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Sol Map Pack (R1)Oct 2, 2014 Full Version 9 comments
Includes Earth: Luna, Earth: Pioneer Trails, Mars: Geryon Montes, Titan: Xanadu, and Venus: Research Station. The Sol Map Pack is a map pack whose maps...
Mass Effect: Unification is a total-conversion mod that adds a new era to stock maps as well as new custom maps. As of v1.2 (R5), you can fight as the Systems Alliance, the Heretic Geth, the Collectors, or the Evolved Geth on Eden Prime, the Prothean Skyway, Virmire, most of the stock maps, and all maps from the Sol Map Pack.
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- Marth8880 (Lead Designer, Lead Scripter, Level Designer, Environment Artist, Weapon Artist, Particle Effects Artist, Lead Animator, Sound Designer, Localization)
- THEWULFMAN (Co-Lead Designer, Weapon Artist, Character Artist, Particle Effects Artist, Level Designer, Sound Designer, Public Relations)
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- The Nasal Abyss (Character Artist)
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- AQT (Scripter, Environment Artist, Level Designer)
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- zwyx1234 (Weapon Artist)
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11 comments by Marth8880 on Oct 6th, 2014
On Thursday, October 2nd, I left for Vancouver, Canada to move into school-sponsored student housing, and today was my first class at the Art Institute of Vancouver. For those of you who don't know, I'm attending school there to receive my diploma in Game Art & Design. It's ranked #8 in the Princeton Review's top 25 Game Design schools in North America (full list), and during most of the program's 18 months, I'll be significantly less active on Gametoast and Mod DB, which means I will be mostly inactive in modding as well. "What does this mean for Mass Effect: Unification though :000000000," asked no one? Well, it means I'll be handing the project over to THEWULFMAN (until I graduate) who will mostly just push updates consisting of primarily art updates as well as the occasional hotfix. In the meantime, I'll be in the process of being taught by industry professionals how to write design documents, design levels, properly manage a team, and so on.
It's been a fun ride. Keelah se'lai.
- Marth8880
Includes Earth: Luna, Earth: Pioneer Trails, Mars: Geryon Montes, Titan: Xanadu, and Venus: Research Station. The Sol Map Pack is a map pack whose maps...
** COMPLETELY STANDALONE - DOES NOT REQUIRE ANY PREVIOUS VERSION ** --- Many people think Mass Effect 3's Multiplayer should have been more similar to...
This is Earth: Luna, the pilot map to the Sol Map Pack. Luna is set upon the landing site for the Apollo 17 lunar lander mission.
This is Earth: Pioneer Trails, Marth8880's first map and a new addition to the Sol Map Pack. Pioneer Trails is based on a real neighborhood park on planet...
This is Venus, the second map to the Sol Map Pack. Venus (Research Station) by AQT is a map set on a NASA scientist's rendition of how a human settlement...
** COMPLETELY STANDALONE - DOES NOT REQUIRE ANY PREVIOUS VERSION ** --- Many people think Mass Effect 3's Multiplayer should have been more similar to...
This looks great, showing this to all my friends!
I'm in the config tool at the moment, and none of the settings can be changed, is this as of yet unimplemented?
Found the problem, nvm. Non-standard installation directory has some kinks to work out.
care to share the solution?
Care to elaborate what to do? Im using a different drive X:\Games\Steam-blahblah and the config thing is wonky.
So for space battles what ships will there be? I'm new so i am a little confused. Will the alliance have a dreadnoughts and cruisers? Will Geth have dreadnoughts and cruisers?
Just wanted to thank everyone for their continued support! We love our fans!
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After install, I ran the config file and it couldn't find the config.xlm file, so I found it, next it couldn't find the batch file, and I'm stuck here, since I don't know where that is. It lets me look at the config tool window, but I have no idea how to enable the options since they're greyed out meaning unclickable. thanks.
Don't worry, I uninstalled the mod. It was a nice one, I like that you changed so much of the game to make it feel like a ME game. After uninstalling, I noticed the mod's music was still playing, so I had to re-download the game from scratch. I back-up everything, so no trouble here.
If you really wanna know why I uninstalled this mod, is because I haven't had enough of native since I just bought it 2 days ago. Having a blast with the custom maps and I just love SW... Also waiting for more content if you plan on adding tons more to make it feel as a real stand-alone game.
Tip: You don't need to uninstall the mod if you want the feel of the vanilla game back. ;)
If you wish to disable the mod (possibly to play other mods without running over the mission count) without completely uninstalling it, open up the Configuration Utility and disable the mod through there by setting "Toggle Mass Effect: Unification" to "Disabled."
To switch between the stock shell art and the Mass Effect art styles, launch the Configuration Utility, set "Shell Art Style" in the "General" tab to "Classic" for the stock shell or "Mass Effect: Unification" or "Mass Effect 3" for the custom shell styles, and click the "Submit Changes" button.
To switch between the Mass Effect shell music and the original Star Wars music, launch the Configuration Utility, go into the "Misc. Commands" tab and click the "Run Command" button next to "Toggle Shell Music".
I think i can safely say that we all want space maps and a better config tool.
You're gonna have to be a lot more specific in regards to the config tool.
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I have not even played it and it is amazing
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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars "Classic comes back"
Web of Fear was one of my favourite target novelisations back in the day, I was disappointed to learn (in 1982) only 1 episode was intact and never expected to write this review.
The yeti (1st seen in Abominable Snowmen) return after one of their control spheres is reactivated led by the Great Intelligence (recently seen battling Matt Smith) and spread a deadly...
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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars A great story, to be sure
A great story, to be sure, but the DVD seems rushed out to cash in on the 50th anniversary. Rehashing the old VHS release with studio stills over the soundtrack is a blatant rip off. 5 star adventure but a 1star product...
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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars "Classic comes back",
Bob Marlowe (UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Doctor Who - The Web of Fear [DVD] (DVD)
Web of Fear was one of my favourite target novelisations back in the day, I was disappointed to learn (in 1982) only 1 episode was intact and never expected to write this review.
The yeti (1st seen in Abominable Snowmen) return after one of their control spheres is reactivated led by the Great Intelligence (recently seen battling Matt Smith) and spread a deadly weblike substance through the London Underground.
This a good sequel to Snowmen, more of the same but different. A very innovative idea to place the yeti in an incongruous setting such as the Underground. As you will know even if you're only ever seen Ep1 (as on Lost in Time), a small section of the underground was recreated brilliantly in studio and show from myriad different directions & angles so it passes for lots of bits of the underground. the script is a good script confident in the brilliance of its monster and enemy and just out to make a thumping good action adventure.
The characters are good too, the returning Travers ( also in Abominable Snowmen) is excellently portrayed by Jack Watling. He plays the role here as an older man (some 40m years separates the 2 stories) and avoids the usual playing much older than your self cliche's. Instead he gives us a more temperamental & emotional man & suggests he gets tired easily.
Playing Travers' daughter Anne is Tina Packer. An instantly likeable character when she rebuffs mild advances from Capt Knight. She is also believably intelligent and a credible scientist. Taking a leaf out of Ice Warriors' Jan Garett she finds time to have a change of costume.
Derek Pollit's Evans is a coward you can't help liking ( what a trick missed not seconding him to UNIT and having the Brig exasperated in later stories by his behaviour!) and Jack Woolgar's Sgt Arnold is the sort of tough but fair army type so often played by one Mr Hartnell before he was the Doctor.
The man of the match of course is the Brigadier; who at this stage is still Col Lethbridge-Stewart. Great debut as the character by Nicholas Courtney, sadly his 1st appearance is in the still missing Ep 3 represented by soundtrack and telesnap pictures but what a memorable start as he holds the Doc at knifepoint! The hallmark of the character-military but human and not narrow minded is here for all to see.
A great show for Mr Troughton, devious (he doesn't tell others what he's up to), clever, compassionate and with Miss Travers almost flirty!
Frazer Hines' Jamie gets to do plenty as the man of action & forms an odd couple double act with Evans.
Deborah Watling's Victoria now warming up to being out of her era ( for the character her outfit is quite daring) does her usual stuff getting captured etc. but she does it so well you don't mind. Shame she doesn't get more screentime with Jamie.
The yeti are a marvellously incongruous monster & just fantasic fun. With John Levene playing one it means Sgt Benton's in the story too (Levene recalled that at this early point when he only got the monsters to play, Troughton was very encouraging to him).
Generally the webstuff is well made occasionally there are pulsating things clearly made of cellophane but the look is generally pretty good. Great direction & the soundtrack only episode doesn't ruin things at all (in a few bits they cannily reuse other episode's footage).
Good restoration work too.
Just briefly because I thoroughly enjoyed this, no extras! There clearly was ample time to do a commentary even if animation and a making of doc might have delayed things too much.
This story never comes to life on audio and now it's restored to glory, I recommend it for evreyone.
30 of 34 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Going Underground,
Mr. D. K. Smith (South Wales, UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Doctor Who - The Web of Fear [DVD] (DVD)
The Web of Fear has long been regarded as an all-time Doctor Who classic, even when all we had to go on was one surviving episode and the soundtrack. With four of the five missing episodes now recovered its reputation seems secure, as with the luxury of more visuals it's clearly a story where everyone was on the top of their game.
Key to this was director Douglas Camfield. Long regarded as the best Doctor Who director of his era, viewing all five existing episodes only serves to enhance his reputation. The studio scenes set in the Underground are full of menace and shadows, with the Yeti rarely seen full on. The brief glimpses we do see are much more effective, as in the cold light of day they are fairly comical.
This is best demonstrated in the Covent Garden sequence in episode four - the initial shots of the waddling Yetis doesn't do them any favours, but this is quickly forgotten when Camfield orchestrates one of the best action sequences in 60's Who. Given his affinity with the military, it's a pity he never directed more during the early 1970's when the UNIT/Pertwee era would have fitted him like a glove.
Patrick Troughton is totally commanding as the Doctor. Encapsulating Troughton's strengths is a difficult task in just a few words, but his economy of performance is always striking. He could clown with the best of them, but Troughton is so compelling when he downplays. The less he does the more effective it is - just a glance or a few words can say so much when they're delivered by a quality actor.
Apart from the return of Jack Watling as Travers, the story is most notable for the first appearance of Nicholas Courtney as Lethbridge-Stewart. He's put through the mill here, particularly in the aftermath of the doomed Covent Garden expedition. But he's only one of a uniformly strong cast, with Jack Woolgar as Staff Sgt Arnold and Jon Rollason as the oily Harold Chorley giving particularly good performances.
True, the story does lack a little logic. The Great Intelligence seems to have draped London in a web of fear purely to lure the Doctor into its trap. But how did they know that the Doctor would return to this point in time? If it had been the early 1970's then the Doctor did have a base on modern day Earth, but in the Troughton era this wasn't the case. One draft more might have come up with a better plan for the Intelligence, one which actually involved the Earth rather than the rather cod sci-fi concept of draining the Doctor's brain.
Notwithstanding this, The Web of Fear is a creepy tale that deserves its classic status. The Enemy of the World might be a better written and more ambitious story, but Web is a supremely good example of the Troughton base-under-siege story.
It's bound to disappoint some that the missing episode three is represented with a telesnap recon rather than animation. And like Enemy of the World, this DVD lacks the special features that we've come to expect. The one plus-point the DVD has over the ITunes download is that it's VIDfired. Whilst it's a shame there's no commentary, documentary or animation, it's maybe worth taking a moment to wonder why.
Several possibilities have been mentioned over the past few months. The first is that the contract with Dan Hall's company Pup Ltd (who, following the collapse of 2E, were commissioned to produce extras) expired before these stories were found.
The second possibility is that there could have been numerous expenses incurred in retrieving these episodes, so maybe a bare-bones release is partly to regroup some of the money already spent.
And it could just be that BBC Worldwide knew that this story would sell without special features, so maybe an extras-packed SE might follow in the future.
Maybe sometime the complete story of Philip Morris' efforts will be told (in the third edition of Richard Molesworth's Wiped! maybe?) and will answer some of these questions, but for now we just have the stories. Although if anyone had told me at the start of 2013 that within twelve months I'd have all of Enemy of the World and most of The Web of Fear sat on my shelf in DVD format I'd have bitten their hand off. And I doubt I'm the only one.
If anyone doesn't want to buy this bare-bones release then they can stick with the non-VIDfired ITunes download and wait for a possible SE which may or may not happen. I'm more than happy though to have this DVD on my shelf as whilst it may lack the special features of other releases, the quality of the story shines through.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars A Second Doctor Classic Recovered At Last,
Timelord-007 (The Eccentric Wanderer) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Doctor Who - The Web of Fear [DVD] (DVD)
Doctor Who:The Web Of Fear (DVD).
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Format: PAL
Language: English
Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired: English
Region 2
Aspect Ratio: 4:3 - 1.33:1
Number of discs: 1
Classification: PG
Studio: 2entertain
Running Time: 146 minutes
Patrick Troughton, Frazer Hines & Deborah Watling all deliver superb performances.
Its U.N.I.T first adventure featuring the superb Nicholas Courtney as Colonel Alistair Gordon Lethbridge Stewart.
Episode 3 is still missing along with 97 other missing episode's.
1)Doctor Who production were refused permission to film in Londons subways resulting in set designers producing this ultra realistic sets so convincing that London Underground contacted the BBC to voice a complaint for unauthorised filming.
2)Nicholas Courtney got the role of Lethbridge Stewart when original cast actor David Langton pulled out during rehearsals.
3)Jack Watling (Professor Travers) is father of Deborah Watling.
4)Professor Travis also featured in The Abominable Snowman Second Doctor adventure.
What's Up Doc.
The TARDIS narrowly avoids becoming engulfed in a cobwebby substance in space & materializes in the London Underground railway system, the tunnels of which are being overrun by the web from the Great Intelligence's robot Yeti.
The Intelligence's goal is to drain the Doctor's mind; can the Doctor sabotage the device before the Intelligence's plan comes to fruition?
Timelord Thoughts.
Missing episodes are like buses you wait years for a episode to turn up then 9 turn up all at once.
This 38 year old Whovian was so excited at 12am Friday morning as he leapt with excitement even waking up his family due to his Whovian fanboy loving.
This story has been missing from series 5 & at last has been returned to the BBC archives 46 years after original transmission thought lost forever.
The plot involving Yeti's in the underground subway & the first apperance of The great intelligence that threaten the earths inhabitants & it's up to the Doctor, Jamie, Victoria & U.N.I.T to put a stop to the great intelligences sinister plans once & for all or do they?
This is the Yeti's second apperance having first appeared in The Abominable Snowman.
Great Direction comes from the excellent Douglas Camfield who was one of Doctor Who's greatest director's who handles the action sequences superbly & paces the drama well to add suspense to the scary elements of this adventure.
This sees the begining of one of the Doctor's most trusted allies U.N.I.T led by the infamous Colonel Lethbridge Stewart played superbly by Nicholas Courtney, This was a backdoor pilot for future adventures of Doctor Who but that's another story entirely.
This is your typical Second Doctor story with invading monsters combined with the cunning intellect of great intelligence as this is easily one of Troughtons best performances as the Doctor & as ever is whimsical, childlike & very clever as to not miss a trick.
All the elements are here for classic Doctor Who which now us fans can settle down to finally see after 46 long years & the episodes have been cleaned up & restored using VIDfire looking & sounding superbly detailed & sharp, yet sadly there is no animated episode 3 which is still currently missing & there sadly is a lack of extras due to it's rushed DVD release which sees a pity as surely there's plenty to discuss on the recovery & restoration of these episodes.
Doctor Who fan's should thank the talents of Phillip Morris who's hard work locating these storys cannot go unrewarded, So a huge Thank You from the Whovians around the world as you have returned to us Two classic adventures of the Second Doctor we thought we'd never see again.
Timelord Rating.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars The one with the Yeti in the London Underground,
Paul Tapner (poole dorset england) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Doctor Who - The Web of Fear [DVD] (DVD)
The fifth story from Patrick Troughton's second year as Doctor Who comes to DVD.
Originally a story of six twenty five minute long black and white episodes, all that existed in the bbc archive of this one till recently was episode one. The others having fallen foul of the BBC's old policy of wiping tapes of programmes they never expected to repeat or to have any long term value.
Copies of episodes two, four, five and six were recently found, though. All have been restored to pretty decent picture quality.
Episode three remains gone. To allow for a quick release of the story on DVD, this has episode three recreated by using the original soundtrack and photos that were taken of it at the time that it was broadcast.
The story was the second appearance of the Yeti. And their controller, the great intelligence. The Doctor, plus companions Jamie and Victoria, had met them three stories before, in 'The Abominable Snowmen.' Which was set in 1930's Tibet. And where they met scientist Professor Travers.
The Web of Fear starts with a quick scene that resolves the cliffhanger ending to the last episode of preceding story 'The Enemy of the World' [and which really belongs in the finale episode of that, but was presumably held over just to create a cliffhanger] and then it's 1960's London. Where the much older Travers lets his curiosity get the better of him. The Yeti return.
As London falls foul of a strange fungus, and the Yeti prowl the streets of the city and Underground tunnels, a small army unit is trying to fight back. When the Doctor and friends join them they find they have enemies both outside the military base. And within....
'The one with the Yeti in the London Underground' comes from the fact that this one did stick in the public consciousness for a long time, and attained the status of lost classic as a result.
It's nearly all studio bound, apart from a couple of location bits. Including a superbly directed battle sequence as the Army take on the Yeti. The jump from film material to video recording is noticeable but you do get used to it.
The sets are very good - as a result of which London Underground did inquire how the BBC had gotten to film in the tube without their permission. And the supporting cast are all well drawn. The actor playing reporter Chorley seems to try and imitate Alan Whicker - a name that would have meant a lot to viewers at the time - Travers' scientist daughter comes over as being genuinely intelligent. Although with somewhat stereotypical Welshman Private Evans, who is always looking to get away from danger, you can never be sure if he's meant to be comic relief or not and his attitude does get a bit annoying at times.
Amongst the character is a military man called Col. Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart. Whose first meeting with the Doctor occurs off camera and whose first appearance is in the missing episode three. Nicholas Courtney delivers a commanding performance from the off. And thus the name of the character became rather familiar...
Amongst these people though is someone who is working for the intelligence. This fact creates a great deal of tension [to audiences of the time, who had never seen Lethbridge-Stewart before, they wouldn't have known whether to trust him or not] an the best of the story is in parts three and four when things all seem to go against the humans, and a great deal of tension and action and shocks await.
Six parters could always be overlong, and this possibly is. Ultimately it's perhaps an overlong runaround. But it's a really good one.
Can it live up to it's reputation and the memories of those who saw it at the time?
That's for the viewer to decide. But at least you can get a chance to do so. Which is great.
The dvd has the following language and subtitle options:
Languages: English.
Subtitles: English.
It's English audio captioned.
The only extra whatsoever is a trailer for the story 'The Enemy of the World' on dvd. And since that one is already out, the trailer is thus 'also available' rather than 'coming soon.'
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Caught in the Web of Years,
Number13 (England) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Doctor Who - The Web of Fear [DVD] (DVD)
A wonderful web of action and intrigue spun from pure TV gold! 46 years may be "a handful of heartbeats to a Time Lord", but in the life of television it's an age. To watch a legendary show from the distant black-and-white days of 1968 that has been wiped, lost, then retrieved and restored is near miraculous. But is it still worth watching? Absolutely yes! I read the novelisation almost 40 years ago, the surviving first episode with its `Gothic' atmosphere was one of the best `teaser' trailers I could imagine, this DVD with the almost complete 6-part story fully lives up to its high reputation. 5*
The newly recovered, VidFIRE restored episodes look amazingly good. Episode 3 (still in some lost film can? Or found but damaged beyond repair?) is reconstructed with telesnaps and audio, not animation. Personally I prefer this for a single episode, especially as here we have the first meeting with Col. Lethbridge-Stewart, so I'd rather see still images of the actors than animation. Fortunately, episode 3 has quite large sections of exposition, lab work and walking through tunnels; important to the story but if one episode had to be missing it could have been worse. There are no extras on this DVD, maybe a later release will come out with extras but in fact much of the possible background material is already there on other DVDs. For example, the commentary and features on `Inferno' have information about the formation of UNIT, memories from Nicholas Courtney and John Levene about their early days on the show and working with Douglas Camfield and there is a special feature about him on `Terror of the Zygons', while `Tomb of the Cybermen' includes much about the Patrick Troughton era from Frazer Hines and Deborah Watling.
`The Web of Fear' brings Patrick Troughton's TARDIS to modern-day London in a way that would be very familiar to fans of the Jon Pertwee years, but was quite a novelty at the time - I think this was only the third or fourth such story ever. This story presages the elements that made the earthbound Pertwee years so popular: invading monsters, a villainous master-mind, exciting action scenes filmed on location and the heroic military battling to save the world. The forces here aren't UNIT, not yet, but already they are commanded with style by the young Colonel Lethbridge-Stewart. Nicholas Courtney seems to have found the character ready-made for him; he is perfectly at home in the role in this, his first story.
With so much gloom and subterranean darkness in the story, the black-and-white filming adds to the atmosphere, like a `Doctor Who' film noir, as the plot (and the Web) thickens and weaves around the fine cast of complex, well-drawn characters. Expertly directed by Douglas Camfield, (also `Inferno', `Terror of the Zygons' and many other credits) we can enjoy tense encounters in the tunnels, engaging moments between the Doctor and his companions, the brisk military intent of the Colonel and some splendid action sequences including the famous Battle of Covent Garden. The air is thick not only with the Web but with mistrust - the scientists and the military are arguing over their plans, an insensitive journalist is disliked by all, some of the soldiers are none too brave and it seems someone may be a traitor...
This was the second clash with the robot Yeti for the Doctor, Jamie (Frazer Hines) and Victoria (Deborah Watling), only three months after the broadcast of their first encounter in the still mostly missing `Abominable Snowmen'. Then, Professor Travers was trying to find the `real', animal yeti and met robot Yeti in the more probable setting of Tibet. Perhaps because it was so recent, not all the details of the unusual menace are spelled out this time. In the first story, the evil but formless Great Intelligence was accidentally contacted by a Tibetan monk travelling spiritually on the `astral plane'. It then instructed the monk to build the robots, disguised as Yeti, to seal off the monastery while the Intelligence tried to embody itself on Earth. The Intelligence is desperate to gain a physical existence in the Universe; in the first story this was as a torrent of shapeless ooze defeated by the Doctor, this time it is weaving the Web to give itself substance, and seeking revenge. In a brilliant return for the climax of the 2013 season we again saw the Great Intelligence, still wanting to end the anguish of its own bodiless state - and to give a similar fate for eternity to the Time Lord who had defeated it long before.
Roaring through the tunnels and streets of London, the Yeti look incongruous but still menacing and it's great to see them in a full story at last. Quite why the Intelligence would bother disguising its robots as yeti when they are thousands of miles from the Himalayas is anyone's guess. Perhaps as an `astral intelligence' it has no proper understanding of distances on Earth? Or perhaps it knew the BBC still had the costumes... ? Either way they are unforgettable monsters that you wouldn't want to meet in a dark tunnel and in one of the Yeti costumes is John Levene, better known as Sergeant Benton, here in his first credited `Doctor Who' appearance. The tunnels of `The Underground' are some of the most convincingly claustrophobic studio sets ever used in the show; famously they even convinced London Transport who complained to the BBC about what they thought was unauthorised location filming!
You'll probably want to remove and reverse the DVD sleeve to show a design matching the classic collection DVDs rather than the `new series' look. Then sit back and enjoy the unexpected return of a skilfully woven yarn from a time when delays on the Circle Line are caused by a glowing web and rampaging robots. "Mind the Gap ..." And mind the Yeti!
Thanks for reading.
4.0 out of 5 stars A classic lost story is found,
Andrew Holder (Southampton, Hampshire United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Doctor Who - The Web of Fear [DVD] (DVD)
Well, for me, Dr Who was always too scary for me to watch when I was young (4-5 years old). But I always remember watching one episode at my cousin's house, where it was set in some underground. Tunnels that filled up with some foam at the end.
So, here we are some 45 years later with the first chance to revisit this once again. And does it stand up? Absolutely!
The story is creepy (as lots of the 60s stories were) and well told, with good use made of the London Underground. The supporting cast have defined characters that are believe able. And let's not forget it contains the fist appearance of Alastair Lethbridge-Stewart. What I really liked was that you don't know anything about him and he could've been one of the bad guys; the story kept you guessing.
Whilst there are no extras and no doubt there will be a special edition version sometime, this is still worth buying as is. Enjoy.
133 of 165 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Better than you can ever imagine!,
S. Vance "doc1970" (Birmingham UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Doctor Who - The Web of Fear [DVD] (DVD)
Like many fans of Doctor Who, I have waited with bated breath this week for the announcement of exactly which episodes of WHO were back at the Beeb. The Web of Fear has always been at the top of my list of episodes that I wanted to see, so to discover (admittedly before the embargo was lifted at midnight) that all bar one of these episodes was recovered was the biggest thrill I think I have ever experienced (and I've had a few!!!)
Naturally I immediately headed to iTunes at a minute after midnight and downloaded all 6 eps of Web as well as all 6 eps of The Enemy of the World, and believe me when this hits the DVD release day you will not be disappointed.
The remastering is phenomenal - the picture is crystal clear, the sound is sharp and clear, and the action is truly wonderous to behold.
Pat, Fraser & Deborah are on sparkling form, and the supporting cast are simply fantastic.
But for me, a huge reason I had to see this story was for the arrival of a certain Colonel Lethbridge-Stewart. I had the privilege of meeting Nick Courtney on many occasions - and getting very drunk with him on most of them. With his performance here in Web you can totally understand why he was asked back to reprise the role the following season in The Invasion.
I'm not going to waffle on - I'm just going to suggest you get this ASAP. Then sit back, relax, and marvel at how brilliant 60's Doctor Who was and cross your fingers that there are more missing episodes on their way back home................
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5.0 out of 5 stars Tense, gripping and chilling,
This review is from: Doctor Who - The Web of Fear [DVD] (DVD)
When the news was leaked last October that four of this storys' missing episodes had been found at a TV station in Nigeria, I - along with many other Doctor Who fans - licked my lips at the prospect of seeing at last a story that has long been classed as a classic in all its' glory. And having watched it the day before posting this review, I can safely say that it more than lives up to expectations.
The Web Of Fear works on so many levels as it contains many memorable moments and images. Perhaps the most iconic scenes are those involving the Yeti in the darkness of the deserted London Underground tunnels, and the idea of the great intelligence once again using them in its' invasion of Earth is an inspired idea. The human traitor aiding the aliens in their plan isn't known until the last few minutes of the final episode, and when it's revealed who it is the viewer is left speechless - who would have thought it could have been the loyal Staff Seargent Arnold, when some suspected the intrusive journalist Harold Chorley or even one of the other soldiers? Professor Travers makes his second appearance in this story, and he is just as flawless in the scenes when he is seen to have been taken over by the intelligence as he is during the rest of the serial as the blustering, no-nonsense scientist.
For many fans this story sees the introduction of the character who would become as much an icon as the Doctor himself, that of Colonel Lethbridge-Stewart (later to be Brigadier), and such is the impact made by Nicholas Courtney in his debut in the role that many are left wondering whether the part was made especially for him. Him and Patrick Troughton are great in their scenes together, more or less laying the foundations for the relationship between the Doctor and the Brigadier in later seasons. The tension never lets up from one moment of the story to the other, much of it due to the skills of the late great Douglas Camfield, who as this storys' director proves that he was the ideal choice to deal with scenes including a gun battle between the Yetis and the regular army.
The Yeti themselves are genuinely more frightening this time around, but they still manage to also look rather comical in some scenes, most notably during the scenes shot on location in Covent Garden in episode four. And in some shots when they appear in the tunnels the lack of any incidental music to accompany their presence on screen does tend let the production down slightly, but thankfully this is only a minor flaw as the rest of the story is virtually faultless.
Two things that the DVD suffers from are: 1)the still missing episode three appears only as a series of telesnaps edited together, and 2)due to the time constraints between the story being re-discovered and its' rush-release onto DVD there are no special features of any kind, the same problem that occurred with the release of The Enemy Of The World. If perhaps the third episode was to be found tomorrow and this story was to be re-released as a special edition as a result, I would suggest these would be included to keep fans like me happy at the earliest opportunity.
So to sum up, this is one DVD release that was well worth the wait. Superbly written, directed, and crammed with tension with many memorable scenes as well as being genuinely terrifying, you'll be gripped from the minute you start watching.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars must see Dr.Who. great in 1968. terrific in 2015 !,
This review is from: Doctor Who - The Web of Fear [DVD] (DVD)
Patrick Troughton is ace in a real Dr.Who classic.
the book is great too.
the yeti are marvellous monsters too.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars EXCELLENT!!,
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As a classic Doctor Who fan, who wasn't even born when this was aired, it's a dream come true. Loved it!!
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While hunting down an obscure bug, I've stumbled onto something best demonstrated by this minimal example:
import numpy as np
class First(object):
def __init__(self):
self.vF = np.vectorize(self.F)
print "First: vF = ", self.vF
def F(self, x):
return x**2
class Second(First):
def __init__(self):
super(Second, self).__init__()
print "Second: vF = ", self.vF
def F(self, x):
raise RuntimeError("Never be here.")
def vF(self, x):
return np.asarray(x)*2
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Second would have an explicitly defined
vF method, but that does not seem to be the case:
arg = (1, 2, 3)
f = First()
print "calling first.vF: ", f.vF(arg)
s = Second()
print "calling second.vF: ", s.vF(arg)
First: vF = <numpy.lib.function_base.vectorize object at 0x23f9310>
calling first.vF: [1 4 9]
First: vF = <numpy.lib.function_base.vectorize object at 0x23f93d0>
Second: vF = <numpy.lib.function_base.vectorize object at 0x23f93d0>
calling second.vF:
Traceback (most recent call last):
RuntimeError: Never be here.
so that it seems that
s.vF and
f.vF is the same object, even though
s.vF == f.vF is
Is this an expected/known/documented behavior, and
numpy.vectorize does not play nicely with inheritance, or am I missing something simple here?
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If you live in Eagan and need a new opener for your garage doors, or want to see a repair man look at your broken door opener, we can help! Get same day service in Eagan for garage door opener services. Buy new or let us fix your current garage door opener...either way you'll be able to pull your car in and out safely.
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A licensed technician in Eagan will get to your residence and have your door working perfectly in no time at all.
Garage Doors Eagan
Nowadays, it is challenging to look for any type of product without having an assortment of styles to pick from. Buying a vehicle could overwhelm you with alternatives like speed ability, 4-wheel drive, colors, make, design, etc. Bath towel purchasing has you considering in between cotton and linen. Furniture? Leather, micro fiber?
That being said, Eagan residents must not be startled that garage door shopping likewise requires a comprehensive decision-making process. There are several different kinds of garage doors to choose from, including aluminum, steel, lumber, fiberglass, vinyl and premium protected doors. Aspects that are typically thought about while picking garage doors are price, climate, certain demands.
While steel doors are stronger of two, light weight aluminum is very excellent at withstanding damages from outside elements like weather and corrosion in the Eagan area. If style is what you are looking for, you need not look any further than timber doors...commonly called carriage doors made of wood.
Framework and panel, carriage home doors and flush panel doors are really common choices for garages. The a lot more pricey stain-grade wood garage doors add a remarkable amount of worth to houses.
Vinyl garage doors have truly experienced an increase of passion among homeowners over the past number of years. Vinyl is durable and suggested to last a lifetime. They are additionally simple to paint so home owners do not need to stress concerning having the doors match their residences. For environmentally friendly customers, premium shielded doors are an excellent choice given their high R-value. doors are commercial in durability, they can be made to match style of any house and also come with glass inserts.
As previously stated, some homeowners may have to select their garage doors based off of particular demands. Homes near the sea typically need fiberglass garage doors.
Fix Broke Garage Springs
We replace damaged torsion springs and extension springs on Eagan domestic, commercial and business sectional, rolling steel, and one-piece curtain doors amongst numerous others. Springs ought to never ever be adjusted or fixed by people who are not correctly educated to do this activity and might not have correct devices. Continuing to run your door with a busted spring is really hazardous and can cause extra damages to the garage door and electrical opener devices.
A spring replacement is just one of the most usual repairs required on a Eagan garage door. These springs can be found in differing sizes and serve as an equilibrium, lifting the majority of the garage door weight. This permits the door to conveniently open up and shut manually or with the assistance of an opener.
Garage door springs have a limited life-span. This lifespan is measured in cycle patterns, with the door rising and coming back down counting as one cycle pattern. While there are various lifespan alternatives, the majority of typical garage door springs include a 10,000 cycle life expectancy. Your spring replacement frequency will certainly be determined by your garage door usage.
- 2 times daily = about 14 years
- 4 times daily = about 7 years
- 6 times daily = about 5 years
- 8 times daily = about 3 years
The spring has most strain when the garage door is in down position, and as a result this is most likely position for spring to crack. That is not to claim spring might not fail while the door is in a raised position, which would certainly result in door crashing down, hopefully not an the expense of a human or family pet.
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- Eagan General Repair
- 3650 Kennebec Dr Ste 103
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- Saint Paul Linoleum & Carpet Company
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- Cabinetech Inc
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- Air Mechanical Inc
- 2795 Highway 55
- Eagan, MN 55121
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- Rainbow Tree Care
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By Julien Anseau, Global Communications Manager
Adanech has never lacked ambition — just opportunity. Before ChildFund started working in her community, her family, like many others, scraped every day to make ends meet. Today, the Ethiopian mother owns a business, employs five people and is looking to grow her enterprise further. "More importantly, my children are healthy and in school," she says.
Adanech first learned of ChildFund's Yekokeb Berhan program a little over a year ago and signed up for training in business development and micro-enterprise. "Before, we had no money," she says. "It was a real struggle to make just enough money to live. I had a small weaving business, and I wanted to learn how to make a success of it." She became involved in a savings group and was able to access a small loan on favorable terms.
The PEPFAR/USAID-funded Yekokeb Berhan program has worked in Ethiopia since May 2011 to put in place a child-focused social welfare network that allows all children, including the most vulnerable, to thrive. Focusing on HIV-affected communities, Yekokeb Berhan aims to reach 500,000 highly vulnerable children throughout the country and is a collaboration among Pact, Family Health International (FHI360) and ChildFund International, along with many local partner organizations.
Adanech took out a loan of 10,000 Birr (USD $500) to get started and has not looked back since. Now, after household expenses such as rent and food, staff wages and loan repayments, Adanech and her husband, Meteke, still have 3,000 Birr (USD $150) at the end of the month that they can save or invest in the business.
"Life is so much better now," says Meteke. "We live for our children. We can send them to school. And they are healthy." He adds, proudly, that their 9-year-old daughter, Bizuayhue, dreams of becoming a doctor and helping the family, and that 2-year-old Yohannes is "happy running around for now."
Adanech's community of Zenebework is one of the poorest in Addis Ababa. Most residents are migrants from poor rural areas, attracted to Ethiopia's rapidly growing capital city by better job prospects. The city dump is nearby, and families scavenge for food and anything they can resell. The HIV infection rate is among the highest in the country, and a high proportion of children grow up in broken homes.
Yet Adanech is upbeat: "Life is also changing in the community. Life can change if you are given the opportunity. People here have never been scared of hard work. From the moment they wake to the moment they sleep, people here are working. They just need the opportunity to work smarter."
At 28, Adanech is full of ambition. "I am looking to hire five more employees and buy a singeing machine to make more elaborate patterns on my fabrics, which I would then sell at a higher profit. The machine costs 10,500 Birr [USD $510], which is a lot." For now, she sells her textiles at the local market, but she aspires to sell to merchants at Merkato, Africa's largest open-air market, and in Bole, an upscale area in Addis Ababa.
"Sometimes, all people need is an opportunity," says Meteke, 31. "Before, we did not have the money to grow our business. No one would give us a loan other than loan sharks, who asked for 100 percent interest. Now our loan repayment, including interest, is 450 Birr [USD $22] every month, which is manageable."
Yekokeb Berhan's livelihood support is important, says Abraham, a program officer for ChildFund's local partner called Love for Children and Family Development Charitable Organization, which implements the program. "Giving families opportunities to earn a decent living is the most sustainable approach to helping them meet the needs of their children."
He adds, "Ethiopia is seeing rapid economic growth, which is great. But with growth comes increasing inequality. I am proud of being part of this program, because I can see the changes in the lives of children who would otherwise have been left behind."
Reporting by Vlad Sokhin, freelance photographer for ChildFund Australia
A Category 5 cyclone struck the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu on March 13, leaving 75,000 people without shelter and affecting 166,000 people overall, according to latest estimates. ChildFund Australia is providing aid through its partner organization there, Live & Learn Vanuatu. You can help by making a donation to ChildFund's Vanuatu Emergency Response Fund. Here are some notes from the field:
"I was in a community shelter with my parents," says 10-year-old James from Efate Island. "When the strong wind came, it was very noisy. I was afraid. Then my sisters and I fell asleep. Next morning, we came to our house, and it was destroyed. My school was destroyed too. Now I sleep with my parents in the tent and can't attend classes."
James and his family are among the tens of thousands of people left homeless in Vanuatu after Cyclone Pam devastated the archipelago. The family of five is currently living in an improvised tent.
James' mother, Margaret, says she is worried about feeding her children and generating an income since the family's crops were wiped out by the cyclone.
"We've lost everything — all our crops," she says. "All we can eat now is fallen bananas and coconuts. Some taro survived too, but it's not enough for our family. I will not be able to sell fruits and vegetables in the market to make some money. We barely have enough food for ourselves."
Some schools have reopened in Vanuatu, but with 50 percent of the country's educational infrastructure destroyed or badly damaged, thousands of children remain unable to attend. At this stage, it is unclear when James will be able to start classes again.
Access to clean water is also an immediate concern for families like James'. Most water tanks have been damaged or destroyed by the cyclone, and wells are contaminated. Some people are forced to walk long distances to fetch or purchase fresh water, while others are so desperate that they are boiling seawater to drink.
James, his 14-year-old sister, Priscilla, and his 3-year-old sister, Ester, are at high risk of waterborne diseases such as cholera, which causes severe diarrhea and can lead to death. ChildFund Australia is working with Live & Learn Vanuatu to restore access to clean water to help ensure the health of children and their families in cyclone-ravaged areas.
To help with the continued response effort, please donate today to ChildFund's Vanuatu Emergency Response Fund.
Reporting and photos: Felipe Cala, ChildFund Alliance; Roberta Cecchetti, Save the Children; Agueda Barreto and Thiago Machado, ChildFund Brasil
Fourteen-year-old Maria Antônia has made a name for herself in her home of Crato, a city in northeastern Brazil, because of her determination and community participation. This week, she had the opportunity to be heard on a world stage: a panel on the prevention of violence against children, at the United Nations' headquarters in New York.
"I see this opportunity as a process of inclusion," she said before the event, "because young people from 10 different countries will contribute with relevant themes on our point of view, to achieve a better world."
The March 23 side-event took place during the third gathering of U.N. members to negotiate the post-2015 development agenda, a global set of priorities to tackle such issues as poverty, hunger, inequality and disease in the next 15 years. The goals are expected to be finalized in September. The purpose of the side-event — hosted by the governments of Canada, Guatemala, Japan and Palau — was to highlight the importance of allowing children to grow up in violence-free communities, schools and homes, and to bring their voices to decision-makers in New York.
ChildFund Alliance, Plan International, Save the Children, SOS Children's Villages International, UNICEF and World Vision International, as well as the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence Against Children and the Latin America and Caribbean Movement for Children, collaborated to organize the discussion.
Maria Antônia spoke about physical, psychological and sexual violence and children's own recommendations to prevent and respond to violence, including ways to report incidents safely and increasing social services at schools and health clinics.
"It is very important to improve child-friendly services within the child protection network, so that children feel confident and safe," she said.
The visit was exciting and somewhat overwhelming for Maria Antônia, who is sponsored through ChildFund and also takes part in community projects with one of our local partners in Brazil. This was her first visit to New York City, and on the first day, she went to Central Park and saw snow for the first time ("It was beautiful," she said). The next day, Maria Antônia prepared to speak at the U.N. headquarters, a daunting prospect.
"Early in the morning, I could only think that I would not be able to represent children and adolescents," she recalled. "I felt fear and insecurity. But after my speech, I was congratulated. And that made me very happy. I had the feeling that I did what I had come to do.
"I realize how important it is to improve the entire environment where I live — my home, my community and my school," she added.
And Maria Antônia is returning home with tales to tell. "My friends will ask me about the city, my experience in a new and different place, but what I really want to talk about is the opportunity to be heard. It's a dream I could never dream."
In La Paz, Bolivia, children are learning how to wash their hands thoroughly, as you can see in this video from the field. On March 22, we celebrated World Water Day, which highlights water's important role in health, sanitation, agriculture, industry and education. When clean water is hard or impossible to access — as it is for 748 million people worldwide, according to the United Nations — the most vulnerable among us, including infants and children, tend to get sick and lose time at school, become malnourished and even die from preventable diseases. Making water available in communities and showing families how to protect themselves from diseases are two of ChildFund's most important goals. Learn more about how you can help.
March 22 is World Water Day. Learn more about how you can help children get reliable access to clean water through our Real Gifts catalog.
By Himangi Jayasundere, ChildFund Sri Lanka
Five-year-old Murugan watches as water trickles out of a gurgling filter. As his cup fills with clear, clean water, the smile on his little face grows larger. Where Murugan lives in Sri Lanka's Nuwara Eliya district, waterborne diseases like diarrhea are a serious problem and often lead to children becoming malnourished.
Children here have many health challenges, including poor water quality and lack of education about health care among parents. But ChildFund's Ensuring Nutrition, Health and Children's Health (ENHANCE) program has helped address the issue of safe drinking water by distributing filters to Early Childhood Development (ECD) centers and conducting awareness programs through local partner organizations.
Eight ECD centers, including Murugan's, have received water filters, which remove lead and other impurities from water so it can be safely drunk. The filters also reduce the risk of potential diseases.
"This is one of the best water purification systems introduced to us. I want to thank ChildFund Sri Lanka for helping to provide clean water for children," says Mrs. Puwaneshwari, a teacher at the Walaha ECD center. Together with T-Field, its local partner in Nuwara Eliya, ChildFund has built a dam to collect water from a spring and distribute the clean water through pipelines to the community. The project has benefited 170 families.
The awareness programs have emphasized boiling water before drinking it at home and teaching children and adults to wash their hands after using the toilet. ENHANCE takes an integrated approach to helping children establish good health, addressing nutritional needs, child care, family habits, personal and environmental hygiene, safe water and sanitation practices and food security.
"My child used to fall sick often, but after learning about the importance of boiling drinking water, I always boil our drinking water now, and I can see a difference," says Malarselvi, a mother at the ECD center. "They don't fall sick as often as they used to."
By Nicole Duciaume, Americas Region Sponsorship Manager
A highlight of any trip to the field is the opportunity to cuddle and smile at chubby-cheeked babies. It always renews and refocuses ChildFund staff members from all over the world. There are few things more life-affirming than the innocence and love that spring forth in an infant's gurgles and giggles.
But the sobering reality in rural Cochabamba, Bolivia, which a ChildFund team recently visited, is that both infant and maternal mortality rates are high. Many mothers never get to hold their babies in their arms, and some even lose their own lives, leaving their other children orphaned.
Yet there are signs of hope in Bolivia. In response to the high rates of infant and maternal mortality, the national government offers mothers small stipends to attend monthly prenatal appointments, screenings and checkups. They also offer incentives for giving birth in government treatment centers with trained health care providers.
ChildFund's role in this effort is to offer prenatal appointments and tracking through our local partner organizations at zero cost to mothers. But, more than just checking the physical development of the babies and the vital statistics of the mothers, we also support the mother's attachment to the baby within her — an emotional bond that, the doctor there explained, is as important as physical development.
That's where a mother's letter to her unborn child enters the picture, expressing her love, hopes, concerns and excitement in an early-pregnancy activity that ChildFund supports. Later, using life-sized dolls, mothers practice breastfeeding positions, diaper changing and infant massage. Often, they open up about other concerns in their lives.
During our visit, we met two babies born to mothers who had gone through ChildFund's prenatal program. Nicolas is 4 months old, and Antonio is 18 months. Their mothers shared the letters they had written so many months earlier.
A letter to Nicolas: Dear son, I anxiously await you as my third child, even though I am afraid of the moment when I will give you life. But don't worry. I will give you everything of me so that everything will be OK, my little love, and I will meet you with all of the same excitement as your older brothers. I only ask the almighty God that you are healthy and strong, because you are the light in our lives and we are all very happy to have you, my baby. Come and fill our home with love. More than anything, your dad will jump for joy when he sees you and has you in his arms.
A letter to Antonio: With much love for the baby that I am anxiously waiting to arrive, so I can know you in person and feel your little body. I hope it will be a great moment when I have you in my arms because I will fill you with kisses.
By Kate Andrews, ChildFund Staff Writer, with photos by Carlos Gonzalez, ChildFund Guatemala
Last month, ChildFund's Board of Directors and members of our executive team traveled to Guatemala, where they spent time in the field visiting ChildFund-supported projects and sponsored children, many of whom live in tiny homes carved into the sides of steep mountains.
"It's part of the journey, finding out how everybody lives," said Scott Lemler, ChildFund's vice president of information technology. "They literally are farming on the side of a mountain."
Scott joined other members of ChildFund's executive team this week to report back on the trip to Guatemala at our International Office in Richmond, Va., for a Lunch & Learn session. Every couple of years, the board travels to a different country to see our work firsthand. Some of the most interesting stories this time came from the group's visits to youth projects, which promote job training, entrepreneurship and an understanding of their rights.
Jim Tuite, vice president of finance and operations/CFO, met Alfonso, who is attending school and supporting his five younger siblings by making and selling doughnuts. Alfonso, whom Jim called the "Doughnut King," is part of the ChildFund-supported My Chance program, which helps youth — many of whom have recently graduated from high school — create business plans and build their skills to run successful enterprises.
"One girl sells handicrafts," Jim said. "One guy was developing modern Guatemalan linens for women." Still others have started a bakery, an organic taco stand and an imported skin cream business. Many of the families the team met rely on multiple jobs to make a livelihood, much as economists encourage investors to diversify their portfolios, Jim noted. That way, if one income stream ends, a family has a backup source of money.
Cheri Dahl, interim vice president of global philanthropy and communications, met Alex, a young man who has been sponsored since 2003. He's also a participant in My Chance, and he sells traditional medicinal herbs, a hot commodity in the region, where it's difficult to get health care. Along with Cheri were board members who work in marketing and lead businesses in the United States, and one asked if Alex had a printed business plan.
"He brought out a business plan that would rival anything any of us have ever done," Cheri told the Lunch & Learn group. Aside from his herbal business, Alex teaches middle school and is getting ready to attend college.
ChildFund President & CEO Anne Goddard noted that despite the successes the group saw in Guatemala, extreme poverty still keeps many people from achieving their full potential and provides a powerful reason to emigrate, a risky proposition. In October 2014, about 10 percent of the country's gross domestic product came from immigrants sending money home, often from the United States.
"The immigrant is somebody who is admired," Anne said; she even saw a statue honoring immigrants during the trip. Aside from financial issues, violence in the home and streets is a major reason many Guatemalans wish to leave the country, she added.
Despite such challenges, the Guatemalans who met the board members and executives often expressed pride in their communities and wished to make life better there. A mother of three children, two of whom are sponsored through ChildFund, asked Cheri to deliver a message to our U.S. audience: "Can you get more sponsors?"
Learn more about Guatemala, and consider sponsoring a child there.
Reporting by Emmanuel Ford, ChildFund Liberia
In Liberia, the last known Ebola patient was discharged from a treatment center last week. We're receiving updates on children who were at the ChildFund-supported Kelekula Interim Care Center, which served 55 children who lost caregivers in the outbreak, providing them a safe place to spend their 21-day quarantine period after exposure to the virus. Afterward, staff at the centers coordinated with government officials to help place children with relatives or in stable foster care situations.
Social workers now conduct regular visits to the homes of all children who stayed at the KICC to find out how they are coping with the loss of their loved ones and how they are getting along with their caregivers. ChildFund also distributes packages of clothes, mattresses, school materials, footwear, toiletries and food, such as rice and oil, to each child while reuniting them with their caregivers.
These four children have returned to their communities and are living with family members or other caregivers. All have lost family members to the deadly virus but are managing to move forward in their lives. Here are their stories:
Jesse, age 6
At the KICC, Jesse liked playing with friends. They rode the swing and the merry-go-round and played football in the compound. Jesse enjoyed the food they served each day. He has been reunited with family friends who live in Monrovia, Liberia's capital. "I am happy with the people I am living with now," Jesse says.
His mother and grandparents all died from Ebola, and Jesse was visibly grieving when he was first reunited with his family friends, although he is doing better now. He looks forward to returning to school soon. "For now, we actually need some supports like clothes and school fees," Jesse's caregiver explains.
Lawrence, age 15
Lawrence (left, in photo above) has a disability that causes him to struggle with balance and to salivate uncontrollably, which caused hardships for him even before the Ebola outbreak, during which he lost his parents and siblings. After staying at the KICC for 21 days, he now lives with Pastor Amos Weah — a "prayer man" taking care of eight children — and hopes to become a preacher himself one day.
Happily living with the Pastor, he said he liked being at the KICC and would enjoy going back there, where he ate well and had fun with other children.
Zinnah, age 6
Ebola claimed Zinnah's parents and four siblings, and he's being cared for by a teacher, Mr. Brown.
"We used to ride seesaw," he says of the KICC, and he learned about preventing Ebola, how to read and other basic life skills. Both Zinnah and his guardian are looking forward to the reopening of his school, and in the meantime, he plays with friends and often takes a leading role in their activities.
Jestina, age 6
Jestina lost her mother and grandparents to Ebola, but her father survived. He sells cabbage to make a living, and they live in one of Monrovia's slums. Jestina (pictured while talking with her father) liked living at the KICC, where she had the opportunity to play with other children and also learn, during bedtime stories, about preventing the virus. She is hopeful that one day she will be a banker. "I want to be a money girl," she says.
Jestina loves to write and read, and she wants to see that all children are happy and free from dangerous illnesses like Ebola. Her father says that she seems happier lately and plays with her friends frequently.
Earlier this week, ChildFund President & CEO Anne Lynam Goddard visited the White House for the launch of Let Girls Learn, a U.S. government initiative that aims to make education accessible for all girls worldwide, despite some daunting obstacles. Girls' rights and the barriers to them figure strongly in our work at ChildFund, so it is thrilling to see such a major push led by the Office of the First Lady, involving USAID, the State Department, the Peace Corps and other agencies. You can read more of Anne's thoughts on Let Girls Learn on her Tumblr page.
On the ChildFund blog, we've written about many girls and young women who have overcome significant barriers to attaining a full education — including early marriage, spotty electrical power, long walks to school and cultural mores that discourage women from getting an education. Read about Phanny, a Zambian woman who works as an automotive repair supervisor; Mahdia, an Afghani woman who is learning to read despite the objection of some of her male relatives; and Alexia, a Dominican police officer who encourages her younger siblings to remain in school. They're heroines in our book.
By Silvia Ximenes, ChildFund Timor-Leste
Fernanda, who works in an Early Childhood Development (ECD) center in Fatumeta, Timor-Leste, often begins class by asking the children questions.
"What do people usually use to communicate with each other?"
Most of the children confidently say, "A telephone."
"Is there anything other than a telephone?" Fernanda asks.
The class becomes quiet. Five-year-old Abrigu and his friends are searching for the answer. Fernanda gives the children a clue: "Something that we watch the news or a movie with — what do you call it?"
"A television!" the children say simultaneously.
After hearing their answers, Fernanda explains today's topic to the children: different means of communication. She talks about telephones, televisions, newspapers and radio.
The Fatumeta ECD center started in 2008 with support from ChildFund. In her class of 27 children, Fernanda uses methods and techniques she learned in ChildFund's training programs. By providing the children with various types of games and learning activities, she hopes to help them learn important skills while also expressing their creativity.
As part of today's lesson, Abrigu carefully writes the letters of the alphabet on a large chalkboard. Afterward, Fernanda asks children to count the letters — combining learning about the alphabet with counting exercises, which will enhance the children's overall comprehension.
ChildFund, along with local partner organization Moris Foun, supplies the center with books, paper and pencils, as well as education training for the staff members. ChildFund's goal is to support children so they can complete their studies and become confident, educated adults who can help their communities improve.
Abrigu's father, Agusto, came with him to the center today. A farmer and dad of seven, Agusto is aware of the importance of education for his children's future. He says that one of Abrigu's sisters has also gone through the ECD program. She is now in the second grade and is doing well, Agusto proudly reports. "She is confident in her learning and is progressing well because she had the opportunity to develop her knowledge in the very beginning through the ECD center."