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- "You didn't know me back in my time. You don't know the things I've done."
- ―Sandor Clegane to Ray
Sandor Clegane, nicknamed the Hound, is the younger brother of Ser Gregor Clegane and was the personal bodyguard of Prince Joffrey Baratheon. When Joffrey ascended the Iron Throne as King Joffrey I, Sandor was named into his Kingsguard despite not being a knight himself, but deserted from his post at the Battle of the Blackwater. After traveling as a fugitive with Arya Stark and having a close brush with death, he reluctantly travels with the Brotherhood Without Banners in hope of having a greater purpose. Upon the discovery of the return of the White Walkers and the Army of the Dead, Sandor now fights alongside the armies of Jon Snow and Daenerys Targaryen in order to prevent another Long Night.
Sandor Clegane is a skilled warrior in the service of House Lannister, known primarily for the horrible facial scarring he bears on the right side of his face and for his fierce demeanor and lack of chivalry. Sandor is the younger brother of Ser Gregor Clegane, nicknamed "the Mountain", a monstrously huge knight and arguably the most feared man in Westeros. In his youth, Gregor nearly burned off half of Sandor's face because he found Sandor playing with a toy that Gregor had discarded. Sandor didn't even "steal" it, he was merely playing with it and assumed he didn't need Gregor's permission. Without warning or uttering a word, however, Gregor grabbed Sandor and "punished" him by holding his head into a burning brazier. Gregor was only forced to stop after half a dozen servants managed to pry him away from his brother. The incident left severe burn scars over the right half of Sandor's face, thus he usually wears his hair long on that side to cover them. Ever since, Sandor has been deeply afraid of fire.[1]
Although not as large as his older brother, Sandor is very large and a formidable fighter in his own right, considered one of the most skilled and dangerous men in Westeros. Sandor gutted his first man in combat when he was twelve years old (given the date, this was probably as a young soldier during Robert's Rebellion). Sandor finds killing to be the best thing in the world, and although he isn't a crazed killer who will murder anyone regardless of the law like his brother, he cynically pursues occupations as a bodyguard and soldier which allow him to kill legally--though he scoffs at the hypocrisy of people who think there's really much of a difference. After seeing his brother knighted by Prince Rhaegar Targaryen despite being an infamously dishonorable man, Sandor became jaded with knighthood and developed an extreme contempt for romances and songs which present knights and wars as chivalrous and glorious, knowing all too well that supposedly honorable knights frequently butcher the innocent while claiming glory. Thus, Sandor has steadfastly refused to be knighted or take holy vows. Sandor wears a dark set of heavy armor when in battle, and is known to wear a custom helmet shaped like a snarling hound's head, after his family's sigil. He rides a personal warhorse called Stranger, whose namesake is the seventh and final god in the Faith of the Seven who represents death and the unknown.[1]
Season 1
Sandor is part of King Robert Baratheon's retinue when he visits Winterfell in order to offer Eddard Stark the role of Hand of the King. He acts as the bodyguard of Prince Joffrey and is present at the feast held in the King's honor. Robert offers a betrothal between Joffrey and Sansa Stark and Eddard accepts both engagements.[2]
On the kingsroad back to the capital the royal party reaches the Crossroads Inn. Sandor introduces Sansa to Ser Ilyn Payne, the king's headsman, a fearsome man who had his tongue torn out on the orders of the Mad King many years ago. Joffrey saves Sansa from this unpleasantness and takes her for a walk along the riverbank. Joffrey provokes an argument with the butcher's son Mycah and Sansa's sister Arya and is bitten by Arya's pet dire wolf Nymeria when he attacks them. Joffrey lies about the incident and Sansa supports his version of events. Queen Cersei orders Sansa's dire wolf Lady executed. Sandor chases down and kills Mycah. As Eddard goes to kill Lady he passes the Hound arriving with Mycah's corpse. "He ran. Not very fast." he says as Eddard passes by.[3]
On his return to King's Landing Sandor stands guard over Joffrey during the tournament held in honor of Eddard's appointment as Hand. Sandor watches distastefully as his brother Gregor kills Ser Hugh of the Vale. Littlefinger tells Sansa that Sandor and Gregor hate one another because, when he was very young, Sandor played with one of Gregor's toys without his elder brother's permission. Gregor held Sandor's face over an open fire, resulting in his hideous burns. They have been enemies ever since.[4] Sandor is amused when Gregor is unhorsed in a joust with Ser Loras Tyrell. Gregor attacks Loras and Sandor intervenes. They exchange blows until King Robert orders a halt to the madness. Ser Loras declares Sandor a champion and the smallfolk in the crowd cheer him, to Sandor's surprise and embarrassment.[5]
King Robert subsequently dies following a hunting accident. Sandor stands guard over King Joffrey as his advisers and vassals swear fealty to him. When Eddard attempts to have Joffrey and Cersei arrested, Sandor joins the Lannister soldiers and men of the City Watch in cutting down Eddard's bodyguards, allowing him to be taken prisoner.[6] Sandor leads a party of Lannister guardsmen to the Red Keep where they slaughter Eddard's entourage and capture Sansa.[7]
Sandor guards Joffrey during the execution of Eddard Stark on the steps of the Great Sept of Baelor.[8]
Sandor is present in the throne room when Ser Barristan Selmy is dismissed from the Kingsguard, a grave affront since members serve for life, and Selmy is offended enough to draw his sword and claim he could cut through all the remaining Kingsguard with ease. Sandor looks wary for the first time, since Selmy is actually that skilled, but the old knight then throws the sword down and storms out. Sandor is made a member of the sworn brotherhood, though he refuses to take the vows of knighthood. He accompanies Joffrey when he takes Sansa to see her father's head and cruelly mocks her, even having Ser Meryn Trant beat her when she suggests that Robb might win the war. When the Hound alone notices that Sansa plans to throw Joffrey from the battlements, he offers Sansa a handkerchief for her bloodied mouth, rescuing Sansa from Joffrey's rage as well as Joffrey from a quick death.[9]
Season 2
Sandor fights in King Joffrey Baratheon's name day tournament, killing his opponent.[10] Joffrey has Sansa Stark stripped and publicly beaten following Robb Stark's victory at the Battle of Oxcross. Sandor gives her his white cloak to cover herself after Tyrion Lannister orders an end to the beating.[11]
Joffrey's rule sees increasing public dissent. While in public he is hit by thrown excrement and triggers a citywide riot by demanding the deaths of all the smallfolk present. Sandor fights through the crowd to get him to safety but has no patience for the whingeing king's complaints that he wants the crowd executed, snarking back that "they want the same for [Joffrey]" and then goes back for Sansa, rescuing her from a gang of would be rapists.[12]
Sansa approaches Sandor to thank him for rescuing her. He tells her that he revels in killing and she questions his hatefulness. Sandor says that she will one day be glad of the hateful things he does when he is all that stands between her and Joffrey.
Sandor later catches Sansa and Shae trying to conceal evidence that Sansa has begun flowering. He informs Queen Cersei Lannister, who begins to mentally prepare Sansa for motherhood.[13]
He guards Joffrey during the Battle of the Blackwater. He is horrified when Tyrion uses Wildfire to decimate the attacking fleet. Tyrion orders him to lead a sortie to repel Stannis Baratheon's troops from the Mud Gate and he obliges, promising to rape the corpse of any man who dies with a clean sword. He kills several men, even cutting one clean in half, but is overwhelmed by his fear of fire and freezes in the midst of the fighting. He is nearly killed but Bronn intervenes, saving his life. He retreats back inside the walls and demands wine to drink.
After being chastised by Tyrion Lannister, who urges him to fight for his King, Sandor retorts "fuck the King", and deserts from the Kingsguard and leaves the battle. He heads to Sansa Stark's chamber, where Sansa is now hiding during the chaos of the battle, and offers to protect her and take her north to Winterfell. She declines, believing that Stannis Baratheon has won the battle and that she will be safe once his men find her. He explains that she will be surrounded by killers and promises to protect her. Unable to convince her to come with him, he walks out of her chambers and leaves the city.[14]
Season 3
Sandor is captured by the Brotherhood Without Banners. He reveals the identity of Arya Stark, but the Brotherhood still tries to convict him of crimes, because of his long service to the Lannisters, but cannot find anything against him.
Arya speaks up, and accuses him of killing her friend Mycah. Sandor does not deny this murder, but says he was in no place to question then-Prince Joffrey's orders. The Brotherhood charge him with the crime of following orders to kill Mycah, but will give him a fair trial by combat.[15]
Beric Dondarrion is Sandor's opponent during his trial. Using magic, Beric ignites his blade with fire, initially giving him an advantage during the fight due to Sandor's fear of fire. However, Sandor briefly manages to overcome his phobia and his superior strength eventually is enough to overpower Beric, and with a powerful downward swipe Sandor cuts deep into Beric's shoulder, nearly cutting off his entire arm and cutting right through Beric's flaming sword. Arya attempts to kill Sandor while he tries to extinguish his shield which had been set ablaze during the fight, but she is stopped by Gendry.
He taunts Arya over how the gods prefer him over her friend, but he is interrupted and shocked by Beric, who has been revived and healed by Thoros using the Lord of Light's power. Beric honors their agreement, and Sandor is released.[16]
After Arya flees from the Brotherhood in outrage over them handing Gendry over to the Red Priestess Melisandre in exchange for gold, and preferring to hunt down a group of Lannister soldiers instead of delivering her to Riverrun, Sandor takes her hostage.[17]
He plans to ransom her back to her family at the Twins where the wedding of Edmure Tully and Roslin Frey takes place. On the way there, Sandor incapacitates a man with a wagon full of pork products and moves to kill him when Arya intervenes, knocking the man out but not killing him. The two have a frank discussion and Arya tells Sandor that she knows the one thing that he is afraid of: fire. She had noticed his reaction to Beric's flaming sword.
As they arrive at the Twins, the massacre of Stark bannermen begins. Arya escapes and attempts to enter the castle, but is knocked unconscious by Sandor. Realizing that it is too late to do anything, Sandor mounts his horse with Arya. They are both shocked to see Robb Stark's mutilated corpse but are able to flee the castle yard during the chaos, using a banner of House Frey to cover themselves.[18]
While riding, Sandor and Arya come across a group of Frey soldiers at a campfire. Arya dismounts from Sandor's horse, approaches them, and kills one of them. When the rest of the group are about to attack Arya, Sandor protects her and kills them.[19]
Season 4
With Robb dead, Sandor now intends to ransom Arya to her aunt Lysa Arryn in the Vale. Eventually, they arrive at a tavern. Arya suggests attacking the men there, but as there are five men, Sandor is reluctant to do so. When Arya recognizes one of the men as Polliver, the Lannister man-at-arms who took her sword Needle, she tries to get it back. Sandor stops her at the tavern door, but they are noticed by the men inside. Inside the tavern, Polliver recognizes Sandor. He moves to the table Sandor and Arya are occupying and tries to make small talk. Polliver eventually invites Sandor to join him in raiding and pillaging anyone they wish, as he and his men wear king's colors. Sandor leans forward and growls, "Fuck the King", and the whole tavern goes silent. Sandor then tells Polliver to get him some chickens. Finally, Polliver questions the Hound that he would not die for the king but would for a couple of chickens, and Sandor responds that someone will die for them. The tension finally snaps and Sandor throws a table over Polliver. Sandor proceeds to single-handedly kill all but one of Polliver's men and Polliver himself, even repeatedly stabbing one in the head with his own knife. When Polliver attempts to kill the distracted Sandor, he is attacked from behind by Arya, who cripples his legs, takes back her stolen sword Needle, and uses it to kill him. The pair then leave the tavern, Arya now with a stolen horse and Sandor with his chicken.[20]
While still traveling to the Eyrie, Arya asks Sandor what he will do once he ransoms her to Lysa Arryn. Sandor states that he might leave Westeros and fight as a sellsword in the Free Cities, possibly with the Second Sons. At the mention of the Free Cities, Arya states she would like to see Braavos one day, but Sandor doubts she knows anyone there. The two are interrupted by a farmer and his daughter Sally. Arya covers for Sandor's rude behavior by telling them that Sandor is her father that was wounded in the war and she lost her mother. The farmer asks which house did he fight for and Arya replies that he fought for House Tully. The farmer offers them refuge from the coming rain as well as food. The farmer reveals that they are having a hard time due to raiders doing as they please around, as well as needing a hand with farm work. He then proceed to offer what little silver he has left for Sandor's service, which Sandor agrees to. Arya is awakened next morning and surprised that Sandor has broken his promise and robbed the farmer of the silver instead. When furiously questioned by Arya, Sandor replies that both the farmer and daughter will die by winter due to lack of resources and protection, and dead people don't need money. Arya proceeds to berate Sandor furiously, but Sandor retorts that there are more terrible things happening all over the place and that she needs to learn to be practical and make ugly decisions.[21]
Later, he shares with Arya his desire to kill his brother Gregor, and is surprised to hear that Arya wants to kill him. The next morning, he sees Arya practicing her Water Dancing and proceeds to mock her for it. He also mocks Syrio Forel for being killed by Ser Meryn Trant, who is supposedly worthless as a swordsman. He then shows Arya that Needle is unable to penetrate armor.[22]
At a meeting of the Small Council, Varys informs the other members that The Hound has been seen in the Riverlands. Cersei calls Sandor a coward and a traitor. After learning of the incident at the tavern, Tywin raises the bounty on Clegane to one hundred Silver Stags.[23]
Arya and Sandor arrive at a ransacked village in which they find a mortally wounded man. After putting him out of his misery, Sandor is attacked by Biter who sinks his teeth in the Hound's neck. Sandor manages to overpower him and kills him by snapping his neck. The other man, Rorge, is recognized by Arya as one of the men in the prisoner wagon in Yoren's group. The Hound asks if Rorge is on Arya's list, but she denies as she doesn't know his name. Sandor asks Rorge his name and after giving it, Rorge is promptly stabbed in the heart with Needle by Arya. Sandor cynically comments she learns. Later, Sandor clumsily tries to stitch the bite wound, which has begun to fester. Arya offers to cauterize the wound with a burning torch, but Sandor brusquely refuses due to his fear of fire. After hearing that Arya received her sword Needle from her brother, Sandor remarks that instead of a sword, his brother Gregor give him his horrible facial scarring simply because Sandor was playing with a wooden toy knight without his brother's permission. He tells her that although the pain was bad and the smell worse, the worst part of it all was that it was his own brother who did it to him, and that his father covered up the incident to protect Gregor. Arya offers to clean the wound by washing it, which Sandor silently accepts.[24]
Sandor and Arya finally arrive in the Vale. They argue over about what brings Arya happiness, the Hound declaring that nothing makes her happy and Arya retorting that killing men like Polliver and Rorge make her happy. She laments over not being able to witness Joffrey's death or kill him herself.
Sandor concurs that he deserved his death, but dismisses Joffrey's cause of death, poison, as a woman's weapon and proclaiming that men kill with steel, which Arya regards as stupid pride talking and why he will never be a great killer, claiming she would have killed Joffrey with a chicken bone if necessary, which the Hound finds heartily amusing. Sandor shows some discomfort from the bite wound he sustained earlier, to which Arya replies he should have let her cauterize it with fire. The Hound dismisses it as a flea bite, but Arya mentions Sandor was much slower because of the wound. They are stopped by a guard. When Sandor mentions Arya Stark, niece of Lady Lysa, the guard tells them Lysa is dead, leaving Sandor dumbstruck and Arya in an uncontrollable fit of laughter over Sandor's repeated failed attempts to ransom her.[25]
A short while later, Sandor and Arya meet Brienne of Tarth and her squire, Podrick Payne, who have been on a quest to find the Stark sisters. After Podrick, who had squired in King's Landing during Sandor's time there, recognizes him, Brienne demands that Sandor turn over Arya to her as she had made a vow to her mother to look after her. Sandor bluntly refuses, chastising Brienne for trying to look over Arya over some vow to her dead family and questioning her about her relationship with the Lannisters. The argument grows heated and breaks out into a fight between the two warriors. Even with Sandor being severely fatigued, underfed and wounded with an infectious bite, he attacks Brienne after she draws her sword. Initially clashing swords, the fight grows more intense when the two are forced to rely on their bare fists. Beating each other down, Brienne bites off a part of Sandor's ear and strikes him numerous times with a large stone before knocking him down a hill.
After successfully hiding from Brienne and Podrick, Arya finds Sandor beaten and with his leg broken, suffering from his infected neck and the fall from the cliff. He tells her that it's the end of the line for him and demands wine but she has none. He then demands that she kill him putting him out of his misery and cross his name off her list, unaware she has already removed his name from her list. Trying to anger her to push her to kill him, he joyfully laughs about killing her friend, Mycah, and also says that he should've forced himself upon Sansa when he had the chance. Arya doesn't give in, despite his desperate pleas for death. Arya instead takes his coins from him before walking away, leaving him for dead.[26]
Season 6
A few days after his duel with Brienne, Sandor is found and nursed back to health by former soldier and Septon Ray, who takes him to live with his band of villagers. While building a sept, Ray recounts saving Sandor after mistaking him for a corpse. When Ray mentions justice, Sandor responds that if there was justice in the world, he should have been punished for his past crimes. Ray responds that perhaps he has been punished already but been given a second chance. Sandor is present when Ray gives a talk to the villagers recounting how his violent experiences as a soldier had led him to undergo a conversion experience.[27]
Later, the villagers are visited by three horsemen from the Brotherhood Without Banners, led by Lem Lemoncloak, who attempt to extort the group. Brother Ray tells the riders that they have no gold or weapons and the horsemen leave. Following the encounter with the Brotherhood, Sandor tells Ray that they should have shared their food and steel with them. While Ray thinks that they have seen the last of the Brotherhood, Sandor thinks they will return. After chopping wood in the forest, Sandor returns to the village only to discover that the Brotherhood has massacred the villagers. He finds the Septon hanging from a beam in the wooden sept. Angered by the cold-blooded murder of innocents, Sandor grabs his axe and heads off.[27]
He tracks down two of the suspected perpetrators and two innocent young men sitting around a campfire. Suspecting them all to be the perpetrators, Sandor brutally kills the two innocent young men, decapitating one of them, then burying his axe into the second before slitting the first outlaw's throat and finally swinging his axe into the second outlaw's crotch. He demands Lem's whereabouts, but the man only answers with "Fuck you" Sandor then mocks the bandit saying "Those are you last words? Fuck You?" and says he could do better, the bandit then calls him a cunt prompting Sandor to say he is "shit at dying" before finishing him off with an axe to the head. Sandor eventually finds Lem and his two cronies, about to be hanged by Beric Dondarrion and Thoros of Myr. Sandor demands the privilege of murdering them himself, but relents and settles by hanging Lem and one crony personally, and taking Lem's boots for himself. Later, while eating with the Brotherhood, Beric reminisces on his previous fight with Sandor and convinces him to join their cause, as they are heading North to counter the coming White Walkers.[28]
Season 7
The Brotherhood Without Banners and Sandor are traveling through the Riverlands and remark upon the colder weather as they reach further North. They come across a seemingly abandoned farmhouse, which Sandor recognizes as the farmhouse he and Arya stayed at a few years earlier after being invited in by a farmer and his young daughter, Sally. As the group moves inside to see if anyone is staying at the farmhouse, Sandor and Beric discover the long dead bodies of both the farmer and Sally inside. Beric and he remark that they most likely committed suicide to avoid starvation.
Later, during dinner inside, Sandor questions Beric on why he keeps being resurrected, to which Beric replies he does not know. When Beric talks about the divine justice of the Lord of Light, Sandor dismissively states that if there was such a thing, then Beric would be dead while Sally would still be alive. Thoros then asks Sandor to look into the flames in the hearth.
Despite protesting it was his luck to get stuck "with a bunch of fire worshipers", Sandor looks into the flames and sees a vision. He says he sees a mountain shaped like an arrow, a castle on The Wall, and wights marching towards it. Beric remarks that even though he does not know why he keeps being resurrected, he says that there must be a reason with Sandor agreeing after seeing his vision.
Later that night while everyone is sleeping, Sandor goes outside and starts digging graves for the father and daughter. Thoros hears this and goes out to help. After placing the bodies in the grave, Sandor tries to say a prayer for them, but forgets the wording of The Seven. He then apologizes, saying that they both deserved better before going back inside the farmhouse.[29]
Upon reaching Eastwatch-by-the-Sea, Sandor and the Brotherhood are immediately apprehended by wildlings serving alongside the Night's Watch, and confined in the ice cells below the castle. Since the King in the North Jon Snow lacks enough men for his ranging mission into the Lands of Always Winter to capture a Wight, he decides to recruit the Brotherhood. Jon recognizes Sandor from the latter's visit to Winterfell years ago, while Gendry openly distrusts the men of the Brotherhood. When Beric gives a speech claiming that the Lord of Light brought them together, a bored Sandor cuts him off and asks Jon if they are coming with them. Jon agrees and says they are all on the same side because they are still breathing. Sandor joins the rest of the Brotherhood, Jon, the wildlings (led by Tormund Giantsbane), Gendry, and Jorah Mormont in leaving Eastwatch and traveling north of the Wall.[30]While traveling with Jon's companions, Sandor is approached by Tormund, who shows an interest in his burn scars. Though Sandor is hostile towards Tormund and accuses him of desiring him, he appears shocked when he deduces that the woman Tormund lusts after is Brienne of Tarth, and dismisses Tormund's hopes of one day ending up with her. During a snowstorm, the group see a huge bear in the distance which bursts out of the storm and kills tow of their group, revealing it to be a wight. Thoros and Beric set it alight with their flaming swords but this causes Sandor to freeze up and results in the monstrous bear fatally mauling Thoros before it is permanently put down. He later recognizes the mountain from his vision, and Jon decides to lead the group there. With Sandor's help, the group manages to capture a lone wight, although they later are forced onto a frozen lake by the army of the dead, who wait for the lake to refreeze. Thoros soon dies of his wounds, and Sandor, despite his regret, starts drinking Thoros's wine before Jon snatches it from him to use it to burn Thoros's body. Sandor glares at Jon, but relents. As Jon, Jorah and Beric spot the Night King in the distance, Beric suggests that they go for the Night King himself, as slaying him will destroy the entire army, but Sandor warns Beric that with Thoros gone, this is effectively his last life now, as he can no longer be brought back. A while later, Sandor disinterestedly starts throwing rocks at the wights. However, one rock skids across the surface, signalling that the ice has refrozen. Sandor kills many wights with Gendry's hammer and saves Tormund's life before Daenerys saves the group, and witnesses Viserion's death at the hands of the Night King. As they fly back to Eastwatch, Sandor saves Jorah by grabbing him when he briefly falls off Drogon's back.Back at Eastwatch, Sandor parts ways from Tormund and Beric, the latter of which assures Sandor that they will meet again. Sandor hopes otherwise.[31]
Sandor travels with Jon to the parley in King's Landing, marking his first return to the city since he abandoned it during the Battle of the Blackwater. He reunites with Brienne, and recalls how she nearly killed him. Brienne informs him of Arya's safety, and how she can defend herself and Sandor is pleased by the news.
When Cersei arrives for the meeting with Gregor at her side, Sandor steps out to confront his brother, remarking that Gregor is now even uglier than himself. Sandor threatens Gregor before leaving to collect the captured wight. He presents the wight to Cersei, and then cuts it into pieces with his sword to prove the wights' abilities. Cersei agrees to join Jon and Daenerys in the Great War against the White Walkers, however, she is secretly planning their demise by not sending men and hoping that the bulk of the army of the living will be killed by the army of the dead.
Sandor later sails to White Harbor, as Daenerys and Jon join all their collective forces to band together at Winterfell to await the coming showdown the Night King.[32]
The Hound is seen as a violent, aggressive and brutal man, with a fatalistic view of the world. He is a formidable warrior and he doesn't hide his love of killing people, believing all men love it, and he generally hates soldiers who try to convince themselves otherwise. However, he also displays small hints at being a reasonably affectionate and compassionate man underneath, particularly in response to Joffrey's treatment of Sansa. This is largely a result of his disgust at the brutality of his older brother Gregor: the respect and knighthood given to Gregor for his extreme brutality left Sandor thoroughly disillusioned that honorable men succeed in the real world the way they do in romantic songs. His growing disgust at Joffrey's sadism and concern for both of the Stark girls, however, show that he is not yet so cynical that there are no moral boundaries he wouldn't cross.
There were a few times when Clegane showed visible signs of hating Joffrey, such as when he orders Sansa Stark to be stripped and beaten by Ser Meryn Trant. The Hound was the first to offer Sansa a cloak to cover herself after Tyrion ordered the spectacle to stop. His affection for Sansa is also demonstrated at the Battle of Blackwater when he offers to take her back to Winterfell, which she declines. He also seems intent on lecturing her about killers such as Joffrey, Tywin, and even her brother Robb Stark, trying bluntly to inform her about how brutal the world really is. This was not the only time he showed something that bordered on compassion: he was brave enough, during the Hand's Tourney, to stop Gregor Clegane (A man he hates beyond any calculation) from needlessly butchering Loras Tyrell.
Despite having initially a captor-prisoner relationship, Sandor becomes protective and even trusting of Arya. During their journey to the Eyrie, Sandor slowly opens up to Arya, and tells her how his own brother burned half of his face. He tells her that the worst part wasn't the actual pain, but the betrayal that his own brother did it, and that his own father covered it up by telling everyone that Sandor was burned by some bedding that caught fire. He points out that while Arya thinks she's alone because most of her family is dead or missing, he is even more alone, because at least while Arya's parents were alive they cared about her, unlike his own family. When the pair meet Brienne of Tarth he immediately becomes aggressive and protective of Arya even saying that he is the one who watches over her, implying a significant bond has grown between them, this is reflected later on when Arya tells the Waif that she had taken him off of her list.
After his near-death experience, Sandor becomes more reflective of his actions and many of Septon Ray's teachings resonate with him, helping him to develop an aversion to unnecessary violence and a desire to live in a peaceful, contributory manner. This is also partly due to Ray's own dark past when he committed heinous crimes at the wishes of others, similar to Sandor during his service with the Lannisters. However, he is still fully willing to fight when the need arises, disagreeing with Ray's notion of not taking up arms if left with no other choice. This is further proven after Ray's murder, where Sandor sought to avenge his slain friend immediately until he reunites with Thoros and Beric. Though he resents Beric and Thoros for their previous encounter, his desire to protect the innocent compels him to join the Brotherhood and to help Jon Snow fight against the coming army of the dead.
Despite having mellowed out somewhat during his stay with Ray and the villagers, Sandor has since reverted to his more cynical and acidic self, swearing and openly insulting his allies in the brotherhood. However, Sandor still retains his guilt and capacity for remorse as upon coming across a farmhouse he recognized, he instantly became reluctant to enter it. Later, he is discovered by Thoros of Myr burying the dead out of guilt for his part in their fate and laments that they deserved better. Tormund Giantsbane, himself a feared wildling chieftain, appears to see the compassion within Sandor by noting he has "sad eyes", and asks, though in a bantering way, if his burn scars are the source of his bitterness at the world. Though Sandor reacts with hostility, it is apparent that he appreciates Tormund's concern enough to save him from being killed by wights. He also appears regretful upon seeing Viserion killed by the Night King, and then goes on to save Jorah Mormont from falling off Drogon.
Sandor, despite being proud of being tough and "hard to kill" as he once told Ray, held no shame in being defeated by Brienne of Tarth, openly telling Ray when he asked who took him down, that it was by a woman. Upon meeting Brienne again on his way to the Dragon Pit, they exchanged words civilly, both of them explaining that they were just trying to protect Arya.
While Sandor hates his brother to the point of desiring to kill him, when confronting Gregor as the Dragon Pit, he showed a moment of emotion when asking Gregor what was done to him before quickly dismissing it and reminding his brother who was going to end him.
Sandor Clegane shares many traits with his brother, such as his large build, immense strength and toughness, though not to the same extent as Gregor, especially after the latter has been revived by Qyburn. Sandor has shown to be capable of lifting a man clean off the ground by his neck with no visible strain or forward momentum from the weight. After being wounded and slightly crippled from his fight with Brienne, Sandor still possessed strength enough to carry a massive log by himself, whereas the other logs needed four people to carry them. Sandor is a skilled swordsman but favors heavy strikes and brute force, like his brother he utilizes his sword in a one-handed style. Sandor is also skilled with an axe, able to swiftly kill four men within seconds of each other armed only with a woodcutter's axe. Sandor is at least competently skilled in using a warhammer and daggers, as demonstrated in his battles with the wights.
Sandor suffers from pyrophobia as a result of a childhood trauma in which his own brother forced his face into a fire for playing with his toys. The psychological effect of this has caused Sandor to freeze up in situations that could result in his death such as during the Battle of the Blackwater and his recent quest beyond the wall. Sandor has on at least one occasion, overcome his pyrophobia when he was forced to fight Beric, who was using a flaming sword. By the time of the wight hunt, however, Sandor appears to have overcome his phobia more, as he seemed to show no signs of fear at the fire that Drogon, Viserion and Rhaegal unleashed on the wights to save him and his comrades from the wight army, possibly stemming from Jon Snow's revelation that fire is one of the only two weapons capable of defeating the wights.
|Season One appearances
|Winter Is Coming
|The Kingsroad
|Lord Snow
|Cripples, Bastards, and Broken Things
|The Wolf and the Lion
|A Golden Crown
|You Win or You Die
|The Pointy End
|Fire and Blood
|Season Two appearances
|The North Remembers
|The Night Lands
|What Is Dead May Never Die
|Garden of Bones
|The Ghost of Harrenhal
|The Old Gods and the New
|A Man Without Honor
|The Prince of Winterfell
|Valar Morghulis
|Season Three appearances
|Valar Dohaeris
|Dark Wings, Dark Words
|Walk of Punishment
|And Now His Watch Is Ended
|Kissed by Fire
|The Climb
|The Bear and the Maiden Fair
|Second Sons
|The Rains of Castamere
|Season Four appearances
|Two Swords
|The Lion and the Rose
|Breaker of Chains
|First of His Name
|The Laws of Gods and Men
|The Mountain and the Viper
|The Watchers on the Wall
|The Children
|Season Six appearances
|The Red Woman
|Book of the Stranger
|The Door
|Blood of My Blood
|The Broken Man
|No One
|Battle of the Bastards
|The Winds of Winter
|Season Seven appearances
|The Queen's Justice
|The Spoils of War
|Beyond the Wall
|The Dragon and the Wolf
Spoken by Sandor
- Sandor Clegane: "Rough night, Imp?"
- Tyrion Lannister: "If I get through this without squirting from one end or the other, it'll be a miracle."
- Sandor Clegane: "I didn't take you for a hunter."
- Tyrion Lannister: "Greatest of the land. My spear never misses."
- Sandor Clegane: "It's not hunting if you pay for it."
- — Sandor banters with Tyrion Lannister.[src]
- Eddard Stark: "The butcher's boy....you rode him down?"
- Sandor Clegane: "He ran. Not very fast..."
- — Eddard Stark realizes that Sandor has killed Mycah on Joffrey's orders.[src]
- "Leave him be!"
- ―Sandor Clegane to Gregor Clegane, preventing him from killing Loras Tyrell.
- "What a man sows on his nameday, he reaps all year."
- ―Sandor convinces Joffrey not to kill Ser Dontos Hollard.
- "You'll be glad of the hateful things I do some day, when you're Queen, and I'm all that stands between you and your 'beloved' King."
- ―Sandor Clegane to Sansa Stark, while being thanked for rescuing her.
- "Any man dies with a clean sword, I'll rape his fucking corpse!"
- ―Sandor Clegane leading his troops in the Battle of the Blackwater.
- "Fuck the kingsguard, fuck the city, fuck the king."
- ―Sandor Clegane to Joffrey Baratheon and Tyrion Lannister, during the Battle of the Blackwater.
- "Look at me! Stannis is a killer. The Lannisters are killers. Your father was a killer. Your brother is a killer. Your sons will be killers someday. The world is built by killers... so you better get used to looking at them."
- ―Sandor Clegane to Sansa Stark, when she refuses his offer to escape King's Landing with him.
- "What in Seven Hells are you doing with the Stark bitch?"
- ―Sandor Clegane to Thoros.
- "What the fuck's a Lommy?"
- ―Sandor Clegane to Arya Stark.
- Arya: "Lots of people name their swords!"
- Sandor: "Lots of cunts."
- — Exchange between Sandor and Arya Stark, regarding Arya's sword Needle.[src]
- "I understand that if any more words come pouring out of your cunt mouth, I'm going to have to eat every fucking chicken in this room."
- ―Sandor Clegane to Polliver.
- Arya: "You're the worst shit in the Seven Kingdoms!"
- Sandor: "There's plenty worse than me. I just understand the way things are. How many Starks they got to behead before you figure it out?"
- — Exchange between Sandor and Arya Stark after Sandor steals silver from a farmer.[src]
- "Hate's as good a thing as any to keep a person going. Better than most."
- ―Sandor to Arya Stark.
- Sandor: "You say your brother gave you that sword? My brother gave me this! [points to his facial scars] It was just like you said a while back. He pressed me to the fire like I was a nice, juicy mutton chop."
- Arya: "Why?"
- Sandor: "He thought I stole one of his toys. I didn't steal it, I was just playing with it. The pain was bad, the smell was worse, but the worst thing was that it was my brother who did it. And my father who protected him, told everyone my bedding caught fire. You think you're on your own?"
- — Sandor tells the story of how his brother, Gregor Clegane, scarred his face.[src]
- "Family. Honor. All that horse-shit. It's all you lords and ladies ever talk about."
- ―Sandor Clegane to Arya Stark
- "Fancy sword you got there, where you get it? I've been looking at Lannister gold all my life. Go on, Brienne of fucking Tarth, tell me that's not Lannister gold ."
- ―Sandor Clegane to Brienne of Tarth.
- Brienne of Tarth: "Come with me, Arya. I'll take you to safety."
- Sandor Clegane: "Safety? Where the fuck's that? Her aunt in the Eyrie is dead. Her mother's dead. Her father's dead. Her brother's dead. Winterfell is a pile of rubble. There is no safety, you dumb bitch. You don't know that by now, you're the wrong one to watch over her."
- Brienne of Tarth: "That's what you're doing? Watching over her?"
- Sandor Clegane: "Aye, that's what I'm doing."
- — Sandor declares his intentions are to protect Arya.[src]
- "I am not a knight!"
- ―Sandor Clegane to Brienne of Tarth, at the climax of their fight.
- Thoros: "We are part of something larger than ourselves."
- Sandor: "Half of all the horrible shit in this world gets done for something larger than ourselves."
- — Thoros of Myr and Sandor[src]
- Thoros: "For a big hard man, you scare easy."
- Sandor: "I'll tell you what doesn't scare me: bald cocksuckers like you! Think you're fooling anyone with that topknot? Bald cunt."
- — Sandor and Thoros of Myr.[src]
- Sandor: "It's my fucking luck I end up with a band of fire worshippers."
- Beric: "Aye. Almost seems like divine justice."
- Sandor: "There's no divine justice, you dumb cunt. If there was, you'd be dead. And that girl would be alive."
- — Sandor and Beric Dondarrion.[src]
- Tormund: "You're the one they call the "Dog"."
- Sandor Clegane: "Fuck off."
- Tormund: "They told me you were mean. Were you born mean or do you just hate wildlings?"
- Sandor Clegane: "I don't give two shits about wildlings. It's gingers I hate."
- Tormund: "Gingers are beautiful. We are kissed by fire, just like you. (Points to Sandor's fire burns)"
- Sandor Clegane: "(Hits Tormund's finger away) Don't point your fucking finger at me!"
- — Sandor Clegane and Tormund Giantsbane.[src]
- Sandor: "Seems every bad idea has some Lannister cunt behind it."
- Tyrion: "And some Clegane cunt to help them see it through."
- — Sandor and Tyrion Lannister.[src]
- "Remember me? Yeah, you do. You're even fucking uglier than I am now. What did they do to you? Doesn't matter. It's not how it ends for you, brother. You know who's coming for you. You've always known."
- ―Sandor to his brother.
Spoken about/to Sandor
- Littlefinger: "Has anyone ever told you the story of the Mountain and the Hound? Lovely little tale of brotherly love. The Hound was just a pup, six years old maybe. Gregor a few years older, already a big lad, already getting a bit of a reputation. Some lucky boys just born with a talent for violence. One evening, Gregor found his little brother playing with a toy by the fire - Gregor 's toy, a wooden knight. Gregor never said a word, he just grabbed his brother by the scruff of his neck and shoved his face into the burning coals. Held him there while the boy screamed, while his face melted. There aren't very many people who know that story."
- Sansa: "I won't tell anyone. I promise."
- Littlefinger: "No, please don't. If the Hound so much as heard you mention it, I'm afraid all the knights in King's Landing would not be able to save you."
- — Petyr "Littlefinger" Baelish tells Sansa Stark the story of how Sandor got his scars.[src]
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|Gregor Clegane
Behind the scenes
- On the Season 2 Blu-ray, Sandor narrates a Histories & Lore video on "House Clegane".
- As with the case of Jon Snow, Sandor's return in the sixth season was treated with maximum secrecy, despite Rory McCann having been seen in Belfast sharing the same hotel as the series' cast. In "The Broken Man", a scene was added to show Sandor alive and well before the intro, which included McCann's name on the cast list, to avoid spoilers before Sandor was revealed. Actor Ian McShane, who portrayed Ray, hinted at this by claiming that he would be joining the cast in a role that would bring back a "much-loved character", but did not disclose whether it would be Sandor or Jon (Jon was ultimately revived by Melisandre).
In the books
In the A Song of Ice and Fire novels, House Clegane is a minor vassal house sworn to the Lannisters. Ser Gregor Clegane is an eight-foot-tall knight known as the "Mountain That Rides", and is the most feared warrior in the Seven Kingdoms, as well as Sandor's older brother. The Clegane brothers detest one another, resulting in Sandor leaving home at a young age to work as a sellsword and freerider. Sandor is known as "the Hound" for the three dogs which are his house emblem and for his fierce loyalty to House Lannister.
Sandor is very tall and well-built but not outright freakishly so, the way his brother Gregor is. George R.R. Martin described Sandor as taller than Brienne of Tarth (who is slightly over six feet tall), but shorter than Greatjon Umber (who is nearly seven feet tall) - actor Rory McCann matches this well, being exactly six and a half feet tall.
In the books, it is the opposite side of Sandor's face that is burned. His burns are also more severe than prosthetics can easily show on the TV series: his jawbone is exposed, as the skin above it was completely burned away, and his ear on the burned side is completely gone, leaving only a hole.
The history of Sandor's burns is revealed to Sansa Stark by Sandor himself, and delivered with a warning that he will kill her if she ever reveals it to anyone. In the television adaption, Littlefinger informs Sansa of the origins of Sandor's burned face as they attend the Hand's Tournament in King's Landing, with the same ominous warning as to what will happen to her should she tell anyone else.
In A Game of Thrones Sandor shuns the traditional white plate armor of the Kingsguard, instead opting to wear his white cloak over his original gray armor. This is not the case on first season. By the second season, Sandor dons the style described in the books, of just wearing the white cloak over his own gray armor.
The Hound and Arya never make it to the Bloody Gate, and do not hear about Lysa's death. They reach a small village where they reside for several weeks. The village elder warns them that heavy snow and frost cover the high passes to the Vale, and the Hill tribes have become fearless now that they are armed with steel. The Hound decides not to go to Riverrun or the Wall, but to Saltpans, and travel from there to the Vale by sea.
The bloody brawl at the Inn at the Crossroads is significantly different than in the show: the people whom Arya and the Hound encounter are Polliver, the Tickler and a squire. Polliver demands that the Hound comes with them to Harrenhal. In the ensuing brawl, the Hound kills Polliver, but is severely injured by the Tickler (whom Arya kills). Significantly, the Hound and Arya never encounter Brienne of Tarth; Arya does take his money and leave him to die, but his terminal condition results from the infection of his wound from the Inn, not any new injuries sustained in additional combat.
Sandor's fate is similarly ambiguous in the novels: Arya simply leaves him to die, but has never been confirmed that he actually died. In A Feast for Crows, during their search for Sansa and Arya, Brienne of Tarth and Podrick Payne visit a monastery at the Quiet Isle, where they spot a limping hooded man fitting Sandor's general description works as a gravedigger; Sandor's horse, Stranger, is also there. The Elder Brother tells Brienne that the Hound is dead and that he buried him himself, covered him with stones, and set his helm atop the cairn to mark his final resting place. The Elder Brother tells further: "I came upon him by the Trident, drawn by his cries of pain. He begged me for the gift of mercy, but I am sworn not to kill again. Instead, I bathed his fevered brow with river water, and gave him wine to drink and a poultice for his wound, but my efforts were too little and too late. The Hound died there, in my arms."
There is a fan speculation that the Elder Brother was speaking metaphorically: "the Hound" was dead, his violent and angry past, and "Sandor" had found his peace helping the refugees at the monastery. Though it has not been confirmed yet if Sandor is indeed the limping hooded gravedigger, his return in the television series implies he will return in a later novel.
Meanwhile, Rorge, who forms a band with Biter and five more of the Brave Companions, finds the Hound's helm and wears it when his gang raids Saltpans and other villages, committing terrible atrocities. This leads to false rumors that the Hound is the leader of these brigands.
See also
- Sandor Clegane on A Wiki of Ice and Fire (MAJOR spoilers from the books)
- Sandor Clegane on Wikipedia
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 House Clegane (Histories & Lore)
- ↑ "Winter is Coming"
- ↑ "The Kingsroad"
- ↑ "Cripples, Bastards and Broken Things"
- ↑ "The Wolf and the Lion"
- ↑ "You Win or You Die"
- ↑ "The Pointy End"
- ↑ "Baelor"
- ↑ "Fire and Blood"
- ↑ "The North Remembers"
- ↑ "Garden of Bones"
- ↑ "The Old Gods and the New"
- ↑ "A Man Without Honor"
- ↑ "Blackwater"
- ↑ "And Now His Watch is Ended"
- ↑ "Kissed by Fire"
- ↑ "The Bear and the Maiden Fair"
- ↑ "The Rains of Castamere"
- ↑ "Mhysa"
- ↑ "Two Swords"
- ↑ "Breaker of Chains"
- ↑ "First of His Name"
- ↑ "The Laws of Gods and Men"
- ↑ "Mockingbird"
- ↑ "The Mountain and the Viper"
- ↑ "The Children"
- ↑ 27.0 27.1 "The Broken Man"
- ↑ "No One"
- ↑ "Dragonstone"
- ↑ "Eastwatch"
- ↑ "Beyond the Wall"
- ↑ "The Dragon and the Wolf"
|Sandor Clegane
|Clegane's Keep
|Current members:
|Ser Gregor Clegane
|Deceased members:
|Joss Stilwood · {The Tickler} · Weasel
|House Lannister
|Lord Commander:
|Current members:
Ser Boros Blount · Ser Gregor Clegane · Ser Arys Oakheart · Ser Preston Greenfield · Ser Balon Swann
|Former members:
{Ser Barristan Selmy} · Sandor Clegane · Ser Jaime Lannister · {Ser Mandon Moore} · {Ser Meryn Trant}


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SOURCE: International Center for Alcohol Policies (ICAP)
February 26, 2013 08:00 ET
Findings Run Counter to Current Public Health Approach, Discredit Traditional Perspectives
Findings Run Counter to Current Public Health Approach, Discredit Traditional Perspectives
WASHINGTON, DC--(Marketwire - Feb 26, 2013) - The traditional public health perspective on alcohol and noncommunicable diseases is indicted in a new report from the International Center for Alcohol Policies (ICAP). "Alcohol misuse and global health: The case for an inclusive approach to harmful drinking" discredits the traditional public health perspective that focuses on a narrow group of stakeholders and ignores individual factors and social norms.
"Unfortunately, some widely-held public policy perspectives on reducing harmful drinking are based on questionable and misleading data," said ICAP President Marcus Grant. "This report draws on a wide pool of research to clarify misconceptions and propose a more effective model that involves a broader group of stakeholders and resources, including alcohol producers."
In the past decade, there is greater recognition of the impact of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) in both developed and developing countries. Harmful alcohol consumption is a contributing lifestyle factor for several of the most widespread and harmful of these diseases, with alcohol misuse accounting for four percent of global disease burden.
The report notes that a reduction in heavy-drinking patterns will have a more significant impact on public health than limiting alcohol's physical and economic availability. Unlike tobacco use, which is harmful at any level, light to moderate drinking can have healthful benefits for some groups. There is little to be gained from stigmatizing what is, for many people, a normal behavior.
The WHO Global Strategy to Reduce the Harmful Use of Alcohol recognizes this distinction, and that including a wider array of stakeholders than historically have been engaged contributes to a more effective public health response. In an era of shrinking economies, the fight against such a critical public health issue cannot afford to exclude key influencers, such as alcohol producers, or the unique resources they can provide.
The focus of the public health community, policymakers, non-governmental organizations and yes, even producers, should be on mitigating the risk of unhealthy consumption patterns, rather than eliminating consumption altogether.
"Alcohol misuse and global health: The case for an inclusive approach to harmful drinking" is available for download here.
The International Center for Alcohol Policies (ICAP; www.icap.org) is a not-for-profit organization supported by major international producers of beverage alcohol. Established in 1995, ICAP's mission is to promote understanding of the role of alcohol in society and to help reduce harmful drinking worldwide. ICAP's efforts to foster dialogue and partnerships in the alcohol policy field are shaped by its commitment to pragmatic and feasible solutions to reducing harm that can be tailored to local and cultural considerations and needs. ICAP has been recognized by the United Nations Economic and Social Council (UN ECOSOC) as a non-governmental organization in Special Consultative Status.
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Just had to share this adorable thing I found!! who wouldn't love to go to a party and have a cake like this to eat? I thought this was such fun, now to actually do one and have it look half as good may be a challenge, we can dream huh? My guess is they used orange suckers that were dipped in frosting just on one side, then a choc chip in each middle. The mouth is black licorice and the teeth ???? hmmmm well it could be mashmallos cut to look like teeth. Boy, not sure how you get frosting to look like that!
Shortly I will have the full view of my sad snowman AND I have another one almost done I will be sharing here. Shhhhhh, we won't speak too loudly, but my latest snowman really needs a trip or to to Weight Watchers or Jenny Craig.... :-)


text: Was in the studio recording a demo with a friend yesterday and boy do I stink at bass... There's nothing like listening back to yourself to hear ALL the warts: ugly timing problems, not quite hitting the right note and getting that SQUACK! fretnoise, just plain playing the wrong notes and other general misdemeanours. GUILTY m'lud! We did practice things thoroughly before going in to the studio, but the practice was aimed at getting a good enough performance for playing live, not concentrating on recording quality... Hence I was only about 80% correct in the studio. The solution? Practice, practice, practice. Probably... Any tips on particularly helpful techniques to brush up on before taking studio time would be gladly appreciated.


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SANTA FE SPRINGS — Eunice Diaz points to an AIDS education poster and says it clearly shows why materials on the fatal disease must be developed for the Latino community.
The poster shows a mother clutching her adult son's hands, with red letters proclaiming, "Play Safely."
The poster--distributed by various agencies, including AIDS Project Los Angeles--is directed at gay and bisexual men. It lists sexual activities that are considered "safe" and those that are not.
"A Hispanic mother would not in a million years tell her son, 'Go out and play safely,' " said Diaz, a member of the Los Angeles City and County AIDS Task Force. Homosexuality, she explains, is not taken lightly or easily talked about among Latinos.
That's why Diaz has joined a number of advisers from the southeast Los Angeles County area who are helping Rio Hondo Drug Counseling Services Inc. put together a plan to get information about the deadly acquired immune deficiency syndrome to Latino residents. Rio Hondo Drug Counseling Services has offices in Santa Fe Springs and Norwalk.


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The Guardian is expanding its footprint in the U.S., hiring Indiewire Managing Editor Nigel Smith as an L.A.-based entertainment writer to strengthen the paper's coverage of film in America. It's also signed on as a sponsor of the 42nd Telluride Film Festival this Labor Day weekend in Colorado.
The Guardian's film coverage is read by an average of 10 million unique browsers a month, the company said.
The film festival sponsorship and the hiring of Mr. Smith -- who will write for the Guardian's U.S. edition, as well as contribute to its wider film team -- marks the latest step in the U.K.-based Guardian's aggressive push into the North American digital market, where it introduced a U.S. homepage in 2011.
The U.S. site attracted 28.2 million unique visitors across desktop and mobile devices in May, up 36% from the prior year, according to ComScore. The U.S. site's editor, Katharine Viner, was recently tapped as editor-in-chief of the Guardian, succeeding retiring editorial chief Alan Rusbridger.
Lee Glendinning is now the editor of Guardian U.S. site. She was the site's deputy editor and head of news since late last year.
On the business side, the Guardian hired MEC exec Eamonn Store last year to serve as CEO of U.S. operations. And in January, it brought on Mindshare exec Rachel Israel as executive VP of Guardian Labs U.S., its in-house creative agency.
Planting a flag on the west coast with an entertainment writer gives the Guardian's business side a beachhead to win more advertising business from Hollywood studios.
"The development of more U.S.-authored film and entertainment journalism is a major focus for our ongoing growth plans in America," Mr. Store said in a statement. "The appointment of Nigel will significantly strengthen our film coverage, while our partnership with the Telluride Film Festival … will help us engage with more like-minded film fans across the U.S. and further afield."
Another British newspaper, the Daily Mail, is making a similarly strong push in the American market. Last week at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, the Daily Mail announced a partnership with Snapchat and WPP to start a content marketing agency called Truffle Pig. It also revealed plans for a syndicated TV show called "Daily Mail TV."


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Despite the recent violent uprising and reports of politically motivated killings in Haiti, in February 2004 President Bush proclaimed that "We will turn back any refugee that attempts to reach our shore, and that message needs to be very clear as well to the Haitian people." Although U.S. officials subsequently clarified that they would not return those with a credible fear of persecution, the current practice for identifying people who have such a fear is totally inadequate, and results in the return of individuals who qualify for refugee status. The attached article describes the implementation of Bush's "interdiction" policy by the Coast Guard, which patrols the waters off Haiti, and immediately returns fleeing Haitians. The implementation of the interdiction policy is contrary to both domestic and international law and norms, and is grossly discriminatory in light of the treatment of Cubans by the United States.
Under the 1951 U.N. Refugee Convention and its 1967 Protocol, the United States is prohibited from returning refugees to countries where their lives or freedom are threatened. Likewise, 243(h) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) prohibits the return of any refugee to a country where their life or freedom would be threatened on account of membership in a particular social group, or political opinion. Anecdotal evidence and the widely reported political situation in Haiti strongly indicate that some of the Haitians who are fleeing are doing so for reasons related to persecution for political beliefs and/or associations. Logic dictates that they should therefore qualify as refugees, and be protected from return to Haiti by both international and domestic law...
In spite of this, the United States does not recognize its international and domestic obligations. In Sale v. Haitian Centers Council, Inc., the Supreme Court declared that the U.S. policy of intercepting boats carrying Haitians seeking political asylum and returning them to Haiti without a hearing to determine whether they qualify as refugees did not contravene domestic or international law.
Regardless of the underlying cause for the difference in treatment, a persuasive argument can and must be made that fundamental principles of fairness require equal treatment of all refugees...The Lawyers Committee for Human Rights proposes that all individuals who are interdicted on boats by the U.S. government be individually apprised, in a language that they understand, that they can express any fears or concerns about being returned to their home country. They propose that anyone who does indicate a fear should be interviewed by a trained INS asylum officer.
The Lawyers Committee's proposal is sensible. The U.S. Coast Guard recently has interdicted well over five hundred Haitians. It is therefore crucial for the Bush administration to immediately set out a clear policy that complies with its legal obligations to protect refugees. It must establish procedures, and allocate the necessary resources to ensure that no one is returned to Haiti who is in danger of being persecuted, tortured, or killed. To do so requires giving each interdicted Haitian a meaningful opportunity to tell his or her story and carefully assessing the claims made.


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Hey lovelies!
So the suns back out :) yey, being a little sun worshipper i love sitting and seeing the sun shining through my window, so i hope its here to stay but this being England i highly doubt it.
So with the sun being out less is definitely more don't you think? Make up wise that is! So the foundations are put to one side and tinted moisturisers are brought out, they are just so much lighter on your skin plus this one has added witch hazel so it helps keep blemishes at bay! win win don't you think?
Price – £4.70
The only negative i can find with this product is the shade range, they come in light medium and dark so it isn't the most inventive colour pallet but the medium does fit my skin very nicely! So i cant complain too much. Also it doesn't contain SPF so i recommend adding some on extra especially if its a sunny day :)
Other than that this product has made my skin look flawless the past couple of days! it has a lovely Satin Matt finish which is a nice chance from all the dewy foundations that i use, and the added witch hazel is really helping keep my blemishes under control, they've been really bad lately so its good to see them disappearing !
So there you have it guys, that's what I'm currently loving, is there any products which you just love!?
i would like to here about them ? :)
BTW i received some exciting news! I'm next blogger of the month for June! how exciting, i was really over the moon! so I've done my little interview so i will let you all know as soon as it is out if you fancy a read!
Hope everyone has a lovely Tuesday!


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This video has been making the Facebook rounds and when I first saw it, it freaked me out a little (okay, a lot). Choosing a real Christmas tree is one of our favorite family traditions, but I certainly didn't want to be putting my family in danger. So I did a little research. Not Worry P0rn research but actual research. So let's look at the numbers.
According to the National Fire Protection Association, between 2007 and 2011 there was an average of 230 house fires started by Christmas trees per year. Now these fires were started in different ways. In fact, 20% were actually started on purpose (!?). But for the sake of argument let's use the highest estimate of 230 (even though I am pretty sure you are all smart enough to NOT set your tree on fire on purpose).
So 230 christmas tree fires a year. That doesn't really seem like a lot and it is even less when you consider how many American households have Christmas trees. According to the American Christmas Tree Association, approximately 94 million households in America have Christmas trees per year. Of that 94 million, 20% (18.8 million) choose to use a real tree. Now it is true that the risk of fire is higher with real trees but artificial trees can cause fires too. But again, for the sake of OVER estimating the risk, let's assume that all 230 of those annual fires were caused by real trees.
Now we can figure out the actual risk. Let's divide 230 (the number of Christmas tree associated fires per year) by 18.8 million (the number of households with real trees) and see what we get. Drum roll please . . . and remember we are OVER ESTIMATING . . . your approximate chance of a fire is 0.00001. That is to say, 1 out of 100,000. And that is a risk I am willing to live with. And if you want to lower that risk even further, don't set up your tree near a heat source (fire place/heat vent) and don't set your tree on fire!


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Carolina Panthers coach Ron Rivera found himself in a no-win situation on Sunday.
Many pro teams in all sports have policies and procedures. One of the Panther policies is to wear a tie during travel.
The star of the team, Cam Newton, reportedly travelled to Seattle without a tie.
Rivera did his best to show it is he, and not the players, who is in charge. Rivera benched Newton for the first series of the game.
To some, the move backfired. Back up Derek Anderson started and threw an interception on his first throw of the game. Carolina lost 40-7 and are now 4 and 8 on the season.
Rivera knew the move would have media members asking about the relationship between coach and star quarterback. The press is asking if the relationship is flawed.
Rivera also knew he ran the risk of having his own players questioning the decision to sit a player who makes $20 million per season.
Rivera is under fire, yet does deserve credit: no "one" should be above "team."


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Real Wedding: Chad + Aleisha Gilchrist
Welcome to our first Open Submission on the AWM Blog! So often we hear from brides that want to share their beautiful weddings with us. All the weddings we feature in the magazine are submitted by our talented advertisers, but we have plenty of room to spare here on the blog. We will start publishing 2-4 weddings per month that feature gorgeous details, unique ideas and plenty of inspiration to all Southern brides. Our first submission highlights the seaside nuptials of Chad and Aleisha Gilchrist, photographed by Kristi Chappell Photography. We adore the bride's personally-made jewelry accessories almost as much as her contagious smile. The groom's starfish boutonniere is a clever alternative to flowers and you can't resist their pup's bow tie. The night is complete as the couple and their loved ones light heart-shaped lanterns that float into the sky as an announcement of their union. We're so pleased to share this sweet, sunny celebration and can't wait to see more. If you want to share your wedding with us, see our Open Submissions page! Also, check out our friends at Kaiser Realty if you would love to tie the knot on the white beaches of Gulf Shores or Orange Beach, Alabama. Congratulations Chad and Aleisha!
Photography: Kristi Chappell Photography + Venue: Sea Star Cottage in Gulf Shores, Alabama + Chair, table and food service: Pelican Pete Party Rentals + Wedding Cake: A local market bakery + All decorations, flowers, favors, and ceremony arbor were made by bride, her mother and father + Head piece and foot jewelry made by bride + Dress: David's Bridal + Belt and bracelet: JV Gems – an Etsy store


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Completely collapsible, uniquely portable, extremely simple to use…
PITCH SAFE™ SPORTS SCREENS are:
For everyone. Girls and boys, women and men, and players of all abilities from T-ball to professional — Softball or Baseball!
Uniquely portable. Everything fits into a channel just 5 inches square, like a slim bat bag – ready to go by foot, car, rail, or air!
Cost effective — about the same price as one high-tech bat!
Very simple to use. Nothing to bolt, snap, fasten, or screw -set it up or take it down in just 25 seconds!
Rugged and tough — built from all-weather heavy duty net, construction-grade fiberglass, heat-treated aluminum alloys, and numerous stainless steel and other rust-resistant fasteners!
Available in two models — the Pitching Screen (76" tall x 38" wide, 20 pounds) and the Sock-Net Hitting Screen (76" tall x 48" wide, 22 pounds)!
In use at many universities, high schools, and numerous amateur youth and senior teams!
"I highly recommend the Pitch Safe™ pitching screen to any program at any level. We use ours at the PAC 10, Division-1 level and find them to be excellent. They are the most portable, the simplest and quickest to assemble, and very durable. For teams with a lot of equipment to transport, there is no better screen than the Pitch Safe™ pitching screen."
—Kirk Walker, Head Softball Coach, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
"It is the best thing I've seen for saving somebody's life. Its so easy to set up. Its tough, and, I mean, its taken some line drive hits. Its something every team needs. Batting practice is when you can really hurt somebody, but with that screen, well, you can just fire it up the middle as many time as you want. Its one heck of a machine. Its a fair price and well worth every penny. Any time you can keep someone from getting hurt, you've got to do it."
—Bruce Meade, The "Babe Ruth" of Slow Pitch Softball, Bradenton, Florida


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The SPA can perform the following tasks:
Create, delete, and modify shared and full organizations in the provider organization in which the SPA has administrative authority.
In the example shown in Figure A–1, the SPA for the VIS provider organization can
Modify or delete the DEF, HIJ, and SESTA organizations
Create additional organizations under the VIS provider organization.
Create, delete, and modify users in any organization under the provider organization.
Create, delete, and modify groups in any organization under the provider organization.
Create, delete, and modify Calendar resources in any organization under the provider organization.
Assign OA roles to users.
For example, in the sample organization shown in Figure A–1, the SPA could assign an OA role to user2 in the SESTA organization. user2 could then manage users in the SESTA organization.
The SPA also can remove the OA role from a user.
Assign the SPA role to other legitimate users under the provider organization (and remove the SPA role).
Allocate service packages to organizations.
For information about service packages, see Service Packages in Chapter 1, Delegated Administrator Overview.
The SPA can assign specified types of service packages to an organization and determine the maximum number of each package that can be used in that organization.
For example, the SPA could assign the following service packages:
In the DEF organization:
1,000 gold packages 500 platinum packages
In the HIJ organization:
2,500 topaz packages 500 platinum packages 500 emerald packages 1,000 ruby packages
In the SESTA organization:
2,000 silver packages 1,500 gold packages 100 platinum packages
The SPA can use the Delegated Administrator console to perform these tasks. In this release, the Delegated Administrator utility does not include command options to perform these tasks.
The TLA can modify or delete any existing shared organization or full organization. The TLA also can manage users in those organizations.
The TLA can remove the SPA role from a user but cannot assign the SPA role through the console. For a list of constraints in this release of Delegated Administrator, see Considerations for This Release.
For a complete description of the administrative tasks performed by the TLA, see Administrator Roles and the Directory Hierarchy in Chapter 1, Delegated Administrator Overview.
The SPA role must be assigned to a user in an organization designated for SPAs and subordinate to the provider organization that the SPA will manage.
In the example shown in Figure A–1, assume you need to create an SPA for the provider organization named VIS. You could assign the SPA role to user1 in the organization DEF.
The SPA must reside in a subordinate organization because a provider organization node does not contain any users.
Thus, before a provider organization can be managed by an SPA, at least one organization must be created under it. This organization should be designated to hold users who are assigned the SPA role. For more information, see Creating a Provider Organization and Service Provider Administrator.


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Rob Gronkowski's Season-Ending Injury: What Now, Fantasy Owners?
Say goodbye, fantasy football owners. Rob Gronkowski won't be seeing a fake pigskin lineup for a long, long time.
The Patriots' stud tight end has a torn ACL – the NFL's dreaded season-ending injury.
The timing, for both the Patriots and fantasy football owners, couldn't have been worse. New England's attempting to secure a first-round bye in the AFC playoffs, while fantasy owners – thousands of them – used Gronkowski in their first-round playoff matchups this week. I'm sure his two-catch, 32-yard stat line didn't help many teams advance.
If, like the Patriots, you were fortunate on Sunday to secure a W, however, you're now more than likely looking for a replacement. After all, who rosters two tight ends when their top one is Rob Gronkowski? Right? Right?
Let's take a look at five replacements for the Gronkmeister, in order of waiver wire importance.
1. Dennis Pitta, TE, Baltimore Ravens
The obvious Gronk fill-in is Dennis Pitta, who played in his first game of the season yesterday for Baltimore, catching six passes for 48 yards and a key touchdown.
If you recall, Pitta was the guy who was supposed to assume the role of the departed Anquan Boldin this year in Baltimore. Part of the reason Joe Flacco has struggled this season is because, quite frankly, he has no number two pass-catcher. Pitta's that guy.
The Ravens face Detroit in Week 15 – a team that ranked ninth against tight ends in terms of fantasy points against entering the week – and then the Patriots in Week 16. The Pats game should provide a lot of potential, as they've let tight ends go nuts on them at times this year (Tony Gonzalez in Week 4, Jordan Cameron yesterday).
In truth, Pitta's one of the few tight ends in this league that could see enough targets to be matchup proof. If he's still on your waiver wire – which he shouldn't be if you read my 15 Transactions column last week – snag him ASAP.
2. Delanie Walker, TE, Tennessee Titans
I've pumped up Delanie Walker quite a bit here on numberFire over the last month or so, and though he hasn't played (essentially) his last two games, he should be able to come back next week and be a top tight end producer in pretend football.
With Fitzpatrick under center after Jake Locker's season-ending injury, Walker's seen an average of nine targets per game. Fitzpatrick loves him. And so do I, as the Titans will face two of the worst teams against the tight end position in Week 15 and 16 in Arizona and Jacksonville.
Walker, too, ranks eighth among tight ends this season in Target Net Expected Points, which measures how many real points a receiver is adding for his team on all targets.
I'd still prefer Pitta over Walker, but considering Pitta will be a top priority for most teams entering Week 15, Walker is a nice sneaky add. He's owned in fewer than 20 percent of ESPN.com leagues.
3. Garrett Graham, TE, Houston Texans
After not living up to his post-Owen Daniels injury hype, Garrett Graham has slowly become a low-end TE1 in fantasy. He has two touchdowns in his last four games, including 23 total receptions.
Graham will face Indianapolis next week – a team that's defended tight ends well, but ranks in the bottom eight against the pass according to our metrics. Then, in Week 16, he'll see Denver. The Broncos are always a good matchup for offensive personnel given offenses needing to play some catch up.
One thing to keep in mind with Graham is that Owen Daniels may return to action next week after missing the last eight weeks with an injury. He probably won't be thrown into the offense at the get-go though, and even if he is, Graham still holds value – he scored in three of the six games Daniels played with him this season.
4. Zach Miller, TE, Seattle Seahawks
Zach Miller's had an underrated season for Seattle, ranking 11th in Target NEP among all tight ends this year. Though he had just one catch in yesterday's game against San Francisco, the 49ers rank second in the league against the tight end position, so it was almost expected that Miller wouldn't do a whole lot.
He has just two touchdowns this year, sure, but his upcoming schedule against the Giants (24th against tight ends entering Week 14) and Arizona (145th against tight ends entering Week 14 – the worst) could make for a solid final two fantasy weeks. His ceiling isn't high, but he could provide a decent floor given his matchups.
5. Zach Ertz, TE, Philadelphia Eagles
Ertz caught zero passes in yesterday's snow bowl, but I'm not sure we can take much away from a game that was played in six inches of wintery dust. Ertz saw just one target, but saw six in the previous game against the aforementioned, horrific Cardinals tight end defense.
He's certainly not a player that has a high floor, but if you want an upside play, he could provide that with Week 15 and 16 games against Minnesota and Chicago. The Vikings just gave up a solid outing to Dennis Pitta, and have had trouble with effective tight ends (Jordan Reed, Jason Witten). Chicago often finds themselves having to plug that atrocious rush defense, and have allowed at least five tight end receptions in eight games this year, ranking 23rd against the position in fantasy.
Ertz is a lower-tiered tight end compared to the guys mentioned above, but in deeper leagues, could provide some assistance.
Honorable Mention: Jacob Tamme, TE, Denver Broncos
Don't overlook Jacob Tamme this week on the waiver wire, either. After Wes Welker left the game with a concussion, Tamme stepped into his role and saw five targets, catching four for 47 yards. There's a chance Welker misses this week due to it being a short week, and if he does, Tamme could benefit.


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2019 New Year Photo Frames Greetings Wishes is a great Christmas application for Android, with which you can add a variety of holiday photo frames
Halloween Makeup is an excellent application for Android, timed to Halloween. With the help of which you can transform your photos or photos of your loved ones into something terrifying. Paint your face beyond recognition in the scary Halloween makeup
SoundHound: Music Search is a great application, with which you can easily determine the song you liked and all the information about it. Click search and the app itself will give you the text, title and links to the artist
MSQRD - great app on Android, with which you can create a virtual mask, change their appearance, to record photos and videos of the process of creating masks, change images, send the resulting reultate in social networks or favorite messengers to your friends, thus play them
Muse Insight - a convenient and interesting application for the android platform by developer IT-GRANDS, designed for music lovers and for those who like to share the music you like with your friends. Registered users of social network VKontakte are right there to listen to the music and add tracks to a playlist
Red Bull TV - is a free application for the Android platform from the company Red Bull, which was, incidentally, founded over 27 years ago. The company is known worldwide for its energy and other beverages. The company is a sponsor of the Red Bull Formula 1 team, one of the most popular sports tournament
Shazam - application for Android by Shazam Entertainment Limited Developer Platform, a product that is serious competition for such products like: TrackID ™ from Sony Mobile Communications Developer with the number of downloads is close to 50 million from the developer and SoundHound SoundHound Inc
FS - a free app for the platform that contains a lot of useful categories and available to all residents of the former Soviet Union. It should be noted that this application is not in Google Play
Stellio audio player - application for android from Stellio developer platform containing audio player and capable in the number of positive characteristics to compete with many similar applications
Photo Studio - an application for the Android platform, which includes a photo editor for the rapid conversion of an ordinary photograph into a work of art. application properties will help you to make photos of the masterpiece. The application is supported by mobile devices such as phones and tablets


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Tax burden comparison in Baltics: Latvia remains in the lead
Photo: pixabay.com.
Latvia's tax policy is neither employer nor employee friendly, as it creates the highest costs per worker among Baltic States.
What will 2018 bring taxpayers in Baltics?
Swedbank analysts say that 2018 has brought many changes to Latvia's legislation. Because of that, employers and employees have a lot to ponder. In an attempt to reduce social inequality, minimum wages have been increased (from EUR 380 to EUR 430), non-taxable minimum application and calculation principle (from EUR 60 to EUR 115 last year and from 0 to 200 euros this year). This year has also seen introduction of a progressive PIT rate (from 23% to 20%, 23% or 31.4% depending on income). In accordance with changes brought about by the reform, benefits for dependents have been increased (from 175 euros to 200 euros), as have rates for state social insurance fees (from 10.5% to 11% for employees and from 23.59% to 24.09% for employers).
Tax changes have been noticed in Latvia's neighbouring countries – Lithuania and Estonia. Compared with Latvia, similarly large changes have been registered in Estonia, whereas changed in Lithuania have been more moderate. For example, minimal wage in Lithuania has been increased by 20 euros (from 380 to 400 euros), whereas in Estonia the increase was 30 euros (from 470 euros to 500 euros). More considerable changes in Estonia are associated with a major increase of non-taxable minimum from 180 euros to 500 euros. Similarly to Latvia and Lithuania, it is differentiated based on income. In Lithuania, non-taxable minimum amount has grown and its maximum amount reaches 380 euros a month instead of 310 euros.
«Although the goal of Latvia's tax policy is reducing the tax burden for lower income recipients, other Baltic States are moving towards more rapid steps. For example, the non-taxable minimum applied in Lithuania is nearly twice as large as Latvia's. The minimum in Estonia is two and a half times larger,» says Swedbank Institute for Finances expert Evija Kropa.
She also adds that unlike Latvia, PIT rates in neighbouring countries were not changed in recent years, and they remain lower than Latvia's – 15% in Lithuania and 20% in Estonia.
Labour force tax burden – the highest for people in Latvia
According to the tax burden comparison with Baltic States, Latvia remains in the lead among Baltic States with the highest labour tax. The only advantage Latvian employees have over their Lithuanian neighbours is the situation with registered dependents. This, however, is a volatile result, because Lithuania lifted the benefit for dependents in 2018. Instead, the country introduced a separate EUR 30 benefit for every child under the age of 18.
«This way Lithuania ensured in principle that families with relatively low income are provided with benefits for dependents in cases when wages are below the entire benefit amount (with a wage of EUR 400 and non-taxable minimum of EUR 380, it was not possible to use benefits for dependents worth EUR 200). From 1 March onward, families in Latvia will be given an additional amount if they have at least 2 children under the age of 18. However, the amount is still below that of Lithuania (EUR 10 for two children and EUR 66 for three children). In Lithuania, benefits for two children reach EUR 60 and for three – EUR 90,» Kropa explains.
The most welcoming labour force tax policy in found in Estonia
Although minimal wage recipients in Latvia have experienced a major income increase this year – by 20% or EUR 58 'on hands', when compared with neighbouring countries, residents in Latvia still get the smallest amount of money at the end of the month. In addition, even though minimal wage in Lithuania is below that of Latvia (EUR 400, as opposed to EUR 430), Lithuanian residents receive up to EUR 15 more on hands (EUR 361 in Lithuania as opposed to EUR 346 in Latvia). This situation formed because of higher non-taxable minimum amount and lower PIT rate. Out of the three Baltic States, the situation with low-wage recipients seems to be the best in Estonia, where minimum wage is (EUR 500) and it is not applied with income tax. After all the social payments, workers are left with EUR 482, which is EUR 136 more than in Latvia.
The expert mentions that average income (EUR 1,000 before taxes) of employees in Estonia are considerably higher than it is in Latvia and Lithuania – Estonia is ahead with an advantage of EUR 100 a month. This can be explained with considerably higher non-taxable minimum.
As for higher income (EUR 1,500 before taxes) recipients, Estonia's labour tax policy remains the most welcoming among all three Baltic States. The country's tax policy offers income that is more than EUR 100 larger than what Latvia can provide. Although all three Baltic States already have systems for differentiated non-taxable minimum, Estonia has a much higher wage threshold at which non-taxable minimum starts to decrease and until which it is applied (440 to 1,000 euros in Latvia and 1,200 to 2,100 euros in Estonia).
Employees cost a lot more to employers in Latvia
According to Swedbank's labour tax burden comparison in Baltic States, employers in Latvia are not too hot about the country's tax policy. On paper, equal income levels means a single employee in Latvia costs less than he or she does in Lithuania and Estonia. A comparison, however, reveals how much employers have to pay for a single employee with a wage of EUR 500. The price is the highest for Latvian employers (total costs around EUR 831). Costs in Lithuania are EUR 40 lower (around EUR 791). In Estonia, costs are EUR 137 lower (costs around EUR 694).
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Vivid selection of Latvian culture on offer in Tartu for 9 daysThe Estonian city of Tartu is hosting nine days of selected Latvian culture events up until the centennial of Latvia on November 18. The events begun on Friday with the opening of the photography exhibition by internationally acclaimed photographer Zaiga Šteina.


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One exhibition
The Family Camera invites you to see family photographs differently. Tucked away in a box, framed on the wall, or saved to the cloud, personal photos are all around us in abundance. For Canadians, family photographs are often linked to stories of migration. Whether recent or in the distant past, over short or long distances, international or even within Canada, photographs play an important role in these experiences. From departures and arrivals to everyday moments and milestones, they capture these journeys and keep us connected; even the family photos that are lost or destroyed along the way can still linger in our imaginations.
Exploring the relationship between photography and the idea of family, The Family Camera looks at family photographs as a cultural practice through the lens of migration. It considers the social, political, and technological influences that impact how we conceptualize and represent family. Cultural shifts, such as same sex marriage and transnational adoptions enhance our notion of family, while the arrival of Polaroid cameras, smart phones, and the digital age have transformed the moments we capture and how we share them. With nearly every photograph featured in this exhibition coming from a Canadian home, The Family Camera sheds light on how family photos reflect and shape our sense of self, family, community, and nation.
Discover the connections between family, photography, and migration and bring your idea of family into focus.
Two venues
The Family Camera is presented in partnership with the Art Gallery of Mississauga (AGM), with works on display at both venues.
Visit both Museums for the full exhibition experience:
- At the ROM from May 6 to October 29, 2017*
- At the AGM from May 4 to August 27, 2017 - Please note this section is now closed.
*The Family Camera at the ROM includes a video installation by Deanna Bowen that is approximately 40 minutes in duration. We encourage you to allow yourself a little extra time during your visit to experience this piece in its entirety.
#ROMfamcam Blogs
Over the course of the exhibition, we will be posting blogs with more information about the exhibition. Please click on the titles below to access blog content.
1. Collaboration, Family and Photography: The Process of Creating an Installation for The Family Camera Exhibition
2. The Living Room: Photography in the Public and Private
3. The Living Room: Creative Team & List of Works Cited
Organized by the Royal Ontario Museum with the support of The Family Camera Network and presented concurrently at the ROM and the Art Gallery of Mississauga. Curated by Deepali Dewan, Jennifer Orpana, Thy Phu, Julie Crooks, and Sarah Bassnett, with the assistance of Sarah Parsons and Silvia Forni. Special Thanks to: Toronto Photography Seminar, Digital Futures Graduate Program at OCAD University, Art Gallery of Mississauga, Ryerson University's Photography + Film Preservation and Collections Management Graduate Program, Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives, and Western University. The Family Camera features over 200 objects, mostly photographs and stories collected through The Family Camera Network, a public archive project that collects family photographs and their stories and preserves them for future generations. It also includes loans from private and public collections, and new works by artists Jeff Thomas, Deanna Bowen, and Dinh Q. Lê. An immersive installation exploring the living room space where family photos live and the stories they tell has been created by OCAD University's Digital Futures program.
Hi there, I am a high school teacher and am hoping to bring my students to the Family Camera exhibit. Could you please tell me how much tickets for 10 kids would be? I would like to book for Friday, May 26.
Hi Michelle,
The Family Camera is included with General Admission.
General admission for children aged 4 to 14 years of age are 14$. Please give us a call and our Group Sales can help you in acquiring tickets.
my wife deby longpre s mother pauline turgeon had a picture of 24 in a family picturei in a picture in front of a log house in asterville near north bay at the same time as the quintuplets in callender 9059374802
So odd! My mother's name is Barbara, she looks like the woman is the photo from behind, and my father is from India. We often took visiting Indian relatives to Niagara falls. The boy in the photo looks a lot like my younger brother at that age, and we are probably the same age as the children in the photo. So neat to see another Canadian family that is so much like ours!
Is this exhibit coming to Calgary? Is there a way to access the video piece online? As a fellow photographer, I'd love to experience it but am living across the country. TIA
The Family Camera exhibit will not travel at this time. After its closing, the material was returned to the ROM's storage where The Family Camera Network archive will be preserved for posterity or was returned to the 63 lenders who contributed to the exhibition.
Hello, Is there a catalogue of the exhibition we could buy or a pamphlet of the exhibition?
Thank you!
Unfortunately there is no catalogue for purchase nor is the video accessible online. But there are some blogs about the exhibit on The Family Camera Network website: http://familycameranetwork.org/. Please check back there periodically for more information about the project.


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Florida Trail Association
Connecting Florida's natural lands along its 1,400-mile route - from the haunting cypress strands of the Big Cypress in South Florida, to the sparkling white sands of Gulf Islands National Seashore in the Florida Panhandle - the Florida Trail, which is one of only eight National Scenic Trails in the US, provides hikers dozens of places along the way to explore Florida's unique habitats and wildlife. Easy day hikes and backpacking trips all within an hours drive from most major Florida cities, and is an excellent educational adventure for the entire family. For maps, guide books and exciting gear, please contact the Florida Trail Association toll free at 877-HIKE-FLA or visit our website at www.floridatrail.org.


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Love, Light and Courage
Is the story of Bernard Offen who, at the age of ten, endured the Krakow Ghetto and the Nazi concentration camps of Plaszow, Julag, Mauthausen, Auschwitz-Birkenau and Dachau-Kaufering.
Out of over 50 in his family, only he and his two older brothers survived.
In what Bernard would call his "process of healing", he returned to Poland in 1981 to confront his demons. Not long after, he would begin his life's mission of advocacy by spending summers in Krakow remembering, educating and inspiring others.
Through his story, we bear witness to the unimaginable and are moved to face the ultimate question: How could this happen and what then must we do?
Bernard is of the last generation to experience the Holocaust.
The only way for evil to be triumphant is for good people to do nothing about it.
Of Angels and Action
A compelling look at the connected fabric of humankind and the audacity of resilience, Love, Light and Courage is film about memory, bravery and the transformational power of right action.
Bernard's stories of the "angels" who had the audacity and courage to risk their own lives and do the right thing in the face of the Holocaust is a testament that we can retain our humanity despite overwhelming odds, and that against darkness, the light of the human soul remains our best weapon.
You can view a trailer for Love Light and Courage here on this website
We need your help.
Be a funder
To cover the additional costs of finishing the film -- sound design and mixing, music licensing, archival photos and footage, and maintenance of this website -- we've begun a crowd funding campaign through GoFundMe.
You can donate via GoFundMe here:
If you would rather send a check or have any archival photos, film or music you would be willing to share for use in this film, please visit the DONATE page for further info.
Your donation of any amount or kind is greatly appreciated.
Thank you!


text: BlackRock fills top position BlackRock, Inc. today announced the appointment of Marcia Moffat as Head of its Canadian business. Marcia will join BlackRock this September, bringing more than 15 years of industry experience to the role. "Marcia brings an exceptional blend of leadership experiences to our Canadian business," said Robert Fairbairn, Senior Managing Director at BlackRock. "We see incredible opportunity to expand our footprint in Canada and, with Marcia's insights and knowledge, she is ideally placed to represent the firm's capabilities across our diverse set of clients, and to develop our long-term business strategy in this market." Marcia will be joining BlackRock, most recently, from her role as founder and principal at Compasar Solutions, a management consulting firm delivering strategic insights and advice to companies and their management teams in the financial services industry, including those in the asset and wealth management segment. She is currently a Board Member of Manulife Bank of Canada and Manulife Trust Company. "I am honoured to lead BlackRock in Canada," said Moffat. "I look forward to helping to take the business to the next level and to building on the many successes BlackRock has achieved to date in this marketplace. My focus will be on working closely with the Canadian business and investment community and, with my new colleagues here in Canada and from around the world, to expand BlackRock's position and reputation as a leading asset manager in this country." SHARE


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I admire virtually nothing that Carrey has done since, yet still crack up every time I watch this manic and rubbery-faced film.
39.Under Siege (1992)
"I'm just the cook." Yes, of course you are! Seagal is suitably dense, but it's the villains who steal the show, Tommy Lee Jones and Gary Busey.
38.The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
Not the dreadful recent remake, but the original Hackman classic. Brilliant Sunday Afternoon viewing.
37.The Exorcist (1973)
Mark Kermode would turn in his grave (if he were dead) as infamous horror movie The Exorcist clocks in at number 37.
36.Shaun of the Dead (2004)
A movie of such exceptional fun, that's it impossible not to like.
35.Ray (2004)
I do like a good musical biopic, and this one, based on the life of Ray Charles, is outstanding.
34.All The President's Men (1976)
Ah, the Seventies. Very brown, weren't they? It was certainly brown-trousers time for Mr. Nixon as Woodward and Bernstein (played exceptionally well by Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffmann) discovered all sorts of tricky goings on.
33.Zero Effect (1998)
An under-seen private eye mystery movie starring Ben Stiller.
32.The Manchurian Candidate (2004)
As remakes go, one of the best, and stars the ever-fantastic Liev Schrieber with Meryl Streep in the nut-job mother role made so famous by Angela Langsbury in the original.
31.Black Book (200)
Fantastic War time thriller from Paul Verhoeven.


text: Have you ever noticed that a lot of songs have whoa-oo-oh somewhere in them, usually as a chorus? You can usually find them in the popular pop and indie songs that are always cycling through popularity. Well someone noticed this trend and made a super cut of all the whoa-oo's they could think of.


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before & after: dan's home exterior + kara's guest room
i don't think about home exteriors so much, being an apartment-dweller. but when i see a cool home front, i instantly imagine what i'd like my home's exterior to look like one day. this home exterior makeover comes from dan at dan davis design in michigan. he did the front and back of this beautiful home and i'm seriously loving the wavy siding on the front. it's not for everyone, but it looks so lovely tucked into this woodland site. be sure to check out the back makeover after the jump. thanks, dan!
[have a before & after you'd like to share on d*s? just shoot me an email right here with your images (low res, please).]
CLICK HERE for the back of dan's home makeover and a gorgeous guest room makeover (check out the AMAZING corrugated steel headboard!) from kara after the jump!
[exterior home makeover by dan davis. i think the matisse look is really lovely at night.]
this beautiful makeover comes from d*s reader kara, who recently finished a 3 year renovation of her 1936 cottage. i couldn't resist this lovely guest bedroom makeover- her metal headboard is to die for. such a great idea! click here for more information (and images) on the makeover.