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| Actor Tom Wilkinson dead |
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Posted by: Lilith7 - 31-12-2023, 02:13 PM - Forum: News and Current Affairs
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Most of us will remember him from The Full Monty.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/ce...dies-at-75
"Tom Wilkinson, the Oscar-nominated British actor known for his roles in The Full Monty, Michael Clayton and The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, has died, his family said. He was 75.
A statement shared by his agent on behalf of the family said Wilkinson died suddenly at home on Saturday. It didn't provide further details.
Wilkinson was nominated for a Best Actor Academy Award for his work in 2001's family drama In The Bedroom in 2001 and in the Best Supporting Actor category for his role in Michael Clayton, a 2007 film that starred George Clooney.
He is remembered by many in Britain and beyond for playing former steel mill foreman Gerald Cooper in the 1997 comedy The Full Monty, about a group of unemployed steel workers who formed an unlikely male stripping act.
Wilkinson appeared in dozens of other movies, including Batman Begins, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Valkyrie.
The actor was recognised for his services to drama in 2005 when he was appointed a member of the Order of the British Empire."
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| Israel denying visas to UN staff |
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Posted by: Lilith7 - 27-12-2023, 02:39 PM - Forum: News and Current Affairs
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Israel seems hell bent on going rapidly down the wrong path.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/...te=2581933
"Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said Israeli forces will not lower the intensity of fighting and are “deepening operations in southern Gaza”, with the air force hitting 100 targets in 24 hours. - United Nations chief Antonio Guterres has appointed Sigrid Kaag as Gaza’s aid coordinator, but the path ahead for humanitarian relief remains difficult with no breaks in fighting.
[b]Israel denies visas to UN staff as it hits back against criticism[/b]
Israel is “abusing its powers” as an occupying force in Gaza to deny visas to certain UN staff, Francesca Albanese, the UN special rapporteur to the occupied Palestinian territories, told Al Jazeera.
Her comments come as Israel’s Foreign Minister Eli Cohen wrote on X on Monday that he had instructed his ministry to deny a visa extension for a UN employee in Israel and to reject the visa request of another. Cohen accused the UN of cooperating with the “propaganda of the terrorist organisation Hamas”.
[b]"Israel’s Dermer meets US adviser Sullivan in Washington, DC[/b]
As we reported earlier, Israeli Minister of Strategic Affairs Ron Dermer is in Washington, DC, where he has reportedly just met with US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan.
The pair discussed efforts to bring home the remaining captives held in Gaza by Hamas, a White House official told Reuters.
The pair also reportedly discussed transitioning to a different phase of the war, according to Reuters."
Really - perhaps "the pair" might manage to discuss an immediate ceasefire, allowing Red Crescent & other humanitarian organisations into Gaza to try to fix as much of the harm done as is possible.
And then perhaps 'the pair' might even try to make a start on peace in the long term...removing Hamas leaders & Israel's righwing govt would be an enormous step in the right direction.
They won't though. Its all just going to carry on with each side gleefully murdering each other's children & wrecking each other's countries.
This,in the season of goodwill to all for some...
Humans are crazy. 
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| email host question |
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Posted by: 1101 - 26-12-2023, 05:33 PM - Forum: PressF1
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Hi.
Im finally planning to ditch my xtra.co.nz email .
I'd prefer a email host that doesnt ~read~ or scrape my emails . So I dont want to use gmail 0r outlook.com
Ive been looking at zohomail & protonmail , the basic paid versions
I dont have a domain name , Im not sure if the paid version of these offers basic personal email hosting .
Any others I could consider ?
Cheers
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| my friend apologized to me |
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Posted by: C_T_Russell - 26-12-2023, 09:57 AM - Forum: Covid-19
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For walking out and slamming the door on me when I told him under no circumstances that I would be having that jab.
Now he confesses to me that he has not felt the same since and was mad because it never prevented him from getting covid.
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