was established in 1892 in Saint John, New Brunswick by King's College (Windsor). While the University of King's College has never lost nor relinquished interest in these granting powers, they are held in abeyance due to agreements with the University of King's College's partner, Dalhousie University, as part of the agreement to allow the portion of Dalhousie's campus to be used by the University of King's College.  Consolidation was a way to strengthen this small and financially insecure institution. In the early part of this century, professional education expanded beyond the traditional fields of theology, law and medicine. Graduate training based on the German-inspired American model of specialized course work and the completion of a research thesis was introduced.  In 1923, the former site of King's College in Windsor was designated a National Historic Site.  When World War II broke out, King's was requisitioned by the military for the training of naval officers between 1941 and 1945. King's functioned as a "stone frigate", providing a facility for navigation training before officers were sent to their ships. This role is highlighted in the 1943 Hollywood feature film, "Corvette K-225", a part of which was filmed on the University campus. The academic life of the College carried on during those years elsewhere in Halifax, aided by Dalhousie University and the United Church's Pine Hill Divinity Hall. In reflection of this naval past, the student bar on campus is known as the HMCS King's Wardroom, often referred to as "the Wardroom" or "the Wardy".  During the war, the Germans would occasionally broadcast names of Allied ships they had sunk. As ships had to keep radio silence, these reports could not be verified, and it was suspected that many were false. Allies circulated lists of non-active ships in the hopes of feeding the Germans misinformation; when the Germans broadcast that they had sunk HMCS "King's," their ruse was exposed.  After the war, the campus was returned to the University. The policy of university education initiated in the 1960s responded to population pressure and the belief that higher education was a key to social justice and economic productivity for individuals and for society.

Late 20th century and 21st century.

Until the spring of 1971, the university granted graduate theological degrees as well as undergraduate degrees. In the same year, the Faculty of Divinity was moved to Pine Hill, where it was formally amalgamated into the Atlantic School of Theology, an ecumenical venture with the United Church of Canada and the Roman Catholic Church. While this new institution now grants its own degrees, King's holds in abeyance its rights to grant divinity credentials and still continues to grant annual honorary degrees.  In 1972, King's faculty and alumni created the Foundation Year Program (FYP), a first-year great books course that would count for four of a student's five first-year credits. The program consisted of six sections from The Ancient World to The Contemporary World, in which students would read the work of major philosophers, poets, historians and scientists, receive lectures from a range of experts in all these areas, write critical papers and engage in small-group discussion and tutorials. The program initially had 30 students; it now draws almost 300 a year, most of whom live in residence on campus. Many of those who taught in the program in its early days were colleagues and students of the philosopher James Doull, who exercised a considerable degree of influence on the program in its formative stages. In 1989, Doull was awarded an honorary doctorate by the College.  In 1977, King's introduced two Bachelor of Journalism programs: a four-year Honours degree and a one-year compressed degree for students who already hold a bachelor's degree.  In 1989, a campus library building was erected to commemorate the bicentennial of the university. It replaced a smaller one in the Arts and Administration building. The library has won numerous architectural awards. In 2000, the same architect designed the school's New Academic Building. In 2001, additional residence rooms were added in the basement of Alexandra Hall to accommodate some of the new students. Residence can currently accommodate 274 students, and nearly all on-campus living spaces are reserved for FYP students, though some spaces are reserved for upper-year students. All buildings on the present campus are celebrated reconstructions and derivations of the buildings of the original 1789 campus in Windsor, Nova Scotia. A system of tunnels connects the residences to the other buildings of the campus: a feature common to North American universities, and particularly common to many institutional buildings in Halifax.  The King's Library houses an impressive collection not only of rare Anglican church documents, but also a vast collection of original artwork, Renaissance and medieval books, and extensive archival material of relevance both to the history of Nova Scotia and the university. It also has some ancient artifacts, along with the Weldon Collection of fine imported china. Many of the rare books stem from the original, private collection of university founder, Charles Inglis. Recently, the blueprints for the buildings of the current campus were consulted in the library to restore the famed cupola crowning the A&A Building to its original, 1920s condition.  In 1993, King's created the Contemporary Studies program. In 1999, King's launched the Early Modern Studies program. In 2000, King's commenced the History of Science and Technology program. Each of these Program can constitute one component of a jointly conferred combined honours degree with Dalhousie. The Upper Year Program, like the Foundation Year Program, place a strong emphasis on historical contextualized, interdisciplinary study as opposed to traditional university departmentalization.  Today, there are over 1,000 students at King's, which, although a small number for a university, represents significant growth over enrollment in the 1960s and 1970s. Its first year class is made up mainly of Foundation Year Program students. In 2001, the FYP class was 274 students, with slightly over a hundred of these students coming from Ontario. The growing number of students from out of province reflects King's growing academic reputation and its transformation from a small, local college to a nationally acclaimed university. However, King's maintains strong ties to its host city and province and the number of Nova Scotians attending King's rose 23% between 1994 and 2004.  The largest ever FYP class was in 2004, with 309 students. However, the administration has resolved to cap future classes at just under 300. With improved retention rates, the school's population looks to stabilize at around 1,200 in future years. The number of students leaving after first year has dropped significantly since the introduction of the upper year inter-disciplinary programs.  King's' transformation from a small college catering mainly to local Anglican students into a more intellectually cosmopolitan university with a strong national profile has been a resounding success. In terms of teaching quality, King's has been placed in the same academic league as top Canadian research universities like McGill and Toronto. One recent academic commentator summed up King's growing renown for its quality of teaching and eccentric student culture by remarking "If there is a Harvard of the North, it’s more likely King’s than McGill — although a better analogy would be a cross between Harry Potter’s Hogwarts and Camp Wanapitei in Temagami." The new programs, combined with a rigorous set of academic expectations and a cooperative academic culture, have proven a hit with high achieving high school students. Conservative estimates put the entrance average of first year King's students at 87%, or a strong A in Canadian high school marks.  In October 2003, Dr. William Barker was installed as President and Vice-Chancellor, replacing Dr. Colin Starnes. Dr. Barker and the rest of the University administration have declared that King's has grown as much as it can and should. They describe the coming years as "a time of consolidation", with a focus on retention and development of new programs.  The University's growth has changed some King's traditions. Formal meals, with Latin grace and academic gowns, formerly held at regular intervals, were suspended from 2001 until 2003. Only with the arrival of Dr. Barker were they reinstated. They now take place on the first Wednesday of every month.  In July 2006, the King's Student Union founded the King's Co-op Bookstore; it stocks every title on the FYP Reading List, as well as all necessary books for King's other courses and a number of Dalhousie courses and general interest fiction and non-fiction. The Bookstore is student-owned co-operative which functions separately from both the student union and the college.  King's College administration has not avoided controversy. After the Sodexo cleaning staff unionized in 2004, the housekeeping contract was awarded to a different company during the summer. The King's Student Union had been involved in encouraging the workers to unionize in order to improve their working conditions, and there were strenuous objections with the awarding of the new contract.  University of King’s College's Arms were registered with the Canadian Heraldic Authority on August 15, 2007.

Academics.

King's best known program is its Foundation Year Program (FYP) for first year students, an intensive survey course of history, philosophy, and literature in the western tradition. The "Contemporary Studies Program" (CSP), the "Early Modern Studies Program" (EMSP), and the "History of Science and Technology Program" (HOST) are offered jointly with Dalhousie University as combined honours degrees requiring a second honours discipline. If the students decide to do a King's subject as their primary honours subject, they are required to write an honours thesis, varying in length from program to program. A Bachelor of Journalism program is offered as either a four-year honours degree or an intensive one-year program to students already holding a bachelor's degree. King's College and Dalhousie University also jointly offer a 10-month Master of Journalism program and a two-year limited residency Master of Fine Arts degree in Creative Nonfiction program.  King's students generally take FYP in their first year and choose a specific degree program to pursue in their final three years. Most students at King's take at least some classes through programs at Dalhousie University. With the exception of the Journalism program, King's students graduate with joint degrees from King's and Dalhousie. King's students are eligible to complete these degrees in any subject from Dalhousie's Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences or Faculty of Science.

Foundation Year Program.

The Foundation Year Program is a core-text program for first-year students; it surveys the history of western thought and culture from ancient times to the present day. It has been offered since 1972. The course has traditionally been divided into six sections.  The Foundation Year Program (FYP) has been described by the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada as having "a national reputation for excellence as an alternative first-year of undergraduate studies", and is regarded as a prototype for similar programs elsewhere; the principal Canadian news magazine Maclean's expresses the view in a discussion of small, specialized undergraduate programs in Canada that "it's unlikely that any of the other programs would exist if not for the Foundation Year at King's". In both 2008 and 2009, the FYP program had been ranked first in Canada by the National Survey of Student Engagement.

Student life.

Traditions.

Once every two months, formal meals are held. Students wearing traditional academic gowns are led into the meal hall by a bagpiper. Once they have found their seat, a Latin grace is said. Afterwards, the catered meal begins. These meals were formerly held at regular intervals, but were suspended from 2001 until 2003. They were reinstated during the presidency of William Barker at his behest.  The Haliburton Society, a student-run literary society, has hosted discussions concerning poetry and prose since 1884. The society remains the longest-standing university literary society throughout the Commonwealth of Nations and North America. The society received its name from the Canadian politician Thomas Chandler Haliburton.

Residence.

The residences are built in the Georgian style typical of the original campus. Each Bay, as the original residences were termed in Windsor, is modeled on the system of'staircases' at England's Oxford University. Each has also been named with a seemingly ironic moniker: North Pole Bay sits atop the university's boiler rooms, and is arguably the warmest location on campus; Chapel Bay is named after the campus chapel, but is located the furthest distance from it; Radical Bay originally housed the refined, quiet divinity students; Middle Bay, which was named for its location as it is between Chapel and Radical, is named ironically as being the only non-ironic name; in addition, there is Cochran Bay, named after the first president of the College, William Cochran, and is the closest to the campus chapel.  Often residence-wide parties, known as 'bay parties,' occurred, but were cancelled for in 2003. However, there was a brief a revival during the 2005-2006 school year, with both Radical Bay and Cochran Bay hosting several highly successful events. In place of this tradition, each Bay now organizes a themed-event on campus during different times of the school year.  Another consequence of increased enrollment has been a more unbalanced composition of the residences. Traditionally, students from all years of study have lived in residence, but increasingly, very few upper year students continue to live on campus, thus making way for more first years. In 2006, Alexandra Hall, traditionally the all-women's residence, was made co-ed for the first time with rooms in the basement alternating between male and female occupants as well as one wing of the first floor becoming all-male. In addition, two of the five bays were re-converted to co-ed living spaces in 2006.

Annual events.

Alex Fountain Memorial Lecture.

Since 2011, an annual memorial lecture is given by an individual chosen each year by the student body. After a nomination process at the beginning of the winter semester, a long list of twenty is narrowed to a short list of ten by student election. The short list is then prioritized by a student committee, which includes the program directors and president. The lecture is free, open to the public, and concludes in a question and answer period. Previous lecturers and lectures include Michaëlle Jean on 'Building Social Change Locally and Globally', Charles Taylor on 'Is Democracy in Danger?', Michael Ondaatje on 'Mongrel art: A discussion of literature and its neighbours', Jan Zwicky on 'What Meaning Is and Why It Matters', and Tanya Tagaq on 'Climate, culture, and collaboration'.  The event is held in memorial after Alex Fountain, a student who died by suicide on 22 August 2009 at the age of 20. His family donated $1 million to the mental health program at Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre Foundation, as well as additional contributions to other mental health programs at Dalhousie University, the IWK and Capital Health. In addition, they founded the lecture series.

Athletics.

King's is a member of the Atlantic Colleges Athletic Association (ACAA). The Varsity athletics teams at the University of King's College are named the Blue Devils. Sporting teams include men's and women's basketball, soccer, badminton and rugby, and women's volleyball.

The University of King's College, established in 1789, is in Halifax, Nova Scotia. It is the oldest chartered university in Canada, and the first English-speaking university in the Commonwealth outside the United Kingdom. The university is renowned for its Foundation Year Program, a comprehensive and interdisciplinary examination of Western culture through great books, designed for first-year undergraduates. It has also garnered acclaim through its upper-year interdisciplinary programs - particularly its contemporary studies program, early modern studies program, and its history of science and technology program. In addition, the university boasts a journalism school which attracts students across the world for its intensive Master of Journalism programs and its Master of Fine Arts in creative nonfiction, the first of its kind in Canada. Its undergraduate journalism programs are known for leading content in digital formats.

Das University of King’s College ist eine staatliche Universität in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Kanada. Sie ist die älteste Universitätsgründung in Kanada und die erste englischsprachige Universität im Commonwealth außerhalb des Vereinigten Königreichs.


Mission.

Atlantic School of Theology is a public ecumenical university that serves Christ's mission by shaping effective and faithful ordained and lay leaders and understanding among communities of faith.

History.

Atlantic School of Theology was founded in 1971 and formally incorporated on June 28, 1974, by an Act of the Legislature of Nova Scotia. Atlantic School of Theology is accredited by the Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada and by the Maritime Provinces Higher Education Commission.  AST was formed in 1971 through a merger of the following institutions:  Theological education has been offered on the property in Halifax since 1878. AST occupies the former campus of Pine Hill Divinity Hall situated on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean in eastern Canada.  The university received its charter to grant degrees in 1974 from the government of Nova Scotia. In 1975, fire destroyed the Holy Heart Theological Institute. In 2002, AST and nearby Saint Mary's University signed a collaboration agreement. The two universities remain independent.

Academic programs.

AST's degree programs include the Master of Divinity - offered on campus (30 credits over 3 years) or in a blended campus/internet format (30 credits over 5 years, including a work placement) - and the Master of Arts (8 credits as a second theological degree or 18 credits as a first theological degree). The Master of Arts in Religious Studies and Theology is offered in collaboration with Saint Mary's University. The M.A. degree is usually pursued in preparation for doctoral studies, for vocational formation, or for personal enrichment. The M.Div. degree, which is usually pursued in preparation for service to faith communities, may also be undertaken at the Honours level (35 credits). Both M.Div. and M.A. students may choose to write a thesis.  Atlantic School of Theology's ecumenical degree programs also prepare students for chaplaincy in the contexts of health care, universities, prisons, and the military.  AST also offers a Graduate Certificate in Theological Studies (10 credits); an Adult Education Certificate in Theological Studies (4 components, fully online); a Diploma in Youth Ministry; and a Diploma in the New Evangelization. An expanding number of Continuing Education offerings is part of AST's non-credit programming.  Independent researchers and scholars, the public, area clergy, and those undertaking sabbaticals are welcome to make use of AST's library resources.

Centres.

The Canadian Centre for Ethics in Public Affairs (CCEPA) is jointly sponsored by Atlantic School of Theology and Saint Mary's University.

Atlantic School of Theology (AST) is a Canadian public ecumenical university that provides graduate level theological education and undertakes research to assist students to prepare for Christian ministries and other forms of public leadership. It is located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, and its enrolment is approximately 160 degree and non-degree students. Persons of all religious traditions, or none, are welcome to study at AST.

Die Atlantic School of Theology (kurz AST) ist eine öffentliche, ökumenische Universität in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Kanada. Die Hochschule wurde 1971 und wird seit 1974 mit einer staatlichen Anerkennung als Universität betrieben. In der "Atlantic School of Theology" wurden folgende Bildungseinrichtungen eingegliedert:


Description.

MLVM is a specialized vehicle designed breasted mountain. The hull is inspired from SU-76 tank destroyer but is substantially modified for rough terrain. The turret is the same as that installed on the Romanian TAB-71M (8 × 8) APC. This turret is recognisable by the large day sight mounted on the left side, which is provided with a protective cage.. The vehicle has been designed specifically to be used in mountainous areas.  Armament consists of a heavy machine gun KPVT 14.5 mm caliber, and a co-axial PKT machine gun 7.62 mm;  The hull is made of welded steel plates and ensures protection against bullet caliber 7.62 mm and artillery splinters. The suspension is torsion bar. Road wheels (six from each drive sprocket) have holes to reduce weight. MLVM is fully amphibious, being propelled with a maximum speed of 5–6 km/h in water. Prior to the crossing of rivers or lakes (although the MLVM is amphibious, it is not designed for marine infantry use), a trim vane must be erected at the front and bilge pumps turned on, taking no more than 5 minutes. Suspension is torsion bar type with six rubber-tyred spoked road wheels either side, drive sprocket at the front, idler at the rear and track-return rollers. Some vehicles have been observed with five - not six - road wheels.  Regarding internal arrangement, in front, on the left, stands the driver's hatch. It has at its disposal three periscopes for observation during day time and central one can be replaced by a night vision block during night-time. Behind the driver's hatch is located the commander. Both can use the hatch from the ceiling, in the front left side. Commander has at its disposal an IR night vision system and has a hatch with two wide-angle vision blocks to his sides and a periscope/vision block which can be raised and rotated to allow the commander to view the area around the vehicle from under armor. The troop room is at the rear, have two roof hatches, six firing ports (three in each side) each with an associated day periscope and a door in the rear which has two firing ports and two day periscopes as well as containing some diesel fuel and which is used as fuel reservoir. The troops are seated three each side, with the seventh manning the turret.

Modernization.

A similar modernization package with MLI-84M has been proposed for MLVM and included the OWS 25R turret (Oerlikon KBA automatic Cannon-07 25 mm caliber coaxial machine gun PKT and can equip with a guided anti-tank missile launcher Spike), laser/IR illumination warning system, smoke grenades launchers, more advanced optical system, automatic transmission, Mercedes-Benz diesel engine or Deutz (approximately 400 horsepower), automatic fire extinguishing systems and improved command and control and the ability to mount additional armor plates. The weight of the new vehicle was 11.3 tons, but the maximum speed, power and autonomy were improved due to better engine performance. As a result of improvements in weaponry, the vehicle can be classified as a combat infantry.  The result of the modernization program was a vehicle that is compatible with NATO standards. A prototype was shown at the exhibition of arms and military technical Expomil 2005.

MLVM (, meaning "infantry fighting vehicle of vânători de munte") is a Romanian armoured personnel carrier. The vehicle was designed and used as an infantry fighting vehicle for the "vânători de munte" units of the Romanian Army, though technically it is a tracked armoured personnel carrier according to UN classification because of its light armor and armament.

Der MLVM (Abkürzung der Originalbezeichnung "Mașina de Luptă a Vânătorilor de Munte", deutsche Übersetzung: „Gebirgsjägerkampffahrzeug“) ist ein kettengetriebener Schützenpanzerwagen aus rumänischer Produktion.


Early life and education.

Soyer was born in Ankara, the capital city of Turkey, in 1959. He graduated from high school in Bornova, a district of İzmir, before returning to Ankara to attend Ankara University Faculty of Law. He graduated in 1981. During his education, he was also an actor and assistant theatrical director. He completed two masters degrees, one in Webster University Geneva in the field of international relations and another at Dokuz Eylül University about the European Union.

Political career.

In addition to serving as Mayor of Seferihisar and İzmir, Soyer served as an advisor to the former mayor of İzmir, Ahmet Piriştina. He also served as the assistant general secretary and executive member for foreign relations in the İzmir Chamber of Commerce. He was the General Secretary for the EXPO 2015 Steering and Executive Committees.

Mayor of Seferihisar.

Soyer was elected Mayor of Seferihisar, a coastal district of İzmir, in the 2009 local election. He was the candidate of the main opposition center-left Republican People's Party (CHP). He was re-elected for a second term in the 2014 local election.  Soyer drew national attention for his success as Seferihisar mayor, having established the town as a modal tourist destination as part of the slow movement culture. Seferihisar became a member of Cittaslow, the first of its kind in Turkey. Because of his success and popularity in Seferihisar, Soyer was frequently seen as a potential future candidate for Mayor of İzmir.

Mayor of İzmir.

Following the announcement that the serving mayor of İzmir, Aziz Kocaoğlu, would not stand for another term, the CHP began considering new candidates. Despite Kocaoğlu deciding to re-enter the race shortly before the CHP was due to announce its candidate, Soyer was eventually selected, having long been seen as the frontrunner. Soyer was supported by the İYİ Party, with which the CHP formed an electoral alliance named the Nation Alliance.  In the 2019 mayoral election, which was held as part of the 2019 local elections, Soyer was elected with 58.1% of the vote, beating the People's Alliance candidate Nihat Zeybekçi. Zeybekçi, a former Economy Minister, received 38.7% of the vote.

Family and personal life.

Soyer is married and has two kids. His wife, Neptün Soyer, worked in the tourism sector between 1999 and 2002.

Nurettin Soyer.

Soyer's father, Nurettin Soyer, was a prosecutor who took part in opening cases against prominent politicians following the 1980 coup d'état. His prosecutions led to 5 death sentences, 9 life sentences and sentences ranging from 10 months to 36 years for another 221 defendants. Most of those prosecuted were from far-right groups, most notably the Grey Wolves. One defendant who received 5 years in prison was Alparslan Türkeş, the founder and first leader of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP).  When Tunç Soyer became the CHP's candidate for Mayor of İzmir in 2019, the governing People's Alliance that includes the MHP sharply criticised him for his father's actions against nationalist politicians. However, Nurettin Soyer was also defended for being the only prosecutor ever to bring a case against Fethullah Gülen, the leader of the Gülen Movement, a terrorist organisation designated by Turkish law under the name 'FETÖ'.

Mustafa Tunç Soyer (born 1959) is a Turkish politician from the Republican People's Party (CHP) who currently serves as the Mayor of İzmir, Turkey's third largest city. He was elected to the position in the 2019 mayoral election. He previously served as the Mayor of Seferihisar, a coastal district of İzmir, from 2009 to 2019.

Mustafa Tunç Soyer (* 1959 in Ankara) ist ein türkischer Politiker der Republikanischen Volkspartei (CHP) und seit 2019 Bürgermeister der türkischen Stadt Izmir.


Plot.

Beginning in April 5738 A.D., it's been over 3,700 years since a mysterious flash of light petrified nearly all human life. A 16-year-old genius named Senkū Ishigami is suddenly revived to find himself in a world where all traces of human civilization have been eroded by time. Senkū sets up a base-camp and begins to study the petrified humans in order to determine the cause of the event, as well as a cure.  Over the next 6 months, Senkū learns his revival was made possible with nitric acid. With this discovery, he develops a compound that will allow him to instantly revive others. He begins by reviving his friend Taiju Ōki, their classmate Yuzuriha Ogawa, and a famous martial artist named Tsukasa Shishiō, with the goal of rebuilding civilization with a focus on science.  Tsukasa ultimately reveals that he opposes Senkū's idea of forming a new scientific civilization, believing the old world was tainted and should not be restored. Instead, he desires to establish a new world order based on power and strength, going so far as to destroy any petrified adults he encounters in order to prevent them from interfering with his goals.  After extorting the formula for the revival compound from Senkū, Tsukasa attempts to murder him when he realized that Senkū knows how to create weapons that he cannot defend against. Believing he successfully killed Senkū, Tsukasa leaves to begin establishing his own faction in the Stone World.  After recovering from his near death experience, Senkū discovers a tribe of people already living on the planet and sees this as an opportunity to create his Kingdom of Science. These people are originally hesitant, but eventually learn the benefits that science can bring to their survival. Over time, Senkū becomes more trusted by the tribe, eventually being taught of their past - where he discovers that the village was started by his father figure, along with 5 other astronauts, whom were unaffected due to being in space at the time of the petrification event.  Together, with his new allies and friends, Senkū's Kingdom of Science engages in a war with Tsukasa's clan, ultimately emerging victorious and affirming themselves as a force to be reckoned with. After the victory they discover that Senkū's adopted father had left precious metals which can be used as catalysts to mass produce revival fluid in the nearby island which is now inhabited by a tribe known as the Petrification Kingdom, who possess the device used to petrify the world so long ago.

Media.

Manga.

Written by Riichiro Inagaki and illustrated by Boichi, "Dr. Stone" was launched in the 14th issue of Shueisha's "Weekly Shōnen Jump" on March 6, 2017. It was one from a number of story proposals Inagaki brought to his editor, who chose it because he had no idea how it would develop. Boichi, who was looking for a story to work on, was approached around the time Inagaki (a fan of his art) finished the storyboards for chapter 3.  At their panel at Anime Boston, Viz Media announced their license of the manga, and the first volume was published in September 2018. Shueisha began to simulpublish the series in English on the website and app Manga Plus in January 2019.  In October 2019, it was announced that a spin-off miniseries with nine chapters called "Dr. Stone Reboot: Byakuya" would debut on October 28 in the issue #48 of Shueisha's "Weekly Shōnen Jump" with story and art by Boichi. Like with the main series, the spin-off was also released on Shueish's Manga Plus service. Viz Media also publishes the series on its "Shonen Jump" digital platform. The series finished on December 23, 2019.

Anime.

An anime television series adaptation was announced in the 51st issue of "Weekly Shōnen Jump" on November 19, 2018. The series is animated by TMS Entertainment, with Shinya Iino as director, Yuichiro Kido as scriptwriter, and Yuko Iwasa as character designer. Tatsuya Kato, Hiroaki Tsutsumi, and Yuki Kanesaka composed the series' music. The series aired from July 5 to December 13, 2019 on Tokyo MX and other channels. It ran for 24 episodes. The first opening theme is "Good Morning World!" by Burnout Syndromes, while the series' first ending theme is "Life" by Rude-α. The second opening theme is "Sangenshoku" by Pelican Fanclub, while the series' second ending theme is "Yume No Youna" by Saeki YouthK.  A second season of the anime adaptation was announced after the first season's finale. The second season will focus on the story of the "Stone Wars" arc from the manga series.  The series is streamed by Crunchyroll worldwide outside of Asia, and Funimation aired a simuldub. The English dub of the anime began airing on Adult Swim's Toonami block on August 24, 2019.

Reception.

"Dr. Stone" ranked #15 along with "Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!" on a list of the top manga of 2018 for male readers put together by "Kono Manga ga Sugoi!". The series placed second on the fourth "Tsugi ni Kuru Manga Awards" in 2018. The series ranked #17 along "Sweat and Soap" and "Heterogenia Linguistico ~Ishuzoku Gengogaku Nyūmon~" on "Kono Manga ga Sugoi!" list of best manga of 2019 for male readers. In 2019, "Dr. Stone" won the 64th Shogakukan Manga Award for the "shōnen" category.  In November 2019, Crunchyroll listed "Dr. Stone" in their "Top 25 best anime of the 2010s". IGN also listed "Dr. Stone" among the best anime series of the 2010s. "Dr. Stone" was the 8th most watched anime series on Netflix in Japan in 2019.  "Gadget Tsūshin" listed Senkū's catchphrase "This is exhilarating!" in their 2019 anime buzzwords list.

Viz Media licensed the manga in North America. Shueisha began to simulpublish the series in English on the website and app Manga Plus since January 2019.

Dr. Stone (jap., zu Deutsch „Doktor Stein“) ist eine Manga-Serie von Autor Riichiro Inagaki und Zeichner Boichi, die seit 2017 in Japan erscheint. 2019 wird eine Adaption als Animeserie gezeigt. In der Abenteuer- und Science-Fiction-Geschichte hat sich jeder auf der Welt nach einer Katastrophe in Stein verwandelt. Nach mehr als 3700 Jahren erwachen zwei Jungen und kämpfen um die Wiederbelebung der Menschheit. Dieser Kampf wird schnell zu einem Kampf zwischen Wissenschaft und Macht und darum wer es verdient, wiederbelebt zu werden.


Early career.

Koniaris began playing youth basketball during primary school, in 2006, after joining a local team in Akrotiri, Chania.

Professional career.

Koniaris began his pro career in 2013, after he signed with the Greek League club PAOK. On 24 July 2014, Koniaris' agent, Tasos Delimpaltadakis, announced via Twitter, that Panathinaikos had signed a young point guard. Some hours after this, Panathinaikos announced the signing of Koniaris, for 5 years. As a member of Panathinaikos, Koniaris won two Greek Cups, in 2015 and 2016.  On August 19, 2016, he returned to PAOK, after signing a three-year contract with them. On June 30, 2019, Koniaris signed a three-year contract (two years guaranteed, plus one option year) with the Greek EuroLeague club Olympiacos.

National team career.

Greek junior national team.

With the junior national teams of Greece, Koniaris won the gold medal at the 2013 TBF Under-16 World Cup in Sakarya, Turkey, where he helped Greece win the gold medal. He was named to the tournament's All-Tournament Team, and was also named the MVP of the tournament. He also won the bronze medal at the 2013 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship.  He also played at the 2014 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship, and at the 2014 FIBA Under-17 World Cup. He was selected by head coach Ilias Papatheodorou to play at the 2015 FIBA Under-19 World Cup, but he was suffering from OCD in his right ankle, which ruled him out. He also played at the 2016 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship Division B, where he won a bronze medal.  He also played at the 2017 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship, where he won a gold medal, and was voted to the All-Tournament Team.

Greek senior national team.

Koniaris has also been a member of the senior Greek national basketball team. He played at the 2019 FIBA World Cup qualification.

Antonis Koniaris (alternate spelling: Antonios) (; born September 30, 1997) is a Greek professional basketball player for Olympiacos of the EuroLeague. He is a 1.93 m (6'4") tall point guard-shooting guard.

Antonis Koniaris (, * 30. September 1997 in Chania) ist ein griechischer Basketballspieler, der bei einer Körpergröße von 1,93 m auf den Positionen des Point Guards bzw. des Shooting Guards eingesetzt werden kann.


Biography.

Hilda Ericsson was born the only child of Carolina Margaretha Nilsson and Peter Simon Simonsson, a saddler appointed to the Royal Stables. When she met Lars Magnus Ericsson, she was 17 years old and he was almost 31. Her father had called him to their home to repair an organ. They married one year later in 1878, after she had turned 18, and they had four children together: Johan (1879- ), Gustaf (1880-1965), Anna (1881-1967) and Lars Magnus Jr. (1892-1921).  In the same year as their wedding, Lars Magnus Ericsson and Carl Johan Andersson, one of his former colleagues, founded a mechanical workshop for repairing telephones, the L.M. Ericsson & Co. Mekaniska Verkstad. It was located in Drottninggatan in Stockholm.  During the infancy of their children and her pregnancies, Hilda Ericsson was involved in testing new products and in developing their own telephones - a new invention at that time. As she had a better education than her husband, she was responsible for finances, clients and managed deliveries. As the company grew, more employees were hired. At that time, winding of electromagnetic coils with satin-coated copper wire was considered women's work. Hence, a third of the workforce was female in 1881. It was Hilda Ericsson who was responsible for the company's female employees. She also took over management of the growing company when her husband was traveling, for example, when he was at the International Exposition of Electricity in Paris in 1881. Although her contribution to the company's success is traceable through the vast correspondence she had with her husband, she was not credited during her lifetime. On the contrary: after the opening of the large factory in Tulegatan and the production of the 20,000th telephone, all employees were portrayed to commemorate the event, but there was no mention of Hilda Ericsson and no photographs.  In 1903, both left the company (which had already developed globally) and bought a farm in Alby, in the South of Stockholm district. They established a model farm, in which she was responsible for finances, he for agricultural innovations. When she died in 1941, she was buried next to her husband in the Botkyrka's cemetery.

Hilda Carolina Ericsson, born Hilda Simonsson (3 August 1860 - 3 January 1941 in Stockholm), founded the telecommunications company Ericsson together with her husband Lars Magnus Ericsson. She was involved in testing inventions and developing new products. In her husband's absence, she took over the company's management.

Hilda Carolina Ericsson (* 3. August 1860 als "Hilda Simonsson" in Stockholm, Schweden; † 3. Januar 1941 ebenda) gründete zusammen mit ihrem Ehemann Lars Magnus Ericsson das schwedische Telekommunikationsunternehmen Ericsson. Ihr Aufgabenbereich lag sowohl im Entwickeln und Testen neuer Erfindungen und Produkte als auch in der Unternehmensführung, insbesondere in der Abwesenheit ihres Mannes.