#bandai namco shanghai

[mikumoduleoftheday]

Today’s Miku Module of the Day is:

Hatsune Miku x Taiko no Tatsujin  by Bandai Namco Shanghai !

[megamidevice]

Lacus Clyne & Haro • Mobile Suit Gundam SEED BN Figure by Bandai Namco Entertainment Inc. & Bandai Namco Shanghai

[ashxketchum]

Came across a tweet by an anime screenwriter about how he had recently worked on a script for a Chinese stage play adaptation of Digimon Adventure which opened in Shanghai this week.

He shared a few photos from the opening in Shanghai.

Did some digging around and found captures from the play itself posted by the production company on Weibo.

Set and costume design for a show like Digimon can be extremely difficult to replicate in stage plays but they've done such a good job at it!

Source: HappyKids Company on Weibo

The actors who are part of the cast also uploaded photos on their Weibo accounts. I won't share them all here, since I am not familiar with the etiquette for reposting celebrity pictures from Chinese social media posts on other sites. I'll add the photos shared by Official accounts that I could find, and some generic watermarked photos from the cast accounts which I will link at the bottom of the post.

Character profiles shared by Shonen Jump's Weibo Account.

Toei's Weibo account shared similar profiles but in case of Jou and Takeru they went for different poses.

Play captures shared by Bandai Namco's Weibo account.

These were shared by Yamato's actor. There are more pics of them in character here 😍

These were shared by Hikari's actor. There are more pics of them in character here (Mimi is there too!)

Merch being sold at the screening includes some cute stickers, some figurines and what seem to be matching Digi beanies for you and your cat!

Sorry for such a long post and intensive photo dump. I just feel so comforted by China's passion to keep the love for og Digimon Adventure alive, always perks up my mood when they come out with new content!

[miyakoda]

「Vela」

ご無沙汰しています。

近頃はEllen/エレン刊行(大層なことではない)が頭にあり

文章言葉メモを次回ハッコウ用にキープし、

tumblr更新が滞りがち。。。

お待たせしました。

新しいイベントのお知らせでございます。

音楽家の橋本一子さんと

ユニット結成しました！

「Vela」ヴェーラ　(妖怪人間ではありません)

2024年6月２日

日曜日14:30〜

渋谷公園通りクラシックスにて

デビューします！

一子さん Vo. piano, ambience

コウダ Reading, voice, ether

一子さんとのコラボはダメ出しがない👀ので

自由に参加できます。

さて、そこから始まりますが

それゆえに私の場合、いかに自分を無くすかが大事になっていきます。

半端な自力発揮ではなく

後で覚えてないくらいの状態になるといいなあと思います。笑

ユニット名探索中

たまたま耳にした言葉「ほざ」？？何のこと？と調べたら

天空の「帆座」

そして素敵な響き「Vela」(ラテン/イタリア語)へ

この船出にどうぞ奮ってご参加ください。　

秋には神戸、京都、岡山就航も控えておりますので

お好きなタイミングで遊びにいらしてください！

私は初めての弾丸ツアーで

どうなるのか見当つきませんが

お姉さんについていきます！

詳細↓

http://koendoriclassics.com/events/

↓@shanghai bandai namco 2024

photo Lucy

dress FOR flowers of romance

[ptbf2002]

My Top 30 Favorite Video Game Characters

30. Spyro (Spyro Franchise)

29. Cynder (The Legend Of Spyro)

28. Princess Zelda (The Legends Of Zelda)

27. Link (The Legends Of Zelda)

26. Sparx (Spyro Franchise)

25. Mario (Super Mario)

24. Luigi (Super Mario)

23. Yoshi (Super Mario)

22. Sonic The Hedgehog (Sonic The Hedgehog Franchise)

21. Tails (Sonic The Hedgehog Franchise)

20. Cole MacGrath (Infamous)

19. Dante (Devil May Cry)

18. Sly Cooper

17. Ratchet (Ratchet & Clank)

16. Clank (Ratchet & Clank)

15. Jak (Jak & Daxter Game Franchise)

14. Daxter (Jak & Daxter Game Franchise)

13. Toro Innoue (Toro Franchise)

12. Sackboy (Little Big Planet Franchise)

11. Toggle (Little Big Planet 3)

10. Toad (Super Mario)

9. Yoshi (Yoshi's Crafted World)

8. Donkey Kong (Super Mario)

7. Pac-Man (Pac-Man Game Franchise)

6. Kirby (Kirby Game Franchise)

5. Rabbid (Rabbids Game Franchise)

4. Rayman (Rayman Game Franchise)

3. New Kid (South Park Game Franchise)

2. Alex (Minecraft Game Franchise)

And 1. Steve (Minecraft Game Franchise)

Credit Goes To patricksiegler1999 for template

Meme: https://www.deviantart.com/patricksiegler1999/art/Top-30-Favorite-Video-Game-Characters-Meme-Base-897685979

Super Mario And The Legend Of Zelda (C) Nintendo Co., Ltd.

Sonic The Hedgehog (C) SEGA Corporation

The Legend Of Spyro (C) Sierra Entertainment, Inc. Krome Studios Pty Ltd. And Étranges Libellules S.A.

Spyro Franchise (C) Sony Interactive Entertainment, Insomniac Games, Inc. Digital Eclipse Check Six Studios Equinoxe Digital Entertainment Vicarious Visions, Inc. Eurocom Entertainment Software Foundation 9 Entertainment, Inc. Sierra Entertainment, Inc. Krome Studios Pty Ltd. Big Ant Studios Pty Ltd Étranges Libellules S.A. Tantalus Media Keywords Studios plc Activision Blizzard, Inc. Activision Publishing, Inc. Toys for Bob, Inc. And Sanzaru Games, Inc.

Devil May Cry (C) Capcom Co., Ltd. Ninja Theory Limited, Argonaut Games PLC Xbox Game Studios, And Microsoft Corporation

Ratchet And Clank (C) Sony Interactive Entertainment Insomniac Games, Inc. Handheld Games Corp. High Impact Games, Sanzaru Games, Inc. Nihilistic Software, Deck Nine Games, Tin Giant And Mass Media, Inc.

Jak and Daxter (C) Sony Interactive Entertainment Naughty Dog, LLC High Impact Games Ready at Dawn Studios LLC Mass Media, Inc.

Sly Cooper (C) Sony Interactive Entertainment Sucker Punch Productions, LLC And Sanzaru Games, Inc.

Infamous (C) Sony Interactive Entertainment And Sucker Punch Productions, LLC

Toro (C) Sony Interactive Entertainment

Little Big Planet (C) Sony Interactive Entertainment, PlayStation Mobile, Media Molecule, SCE Cambridge Studio, Tarsier Studios, Double Eleven, XDEV, United Front Games, San Diego Studio, Firesprite, Sumo Digital, Fireproof Studios, Maverick, Testology, And Supermassive Games.

Little Big Planet 3 (C) Sony Interactive Entertainment, Sumo Digital, XDEV, Testology, The Station Interactive AB, Tarsier Studios, Supermassive Games, And Media Molecule

Pac-Man (C) Namco Limited, BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Inc. And Bandai Namco Holdings Inc.

Kirby (C) Nintendo HAL Laboratory, Inc. Good-Feel Co., Ltd. Flagship Co., Ltd. Natsume Capcom Dimps Arika Compile Banpresto & Vanpool

Rayman Game Franchise (C) Ubisoft Entertainment S.A. Ubisoft Montpellier, Ubisoft Sofia, Ubisoft Casablanca, Ubisoft Milan, Ubisoft Paris, Ubisoft Bucharest, Ubisoft Shanghai, UbiArt Framework, Feral Interactive, Gameloft S.E. And Nintendo Co., Ltd.

Rabbids Game Franchise (C) Ubisoft Entertainment S.A. Ubisoft Montpellier, Ubisoft Sofia, Ubisoft Paris, Ubisoft Milan, Ubisoft Casablanca, Headstrong Games, And Ubisoft Barcelona

South Park Game Franchise (C) Ubisoft Entertainment S.A. & South Park Digital Studios

Minecraft (C) Xbox Game Studios, Mojang Studios, 4J Studios, And Microsoft Corporation

[kokiafans]

KOKIA in flashback - 2018

Time flies, and in 2018, KOKIA celebrates her 20th anniversary! She counts down to it with many new releases, starting with her 4-disc (!) best of album EVOLVE to LOVE, which gets a special big package release along with the normal version. On the video side, we get the 3-disc DVD release Bird Watching, looking back on her career in clips going as far back as 2002 and commentary throughout. Just ahead of her actual anniversary, she releases her new album Tokyo Mermaid, and finally, she celebrates her anniversary proper with the big venue concert Beyond Imagination.

Rather than ending her 20th anniversary there, she kicks off the celebrations proper, continuing to perform in both Japan and abroad, visiting China again, and even returning to France once more. The Tokyo Mermaid album is the first album in a while to get a French release, too.

KOKIA is also on a roll with the ton ton ton animal project and releases the second album in the series, again released in tin packages, and also releases merchandise as planned, including animalthemed cookies.

A first this year for KOKIA is a Blu-ray release. So far, her concerts have only been published on DVD, but her 20th anniversary concert gets both a DVD and Blu-ray release. Later this year, her 2016 LAYERS concert also gets a Blu-ray upgrade.

And finally, KOKIA starts a collaboration with cocochia, an organic brand, modelling for them together with her son Leo.

◆ Lives and events ◆

February 26 Mini live and autograph session to celebrate the KOKIA release EVOLVE to LOVE -20 years Anniversary BEST- (TOWER RECORDS Shibuya, B1F CUTUP STUDIO) (Promotion: mini live 20th anniversary)

March 3 KOKIA ~ongaku no kudaru basho~('the place where music falls') (Nagano, Yatsugatake Kogen Music Hall) (Promotion: Yatsugatake 2018)

April 29-April 30 KOKIA 2018 20 years Anniversary Concert ~Beyond Imagination~ (Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall) (Promotion: 20th anniversary concert)

May 3 E-ne! ~good for you~ Holiday School Special (ueen’s Square Yokohama 1F, Queen’s Circle) ※ Live performance broadcasted by FM Yokohama

May 12 Mario Tashiro's classical crossover - concert Primo! with the Tokyo Chamber Orchestra (Tokyo, Nihonbashi Mitsui Hall) ※ guest performance (promotion: Primo)

July 29 KOKIA premium symphonic concert ~KOKIA 20th Anniversary Fireworks Festival~ (Kanagawa Kenmin Hall, grand hall) (Promotion: fireworks festival 2018)

August 11 KOKIA 2018 in Nagoya Yume no tsuzuki ('sequel to a dream') (NAGOYA Blue Note) ※ 2 performances in 1 day (Promotion: Nagoya Blue Note 2018)

August 17 KOKIA 2018 20周年纪念中国巡演 ('20th anniversary China tour') (Guangzhou Friendship Theatre) ※ 20th anniversary concert (Promotion: China 2018)

August 18 KOKIA 2018 动物音乐会 (Guangzhou Grand View Theatre) ※ Animal concert (Promotion: animal concert China 2018)

August 19 KOKIA 2018 20周年纪念中国巡演 ('20th anniversary China tour') (Shanghai Bandai Namco) ※20th anniversary concert

September 15 KOKIA Ikimono no ongakukai ('concert of living beings') (Tokyo, Haremame (Haretara sora ni mame maite) ※ 2 performances in 1 day (Promotion: ikimono no ongakkai concert)

October 5 KOKIA Tokyo Mermaid ~yume miru abuku~ ('Dreaming bubbles') (Billboard Live TOKYO) ※ 2 performances in 1 day (Promotion: Billboard 2018)

October 21 KOKIA Salon (Harajuku Quest Hall) ※Event exclusively for members of the KOKIA fanclub, club ancoro, 2 performances total (Promotion: KOKIA Salon 2018)

November 11 KOKIA 20 Years Anniversary Stage (France, La Cigale) ※ First performance in Paris after 8 years (Promotion: Paris 2018)

November 24 KOKIA I remember YOU (Billboard Live OSAKA) ※ 2 performances in 1 day (Promotion: I remember you 2018)

◆ Releases ◆

February 21 Release of best-of album EVOLVE to LOVE -20 years Anniversary BEST- (Victor Entertainment) ※ First all-time best-of album consisting of 62 songs on 4 CDs, collected from over 8 labels, to commemorate 20 years since her debut. The first edition limited version contains a lavish booklet and 4-disc digipack. (EVOLVE to LOVE)

March 14 Release of the 20th anniversary complete video collection Bird Watching (anco&co.) ※ 3-disc DVD looking back on the 20 years since her debut via video and images (Bird watching)

April 25 Release of original album Tokyo Mermaid (Victor Entertainment) ※ First original album in 3 years released for her 20th anniversary year (Tokyo Mermaid)

July 27 Release of the DVD and Blu-ray of KOKIA 20th Anniversary concert Beyond Imagination (anco&co.) ※ First Blu-ray release (Promotion: 20th anniversary concert)

September 15 Release of the album Ikimono no ongakukai ('concert of living beings') (anco&co.) ※ second album in the ton ton ton project (tontonton, ikimono no ongakkai)

November Release of the Blu-ray KOKIA 2016 Concert LAYERS ~lights and shadows~ (anco&co.) ※Blu-ray version of the previously released DVD (Promotion: Layers concert)

◆ Other releases ◆

January 25 Release of the smartphone app game LibraryCross∞ ('Library Cross Infinite') ※ Wrote, composed and performed the theme song, Tomatta toki ~Library Cross~ (’Halted time’) (library cross) September 6 Release of the Monet single Egao no kisetsu ('Season of smiles') ※ Offered the end theme Egao no kisetsu ('Season of smiles') for Sun TV's Wagging Tail

◆ Other ◆

February 20-February 26 KOKIA EVOLVE to LOVE -20 years Anniversary BEST- Special Panel exhibition ※ On display at Tower Records Shinjuku and Tower Records Umeda Osaka Maru building (Translated blog entry)

April 9-April 15 Special broadcast on the Yunika Vision screen in front of Seibu Shinjuku station ※ Footage of performances from the 20th anniversary KOKIA complete video collection 3-disc DVD Bird Watching (yunika vision)

October Designs the brand logo for Dr. Recella's organic brand cocochia. Also models with her son for promotional images. (Promotion: cocochia)

[paynxt360]

Gaming gift cards sees an uptick in the Asia Pacific region

Of all the payment tools, gift cards are among the most widely used payment method in the gaming sector. From transactions to purchasing games, and other in-game features, the popularity of gaming gift cards has surged ever since the pandemic outbreak. In the Asia Pacific region, there still exist a higher number of cash-bound users. To tap into the region, gaming gift cards providers are launching new products to drive their growth. For instance,

In September 2022, gift card provider, Blackhawk Network, announced to partner with Chinese multinational video game developer, Shanghai Moonton Technology Co. Ltd. to bring Mobile Legends: Bang Bang (MLBB) gift cards to the Indonesian market. This MLBB is a mobile multiplayer online battle arena game developed and published by Moonton in 2016, which received significant appreciation in the gaming industry. Consequently, the gift card provider strategized to partner with the gaming company to attract gamers in Indonesia.

Since mobile gaming has become one of the fastest-growing markets in Indonesia, MLBB gift cards are expected to see significant adoption among gamers in the country. Notably, these gift cards will help gamers to redeem MLBB's in-game features, thus, helping to elevate the overall gaming experience for many mobile gamers.

Importantly, Blackhawk Network introduced these MLBB gift cards in physical form for the first time that can be accessed by gamers through Indomaret stores. This, will, further help the gamers to top up the gift cards with the game’s currency from the MLBB website. Thus, PayNXT360 anticipates, a significant number of gamers in the country will be attracted by the convenience and seamless gaming experience offered by these gift cards.

With the increasing popularity of Twitch gift cards around the globe, the company decided to roll out the product in Australia in April 2022. Notably, Twitch is a platform for fans of games, and sports, and helps them to chat, and build communities together. Initially, the company introduced Twitch gift cards for gamers in the United States allowing them to reward their favorite streamers by donating Twitch currency, Bits, or gifting subscriptions to other users, etc.

The Twitch gift card serves the same purpose as the other company gift cards and is often purchased for birthdays, holidays, etc. An individual can buy a digital or physical Twitch gift card of any pre-set amount; however, to receive the gift card, one should have a Twitch account.

Alongside Australia, the company also rolled out these gift cards in the United Kingdom and Canada. With the growing user base for Twitch in the region, PayNXT360 projects that these gift cards will see significant adoption in these countries because of the platform’s high popularity.

The gaming industry is constantly adding more products to cater to the gaming needs of Malaysian users and consequently, in March 2022, Boost, the fintech arm of Axiata, launched Game Connect, to attract several Malaysian gamers. The Game Connect is a one-stop online gaming storefront solution that allows gamers to purchase not only gift cards but also game reloads.

Together with this, Game Connect also offered an array of steam codes for sale such as Bandai Namco steam codes for sale, steam codes of games based on One Piece, Naruto, Dark Souls games, etc. Importantly, these steam gift card codes or wallet codes work simply like gift certificates that can be redeemed on the Steam website or platform for the purchase of games, etc.

Furthermore, the platform also offered several store vouchers and digital gift cards for PlayStation, Nintendo, and many more. Since, for the past eight quarters, Malaysia saw an increasing demand for eSports and games, Boost launched this marketplace to tap this growing demand and see business growth. Thus, PayNXT360 projects, the shift toward the digital lifestyle of the customers will boost the usage of gaming gift cards in Malaysia over the next four to six quarters. On the other hand, gaming platforms that sell an array of gaming gift cards are seen to raise funds. For instance,

In November 2022, a gaming platform, Driffle raised around US$ 3.4 million in its seed funding round. The seed funding was led by BEENEXT together with other investors which will be used by Driffle to further grow the platform. Notably, the gaming platform has a wide array of products starting from games, and digital gift cards including gaming points for online gamers.

Driffle has a unique model as it bases on the idea of allowing its users to buy games and allied offerings using their local currencies and payment methods including UPI. Additionally, the platform claims to offer secured transactions to online gamers as the digital fraud rate is high in the gaming sector.

The number of Indians diving into the gaming space is also likely to increase over the next three to four years. Consequently, PayNXT360 anticipates, higher adoption of the gaming platform will ultimately lead to increased sales of gaming gift cards in India.

To know more and gain a deeper understanding of the gift card market in Asia Pacific, click here.

[figurecollection]

Miku Hatsune, Don, & Katsu 1/7 Scale by Bandai Namco Shanghai, from Vocaloid & Taiko no Tatsujin

[gamerspacefox-blog]

Ni No Kuni II - Playstation 4

[sofubis]

Taiko no Tatsujin - Vocaloid - Hatsune Miku - Wada Don - Wada Katsu - BN Figure DX (Bandai Namco Shanghai)

[totalcontrolhq]

ahoy there crusty crew !! this is your captain Rose speaking here to bring you some important information. today's event will be performed at the Bandai Namco Shanghai Base at our first stop in Shanghai. it is such a fun venue and i hope you are all ready to put on a good show !! today in our dinning room, there will be a pumpkin carving contest for anyone who wishes to get into the halloween spirit and take part. you can enter individually or you can team up with a tour mate and enter together. the prize will be a big basket of snack goodies from the huge snack store on board the ship. i hope you all enjoy the rest of your day and if you require anything at all then please let us know !!

[recentanimenews]

Gundam SEED Anime Film Sequel Kicks Off Production

  The life-size Freedom Gundam statue opened in Shanghai today, giving The Bandai Namco Group the perfect venue for some big announcements. Chief among them are plans to celebrate next year's 20th anniversary of the Mobile Suit Gundam SEED anime with the a multi-faceted initiative called Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Project ignited.  

  One of the major aspects of the project is confirmation that the new original Gundam SEED anime film—which will followup the TV anime as a direct sequel—is now in production. Director Mitsuo Fukuda is leading the staff once again, with more details to be revealed along with the release date in the future. 

  There's also a new Gundam SEED game in the works, as well as a new Gundam SEED Eclipse side-story manga that's set to launch in Japan in Kadokawa's Gundam Ace magazine and elsewhere this July. 

    With a story credited to SOW, art by Atsushi Soga, characters designed by Kogado Studio, and mecha designed by Junichi Akutsu, the manga follows 17-year-old Mobile Suit pilot Tatsumi Hori, as well as 19-year-old commander Miyabi Oto Kio and 18-year-old Coordinator pilot Ken Noland Suse, all pictured below. 

    If you want to see the Freedom Gundam statue's opening ceremony, the official Gundam Channel YouTube will stream it on May 30 at 8:00pm Pacific Time. 

    And if this has you wanting to catch up on Gundam SEED or rewatch the whole series, you can stream the 2002-2003 original and the 2004-2005 followup, Gundam SEED Destiny, on Crunchyroll. 

  Sources: Gundam.info, Anime News Network 

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Joseph Luster is the Games and Web editor at Otaku USA Magazine. You can read his comics at subhumanzoids. Follow him on Twitter @Moldilox.

By: Joseph Luster

[thekingsavatar-fan]

Bandai Namco Toys & Hobby - Shanghai (BNTSH) revealed new 3D figure of Ye Xiu and Lord Grim for the new figure series called Buildup&Newgeneration (#BN FIGURE#)

According to the tag: series: The King’s Avatar VOL.1 name: Ye Xiu & Jun Moxiao (Ye Xiu & Lord Grim) price:  ¥888, release date: November 2020  

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[thatsnotcanonpodcasts]

Science Comics, FDA Greenlit & Critical Role

Finally, a way to read comics in class without your teacher complaining! Real life scientists are producing educational comics to teach cool science stuff. And they're FREE! Check them out, they have some pretty good explanations for a bunch of different topics.

The FDA has recognised the ability of video games to help with therapy and greenlit a game for treating ADHD suffers. I can't wait for a game to help you deal with idiots, but we'll get there one day.

Where did Matt Mercer's Vox Machina come from? Now you can read both of the first two seasons of the Critical Role prequels in a hardback omnibus. Wait, didn't we already do comics this week? Oops. Anyway, watch Critical Role. It's really good.

This week, Professor took to the skies in Sky Rogue and DJ set us up the bomb in Valorant.

Real Life Scientists making comics

- https://www.sciencenews.org/article/real-life-scientists-inspire-comic-book-superheroes-science-literacy

- https://www.jkxcomics.com/

- https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59ab7c15e4fcb5c602a09465/t/5a08e052e2c483d6cb8cf769/1510531187492/JKXComics_EBV+and+the+Replication+Dance.pdf

A video game for kids with ADHD is greenlit by the FDA

- https://www.statnews.com/2020/06/15/fda-akili-adhd-endeavorrx/

Dark Horse to Release 'Critical Role' Hardcover Omnibus

- https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/dark-horse-release-critical-role-hardcover-omnibus-1296484

Games Played

Professor

– Sky Rogue - https://store.steampowered.com/app/381020/Sky_Rogue/

Rating: 3.5/5

DJ

– Valorant – https://playvalorant.com/en-us/

Rating: 3/5

Other topics discussed

The Last of Us Part 2 game review : Not as Good as It Thinks It Is

- https://www.thewrap.com/the-last-of-us-part-2-review-not-as-good-as-it-thinks-it-is-ellie-naughty-dog/

Naughty Dog's Neil Druckmann calls out journalist Jason Schreier for Anne Frank joke

- https://www.ginx.tv/en/video-games/naughty-dog-s-neil-druckmann-calls-out-journalist-jason-schrier-for-anne-frank-joke

G.I. Joe - Give Him The Stick : Parody of G.I. Joe's Public Service Announcements created by Fensler films

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXFdPTaCtkc

Victoria's sudden spike in coronavirus cases could result in localised lockdowns

- https://7news.com.au/lifestyle/health-wellbeing/victorias-sudden-spike-in-coronavirus-cases-could-result-in-localised-lockdowns-c-1113679

Epstein–Barr virus (EBV) (formally called Human gammaherpesvirus 4, is one of the nine known human herpesvirus types in the herpes family, and is one of the most common viruses in humans.)

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epstein%E2%80%93Barr_virus

Once Upon a Time….Life (French animated series which tells the story of the human body for children.)

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Once_Upon_a_Time..._Life

Cells at Work! (Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Akane Shimizu. It features the anthropomorphized cells of a human body, with the two main protagonists being a red blood cell and a white blood cell she frequently encounters.)

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cells_at_Work!

Cells at Work! CODE BLACK (spin-off written by Shigemitsu Harada, illustrated by Ikuta Hatsuya, and supervised by the author of the original, Akane Shimizu. Similar to the original, the series is set in a world of anthropomorphic cells working in a body. It follows a the life of a rookie Erythrocyte, AA2153, and a Neutrophil, U-1196, as they work in a poorly maintained, middle-aged body burdened by issues such as stress, smoking, drinking and the like, causing complications in the cells' work and living environment.)

- https://cellsatwork.fandom.com/wiki/Cells_at_Work!_CODE_BLACK

Inside Ralphie (Magic School Bus episode) (Third episode of Season 1 of the animated children's series The Magic School Bus. While Ralphie hosts a TV broadcast from his sickbed, his classmates seek to discover the cause of his illness.)

- https://magicschoolbus.fandom.com/wiki/Inside_Ralphie

For Lunch (Magic School Bus episode) (Second episode of season one of the animated children's series The Magic School Bus. Ms. Frizzle's students explore Arnold's digestive system after he accidentally swallows his miniaturized classmates.)

- https://magicschoolbus.fandom.com/wiki/For_Lunch

Food and Drug Administration ((FDA or USFDA) is a federal agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, one of the United States federal executive departments. The FDA is responsible for protecting and promoting public health through the control and supervision of food safety, tobacco products, dietary supplements, prescription and over-the-counterpharmaceutical drugs (medications), vaccines,biopharmaceuticals,blood transfusions, medical devices, electromagnetic radiation emitting devices (ERED), cosmetics, animal foods & feed and veterinary products.)

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_and_Drug_Administration

Ritalin (Methylphenidate, sold under the trade name Ritalin among others, is a stimulant medication used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and narcolepsy. It is a first line medication for ADHD. It may be taken by mouth or applied to the skin.)

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methylphenidate

Tali Health (Tali Health creates game based programs to improve attention in children. TALi TRAIN is a clinically validated digital training and treatment program that addresses the world’s leading reported early childhood issue-attention difficulties, a key feature in conditions including ADHD and ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder).)

- https://talihealth.com.au/

Michele Assarasakorn (comic artist | colorist on ISOLA / Gotham Academy/ Critical Role)

Twitter : https://twitter.com/msassyk

Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/msassyk/

Critical Role Wiki (A Place Documenting the Current History of Exandria)

- https://criticalrole.fandom.com/wiki/Critical_Role_Wiki

The World of RWBY: The Official Companion (RWBY lore book)

- https://www.amazon.com/World-RWBY-Official-Companion/dp/1974704386

Critical Role: Vox Machina Origins Library Edition: Series I & II Collection at Amazon

-https://www.amazon.com/Critical-Role-Machina-Origins-Collection/dp/1506721737

Ace Combat (Ace Combat is a hybrid arcade-style flight action video game franchise mainly developed by Bandai Namco Studios and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment.)

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ace_Combat

LUFTRAUSERS (shoot 'em up video game developed by Netherlands-based indie developer studio Vlambeer and published by Devolver Digital for Microsoft Windows, OS X,Linux, PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita.)

- https://store.steampowered.com/app/233150/LUFTRAUSERS/

Guns of Icarus (Guns of Icarus Online is the original PvP steampunk airship combat game that laid the groundwork for the expanded Guns of Icarus experience, Guns of Icarus Alliance.)

- https://store.steampowered.com/app/209080/Guns_of_Icarus_Online/

PS5 Reveal Event & Every Next Gen Game announced

- https://www.gamespot.com/articles/ps5-reveal-event-every-nextgen-game-announced-by-s/1100-6478266/

Space Shuttle Challenger disaster (The Space Shuttle Challenger disaster was a fatal incident in the United States space program that occurred on Tuesday, January 28, 1986, when the Space Shuttle Challenger (OV-099) broke apart 73 seconds into its flight, killing all seven crew members aboard. The failure was caused by the failure of O-ring seals used in the joint that were not designed to handle the unusually cold conditions that existed at this launch.)

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Challenger_disaster

Space Shuttle Columbia disaster (The Space Shuttle Columbia disaster was a fatal incident in the United States space program that occurred on February 1, 2003, when the Space Shuttle Columbia (OV-102) disintegrated as it reentered the atmosphere, killing all seven crew members. During the launch of STS-107,Columbia's 28th mission, a piece of foam insulation broke off from the Space Shuttle external tank and struck the left wing of the orbiter.)

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Columbia_disaster

The Slo Mo Guys - How a TV Works in Slow Motion

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BJU2drrtCM

Winnie the Pooh could be banned from Shanghai Disneyland as a result of an ongoing meme used to criticize China's leader

-https://www.businessinsider.com/winnie-the-pooh-shanghai-disneyland-meme-2018-11?r=AU&IR=T

Obama & Xi Jinping as Tigger & Winnie The Pooh

- https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DsXrZ-6UwAUHGRx?format=jpg&name=900x900

Shout Outs

11 June 2020 – Playstation 5 reveal - https://deadline.com/2020/06/sony-playstation-5-revealed-videogames-1202957140/

Sony lifted the veil to reveal the PlayStation 5, the video game console it hopes will be a significant lure for consumers this holiday season. In a live-streamed video presentation lasting more than an hour, Sony Interactive Entertainment  revealed new details for the PS5, including its design and lineup of new games. Rockstar Games’ Grand Theft Auto will be included for free, and there are two dozen other games heading to the platform. The unit’s two-tone design is a shift from previous versions and gives off distinct imperial stormtrooper vibes. PS5 will be available in both a standard model with an Ultra HD Blu-ray disc drive, and a digital model without a disc drive. One of the biggest series of all time, Grand Theft Auto, will be coming to PS5, with enhanced and expanded versions of Grand Theft Auto V and Grand Theft Auto Online to launch on PS5 in the second half of 2021.

15 June 2020 – Rare stone ginger beer bottle from 1930s-era sells for record price - https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-06-15/ginger-beer-bottle-sells-for-huge-price/12353574

A rare ginger beer bottle from the 1930s, made for a Warwick soft drink company, has sold for a record price in Toowoomba. It has collectors encouraging people to check their sheds and old farm dumps for possible 'buried treasure'. The hammer fell at $17,500 for the stoneware Doneley and Butler bottle. The little green lip at the top is what set it apart from bottles worth a fraction of that price."These bottles are extremely rare, there have only been two or three found in perfect condition," said auctioneer Graham Lancaster."That colour combination of glazes makes it unique worldwide."He said the Warwick bottle set a record price locally, and quite possible a world-record, for an antique crown-seal soft drink bottle of its type.

16 June 2020 – Christopher Nolan’s Batman Begins turns 15 - https://comicbook.com/movies/news/batman-begins-anniversary-the-dark-knight-christopher-nolan-christian-bale/

As the '90s progressed, the image of Batman on the big screen began to descend into the realm of campiness previously seen in Adam West's take on the character back in the '60s TV series and movie, which started to sour audiences on the character entirely. After a variety of reports emerged about a new take on the character in the early '00s, fans were given Christopher Nolan's gritty and grounded origin story for the character in 2005, debuting Christian Bale as the Dark Knight. This new take on the character harkened back to some of the more grounded interpretations of the character, while adding just enough whimsy to remind audiences that this was still a comic book movie. Batman Begins went on to take in $371 million worldwide, a fraction of the figures that subsequent superhero movies would go on to earn, That film's success might not have been groundbreaking, but it set the stage for The Dark Knight and The Dark Knight Rises, with some audiences considering those films to be the best comic book films of all time, both of which earned major box office hauls and the former earning Heath Ledger a posthumous Oscar for his performance as the Joker.

18 June 2020 – Dame Vera Lynn passes away at 103 - https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-53091856

The singer was best known for performing hits such as We'll Meet Again to troops on the front line in countries including India and Egypt. Six weeks ago, ahead of the 75th anniversary of VE Day and during the height of the coronavirus pandemic, Dame Vera said simple acts of bravery and sacrifice still define our nation. A week later, she became the oldest artist to get a top 40 album in the UK, beating her own record when her greatest hits album re-entered the charts at number 30. Born in London's East Ham in 1917, Dame Vera's singing talent was discovered at a young age and by age 11 she had left school to pursue a full-time career as a dancer and singer. Lynn devoted much time and energy to charity work connected with ex-servicemen, disabled children and breast cancer. She was held in great affection by Second World War veterans and in 2000 was named the Briton who best exemplified the spirit of the 20th century. Paying tribute, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the singer's "charm and magical voice entranced and uplifted our country in some of our darkest hours". "Her voice will live on to lift the hearts of generations to come," he said. She died at the age of 103 in Ditchling,East Sussex.

19 June 2020 – Sir Ian Holm passes away at 88 - https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/jun/19/ian-holm-dies-alien-chariots-of-fire-bilbo-baggins

Sir Ian Holm, an acclaimed British actor whose long career included roles in Chariots of Fire and The Lord of the Rings has died. A star of stage and screen, Sir Ian won a Tony Award for best featured actor as Lenny in Harold Pinter's play The Homecoming in 1967. He won a British Academy Film Award and gained a supporting-actor Oscar nomination for portraying pioneering athletics coach Sam Mussabini in the hit 1982 film Chariots of Fire. His other well-known film roles include Ash in Alien, Father Vito Cornelius in The Fifth Element, Chef Skinner in Ratatouille, and Bilbo Baggins in The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit film series. Sir Ian was knighted in 1998 for his services to drama. He died from Parkinson’s disease in London.

Remembrances

16 June 1804 – Johann Adam Hiller - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Adam_Hiller

German composer,conductor and writer on music, regarded as the creator of the Singspiel, an early form of German opera. It is a form of German-language music drama, now regarded as a genre of opera. It is characterized by spoken dialogue, which is alternated with ensembles,songs, ballads, and arias which were often strophic, or folk-like. Singspiel plots are generally comic or romantic in nature, and frequently include elements of magic, fantastical creatures, and comically exaggerated characterizations of good and evil. In many of these operas he collaborated with the poet Christian Felix Weiße. Furthermore, Hiller was a teacher who encouraged musical education for women, his pupils including Elisabeth Mara and Corona Schröter. He was Kapellmeister of Abel Seyler's theatrical company, and became the first Kapellmeister of Leipzig Gewandhaus. To Hiller has been given the credit of being the originator of the Singspiel, the beginning of German comedy opera as distinct from the French and Italian developments. The most important of his operas were: Lottchen am Hofe (Lottie at court, 1760),Der Teufel ist los (The devil is loose, 1768), and Poltis, oder Das gerettete Troja (Poltis, or Troy rescued, 1782). The lyrics of all his Singspiele were of considerable musical value, and were long popular. Among his sacred compositions are: A Passion Cantata, Funeral Music in Honor of Hasse, a setting of the one hundredth Psalm; and a few symphonies. He died at the age of 76 in Leipzig.

16 June 1858 – John Snow - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Snow

English physician and a leader in the development of anaesthesia and medical hygiene. He is considered one of the founders of modern epidemiology, in part because of his work in tracing the source of a cholera outbreak in Soho, London, in 1854, which he curtailed by removing the handle of a water pump. Snow's findings inspired the adoption of anaesthesia as well as fundamental changes in the water and waste systems of London, which led to similar changes in other cities, and a significant improvement in general public health around the world. John Snow was one of the first physicians to study and calculate dosages for the use of ether and chloroform as surgical anaesthetics, allowing patients to undergo surgical and obstetric procedures without the distress and pain they would otherwise experience. He designed the apparatus to safely administer ether to the patients and also designed a mask to administer chloroform. He personally administered chloroform to Queen Victoria when she gave birth to the last two of her nine children, Leopold in 1853 and Beatrice in 1857 and was still not yet knighted, leading to wider public acceptance of obstetric anaesthesia. John Snow studied chloroform as much as he studied ether, which was introduced in 1847 by James Young Simpson, a Scottish obstetrician. He realised that chloroform was much more potent and required more attention and precision when administering it. Snow first realised this with Hannah Greener, a 15-year-old patient who died on 28 January 1848 after a surgical procedure that required the cutting of her toenail. She was administered chloroform by covering her face with a cloth dipped in the substance. However, she quickly lost pulse and died. After investigating her death and a couple of deaths that followed, he realized that chloroform had to be administered carefully and published his findings in a letter to The Lancet. Snow was a skeptic of the then-dominant miasma theory that stated that diseases such as cholera and bubonic plague were caused by pollution or a noxious form of "bad air". The germ theory of disease had not yet been developed, so Snow did not understand the mechanism by which the disease was transmitted. His observation of the evidence led him to discount the theory of foul air. He first published his theory in an 1849 essay, On the Mode of Communication of Cholera, followed by a more detailed treatise in 1855 incorporating the results of his investigation of the role of the water supply in the Soho epidemic of 1854. By talking to local residents (with the help of Reverend Henry Whitehead), he identified the source of the outbreak as the public water pump on Broad Street (now Broadwick Street). Although Snow's chemical and microscope examination of a water sample from the Broad Street pump did not conclusively prove its danger, his studies of the pattern of the disease were convincing enough to persuade the local council to disable the well pump by removing its handle (force rod). Snow later used a dot map to illustrate the cluster of cholera cases around the pump. He also used statistics to illustrate the connection between the quality of the water source and cholera cases. He showed that homes supplied by the Southwark and Vauxhall Waterworks Company, which was taking water from sewage-polluted sections of the Thames, had a cholera rate fourteen times that of those supplied by Lambeth Waterworks Company, which obtained water from the upriver, cleaner Seething Wells. Snow's study was a major event in the history of public health and geography. It is regarded as the founding event of the science of epidemiology. He died from stroke at the age of 45 in London.

16 June 1869 – Charles Sturt - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Sturt

Charles Napier Sturt, British officer and explorer of Australia, and part of the European exploration of Australia. He led several expeditions into the interior of the continent, starting from Sydney and later from Adelaide. His expeditions traced several of the westward-flowing rivers, establishing that they all merged into the Murray River, which flows into the Southern Ocean. He was searching to prove his own passionately held belief that an "inland sea" was located at the centre of the continent. Sturt found the conditions and climate in New South Wales much better than he expected, and he developed a great interest in the country. Sturt received approval from Governor Darling on 4 November 1828 to explore the area of the Macquarie River in western New South Wales. The party faced the ordeal of rowing back upriver on the Murray and Murrumbidgee, against the current, in the heat of an Australian summer. Their supplies ran out and, when they reached the site of Narrandera in April, they were unable to go any further. Sturt sent two men overland in search of supplies and they returned in time to save the party from starvation. But Sturt went blind for some months and never fully recovered his health. By the time they reached Sydney again, they had rowed and sailed nearly 2,900 kilometres of the river system. Sturt believed that it was his destiny to discover a great salt water lake, known as 'the inland sea', in the middle of Australia. At very least, he wanted to be the first explorer to plant his foot in 'the centre' of Australia. In August 1844, he set out with a party of 15 men, 200 sheep, six drays, and a boat to explore north-western New South Wales and to advance into central Australia. They travelled along the Murray and Darling rivers before passing the future site of Broken Hill. They were stranded for months by the extreme summer conditions near the present site of Milparinka. When the rains eventually came, Sturt moved north and established a depot at Fort Grey (today this site is within Sturt National Park). With a small group of men, including explorer John McDouall Stuart as his draughtsman, Sturt pressed on across what is now known as Sturt's Stony Desert and into the Simpson Desert. Unable to go further, he turned back to the depot. Sturt made a second attempt to reach the centre of Australia, but he developed scurvy in the extreme conditions. His health broke down and he was forced to abandon the attempt. John Harris Browne, surgeon on the expedition, assisted Sturt, took over leadership of the party and, after travelling a total of 3,000 miles (4,800 km), brought it back to safety. He died from heart failure at the age of 74 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.

16 June 1977 – Wernher von Braun - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wernher_von_Braun

German and later American aerospace engineer and space architect. He was the leading figure in the development of rocket technology in Nazi Germany and a pioneer of rocket and space technology in the United States. While in his twenties and early thirties, von Braun worked in Nazi Germany's rocket development program. He helped design and develop the V-2 rocket at Peenemünde during World War II. Though a member of the SS, following the war he was secretly moved to the United States, along with about 1,600 other German scientists, engineers, and technicians, as part of Operation Paperclip. He worked for the United States Army on an intermediate-range ballistic missile program, and he developed the rockets that launched the United States' first space satellite Explorer 1. In 1960, his group was assimilated into NASA, where he served as director of the newly formed Marshall Space Flight Center and as the chief architect of the Saturn V super heavy-lift launch vehicle that propelled the Apollo spacecraft to the Moon. In 1967, von Braun was inducted into the National Academy of Engineering, and in 1975, he received the National Medal of Science. He advocated a human mission to Mars. Von Braun also developed the idea of a Space Camp that would train children in fields of science and space technologies, as well as help their mental development much the same way sports camps aim at improving physical development. Von Braun took a very conservative approach to engineering, designing with ample safety factors and redundant structure. This became a point of contention with other engineers, who struggled to keep vehicle weight down so that payload could be maximized. As noted above, his excessive caution likely led to the U.S. losing the race to put a man into space with the Soviets. He died from pancreatic cancer at the age of 65 in Alexandria, Virginia.

Famous Birthdays

16 June 1801 – Julius Plücker - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Pl%C3%BCcker

German mathematician and physicist. He made fundamental contributions to the field of analytical geometry and was a pioneer in the investigations of cathode rays that led eventually to the discovery of the electron. He also vastly extended the study of Lamé curves. In 1836, Plücker was made professor of physics at University of Bonn. In 1858, after a year of working with vacuum tubes of his Bonn colleague Heinrich Geißler, he published his first classical researches on the action of the magnet on the electric discharge in rarefied gases. He found that the discharge caused a fluorescent glow to form on the glass walls of the vacuum tube, and that the glow could be made to shift by applying an electromagnet to the tube, thus creating a magnetic field. It was later shown that the glow was produced by cathode rays. Plücker, first by himself and afterwards in conjunction with Johann Hittorf, made many important discoveries in the spectroscopy of gases. He was the first to use the vacuum tube with the capillary part now called a Geissler tube, by means of which the luminous intensity of feeble electric discharges was raised sufficiently to allow of spectroscopic investigation. He anticipated Robert Wilhelm Bunsen and Gustav Kirchhoff in announcing that the lines of the spectrum were characteristic of the chemical substance which emitted them, and in indicating the value of this discovery in chemical analysis. According to Hittorf, he was the first who saw the three lines of the hydrogen spectrum, which a few months after his death, were recognized in the spectrum of the solar protuberances. In 1865, Plücker returned to the field of geometry and invented what was known as line geometry in the nineteenth century. In projective geometry, Plücker coordinates refer to a set of homogeneous co-ordinates introduced initially to embed the set of lines in three dimensions as a quadric in five dimensions. The construction uses 2×2 minor determinants, or equivalently the second exterior power of the underlying vector space of dimension 4. It is now part of the theory of Grassmannians, to which these co-ordinates apply in generality (k-dimensional subspaces of n-dimensional space). He was born in Elberfeld,Duchy of Berg,Holy Roman Empire.

16 June 1915 – John Tukey - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Tukey

John Wilder Tukey, American mathematician best known for development of the Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) algorithm and box plot. The Tukey range test, the Tukey lambda distribution, the Tukey test of additivity, and the Teichmüller–Tukey lemma all bear his name. He is also credited with coining the term 'bit'. Early in his career Tukey worked on developing statistical methods for computers at Bell Labs where he invented the term "bit" in 1947. n 1970, he contributed significantly to what is today known as the jackknife estimation—also termed Quenouille–Tukey jackknife. He introduced the box plot in his 1977 book, "Exploratory Data Analysis". He is also the creator of several little-known methods such as the trimean and median-median line, an easier alternative to linear regression. He also contributed to statistical practice and articulated the important distinction between exploratory data analysis and confirmatory data analysis, believing that much statistical methodology placed too great an emphasis on the latter. Though he believed in the utility of separating the two types of analysis, he pointed out that sometimes, especially in natural science, this was problematic and termed such situations uncomfortable science. Tukey coined many statistical terms that have become part of common usage, but the two most famous coinages attributed to him were related to computer science. While working with John von Neumann on early computer designs, Tukey introduced the word "bit" as a contraction of "binary digit" The term "bit" was first used in an article by Claude Shannon in 1948. In 2000, Fred Shapiro, a librarian at the Yale Law School, published a letter revealing that Tukey's 1958 paper "The Teaching of Concrete Mathematics" contained the earliest known usage of the term "software" found in a search of JSTOR's electronic archives, predating the OED's citation by two years. This led many to credit Tukey with coining the term, particularly in obituaries published that same year, although Tukey never claimed credit for any such coinage. In 1995, Paul Niquette claimed he had originally coined the term in October 1953, although he could not find any documents supporting his claim.The earliest known publication of the term "software" in an engineering context was in August 1953 by Richard R. Carhart, in a RAND Corporation research memorandum. He was born in New Bedford, Massachusetts.

16 June 1909 – Archie Carr - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archie_Carr

Archie Fairly Carr, Jr., American herpetologist,ecologist and a pioneering conservationist. He was a Professor of Zoology at the University of Florida. In 1987 he was awarded the Eminent Ecologist Award by the Ecological Society of America. He made extraordinary contribution to sea turtle conservation by way of bringing attention to the world's declining turtle populations due to over-exploitation and loss of safe habitat. He started out as a high school science teacher before becoming a college professor. He published numerous books and articles, including Ulendo: Travels of a Naturalist in and out of Africa, High Jungles and Low, So Excellent a Fishe (about his green turtles), The Windward Road and several Time-Life books such as The Everglades and The Reptiles. He was also the author of the Handbook of Turtles, and with Coleman J. Goin, Guide to the Reptiles, Amphibians and Freshwater Fishes of Florida. While a serious scientific and nature writer, he also had a remarkable sense of humor, which led him to publish the parody of scientific taxonomic keys - his A Subjective Key to the Fishes of Alachua County, Florida, affectionately known as the "Carr Key". Carr was also known for his efforts in conservation, especially for sea turtles, helping convince Costa Rica to establish Tortuguero National Park in 1975. He was a co-founder of the Caribbean Conservation Corporation, which helps to save and monitor sea turtles in Tortuguero,Costa Rica. He was often joined in his conservation work by his wife Marjorie Carr, who was a major advocate for conservation in her own right. In 1952 Carr was awarded the Daniel Giraud Elliot Medal from the National Academy of Sciences. He was born in Mobile, Alabama.

Events of Interest

16 June 1884 – The first purpose-built roller coaster, LaMarcus Adna Thompson's "Switchback Railway", opens in New York's Coney Island amusement park. - https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-roller-coaster-in-america-opens

Known as a switchback railway, it was the brainchild of LaMarcus Thompson, traveled approximately six miles per hour and cost a nickel to ride. The new entertainment was an instant success and by the turn of the century there were hundreds of roller coasters around the country. For five cents, riders would climb a tower to board the large bench-like car and were pushed off to coast 600 ft (183 m) down the track to another tower. The car went just over 6 mph (9.7 km/h). At the top of the other tower the vehicle was switched to a return track or "switched back" (hence the name). The new entertainment was an instant success and by the turn of the century there were hundreds of roller coasters around the country.

16 June 1911 – IBM founded as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company in Endicott, New York. - http://www.techgetz.com/history-of-ibm/

In 1911 the company that leased Unit record equipment, especially Hollerith punched cards and card readers to government bureaus and insurance agencies, became the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company (CTR). Thomas J. Watson (1874-1956) took over in 1924, using the name “International Business Machines.” IBM expanded into electric typewriters and other office machines. Watson was a salesman and concentrated on building a highly motivated, very well paid sales force that could craft solutions for clients unfamiliar with the latest technology. His motto was “THINK”; customers were advised to not “fold, spindle or mutilate” the delicate cardboard cards.

16 June 2012 – The United States Air Force's robotic Boeing X-37B spaceplane returns to Earth after a classified 469-day orbital mission. - https://www.space.com/16110-secret-x37b-space-plane-landing.html

The unmanned X-37B spacecraft, also known as Orbital Test Vehicle-2 (OTV-2), glided back to Earth on autopilot, touching down at California's Vandenberg Air Force Base at 5:48 a.m. PDT (8:48 a.m. EDT, 1248 GMT). The landing brought to an end the X-37B program's second-ever spaceflight, a mission that lasted more than 15 months with objectives that remain shrouded in secrecy. The X-37B stayed in orbit for 469 days this time, more than doubling the 225 days its sister ship, OTV-1, spent in space last year on the program's maiden flight. Officials at Vandenberg said the spacecraft conducted "on-orbit experiments" during its mission. Exactly what the spacecraft, which is built by Boeing, was doing up there for so long is a secret. The details of the X-37B's mission, which is overseen by the Air Force's Rapid Capabilities Office, are classified, as is its payload. This secrecy has led to some speculation, especially online and abroad, that the X-37B could be a space weapon of some sort — perhaps a sophisticated satellite-killer. Some experts also suspect that the vehicle may be an orbital spy platform. "This is a test vehicle to prove the materials and capabilities, to put experiments in space and bring them back and check out the technologies," Richard McKinney, the Air Force's deputy undersecretary for space programs.

16 June 2016 – Shanghai Disneyland Park, the first Disney Park in Mainland China, opens to the public - https://www.dw.com/en/distinctly-chinese-disneyland-opens-in-shanghai/a-19332984

Shanghai Disney Resort, the first Disney resort in Mainland China and the sixth worldwide, celebrated its historic Grand Opening today, culminating one of Disney's most ambitious projects ever. The wonder and imagination of Disney greeted the people of China in magical new ways as the gates opened to Shanghai Disneyland, a theme park like no other with the biggest, tallest castle in any Disney park, the first pirate-themed land and Disney's most technologically advanced park to date. Walt Disney Co. CEO Bob Iger and Chinese Vice Premier Wang Yang cut a red ribbon together, signaling the Communist Party's endorsement of the $5.5 billion (4.87 billion euro) resort - one of the largest foreign investments in China. The lavish ceremony featured a children's choir singing "When You Wish Upon a Star," as well as actors dressed as Sleeping Beauty, Donald Duck, and other Disney characters dancing on stage. The entrance of the park is called "Mickey Avenue" instead of "Main Street USA." Stores feature Minnie Mouse in traditional quipau dresses and the Wandering Moon Teahouse is modeled after a building in eastern China. Shanghai Disney Resort is filled with immersive Disney storytelling, thrilling attractions, spectacular live entertainment and memory-making experiences designed to inspire and delight Chinese guests. The world-class vacation destination includes a magical theme park with six themed lands, two imaginatively designed hotels, a Disneytown shopping and dining district, and Wishing Star Park recreational area.

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NIGHTWISH | RELEASE FIRST SINGLE & VIDEO 'NOISE', START ALBUM PRE-ORDER FOR 'HUMAN. :II: NATURE.' TO BE RELEASED ON APRIL 10TH

When Finnish sextet NIGHTWISH announce a new studio album people tend to take notice. They know that something special is brewing. The band's new and ninth record 'HUMAN. :II: NATURE.' will be released on 10th April 2020 and will be a double album containing 9 tracks on the main CD and one long track, divided into eight chapters on CD 2. Today, the band releases the first single and video clip for the song 'Noise.' Watch the video here: https://youtu.be/LczGSoibRe8 Order the song digitally here: https://nblast.de/Nightwish-Noise Pre-save: https://nblast.de/NIGHTWISHnoisePreSave Listen at "This is Nightwish-Playlist" https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1DWSyxnRsmciGD?si=KMiV1C7YQ9KOoZ01NCIfpQ The album will be availble as: 2CD, 2CD-Digi, 3LP (different colours), Earbook, Boxset, Digital You can pre-order all formats + check new merchandise here:   http://shop.nightwish.com https://nblast.de/NW-HumanNature The tracklisting will read as follows: Disc 1: 01. Music                                  02. Noise                                                    03. Shoemaker                                             04. Harvest                                                 05. Pan                                                     06. How's The Heart?                              07. Procession                                        08. Tribal                                                    09. Endlessness          Disc 2: 01. All The Works Of Nature Which Adorn The World - Vista 02. All The Works Of Nature Which Adorn The World - The Blue 03. All The Works Of Nature Which Adorn The World - The Green 04. All The Works Of Nature Which Adorn The World - Moors 05. All The Works Of Nature Which Adorn The World - Aurorae 06. All The Works Of Nature Which Adorn The World - Quiet As The Snow 07. All The Works Of Nature Which Adorn The World - Anthropocene (incl. "Hurrian Hymn To Nikkal") 08. All The Works Of Nature Which Adorn The World - Ad Astra ‘HUMAN. :II: NATURE.’ was recorded from August to October 2019 at Röskö campsite, Petrax Studios and Troykington Castle, as well as Finnvox Studios, by Tero Kinnunen, Mikko Karmila and Troy Donockley. The mixing was done by Mikko Karmila at Finnvox, with Tuomas Holopainen and Tero Kinnunen. Mastering was done by Mika Jussila at Finnvox. NIGHTWISH - Live 2020: 15.04. RC - Guangzhou, CN – Gym-II 17.-18.04. RC - Shanghai, CN – Bandai Namco Base 20.04. RC - Beijing – Exhibition Theater w/ MARKO HIETALA 05.05. RCH - Santiago - Teatro Caupolicán 07.05. RA - Buenos Aires - Luna Park (w/ BOUDIKA) 09.05. BR - São Paulo - Espaço das Américas 10.05. BR - Rio de Janeiro - Vivo Rio   w/ BEAST IN BLACK 26.05. RUS - St. Petersburg - A2 Green Concert 27.05. RUS - Moscow - Crocus City Hall 29.05. UA - Kiev - Stereo Plaza 31.05. BY - Minsk - Falcon Club   04.06. S - Sölvesborg - Sweden Rock Festival 05. - 07.06. FIN       Tampere - Rockfest 11.06. PL - Kraków - Mystic Festival 12./13.06. CH - Interlaken - Greenfield Festival 30.06. F - Nîmes - Festival de Nîmes 02. - 04.07. E - Barcelona - Rock Fest 09. - 12.07. CZ - Vizovice - Masters of Rock 16. - 19.07. D - Cuxhaven - Deichbrand Festival 30.07. - 01.08. FIN - Kuopio - Kuopiorock NIGHTWISH EUROPEAN TOUR 2020  16.11. N - Oslo - Spektrum 20.11. D - Leipzig - Arena 21.11. D - Dusseldorf - ISS Dome 23.11. NL - Amsterdam - Ziggo Dome (sold out) 24.11. NL - Amsterdam - Ziggo Dome (sold out) 25.11. F - Paris - AccorHotels Arena 26.11. B - Antwerp - Lotto Arena 28.11. D - Stuttgart - Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle 29.11. LUX - Luxembourg - Rockhal 03.12. I - Milan - Lorenzini District 04.12. D - Munich - Olympiahalle 07.12. HU – Budapest - Arena 09.12. D - Bamberg - Brose Arena 10.12. D - Frankfurt - Festhalle 12.12. A - Vienna - Stadthalle 14.12. D - Berlin - Max-Schmeling-Halle 16.12. UK - Cardiff - Motorpoint Arena 18.12. UK - London - SSE Arena Wembley via Contra Promotion   More info: www.nightwish.com www.facebook.com/nightwish www.nuclearblast.de/nightwish

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