title: Frank Gore

text: Gore agreed to a three-year extension, worth $25.9 million, on August 30, 2011. The extension kept Gore with the San Francisco 49ers through the 2014 season.


title: Frank Gore

text: During the offseason, the 49ers hired Jim Harbaugh to be their new head coach and built themselves around a combination of a great running game, a supplemental passing game and a power house defense. This combination proved to be effective for Gore and the 49ers, leading them to a 13–3 record in the regular season and a playoff spot for the 49ers, their first such appearance since 2002 along with a first round bye.


title: Frank Gore

text: In the first three games of the season, Gore did not perform well, rushing for 148 yards on 59 carries for only one touchdown. During Week 4 against the Philadelphia Eagles, the 49ers were down 23–3 at the end of the first half, but quarterback Alex Smith and Gore both led drives to narrowly win 24–23. Gore rushed for 127 yards on 15 carries and rushed for the game-winning touchdown when four minutes were left in the game. In the next game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Gore rushed for 125 yards and a touchdown in the 48–3 win for the 49ers. However, his performance in that game was eclipsed by his performance the following week against the Detroit Lions, where he rushed a season-high of 141 yards on 15 carries and a touchdown in a 25–19 road victory, defeating the previously unbeaten Lions.


title: Frank Gore

text: The next few games went pretty well for Gore, rushing for 134 yards and a touchdown against the Cleveland Browns and 107 yards against the Washington Redskins, becoming the 49ers' record holder of most consecutive games with 100 yards with five. However, against the New York Giants, Gore had an unmemorable performance, rushing for no yards and leaving in the second half with a knee injury. This was his first game with no rushing yards. Gore returned the next game, where he redeemed himself against the Arizona Cardinals, rushing for 88 yards and a touchdown. However, he rushed for only 39 yards in the next game against the Baltimore Ravens as the 49ers lost by a score of 6–16. The following week, however, proved to be a 49ers win against the St. Louis Rams, where Gore became the 49ers' all-time leading yardage rusher, surpassing Joe Perry's mark of 8,689 yards; he rushed for 73 yards on the game. The next week, Gore performed well, rushing for 72 yards and the 49ers' only touchdown in the narrow 21-19 loss.


title: Frank Gore

text: Gore managed to finish the season on a high note, with a three-game winning streak, including one against the Pittsburgh Steelers, where he rushed 65 yards and a touchdown. Gore finished the season with 1,211 yards, having had five seasons with at least 1,000 rushing yards.


title: Frank Gore

text: During the playoffs, Gore performed exceedingly well, helping the 49ers set up a touchdown by rushing for 42 yards in the in his playoff debut, a 36–32 victory over the New Orleans Saints; Gore had a total of 89 yards in the game. During the , he rushed for 74 yards in the 20–17 overtime loss to the Giants. Gore was ranked 28th by his fellow players on the NFL Top 100 Players of 2012.


title: Frank Gore

text: In the 2012 regular season, Gore started all 16 games and had three games going over the 100-yard mark. In the regular-season finale against the Arizona Cardinals at Candlestick Park, Gore became the all-time franchise leader in rushing touchdowns (51) as the 49ers won the NFC West.


title: Frank Gore

text: Gore finished the 2012 season with 258 carries for 1,214 yards and eight touchdowns to go along with 28 receptions for 234 yards and a touchdown. He was also selected to play in the Pro Bowl, his fourth appearance.


title: Frank Gore

text: In the playoffs, the 49ers faced the Packers once again, this time in the . Gore ran for 119 yards and a touchdown. In the next round, the San Francisco 49ers visited the Georgia Dome to play against the top-seeded Atlanta Falcons in the . The game ended up with the San Francisco 49ers winning 28–24 with Gore having 90 rushing yards and two touchdowns, allowing the 49ers to go to Super Bowl XLVII, their first Super Bowl appearance since 1994. In the Super Bowl, Gore had 19 carries for 110 yards and a touchdown, but the 49ers fell behind 28–6 early and could not complete the comeback, losing the game 34–31 to the Baltimore Ravens. Gore was ranked 32nd by his fellow players on the NFL Top 100 Players of 2013.


title: Frank Gore

text: Gore entered the season with a lot of questions about his age having turned 30 during the offseason. Gore's season got off to a slow start, only rushing for 142 yards combined through the first three games. In Week 4, Gore had a big game rushing for 153 yards and a touchdown on 20 carries in a 35-11 road victory over the St. Louis Rams. Gore and the running game led the 49ers to five straight victories. In Week 14, he had a 51-yard rush with four minutes left that help secure a 19–17 victory over the Seahawks.


title: Frank Gore

text: In 2013, Gore had three 100-yard games and finished with 279 carries for 1,128 yards and nine touchdowns to go along with 16 receptions for 141 yards.


title: Frank Gore

text: In the 23-20 victory over the Green Bay Packers, Gore rushed for 66 yards and a touchdown. In the 23–10 road victory over the Carolina Panthers, he had 84 rushing yards on 17 carries. In the 23–17 road loss to the Seahawks, Gore had 14 rushing yards on 11 carries to go along with a 17-yard reception. He was ranked 46th by his fellow players on the NFL Top 100 Players of 2014.


title: Frank Gore

text: Gore became the 29th player to reach the 10,000 career rushing yard mark in the first game of the season, with 66 yards in the season-opening 28–17 road victory over the Dallas Cowboys. The 49ers went away from the running game until Week 4, when Gore rushed for 119 yards on 24 carries, and also had a career long 55-yard receiving touchdown in a 26-21 victory over the Philadelphia Eagles. In the next game, he rushed for 107 yards on 18 carries against the Kansas City Chiefs. The 8–8 49ers struggled all season to find an identity, and featured Gore's running game prominently after being eliminated from the playoffs. He rushed for 158 yards and a season-long 52-yard touchdown on 26 carries as the 49ers lost in overtime to the San Diego Chargers in Week 16 by a score of 35–38, and in his final game with the 49ers, he rushed for 144 yards on 25 carries as the 49ers beat the Arizona Cardinals by a score of 20–17.


title: Frank Gore

text: Gore finished the 2014 season with 255 carries for 1,106 yards and four touchdowns to go along with 11 receptions for 111 yards and a touchdown. He also became the 20th player in NFL history to rush for 11,000 career rushing yards. moving up from 29th place on the all-time rushing yards leaderboard at the start of the season.


title: Frank Gore

text: On March 10, 2015, Gore signed a three-year, $12 million contract with the Indianapolis Colts. His contract included $8.5 million in guarantees. Prior to signing with the Colts, it was widely reported that Gore had agreed to a deal with the Philadelphia Eagles on March 9 to replace LeSean McCoy. However, the following day several sources claimed that Gore had second thoughts about his agreement, and instead signed with Indianapolis.


title: Frank Gore

text: Gore enjoyed a respectable season, but 2015 marked the first season where he played all 16 games and did not record at least 1,000 rushing yards. Gore finished ninth in the league in rushing yards with 967 and had six touchdowns, while also adding 34 receptions for 267 yards and a touchdown. Gore found the endzone twice as part of an 86-rushing yard performance in a narrow Week 3 35-33 road victory over the Tennessee Titans. He had a productive game against the Miami Dolphins, where quarterback Matt Hasselbeck was injured in what was the final game of his career. Gore stepped up to engineer an 18–14 road victory with 85 rushing yards on 15 carries with two touchdowns. He moved up five more places to 15th all-time in rushing yards, and also passed Steven Jackson in early October to become the NFL's active leader in career rushing yards.


title: Frank Gore

text: In the first four games of the 2016 season, Gore averaged 63.3 rushing yards per game and scored three total touchdowns. During a Week 5 29-23 victory over the Chicago Bears, Gore rushed for 75 yards and surpassed Jim Brown in career rushing yards. Gore carried that momentum in the next game against the Houston Texans, rushing for 106 yards on 22 carries to become the Colts' first 100-yard rusher in 55 games. After the 26–23 overtime road loss to the Texans, Gore voiced his frustration with the team losing, saying "I didn't come here for this, I came here to get into the tournament."


title: Frank Gore

text: During Week 8, Gore tied Terrell Owens, Marvin Harrison, Tim Brown, Cris Carter, Jerry Rice, and Don Hutson for the most consecutive seasons (11) with at least five touchdowns. In Week 15 against the Minnesota Vikings' third ranked defense, Gore hit the century mark for the second time this season, rushing for 101 yards on 26 carries in the 34-6 road victory.


title: Frank Gore

text: Gore finished the season with 263 carries for 1,025 yards and eight touchdowns to go along with 38 receptions for 277 yards and four touchdowns. The 2016 season marked the ninth time Gore rushed for 1,000 yards in his career. He joined Pro Football Hall of Famers Emmitt Smith (11), Curtis Martin (10), Walter Payton (10) and Barry Sanders (10) as the only players in NFL history to rush for 1,000 yards in at least nine different seasons. He became the Colts first running back to rush for 1,000 yards since Joseph Addai in 2007. He moved up seven more places to eighth on the all-time career rushing list.


title: Frank Gore

text: During the 2017 offseason, Gore trained for the season in a familiar fashion, down in Miami working out with younger running backs from around the league. The Colts brought in competition at the running back position drafting Marlon Mack to compete for the starting job. Gore embraced the competition saying "to have depth to compete, I feel like everybody should have depth to compete at their position. The more people you've got, the hungrier that person should be. You know the guys from last year and adding the new young guys come training camp time the best man should win. If you love this game you're gonna step up to the plate."


title: Frank Gore

text: For the first twelve games of the 2017 season, Gore averaged 52.7 yards per game and scored three total touchdowns. The last game in that stretch was meaningful to Gore as he passed both Jerome Bettis and LaDainian Tomlinson and move up to fifth on the all-time rushing list with 61 yards on the day. Playing against the Buffalo Bills in a blizzard and deep snow in Week 14, Gore had a career-high 36 rush attempts for 130 yards, his highest yardage total in his three years with the Colts, in the 13–7 overtime road loss. He was able to reach the century mark in the season's last game against the Houston Texans.


title: Frank Gore

text: Gore finished the season with 961 rushing yards, bringing his career total to 14,026. He became the fifth player in NFL history to amass 14,000 rushing yards in his career, joining Emmitt Smith, Walter Payton, Barry Sanders, and Curtis Martin. On March 1, 2018, the Colts announced that they would not re-sign Gore, allowing him to become a free agent at the start of the new league year.


title: Frank Gore

text: On March 22, 2018, Gore signed a one-year contract, worth $1,105,000, with his hometown team, the Miami Dolphins.


title: Frank Gore

text: Gore shared the backfield with Kenyan Drake and rookie Kalen Ballage. With his five-yard rush in the third quarter of a Week 2 20–12 road victory over the New York Jets, Gore passed Curtis Martin for fourth-most rushing yards all time with 14,103. Two weeks later against the New England Patriots, Gore caught a six-yard touchdown from Brock Osweiler in the 38–7 road loss. During a Week 6 31–28 overtime victory over the Chicago Bears, Gore recorded 15 carries for 101 rushing yards. During a Week 15 41-17 road loss to the Minnesota Vikings, Gore rushed for 14 yards before suffering a sprained foot and was ruled out for the rest of the season.


title: Frank Gore

text: Gore finished the 2018 season with 156 carries for 722 yards to go along with 12 receptions for 124 yards and a touchdown. The 2018 season was the first time in his career where he did not record a rushing touchdown.


title: Frank Gore

text: After rushing for 20 yards on twelve carries against the New York Jets to the start the 2019 season, Gore had 19 carries for 68 rushing yards and his first rushing touchdown since Week 12 of the 2017 season in the 28–14 victory over the New York Giants in Week 2. During a Week 4 16-10 loss to the defending Super Bowl champion New England Patriots, Gore became the fourth player in NFL history to run for 15,000 yards after rushing 17 times for 109 yards. He also became the second oldest player in NFL history with a 100+ yard rushing game, 61 days younger than MacArthur Lane in 1978. During a Week 12 20-3 victory over against the Denver Broncos, Gore ran for 65 yards and surpassed Barry Sanders' career total of 15,269 rushing yards for third place all time. This was Gore's 15th season with at least 500 rushing yards, an NFL record.


title: Frank Gore

text: Gore finished the 2019 season with 166 carries for 599 yards and two touchdowns to go along with 13 receptions for 100 yards in 16 games and eight starts. He ended up leading the team in carries while sharing the backfield with rookie Devin Singletary. With the Bills appearing in the , Gore made his first postseason appearance since his time with the 49ers in the 2013 season. Against the Houston Texans, Gore had eight carries for 22 yards in the 22–19 overtime road loss. Gore was named to the Pro Football Hall of Fame All-Decade Team for the 2010s.


title: Frank Gore

text: During a Week 11 34-28 road loss to the Los Angeles Chargers, Gore ran for 61 yards and his first touchdown of the season. In Week 15, Gore set the NFL record for most games played by a running back, passing Lorenzo Neal. On December 30, 2020, he was placed on injured reserve. Gore finished the season as the Jets' leading rusher with 653 yards and two touchdowns to go along with 16 catches for 89 yards.


title: Frank Gore

text: On April 3, 2022, Gore said that he planned to sign a one-day contract with the San Francisco 49ers and retire as a member of the team that drafted him. He finished his career with exactly 16,000 rushing yards.


title: Frank Gore

text: After his football career, Gore devoted himself to boxing, in the heavyweight category, first playing an exhibition match in 2021 against former NBA player Deron Williams and then making his professional debut on May 14, 2022, winning the match against Olaseyinde Olorunsola by knockout.


title: Frank Gore

text: Gore (Sr.)'s eldest son, Frank Gore (Jr.), was born in 2002 while Gore Sr. was in college at the University of Miami. Gore Jr. followed in his father's footsteps and plays running back. Gore Sr. did not plan for his son to end up playing football, remarking: "Whatever he wants to do, he’s going to do it; not because I played ball, he has to play ball. Me seeing him when he was a little kid playing outside with his bigger cousins, I knew he was going to play football, but if he doesn’t want to play, as long as he gets his grades and does something positive with his life, I’m okay with it." Due to his NFL career, Frank Gore Sr. was unable to see his son play in local football games past the age of 5 until his return to Miami 13 years later when he signed with the Miami Dolphins. Citing a desire for his first born to not have an easy road, Gore took his son out of private school in 2017 and enrolled him at Coral Gables Senior High School, his alma mater. Gore Jr. later transferred to Miami Killian High School where he has remained since his sophomore season. On May 31, 2018, Gore Sr. welcomed the Killian High School football team to a visit of the Dolphins' practice. During Gore Sr.'s tenure with the Miami Dolphins, every Saturday morning father and son would awaken before sunrise and travel to the Bommarito Performance Center where beginning at 7:00 AM, the two would run, pull sleds, practice lateral & agility drills, undergo a variety of strength and endurance conditioning, and core exercises; after a rest period, the two would repeat the workout all over again in the evening. A Class of 2020 recruit, Gore Jr. received his first college offer from Coach Mark Stoops of the University of Kentucky on September 7, 2018; Stoops had coached at the University of Miami during Gore Sr.'s collegiate career. On December 19, 2019, Gore Jr., a three-star prospect, committed to play football at University of Southern Mississippi after also receiving offers from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and Florida Atlantic University.


title: Frank Gore

text: Gore is the cousin of football brothers Jason Frierson (wide receiver), Shaquille Cooper (running back), Shakur Cooper (linebacker), and Gilbert Frierson (defensive back), all of whom also attended Coral Gables Senior High School in the Coconut Grove neighborhood of Miami.


title: Frank Gore

text: Jason Frierson played quarterback, wide receiver, running back, cornerback, safety and as a return man on special teams for the Coral Gables Cavaliers, leading the team to its first district title in 17 years. Jason played wide receiver and occasional punt returner from 2007 to 2010 with the Florida International University Panthers. After an all-American career for the Fort Hays State University Tigers from 2011 to 2016, Shaquille Cooper signed a free agent contract with and presently plays for the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League. Shaquille cites the elder Gore (a 10-year age difference) as a long-time source of motivation and guidance during periods of hardship and the two continue to workout together in the off-season. While in high school and college, Gore would put Shaquille and Shakur (then elementary school students) into a homemade tire and run solo drills dragging them across the football field after dark at 10:00PM. Shakur Cooper has played linebacker for the Florida International University Panthers. Gilbert Frierson joined the University of Miami Hurricanes in January 2018 and presently plays striker, a “mix between linebackers and safeties.”


title: Frank Gore

text: On April 12, 2018, Gore was honored by Miami Mayor Francis Suarez and given the 'Keys to the City'. As per Mayor Suarez, Gore "symbolizes the very soul of [Miami], is a product of our city, a product of the West Grove, where so many families for so many generations have grown up together." While receiving applause, Gore asked for his family and friends in attendance at the event to stand to be honored as well. In Gore's view, it was equally important to thank and honor those who had been with him throughout all the hardships he had faced in his life, including "growing up in a one-bedroom apartment with twelve people as a kid." Mayor Suarez proclaimed April 12 as “Frank Gore Day.”


title: Partido Federal ng Pilipinas

text: Partido Federal ng Pilipinas (; PFP) is a national political party in the Philippines. It is chaired by Bongbong Marcos, president of the Philippines who won by a landslide in the 2022 election. During the run-up to the 2022 general election, the UniTeam Alliance was formed by the PFP, Lakas–CMD, HNP, and PMP, with guest candidates from other parties.


title: Partido Federal ng Pilipinas

text: PFP was formed in 2018 by supporters of President Rodrigo Duterte and calls for federalism in the Philippines.


title: Partido Federal ng Pilipinas

text: The Partido Federal ng Pilipinas was formed in early 2018 by supporters of President Rodrigo Duterte, including the Mayor Rodrigo Roa Duterte-National Executive Coordinating Committee (MRRD-NECC), a group that supported his 2016 presidential campaign, as well as former members of PDP–Laban, Duterte's party. The party was formally accredited by the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) on October 5, 2018, and was approved as a national political party on November 5 that year. Former DILG undersecretary and MRRD-NECC member Jesus "Jayvee" Hinlo Jr. was the party's founding president, while Secretary of Agrarian Reform John Castriciones, also from the MRRD-NECC, is recognized as the party's founder. Castriciones succeeded Hinlo as party president when the latter decided to run for senator in the 2019 elections. PFP had also requested Duterte to be their chairman.


title: Partido Federal ng Pilipinas

text: Notable politicians who ran under PFP in 2019 include E. R. Ejercito, Reynaldo Umali, Joy Belmonte, and Donya Tesoro. In that year's elections, 238 PFP members were elected to office, including six seats in the House of Representatives. Reynaldo Tamayo Jr., who was elected governor of South Cotabato, became the party's new president.


title: Partido Federal ng Pilipinas

text: In September 2021, the party unanimously nominated Bongbong Marcos as their presidential candidate for 2022. Marcos joined the party on October 5 and became their chairman. He filed his candidacy the following day. Having no official vice presidential candidate, PFP adopted Duterte's daughter, Davao City mayor Sara Duterte of Lakas–CMD, as Marcos' running mate. PFP, Lakas–CMD, Hugpong ng Pagbabago (HNP), and Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino (PMP) then formed the UniTeam Alliance.


title: Partido Federal ng Pilipinas

text: In December 2021, a group claiming to be the real officers of PFP filed a disqualification case against Marcos. The group's leader, National Commission on Muslim Filipinos commissioner Abubakar Mangelen, who claims to be the true chairman of PFP, called Marcos' nomination "invalid and void", claiming that many party officers were not consulted or informed about it. Secretary-General Thompson Lantion claimed that Mangelen was ousted as chairman of the party during its last convention on September 18, 2021 and was replaced by Marcos with his consent, although Mangelen still remains as a member of the party. However, Mangelen denied the said claim and argued that he was the duly elected chairman of the party as shown in its petition for registration filed before the COMELEC and accused PFP members of unseating him as chairman without due process in order to make Marcos the leader of the party. On February 10, 2022, the COMELEC dismissed the case against the disqualification of Marcos for "lack of merit." On February 14, Mangelen filed a motion for reconsideration at COMELEC, which after an "en banc" review, was finally dismissed a day after the election.


title: Partido Federal ng Pilipinas

text: On March 30, 2022, at a campaign rally in Iligan, the Mangelen-led faction endorsed the presidential campaign of Manila mayor Isko Moreno (Aksyon Demokratiko). The endorsement was affirmed and supported by Castriciones, now a PDP–Laban member, who was also present in the said campaign rally. Lantion of the Marcos-led faction condemned the Mangelen wing's endorsement as "irresponsible" and "fake," and called Mangelen an "impostor." However, Castriciones stood by Mangelen and called him the "true chairman." On April 19, the Mangelen-led faction changed their endorsement to Vice President Leni Robredo, calling her campaign "more formidable" to beat "the greatest threat to our country and our democracy, Ferdinand Marcos Jr."


title: Partido Federal ng Pilipinas

text: On May 25, Bongbong Marcos and Sara Duterte were proclaimed winners by the Congress of the Philippines. It was the first time under the 1987 Constitution that the President and Vice President were elected by a majority of voters.


title: Partido Federal ng Pilipinas

text: The party's general counsel, George Briones, describes PFP as "a party of the common man... of the poor... of the grassroots", and the party's dream is "a society that is free of illegal drugs, free of corruption, free of crime, free of insurgency and free of poverty." Party president Reynaldo Tamayo Jr. says the PFP's principles are: humanism, patriotic federalism, enlightened socialism and direct democracy. He also declared that PFP "values human dignity and will aspire for equality among all Filipinos." The party's slogan is "a life worthy of human dignity for every Filipino."


title: Partido Federal ng Pilipinas

text: The PFP- International Affairs Committee presented a long-term plan for Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) that includes skills training, benefits, retirement plans, health insurance, scholarship grants, and other support services.


title: Partido Federal ng Pilipinas

text: Political scientist Julio C. Teehankee classifies PFP as one of the neo-authoritarian parties that spawned during the presidency of Rodrigo Duterte.


title: Eroticism

text: Eroticism () is a quality that causes sexual feelings, as well as a philosophical contemplation concerning the aesthetics of sexual desire, sensuality, and romantic love. That quality may be found in any form of artwork, including painting, sculpture, photography, drama, film, music, or literature. It may also be found in advertising. The term may also refer to a state of sexual arousal or anticipation of such – an insistent sexual impulse, desire, or pattern of thoughts.


title: Eroticism

text: As French novelist Honoré de Balzac stated, eroticism is dependent not just upon an individual's sexual morality, but also the culture and time in which an individual resides.


title: Eroticism

text: Because the nature of what is erotic is fluid, early definitions of the term attempted to conceive eroticism as some form of sensual or romantic love or as the human sex drive (libido); for example, the "Encyclopédie" of 1755 states that the erotic "is an epithet which is applied to everything with a connection to the love of the sexes; one employs it particularly to characterize...a dissoluteness, an excess".


title: Eroticism

text: Because eroticism is wholly dependent on the viewer's culture and personal tastes pertaining to what, exactly, defines the erotic, critics have often confused eroticism with pornography, with the anti-pornography activist Andrea Dworkin saying, "Erotica is simply high-class pornography; better produced, better conceived, better executed, better packaged, designed for a better class of consumer." This confusion, as Lynn Hunt writes, "demonstrate[s] the difficulty of drawing… a clear generic demarcation between the erotic and the pornographic": "the history of the separation of pornography from eroticism… remains to be written".


title: Eroticism

text: Whereas traditionally eroticism has been dealt with in relation to culture and its pornographic outcomes, current evolutionary psychology shows how eroticism has shaped the evolution of human nature.


title: Eroticism

text: Influenced by Sigmund Freud, psychotherapists have turned to Greek philosophy for an understanding of eros' heightened aesthetic. For Plato, Eros takes an almost transcendent manifestation when the subject seeks to go beyond itself and form a communion with the object/other: "the true order of going...to the things of love, is to use the beauties of earth as steps...to all fair forms, and from fair forms to fair actions, and from fair actions to fair notions, until from fair notions he arrives at the notion of absolute beauty".


title: Eroticism

text: Modern French conceptions of eroticism can be traced to the Age of Enlightenment, when "in the eighteenth century, dictionaries defined the erotic as that which concerned love...eroticism was the intrusion into the public sphere of something that was at base private". This theme of intrusion or transgression was taken up in the twentieth century by the French philosopher Georges Bataille, who argued that eroticism performs a function of dissolving boundaries between human subjectivity and humanity, a transgression that dissolves the rational world but is always temporary, as well as that, "Desire in eroticism is the desire that triumphs over the taboo. It presupposes man in conflict with himself". For Bataille, as well as many French theorists, "Eroticism, unlike simple sexual activity, is a psychological quest...eroticism is assenting to life even in death".


title: Eroticism

text: Queer theory and LGBT studies consider the concept from a non-heterosexual perspective, viewing psychoanalytical and modernist views of eroticism as both archaic and heterosexist, written primarily by and for a "handful of elite, heterosexual, bourgeois men" who "mistook their own repressed sexual proclivities" as the norm.


title: Eroticism

text: Theorists like Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, Gayle S. Rubin and Marilyn Frye all write extensively about eroticism from a heterosexual, lesbian and separatist point of view, respectively, seeing eroticism as both a political force and cultural critique for marginalized groups, or as Mario Vargas Llosa summarized: "Eroticism has its own moral justification because it says that pleasure is enough for me; it is a statement of the individual's sovereignty".


title: Eroticism

text: Audre Lorde, a Caribbean-American writer and out-spoken feminist, called the erotic a form of power specific to women. "There are many kinds of power [...] The erotic is a resource within each of us that lies in a deeply female and spiritual plane, firmly rooted in the power of our unexpressed or unrecognized feelings". In "The Uses of the Erotic" within "Sister Outsider", she discusses how the erotic comes from sharing, but if we suppress the erotic rather than recognize its presence, it takes on a different form. Rather than enjoying and sharing with one another, it is objectifying, which she says translates into abuse as we attempt to hide and suppress our experiences.


title: Howard Hamlin

text: Howard Hamlin is a fictional character who appears in the crime drama television series "Better Call Saul", a spin-off prequel of "Breaking Bad". He is portrayed by Patrick Fabian and was created by Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould. Hamlin is a foil for and longtime antagonist of Jimmy McGill, the lead and titular character of the series.


title: Howard Hamlin

text: Fabian received critical acclaim for his portrayal of Howard, with many critics deeming him to be the most tragic character in "Better Call Saul".


title: Howard Hamlin

text: In May 2014, Patrick Fabian was cast in "Better Call Saul", with his character described as a "Kennedy-esque lawyer who's winning at life". Though initially reported as Burt, the character's name was later revealed as Howard Hamlin. In the series, Howard is portrayed as cocky, arrogant, and self-centered. However, many fans of the show believe that Howard is actually a good person. Fabian commented by saying "You know, Jimmy [McGill] called Howard 'Lord Vader' in the very first episode of "Better Call Saul". And when the lead character calls your character Lord Vader, the audience goes, 'Wow, what a dick that guy's gonna be.' Then everybody starts looking at everything that falls out of my mouth as evidence backing that claim up. And even when it goes in the opposite direction—like at the end of Season 1, where it turns out I was sort of protecting Jimmy from Chuck [McGill], there is a bit of a hitch of 'Oh, maybe Howard's not so bad,' but as soon as I was quote-unquote being a dick to Kim [Wexler] in Season 2, they all got back on board and said, 'Yeah, he's Lord Vader.' I'm not complaining at all. It sort of parallels Howard's character in the show. Who's really supporting his point of view? Nobody. He's kind of on an island all to himself, saying 'This is not fair. This is not right. And it's also not my fault.' We'll see where those chickens come home to roost, as they say." Fabian has compared Howard to Peter Pan, saying, "I think of him as sort of a Peter Pan, living a great existence and then these McGill Brothers [...] are sort of mucking it all up." Vince Gilligan said Howard was initially meant to be the series' antagonist, and Chuck as being supportive of Jimmy's efforts, but as they filmed the initial episodes and saw the interactions, the writing team came onto the idea of making Chuck the antagonist, while Howard would be more supportive of Jimmy, belying his outward rigor. In a later interview, Fabian also implied that he does not view Howard as an antagonist.


title: Howard Hamlin

text: The season six episode "Plan and Execution" features the murder of Howard by Lalo Salamanca. Fabian had been aware prior to the filming of the season that his character would have an early exit, but only received word of his character's death about two weeks before filming the episode, remarking that the writers characterized the moment as "a hinge that swings the rest of the season open." Director and writer Thomas Schnauz said that, as the sixth season was being written, Howard's death was "almost inevitable" because "it just felt like something horrible had to happen as a result of the scam." Rhea Seehorn, who plays Kim, said Howard's death was "the embodiment of what Kim and Jimmy have been pretending is not true this whole season – that there are no consequences to their actions." The writers explored dozens of possible ways for Howard's story to end. One idea they considered involved the return of the skateboarder twins from the first and second episodes of the series. In it, Howard would have been tricked into thinking he had run over and killed one of them. Schnauz said it was one of many "crazy different plots. We work on these stories for so long and so many days and we go down so many different roads that it's hard to say when it felt like we were on the right road. We just go piece by piece." Another idea would have seen Lalo taking Howard, Jimmy, and Kim hostage but they thought Lalo killing Howard was "a perfect way to scare the ever-living shit out of Jimmy and Kim, to put a bullet in this stranger's head and move on to part two of his plan."


title: Howard Hamlin

text: Hamlin is a skilled and affluent lawyer and one of the managing partners of the Albuquerque law firm Hamlin Hamlin & McGill (HHM). The firm was originally established by Howard's father George and Chuck McGill, who later added Howard as a partner. When George died and Chuck became housebound as a result of his supposed electromagnetic hypersensitivity, Howard became the firm's managing partner.


title: Howard Hamlin

text: When Chuck brings his younger brother Jimmy from Chicago to turn him away from his conman past, Howard agrees to employ Jimmy in HHM's mail room. Jimmy becomes impressed with Chuck's legal work as well as that of Kim Wexler, a law student who also works in the mail room, leading Jimmy to get his own law degree through correspondence school. After Jimmy passes the bar exam, Chuck secretly instructs Howard to deny him advancement at HHM. Unaware of Chuck's machinations, Jimmy becomes resentful towards Howard and starts his own moderately successful practice from an office in the back of a nail salon.


title: Howard Hamlin

text: With Chuck unable to leave his house, Howard attempts to buy out his share of the partnership with a token payment. As Chuck's caregiver and "de facto" guardian, Jimmy refuses and demands that if Howard buys Chuck out, he pay the full value.


title: Howard Hamlin

text: Jimmy accepts a bribe from the Kettlemans, a married couple accused of embezzlement. He spends the money on a personal appearance and wardrobe makeover and a billboard advertisement, both of which copy the signature looks of Howard and HHM. Howard persuades Kim to confront Jimmy over the imitation, but Jimmy refuses to stop. Howard sues Jimmy for trademark infringement, and Jimmy is ordered to have the advertisement removed within 48 hours, but uses the opportunity to stage a phony rescue of the billboard worker, which generates favorable publicity for Jimmy's law practice.


title: Howard Hamlin

text: When Jimmy delivers Chuck's newspapers the next day, he removes the local one so that Chuck will not see the story about the billboard rescue. Chuck braves the outdoors to take his neighbor's paper and sees the story about Jimmy's trick. The neighbor calls the police, who break into Chuck's home and use a taser to subdue him. Chuck is rushed to the hospital, where the doctor tells Jimmy that Chuck's illness is psychosomatic and recommends he be committed to a mental institution. Howard arrives and tells Jimmy the district attorney has agreed to drop the charges and allow Chuck to return home. Jimmy believes Howard does not want Chuck to be hospitalized so that Howard can continue attempting to buy out his partnership. Jimmy angrily tells Howard he intends to have Chuck committed, but tells Kim he said it only to irritate Howard.


title: Howard Hamlin

text: The media attention from Jimmy's staged rescue causes him to start an elder law practice. When he uncovers possible fraud at the Sandpiper Crossing retirement home, Chuck helps him confirm the details. Jimmy and Chuck initiate a class-action suit, which becomes too large for them to handle alone, so Chuck suggests taking the case to HHM. Howard arranges for a meeting with Jimmy and Chuck at HHM and takes steps to accommodate Chuck's EHS. HHM agrees to take the case and Howard offers Jimmy twenty percent of the final judgment or settlement and an of counsel fee of $20,000, but makes clear that Jimmy will not continue to participate in the case. Jimmy demands to know why Howard has always excluded him. Howard does not provide satisfactory answers, so Jimmy angrily refuses to hand off the case.


title: Howard Hamlin

text: Kim confronts Howard about his treatment of Jimmy. Howard is initially resistant, but then tells Kim the truth—that Chuck secretly asked him to block Jimmy. Jimmy figures out on his own that Chuck was responsible. He gives HHM the Sandpiper case, disengages from daily interaction with Chuck, and obtains Howard's agreement to continue Chuck's care. After seeing Jimmy's routine for himself, Howard is impressed with the time and effort Jimmy has put in and assigns Ernesto, an HHM employee, to continue caring for Chuck.


title: Howard Hamlin

text: HHM finds that Jimmy and Chuck's assessment that Sandpiper has engaged in fraud across several states is correct. With the case becoming too big for HHM, Howard brings in another firm, Davis & Main (D&M). Kim vouches for Jimmy to managing partner Cliff Main, and the D&M partners are impressed with Jimmy's knowledge of the case and rapport with clients, so they hire him as an associate. With responsibility for client outreach, Jimmy bypasses both Howard's and Cliff's oversight to attract more plaintiffs, including a melodramatic television commercial he produces himself and airs without approval. Howard, Cliff, and Chuck reprimand Jimmy, and Howard relegates Kim to entry-level document review work for failing to warn them. Jimmy quits D&M, while Kim attempts to regain her status by working her contacts to obtain a new client for HHM. She succeeds with Mesa Verde Bank, a local bank that is planning a multi-state expansion. Howard is happy to have the business, but denies Kim credit and keeps her working in document review. When Jimmy proposes they start a partnership, Kim counters with an offer to establish separate practices in a shared office. Jimmy accepts, so Kim quits HHM.


title: Howard Hamlin

text: Howard and Kim each work to obtain Mesa Verde as a client. The bank's president and legal counsel, Kevin and Paige, initially agree to hire Kim. Howard and Chuck meet with Kevin and Paige, and Chuck's damning of Kim with faint praise causes them to change their minds and retain HHM. When Chuck breaks down from the stress of appearing "normal" while meeting with Kevin and Paige, Jimmy tells Ernesto he will stay overnight with Chuck. Jimmy uses the opportunity to alter several documents in an application for a new Mesa Verde branch. At the next meeting of the banking board, the errors are uncovered. With Mesa Verde facing a loss of time and money because of the incorrect documents, Kevin and Paige leave HHM and retain Kim. Chuck immediately suspects that Jimmy sabotaged him and works to prove it. He feigns a severe breakdown, which causes Jimmy to confess to his deceit. Unknown to Jimmy, Chuck recorded his confession.


title: Howard Hamlin

text: Chuck reveals Jimmy's confession to Howard, who wonders what Chuck can do with it since it cannot be used in court, but Chuck tells Howard the recording has a use. He first arranges for Ernesto to overhear a portion of it, then swears him to silence. As Chuck intended, Ernesto informs Kim about the recording, and Kim tells Jimmy. Jimmy breaks into Chuck's house and destroys the tape. Howard and a private investigator Chuck hired reveal themselves and tell Jimmy they are witnesses to his crimes, enabling Chuck to report Jimmy to the police. The prosecutor assigned to the case assures Chuck she takes the charges seriously and will press for jail time, but Chuck offers to drop the charges if Jimmy faces a bar association disciplinary hearing, which will likely result in disbarment. Jimmy agrees, but Kim and he plan a defense. At the hearing, Jimmy's cross-examination and revelation of Chuck's symptoms as psychosomatic causes Chuck to break down again. Jimmy's law license is suspended for a year, but he is not disbarred; Howard tries to cheer up Chuck and tells him they should consider Jimmy's suspension a victory, but Chuck becomes even more withdrawn.


title: Howard Hamlin

text: As a cost-cutting move, Jimmy attempts to obtain a refund on his malpractice insurance premium. Informed that the policy has to stay in effect in case he is sued during his suspension, Jimmy feigns worry over Chuck's condition, but his knowing smile as he leaves indicates he is aware he has caused a problem for Chuck. Insurance company representatives inform Howard and Chuck that because of Chuck's condition, he will need to be constantly supervised by another attorney or HHM will face a steep increase in its premium. Chuck wants to fight, but Howard urges him to retire. Chuck sues HHM in spite. Outraged that Chuck would rather bankrupt the firm than retire, Howard uses personal funds and loans to buy Chuck out of the chird, chiding him for his narcissism. Chuck is forced to retire, and becomes even more reclusive and mentally unstable, ultimately setting fire to his house while still inside.


title: Howard Hamlin

text: Chuck dies in the fire. Howard is his emergency contact, and after police notify him, Howard notifies Jimmy and Kim. Over the following week, Howard crafts an obituary and invites Chuck's friends and colleagues to a memorial service. Afterward, he confesses to Jimmy and Kim that he may be responsible for Chuck's death because he forced Chuck to retire after the increase in HHM's malpractice insurance premium. Relieved that someone else is taking responsibility, Jimmy continues to conceal his role in causing the insurance premium to go up and regains his usual upbeat demeanor. Howard is burdened with guilt and begins suffering from depression, while HHM suffers from his inattention, the financial strain of paying out to Chuck's estate, and the loss of clients resulting from the firm's damaged reputation. As it becomes clear that Howard is floundering, Jimmy tries a "tough love" pep talk to rouse him to action. A year after Chuck's death, Howard gives a speech at the dedication for a new law library reading room in Chuck's honor, in which he indicates that HHM has recovered its financial footing and standing in Albuquerque's legal community.


title: Howard Hamlin

text: A once again upbeat Howard encounters Jimmy at the courthouse, now practicing under the name Saul Goodman. Howard informs Jimmy that HHM's recovery is still strong and that the firm has been restored to profitability. He invites Jimmy to lunch, where he apologizes for the firm's past treatment of Jimmy and offers him a position at HHM. Jimmy is visibly unsettled by the reminder of his past. He begins to harass Howard, including using bowling balls to vandalize Howard's expensive car, and prostitutes to disrupt Howard's business lunch with Cliff. Howard later realizes that Jimmy is behind the harassment and rescinds the job offer. In a public outburst, Jimmy lashes out at Howard, blaming him for Chuck's death and claiming that as Saul Goodman, he has grown too big for the constraints of a job at HHM.


title: Howard Hamlin

text: When Howard sees Kim at the courthouse, she tells him she quit Schweikart and Cokely and her work for Mesa Verde Bank so that she can concentrate on "pro bono" criminal defense cases. Howard tells Kim about Jimmy's recent harassment campaign against him and blames Jimmy for Kim's decision. Kim laughs at Howard, says she is insulted by the idea that she cannot decide for herself, and tells Howard that she knows Jimmy better than he does. Howard angrily replies that Chuck knew Jimmy better than anyone else. That evening, Kim tells Jimmy about her meeting with Howard and initially suggests continuing to harass him. Her idea evolves into a serious plan to sabotage Howard and force a resolution of the Sandpiper case, which will enable Jimmy to obtain his seven-figure share of the expected settlement sooner. Jimmy counsels against it, but Kim shows that she is serious about undermining Howard.


title: Howard Hamlin

text: Jimmy and Kim begin plotting against Howard to force a settlement of the Sandpiper case. They use various tricks to make it appear to Cliff that Howard is using prostitutes and cocaine, leading Cliff to privately question Howard about his behavior. Howard realizes that Jimmy is behind these events and hires a private investigator to begin surveilling Jimmy. He later tells his estranged wife Cheryl he is attempting to solve Jimmy's harassment campaign. Jimmy and Kim fake photos to make it appear that the Sandpiper case mediator has taken cash from Jimmy and coat them in a skin-absorbent drug. Howard's investigator, who is actually working for Kim and Jimmy, delivers the photos to Howard just before the Sandpiper settlement conference. When Howard sees the mediator, he believes him to be the same individual seen in the photos and accuses him of accepting a bribe. When Howard attempts to retrieve the photos from his office to prove his allegation, he finds they have been switched for innocuous photos of Jimmy. Howard's erratic behavior causes the conference to end, and Howard and Cliff are compelled to settle the case for less than they expected. Howard pieces together the entire con and arrives at Kim's apartment to confront her and Jimmy. Lalo Salamanca unexpectedly arrives soon afterward and Kim implores Howard to leave immediately, but Lalo kills him with a gunshot to the head.


title: Howard Hamlin

text: After Gus Fring kills Lalo, Howard is buried alongside him underneath the construction site of Gus's meth lab, but Mike Ehrmantraut first removes Howard's wedding ring, wallet, and shoes to use in making his death appear to be a suicide. Jimmy and Kim attend Howard's memorial at HHM, where Rich Schweikart reveals the firm is downsizing and rebranding. Cheryl is suspicious of the circumstances surrounding Howard's death, but Kim falsely claims she previously saw him snorting cocaine at work and suggests Cheryl was so inattentive she missed the signs of his supposed drug addiction, causing Cheryl to break down in tears. The next day, Kim leaves Jimmy after telling him she knew Lalo was alive before he arrived at their apartment and killed Howard, but kept it to herself for fear that Jimmy would end their plan to ruin Howard's reputation, which she enjoyed, but now regrets. In 2010, Kim returns to Albuquerque and gives Cheryl an affidavit detailing the plot to sabotage Howard's reputation and the true circumstances of his death. Kim says she gave a copy to the district attorney's office, but likely wouldn’t face prosecution given the lack of evidence, the deaths of everyone else who was involved, and the absence of Howard's remains. Jimmy later learns from Bill Oakley that Cheryl is considering filing a wrongful death lawsuit.


title: Teruo Nakamura

text: Nakamura was an Amis aborigine, born 8 October 1919. In November 1943, he enlisted in a Takasago Volunteer Unit of the Imperial Japanese Army. Nakamura was stationed on Morotai Island, in the Dutch East Indies, shortly before the Allies overran that island in the September 1944 Battle of Morotai. Allegedly, the Imperial Japanese Army declared Nakamura dead on 13 November 1944.


title: Teruo Nakamura

text: After the Allies captured the island, it appears Nakamura remained there with other stragglers well into the 1950s, though setting off for extended periods on his own. In 1956, apparently, he relinquished his allegiance with his fellow holdouts, and set off to construct a solitary camp consisting of a small hut in a fenced field.


title: Teruo Nakamura

text: Nakamura's hut was accidentally discovered by a pilot in mid-1974. In November of that year, the Japanese Embassy in Jakarta requested assistance from the Indonesian government in organizing a search mission, which was conducted by the Indonesian Air Force on Morotai, leading to Nakamura's arrest by Indonesian soldiers on 18 December 1974. He was flown to Jakarta and hospitalized there.


title: Teruo Nakamura

text: News of his discovery reached Japan on the 27th. Nakamura decided to be repatriated straight to Taiwan, bypassing Japan. Upon his return, the Taiwanese press referred to him as "Lee Kuang-hui" (), a name he learned of only after his repatriation. Initially, the Chinese Nationalist government on Taiwan did not receive him well, seeing him as a Japanese loyalist.


title: Teruo Nakamura

text: At the time, the Japanese public's perceptions of Nakamura and his repatriation differed considerably from those of earlier holdouts, such as Hirō Onoda, who had been discovered only a few months earlier and was both an officer and ethnically Japanese. As a private in a colonial unit in foreign soil, Nakamura was not entitled to a pension (due to a 1953 change in the law on pensions), and he thus received only the sum of ¥68,000 (US $227.59 at the time, US $ in ). This caused a considerable outcry in the press, motivating the Taiwanese government and the public to donate a total of ¥4,250,000 to Nakamura.


title: Kerry Katona

text: Kerry Jayne Elizabeth Katona (born 6 September 1980) is a British media personality and singer. She was a member of girl group Atomic Kitten from 1998 until her first departure in 2001 and again from 2012 until her second departure in 2017.


title: Kerry Katona

text: Katona was the winner of the third series of "I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!" in 2004, making her the first queen of the jungle, and was runner-up of "Celebrity Big Brother 8" in 2011. In 2021 she competed in the third series of "Celebrity ".


title: Kerry Katona

text: Katona was born in Warrington, Cheshire. Katona's maternal grandfather is Hungarian who fled Budapest to London during the Second World War. As a child she was placed in care and brought up by four sets of foster parents and attended eight different schools. She left school at sixteen to become a lap dancer, then joined a dance troupe that toured Europe.


title: Kerry Katona

text: In 1999, 18-year-old Katona rose to fame as a member of Atomic Kitten, an all-female pop trio created by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark frontman Andy McCluskey. Their debut single, "Right Now", was released in late November 1999 and reached number 10 on the UK Singles Chart. Their second single, "See Ya", followed in March 2000 and was an even bigger success, reaching number six. Following this initial success, Atomic Kitten performed an Asian tour and scored their first number one hit there with "Cradle". The album, "Right Now", was first released in Japan on 16 March 2000, and subsequently released in the United Kingdom on 23 October 2000 following the release of two further singles, "I Want Your Love" and "Follow Me". In 2000, the group also recorded a cover version of "The Locomotion" for the movie "Thomas and the Magic Railroad".


title: Kerry Katona

text: "Right Now" was unsuccessful upon its first release, peaking at number 39 in the UK album chart. Atomic Kitten's record label, Innocent Records, was considering dropping them because of their limited success, but were persuaded to allow the group to release one more single from the album, "Whole Again". However, Katona left the group several days before the single's release because she was pregnant. Though Katona's vocals are featured in the original release of "Whole Again" and she appears in its music video, former Precious singer Jenny Frost replaced Katona in the lineup and the single was re-recorded. "Whole Again" became the group's first number one hit in the United Kingdom and stayed at the top for four consecutive weeks. Due to this success, "Whole Again" was released globally and reached number one in 18 other countries, including six weeks in Germany and New Zealand.


title: Kerry Katona

text: After marrying Brian McFadden and taking his surname, Katona moved into television work, appearing on and presenting a mix of light-entertainment programmes such as "Britain's Sexiest...", "Loose Women," and "elimiDATE". She appeared on "Lily Savage's Blankety Blank" in 2001. In February 2004, she won the third series of the British reality TV show "I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!". That July, she and McFadden appeared as judges on the RTÉ talent show "You're a Star", which was used to select the Republic of Ireland's Eurovision Song Contest entry. Katona separated from McFadden in September 2004 and reverted to her maiden name.


title: Kerry Katona

text: In July 2005 Katona starred in "My Fair Kerry" on ITV. She also starred in an Irish drama called "Showbands" that year.


title: Kerry Katona

text: Between 2007 and 2009, Katona was the subject of three MTV reality shows: "Kerry Katona: Crazy in Love", "Kerry Katona: Whole Again", and "Kerry Katona: What's the Problem?" From a peak audience of 500,000 for "Kerry Katona: Crazy in Love", viewership for "Kerry Katona: What's the Problem?", a series about Katona's bipolar disorder, slumped to just 19,000 and MTV dropped her in August 2009. In late 2009, Katona attempted to become a contestant on "Celebrity Big Brother 2010" but was rejected by the show's executives after she failed the required psychological tests.


title: Kerry Katona

text: Katona's reality show "Kerry Coming Clean" aired on 24 June 2010. Katona was a contestant on Dancing on Ice Series 6 with English ice skater Daniel Whiston. They were eliminated in week five in a skate-off against Jeff Brazier and partner Isabelle Gauthier.


title: Kerry Katona

text: Katona was the first housemate to enter the Big Brother House for the 2011 series of "Celebrity Big Brother" alongside Amy Childs and Tara Reid and others. She was voted the runner-up in the final after Paddy Doherty on 8 September 2011.


title: Kerry Katona

text: In March 2012, Hamilton confirmed that Atomic Kitten were reuniting for a summer tour and stated that she hoped Katona would join them on stage for a performance. The reunion was later dismissed by all three members due to a fight between Katona and Frost. In June 2012, Katona performed for the first time in over 11 years at Birmingham's Gay Pride, singing some of her Atomic Kitten hits including Whole Again and Right Now. On 18 October it was announced that the original members of Atomic Kitten would reunite for an ITV2 series along with other pop groups of their era, including B*Witched, Five, Liberty X and 911. In November 2012 Katona confirmed she had re-joined Atomic Kitten, replacing Jenny Frost.


title: Kerry Katona

text: In 2019, Katona appeared in the sixth series of E4 reality series "Celebs Go Dating". In November 2022, having previously appeared as a guest co-host earlier in the year, Katona became the permanent co-host of the "Wheel of Misfortune" podcast alongside comedian Alison Spittle.


title: Kerry Katona

text: Formerly represented by publicist Max Clifford, with whom she parted by mutual agreement in October 2008, Katona has had endorsement deals with Iceland and Asda supermarkets. On 17 August 2009, Iceland released Katona from her £290,000 contract. The company stated that it was "impossible" to continue featuring Katona in its advertising campaigns after photographs appeared in the "News of the World" tabloid, allegedly showing her taking cocaine in the bathroom of her home.


title: Kerry Katona

text: Katona has released two autobiographies, "Kerry Katona: Too Much, Too Young" and "Still Standing: The Autobiography"; a self-help book, "Survive the Worst and Aim for the Best: How to Get Your Life Back on Track"; and three novels, "Tough Love", "The Footballer's Wife", and "Glamour Girl". All of her books have been ghostwritten. Until 2008, she wrote a regular column for "OK! Magazine". Then again until December 2012. On 11 May 2016, Katona rejoined the panel of "Loose Women" since leaving the series in 2004.


title: Kerry Katona

text: Katona is a patron of The Shannon Bradshaw Trust, a Warrington-based charity which helps children with life-threatening conditions and their families.


title: Kerry Katona

text: In March 2016, Katona launched an online bingo site called Bingo With Kerry. In May 2016 the site won 'New Site of the Year' at the WhichBingo Awards and 'Best casino site' at the New Casino Sites Awards in 2017. She competed in the third series of "Celebrity ", which began airing on 29 August 2021.


title: Kerry Katona

text: Katona has five children from three marriages. She married former Westlife singer Brian McFadden on 5 January 2002, at the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Rathfeigh, County Meath, Ireland. They have two daughters. McFadden filed for divorce from Katona in September 2004 and was separated for two years, until their divorce was finalised in December 2006.


title: Kerry Katona

text: On 14 February 2007 Katona married taxi driver Mark Croft. They have a daughter (b.2007) and a son (b.2008). In her 2012 book, "Still Standing: The Autobiography", Katona describes meeting Croft when he was supplying cocaine to her mother Sue in September 2005. Katona had just returned to Warrington after spending six weeks in rehab in Arizona for depression, alcohol and drugs. They announced a breakup in 2009 but reconciled, then divorced in 2011.


title: Kerry Katona

text: Katona married former rugby league (Warrington Wolves A-Team) player George Kay on 14 September 2014. They have one daughter (b.2014), Kay had served three years of a six-year jail sentence after being convicted for blackmail in 2008. On 7 October 2015, Katona announced their separation after he allegedly assaulted her at their home in Crowborough and was subsequently arrested by police. Kay was charged with assault by beating and possessing a banned weapon, but these charges were later dropped due to lack of evidence. Like Katona, Kay had mental health issues, and died on 5 July 2019 after an overdose. Like her mother Sue before her, Katona was diagnosed with bipolar disorder in 2005 and has been campaigning to increase awareness of mental health problems. Katona also has dyslexia and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.


title: Kerry Katona

text: On 15 July 2007, Katona, Croft, and their young daughter Heidi were held hostage at their £1.5 million home in Wilmslow, Cheshire. Three men forcibly entered their home, one of them holding Katona at knife-point while the others forced Croft to show them where valuables were kept. Nobody was physically harmed, but the men left with a blue BMW and other valuables with an estimated total value between £100,000 and £150,000. On 19 July 2007, police found the undamaged car away on Reeves Road in Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester. That same day, Katona was admitted to the Priory Hospital with bipolar disorder. Her publicist, Max Clifford, claimed she had had the disorder for some time, but the trauma had aggravated her symptoms.


title: Kerry Katona

text: On 21 August 2008, Katona was declared bankrupt at the High Court in London after failing to pay the final £82,000 of a £417,000 tax bill.


title: Kerry Katona

text: On 8 May 2019, Brighton Magistrates' Court ordered Katona to pay a £500 fine after the school attendance rate of one of her children had fallen below 50% in 2018. Her solicitor argued that Katona did not have childcare and had to take the child to work with her. During a previous hearing, Katona had pleaded "not guilty" and announced she would represent herself in court.


title: Kerry Katona

text: Katona released her autobiography "Too Much, Too Young" on 5 October 2006, written with ghostwriter Fanny Blake and Sue Katona, who consented to have her story told as well.


title: Kerry Katona

text: In October 2007, Katona released her first novel. "Tough Love" (produced with the aid of a ghost-writer) follows the story of the Crompton family and was published by Ebury Press. A second ghostwritten novel, "The Footballer's Wife", was published in 2008. In 2012, Katona released her second autobiography, "Still Standing: The Autobiography".


title: Kerry Katona

text: Katona is also well known for her glamour modelling. She first posed for Page 3 at the age of 17. Katona has also posed for the men's publication "Zoo". She has also done glamour modelling for a host of other high-profile publications appearing in the likes of "New!", "Now Magazine". and "Star".


title: Kerry Katona

text: Two months after having £15,000 worth of plastic surgery, which included having a breast reduction as she had her 32GG breasts reduced to an E cup in August 2008, Katona posed for "Zoo Magazine" in October 2008.


title: Jeremy Irvine

text: Jeremy William Fredric Smith (born 18 June 1990), known professionally as Jeremy Irvine, is an English actor who made his film debut in the epic war film "War Horse" (2011). In 2012, he portrayed Philip "Pip" Pirrip in the film adaptation of "Great Expectations".


title: Jeremy Irvine

text: Irvine earned a reputation as a Method actor after he went for two months without food, losing around , and performed his own torture scene stunts in "The Railway Man" (2013). He has since starred in "" (2015), and portrayed Daniel Grigori in the direct-to-video film adaptation of the young adult novel "Fallen" (2016), as well as young Sam in "Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again" (2018). In 2019, he starred as John Randolph Bentley in the USA Network television series "Treadstone".


title: Jeremy Irvine

text: Irvine was born Jeremy William Fredric Smith on 18 June 1990 in Gamlingay, Cambridgeshire, where he was raised. His mother, Bridget Smith, is a Liberal Democrat councillor on (and latterly leader of) the South Cambridgeshire District Council, and his father, Chris Smith, is an engineer.


title: Jeremy Irvine

text: He has two younger brothers, one of whom portrayed a younger version of Irvine's Pip in "Great Expectations". All three boys have diabetes. Irvine's stage surname was his grandfather's first name. His great-grandfather, Sir Ralph Lilley Turner, wrote the quotation used as the inscription on London's Gurkha Memorial.


title: Jeremy Irvine

text: Irvine started acting at age 16. He says his drama teacher inspired him to pursue acting: "I never fitted in, which led me to acting. I was looking for something different." He played Romeo along with other main roles in plays whilst attending Bedford Modern School, followed by a run with the National Youth Theatre.


title: Jeremy Irvine

text: After completing a one-year foundation course at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA), which he attended with Sam Claflin, Irvine spent two years posting his CV through letterboxes in an effort to get acting work. He almost gave up acting for good just before he got his big break in "War Horse". In an interview with CBS News while promoting "Great Expectations", he described this as the lowest point of his life and revealed that he considered taking a different career path: "I'd kind of hit rock bottom and really did think this was stupid and I just wasted three or four years of my life. My dad wanted me to get a job being a welder. At the company he was at, he was an engineer. I was very very close to doing that."


title: Jeremy Irvine

text: Irvine worked in his local supermarket and also did web design prior to gaining success as an actor. He played Luke in the television series "Life Bites" and appeared in the Royal Shakespeare Company's 2010 production of "Dunsinane". He was quoted in "Interview Magazine", saying: "My friends all took the mick out of me for "Dunsinane" saying, 'You're gonna be the tree'. Indeed, in my first scene, I was waving two branches."


title: Jeremy Irvine

text: In June 2010, he was cast in the lead role of the 2011 Steven Spielberg film "War Horse". The film was an adaption of Michael Morpurgo's novel, also entitled "War Horse". Spielberg revealed that he had been looking for an unknown actor for "War Horse", stating: "I looked at hundreds of actors and newcomers for Albert – mainly newcomers – and nobody had the heart, the spirit or the communication skills that Jeremy had." Irvine was asked to read a section of the "War Horse" script on camera in order to check his West Country accent. In an attempt to prepare himself for the role of Albert, Irvine took up weight training and gained approximately 14 pounds of muscle. He also underwent two months of intensive horse riding. He spent so much time recreating the Battle of Somme scene in the film that he ended up contracting trench foot. For his work in the film, he was nominated for the London Film Critics' Choice Award for Young British Performer Of The Year and Empire Award for Best Male Newcomer.


title: Jeremy Irvine

text: In April 2011, "Variety" reported that Irvine had been cast as Pip in a 2012 film adaptation of "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens. In October 2011, "The Hollywood Reporter" announced that he was set to play the young Eric Lomax in the film production of "The Railway Man". He then starred in the independent film "Now Is Good", alongside Dakota Fanning. In February 2013 "Variety" stated that he had been cast in a film based on the novel "The World Made Straight". Also in 2013, he was cast as Daniel Grigori in the film "Fallen", based on the young adult series of the same name.


title: Jeremy Irvine

text: On 12 August 2014, "Deadline" reported that Irvine had been cast as Percy Bysshe Shelley in "Mary Shelley's Monster". The film has been described as "a story of youth that transcends time, a gothic romance, a love triangle that involves a dark passenger." In November 2015, he starred in Don Broco's music video for the song "Nerve". Irvine attended the same school, Bedford Modern, as the band's members. The following month, Irvine joined the cast of the feature film remake of "Billionaire Boys Club".


title: Jeremy Irvine

text: In 2018, Irvine portrayed the younger version of Sam Carmichael (Pierce Brosnan) in the sequel to "Mamma Mia!", "Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again". In July 2017, Irvine confirmed via his Instagram that he had joined the cast of "The Last Full Measure" alongside Tommy Hatto and Zach Roerig.


title: Jeremy Irvine

text: In May 2021, Irvine was cast as Alan Scott in the HBO Max live-action television series based on "Green Lantern".


title: Jeremy Irvine

text: Irvine has had diabetes mellitus type 1 since childhood: "When I was six, I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. I was on four injections a day, which I administered myself." His two brothers also suffer from diabetes. Irvine has been involved in trials with the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) to test an artificial pancreas, a form of automatic glucose meter attached to a portable insulin pump. The tests took place at Addenbrooke's Hospital with the University of Cambridge during 2005 and 2007. Irvine introduced his experiences with diabetes to Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall during a visit to the Cambridge Welcome Trust Clinical Research Facility on 7 February 2012. He was again present with the Duchess on 31 January 2013 at University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust's inpatient adolescent ward, after she had become president of the JDRF in 2012.


title: Jeremy Irvine

text: Irvine avoids the spotlight and tries to maintain privacy, once saying that "I realised very quickly that I didn't want to be famous, so I don't go to Mahiki, I just go down the pub with all my mates". When asked about his rising fame, he said, "When "War Horse" came out, I had maybe a month of people stopping me in the street, then it died down. I try to ignore all that and pretend none of it exists. We're only acting. The work my mum does, a lot of it is re-housing homeless people, that's a real job. I play make-believe and dressing up for a living!" He currently lives in West Hampstead, London.


title: Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII

text: The game primarily focuses on Zack Fair, a young member of the paramilitary organization SOLDIER, who is assigned to look for the missing SOLDIER Genesis Rhapsodos. As he searches for Genesis, Zack discovers Genesis' origin, Project G, and how it is related to two other high-ranking SOLDIERs, Sephiroth and Angeal Hewley. The game's storyline takes the player from the war between the megacorporation Shinra and the people of Wutai to the events in Nibelheim, ending just before the beginning of "Final Fantasy VII".


title: Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII

text: The game was directed by Hajime Tabata, with Tetsuya Nomura serving as character designer. Before development, the Square Enix staff initially planned to make a PlayStation Portable port of the mobile phone game "", but after discussion, they decided to create a new game. The plot is based on a scenario Kazushige Nojima had in mind when working on "Final Fantasy VII".


title: Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII

text: "Crisis Core" enjoyed strong sales, selling over two million units worldwide. Critical reception was generally positive. A remaster of the game, Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Reunion, was released on December 13, 2022. Its storyline will also be recreated in the mobile game "".


title: Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII

text: "Crisis Core" is an action role-playing game in which the player controls Zack Fair. The player moves Zack through and between open areas, allowing him to talk with non-player characters, interact with the environment, and engage monsters in battle. At save points, the player may opt to take one of the available side missions, and if so, Zack is moved to a special area to complete the mission, which usually involves defeating one or more monsters. If the mission is successfully completed, the player is rewarded with beneficial items, and often new missions become available. Whether the player is successful in the side mission or not, upon completion, Zack is returned to the save point in the main game.


title: Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII

text: "Crisis Core" uses a real-time combat system in which the player can move Zack around, initiate attacks, special abilities and spells, use items, and block or dodge attacks. Zack's abilities in battle are set by what materia he currently has equipped. Up to six Materia can be equipped at any one time, which can impart special attacks, magic spells, or passive bonuses such as health increases or the ability to display the statistics of the current foe in combat. Materia is gained throughout the game through exploration, as rewards from side missions, as spoils of battle, or from shops. Materia can be fused together to make more powerful versions with improved bonuses; for example, fusing an attack Materia with an elemental magic Materia can create a new attack skill Materia that inflicts elemental magic damage in addition to physical damage. Special items collected in the game can also be used in Materia fusion to further increase the Materia's power.


title: Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII

text: "Crisis Core" uses a slot machine-like mechanic to affect the combat system. The "Digital Mind Wave" (DMW) features two sets of three spinning wheels; one set with numbers one through seven, and another with pictures of characters that Zack befriends during the game. The DMW automatically spins as long as Zack has at least 10 "Soldier Points", which are awarded to the player by defeating foes. If the DMW stops with the same three pictures lined up, Zack will then perform an appropriate Limit Break attack that can greatly harm an enemy or significantly heal Zack. Additionally, in this case, if the number slots give two or more of the same number, the Materia in that slot will power up. Should the numbers line up as "777", Zack will gain an experience level, increasing his health, soldier points, and ability points. Leveling up is based on luck and is somewhat random, no longer determined by experience points. If there is no match in the pictures, matching numbers on the slots will grant temporary bonuses, such as limited invincibility or zero-cost use of skills and abilities. The chance of matching pictures is tied to the current Limit level, which is raised by taking damage in battle and reduced upon successful battles, and after certain storyline events. After collecting certain items in the game, the pictures on the DMW may also randomly change to summonable creatures, which have more destructive and beneficial Limit Breaks should the pictures match up.


title: Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII

text: Following completion of the game, the player will obtain a New Game Plus option. The North American and European releases of "Crisis Core" also have an added difficulty mode, which increases the power and health of enemies.


title: Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII

text: "Crisis Core" begins seven years before the events of "Final Fantasy VII", and many characters from that game and other related works appear. However, the primary characters in the game are from either SOLDIER (the private army of Shinra), or from their elite branch of operatives, the Turks.


title: Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII

text: The main protagonist is Zack Fair, a young and friendly SOLDIER. His mentor and friend is Angeal Hewley, a 1st class SOLDIER who is also friends with fellow SOLDIER members Sephiroth and Genesis, who ultimately becomes the game's primary antagonist. The SOLDIER operatives work under Director Lazard, the illegitimate son of President Shinra. Zack is also friends with the Turks, particularly their leader Tseng, and one of their female operatives, Cissnei. During the course of the game, Zack encounters and befriends Aerith, a young woman tending flowers from a ruined church in the Midgar slums. He also befriends Cloud, a Shinra infantryman.


title: Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII

text: SOLDIER's Zack Fair and his stern but kind mentor Angeal Hewley are dispatched to Wutai to support the Shinra war effort. However, during the fighting, Angeal disappears. Zack is appointed to find both him and another missing SOLDIER, Genesis Rhapsodos. Zack, accompanied by Tseng, learns that Genesis and Angeal deserted Shinra. Zack and Sephiroth are assigned to kill them. With help from Dr. Hollander, a scientist with a vendetta against Shinra, Genesis creates an army of clones to attack Shinra headquarters. After the forces are defeated, Zack and Sephiroth track down Hollander's secret laboratory. They learn Hollander used both Genesis and Angeal as part of "Project G", an attempt to create supersoldiers infused with the extraterrestrial lifeform Jenova's cells. Sephiroth faces off against Genesis, while Zack pursues Hollander. However, Angeal, intent on keeping Hollander alive so he can be returned to normal, prevents Zack from killing the doctor. He knocks Zack into the slums of Midgar.


title: Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII

text: Zack recovers, finding Aerith tending to him. After spending some time together, Zack returns to SOLDIER headquarters, now under attack by Genesis. Zack re-allies with Angeal, who has developed doubts about his and Genesis' actions. As Angeal, Zack and Sephiroth protect the headquarters, Angeal confronts Genesis before both disappear. Zack is subsequently ordered to investigate Modeoheim, where Genesis has been spotted. En route, Zack meets Shinra infantryman Cloud, and they become friends. Near Modeoheim, Zack encounters and defeats Genesis, who appears to commit suicide by throwing himself into the depths of a reactor. Zack travels on to Modeoheim, finding both Angeal and Hollander. Tired of the fighting and his gradual degradation, Angeal summons and fuses with his own clones (which resemble canines). He mutates into a monster, forcing Zack to kill him. Before dying, Angeal gives Zack his Buster Sword, telling him to protect his honor.


title: Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII

text: Whilst Shinra continues the pursuit of Hollander, Genesis re-emerges producing clones. Some of them appeared in Midgar, forcing Zack to return to protect Aerith. Leaving her with an Angeal clone that protects her, Zack travels with Sephiroth and Cloud to investigate a Mako reactor near Nibelheim. Confronting Genesis at the reactor, Sephiroth learns that he is also an experiment, implanted with Jenova’s cells before birth. Genesis explains that his body is degrading, and he needs Sephiroth's cells to survive, but Sephiroth refuses. Overcome with the recent revelations regarding his past, Sephiroth locks himself in Nibelheim Mansion. He sets Nibelheim ablaze a week later, going to the Mako reactor to take Jenova's body, wrongfully believing her to be his mother. When Zack fails to stop him, Cloud throws Sephiroth into the Lifestream below the reactor. Zack awakens, finding that Shinra covered-up the Nibelheim incident. Zack also discovers that both he and Cloud have become part of Professor Hojo's experiments on Jenova cells and Mako exposure. However, Zack is able to escape, taking a catatonic Cloud with him. They immediately become high priority targets for Shinra. While fleeing, Zack learns that Genesis and Hollander are still trying to stabilize Genesis' mutation, and their plan to use Cloud's cells (since he is the only one with Sephiroth's genes).


title: Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII

text: Hollander tries to get to Cloud, but is killed by Zack. Zack then finds Director Lazard who, now mutated into a humanoid Angeal clone, has turned against Shinra. Lazard directs Zack to the remains of Banora to find Genesis, where he defeats Genesis. Upon returning, he discovers Shinra has located them and killed Lazard. The Angeal clone that was left guarding Aerith arrives, but is also killed. Zack discovers a note he had carried from Aerith, learning he and Cloud were subjected to Hojo's experiments for four years. As Cloud slowly begins dying of Mako poisoning, he and Zack are hunted by the Turks. Zack convinces them to look the other way, carrying Cloud towards Midgar. Genesis' body is collected by two soldiers: Nero the Sable and Weiss the Immaculate of Deepground.


title: Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII

text: Shinra pursue Zack and Cloud, catching up with them just outside Midgar. Tseng and the Turks attempt to rescue Zack against Shinra’s wishes, but are too late. Leaving the still semi-conscious Cloud hidden away, Zack fights off an enormous number of Shinra troops, but is fatally wounded. Cloud manages to crawl to Zack's body after Shinra leaves. Zack, in his dying breath, bequeaths the Buster Sword to Cloud, as Angeal had done to him. Cloud begins stumbling towards Midgar. Zack is welcomed into the Lifestream by Angeal and wonders if he has become a hero. The epilogue recreates the opening scenes of "Final Fantasy VII", as Cloud claims to be a former SOLDIER.


title: Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII

text: The idea of "Crisis Core" originated when Hajime Tabata was chosen as director for an upcoming "Final Fantasy" title for the PlayStation Portable. After discussing with Tetsuya Nomura and Yoshinori Kitase, Tabata decided that the game should be another installment in the "Compilation of Final Fantasy VII", feeling that the pressure of producing a game from a popular series would motivate both the staff and himself. The original idea was to make a PlayStation Portable port of "Before Crisis: Final Fantasy VII", as it had been released for mobile phones and the staff wanted to expand it. However, after deciding Zack was going to be the protagonist of the new game, the idea of a "Before Crisis" port was canceled.


title: Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII

text: Kitase wanted to make sure the game exceeded fans' expectations, so he made sure that rather than making it a "tribute" to "Final Fantasy VII", it shared important links with other titles from "Compilation of Final Fantasy VII". Similarly, Tabata explained that he and the staff were very wary throughout the production of altering the "fans' perception of Final Fantasy VII's iconic characters." For example, one of the main background events from "Final Fantasy VII", Nibelheim's destruction, had been changed somewhat in the OVA "", and due to negative fan reaction to these change, the game staff decided not to make any major changes in "Crisis Core". However, they also operated on the principal that this game dealt with those characters' "younger days," so that new elements could be added without changing the characters too much.


title: Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII

text: One of the primary reasons Zack was chosen as the protagonist was because his fate was predetermined. Kitase stated that Zack's story had "been cooking for 10 years" as, despite being a minor character in "Final Fantasy VII", Nomura had already developed conceptual artwork, and Kazushige Nojima had already worked out a story. The game was originally meant to have more scenes depicting Zack and Cloud's flight to Midgar, so as to expand on their friendship and unrealized plans, but these scenes were removed due to UMD limitations, and so the staff focused more on Zack's background as a formidable warrior. The addition of the character of Genesis to the story came about after discussions between producer Hideki Imaizumi and the character's Japanese voice actor, Gackt, as Imaizumi had been impressed with the characters' brief appearance in the secret ending to "", and felt there was great room to expand the character. Sephiroth's role was specifically written to give him a "much more human side." The game's logo represents various main characters; the blue sky symbolizes Zack; the white feather symbolizes Angeal; and the water symbolizes Aerith.


title: Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII

text: "Crisis Core" was first envisioned as an action game, but because almost all of the staff had more experience designing RPGs, they decided to modify it, making battles more similar to the ones found in standard RPGs. However, they also added more action-orientated elements to the battles, resulting in the game becoming more of an action RPG than a traditional RPG. The Materia system was designed so that players could choose between "RPG-oriented enhancements" and "action-oriented enhancements," as well as to help with the game's balance. Additionally, the Digital Mind Wave system (DMW) was added to give gameplay an element of luck, as well as to prevent combat feeling repetitive. Nomura and Kitase wanted to include this in the game because of their enthusiasm for pachinko machines.


title: Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII

text: The game was first announced at the 2004 E3, prior to the release of the PlayStation Portable. Its first trailer consisted of clips from "Last Order". In an interview for "Famitsu", Nomura stated that a playable demo of the game would be ready by the end of 2006. However, there was no mention of whether the demo would be openly available to PSP owners. By May 2005, Nomura announced that he had designed the concept art for the game, with the gameplay set to be "interesting" and "previously unseen." In May 2007, both Nomura and Tabata revealed that the game was 90% complete, and that completing its story mode and all side quests would take about 100 hours of gameplay. A playable demo was made available at Jump Festa '06.


title: Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII

text: The game's soundtrack was released on October 10, 2007, containing fifty-five songs on two discs. The music was composed by Takeharu Ishimoto, with a few tracks orchestrated by Kazuhiko Toyama. The soundtrack also included remixes of various music from "Final Fantasy VII" composed by Nobuo Uematsu and "Last Order: Final Fantasy VII", which was also composed by Ishimoto. The game's ending theme, "Why", was performed by Ayaka. The addition of "Why" was revealed by Square Enix in May 2007, with Ayaka stating that she was fascinated by "Crisis Core"s story and felt she "would like to deliver "Why" alongside Zack's fate to the hearts of many people." The single "Why" was released in Japan on September 5, 2007.


title: Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII

text: On September 13, 2007 Square Enix released a special edition bundle for "Crisis Core"; a special silver-colored PlayStation Portable Slim and Lite with "Final Fantasy VII"s 10th Anniversary insignia on the back and on one side. As with many limited edition "Final Fantasy VII"-related releases by Square Enix, the bundle was limited to 77,777 units.


title: Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII

text: On December 17, 2007, it was announced that "Crisis Core" would be released in North America on March 25, 2008. If pre-ordered from certain retailers, such as GameStop, the buyer may receive a Shinra UMD case, depending on how long supplies lasted; if pre-ordered from Best Buy, the buyer may receive "Crisis Core" with a metallic foil cover. Two versions of the game were released in Europe: a standard edition, and a limited edition, which was only available online, and then only when pre-ordered. This limited edition included special slipcase packaging and a book of promotional CG artwork entitled "The Art of Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII". In Europe, a bundle containing the game and the limited edition "Crisis Core"-engraved silver PlayStation Portable was released on June 20. As with several games from the company, Square released an "Ultimania" guidebook in Japan, on October 18, 2007.


title: Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII

text: After "Crisis Core"s release, Kitase expressed surprise at the quality of the cutscenes, to the point where he felt it could almost be a PlayStation 2 game. He also enjoyed the game's ending, surprised by how moving Zack's story became.


title: Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII

text: In June 2022, to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the original "Final Fantasy VII", it was announced that a remaster, entitled "Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Reunion", would be released on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S. Co-developed with Tose, who previously collaborated with Square Enix for "World of Final Fantasy" (2016), the graphics have been converted to HD, including new 3D models for all elements. The game will also include a newly-arranged soundtrack and full voice acting for all dialogue. While much of the story will remain the same from the original version, "Reunion" is part of the larger "Final Fantasy VII Remake" project, being considered a prequel to the three-part remake series, and will help familiarize players to Zack's story ahead of his appearance in "Final Fantasy VII Rebirth". "Reunion" also features an updated combat system that is a combination of the original battle system and "something close" to the one featured in "Final Fantasy VII Remake". Many characters are voiced by their English-dubbed voice actors from "Final Fantasy VII Remake", including Zack Fair (Caleb Pierce), Sephiroth (Tyler Hoechlin), Aerith Gainsborough (Briana White), Cloud Strife (Cody Christian), Tseng (Vic Chao), and Tifa Lockhart (Britt Baron), with additional characters and voice actors including Angeal Hewley (Bill Millsap), Genesis (Shaun Conde), Cissnei (Kayli Mills), Lazard (Francis Ausley), Hollander (Jason Marnocha), and Yuffie Kisaragi (Brandilyn Cheah). "Reunion" was released on December 13, 2022.


title: Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII

text: "Crisis Core" has received generally favorable reviews according to review aggregator Metacritic. GameSpot awarded it an "Editor's Choice" label, praising its storyline, combat system, and its presentation, stating that "Crisis Core is an exciting and poignant journey that every fan of role-playing games should take." IGN's Ryan Clements praised its differences from other RPGs, due to its focus on Zack's growth and his relationship with the SOLDIERs. He stated, "Crisis Core is a great game and, barring a few minor issues here and there, will not disappoint." It also received a place in the "Editor's Choice" gallery of recommended games for the PSP platform. GameSpy also praised the game, stating it "is equal parts tribute and original, marrying classic design choices with refreshingly new techniques, harmoniously bringing together something old with something new." Gamespy also commented that although some players may dislike Zack, "you'll have to be pretty jaded for the character not to grow on you as you progress through the adventure." VideoGamer.com found its fighting system "addictive", and argued that its CGI scenes had a similar quality to the ones from "Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children". Similarly, "GamePro" gave it a positive review, calling it the "best looking PSP title," and praising how it incorporated elements from the "Compilation", and at the same time created new aspects. GamesRadar's AJ Glasser stated that with the DMW system, the gameplay could be easy, causing the "rare gamer" to try to play it in Hard Mode. Glasser also found the game likable enough so that even gamers who dislike the "Final Fantasy VII" series may enjoy it. "Play"s Samuel Roberts called it the best game of 2008.


title: Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII

text: Many reviews also commented on the game's relationship with "Final Fantasy VII". 1UP.com called it one of the best prequels of all time, arguing that it "does a better job of putting players in FFVII's world than even the original game did." While GameTrailers stated that "Crisis Core" "doesn't take the easy way out and photocopy the source," they found it, unlike "Dirge of Cerberus", to be appealing. "Computer and Video Games" mentioned that despite the game's main story only lasting 12 hours, the side-quests helped expand the game's length. They further praised the battle system, claiming "[it] never becomes tiresome," and the fact that some of the weak points from "Final Fantasy VII" ("lengthy wandering, and an overlong center") were not issues in this game.


title: Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII

text: The game did receive some negative reviews, however. Despite calling it the best "Final Fantasy VII" spin-off, Eurogamer criticized that "for the twenty-six, twenty-eight, thirty-year-olds who it's aimed at, the game has little to offer beyond polished sentimentality." Although "PALGN" called the DMW system a "handy tool", they also felt it was the game's weakest point. X-Play criticized the unskippable cutscenes and considered the dialogue "poor", and the gameplay "repetitive". On April Fools' Day, in response to criticism for their original review, they "decided to give the game a second look and give it a re-review, this time with a clear unbiased perspective," sarcastically dubbing over the original and giving it an impossibly high 6/5.


title: Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII

text: "Crisis Core" has also received a number of awards from different publications. It was nominated by GameSpot for the "Best of 2008" awards, in the "Best Story", "Best RPG Game" and "Best PSP Game" categories, winning "Best PSP Game". It was also listed as the tenth best PSP game of all the time by IGN. Four IGN articles concerning the game were in "The Top 10 PSP Stories of 2008", with the review article listed at number one. In IGN's Best of 2008, "Crisis Core" won in the categories "Best RPG for the PSP" and "Best Story for the PSP", and was nominated as "Best Overall RPG". Videogamer.com placed it fifteenth and fourth in their articles "Best Games of 2008" and "Top 10 PlayStation exclusives of 2008", respectively. "GamePro" featured it as one of the five games PSP gamers should play, one of the 31 best PSP titles in 2009, and as the seventh best video game prequel. It was also voted to third place in the "Dengeki" poll of most tear-inducing games of all time. In 2011, it was voted second place in the "Famitsu" readers' poll on the same topic.


title: Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII

text: "Crisis Core" sold 350,000 copies in Japan on its release date, including the 77,777 Limited Edition PSP/"Crisis Core" bundles. In November 2007, Square Enix announced that "Crisis Core" was its best-selling game across all regions from April through September, with 710,000 copies sold in Japan. Selling 790,705 units as of August 2008, it became the third best-selling game for the PSP in Japan. In March 2008, "Crisis Core" sold 301,600 copies in its first month of release in the United States, behind the sales of "", which sold 340,500 copies, making "Crisis Core" the second best-selling game for the PSP during the month of March and the sixth best-selling game overall. As of March 31, 2009, Square Enix announced that "Crisis Core" had sold 2.1 million units worldwide, with 830,000 of those sales coming from Japan. About 840,000 units of the game, including 550,000 in Europe, were sold during Square Enix's 2009 fiscal year. In response to the game's sales, Square Enix labeled "Crisis Core" their best PSP game of the year, calling it "an incredible success." Doug Bone, Square Enix's UK sales director, called it "the must-have PSP game of 2008."


title: Congo River

text: The Congo River (, , ), formerly also known as the Zaire River, is the second longest river in Africa, shorter only than the Nile, as well as the second largest river in the world by discharge volume, following only the Amazon. It is also the world's deepest recorded river, with measured depths around . The Congo-Lualaba-Chambeshi River system has an overall length of , which makes it the world's ninth-longest river. The Chambeshi is a tributary of the Lualaba River, and "Lualaba" is the name of the Congo River upstream of Boyoma Falls, extending for .


title: Congo River

text: Measured along with the Lualaba, the main tributary, the Congo River has a total length of . It is the only major river to cross the Equator twice. The Congo Basin has a total area of about , or 13% of the entire African landmass.


title: Congo River

text: The name "Congo/Kongo" originates from the Kingdom of Kongo once located on the southern bank of the river. The kingdom in turn was named for the indigenous Bantu Kongo people, known in the 17th century as "Esikongo". South of the Kingdom of Kongo proper lay the similarly named Kakongo kingdom, mentioned in 1535. Abraham Ortelius in his world map of 1564 labeled as "Manicongo" the city at the mouth of the river. The tribal names in "Kongo" possibly derive from a word for a public gathering or tribal assembly. The modern name of the Kongo people or "Bakongo" was introduced in the early 20th century.


title: Congo River

text: The name "Zaire" is from a Portuguese adaptation of a Kikongo word, ("river"), a truncation of ("river swallowing rivers"). The river was known as "Zaire" during the 16th and 17th centuries; "Congo" seems to have replaced "Zaire" gradually in English usage during the 18th century, and "Congo" is the preferred English name in 19th-century literature, although references to "Zahir" or "Zaire" as the name used by the inhabitants remained common. The Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of the Congo are named after it, as was the previous Republic of the Congo which had gained independence in 1960 from the Belgian Congo. The Republic of Zaire during 1971–1997 was also named after the river's name in French and Portuguese.


title: Congo River

text: The Congo's drainage basin covers , an area larger than India. The Congo's discharge at its mouth ranges from , with an average of . The river transports annually 86 million tonnes of suspended sediment to the Atlantic Ocean and an additional 6% of bedload.


title: Congo River

text: The river and its tributaries flow through the Congo rainforest, the second largest rainforest area in the world, after the Amazon rainforest in South America. The river also has the second-largest flow in the world, behind the Amazon; the second-largest drainage basin of any river, behind the Amazon; and is one of the deepest rivers in the world, at depths greater than . Because its drainage basin includes areas both north and south of the Equator, its flow is stable, as there is always at least one part of the river experiencing a rainy season.


title: Congo River

text: The sources of the Congo are in the highlands and mountains of the East African Rift, as well as Lake Tanganyika and Lake Mweru, which feed the Lualaba River, which then becomes the Congo below Boyoma Falls. The Chambeshi River in Zambia is generally taken as the source of the Congo in line with the accepted practice worldwide of using the longest tributary, as with the Nile River.


title: Congo River

text: The Congo flows generally toward the northwest from Kisangani just below the Boyoma Falls, then gradually bends southwestward, passing by Mbandaka, joining with the Ubangi River and running into the Pool Malebo (Stanley Pool). Kinshasa (formerly Léopoldville) and Brazzaville are on opposite sides of the river at the Pool, where the river narrows and falls through a number of cataracts in deep canyons (collectively known as the Livingstone Falls), running by Matadi and Boma, and into the sea at Muanda.


title: Congo River

text: Lower Congo constitutes the 'lower' parts of the great river; that is the section of the river from the river mouth at the Atlantic coast to the twin capitals of Brazzaville and Kinshasa. In this section of the river, there are two significant tributaries, both on the left or south side. The Kwilu River originates in the hills near the Angolan border and enters the Congo some 100 km upstream from Matadi. The other being the Inkisi River, that flows in a northerly direction from the Uíge Province in Angola to the confluence with the Congo at Zongo some 80 km downstream from the twin capitals. Because of the vast number of rapids, in particular the Livingstone Falls, this section of the river is not operated continuously by riverboats.