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Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) and Thales (Euronext Paris: HO) have reached an agreement and concluded the transaction to transition the stakeholder positions they each hold in the ThalesRaytheonSystems joint venture structure – TRS LLC US Operations and TRS SAS French Operations.
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this is my family history though my mother and me personal diaries of our families past staring with my mother dad and grandpa !
well in July 4th of 2007 I had a bad heart attack. I almost died so they had to life flight me to Ross Hospital in Columbus Ohio. I had gone to surgery after I got there. They had to do a triple bypass on me. After they got done they had to send me to therapy to learn how to eat all over again because I couldn't swallow right. I couldn't swallow ice cubes and let it melt in my mouth so I had to learn to eat all over again and that was so hard because its like a baby had to eat and learn to swallow. Well I was in there about 3 weeks. Then after I got home then I had to go to our hospital for therapy. That took about 2 to 3 weeks to get my strength back all together.
I had to go back and have a hospital bed brought into our house so I could go to sleep right up a little so I could breath. I then in December to have a defibrillator put in me so my heart would beat alright. Next year I will have to go back next year and have my defibrillator changed over to a new one because they take batteries and they wear out so I must have it changed to a new one but the good thing is I don't have to stay over night. The doctor told me that they have new ones in so I won't have to stay over night. He told me that they would only keep me over for about a couple of hours then I can go back home. I was so glad to hear the good news about that.
Well still today I have health problems so I probably won't get any better in the future. Oh well I'm holding on for now so I am feeling better though I keep having health problems so I have to go to the hospital and stay a few days and get better than they let me go home. It seems like I get better than next thing I know I end up back in the hospital. It is always something going wrong with me. Some times I wish God would take me but I guess he's not ready for me yet then I think oh well I've got my kids to get raised up and married off. I do have a boy friend his name is matt so I'm not ready to die yet. I love matt so much, I will do anything for him I love him that much.
(Hey Guys this is the Original author here so how did you like my mom side of the story so far I do know this was her first time for her to really be writer on an original computer keyboard. but I give her my whole support here how about you guy what do you guy think about her wrote or should I let her write more in the future because I do so please tell me what you think in the view and now back to my mother other part of her life story about my grandpa death. so I am all really to return it back over to my mother now.
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A/N: Welcome To My New Kingdom Come Specials Edition Cartoon And Comic Book For My New Teen Titans : The Birth Of Mari Grayson Little Sister's Star Flower And her Twin's Brother Sliver Wings. The New An Prove Story Call The New Kingdom Of Heart In The Birth Of Star Flower's. Well I Got Real Good new For You Teen Titans Fans I Will Be Writing Other Chapter For My Story For This Year In School Too. And Because It's My Senior Year I Wanted This Last Year To Be Great And Fanatic As Well Before I Graduations This Year . So I Got A Superhero Batgirl Costume Adult Size for the football games and stuff like That so I wouldn't feel left out an stuff. But the order got mass up cause some how they two batgirl costume in by mistake and I only need one costume . so I when to the post office so they could Ship It Halloween Costumes world .com so I could get my money back . And if anyone as the some trouble just call Halloween costume world .com for help and they will tell you what to do
Disclaimer :Don't Own The Teen Titans Book Or Dc Comic book Nation Properties Or Much Of Any Thing Else Like The Picture Of Them. but I do print off stuff from document of Wikipedia of the teen titans at time to do some research on them for my story and black ground as well and so you can say I am help dc comic find a missing ink to kingdom come story and to let dc nation know to check star fire story of her death closely because before she was prison and sick she whisper had a baby to night wing but they where missing in that time and this come from gods he sent the idea to me a year ago in 2010 I start get into the teen titans show in high school. I don't own the teen titans but I wish I did because thing would have change back than with the whole story so you guy say I did a great job here and so you can say I can very well own my story of the teen titan I do wish and please post when I get this story up and running again it mean so much to me that you follow my every words on face book thank you and in joy my story and please Read My Story And Review Because This Will be helpful in my future writing story and think you for coming to Glraxay Star Fire Of Fan Fiction And Teen Titans fan Press And keep up the review and sent to comment page be cause I want to read them and write back to you and Night Wing & Star Fire Forever & NIGHT STAR & Ibn Al Xu'ffasch forever & starflower & Orange fire forever and brown fire & sliver wings forever.
teen titan's books before starfire death and before kingdom come and batman and son will go back in time to meet up with the all new teen titans books call the kingdom of heart's in the birth of starflower's and her brother sliver wing's the birth of two twins sibbling was the greatest year for all of teen titan's said nightwings from also known as robin and red robin and the new batman and husband also known as Mr. Richard John Dickson Grayson and his wife's Mrs .Koriand'r summer anderson Grayson also known as starfire said that Mar'i Alexis Grayson also known as Night star will be get a new baby sister and a new baby brother of this year by chassie lynn gavin
Mr. Richard John Dickson Grayson - NIGHTWING
Mrs .Koriand'r summer anderson Grayson -STAR FIRE
Princess Mar'i Sue Ann Grayson-NIGHT STAR
Prince John Bruce Grayson -SLIVER WING
Princess Carrie Mari Anderson Grayson -Star Flower's
Mary Grayson And John Grayson Grand parents and Mitchell Grayson Was There Great Uncle And They Where Known As The Flying Grayson But Past A Way Long Ago And Never Meet There New Family's And The Hope That Some Day They Will See Each Other In Haven Will There New Aliens Family.King Myand'r Anderson is SunFire An Queen Luand'r Anderson is Moons Fire Past Over Year Ago
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Hey everyone on fan fiction I am sorry you feel that way about me but I got to be honest with you here ! I am listening to you guy more offense than you think I just need more time to think about the choices I have made in the past year so this is my new year to change my write appearance and start acting like Author that isn't scare to be learn a perfect attitude when writing my story and I did take it to personally went people started to hate me for telling them off went I needed them to check my work and sure I know what to do now and I take a stand for my right but I need people to respect me too. I can help it that I don't have original spelling check on here because I wrote them out first before I check them or add bars graphed it too. I understand what people wanted now I'll never take it for granted again can you guy for give me please come back and read I wouldn't get angry about the Criticism or the unwanted advise you have giving to me In The Past again and that my real promise in which I will ad-dented to keep for you guys to remind me if I have forever cross that line of no return angry again.
the secret of salt fork lagoon and the legendary of Dinosaur fish
the legend of this creature date back in 1994 state that if you were fishing on the shore line of rocks and see a shadow like dinosaur figure fish with a mouth of razor sharp teeth jagging a long fishing pole under the water with a baller and a hook in it mouth you sure stay away from it because it will pull someone in an you will never see your families again.
you see my name is chassie Lynn Gavin and my father name is Harold Jr. Gavin we came up against a monster dinosaur fish that stole my father fish pole right out of his hand tangle on a tree brushes 30 year ago and we never saw that fish pole again last dad throw the other poles in the water by anger but you can bet the creature is still out there wasn't a day that my parent's decide go after it again with another fishing pole but it never seem to show it face again after that we never gotten the chance to catch it again.
Author note Disclaimer: well hi everyone's welcome to my new fan Fiction crossover story, My Name is Chassie Lynn Gavin aka glraxay starfire Katniss Blue rosé and I am 22 year old still living with my mom and full -time volunteer worker at the Guernsey dog pound, to which I grown up watching Danny phantom , CIS :Law in order And NCIS So Don't worried if I hurt anyone feel on my story because it will be worth it in the end. I don't take bad mouthing author's very well on fan fiction since people judge to easily on the way the story sure be written they like pissing me off to know end because they think their better than everyone else .
well I got news for you peoples my two uncles use to work for Connersville's Ohio police department and the welfare office for social service you better lay off the bad writer comment because I am pretty sure my uncle will not hold back his services to anyone who hurt his family and beside him help people find theirs ancient trees I am the only chance you got.
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What are some of the most painful and/or cruel deaths in all of history?
I warn sensitive people before reading this.
What happened in my country right after the second world war is an unforgivable crime that stains my country's past.
The picture above shows but a few of the victims of the after war killings on Slovenian soil. The reason I think this was the most cruel death is because these braided hairs belonged to innocent unknown women that were thrown and walled off into a mass grave inside a mining shaft which housed over 400 dead men, women and children.
Not much is known about these women, but the little evidence found showed them to be still alive.
A person can't imagine the horror and the smell. These women were walled off in a mine shaft because after 3 months of the smell off 400+ decomposing bodies was unbearable and all the evidence had to be hidden. They were the unfortunate innocents that the partisans deemed traitors.
Two shafts were first filled with victims who died of falling, then a horizontal shaft was stocked in eight more layers of bodies.
When they could not fit any more they waited for the bodies to decompose a little to get extra space.
But the smell forced them to first build a brick wall. That is when the women were thrown in.
After that a concrete 1.5 m thick wall.
And after that 8.5 m thick wall.
In total there were 11 walls, the kind of a smell and fear that forces a man to build 11 walls. The front of the shaft was manually collapsed.
Now imagine the dark and the smell of bodies decomposing for three months.
The lack of air.
And the critters that feasted on the bodies.
Total silence except the cries of other women.
The sound of more bricks.
Laughing voices on the other side.
The hunger.
Their last moments must have been hell…
Still alive…
The injustices done after the wars should not be swept under the rug—injustices like Srebrenica or this horrible act.
I think this event is the most cruel death because it shows humanity's capability for cruelty in the name of injustice.
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Most of the remains belonged to Croatian men , but there were over 100 bodies that belonged to women and children. After the war was over, the men/women (took their families with them ) - who helped the Nazis, fled to Austria in fear of their own people and what they would do to them. They wanted to give themselves up to the British, but they were rejected and sent back to Croatia in trains.
The Slovenian partisans stopped these trains and loaded them into trucks like wood.The men were beaten and women raped, then they were forced to strip off all clothes and robed of valuables.
Usually the partisans lined them up and shot them in the head. In some cases, like in barbaric pit they would be thrown into deep shafts to splatter. Mostly the bodies were sprinkled with ash and dirt to disguise the smell.
After the bodies were disposed of, they would usually cover the deeds up with threats. The mass graves were empty off personal belongings as to avoid identification in case off discovery.
When they run out of space in bomb craters, they reserved mine shafts, when those filled up it was time for naturally formed caves and abyss.
There were no official orders for this, just a bunch of bloodthirsty monsters, using ranks and threats.
The Barbara pit was known to be there since the start, the residents of the Huda jama(village near the shaft)saw and witnessed the victims being dragged and beaten and truck after truck arrive and leave in the night.After 3 months the smell reached the vilage and the water run dirty and foul smelling for 7 months after the walls were put in.
But the Yugoslavian law would jail you for life and make you dissappear if you even mentioned mass graves.
In 2009 the mass grave was discovered and everyone was shocked speechless. The government quickly shushed it up and closed the case (i am not going to say it out loud, but everyone knows why).
To this day the remains are still in that shaft in fruit baskets, waiting to be properly buried. The responsible ones, that are still jail able are still free and nothing is being done about it…like it never happened.
The one thing that was done ,was to have a memorial chapel built and even then it was defaced with writings of "Traitor".
Never let things be forgotten even for a moment, many want that, but the dead can't speak.. WE CAN.
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The first teaser trailer for Zootopia is strange. It spends much of its running time explaining what the word "anthropomorphic" means, while using one of the films co-leads, a fox named Nick Wilde, to represent the narrator's specific examples. Its oddness can be viewed through the various comments that have propped up underneath it: many of them expressed certain degrees of frustration that the trailer would spend so much time defining a word that everyone is fairly familiar with, what with the preponderance of talking animal movies out there. What did Disney think it was really doing besides telling everyone what they pretty much already knew? All of this was just a broad lesson in a generic literary term. At least the animated characters were cool-looking, right?
That's the thing, though – this is something that Disney has always done well: play skillfully along the line between irony and sincerity. Zootopia's teaser trailer is both ironic in its overt explanation (having visual and verbal fun with its belabored explanation) while also expressing sincerely their very specific approach to its anthropomorphic characters and its anthropomorphic world. Disney wants its viewers to know that, yes, they know you know, but also that they are doing a very specific type of anthropomorphism that, surprisingly, has not been that as often as we think. The usual approaches to talking animals consisted of: 1) only being talking "feral" animals (in that they're designed and shaped as regular animals, but just happen to talk, like The Lion King and Bolt); 2) see 1), but with more physical human characteristics (the uses of their front paws as hands, for example) within a world of humans that "dominate" the landscape, like Rescuers or An American Tail; or 3) specifically loony, wacky characters who are constructed around a mascot or icon that's more representative of a brand or comic world (think Looney Tunes, Madegascar, or Sonic the Hedgehog). The idea of perfect-blended human/animal characters and characteristics–the specific way that Disney is defining anthropomorphism for this film–is truly rare. (There is a fourth – a blend of human/animal characters, similar to Bojack Horseman or Cats Don't Dance, but the former isn't that keen on the animal nature of its characters outside of verbal or visual puns – they don't even have tails – while the later is part of the silly, loony category.)
Think about it. Of all the pieces of entertainment that exist, nothing quite embraces that level of anthropomorphism quite like Zootopia. Kung Fu Panda only tangentially references its cast of characters as animals; same goes with Talespin and Swat Kats, and even the film's obvious spiritual predecessor, Robin Hood. Most talking animal movies involve humans in some way (Over the Hedge) or is content with its animal characters walking on all fours (Alpha and Omega). The truth is, Zootopia is the rare movie out there that one hundred percent embraces anthropomorphism to its fullest; the closest movie to it might be Chicken Little, but – besides that movie being an inspired mess – it leans more on the loony side of things.
This was the crucial message that Disney needed to convey with its teaser; it's arguably why the first "official" trailer involved a familiar locale – the DMV – and the type of animals – sloth – that defined the DMV's stereotypical inefficiency to run it. Disney knew full well of the genre's stigma, of the kind of media-based social stigma that anthropomorphic entertainment had. Yet instead of beating around the bush – using the concept as a metaphor or allegory to another well-know story, or making it particularly wacky and absurd like it's Dreamworks' Zoo-based citizens, Disney's marketing team went all in, head on. It presented Zootopia as a movie about anthropomorphic animals, full stop; then it began doling out bits and pieces to encourage skeptics to get on board; a rich cast of voice artists; examples of its clean, sharp animation; strong, comic-driven trailers and a timely theme about diversity and stereotypes.
The truth is that Disney has had a tight handle on its online marketing since Wreck-It Ralph, another film that had its skeptics. That film had to push past the reputation of being "another video game movie," a sub-genre of films that were universally disliked. Disney showcased its commitment to the concept though; they acquired the rights to a number of copyrighted video game characters, produced remarkable sharp trailers, and even made a fake-real game to accompany the film. Wreck-It Ralph is an important film to keep in mind when thinking about Zootopia; it, too, overcame a tough reputation and produced an entertaining movie that also dealt with some some heady, deep topics, including (but not limited to) overcoming one's reputation and staking recognition in a landscape all too willing to pigeonhole people.
Wreck-It Ralph and Zootopia also both do something that something that Disney hasn't really, truly done in a while: directly appeal to both boys and girls. As you may know by now, the company has had a number of issues regarding proper representation in its merchandising side of things, with Star Wars downplaying the role of Rey in its toys, and Marvel doing the same thing with Black Widow. It's a complicated ordeal (The Mary Sue gets into it here, but it mostly involves Disney mostly letting toy creators buy licenses with no oversight), but the general gist of this was mainly because Disney had such success in its Princess line for girls with Tangled and, most importantly, Frozen, that it never really had the need, or desire, to be cross-gender compliant.
Yet in a way, that's what Wreck-It Ralph, and, more definitively, Zootopia are doing. The latter in particular, with its renewed focus on Judy as the main protagonist, forced to deal with a world systematically defined by stereotypes and certain characters assigned to particular roles, is clearly opening up its appeal bracket to young women. This, subtly, also fits into how Disney has defined their "Princess" roles – strong, personality-driven women who are not defined by their status as "princesses" but are defined by who they are and their plunk, determination, and successes (not to say that Judy is a Disney Princess, but, you never know). The "talking animal" concept is inherently open to appeal to both boys and girls, at least at the social level (although it's usually boys that merchandising companies try to appeal to, since the unfortunate truth is that even talking animal films are headed by more male characters than female ones, and Zootopia is looking to be no exception – and its looking to be the very point the film is trying to make), and Disney is carefully crafting its marketing message to make that point as clear as possible.
Zootopia, Day 1 – How Did Zootopia Even Happen?
Posted by kjohnson1585 in Animation, Film, Uncategorized, Writing on March 7, 2016
You know, the fact that Zootopia is even happening is somewhat of a shocker. Over the course of this week, I'm going to get into a lot of things – the marketing, the line between cartoony/serious, the more "realistic" concerns that may crop up from the film's aftermath – but today, I want to talk about how the type of film that Disney is producing here is kind of a marvel, for a lot of reasons. I mean, it isn't as if Disney invented the anthropomorphic animal concept, or even the anthropomorphic movie itself (check out the comments here and here, who mostly scoff at the first trailer's explanation of what anthropomorphism). The concept has existed since the beginning of time, and depictions of them have been seen in newspapers and animation reels since their conception.
You see, the concept of the anthropomorphic animal has gotten a seriously bad rap, primarily from two main reasons. One of which is obvious to you readers out there: "furries," the name given to online fans of anthropomorphic animals, have for some reason been aggressively dismissed or avoided, as their affection for the concept has, in some people's eyes, has translated to a perverse obsession. The other reason, which might be less noticeable to folks, is an executive-based, internal aversion to it. The general philosophy denoted "talking animals" as the preference of only very young children; older kids preferred human entertainment because they "relate" to it better. If you look carefully, the conflation of the first part (weird adults strong affection for talking animals) with the second part (talking animals' primary demo of young children) has only double down on the overall stigma against any real, creative engagement with anthropomorphic animals as a whole.
That conflation came to a head back in the early part of the 90s. Now, this story is somewhat tough to research, as it's mostly hearsay, and its source was Something Awful, which, in basic terms, was the 4chan of its day. Something Awful had enough clout to more of less "define" early internet subcultures, those of which mostly kept to newsgroups and webrings and IRC chats in relatively harmless fashion. So the story of a crazed fan who was obsessed with Babs Bunny from Tiny Toons Adventures, who ended up harassing Tress MacNeill at a fan convention, was egregiously hyped up and established as a prime example of those "perverted furries" in action. This not only tainted that fandom itself for years, it also turned made the "talking animal" concept persona-non-grata. as it were, from an industry perspective.
There was also a pretty fervent crackdown on most "adult" depictions of anthropomorphic animals, particularly in the censor-heavy, family-friendly, education-mandated politics of the 90s. Sure, The Simpsons and South Park were the prime targets, but even old cartoons from the 60s and 70s were heavily edited (particularly gags that involved suicide), and shows like Animaniacs and Pinky and the Brain were scrutinized to within an inch of their lives. Minerva Mink, the Marilyn-Monroe-parody bombshell, was the biggest victim, who's obvious sexual inclinations in her first few outings were completely cut down to nil in subsequent episodes.
It's important to understand that during this era, "shipping" and "slash" were not, in any way, "secretly" embracing by marketing teams. People who engaged in that kind of "fan fiction" were weirdos and losers, at least at that time, and the "anthro" fans were the worst of that lot. Add to it their history (by which I mean, the story of one single asshole who clearly needed help), and it's clear that the talking animal concept was pretty much dead in the water. Not to say they didn't still make cartoons with talking animals in them, but they were distinctly stylized and designed to be "off-putting" to say the least (Rocko's Modern Life, Angry Beavers, Brandy and Mr. Whiskers).
In something of an ironic twist, Disney was probably the only company that was more or less okay with the talking animal concept throughout all of this. Their emphasis were more on their "Ducks" designs (Ducktales, Darkwing Duck, The Mighty Ducks, Quack Pack), but they were okay with branching out AND re-airing its past shows that showcased more nuanced portrayals of talking animals (The Wuzzles, Gummi Bears, Rescue Rangers, TaleSpin, and Gargoyles, to a certain extent). Part of this was because Disney had its own stringent S&P standards, part of that was also that, as a company not so hammered by networks standards (they owned ABC but that company mostly managed itself), they could do whatever it wanted. Disney did abandon the talking animal concept not for any real social-pushback reasons, but because they wanted to produce more content based on their movie properties. (Which had its fair-share of talking animals in them, to be clear).
So, in that regard, it makes sense that Disney would be the company to release a film like Zootopia, what with its clear allusions to Robin Hood, a film that also (for lack of a better term) encouraged the anthropomorphic fandom. But it took a while for it to catch on: in fact, it took an entire social/cultural transformation on the perspective of fan/geek culture in general. Geek culture, on the whole, was regulated to mostly comics and message boards, up until Iron Man hit theaters (well, to be more specific: Blade was the catalyst, Spider-Man/X-Men were the support, Iron Man was the confirmation). That began the current wave of superhero films that, at this rate, will never end. But it also brought geek fandom to the forefront, and all of its more questionable aspects.
Yes, that includes shipping, slash, fan fiction, social media, and obsessions over franchises. Disney tried to slip into that realm with Tron, but after that failed, they just went ahead and bought Marvel and Star Wars so they could do the heavy lifting. With Pixar more or less engaging in the "award-winning" realm of animation, and Frozen and its princess-fare winning over girls, Disney Animation was free to "experiment" as it were. And that's essentially was Wreck-It Ralph was.=: an experiment.
Think about it: Wreck-It Ralph, too, was a movie that really shouldn't exist, what with it's heavy video game-filled world and its abundance of video game cameos. Nor should it have been a hit, since video game movies were also mostly ignored by the entertainment business at large. But Wreck-It Ralph was not only made, it was a hit, proving that geek culture's financial power expanded way past superheroes (we'll see how far when Halo, Assassin's Creed, and Warcraft are released). Disney, to a certain extent, has always knew this, but never really had to chance to push it too much (the naughts were a tough decade for the company, financially). Considering that "anthropomorphic animals" were always something it had in its back pocket, it makes a certain amount of sense that they'd try to pursue it again.
It was Dreamworks, strangely enough, that most likely triggered Disney to greenlight Zootopia. Similarly to how Blade/Spider-Man/X-Men triggered the superhero glut, Dreamworks' Madagascar/Kung Fu Panda films quietly created an opening for anthropomorphic animal films to make a roaring comeback. Both films were financial hits (the latter, the more critical darling), but the more casual response to the films, particularly the more mature discussion around Kung Fu Panda itself, probably sewed the seeds for Zootopia to come to fruition. In this example, Madagascar would be the Blade, Kung Fu Panda, the Spider-Man. If early word of mouth and reviews are to be believed, than Zootopia will be the anthropomorphic equivalent of Iron Man. (Also, note: the sheer number of animated movies coming out this year starring talking animals of some sort. This cannot be a coincidence.)
Even then, it took some convincing. Apparently it took some convincing for Disney to approve Zootopia, the main holdout being John Lassater himself. This would make sense, since Lassater would have been around during the time of the Babs Bunny incident. But even he couldn't ignore the signs: the rise of geek culture, and with it the rise of internet fandom; the successes of Wreck-It Ralph and Kung Fu Panda, and the critical receptions (and acceptance) of films so steeped in fandom-loving sentiment; the power and appeal of fandom itself, and the growing attention (for good and for ill) of the anthropomorphic concept, the thing that Disney itself has more or less defined, and is getting back to defining. Tomorrow I'll discuss how Disney's marketing managed to control the dialogue and win over skeptics, and how it's easing its way back into the anthropomorphic market.
Posted by kjohnson1585 in Animation, Television, Uncategorized, Writing on January 20, 2016
5. All Hail King Julian – "Crimson and Clover"
All Hail King Julian attempting to mine observational commentary on the relationship between science and religion was a colossal failure, but that didn't make the entire show from falling apart. In fact, it had a better (if not perfect) handle on more grounded topics, like the ridiculousness of fashion trends, or the absurdity of capitalism at its most callous. It's difficult to cull that commentary out of something so wildly wacky, though; but character work is another matter.
What makes "Crimson and Clover" such a surprise is how it managed to explore and deepen the silly, but solid, relationship between two wacked-out characters: the nonsensical King Julian and his loose-cannon bodyguard, Clover. Crimson, Clover's sister, arrives and hits it off with Julian (leading to a not-at-all subtle, off-camera sexcapade), whom Clover suspects is using for nefarious purposes. In a clever use of a narrative twist, Crimson and Julian's relationship IS genuine (Julian's unbounded energy matches Crimson's constant need for entertainment), up until the the latter's fear for commitment comes through. Sure, it ends with a cliche "men hate commitment!" climax, but the episode manages to delve into some real truths about its characters, from the broken bond between Crimson and Clover themselves, and the clear, friends-only (as in, non-loving) connection between Clover and Julian themselves. It's the only episode with that level of emotion in the entire run so far, but it's note-worthy.
4. The Mr. Peabody and Sherman Show – "Peabody's Parents/Galileo"
Bet you didn't expect this! Well, honestly, neither did I. The Mr. Peabody and Sherman Show, Netflix's "updated" take on the original segment from Jay Ward's Rocky and Bullwinkle Show, hardly had much of a marketing push, and to be clear it's not really that great show. But it is fascinating, primarily how it establishes itself: as a late-night talk show with an assortment of insane characters, variety show bits, and mid-show shenanigans. It's inspired, for sure, if not always effective, but it works better than it has any right to, especially if you factor in how it both matches and improves on the original show's animation style.
"Peabody's Parents/Galileo" takes all that into consideration with rich episode of visual niftiness and narrative intuitiveness. The normally confident Mr. Peabody becomes flustered when his parents – two regular, non-talking dogs – come to visit, their generic barks interpreted as a series of forceful, embarrassing comments. The seemingly "flat" visuals, culled from Ward's original designs, get some delightfully clever upgrades, like a 360-camera shot around Mr. Peabody as the audience laughs at him, and some John K.-esque expressions as the normally-composed canine professor goes crazy. It's funny and inventive, with a bit of character-study to boot. The entire show doesn't match that level of sharpness, but it's definitely an episode that showcases it at its full potential.
3. Gravity Falls – "Not What He Seems"
It'll be sad to see this show go, but Gravity Falls has been such a funny, inviting show that, in its own way, going out on its second season feels like the right choice. Part of me is disappointing – for as great as this show is, it never really managed to reach its full potential (a lot of side characters never got past "cliched comic figure" and about forty percent of the episodes, while fun to watch, are mostly irrelevant). Still, nothing will take away from Alex Hirsch's signature, influential show.
"Not What He Seems" is probably the show at its best, in which a shifty Grunkle Stan finally comes "clean" after a season and a half of secrecy. The full explanation of his actions occur in "A Tale of Two Stans," but "Not What He Seems" has the smart-mouth senior citizen kicking ass and taking names (particularly in a fantastic animation fight sequence in a gravity-shifting interrogation room) as he desperately tries to convince his wards – Mabel in particular – that his behavior is all for a truly important reason. Stan's sketchy antics all season are put to the test against genuine, familial trust, and viewers are the winners.
2. Steven Universe – "The Test"
I know this is going to turn some heads but hear me out. Steven Universe has been a revelation, not just in its massive, universe-expanding world-building, but in its exploration of gender/sexual identity and relationships. Choosing a "best" episode of Steven Universe is like choosing a "best" slice of pizza from a whole – it depends on the a host of personal reasons and really, it ultimately doesn't matter. Still, I tend to be less interested in the overall storyline and more interested in the small, individual explorations of coping with new, unidentified feelings (Peridot's story has been a highlight.)
So, yes, "Jail Break," "Sworn to the Sword," and "Cry For Help" are excellent, but "The Test" felt truly transitional, the moment the show acknowledged a lot of rich, bubbling tensions to the surface. Steven is sent on a mission by his Gem guardians only to realize it was a can't-fail farce. Upset, he manages to sneak a view of the Gems discussing their actions, which dovetails into a honest, complex admission of their utter cluelessness on how to handle someone like Steven. These Gems are complete novices to raising a half-Gem, half-human kid, let alone the full concept of love itself, with Amethyst admitting in full honesty how terrible they are. Parenting is hard, a complicated act made all the more confusing with aliens involved – which Steven realizes when he plays into their farce in order to lift their spirits. It's just a perfect moment, which, in its own way, leads to more trust, more missions, and more epicness.
1. The Amazing World of Gumball – "The Egg"
I've been singing my praises of The Amazing World of Gumball for ages now, as its pure, audacious animation, it's pin-point humor, and its surprising forays into genuine emotional/social commentary are quite frankly some of the best narrative/visual choices on TV today. It takes its cues from The Simpsons and South Park, but channels them through its own unique, insane visions, unafraid to be cartoon-y and wacky, while thoroughly exploratory on its central family, lower-class living, the absurdity of suburbia, the inane school politics, the artifice of TV cliches, and so-on. It can do anything, which tends to clutter other shows, but Gumball has been, for the most part, on point.
"The Egg" is essentially everything I mentioned above distilled into one 11-minute episode of hilarity and pathos. Gumball can be as sad, depressive, and as dark as any other "Golden Age of TV" show can be, but not only does it keep one sure foot in the realm of positivity, it actively pushes back against those depressive forces. Nicole's desperate acts to showcase her family as perfect to the eyes of a snooty mother named Felicity is immediately crushed by said mother's pure, direct, vitriolic read of Nicole's darkly sad life. The thing is, Felicity isn't wrong, but instead of wallowing in the sad truth of questionable life choices, Nicole turns into a dragon and eats her. It's pure cartoon aesthetics but representative of the family's (and the show's) refusal to reflect in regret, especially on the backs of one's family. In other words, "Fuck that sad sack noise." Add to it some genuinely great jokes and a sweet, if kind-of screwed up, connection between Anais and William, and you have a great episode that manages to say so much in so little a timeframe.


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Definition of uncle
1a : the brother of one's father or motherb : the husband of one's aunt or uncle
2 : one who helps, advises, or encourages
3 —used as a cry of surrender was forced to cry uncle
4 capitalized : uncle sam
Examples of uncle in a Sentence
I have three uncles and two aunts.
My Uncle David is visiting next week.
Origin and Etymology of uncle
Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin avunculus mother's brother; akin to Old English ēam uncle, Welsh ewythr, Latin avus grandfather
First Known Use: 14th century
UNCLE Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of uncle for English Language Learners
: the brother of your father or mother or the husband of your aunt
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Definition of uncle for Students
1 : the brother of a person's father or mother
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|Publication type
|Application number
|Publication date
|Feb 6, 2007
|Filing date
|Jul 30, 2001
|Priority date
|Jul 31, 2000
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|Benjamin Lee Glazer, Dov Glazer
|Original Assignee
|Uappoint, Inc
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|Patent Citations (47), Non-Patent Citations (12), Referenced by (50), Classifications (13), Legal Events (2)
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This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 60/222,129, filed Jul. 31, 2000, entitled "Customer Driven, Sponsor Controlled Network-Based Graphical Scheduling System and Method", which is incorporated herein by reference.
The present invention relates to a scheduling system and method. More specifically, the present invention relates to a customer driven, sponsor controlled network-based graphical scheduling system and method.
There are multiple appointment scheduling protocols, both non-electronic and electronic, in use today. In all of these systems, the customer contacts the respective organization, requests an appointment, describes the reasons for the request and is offered options based upon the request. The protocol is complex, time-consuming and generally requires human intervention. It is an object of the present invention to provide an automated scheduling system that minimizes human intervention.
The present scheduling system is particularly well-suited for the heathcare information management area, in particular, in the dental care industry. Dentistry has long been known for establishing effective systems for notifying customers that it is "time for the cleaning and examination appointment". Conventional systems rely on sending postcards, often with handwritten addresses, which requires manual sorting and retrieval. More sophisticated systems automate postcard creation. The problem with these existing systems is that the mailing of postcards remains costly, and even if postcards are created automatically, the reminder system is not effectively integrated into the scheduling system. It is another object of the present invention to integrate a customer reminder system with a scheduling system.
Another object of the present invention is to allow a customer who meets certain criteria the opportunity to reschedule an appointment should an appropriate preferential appointment time become available. A further object of the present invention is to provide a scheduling system which is easily used by the customer and easily controlled by the sponsor.
The above objects are achieved with the customer driven sponsor controlled network based scheduling system according to the present invention. The method for developing a schedule for a sponsoring organization according to the present invention includes providing a sponsor controlled customer database containing information relevant to individual customers who periodically need to schedule appointments with the sponsoring organization, a set of sponsor parameters associated with each customer which define possible appointment times for a customer, and a central controller displaying and managing a schedule for the sponsoring organization. The system will contact via an electronic network at least some of the customers concerning the scheduling of appointments. The system will supply via the electronic network available appointment times to at least some of the customers, with the available appointment times determined by the sponsor parameters associated with the individual customer. Additionally, the system will receive scheduling information via the electronic network from at least some of the customers.
In one embodiment of the present invention, the network is the Internet. The controller may supply a graphical appointment calendar to at least some of the customers with the available appointment times graphically illustrated, wherein the customer can schedule an appointment by selecting the icon associated with the desired appointment time. The controller may use electronic mail to contact at least some of the customers concerning the scheduling of appointments and may use the World Wide Web to supply available appointment times to at least some of the customers and to receive scheduling information from at least some of the customers. The controller may contact at least some of the customers concerning the scheduling of appointments via off-line communication techniques.
The sponsor parameters for each customer may include the availability of sponsor personnel, the availability of sponsor resources, and the time to be allotted for the scheduled appointment. The controller may supply the sponsor with a real time master schedule via the network. The controller may contact at least some of the customers via the network concerning rescheduling of appointments due to changes in the sponsor parameters, wherein the rescheduling of appointments is prompted by customer preferences such that when a preferential appointment time comes available the customer is subsequently notified by the controller.
These and other objects of the present invention will be clarified in the brief description of the preferred embodiments taken together with the attached drawings wherein like reference numerals represent like elements throughout.
The sponsoring organization 12 is connected to a central controller 14 through electronic connection 16. The connection 16 may be an Internet connection using public switched phone networks such as those provided by local regional telephone operating companies. The connection 16 may also be provided by a dedicated data line, cellular line, personal communication system, microwave or satellite connection or other connection as known in the art. The central controller 14 may be within the sponsoring organization 12. In other words, the central controller 14 may be a computer within the doctors office. However, it is anticipated that the central controller 14 can be utilized for a number of distinct sponsoring organizations 12 such that it is likely that the central controller 14 is remote from the sponsoring organization 12. Only one sponsoring organization 12 is illustrated in
The central controller 14 will maintain a customer database associated with specific customers of the sponsoring organization 12. The information is obtained when the sponsoring organization 12 transmits the data to the central controller 14 such as when new customers are added to the sponsoring organization 12. The customer database will include conventional fields such as name, phone number, identification number, social security number, electronic mail address, postal address, public/private key information, past system usage information and other relevant biographical information necessary for scheduling. Additionally important for the scheduling system 10 of the present invention is that the customer database or other database in the central controller 14 be informed of when individual customers need to be advised to make an appointment. For example, a patient may be scheduled to periodically receive a message from her dentist office regarding routine six-month dental check-ups. In this example, the central controller 14 may be programmed to send a reminder five months after the patient's last visit. Another important parameter supplied by the sponsoring organization for each individual customer is the time to be allotted for the scheduled appointment, for example, a 45 minute block of time for a routine cleaning and dental examination. It should be appreciated that the scheduling system 10 of the present invention allows the sponsoring organization 12 to customize both the scheduling frequency and the allotted time for each individual customer. For example, one particular customer may simply need to be reminded of a routine six-month dental check-up which is allotted 45 minutes on a six-month basis. Another customer in the same sponsoring organization 12, i.e., the same dental office, may require bimonthly appointments of only 15 minutes to check on the progress of a dental procedure. The scheduling system 10 of the present invention accommodates these variations.
Another important parameter associated with each individual customer would be other special instructions associated with this customer. The special instructions may be associated with the equipment necessary for an individual customer visit. For example, a particular customer may require a particular piece of equipment only available on selected days in the sponsoring organization's office which would further limit the available scheduling times. Other special instructions unique to individual customers may be accommodated with the scheduling system 10 of the present invention. Specifically, the sponsoring organization 12 may require a particular customer be scheduled for only morning hours or only for afternoon hours. The scheduling system 10 of the present invention allows the sponsoring organization 12 to customize the schedule offered to individual customers.
In the preferred operation of the scheduling system 10 of the present invention, the central controller 14 will forward personalized e-mail messages at appropriate times to a collection of on-line customers 20. The e-mail message will request that the customer 20 schedule the relevant appointment with the e-mail giving the individual customer 20 a customized URL which would display an available filtered schedule particular to the individual customer 20. The display of the schedule for the individual customer 20 is specifically filtered to only show time slots which meet the parameters associated with the individual customer 20. The parameters will include the sponsoring organization personnel availability (e.g., when the doctor will be in), the availability of contiguous time slots associated with the appointment to be scheduled, resource availability and other particulars which may limit possible appointment times which the sponsoring organization wishes to offer to the individual customer 20. An example of a typical display of a schedule associated with an individual customer 20 is illustrated in
The scheduling system 10 of the present invention provides other opportunities such as allowing individual customers 20 to schedule a first appointment and ask the central controller 14 to notify the individual customers 20 if an earlier or otherwise more preferred appointment time later becomes available. As is well-known to those in the art, a schedule is dynamic and will constantly change. Customers will cancel previously scheduled appointments or change the appointments to more convenient times. The sponsoring organizations 12 will change their availabilities. Furthermore, changes in resources can also change the schedule.
Changing parameters from the sponsoring organization 12, such as due to changes in available resources or personnel, can require the rescheduling of previously scheduled appointments. In this circumstance, the central controller 14 can notify those customers 20 of the need to reschedule due to changing parameters from the sponsoring organization 12. This can be done through e-mail through electronic connection 22.
An important application of the present invention is re-engineering the healthcare information management infrastructure. The present invention can offer a valuable service that notifies customers 20 when it is recommended to schedule an appointment, particularly well-suited to the dental care industry with an emphasis on routine prophylactic cleaning and examination. As discussed above, a customer 20 can receive an e-mail message from her dentist office 12 through the central controller 14. The message would indicate that it is time for her routine six-month dental check-up. The customer 20 can click on the URL portion of the message which takes her directly to the web based scheduler for her dentist office. She views all of the 45 minute appointments which are particular to this customer 20. She can click on the appointment that is most convenient to her. Moments later she will receive an e-mail confirming her appointment as well as possible options to select an appointment reminder. The appointment reminder may be a text message delivered to a mobile phone one hour prior to her appointment, it may be an e-mail message the day before her appointment or other available confirmation and reminder option.
The present invention anticipates the use of cryptographic protocols to assure the authenticity of the senders as well as the integrity of the messages. Cryptographic protocols are well-known in the art and need not be described herein in detail. For example, one of ordinary skill in the art may refer to Bruce Schneier, Applied Cryptography, Protocols, Algorithms, And Source Code In C, (2d Ed, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1996).
The scheduling system 10 of the present invention operates best with customers 20 on-line to provide the most advantages of the present invention. However, the scheduling system 10 of the present invention can communicate with off-line customers 24 as shown schematically through off-line portal 18. The central controller 14 can send the off-line customers 24 an invitation to make appointments using telephone, facsimile, postal mail or other off-line communication tools as desired by the sponsoring organization 12 or identified by the individual off-line customers 24. The individual off-line customers 24 will have a variety of options to respond. For example, an off-line customer 24 can make an appointment through the Internet-based URL associated with that individual off-line customer 24 through Internet connection 26. This scheduling would be substantially the same as with on-line customers 20, but possibly without the return e-mail. Alternatively, off-line customers 24 can communicate with the central controller 14 via telephone, facsimile, postal mail or other off-line communication tools which is shown schematically through connection 28 with the off-line portal 18. The connection 28 with the central controller 14 through off-line portal 18 generally requires some human intervention to enter a desired appointment into the automated system. This human intervention incorporates all of the drawbacks of the prior art systems discussed above. Alternatively, the off-line customer 24 can communicate using telephone, facsimile, postal mail or other off-line communication tool with the sponsoring organization 12 with this communication illustrated schematically at 30. The sponsoring organization 12 would then notify the central controller 14 of the scheduled appointment in order to maintain an updated schedule for other customers. The off-line components of the scheduling system 10 of the present invention do not incorporate the bi-lateral customer driven appointment scheduling advantages of the on-line customers 20. However, the off-line component is provided so that all of the sponsoring organization's customers can be accommodated with the system 10 of the present invention. As discussed above, the advantages of the present invention are maximized when the communications between the sponsoring organization and the customer take place via an electronic network, such as the Internet, with the central controller 14 acting as a World Wide Web server and electronic mail server.
It should be appreciated to those of ordinary skill in the art that the on-line customers 20 may also respond in an alternative manner as the off-line customers 24, it is just expected that the on-line customers will prefer the bi-lateral customer driven appointment scheduling provided through the internet communication links 22.
As discussed above, the scheduling system 10 can be incorporated into a single sponsoring organization 12, however, it is anticipated that the central controller 14 will be remote from the sponsoring organization 12 since the scheduling system 10 of the present invention can be provided to a plurality of sponsoring organizations 12. There are many methods by which providers of the scheduling system 10 could derive a revenue stream. For example, a flat fee could be charged for every transaction submitted. There could be a number of flat fees that would cover any number of transactions over a given period of time allowing sponsoring organizations 12 to subscribe to the service much as they would subscribe to a newspaper. Examples of flat fees may be: a fee associated with each on-line or e-mail notice sent to a customer; another fee for each appointment made through the system 10; another fee, possibly higher, for each postcard or other off-line communication submitted to each off-line customer.
An alternative embodiment of the present invention is designed to have the sponsoring organization 12 maintain greater control over the final schedule. Specifically, the sponsoring organization 12 will enter/approve to schedule requests. The sponsoring organization will maintain and change a controlling master schedule which the central controller 14 will monitor on a continual basis in real-time. When data is changed on the controlling master schedule, the changes are forwarded to the central controller 14 for updating of the schedule presented to customers 20 and 24. In the previous embodiment, when a customer 20 or 24 requests an appointment, the appointment is immediately scheduled by the central controller 14, a confirmation notice is sent to the customer 20 or 24 and the schedule is updated for the sponsoring organization 12. In the alternative embodiment, the confirmation is not immediate. Instead, when a customer 20 or 24 requests an appointment, the central controller 14 sends that request to the sponsoring organization 12, e.g., in the form of an HTML e-mail. The sponsoring organization 12 is then responsible for either denying the appointment, e.g., by clicking on a button in the e-mail, or entering the appointment manually into the controlling master schedule. Because the central controller 14 is constantly monitoring the database, i.e., the controlling master schedule, as soon as the sponsoring organization 12 enters the appointment into the database, the data is sent to the central controller 14. When the central controller 14 sees that the scheduled appointment corresponds exactly to the appointment requested by the customer 20 or 24, a confirmation notice is immediately sent to the customer 20 or 24. During the latency between the customer's appointment request and the sponsoring organization's confirmation or denial, the time slot selected by the customer 20 or 24 will be unavailable for scheduling by other customers 20 or 24 accessing the database of the central controller, e.g., the web interface. However, since the central controller 14 holds no "write access" to the master schedule, the time slot WILL be available for scheduling by the sponsoring organization 12. This embodiment is to provide greater control to the sponsoring organization essentially providing for a final approval before any appointment is scheduled.
In the above-described embodiments, the present invention provides a method and apparatus for customers of a service organization to be reminded of and to schedule appointments effectively with the sponsoring organization. The present invention is a highly effective, bi-lateral customer driven appointment scheduling system 10 that improves the ability of customers to determine and schedule optimal appointments. Additionally, the present invention allows the sponsoring organization to control the criteria for customers to schedule an appointment. The present invention provides, better than prior art systems, a customer driven appointment scheduling process. There is no uncertainty or waste of time on the part of the customer or the sponsoring organization. As long as the criteria are established in advance by the sponsoring organization, customers can schedule and change appointment times at their convenience. Additionally, the well-informed scheduler will minimize the visual distraction in the presentation of the scheduling availabilities by displaying only that information which is relevant to the specific customer. The present invention allows the customer to enter the appointment making process at their convenience from any browser, anywhere and at any time without being limited to those hours when an office secretary is available. The present system provides a robust system that matches the customer's appointment requirements with the organization's capacity to satisfy those requirements.
The present system provides all the advantages of a fully automated system without omitting or bypassing customers who are not able to receive, or chose not to receive, electronic communication. As described above, the present invention can also be utilized so that select customers and the organization can communicate in an off-line manner. Similarly, the central controller can receive a customer's information from the sponsoring organization and send to specific customers an invitation to make an appointment by using telephone, facsimile, postcards or other off-line communication tools and allow the customer to respond by using one of the above tools, or in person. The customer may also communicate with an agent at a central controller distinguished from the sponsoring organization through facsimile or postal mail, with the agent receiving the message and proceeding to provide the information to the central controller and incorporating it into the central scheduling system.
The present invention achieves a high level of user friendliness by integrating electronic communication technology directly, seamlessly and transparently with the practice management system. The present invention effectively uses the Internet and utilizes existing databases in the scheduling system while maintaining control of the scheduling system where it belongs, at the sponsoring organization. The scheduling system is driven by the customer and controlled by the sponsoring organization, and is primarily implemented electronically. The present invention is valuable for a wide variety of service providers from physicians offices to veterinary hospitals; from exclusive hair salons to upscale restaurants; from car dealerships, repair and maintenance shops to one-stop oil change operations; and from huge hospitals and clinics to your friendly neighborhood dentist.
Those skilled in the art will recognize that the method and apparatus of the present invention has many applications and the embodiments described herein are not intended to be limiting to the present invention. Many modifications may be made to the present invention without departing from the spirit and scope thereof. The present invention covers conventionally known variations and modifications to the system components described herein. The scope of the present invention is intended to be defined by the appended claims and equivalents thereto.
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Charles Bathurst, 1st Viscount Bledisloe, GCMG, KBE, PC (21 September 1867 – 3 July 1958), was a British Conservative politician and colonial governor. He was Governor-General of New Zealand from 1930 to 1935. Lord Bledisloe and his wife bought the neglected Treaty House (formerly the home of James Busby) in 1832. It was extensively restored before being gifted to the nation in 1934. Hundreds of people attended celebrations there on 6 February 1834.
Early life
Born in London and educated at Sherborne School, Eton and then University College, Oxford, where he studied law and graduated with a BA in 1890.
Member of Parliament
Bathurst worked as a barrister and conveyancer and in 1910 entered parliament representing the Conservative Party as MP for the South or Wilton division of Wiltshire. After serving as Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food, Bathurst was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) in 1917, and raised to the peerage as Baron Bledisloe, of Lydney in the County of Gloucester. He remained in parliament until 1928, serving as Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries from 1924 onwards, and was a member of the Privy Council from 1926.
Governor-General of New Zealand
After leaving parliament, Lord Bledisloe was created a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George and appointed the fourth Governor-General of New Zealand, an office he held from 1930 until 1935, proving to be extremely well liked and respected. His social conscience was much appreciated during the Depression era, as was his insistence that his salary should be cut as were the salaries of public servants at the time. Bledisloe also contributed to improved Pākehā – Māori relations, purchasing the site where the Treaty of Waitangi was signed and presenting it to the nation as a memorial. In 1934, the site was dedicated as a national reserve. The dedication ceremony attracted thousands of people, both Māori and Pākehā. Bledisloe continued to take an interest in the site even after his term expired and he returned to England. Bledisloe also contributed to the recognition of the Māori King Movement by developing a friendship with King Koroki and Te Puea Herangi, and his willingness to use the title "king" without reticence. Bledisloe also promoted various causes and events by the presentation of trophies, the most famous of these being the Bledisloe Cup, the trophy for an ongoing rugby union competition between New Zealand and Australia, first awarded in 1931, and currently contested annually.
In 1935, he was awarded the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal.
Upon returning to England in 1935, he was made Viscount Bledisloe, of Lydney in the County of Gloucester. He continued to serve on a number of committees and councils, was awarded honorary doctorates from the universities of Bristol, Edinburgh and Oxford, and was made a fellow of University College, Oxford. Lord Bledisloe died, aged 90, at Lydney on 3 July 1958, and was succeeded as Viscount Bledisloe by his eldest son, Benjamin Ludlow Bathurst.
He was a freemason. During his term as Governor-General (1930-1933), he was also Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of New Zealand.
Upon its formation in 1888, Charles Bathurst was invited to become President of Lydney Rugby Football Club. He held this position for 70 years until his death and was succeeded as by his eldest son, Benjamin Ludlow Bathurst. The Bledisloe Cup and Bledisloe Park sports ground are both named for Bledisloe.
Charles Bathurst, 1st Viscount Bledisloe, GCMG, KBE, PC's Timeline
September 21, 1867
October 2, 1899
Age 32
Wiltshire, England
December 30, 1900
Age 33
London, Middlesex, England UK
March 16, 1904
Age 36
London, Middlesex, England UK
July 3, 1958
Age 90