Round One Is Complete!
Round One of the Best Childhood Book ended just a few hours ago! Thanks to everyone who voted, and here are the winners:
Poll 1: Pegasus by Kate O'Hearn
Poll 2: The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis
Poll 3: Matilda by Roald Dahl
Poll 4: Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer (by an insanely close 1.2%)
Poll 5: Oz by L. Frank Baum
Poll 6: The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart
Poll 7: 39 Clues by Various Authors
Poll 8: Warriors by Erin Hunter
Poll 9: The Enchanted Forest Chronicles by Patricia C. Wrede
Poll 10: The Ranger's Apprentice by John Flanagan
Poll 11: The Sisters Grimm by Michael Buckley
Poll 12: City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau
Poll 13: Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine (though there was a great push from @dianeduane)
Poll 14: Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
Poll 15: A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
Poll 16: Percy Jackson by Rick Riordan
The next round of polls will be posted tomorrow (3/21) at 12 PM EST, and stay tuned for some fun resources for the eliminated books!
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We are the Philippine Marines
A common sight in the fighting scene
Our salty boots are never dry
And people never ask us why
Until they hear our battle cry
- Philippine Marine Corps Hymn
Depicted in this piece are members of the 3rd Marine Brigade (3MBde) during Operation Dominance. The operation itself was part of a bigger conflict, which was the 2000 Mindanao All Out War. During that time, the Armed Forces of the Philippines, with the Marine Corps at the lead, launched a campaign to root out the growing seperatist insurgents in Mindanao by securing territory and hunting and destroying their training camps.
In Operation Dominance, elements of the 3MBde were tasked with clearing the Narciso Ramos Highway. However, the very moment the operation began on April 29, 2000, the marines encountered heavy resistance from insurgent forces, thus pinning them down. Because of this the day was mostly composed of intense firefights between the marines and their enemy, as close air support and mortar fire tried to soften the enemy bunkers and trenches.
The next day the marines of the 3MBde made an assault against the enemy positions, but met stiff resistance. Fighting in the area would prove to be hard and it would take days of heavy ground fighting and relentless close air support before the marines were able to secure the area.
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All are depicting marines of the 3rd MBde dressed in the stardard jungle cammo used at the time. They also wear the World War 2 era M1 Helmets, with jungle cammo, which was the common helmet used at the time. The Marine Corps was actually switching to newer PASGT Kevlar Helmets at the time, but, due to production issues, less than 500 had arrived by the start of the campaign. Because of this, all Marine Battlion Landing Teams, except for MBLT-7, would use the old M1 helmet until the end of the conflict.
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After watching some newer videos of POTO London, did they get rid of the lightning bolt? I adored that effect, can you talk about this? Please?
Yes it is gone.
Going through videos, it probably has to do with the fact that they now use a Pegasus statue that does not float over the stage but is stationed on the ground; this is also the case for the World Tour and Chinese productions, which use a Golden Angel statue. This means the statue has to roll away fairly quickly to the back to allow the curtains to close and the Il Muto cast to come out (or in the World Tour's case, it gets, uh, sucked into a backdrop?), so there isn't really the space or the time to do lightning effects. Plus, I have to admit, doing dramatic lightning as a statue slowly trundles into the background seems kind of silly compared to watching the Phantom literally fly up into the stage, screaming his rage at the audience.
On the other hand, when the Japanese production uses the Pegasus statue, they still include the lightning effects. So what's your excuse, London???
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