Podcasts about Oceania

Show Notes This week we're joined by two returning guests, costume designer Sarah McCostumes and theatrical mask consultant Sean DMR to talk about costuming, mobile suits, and what the aesthetics of Char's Counterattack can tell us about the characters, the world, and the story. Plus in the research Thom looks at Char's iconography and tries to trace its origins. Char's Iconography Background on Prussian-style Collars: Prussian uniforms (including various Zeon-esque collars) - “The Waffenfrock 1842-1895” from Kaiser's Bunker.  Imperial Japanese Army uniforms during the Russo-Japanese War (showing the contrast collar borrowed from the Prussians).  Influence of Prussian military uniform helmets in Latin America, by Ricardo Jara Franco. Aug. 18, 2011. Available at http://pickelhauben.net/old-site/articles/latin_America.html Martin, Bernd, and Peter Wetzler. “The German Role in the Modernization of Japan — The Pitfall of Blind Acculturation.” Oriens Extremus 33, no. 1 (1990): 77–88. http://www.jstor.org/stable/24048466 Wikipedia page on the uniforms of the Imperial Japanese Army. General background on Eagles as symbols: “Eagle,” from Heraldsnet.org, an online glossary of heraldric elements. Wikipedia pages for eagles in heraldry, the national emblem of Indonesia, the Roman aquila, and the Shahbaz (the fabled eagle-like creature used in Achaemenid iconography). An overview about the role of eagles in different Native American cultures, with links to other sources. The Warrior and the Eagle, an old Lenape legend. “The Bald Eagle, Creature of Nature and an American Symbol” by Ellen Terrell for the Library of Congress. June 27, 2019. Available at https://blogs.loc.gov/inside_adams/2019/06/the-bald-eagle-creature-of-nature-and-an-american-symbol/. The Reichsadler: Wikipedia pages for the Reichsadler, the coat of arms of Austria, and the coat of arms of Germany. German text of the Imperial Rescript of August 3rd, 1871.  “When is a German eagle a Nazi eagle?” Philadelphia Inquirer, September 2, 2016. Mirrored here. Flags of Nazi Germany, including ‘Podiumflaggen' (podium flags). “Political and Civil Flags of the Third Reich 1932-1945,” by Pete Loeser. “The Nazi Eagles of Berlin,” from Digital Cosmonaut, documenting surviving depictions of the Reichsadler and Parteiadler in Berlin today. “The Federal Eagle,” published by Deutscher Bundestag (German Federal Parliament). Katou Tateo (_加藤 建夫) and the 64th Sentai_: Wikipedia pages for Katou Tateo (加藤 建夫), and the propaganda film about Katou's squadron (Englishand Japanese). A forum thread featuring numerous historical photos of Katou's emblem on planes of the 64th Sentai. The opening to the propaganda film about Katou's squadron, featuring the song and a version of the eagle emblem. Mobile Suit Breakdown is written, recorded, and produced within Lenapehoking, the ancestral and unceded homeland of the Lenape, or Delaware, people. Before European settlers forced them to move west, the Lenape lived in New York City, New Jersey, and portions of New York State, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Connecticut. Lenapehoking is still the homeland of the Lenape diaspora, which includes communities living in Oklahoma, Wisconsin, and Ontario. You can learn more about Lenapehoking, the Lenape people, and ongoing efforts to honor the relationship between the land and indigenous peoples by visiting the websites of the Delaware Tribe and the Manhattan-based Lenape Center. Listeners in the Americas and Oceania can learn more about the indigenous people of your area at https://native-land.ca/. We would like to thank The Lenape Center for guiding us in creating this living land acknowledgment. You can subscribe to Mobile Suit Breakdown for free! on fine Podcast services everywhere and on YouTube, visit our website GundamPodcast.com, follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook, or email your questions, comments, and complaints to gundampodcast@gmail.com. Mobile Suit Breakdown wouldn't exist without the support of our fans and Patrons! You can join our Patreon to support the podcast and enjoy bonus episodes, extra out-takes, behind-the-scenes photos and video, MSB gear, and much more! The intro music is WASP by Misha Dioxin, and the outro is Long Way Home by Spinning Ratio, both licensed under Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 licenses. The recap music for Season 3 is New York City (instrumental) by spinningmerkaba, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license.. All music used in the podcast has been edited to fit the text. 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World News in 7 minutes. Friday 26th November 2021.Transcript at: send7.org/transcripts Please help to support the podcast by giving what you would spend on a cup of coffee just once a month at send7.org/supportToday: UK France migrants crisis. Russia mine accident. Slovakia lockdown. Belgium uber ban. Sudan political prisoners. Ethiopia Gebreselassie fights. Nigeria Denmark pirates. Pakistan blasphemy. Solomon Islands China problem. Japan oil reserves. Honduras elections. And an overdue reunion.Send your opinion or experience by email to podcast@send7.org or send an audio message at send7.org for us to broadcast. Please help to support the podcast by giving what you would spend on a cup of coffee just once a month at send7.org/supportWith Stephen Devincenzi and Khadija Tahir.SEND7 (Simple English News Daily in 7 minutes) tells the most important world news stories in intermediate English. Every day, listen to the most important stories from every part of the world in slow, clear English. Whether you are an intermediate learner trying to improve your advanced, technical and business English, or if you are a native speaker who just wants to hear a summary of world news as fast as possible, this podcast is for you. Transcripts are totally free and can be found at send7.org/transcripts. Simple English News Daily is the perfect way to start your day, by practising your listening skills and understanding complicated stories in a simple way. It is also highly valuable for IELTS and TOEFL students. Students, teachers, and people with English as a second language, tell us that they listen to SEND7 because they can learn English through hard topics, but simple grammar. We believe that the best way to improve your spoken English is to immerse yourself in real-life content, such as what our podcast provides. SEND7 covers all news including politics, business, natural events and human rights. Whether it is happening in Europe, Africa, Asia, the Americas or Oceania, you will hear it on SEND7, and you will understand it. For more information visit send7.org/contact

World News in 7 minutes. Thursday 25th November 2021.Transcript at: send7.org/transcripts Please help to support the podcast by giving what you would spend on a cup of coffee just once a month at send7.org/supportToday: UK France migrant disaster. Germany coalition agreed. Sweden female PM or not. Nigeria giving away money. Ethiopia at war. Tanzania education for mothers. India no crypto. Solomon Islands protests. Ecuador prison pardons. US Arbery killers guilty. And an asteroid attack. Send your opinion or experience by email to podcast@send7.org or send an audio message at send7.org for us to broadcast. Please help to support the podcast by giving what you would spend on a cup of coffee just once a month at send7.org/supportWith Stephen Devincenzi.SEND7 (Simple English News Daily in 7 minutes) tells the most important world news stories in intermediate English. Every day, listen to the most important stories from every part of the world in slow, clear English. Whether you are an intermediate learner trying to improve your advanced, technical and business English, or if you are a native speaker who just wants to hear a summary of world news as fast as possible, this podcast is for you. Transcripts are totally free and can be found at send7.org/transcripts. Simple English News Daily is the perfect way to start your day, by practising your listening skills and understanding complicated stories in a simple way. It is also highly valuable for IELTS and TOEFL students. Students, teachers, and people with English as a second language, tell us that they listen to SEND7 because they can learn English through hard topics, but simple grammar. We believe that the best way to improve your spoken English is to immerse yourself in real-life content, such as what our podcast provides. SEND7 covers all news including politics, business, natural events and human rights. Whether it is happening in Europe, Africa, Asia, the Americas or Oceania, you will hear it on SEND7, and you will understand it. For more information visit send7.org/contact

World News in 7 minutes. Wednesday 24th November 2021.Transcript at: send7.org/transcripts Today: Ethiopia Abiy ready for fight. Sudan ministers quit. Kenya bank robbery. Bulgaria Macedonian crash. EU no Lukashenko. Guadeloupe Martinique protests. EU say Venezuela elections better. Turkey Lira falls. Afghanistan Pakistan aid. South Korea Chun dies. France Einstein makes a profit.Send your opinion or experience by email to podcast@send7.org or send an audio message at send7.org for us to broadcast. Please help to support the podcast by giving what you would spend on a cup of coffee just once a month at send7.org/supportWith Stephen Devincenzi and Khadija Tahir.SEND7 (Simple English News Daily in 7 minutes) tells the most important world news stories in intermediate English. Every day, listen to the most important stories from every part of the world in slow, clear English. Whether you are an intermediate learner trying to improve your advanced, technical and business English, or if you are a native speaker who just wants to hear a summary of world news as fast as possible, this podcast is for you. Transcripts are totally free and can be found at send7.org/transcripts. Simple English News Daily is the perfect way to start your day, by practising your listening skills and understanding complicated stories in a simple way. It is also highly valuable for IELTS and TOEFL students. Students, teachers, and people with English as a second language, tell us that they listen to SEND7 because they can learn English through hard topics, but simple grammar. We believe that the best way to improve your spoken English is to immerse yourself in real-life content, such as what our podcast provides. SEND7 covers all news including politics, business, natural events and human rights. Whether it is happening in Europe, Africa, Asia, the Americas or Oceania, you will hear it on SEND7, and you will understand it. For more information visit send7.org/contact

World News in 7 minutes. Tuesday 23rd November 2021.Transcript at: send7.org/transcripts Today: US ramming attack. Chile electoral divide. Venezuela Maduro wins. El Salvador Bitcoin city. India farm laws. Australia nuclear agreement. Sudan Hamdok talks. DRC attacks. Belarus Lukashenko Poland problems. Bulgaria Radev continues. France Einstein theory sale.Send your opinion or experience by email to podcast@send7.org or send an audio message at send7.org for us to broadcast. Please help to support the podcast by giving what you would spend on a cup of coffee just once a month at send7.org/supportWith Stephen Devincenzi.SEND7 (Simple English News Daily in 7 minutes) tells the most important world news stories in intermediate English. Every day, listen to the most important stories from every part of the world in slow, clear English. Whether you are an intermediate learner trying to improve your advanced, technical and business English, or if you are a native speaker who just wants to hear a summary of world news as fast as possible, this podcast is for you. Transcripts are totally free and can be found at send7.org/transcripts. Simple English News Daily is the perfect way to start your day, by practising your listening skills and understanding complicated stories in a simple way. It is also highly valuable for IELTS and TOEFL students. Students, teachers, and people with English as a second language, tell us that they listen to SEND7 because they can learn English through hard topics, but simple grammar. We believe that the best way to improve your spoken English is to immerse yourself in real-life content, such as what our podcast provides. SEND7 covers all news including politics, business, natural events and human rights. Whether it is happening in Europe, Africa, Asia, the Americas or Oceania, you will hear it on SEND7, and you will understand it. For more information visit send7.org/contact

World News in 7 minutes. Monday 22nd November 2021.Transcript at: send7.org/transcripts Today: US Kyle Rittenhouse protests. Chile elections. Venezuela elections. UK migrant crisis. Austria mandatory vaccines. Netherlands protests. Sudan PM again. Uganda fighting. Nigeria Davido cashing in. China Peng talks. India scrapping farm laws. Man alive after night in morgue.Send your opinion or experience by email to podcast@send7.org or send an audio message at send7.org for us to broadcast. Please help to support the podcast by giving what you would spend on a cup of coffee just once a month at send7.org/supportWith Stephen Devincenzi and Maya Dil.SEND7 (Simple English News Daily in 7 minutes) tells the most important world news stories in intermediate English. Every day, listen to the most important stories from every part of the world in slow, clear English. Whether you are an intermediate learner trying to improve your advanced, technical and business English, or if you are a native speaker who just wants to hear a summary of world news as fast as possible, this podcast is for you. Transcripts are totally free and can be found at send7.org/transcripts. Simple English News Daily is the perfect way to start your day, by practising your listening skills and understanding complicated stories in a simple way. It is also highly valuable for IELTS and TOEFL students. Students, teachers, and people with English as a second language, tell us that they listen to SEND7 because they can learn English through hard topics, but simple grammar. We believe that the best way to improve your spoken English is to immerse yourself in real-life content, such as what our podcast provides. SEND7 covers all news including politics, business, natural events and human rights. Whether it is happening in Europe, Africa, Asia, the Americas or Oceania, you will hear it on SEND7, and you will understand it. For more information visit send7.org/contact

Show Notes With last week's general discussion of the plot of Char's Counterattack out of the way, it's time to start diving deep on specific aspects of the film. This week: environmental justice advocate Colin joins us to discuss the environment, and environmentalism, in Char's Counterattack. Plus in the research Thom explores what it might mean that the Federation is headquartered in Lhasa while Nina looks at how a 1988 audience might have responded to talk of 'nuclear winter'. From the Talkback In preparation for our conversation, Colin had us read "Principles of Environmental Justice" by the Delegates to the First National People of Color Environmental Leadership Summit held on October 24-27, 1991, and "The Progressive Plantation" by Lorenzo Kom'boa Ervin. You can find Colin on Twitter at @padgettish and listen to them co-host for Wow! Cool Robot!!'s coverage of Zeta Gundam, or their own much less serious podcast about Medabots at Medawatch. They also recommended the Environmental Justice Network as a resource. Lhasa, Tibet Timeline of major events in Tibetan history from the BBC. Tibetan history via Britannica. Wikipedia pages for the history of Tibet, Lhasa, the 5th Dalai Lama, Tibet under Qing rule, and Mongol invasions of Tibet. General Tibetan history: “Tibetan Nation: A History Of Tibetan Nationalism And Sino-tibetan Relations,” by Warren Smith. Routledge. 1997. Tourist guide to the Potala Palace (which definitely appears in the movie) and the Jokhang Temple (which probably does). By She Jingwei for China Global Television Network, Mar. 26, 2019. Available at https://news.cgtn.com/news/3d3d514d30496a4e33457a6333566d54/index.html. Recent History: Tibet and China: “Tibet, China and the United States: Reflections on the Tibet Question.” By Melvyn C. Goldstein for The Atlantic Council of the United States. 1995. Available at https://web.archive.org/web/20061106021854/http://cc.purdue.edu/~wtv/tibet/article/art4.html. Topgyal, Tsering. “Identity Insecurity and the Tibetan Resistance Against China.” Pacific Affairs 86, no. 3 (2013): 515–38. http://www.jstor.org/stable/43590713. “The Monastery as a Medium of Tibetan Culture,” Donald S. Lopez, Jr. For Cultural Survival Quarterly Magazine. March 1988. Available at https://www.culturalsurvival.org/publications/cultural-survival-quarterly/monastery-medium-tibetan-culture. “Timeline of Destruction of Tibetan Buddhist Monasteries in China,” by Alexander Berzin. 1994. Available at https://studybuddhism.com/en/advanced-studies/history-culture/buddhism-in-east-asia/timeline-of-destruction-of-tibetan-buddhist-monasteries-in-china “Threat from Tibet? Systemic Repression of Tibetan Buddhism in China,” by Ryan Cimmino for Harvard International Review. Sept. 16, 2018. Available at https://hir.harvard.edu/repression-tibetan-buddhism-china/. “Genocide in Tibet,” by Maura Moynihan for the Washington Post, Jan. 25, 1998. Available at https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/opinions/1998/01/25/genocide-in-tibet/27c0891c-57f1-4a7c-b873-a1071d93cbfd “'Prosecute them with Awesome Power' - China's Crackdown on Tengdro Monastery and Restrictions on Communications in Tibet.” Human Rights Watch. July 6, 2021. Available at https://www.hrw.org/report/2021/07/06/prosecute-them-awesome-power/chinas-crackdown-tengdro-monastery-and-restrictions International Resolutions and Recognition on Tibet (1959 to 2004), assembled by Lobsang Nyandak Zayul for the Department of Information and International Relations, Central Tibetan Administration. Available at https://tibet.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/International-rsolutions-on-Tibet.pdf The Dalai Lama: “Chronology of Events [in the Dalai Lama's life].” From the Office of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Available at https://www.dalailama.com/the-dalai-lama/events-and-awards/chronology-of-events “14th Dalai Lama,” by Britannica. Available at https://www.britannica.com/biography/Dalai-Lama-14th/Life-in-exile “Dalai Lama caught in the middle as India and China reboot ties,” by Sugam Pokharel for CNN. March 30, 2018. Available at https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/30/asia/india-tibet-china-dalai-lama-intl/index.html “Dalai Lama opens exhibit of Tibetan art at Ueno,” by Ray Mahon for Stars and Stripes. Sept. 28, 1967. Available at https://www.stripes.com/news/dalai-lama-opens-exhibit-of-tibetan-art-at-ueno-1.18977. The 1980s Negotiations: Norbu, Dawa. “China's Dialogue With the Dalai Lama 1978-90: Prenegotiation Stage of Dead End?” Pacific Affairs 64, no. 3 (1991): 351–72. https://doi.org/10.2307/2759468. “Tibet 1985: The Last Fact-Finding Delegation - A Personal Account” by Tenzin Phuntsok Atisha.” 2020. Available at https://www.atc.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Tibet-1985-EBOOK.pdf. A report about the 1980s negotiations, based on declassified documents created by US officials at the time. “U.S. Officials Hoped Chinese Liberalization Program for Tibet in Early 1980s Would Bring Significant Improvements,” by Robert A. Wampler for National Security Archive. Feb. 28, 2013. Available at https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB414/. Press release: “Sino-Tibetan Contacts to Resume,” by Chhime R. Chhoekyapa from the Office of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, including an annexed timeline of negotiations between the Dalai Lama and Beijing. May 2, 2008. Available at https://www.c3sindia.org/geopolitics-strategy/sino-tibetan-contacts-to-resume/ Additional relevant Wikipedia entries on the "Great Game," the 1959 Tibetan uprising, Tibetan unrest 1987-1989, the Tibet Autonomous Region, Chushi Gangdruk, the Tibetan independence movement, the Convention of Lhasa, and the Seventeen Point Agreement. Japan, Chernobyl, & Nuclear Anxiety Wikipedia pages for the Chernobyl disaster, its effects, and its cultural impact, Page on the Chernobyl accident from the World Nuclear Association. About the "Red Forest." Page on the "Convention on Early Notification of a Nuclear Accident." Wikipedia pages for the band The Blue Hearts (ザ・ブルーハーツ), and for "On Your Mark," the Change and Aska song with the Ghibli/Miyazaki AMV (anime music video). Radiophobia. Specific pages on the nuclear-power debate, the anti-nuclear movement (in general and in Japan), and anti-nuclear organizations. Japanese-language page on the anti-nuclear movement. Website for the Citizens Nuclear Information Center (原子力資料情報室) (shortened to CNIC), a Japanese anti-nuclear organization (in Japanese), History and timeline for CNIC (in English). CNIC English-language newsletters, Oct. 1987, Dec.1987, and Jan-Feb 1988. Contemporary articles the Chernobyl disaster: Silk, L. (1986, May 02). Economic scene|: Chernobyl's world impact. New York Times (1923-) Retrieved from https://www.proquest.com/historical-newspapers/economic-scene/docview/110930284/se-2?accountid=35927 Hudson, Richard L., Terence Roth. "Chernobyl: Coping with Consequences --- Lingering Fallout: A Year Later, Mishap at Chernobyl Damps Atom-Power Industry --- Siemens Plant-Building Unit Battles Germany's Greens, Seeks to Reassure Public --- in Britain, Cuddly Reactors." Wall Street Journal Apr 23 1987, Eastern edition ed.: 1. ProQuest. 10 Nov. 2021. STUART D. "BIG AREA STRICKEN: SPREAD OF RADIOACTIVITY WAS FAR GREATER THAN INDICATED BEFORE FALLOUT FROM CHERNOBYL DISASTER AFFECTED LARGER AREA THAN FIRST REPORTED." New York Times (1923-) Aug 22 1986: 2. ProQuest. 10 Nov. 2021. Taylor, Robert E. "Scope of Chernobyl Accident is Unclear to West as Fallout Continues to Spread." Wall Street Journal May 05 1986, Eastern edition ed.: 1. ProQuest. 10 Nov. 2021. "Panel Says Japan should Boost Nuclear Power use." Wall Street Journal Jul 21 1986, Eastern edition ed.: 1. ProQuest. 10 Nov. 2021. WEINSTEIN, BERNARD L. and HAROLD T. GROSS. "Japan is Spending Heavily to Avoid Oil." New York Times (1923-), Mar 27, 1988, pp. 1. ProQuest, https://www.proquest.com/historical-newspapers/japan-is-spending-heavily-avoid-oil/docview/110543916/se-2?accountid=35927. ERIK E. "After Accident at the Soviet Station, Nuclear Power is Questioned again." New York Times (1923-), May 02, 1986, pp. 1. ProQuest, https://www.proquest.com/historical-newspapers/after-accident-at-soviet-station-nuclear-power-is/docview/110943137/se-2?accountid=35927. Other articles and papers: Zhukova, Ekatherina. “Foreign Aid and Identity after the Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster: How Belarus Shapes Relations with Germany, Europe, Russia, and Japan.” Cooperation and Conflict, vol. 52, no. 4, Sage Publications, Ltd., 2017, pp. 485–501, https://www.jstor.org/stable/48590276. Okabe, Aki. “Japan Reacts to Chernobyl.” Earth Island Journal, vol. 2, no. 2, Earth Island Institute, 1987, pp. 14–15, http://www.jstor.org/stable/43881866. Great book about film director and screenwriter Honda Ishiro (本多 猪四郎): Ryfle, Steve, et al. Ishiro Honda: A Life in Film, from Godzilla to Kurosawa. Wesleyan University Press, 2017. English and Japanese Wikipedia pages for the Kurosawa Akira (黒澤 明) film, 生きものの記録 or "I Live in Fear." About the Stanley Kubrick film "Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb." Not mentioned in the research but when I was editing and got to the part about Nazi scientists, I remember the existence of this satirical song, "Wernher Von Braun" by Thomas Andrew Lehrer (1965). Mobile Suit Breakdown is written, recorded, and produced within Lenapehoking, the ancestral and unceded homeland of the Lenape, or Delaware, people. Before European settlers forced them to move west, the Lenape lived in New York City, New Jersey, and portions of New York State, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Connecticut. Lenapehoking is still the homeland of the Lenape diaspora, which includes communities living in Oklahoma, Wisconsin, and Ontario. You can learn more about Lenapehoking, the Lenape people, and ongoing efforts to honor the relationship between the land and indigenous peoples by visiting the websites of the Delaware Tribe and the Manhattan-based Lenape Center. Listeners in the Americas and Oceania can learn more about the indigenous people of your area at https://native-land.ca/. We would like to thank The Lenape Center for guiding us in creating this living land acknowledgment. You can subscribe to Mobile Suit Breakdown for free! on fine Podcast services everywhere and on YouTube, visit our website GundamPodcast.com, follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook, or email your questions, comments, and complaints to gundampodcast@gmail.com. Mobile Suit Breakdown wouldn't exist without the support of our fans and Patrons! You can join our Patreon to support the podcast and enjoy bonus episodes, extra out-takes, behind-the-scenes photos and video, MSB gear, and much more! The intro music is WASP by Misha Dioxin, and the outro is Long Way Home by Spinning Ratio, both licensed under Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 licenses. All music used in the podcast has been edited to fit the text. Mobile Suit Breakdown provides critical commentary and is protected by the Fair Use clause of the United States Copyright law. Gundam content is copyright and/or trademark of Sunrise Inc., Bandai, Sotsu Agency, or its original creator. Mobile Suit Breakdown is in no way affiliated with or endorsed by Sunrise, Bandai, Sotsu, or any of their subsidiaries, employees, or associates and makes no claim to own Gundam or any of the copyrights or trademarks related to it. Copyrighted content used in Mobile Suit Breakdown is used in accordance with the Fair Use clause of the United States Copyright law. Any queries should be directed to gundampodcast@gmail.com

It's a funny old game, professional golf. The players are the stars of the show though they get little effective say in how their own industry is run. Reigning NSW Open and Moonah Links PGA Classic winner Bryden Macpherson is one of a handful of Australian players trying to change that with the formation of the Oceania Golf Players Association, a group of pros that would like to have more input into the workings of professional golf in Australia. Links menitoned on this episode: Jimmy Emanuel's excellent article (https://www.golfaustralia.com.au/news/exclusive-inside-the-ogpa-571987) on the OGPA The OGPA website (https://www.theogpa.com) OGPA on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/theogpa/) OGPA on Twitter (https://twitter.com/the_ogpa) The breakdown of the mess that is USB Standards (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB) How that mess developed (https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/standards.png) How to make a mini pavlova (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zo5ATW4eq8o&t=1s)

In 1942, Darwin was a small town with limited civil and military infrastructure. Seeing its location in close proximity to the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia), Portuguese Timor and others, the Royal Australian Navy and Royal Australian Air Force constructed bases near the town in the 1930s and the early years of World War II (1939-1945). In spite of being the Northern Territory's capital city after the Territory split from South Australia in 1911, Darwin's pre-war permanent non-military population was 5,800 – for comparison, Sydney passed that population level in convicts alone, in 1816.Considering all this, it's not surprising that Darwin became a target for the Imperial Japanese Armed Forces. Early in the morning of February 19, 1942, four Japanese aircraft carriers - Akagi, Kaga, Hiryū, and Sōryū – launched 188 aircraft into the sky, heading south for Darwin. By the end of the day, the city was gone.

Show Notes This week, we recap and discuss Mobile Suit Gundam Char's Counterattack (機動戦士ガンダム 逆襲のシャア), while trying to avoid spoiling the discussions coming up in future episodes. Before we dig in to the movie itself, Thom presents research on how and why Char's Counterattack got made - background information on the production, tie-in novels, and other versions of the story. We also discuss how we'll be pronouncing a number of the names in the film. The Other Counterattacks Japanese-language Interviews with various staff for CCA, including producer Uchida Kenji. Much of the information about the production timeline is based on information and images collected in this discussion on Twitter. Japanese-language summary of Beltorchika's Children. Different Japanese language blog entries with some details about Hi-Streamer and Beltorchika's Children including publication dates. Translated version of the original Zeta proposal (but be warned that this incorporates antisemitic conspiracy theories). Interviews with Nagano Mamoru and Izubuchi Yutaka, both touching on the behind-the-scenes of Char's Counterattack. Japanese Wikipedia page on 'Gaia Gear' (aka Mobile Suit Gaia Gear: Char's Counterattack). Japanese-language commentary on Beltorchika's Children. And of course... Beltorchika's Children itself: 富野 由悠季 (Tomino Yoshiyuki), 機動戦士ガンダム 逆襲のシャア―ベルトーチカ・チルドレン (Beltorchika's Children). Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko (1988). From the Talkback Oshii Mamoru talks about Char's Counterattack (including the politically-charged language). Japanese-language explanation of the Buddhist origins for the commonly used word 邪魔 (じゃま / jama). The demon in question. Japanese-language explanation of the differences between 粛清 (purge) and 粛正 (purge). Music "Dangerous Tonight" by VYVCH. "Noise to Flange Tag" and "The Placing Rule," both by Small Colin and available here. "Cold War Echo" and "November," by Kai Engel. "Onistwave" by P C III. "Immersive" by Sergey Cheremisinov. "Garden of Untamed Roses (Act II)" by Lloyd Rodgers. Mobile Suit Breakdown is written, recorded, and produced within Lenapehoking, the ancestral and unceded homeland of the Lenape, or Delaware, people. Before European settlers forced them to move west, the Lenape lived in New York City, New Jersey, and portions of New York State, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Connecticut. Lenapehoking is still the homeland of the Lenape diaspora, which includes communities living in Oklahoma, Wisconsin, and Ontario. You can learn more about Lenapehoking, the Lenape people, and ongoing efforts to honor the relationship between the land and indigenous peoples by visiting the websites of the Delaware Tribe and the Manhattan-based Lenape Center. Listeners in the Americas and Oceania can learn more about the indigenous people of your area at https://native-land.ca/. We would like to thank The Lenape Center for guiding us in creating this living land acknowledgment. You can subscribe to Mobile Suit Breakdown for free! on fine Podcast services everywhere and on YouTube, visit our website GundamPodcast.com, follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook, or email your questions, comments, and complaints to gundampodcast@gmail.com. Mobile Suit Breakdown wouldn't exist without the support of our fans and Patrons! You can join our Patreon to support the podcast and enjoy bonus episodes, extra out-takes, behind-the-scenes photos and video, MSB gear, and much more! The intro music is WASP by Misha Dioxin, and the outro is Long Way Home by Spinning Ratio, both licensed under Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 licenses. All music used in the podcast has been edited to fit the text. Mobile Suit Breakdown provides critical commentary and is protected by the Fair Use clause of the United States Copyright law. Gundam content is copyright and/or trademark of Sunrise Inc., Bandai, Sotsu Agency, or its original creator. Mobile Suit Breakdown is in no way affiliated with or endorsed by Sunrise, Bandai, Sotsu, or any of their subsidiaries, employees, or associates and makes no claim to own Gundam or any of the copyrights or trademarks related to it. Copyrighted content used in Mobile Suit Breakdown is used in accordance with the Fair Use clause of the United States Copyright law. Any queries should be directed to gundampodcast@gmail.com

Show Notes This special bonus episode is a companion for Season 4 of Mobile Suit Breakdown. It's a brief recap of the history of the Universal Century up to the start of CCA, for the benefit of anyone who wants a refresher on how we got here.  Normally this would be included in one of our regular numbered episodes. We had scheduled it for episode 4.2, but since that episode wound up being more than 3 hours long, we made the call to split this section out and release it separately as a short bonus. The music used in this episode included: The Dance of the Sky by MMFFF, Grey Sky Piece by Rutger Muller, Golden Riddles, Echoes and Points (Act II) by Lloyd Rogers, and New York City (Instrumental) by spinningmerkaba. Mobile Suit Breakdown is written, recorded, and produced within Lenapehoking, the ancestral and unceded homeland of the Lenape, or Delaware, people. Before European settlers forced them to move west, the Lenape lived in New York City, New Jersey, and portions of New York State, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Connecticut. Lenapehoking is still the homeland of the Lenape diaspora, which includes communities living in Oklahoma, Wisconsin, and Ontario. You can learn more about Lenapehoking, the Lenape people, and ongoing efforts to honor the relationship between the land and indigenous peoples by visiting the websites of the Delaware Tribe and the Manhattan-based Lenape Center. Listeners in the Americas and Oceania can learn more about the indigenous people of your area at https://native-land.ca/. We would like to thank The Lenape Center for guiding us in creating this living land acknowledgment. You can subscribe to Mobile Suit Breakdown for free! on fine Podcast services everywhere and on YouTube, visit our website GundamPodcast.com, follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook, or email your questions, comments, and complaints to gundampodcast@gmail.com. Mobile Suit Breakdown wouldn't exist without the support of our fans and Patrons! You can join our Patreon to support the podcast and enjoy bonus episodes, extra out-takes, behind-the-scenes photos and video, MSB gear, and much more! The intro music is WASP by Misha Dioxin, and the outro is Long Way Home by Spinning Ratio, both licensed under Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 licenses. All music used in the podcast has been edited to fit the text. Mobile Suit Breakdown provides critical commentary and is protected by the Fair Use clause of the United States Copyright law. Gundam content is copyright and/or trademark of Sunrise Inc., Bandai, Sotsu Agency, or its original creator. Mobile Suit Breakdown is in no way affiliated with or endorsed by Sunrise, Bandai, Sotsu, or any of their subsidiaries, employees, or associates and makes no claim to own Gundam or any of the copyrights or trademarks related to it. Copyrighted content used in Mobile Suit Breakdown is used in accordance with the Fair Use clause of the United States Copyright law. Any queries should be directed to gundampodcast@gmail.com

Chilenos en Australia han expresado dolor, sorpresa e indignación tras conocer la negativa del Tribunal Administrativo de Apelaciones de desclasificar los expedientes secretos que detallan cómo los espías australianos colaboraron con la CIA en el golpe de Pinochet en Chile, entre 1971 y 1973.

In 1942, Darwin was a small town with limited civil and military infrastructure. Seeing its location in close proximity to the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia), Portuguese Timor and others, the Royal Australian Navy and Royal Australian Air Force constructed bases near the town in the 1930s and the early years of World War II (1939-1945). In spite of being the Northern Territory's capital city after the Territory split from South Australia in 1911, Darwin's pre-war permanent non-military population was 5,800 – for comparison, Sydney passed that population level in convicts alone, in 1816.Considering all this, it's not surprising that Darwin became a target for the Imperial Japanese Armed Forces. Early in the morning of February 19, 1942, four Japanese aircraft carriers - Akagi, Kaga, Hiryū, and Sōryū – launched 188 aircraft into the sky, heading south for Darwin. By the end of the day, the city was gone.

Show Notes This week begins our coverage of Char's Counterattack with... a bunch of things that happened before Char's Counterattack. We recap and discuss the first two SD shorts, - both of which were shown in theaters before the Char's Counterattack movie: “Fierce Fighting - Will Gundam Stand Up!?” (激闘編 - ガンダム大地に立てるか!?) and “Holiday - The Menace of the Zeon Hotel? Destruction orders for the Gundam Pension!” (休日編 - ジオン・ホテルの脅威？ガンダム・ペンション破壊命令!!). In addition to our first thoughts and impressions, we try to identify and explain references, puns, and other gags that might be missed by an audience that doesn't speak Japanese. Thom researches the origins of the SD or "Super Deformed" aesthetic in anime and anime merchandise, and I give a whirlwind review of world events from the end of Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ to the premier of Char's Counterattack - February 22nd, 1986 until March 12th, 1988. Contemporary Events Wikipedia timelines for 1986 and 1987. More detailed information about the Khian Sea waste-disposal incident, and the Goiânia accident. About "Our Common Future" (aka the Brundtland Report), and estimated world-population milestones. The (financial markets) Big Bang, a timeline of Japan's asset price bubble, Black Monday 1987, and the Economist's "Big Mac Index." A March 2020 article about the use of the "circuit breaker" during the financial shocks caused by Covid-19 lockdowns and related uncertainty. The Kurdish genocide (aka the Anfal campaign), the 1987 "Mecca incident," the Sumgait pogrom, and the first Intifada. Explanation of the Leiyu massacre. More detailed timeline and explanation of the June Struggle. All about the Iran-Contra scandal. Wikipedia pages about Klaus Barbie (the "Butcher of Lyon") and the warcrimes allegations against Kurt Waldheim. In Cold War notes, the history and content of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, the drafting and belated fame of Reagan's "Tear down this wall" speech, and Perestroika. How the Seville Statement on Violence came to be, the contents, and critiques. Diego Maradona and the 1986 FIFA World Cup. The slang phrase "going Postal" and its origins in US Postal Service workplace shootings. The 1980s in Japan specifically. Tokyo Weekender article about the 1980s news stories that garnered the most public attention in Japan. SD Gundam's Origins A basic explainer of SD Gundam from Bandai itself: Part 1 and Part 2. Anime News Network Encyclopedia Entry for Choro-Q Dougram. Settei (setting documents) showing character heights (and head sizes) in First Gundam. Japanese-language interview with Kouji Yokoi (横井孝二), an early innovator of SD art often cited as the creator of SD Gundam. Archived version of a different interview with Yokoi. Japanese Wikipedia page for Kouji Yokoi (横井孝二). Japanese Wikipedia page for SD Gundam. This page from Space Battleship Yamato fan Tim Eldred features some photos taken from old issues of _Model Information, giving a sense for the kinds of photos included alongside SD fan art._ This blog has scans of other pages (including fan art and model photos) from _Model Information. _A drawing of Aura Battler Dunbine (written Ohlah Battler Dunbine) by Yokoi is included in one shot. Image showing some of the RoboChanMan toys. Early SD designs by Yokoi. SD-styled horror monsters, made in 1986 by Bandai. A Yokoi Zaku that appeared on instruction manuals for RoboChanMan. Detailed and image-rich Japanese-language blog post about the origins of SD Gundam. Gags & References in the First Two SD Gundam Shorts The History of Gunpla from gunpla101.com. About tanning-as-beauty-trend in Japan, by Japanese cosmetics and skincare company, Kanebo. An article on the history of light therapy from 1900-1950. Doesn't address Japan directly, and obviously doesn't cover the 1980s, but includes pictures of the kind of sunlamp that appears in the first SD Gundam short. From TV Tropes - the 'lots of luggage' and 'human pack-mule' tropes. A tweet from professor of early modern and modern Japanese religions, Takashi Miura, featuring art inspired by traditional depictions of the warrior-monk Benkei. If you click through the images, he also posted some of the original art of Benkei (Saitō Musashibō Benkei / 西塔武蔵坊弁慶), and explains that the tools arrayed behind him represent the "low-wage laborers whom he protects." Jisho.org page for the word あげる (ageru), listing multiple meanings and their different kanji. There is also a jisho.org page for the colloquial expression 揚げ足 (age-ashi) that the first SD short makes a visual pun on (literally - fried leg). This dictionary was a big help as well: Chie, Yamane. “あげあしをとる.” 研究社　日本語口語表現辞典　Kenkyusha Nihongo Kogo Hyogen Jiten, 2nd ed., Kenkyusha, Tokyo, 2020, p. 11. A bit about Japanese tea ceremony. Wikipedia pages on the games Go and Reversi. The Reversi page has a section on the Othello version/ruleset. About the common ostrich. A source discussing the changing methods of measuring the speed of a baseball and the introduction of radar guns in the 1970s and 80s, and a post from a baseball performance-training company about ball exit-speed. Wikipedia's list of baseball video games. Jisho.org search for the word のり (nori). Wondering about the samurai with one arm out of his kimono sleeve is apparently pretty common. Here are two responses, one on Quora and one on Reddit's "Ask Historians" subreddit. It is also covered very briefly in this article from TimeOut Tokyo about kimono. Music The music in the SD recap sections is "Hyson" by Olivia and "Dawn" by Mr. Smith. Mobile Suit Breakdown is written, recorded, and produced within Lenapehoking, the ancestral and unceded homeland of the Lenape, or Delaware, people. Before European settlers forced them to move west, the Lenape lived in New York City, New Jersey, and portions of New York State, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Connecticut. Lenapehoking is still the homeland of the Lenape diaspora, which includes communities living in Oklahoma, Wisconsin, and Ontario. You can learn more about Lenapehoking, the Lenape people, and ongoing efforts to honor the relationship between the land and indigenous peoples by visiting the websites of the Delaware Tribe and the Manhattan-based Lenape Center. Listeners in the Americas and Oceania can learn more about the indigenous people of your area at https://native-land.ca/. We would like to thank The Lenape Center for guiding us in creating this living land acknowledgment. You can subscribe to Mobile Suit Breakdown for free! on fine Podcast services everywhere and on YouTube, visit our website GundamPodcast.com, follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook, or email your questions, comments, and complaints to gundampodcast@gmail.com. Mobile Suit Breakdown wouldn't exist without the support of our fans and Patrons! You can join our Patreon to support the podcast and enjoy bonus episodes, extra out-takes, behind-the-scenes photos and video, MSB gear, and much more! The intro music is WASP by Misha Dioxin, and the outro is Long Way Home by Spinning Ratio, both licensed under Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 licenses. All music used in the podcast has been edited to fit the text. Mobile Suit Breakdown provides critical commentary and is protected by the Fair Use clause of the United States Copyright law. Gundam content is copyright and/or trademark of Sunrise Inc., Bandai, Sotsu Agency, or its original creator. Mobile Suit Breakdown is in no way affiliated with or endorsed by Sunrise, Bandai, Sotsu, or any of their subsidiaries, employees, or associates and makes no claim to own Gundam or any of the copyrights or trademarks related to it. Copyrighted content used in Mobile Suit Breakdown is used in accordance with the Fair Use clause of the United States Copyright law. Any queries should be directed to gundampodcast@gmail.com Find out more at http://gundampodcast.com

In this episode we hear from artist Dakota Camacho. They speak to us through song and story about depth in relationship to land, community and in what ways they practice their art. They speak on mindfulness in social media, protocol, witnessing elders and self, of accountability, how to embrace challenges as gifts, and so much more. Dakota is an exceptional human being whom I feel very blessed to have met in this life and I am grateful to be able to share this conversation with you all. About the artist: Dakota Camacho is a Matao/CHamoru artist born & raised in Coast Salish Territory who creates indigenizing processes by weaving languages of altar-making, movement, film, music, and prayer. Exploring the overlap between integrity, ancestral/indigenous lifeways, true love, and accountability, guiya (they) activates a Matao worldview to make offerings towards inafa'maolek (Balance and harmony with all of life). Camacho has presented yo'ña (their) work on five continents and throughout Oceania. Guiya is a Nia Tero Pacific Northwest Artist Fellow, Western Art's Alliance - Native Launchpad Artist and the recipient of The New England Foundation of the Arts, National Dance Project Award, The National Performance Network's Creation Fund. Camacho holds a Masters of Arts in Performance Studies from Tisch School of the Arts at New York University, and graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a Bachelor of Arts in Gender & Women's Studies as a First Wave Urban Arts and Hip Hop Scholar. Camacho is a chanter, adjunct instructor, and core researcher for I Fanlalai'an Oral History Project based at the University of Guåhan. Yo'ña (their) work enacts spaces for multiple worlds, ways of knowing, being, and doing to speak to each other while unearthing embodied pathways towards collective liberation https://www.dakotacamacho.com IG @infinatedakota Music Featured: Following our conversation we will hear a very special unreleased song by Dakota Camacho titled Fangoggue, exclusively presented for this Broken Boxes episode.

A rise in demand for new cars during the COVID-19 pandemic coupled with global manufacturing shortages has led buyers towards second-hand vehicles leading to an unprecedented rise in prices. Experts warn this may continue for a few more months until production units catch up with demand.

El retorno de los escolares a las aulas de toda Australia ha traído consigo una mezcla de alivio y preocupación. Si bien la comunidad aprecia el volver al modelo presencial, preocupa la falta de filtros de aire y poca ventilación en los salones, cuando la mayoría de los niños menores de 16 años no han sido vacunados. En Nueva Gales del Sur, miles de maestros aún no han sido inmunizados, por lo que podría generase una escasez de personal.

The Victorian Government is providing 25% towards a home in exchange for a stake in the property but is this a good idea for buyers struggling to enter into the current hot housing market? Melbourne-based mortgage broker Niti Bhargava talks about the pros and cons of the scheme.

In an interview with SBS Hindi, Matthew Guy says the Liberal party is taking steps to ensure broader representation at the next Victorian state election.

In a reprieve for Australian citizens and permanent residents waiting to reunite with their parents, who will be exempt from the travel ban from 1 November, the Department of Home Affairs has confirmed it will prioritise the processing of their visa applications. - ਆਪਣੇ ਮਾਪਿਆਂ ਨਾਲ ਮੁੜ ਮਿਲਣ ਦੀ ਉਡੀਕ ਕਰ ਰਹੇ ਆਸਟ੍ਰੇਲੀਅਨ ਨਾਗਰਿਕਾਂ ਅਤੇ ਸਥਾਈ ਨਿਵਾਸੀਆਂ ਲਈ ਰਾਹਤ ਭਰੇ ਇੱਕ ਬਿਆਨ ਵਿੱਚ ਗ੍ਰਹਿ ਮਾਮਲਿਆਂ ਵਿਭਾਗ ਨੇ ਪੁਸ਼ਟੀ ਕੀਤੀ ਹੈ ਕਿ ਉਹ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਦੇ ਮਾਪਿਆ ਦੀਆਂ ਵਿਜ਼ਟਰ ਵੀਜ਼ਾ ਅਰਜ਼ੀਆਂ ਦੀ ਪ੍ਰਕਿਰਿਆ ਨੂੰ ਤਰਜੀਹ ਦੇਵੇਗਾ।

آمار تازه نشان می‌دهند که رشد سالانه قیمت مسکن در آسترالیا در بیش از سه دهه گذشته سابقه نداشته است.

The Law Society of New South Wales has launched a new guide that outlines a range of measures legal workplaces can take to improve cultural diversity. While it's hoped it will help to make the profession to become more inclusive and representative of Australian society, lawyers from diverse cultural backgrounds say it's just part of the solution. - ‘ਦਾ ਲਾਅ ਸੁਸਾਇਟੀ ਆਫ ਨਿਊ ਸਾਊਥ ਵੇਲਜ਼' ਵਲੋਂ ਇੱਕ ਨਵੀਂ ਗਾਈਡ ਜਾਰੀ ਕੀਤੀ ਗਈ ਹੈ ਜਿਸ ਦੁਆਰਾ ਕਾਨੂੰਨੀ ਕਾਰਜ ਸਥਾਨਾਂ ਤੇ ਸੱਭਿਆਚਾਰਕ ਵਿਭਿੰਨਤਾ ਵਿੱਚ ਹੋਰ ਵੀ ਸੁਧਾਰ ਲਿਆਇਆ ਜਾ ਸਕਦਾ ਹੈ। ਹਾਲਾਂਕਿ ਇਹ ਆਸ ਕੀਤੀ ਜਾ ਰਹੀ ਹੈ ਕਿ ਇਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਉਪਰਾਲਿਆਂ ਨਾਲ ਆਸਟ੍ਰੇਲੀਆ ਦੇ ਸਭਿਆਚਾਰਾਂ ਵਿੱਚਲੀ ਸਾਂਝ ਹੋਰ ਵੀ ਪੀਢ੍ਹੀ ਹੋ ਸਕੇਗੀ, ਪਰ ਵਿਆਪਕ ਭਾਈਚਾਰੇ ਦੇ ਮਾਹਰਾਂ ਦਾ ਕਹਿਣਾ ਹੈ ਕਿ ਇਹ ਅਜੇ ਸਿਰਫ਼ ਸ਼ੁਰੂਆਤੀ ਕਦਮ ਹੈ।

My guest today is Nick Longhurst, Nick is a professional strength and conditioning coach, crossfit athlete and founder of his own fitness and performance company, Realm Fitness. As an experienced coach and business owner, Nick uses his expertise to empower the lives of others through health and fitness. He has had the privilege of coaching some of Australia'a elite FFA football referees, AFL and NRL players, in addition to experience working within the heart of Melbourne's sporting precinct at AAMI Park Stadium. In 2021, Nick placed within the top 5% of athletes competing in the CrossFit Open in the Oceania region, making Nick one of the fittest athletes out of thousands competing internationally. Nick graduated from the University of Wollongong with a Bachelor's Degree in Exercise Science. He is also a member of the Australian Strength & Conditioning Association (ASCA) where he holds a level 1 coaching accreditation. Social Links for Nick: Instagram @nicklonghurst https://www.instagram.com/nicklonghurst/ + @realm.fitness https://www.instagram.com/Realm.Fitness/ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/nick-longhurst-1611b8112/ Email nick@realmfitness.com.au Website: www.realmfitness.com.au If you enjoy the podcast, please subscribe and leave a short review on Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen? It takes less than 60 seconds and it really helps. If you enjoyed this episode buy me a cup of coffee, make it a large: I'm trying to keep this episode free of advertisements and could use your help with the cost of bringing your this fun and entertaining podcast. Anything you can donate to the cause is greatly appreciated. To donate go to: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/sifuRafael Subscribe: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/coaching-call/id1546026323 Please leave a star rating and a review here Follow Coaching Call: Facebook: facebook.com/coachingcall Instagram: instagram.com/coachingcall Email: maxfitness@optonline.net LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/maxfitness Youtube: https://bit.ly/coachingcallYoutube to watch the full interview. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/coachingcall/message

After another extremely important meeting at Footballland HQ we're pleased to unveil THREE new rides. And one of those has come from our patron Phil Lee. Remember, you can send us any of your half-baked ride ideas and we're contractually obliged to discuss them! Sign up to the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheFootballlandSo here are the rides in this week's lineup:Mané Hands Make A Light Work Liverpool and Senegal forward Sadio Mané is desperate to record his autobiography in our special recording studio, and he REALLY needs those 300,000 words read into the mic by Christmas. But alas, there's no light! Can you and 9 friends help him? 10 punters must form a human chain from socket to lightbulb to illuminate the room, AND Sadio Mané's dreams.A gentle reminder - please do not try this ride at home. We don't want anyone electrocuted, even if it's to help out a footballer. Phil Lee's Human Table FoosballPatron Phil Lee wrote in to pitch his vision of a giant table foosball using ex professional footballers. Pick your XI from a giant vending machine then watch as they're skewered by metal rods (missing those vital organs, of course!). Tim Cahill: Beyond The Corner Flag Currently our Oceania section of Footballland is pretty miserable. So far it's just a statue of Ryan Nelsen with his bum hanging off. So what better way to spruce things up with a Mad Max-style fight to the death with every single thing that Australia loves? The Socceroos want to turn their back on their continent and play in Asia, but OceaniaTown won't let them go without a fight. As ever, send us your ride ideas. We'll discuss every single one. Footballland Explained:Having accidentally been given $1 billion dollars by Qatar to build a football themed theme park in Qatar for the 2022 World Cup. Anthony Richardson, Mark Davison and Ryan Baxter are in a race against the clock to design and commission the most exciting football themed theme park rides in the history of football themed theme parks. Anthony Richardson - CEO of Footballland Mark Davison - Lord Sir Chief Ride EngineerRyan Baxter - InternSupport our Show! https://supporter.acast.com/footballlandSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/footballland. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

At just 17 years of age Shafali Verma is a cricket star on the rise. The Indian batter is one of 8 Indian players in the Women's Big Bash League (WBBL) this season and she's already shown her worth by helping the Sydney Sixers towards the top of the table. But it wasn't just cricket skills that helped her make the big time.

Según un estudio de Microsoft, más del 40 por ciento de la fuerza laboral mundial podría estar considerando dejar sus trabajos este año. En Australia, hasta tres de cada cinco empleados podrían estar buscando cambiar de trabajo en los próximos meses. Este fenómeno, conocido como la “Gran Renuncia” promete traer nuevos desafíos y oportunidades al mundo laboral, según explica a SBS Spanish la reclutadora y experta en Recursos Humanos, Zuli Posada.

محبوبه راوی اخیراً با آوردن ۱۱ کودک پرورشگاهی از افغانستان به آسترالیا خبرساز شد، اما او کسی است که به گفته خودش نزدیک سه دهه از عمر خود را وقف یتیمان و بیوه‌زنان زادگاه جنگزده‌اش کرده است.

آسترالیا این هفته به نخستین هدف خود در عرصه واکسیناسیون کرونا دست یافت و اکنون نزدیک به ۷۱ درصد ساکنان بالای ۱۶ سال آن به طور کامل واکسینه هستند. مرور اخبار و مطالب هفته اس‌بی‌اس دری را این‌جا بشنوید.

E ainda teve abertura inusitada, discussão sobre o Top 3, mensagens do Twitter, Ângela Maria, clima ruim, sofá, Ari virando a Dona Fifi, capitais e cidades da Oceania, xingamentos, João Carlos Vendramini, pseudo reconciliação, primeira rodada da NBA, ideia secreta no WhatsApp, Chicago Bulls, como fugir de um ataque de tubarão, Ari e Sérgio tramando um final diferente pelo WhatsApp, George Clooney (a paixão do Ari), aniversário do Papo de Cobra e um final surpresa...

Ritu Kukreja, an ambassador for the Mental Health Foundation of Australia (MHFA), says migrant communities may be particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health due to the challenges of the postmigration environment. She says community leaders should step up to change the culture and de-stigmatise mental ill-health. - ਸੱਭਿਆਚਾਰਕ ਵਖਰੇਵੇਂ ਕਾਰਨ ਕਈ ਵਾਰ ਪ੍ਰਵਾਸੀ ਭਾਈਚਾਰੇ ਦੇ ਲੋਗ ਡਿਪਰੈਸ਼ਨ ਵਰਗੇ ਮਾਨਸਿਕ ਸਿਹਤ ਮੁੱਦਿਆਂ 'ਤੇ ਖੁੱਲ੍ਹ ਕੇ ਗੱਲ ਕਰਨਾ ਪਸੰਦ ਨਹੀਂ ਕਰਦੇ। ਮੈਂਟਲ ਹੈਲਥ ਫਾਊਂਡੇਸ਼ਨ ਆਫ਼ ਆਸਟ੍ਰੇਲੀਆ ਦੀ ਮਲਟੀਕਲਚਰਲ ਰਾਜਦੂਤ ਰਿਤੂ ਕੁਕਰੇਜਾ ਅਨੁਸਾਰ ਪਰਵਾਸ ਨਾਲ ਜੁੜੀਆਂ ਚੁਣੌਤੀਆਂ ਕਾਰਨ ਪ੍ਰਵਾਸੀ ਭਾਈਚਾਰੇ ਕੋਵਿਡ ਦੇ ਮਾੜੇ ਪ੍ਰਭਾਵਾਂ ਕਾਰਨ ਮਾਨਸਿਕ ਪੱਖੋਂ ਕਮਜ਼ੋਰ ਹੋ ਸਕਦੇ ਹਨ।

Melbourne's lockdown is to end on Friday, 11.59pm Thursday 21/10, when Victoria is expected to reach its 70 per cent double dose vaccination target. And parents and children across New South Wales are preparing for a return to classrooms as schools re-open on Monday, Oct 18. - ਵਿਕਟੋਰੀਆ ਆਪਣੇ 70 ਪ੍ਰਤੀਸ਼ਤ ਪੂਰੇ ਕੋਵਿਡ -19 ਟੀਕੇ ਦੇ ਟੀਚੇ ਤੇ ਪਹੁੰਚ ਗਈ ਹੈ, ਜਿਸ ਨਾਲ ਮੈਲਬੌਰਨ ਦੀ ਤਾਲਾਬੰਦੀ ਵੀਰਵਾਰ ਨੂੰ ਰਾਤ 11.59 ਖਤਮ ਹੋ ਜਾਵੇਗੀ।

همزمان با شناسایی ۲۱۷۲ بیمار کرونا در شبانه‌روز گذشته در سراسر آسترالیا، قرار است تا دو روز دیگر میزان واکسیناسیون کامل در کشور به ۷۰ درصد برسد. تازه‌های کووید-۱۹ در آسترالیا را این‌جا بشنوید.

In this episode of The Global Exchange, you will hear a discussion between Cleo Paskal, Cdre (re'td) Dr. Eric Lerhe, and Jonathan Manthorpe on Indo-Pacific stability. This episode is an extract from CGAI's webinar on Canada-Taiwan relations, made possible thanks to the support of our strategic sponsors Lockheed Martin and General Dynamics, and thanks to the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office. Read our Taiwan series: www.cgai.ca/2021_taiwan_series Read Cdre Lehre and Mr. Manthorpe's recommendations: https://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net/cdfai/pages/4772/attachments/original/1629155602/CGAI_-_Taiwan_and_Indo-Pacific_-_Panel_Recommendations_.pdf?1629155602 Participants Bio: Commodore Eric Lerhe was commissioned in 1972 and retired from the CF in September 2003 and commenced his doctoral studies at Dalhousie. His PhD was awarded in 2012 and his thesis on the sovereignty implications of Canada-US interoperability was published by the Dalhousie University Center for Foreign Policy Studies. His current research interests are Asia-Pacific security, maritime strategy, and NATO. (https://www.macdonaldlaurier.ca/experts/eric-lerhe/) Jonathan Manthorpe is the author of three books on international relations, politics, and history. Over his 40-year career as a journalist he has been the foreign correspondent in Asia, Africa, and Europe for Southam News; the European bureau chief for the Toronto Star; and the national political reporter for The Globe and Mail. Manthorpe has also undertaken special projects for the United Nations, the World Bank, the Asia Development Bank, and the Canadian International Development Agency. He now lives in Victoria. (https://www.writerstrust.com/authors/jonathan-manthorpe/) Cleo Paskal is an associate fellow in the Environment and Society Programme and the Asia-Pacific programme. She is research lead on Chatham House's project on perceptions of strategic shifts in the Indo-Pacific from the points of view of the United States, the United Kingdom, India, Japan, Oceania and France. She has lectured/briefed at a wide range of organisations, including the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Royal College of Defence Studies (United Kingdom), US Department of State, US Army War College, US Air Force, Center for Homeland Defense & Security (Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey), Inter-American Defence Board (Washington, DC), National Defence College (India), National Defence College (Oman), the German Foreign Office, Centre for National Security Studies (Canadian Forces College), Global Affairs Canada, the European Union, and the Scottish Government, as well as for heads of major corporations and groups of security professionals from over 30 countries.(https://www.chathamhouse.org/about-us/our-people/cleo-paskal) Host Bio: Colin Robertson is a former diplomat, and Vice President of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute, www.cgai.ca/colin_robertson Recording Date: 17 August 2021. Give 'The Global Exchange' a review on Apple Podcast! Follow the Canadian Global Affairs Institute on Facebook, Twitter (@CAGlobalAffairs), or on Linkedin. Head over to our website www.cgai.ca for more commentary. Produced by Charlotte Duval-Lantoine. Music credits to Drew Phillips.

Laura is an Argentinian underwater camera woman, visual artist, divemaster and professional freediver specialized in underwater videography. She develops develop various artistic and social projects, linked to the connection of the human being with their environment. Based in Patagonia, Laura has explored Oceania, Asia, Latin America, the Arctic and Antarctica. Welcome to Dive In The Podcast, your favorite podcast about all types of diving, SCUBA, Tec, Freediving, and more, we cover it all. Every week on Monday we post new episodes filled with diving news, interesting dive topics, ocean advocacy, and much more. Join Justin, Nic, April, and Amit the hosts of Dive In: The Podcast. Guest: Laura Babahekian www.deaquavivo.com malbaba.mercadoshops.com.ar Instagram @deaquavivo Episode Links: News: Amateur freedivers find gold treasure dating to the fall of the Roman Empire News: www.hf-in-diving-conference.com/buytickets Support this Podcast on Patreon Episode Sponsor: TorpedoRays.com Find Us At- www.DiveInPod.com Contact and Subscription Links - https://linktr.ee/diveinthepodcast Find us on Social Media- This Podcast @DiveInPod April Weickert @aprilweickert Justin Miller @idiveok Nicolas Winkler @nicolaswinklerphotography NicolasWinkler.com Torpedo Rays @torpedorays Seafoxes @seafoxes_ Halifax Freediving Club @halifaxfreedivingclub Music Credits: RetroFuture Dirty Kevin MacLeod Link: incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4278-retrofuture-dirty Upbeat Forever by Kevin MacLeod Link: incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5011-upbeat-forever RetroFuture Clean by Kevin MacLeod Link: incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4277-retrofuture-clean Life of Riley by Kevin MacLeod Link: incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3976-life-of-riley License: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Visa applicants who were working as registered nurses, software and application programmers, and accountants received the highest number of permanent residency visas under the Skill stream in 2020-2021, a migration program year that was hugely impacted by COVID-19. - ਸਕਿਲਡ ਸਟ੍ਰੀਮ ਸ਼੍ਰੇਣੀ ਅਧੀਨ ਸਾਲ 2020-2021 ਵਿੱਚ ਰਜਿਸਟਰਡ ਨਰਸਾਂ, ਸਾਫਟਵੇਅਰ ਅਤੇ ਐਪਲੀਕੇਸ਼ਨ ਪ੍ਰੋਗਰਾਮਰਸ ਅਤੇ ਅਕਾਊਂਟੈਂਟਸ ਵਜੋਂ ਕੰਮ ਕਰ ਰਹੇ ਸਕਿਲਡ ਕਾਮਿਆਂ ਨੂੰ ਸਭ ਤੋਂ ਵੱਧ ਸਥਾਈ ਰੈਜ਼ੀਡੈਂਸੀ ਵੀਜ਼ੇ ਪ੍ਰਾਪਤ ਹੋਏ।

مرور اخبار و مطالب هفته اس‌بی‌اس دری، از لغو برنامه جنجالی فدراسیون شوراهای اسلامی آسترالیا تا اقدام تازه نیوساوت‌ولز برای از سرگیری سفرهای بین‌المللی بدون نیاز به قرنطینه را این‌جا بشنوید.

Light pollution is excessive or obtrusive artificial light. It's a consequence of industrial civilization.  Too much artificial light can cause a host of problems, including disrupting ecosystems, causing adverse health effects, and wasting energy.  According to a new study led by researchers from the University of Exeter in the U.K., global light pollution has increased […]

Melbourne-based radiographer Parveen Singh says there is a lack of a culture of regular breast cancer screening and, therefore, early detection of the disease among migrant women, mainly from the Indian Subcontinent in Australia. - 'ਬ੍ਰੈਸਟ-ਸਕ੍ਰੀਨ ਆਸਟ੍ਰੇਲੀਆ' ਸਰਕਾਰ ਦੁਆਰਾ ਪ੍ਰਮਾਣਿਤ ਪ੍ਰੋਗਰਾਮ ਹੈ ਜੋ ਔਰਤਾਂ ਲਈ ਮੁਫ਼ਤ ਸਕ੍ਰੀਨਿੰਗ ਸੇਵਾਵਾਂ ਦੀ ਪੇਸ਼ਕਸ਼ ਕਰਦਾ ਹੈ। ਛਾਤੀ ਦੇ ਕੈਂਸਰ ਦੇ ਸ਼ੁਰੂਆਤੀ ਲੱਛਣਾਂ ਦੀ ਪਹਿਚਾਣ ਬਾਰੇ ਜਾਗਰੂਕਤਾ ਵਧਾਉਣ ਲਈ ਸਾਲਾਨਾ ਮੁਹਿੰਮ ਦੇ ਚੱਲਦੇ, ਮੈਲਬੌਰਨ ਦੀ ਰੇਡੀਓਗ੍ਰਾਫਰ ਪਰਵੀਨ ਸਿੰਘ ਨਾਲ ਖਾਸ ਗੱਲਬਾਤ।

When the COVID-19 pandemic started doctors were particularly concerned for pregnant women and how the disease would impact them and their unborn babies. With vaccination rates rapidly rising across the country, healthcare professionals are calling on expectant mothers to do what they can to minimise risks. - ਜਦੋਂ ਕੋਵਿਡ-19 ਦੀ ਸ਼ੁਰੂਆਤ ਹੋਈ ਸੀ ਤਾਂ ਉਸ ਸਮੇਂ ਡਾਕਟਰ ਗਰਭਵਤੀ ਔਰਤਾਂ ਅਤੇ ਉਹਨਾਂ ਦੇ ਅਣਜਨਮੇ ਬੱਚਿਆਂ ਦੀ ਸਿਹਤ ਨੂੰ ਲੈਕੇ ਖਾਸ ਫਿਕਰ ਵਿੱਚ ਸਨ। ਪਰ ਤਕਰੀਬਨ ਇੱਕ ਸਾਲ ਬਾਅਦ ਜਦੋਂ ਟੀਕਿਆਂ ਨੇ ਕਈ ਕਮਜ਼ੋਰ ਲੋਕਾਂ ਦੀ ਸਿਹਤ-ਸੰਭਾਲ ਵਿੱਚ ਮਦਤ ਕੀਤੀ ਹੈ ਤਾਂ ਡਾਕਟਰ, ਗਰਭਵਤੀ ਅਤੇ ਗਰਭ ਧਾਰਨ ਕਰਨ ਜਾ ਰਹੀਆਂ ਔਰਤਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਲਾਗ-ਰੋਕੂ ਟੀਕੇ ਲਗਵਾਉਣ ਦੀ ਪੁਰਜ਼ੋਰ ਅਪੀਲ ਕਰ ਰਹੇ ਹਨ।

A más de 500 años del 12 de octubre de 1492, la llegada de Colón no deja de causar controversia, dolor e incomodidad. SBS Spanish conversa con el Dr Jordi Vidal Robert, experto en la economía histórica de la Universidad de Sydney, y con el Dr Carlos Eduardo Morreo, politólogo y ejecutivo del Instituto de Estudios poscoloniales en Melbourne, sobre cómo las nociones de la conquista y la colonización han cambiado en el tiempo.

Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 359. From the recently-concluded Fifteenth Annual (2021) Meeting of the PFS, Bodrum, Turkey (Sept. 16–21, 2021). For others, see the links in the Program, or the PFS YouTube channel, including the growing PFS 2021 YouTube Playlist. Additional media of the proceedings will be released presently. https://youtu.be/hPPC9OfzHgI For a similar talk, see KOL345 | Kinsella's Libertarian “Constitution” or: State Constitutions vs. the Libertarian Private Law Code (PorcFest 2021). My notes are below: State Constitutions vs. The Libertarian Private Law Code Notes Stephan Kinsella Property and Freedom Society Annual Meeting Sep. 19, 2021 – Bodrum, Turkey   Joke: I've prepared a libertarian constitution, and I hope to cover as much of its 18 parts and 45 pages as possible in the next half hour. Part I, Section A, Subsection 1: “Definitions.” Just kidding. I'm not going to read it. I haven't even finished it yet. My wife said “is this what you geeks think is funny?” I said we'll see. Half of them may be relieved, but some of them will be saying “Oh damn, I wanted to hear a Libertarian Constitution read to me.” Tell Hoppe Porcfest choking joke. I'm going to talk about the idea of constitutions and libertarianism—whether the idea makes sense at all. Since I've been a libertarian in the early 1980s, I've seen various utopian libertarian projects, many of them scams, most of them failures— cruise ship nations, now seasteading (Blueseed); Oceania—The Atlantis Project Same people: Project Lifeboat: “From the people who brought you the Oceania project so many years ago comes the Lifeboat project. An attempt to create a spaceship for the purposes of saving the human race from the singularity predicted by Vernor Vinge.” crazy guys homesteading abandoned oil rigs and declaring sovereignty; private justice, arbitration, and common law groups; The “Creative Common Law” project (Jamin Hubner), an anarcho-capitalist project in which I was enlisted as an advisor, only for it to later turn from “Creative Common Law 1.0: Anarcho-Capitalism” to “Creative Common Law 2.0: Anarcho-Socialism/Syndicalism” Always be wary of “Waystation libertarians” Tom Bell's “Ulex,” or “Open Source Legal Operating System”; LiberLand, which I helped draft an early constitution for see “The Voluntaryist Constitution” Galt's Gulch Chile, a scam that ended in disaster; the Honduras special economic zones; General Governance (David Johnston), the idea of leveraging Indian tribes' special status to extend their federal tax-free enclaves or zones; even the Free State Project National Constitution Center's “The Libertarian Constitution” Roderick Long's “Imagineering Freedom: A Constitution of Liberty Part I: Between Anarchy and Limited Government” and Michael Darby's “Draft Constitution for a Reviving or New Nation,” both at http://freenation.org/a/ Dennis Pratt https://www.quora.com/What-would-a-libertarian-bill-of-rights-look-like/answer/Dennis-Pratt-3 Siegen, Bernard H. (1994) Drafting a Constitution for a Nation or Republic Emerging into Freedom. 2d ed.  Fairfax, Virginia: George Mason University Press. I've been dragooned into helping some of these as consultant or advisor— General Governance, we met with Indian tribe north of Texas; now you get a 404, as David Johnston moved on to bitcoin, after assuring me that within 6 months we'll have a libertarian nation. Joel Bomgar, a libertarian-leaning conservative Christian businessman and Mississippi legislator. LiberLand (swam with Wit Jedlicka, the president, in Turkey) Mediterranean sea. Others I've forgotten. Often these projects involve the drafting of a new “Constitution” or some similar code or legal document. Why do we even use the word “Constitution”? The modern libertarian movement originated in the US in the 1950s with the work of Ayn Rand,

This episode can be viewed on YouTube at https://youtu.be/7AxfHJPJsOU --- 0:00 - Intro and rundown 3:40 - Capcom Pro Tour Central America West 2 results 4:38 - Street Fighter League JP - Round 1 Day 1 results 7:12 - Tekken Online Challenge - Philippines/East Asia & Oceania results 9:56 - DBFZ Online Tenkaichi - Japan results 10:45 - What to watch this coming weekend 12:20 - Evo 2021 Showcase cancelled due to COVID-19 concerns 28:46 - Melty Blood: Type Lumina releases 40:30 - Nickelodeon All Star Brawl releases 47:58 - Block/Grab: Isla in King of Fighters XV 50:39 - Block/Grab: K' in King of Fighters XV 51:45 - Block/Grab: Saber in Melty Blood: Type Lumina 54:31 - Block/Grab: Aang in Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 57:01 - Block/Grab: Toph in Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 58:37 - Block/Grab: Korra in Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 1:00:21 - Sharpie defends her tournament performance... in musical form 1:03:21 - Block/Grab: Splatoon & Doom costumes in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate 1:07:50 - Block/Grab: Sora in Super Smash Bros. Melee 1:13:10 - SNK announces a pair of Neo Geo Pocket Color titles for Steam 1:15:25 - Bandai Namco reveals new logo 1:16:52 - King of Fighters '98 UM to receive rollback netcode update

Trisha Sawhney from Melbourne is one of only 120 people diagnosed with Aspartylglucosaminuria (AGU) worldwide. Her parents are fundraising for a clinical trial in the US that could produce a cure for this rare neurodegenerative disorder and save their daughter's life. - ਆਸਟ੍ਰੇਲੀਆ ਦੀ ਰਹਿਣ ਵਾਲ਼ੀ 12-ਸਾਲਾ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਬੱਚੀ ਤ੍ਰਿਸ਼ਾ ਸਾਹਨੀ ਨੂੰ ਏ.ਜੀ.ਯੂ ਨਾਮ ਦੀ ਲਾਇਲਾਜ ਬਿਮਾਰੀ ਹੈ। ਆਪਣੀ ਧੀ ਦੀ ਜ਼ਿੰਦਗੀ ਬਚਾਉਣ ਲਈ ਉਸਦੇ ਮਾਪੇ ਹਰ ਸੰਭਵ ਕੋਸ਼ਿਸ਼ ਵਿੱਚ ਜੁਟੇ ਹੋਏ ਹਨ ਜਿਸ ਦੌਰਾਨ ਭਾਈਚਾਰੇ ਵੱਲੋਂ ਫੰਡਰੇਜ਼ਰ ਜ਼ਰੀਏ ਲੱਖਾਂ ਡਾਲਰ ਵੀ ਇਕੱਠੇ ਕੀਤੇ ਗਏ ਹਨ।

تقی خان هزاره هنرمندی است که قرار است در برنامه مجازی «بیست سال جنگ افغانستان» در هفتم و هشتم اکتبر آواز بخواند. این برنامه با اشتراک هنرمندان و نویسندگان آسترالیایی و افغان و با موضوع بررسی پیامدهای جنگ بیست ساله افغانستان، به‌ویژه بر هنر و ادبیات، برگزار می‌شود.

The Hunger Games of VALORANT has begun as the Last Chance Qualifiers start in all regions. @paperthinhere joins us to discuss the APAC region and while we think Nuturn is the strongest, PaperRex shows a fighting chance. @RyanCentra is around to talk about EMEA's strong contenders, can Team Liquid take the last spot or will SMB swoop in to nab it away? @dream_val helps us look at NA's bracket, the format of which was just awful until Oceania was sacrificed to the dark gods by Riot. Can Cloud9 Blue make it all the way with the addition of Vanity, or will 100Thieves surprise everyone after their cutting of Steel? Lastly, congratulations to Cloud9 White for pocketing another Game Changers title! Live on Twitch (http://www.twitch.tv/dnpeek) every Tuesday at 2pm EST. Follow us on Twitter (https://twitter.com/dnpeek), Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/dnpeek/), and check out our website (https://www.dnpeek.com/).

In this episode Winfield describes his inspiration for exploration, beginning with Europe and eventually branching off to Oceania and Asia. In order to increase exposure to new cultures and experiences, he coupled his travels with work experiences, volunteering and studying abroad. He continues to pursue his passion today as an international lawyer, continuously seeking new cultural interactions, knowledge and a deeper appreciation of our magnificent world. Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/winfield.glascockInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/winfieldglascock/

This month we'll review some changes to our sign in policy, the Android update and a new public beta available in our app. Plus an extended chat with our Down Under explorers.

China has 5 bases in the Antarctic, but no one except China really knows what takes place on them. The U.S. and other countries that are supposed to be monitoring the bases have been lax about checking, and there is evidence to suggest China's doing more than just scientific research down there. Joining us on this episode of China Unscripted is Alex Gray, a senior fellow in national security affairs at the American Foreign Policy Council. He served on the U.S. National Security Council staff from 2018 to 2021, including as director for Oceania and Indo-Pacific Security. 

Show Notes This week we revisit the final episode of Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ in light of the first draft of the episode 47 script recently shared by Gundam expert Mark Simmons. This script was written solely by Zeta Gundam and Gundam ZZ writer Endo Akinori, before being significantly re-written by head director Tomino Yoshiyuki. It stands out as a rare window into the work process behind the scenes of Gundam, and offers Nina and Thom the chance to ask... would the episode have been better without the boss' meddling? Huge thanks this week to Mark both for making this script draft available and for translating relevant sections into English! Mobile Suit Breakdown is written, recorded, and produced within Lenapehoking, the ancestral and unceded homeland of the Lenape, or Delaware, people. Before European settlers forced them to move west, the Lenape lived in New York City, New Jersey, and portions of New York State, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Connecticut. Lenapehoking is still the homeland of the Lenape diaspora, which includes communities living in Oklahoma, Wisconsin, and Ontario. You can learn more about Lenapehoking, the Lenape people, and ongoing efforts to honor the relationship between the land and indigenous peoples by visiting the websites of the Delaware Tribe and the Manhattan-based Lenape Center. Listeners in the Americas and Oceania can learn more about the indigenous people of your area at https://native-land.ca/. We would like to thank The Lenape Center for guiding us in creating this living land acknowledgment. You can subscribe to Mobile Suit Breakdown for free! on fine Podcast services everywhere and on YouTube, visit our website GundamPodcast.com, follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook, or email your questions, comments, and complaints to gundampodcast@gmail.com. Mobile Suit Breakdown wouldn't exist without the support of our fans and Patrons! You can join our Patreon to support the podcast and enjoy bonus episodes, extra out-takes, behind-the-scenes photos and video, MSB gear, and much more! The intro music is WASP by Misha Dioxin, and the outro is Long Way Home by Spinning Ratio, both licensed under Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 licenses. All music used in the podcast has been edited to fit the text. Mobile Suit Breakdown provides critical commentary and is protected by the Fair Use clause of the United States Copyright law. Gundam content is copyright and/or trademark of Sunrise Inc., Bandai, Sotsu Agency, or its original creator. Mobile Suit Breakdown is in no way affiliated with or endorsed by Sunrise, Bandai, Sotsu, or any of their subsidiaries, employees, or associates and makes no claim to own Gundam or any of the copyrights or trademarks related to it. Original content is copyright Mobile Suit Breakdown. Copyrighted content used in Mobile Suit Breakdown is used in accordance with the Fair Use clause of the United States Copyright law. Any queries should be directed to gundampodcast@gmail.com Find out more at http://gundampodcast.com

Join Jonathan and archaeologist James Doyle as they explore early Mesoamerican arts, cultures, and communities on this week's Getting Curious. Listen in to learn about the numeral and writing systems that connected Mesoamerican societies thousands of years ago, the significance of commodities like jade and marine shell, and the ways in which Mesoamerican traditions continue today.   James Doyle is an assistant curator in the Department of the Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas for the Metropolitan Museum of Art. James is on Twitter @JamesDoyleMet and on Instagram @jamesdoylenyc.   Want to learn more? Check out some of James' writing for the Met, including: Ancient Maya Sculpture Ancient Maya Painted Ceramics Olmec Art Find out what today's guest and former guests are up to by following us on Instagram and Twitter @CuriousWithJVN. Transcripts for each episode are available at JonathanVanNess.com. Check out Getting Curious merch at PodSwag.com. Listen to more music from Quiñ by heading over to TheQuinCat.com. Jonathan is on Instagram and Twitter @JVN and @Jonathan.Vanness on Facebook.