Ogre AI is a Romanian-British energy tech startup founded in 2021 by Matei Stratan and Mihai Cucuringu The startup focuses on the field of energy forecasting that specializes in the development of state-of-the-art AI-based solutions for predicting energy generation and demand.  More than 30% of global electricity was generated from renewable sources in 2023, according to a report by global energy think tank Ember driven primarily by the expansion of wind and solar power AI offers potential for balancing supply and demand The flagship product, the Ogre forecasting system utilizes proprietary machine learning pipelines and algorithms to manage the predictability of renewable energy sources like solar and wind Ogre AI announced they raised €3 M in a funding round led by VERBUND X Ventures with participation from Early Game Ventures “Ogre AI offers an important solution to a central problem in the energy industry – the prediction of volatile renewable energies and load-oriented demand The combination of technical expertise and practical applicability makes this company a valuable partner for our future endeavors,” shared Franz Zöchbauer The new funding round will help Ogre AI to further expand its technological capabilities and strengthen its market presence “We are thrilled to partner with VERBUND to further develop our technology and grow our business in new markets We are confident that this collaboration will drive significant advancements in our business including on the technologies to enhance grid efficiency and sustainability we aim to empower energy providers with cutting-edge AI solutions that not only optimize operations but also contribute to the global transition towards renewable energy,” said Matei Stratan Over 1 million people from all over the world have learned about the tech ecosystem in Central and Eastern Europe thanks to The Recursive In order to keep our content free for everyone If you believe what we do is important and have the means to do so support us in giving a voice to Central and Eastern Europe with as little as €7 Every single contribution of yours helps us guarantee our independence and sustainable future we can keep on providing constructive reporting on the developments in the region give even more global visibility to our ecosystem and educate the next generation of innovation journalists and content creators Find out more about how your donation could help us shape the story of the CEE entrepreneurial ecosystem You can also support The Recursive’s mission with a pick-any-amount Subscribe to The Recursive Innovation Times Keep up with the innovation landscape in CEE every week By entering your email you agree to The Recursive’s Privacy Policy.* Address: Sofia 1504, 6 Shipka Str. For news stories, reach out to: [email protected] For content marketing partnerships: [email protected] © 2020 - 2022 - Recurisve Media JSC | All rights reserved Web Development by Vipe Studio - WordPress Agency Serbia Bosnia & Herzegovina North Macedonia Albania Montenegro Blockchain Cybersecurity Deep tech Dev Tribe E-commerce Marketing & Sales Web3 brutal and gluttonous: Donald Trump is the archetypal ogre So how did he manage to stomp back for a second term The animated film Shrek opens with the eponymous hero wiping his bottom on a book Shrek then emerges from the toilet and we follow his swamp-savvy morning routine He bathes his huge and oddly luminous body in mud He kills fish for his supper with his flatulence But Shrek’s life is about to be interrupted is rounding up various misfits and banishing them to Shrek’s swamp The film has Shrek put up “keep out” signs; he dreams of building a wall; and he frightens anyone who comes into his swamp with fierce-but-fake-but-fierce shows of aggression Shrek soon feels himself overwhelmed by “squatters” (as he calls them) and is furious Here he is greeted at the “Information Booth” by animatronic characters singing the Duloc Welcome Song: “Welcome to Duloc such a perfect town / Here we have some rules He doesn’t like welcome booths that are the opposite of welcoming he doesn’t like fake characters singing annoying songs to him about how they are going to lay down the law Ogres are one of the most ancient archetypes in human narrative and they have been with us since we first started telling stories In tales such as Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves ogres (or ghuls) are depicted as monstrous beings with a penchant for devouring humans In The Epic of Gilgamesh there is a character called Humbaba – a giant guardian of the cedar forest there are ogres at the centre of the two foundational epics in western literature: the Cyclops As Seamus Heaney’s evocative translation has it: “Grendel was the name of this grim demon / haunting the marches marauding round the heath / and the desolate fens.” Haunting the swamps in other words And – yes – coming into town to get even in a bigly way Dreams of a world within walls Photograph: Landmark Media/AlamyAnd “bigly” is an ogre’s word if ever there was one something overwhelming; but also “bigly” is a dig at language itself and its pretensions to precision You don’t have to be a writer to see the patterns The ogres of folklore are always against written law cannibalistic creatures that inhabit a single realm outside “normal” society – the island (Polyphemus) and the swamp (Grendel) They consume without restraint and hoard wealth They are brutish and yet full of a lethal cunning and instinct They are driven by a need to dominate or destroy anything they perceive as a threat They are untamed beings of cruelty and desire and appetite They are everywhere present in our stories because they are part of our struggle to understand ourselves They represent the recurring preoccupations and apprehensions of the human psyche They are avatars for all the dangers lurking outside the safety of human society’s agreed norms and rituals but lurking inside … lurking inside the human mind we repress these traits in order to get along and yet they persist – as drives and urges ogres are not just monsters in tales but archetypal representations of the elemental aspects of our being if we step for a moment across one of the many footbridges between story and psychology then we can see that ogres represent … the primal; also known as the id all that hoarded gold on the 56th floor of Trump towersThe id is the inner life we all of us share The circuit board on which all of our various operating systems run – be they our politics we find the collection of feelings and instincts that lie at the very core of the human being Here are the survival instincts: fear and anxiety Here is the urge to act without reflection Trump is the nearest any modern politician comes to pure id And one way to better understand his inauguration – and the strange folkloric spell of his seduction during the election – is to look through this lens of human story Because it is on this deeper level that Trump broadcasts; it is here that he makes his powerful appeal; and it is here that he connects the description of an ogre above might – without too much modulation – be deftly repurposed as a set of character notes for the future actors who will no doubt play him The way he looms and thuds through the world – fist-inverted Trump doesn’t engage in a debate about “values” – no All that hoarded gold way up the beanstalk on the 56th floor of Trump Towers Domination and treasure are two of the ogre’s preoccupations The teaser for the second term began thus: “They’re eating the dogs – the people that came in They’re eating … they’re eating the pets of the people that live there …” Eating ‘I love salt’ … Trump serves food at a McDonald’s in Feasterville Photograph: Brian Snyder/ReutersConsider Trump’s campaign visit to McDonald’s to work the frier in Feasterville “we got about 10,000 people out there … That’s a big crowd – huh?” (Double Jesus – for those paying attention) Everything.” Then he gets to his political point: “I’ve always wanted to work at McDonald’s I’m running against somebody that said she did but it turned out to be a totally phoney story It was a big part of [Kamala Harris’s] résumé that she worked at McDonald’s – how tough a job it was and she talked about the heat: ‘It was so tough.’” Then he adds with bone-grinding finality: “She’s never worked at McDonald’s.” Think about what is actually going on here Trump knows that you know and that’s why he’s still wearing his suit and tie He never changes out of costume because he never changed into costume the rest of the world is in disguise; the rest of the world is fake.) No are messages to do with the primal pleasures of greed and eating … eating those everybody-loves-them-who-cares-if-they-are-bad-for-you fries And people who complain or lie about it don’t get that – and therefore can’t be trusted on anything else And then he starts handing it out for free to the drive-through line: “It is all on Trump,” he says right?” But the subliminal communication is again more potent than the seemingly casual question What threatens my generosity in giving you these fries – what threatens our feast here in Feasterville – is the law And I tell you something: if the law dares to get in the way of a president feeding his people then it’s just another fake law in a fake world like all the other fake laws with which they try to punish and contain me punish and contain you; the laws from which I will liberate you to eat more and have all the mores you want; it’s going to be huge Trump continually remarks: “You’re a good-looking guy” One man says to him: “You made it possible for ordinary people like us to meet you.” And Trump says right back: “You’re not ordinary Beautiful wife.” And then he hands the guy his order through the window of his car He turns back again and says: “I’m having a lot of fun here everybody that is the whole election – in that moment All the fake news of human thought over there but right here with Trump … the truth of food and sex is often threat and menace because most of the time it’s just ogre-anger in a different keyFor our stories to endure they must be fun as well as scary; every story and therefore every ogre in the storyworld also has to … entertain fun is what Trump spends a great deal of time telling us he is having He uses the word from time to time but his body and his gestures and his general don’t-give-a-shit deportment is also often about conveying fun Because everyone knows you don’t get the gold without the bending a few rules and – anyway – the law is a pathetic joke to the id Says Trump to the female lawyer grilling him in one of his harassment hearings: “I say this with as much respect as I can she [his accuser] is not my type … Not my type in any way addressing the female lawyer herself: “You wouldn’t be a choice of mine either to be honest with you … I hope you’re not insulted I would not under any circumstances have any interest in you There’s no respect and he doesn’t care if you’re insulted Polyphemus says: “We Cyclops care not a whistle for your thundering Zeus or all the gods in bliss.” Ogre-fun is often threat and menace because most of the time it’s just ogre-anger in a different key Free weekly newsletterDiscover new books and learn more about your favourite authors with our expert reviews Transaction is another signifier of the id-world. Consider Trump’s book, The Art of the Deal Because the deal isn’t about “values” or “morality” That’s the only thing you can really trust you look not for nobility or fairness in your interlocutor but for weakness – greed jealousy; you eschew the profound in favour of commodity and bargain everything else is made up or posturing and – deep down – you know it and I know it and everybody knows it human beings tend to back away from ‘ideals’ and edge towards the dependable ‘truths’ of the idTrump – as ogre This is what so many of the political podcasts and back-peddling pundits missed I get it.” There’s an id-entity in there that he’s talking to beneath all those other identities we adopt And it may not be noble or pretty – not at all – but it’s real and it’s ravenous and it’s rapacious and it’s irresistible this is one reason why identity politics so often loses to the id-summoning assertions of populism When times are precipitous and the polity is bitterly contested human beings tend to back away from “argument” and “ideals” and edge back towards the dependable “truths” of the id And the story world – where Trump broadcasts loud and clear – is so very powerful here because it darkly enchants; and because it occludes the complex world of actual issues You don’t need a ground game when you’ve got an id-game You don’t need leaflets about policy when you’re the latest main character in an ancient human saga all about wealth and food and sex and anger and fear and power and vengeance And it’s interesting to note how our great writers smuggle in sympathy for their ogres’ retaliations how Homer describes Odysseus as polytropos meaning “wily” in his opening line We sense straight away that Odysseus’s intelligence can also be provocative and irritating Polyphemus only has a single eye but (like Shrek in his swamp) he was minding his own business before the Greeks turned up and started demanding hospitality taunting the cyclops from his ship: “Cyclops if ever mortal man enquire / how you were put to shame and blinded A detail from Arnold Böcklin’s Odysseus and Polyphemus (1896) Photograph: AlamyBut we sometimes forget that Polyphemus has the last laugh because he asks his father god of the sea blue mane who rocks the earth … grant that Odysseus … never see his home and find a world of pain … ” The curse is pivotal in the story Homer – in this moment – is on Polyphemus’s side because of Odysseus’s hubris it takes Odysseus 10 years (or two election cycles) to get back to Ithaca there’s a world of fresh trauma waiting for him when he gets there is not welcome at the White House correspondents’ dinner either He is described as an outcast doomed to brooding But there’s also a counter-tone of pity in the lines: “It harrowed him / to hear the din of the loud banquet / every day in the hall the harp being struck / and the clear song of a skilled poet / telling with mastery of man’s beginnings …” What enrages Grendel is that he has been excluded from the kinship from the rituals of the banquet and the fellowship of music the primal and the rational are in antiphonal relation; one summons the other The swamp and the city are always part of the same human story Which brings us to the proper counter to the ogre’s appeal Because of course the id is not the only truth of human relations Human beings cannot – and do not wish to – live in the primal world alone Death is redeemed not through deals but by love the id is no more than a third of the human psyche There is also the ego (wherein we are rational controlled) and the superego (the internalised operation of moral standards and ideals) our stories are also thronged with archetypes of love and reason He patrols the borders of language and reaction He holds up signs to tell the people what to do: “applause” you might just about put up with this if you are economically secure and Duloc more or less works for you But the feeling of being reprimanded is the opposite of fun and this certainly is no way to bring people outside with you the would-be leader must surely be as perceptive and attentive toward the inner lives of their fellow human beings as are the enduring writers They must seek again to make a real and more universal connection And they must surely acknowledge appetite and desire and anger and fear – ideally with conviviality – and then offer something much richer: the rest of the human experience inspiration second – is what marks out the greatest politicians Leaving aside secondary considerations such as the right-left or the right-wrong think what Churchill’s demeanour transmits at its most simple: I get it about the whisky and cigars and the epic dinners – I do I do – but still we must fight for “the worst form of government except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time” Or consider John F Kennedy’s persona and body language which (before he says a word) declare in the most charming manner possible: I get it about the glamour and the sex – none more so none more so – but still we must aspire to go to the moon and “set sail on this new sea because there is new knowledge to be gained and they must be won and used for the progress of all people” you have to be a remarkable human being to embody and encompass all of this But then the leader of a democracy should be an exceptional human being – not in the sense of being merely virtuous but in the deeper and more resonant sense of being emotionally and psychologically capacious Apstiprināta Ogres novada ilgtspējīgas attīstības stratēģija 2022.–2034 Ogres novada attīstības programma 2022.–2027 Saskaņā ar Ogres novada pašvaldības (turpmāk – Pašvaldība) domes 2022.gada 24.novembra lēmumu “Par Ogres novada ilgtspējīgas attīstības stratēģijas 2022.-2034.gadam 2.1.redakcijas,  Ogres novada attīstības programmas 2022.–2027.gadam 2.1. redakcijas un Vides pārskata apstiprināšanu” apstiprināta Ogres novada ilgtspējīgas attīstības stratēģijas 2022.–2037.gadam (turpmāk – Stratēģija) 2.1 Ogres novada attīstības programmas 2022.-2027.gadam (turpmāk – Attīstības programma) 2.1 Stratēģijas un Attīstības programmu izstrādāja SIA “Ķemers Business and Law Company”, tīmekļa vietne: https://kblc.lv/; tālr Vides pārskatu izstrādāja SIA “Firma L4”; tīmekļa vietne: www.l4.lv;  tālr Ar Pašvaldības domes lēmumu un apstiprinātajiem dokumentiem iespējams iepazīties Valsts vienotajā ģeotelpiskās informācijas portālā https://geolatvija.lv/ (stratēģija, attīstības programma) Ogres novada attīstības programmas 2022.–2027.gadam Investīciju plāns 2022.–2027.gadam aktualizēts saskaņā ar Ogres novada pašvaldības domes 2022 decembra lēmumu "Par grozījumiem Ogres novada attīstības programmas 2022.–2027.gadam Investīciju plānā 2022.–2027.gadam" decembra lēmumu "Par grozījumiem Ogres novada attīstības programmas 2022.–2027.gadam Investīciju plānā 2022.–2027.gadam" janvāra lēmumu “Par grozījumiem Ogres novada attīstības programmas 2022.–2027.gadam Investīciju plānā 2022.–2027.gadam Ogres novada pašvaldības domes 2023.gada 16 februāra lēmumu "Par grozījumu Ogres novada attīstības programmas 2022.–2027.gadam Investīciju plānā 2022.–2027.gadam jūnija lēmumu "Par grozījumu Ogres novada attīstības programmas 2022.-2027.gadam Investīciju plānā 2022.-2027.gadam" augusta lēmumu “Par grozījumu Ogres novada attīstības programmas 2022.–2027.gadam Investīciju plānā 2022.–2027.gadam” septembra lēmumu “Par grozījumiem Ogres novada attīstības programmas 2022.–2027 gadam” (protokola Nr.16; 6); Ogres novada pašvaldības domes 2024 janvāra lēmumu “Par grozījumiem Ogres novada attīstības programmas 2022.–2027 gadam” (protokola Nr.2; 8); Ogres novada pašvaldības domes 2024 februāra lēmumu  “Par grozījumiem Ogres novada attīstības programmas 2022.–2027 gadam (protokola Nr.4; 17); Ogres novada pašvaldības domes 2024 aprīļa lēmumu “Par grozījumiem Ogres novada attīstības programmas 2022.–2027 6; 25); Ogres novada pašvaldības domes 2024 augusta lēmumu “Par grozījumu Ogres novada attīstības programmas 2022.–2027 oktobra lēmumu “Par grozījumu Ogres novada attīstības programmas 2022.–2027 15; 3); Ogres novada pašvaldības domes 2024 novembra lēmumu “Par grozījumu Ogres novada attīstības programmas 2022.–2027 18; 1); Ogres novada pašvaldības domes 2024 decembra lēmumu “Par grozījumu Ogres novada attīstības programmas 2022.–2027 21; 31); Ogres novada pašvaldības domes 2025 1; 7);  Ogres novada pašvaldības domes 2025 februāra lēmumu “Par grozījumiem Ogres novada attīstības programmas 2022.–2027 Pašreizējās situācijas raksturojums un SVID analīze Atbilstoši Ogres novada domes 2018.gada 21.jūnija lēmumam (protokola Nr.9 25.§) tika aktualizēta III sadaļa – Noteiktās vidēja termiņa prioritātes sasniegšanas izvērtējuma rādītāji Ogres novada rīcības plāns 2018.-2020.gadam aktualizēts saskaņā ar Ogres novada pašvaldības domes 2020.gada 12.marta lēmumu “Par Ogres novada Attīstības programmas 2014.-2020.gadam III daļas Rīcības un investīciju plāna 2018.-2020.gadam Investīciju plāna 2018.-2020.gadam apstiprināšanu un grozījumiem Ogres novada Attīstības programmas 2014.-2020.gadam III daļas Rīcības un investīciju plāna 2018.-2020.gadam Rīcības plānā 2018.-2020.gadam” (protokola Nr.4 Attīstības programmas īstenošanas uzraudzības kārtība Pamatojoties uz Ogres novada pašvaldības domes 2020.gada 30.novembra lēmumu “Par Ogres novada Attīstības programmas 2014.-2020.gadam darbības termiņa pagarināšanu” pagarināts Ogres novada attīstības programmas 2014.-2020.gadam darbības termiņš līdz jaunveidojamā Ogres novada attīstības programmas 2021.-2027.gadam apstiprināšanai Saskaņā ar Ogres novada pašvaldības domes 2020.gada 17.septembra lēmumu “Par jaunveidojamā Ogres novada attīstības programmas 2021.-2027.gadam izstrādes uzsākšanu”1 tiek uzsākta Ogres novada attīstības programmas 2021.-2027.gadam Ogres Lielvārdes un Ķeguma novadu faktiskajās administratīvajās robežās jūnijā spēkā stājies Administratīvo teritoriju un apdzīvoto vietu likums (ATAVL) punktam jaunveidojamā Ogres novada administratīvā teritorija ietver Ogres Lielvārdes un Ķeguma novadu faktiskajās administratīvās teritorijās esošos pagastus un pilsētas ka jaunveidojamā novada teritorijas attīstības plānošanas dokumentu izstrādi vada tā pašvaldība kurā ir lielākais iedzīvotāju skaits atbilstoši aktuālajiem Iedzīvotāju reģistra datiem šajā gadījumā tā ir Ogres novada pašvaldība Lielvārdes un Ķeguma novadu pašvaldību domju priekšsēdētāji un par teritorijas attīstības plānošanu atbildīgo nodaļu vadītāji vienojās par jaunveidojamā Ogres novada attīstības programmas izstrādes uzsākšanu Ogres novada pašvaldības dome nolēma pārtraukt saskaņā ar Ogres novada pašvaldības domes 2019.gada 21.novembra lēmumu “Par Ogres novada attīstības programmas 2021.-2027.gadam izstrādes uzsākšanu” uzsākto Attīstības programmas izstrādi faktiskajai Ogres novada administratīvajai teritorijai to integrējot jaunveidojamā novada attīstības programmas izstrādē Ogres novada pašvaldības 2020.gada 17.septembra lēmums paredz uzsākt Ogres novada attīstības programmas 2021 Lielvārdes un Ķeguma novadu faktiskajās administratīvajās robežās izstrādi sadarbojoties ar iesaistīto novadu pašvaldībām kā arī apstiprināt jaunās attīstības programmas izstrādes darba uzdevumu Par jaunās attīstības programmas izstrādes un vadības grupas vadītāju apstiprināta Ogres novada pašvaldības centrālas administrācijas “Ogres novada pašvaldība” izpilddirektora vietniece Dana Bārbale Attīstības programmas izstrādei tiek izveidota vadības grupa šādā sastāvā – Ogres Lielvārdes un Ķeguma novadu pašvaldību domju priekšsēdētāji un to vietnieki minēto novadu pašvaldību izpilddirektori un to vietnieki Ogres novada pašvaldības Infrastruktūras veicināšanas nodaļas vadītājs Ikšķiles novada pašvaldības Attīstības nodaļas vadītājs Lielvārdes novada pašvaldības Attīstības plānošanas un pašvaldības īpašumu pārvaldības nodaļas vadītājs Ķeguma novada pašvaldības administrācijas Attīstības nodaļas vadītājs Ogres novada pašvaldības 2020.gada 17.septembra lēmums “Par Ogres novada attīstības programmas 2021.-2027.gadam izstrādes uzsākšanu” pieejams Valsts vienotajā ģeotelpiskās informācijas portālā https://geolatvija.lv/geo/tapis#document_18361 1grozīts ar Ogres novada pašvaldības domes 2020.gada 30.novembra lēmumu  Saskaņā ar Ogres novada pašvaldības (turpmāk – Pašvaldība) domes 2020.gada 30.novembra lēmumu “Par jaunveidojamā Ogres novada ilgtspējīgas attīstības stratēģijas 2021.-2034.gadam izstrādes uzsākšanu” tiek uzsākta jaunveidojamā Ogres novada ilgtspējīgas attīstības stratēģijas 2021.-2034.gadam izstrāde Ogres Atbilstoši Teritorijas attīstības plānošanas likuma 5.panta pirmās daļas 3.punktam viens no vietējā līmeņa teritorijas attīstības plānošanas dokumentiem ir ilgtspējīgas attīstības stratēģija Saskaņā ar Administratīvo teritoriju un apdzīvoto vietu likuma (turpmāk – ATAVL) 4.panta otro daļu administratīvās teritorijas un to administratīvos centrus nosaka Saeima šā likuma pielikumā “Administratīvās teritorijas to administratīvie centri un teritoriālā iedalījuma vienības” Atbilstoši minētā pielikuma 28.punktam jaunveidojamā Ogres novada administratīvā teritorija ietver Ogres Saskaņā ar ATAVL Pārejas noteikumu 9.punktu jaunveidojamā novada teritorijas attīstības plānošanas dokumentu izstrādi vada tā pašvaldība Atbilstoši Pilsonības un migrācijas lietu pārvaldes iedzīvotāju reģistra statistikai 2020.gada 1.jūlijā Ogres novada pašvaldības (turpmāk – Pašvaldība) administratīvajā teritorijā bija deklarētas 34 519 personas Ikšķiles novada pašvaldības administratīvajā teritorijā – 10 322 Lielvārdes novada pašvaldības administratīvajā teritorijā – 10 045 persona Ķeguma novada pašvaldības administratīvajā teritorijā – 5 552 personas 2020.gada 27.oktobrī Pašvaldībā saņemta Ķeguma novada pašvaldības 28.oktobrī Lielvārdes novada pašvaldības vēstule (reģistrētas Pašvaldībā ar Nr 2-4.1/6141 un 2-4.1/6194) ar apliecinājumu par sadarbību jaunziveidojamā Ogres novada Ilgtspējīgas attīstības stratēģijas 2021.-2034.gadam (turpmāk – Stratēģija) izstrādē 2020.gada 28.oktobrī Ikšķiles novada pašvaldības dome pieņēma lēmumu “Par dalību jaunizveidojamā Ogres novada ilgtspējīgas attīstības stratēģijas izstrādē” kas paredz piedalīties jaunizveidojamā Ogres novada Stratēģijas izstrādē Stratēģijas izstrādei tiek izveidota vadības darba grupa šādā sastāvā – Ogres Lielvārdes un Ķeguma novadu pašvaldību domju priekšsēdētāji (to prombūtnes gadījumā viņus aizvieto domes priekšsēdētāja vietnieks) minēto novadu pašvaldību izpilddirektori (to prombūtnes gadījumā viņus aizvieto izpilddirektoru vietnieki) ka arī ne vairāk kā divi citi pārstāvji no katras pašvaldības Saskaņā ar Ogres novada pašvaldības domes 2019.gada 21.novembra lēmumu “Par Ogres novada attīstības programmas 2021.-2027.gadam izstrādes uzsākšanu” uzsākta Ogres novada attīstības programmas 2021.-2027.gadam izstrāde un apstiprināts darba uzdevums Minētais lēmums pieejams Valsts vienotajā ģeotelpiskās informācijas portālā (https://geolatvija.lv/geo/tapis#document_16253) Aktuāla informācija par Ogres novada attīstības programmas 2021.-2027.gadam izstrādes aktivitātēm un pasākumiem pieejama izstrādātāja – SIA “Ķemers Business and Law Company” tīmekļa vietnē: https://kblc.lv/ogres-novada-ap-2021-2027-izstrade/ Ogres novada ilgtspējīgas attīstības stratēģijas 2022.-2034.gadam 1.0.redakcija Ogres novada attīstības programmas 2022.-2027.gadam 1.0 redakcija un Vides pārskata projekts nodots precizēšanai saskaņā ar publiskās apspriešanas rezultātiem Ogres novada attīstības programmas 2021.-2027.gadam 1.0 redakcija (turpmāk –Attīstības programma)  un Vides pārskata projekts Attīstības programmas un Vides pārskata projekta publiskā apspriešana norisinājās laika periodā no 2021.gada 15.novembra līdz 2021.gada 28.decembrim Publiskās apspriešana  ietvaros saņemti deviņu institūciju atzinumi un sešu fizisko personu un divu juridisko personu iesniegumi Minētie atzinumi un priekšlikumi tika izvērtēti sagatavoti ziņojumi par to vērā ņemšanu vai noraidīšanu Saskaņā ar Vidzemes plānošanas reģiona (turpmāk – VPR) atzinumos (reģistrēti Pašvaldībā 2021.gada 10.decembrī ar Nr 2-4.1/5296 un 2-4.1/5297) pausto viedokli pēc Stratēģijas un Attīstības programmas papildinājumu/precizējumu veikšanas atbilstoši VPR norādījumiem VPR atbalsta minēto dokumentu gala redakciju virzīšanu apstiprināšanai Pašvaldības domē ka šo dokumentu redakcijās nav konstatētas būtiskas neatbilstības normatīvo aktu prasībām Izvērtējot pārējo institūciju un sabiedrības iesniegumus Attīstības programmas un Vides pārskata kvalitāti un labāk apmierināt dažādu sabiedrības interešu grupu intereses Ņemot vērā minēto Pašvaldības domes 2022.gada 24.februāra sēdē pieņemts lēmums “Par Ogres novada ilgtspējīgas attīstības stratēģijas 2022.-2034.gadam 1.0.redakcijas redakcijas un Vides pārskata projekta precizēšanu” kas paredz precizēt Ogres novada ilgtspējīgas attīstības stratēģijas 2022.-2034.gadam projektu Ogres novada attīstības programmas 2022.-2027.gadam projektu un Vides pārskata projektu saskaņā ar publiskās apspriešanas rezultātiem Minētais Pašvaldības domes lēmums pieejams Valsts vienotajā ģeotelpiskās informācijas portālā https://geolatvija.lv Jūsu atsauksme palīdzēs mums uzlabot šo vietni We talk to founder Zain Fahadh about the challenges of funding an indie studio and the inspirations behind Ogre Head's games Following the success of its debut title Asura Ogre Head Studio is busy developing its next roguelike: a deckbuilder called Yodha GamesIndustry.biz recently caught up with the developer's founder Zain Fahadh discussing how the studio came to be and the importance of making games for everyone rooted in Indian culture and folklore Fahadh entered the industry as a 3D artist working at an outsourcing studio making characters for AAA titles After five years of looking for an opportunity to work on PC and console games "We founded Ogre Head Studio with the idea to make PC and console titles [taking] inspiration from the local folklore and culture," he says Fahadh says Ogre Head has not received any external funding or support from investors he personally invested $2,000 of his savings into the studio "We burned that out in six months," he explains we went to Dubai and showcased the prototype for Asura and that's where we got a lot of traction for the game." Asura is an action roguelike featuring a procedurally generated skill tree "The current Indian culture is very vibrant – there are so many stories that can come out" people were asking us if we could help them with their games," he says "We used Asura as a tool to expand our other businesses." Ogre Head provides outsourcing and consultation to companies including Warner Brothers and Paramount The studio builds "entire games" for firms alongside partners who manage localisation and marketing enabled us to fund the studio by consulting with other game developers and companies," Fahadh continues Fadhah speaks of how industry people reacted to the game asking why the studio wasn't making casual mobile titles "because that's where the money was [at the time]." This is something we're passionate about," he says and providing outsourcing and consultation to bigger companies Ogre Head has a lot of work on its hands for its six-person team So how does the studio balance these three verticals there's a lot of R&D that we're doing on the technical side of things There are times where we have these spaces we can easily accommodate for another game and I have 14 years of experience in this industry "We're not making the next GTA 6 or games of that caliber and we do white labels so we can't declare what we're working on Asura and Yodha are two very distinct games heavily inspired by Indian folklore – something that's not tapped into as much in games compared to European and Western mythology Fahadh is optimistic this will change over the next decade "I think it's going to happen when the emerging generation go to developers like Ubisoft and become studio directors," he says "Unless there is a lead who has some personal affinity towards the country or the culture they're from "The next generation will bring that in the big titles as the culture [in India] is people practicing to the Gods It's not like [Western mythology] – no one is angry about Kratos killing Zeus A lot of people find this [connection to the Gods] very personal." Fahadh continues: "People haven't even tapped into medieval India which is a completely different story to be built upon And the current Indian culture is very vibrant – there are so many stories that can come out That's what I think when I'm saying that I'm inspired by folklore and culture." "Gaming is a tool for us to spread our message of Indian fantasy" Fahadh uses the cultural differences of playing Dungeons & Dragons as an Indian to illustrate how Ogre Head approaches storytelling during development I would be a sage or a Sadhu in a forest somewhere you would be meeting in an Ashram – those are the kind of tools we use," he notes Fahadh says Ogre Head aren't targeting anyone in particular with their games – he wants them to be accessible to audiences outside of India "What we are saying is that we are making games for everyone Genre also matters and our game is a little niche – it's a roguelike deckbuilder "Our games are very genre-specific rather than region-specific – that's what we've always focused on Fahadh is looking to build "really strong IPs" that the studio can leverage in the future "I'm trying to build worlds rather than just games "My ideal Ogre Head would be a shop that [many] creative ideas come out of and animation – that's what I'm trying to steer the studio towards Gaming is a tool for us to spread our message of Indian fantasy No part of this website or its content may be reproduced without the copyright owner's permission GAMESINDUSTRY.BIZ is a registered trademark of Gamer Network Limited More Take note – story published 1 year and 7 months ago Beyond the Ogre Cultural Center is a large rundown area flanked by residential homes and a gambling hall next summer there will be a rather unusual children's playground referred to as an active recreation area in municipal documents "In the center of the square is a stylized wooden castle with various climbing and balancing elements A wooden wall with towers is planned around It is planned that it will contain information about Latvian castles especially with an emphasis on Ogre municipality," Aija Romanovska head of the development and planning division of Ogre municipality The visual solution was created by the "Latvian Soldier" (Latvijas Karavīrs) association whose offer was considered the best price in the survey and which has already carried out the reconstruction of Tērvete Castle hill While the city already has two public playgrounds demographic trends have pointed to another need and the most accessible for all would be central Ogre the municipality spokeswoman explained 86% of the population supported the idea and made various proposals Ogre City Council has made this project a priority and is preparing procurement for builders “Our construction engineers and society have made estimates according to Ministry of Finance guidelines the risk starts if there is 20%,” the local government spokeswoman said The cost of the playground was not mentioned in the public consultation according to Ogre resident and independent journalist Māris Rožāns who is not an opponent of the playground but the way it is set up "It's a bit worrying that this is happening now that borrowing at the Treasury has become more expensive and that a municipality as big as Ogre needs to borrow money to build a playground but we always have it like in the Soviet Union only offer one option," Rožāns said He noticed another nuance in the presentation of the object In its territory is a chess area with figures sampled by a photograph by Mayor Egils Helmanis 'If MPs were shown what those chess figures would be then the population poll had the photos removed they know art and they know they are exactly the same figures that City Council chairman Helmanis photographed last December while secretly visiting the European Union sanctions-listed Pyotr Aven on the Klauģi estate,” Rožāns said Helmanis has been the source of several recent controversies. As previously reported by LSM, he was responsible for inviting sanctioned Russian oligarch (and Latvian citizen) Pyotr Aven to display his collection of porcelain at the city's museum not least from the museum's employees who claim they have been coerced into unethical and potentially illegal activity by the dictats of the mayor Helmanis appears to have become even more strident in his relationship with the museum with several more clashes and online arguments ending up with the bizarre 'sealing' of the office of the director of the Ogre Museum by members of the council even though such a "sealing" has no legal force and resembles the sort of legal circus more usually associated with the repressive regime of Russia Other controversies involving Helmanis have included and his involvement as an instructor with a vigilante group, and tangles with anti-graft police Head of the Development and planning division: “We received more than one proposal from the Latvian Soldier Society There were both wooden sculpture proposals the works of Romāns Suta.” The municipality had not sought information about the copyrights of this piece of art Select text and press Ctrl+Enter to send a suggested correction to the editor Select text and press Report a mistake to send a suggested correction to the editor ExpandOgre (Samantha Klopp) By Robin BaciorApril 29 2025 at 11:10 pm PDTOgreSounds like: Not (or completely) fucking around You could call the three-piece’s sound noise rock maybe even hardcore—two basses jabbing through a cacophony of pedals and amps with drums erupting in a kind of 360-degree projectile fury But Ogre isn’t really crafting genre-based songs; they’re more interested in pure sonics in building a world—one with a somewhat chaotic sound like we’re putting on that we’re a rock band,” Grace Crane There’s a Lynchian quality to Ogre’s antics but swap the ominous crooner soundtrack for sounds that feel like being stuck in a parking garage elevator with scratched-metal walls a little grotesque (we’re still determining what kind of jam covered Jennings as he was birthed from bandmate Nils Niswonger in Ogre’s music video for “Condition Indicator”) a threatening sinister feel to the burbling distorted sounds that have a sinking pull to them—but again but it’s often more about the sonic shapes “I usually will write them close to when we record something and then I will promptly never zero in on learning them for shows,” Jennings says Nobody knew what they were trying to build and get at when they began Ogre Niswonger moved to Portland in 2021 from Santa Cruz but Niswonger had dreamed of playing in a band and was itching to start one He put flyers up around town and got a response from Jennings who had moved to Portland the year before from Florida by way of Northern California Neither had much of any training or background as a musician—Niswonger had dabbled in guitar but was picking up drums for the first time; Jennings was just learning bass “We were both not great musicians at the time; we definitely grew together,” Niswonger says The two started meeting up and practicing regularly learning their instruments and what Ogre would be “[We] needed something that would set us apart but to also come [to] it without any of the pretentious band swagger,” Jennings says and from there adding stage banter—silly but violently silly And they did make music—an EP and two albums by 2023 they wanted to be able to play the full parts live Niswonger’s roommate with whom he attended high school Crane was already familiar with the songs since the practices happened in the basement under her bedroom “People here are very generous with resources everybody just wants to keep the community itself alive ‘More people need to see this.’” Crane says “I don’t think I’d want to be making music anywhere else in the world right now.” [Portland is] just large enough to feel a sense of anonymity but just small enough to feel insulated,” Jennings says getting things together for some upcoming regional runs of shows putting pieces in place to record a new album we’re more performance art based,” Niswonger says “I don’t know if we’ll ever put out music that’s on repeat We’d love to some day release a record that captures the live thing a little more Willamette Week’s reporting has concrete impacts that change laws, force action from civic leaders, and drive compromised politicians from public office. 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As previously reported by LSM, he was responsible for inviting sanctioned Russian oligarch (and Latvian citizen) Pyotrs Avens to display his collection of porcelain at the city's museum The Delna association, Latvia's branch of Transparency International, is calling on VARAM to respond to the increasingly problematic situation by removing the mayor from office and has sent a letter to government to that effect alleging that Helmanis and his regular public communications constitute an attempt to intimidate the employees of the municipal council and institutions of the Ogre region The director of Delna, Inese Tauriņa said her organization has extensive information about possible illegal actions in the work of the municipality of Ogre region and its chairman we've learned about various violations of regulatory acts and ethical norms as well as non-observance of the principle of good governance in the Ogre County Council We are not ready to put up with this and therefore ask the responsible authorities to act therefore we cannot accept the answer that this is an internal matter of the municipal council," noted Tauriņa board member of the Latvian Museum Association said in an interview with Latvian Radio that her organization looks at what is happening from a professional point of view and emphasized that the employees should be treated in a legal manner After World War II in the occupied countries of the Soviet Union monuments were set up in honor of Soviet army soldiers as liberators of German fascism and glorifying the crucial role of the Soviet Union and its military forces in the war Such monuments were installed at several sites in the current Ogre municipality area Some of the monuments were dismantled after the restoration of Latvia's independence several monuments or memorial plates are still located in areas inhabited by the Ogre municipality The City Council has now decided to remove five other memorials linked to the Soviet occupation regime which strongly condemns Russia's invasion of Ukraine, considers it unacceptable that memorial sites reflecting the activities of the Russian army directed against the people of Latvia and the sovereignty of the country are stored and protected on the territory of Latvia Exceptions are places where soldiers are buried respecting and honoring each person's rights to honor burial and peaceful resting according to the statement of the City Council and you could be forgiven for thinking you’re dealing with bloodthirsty monsters the only danger in this pleasant commuter town 40 kilometres southeast of Riga may be getting your feet wet during spring flooding of the Ogre rivers from which the town takes its name The last time the place caused major cultural waves was way back in 1985 On the way home from a gig by rock group Pērkons in Ogre ‘s open air arena a bunch of teenagers demolished a railway carriage and these rebellious spirits were movingly interviewed in Juris Podnieks’ acclaimed documentary Is it Easy to be Young Ogre thinks it is time to remind the world about itself The city will celebrate its centenary in 2028 and being a European Capital of Culture the year before would be the icing on the cake “What we really want is a party for ourselves and our friends,” says Atvars Lakstīgala who is coordinating the ECC campaign for Ogre Municipality “And European cultural buffs will get to enjoy a high-value cultural programme in a neat and tidy town.” Even before throwing its hat into the ring Ogre has been busily boosting its cultural infrastructure The town’s new central library is a successful melding of contemporary design and ecological sustainability while the restoration of the old sanatorium with superb murals by prewar artist Ansis Cīrulis is a major step for heritage preservation that will mean a capital of cultural humming with operettas as well as choral and folk dancing events courtesy of the county’s amateur troupes There will also be a cultural festival with the accent on Vilhelms Purvītis a native son who laid the foundations of modern Latvian art Ogre’s location in the geographic centre of Latvia about an hour’s drive from Riga Airport “We can offer high-quality cultural products and all of Europe can get here quickly and easily,” says Atvars With the upcoming expansion of Ogre Municipality the bid takes in some powerful neighbouring cultural drawcards. Ikšķile is home to the ruins of a Catholic church built by the German missionary Meinhard in 1185 which is now on an island thanks to Soviet hydroelectric projects Atvars envisages a musical or theatre production about St The area around Lielvārde is famously the setting for the Lāčplēsis epic and in 2027 we might see a production of Zigmārs Liepiņš Bearslayer rock opera at the local outdoor arena The motor racing track at Ķegums could be a sporting hub while Atvars thinks the churches and historic schoolhouses of the district deserve attention And he also wants to highlight unique cultural events in rural communities like an annual mushroom gathering competition in Tomes Parish “I think that’s something unique and wonderful – why not share it with all of Europe!” he says Ogre Blue Mountains Set amidst undulating forests of pine and ash this 300 hectare park has been soothing souls since Ogre’s heyday as a health resort Enjoy spectacular views from the observation tower or burn calories mountain biking Set in a beautifully-restored barn on the banks of the Daugava this museum celebrates some cornerstones of Latvian identity Named in honour of the author of the Bear Slayer epic it tells the tale of Lāčplēsis and his struggles with the Black Knight in the local area as well as showing woven Lielvārde sashes renowned for their intricate designs and ancient symbolism Latvians put small taps into birch trees to extract the refreshing and reportedly very healthy sap This family enterprise in Ikšķile has taken the beverage to new heights Vilhelms Purvītis was a pioneer of Latvian landscape painting whose misty birch groves have defined our perception of the countryside The property has been managed since the 1990s by Dutch museologist Margriet Lestraden and if you book ahead you can see the interior or even spend the night This exacting replica of an oak Viking longboat has room for 15 marauding passengers and  is powered by a sail and six oarsmen (with an outboard motor on standby just in case) It takes part in historical re-enactments and can be rented for your special event Take note – story published 2 years and 8 months ago The wall has been built on the 23-meter tall defunct Ogre water tower that for decades failed to perform its function There are very few walls that are so high even in Europe because they usually build lower ones," said Rolands Ruģēns our aim was to hide the tower and put it all in a more beautiful visualization then we decided we would use its full height.” The first to try the new wall was the European champion in climbing sports He said that the wall will open up more opportunities for Latvians on their way to the Olympics The building of the wall amounted to €600 thousand Arc System Works had a new trailer to share for Under Night In-Birth 2 [Sys:Celes] to show off Ogre in the game as well as give his release date Ogre is seemingly alive and walking the streets again looking for a purpose he's about to be playable for the first time as the second DLC character for UNI2 Perhaps the fighter will find a new purpose with his next lease on life Following the bone witch Uzuki from last year Ogre is set to join the roster in just a few days on February 20 2025 with Izumi still slated for an August release window though still no exact date yet Cygames also revealed the full Season 2 DLC lineup for Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising at the Evo Awards tonight You can check out the gameplay debut trailer for Ogre in Under Night below and Alexey Sukarev have postponed their attempt on the unclimbed North Face of Baintha Brakk I (7,285m) Mukhametzyanov fell 10m on a route he was climbing in the Tsey-Loam range of peaks in the Caucasus lies in Russia’s Republic of Ingushetia a northeastern Caucasian ethnic group in the central Caucasus Makhumetzyanov fractured his ribs and pelvis in the fall and was evacuated from the mountain and then he will need a couple of months for recovery Rather than replace Mukhametzyanov on the upcoming expedition to Baintha Brakk I his partners chose to postpone the attempt the trio won the Russian version of the Piolet d’Or for their new route on Military Topographers Peak in the central Tien Shan KrisAnnapurna is a writer with ExplorersWeb Kris has been writing about history and tales in alpinism Sign up to receive ExplorersWeb content direct to your inbox once a week Fans will hear the original voices of Mike Myers, Cameron Diaz and Eddie Murphy, reprising their iconic roles as Shrek, Fiona and Donkey. A new addition to the voice cast is Zendaya who will lend her voice to Shrek and Fiona's daughter a brand-new character who promises to breathe new life into the saga Shrek 5 will be released on the big screen from December 23 the Shrek saga has won over children and adults alike This fifth opus seems to address both the new generation Fans of animated films such as Despicable Me, The Minions and Kung Fu Panda should enjoy this new adventure tender tone that made the saga such a success the addition of the character of Shrek and Fiona's daughter suggests that the story will explore a new family dynamic and perhaps even a passing of the baton between generations Satirical humor and references to fairy tales should always be present in a universe that has evolved over the years With the return of the original trio and the arrival of Zendaya Shrek 5 promises to be a major event inanimated cinema while renewing the story with new characters A release to keep an eye on for all fans of the green ogre This article is based on information available online; we have not yet viewed the film or series mentioned Cinema: 20 films already announced for 2025The movies are coming to theaters in 2025! Once again this year, big blockbusters and films of all genres will be on screen. Here's the (non-exhaustive) list of must-see films for the new year. [Read more] Cinema: which film to see today, this Tuesday May 6, 2025?Not sure which film to see today? Well, we've got plenty of films to show near you. [Read more] This page may contain AI-assisted elements, more information here Refer your establishment, click herePromote your event, click here Produced by Nikita 雅涵 Tu-Bryant, directed / filmed by Jiaqi Tang and made with support from NZ On Air, the new short film follows the lovelorn artist travelling via dreamscape pathways to become the latest member of Broken Hearts Anonymous. Headline artist at this year's World Of WearableArt Nikita 雅涵 Tu-Bryant picks up the thread of that project inviting five collaborative dancers to make shapes in free-flowing cult-like garments in sync with the multi-layered "love song.. inspired by the narrative of chasing only the good times" A spellbinding teaser for Nikita 雅涵 Tu-Bryant's forthcoming feature film LOVE LIVES HERE (inspired by KITA's 2023 EP of the same name) — experience 'Chasing Summer' and don't miss KITA's own version of the single next Thursday.. "The music video was made after I finished my season in World Of WearableArt it's been a really busy year (!) and I ended up producing the music video myself with funding from NZ ON AIR MUSIC It was the first time I've had funding from them since I was 15 Due to the beautiful beast of a show that is WOW naturally there was not much time to bring things together and cast and crew for the making of this music video I was incredibly lucky to bring on 5 performers from World Of Wearable Arts into the music video We have Sharn Te Pou who was headlining WOW with me (The Dreamer and The Dreammaker) three 1st year dancers from NZ School of Dance The goal for the music video was to have fun and apart from a couple of issues with Pōneke weather not wanting to play ball We'll be celebrating the release of the music video Thurs 12 of December at Rogue and Vagabond in Pōneke with our band KITA bringing our own rendition of the song It's also a great excuse to celebrate the end of a big year and things have been quiet on the KITA front as I finish our film Over the years we've been mainly playing at San Fran it's a good way to return to your roots and your old community to close the year" 'Chasing Summer' is out now on major streaming platforms The new boss enemy joins its buddy the Bile Troll in the game's recently released Versus mode Fatshark's medieval-fantasy pest control sim from 2018 continues to be neck-and-neck in popularity with its far more recent 40k successor Darktide A big part of that is that there just seems to be a lot more scope within its design for super-fun updates.  Case in point: you can now play as a Rat Ogre in the game The scarry stitched-up monstrosity is available to play in the game's versus mode, which finally came out last month The Rat Ogre is a playable monster for the Pactsworn (the bad guys) and can scatter Heroes with light and heavy—or more like heavy and heavier—attacks You can viciously swipe at Heroes with your claws hold down the attack key to unleash a downward slam for big damage charges up an almighty leap that sends you flying across the stage and scattering Heroes like bowling pins The Rat Ogre joins the Bile Troll as one of the Versus mode's 'Boss' monsters but offers an alternative playstyle to its heavier The Versus mode came out as a free update for Vermintide 2 last month and is an interesting 4-v-4 twist on the game's Left 4 Dead-style swarm shooter (or slasher) loop The Heroes team needs to complete various objectives around specially redesigned versions of existing maps but in Versus the Skaven hordes have four actual players among them taking control of special units such as the Ratling Gunner The Heroes try to complete their objectives in the face of the Skaven swarms (plus four players) There's a nice extra layer of verticality here too as the Skaven can scamper up to high ledges and prepare ambushes for the heroes Keep up to date with the most important stories and the best deals Robert is a freelance writer and chronic game tinkerer who spends many hours modding games then not playing them and hiding behind doors with a shotgun in Hunt: Showdown Wishes to spend his dying moments on Earth scrolling through his games library on a TV-friendly frontend that unifies all PC game launchers VG247 is a registered trademark of Gamer Network Limited The North Face of Baintha Brakk I (7,285m) is one of the unsolved problems of the Himalaya and Alexey Sukharev are heading there to attempt his incredibly difficult face The team last year during the Russian Piolet d’Or ceremony Mukhametzyanov describes the upcoming expedition as the culmination of their evolution as climbers over many years “Only now have we become able to accomplish something significant and leave our mark on history with the first ascent of a legendary mountain,” he wrote Last year, the trio won the Russian version of the Piolet d’ Or for their new route on Military Topographers Peak in the central Tien Shan. View this post on Instagram See this post on Instagram The Ogre is an impressive granite tower erupting from three groups of jagged Karakoram peaks: the Latoks The North Face of the Ogre is accessible from the Choktoi Glacier Baintha Brakk I, aka the Ogre, has seen only three ascents in history. The first, in 1977 by Doug Scott and Chris Bonington, is one of those well-known mountain epics After climbing the southwest spur to the south summit Doug Scott broke both his legs in a fall but managed to crawl down the mountain took 20 failed attempts by several teams over 24 years Kyle Dempster and Hayden Kennedy bagged the third ascent in 2012 via a new route up the South Face and earned a Piolet d’Or for it a nearby peak whose name means The Ogre’s Son Herve Barmasse and Daniele Bernasconi reconnoitered the North Face which is even more vertical and dangerous than the South Side bad weather prevented them from attempting the face The unclimbed North Face of the Ogre and the route to the highest point reached in 2015 by Bruce Normand and Billy Pierson Bruce Normand (UK) attempted the North Face of the Ogre in 2013 and 2015 with Billy Pierson of the U.S. Read Anton Karnoup’s extensive report on the 2013 attempt here In 2015, they noted in the American Alpine Journal that a rock band halted them It was “by no means the excellent granite for which the Ogre is famous which takes no protection and would not even remain in place for long enough to host a tool or a crampon.” which could perhaps be expected only in September progress was impossible,” Normand added Now it’s the Russians’ turn to take on this formidable beast Angela Benavides graduated university in journalism and specializes in high-altitude mountaineering and expedition news She has been writing about climbing and mountaineering adventure and outdoor sports for 20+ years Angela Benavides spent time at/worked at a number of local and international media She is also experienced in outdoor-sport consultancy for sponsoring corporations Zendaya will join everyone's favorite burly who first debuted on the big screen 24 years ago Universal Pictures has confirmed that some of the original cast is returning to for "the"Shrek 5," including Mike Myers (Shrek) Eddie Murphy (Donkey) and Cameron Diaz (Fiona) The 30-second trailer features Shrek, Fiona, Donkey Pinocchio and Shrek's teenage daughter Felicia — sporting deep green lipstick a half-up-half-down hairdo and a nose ring The trailer confirms Zendaya's casting as Felicia As part of the announcement, Universal Pictures re-shared a 2017 X post from Zendaya that says "I watch Shrek too often in my adulthood." Zendaya most recently starred in the "Dune" movies with actor Timothee Chalamet Shrek's and Fiona's children were introduced in the 2007 release of "Shrek 3," when the animated ogres gave birth to triplets: Fergus the triplets were only been seen as infants in the franchise "Shrek 5" is slated for a theater release on Dec. 23, 2026, according to the Universal Pictures website According to IMDB, "Shrek," which premiered in 2001, has grossed $488 million worldwide. The movie has an 88% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. "Shrek 2," released in 2004, has grossed $932 million worldwide. The movie has an 89% rating on Rotten Tomatoes "Shrek the Third," released in 2007, has grossed $808 million worldwide. The movie has a 41% rating on Rotten Tomatoes "Shrek Forever After," released in 2010, has grossed $752 million worldwide. The movie has a 58% rating on Rotten Tomatoes Take note – story published 1 year and 2 months ago The “Rīga Forests” deer garden is located in the Tīnūži Parish of Ogre Municipality behind a high gate in a fenced area of 100 hectares of forest A total of 48 deer are currently sold and delivered to the new owner While deer are not visible in the large area at midday local government company spokeswoman Ieva Bērziņa says there are still males left in the garden that could be dangerous to transport right now They will therefore be transported to their new home in the spring CCTV cameras show there are still about 10 deer here - 5 or 6 males and the rest are females and fawns “Waiting for the bulls to drop their antlers This will happen in March and then we'll see how we can arrange this deer relocation next,“ says Bērziņa “Riga Forests” has managed the deer garden since 2008 meaning too few deer were in the paddock to form high-value genetic material Maintenance of the deer garden has cost Riga forests 40 thousand euros a year Several failed auctions have previously been held but now the animals have been sold to a farm in Vidzeme The total value of the herd is currently less than €7,000 but the largest amount is made up of maintenance and the people who serve the deer garden about half a million have been spent in these years,” Berzina says The area is also where there was previously no infrastructure “It was all a very expensive pleasure for the company to develop the area,” she adds it is planned to develop this wilderness forest area as an environmental education center. The forest will not be cut “There's a very beautiful forest of spruce and pine trees there's plenty of that area in the company but we've specifically devoted this one to environmental education and everything you can see in the forests of Rīga vicinity The primary thing for us was to do the main work – to rid this area of deer which will be done this year,” Bērziņa says Population group objects – deer should be released into the wild the Ogre residents support group has repeatedly opposed the plans of “Riga Forests” to abolish the deer garden and one and a half thousand signatures were collected against the plan on the portal manabalss.lv the compromise would be the release of animals into the wild as this has been done with some in previous years “Riga Forests” did not implement this scenario due to the objections of the State Forest Service as it is not known how this would affect the wild population But this year’s batch of Best New Bands seems to bypass that mess These artists are tapping into something deeper Break away from the algorithms feeding you the same ol’ batch of songs based on your mood trapping you in your own head—hear what these new artists are doing Willamette Week’s reporting has concrete impacts that change laws, force action from civic leaders, and drive compromised politicians from public office. 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Sign up for our Daily Primer newsletter. 2025Under Night In-Birth 2 [Sys:Celes] - Official Ogre Reveal TrailerTake a look at the Ogre Reveal Trailer for Under Night In-Birth 2 [Sys:Celes] an upcoming installment of the 2D arcade fighting game franchise developed by FRENCH-BREAD and Arc System Works known as the King of Devils and Sovereign of Demons alongside his combat moves and abilities in-game Ogre will be available in Under Night In-Birth 2 [Sys:Celes] launching on February 20 for PlayStation 4 (PS4) Twenty-five years after a stinky, burly green ogre first debuted on the big screen, he will be joined by his teenage daughter, voiced by none other than Zendaya Pinocchio and Shrek's teenage daughter Felicia − sporting deep green lipstick which has made appearances in other "Shrek" movies including Shrek sporting pink sunglasses and a shirtless six-pack As part of the announcement, Universal Pictures re-shared a 2017 X post from Zendaya that reads Adolescent ogres were introduced in the 2007 release of "Shrek 3," when Shrek and Fiona gave birth to triplets: Fergus the triplets have only been seen as babies in the franchise The new trailer shared on Thursday has received mixed reviews − not because of Zendaya the new animation appears cleaner and brighter than the first "Shrek" movie from 2001 but not everyone is happy with the final result "Please tone down the animation," one Instagram user commented on the trailer "You can upgrade quality without making them look airbrushed and overly polished Others compared the trailer to Paramount's "Sonic" movie franchise, which had received criticism for its too-realistic computer-generation animation. After hearing complaints Paramount and the film's director Jeff Fowler delayed the first "Sonic" released to redo the main character "If we can collectively bully the producers of 'Sonic' to fix that movie This looks like the Temu version of 'Shrek.' This is embarrassing," another Instagram user commented on the trailer Jumping on the animation bandwagon, TikTok user Roger G questioned the purpose of the new film in the franchise's lineup this should have been the last 'Shrek.' No doubt about it," Roger G commented "Why are we going from '(Shrek Forever After:) The Final Chapter to 'Shrek 5'?" When will 'Shrek 5' be released?"Shrek 5" is slated for a theater release on Dec. 23, 2026, according to the Universal Pictures website Universal Pictures has confirmed that some of the original cast is returning to for the film Greta Cross is a national trending reporter at USA TODAY. Follow her on X and Instagram @gretalcross. Story idea? Email her at gcross@usatoday.com The Chris Farley Shrek would have looked very different If you're wondering how you're going to wait until Shrek 5 in July 2026 we at least have the delight of some early sketches from the first film to pore over A post shared by DreamWorks Shrek (@shrek) I assume Fiona doesn't have a face because the sketch was intended only as an exploration of her gown The sketch of Shrek himself appears to have been based on Chris Farley who recorded the voice for test footage of Shrek before he died in 1997 The sketches have reignited fans' intrigue about what a Chris Farley Shrek would have been like An 1995-95 animation test showing Shrek singing I Feel Good showed a much darker vision for the film This is believed to be the only footage of a Chris Farley Shrek and it was discarded by DreamWorks at the time Some people are now saying the early version should make a cameo in a future Shrek film For more trivia on DreamWorks' hit animation, see our roundup of surprising Shrek design facts Thank you for reading 5 articles this month* Join now for unlimited access Enjoy your first month for just £1 / $1 / €1 *Read 5 free articles per month without a subscription Try first month for just £1 / $1 / €1 features and buying guides and keeps track of the best equipment and software for creatives from video editing programs to monitors and accessories he now works as a project manager at the London and Buenos Aires-based design production and branding agency Hermana Creatives photographers and video editors who specialise in producing visual content and design assets for the hospitality sector You are not permitted to download, save or email this image. Visit image gallery to purchase the image A meeting has been brokered between the main player and community representatives "The past is the past and the future is the future," Bernie Sugrue the Timaru-based owner of the dilapidated Palmerston Railway Station said following a meeting he initiated last week who also owns other premises in Palmerston’s main street has been the focus of recent criticism about the state of his properties He told the Oamaru Mail he was "there for the community" but believed he had been "wrongly accused" about his commitment to Palmerston I’d love to actually think that we can support the community but we all need to support each other Waihemo Community Board members expressed frustration at the "shocking" state of the town’s commercial area This included views on the appearance of Ronaldsay St in particular the now empty railway station which in the past was home to a humming cafe business Mr Sugrue said he believed things could be progressed if community leaders were prepared to work with him he said he felt there had been progress in a "very positive" meeting with board members and we now need to work on something moving forward .. Waihemo Community Board chairwoman Heather McGregor agreed it was a "positive meeting" "We have both agreed to meet with the economic development team at the Waitaki District Council to look at ways for revitalising the town," she said She believed criticism had started within the past decade when Mr Sugrue painted over the original signage of the 105-year-old former Applebys family store building which he owns Mrs Muir said comments on social media about Mr Sugrue had been "pretty nasty" and he did not deserve all the negative criticism He seems to have gotten a really rough trot from people." Mrs Muir said she believed the Waitaki District Council bore some responsibility for the image Palmerston presented She and other business owners had paid for hanging flower baskets to help improve the appearance of Ronaldsay St but more could be done Mrs McGregor said there was a proposed budget in the council’s 2025-34 long-term plan to improve Palmerston’s streetscape The long-term plan also included a budget for an overall Palmerston master plan Mrs McGregor encouraged locals to make a formal submission on the long-term plan She said people could also contact the Waihemo Community Board any time about issues Council rural parks officer Jane Matchett said there was a small budget for beautifying Palmerston and a plan would be developed with the Waihemo Community Board That would include seeking community feedback Waitaki District Mayor Gary Kircher said the Palmerston and Waihemo ward was an important part of the district He said steps were being taken to help improve the town’s main street and to address Palmerston issues in a more timely way This included a new locality manager for Waihemo under the council’s transformation restructure "in an effort to ensure that work is getting done and contracts are complied with" The reality of our daily lives is underpinned by a series of unshakable truths someone will—eventually—put Shrek in it Shrek would inevitably appear as a modded addition to the roster of Z fighters But it's notable that someone had him in there fighting Gokus before the game had fully released but modder Ercuallo uploaded the addon to Nexus Mods on October 9 2024—almost a full week before Sparking As much as I'd be thrilled to live in a world where someone on the inside at Spike Chunsoft was cooking up some hot prerelease Shrek mods that's unfortunately not what happened here Zero is the latest game to join the trend of offering early access for those willing to shell out for deluxe editions Zero's deluxe or ultimate editions were able to download and play the game on October 8 meaning that Ercuallo dropped over $100 just so they could spend their very first days with the game figuring out how to turn its characters into Shrek I bet he'd look great with spiky silver hair Keep up to date with the most important stories and the best deals, as picked by the PC Gamer team. News WriterLincoln has been writing about games for 11 years—unless you include the essays about procedural storytelling in Dwarf Fortress he convinced his college professors to accept Leveraging the brainworms from a youth spent in World of Warcraft to write for sites like Waypoint Lincoln spent three years freelancing for PC Gamer before joining on as a full-time News Writer in 2024 bringing an expertise in Caves of Qud bird diplomacy and hitting dinosaurs with hammers in Monster Hunter the team from Living It Up Performing Arts Centre are taking to the stage to bring their joy-filled annual theatrical extravaganza to the people of Bedford Following year-on-year five-star reviews from the Bedford Clanger this year’s show promises to be just as entertaining and tickets are on sale now ‘Get Ogre It!’ is a one-night-only musical journey featuring the unlikely duo the entire show has been created by members of the Living It Up Performing Arts Centre with learning disabilities and/or autism and is certain to leave the audience amazed and thoroughly entertained The story follows the royal family who are left in crisis by a kidnap and an evil curse Ant and Shrek reluctantly make a deal to come to the rescue under pressure from some of the evilest bullies in the land On the way they meet some strange friends and sinister foes spend lots of time in the local pub – with plenty of music and mischief along the way Tickets are just £7.50 and carers and under 14s go free. For tickets, either email info@lovelivingitup.org or visit wegottickets.com/event/645656 Audience participation is greatly appreciated Login | Sign Up Time Extension Guest Rather than signing up new games to publish under the Infogrames label Rosen wants to see it become a home to older titles with a proven track record: Infogrames is pretty unique in that we had a lot of opportunities coming to us of games or IPs that people wanted to sell because they felt like they shouldn't just disappear We felt like Infogrames was the right place to have those series and carry them on for Infogrames it's really about games that developers and publishers have moved on from–that probably still have some life in them [We're really interested in] IPs that have been out for a long time The people who want to focus on their future projects and want to raise capital to make new games and focus on those–that's really what Infogrames is looking for Why we don't typically look at unreleased projects is I don't think we're more qualified to do that than anyone else I don't think we have a competitive advantage I don't think we're the best in the world at it One franchise Rosen would dearly like to work on is Quest's Ogre Battle / Tactics Ogre series recently remastered Tactics Ogre on modern-day systems but Rosen is nonetheless keen to work on the series in some capacity: I would love to see us to something with Ogre Battle at some point Even if it's not an acquisition–if Square is reading this please let us remaster Ogre Battle Would you like to see Ogre Battle get a remaster Infogrames was a publisher active from the 1980s to the 2000s "There was never really any animosity toward Atari in the larger cultural context" [source gamedeveloper.com] Prev Next Damien has been writing professionally about tech and video games since 2007 and oversees all of Hookshot Media's sites from an editorial perspective. He's also the editor of Time Extension which – paradoxically – is all about gaming's past glories I have a feeling at somepoint NIS is going to become an Atari division Unicorn Overlord did a good job of making a new game in the genre but I wouldn't scoff at a remaster of the old game They also have Brave Fencer Musashi just wasting away in a vault somewhere Would love to see Infogrames become a preservationist remaster studio the Atari Collection has a lot of great info in it While I'd love a remaster of these old games I have to admit that I feel we are reaching a point where everything is just remade/remastered to the point where we are just replaying everything we used to love new IPs or new entries would be more welcome than recycled old junk at some point @SmaggTheSmug Unicorn Overlord was so good I'd probably replay it on a harder setting and do me some min-maxing on the teams Unicorn Overlord definitely seems capable of scratching that itch but if a remaster of Ogre Battle: March of the Black Queen ever happened my first game in the series was Person of Lordly Caliber for N64 I know Ogre Battle as that one game that got a special edition on the NGPC that costs like $2,000 nowadays square enix has a real issue with remaster they are all pretty bad why don't they releases their games in a rom collection instead of remaking them worse then the original Them having Together or Ogre Battle 2 on PSP and remaster for modern platforms it did surprise me why they never did 1 or the N64 entry as remasters Or why not just a port collection of all 3 they seem to be pretty lazy or pretty less interested and handing them off to other companies and seem to care less and less for those IPs which is sad I'll get back into it but it made it clear along with Front Mission 1st Remake and any others how careful I'll look at how older tactics games are (even the XCOM reboots were just as annoying at times) and I prefer the modern style ones quality of life and core design then older ones where while good just are enough to annoy me of grinding or core mechanics I just find tedious or not fun enough/flexible enough to enjoy Fire Emblem or some Warhammer ones or even Mutant Zero are the best Others from the past are probably good too It's just the structure of them I find so much more flexible and engaging then the older Japanese games remade Can't say for older western tactics as not explored them as much I can stand grind but the limits in the 2 remake for levels is just stupid attacking and it won't pass them it hits your party member in front is so stupid as well Front Mission it's fair and was a better experience but the grinding/win to lose ratio and I would have liked more selecting parts to attack not whatever health bars work themselves out during either attack as a modern attack method option You know more hit each limb and see what it does The games are fine to be on modern platforms but some of their details do annoy me Not because oh too old but I'd prefer some other options for things as they are still tedious or silly details in some of them They insult the Tactics Ogre Reborn team by saying it's just a port (when they made extensive changes) Square-Enix would probably let their stuff die rather than let someone else do it they do a ton of outsourcing (to save money…) I’d love to see them remaster the quintet games instead (soul blader I wonder if Enix still has rights to those @Pillowpants I think the real target audience for a remaster probably is people who have NOT played it The more pressing concern with Quest is that they did make games without "Ogre" in the title.Where's Conquest of the Crystal Palace or the infamously expensive game Magical Chase?Famicom RPGs Dungeon Kid (a dungeon crawler with a creation mode) or The Adventures of Musashi might be cool (a VERY late DQ1 clone but it's got some charm) but one you really have to want to make a time investment in.I only rented it once as a kid and quickly learned it was too big-brained for me.But also that the OST is awesome Show Comments Hold on there, you need to login to post a comment.. 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News Soon, You'll Be Able To Play Diddy Kong Racing Natively On Your PC News Wii Homebrew Community "Built On Lies And Copyright Infringement" Show More © 2025 Hookshot Media, partner of IGN Entertainment | Hosted by 44 Bytes | AdChoices | Do Not Sell My Personal Information Jeremy Siegel: It’s now been more than 20 years since the world was first introduced to the ugly and anti-social but lovable ogre known as Shrek Mike Myers [as Shrek]: For your information there’s a lot more to ogres than people think Siegel: Voiced by Mike Myers alongside Eddie Murphy as a talking donkey and Cameron Diaz as a princess the animated movie centered on a big green monster with big protruding ears and an even bigger heart Mike Myers [as Shrek]: People take one look at me and go which takes a magical animated creature and brings him to life in person on the stage singing]: I thought love was only true in fairytales my name is Nicholas Hambruch and I play Shrek on the Shrek National tour My name is Bridgit Crider and I am the hair and makeup supervisor for Shrek on tour Siegel: Nicholas and Bridgit are the two people who make a real life ogre possible which Bridgit says is actually not as tough as you might expect Bridgit says they have this thing called a cowl which is basically like a mask combined with a hat that they drop down over Nick’s head to transform his human-shaped noggin into an ogre head — weird tubular ears and all Crider: He puts it over his head and it just covers his neck and it’s already pre-painted And then we pretty much glue it on him and do a little special effects Like so much that Bridgit and Nick didn’t know how to answer when I ask them how much green paint they use on a daily basis don’t go in my dressing room after the show It looks a bit like an ogre crime scene in there it is a lot of work that requires a lot of time Hambruch: My makeup call is about an hour and a half before performance so we take about 30 minutes to get that cowl And the rest of the time I’m sitting there in the makeup chair getting the green look on Siegel: And getting all of that on is something that takes talent and experience Bridgit has been in the industry for decades But she’s humble and gives Nick all of the credit for bringing everyone’s favorite ogre to life Crider: It’s a pretty easy process because he’s easygoing to work with He basically does the rest as far as creating his own character Hambruch [as Shrek]: Once upon a time there was a little ogre named Shrek who lived with his parents in a bog by a tree becoming Shrek is a project that dates all the way back to his childhood The characters has always been a part of my life comes the pressure to get it right because everybody knows the Mike Myers performance Mike Myers [as Shrek]: Ogres are like onions Eddie Murphy [as Donkey]: They make you cry Eddie Murphy [as Donkey]: You leave them out in the sun I’ve always said that if you try too hard to be a one-for-one replica then people are going to put your performance under the microscope and it’s going to be really hard trying to stay in it Siegel: But Nick says if you’re true to yourself and give a performance that begins with who you are the audience is happy to play along — especially for a story that’s all about being yourself Hambruch: The thing about Shrek is that he’s really on a journey of self-love which I think is a really important thing about this whole show and having a master artist with buckets of green paint helping you look the part I could be a poet and write a different story Siegel: Shrek The Musical plays tomorrow night and Saturday at the Emerson Colonial Theater in Boston singing]: The moon would help with spelling and night would dot the "I’s." I’d write a verse Actor Nicholas Hambruch arrives at hair and makeup about an hour and a half before he takes the stage every performance night The task at hand: Transforming him from a human actor to an iconic ogre — green skin “The thing about Shrek is that he’s really on a journey of self-love which I think is a really important thing about this whole show,” Hambruch said “Shrek” is coming to Boston as a live stage musical inspired by the film which takes a magical animated creature and brings him to life on the stage It’s been more than 20 years since the world was first introduced to the ugly and anti-social but lovable ogre Voiced by Mike Myers alongside Eddie Murphy as a talking donkey and Cameron Diaz as a princess which had a short run in Seattle and made its Broadway debut in 2008 it’s a pretty easy process,” she told GBH News Crider starts with a cowl — basically a mask combined with a hat — that drops down over Hambruch’s human-shaped noggin “He puts it over his head and it just covers his neck and it’s already pre-painted,” Crider said “And then we pretty much glue it on him and do a little special effects.” Getting the cowl just right takes about 30 minutes “Don’t go in my dressing room after the show,” Hambruch said “It looks a bit like an ogre crime scene in there.” creating Shrek requires a lot of talent and experience Crider has been in the industry for decades But she’s humble and gives Hambruch credit for bringing everyone’s favorite ogre to life “It’s a pretty easy process because he’s easygoing to work with “I definitely grew up with the movies,” he said The characters [have] always been a part of my life.” then people are going to put your performance under the microscope and it’s going to be really hard trying to stay in it,” he said But if you’re true to yourself and give a performance that begins with who you are “Shrek: The Musical” plays Friday and Saturday at the Emerson Colonial Theatre in Boston Your essential daily newsletter delivering trusted news and can't miss programs from Boston and beyond Mark your calendars for the Galva Drama Club’s performance of Shrek the Musical on March 7 and 8 at 7 p.m there was a little ogre named Shrek….” And thus begins the tale of an unlikely hero who finds himself on a life-changing journey alongside a wisecracking Donkey and a feisty princess who resists her rescue a cookie with an attitude and over a dozen other fairy tale misfits and you’ve got the kind of mess that calls for a real hero there’s one on hand and his name is Shrek The Galva performance stars Angie McArthur as Shrek and includes a cast of twenty actors aged 10 through 18 who will sing dance and thrill the audience through comedic storytelling with technology by Joe Angelo and music instruction by Whitney Fahner Tickets are $10 and are available at the door The Kewanee Voice’s nonprofit newsroom is dedicated to serving our readers by providing in depth local reporting to keep our community informed celebrate achievements and offer content that is useful and valuable to the readers we serve The Kewanee Voice is a 501(C)(3) non-profit news organization. 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