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My kids may have outgrown cartoon Bluey, but not me | Emma Brox

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for the Brits of a certain generation (mine), perhaps the Australian accent calms us to a state of pure happiness. It could be the quality of the animation or soft storylines with low levels of stress. Or maybe it just caught us at a particularly vulnerable time.

Whatever it is, whenever my kids ask what we should be watching on TV, I actively lobby to veto Nailed It! viewing pleasure at the moment. My children protest slightly; at eight they almost outgrew blue, Australian cartoon about a blue dog and her little sister. And apparently I don’t.

The story of Bluey and its runaway success – since its launch in 2018, it has become broadcast in 60 territories recalls the early days of Peppa Pig, another animated show aimed at toddlers that became one of the few things parents could tolerate. Both position themselves in opposition to louder and more flamboyant rivals. Both limit the action, signaling to parents that they are in the hands of a well-done show that doesn’t require superheroes or space travel. Bluey stands out so well in such a dense domestic landscape that it could very well be Mrs. Dalloway.

For children, this is an early introduction to the deep pleasures of seeing aspects of their inner lives presented to the outside. At Bluey, a mom is always busy with her kids while doing a million other things at the same time. Dad, less stretched out, effortlessly enters his children’s imaginary worlds, trying to convince them that his sly dream or sidelong glance at the cricket (“what’s that weight?!”) is part of the game.

The show takes the alternate reality of young children extremely seriously. When Bluey and her friends, Snickers (a sausage dog) and Coco (a poodle), set a rule that only walk in the shade, they get stuck in the middle of a field until the sun is overcast. Coco wants to cheat and run away, but even the promise of cupcakes won’t break Bluey. “If you cheat,” she says, “there is no point in playing.” There is no hardliner like a six year old.

For parents, there are other, extramural joys. Bluey is produced by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in collaboration with the BBC (public funding! Of course). His popularity was attracted by notable episodes. Lin-Manuel Miranda appeared as the voice of a horse in one episode, Rose Byrne as Aunt Bluey in another. There are things that children see but parents don’t. To the contempt and amazement of my children, it took me most of the first season to get it right in my head that Bluey and Bingo, her little sister, are girls. Is Bluey a boy or a girl? I asked vaguely at the beginning of each episode. How do you know she’s a girl? The characters are square and blue, and are assumed to be Australian Cattle Dogs, also known as Blue Heelers, without any anthropomorphic gender cues. My child looked at me with pity: “We know it’s a girl because they call her ‘she’, der.”

In the end, the enjoyment of the show seems to come down to the simple matter of wanting to spend time with Bluey and her family because they’re so cute. good. They are so funny. Everyone is so happy. If the dramas are recognizable—that outburst of a child’s rage when someone cheats at a game or falls out of character or gets tired or hungry—everything is resolved at bedtime, with just enough hint of the parent’s long suffering to make sure they aren’t presented as martyrs. But the main thing is a good escape from the real world – without screaming. The language of the show is silly and divine, meanwhile it hints at all the jokes that grow in families. We picked up some of them. In my own house, we find it funny to call dollars, as Bluey does, “dollars.”

This morning, before writing this, I asked my daughter why she likes Bluey. She mentioned characters and stories before evoking one of the primary pleasures of being an eight year old and feeling wildly superior to a six year old. She mostly liked Bluey, she said haughtily, “because dramatic stuff is fun for kids.”

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The video shows how a massive anti-ship mine from the Second World War is being destroyed in Croatia.

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Croatian authorities on Sunday destroyed a huge World War II anti-ship mine that had been buried on the seabed near a key port in the northern Adriatic Sea. A video released by the Croatian interior ministry shows that the massive explosion sent water hundreds of feet into the water. air.

Local authorities at the port of Rijeka turned on emergency sirens early Sunday morning to mark the start of the operation. They had previously evacuated parts of the city and also stopped all traffic to secure the area while removing the 1,500 pound bomb.

The officials said that the mine, which was first discovered in June last year, was located too close to the city and that it had to be moved even farther before the emergency crews could carry out a controlled detonation.

Videos released by Croatian police after the operation ended on Sunday show a mine on the bottom of the sea and divers tying it up so it can be moved. Another video showed a massive explosion that sent sea water high into the air.

Police officer Nenad Red stated that the mine was very dangerous and contained a large amount of explosives. He added that 24 people took part in the operation, and that the mine was removed from the port with great care “because anything else would be too dangerous for citizens and infrastructure.”

Officials said the effort was led by the civil protection headquarters in Rijeka, in cooperation with police and other agencies.

The explosion came about a month after a World War II bomb went off in Great Yarmouth, England. “unplanned” detonation.


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Olivet College graduate accused of shooting high school baseball player after game

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Former college student Olivet has been charged with attempted murder and assault after he allegedly shot one of the school’s baseball players after a game, authorities and school officials said Sunday.

Olivet College said in statements On Saturday, an unidentified player was shot and killed after returning to the dugout to retrieve a forgotten item after a Friday night game at Muskingum University in Ohio.

It’s unclear what exactly happened in the lead-up to the shooting, but Muskingum County Attorney’s Office said in a statement. statementsthat he was shot “three times”.

Franklin J. Grayson of Jacksonville, Florida, was charged with one count of attempted murder with a gun and one count of assault with a gun in connection with the incident, the prosecutor said in a statement.

Michigan’s Olivet College has identified the suspect as a 2021 graduate.

The player sustained non-life-threatening injuries as a result of the shooting, the school said. “He was treated at a local hospital and has now been released into the care of his parents,” it added, noting that the rest of the team returned safely to Olivet.

As of Sunday, Grayson was in the custody of the Muskingum County Sheriff’s Office, and prosecutors asked for $1 million bail. It was not immediately clear whether the suspect had a lawyer who could speak on his behalf.

The college stated that law enforcement said there was no sign of a relationship between the suspect and the victim and that there was no known or ongoing threat to the student-athlete or anyone else in the Olivet College community.

The prosecutor’s office said that “descriptions by eyewitnesses of the suspect and the clothes he was wearing eventually led to his quick arrest.”

“A coordinated response from multiple law enforcement agencies has quickly contained this dangerous situation to protect the campus and nearby communities,” the statement said.

The potential motive for the shooting was not immediately clear.

In Ohio, attempted murder is punishable by 3 to 11 years in prison. The prosecutor’s office said that the specification of the weapon could add another 3 years to any court-imposed sentence.

Criminal assault is a felony in the second degree, punishable by 2 to 8 years in prison, with the specification of the weapon also able to add another 3 years to any potential sentence.

However, prosecutors noted that since both charges related to the same act, “shooting a firearm at another person,” only one sentence could be handed down, meaning the maximum sentence Grayson could face was 14 years on the current charges. . He noted that as the investigation is still ongoing, additional charges may be brought.

Olivet College said it communicates with and supports student-athletes and their parents.

Games scheduled for the Olivet Comets on Saturday and Sunday were canceled due to the shooting.

“This is a challenging time for all involved and our focus is on supporting student athletes and staff,” the school said. “Please keep your fellow comets in your thoughts and prayers.”

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Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives in Moscow for a meeting with Vladimir Putin

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MOSCOW (AP) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping arrived in Moscow on Monday for a three-day visit that gives Russian President Vladimir Putin a major political boost as fighting continues in Ukraine.

China and Russia described Xi’s trip as part of an effort to further deepen their “borderless friendship.”

The Kremlin hailed China’s peace plan for Ukraine and said it would be discussed in talks between Putin and Xi starting over Monday’s dinner.

Beijing called for a ceasefire, but Washington strongly rejected the idea, seeing it as an effective ratification of the Kremlin’s achievements on the battlefield.

China’s Foreign Ministry on Monday urged the ICC to “respect the jurisdictional immunity” of the head of state and “avoid politicization and double standards.”

China looks to Russia as a source of oil and gas for its energy-hungry economy and as a partner in countering what both sides see as American dominance of world affairs.

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