After leaving Nasa in 2005, Munroe started XKCD, a webcomic where he offered witty answers to some of the questions coming up from the world of geeks. Randall Munroe draws from his knowledge of maths and physics to answer these questions in a simple yet funny way. What If is a collection of absurd hypothetical questions and their scientific answers. Currently, Munroe resides in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Munroe is also a respected name in the science world, such that an asteroid was named after him by The International Astronomical Union. Most of Munroe’s fans are science geeks curious to find scientific answers to everyday life’s problems and other bizarre situations. His website became so popular that it received over half a million visitors every day. The talented author worked with NASA as a roboticist before retiring to start his webcomic. Munroe is also the creator of XKCD, math, language, romance, and sarcasm webcomic, and author of a book by the same name. Randall Munroe is a graphic novel and comics writer best known for his debut novel What If.
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I studied the lessons learned and how they apply in other defensive situations, such as civilian personal encounters. The popular book, as well as the Academy Award-winning 2001 film of the same name, depicts the courageous performance of US Army Rangers, Delta Force and SEAL Team Six operators during the now-famous battle in Mogadishu, Somalia. If you are similarly inclined, then I recommend Mark Bowden’s Black Hawk Down as required reading on the application of both modern and urban warfare. As a lifelong student of hoplology (the science that studies human combative behavior and performance), I am always researching and gathering as much credible and useful information on the subject of combatives as possible. Why? Why did only a few Asian countries learn the right lessons from SARS and MERS? While populist leaders certainly performed poorly in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, Niall Ferguson argues that more profound pathologies were at work - pathologies already visible in our responses to earlier disasters. Yet in 2020 the responses of many developed countries, including the United States, to a new virus from China were badly bungled. But when disaster strikes, we ought to be better prepared than the Romans were when Vesuvius erupted, or medieval Italians when the Black Death struck. and wars, are not normally distributed there is no cycle of history to help us anticipate the next catastrophe. Pandemics, like earthquakes, wildfires, financial crises. Setting the annus horribilis of 2020 in historical perspective, Niall Ferguson explains why we are getting worse, not better, at handling disasters.ĭisasters are inherently hard to predict. "All disasters are in some sense man-made." Volume six was originally set to release to in February 2008, but was indefinitely delayed. The manga was licensed for English-language distribution by ADV Manga, which released five volumes between 20. Several characters in Yotsuba&! were previously featured in a one-shot manga by Azuma called "Try! Try! Try!" The phrase Yotsuba to means "Yotsuba and," a fact reflected in the chapter titles, most of which take the form "Yotsuba and. It depicts the everyday adventures of a young girl named Yotsuba as she learns about the world around her, guided by her adoptive father, their neighbors, and their friends. It has been serialized since January 2003 in the monthly magazine Dengeki Daioh by ASCII Media Works, formerly MediaWorks, and has since been collected into 15 tankōbon volumes. Yotsuba&! ( Japanese: よつばと!, Hepburn: Yotsuba to! ) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kiyohiko Azuma, the creator of Azumanga Daioh. Song at Midnight (Chinese: 夜半歌聲 Ye ban ge sheng) (1937): Featuring Gu Menghe and Hu Ping, directed by Ma-Xu Weibang.Spooks (1930): An Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoon.The makeup of Lon Chaney was so disfiguring that the camera operator lost focus while shooting the sequence, and theaters were urged to have smelling salts on hand in case ladies in the audience fainted in horror. The scene in which Erik plays the organ and Christine creeps up behind him to snatch his mask off is often cited by critics and connoisseurs of film art as one of the most memorable moments in the history of all film. The film was reissued in 1929 with sound effects, music and some reshot dialogue sequences (but none with Chaney). For this classic silent film Universal Studios created a faithful replica of the Paris Opera House as a setting. The Phantom of the Opera (1925): Featuring Lon Chaney, Norman Kerry and Mary Philbin. Now a lost film, it is only known to have existed because of references to it in other media. Das Gespenst im Opernhaus or Das Phantom der Oper (1916): Featuring the Swedish actor Nils Olaf Chrisander (1884–1947) and the Norwegian actress Aud Egede-Nissen (1893–1974, aka Aud Egede Richter).Picture with Susanna Foster (Christine DuBois). Claude Rains portraying Erique Claudin, the Phantom, in Universal's 1943 version of Phantom of the Opera. And not only angels, but also mothers, fathers, sisters, grandfathers, friends, and even a homeless man and a dog. But not only in death-there are also stories here of the way the mystical world interacts with us in daily life. Often the presence of an angel or another mystical experience is shared. Some of the pieces in this collection share the experience of personal loss when a loved one dies. There is something mystical about holding the hand of a person who is “crossing over.” It can be heartbreaking, of course, but also very holy and beautiful. All Night, All Day: Life, Death & Angels Edited by Susan Cushman NB All our estimates are based on business days and assume that shipping and delivery don't occur on holidays and weekends. Order may come in multiple shipments, however you will only be charged a flat fee.ġ-2 days after each item has arrived in the warehouseġ The expected delivery period after the order has been dispatched via your chosen delivery method.ģ Please note this service does not override the status timeframe "Dispatches in", and that the "Usually Dispatches In" timeframe still applies to all orders. Items in order will be sent via Express post as soon as they arrive in the warehouse. Order may come in multiple shipments, however you will only be charged a flat fee.Ģ-10 days after all items have arrived in the warehouse Items in order will be sent as soon as they arrive in the warehouse. It says he had just gotten it it had just been published. He had the score in front of him, so essentially it's a review of the score. And Hoffmann had not heard Beethoven's Fifth. SIEGEL: One of the most striking things about this review is it's, of course, by Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann. MATTHEW GUERRIERI: It was really both the first extended review of the fifth symphony that we have, and it was also really this one particular review that is the bridge between Beethoven as a composer of the classical era and Beethoven as this sort of almost musical mascot of the German Romantic movement, which became really one of the most long-lasting and persistent images of Beethoven that we have. Hoffmann in 1810, not long after the symphony was first performed. And as Guerrieri writes, one of the most influential reviews of that work was written by E.T.A. SIEGEL: The book is about how Beethoven's 5th symphony. I came across his name last Christmas season in Matthew Guerrieri's book "The First Four Notes." Hoffmann, born 1776, died 1822 in the Kingdom of Prussia. His name used to be hugely famous, but nowadays it draws blank stares, even from people who know his work. I'm Robert Siegel.Īnd in this part of the program, a repeat airing of a story about a man responsible for a work that is a staple of the holiday season. This is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News. Past posts on this blog have briefly touched on the Whitaker murders and their aftermath, but a deeper dive seems in order. He succeeded in annihilating two-thirds of the other Whitakers but, instead of an office visit with an estate attorney, Bart got himself a trial with a judge and jury. (a common Forensic Files pathology - see Barbara Stager and Mark Winger.)īart, then a wholesome-looking 22-year-old with a Princess Diana complexion, came up with a new plot to wipe out his mother, father, and brother, and get his hands on all of the family’s assets, worth $1 million to $1.5 million. Instead of thanking his lucky stars that his parents bought his story, Bart decided to push his luck again. So the couple believed Bart’s explanation that it was all a joke or misunderstanding when a college friend tipped off police about a murder plot. Kent and Patricia Whitaker with Kevin and Bartīut how could parents believe such a thing? Their mental highlight reel was probably playing footage of an 8-year-old Bart teaching his little brother how to ride a bike.Īt it again. She also found freedom in the solitary lifestyle.Īs the war progressed, Virginia made increasing inroads against the Nazis, leading groups in intelligence gathering, sabotage, prison escapes, and more. Virginia’s courage, commitment to detail, sense of duty, organizational skills, and relentless work ethic made her an ideal spy. The SOE had struggled to infiltrate deeply and had therefore been unable to organize resistance groups. Virginia was one of the first successful secret agents in France. F Section was the French branch of the Special Operation Executive (SOE): the British Secret service responsible for wartime espionage. Originally denied entry to the Foreign Service because of her sex and her disability-her foot was amputated after a hunting accident-Virginia persevered and joined F Section. When the rumblings of World War II began, her love for France, her need for adventure, and her loathing of fascism prompted her to join the espionage effort. Uninterested in both romance and wealth, a young Virginia traveled to Paris instead. Her mother, Barbara, wanted her to climb the social ladder and marry into money as she had. Virginia was born into an affluent family. |