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Berlin boasts two zoological gardens, a consequence of decades of political and administrative division of the city. The older one, called Zoo Berlin, founded in 1844, is situated in what is now called the "City West". It is the most species-rich zoo worldwide. The other one, called Tierpark Berlin ("Animal Park"), was established on the long abandoned premises of Friedrichsfelde Manor Park in the eastern borough of Lichtenberg, in 1954. Covering 160 ha, it is the largest landcape zoo in Europe.
Rund 15 Prozent der Erdoberfläche werden von Savannen bedeckt. Damit gehören sie zu den größten und wichtigsten Lebensräumen des Planeten. Seit dem 26. Mai 2023 wird Besucher*innen im Tierpark Berlin ein Einblick in diese faszinierende Landschaft gewährt und sie können mehr über die unterschiedlichen Bewohner der ostafrikanischen Savanne und ihren natürlichen Lebensraum erfahren.
Ein wahrer Höhepunkt der neuen Tierpark-Savanne ist der 120 Meter lange Giraffenpfad: Hier werden die Gäste den bis zu fünf Meter hohen Grazien der Savanne zukünftig auf Augenhöhe begegnen können – wer sich traut, bahnt sich den Weg durch den Wald bis zu den Aussichtsplattformen über eine abenteuerliche Hängebrücke. Der Tierpark Berlin erreicht mit der Eröffnung der Afrikanischen Savannenlandschaft ein neues Etappenziel auf seinem Weg zu einem Zoo der Zukunft. Seit knapp neun Jahren wird der 1955 gegründete und 160 Hektar große Tierpark Berlin zu einem naturnahen Geozoo umgebaut. Um einen Einblick in den Lebensraum der einzelnen Tierarten und deren Interaktionen, Besonderheiten und Problematiken zu ermöglichen, werden die Tiere im Tierpark größtenteils nach geografischen Gesichtspunkten zu sehen sein.
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Around 15 per cent of the earth's surface is covered by savannahs. This makes them one of the largest and most important habitats on the planet. Since 26 May 2023, visitors to Tierpark Berlin have been given an insight into this fascinating landscape and can learn more about the different inhabitants of the East African savannah and their natural habitat.
A true highlight of the new zoo savannah is the 120-metre-long giraffe trail: here, guests will be able to meet the up to five-metre-high graces of the savannah at eye level in future - those who dare will make their way through the forest to the viewing platforms via an adventurous suspension bridge. With the opening of the African Savannah Landscape, Tierpark Berlin has reached a new milestone on its way to becoming a zoo of the future. For almost nine years, the 160-hectare Tierpark Berlin, which was founded in 1955, has been transformed into a near-natural geozoo. In order to provide an insight into the habitat of the individual animal species and their interactions, peculiarities and problems, the animals in the zoo will largely be seen according to geographical aspects.
via If you want to be happy, be bit.ly/GJv0PE Stress Management Techniques Are Perfect Stress Busters
By Natasha A. Unzueta
Some stress is an important part of everyday life. As a consequence of being stressed we react to situations better, perform with a heightened level of awareness, access a more focussed way of thinking. But to live in a permanently stressed state is counter-productive; it is draining and bad for our long term health.Learning to prioritize is an important stress management technique. We can become habituated to instantly reacting whenever there is a request for work or help, but learning to prioritize is an important way to manage stress. Doing the most urgent tasks first helps to manage stress and pressure as it minimises the need to have people banging on the door, urgently demanding a piece of work.
Seeing things through from start to finish is important, as it can be tempting to start one piece of work, then another and have several projects on the go at once. This can apply equally at home or at work; starting to clean a room, then doing a little ironing, then the garden can result in nothing being finished and leave a dissatisfied feeling at the end of the day. If a work task has to be left part way through make sure that you make clear notes so that it can be resumed efficiently once you return.
Once you get to know the chief reason behind your stress, you can easily manage it. All you need is spend some time with yourself and family away from tedious activities of your daily life. This helps in relieving your tensions and keeps you totally relaxed. A weekend getaway or a holiday to a hill station can also be a wise option to get rid of your stress, breaking free of the shackles of social events and work pressures. An exercise regime followed regularly acts as a positive catalyst in reducing stress levels. You can also join yoga classes or seek professional help from experts who can help you out with best stress management techniques. Various programs and counseling by professionals help to eliminate all issues related to stress in an easy and reliable way.
Look at the big picture: Take perspective of the stressful situation. Ask yourself how important it will be in the long run.Have role models: Emulate people who have had success that you admire. Learn about the struggles they have had during their career paths and the techniques they used to overcome difficult times.Be more assertive: Do not take a back seat in your life. Deal with problems head on, doing your best to anticipate and prevent them. When you have got an exam to study for and your chatty room mates just got home, say up front that you only have five minutes to talk.
Practice self-hypnosis. It need only take a second or two to visit a calm place in nature, like a garden, beach, waterfall, and enjoy the sense of peace it brings, or to practice telling yourself some positive affirmations and statements. These are effective ways to manage stress, boost your inner peace and improve your self-esteem. Self hypnosis can act as a quick mini-break at times of pressure, when you're maybe needing to clear cluttered thinking and access a sense of calm, peace and clear thinking.Self-hypnosis can also provide a fast and effective way to draw a line between work and home. Some people find it hard to switch off at the end of the day. They find themselves constantly checking their phone or emails, unable to stop worrying or stressing about the latest project or task. Practice breathing techniques and self-hypnosis as an effective way of letting go of invasive thoughts and setting better habits in place.
Remind yourself to value the other areas of your life, your family, friends, hobbies and interests as well as work. By introducing stress management techniques it becomes easier to find a balance between all those different areas. You establish a better quality of life and establish a healthy work/life balance that brings satisfaction, pleasure as well as challenge and only occasional stress.
Try it right now:Relax your body and free yourself of any signs of tension. Allow your tongue and jaws to relax. Drop your shoulders away from your ears. Let your abdomen relax and become softer, freeing yourself of all tension from that part of your body. Become aware of your breathing just as it is. Inhale and take in a deep, full breath.Allow the breath to flow all the way down into the lower belly. You can imagine that there is a small balloon in the belly. As you breathe in, allow that balloon to smoothly inflate. As you breathe out, feel how the balloon easily collapses. Take in several of these measured, gentle, deep breaths.
Many people find that they can start the page with a great deal of anger reflected in their strokes. You can often see the difference from the harder, less intentional strokes of the crayon to the softer and more reserved strokes. This is visually satisfying because you can see that it is working. As you start to see the pattern of strokes from one end of the book to the other, you will notice that it takes less time for the hard strokes to soften.
If you are just learning diaphragmatic breathing, it can be helpful to begin by lying on your back with your knees bent. In this posture, it is easier to feel "soft-belly", diaphragmatic breathing. Be mindful of the feeling of the belly rising with the inhalation and falling with the exhalation. Let the breath initiate that movement.You can also put your hands on your abdomen and breathe into their warmth. Feel how the weight of the hands goes up with inhalation and drops with exhalation. A thick book resting on the abdomen will create the same sensation.
Another wonderful way to find deep belly breath is to lie face down on your belly. In this position, the only way you can breathe is diaphragmatically.Lastly, it can sometimes be useful to let yourself sigh out loud with the out-breath. Sounding is a wonderful way to let go of stress and tension.Deep, diaphragmatic, soft-belly breathing has a profound effect on the body. Just three minutes of soft-belly breathing can shift your body out of Stress Response mode into the Relaxation Response! And if you can remain in that Relaxation Response for just 20 minutes each day, you will go a long way toward offsetting the destructive effects of chronic stress on your body.
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Today, the Department of State designated Ibrahim Awwad Ibrahim Ali al-Badri, also known as Abu Du’a, as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist under section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224. The consequences of this designation include a prohibition against knowingly providing material support or resources to, or engaging in other transactions with Abu Du’a, and the freezing of all property and interests in property of Abu Du’a that is in the United States, or comes within the United States or the control of U.S. persons. Today, the Department’s Rewards for Justice program is also offering a $10 million reward for information that leads to the location of Abu Du’a.
Abu Du’a is the leader of al-Qa’ida in Iraq (AQI). AQI is listed as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO), and was listed by the UNSCR 1267 Committee in 2004.
Abu Du’a is in charge of running AQI operations currently based in Iraq and is responsible for managing and directing large scale operations, such as the August 28, 2011 attack on the Umm al-Qura mosque in Baghdad, which killed prominent Sunni lawmaker Khalid al-Fahdawi. In a statement eulogizing Usama bin Laden, Abu Du’a threatened violent retaliation for bin Laden’s death. Three days after bin Laden’s death, Abu Du’a claimed responsibility for an attack in Hilla, Iraq, that killed 24 policemen and wounded 72 others. The group claimed 23 other attacks south of Baghdad between March and April 2011; all of these attacks have been carried out under Abu Du’a’s guidance.
On August 15, 2011, a wave of AQI suicide attacks began in Mosul, Iraq, which has resulted in over 70 deaths. Shortly thereafter, AQI, under Abu Du’a’s direction, pledged on its website to carry out 100 attacks across Iraq in retaliation for bin Laden’s death. The statement claimed the campaign would include varied attacks, including raids, suicide attacks, roadside bombs and small arms attacks in all cities and rural areas across Iraq.
This designation plays a critical role in our fight against terrorism and is an effective means of curtailing support for terrorist activities and pressuring groups to abandon terrorism.
Information about Abu Du’a is located on the Rewards for Justice web site (www.rewardsforjustice.net/dua). We encourage anyone with information on Abu Du’a’s location to contact the nearest U.S. embassy or consulate, any U.S. military commander, or the Rewards for Justice office via the website, by e-mail (RFJ@state.gov) or by mail at Rewards for Justice, Washington, DC 20520-0303, USA. All information will be kept strictly confidential. Since its inception in 1984, the Rewards for Justice Program has paid more than $100 million to more than 70 persons who provided actionable information that put terrorists behind bars or prevented acts of international terrorism worldwide.
PRN: 2011/1663
Nachdem Flickr verbrannte Erde hinterlassen hat mit seiner Politik der Ausgrenzung und dem sich anschließenden Kommunikationsdebakel und den Nichtkonsequenzen habe ich für mich die meinen gezogen und bin ab sofort bei Ipernity aktiv. Da weiß ich zwar nicht, wie sich das ausspricht, aber da treffe ich viele gute alte bekannte ;-)
Der account hier wird von mir nicht gelöscht, ich werde nur keine neuen bilder posten. wenn "pro" irgendwann ausläuft, gibt's einen dezenten hinweis darauf, wie man dennoch mehr als 200 bilder sehen kann... | I'm no longer active on flickr due to their censorship-policy and the way they handle that problem. Like most of my Dresden based friends and a lot of other Germany ex flickr friends i moved. So please visit me at Ipernity!
Detail from a Weeping Wych Elm (Ulmus glabra 'Horizontalis') taken in Spring. The copious green blossom like seeds bloom before the leaves develop.
Most elms in the UK died as a consequence of Dutch Elm Disease, a fungal agent carried by the Elm Bark Beetle. Being geographically isolated (by the Sea to the south, and the South Downs Hills to the north) - the beetle has not made it to Brighton yet. Many elms survive in Brighton, and are watched vigilantly for signs of infection.
The tree is located in Pavilion Gardens, part of the Prince Regent's Royal Pavilion estate.
Links:
My Brighton and Hove (about Elms, including picture of the whole tree)
My Brighton and Hove (about Pavilion Gardens)
Another picture of the whole tree (outdoors.webshots.com)
National Elm Collection Annual Report (Brighton and Hove City Council)
His Black Square was the most radical consequence.
Provided by Museum Outfit & Museumkaart Amsterdam
The end of half term, my grey bricks, and a section of castle for each member of the family (including my 4 year old and my wife). How well does it join together?
Favorite shot from a series of newspaper photographs that I took at a school assembly on drunk driving.
I also shot two rolls of 6x6 film, (E-6 and BW) but i have not developed those yet.
The car accident was staged, but the was somewhat similar to if I had been photographing breaking news, albeit less hectic and without the emotional haze of witnessing such an event.
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Thank you to the American government and to the activates presence of Lisa P. Jackson, administrator of the EPA and of all her team, for set up the follow and the check of the evolution of the oil spill, attempts to stop of the oil flow in the Gulf of Mexico, chemical products used by BP and of their consequences on Water, Air, Earth and Health…
Considering the dynamics, importance and strength of the US EPA, the Environmental Protection Agency should use as an example through the World, and this, in a common interests, for all us: to protect our Mother Earth, her Environment and her Ecosystem…
Deepwater Horizon Response from the White House
www.whitehouse.gov/search/site/deepwater Horizon
EPA's Gulf of Mexico oil spill response
Lisa P. Jackson on Facebook
I call for common solidarity: for all those that think to be able to bring their assistance, of all the manners that this is, you will find, through below the official links, all coordinated them necessary, and the responses to all your questions…
Deepwater Horizon Response - Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Response
www.deepwaterhorizonresponse.com/go/page/2931/45531/
Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Response - FAQ's
www.deepwaterhorizonresponse.com/go/doctype/2931/52435/
VOLUNTEERING - I want to volunteer. Who should I contact?
www.deepwaterhorizonresponse.com/go/doc/2931/542499/
Alternative technology, services or products - I have a technology, service, or idea to provide. How can I do that?
www.deepwaterhorizonresponse.com/go/doc/2931/542511/
I invite you all to rejoin Deepwater Horizon Response on Facebook, Flickr, Twitter and You Tube… for following the evolution of the position in new, photos and videos …
Deepwater Horizon Response - Facebook
www.facebook.com/DeepwaterHorizonResponse
Deepwater Horizon Response – Oil Spill 2010 - Twitter
Photos of Deepwater Horizon Response - Flickr
www.flickr.com/photos/deepwaterhorizonresponse
Videos of Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill - You Tube
www.youtube.com/deepwaterhorizonjic
Recent Updates for Deepwater Horizon Response - Blog
feeds.feedburner.com/deepwaterhorizonresponse
Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Response – U.S. Department of Homeland Security
homeport.uscg.mil/mycg/portal/ep/home.do
EPA's Gulf of Mexico oil spill response
USGS Responds to Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
www.usgs.gov/deepwater_horizon/
Deepwater Horizon Incident, Gulf of Mexico – NASA
www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/oilspill/index.html
Deepwater Horizon Incident, Gulf of Mexico – Office of Response and Restoration by NOAA’s National Ocean Service
response.restoration.noaa.gov/topic_subtopic_entry.php?RE...
Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill – National Response Center (NRC)
At last, you can follow in photo the evolution of this oil spill and its impact on the environment, through the links below:
Photos of Deepwater Horizon Response - Flickr
www.flickr.com/photos/deepwaterhorizonresponse
Usepagov - EPA’s Deepwater Horizon Response on Flickr
www.flickr.com/photos/usepagov/
Louisiana GOHESP on Flickr - The Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness' mission is to lead and support Louisiana and its Citizens
www.flickr.com/photos/lagohsep/
U.S. Department of the Interior on Flickr
www.flickr.com/photos/usinterior/
Disaster unfolds slowly in the Gulf of Mexico
www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/05/disaster_unfolds_slowly...
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Merci au gouvernement américain et à la présence active de Lisa P. Jackson, administratrice de l’EPA et de toute son équipe, pour la mise en place et le contrôle de l’évolution de la marée noire, des tentatives de colmatage des fuites dans le Golf du Mexique, des produits chimiques utilisés par BP et de leurs conséquences sur l’Eau, l’Air, la Terre et la Santé…
Compte tenu de la dynamique, de l’importance et du pouvoir de l’US EPA, l’Agence pour la Protection de l’Environnement devrait servir d’exemple à travers le Monde, et ce, dans un intérêt commun, pour nous tous : protéger notre Mère la Terre, son Environnement et son Ecosystème…
Deepwater Horizon Response from The White House
www.whitehouse.gov/search/site/deepwater Horizon
EPA's Gulf of Mexico oil spill response
Lisa P. Jackson on Facebook
J’en appelle à la solidarité commune : pour tous ceux qui pensent pouvoir apporter leur aide, de quelques manières que ce soit, vous trouverez, via les liens officiels ci-dessous, toutes les coordonnées nécessaires, et les réponses à toutes vos questions…
Deepwater Horizon Response - Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Response
www.deepwaterhorizonresponse.com/go/page/2931/45531/
Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Response - FAQ's
www.deepwaterhorizonresponse.com/go/doctype/2931/52435/
VOLUNTEERING - I want to volunteer. Who should I contact?
www.deepwaterhorizonresponse.com/go/doc/2931/542499/
Alternative technology, services or products - I have a technology, service, or idea to provide. How can I do that?
www.deepwaterhorizonresponse.com/go/doc/2931/542511/
Je vous invite tous à rejoindre Deepwater Horizon Response sur Facebook et Flickr, Twitter, sur You Tube… pour suivre l’évolution de la situation en news, en photos et en vidéos…
Deepwater Horizon Response - Facebook
www.facebook.com/DeepwaterHorizonResponse
Deepwater Horizon Response – Oil Spill 2010 - Twitter
Photos of Deepwater Horizon Response - Flickr
www.flickr.com/photos/deepwaterhorizonresponse
Videos of Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill - You Tube
www.youtube.com/deepwaterhorizonjic
Recent Updates for Deepwater Horizon Response - Blog
feeds.feedburner.com/deepwaterhorizonresponse
Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Response – U.S. Department of Homeland Security
homeport.uscg.mil/mycg/portal/ep/home.do
EPA's Gulf of Mexico oil spill response
USGS Responds to Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
www.usgs.gov/deepwater_horizon/
Deepwater Horizon Incident, Gulf of Mexico – NASA
www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/oilspill/index.html
Deepwater Horizon Incident, Gulf of Mexico – Office of Response and Restoration by NOAA’s National Ocean Service
response.restoration.noaa.gov/topic_subtopic_entry.php?RE...
Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill – National Response Center (NRC)
Enfin, vous pouvez suivre en photo l’évolution de cette marée noire et son impact sur l’environnement, via les liens ci-dessous :
Photos of Deepwater Horizon Response - Flickr
www.flickr.com/photos/deepwaterhorizonresponse
Usepagov - EPA’s Deepwater Horizon Response on Flickr
www.flickr.com/photos/usepagov/
Louisiana GOHESP on Flickr - The Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness' mission is to lead and support Louisiana and its Citizens
www.flickr.com/photos/lagohsep/
U.S. Department of the Interior on Flickr
www.flickr.com/photos/usinterior/
Disaster unfolds slowly in the Gulf of Mexico
www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/05/disaster_unfolds_slowly...
The consequences of the explosion, arising April 20, 2010 on the platform of drilling Deepwater Horizon in the Gulf of Mexico, will have done 11 death, injured and induced the collapse of the platform (April 22 2010), followed by a rupture of the well of drilling to three levels and of an uncontrollable oil spill for the time being, who mobilize today about 7,000 persons, of which 2,500 volunteers…
Here useful links to understand and to be informed of evolution of the rescuers to attempt to stop this leak and its heavy consequences:
What is the latest news on the Gulf of Mexico oil spill? - from USA.gov
answers.usa.gov/cgi-bin/gsa_ict.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.p...
Oil Leak from Damaged Well in Gulf of Mexico - from Earth Observatory of NASA
earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=43768
Salazar Launches Full Review of Offshore Drilling Safety Issues during Visit to Oil Spill Command Centers on Gulf Coast - from U.S. Department of the Interior
www.doi.gov/news/pressreleases/Salazar-Launches-Full-Revi...
About the Minerals Management Service – from U.S. Department of the Interior
www.mms.gov/aboutmms/ocsdef.htm
U.S. Department of the Interior - Our Mission: Protecting America’s Great Outdoors and Powering Our Future
EPA Establishes Web site on BP Oil Spill / EPA
yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/324e040292e1e51f8525735...
Federal Response to BP Spill in the Gulf of Mexico – from EPA
Oil Spills by Emergency Management – from EPA
Additional information on the broader response from the U.S. Coast Guard
www.deepwaterhorizonresponse.com
NOAA’s Damage Assessment, Remediation, and Restoration Program (DARRP)
As a trustee for coastal resources, NOAA protects and restores habitats injured by hazardous waste sites, oil spills and vessel groundings.
Oil and Chemical Spills by National Ocean Service – from NOAA
oceanservice.noaa.gov/topics/oceans/spills/
Oil Spill Preparation and Response – From U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
www.fws.gov/contaminants/Issues/OilSpill.cfm
Préparation et réponse de flaque d'huile - Programme Environnemental de Contaminants par U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
w4.systranlinks.com/trans?lp=en_fr&url=http://www.fws...
Secretary Napolitano and Secretary Salazar Launch Full Investigation of Deepwater Horizon Incident in the Gulf of Mexico
www.dhs.gov/ynews/releases/pr_1272395702575.shtm
Gulf of Mexico - Deepwater Horizon Incident
www.deepwaterhorizonresponse.com/go/site/2931/
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Les conséquences de l’explosion, survenue le 20 avril 2010 sur la plate-forme de forage Deepwater Horizon dans le Golf du Mexique, aura fait 11 victimes, des blessés et entraîné l’effondrement de la plate-forme (le 22 avril 2010), suivi d’une rupture du puits de forage à trois niveaux et d’une marée noire incontrôlable dans l’immédiat, qui mobilisent aujourd’hui environ 7.000 personnes, dont 2.500 bénévoles…
Voici des liens utiles pour comprendre et être informé de l’évolution des sauveteurs pour tenter de stopper cette fuite et ses lourdes conséquences:
What is the latest news on the Gulf of Mexico oil spill? - from USA.gov
answers.usa.gov/cgi-bin/gsa_ict.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.p...
Oil Leak from Damaged Well in Gulf of Mexico - from Earth Observatory of NASA
earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=43768
Salazar Launches Full Review of Offshore Drilling Safety Issues during Visit to Oil Spill Command Centers on Gulf Coast - from U.S. Department of the Interior
www.doi.gov/news/pressreleases/Salazar-Launches-Full-Revi...
About the Minerals Management Service – from U.S. Department of the Interior
www.mms.gov/aboutmms/ocsdef.htm
U.S. Department of the Interior - Our Mission: Protecting America’s Great Outdoors and Powering Our Future
EPA Establishes Web site on BP Oil Spill / EPA
yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/324e040292e1e51f8525735...
Federal Response to BP Spill in the Gulf of Mexico – from EPA
Oil Spills by Emergency Management – from EPA
Additional information on the broader response from the U.S. Coast Guard
www.deepwaterhorizonresponse.com
NOAA’s Damage Assessment, Remediation, and Restoration Program (DARRP)
As a trustee for coastal resources, NOAA protects and restores habitats injured by hazardous waste sites, oil spills and vessel groundings.
Oil and Chemical Spills by National Ocean Service – from NOAA
oceanservice.noaa.gov/topics/oceans/spills/
Oil Spill Preparation and Response – From U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
www.fws.gov/contaminants/Issues/OilSpill.cfm
Préparation et réponse de flaque d'huile - Programme Environnemental de Contaminants par U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
w4.systranlinks.com/trans?lp=en_fr&url=http://www.fws...
Secretary Napolitano and Secretary Salazar Launch Full Investigation of Deepwater Horizon Incident in the Gulf of Mexico
www.dhs.gov/ynews/releases/pr_1272395702575.shtm
Gulf of Mexico - Deepwater Horizon Incident
Consequence upon the geometrically rising world population and the increasing pressure on food items, it has become increasingly necessary to increase food production from the present level. The possibility of achieving this is not only to increase production but also to protect the crops cultivated. Crop protection can be achieved through several means. One of such is the use of pesticides. This paper therefore reviews the use of neem extracts as bio-pesticides among other plant species with inherent pesticidal activities. It is no doubt that the chemical pesticides or insecticides possess inherent toxic substances that endangers the ecological environment, operators of application equipment, soil microbiota and consumers of the agricultural products. It is therefore important that we encourage the use of biological pesticides as they affect only target pest, are easily biodegradable, increase farm land fertility, environmentally friendly, cost effective and ease of availability. It is also important that because of the low cost of production of bio-pesticides it should be encouraged as an option in African countries especially Nigeria in agricultural practices. The practice of farmers making their own neem-based products for pest control would reduce their dependence on external inputs for agriculture. It would also reduce their cost of pest control to almost zero, leaving only labour as a potential expenditure item. Pests can also be controlled without the use of toxic chemical pesticides, which will reduce the harm posed to humans and the environment alike. There is wide scope for innovation in developing neem as an efficient bio-pesticide. There is enough information to encourage the use of different neem extracts. With the increasing trend of using bio fertilizers, insecticides and pesticides, neem should be increasingly cultivated and grown all over the world to get active ingredient-azadirachtin, responsible for stopping the growth cycle of pests. Neem is also assuming a lot of importance in crop management. Considering the fact that neem is not only a cheaper, naturally occurring product and an effective method to control pests and insects, but also has no side effects on plants or other living beings especially soil micro biota.
Author(s) Details
Dr. Bassey Etta Agbo
Department of Microbiology, University of Calabar, P. M. B. 1115, Calabar, Nigeria.
Dr. (Mrs.) Abo Iso Nta
Department of Zoology and Environmental Biology, University of Calabar, P. M. B. 1115, Calabar, Nigeria.
Mr. Mathias Okang Ajaba
Department of Science Laboratory Technology, University of Calabar, P. M. B. 1115, Calabar, Nigeria.
Read full article: bp.bookpi.org/index.php/bpi/catalog/view/52/409/455-1
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This is the last illustration of Breaking Bad's Jesse Pinkman for season one. I really enjoyed illustrating the iconic gas mask from the show. Created in Procreate for iPad. about.me/raheemnelson.
La Ciotat is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southern France. It is part of the metropolitan area of Marseille Provence. La Ciotat is located to the east of Marseille at an equal distance from Marseille and Toulon.
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You're the colour,
you're the movement and the spin, never
Could it stay with me the whole day long?
Fail with consequence, lose with eloquence
and smile.
I'm not in this movie
I'm not in this song.
Nothing of great consequence: simply attractive shadows in Vieil Antibes.
Not that it's relevant to the photo: Jacques Audiberti (1899–1965) was a Absurdist playwright born in Antibes.
*Advertisement ref. Port Augusta Dispatch 23-5-1882.
St Gabriel’s, the former Roman Catholic Church at Cradock in the Flinders Ranges.
The building bears a sign “St Cecilia” as a consequence of murder mystery evenings held there.
The church was designed by Thomas Burgoyne of Port Augusta, who was an architect, the first editor of The Dispatch, one-time Mayor of Port Augusta and member of the South Australian Parliament.
Tenders for the erection of a Catholic Church at Cradock appeared in the Port Augusta Dispatch on 23 May 1882.
Building commenced with the foundation stone being laid by the Right Reverend Dr Reynolds, Roman Catholic Bishop of Adelaide, on 12 March 1882. He arrived at Cradock from Wilson on 11 March, accompanied by Father Nevin, and followed by a number of people in vehicles and horsemen.
The day was most disagreeable, the wind blowing a hurricane and dense clouds of dust rendering it at time impossible to see the procession.
On his arrived in the township, although covered with dust and fatigued, the Bishop met the congregation.
The following morning the Bishop celebrated mass in Peter Connor’s new general store: after which a procession was formed and proceeded to the church site. Bishop Reynolds laid the foundation stone and preached an eloquent sermon. £80 was collected, and £6 in promises, which was very good considering the bad seasons.
St Gabriel's was opened on 30 September 1883.
There had been a delay in the building of this Gothic style church because the contractor went into liquidation when the walls reached only approximately six feet in height. As a consequence, it was not until 1914 before the finishing touches were completed.
Bishop Reynolds returned to Cradock and dedicated the church on 12 July 1885. He also administered confirmation to 50 young people.
The finishing touches included the building of the sanctuary and vestry: the new vestry replacing an earlier wooden one. Cost £260.
The opening of the new work occurred on 23 March 1914 the day after additions to Sts Philip and James Roman Catholic Church at Hawker were blessed and opened.
The work was blessed on 23 March 1914. Bishop Norton administered confirmation.
The former St Gabriel’s Roman Catholic Church at Cradock was added to the South Australian Heritage Register in 1982.
It is of architectural significance because of the high quality of the design and detailing and as a significant example of the work of Thomas Burgoyne.
It is a landmark in the township of Cradock.
Refs: Observer 18-2-1882, Advertiser 23-3-1882 and 14-3-1914, Christian Colonist 17-7-1885, State Heritage Register.
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The Fed Surprise And A Weaker Dollar Could Be Very Good For Gold
Tim Lacano article
Precious Metals Weekly Market Wrap
Gold and silver prices rose and then fell on news from the Federal Reserve last week and this process is likely to both continue and intensify now that the central bank has surprised markets by delaying the start of tapering its $85 billion per month money printing effort. After the Fed policy decision was announced on Wednesday, the gold price saw its biggest one-day move higher since June 2009, but most of those gains were given back on Friday when a central bank official suggested that tapering could come as soon as next month.
One consequence of the Fed's newly dovish outlook was a much weaker dollar and this could play a key role in how precious metals trade in the period ahead since these two assets often move in opposite directions. A government shut-down looms on October 1st and the debt ceiling must be raised just weeks later, so there is a possibility of a late-2011 style loss of confidence in Washington lawmakers that could lead to a loss of confidence in the U.S. currency. As was the case two years ago, this could roil financial markets in 2013, but boost precious metals.
After last week's big moves, the outlook for precious metals is more uncertain than it's been for many months and at least one prominent investment bank has cited the combination of a weak dollar and near-term U.S. debt concerns as possible catalysts for higher metal prices this fall. But, one aspect about this market now seems clear - volatility has returned.
For the week, spot gold declined just over two dollars, from $1,327.90 an ounce to $1,325.60, and silver dropped 2.1 percent, from $22.27 an ounce to $21.80. Gold is now down 20.9 percent for the year, some 31.1 percent below its record high of over $1,920 an ounce just over two years ago, and the silver price has fallen 28.2 percent in 2013, now 56.0 percent below its record high near $50 an ounce in early 2011.
The Federal Reserve said on Wednesday it would wait for more evidence of improvement in the U.S. economy before beginning to rein in its asset purchase program and, in the hours that followed, this sent the gold price up nearly $60 an ounce and silver jumped almost 10 percent. Some analysts noted that this move higher was largely short-covering rather than the much more bullish development of establishing new long positions, and this view was lent a good deal of credence when metal prices plunged two days later.
The move down on Friday was prompted by St. Louis Fed President James Bullard who said the central bank decision was a "close call" and that the Fed could begin to scale back its bond buying program in October if incoming data point to an improving economy. After gold and silver were little changed on Thursday while traders digested the surprise decision by the Fed, it seemed markets were looking for a catalyst to prompt a reversal and Bullard's comments filled the bill.
As shown below via StockCharts, after the prior week's big move down, the two outsized moves on Wednesday and Friday have ushered in a new period of heightened volatility following months of relative calm.
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While many see Fed tapering as a question of "not if, but when," what happened last week suddenly raised the possibility that the central bank won't be able to reduce its stimulus effort for some time to come.
Just talking about doing so over the last four months has been a key factor in the disappointing economic data (largely as a result of fast rising interest rates) and this makes the interaction between the Fed, financial markets, and the U.S. economy all the more unpredictable in the months to come. Suddenly, calls for the next Fed move to be an expansion of stimulus, rather than a reduction, seem more credible and this would be wildly bullish for precious metals.
Another bullish factor for gold and silver was the withdrawal of Larry Summers from the race for Fed Chairman. This leaves current Fed Vice Chair Janet Yellen, widely considered to be far more dovish than Summers, as the likely successor to Ben Bernanke when his term comes to an end in just four months.
But developments in Washington could be the most important driver for precious metals in the weeks ahead as House Republicans were determined to remove funding for "Obamacare" in a government funding bill on Friday, despite this bill having no chance of passing in the Senate. There are just six working days left before the government's spending authority runs out on October 1st and this could precipitate a government shutdown that would quickly erode confidence in the U.S. dollar.
Beyond that looms a fight over raising the debt ceiling in mid-October and, if past is precedent, a last-minute deal will be reached to avert this potential crisis as well, however, that is by no means guaranteed. Most analysts do not expect an outcome similar to the summer of 2011 when a debt ceiling standoff led to a threatened U.S. debt default causing the dollar and equity markets to plunge as the gold price soared. But it's worth remembering that most analysts didn't predict the events of two years ago either.
All of this has resulted in some investment banks suddenly turning bullish on gold again, notably Goldman Sachs, per this Business Insider report:
The FOMC unexpectedly decided not to taper the rate of its asset purchases, preferring to wait for further confirmation of improvement in the US economic outlook. This announcement, as well as Bernanke's press conference, was more dovish than most had expected, pushing gold prices to $1,365/toz. The decision, combined with the upcoming debt ceiling debate, leaves risks to gold prices as skewed to the upside in the near- term, in our view.
Goldman remains bearish over the long-term, expecting metal prices to decline at year-end and in 2014, but their expectation for improving economic data to "solidly confirm a reacceleration in U.S. growth and warranta less accommodative monetary policy stance" is much less convincing today than it was prior to last week's Fed meeting that was accompanied by sharply lower projections for U.S. growth from Fed economists.
JP Morgan opened a long position in gold after last week's developments as detailed here, however, ETF investors were unmoved.
Holdings for the popular SPDR Gold Shares ETF (GLD) rose by one tonne on Thursday and then fell by two tonnes on Friday in what was a clear sign of disinterest, that is, given how much the gold price moved up and then down late in the week. This follows relative stability in these holdings over the last two months, but it's worth noting that, per this Bloomberg report, overall gold funds saw their biggest inflows in 11 months for the week ending September 18th. Lastly, the iShares Silver Trust ETF (SLV) saw a hefty inflow of 105 tonnes on Friday as cost-sensitive buyers took advantage of lower prices.
The Fed's surprise decision not to act last week has injected a whole new set of uncertainties into precious metals markets and about the only thing that now seems more certain is that more volatility lies ahead.
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Universal, 15 Chapters, 1938. Starring Larry “Buster” Crabbe, Jean Rogers, Charles Middleton, Frank Shannon, Beatrice Roberts, Richard Alexander, Donald Kerr, C. Montague Shaw, Wheeler Oakman.
Flash Gordon’s Trip to Mars picks up almost exactly where Flash Gordon left off, with our courageous trio of interplanetary adventurers–Flash Gordon (Larry “Buster” Crabbe), Dale Arden (Jean Rogers), and Dr. Zarkov (Frank Shannon)–returning to Earth from the planet Mongo. They are greeted to a royal welcome, since their voyage has saved the Earth from being destroyed by the late Emperor Ming of Mongo. Zarkov, however, attempts to curb the Earthlings’ ebullience by cautioning them that the defeat and death of Ming does not mean that their planet is free from other threats of extraterrestrial invasion. As usual, Zarkov is correct; shortly after his warning speech, the Martian Queen Azura (Beatrice Roberts) begins an operation designed to siphon off the “nitron” (aka nitrogen) in the Earth’s atmosphere. Azura’s primary goal is to create nitron-powered weapons with which to wage a war against her mortal foes, the Clay People of Mars. She’s indifferent to the devastating effect that it will have on the Earth, while her chief adviser and military consultant regards the destruction of Earth as the main attraction of the plan. That adviser is none other than Ming (Charles Middleton), still very much alive and longing for revenge on Flash and Zarkov for toppling him from his throne and driving him into exile on Mars.
As the Earth begins to experience catastrophic floods and storms, due to the effects of Azura’s “Nitron Lamp,” Zarkov, Flash, and Dale launch another interplanetary trip to discover the cause of the catastrophes, which Zarkov has determined are due to a beam that emanates from outer space. They discover an unexpected stowaway aboard after takeoff–reporter “Happy” Hapgood (Donald Kerr), who had set out to track down Zarkov and get his opinion of the world-wide disasters. Not long after arriving on Mars, our quartet of Earth adventurers find themselves embroiled in the war between Azura and the Clay People. The latter are one-time rivals of the Queen, who have been transformed into living clay by Azura’s magical powers and banished to underground caverns from whence they carry on a guerilla war against Azura’s forces. The Clay People’s king enlists the aid of Flash and his party, as both of them want to stop Azura’s nitron-collecting plans, and, with additional aid from Prince Barin (Richard Alexander)–who arrives on Mars to try to convince the Martians to expel Ming–Flash and his party pit themselves against Azura’s magic, Ming’s machinations, Ming’s savage allies the Forest People, and many other hazards, in their quest to save the Earth.
Flash Gordon’s Trip to Mars is fully as good as the first Flash Gordon serial, although its strengths are in slightly different areas. While Trip to Mars doesn’t measure up to Flash Gordon when it comes to colorful characters and fantastic monsters, its focused plotline surpasses the episodic story of the earlier serial. In Flash Gordon, the protagonists merely responded to the perpetual perils that were hurled at them by Ming, King Vultan, and King Kala, while Ming’s own plans for destroying the Earth were largely abandoned after the first chapter in favor of his attempts to marry Dale and destroy Flash. In Trip to Mars, Flash, Dale, and Zarkov initiate events instead of just coping with them, and Ming’s new grand design drives the plot far more strongly than his earlier one, giving the good guys a clear-cut objective (the destruction of the Nitron Lamp) beyond simple escape from Mongo.
While Trip to Mars has no characters to rival Flash Gordon’s King Vultan and no bizarre beasts like the Orangopoid or the Fire Dragon, it still has excellent other-worldly atmosphere. The sets are not as varied and intricate as in the first serial, but still surpass the backdrops of almost any other chapterplay. Especially striking are Ming’s “powerhouse,” with its laboratory equipment and its disintegration room, Azura’s massive palace with its unique architectural design (particularly the futuristic pocket doors), the Clay People’s eerie caves, and the wonderfully-designed realm of the Forest People, with its twisted trees, climbing vines, hidden tunnels amid tree roots, and treehouse-like observation platforms.
In addition to the big sets, there are dozens of other major and minor props and special effects that make Trips to Mars memorably atmospheric; there’s the the Martians’ flying capes, the Martian televiewer screens (which are cleverly incorporated into the recap sequences at the beginning of each chapter), the Clay People’s vapor-healing chamber, and the bridge of light that connects Azura’s rocket tower to the rest of her palace and is powered by a simple switch like any Earthling lamp (the scene where Flash and Zarkov are first forced to cross the unsafe-looking thing is quite funny), to name but a few. I also appreciate the fact that Azura’s spaceship squadrons–her “stratosleds”–are designed differently than any of the ships in the first Flash Gordon serial; one would expect the aerial fleets of differing planets to differ in appearance. Another neat touch of internal consistency is the use of three completely different forms of salute by the three principal Martian races–Queen Azura’s subjects, the Clay People, and the Forest People.
The serial’s screenplay maintains good continuity with the previous Flash outing, despite being the work of a completely different team of writers–Ray Trampe, Norman S. Hall, Wyndham Gittens, and Herbert Dalmas. The new writing team avoids any of the clunky lines that occasionally crept into Flash Gordon’s dialogue exchanges; they also, despite having to resort to a few flashbacks to the first serial for padding purposes, manage to make their plot fit its fifteen-chapter length quite nicely. The major plot thread of the heroes’ attempts to destroy Ming and Azura’s Nitron Lamp is skillfully interwoven with several subplots–the Clay People’s efforts to regain their natural shape, the attempts by both Flash and Ming to get hold of the Black Sapphire of Kalu (a talisman that can neutralize Azura’s magic), and Ming’s plot to undermine Azura and seize the Martian throne.
Trip to Mars’ script wisely spreads its plot developments over the course of the serial, instead of introducing all its ideas in the first chapter and letting them tread water until the final one: the Clay People aren’t introduced till the second chapter or the Forest People until the sixth, while Prince Barin first arrives in Chapter Seven. The Nitron Lamp is destroyed in Chapter Nine and rebuilt over the course of the following chapters until it must be destroyed again at the climax, and one of the principal villains is killed off in Chapter Thirteen.
The cliffhangers aren’t quite as varied as in the first Flash serial, due to the lack of the various monsters that frequently attacked Flash for chapter-ending purposes in the earlier outing. However, writers still manage to avoid excessive repetition; for instance, while there are three chapter endings involving stratosled crashes, each one is set up differently–the first has Flash crashing a stratosled into another stratosled to stop it from bombing Dale and Happy, the second has a stratosled crashing on top of Flash and Zarkov, and the third has Flash and the pilots of a ’sled grapping for the controls as it soars towards yet another crash. There’s also an excellent cliffhanger in which Flash, Dale, Happy, and Zarkov are surrounded by an ever-narrowing ring of fire in the Forest People’s kingdom, and a memorably unusual one that has a hypnotized Dale stabbing an unsuspecting Flash in the back.
Though Trip to Mars has no swordfights or wrestling matches corresponding to those in Flash Gordon, it still features a nice variety of action scenes–including stratosled dogfights, fights among the vines and treetops of the Forest Kingdom, and chases through Azura’s big palace; the palace sequence in Chapter Five, which has the nimble Flash vaulting through windows to avoid the guards, is a particular standout. Directors Ford Beebe (a Universal serial veteran) and Robert Hill (a talented director who rarely escaped from low-budget independent serials and B-films) do a fine job of orchestrating these action scenes, assisted by stuntmen Eddie Parker (doubling Buster Crabbe), George DeNormand, Tom Steele, Bud Wolfe, and Jerry Frank. All of the aforementioned stuntmen, except Parker, also pop up in minor acting roles.
The performances in Trip to Mars are all first-rate; the returning actors from the first serial are all just as good as they were in Flash Gordon, while the new major players fit in smoothly. Buster Crabbe’s Flash is just as tough, chipper, athletic, and likable as in the first serial–and a good deal more wise and resourceful than before, improvising strategy and coming up with plans in tough situations instead of just trying to batter his way out. Frank Shannon’s Zarkov, as consequence of Flash’s new-found intelligence, has a reduced part, not guiding the good guys’ actions as he did in the first serial; he still functions as the scientific brains of the group, though, and is still as intense, serious, and sincere as before.
Jean Rogers, with her long blonde hair bobbed and dyed brown to better match the comic-strip version of Dale Arden (she’s also dressed in less arresting fashion), isn’t as stunning as in Flash Gordon, but is still a warm, welcome, and lovely presence. Her part here is smaller than in the first serial, though, since Ming is not romantically interested in her this time out (Ming, though no gentleman, evidently prefers blondes). Richard Alexander’s Prince Barin is a lot more self-assured when it comes to delivering dialogue this time around (helped, no doubt, by the absence of any overly high-flown lines), while his convincingly royal bearing and his commanding size are as effective as before.
Charles Middleton’s Ming is even more entertainingly sinister here than he was in Flash Gordon, getting a good deal more screen time and given a more devilish appearance by a notably forked beard. Though still given opportunities to break into tyrannical and bloodthirsty rages (particularly in his insane rant in the final chapter), Middleton spends much of the serial displaying duplicity and sly subtlety instead, since his Ming must pretend to friendship with Azura even while plotting against her. Middleton carries off this slightly more multi-faceted version of Ming masterfully, winning a few laughs with his crafty cynicism while remaining thoroughly sinister and hateful.
Beatrice Roberts does a fine job as Queen Azura, eschewing the sneering, aggressive demeanor of other serial villainesses for a regal, dignified manner (with a wryly humorous undercurrent) that contrasts interestingly with her often cruel behavior. Her Azura comes off as selfish and ruthless, but not an abusive tyrant like Ming. Donald Kerr as reporter Happy Hapgood, the other principal new character, is as controversial among fans as most other serial comedy-relief characters are. Speaking for myself, though, I found him quite likable and entertaining; he provides an amusingly commonplace point-of-view towards the fantastic world of Mars and is never obtrusive, gratingly stupid, or obnoxious. Additionally, his character is allowed to be quite heroic and helpful when the chips are down, a far cry from one-dimensional cowardly “comic” pests like Sonny Ray in Perils of Pauline or Lee Ford in SOS Coast Guard.
Wheeler Oakman is very good as Tarnak, Ming’s wily lab assistant and co-conspirator against Azura. C. Montague Shaw, concealed under heavy makeup for most of the serial, conveys an impressive air of ruined dignity as the King of the Clay People and manages to seem both sinister and sympathetic at different times. Usual hero Kane Richmond brings appropriate depth of characterization to his key role as a Martian pilot, who proves instrumental in helping Flash overthrow Ming in the later chapters. Anthony Warde has a small part as Toran, king of the Forest People, but extracts as much snarling nastiness as possible from the role. Future director Thomas Carr is his second-in-command, Kenne Duncan is the officer in charge of Azura’s airdrome, Lane Chandler and Jack Mulhall both appear as pilots of her Death Squadron, and Warner Richmond has a small role as one of Ming’s palace cohorts.
Hooper Atchley and James Blaine pop up as self-important Earth scientists, propounding ingenious and inaccurate theories as to the causes of the damage brought about by the Nitron Lamp, while Edwin Stanley is the general presiding over a council comprised of these two and additional savants. Louis Merrill (a radio actor who played character roles in several feature films) has a brief but memorable turn as the blunt and slightly uncouth Dr. Metz, who alone among the scientists has the humility to admit that Zarkov is the only one capable of unravelling the riddle of the disasters. Merrill’s characterization is so vivid that one wishes the actor had taken a larger part in this chapterplay or in other serials.
Flash Gordon’s Trip to Mars is a nearly ideal sequel, in that it manages to preserve the basic strengths of its predecessor while deviating from it in some areas and improving on it in others. It’s also a nearly ideal serial, independent of its relation to the earlier Flash Gordon; it balances good acting, atmosphere, action, and plotting in such fine style that it would still be a notable achievement if it were the sole entry in the Flash Gordon series.
Flash, Dale, and Dr. Zarkov return from their former space adventures only to find that their enemy, Ming the Merciless of planet Mongo, has a new weapon: a deadly ray that crosses space to wreak havoc on earth. Earth's only hope is for our heroes to take off again and stop the ray at its source on Mars, where they (and a stowaway) familiar to sci-fi serial fans as Happy Hapgood the space traveling reporter). Must battle Ming's ally, Queen Azura, who turns her enemies into lumpish clay people.With the aid of the Clay People and Prince Barin, Flash and his friends are triumphant in destroying the ray and putting an end to the scheme of Ming the Merciless. Can they survive 15 chapters of deadly perils? Find out next week...
The Deadly Ray From Mars was an edited version of the 1938 Universal serial "Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars" that was released to TV in a syndication package in 1966.
Mars Attacks the World was the feature version of the 1938 serial titled Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars. aka "Space Soldiers' Trip to Mars" - USA (TV title)
Mars Attacks the World is the feature compilation version of the serial Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars, while Rocket Ship is the the feature compilation of the serial Flash Gordon.
Jean Rogers as Dale Arden
Charles Middelton as Emperor Ming
Frank Shannon as Dr. Zarkov
Beatrice Roberts as Queen Azura
Richard Alexander as Prince Barin
Montague Shaw as The Clay King
Donald Kerr as Happy Hapgood the space traveling reporter.
The title of this serial was originally going to be "Flash Gordon and the Witch Queen of Mongo." It was changed so that Universal could save money by shooting the outdoor scenes on the back lot and not have to build costly sets, and by reusing the set for Emperor Ming's palace.
In the stock footage from Flash Gordon, shown in this film, as Flash is telling The Clay People about his previous encounter with Emperor Ming, Ming is bald and Dale Arden has blond hair. In this sequel, Ming has "pasted on" hair and Dale is a brunette. It has been reported that Jean Rogers (Dale Arden) had many other film roles pending at that time (1938) which had called for her to portray a brunette.
King Features Syndicate released the 3 Flash Gordon serials as well as "Buck Rogers," Red Barry", "Ace Drummond" and other comic strip cliffhangers to US TV in 1951. Because the television show Flash Gordon, starring Steve Holland as Flash, was in syndication in late 1953, the three Universal Pictures Flash Gordon theatrical serials were retitled for TV broadcast. Flash Gordon became "Space Soldiers", Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars became "Space Soldiers' Trip to Mars", and Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe became "Space Soldiers Conquer the Universe". To this day both the 3 original "Flash Gordon" serial titles and the 3 "Space Soldiers" titles are used.
Chapter Titles:
1. New Worlds To Conquer
2. The Living Dead
3. Queen of Magic
4. Ancient Enemies
5. The Boomerang
6. Treemen of Mars
7. Prisoner of Monga
8. Black Sapphire of Kalu
9. Symbol of Death
10. Incense of Forgetfulness
11. Human Bait
12. Ming the Merciless
13. Miracle of Magic
14. Beasts at Bay
15. An Eyes For An Eye