#DCI 1989

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9 and 10 for the fandom asks!

hi!! thank you!! I apologize if the formatting is weird for this, I wrote half of it on my phone notes app the the rest on the Tumblr site and also I just generally don't know how to do things hahah

(i'm focussing on the sandman cuz I think that’s the biggest fandom we share!!)

9. a ship that isn't your OTP but that you enjoy

so dreamling is my ultimate sandman ship, BUT. two other ones I love are:

dream/hob/corinthian aka hobrintheus. everyone go read @softest-punk’s fic self-abandon, and the confounding effects thereof !! hob humanizing the corinthian (calling him cori), the corinthian being so genuinely in love with hob, dream being being so very dream about the situation… pure excellence. I have a handful of other fics I can rec for this ship, too!!

dream/hob/daniel. this is 10000000% @moorishflower’s fault because their Beautiful, Strange and New series is fucking unparalleled  (tbh everything they write is like a drug to me). the main fic was so incredibly fun to read while it was a wip!!! especially when the story gets to that part (ifkyk). 

10. a blog (mutual or one you follow) that has made your fandom experience brighter

okay this question is so hard to answer because I’ve only got back into any fandom in 2022 (long and kinda sad story) and I haven’t quite gotten up the gumption to talk to many people outside of commenting on fics. so!! I’m just gonna shoutout some more fics I love from the people I talked about in the other answer!

here’s a few more @softest-punk fics that I recommend, especially if you like alternate universes, a hopelessly-in-love hob, and support the Trans Agenda:

Catching Up - human/no powers au with alternating pov. all that post-fishbowl trauma goodness with an incredibly sweet hob who just wants to take care of his dear friend (who he is also hopelessly in love with but that's nbd)

Falling - another human/no powers au! strangers to friends to lovers story with extremely hot sex. i'm remembering how much I love this one and I'm about to go reread it!!

Half sleep, half waking- this is one of their most recents fics and it's a rivers of london crossover!! 1989 fishbowl rescue au (alternating hob and nightingale pov) where hob enlists the help of his friend (and ex-lover) dci nightingale to figure out why his oldest friend (who he is hopelessly in love with) missed their centennial meeting. I love hob's whole "thing" in this one–I have a personal head canon that he would absolutely have all kinds of rizz with the potentially less than human and/or immortal components of the world.

here's some more @moorishflower fics I recommend, especially if you like alternate universes, delicious angst, and extremely well thought out world-building! I don't know the best way to word this (fiction writing isn't my strong suit), but the way that this author describes things makes me go insane. they know exactly how to describe how things taste/smell/feel and it just completely transports me into the story.

iron, glass, bones, blood - monster4monster, love but the kind of love where you want to pin them to a board like a butterfly and find out what their blood looks like under a microscope, kink as a way to reclaim trauma... I literally cannot tell you how many times I've read this fic. it feels like it was pulled from the very depths of my subconscious.

On sexual dimorphism in C. urophasianus - (if you know me irl, no you don't) very lighthearted, non-traditional a/b/o, omegas are very empowered. they've only been together one week and it's still very new between them and now dream has to "court" hob because of his instincts going all crazy. very, very sweet!!

17th Century Knife Restoration - this fic made me cryyyyyy. hob watching a restoration video on YouTube and uh oh its his knife and uh oh now he has many feelings. to be loved is to be known, and also to be changed 💜

also their Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs series' most recent fic, Basic Needs, is currently posting and is making ME have many feelings!! check this one out if you want mutual pining of the most desperate nature, down and out dream and caretaker hob (oh and hob has a gigantic dick and dream is obsessed with it)

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DCI with Johnny DC from September 1989

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SACOTY winners since 1986

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2023 Ford Ranger Double Cab 4x4

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2017 Opel Astra

2016 Volvo XC90

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2013 Porsche Boxster

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2008 Mazda 2 Individual

2007 Honda Civic 1.8 VXi

2006 Audi A3 Sportback 2.0T FSI

2005 Volvo S40

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2002 Audi A4 1.9 TDI

2001 BMW 320d

2000 Renault Clio 1.4 RT

1999 Alfa Romeo 156 T-Spark

1998 Ford Fiesta Fun

1997 BMW 528i

1996 Audi A4 1.8

1995 Opel Astra 160iS

1994 Opel Kadett 140

1993 BMW 316i

1992 Nissan Maxima 300 SE

1991 Opel Monza 160 GSi

1990 BMW 525i

1989 Toyota Corolla GLi Executive

1988 BMW 735i

1987 Mercedes-Benz 260E

1986 Toyota Corolla Twin Cam

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Line of Duty Timeline: Can This Help To Solve the Jo Davidson DNA Mystery?

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Warning: contains major spoilers for Line of Duty series 1-6.

You could say we’ve taken this too far. You could be right. You could also say that, for a Line of Duty fan attempting to solve the Jo Davidson family mystery, it’s useful to know that Tommy Hunter was 13 years old when Jo Davidson was born, making him more likely to be her brother than her father. Or that John Corbett was born two months after Jo Davidson, making it impossible for his mother Anne-Marie McGillis to also be her mother.

And then there are the real questions, such as: the day before AC-12 raided Hillside Lane Station in series six, it was Kate Fleming’s 35th birthday. Did she bring in doughnuts? Had Kate come in worse for wear from one too many glasses of white in Frederico’s with Jo? The people demand to know.

Taken from police records glimpsed on screen and episode scripts, below are the key dates mentioned in Line of Duty, in chronological order, right from the start. We’ll update as series six continues. Use it to bolster your theories and beat your friends in arguments. Carry the fire, team.

Prior to Series One

16th July 1963 Edward Gerard Hastings is born. Aged 2, sniffs out a ring of corrupt toddlers at his playschool 10th May 1965 Future OCG leader John Thomas ‘Tommy’ Hunter is born in Glasgow 12th April 1976 Lindsay Elizabeth Denton is born. With a fringe 22nd April 1979 Jo Davidson is born. Suspiciously 3rd June 1979 John Corbett is born to Anne-Marie McGillis in Northern Ireland 1982 19-year-old Ted Hastings joins the Royal Ulster Constabulary, one of two Catholic officers in his unit. Befriends a CHIS named Anne-Marie McGillis 18th April 1989 Anne-Marie McGillis is kidnapped by the IRA 23rd September 1985 Steve Arnott is born. Wearing a waistcoat 3rd November 1985 Kate Fleming is born. Crime doesn’t know what’s about to hit it 29th June 1989 Ted Hastings is injured in a pipe bomb explosion that kills a fellow Catholic officer, he suspects a deliberate attack and a cover-up conspiracy. He moves to England. ca.1990 A teenage Matthew ‘Dot’ Cottan starts working as a caddy for Tommy Hunter at the Edge Park Golf Club 1990s A group of 17 men including Tommy Hunter and CS Patrick Fairbank routinely sexually abuse the boys at Sands View children’s home 14th November 1998 Social worker Oliver Stephens-Lloyd is found murdered by the OCG after pursuing the Sands View boys’ abuse allegations. It’s made to look like suicide 21st March 1999 John Corbett joins the police service, aged 19 29th July 1999 Joanne Davidson joins the police service, aged 20 29th November 1999 Ryan Pilkington is born to mother Keely on the Borogrove Estate 2001 Anne-Marie McGillis’ corpse is found with signs of torture by the IRA 9th May 2006 Kate Fleming joins Central Police, aged 20 15th October 2007 Steve Arnott joins Central Police, aged 22 2005 A 15-year-old Lisa McQueen is admitted to a police programme for teen offenders

Series One (Unknown 2012)

– Steve Arnott’s counter-terrorism op is botched and CI Osborne demands a cover-up. Steve refuses and is recruited by Ted Hastings at AC-12 – DCI Tony Gates receives the Officer of the Year award and is investigated by AC-12 for manipulating his unit’s stats – OCG money launderer Jackie Laverty runs over her accountant. Her lover DCI Tony Gates helps to cover it up. She’s murdered by the OCG, who blackmail Gates to cover up a string of drug murders – DCI Gates gets a confession from OCG leader Tommy Hunter, delivers him to AC-12, then kills himself by stepping into traffic so his family receive a ‘line of duty’ pay-out November 2012 Deborah Devereux is arrested for assault against a neighbour, DI Buckells at Kingsgate Station has the charges dropped in exchange for sexual favours

Series Two (September – November 2013)

21st May 2013 DI Lindsay Denton terminates her pregnancy, at lover DCC Dryden’s behest 16th August 2013 DCC Mike Dryden is photographed by the OCG engaging in a sex act with underage victim Carly Kirk, who goes missing that day. To fake an alibi, Dryden takes responsibility for his wife’s speeding ticket issued that evening 5th September 2013 A police convoy transporting former OCG head-turned-witness Tommy Hunter is diverted by DI Lindsay Denton, then ambushed and three officers are killed 14th September 2013 Tommy Hunter and DC Georgia Trotman are murdered in hospital by bent copper DS Jeremy Cole September 2013 – DI Denton is charged with conspiracy to murder, remanded until the 18th of November 2013, released, then rearrested and sentenced to life, serving 585 days inside until her successful appeal.

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Series Three (May to July 2015)

13th May 2015 Danny Waldron shoots dead his childhood abuser Ronan Murphy and instigates a police cover-up, later torturing Linus Murphy – another abuser – to death 1st June 2015 Danny Waldron is fatally shot by PC Hari Bains, blackmailed by the OCG 13th July 2015 Danny Waldron’s funeral takes place 17th July 2015 Lindsay Denton is murdered by DI Matthew ‘Dot’ Cottan, who attempts to frame Steve Arnott for the crime 18th July 2015 Dot sends an ‘Urgent exit required’ text to the OCG and is shot out of an AC-12 interview. Kate gives chase and Dot is killed saving her from an OCG bullet. She records his Dying Declaration giving clues to the identity of corrupt officers in league with the OCG

Series Four (March to May 2017)

11th November 2016 The dismembered corpse of sex worker Baswinder Kaur is found 25th January 2017 Leonie Collersdale, also a sex worker, goes missing 9th March 2017 Hana Reznikova is abducted as part of the OCG’s attempt to frame Michael Farmer for the Operation Trapdoor murders 17th March 2017 Roz Huntley hits her head at Tim Ifield’s flat and, thinking her dead, he makes plans to dispose of her corpse. She wakes up and in a struggle, accidentally kills Tim Ifield then attempts to cover it up by cutting off his fingers and disposing of his laptop and phone 4th May 2017 Hastings fatally shoots a ‘Balaclava Man’ attempting to extract and/or kill solicitor Jimmy Lakewell from AC-12 headquarters 5th May 2017 ACC Derek Hilton is found dead, supposedly a shotgun suicide but more likely murdered by the OCG. At a later date, Roz Huntley pleads guilty to the manslaughter of Tim Ifield and is sentenced to 10 years in HMP Brentiss Prison. Jimmy Lakewell pleads guilty to perverting the course of justice and is sentenced to HMP Blackthorn

Series Five (February to July 2019)

Late Dec 2018/Early Jan 2019 -Gill Biggeloe, working for the OCG, lies to John Corbett that Ted Hastings is the corrupt officer responsible for his mother’s death by the IRA. He records the conversation 22nd Jan 2019 Operation Pear Tree officially begins, implanting John Corbett in the OCG 15th Feb 2019 The OCG hijack a heroin shipment Eastfield Depot, murdering 3 corrupt police officers 23rd Feb 2019 PC Maneet Bindra is murdered by the OCG. RIP 27th Feb 2019 The OCG hijack a ballistics transport carrying firearms 4th March 2019 Lisa McQueen meets with DCS Hargreaves, whom she’s been blackmailing over his visits to an OCG-run illegal brothel 5th March 2019 The OCG raid the Eastfield Depot, John Corbett shoots Hargreaves dead 10th March 2019 Steve and Kate question Steph Corbett about John Corbett’s NI connections 12th March 2019 Ted Hastings visits Lee Banks at Blackthorn prison, John Corbett is murdered by Ryan Pilkington 14th March 2019 Patricia Carmichael of AC-3 interviews Ted Hastings over his alleged corruption after he poses as ‘H’ in an unofficial undercover op which results in the arrest of Lisa McQueen and the death of Miroslav Minkowicz. Lisa later makes an immunity deal and gets witness protection. Gill Biggeloe is found to be corrupt, arrested, and also ends up under witness protection Late March 2019 Operation Pear Tree is concluded, finding no link between police corruption and organised crime. God, give me strength! 27th July 2019 Ryan Pilkington officially joins Central Police

Series Six (October 2020 – ?)

10th September 2019 Gail Vella is murdered outside her Moss Heath home October 2019 DCI Jo Davidson is made SIO of the Gail Vella murder investigation 2nd or 3rd October 2019 Gail Vella’s funeral takes place 26th October 2020 CHIS Alistair Oldroyd phones his handler to say he heard ‘Ross Turner’ boasting of killing Gail Vella. Det Supt Buckells delays the operation to pick up the suspect until the next morning. 27th October 2020 1:23am: a burner phone found at PS Jatri’s home makes an outgoing call. Operation Lighthouse is diverted to an armed robbery, causing more than two hours’ delay. Terry Boyle is found at Ross Turner’s address at Beechwood House and arrested on suspicion of murder. The freezer formerly containing Jackie Laverty’s corpse is dumped 29th October 2020 CHIS Alistair Oldroyd is found dead 2nd November 2020 Farida Jatri requests a transfer from MIT. She is replaced by PC Ryan Pilkington. Carl Banks’ corpse is discovered at an industrial site, the prints on the knife match those of Alistair Oldroy 4th November 2020 AC-12 tries to raid Hillside Lane Station but are sent back, then return later to seize the Operation Lighthouse files, some of which are missing and later found in DSU Buckells’ car 8th November 2020 Ryan follows Jo to her home address on Croxton Street 10th November 2020 Kate and Jo go for a drink at Frederico’s Bar, followed by Ryan 11th November 2020 PC Ryan Pilkington attempts to kill Terry Boyle, successfully drowning PC Lisa Patel by forcing the police car into Edge Park Reservoir November 2020 A police convoy carrying witness Jimmy Lakewell comes under fire by the OCG. DI Arnott shoots a sniper. Lakewell is murdered in prison by OCG member Lee Banks. DNA deposits found at Farida Jatri’s home reveal that Jo Davidson is related to a significant nominal from a past investigation End of November 2020 AC-12 is due to be merged with AC-3 and AC-9, and Ted Hastings, mother of God, is due to retire

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Happy 64th Birthday Scottish actor Ron Donachie.

Born Ronald Eaglesham Porter in Dundee on April 26th 1956  Ron might not be a household name, but is a weel kent face on our screens during the last 40 years or so.

He was educated at Madras College, St. Andrews and Glasgow University, from where he graduated with an M.A (Hons.) in English Literature and Drama in 1979. After a year working as a navvy, he joined the 7.84 theatre company for the play "One Big Blow", in which the cast mimicked a traditional, colliery band by singing in six part harmony. The success of the play led to the formation of the acapella band "The Flying Pickets", who had a Christmas number one in 1983. Donachie's decision not to stay with the band and thereby missing out on their success has been described by him as "one of my more brilliant career decisions."

Throughout the 1980s, he was a prolific theatre performer all across the British Isles,  now largely vanished repertory system. This afforded him the opportunity to act in many classical plays which are now rarely performed due to budget constraints and closed theatres. During this period, he appeared in over twenty plays at the Glasgow Citizens' Theatre. Like many performers with similar experience, he considers this the happiest, most fruitful and most influential phase of his career.

That's not to say he wasn't on TV in the 80's, firstly I would like to say he probably appeared in more episodes of Taggart than any other person, except the regular cast, clocking up five appearances all as different characters between 1987 and 2006.

The first thing I remember Don in was the brilliant Tutti Fruiti, with Robbie Coltrane, Richard Wilson and Maurice Roëves, he was also in 15 episodes of the old Scottish soap, Take the High Road as  Duncan Strachan.

The 90's saw his TV career really take off, parts in Taking over the Asylum, The Governor, Cracker and Looking after JoJo, as well as playing the Master at Arms in the Oscar winning film Titanic.

Into the new century and I think some of us will recall Don, in what I think is his most well known role as DCI Andrew Ross in the long running cop soap The Bill. Then Silent Witness, The Auf Wiedersehen, Pet, Rebus and Stone of Destiny to name but a few.

In the past few years Game of Thrones fans will have known him as Rodrik Cassel, or if you like last weeks birthday boy James James McAvoy in Filth, Don played the part of Hector. He was in casualty for a number of episodes, The brilliant mini series The Loch, and just this year was in Deadwater Fell with David Tennant. Don also appeared in the Bruce bio-film Outlaw King as Robert Wishart, Bishop of Glasgow.

Married on St. Patrick's Day 1989 to Fiona Biggar, the couple have two grown up children.

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Wow...I’m sorry it seems I’m on here only once every month or so to do anything, but life’s been crazy! Still love coming on here to see how things are!

For those that know me, you probably already had at least an idea as to why I chose the username 13thplaceswiftie on here. For those that don’t know me as well, here’s why I chose this name as I dove into Swiftie Tumblr.

I’ve always seemed to be the one drawn towards music in general from a young age. When I was little, I sang in the local boys choir, participated in church musicals, and then in 5th grade, I discovered the trombone, which began a love affair with band really ever since then. Even to this day, I still love to pick up my trombone and play around with it some 16 years after I first decided to try it out as a kid. That eventually led to an interest in marching band when I was around 13 after seeing the marching band of the high school I would eventually be going to perform at a football game. I then went on to march all 4 years of high school before fulfilling a dream I had ever since I started following it closely as a high school band geek: I got the chance to march in the Colts Drum and Bugle Corps out of Dubuque, IA and participate in the Drum Corps International (DCI) Summer Tour.

Even though I could go on for ages about drum corps, the shortest way I can put it was that it’s a whole bunch of band geeks (up to 150 when I marched) that left home for the whole summer to perfect and perform an 11-12 minute long field show over the course of 2 and a half months while sleeping on buses and gym floors but also having the opportunity to perform in spectacular venues typically reserved for large sporting events (The Alamodome in San Antonio, the old Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis). Oh, and no woodwinds. Just brass, percussion, and colorguard!

I was extremely fortunate to have been able to participate in drum corps for 2 summers, both with the Colts, with my first being in 2011 and my last (my age out year, aka I’m too old after this season) in 2014. The 2014 season is where the origin of the 13thplaceswiftie username starts to take hold. For the past few seasons, the Colts hadn’t been in serious contention for the top 12 corps on tour. Being in the top 12 meant you got to perform in the finals competition of the DCI World Championships in Indianapolis, and the place was always packed that night. We’re talking between 25,000 to 30,000 people in one stadium to watch band basically. Our field show in 2014 was called “Dark Side of the Rainbow,” which took place in a dystopian version of Oz 10 years after the Wizard and Dorothy had left. In that time, the Scarecrow had taken control of Oz for himself, and we turned this story into something similar to a Shakespeare tragedy. The music selections were awesome to perform, including a huge bulk of tunes from Pink Floyd’s iconic “Dark Side of the Moon” album, “Everything In Its Right Place” by Radiohead, and a jazz number by Raymond Scott called “Powerhouse” that had been used prominently in old Looney Tunes cartoons. (I’ll link the show at the end of the post for any interested in watching) It was an incredibly fun show to perform, and we performed it well, surprising a lot of DCI fans with how strong a unit we had become and the fact we had beaten some corps that we hadn’t beaten in some time; we beat and ultimately finished ahead of one corps for the first time since 2010, and had completely erased a 5 point late June deficit (which was still at 4 points in mid July) to beat them on the last weekend of the season at the championships. We were in 13th place going into the semifinals of the world championships, one spot out from qualifying for finals...and we stayed in 13th...and missed qualifying for finals by just ONE TENTH of a point. And just like that, our season was done, so close to making finals, but not quite making it...plus it was my last ever show as a member in DCI. It was a very bittersweet end to say the least.

Fast forward a couple years, and I started talking on Twitter to this girl from Ohio who also liked band and DCI. Not too long after we started talking, I got dumped by my now ex, and despite being in such a low place, I always found myself coming back to her. We started talking more and more about what we liked, what music interests we had, so on and so forth, and we only got closer with time. That eventually led to us meeting in person one weekend in mid April 2016, and it was a great weekend finally being able to see each other and do things together as best friends! Shortly afterwards, she sent me a mix CD that was in essence her first love letter to me. Those musical interests I mentioned we talked about? She loves Taylor Swift. And I mean LOVES Taylor and her music. Nearly half of the tracks she put on there were Taylor’s spanning all the way back from her debut album to 1989. I had heard Taylor’s songs on the radio, in stores, on Wednesdays in cafes, but this was the first time I had been able to really listen to the songs that weren’t released as singles, and I started to fall more and more in love with Taylor and her music...and at the same time fell more and more in love with the girl that introduced me to those sounds I hadn’t heard before...the sounds that ultimately led us to be together and have stayed together for the past 3 years! And in about a week and a half, I’ll be moving in with her as I start grad school at the school she’s completing her degree at!

That girl I’m talking about is the cutie in the picture with me, @holycoffeegrounds13. And that picture was from our first ever concert together as a couple (and to be perfectly honest, my first EVER huge concert that wasn’t a DCI show)! Having introduced me to Taylor and her music and who she is as a person, she taught me a lot about Taylor in general from her love of cats and coffee...to 13 being her lucky number! And thinking back on everything, I can’t help but feel that this was absolutely meant to be. I first met Nikki through the activity I’d fallen in love with, and then we ultimately grew closer and then ended up together thanks to Taylor and her music. Maybe that 13th place finish back in 2014 was a sign...maybe the stars were aligned just right from that score announcement that at first crushed me...it eventually evolved into this wonderful thing. I’m a band geek. I’m a Swiftie. My corps finished in 13th...Taylor’s favorite number is 13...Taylor and her music ultimately brought Nikki and me together...what beautiful poetry. I’m a 13thplaceswiftie.

-Nathanael

P.S. @taylorswift if you somehow happen to come across this, I can’t thank you enough again for not only all the great music and great acts of kindness you’ve done for so many, but also for bringing me and Nikki together. I hope the day can come where we each can thank you in person. Either way, thank you, thank you, thank you, 13 times over!

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Os cinco depois do 5!

Há 30 anos que o Clio vem marcando as tendências, ditando as “regras” e batendo recordes de vendas entre os utilitários na Europa. Cinco gerações após o lançamento de um dos mais emblemáticos modelos da Renault, chegou a altura de comparar os predicados de cada uma delas, destacando as variantes mais emblemáticas que ficaram para a história e nos corações dos fãs.

Clio I: 1990-1998

Ao trocar a designação numérica por um nome de batismo e adotando um design tão diferenciador, a primeira geração do Clio, apresentada em 1990, parecia não ter nada a ver com o seu icónico antecessor Renault 5. No entanto, o Clio I partilhava alguns componentes mecânicos com o Super 5 de 1984 (incluindo as suspensões dianteiras, por exemplo). 

Mas, apesar dos elementos comuns com o histórico antecessor, o Clio apresentou uma série de novidades relevantes, a começar logo pelos conhecidos e reputados motores Energy 1.2 (60 cv) e 1.4 (75 cv) com quatro cilindros.

Mesmo o 1.7 que motorizava os Renault 5 GTX e Baccara viu a capacidade aumentar para os 1,8 litros e, com uma cabeça de 16 válvulas, passou a equipar as variantes mais desportivas do Clio I, versões essas que tantas dores de “cabeça” deram à concorrência e que ainda hoje deixam saudades aos amantes dos apelidados pocket-rocket.

Entre as versões ditas mais “económicas”, o fiável 1.6 a gasóleo que equipou o Renault 5 passou, no Clio, para os 1,9 litros de capacidade, mantendo intacta a reputação de fiável e confiável. 

Mas a evolução mais significativa do Clio I prendeu-se com o desenho, que trocou as linhas angulares e vincadas do Renault 5, por um desenho muito mais suave e elegante que, passados 30 anos, ainda mantém uma certa atualidade. As cavas das rodas mais pronunciadas e a grelha pequena e quase “fechada” (o fornecimento de ar era feito, maioritariamente, por uma entrada generosa no para-choques frontal) davam um ar mais futurista e imponente ao pequeno utilitário gaulês. 

Tal como no Renault 5, o capot estava ligeiramente inclinado para a frente, mas, ao contrário deste, os puxadores das portas deixaram de estar integrados e à face da carroçaria para adotarem um formato mais tradicional, que era semelhante nas versões de 3 e 5 portas. Na traseira, uma barra cinzenta unia os dois grupos de farolins.

Como é tradição na Renault, estavam disponíveis vários níveis de equipamento. Quase que podíamos dizer que havia um Clio para cada cliente e para cada bolsa... A versão de acesso era garantida pelo nível RL, seguida pelos RN e RT. Mais tarde surgiu a já conhecida Baccara (já tinha existido um 5 Baccara), com uma profusão de elementos diferenciadores e revestimentos em pele nos bancos e em vários apontamentos no habitáculo.

Entre as versões desportivas, e depois do tremendo sucesso granjeado pelos Renault 5 Turbo, os Clio 16V e 16S (esta foi a designação adotada em França) foram uns dignos sucessores. O Clio 1.8 16 válvulas com 137 cv fez, e continua a fazer, as delícias de muitos e já ganhou, por direito próprio, o estatuto de clássico.

Em 1989, a Renault voltou a estar muito ativa no Campeonato do Mundo de F1 através da equipa Williams, o que acabou por levar ao lançamento, em 1993, de uma das mais emblemáticas variantes do Clio. 

Falamos do icónico Clio Williams, com um motor 2.0 de 150 cv e uma excelente relação peso/potência, já que convém não esquecer que o Clio pesava menos de 1000 kg. A somar a isto temos o comportamento a todos os níveis excecional e que ajudou a catapultar o Clio Williams para o “estrelato”. 

O sucesso foi de tal ordem que após uma série limitada inicial de apenas 3800 carros (com uma placa numerada identificativa), a Renault foi “obrigada” a aumentar a produção, que chegou a superar as 12 000 unidades, embora muitas delas tenham sido convertidas para serem utilizadas em competição, por exemplo.

Clio II: 1998-2004

No começo de 1998, a Renault apresentou a segunda geração do Clio. Disponível nas variantes de 3 e 5 portas, o Clio II (projeto X65) foi desenhado por Patrick Le Quement, que adotou um design ainda mais arredondado, mas elegante e até desportivo. A gama de motores continuava a oferecer unidades 1.2 e 1.4 a gasolina e, no topo da oferta, passou a existir uma variante 1.6 16V com 110 cv que assumiu o papel de desportivo “acessível”. 

Ainda no decurso de 1998, a Renault apresenta outra versão desportiva que iniciaria uma lenda que perdura até aos dias de hoje. O primeiro Clio Renault Sport foi lançado com um motor 2.0 16V com 172 cv de potência, capaz de impulsionar o R.S. (como passou a ser conhecido) até aos 220 km/h. Mais uma vez, um pequeno desportivo da Renault entrou diretamente para os anais da história e para os corações dos amantes de pequenos desportivos de exceção.

A surpresa Clio V6

A grande surpresa estava reservada para 2001, quando a Renault decidiu desvendar uma das variantes mais extravagantes e especiais não só do Clio, mas de todos os utilitários até então. 

Com a cooperação da TWR (Tom Walkinshaw Racing), foi colocado um motor 3.0 V6 de 230 cv, oriundo do Laguna V6, atrás dos bancos dianteiros de um Clio numa posição central-traseira, dando origem ao famoso Clio V6. Capaz de ombrear com alguns supercarros da altura, em raridade e na capacidade de nos fazer sonhar, o Clio V6 Phase 1 de tração traseira exigia alguns dotes de condução para tirar pleno partido das suas capacidades em estrada aberta. 

A segunda evolução (Phase II), com 255 cv de potência elevou as prestações para níveis nunca antes imaginados para um Clio, com uma velocidade máxima de 246 km/h e uma aceleração de 0 a 100 km/h em apenas 5,8 segundos. O Clio V6 Phase II também foi alvo de algumas alterações no chassis, que viu a distância entre eixos alongada, e nas taragens das suspensões. 

Por esta altura, a marca também decidiu transferir a produção da fábrica sueca da TWR para a Renault Sport em Dieppe, França. No total, foram produzidos menos de 3000 unidades do Clio V6, o que justifica a sua raridade e valorização no mercado de usados.

De volta às versões mais “terrenas” de destacar que, em 2000, o Clio II recebeu quatro estrelas nos testes de colisão Euro NCAP, distinção que o tornou o mais seguro entre os seus pares, numa “tradição” que a ainda hoje se mantém.

No decurso de 2001, a Renault volta a inovar ao propor as versões 1.5 dCi (Diesel de injeção direta) de 65 cv e 80 cv no Clio, também elas predecessoras de uma linhagem de sucesso que se prolongou até aos dias de hoje.

Em 2004, o Clio II conhece a sua terceira evolução (Phase III), que se diferencia por algumas alterações no desenho e pelo lançamento das versões 1.5 dCi de 100 cv e pela subida de potência do Clio R.S. que chegou ao 182 cv. Curiosamente, o Clio II ainda teve uma quarta fase, apresentada em 2006, e que coexistiu em alguns mercados com o Clio III que foi apresentado em 2005.  

Clio III: 2005-2012 

Como referimos, a terceira geração do Clio foi lançada em 2005, estando disponível em variantes de três portas, cinco portas e, pela primeira vez, já numa fase posterior, em carrinha. 

Apesar do crescimento generalizado das dimensões, o Clio continuava a não ultrapassar os 4 metros de comprimento. O desenho representou uma mudança notável e uma evolução mais notória do que entre as gerações I e II, por exemplo. 

O aumento das dimensões refletiu-se no aspeto mais encorpado e digno de um segmento superior, mas também na acrescida oferta de espaço interior, claramente mais generoso do que no Clio II.

Como não podia deixar de ser, especialmente após o excelente desempenho do Clio II nos testes Euro NCAP, a segurança continuava a ser uma preocupação crescente da Renault e o Clio III foi recompensado com 5 estrelas nos testes, à imagem dos irmãos mais velhos Laguna II e Vel Satis.

Por este e por vários outros argumentos, o Clio III conquistou o galardão de “Carro do Ano” em 2006.

A gama de motores também evoluiu significativamente, sendo que a motorização de acesso passou a estar a cargo do 1.2 16V de 75 cv. O patamar seguinte era assegurado pelo 1.4 de 98 cv e, mais tarde, o Clio III ainda recebeu um motor 1.2 Turbo (TCe) com 101 cv que combinava as boas prestações com consumos relativamente comedidos, inaugurando assim a era dos pequenos motores turbo a gasolina que agora são comuns em tantos outros construtores. 

O motor 1.6 16V de 110 cv, já conhecido do seu antecessor, também chegou a estar disponível, embora o topo de gama estivesse a cargo do famigerado R.S., com um motor 2.0 atmosférico com 197 cv. 

Após o restyling, o mesmo Clio R.S. chegou aos 204 cv e teve direito a uma série limitada apelidada Gordini, em homenagem aos icónicos modelos preparados, inicialmente, por Amédée Gordini e que, mais tarde, chegou a ser uma divisão desportiva no seio da Renault.

Em março de 2007, a Renault apresentou a variante carrinha do Clio. A Break, é 230 mm maior do que o Clio e oferece 439 litros de capacidade na mala, um valor muito generoso para uma pequena carrinha baseada num utilitário. Este argumento, juntamente com o inegável apelo estético e uma política de preços muito ajustada, ajuda a explicar o sucesso que esta variante granjeou entre nós.

Em 2009, o Clio III recebeu um restyling e além das alterações de ordem estética, viu a dotação tecnológica reforçada com a adoção de um sistema de navegação instalado de fábrica com cartografia da TomTom, sendo um dos primeiros utilitários a disponibilizar este tipo de equipamento em opção ou de série, consoante as versões.

Clio IV: 2012-2019

Apresentado no Salão de Paris de 2012, o Clio IV foi um sucesso imediato. Desenhada sob a orientação de Laurens Van den Acker, a quarta geração do icónico utilitário da Renault foi inspirada no espetacular concept DeZir (2010) e o resultado final é, inegavelmente, atraente, o que explica em boa medida os excelentes resultados de vendas alcançados, mesmo já na fase final da sua carreira comercial. 

Apesar de partilhar a plataforma com o seu antecessor, o Clio IV voltou a inovar na oferta de motores, no reforço do conteúdo tecnológico e, para não variar, na segurança. 

Disponível nas variantes de cinco portas (hatchback) e carrinha (Sport Tourer), o Clio IV oferecia uma gama de motores quase toda ela nova. Manteve-se o 1.2 16V de 75 cv, mas a chegada do prolífico 0.9 TCe a gasolina, com três cilindros e 90 cv de potência, veio modificar por completo as regras do “jogo” e tornou-se um best-seller quase instantâneo. 

No patamar seguinte, o 1.2 TCe, com quatro cilindros e 120 cv destacou-se por passar a disponibilizar uma evoluída caixa de dupla embraiagem com seis relações (EDC). 

Entre os motores a gasóleo, continuavam a destacar-se os 1.5 dCi nas variantes de 75 cv, 90 cv e, na fase final da carreira comercial, a enérgica variante de 110 cv.

Pela primeira vez na história, o desportivo Clio R.S. passou a dispor de um motor turbo, uma espécie de regresso ao passado, mas com tecnologias atuais e prestações que fariam sonhar os seus antecessores. Desta feita, o Clio IV R.S. dispunha de um motor 1.6 turbo com 200 cv associado a uma caixa EDC. Apesar de a potência ser a praticamente a mesma do antecessor, a maior oferta de binário e a superior disponibilidade numa ampla faixa de regimes, voltou a demarcar o Clio R.S. como um pequeno desportivo de exceção. 

No Salão de Paris de 2015, a Renault apresentou o Clio R.S. Trophy, com o mesmo motor 1.6 Turbo e a caixa EDC, mas com 220 cv de potência e diversas alterações no chassis que potenciaram as capacidades dinâmicas desta série limitada.

Clio V-2019

Chegados a 2019, a Renault apresenta o novo Clio V, o melhor Clio de sempre. Não só porque é a última evolução da espécie, mas acima de tudo porque a transformação operada e o salto evolutivo é tão grande que colocam o novo Clio V num patamar à parte. Mas há um ponto em comum com todos os antecessores: o sucesso comercial quase imediato a que foi votado desde o lançamento. E as razões não são para menos... 

O desenho exterior não representa uma rutura com o passado, já que as linhas do Clio IV sempre foram um dos seus atributos. Mas antes uma evolução no design que procurou transmitir um ar mais moderno, expressivo, elegante e até desportivo ao novo Clio V. A opção por faróis de LED com a reconhecida assinatura em forma de C é apenas um dos muitos detalhes que tornam o Clio V verdadeiramente apaixonante.

Já no interior, a evolução deu lugar a uma verdadeira revolução. O cuidado colocado na qualidade dos materiais, na ergonomia, no design e até na escolha de equipamentos de conforto e segurança, transportam-nos para um segmento superior e demarcam o Clio V da concorrência. Mas para além da maior perceção de qualidade, o reforço tecnológico também sobressai no habitáculo. 

Desde logo pelo imponente ecrã multimédia de 9,3 polegadas (o maior do segmento) posicionado na consola central. Outro dado curioso é que, apesar de mais curto do que o antecessor, o Clio V oferece uma excelente habitabilidade, um número acrescido de espaços de arrumação e até uma maior capacidade de mala. 

Outro ponto onde o novo Clio V faz justiça às quatro gerações anteriores é na relação conforto/comportamento e no extraordinário prazer de condução. A nova plataforma modular CMF-B, a direção ainda mais precisa e reativa e a taragem e geometria das suspensões voltam a colocar o Clio no topo do segmento.

O atual Clio V está disponível com uma gama completa de motores a gasolina e Diesel, e, ainda este ano, será proposto um motor híbrido designado E-TECH.

Entre os motores a gasolina destaca-se o novo 1.0 TCe (3 cilindros, turbo), com 100 cv de potência e 160 Nm de binário às 2.750 rpm, este bloco da nova geração tem mais 10 cavalos e 20 Nm relativamente ao TCe 90 que substitui, reduzindo o consumo e as emissões de CO2. O motor TCe 100 é associado a uma caixa manual de 5 velocidades, permitindo reivindicar o reduzido consumo de 5,2 l/100 km em ciclo misto e atingir os 187 km/h de velocidade máxima. Mais tarde, estará também acoplado a uma caixa automática X-TRONIC da última geração. O motor TCe 100 será, igualmente, proposto numa versão bi-fuel a GPL.

O degrau seguinte na hierarquia é ocupado pelo motor 1.3 TCe FAP, com 130 cv e 240 Nm de binário. Este motor turbo a gasolina está associado a uma caixa EDC de dupla embraiagem com 7 velocidades, transmissão que contribui para a redução dos consumos (entre os 5,7 e os 5,8 l/100 km em ciclo misto) e das emissões de CO2, e para aumentar o prazer de condução. 

Para quem percorre grandes distâncias e efetua muitos quilómetros, o Clio V também está disponível com motores Diesel, sendo que a base é sempre o novo 1.5 Blue dCi proposto em duas variantes: 85 cv e 220 Nm de binário ou 115 cv (260 Nm), este último com prestações dignas de registo (197 km/h de velocidade máxima) e consumos igualmente contidos. Independentemente da versão de potência, o Clio 1.5 Blue dCi está associado a uma caixa manual de 6 velocidades. 

Como também já se tornou um hábito ao longo das diferentes gerações, o Clio V obteve as 5 estrelas nos cada vez mais exigentes testes de segurança do organismo independente Euro NCAP, posicionando-se, novamente, no topo do segmento e batendo os concorrentes mais diretos.

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Bayonne 1980

Everyone knows that part of my artistic lineage is 1980’s drum corps. But I don’t believe I’ve really mentioned my first encounter with top-12 DCI Drum Corps.

The story I usually tell is about how, in 1981, my band director, Gary Iida, took four of us to an early tour local competition in Riverside. I usually tell a couple of stories from that show as my corps origin story. It mostly is and it did shape my life.

But my very first pairing was actually the summer before, in 1980, the summer after freshman year. I happened across the live PBS broadcast of the 1980 World Championships. It was Saturday, August 16. Live from Birmingham, must have been around 10:pm

The house where some of the older band members had gathered to watch was the last stop on an addled tour of Claremont. I was pretty drunk and likely quite high. That night is the reason I don’t drink rum. My southern comfort moment came in 1986.

I don’t remember whose house it was where we watched or how I got there or how I got home. I don’t remember with whom I was rolling (It was probably Tom and Andy but I have no clue who drove). All I remember is Blue Devils, the Spirt of Atlanta, and the Bayonne Bridgemen.

As a freshman varsity member of the band, I got it immediately. I understood why this was appointment TeeVee And why it mattered. This was the next level shit and it was–after Riverside ’81–what I was going to become.

I stumbled across this video today. This is from the 1980 Bridgemen tour, clearly late tour. It is a 100% accurate glimpse into 1980 and that era drum corps. I aged out seven years later and everything had evolved to be quite civilized (at least in the corps I joined). The food was great, the buses were relatively luxurious. Tour was comfy. But that clut-like magic you see in their eyes was real; absolutely accurate. I have experienced that. And it feels so smugly superior. I guess I never let that go. The early ‘80s corps were my inspiration to do what I did.

From that night nearly 40 years ago, I remember small patches of the broadcast and nothing else. But I remember most of that Bridgeman show. Maybe the years of subsequent study of every note enhances the memories, but what does it matter?

The Bridgemen were ahead-of-their-time performative when everyone else was still military precise (except SCV but they were too far ahead of the activity and got hosed in 1989 with a 7th finals). I pretty much preferred the precision to the performative for much of my association with the activity but Bridgemen were authentic and emotive and fresh. They were the only serious contender with shenanigans. They finished third, their highest placing. They could never ever have won.

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SMOKING & DIVING!

Do the Two Make A Risk Factor For Decompression Illness?

By Dr. David Buch

Most scuba divers know that consuming alcoholic beverages prior to diving could cause dehydration. This in turn can increase the risk for decompression illness (DCI), also known as "the bends" or "caisson disease." During basic open-water training, divers are commonly taught to avoid alcohol until after the day's diving is complete, and even to consider avoiding alcohol until the entire dive vacation is over.

Even when diving in economically developing countries, many dive operations will not serve alcohol to divers until after the dive. But what about tobacco?

Smoking seems to be much less taboo among divers. I have observed divemasters and other experienced divers smoke cigarettes just before diving, during the surface interval, and after completing the dive series.

Most smokers are likely aware of the health implications of consuming tobacco but choose to smoke despite the risks. However, divers who smoke are likely not aware of its possible effect on DCI. Does Smoking Increase the Risk of DCI?

A review of the medical literature as it pertains to scuba diving and tobacco use provides very little information on whether smoking increases the risk of DCI. There is reason to believe that medical conditions caused by cigarettes (e.g., emphysema or atherosclerosis, a narrowing of the blood vessels by hard plaque and cholesterol deposits) could predispose a diver to a serious dive injury such as arterial gas embolism or decompression sickness, the two forms of DCI. Some of these smoking-related diseases can be present without the diver's knowledge. It is conceivable, then, that seemingly healthy smokers might be at greater risk for DCI.

An internet search using two popular search engines (Google and Yahoo) returns some information, but consists largely of opinion articles that typically recommend against smoking and diving for the reasons cited above. Until recently, there have been no studies specifically addressing the possible relationship between cigarette smoking and DCI.

 The Smoking & Diving Study

Data collected by Divers Alert Network (DAN) on divers with DCI include information on the severity of divers' symptoms and their smoking history. Between the years 1989 and 1999, more than 4,000 records of DCI were obtained. These records were carefully reviewed and analyzed by researchers at Duke University and DAN. The conclusions, which have been recently published in the December 2003 edition of Aviation, Space and Environmental Medicine (volume 74, page 1271), suggest that smoking cigarettes, independent of other risk factors, may cause divers with DCI to manifest more severe symptoms than non-smokers.

DCI encompasses a range of symptom severity, from mild itching and / or joint pain to convulsions, unconsciousness and death. The above-mentioned study, entitled "Cigarette Smoking and Decompression Illness Severity: A Retrospective Study in Recreational Divers," revealed that heavy smokers (more than 15 pack-years) tended to develop more severe symptoms of DCI than lighter smokers, who in turn had more severe symptoms that nonsmokers. A pack-year is defined as smoking a pack of cigarettes per day for a year.

Heavy Smokers See A Difference

When heavy smokers (i.e., divers who smoked a lot, not overweight smokers) were compared to nonsmokers, the heavy smokers who manifested DCI were almost twice as likely to have more severe symptoms than mild symptoms. Approximately 37 percent of injured heavy smokers showed severe symptoms, whereas only about 24 percent of nonsmokers manifested severe symptoms. About 20 percent of the injured nonsmokers showed only mild symptoms of DCI, while 14 percent of heavy smokers presented with mild symptoms.

This study did not prove that smoking predisposed divers to DCI. It did show, however, that if a diver develops DCI, the severity tends to be greater in smokers. Smoking could be a direct cause of this, perhaps by way of changes in blood vessels or the lungs.

 Smoking Associated With Other Risks?

While statistical methods were used to adjust for almost all conceivable risk factors for DCI, an alternative explanation is that smoking may be linked to some other risk factor. Further research and data are needed to confirm the theory that divers who smoke cigarettes have an increased risk of DCI. To obtain this information, one would need to know the percentage of both smokers and nonsmokers who develop DCI, information that is not yet available.

Divers may be willing to accept the long-term risks of smoking on their overall health. Perhaps the risks of cancer, lung disease or heart disease seem so remote that smokers assume that they will quit eventually before developing these diseases. With regard to diving, the notion that smoking cigarettes may be associated with more severe DCI symptoms could provide yet another reason not to smoke

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DCI with Johnny DC from December 1989

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The Pembrokeshire Murders and the Comfort of Formulaic True Crime Drama

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True crime dramas have become a staple of British television and streaming services. Their popularity seems endless and ever growing. Episodes are devoured at incredible rates as the true stories behind the dramatizations are the start of many an internet k-hole. 

The British true crime drama has fallen into a somewhat formulaic way of being made. The narratives are almost classical; a clear, yet flawed hero, triumphing over an unquestionably evil villain. The focus is either on the lead police officer investigating the case, or the perpetrator of the crimes. Both or one of them is usually white, they are almost always men. If the focus is on the villain, it’s to show that he is irredeemably cruel, and a master manipulator with those closest to him suffering the most. If the focus is on the hero, he is usually approachably attractive, stern and focused when it comes to work yet soft centred, and he has a personal life that has fallen or is falling apart. All played out in front of a backdrop of grim, overcast skies that are all too familiar. 

The Pembrokeshire Murders fits all of these tropes. The hero is DCI Steve Wilkins (Luke Evans), who has just moved back to Wales after working at Scotland Yard in London. He is recently divorced and his relationship with his children, especially his son, is strained, but he’s trying. 

The villain is John Cooper (Keith Allen), murderer and rapist who controls his long-suffering wife Pat (Caroline Berry) and is needlessly cruel to his estranged son Andrew/Adrian (Oliver Ryan). 

The show centres around the reopening of the 1985 murder case of siblings Helen and Richard Thomas, and the 1989 murder of Peter and Gwenda Dixon. Also, in 2011 a sixteen-year-old girl was raped, and a 15-year-old girl was sexually assaulted at gunpoint. With the help of advances in the processing of DNA evidence, DCI Wilkins not only reopens the cases, but quite quickly has an idea of who is responsible. 

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White House Farm episode 1 review: a powerful opener and a notorious case

By Rosie Fletcher

This isn’t a whodunnit. If you look up the real Pembrokeshire murders, you’ll immediately see a picture of the tried, convicted and imprisoned John Cooper. Likewise, the show doesn’t try to obscure him from you. There are no twists or surprises, nothing about this drama is sexed up. No glossy, airbrushed shots, no actors perfectly made up, all the performances are understated, and all the costume design is aggressively normal. The rooms they work in aren’t flashy, their resources are not high tech. There are scenes that are, possibly, intentionally dull, where officers reel off information; addresses, numbers, names etc. The point being, that mostly what happens in the investigation of these cases, even the big ones, is basic, boring, police work. Fact checking and file skimming and looking for details you’re not even sure are there. 

As with most of these dramas, it does read as mild copaganda. The police are presented as humble, unsung heroes who have to be constantly at the ready and willing to work ungodly hours, all the while asking for nothing but justice on behalf of the victims they serve. It’s a nice image. The idea that rigorous and thorough work will, without fail, lead to results, and in this case, convictions. 

While there’s no doubt that hard work is involved, what often gets skipped over, or heaped under the umbrella of police work, is the enormous amount of luck involved in these cases, like the eventual apprehension of The Yorkshire Ripper or the arrest of Dennis Nilsen. Luck in these shows feels inevitable or divine almost. For their transgressions, these men were destined to be caught, and by their virtue and the purity of their desire to do good, the police were destined to catch.  

For DCI Wilkins, the lucky break came after looking for a picture of Cooper during the time of the 1989 murders, and coming up empty handed, only to learn by chance that he appeared as a contestant on the darts gameshow Bullseye that exact same year. It is with luck also that they find the shorts they suspect he was wearing at the time of the murder, and luck that there was still a small flake of one of the victim’s blood on it. 

In the real life case, it’s likely there was a lot more detail to grapple with, but when you’re condensing an investigation that took 5 years into three episodes of TV, of course only the most pertinent details make the cut, and tropes that are familiar, exactly true to life or not, make the telling of this story easier still. 

With the knowledge that there are details missing, some facts have been altered for the show (all covered in a disclaimer at the start), and that the ending is already known, what makes these dramas so compelling? 

The fact that most of these shows focus on serial killers, murderers and/or rapists is no coincidence. The most heinous of crimes, the ones people find hard to wrap their heads around, are the stories that sell the best. The human condition has not yet evolved past rubbernecking at disaster. But there is more to it…

In the case of The Pembrokeshire Murders, the performances are very much contributing factors. DCI Wilkins as a character on paper, probably wouldn’t read as incredibly interesting, but Evans gives him nuance and depth with the simplest of looks and gestures. He is someone to be relied upon, someone to get a pint with, an elevated everyman. On the flip side, Allen plays the bitter and unfeeling John Cooper with such ease it’s easy to forget that he’s acting at all. There are some looks Allen throws at other cast members that are truly shudder inducing and although his fits of rage are deeply unpleasant, he is at his most terrifying when saying very little or nothing at all. 

There is not a misstep from any cast member in fact, and despite the faint hint of a cheesy line every now and again, (that seems bound to occur with any tale where good triumphs over evil), the world that has been created feels complete, defined and honest. 

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The Jane Doe Murders Review: Compassionate True Crime Doc Provides Closure

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It’s no surprise that well-made and well-cast shows are popular, of course, but when it comes to true crime, there seems to be something else that gives it the edge. Another reason we devour them over and over again with grim satisfaction: They are oddly comforting. Despite the stacked odds and hiccups along the way, the bad guy will get his comeuppance. Doing the right thing will ultimately lead to victory. Those that were suffering will suffer less after justice is served. 

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Watching a show like The Pembrokeshire Murders means not having to experience the years of waiting and unsureness, instead we are handed the story as a complete thing, with a beginning and an end, the end being where the comfort lies. Rather than instilling us with fear, knowing that these things happened to real people, it gives us hope that should anything as awful happen to us or our loved ones, that this would be the outcome, that we’d have the luck of the divine, that we’d get the virtuous DCI determined to find the truth. It is comforting to know that there is one more bad man safely locked away, despite it having no impact on our immediate reality or safety. There is solace in the idea that there are good policemen out there, somewhere. When there are so many true stories of injustice and cases falling apart and people doing wrong and getting away with it, it’s no wonder that viewers flock to shows that prove, every now and again, things go right. The Pembrokeshire Murders encompasses all of this in a succinct, and accomplished example of British true crime done well.

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30-04-2020 Current Affairs & Daily News Analysis

India continues to be on the ‘Priority Watch List’ of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) for lack of adequate intellectual property (IP) rights protection and enforcement, the USTR said in its Annual Special 301 Report

Key highlights of the report: India remained one of the most challenging economies for IP enforcement and protection. While India made “meaningful progress” to enhance IP protection and enforcement in some areas over the past year, it did not resolve recent and long-standing challenges, and created new ones. These long-standing concerns were aboutinnovators being able to receive, maintain and enforce patents particularly in the pharmaceutical sector; concerns over copyright laws not incentivising the creation and commercialisation of content; and an outdated trade secrets framework. The report also mentioned high customs duties on medical devices and Information and Communications Technology.  Important Info : Special 301 Report? The Special 301 Report is prepared annually by the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) that identifies trade barriers to United States companies and products due to the intellectual property laws, such as copyright, patents and trademarks, in other countries.The Special 301 Report is published pursuant to Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 as amended by Section 1303 of the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988.The Special 301 Report was first published in 1989.  Source : The Hindu ( International ) Read UPSC Current affairs and Daily News Analysis from Best IAS Academy in Bangalore Vignan IAS Academy The Supreme Court held that the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) is mandatory for admission to medical colleges run by religious and linguistic minority communities.

Key highlights of the judgement: Admissions solely through NEET for graduate and postgraduate medical/dental courses does not violate any fundamental and religious rights of minorities. NEET would apply for both aided and unaided medical colleges run by minorities. The rights available under Article 30 are not violated by provisions carved out in Section 10D of the MCI Act and the Dentists Act and Regulations framed by MCI/DCI. The rights of trade, business and occupation or religious rights “do not come in the way of securing transparency and recognition of merits in admissions”. The right to freedom of trade or business is not absolute. It is subject to “reasonable restriction in the interest of the students’ community to promote merit, recognition of excellence, and to curb the malpractices. Regulating academics and imposing reasonable restrictions to ensure educational standards are in national and public interest. NEET is intended to check several maladies which crept into medical education, to prevent capitation fee by admitting students which are lower in merit and to prevent exploitation, profiteering, and commercialisation of education. A uniform entrance test qualifies the test of proportionality and is reasonable.  Important Info : Background: The judgment was based on a challenge by the colleges to several notifications issued by the Medical Council of India (MCI) and the Dental Council of India (DCI) under Sections 10D of the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956, and the Dentists Act, 1948, for uniform entrance examinations.  Source : The Hindu ( Education) Read UPSC Current affairs and Daily News Analysis from Best IAS Academy in Bangalore Vignan IAS Academy The Task Force on National Infrastructure Pipeline (NIP) submitted its Final Report on NIP for FY 2019-25 to the Union Minister for Finance

About: The Final Report of NIP Task Force is projecting total infrastructure investment of Rs 111 lakh crore during the period FY 2020-25. Out of Rs. 111 lakh crore,projects worth Rs 44 lakh crore (40% of NIP) are under implementation, projects worth Rs 33 lakh crore (30%) are at conceptual stage, projects worth Rs 22 lakh crore (20%) are under development. Information regarding project stage are unavailable for projects worth Rs 11 lakh crore (10%). Sectors such as energy (24%), roads (18%), urban (17%) and railways (12%) amount to around 71% of the projected infrastructure investments in India. The Centre (39%) and States (40%) are expected to have almost equal share in implementing the NIP in India, followed by the private sector (21%). The Task Force has recommended that three Committees be setup:a Committee to monitor NIP progress and eliminate delays; a Steering Committee in each Infrastructure ministry level for following up implementation; and a Steering Committee in DEA for raising financial resources for the NIP. The NIP project database would be hosted on India Investment Grid (IIG) shortly to provide visibility to the NIP and help in its financing with prospective investors; domestic and foreign, able to access updated project level information.  Important Info : Background: Union Finance Minister in her Budget speech 2019-20 announced that Rs. 100 lakh crore would be invested on infrastructure over the next five years.  Source : PIB ( Health) Read UPSC Current affairs and Daily News Analysis from Best IAS Academy in Bangalore Vignan IAS Academy Men have appeared likelier than women to die of COVID-19. Trials by researchers in US will seek to find out whether the answer lies in two sex hormones in women — estrogen and progesterone

About: Estrogen and progesterone are the two main sex hormones that characterise a woman. Estrogen helps her develop female physical features and also maintains her reproductive system. Progesterone is secreted by a temporary endocrine gland that the body produces during the second half of the menstrual cycle, and helps prepare the body for possible pregnancy after ovulation. The male body too has estrogen and produces progesterone, both in smaller amounts. Now, two teams in the US are testing the theory that these hormones help women fight COVID-19 better.  Source : Indian Express ( Science & Technology ) Read UPSC Current affairs and Daily News Analysis from Best IAS Academy in Bangalore Vignan IAS Academy OZONE HOLE The European Union’s Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) announced that a hole in the Arctic ozone layer, believed to be the biggest reported, has closed. The ozone hole’s closing was because of a phenomenon called the polar vortex, and not because of reduced pollution levels due to Covid-19 lockdowns around the world, reports said.

About: Ozone (chemically, a molecule of three oxygen atoms) is found mainly in the upper atmosphere, an area called the stratosphere, between 10 and 50 km from the earth’s surface. Though it is talked of as a layer, ozone is present in the atmosphere in rather low concentrations. Even at places where this layer is thickest, there are not more than a few molecules of ozone for every million air molecules. But they perform a very important function. By absorbing the harmful ultraviolet radiations from the sun, the ozone molecules eliminate a big threat to life forms on earth. UV rays can cause skin cancer and other diseases and deformities in plants and animals.  Important Info : Ozone holes The ‘ozone hole’ is not really a hole — it refers to a region in the stratosphere where the concentration of ozone becomes extremely low in certain months.The ‘ozone holes’ most commonly talked about are the depletions over Antarctica, forming each year in the months of September, October and November, due to a set of special meteorological and chemical conditions that arise at the South Pole, and can reach sizes of around 20 to 25 million sq km.Such holes are also spotted over the North Pole, but owing to warmer temperatures than the South Pole, the depletions here are much smaller in size. Before this year, the last sizable Arctic ozone hole was reported in 2011. Source : Indian Express ( Environment) Read UPSC Current affairs and Daily News Analysis from Best IAS Academy in Bangalore Vignan IAS Academy HOSPITAL CARE ASSISTIVE ROBOTIC DEVICE (HCARD) Durgapur-based CSIR lab, Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute has developed Hospital Care Assistive Robotic Device (HCARD) which can help frontline health care workers in maintaining physical distance from those infected by corona virus.

About: HCARD could be effective for frontline health care officials dealing with COVID-19 patients in delivering services while maintaining mandatory physical distancing. This robot can be controlled and monitored by a nursing booth with a Control Station having such features as navigation, drawer activation for providing medicines and food to patients, sample collection and audio-visual communication. The cost of this device is less than five lakh rupees and the weight is less than 80 kilograms.  Source : All India Radio ( Health ) Read UPSC Current affairs and Daily News Analysis from Best IAS Academy in Bangalore Vignan IAS Academy MULTI-SYSTEM INFLAMMATORY STATE UK's Paediatric Intensive Care Society (PICS) said it had observed an "apparent rise" in the number of children, of all ages, with a "multi-system inflammatory state requiring intensive care", and doctors believe it could be coronavirus-related.

About: Multi-system inflammatory state is a rare illness that causes inflammation of the blood vessels, which leads to low blood pressure. It affects the entire body as it causes a build-up of fluid in the lungs and other organs. This condition is similar to Kawasaki disease. Patients suffering from it require intensive care to support the lungs, heart and other organs.  Important Info : According to PICS, there were also overlapping symptoms of toxic shock syndrome and atypical Kawasaki disease. Toxic shock syndrome (TSS) is a rare life-threatening condition caused when certain bacteria enter the body and release harmful toxins. If not treated in time, the condition could be fatal.Kawasaki disease is an acute inflammatory disease of the blood vessels and usually occurs in children below the age of five. The inflammation caused by the disease affects many parts of the body but has a more serious effect on the heart.  Source : Indian Express ( Health) Read UPSC Current affairs and Daily News Analysis from Best IAS Academy in Bangalore Vignan IAS Academy IRRFAN KHAN Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed grief on the demise of actor Irrfan Khan. About: Irrfan Khan was an Indian actor who worked in Hindi cinema as well as British and American films. Khan's career spanned over 30 years and earned him numerous accolades, including a National Film Award, an Asian Film Award, and four Filmfare Awards. In 2011, he was awarded the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian honour. In March 2018, Khan was diagnosed with a neuroendocrine tumor.  Important Info : Neuroendocrine tumors (NETs)? Neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) are neoplasms that arise from cells of the endocrine (hormonal) and nervous systems.They most commonly occur in the intestine, where they are often called carcinoid tumors, but they are also found in the pancreas, lung and the rest of the body.  Source : All India Radio ( Person In News) Read UPSC Current affairs and Daily News Analysis from Best IAS Academy in Bangalore Vignan IAS Academy Daily Current affairs and News Analysis Best IAS Coaching centers in Bangalore Vignan IAS Academy Contact Vignan IAS Academy Enroll For IAS Foundation Course from Best IFS Academy in Bangalore Read the full article

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