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Celebrating Gay Pride in Phoenix
United States Texas Austin
All Austin
By Andrew Collins
photo by Andrew Collins
One of the earliest major gay pride events in the country, Phoenix Pride takes place in early April. It's perfect timing, given the mild, sunny weather of central Arizona at this time of year.
To give you an idea of what you can expect during the city's Pride celebration, here's a look back at last year's event:
The city's Pride event has become a major draw in recent years, especially as it draws participants and spectators from throughout the fast-growing metro area, including Scottsdale, Mesa, and Glendale, not to mention quite a few LGBT folks from Tucson (which has its own stellar Pride in the Desert parade and celebration in mid-October). About 35,000 people attended Pride last year. Phoenix is also abuzz these days with a rejuvenated downtown that includes a beautiful, efficient light rail service (it runs all the way from northwest Phoenix through downtown and on into Tempe and Mesa) and a number of new or newly renovated restaurants, hotels, and gay bars and nightclubs.
Looking for tips on where to stay during Pride? Check out the Phoenix and Scottsdale Gay Hotels and Resorts Guide
First, although the main events take place Pride weekend, organizers also present the 10 Days of Pride, a series of gatherings and parties that lead up to Pride weekend, beginning a week before. These include a family day, pet pride, the Echo Magazine Reader's Choice Awards, a showing of the movie Homestretch at the Mesa Public Library, and several other prominent events.
Phoenix Pride weekend includes a Pride Parade, held on Sunday, and culminating at the Pride grounds in Steele Indian School Park 10 am along (3rd Street from Thomas Road south to Indian School Road). If you're arriving by light rail, you're best bets are the Thomas Road or Indian School Road stops along Central Avenue.
There will be more than 150 live performances on five stages entertainers at Phoenix Pride performing on several different stages: Bug Light Main Stage (with the main headlining acts), Tish Tanner Community Stage (local speakers, youth performers, and community members), Pride Dance Pavilion (think club tunes), Bistro Stage (a bit mellower on the music - jazz and acoustic), and Pride Metro Stage (a mix of music styles provided by local DJs). You can buy tickets online or, for a bit more, at the gate.
On a related note, during the weekend prior to Pride, the adult porn and erotica emporium Castle Megastore holds the Erotic World festival - the schedule includes waxing demos, "Romantasy Cabaret", exotic dancers, and more. This is a free event, open to those ages 18 and older.
The many gay bars in Phoenix and Scottsdale, as well as gay-popular restaurants, hotels, and shops, have special events and parties throughout Pride Week. Check local gay papers, such as Echo Magazine for details, as well as the handy AZ Gay Pride Guide. Also take a look at the excellent GLBT site produced by the city's official tourism organization, the Greater Phoenix Convention & Visitors Bureau.
Also note that Phoenix hosts a big LGBT event in mid-October, the Rainbows Festival Street Fair, which takes place in downtown Phoenix's historic Heritage Square Park.
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Family; Lifestyle; Community; Culture
Islamic Lifestyle & Social Issues
Female genital mutilation,Haram---Female circumcision,Halal
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Linkdeutscher
Al-Wahhābī
Re: Female genital mutilation,Haram---Female circumcision,Halal
Originally posted by AnonymousAS View Post
Painful and traumatic, another way by whic to oppress women.
Victims of FGM are in pain whenever they have intercourse and when they give birth, it's a very despicable practice.
I'm assuming that circumcision means trimming the clitoris but why is there a need to do this and how is it an "honour"? Just to reinforce the nonsense that only men should be able to enjoy intimacy.
Even men get circumcised. I don't get it.
You think you know more than my scholar's qiyās? He was more learned than you and all other scholars combined. Yeah, the devil was the greatest scholar too and look where his qiyās of fire being better than tīn got him. Sorry.
You follow your scholar's qiyās, and I will follow the Qur'ān and Sunnah.
AnonymousAS
Originally posted by Linkdeutscher View Post
Cutting the foreskin does not have the same effect as puncturing the clitoris.
greenblanket
Originally posted by .mirror. View Post
And male circumcision isn't painful?
It is painful but it's done in hospital by experienced doctors for males. females is mostly done in secrecy and infections and stuff is very common. i didn't mean to imply male circumcision was less painful than female but i meant female was painful because most girls don't have access to painkillers and proper treatment, and i read that probably after that women have trouble in their sex life. it seems immoral and non-islamic to me because islam does not mention it and it would just be wrong to interfere with god's creation when he has not mention anything as such (mutilation of human body for no (necessary) medical reason is forbidden, as far as i know)
Last edited by greenblanket; 22-12-15, 02:00 PM.
LiberalHumanist
Although a 'simpler' operation, male circumcision is still the irreversible maiming of a non-consenting, helpless child. It is an obvious infringement of a person's autonomy, even though it seems to be socially accepted. Obviously, if it's required for medical reasons that is another story, however more complications are caused by circumcision than potential problems solved. You might as well recommend everyone has their tonsils removed just in case they get tonsillitis.
Circumcision didn't arise for cleanliness reasons - it arose to desensitise the glans, diminishing sexual pleasure and to stop masturbation.
AbuMubarak
أنا مسلم
Originally posted by LiberalHumanist View Post
are those the reasons God told Abraham, a grown man, to circumcise himself? and left that as a tradition for all abrahamic religions?
i hear that same logic for why we dont eat pork, because it is unhealthy, but the reason a muslim does not eat pork is because Allah forbid it
we do what we do because this is what Allah has commanded the five prayers the hijab the circumcision, all of it
why cant people just understand that ISLAM means submission to Allah's commands, and leave it at that?
Last edited by AbuMubarak; 22-12-15, 02:25 PM.
.لا نريد زعيما يخاف البيت الإبيض
نريد زعيما يخاف الواحد الأحد
دولة الإسلامية باقية
What is the most preferred view on female circumcision? Did Prophet Muhammad ﷺ allow it for females and why? جزاك الله جيرا
Female Circumcision in Islam
The Prophet ﷺ said:
خَمْسٌ مِنَ الْفِطْرَةِ: الْخِتَانُ، وَالِاسْتِحْدَادُ، وَتَقْلِيمُ الْأَظْفَارِ، وَنَتْفُ الْإِبْطِ، وَقَصُّ الشَّارِبِ
Five things are connected to the Fitrah: Circumcision, Shaving the pubic hairs, Clipping the nails, Plucking the armpit hairs and Trimming the moustache.
The term Fitrah refers to the inherent and natural qualities and ways of a human-being.[1] The laws of the Shariah are equally applicable to men and women ( [2]النساء شقائق الرجال), except where there is clear proof stating that women are exempted. The acts of Fitrah mentioned in the Hadith are general and relates to both male and female. Furthermore, there are no evidences indicating that circumcision is restricted to males only.
In fact, female circumcision was the norm and custom of Arab women and was also endorsed by the Prophet ﷺ. Consider the following Ahadith of the Prophet ﷺ;
إِذَا جَاوَزَ الْخِتَانُ الْخِتَانَ وَجَبَ الْغُسْلُ (الترمذي)
When the circumcised meets the circumcised then Ghusl is required.”
إِذَا جَلَسَ بَيْنَ شُعَبِهَا الأَرْبَعِ وَمَسَّ الْخِتَانُ الْخِتَانَ فَقَدْ وَجَبَ الْغُسْلُ (مسلم)
When a man sits amidst her four parts (arms and legs of his wife) and the circumcised parts touch each other a bath becomes obligatory.
Imam at-Tahtaawi, in his Hashiya Ala Maraqil Falah commenting on the Hadith narrated by Imam at-Tirmidhi sates that female circumcision was the custom of Arab women.[3]
Imam Badruddin al Ayni in his Umdatul Qaari and al-Binayah also confirms that female circumcision was the custom of Arab women.[4]
It is narrated in numerous books of Ahadith that a Sahabiyah by the name of Umm Atiyyah (r.a) used to circumcise females at the time of the Prophet ﷺ. The Prophet ﷺ said her regarding her profession;
لا تنهكي فإن ذلك أحظى للمرأة وأحب إلى البعل (أبو داود)
Don’t cut too much, for that will be more pleasing to the woman and more desirable to the husband
In another Hadith it is reported that the Prophet said to Umm Atiyya (r.a)
فقال لها رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: “يا أم عطية: اخفضي ولا تُنهِكيِ، فإنه أنضر للوجه، وأحظى عند الزوج
Oh Umm Atiya! Circumcise, but don’t cut too much, for that will be brighter for the face (i.e. satisfying for her) and more pleasing to the husband. {Al-Mustadrak, at-Tabarani , al-Baihaqi} [5]
In another Hadith the Prophet ﷺ advises the women of the Ansaar in general regarding circumcision;
يا نســاء الأنصــار اختضـبن عمســاً ، واختفـضن ولا تنـهـكن ؛ فإنه أحظـى لإناثكن عند أزواجهن
Oh women of the Ansaar! Apply henna and circumcise! but do not exaggerate (i.e.do not cut too much) for it is more pleasing for your women folks when they are with their husbands.
The aforementioned Ahaadith and others [6]clearly indicate that, not only was circumcision prominent amongst Arab women but its action was also affirmed and endorsed by the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. For this reason the Jurists of Islam are unanimous on the permissibility of female circumcision. Some are of the view that it is compulsory, others are of the view that it an action which is greatly emphasized except that it is not compulsory, while others state that it is Mustahab[7] (commendable). Female circumcision being commendable is the stance of the majority of the Hanafi Jurists and is considered the most preferred and acceptable view.[8]
Misconception regarding Female Circumcision
“Female Circumcision is a very barbaric and inhumane action as it entails mutilation of the female genitals”.
Clarification;
Female circumcision in our times is commonly referred to as FGM (Female Genital Mutilation) which it practice in many parts of the world. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has categorized FGM into basically three types viz.
Type I: Often referred to as clitoridectomy, this is the partial or total removal of the clitoris (a small, sensitive and erectile part of the female genitals).
Type II: Often referred to as excision, this is the partial or total removal of the clitoris and the labia minora (the inner folds of the vulva), with or without excision of the labia majora (the outer folds of skin of the vulva)
Type III: Often referred to as infibulation, this is the narrowing of the vaginal opening through the creation of a covering seal. The seal is formed by cutting and repositioning the labia minora, or labia majora, sometimes through stitching, with or without removal of the clitoris (clitoridectomy).[9]
All of the three aforementioned methods of female circumcision are absolutely not in conformity with the laws of Shariah and therefore cannot be attributed to Islam. The Shariah permits female circumcision however, with specific measures and guidelines. The method of female circumcision allowed in the Shariah is completely different to these barbaric methods listed above.
According to the Scholars of Shariah, the correct method of female circumcision is as follows;
وهو مقطع جليدة في أعلى فرجها تشبه عرف الديك بينها وبين مدخل الذكَر جلدة رقيقة [10]
The type of female circumcision which is permitted in Islam entails cutting piece of the thin skin (prepuce) which is above the clitoris in a manner mentioned by the Prophet ﷺ (لا تنهكي) i.e. without exaggeration. Therefore, the method of female circumcision does not entail cutting any part of the clitoris or labia nor does it involve infibulation (the practice of excising the clitoris and labia and stitching together the edges of the vulva to prevent sexual intercourse).
The method of female circumcision prescribed in the Shariah is akin to male circumcision in that only the prepuce is removed. The procedure of male circumcision entails the removal of the entire foreskin whereas in female circumcision only a piece of the prepuce is removed. Moreover, male circumcision is not considered barbaric rather it is encouraged by many western experts.
The W.H.O. has also included the method of Female Circumcision prescribed by the Shariah as barbaric and pharaonic and thus grouped it under the category of FGM Type I. However, the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on the topic of “Harmful Traditional Practices Affecting the Health of Women and Children” released an article which clearly shows that the method of Female- Circumcision permitted by the Shariah is far from being barbaric;
“Types of surgical forms ;(a) Circumcision or Sunna (“traditional”) circumcision: This involves the removal of the prepuce and the tip of the clitoris. This is the only operation which, medically, can be likened to male circumcision”[11]
In this article cutting of the tip the clitoris is akin to male circumcision which is acceptable and not considered to be barbaric. Therefore, the method of female circumcision prescribed by the Shariah cannot by any means be regarded as barbaric as only the prepuce (or part of) is removed.
If a particular medicine, which is proven to work is misused by an individual, it would be foolish of a person to condemn the medicine, what should be condemned is its misuse. Similarly, it is incorrect for a person to condemn female circumcision entirely, as it is legislated by the Shariah, rather one should condemn its misuse and malpractices.
Benefits of Female Circumcision
Mentioning some of these benefits, Dr. Haamid al-Ghawaabi says:
The secretions of the labia minora accumulate in uncircumcised women and turn rancid, so they develop an unpleasant odour which may lead to infections of the vagina or urethra. I have seen many cases of sickness caused by the lack of circumcision.
Circumcision reduces excessive sensitivity of the clitoris which may cause it to increase in size to 3 centimetres when aroused, which is very annoying to the husband, especially at the time of intercourse.
Another benefit of circumcision is that it prevents stimulation of the clitoris which makes it grow large in such a manner that it causes pain.
Circumcision prevents spasms of the clitoris which are a kind of inflammation.
Circumcision reduces excessive sexual desire.[12]
Then Dr al-Ghawaabi refutes those who claim that female circumcision leads to frigidity by noting:
Frigidity has many causes, and this claim is not based on any sound statistics comparing circumcised women with uncircumcised women, except in the case of Pharaonic circumcision which is where the clitoris is excised completely. This does in fact lead to frigidity but it is contrary to the kind of circumcision enjoined by the Prophet of mercy (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) when he said: “Do not destroy” i.e., do not uproot or excise. This alone is evidence that speaks for itself, because medicine at that time knew very little about this sensitive organ (the clitoris) and its nerves.
From Liwa’ al-Islam magazine, issue 8 and 10; article entitled Khitaan al-Banaat (circumcision of girls).
The female gynaecologist Sitt al-Banaat Khaalid says in an article entitled Khitaan al-Banaat Ru’yah Sihhiyyah (Female circumcision from a health point of view):
For us in the Muslim world female circumcision is, above all else, obedience to Islam, which means acting in accordance with the fitrah and following the Sunnah which encourages it. We all know the dimensions of Islam, and that everything in it must be good in all aspects, including health aspects. If the benefits are not apparent now, they will become known in the future, as has happened with regard to male circumcision – the world now knows its benefits and it has become widespread among all nations despite the opposition of some groups.
Then she mentioned some of the health benefits of female circumcision and said:
It takes away excessive libido from women
It prevents unpleasant odours which result from foul secretions beneath the prepuce.
It reduces the incidence of urinary tract infections
It reduces the incidence of infections of the reproductive system.
In the book on Traditions that affect the health of women and children, which was published by the World Health Organization in 1979 it says:
With regard to the type of female circumcision which involves removal of the prepuce of the clitoris, which is similar to male circumcision, no harmful health effects have been noted. [13]
In conclusion, Female Circumcision is permitted in Islam by the manner prescribed by the Fuqaha (Jurists), and should only be undertaken by medical experts in that field.
Mufti Kaleem Muhammad
Darul Iftaa, Jaamia Madinatul Uloom
Trinidad, West
Originally posted by AbuMubarak View Post
just because muslim parents decide to circucize their daughters, does not mean, its genital mutilation
genital mutilation is genital mutilation
vaginal circumcision is vaginal circumscison
Abumubarak does have a point here. It seems that male circumcision does not get any critical reactions like female circumcision do.( Or worse, misunderstood like being fgm ) And today it's not unnormal to have a surgery done by other reasons than medical, in Europe! If I had been 18 today I would definately concider for my own sake.
Arvin88
The practice of male circumsition was the sunnach of Abraham alayis saalaam , and is a sunnah practice for men in the shariah of The final prophet of Islam.Allah knows best.
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Umm-A
It's wrong . If it was meant to be then every child would have this done , yet it's only certain countries that still practice . One day I pray they stop FGM
Bint Radical
Progress through error.
Originally posted by Umm-A View Post
Since when was the world ever on the same page about something being right or wrong?
Those countries who still practice are so backwards. Them third world countries.... #amiright
If Allah & his Messenger :saw: ordered us to breathe in a certain way, we would say: "سَمِعْنَا وَأَطَعْنَا We hear & We obey"
“Whoever turns away from my Sunnah has nothing to do with me.” (al-Bukhaari)
amannumrah
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gool_100
Sounds crazy!
Originally posted by Mary Carol View Post
Young girls born in Europe to immigrant families from Africa are being subjected to ritual genital mutilation, and authorities are doing little to discourage it, a leading women’s rights activist warned.
Somalia-born supermodel and best-selling author Waris Dirie, who has campaigned to end the disfiguring practice she suffered at age five in her homeland, said yesterday that she estimates one in every three African families living in Europe is secretly carrying out the ritual on their daughters. No official figures exist.
The procedure – illegal in most European countries – is especially prevalent in Germany and the Netherlands, as well as in Austria, where an estimated 8,000 girls born into immigrant families have been affected, Dirie said.
“We don’t know who’s doing it and where,” because there are few initiatives to prevent it or to encourage doctors, nurses, social workers, teachers and others to report suspected cases, Dirie said. An exception is France, where there is strong awareness and education, she said.
“What good is a law if no one is paying attention?” Dirie told reporters in Austria, where she was being honoured yesterday by a Roman Catholic men’s movement for her efforts to stop the practice.
Islamic religious leaders are telling Europe’s Muslim Africans that the prophets recommend the ancient ritual, which involves the removal of the ****oris, often with a dull blade and no anaesthesia, Dirie said.
“That is a catastrophe,” she said. “Every imam who is not actively against genital mutilation is guilty. Mutilation is not a tradition – it’s a crime that must be abolished.”
Although women generally perform the procedure, sometimes called female circumcision, men are ultimately responsible because “untrimmed” young women “face great difficulties in African societies in finding a husband,” Dirie said.
Between 100 million and 140 million women have undergone genital mutilation worldwide, and two million girls are at risk each year, according to the World Health Organisation, which says the practice can lead to infection, the spread of Aids and crippling physical, psychological and sexual problems.
The practice has been on the rise not only among immigrants in Europe but also in Australia, Canada and the US, Who says.
Petra Bayr, an official with Austria’s Socialist Party, said the bloc’s women would press the government to consider genital mutilation an “act of violence” and legitimate grounds for women fleeing it to be granted asylum in Austria.
“Women who are threatened with genital mutilation or have already suffered it should not have to wait for months for an open door,” added Raimund Loeffelmann, a spokesman for the Catholic men’s organisation honouring Dirie yesterday.
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secular1
Horrible disgusting practice that no girl should have to endure. WHO considers female circumcision the same as FGM, that is all cutting, scraping, partial or total removal of female genitalia is FGM. It has zero benefits and is only performed to reduce a woman's right to enjoy intimacy.
Originally posted by secular1 View Post
913 posts before have addressed this issue
if you are not going to read most of it, or even opposing views, you coming here ranting the same nonsense is useless
and we dont care what the WHO says, they are an extension of western immorality on so many levels
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How Donald Trump Could Beat Hillary Clinton
Naked Democracy
In the general election, he could win by running to her left—and her right.
By William Greider
Donald Trump speaks at a news conference in Milford, New Hampshire. (AP Photo / Matt Rourke)
The Trump hysteria now gripping the Republican Party has an aura of slapstick comedy, like a Punch and Judy show performed by politicians. The GOP crack-up is an irresistible spectacle—men in nice suits talking dirty and bopping one another with profane verbal assaults. We the people find ourselves laughing involuntarily. Some of us also tremble for the future of the republic.
But Democrats should resist the temptation to indulge in schadenfreude, because they’re flirting with their own version of crack-up. The Dems are stalked by very similar contradictions, and face the same storm of popular disgust among once-loyal constituencies.
The 2016 election is shaping up as payback time in our crippled democracy. The people have discovered ways to express their long-smoldering contempt for the regular order. Power politics, they discover, can be both mischievously fun and also purposeful.
Bernie Sanders delivered that uplifting message again with his upset victory in the Michigan primary. The press had been hinting crudely that Senator Sanders should really give it up, so Hillary Clinton could proceed unblemished to the nomination. Bernie wisely ignored the media dopesters.
As I wrote a few months ago, Donald Trump has taken the low road to political upheaval, while Senator Sanders has taken the high road to peaceful revolution. But both candidates are addressing many of the same fundamental wounds and inequities that working Americans have experienced for a generation. Trump is foul and unfair, a shrewd demagogue. Bernie is the honest visionary, urging young people to take themselves seriously as citizens and claim their role in a “political revolution.”
Trump and Sanders are forcing the political system to confront some malignant deformities in American life that both parties have tried to ignore, because, in their different ways, both are to blame. People feel betrayed, abandoned by representative democracy in favor of powerful interests.
Year after year, political leaders and presidents of both parties essentially lied to the people about fundamental matters—war and peace, lost prosperity, and the bruising generation of lost jobs and declining wages. The big media mostly looked the other way. Prestige news outlets witlessly reported the deceitful reassurances that leading economists provided with their statistical flimflam.
Famous corporations, from General Electric and General Motors to Microsoft and Apple, cleverly exploited workers on both ends of the global economy, from Mexico to China. Yet it was a nonstory in the media, despite the distress cries of American workers and the scandalous death-trap factories overseas, where workers (usually young women and girls) made shirts and shoes and semiconductor chips. Both parties in Congress signed off on trade agreements backed up by phony job predictions from so-called Washington think tanks like the Brookings Institution, the Peterson Institute, the Business Roundtable, and the American Enterprise Institute.
Lies, lies, lies. Yes, Donald Trump tells lots of lies himself, but they seem modest alongside the monstrous deceptions that Democrats and Republicans used to mislead the country into the multinational betrayal. Not just the unfair trade rules that favored foreign producers, but the recurring scam of tax cuts for the wealthy, who were supposed to create products and lots more jobs.
A little honest reporting would have discovered that other major industrial economies, like Germany or Sweden, do globalization differently: They disperse low-wage jobs to poorer nations, but they hang on to the best, high-end production that generates advanced jobs and higher wages. But Apple and Intel and many other US multinationals decided that it makes sense to manufacture new products in places like China, where the workers are cheaper.
A few brave voices in American industry, like Ross Perot, told the truth. A quarter-century ago, he tried to warn folks that “the giant sucking sound” of NAFTA was going to wipe out millions of American jobs, and others cautioned against the regressive tax cuts and financial deregulation that created the billionaire class of 1 percenters. Perot was ridiculed by Bill Clinton and Al Gore—both smart guys, bold “New Democrats” who were shifting their party’s core loyalty from working people to Wall Street.
I have been among the stubborn dissenters who never drank the Kool-Aid. For decades, I wrote critically about this tragic wrong turn in American politics. My book on globalization, One World, Ready or Not: The Manic Logic of Global Capitalism (1997), warned that the loss of US manufacturing and broad prosperity would lead to worldwide breakdown—a global economy based on cheap labor. The crisis arrived because the world has too many factories but not enough consumers with the incomes to buy the stuff.
I used to needle political and economics reporters I knew at The Washington Post, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal. Why, I asked them, don’t you write about the destructive forces dismantling the American middle class? Or at least give us honest coverage of labor’s arguments for global reforms to reverse the “race to the bottom.” A typical response was “that’s not my beat.” Noteworthy columnists assured us that American workers would improve their incomes if they went to graduate school.
The blindfolded media continue to mislead the public. The Republican establishment portrays itself as an innocent victim of Trump’s raw slurs and bigotry. Economists associated with the Clinton-Obama wing of the Democratic Party (led by Paul Krugman) are busy explaining why Bernie’s reform vision of national health insurance is impossibly expensive. They do not explain how European nations manage to afford universal healthcare that is far less expensive than ours. The US is exceptional, as in Uncle Sucker.
The media bias continues. Listen to current commentary or read leading newspapers, and you will see reliance on the same “experts” who led cheers for the New Democrat policies that helped wreck US prosperity. They attack Trump’s ugly qualities, but they also disparage rebellious public opinion as foolish.
In The Washington Post, the neocon Robert Kagan of Brookings attacked Trump as the “GOP’s Frankenstein’s monster” but belittled economic complaints. “We are supposed to believe that Trump’s legion of ‘angry’ people are angry about wage stagnation,” he wrote. “No, they are angry about all the things Republicans have told them to be angry about these past 7 1/2 years.”
I have a hunch the academic experts and political junkies are once again missing the real story. I suggest that with misplaced arrogance and a few wrong turns, the Democratic Party could find itself obliterated by this election. I wouldn’t bet my mortgage on it, but this is a sequence of events I find plausible:
First, let’s assume that Trump succeeds in securing the Republican nomination and Clinton wins the Democratic race. Sanders retires gracefully so he will not be labeled a spoiler, as Ralph Nader was when Gore lost in 2000.
Then, in the fall campaign, Trump changes his style and launches a ferocious and substantive assault on Clinton, with devastating effect. He does this essentially by taking over the Sanders economic agenda. He denounces HRC as a tool of wealthy plutocrats and speaks for working-class discontents, much as he has done in the primary season. He piles on the ugly personal slurs, but his central thrust becomes more grown-up and closely argued. Indeed, one can already observe Trump moderating his tone, edging toward a more “presidential” performance. Imagine a campaign that merges Bernie’s straight-talk values with traditional Republican values. If so, this could alter the profile of both parties, at least for the 2016 election. It could even define longer-term changes.
When I asked a veteran strategist of left-wing reform politics what he thought, he agreed that such a repositioning is most likely if Trump runs against HRC. “Trump will be the peace candidate in this campaign,” he said. “Trump will be the anti–free trade candidate. The candidate for protecting Social Security and Medicare. For getting big money out of politics. For controlling drug prices.”
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Trump may be too foul, too frightening, and too obnoxious for middle-class Americans. I hope that’s right, but I’m not so sure. It’s not a question of trusting the Donald’s self-promoting talk; the man lies with gusto. But cynics might ask, what else is new in big-time politics?
A Trump administration, I suspect, would deal with real power in ways that gravely betray his rhetoric. I note, for instance, that the business and financial establishments are more or less silent on Trump hysteria, neither denouncing nor making nice with him. I can imagine truly ugly deal-making that we would not hear about until afterward.
A more severe dilemma would confront Hillary. As the Michigan primary demonstrated, she’s not a convincing candidate on the heavyweight economic questions. Even when she makes strong proposals, many voters automatically ask: Can we trust her? She has surrounded herself with small-minded advisers from the Clinton years who are prone to making nasty counterattacks rather than developing genuinely far-reaching policy ideas.
One hallmark of Clinton politics is keeping outsiders out of the room. Left-liberal types were generally excluded during the Clinton years, and nearly so in Obama’s administration. The nation’s circumstances cry out for bold and radical departures from the past. So far, Hillary has mostly stayed with careful, baby-step gestures. She has only a few months to clean house and change all that. New Dems have passed their sell-by date.
William GreiderWilliam Greider is The Nation’s national-affairs correspondent.
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Reclaiming Stonewall
Trump’s Deportation Surge Is Harming Domestic Abuse Survivors
The administration’s aggressive crackdown on undocumented immigrants is pushing women into the shadows.
By Michelle ChenTwitter
People hold signs at a protest against plans to deport Central American asylum seekers in Los Angeles on May 17, 2016. (Reuters / Lucy Nicholson)
If President Trump’s political ascent has shown anything, it’s that he’s an expert manipulator of the legal system. Armed with legions of corporate lawyers, he has been able to shield himself from charges of sexual harassment and fraud. Perhaps unsurprisingly, though, Trump’s proposed budget would deny access to legal justice to those less fortunate—particularly two groups he’s notorious for abusing throughout his career: women and immigrants.
Trump’s budget is abusive on many fronts: First, Trump and the Republicans’ budget plans would slash funding for the Legal Service Corporation, a national network of lawyers providing critical legal assistance for the poor. More than two-thirds of legal aid clients nationwide are women, and many of their main legal problems are related to domestic violence. By curtailing access to legal services and other community-based supports, including survivors’ ability to seek justice and financial relief in court, Trump’s social-service cutbacks would further expose domestic-violence victims to prolonged suffering, mental and physical trauma and the economic abuse and impoverishment that arises when women lack the financial resources to break from their abusers and support themselves through work.
According to the Institute for Women’s Policy and Research, family-court cases make up the bulk of legal-service caseloads nationwide. The largest number of cases supported by LSC attorneys are related to domestic abuse, divorce, and child-custody issues. Surveys by National Network to End Domestic Violence (NNEDV) indicate that “legal representation by an attorney was the second most sought-after—but unmet—request to social service providers, and that only 12 percent of programs nationally were able to provide this service.”
Among these clients, migrant women were especially vulnerable, even before Trump took office. A recent case in Colorado, for example, involved a woman who migrated with her abusive spouse and suffered repeated brutality at his hands for her first decade in the United States, kept captive in her home by her husband. After she fled and sought a protective order, her husband tried to drag her back to their home country. An LSC attorney helped obtain a divorce for the woman, and was able to resettle her independently in the United States.
The Trump administration’s ferocious immigration crackdowns are also making it harder for women facing abuse both to avoid deportation and escape abusers. Survivors may be even more terrified of police than of staying with their abusers as Attorney General Jeff Sessions pressures local law-enforcement authorities to cooperate with the hard-line enforcement tactics of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Despite mounting local opposition, it’s increasingly difficult for cities to shield undocumented abuse survivors from ICE crackdowns. Trump is now embroiled in legal battles over attempts to penalize so-called “Sanctuary Cities,” which have pledged to protect immigrants from federal interference. Countless families in crisis now face further uncertainty in weighing the relative risks of trying to break out of abuse.
According to advocates, although deportation cases are handled separately in federal immigration courts, women are often “less likely to leave their abusers due to fear of immigration consequences, such as being separated from children.” Limiting justice in one court system automatically limits her options to defend her basic human rights in another.
According to a recent survey of advocacy groups by Tahirih, three-quarters of advocacy organizations “report that immigrant survivors have concerns about going to court for a matter related to the abuser or offender.” About 40 percent of advocates had worked with immigrant survivors who dropped civil or criminal cases because of fear of deportation.
It seems virtually any contact with government could trigger a deportation order. Of the tens of thousands of people arrested by ICE under Trump, it is unclear how many are victims of crime or abuse, but rates of non-criminal arrests have reportedly spiked. Even once-routine check-ins with local immigration offices have led to detentions. Given the Trump administration’s ongoing standoff with sanctuary cities and focus on tracking immigrant-related crime cases, abuse survivors seem justified in their fear of reporting to authorities, even if they were victims. Their fears might deepen amid the severe defunding of legal services, which would further limit a victim’s access to lawyers, who could make the difference between a safe divorce in family court and indefinite detention at an ICE cell block.
Many survivors have been stunned into silence following a recent news story about an immigrant abuse survivor who was detained shortly after seeking a temporary restraining order in court. One advocate surveyed reported that, while such stories are anecdotal, “many of my clients became concerned that something similar would happen to them.” Another shelter advocate reported that one resident was reluctant to obtain a temporary restraining order to protect herself from her abuser, “because she was afraid he would call immigration on her. This is real, and now legitimate fear.”
“Escaping domestic violence is already difficult for immigrant survivors,” said NNEDV President Kim Gandy in a statement announcing the Tahirih survey findings and demanding more federal aid for survivor services. “The current environment makes it even more frightening for victims to come forward and seek help.”
There are in fact longstanding federal laws aimed at protecting survivors by granting deportation reprieve if they cooperate in a domestic violence law-enforcement investigation, including special visas for victims of human trafficking, a crime that disproportionately affects immigrant women.
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Grace Huang, an attorney with Asia Pacific Institute on Gender Based Violence, said the study underscores how critical it is that lawyers be able to navigate separate spheres of civil and immigration law when dealing with the aftermath of abuse, including child-custody battles and restraining orders, securing stable housing, applying for benefits as a noncitizen, and finding culturally appropriate resources such as crisis counseling and shelters that speak a client’s native language.
And in family-court cases, she adds, lawyers must be cognizant of the risks of deportation while ensuring survivors’ access to justice, so civil-law attorneys “need to be more competent in understanding how immigration law impacts their legal cases, because people can really have their interests undermined when it’s not considered.” And in any courtroom, Huang says, legal aid organizations need “funding to pay attorneys who have enough experience to competently represent their clients.”
But conservatives are poised to slash resources across the board for immigrant women in distressed and violent situations.
Trump’s policy priorities seem to be bent on making abused women more vulnerable on all fronts. And for the women who are stuck at the margins of the legal system, their only choice is increasingly between political patriarchy in Washington and violent patriarchy at home.
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Playgrounds in Woodlands East which has a “community” theme can feature kampung-inspired play equipment (Source: HDB).
HDB introduces Town Design Guides to strengthen the distinctive identities of 24 HDB towns
Neyla Zannia 2018-09-04 Housing
Housing and Development Board (HDB) is introducing Town Design Guides for each of its 24 towns.
In a press release on Tuesday, HDB stated that each customised Guide will chronicle the town’s history, vision and distinct character to unify its future developments as the town evolves.
On the same day, Minister for National Development and Second Minister for Finance, Mr Lawrence Wong, launched the first guide, “Our Town, Woodlands: Design Guide 2018” at the PEAK Forum held at the HDB Hub.
Unique to each town, HDB said that the Town Design Guides will serve as a useful reference document to guide new developments in the town, as well as the rejuvenation of existing areas under various programmes which are carried out by different government agencies and town councils.
“With a holistic understanding of the history, planning vision and design intent of each town through the guide, these agencies will be better-placed to build on the town’s distinctiveness and maintain its identity when they carry out enhancements and improvements to the town,” it noted.
HDB’s Chief Executive Officer, Dr Cheong Koon Hean said, “Every HDB town is planned with its own distinct character and features that reflect the town’s history. With different agencies and the town councils carrying out regular enhancements and improvements throughout the life cycle of the town, it is important to align all the different agencies’ efforts and ensure a coherent design and town identity.”
“Hence, HDB as the master planner, is taking a step further by publishing a Design Guide for each town. Over the next five years, every town will have its own Design Guide. This will guide the agencies, town councils, and their design consultants, as they carry out improvements to the towns in the years to come. In this way, we continue to strengthen the identity of each town, preserve the distinctive local flavour, and deepen the sense of belonging among residents to their home,” he added.
The Town Design Guide consists of three key scales – town, neighbourhood and precinct. Town scale layers provide the overall theme, concept and vision of the town, neighbourhood scale layers set out the themes and concepts based on the heritage and character of each area, and precinctscale layers guide the detailed design of individual projects, aligned with the neighbourhood themes.
Source: HDB.
HDB stated that Woodlands, one of the towns identified for renewal under the Remaking Our Heartland (ROH) programme, is the first to have its own Town Design Guide. The Woodlands Town Design Guide sets out the context and history of Woodlands, and the planning, urban design and architectural design intents conceived for the town.
As the designs of public housing evolve, HDB stressed that more attention will be paid to infusing character and identity into the towns. The introduction of a Town Design Guide for each town marks a key milestone in our journey towards well-designed, sustainable and community-centric towns under our Roadmap to Better Living in HDB Towns.
Going forward, HDB stressed that it will continue to seek out new planning concepts and design ideas to create towns with strong identities to foster a strong sense of place and belonging for Singaporeans.
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Recent Shelby Market data has revealed the top retailers by market share in each region of the United States.
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Miliaria
5 February 2014, by TRAORE A.
1 - DIAGNOSIS
1.1 - MILIARIA CRYSTALLINE
1.2 - MILIARIA RUBRA
1.3 - MILIARIA PROFUNDA
2 - PATHOPHYSIOLOGY
3 - TREATMENT
3.1 - AIMS
3.2 - MEASURES
3.3 - INDICATIONS
Table I - Factors contributing to miliaria.
Table II - Miliaria complications.
Miliaria is sweat retention due to obstruction of the sweat ducts. Depending on the level at which obstruction occurs in the sweat glands, miliaria is classified as miliara crystalline, miliara rubra or miliara profunda.
It occurs during acute febrile illnesses with sudden sweating but can also be observed with classic sunburn. It presents as an asymptomatic outbreak of multiple superficial vesicular lesions with a clear content that look like dewdrops on the healthy skin of the trunk and abdomen, but also on the face in children. The obstruction is in the stratum corneum. Miliaria crystalline heals spontaneously within a few hours giving rise to a branny desquamation.
It is the classic prickly heat, which occurs during prolonged exposure to hot, wet or dry climates in the presence of predisposing factors (Table I). The rash is made up of non-follicular papular and papulovesicular lesions that are uniform in size, 1 to 2 mm in diameter, bright red and associated with an inflammatory reaction. The condition is associated with itching and a burning sensation of varying intensity. The lesions may occur all over the body, but are most frequently observed on the sides of the trunk, on the back, the neck and in areas of friction (large folds...). In children and women using occlusive cosmetics, very profuse lesions are often seen on the face. Occasionally, the vesicles become pustular and are then called miliaria pustulosa (amicrobic lesions). If the bad conditions persist, the rash can become lichenoid, with papular curved lesions. Complications may occur at any time (Table II). The simple forms are characterised by pruritic, erythematous and desquamative areas evocative due to their location and exacerbation by heat. Obstruction occurs within the Malpighian layer. If conditions improve, the disease clears giving rise to a characteristic branny desquamation. This healing is followed by a hypohidrosis of the affected areas for two to three weeks, exposing patients to relapse.
It is a rare condition occurring after repeated episodes of miliaria rubra and observed primarily in the tropics. The rash is asymptomatic and consists of papules 1 to 3 mm in diameter on the trunk, but also on the extremities unlike the other forms of miliaria. The skin is generally dry. The obstruction occurs below the dermo-epidermal junction. Miliaria profunda is associated with axillary and inguinal lymphadenopathy and compensatory facial and axillary hyperhidrosis. These patients may develop tropical anhydrotic asthenia, which is the final stage of this major disorder of sweat secretion. It is characterized by general and functional signs such as asthenia, malaise, vomiting, faintness and tachycardia. The general signs are often in the forefront, leading to diagnostic errors. The symptoms may lead to malignant hyperthermia that can cause death if exposure persists.
The exact etiopathogenesis of miliaria is unclear. The obstruction of the sweat duct is due to PAS-positive material with or without a parakeratotic cap. The exact origin of the two elements is uncertain. The first cause is, according to studies, hyperhydration of the stratum corneum by sweat with a high sodium content, delipidation of the keratinocytes around the sweat pores or injury to the luminal cells by cocci, especially Staphylococcus epidermis. There is also a genetic predisposition. The disease is probably caused by numerous factors.
The goals of treatment are to reduce or stop sweat secretion, to allow and accelerate the evaporation of the already secreted sweat, to prevent and treat complications and relapses and, finally, to promote desquamation.
The measure consisting in changing the temperature and humidity of the environment of the patient is the only truly radical measures. Many means are used empirically. General measures are primarily based on the use of air conditioning or ceiling fans a few hours per day or continuously. Ascorbic acid (1 g/d), anhydrous lanolin, antiseptics, topical and/or systemic antibiotics, inert or antiseptic powders, keratolytics, and topical retinoids may all be used in this indication. The literature contains very little information on these very common tropical disorders. Obviously, no controlled trial is available. Antihistamines used systemically or soothing lotions can reduce the functional signs. In severe cases giving rise to heat intolerance, only a change in environment can lead to healing.
Miliria crystalline heals spontaneously; all unnecessary topical treatment should be avoided.
In miliria rubra, no specific treatment is required for the localised and uncomplicated forms. It is recommended to remove the favouring factors, including occlusive cosmetics, and to prescribe antiseptics. In the uncomplicated widespread forms, air conditioning and/or ceiling fans are useful. Antiseptics and, optionally, inert powders may be also be used. It is in this indication that ascorbic acid (1 g/d) is sometimes recommended. In patients presenting major functional signs, systemic antihistamine therapy and emollient bath products may be prescribed. In the event of secondary infection, an antibiotic active against the main skin germs should also be used (macrolides or penicillin M). In the event of onset of eczema, topical treatments should be discontinued and a short course of corticosteroids prescribed.
In miliria profunda, the same measures are useful. In the absence of improvement after 2 to 3 weeks, a change of environment should be considered. Lanolin applied to the lesions combined with oral isotretinoin has been recommended, but the validity of this treatment regimen has not been confirmed.
Table I Factors contributing to miliaria.
Non-progressive untimely exercise
Wearing of tight and waterproof clothing (synthetic fabrics)
Use of non-hydrophilic occlusive cosmetics
Too frequent bathing, especially in salty water
Too frequent use of detergent soaps
Prior skin inflammation
History of miliaria in the family
Table II Miliaria complications.
Infections such as impetigo, superficial folliculitis, furuncles or periporitis progressing to abscesses
Onset of eczema
Psychosocial impact due to the cosmetic impact of the facial lesions and insomnia due to pruritus
Keloids
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Manufactured single-wide with 3 bedrooms, bonus room, 1.5 bathroom, on spacious one acre lot minutes from downtown Omak. Quiet country living with the comforts of being close to shopping and schools. Home has addition. Two outbuildings and an oversized 2 car garage, OID for irrigation, plenty of space for gardening. Landscaping provides summer shade and fall beauty, 2 decks for outdoor enjoyment of the territorial and mountain views.
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Ontario’s sole health privacy prosecution quietly dismissed
By Olivia CarvilleStaff Reporter
Mon., March 30, 2015timer5 min. read
The first person ever prosecuted under Ontario’s health privacy law for allegedly prying into almost 6,000 patient records no longer faces charges because of the “curious” way the Crown handled the case, a court has ruled.
Against a backdrop of growing calls for more prosecutions under this law, the potentially precedent-setting case was quietly dropped because of a 16-month delay “entirely attributable” to Crown prosecutors, according to the court ruling.
North Bay Health Centre nurse Melissa McLellan was accused of inappropriately accessing 5,804 patient records, including information about overdoses, suicide attempts, marriage issues and psychotic episodes.
If found guilty, McLellan would have been the first individual convicted under the 2004 Personal Health Information Protection Act (PHIPA) — but she no longer faces a trial or the possible $50,000 fine.
Justice of the Peace Lauren Scully stayed the case in January — effectively dismissing it — because she said the Crown’s “extensive late disclosure” of evidence and “controversial, curious” tactics breached McLellan’s charter rights.
The Crown conceded in its submissions that it had faced many “hiccups” throughout the case. “The Crown said the situation was not ideal and this was the first prosecution of its kind resulting in a steep learning curve by everyone involved,” Scully’s decision said.
With McLellan’s charges now scrapped, the focus shifts to the breach of former mayor Rob Ford (open Rob Ford's policard)’s hospital records. On Tuesday, the privacy commissioner referred two hospital workers who allegedly snooped into Ford’s records at the University Health Network in January to the attorney general for prosecution. This case could now set the precedent for prosecutions under PHIPA.
A series of Star investigations unveiling a rising number of willful breaches of medical records in Ontario hospitals has turned a spotlight on legislative shortfalls in the provincial health privacy law.
Every year, thousands of health-related privacy breaches in Ontario go unreported to the provincial privacy commissioner as hospitals choose to handle these violations behind closed doors, the Star reported in January.
A significant rise in hospital snooping incidents nationwide has led to other jurisdictions updating their health privacy laws. Ontario, which was once at the forefront of patient privacy, has not followed suit.
Over the past few months, experts, authorities and organizations have joined forces to call for changes to PHIPA, including Ontario’s privacy commissioner Brian Beamish, Ryerson University’s Privacy and Big Data Institute executive director Ann Cavoukian, multiple privacy lawyers and the Ontario Hospital Association.
They all want to see more prosecutions under the act to deter curious health professionals, such as those who pried into Ford’s records and McLellan.
Under PHIPA, a prosecution must be launched within six months of the breach taking place, which means the Ministry of the Attorney General only has about three months to decide whether to prosecute in the Ford case. A ministry spokesperson said Thursday that the decision would be made in a “timely way.”
The government declined to comment on the McLellan case or how much it cost taxpayers.
McLellan was charged with nine counts under PHIPA for an alleged privacy breach described as "mind-boggling, and unprecedented," in an arbitator's ruling dismissing a grievance McLellan filed against the North Bay hospital after being fire.
According to an arbitator’s ruling dismissing a grievance McLellan filed against the North Bay hospital after being fired, McLellan was charged with nine counts under PHIPA for an alleged privacy breach described by the arbitrator as “mind-boggling, and unprecedented.”
She was fired from the hospital in May 2011, after an audit discovered she had allegedly been breaching patient privacy extensively over a seven-year period. She allegedly accessed 12,000 individual records without authorization from units all over the hospital, including surgery, emergency, labour and delivery, psychiatry, and pediatrics — often allegedly snooping up to 54 times a day.
According to the arbitator’s decision, some of the information McLellan allegedly accessed was “extraordinarily personal” and included diagnoses of bipolar, dementia, and obesity. She allegedly opened the medical records of her colleagues and pried into patients’ visit history, which held information about overdoses, suicide attempts, drug and alcohol addiction and marriage problems.
“The extent of her actions is truly breathtaking — almost mind-boggling. This was a daily, regular and consistent practice,” the arbitrator wrote.
After the hospital notified all affected individuals, it received hundreds of calls from concerned patients, some fearing their children would be victims of abduction, others that they would be targets of identity theft, the arbitrator wrote.
“Many patients stated that they would not return to the health centre, that their trust was broken and that they felt violated,” the arbitrator wrote.
The decision states that during the hospital investigation McLellan was asked why she allegedly accessed the records. “Just curiosity,” she responded. McLellan was aware she was breaking the law: “I knew it was wrong. I haven’t anything to say to justify what I have done,” the decision alleges she said.
The former nurse was fired from the hospital, ordered to attend a disciplinary hearing with her regulatory body and was charged under PHIPA.
In Scully’s decision to dismiss the charges against McLellan, she said it was a complex case requiring voluminous disclosure, numerous witnesses and three pretrials. The lack of any previous prosecutions under PHIPA could have contributed to the muddled, drawn out pretrial process, she said.
“The charges in this case are serious in that they involve alleged breaches of private medical records. Such records are among the most private and personal of information about a person,” Scully wrote.
More serious criminal charges have been dismissed due to shorter delays than the 16 months pinned on Crown counsel Hazel Jones and Deanna Exner, Scully said.
“The delay that I have attributed to the Crown of 16 months and 10 days is beyond the constitutionally tolerable guidelines of 8 to 10 months,” she said.
The delay caused prejudice and ongoing stress to McLellan and was a breach of her rights under the Canadian charter, Scully said, ruling the case must be stayed.
Privacy lawyer Michael Crystal said the McLellan case “has all the earmarks of a first-ever prosecution.”
The lack of understanding of the subtleties of the legislation caused “a bit of a conundrum for the Crown,” he said. “If there are going to be prosecutions that are successful under this act, it will require specialized training for prosecutors. We need to learn some lessons from this case.”
McLellan is now working at a nursing home in Trout Creek, according to the College of Nurses of Ontario. She has a disciplinary hearing pending with the college.
“The outcome of this matter in the courts does not diminish the importance of the PHIPA legislation or the right patients have to privacy,” a spokesperson from the college said.
When the Star contacted McLellan Wednesday night, she referred all questions to her lawyer, Robert Stephenson.
Stephenson said his client was “naturally relieved” the case was dropped.
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Couple refused mortgage due to bad credit history find way to buy £158k two-bed house – here’s how you could do it too
Ben Link, 30, was rejected for a mortgage in 2017 thanks to his blemished credit history following a bunch of defaults on payday and personal loans
By Holly Thomas
Updated: 10 Apr 2019, 14:35
A YOUNG couple managed to get on the housing ladder despite racking up £8,500 worth of debt from personal and payday loans.
Ben Link was rejected for a mortgage in 2017 after he and his fiancée decided to buy the home they were renting, thanks to a tattered credit history.
Ben Link was turned down for a mortgage at first because of outstanding debts from taking out payday and doorstep loansCredit: SWNS:South West News Service
Ben and Kathrynn Topps, 25, a teaching assistant, had been renting the two bed terrace in their hometown of Cheltenham for five years.
The landlord, a childhood friend of Ben’s, wanted to sell up and gave the couple first dibs on making an offer on the house.
Their offer of £158,000 was accepted.
But in the back of his mind, Ben, a project manager for an aviation company, knew he might have problems getting a mortgage.
When their landlord wanted to sell the house, Ben and Kathrynn Topps were given first dibs to make an offerCredit: SWNS:South West News Service
Ben had previously taken out more than £8,000 in payday and doorstep loansCredit: SWNS:South West News Service
Ben, 30, has a blemished credit history following a bunch of defaults on payday loans and personal loans as well as two county court judgments (CCJs).
Ben says: “I racked up a load of debts during university and foolishly continued to live beyond my means for about four years after.
"I ended up owing around £8,500 in personal loans and payday loans.”
Ben was fortunate to be able to pay these loans off with inheritance left by his grandmother who passed away last year.
Ben says: “Even though I was debt-free and Kathrynn’s credit file was squeaky clean, my credit history was in tatters with a long list of missed loan repayments.”
Ben sought advice from a mortgage broker recommended by a friend.
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The broker told Ben the application had been rejected and that there were no lenders that would offer him a mortgage with his adverse credit history.
Ben says: “I didn’t want to let Kathrynn down - or my friend who was selling the house.
“I felt very embarrassed to be in this situation and didn’t tell anyone about the rejection.
“Instead I sat at the computer and searched online for anything or anyone that could help me."
Ben came across Online Mortgage Advisor, which is a specialist broker for would-be borrowers with poor credit histories and complicated financial circumstances that means they don’t qualify for home loans on the high street.
How to find a mortgage if you've got bad credit
IF like Ben you're struggling to secure a home loan due to your poor credit history, then here are some options.
If you have a spotted credit histroy then some high street banks may refuse to lend to you.
As an alternative you can apply for a specialist lender, who is more likely to accept people with poor credit rating.
One thing to note is that these lenders do charge a higher-than-average interest and usually require a larger deposit.
You may need to have at least a 20 per cent deposit saved to apply.
You can use a broker matching service like Online Mortgage Advisor or Just Mortgage Brokers, or go direct to a specialist lender like Accord, Aldermore or Metro Bank.
This article by Which? highlights a number of specialist lenders, how much you will need saved and who they accept.
The site takes your information and matches you with mortgage brokers around the country who specialise in helping so-called “mortgage misfits”.
Ben says: “I contacted Online Mortgage Advisor to explain my situation and got a call the very next day from a broker from the Finance Advice Centre.
Ben got help from the Online Mortgage Advisor, a service for would-be borrowers with poor credit histories and complicated financial circumstancesCredit: SWNS:South West News Service
Ben, a project manager for an aviation company, knew he might have problems getting a mortgageCredit: SWNS:South West News Service
"The broker, Jason Pulsford who is based in Bristol, said he could help.
“It sounded too good to be true after the rejection,” says Ben.
“But sure enough I had a mortgage in principle agreement in just 48 hours.
“I was over the moon - and very relieved I didn’t have to tell Kathryn that we couldn’t buy the house after all.”
It took several months for a formal mortgage offer to be made because they had to confirm that the debts had been paid off.
“There was a lot of paperwork involved to confirm debts had been paid off and what was behind the CCJs,” says Ben.
“They were for unpaid water bills amounting to just a few hundred quid.
Ben and Kathrynn took out a two-year fixed rate mortgage with Vida Home Loans at a rate of 5.05 per cent.
The couple are paying a higher rate than average, where most lenders today offer similar deals with interest rates between 3.4 and 4.5 per cent.
What help is out there for first-time buyers?
GETTING on the property ladder can feel like a grim task but there are schemes out there to help first-time buyers own their own home.
Help to Buy ISA - It's a tax-free savings account where for every £200 you save, the government will add an extra £50. But there's a maximum limit of £3,000 which is paid to your solicitor when you move.
Help to Buy equity loan - The government will lend you up to 20 per cent of the home's value - or 40 per cent in London - after you've put down a five per cent deposit. The loan is on top of a normal mortgage but it can only be used to buy a new build property.
Lifetime ISA - Another government scheme that gives anyone aged 18 and 39 the chance to save tax-free and get a bonus of up to £32,000 towards your first home. You can save up to £4,000 a year and the government will add 25 per cent on top.
Shared ownership - Co-owning with a housing association means you can buy a part of the property and pay rent on the remaining amount. You can buy anything from 25 to 75 per cent of the property but you're restricted to specific ones.
"First dibs" in London - London Mayor Sadiq Khan is working on a scheme that will restrict sales of all new-build homes in the capital up to £350,000 to UK buyers for three months before any overseas marketing can take place.
Starter Home Initiative - A government scheme that will see 200,000 new-build homes in England to be sold to first-time buyers with a 20 per cent discount by 2020. To receive updates on the progress of these homes you can register your interest here.
Ben says: “I know it’s a higher rate than the high street lenders charge but I figure it’s better to get on the housing ladder sooner rather than later.
“Plus, at some stage we will be able to switch to a mainstream mortgage lender when my credit file is clean.”
Ben and Kathrynn borrowed £119,000 with a £39,000 deposit.
They paid a broker advice fee of £495 to Finance Advice Centre as well as a £300 “kick off fee” which is refundable if the team is unable to help.
“We completed on the house in April and the monthly mortgage repayments at £601 even cost less than what we were paying in rent,” says Ben.
The pair are now saving for their wedding which is booked for May 2019.
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“We are really excited about getting married. I’m glad we can become husband and wife in a home we can call our own."
David Bird, director of Online Mortgage Advisor, says: “There are still major misconceptions about mortgage eligibility.
"It’s fair to presume that a huge amount of people who could potentially own a property, are discounting themselves without even trying.
“The key to truly understanding your eligibility for a mortgage is getting the right advice for your situation.”
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Liverpool ace Alberto Moreno set to leave on free transfer next summer when deal runs out
The left-back has struggled for game time since Andy Robertson burst onto the scene and is reportedly eyeing up his next move
ALBERTO MORENO is unlikely to be at Anfield beyond next summer as talks about a contract extension have fallen apart.
The left-back has seen his game time drastically reduced and is reportedly exploring alternative options.
Moreno looks ready to move on next summerCredit: Reuters
Moreno, 26, is likely to leave on a free transfer next summer and can begin engaging with foreign clubs from January.
According to Goal, Liverpool are happy for him to see out the rest of his contract as they have their eye on his replacement and will be promoting from within.
While Andy Robertson has led to Moreno falling down the pecking order since he arrived from Hull, Adam Lewis is the youngster who will compete for the defending spot in the team.
The 18-year-old has impressed the Liverpool hierarchy through his performances for the youth side and has been promoted to Melwood to train with Klopp and the senior side in the last few weeks.
Moreno has not been in Klopp's starting eleven much this season- but made an appearance during their defeat to ChelseaCredit: Getty - Contributor
Moreno moved to Anfield in 2014, when Brendan Rodgers was at the helm.
His arrival set Liverpool back £12million and they could have recouped most of that last year when Napoli came in with an £11million offer.
The Spanish left-back spent last season as Jurgen Klopp's first-choice left back, but was replaced by Robertson when he suffered an injury and has struggled to get back on top ever since.
This season, he's only made once appearance- starting in the Carabao Cup clash with Chelsea.
Andy Robertson has become Klopp's preferred choice at left backCredit: Getty Images - Getty
Should Lewis be afforded the opportunity to move into the first team before the end of the season, he would have an ally in the shape of Trent Alexander-Arnold.
The youngsters were team-mates at school boy level and Klopp reportedly sees similarities in their playing abilities and style.
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Inter Milan to launch another bid for Bayern Munich star Arturo Vidal in January
Arturo Vidal could be set for a move back to the Serie A, but this time playing for Inter Milan who were often treated to his masterclasses while he played for Juvenuts.
4 Oct 2017, 13:24
INTER MILAN are poised to make another bid for veteran midfielder Arturo Vidal in the January transfer window.
Bayern Munich dispelled rumours that the Chilean was departing in the summer with Carlo Ancelotti categorically stating that the midfielder was not for sale.
Arturo Vidal was one of Pep Guardiola's most expensive Bayern Munich signings when he joined in 2015Credit: Getty Images
Arturo Vidal has scored 17 times for Bayern Munich which is why the midfielder is back on Inter Milan's radarCredit: Reuters
But Inter Milan are eyeing up the possibility of bringing the Chilean international back to Italy now that Bayern Munich have entered a new era.
Ancelotti was initially adamant that the star was not for sale, but now that he has departed a deal could well be back on the table, according to Corrieredello sport.
The 30-year-old Chilean has been at the German club since 2015, following a £28million transfer from Juventus.
Vidal adopted a pivotal role for the German giants who won the Bundesliga during his first two years at the club.
He has scored 17 times for Bayern, but reportedly has yet to sign a contract extension to keep him in Germany until 2021.
The midfielder remained at the Allianz Arena during the summer, after Bayern reportedly rejected a £44million bid from Inter Milan, as they were keen to keep him following the departure of his teammate Renato Sanches.
Arturo Vidal has been vocal about his frustrations for his national side, a move back to Italy could be a fresh start for the Chilean midfielderCredit: Getty Images
Carlo Ancelotti annd Arturo Vidal celebrate winning the Bundesliga. Now that Ancelotti has gone, the door could be open for Vidal to leave the German giantsCredit: Rex Features
Arturo Vidal has revealed he will retire from international duty with Chile after their 2018 World Cup trailCredit: AP:Associated Press
The 30-year-old Chilean international has openly stated that the World Cup will be his last campaign for the national side.
But it seems he has plenty of years left at a top flight club.
His current contract runs out in 2019, but it seems that Bayern Munich will struggle to resist Inter Milan's advances in January.
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William and Mary Athletics wants what other Division I schools have: visibility
Behind the green and gold spirit wear and the W&M cypher most associate with the College of William and Mary is a desire to be noticed on a national stage.
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REALITY CHECK | Making the call for suicidal thoughts, depression
Dec 19, 2018 | Dita De Soto, News, Opinion, Ventura County | 0 |
Military veteran Jason Ramirez has called Ventura’s Cemetery Park home for several nights following his release from Ventura County Medical Center’s Hillmont Psychiatric Hospital. Since discharge from the Marine Corps five years ago, Ramirez has had a difficult time adjusting to civilian life or finding successful employment, which affects his ability to maintain stable housing. Despite his former service, Ramirez does not qualify for veterans medical benefits.
Being overwhelmed by his struggles and feeling abandoned by the government he served, Ramirez began experiencing a depression that he did not feel he could safely pull himself out of, requiring checking himself into the county’s emergency room.
“After hours of sitting in a cold backroom, I was walked across the street to a different building that was just another cold waiting place.” He then explained that his three-day stay primarily consisted of occasional check-ins with staff and watching television.
Ramirez represents one in five adults in the U.S. struggling with a behavioral health illness. In the wake of the loss of several prominent public figures to suicide and others speaking candidly about their own behavioral health struggles, dialogue has been significantly on the rise.
Conversation, however, is not changing the resources, cost or preventative measures.
Since the 1960s, the dwindling number of psychiatric accommodations in the U.S. has given rise to a large increase in mental health-related emergency department visits. Places such as Hillmont Psychiatric Hospital are more of a prevention holding space than an actual care center.
Nearing the end of October, Nicole V. found herself battling self-harming thoughts.
“I walked into the ER because if I didn’t, I was going to kill myself.”
The care provided was not what she expected for someone experiencing a dangerous mental health emergency.
“I saw an MD once and had once-daily sessions with a psychiatrist,” Nicole said. “Those sessions consisted of rating my depression on a scale of 1-10 and asking if I want to hurt myself or anyone else.”
Her stay occurred over a weekend, when therapy is often scaled back in terms of number and quality of sessions.
Calling around to find potential options for someone in need of immediate care, most centers I spoke with primarily support eating disorders or substance-related addictive disorders. Behavioral health services were provided to patients with a dual diagnosis, the condition of suffering from both a mental illness and a substance abuse problem. For many, this leaves ill-equipped emergency rooms as the only option.
For Nicole, whose employer-sponsored insurance does not cover inpatient mental healthcare in any capacity, the financial burden she now faces is overwhelming, making her feel even more hopeless than before seeking help.
The most crucial key in behavioral health care is crisis prevention. Aside from suicide prevention hotlines, Ventura County Behavioral Health provides outpatient services to registered adults at clinics located throughout Ventura County, but it can take months for individuals on non-emergency wait lists to access these services. Once in the program a patient can receive monthly or bimonthly visits with a psychiatrist for prescription medication, and the option to sit with a therapist as needed. The primary encouraged treatment is group meetings or group recreational activities.
Ventura resident and successful small business owner Robin F. inquired about an appointment with local services after a death in her family became emotionally too difficult to manage.
“I wasn’t a harm to myself or anyone else. But my depression was really low and I didn’t want to get to that place,” she said. Yet, making such a call or visiting a clinic can lead to the possibility of a 72-hour involuntary detention (5150) in a psychiatric hospital, which is exactly what happened to Robin F. “That was the last time I will ever ask for help. It’s not fair I got held because I was being responsible in my care and asking for information.”
Robin experienced similar inpatient care to the others who I spoke to with.
“There is a big room in the back of the ER at VCMC with chairs and a desk across the way with police. I was the only woman in the room with three men. Two were from the local jail with sheriff escorts. The other man was filthy and in a gown that was not covering everything.”
After three hours of sitting in the ER, she was placed in a wheelchair and transported to Hillmont. “It was me with a couple guys. There was no structure, people just wandering around the single short hall. Staff stayed in the nurse’s station and talked to one another.”
While lying scared in her chilled dark room on a crude resemblance of a hospital cot, Robin said all she could do was think. “I don’t know what they expect. If I didn’t want to die before, I did in that horrible room.” Not all persons who admit to depression are suicidal, and treating them as a suicide risk can be more harmful than helpful.
Of those I spoke with, all felt regret in seeking help.
“I left feeling worse than when I went in and had no real follow-up plan. I was given some suicide phone numbers and told to follow up with county,” said Jason R., who also told me that he currently does not have a working cellphone, making hotlines useless.
There seems to be a severe lack of preventative services and the care feels like punishment once a crisis occurs. If those seeking help run risks of being placed on an involuntary hold in a center that cannot provide care and will result in a substantial medical bill that they can’t afford, are we offering actual help or are we giving good cause for those in need to avoid seeking treatment and assistance?
Reality Check is a new column that will run periodically to shine a light on systemic failures in a variety of arenas that were created and designed to help, but often do not. If you would like your story to be considered for a future column, email realitycheck.vc@gmail.com.
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"Traps on the Web: Legal Essentials on Social Media, Protecting Data, HR Policies & More" for the Better Business Bureau of New York
Foundation Center Training Annex
79 Fifth Avenue - between 15th & 16th Streets, 2nd Floor
This session will provide an overview of the primary legal traps that can arise for nonprofits on the web and with other electronic communications. While this is a complex, diverse and still-developing area of the law, it is critical for nonprofits to learn how to identify, assess and manage their web-related legal risks in order to avoid costly — and sometimes easily-avoidable — mistakes.
Legal issues related to online tools such as social media, networks, blogs, wikis, audio and video postings, websites, and virtual trade shows
How to draft clear employee and member guidelines, agreements, disclaimers and click-and-accept licenses
Managing data to prevent privacy and security risks
Risk allocation strategies, such as how to manage liability issues through the effective use of indemnification and insurance
Covered legal topic areas will include defamation, harassment and other accusations of bad behavior; copyright and trademark protection and infringement, including fair use; privacy issues involving employees, web users, and others; and employment-related concerns, among others.
Jeffrey Tenenbaum, Esq., Partner and Chair of the Nonprofit Organizations Practice, Venable LLP
Lisa Hix, Esq., Attorney, Venable LLP
This workshop is intended for nonprofit Executive Directors, COOs, CFOs, General Counsels, Communications Managers, Board Members, and other nonprofit executives.
Pre-registration is required; seating is limited.
For more information and to register, click here.
Traps on the Web: Legal Essentials on Social Media, Protecting Data, HR Policies & More
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Blizzard! Airlines have canceled 3,500 flights since Wednesday
Flyers faced another day of weather-related flight disruptions thanks to powerful "bomb cyclone" moving through Rockies, Great Plains and upper Midwest.
Blizzard! Airlines have canceled 3,500 flights since Wednesday Flyers faced another day of weather-related flight disruptions thanks to powerful "bomb cyclone" moving through Rockies, Great Plains and upper Midwest. Check out this story on USATODAY.com: https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/flights/todayinthesky/2019/03/14/blizzard-airlines-have-canceled-3-300-flights-since-wednesday/3160134002/
Today in the Sky
Ben Mutzabaugh, USA TODAY Published 8:25 a.m. ET March 14, 2019 | Updated 12:09 p.m. ET March 14, 2019
The USA TODAY Weather map shows a major storm moving through the USA on Thursday, March 14, 2019. (Photo: USA TODAY Weather)
Air travelers faced another day of weather-related flight disruptions on Thursday thanks to a powerful "bomb cyclone" moving through the Rockies, Great Plains and upper Midwest.
Nationwide, more than 1,385 flights had been grounded and another 1,520 delayed as of noon EDT, according to flight-tracking service FlightAware. The majority of those cancellations appeared to be tied to the storm.
That follows Wednesday’s disruptions, when more than 2,075 flights were canceled and nearly 4,000 delayed. Again, most of those cancellations were tied to the storm, though other issues – such as poor weather elsewhere and lingering operations issues at Southwest – likely added a few dozen others.
Flights had been halted at several airports Wednesday because of the storm. By Thursday morning, however, flights were set to resume at some airports.
The busiest among those affected was Denver, where the airport tweeted overnight that “4 of our 6 runways are now open” and said crews continued working to clear snow from the others.
More than 7 inches of snow fell there and wind gusts hit 90 mph, according to The Denver Post, which added that between 3,000 and 4,000 passengers were forced to spend the night in the airport's terminals.
TODAY IN THE SKY: The world’s busiest airport? Yep, it’s still Atlanta … (story continues below)
The world's 20 busiest airports (2018)
When you go the airport, you're probably used to being around a lot of people. But which airports have the most passenger traffic? New data from the Airports Council International shows these are busiest airports in the world by total passenger traffic. No. 20 is Denver International Airport (DEN). Click through the gallery to see which other airports made the list. Denver International Airport
No. 19: Singapore Changi Airport (SIN). Singapore Changi Airport
No. 18: Soekarno-Hatta International Airport (CGK), Jakarta, Indonesia. Bay Ismoyo, AFP/Getty Images
No. 17: Ataturk International Airport (IST), Istanbul. SEDAT SUNA, EPA
No. 16: Incheon International Airport (ICN), South Korea. Yonhap, EPA-EFE
No. 15: Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW). DFW International Airport
No. 14: Frankfurt Airport (FRA), Germany. Nicolas Armer, AP
No. 13: Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport (CAN), China. STR, AFP/Getty Images
No. 12: Indira Gandhi International Airport (DEL), New Delhi. Instants, Getty Images/iStockphoto
No. 11: Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS). Nils van Houts, AFP/Getty Images
No. 10: Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG), Paris. Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren, Special for USA TODAY
No. 9: Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG). Eugene Hoshiko, AP
No. 8: Hong Kong International Airport (HKG). Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren, special for USA TODAY
No. 7: Heathrow Airport (LHR), London. Citizen59
No. 6: O'Hare International Airport (ORD), Chicago. Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren, special for USA TODAY
No. 5: Tokyo Haneda International Airport (HND). KAZUHIRO NOGI, AFP/Getty Images
No. 4: Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). John Antczak, AP
No. 3: Dubai International Airport (DXB), United Arab Emirates. Kamran Jebreili, AP
No. 2: Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK). Getty Images/iStockphoto
And No. 1: Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL). David Goldman, AP
In South Dakota, the Rapid City airport was among those forced to halt all flights Wednesday as the storm brought blizzard conditions to the area. The airport’s flight tracker showed a number of flights were set to resume today, but Thursday travelers faced lingering disruptions from the storm.
For Thursday, Denver again remained the epicenter of cancellations. About 675 combined arrivals and departures had been canceled as of noon EDT, which – by FlightAware’s calculation – accounted for about a third of all the day’s flights there. More than 80 percent of the airport’s flights were canceled Wednesday.
A sight for sore eyes! @FlyFroniter flight 64 is the first departure out of DEN this morning. Crews are continuing cleanup efforts and other airlines are resuming operations with the bulk of arrivals and departures beginning around noon! #WereBackBaby#BombCyclonepic.twitter.com/FaejGRzdR2
— Denver Int'l Airport (@DENAirport) March 14, 2019
Schedules were likely to improve throughout later in the day Thursday, but travelers flying through the region should be prepared for another day of uneven operations.
Already on Thursday morning, cancellations were tracking above average at Chicago O'Hare, where FlightAware calculated that about 10 percent of the day's flights had been canceled.
Many of those cancellations were likely on flights to airports where flights had been halted because of the storm.
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A TAP Portugal Airbus A320 takes off from Lisbon Airport in Portugal in June 2018. Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren, special to USA TODAY
An Alaska Airlines Airbus A321 painted in the colors of the San Francisco Giants baseball team rests at a gate in Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in August 2018. Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren, special to USA TODAY
A Joon Airbus A320 lands at Lisbon Airport in Portugal in June 2018. Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren, special to USA TODAY
A Wizz Air Airbus A321 takes off from Lisbon Airport in Portugal in June 2018. Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren, special to USA TODAY
A TAP Portugal Airbus A330 rests at the gate at Lisbon Airport in Portugal in June 2018. Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren, special to USA TODAY
A Portuguese Air Force Lockheed C130 lands at Lisbon Airport in Portugal in June 2018. Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren, special to USA TODAY
A TAAG Angola Boeing 777-300 lands at Lisbon Airport in Portugal in June 2018. Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren, special to USA TODAY
Tails pass one another at Lisbon Airport in Portugal in June 2018. Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren, special to USA TODAY
TAP Portugal's unique 'throne'-style business-class seat, found on a handful of its Airbus A330s, is seen at the airline's Lisbon hub in June 2018. Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren, special to USA TODAY
An Alba Star.es Boeing 737-800 lands at Lisbon Airport in Portugal in June 2018. Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren, special to USA TODAY
An Airbus A330 for Portuguese operator Orbest rests before taking on its next load of passengers at a remote stand at Portugal in June 2018. Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren, special to USA TODAY
Ryanair jets prepare for takeoff from Lisbon Airport in Portugal in June 2018. Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren, special to USA TODAY
A TAP Portugal Express ATR-72 takes off from Lisbon Airport in Portugal in June, 2018. Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren, special to USA TODAY
An Icelandair Boeing 757-200 takes off from Lisbon Airport in Portugal in June 2018. Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren, special to USA TODAY
A gaggle of mostly TAP Portugal jets rests at remote stands at Lisbon Airport in Portugal in June 2018. Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren, special to USA TODAY
An Azores International Airbus A320 lands at Lisbon Airport in Portugal in June 2018. Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren, special to USA TODAY
TAP Portugal jets pass one another at Lisbon Airport in Portugal in June 2018. Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren, special to USA TODAY
A color TAP Portugal Airbus A330 plugs the airline's free stopover program before taking off from Lisbon Airport in Portugal in June 2018. Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren, special to USA TODAY
A Hi-Fly Airbus A340-300 lands at Lisbon Airport in Portugal in June 2018. Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren, special to USA TODAY
An Alaska Airlines Boeing 737-900 casts a shadow on the runway just before touchdown at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in August 2018. Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren, special to USA TODAY
An Icelandair Boeing 757-200 lands over the city of Lisbon before landing at Lisbon Airport in Portugal in June 2018. Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren, special to USA TODAY
A HiFly Airbus A340-300 taxis for takeoff from Lisbon Airport in Portugal in June 2018. Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren, special to USA TODAY
A Star Air cargo Boeing 767 taxies for takeoff from Lisbon Airport in Portugal in June 2018. Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren, special to USA TODAY
A Royal Air Maroc Cargo Boeing 767 lands at Lisbon Airport in Portugal in June 2018. Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren, special to USA TODAY
A ASL Airlines Boeing 737 takes off from Lisbon Airport in Portugal in June 2018. Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren, special to USA TODAY
Passengers stand curbside at Nebraska's Omaha Eppley Field in August, 2018. Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren, special to USA TODAY
A Dynamic Airways Boeing 767-300 pulls into a gate at Miami International Airport in June 2018, Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren, special to USA TODAY
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Sunrise at Portland Head Light in Cape Elizabeth
Fall foliage in Acadia National Park
The schooner Heritage under full sail in the Atlantic Ocean
A fisherman's hut along the Piscataqua River in Kittery
Starry night at Cadillac Mountain in Acadia National Park
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Digging for shells on Gooch's Beach in Kennebunk
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Maine: great outdoors, culture and cuisine
The state of Maine, nicknamed Vacationland, is more than a destination – it’s an experience that will take your breath away. Maine embraces all that is authentic, unique and simple, and Mainers take pride in enjoying the wide-open spaces of the state’s deep woods and vibrant coastline. They find inspiration in the natural world to incorporate into their everyday activities – from the straightforward preparation of the perfect lobster roll to the world-renowned craftsmanship of their boats.
Discover Maine
Visitors come to Maine to find their own inspiration – whether it’s the joy of finding the best locally crafted beer or handmade gift, or the soul-restoring calm of watching the sun rise over the Atlantic. Come to Maine to be replenished.
The Culinary Scene
Mainers have been eating sea-to-table (and farm-to-table) for centuries; the award-winning chefs from across the state bring creativity and passion to their food. Sample culinary treats from food trucks and local diners to tapas-style bistros and fine dining establishments – savor the variety of Maine flavors and foods.
Maine was a pioneer of the craft brewing movement, and now that same spirit has extended into a thriving craft distillery scene that mixes local ingredients with Maine’s quintessential ingenuity and inspiration. From blueberry moonshine (yes, that’s a thing) to Maine potato vodka, even the most demanding palate will be delighted.
Bird watching in spring, discovering a new mountain path in the summer, delighting in the glorious colors of autumn and enjoying the deep snows of winter, it’s easy to see why Maine’s outdoor activities (and our Registered Maine Guides) never take a day, or a season, off. Maine is nearly as large as the other five New England states combined, offering more than 85,000 square kilometers of exploration and adventure awaiting. Real adventurers will find the north woods and waterways much the same as they were 150 years ago when Henry David Thoreau and guides from Maine’s Penobscot Tribe journeyed through northern Maine.
Shopping, Arts & Culture
Maine’s resourceful, dependable and inventive spirit is embodied by our long history of fine craftsmanship of everything from food to furniture, clothing to jewelry. Enjoy the many farmers’ markets, unique galleries and showrooms throughout the state, including Maine Center for Crafts. Maine Made means simply the best.
Much of Maine’s culture emanates from the sea, and the state’s maritime heritage is readily seen – lobstermen and their buoys dot the shore and windjammers cruise the coastline daily. Visitors experience both the past and present influence of the ocean on Maine’s people at Maine Maritime Museum or just by watching the many working harbors.
The sea and the surrounding dramatic landscape have also been inspiring artists like Winslow Homer, Edward Hopper and Andrew Wyeth for hundreds of years: museums, galleries, studios and performing arts venues continue to make the arts part of the fabric of everyday Maine life. You may find that Maine’s natural beauty inspires you as well, as your thoughts start to sound like the lines of a Thoreau poem. “Live the life you have imagined.”
Maine is the top lobster-producing state in the USA with the largest annual harvest. The state also is the largest producer of wild blueberries in the world.
Must see places
The 467-meter Cadillac Mountain, the highest point located directly USA’s eastern coast, is the centerpiece of the park on Mount Desert Island. Climb, hike, ski and see wildlife year-round.
In Baxter State Park, hike the 1,605-meter Mount Katahdin, the highest mountain in Maine. Follow the 24 kilometers that are the northernmost end of the 3,200-kilometer Appalachian Trail, which starts in Georgia.
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Along the banks of the Kennebec River in Bath, see a shipyard, historic buildings and boat shop. Take a lighthouse cruise or trolley tour. Children can explore a pirate ship.
Portland Observatory
From the nation’s last maritime signal tower, established in 1807, get a bird’s-eye view of the Old Port neighborhood and waterfront. The octagon-shaped, 11-meter structure was saved, restored and reopened in 2000; it’s a National Historic Landmark.
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Fort Knox State Historic Site
Learn about troops stationed in the mid-1800s at the granite fort on the western bank of the Penobscot River in Prospect. While there, visit the Penobscot Narrows Bridge & Observatory in the park.
See American and European masterpieces by artists like Winslow Homer and Claude Monet, and buy items made by Maine artisans at the museum. Founded in 1882, it is the oldest public art institution in Maine.
Maine State Museum
See about 500,000 artifacts in the nation’s oldest state-funded museum in Augusta, where the collections focus on history, prehistory and natural sciences. See items like silver spoons, a water-powered woodworking mill and fossils.
Old Orchard Beach Pier
Step onto the historic pier, established in 1898, and stroll to a lively destination featuring restaurants, bars and nightlife, including comedy shows. Relax, eat fresh Maine seafood or dance to live music.
Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens
In this stunningly beautiful setting (no matter the season), stroll trails on 109 hectares, with about 1.6 kilometers of waterfront, in Boothbay. See stonework and sculptures, and spark imaginations in the Fairy House Village and the Children's Garden.
Seashore Trolley Museum
In the seaside town of Kennebunkport, take a trolley ride at the oldest and largest electric mass transit railway museum in the world and learn about streetcars and subways. Volunteer guides lead visitors through exhibits.
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Why I Love House of Cards
“Congressman Max Abrams: hopelessly conservative. Abrams voted to increase Medicare co-pays for people most in need. And Abrams co-sponsored a bill that would have raised the minimum age for Social Security recipients. Max Abrams: Bad for seniors. Bad for Vermont. (Paid for by Ted Wilkins for Congress 2014).”
If I were a politician, I’d have to watch nasty television ads like this during campaign season. And I’d have to read nastier editorials and social media posts about me every day.
I’d be pressured by rich, influential people to vote for laws that I know are flawed, corrupt, or just plain wrong.
These are just a few of the reasons why being a Washington politician is a pressure-filled nightmare that I wouldn’t wish on my worst enemy.
So, why on earth does a smart person choose to run for Congress, anyway? The addictive Netflix original series “House of Cards” makes the answer clear: POWER.
Kevin Spacey is mesmerizing as Rep. Frank Underwood (D, South Carolina). When we meet him, he is already majority whip of the House and he’s moving up in the world.
Frank worked to get the new president elected. And, in return, newly inaugurated President Walker has promised Frank an important cabinet position. But the president breaks his promise to Frank.
Frank Underwood doesn’t get mad, he gets even. The congressman hatches an outlandish, complex, and diabolical scheme to destroy his new enemies and enrich himself in the process.
For the lead character of a serious TV drama, Kevin Spacey’s Frank Underwood is surprisingly simple. He’s like a shark, always swimming forward toward the next kill.
While Frank isn’t very complex, he is always interesting; interesting to the extent that he might be the most evil lead character in television history. You can count the decent things he does on one hand. But acts of dishonesty and betrayal just keep piling up.
Frank views everyone in his life as pawns to be manipulated, used, and then discarded. Everyone except his wife Claire (Robin Wright). Frank neither loves his spouse nor is he attracted to her. But in Claire, Frank has found a life partner who shares the same goals. The Underwoods are like two snakes in the Garden of Eden, working together to seduce Eve to eat the apple.
The creator of “House of Cards” – Beau Willimon – faced a serious challenge: How do you get the audience to watch a villainous, murderous, soulless protagonist without hating him? Willimon’s splendid solution was to have Kevin Spacey turn to the camera sometimes and explain his feelings and motivations directly to us.
That technique somehow makes us, the audience, feel like we are in on Frank’s schemes; it somehow makes us root for him. Watching “House of Cards” from Frank’s perspective is like watching “Star Wars” from the point of view of the Emperor.
Though “House of Cards” makes us root for Frank, it definitely doesn’t glorify him. The awful thing about power is that achieving it never makes you happy; it only makes you want more. Ted Wilkins can have that congressional seat. I truly don’t want it.
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UPDATE: Pilot dies in plane crash at airport in western Minnesota
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HAWLEY, Minn. (AP) -- Authorities say a pilot has died in an ultra-light plane crash at a municipal airport in western Minnesota.
The plane crashed after noon Thursday at Hawley Municipal Airport.
Clay County Sheriff Mark Empting says the pilot was the only person aboard and died at the scene. His name, age and hometown were not released.
Empting says the plane started on fire after the crash. A bystander was treated for minor burns after helping the pilot.
Airport manager Lisa Jetvig says the plane crashed south of the airport's single runway. The Federal Aviation Administration is on scene and the National Transportation Safety Board has been notified.
The airport is west of Hawley (HAW'-lee) on U.S. 10. The airport's runway is closed.
Hawley is about 22 miles (35 kilometers) east of Moorhead.
A plane has crashed at a municipal airport in western Minnesota.
The small plane crashed just after 12:30 p.m. Thursday at Hawley Municipal Airport.
Airport manager Lisa Jetvig says at this time, it's unknown if anyone was hurt.
Jetvig says local emergency officials and the Federal Aviation Administration have been notified. She says the airplane crashed south of the airport's single runway.
The city-owned airport is west of Hawley (HAW'-lee) on U.S. 10. The airport's runway is closed.
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CRST Tribal Chairman Frazier’s Column
By Staff | on March 20, 2019
By Chairman Harold Frazier
Statement from Chairman Harold Frazier regarding proposal by Governor Kristi Noem to add tribal flag to capitol rotunda
Another decision by you, Governor Kristi Noem, has been made without the consent of the Lakota people and has resulted in an embarrassing situation for the state. It is embarrassing because your actions and decision were done without our consent. The Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe stands in support of our relatives and says do not place our flag in your capitol until such a time as that place becomes our capitol.
As governor, you have made decisions which have proven that you do not represent people of the Sioux Nation, nor do you protect the people’s constitutional and natural rights. Within our treaty territories, which the state is constitutionally bound to uphold as the supreme law of the land, you have supported and welcomed the construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline, and have created legislation to restrict individual rights to free and unregulated speech.
Your decision to fly tribal flags was done without our consent and without consultation- the very least you can do is show respect and communicate with our people and government. Your assumption that something will be done because you said it would does not transcend outside of your party or state employees.
I stand with our Sioux relatives and say that our flag will not be flown without our permission to save you the further embarrassment of having a member of our tribe take it down. If the flag of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe is to be displayed, it will be displayed by our people and by a government that truly has the protection of our people at heart. It is my hope that someday your government will be worthy of that honor.
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February 12th, 2016 by Kayla Chamness
We love the 2016 Honda Odyssey, and we know you will too! Don’t just take our word for it, check out the Expert Review from Edmunds.com:
Full Expert Review: 2016 Honda Odyssey
For 2016, the Honda Odyssey gets a Special Edition (SE) trim that takes several features from the range-topping Touring Elite and puts them in a more affordable package. Otherwise, the Odyssey is unchanged for 2016.
Let’s say you’ve got two kids and one on the way. Then your wife calls you. Surprise, she says — it’s actually going to be twins! Less dramatically, perhaps you and several friends want to get away for a weekend, but nobody wants to double the gasoline bill by taking two cars. Either way, you’re going to need the right vehicle. And for situations like these, there are few vehicles better than the 2016 Honda Odyssey.
While a three-row SUV can also accommodate you and everyone else, the third-row seat is typically cramped, and luggage space is modest when it’s deployed. The Odyssey’s vast cabin, in contrast, ensures that both second- and third-row passengers will be comfortable, even if they’re adults. The second row is highly configurable, too, particularly on the EX trim and above — you can spread the seats apart to create more shoulder room or slide them around to open up more third-row space. Even with the third row in use, there are a useful 38.4 cubic feet of space in the rear to store luggage, strollers or whatever else you’ve got.
But this Honda isn’t just about functionality. Even in its base trim, the Odyssey comes pretty well equipped with features such as a power driver seat, a back-up camera and separate air-conditioning controls for front and rear passengers. Additional creature comforts, including a touchscreen interface, a rear seat entertainment system and rear sunshades, are available on the higher trim levels. Another Odyssey hallmark is the way it drives. It’s far from being a sports car, but among minivans, it’s an agile handler, and its 3.5-liter V6 delivers quick acceleration and high fuel economy.
As good as the Odyssey is, there are other minivans that are also worth checking out. The Toyota Sienna is fresh off a recent update, and it offers available all-wheel drive. The Nissan Quest is smaller but boasts a smooth ride and highly configurable seating of its own. We’ve grown fond of the Kia Sedona’s crossover-inspired styling and front cabin during its long-term stay with us. You can also spend less and still get a fully functional van in the form of the Dodge Grand Caravan. But overall, Honda’s Odyssey remains a top choice for when your life is, for better or worse, begging for a minivan.
The 2016 Honda Odyssey minivan is offered in six trim levels: LX, EX, SE, EX-L, Touring and Touring Elite.
The base seven-passenger LX model is well-equipped with 17-inch steel wheels, rear privacy glass, a rear spoiler, manual two-zone air-conditioning, active noise cancellation, an eight-way power driver seat, a four-way power front passenger seat, a 60/40-split folding third-row seat, a tilt-and-telescoping steering wheel, full power accessories, cruise control, an 8-inch infotainment display, Bluetooth phone and audio connectivity, a rearview camera and a seven-speaker audio system with a CD player, Pandora compatibility, an auxiliary audio input jack and a USB port.
Moving up to the eight-passenger EX model gets you 17-inch alloy wheels, automatic headlights, heated mirrors, power-sliding side doors, keyless ignition and entry, tri-zone automatic climate control, two-way power lumbar adjustment for the driver, a multi-adjustable second-row seat, a removable front center console, second-row sunshades and a conversation mirror. The EX also features Honda’s “LaneWatch” blind-spot camera system and an additional 7-inch touchscreen with HondaLink smartphone app integration (including smartphone-enabled Aha radio features).
The SE includes a 115-volt household-style power outlet, an integrated vacuum cleaner, satellite radio and a rear seat entertainment system.
The EX-L gives up the SE’s additional features (except satellite radio) but adds a power liftgate, forward-collision and lane-departure warning systems, a sunroof, a chilled storage box, leather seating (front and outboard second row) and heated front seats. Options include a choice of a voice-operated navigation system with an upgraded rearview camera or the rear-seat entertainment system with the 115-volt power outlet. These two systems can’t be ordered together on the EX-L.
Step up to the Touring model and you gain 18-inch alloy wheels, foglights, front and rear parking sensors, driver memory settings, the 115-volt power outlet, retractable third-row sunshades and a fold-down armrest for third-row passengers. Additionally, both the navigation and rear-seat entertainment systems are standard.
Finally, the Touring Elite adds xenon headlights, a regular blind-spot warning system (the blind spot camera is nixed), the vacuum, an upgraded rear-seat entertainment system (with a widescreen video monitor and HDMI input) and a premium 12-speaker surround-sound audio system with HD radio.
The 2016 Honda Odyssey is powered by a 3.5-liter V6 that produces 248 horsepower and 250 pound-feet of torque. Power is sent to the front wheels through a six-speed automatic transmission. EPA estimates are very good for a minivan at 22 mpg combined (19 city/28 highway), and we achieved close to 21 mpg in real-world mixed driving.
At the Edmunds test track, a Touring Elite accelerated from zero to 60 mph in 8 seconds, which is about average for the minivan class. Properly equipped, the Honda Odyssey can tow up to 3,500 pounds.
The 2016 Honda Odyssey comes standard with antilock disc brakes, stability and traction control, front seat side-impact airbags, side curtain airbags that cover all three rows and front-seat active head restraints.
A rearview camera is standard on all models, with an upgraded multi-angle rearview camera available as an option on the EX-L and standard on the Touring and Touring Elite. Odyssey EX and above models come with Honda’s “LaneWatch” blind-spot camera system, but Touring Elite models replace it with a conventional blind-spot monitor. Forward-collision and lane-departure warning systems are standard on EX-L, Touring and Touring Elite models, though it should be noted that this collision warning setup lacks the auto-braking feature found in many similar systems.
In Edmunds simulated panic-stop testing, an Odyssey stopped from 60 mph in 128 feet, slightly longer than average for vehicles in this segment.
The Odyssey earned five out of five stars for overall crash protection in government tests, with five stars for total frontal-impact safety and five stars for total side-impact safety. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety gave it a top rating of “Good” for its performance in the frontal-offset tests (both small and moderate overlaps) and the side-impact and roof-strength tests. It also earned a top rating in the seat/head restraint (whiplash protection) test.
As befits a purpose-built people mover, the 2016 Odyssey’s interior offers a wide array of seating arrangements. Particularly noteworthy is the multifunction second-row seat that can be adjusted to create a middle aisle or side aisle for easier third-row access. On EX and higher trim levels, the center portion of the second-row bench can slide forward more than 5 inches to put the youngest passenger’s car seat within easy reach of mom or dad. The second-row outboard seats can also slide away from the center, allowing plenty of room for three car seats side-by-side.
The Odyssey’s cabin has many other clever features, like the handy flip-up trash bag holder built into the removable center console, or the cooling compartment that means a refreshing beverage is always close at hand. The large touchscreen included on all but the base LX model also serves as a rearview camera display and provides access to audio system features, including popular apps like Pandora and Aha. The remaining controls are sensibly arranged and clearly labeled in a way that makes everything very user-friendly.
Buyers who simply must have all the toys will gravitate to the Touring Elite model, which includes a rear-seat entertainment system built around a widescreen monitor that can play two different sources — a DVD and a video game, for example — at the same time. This top-of-the-line model (like the new-for-2016 Odyssey SE) also comes equipped with Honda’s unique built-in vacuum with a 10-foot hose capable of reaching crumbs in every corner of the cabin.
When it comes to hauling things, the Odyssey’s cavernous interior is remarkably flexible. Even with a full load of passengers, there are still a generous 38.4 cubic feet of space behind the third row. Folding the 60/40-split third-row seat into the floor is simple and creates a 93.1-cubic-foot cargo hold behind the second row. The downside to the design of those second-row seats (55 pounds each) quickly becomes apparent when you discover they must be removed from the vehicle to make full use of the Odyssey’s 148.5 cubic feet of total cargo capacity.
While the 2016 Honda Odyssey is technically down a few horsepower compared to rivals like the Toyota Sienna and Kia Sedona, these vans perform similarly in both our acceleration tests and real-world driving situations. The Odyssey’s V6 has more than enough juice to merge confidently on the freeway or overtake slower cars on the open road. Class-leading steering precision and confidence-inspiring handling make the Odyssey feel smaller and more carlike than it actually is. Thanks to active noise-cancelling technology, wind and road noise are held to pleasantly low levels, a difficult feat for what is essentially a big box on wheels.
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Asean Camp
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LAHORE: Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) announced closure of training camps for wrestling, karate and jujitsu due to lack of funds. Athletes who have been preparing for the upcoming Asian Games 2018 to be.
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Ahead of the India’s AFC Asian Cup qualifier against Myanmar, head coach Stephen Constantine will hold a preparatory camp at Mumbai from November 5. The game against Myanmar will be held on November 1.
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Jason Chee is an amazing person. After losing two legs, his left arm and 3 fingers on his right hand in a Navy accident in 2012, he bounced back to become a Gold Medalist in the Table Tennis Asean.
The Indian Pencak Silat Federation (IPSF) has organized a 45-day national camp for Pencak Silat squad ahead of the upcoming Asian Games. The camp is being held at the indoor stadium of Srinagar where.
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – The Executive Board of the All Indonesian Athletic Association (PB PASI) sent 13 athletes of the Asian Games 2018 national training camp (Pelatnas) to join training camp in the Uni.
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On18 August 2017, the Thai Deputy Permanent Secretary Mr. Vitavas Srivihok and the chargé d’affaires of the EU Delegation to Thailand Ms. Luisa Ragher officially launched the EU-ASEAN Youth Camp for S.
The 27 players for Malaysia U-23’s first Asian Games training squad have been revealed by the Malaysian FA (FAM) on its website on Saturday. Head coach Datuk Ong Kim Swee is set to hold the training c.
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#InCaseYouMissedItMonday: Silk Pyramids - @MeyhemLauren & @BUCKWILD_DITC; A Niles P. Joint
In: Action Bronson, AG Da Coroner, Buckwild By: Unknown
Throughout history, rappers have a history of being too generous. Aside from general financial assistance, emcees have the Havoc philosophy of “Once I get on I’ma put on all my people.” This comes in the way of giving childhood friends features on their mixtapes/albums. This often doesn’t go too well as talent level doesn’t match the bond rappers have with their friends. Fortunately, this is not the case with Queens native Meyhem Lauren. He’s childhood friends with Action Bronson and has made guest appearances on every Bronson Project out. Lauren has the proverbial bars to stand on his own two and has actually been rapping longer than his childhood chum. For this inaugural edition of In Case You Missed It Monday, I took a look at Silk Pyramids. This is actually a collaboration album as Laurenovich enlists D.I.T.C. beatsmith and hip-hop legend Buckwild to produce the entire album. This was a great move, as their respective production and rapping styles fit each other like a glove. Aside from giving a classic NYC sound, this album could best be described as gritty yet extravagant.
Truthfully it’s a chore to pick even a handful of standout tracks. This isn’t because the album is lame, but because each track is pretty dope and flows together with the next one seamlessly like prestige TV on AMC. 100 MPH features the aforementioned Bronsolino, but like I said serves as a quick cosign and intro rather than the album’s only high point. Make no mistake, this is Meyhem Lauren’s joint and he owns it from start to finish. QU Cartilage features periodic sinister strings between cuts from PF Cuttin. It gets grimy on Salmon Croquettes where AG Da Coroner makes an appearance. Besides rap braggadocio, Laurenovich is also able to make concept tracks. For example, Narcotics Anonymous talks about being addicted to the overall hustle of selling drugs from the POV of a dealer as well as the physical addiction to drugs from the perspective of a fiend (in this case Meyhem Lauren plays the dealer while guest Heems plays the addict). Honey Champagne Sorbet has more of a glamorous beat that helps showcase Laurenovich’s capability to adapt to different types of beats. Guests are well chosen as Troy Ave and Retchy P complement Street Hop quite nicely. Aside from giving a classic NYC sound, this album could best be described as gritty yet extravagant.
Meyhem Lauren once said he was “New York before it turned into a bike lane,” and I can’t think of a more apt description for this album and Laurenovich as an emcee. While having a famous best friend may help introduce him to a new audience, he definitely has his own style and legacy. This is a rapper that can punctuate street tales and braggadocio with talk about wheat grass shots and Billie Holiday references. Aside from rap, he founded the graffiti collective Smart Crew and is a member of the infamous NYC-based Lo Life Crew. Anybody that can master more than one of hip-hop’s four elements is good in my book. You can tell Meyhem Lauren has real reverence for the culture overall. The fact that he chose to work with the legendary Buckwild cements this as a must-hear album even a year after its release. It’s never too late to get familiar with a dope emcee, so keep an eye out for Meyhem Lauren.
Labels: Action Bronson, AG Da Coroner, Buckwild, D.I.T.C., Lo Life Crew, Meyhem Lauren, PF Cuttin, Retchy P, Silk Pyramids, Smart Crew, Troy Ave
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Season 2 Starts In… THREE Weeks!
by Mr. Average on 10 September, 2012 at 12:00 am
Posted In: Season 1 Hiatus: 2012
Very much still a work in progress, I am nevertheless moving forward at an acceptable pace with Chapter 4. That is to say, I finished the first page, which was a total blockbuster and took me positively forever. But I’ll just leave that for October. It’s done, leave it at that – and a month early. Or so.
Anyhow, I must apologize for being remiss in answering all the really kind posts and emails I got last week – I very quickly got snowed under at work and in comics-land, and I’m afraid I failed to keep up. But suffice it to say that public opinion, with about two vocal but very polite exceptions, has run very strongly in favor of the redirection of effort towards a quick launch of Season 2 and, although it means an effectively indefinite delay to printing the book, it means more good stuff every week, and that’s what I’m going for. I’m already feeling enthusiastic about the next chapter, and drawing it has been tough but very rewarding. I’m picking up the pace a bit, but I’ll say right now that, if necessary, I’ll reserve the right to go “irregular” on the schedule every once in a while to keep the quality at a standard I’m comfortable with. That’s my best compromise. I do promise however that I will be shooting for the weekly schedule, and at present, I feel very amply capable of it.
So anyhow. That’s my hedgey and á propos of nothing post for this week. Just to let you know that things are moving forward, and it’s all falling into place!
All the best, folks!
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A Lada!
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Yes indeed! 😀
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And now I try to imagine a “high speed” chase with Ladas.
Hey, man, I’ve seen good drivers get a lot of performance out of some pretty surprising cars. And who knows what they put under the hood of a Militsiya Lada.
“She may not look like much, but she’s got it where it counts.”
Hilvon
Actually there was quite an interesnig car series released…
It was Volg variation. It had it’s hull thikened about twice to a normal car’s hull… Was hell of a heavy car and devoured lots of fuel, but it was next to impossible to damage it.
One time when such car (that lived long enoug – the story happened in present days) had a traffic accident, the Police refused to belive that it had. Because the other car got pretty much smashed, and that volga was virtually undamaged.
And if you wat to see some crazy driving – just watch Moscow’s public cabs in the peak hours… It’ almost like they are driving on walls at times… in those Gazelle minibuses…
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Fair point. And now I can’t help but think of the Blues Brothers and their car.
I can see a couple of wrong things on this picture… byt I still Like it. 🙂
The wrong things are:
1) The flashlight on the car. This wide blue/red flash appeared quite recently on Russian police cars. Just a decate or one and a half ago. And it came there to copy the US police. I hardly see how that will happen in your universe. Co there more likely be a single blue flashilft. Like a smal bucket on car top.
2) he emblem on the militaman is too big. It would just not fit there this way…
3) There bound to be a car handle visible on the door/ Just above the railing.
Somewhat like that.
Good catch on all three! I appreciate it!
I actually had a lot of trouble finding source material on Soviet era police (Militsiya) forces. I don’t know why. In the U.S. we have tons of different police forces because every state is independent, so it runs its own law enforcement, with lots of unusual areas where jurisdiction isn’t very clear, especially since we have no national police force (the FBI is only allowed to pursue criminals who have violated a Federal law). As to the cars, our police have been using bar lights since about the 1970s – it never occurred to me that might not have been the case elsewhere. I’ll definitely make that change.
By the way, are police dramas as popular on Russian television as they are in the USA? I’ve always wondered if there we’re Soviet-era “cop dramas.” I think it might have been kind of brilliant, to come at the conservative, law-and-order type of drama from a socialist perspective, in the Cold War. I’ve seen many such shows and movies from Britain, France and Italy. But really I have very little understanding of how Russians view the law and the police as compared to Americans. I’d be very interested to know.
Citizen X?
Not sure I understand you?
Oh, right on!
Police dramas? Hm… Let me think a little.
There are some films about police that were release in 90-th… But just like 90% of films made in that time they are trash or worse…
There is a classic film named “Место встречи изменить нельзя” (I really do not know how to translate it without killing all the meaning) That is worth watching… But it shows not the soviet police… not the late one at least.
And beside this, I can not think of any. (Unles you count soviet films about Sherlok Holmes as well)
Military dramas were a lot more popular.
Or just “Life” dramas, about ordinary people.
Well in fairness, the vast majority of American police drama is garbage as well. And you know I mean no offense when I state, simply as a point of fact, that at present the “go-to” bad guys in American cinema are usually Russians. It’s a really silly and transparent stereotype, like the modern version of the old standby “high octane” villains in the 1980s, who we’re usually British actors pretending to be Germans.
It’s kind of a shame, too, be cause there has been some excellent Russian cinema. Tarkovsky’s Solaris is a beautiful science fiction art film. And of course, there’s The Ninth Company, another really excellent film in the class with American Vietnam epics.
I’ve seen the Sherlock Holmes ones, too, from the Soviet period. Though I have to admit, I prefer Jeremy Brett.
Two very notable US polcie dramas worth watching:
The Wire and Third Watch (alas not fully released on DVD).
You know, there was a guy who I used to work with who was positively obsessed with The Wire. It is a pretty good show. I also recommend Homicide: Life on the Street. Most of the modern police dramas’ filming conventions come from that show.
Soviet era SciFi (especially novels) is a very intriguing matter. It’s virtually unknown today, but it is out there. Even some very decent movies. The Soviet Union knew how to make decent cinema.
Since SciFi is utopian anyway, the [hidden] pro-socialist agenda and message doesn’t matter too much, but it is interesting to see how “the other side” depicted future and SciFi.
There is also a rather well-know SciFi series from Germany (weekly 60 pages novels) called Perry Rhodan which goes on for about 50 years by now.
It could make a decent source for social sciences studies, since all art and culture is always influenced by the issues at the time and the series changed a lot in those years from a rather [American] “lets conquer space and kick ass”-theme to more esoteric and ethical or even philosophical themes.
For details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perry_Rhodan
Has some cool and cheesy artwork as well.
I know a little bit about Soviet era sci-fi, mostly through the silent movie Aelita, made shortly after the Russian Revolution. A scientist builds a rocket and travels to mars, along with a slightly inept police detective who is following the scientist in the beleif he is a murderer.
On Mars, they find a highly advanced but socially unjust civilisation, with vast numbers of oppressed workers toiling away for the elite Preist caste. The movie’s title refers to the Queen of Mars, with whom the scientist falls in love, but of course, she’s just using him as they start a socialist uprising against the preists, so she can rule alone without sharing power with them, immediately turning on the workers, as soon as the preists are defeated.
I’d describe it as Edgar Rice Buroughs, through the lense of Communism
Denny Fincke
Sounds like you’re getting revved up again Mathieu. Can’t wait to see more of your great art work. I love how you draw vehicles.
Thanks, Denny! It’s good to be moving ahead, though it took great force of will to put the revisions on hold. I do like drawing machines, and there are quite a good number of them yet to come!
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Heart on Canvas: Three Manhattan Shows, Three Politically Edgy Painters | Village Voice
Heart on Canvas: Three Manhattan Shows, Three Politically Edgy Painters
by Christian Viveros-Faune
If all art is political, directly or indirectly, then our time is uniquely filled with breezy stuff that effortlessly plumps for the status quo. Still, there are artists who buck the funfair trends. Among these is an intergenerational group of talented painters, the best of whom mine a rich history to buttress their contrarian efforts. Whenever I’m asked how I reconcile a preoccupation with politics with a love of painting, I’m quick to answer. It’s a law of percentages that the world’s oldest artistic medium should provide only a few original revelations along with convention centers full of trivial entertainments.
Three current Manhattan exhibitions — Leon Golub and Ida Applebroog at Hauser & Wirth’s uptown and downtown galleries (respectively) and Jorge Tacla at Cristin Tierney in Chelsea — tack against the prevailing winds, offering viscerally topical shows that explore not vapid painting processes or digital ephemera but themes of trauma, suffering, and violence. Vivid examples of painting with a political edge, these exhibitions also push some of the medium’s panic buttons. Rather than simply depict how the personal becomes political, each of these artists ransacks painting’s history to make his or her individual political narrative compellingly personal.
Chief among modern history painters this century is the late Leon Golub. Though he has been gone eleven years, his influence casts an appropriately long shadow over several generations. “Leon Golub: Riot” presents a mini-survey of the artist’s drawings and paintings that includes large-scale pieces from the 1970s, ’80s, and ’90s — the first such display in New York since a 2001 Brooklyn Museum retrospective. Raw, impolite, and unruly, Golub’s eleven canvases and sixteen drawings enact a dirty street fight on the posh walls of Hauser & Wirth’s refurbished East 69th Street townhouse.
A mix of modest works and monumental canvases, “Riot” channels the Chicago-born painter’s profound engagement with the issues of his time: America’s covert wars; political torture; and Western culture’s infatuation with art for art’s sake (think late abstract expressionism and pop art). After serving in Europe during World War II, Golub ruminated hard on its cruelties. He developed his own brand of expressive figuration, indebted in equal parts to Jean Dubuffet’s art brut, Alberto Giacometti’s thin men, and Francis Bacon’s screaming popes. The paintings at Hauser & Wirth combine untreated canvas, acrylic, and lacquer. After applying the last two, Golub routinely scraped away layers of buildup with a meat cleaver.
Rather than repeat protest art’s simple bromide (“Which side are you on?”), Golub’s best works confront the viewer with the weird enormity of regular foot soldiers, protesters, and Sisyphean men. The paintings Riot V and Napalm I, for example, present rough-hewn antiheroes struggling against unseen forces, their heads and hands lifted imploringly or protectively against anticipated blows. Another canvas, Colossal Torso III, effectively reduces the human body to a place of violation: The painting’s surface is soaked in solvents, eviscerated, cut to shreds. Though Golub made it in 1960, it’s hard not see in Colossal Torso III a premonition of today’s beheading videos. Fastened to the wall with grommets, these and other large Golub pictures assume the status of endangered frescoes while also invoking world-heritage sites threatened by ISIS and Boko Haram.
A second exhibition to take on the polemics of power in human relations is Ida Applebroog’s multipart painting installation. On view at her gallery’s cavernous 18th Street space (it was once the fabled disco the Roxy), the show features a single video, 29 painted chairs, and 31 ink-on-Mylar figures that hang from the ceiling like stadium banners. The paintings include a ten-foot-tall image of a man blithely sporting an epic schlong, and a triptych that depicts three crouching, spread-legged women. Rendered in the artist’s signature simplified figures — they look like supersize traffic-sign pedestrians, but angrier — Applebroog’s stylized runway models provide acid commentary on gender politics, larger-than-life messaging, and sociosexual dysfunction.
Titled “The Ethics of Desire” after Plato’s scholarly examination of human appetites, Applebroog’s symposium of images unspools like a walk-through slideshow experienced like a bad dream: Some figures sport prosthetic limbs; all the nudes wear shoes. For Plato, analyzing our desires was a way of reflecting on human nature, and on the prospects for individuals to live worthwhile lives. For Applebroog, we are only as good as the resistance we put up to culture’s blingiest temptations. Her giant figures don’t merely mock big-dick clichés and strappy heels, they present truncated correctives to what the artist sees as society’s overwhelmingly commercial and sexist brand of moral education.
Elsewhere in Chelsea, Jorge Tacla’s grisaille paintings of things falling apart (to steal a line from Yeats) confirm the medium’s possibilities as an excellent vehicle for humanity’s most moving stories. An artist who, like thousands of others in the 1970s and ’80s, suffered the topsy-turvy politics of his native Chile, Tacla moved on to a career of painting sublime views of the world’s worst nightmares. Among past subjects are Middle East wars, the Oklahoma City bombing, and the 9-11 disaster (he’s one of the few contemporary artists to have painted the aftermath of the attack on the twin towers). Tacla never focuses on the violence itself, just on the damage. As a result, his paintings of crumbled buildings juggle themes of destruction, aggression, and the light and shadow that shape fragmentary memory.
Tacla’s most recent paintings find their sources in photographs and memories of photographs. Done in a palette of navy and charcoal, they mix oil and wax to achieve an underwater look. Titled “Hidden Identities,” the current exhibition alludes to a little-known character in Latin American history: La Flaca Alejandra (real name Marcia Merino), who was tortured and spent decades giving up her former leftist comrades to Pinochet’s secret police. A cruel casualty of Stockholm syndrome, this character is memorialized in several canvases: a blurry smiling portrait, a picture of an empty bed, and two more images of supine women. Are they victims or pinups? The paintings don’t let on. But like Gerhard Richter’s October 18, 1977 — a fifteen- painting suite about the Baader-Meinhof gang — Tacla’s canvases drive home a seditious idea: History, too, is a traitor.
Several bigger paintings in Tacla’s show reproduce scumbled views of bombed-out munitions factories in Republican Spain. It’s possible to see in their mangled spires echoes of El Greco’s rapture-bound, corkscrewing bodies — the same ones that shocked Spain’s King Philip II and his cronies. This artist’s example — like Golub’s and Applebroog’s — indicates a contemporary road rarely taken. Painting from a contrary heritage, it constitutes a signal lesson in how to be currently political.
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Costs mount to protect Statue of Liberty
By Diana Madson on Sep 9, 2016
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Once a beacon of hope for immigrants crossing the Atlantic, the iconic Statue of Liberty is now at risk. Rising sea levels and more extreme weather events threaten Liberty Island in New York Harbor.
Rebecca Beavers was a resource adviser with the National Park Service’s Sandy Incident Management Team in 2012.
In 2012, Superstorm Sandy flooded 75 percent of the island, and it remained closed to visitors for nine months.
While the statue and pedestal did not sustain damage, electrical systems, walkways and docks all needed to be rebuilt.
Since the storm, more than $100 million has been devoted to restoring services at Liberty and nearby Ellis Island, with a focus on designs that are more resilient to climate change.
For example, the electrical systems have been raised nearly 20 feet above sea level, and more saltwater-tolerant trees will be used in the landscaping.
Rebecca Beavers is the National Park Service coordinator for coastal adaptation to climate change. She says maintaining vulnerable landmarks is a high priority.
Beavers: “We recognize, with impacts such as Superstorm Sandy and others, those are opportunities to adapt to climate change.”
$100 million in repairs make Statue of Liberty more climate resilient. Click To Tweet
Beavers says efficient and resilient designs will give our national treasures a better of chance of withstanding the impacts of climate change.
Reporting credit: Justyna Bicz/ChavoBart Digital Media.
Photo: Courtesy of Rebecca Beavers.
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Milbrandt Vineyards The Estates Merlot 2012
Wine Club featured in Premier Series - 2 Reds
Cabernet Sauvignon, Malbec, Merlot
59º-62º F
Hailing from Washington’s dry, sun-filled Columbia Valley, the 2012 Milbrandt The Estates Merlot (94% Merlot, 5% Malbec, and 1% Cabernet Sauvignon) is no innocuous commercially-made Merlot. In short, there is no wimp in this wine which has garnered 90 points from James Suckling. Weighing in at 15.5% alcohol and endowed with plenty of enticing aromas, firm tannins, and a flavor profile that boasts ripe blackberry, Bing cherries, cacao, and more, the 2012 Milbrandt The Estates Merlot provides a big mouthful of wine. It opens quickly, offers a substantial mid-palate, and finishes with real pop. Afford this delightful full-bodied Merlot 15-20 minutes of aeration before enjoying it at cool room temperature (59º-62º F).
The 2012 Milbrandt The Estates Merlot offers concentrated flavors, which make it a fine companion to a wide array of foods. Pan seared duck breast with a cherry infused sauce wins a place in our hearts with this Merlot. Flank Steak served with spinach and mushrooms gets two thumbs up, too, as does beef tenderloin stuffed with mushrooms and truffles. Rack of Lamb makes another splendid accompaniment to Milbrandt’s well-endowed 2012 The Estates Merlot. Lighter fare also does justice to this wine. Tuscan Chicken plays to this wine’s charm as does a plate of dark chocolate truffles. Bring them on and enjoy!
Brothers Butch and Jerry Milbrandt are the brawn and brains behind Milbrandt Vineyards. They began their viticultural venture in 1997 with plantings on the remote windswept bluffs of eastern Washington that sit high above the Columbia River. Their family had been farming in eastern Washington since the 1950s and at first glance the sagebrush and tumbleweed plateau above the Columbia River might not seem like typical wine country, but the brothers rightly believed the region’s moderate temperatures, low rainfall, and sandy soils were ideal for grapes. With the help of renowned viticulturist James McFerran, Milbrandt Vineyards quickly established a reputation for producing superior grapes, which were snatched up by the growing number of Washington wineries and fashioned into award winning wines.
After eight years of selling grapes to many of Washington’s preeminent wineries, Butch and Jerry hired veteran winemaker Gordon Hill to help them make their own award winning wines. Today, Milbrandt Vineyards enjoys outstanding critical acclaim and a growing number of loyal followers who appreciate the balance, precision, and natural-tasting flavors inherent in each of the estate’s wines. With more than 13 distinct vineyard sites and 1,800 acres under cultivation, Milbrandt Vineyards crafts a wide array of wines that include Chardonnay, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Pinot Gris, Riesling, and Rhône varietals.
Merlot Renaissance
Since the last half of the 20th century, Merlot has lived in the shadow of its younger, more robust sibling Cabernet Sauvignon. Both Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon are traditional French varietals whose origins are attributed to Bordeaux. However, after the 19th century phylloxera scourge in France, Merlot lost some of its prominence in Bordeaux and elsewhere in favor of the thicker skinned, more age-worthy Cabernet Sauvignon. Merlot came to be viewed as lovely bridesmaid rather than the bride herself, and it found itself in a supporting role in many wine regions rather than as the star of the show. This phenomenon occurred in spite of the fact that many of Bordeaux’s greatest red wines have for centuries been produced primarily from Merlot. The great Château Petrus, made entirely from Merlot, remains Bordeaux’s most expensive wine, and nearly all of the finest wines of Saint Émilion are based essentially upon Merlot.
However, Bordeaux is not the only wine region today where Merlot thrives. From its native France, Merlot has traveled the world. It is now cultivated on six continents and has over the last three decades become a staple in California, Washington, Australia, South Africa, South America, and Tuscany, not to mention its recent proliferation in southern France and throughout Europe. Moreover, Merlot is a very prolific grape variety when left to its own devices. Consequently, nearly everywhere it is cultivated, severe pruning is the key to the quality quotient with this varietal. Merlot suffers from both a susceptibility to spring frosts and a very thin skin, which leave it disposed to rot. Nonetheless, where conditions are warm and dry and the soil is well drained, Merlot thrives. So, no more is the venerable Merlot vine the perennial bridesmaid. It also need not be light and uncomplicated as this month’s feature, the 2012 Milbrandt The Estates Merlot from Washington, will ably attest.
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Google Glass 2.0 in the works
Luxottica boss says the smartglasses are in production as new device hits the FCC
Monday April 27, 2015
By Paul Lamkin @paullamkin
By Paul Lamkin
@paullamkin
We already knew that Google had teamed up with Luxottica for future smartglasses but now we have official word that version 2 of Google Glass is currently in production.
Speaking at a meeting in Milan, Luxottica CEO of Product & Operations, Massimo Vian, said: "In Google, there are some second thoughts on how to interpret version 3. What you saw was version 1. We're now working on version 2, which is in preparation."
The quote is all the more intriguing given that a mystery Google device has just landed at the FCC, a "smart Bluetooth Low Energy device" with navigation controls similar to what we saw on the original Glass device.
Essential reading: Wearable tech has left Google Glass behind
A new sleep mode is mentioned, however, indicating that we could see an extended battery life in Glass 2.0.
Vian also confirmed that his company's deal with Intel would see a new product landing early in 2016.
Back in December, just days after it was revealed that Intel would be powering the next version of Google Glass, it was reported that the silicon giant had signed a deal with Luxottica to start making fashionable smartglasses.
Luxottica is the parent company of a host of sunglass giants including RayBan and Oakley, Chanel and Prada; the company penned a deal with Google to make RayBan branded Google Glass back in April 2014 – an agreement that has yielded precisely zero devices so far.
Source: WSJ & Android Police
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The adorable way some birds help chicks learn to sing: ‘Baby talk’
An adult male zebra finch, right, with a juvenile. (Jon Sakata)
By Karin Brulliard
Karin Brulliard
Reporter and editor for Animalia
Think about how most people talk to babies: Slowly, simply, repetitively, and with an exaggerated tone. It’s one way children learn the uses and meanings of language.
Now scientists have found that some adult birds do that when singing to chicks — and it helps the baby birds better learn their song.
The subjects of the new study, published last week in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, were zebra finches. They’re good for this because they breed well in a lab environment, and “they’re just really great singers. They sing all the time,” said McGill University biologist and co-author Jon Sakata.
[When female sparrows cheat on their mates, males make sure the kids suffer]
The males, he means — they’re the singers, and they do it for fun and when courting ladies, as well as around baby birds. Never mind that their melody is more “tinny,” according to Sakata, than pretty.
Birds in general are helpful for vocal acquisition studies because they, like humans, are among the few species that actually have to learn how to make their sounds, Sakata said. Cats, for example, are born knowing how to meow. But just as people pick up speech and bats learn their calls, birds also have to figure out how to sing their special songs.
Sakata and his colleagues were interested in how social interactions between adult zebra finches and chicks influences that learning process. Is face-to-face — or, as it may be, beak-to-beak — learning better? Does simply hearing an adult sing work as well as watching it do so? Do daydreaming baby birds learn as well as their more focused peers?
[The odd story of a crow that meddled in a crime scene — by stealing a knife]
To test this, the researchers placed some male chicks of around 40 days old with adult male “tutors;” these chicks were called “socially-tutored.” Other male chicks were placed alone, with only a speaker that piped in the song of the adults working with the other chicks, and they were deemed “passively tutored.” All the baby birds had previously been raised by females and so were “essentially naive” about song, Sakata said.
Whether they got one day or five days of exposure to the song, the chicks interacting with adults learned it better than those that heard it through a speaker. That suggests that social interaction is key, Sakata said. Hear for yourself:
Listen here to an adult followed by a socially tutored young bird.
Listen here to an adult followed by a passively tutored young bird.
The researchers also found that the more juveniles paid attention to their tutors — by staying awake, being quiet and not goofing off by, say, eating or flying around — the better they learned the song. The birds who only listened to the song through a speaker, on the other hand, didn’t seem to be paying it much attention.
“That kind of makes sense,” Sakata said. “Kids that pay attention to the teacher when the teacher is saying something important tend to learn better. That wasn’t particularly surprising, but it was a really robust finding.”
And now for the good part. When the adult birds were actually directing their song at their pupils, as opposed to just singing for fun, they spaced out their phrases, repeated more of their introductory notes and “cleaned up their syllables,” Sakata said — and the juveniles paid more attention. Basically, they did birdy baby talk, and it’s the first time it’s been documented.
Listen here to an an adult just singing normally.
Listen here to an adult singing directly to a young bird.
“We liken that a little bit to how people slow down their speech when talking to infants,” Sakata said. “It’s kind of cute that other animals do something similar.”
Sakata said it could be evidence of intentional teaching, though more research is needed to conclude that. For example, he said, it would be helpful to test whether adults sing differently to more advanced and less advanced students.
The study also revealed something that might have implications for people with social and communicative disorders such as autism. The researchers saw that some neurons in two areas of the brain associated with attention were more active in baby birds that were interacting with a singing adult than those that only heard the song. That could be a hint that dysfunctions in those neurons in humans might contribute to such disorders, Sakata said, and that targeting those neurons with treatment might help. He’s now testing that idea in baby birds.
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Trump calls for Obama to be investigated over Clinton email server — but claims about president are unsubstantiated
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump rallies with supporters at the Million Air Orlando airplane hangar on Tuesday in Sanford, Fla. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)
By Sean Sullivan and
Reporter covering national politics
Rosalind S. Helderman
Reporter focusing on political enterprise stories and investigations
SANFORD, Fla. — Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said Tuesday that President Obama ought to be investigated over Hillary Clinton’s private email server, claiming that emails just made public show that he knew about its existence before the public did.
But nothing in the emails Trump used as the basis for his allegation demonstrates that Obama knew about Clinton's server.
In an interview with Reuters, Trump said Obama “knew all about her private server,” and, “this means that he has to be investigated.”
Shortly after the interview was published, Trump reiterated his claim about Obama at an outdoor rally held at an airport here.
“President Obama claimed to have no knowledge whatsoever of Clinton’s illegal email server,” Trump said, later adding, “but newly public emails — WikiLeaks — prove otherwise.” After an FBI investigation, Clinton was not charged with any crimes over her email use as secretary of state.
Trump read a published email exchange involving Clinton aides that he said implicated the president. “That means Obama is now into the act,” Trump said.
An email released by the anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks on Tuesday shows that Clinton adviser Cheryl Mills expressed displeasure after Obama told CBS News in March 2015 that he had learned about Clinton's email system “the same time everybody else learned it through news reports.”
"[We] need to clean this up — he has emails from her — they do not say state.gov,” Mills wrote to Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta, indicating that Obama certainly knew of Clinton's private address because he had corresponded with her using it.
Two days later, White House press secretary Josh Earnest clarified to reporters that Obama had not been trying to say he did not know Clinton's address but instead that he was “not aware of the details of how that email address and server had been set up, or how Secretary Clinton and her team were planning to comply with the Federal Records Act.”
On Tuesday, Earnest reiterated that Obama had known Clinton's address but had been unaware of “any knowledge of where her server was located or what sort of arrangements had been made to store her email.”
The Clinton campaign has refused to authenticate the emails, citing U.S. intelligence findings that the Russian government orchestrated recent hacks of Democratic Party email accounts. However, nothing in the release proves that Obama knew about Clinton's server, as opposed to her use of a private account.
Helderman reported from Washington.
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Dana Milbank: Obama’s intransigent backbench
By Dana Milbank
Dana Milbank
Op-ed columnist covering national politics
Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, red in the face, took off his jacket and rolled up a shirt sleeve — but there was no relief from the discomfort of his affliction.
The poor guy is suffering from triangulation.
The man triangulating him, President Obama, has proposed cuts to Social Security and Medicare as part of an attempt to find a middle ground in the budget debate. For Sanders (I), a liberal member of the Senate Democratic caucus, the betrayal stung so badly that he literally took to the streets, joining left-wing activists for a protest Tuesday afternoon outside the White House.
“When Barack Obama was running for president in 2008, he said that he would not cut Social Security. We want the president to remember what he said and not go back on his word!” Sanders shouted into a microphone, as cops watched warily.
Calling Obama’s offer “nuts,” Sanders went on: “The White House tells us they want to defend the middle class — that’s their mantra. If you want to defend the middle class you don’t cut Social Security, you don’t cut Medicare, and you don’t cut benefits for disabled vets.”
“Say it!” somebody shouted.
“Give it to ’em!” somebody else called out.
Sanders’s ire was real, as was that of his fellow demonstrators: a pair of congressmen plus representatives of the AFL-CIO, the National Organization for Women, MoveOn.org, Campaign for America’s Future and the rest of the liberal establishment. “Inhumane,” they said of Obama’s proposal. “Dickensian … reprehensible.”
But, in reality, the progressives’ street protest did Obama a favor. He needs to have the likes of Bernie Sanders against him. It strengthens his hand and helps him negotiate a better deal with Republican leaders, who can now see that liberal backbenchers and interest groups can sometimes be as intransigent as conservatives.
At a Republican presidential debate in 2011, all eight candidates on the stage said they would reject a budget deal that raised taxes even if it had $10 of spending cuts for every dollar of tax increases. At Tuesday’s protest, I put the reverse question to participants: Could they accept a dollar of cuts in Medicare and Social Security benefits for every $10 of increased taxes on corporations and the wealthy? All those I asked said they would decline.
“Not for me, no,” said Rep. Rick Nolan (D-Minn.).
“I’m not taking your offer,” said Stephanie Taylor, co-founder of the Progressive Change Campaign Committee.
“No, it’s not negotiable,” said Damon Silvers, the AFL-CIO’s policy director.
“Uh, no,” said Jim Dean, the chairman of Democracy for America.
Similar answers came from Roger Hickey of the Campaign for America’s Future, Manny Herrmann from MoveOn — and, of course, Sanders.
The liberals’ objections are legitimate — particularly their resistance to a stingier inflation formula for Social Security, which isn’t as big a budget problem as Medicare. There’s a case to be made that the president shouldn’t negotiate with himself by opening the bidding with his final offer. There’s also a concern that he now “owns” Social Security cuts, and Republicans can use that against him.
But Obama’s proposal, if the details turn out to be as advertised, restores his credibility on the budget. His previous budgets, which skirted entitlement cuts, weren’t taken seriously.
Now Obama, by publicly defying liberals in his party, looks like the reasonable one — and Republicans look unreasonable if they continue to carp about Obama’s proposal without offering more tax hikes.
It’s perhaps the most brazen attempt at triangulation in the Democratic Party since Bill Clinton (whose adviser Dick Morris popularized the term) defied liberals on welfare reform. That worked well for Clinton, and this may work well for Obama – but in the short term he’s going to hear a lot of gasping and wheezing from those being triangulated.
Rep. Mark Takano (D-Calif.), at the White House protest, complained that the proposed cuts would break “the sacred promises that we made to our nation’s seniors.”
Max Richtman of the National Committee to Preserve Social Security called Obama’s justifications “malarkey.”
“Damned malarkey,” NOW’s Terry O’Neill amended.
Nolan, the Minnesota congressman, was particularly agitated. He got in a showdown with police for standing too close to the White House; he dared the officers to arrest him.
Another speaker on the program, a Social Security beneficiary named Phyllis Zolotorow, got personal: “Believe me, Mr. President, this is not the way to honor your mother’s memory.”
The liberal activists cheered. They were angry with Obama — and defiant.
Jim Dean, Howard’s brother, shouted into the microphones: “The era of triangulation is over!”
Or is it just beginning?
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Trump recently sought his lawyers’ advice on possibility of pardoning Manafort, Giuliani says
By Carol D. Leonnig and
Carol D. Leonnig
National investigative reporter focused on the White House and government accountability
President Trump recently asked his lawyers for their advice on the possibility of pardoning Paul Manafort and other aides accused of crimes, his lawyer said Thursday.
The subject of pardoning Manafort came as Trump’s former campaign chairman faced multiple charges of bank fraud and tax evasion in an Alexandria criminal case, Trump attorney Rudolph W. Giuliani said in an interview.
Trump’s lawyers counseled the president against the idea of pardoning anyone linked to the investigation into Russia’s interference in the 2016 election, according to Giuliani, saying Trump should at least wait until special counsel Robert S. Mueller III has concluded his probe. Giuliani said the president agreed and did not push the issue further.
“He said yes,” Giuliani said. “He agreed with us.”
Giuliani said Trump was seeking advice in the wake of a spate of pardons he granted earlier this summer, including for a woman whom Kim Kardashian had lobbied the White House to release. Giuliani said he and fellow personal attorney Jay Sekulow had advised waiting to see whether Mueller delivers a damning report that accuses the president of trying to block a federal probe of his campaign’s contacts with Russians.
White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders told reporters Wednesday that she “wasn’t aware” of any discussions of Trump pardoning Manafort and that the topic was “not something that’s been up for discussion.”
On Thursday, in the wake of Giuliani’s comment, Sanders said the pardon topic is not under active consideration “in the White House.”
“This pardon is not something being discussed in the White House and the president has not made a decision on pardoning Paul Manafort or anyone else,” she said in a statement.
The exact timing and nature of the pardon discussion is unclear.
A senior administration official said the president discussed the pros and cons of granting pardons to Manafort and others linked to a probe of his campaign “a few weeks ago.”
Giuliani initially said he and Trump had the conversation “three to five weeks ago” but later corrected his statement to say he believed they discussed it several weeks earlier, in June. Giuliani clarified in a follow-up call to The Post that his conversation with Trump was a general discussion about potential pardons for a range of people under investigation, including but not limited to Manafort.
Some experts have argued Trump could expose himself to more legal danger if he were to pardon aides who are witnesses in the Mueller probe, because Mueller is examining the president’s own conduct and whether he sought to obstruct justice.
Giuliani acknowledged that risk.
“We sat him down and said you’re not considering these other pardons with anybody involved in the investigation. He said yes, absolutely, I understand,” Giuliani said. “The real concern is whether Mueller would turn any pardon into an obstruction charge.”
Other Trump associates who have pleaded guilty as part of Mueller’s investigation include former national security adviser Michael Flynn, former campaign adviser George Papadopoulos and Trump campaign aide Rick Gates.
Mueller’s findings are supposed to be provided in a report to Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein, who would then decide whether any evidence of wrongdoing was serious enough that it should be presented to Congress to consider for impeachment proceedings.
Trump has repeatedly decried the government’s treatment of Manafort — who a jury found guilty Tuesday on eight counts of tax- and bank-fraud charges. Manafort refused to cooperate with Mueller investigators seeking his information about the Trump campaign and instead took his chances at trial.
On Tuesday, the president told reporters that Manafort was a “good man” and that he felt sorry for him.
Trump tweeted his support of Manafort on Wednesday while criticizing Michael Cohen, his former personal lawyer, who pleaded guilty Tuesday to five counts of tax evasion, one count of making a false statement to a bank and two campaign finance violations: willfully causing an illegal corporate contribution and making an excessive campaign contribution.
“I feel very badly for Paul Manafort and his wonderful family,” Trump tweeted. “ ‘Justice’ took a 12 year old tax case, among other things, applied tremendous pressure on him and, unlike Michael Cohen, he refused to ‘break’ — make up stories in order to get a ‘deal.’ Such respect for a brave man!”
Inside the West Wing, the prospect of a Manafort pardon is met with near universal opposition. Chief of Staff John F. Kelly, White House counsel Donald F. McGahn and attorney Emmet T. Flood are all opposed. Aides are trying to keep Trump from even discussing the matter. After Ainsley Earhardt, the Fox News anchor, said Wednesday night that Trump discussed a pardon while appearing on Fox News, Sanders asked her to clarify her comments that she did not hear Trump say that, according to a person familiar with the matter. Officials are increasingly frustrated with Giuliani inside the West Wing.
Trump has admiringly talked about how Manafort did not “flip” on him and was ebullient when Judge T.S. Ellis said that the prosecution only wanted to go after Manafort to get him. Asked about a pardon, one senior White House official said: “What does it accomplish? You pardon him, it doesn’t get rid of the Mueller probe, it causes you more headaches, he still has another trial, you have more Republicans coming after you.”
“Legally he’s entitled to pardon Manafort,” said Alan Dershowitz, a Harvard professor that Trump likes to watch on TV. “My advice to the president is don’t tweet, don’t pardon, don’t testify, don’t fire.”
That was a major shift for Trump, who in April called it a “national disgrace” when federal investigators raided Cohen’s home and office as part of an investigation into his efforts during the campaign to squelch embarrassing stories about Trump.
Cohen implicated Trump directly in some of his acts when he pleaded guilty Tuesday, saying he arranged to pay off two women to keep their stories of alleged affairs with Trump from becoming public before Election Day — in coordination with the then-candidate.
Trump has repeatedly expressed his anger at how federal prosecutors had “beat up” and mistreated Manafort. The president’s critics argue that Trump’s public tweets are a thinly-veiled message to Manafort, that he supports his refusal to cooperate with Mueller and is willing to pardon him in the future.
Giuliani said Trump’s concern for Manafort is what motivates him to consider a pardon.
“He feels Manafort has been mistreated. Nobody in a case like this gets raided in the middle of the night, put in solitary confinement,” Giuliani said. “They tried to crack him and it didn’t work. Over the last two to three weeks, he’s expressed anger and frustration about how he’s been treated.”
This story has been updated.
Rosalind S. Helderman contributed to this report.
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Former Tiger Ernst wins 1st LPGA title
4 years 10 months 1 week ago Monday, September 01 2014 Sep 1, 2014 September 01, 2014 6:23 AM September 01, 2014 in LSU Sports
By: Chris Price
PORTLAND, OR (AP) - Former LSU Tiger Austin Ernst won the LPGA Tour's Portland Classic on Sunday with a par on the first hole of a playoff against South Korea's I.K. Kim.
It was the first professional victory for the 22-year-old Ernst, who shot a 5-under 67 in the final round to get to 14 under at Columbia Edgewater. Kim, the first- and second-round leader, carded a 68.
Ernst played two years at LSU before turning pro and won the NCAA individual title as a freshman in 2011.
She becomes the third LSU women's golfer to win on the LPGA tour.
Ernst pulled into contention with a 5-under 31 on the front nine, highlighted by a chip-in eagle at the par-5 fifth. Kim made four birdies and no bogeys.
South Korean's So Yeon Ryu and Chella Choi tied for third at 12 under. Ryu, last week's Canadian Women's Open winner, shot 70, while Choi had a 68.
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Is it possible that the confederation could have won the kilrathi war after the Battle of Earth without the Temblor Bomb or Behemoth
Thread starter Thunderbolt
The question basically goes from the title.
So I've finally got hold of and managed to read most of the Wing Commander novelisation and its kicked my interest up again in the WC universe.
Fleet Action gives us a reasonable amount of detail on the Battle of Earth although not so much the aftermath. WC3 also skips the immediate aftermath but doesn't really tell us very much about the state of the Confederation outside of Blair's first person perspective.
So is it possible that humanity could have pulled through without the super weapons? The Excalibur project definitely had the means to outmatch Kilrathi space superiority but it needed a few months of development to get it into mass production.
The biggest immediate problem that Confed seemed to face was lack of carriers. How critical was this? I'm under the impression that Confed still had heaps of fleet carriers in cold storage at Carnavon station, Ella Superbase, Jupiters moon and elsewhere. And even with a shortage of carriers could Confed have held its line by falling back to the various starbases in Vega and holding these points?
Then the carrier shortage could also be remedied by constructing more CVEs to either spread the kilrathi out further or to support larger carrier groups.
Although for Confed's side it doesn't look good long term as the destruction of the lunar shipyards & drydocked assets would have put a serious shortfall in Confeds production essentially making a war of attrition unviable. I would expect to see Confed in a lot of trouble in about 2-3 years following the battle of Earth since the carrier shortage would than be quite acute but not immediately after - once the rest of the navies assets were mobilised.
And what do we know about the state of the Kilrathi economy? Fleet Action constantly paints a picture that the Empire was on the verge of rebellion and the Kilrathi economy was overstretched and fatigued from decades of war. So was this actually true or was Kilrathi counterintelligence feeding false information to Confed that overstated the weakness of the Kilrathi military industrial complex? Because by WC3 the Kilrathi don't seem to be facing any immediate issues either politically or economically. In fact they seem to be doing so well that within just months of the Battle of Earth they are already capable of first launching a large enough offensive to almost push Confed out of Vega sector entirely (despite that the terrans spent huge resources building a network of starbases over the years to consolidate it) and then to assemble a new fleet to attack Earth. That paints the picture that they were doing very well and that the Kilrathi had long since recovered from the damage that the Tarawa and confed strikes on Kilrathi shipyards and logistics.
mustanger
The way the story goes, we see what happens when the Behemoth and the Temblor Bomb fail, which is the Confederation being overrun and Earth being taken. The reality is that the war was at a stalemate for a long period, but the false armistice allowed the Kilrathi enough breathing room to get their secret fleet readied and deal a crippling blow to the Confederation. Once they were on their heels, it was all but over.
Yeah, mustang kind of nailed it. The 'what if' is in the losing endgame of Wing Commander 3 where we literally see the Kilrathi walking on a crushed Earth if/when the super weapons fail. You can imagine lots of hypothetical ways that Confed manages to circumvent defeat, but the most probable is shown to us, and it doesn't look good without the Behemoth/Temblor Bomb.
Bandit LOAF
Long Live the Confederation!
There's another question this invites, though: could the Society of Mandarins have been correct? Could the most effective (or perhaps least costly) way to defeat the Kilrathi have been to surrender and then change the Empire from within?
Bandit LOAF said:
I think the Mandarins were playing a dangerous game - from what I've observed from reading the books the Kilrathi are an entirely different species from humans and therefore evolved with different selective pressures (e.g. the kilrathi don't seem to be a society that ever had a place for aestheticism, stoicism, monasticism or other more peaceful philosophies or religions that even ancient human societies had). The entire Kilrathi society seems to be built around the warrior caste and the predator-prey complex - attributes such as empathy and mercy seem to be entirely absent from their language, behaviour & philosophies/religions.
Submitting to the Kilrathi would just enforce that notion into the Kilrathi even more so. It seems to be to be making the same dangerous assumption that the government made during the false peace - assuming the kilrathi have similar primal instincts to humans.
Perhaps humanity could have survived as slaves to the Kilrathi but this would be a horrible outcome for humanity - it seems like they regularly sacrificed their slaves to Sivar or worked/tortured slaves to death (Cobra's experiences in WC3 paint the picture that to be in a Kilrathi POW camp would be worse than hell).
Oceankhayne
Yeah, I'm of the opinion that the writer of wc3 was looking for a way to increase the drama, and turn it into a trench run where you play luke skywalker and... The point is I've always thought that half the plot of wc3 was crap. Not to mention the armistice and the reactions to it, etc. It could've been much much better. You could've been part of a glorious campaign as part of a major battlegroup. Instead we get a shit posting on a no name piece of antiquated junk with few support ships. I was VERY disappointed with it though it did have a few high points that I liked.
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Oceankhayne said:
I also dont like wc3 that much as far as the story goes. Fleet action is great, wish that was included more in the game. I actually think the fan made game called wing commander saga is a better tale of the wc3 yrs of the war. More ships of all sizes and it feels more like a war.
There is also the point of what Thrakath said the Kilrathi would do to humanity if it won the war. At best the Madarian plan would allow a few select humans to be utilized as 'favored pets' at best.
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One thing Jukaga says in Fleet Action is that while the Emperor doesn't understand, he knows that the Empire desperately needs to spare the conquered Confederation because human knowledge and resources will be needed to survive their next war. Which is more in the direction that the Mandarins believed.
I don't think we can criticize Wing Commander III for not referencing Fleet Action; like it or lump it, tie in novels are something a tiny percent (significantly less than one) of a game/film's audience ever interacts with. It's only in recent years that transmedia has been planned to the point that novels are written specifically to reference planned events in films... and I don't think you'll ever find it creatively working the other way around. (That is to say, don't expect the Captain Picard television show to match the continuing world imagined by the Pocket Books stories any time soon!)
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IIRC, Victory Streak does reference FA, but that's pretty much it.
As for the outcome of the war, I can't say I dislike it, and I feel both HotT as well as WCS manage to tell both sides of the tale pretty well. I'm not sure if it came from a novelization or from discussions here, but I think the whole idea of assigning Blair to the Victory alongside Maniac, Hobbes and a few pretty good pilots on a junk carrier was pretty much to keep them out of sight from the Kilrathi and keep them very flexible and mobile in preparation for a raid à la End Run. Both Tolwyn and Taggart knew pretty well that at this point, even the best pilots with the latest equipment couldn't change the equation properly, not when the Kilrathi war machine was getting so big in comparison to the Confed's.
If Deveraux and her team could get to Kilrah and build the asteroid outposts, there's little if any chance Taggart (and by extension Tolwyn) missed on the construction of the Hvar'Kann class around the planet, getting ready for Round Two. These put a hard time limit on whatever operation would be needed to win the war, all of it made even harder by the operational status of at least one (or two, if we consider Saga in our canon) Hvar'Kann that would make it particularly harder to win a decisive victory.
On the other hand, both of these flag officers had plans that relied on mobility and secrecy to strike a killing blow. In this perspective, it makes quite an amount of sense to have a shitty carrier that would go beneath the Kilrathi radar and stay unnoticed as being the rustbucket assigned to patrolling against Kilrathi raids while real units were trying to fight on the frontlines against increasingly more Kats. Noone notices the Victory until the critical assets are ready, not even its own crew, even though it gets prepared for the high-profile operations (oh, we'll send an Excalibur there really randomly, which will require their tech crews to get the manuals, maintenance equipment and stuff to care for it later with no loss of time once shit gets real).
Considering the situation left at the end of Fleet Action... it does seem a reasonable plan, as strength alone cannot really do it, and even the superweapons under development need more than anything else complete surprise to work. With the Kilrathi deeply aware of the Confed's Order of Battle and construction capabilities, they could have noticed the discrepencies in their contact reports if, say, a shiny super-advanced carrier had gone missing in preparation for a raid like the ones that made such mess before the False Armistice. The Victory, on the other hand? It wasn't worthy of too much attention as it patrolled and slowly got in the staging grounds for the Confed's Hail Mary. Not even its crew realized it.
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Unknown Enemy
You know, I think of all the new characters Forstchen created or developed, Jukaga is the only one I find genuinely interesting. I don't like what he did with Tolwyn, I find his Bear ridiculous, and the background politicians he makes up are utter jokes. But Jukaga - man, that's a great character. He's such a fantastic contradiction, and a genuinely tragic figure. On the one hand, he's portrayed as this really intelligent, open-minded Kilrathi who has come to know humans so well, he respects them, and ultimately winds up transcending Kilrathi ideas so far, that nobody else really understands him. On the other hand, however, for all his intelligence and flexibility, he turns out to be remarkably inflexible and incapable of accepting inevitabilities. It seems that the more he understands humans, the less he understands the Kilrathi, to the point where he just cannot accept that no one will ever go along with his ideas, which - if he was truly open-minded and flexible - should have led him to reject his own plans. And then, even his understanding of humans is utterly abstract - as if he understood the species, but couldn't comprehend any particular individuals well enough to predict their stance in a moment of crisis. It's remarkable to think that his single-minded dedication to saving the Kilrathi his way is what ultimately cost the Empire the war, and that his determination to stop the Kilrathi from destroying the human homeworld is what directly leads to the destruction of KIlrah.
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You are right, im not trying to criticize but i think the game did not do enough to emphasize how bad it was at the start of wc3, the time jump from wc2 to wc3 was off. I thought the time jump from wc1 to wc2 was handled far better as far as opening cinematic goes.
YCDTD
Jdawg said:
The tech of 1993 would have been incredibly stretched to make huge fleet battles - at least with an acceptable level of graphics or development time.
YCDTD said:
I know, but its sad to say wc1 and wc2 felt more like a war, than wc3
-danr-
That's true actually. There's a WC3 mission editor - turns out that the most ships you can have at any navpoint is 10. Any more than this and stability starts to become and issue and the engine crashes. Even if they'd tweaked the engine to allow for more, it'd probably be quite detrimental to performance back in the day.
That said, I do recall the fighting in WC3 to have been the heaviest of any of the games - at least at the time it seemed like the missions were longer and there were a lot more capital ships involved than before.
Vidmaster
I know, but its sad to say wc1 and wc2 felt more like a war
Vidmaster said:
There were a lot more ships in wc2, and in wc2 it was one of the few times we got to see Capital ship on capital ship action. In wing Commander 3 I felt like they used the Victory as an excuse because of the limitations of the technology at the time. so you were involved in skirmishes not the actual War in wc3. that's one reason I like Saga so much better it feels like a true War
I wouldn't say there were a lot more ships in WC2. People seem to forget about the capship-on-capship action in WC3. For starters, the Victory gets a whole escort fleet. You see them in space, and you also get some gorgeous views from the bar and bridge. That's just fantastic.
There's a similar number of missions in WC2 and WC3 where multiple cap ships appear. Take the Ariel System - there's 12 cap ships in just three missions, and it leads right into Caliban where you have both the Sheffield and Coventry forward deployed to other nav points where they engage Kilrathi destroyers.
WC2 definitely did not have more ships. @-danr- mentioned that there's a limit of ten ships per navpoint in WC3. Well, I don't recall if WC2 had any sort of limit of ships per navpoint, but it had a limit of 16 ships per mission. Of those, only 10-12 were generally usable - you had to take into consideration the player, his wingman, the Concordia, her escort destroyer, and sometimes a wing of fighters on patrol around the Concordia. So, you couldn't possibly dream about big battles. The most you would have is a couple of capships and about four enemy fighters.
maybe, its just never felt like a war to me just a bunch of skirmishes, but than again wc3 is by far my least favorite of the 4 Original games, From the contrived Manchurian candidate cliches, to me hating just about all my shipmates. the characters I liked were hobbes, vagabond, Eisen, and Rachel. I hated radio rollins, cobra, flint, maniac (he becomes a lot better in 4, than back to a douche in 5), flash, and I found Vaquero to be semi likable but his character was boring to me. WC3 also has my least favorite ship designs from all the games, the one thing I do love is the design of the kilrathi, hence my avatar.
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The season is here!
by Frank Lebbe
Mini morning work-out to start your day
Finally, after a couple of months, the season is here. After a summer of watching old clips, following free agency and the draft the NBA has a new landscape. And I’m very excited about it!
For me there are a couple of big storylines heading into this season:
Cavaliers – Celtics rivalry
There was already a very heated rivalry between these 2 teams and the Isaiah Thomas – Kyrie Irving trade has only spiced it up. Although Isaiah will not return until December or January, we got a first look of how these 2 teams actually look like in yesterday’s opener. Will Kyrie be the leader of this Celtics team or did he overplay his hand? How do all the new players on the Cavs roster perform and how long will everyone stay happy with all the roster shifts that has been made by coach Lue? Yesterday, we got the first chance to see how all decision and changes played out. Kyrie played a decent game, and the Cavs only won by three point, but it is too early in the season to draw a conclusion.
Teams with new looks
With a lot of free agents that changed teams, I am very eager to see how good some of these teams can be. I am thinking about the T-Wolves with Jimmy Butler, the Sixers with their core of young fantastic players and OKC with their new star trio. Are they actually that good that either of these teams can come out of their conference? I think they do! The 76-ers (if they mesh), can be the team of the future. In a very weak Eastern Conference, they have the potential to take away the crown of the Cavs in my opinion. The T-wolves with their mix of young superstars and veterans can have an immediately impact on this loaded Western Conference. And for OKC; they have such a big quick line up, they can score, the can defend every position and I think they have the biggest chip on their shoulder, as a team this season to dethrone the GSW.
Allstar game
Finally they changed the format of the All-Star Game and we can actually see players play together that have never played together in a game before. If I think about the idea of Lebron James throwing a lob to KD, I’m definitely going to watch this year’s game.
Free agency this year
Although this season has barely started, next year’s free agency will be the buzz of this season. Where will Lebron go? Will Paul George leave OKC? These are just a few questions that pop up in my head. The entire season, these will be the primary questions that will surface in NBA talks and rumors. It can possibly reshape the NBA landscape once again, if certain players will change teams and conferences. And that leads me to this question: how much will this year’s All-Star game affect player’s decision to leave? Let’s think about this: what if players that have never been on the same team, click very well during practices and during the game? Will that trigger their desire to play with each other? I think it might!
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It’s gonna be an exciting NBA season and can’t wait to watch it all play out
Frank Lebbe October 18, 2017
New NBA Season
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Survivor’s Club: Episode 1, An Icy Runway
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CRESSON, Pa. (WTAJ) — The first episode of WTAJ’s new series, “Survivor’s Club,” a Cresson man talks about walking away from a plane crash.
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Medical marijuana grower gets green light in Pennsylvania
A licensed grower and processor of medical marijuana in western Pennsylvania is the first with state approval to begin operating.
Medical marijuana grower gets green light in Pennsylvania A licensed grower and processor of medical marijuana in western Pennsylvania is the first with state approval to begin operating. Check out this story on yorkdispatch.com: https://www.yorkdispatch.com/story/news/local/pennsylvania/2017/10/17/medical-marijuana-grower-gets-green-light-pennsylvania/106731968/
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Five-Leaf Remedies grows vegetables in a hydroponic growing area while vying for a permit to be one of the first medical marijuana grower/processors in the state. Wochit
HARRISBURG — A licensed grower and processor of medical marijuana in western Pennsylvania is the first with state approval to begin operating.
Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration said Tuesday that the Department of Health has approved Cresco Yeltrah to begin growing and processing medical marijuana at its Jefferson County location. That makes it the first facility to be deemed fully operational in Pennsylvania’s medical marijuana program.
The department expects 11 other licensed grower-processors to be operational. It issued the permits in June, selecting the 12 winners from among 177 applicants. The department has also issued permits to 27 entities to operate retail dispensaries.
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It expects medical marijuana to be available to consumers next year. Wolf signed Pennsylvania’s medical marijuana program into law last year.
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Uayma is often bypassed by Valladolid visitors, in spite of it’s proximity (a 10 minute drive). The town does not have the “pueblo mágico” distinction, but it is definitely worth a visit.
Uayma is a small town located in the center of the Yucatán Peninsula, about 15 kilometers north and west of Valladolid. In colonial times Uayma was a major stop on the El Camino Real between Merida and Valladolid (the third largest city in the state).
The striking landmark is the church – a former Santo Domingo de Guzmán convent, originally built by the Spaniards to enforce their culture in Uayma, which was at the time an important Mayan center. Stones from nearby Mayan structures were used to build the church (a common practice across the region), some of which can be seen on the facade. Building started around 1646, but it was destroyed in the 19th century during the Guerra de Castas (caste war). Other colonial structures and more recently built structures, including a railway station, remain in various states of disrepair around the town.
Renovation of the town’s unique church was completed in 2005. Restoration was completed due to the efforts of Elba Villareal de Garcia Ponce and Fernando Garces Fierros, through both a private program called Adopte una Obra de Arte (Adopt a Work of Art) and the government’s Institute of Anthropology and History, or INAH.
There is no accurate data on when the town was founded, though it existed before La Conquista (the conquest) and in antiquity belonged to the chieftainship of Cupules. During colonial times, Uayma became part of the encomienda system (a disguised slavery-type system) with the first recorded encomendero as Juan Bellido 1549-1579.
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Avatar Daughters: Envisioning a Spectrum between the Material/Virtual through Feminist Theory
The hypothesis of this research is that a mother daughter relationship is a metonymy for a human to avatar affinity. This idea is explored through feminist analysis, a lyric essay and the practice of visual arts, specifically a series of comic books featuring an avatar created in Second Life, an online, user-built virtual world. Through a human connection to an avatar, the boundaries of the material and the virtual are blurred and become a seamless spectrum—a space of suspension—which can be infinitely mined but never parsed. The thesis employs both practice-based (visual art) as well as theoretical (art historical and feminist) frameworks, to explore the spectrum of the material/virtual. The corresponding relation- ship, artist/avatar is also a spectrum between self and not self— subject and object at the same time.
An avatar is envisioned by an individual creator but is also the result of a necessary collaboration with the developers of the virtual world where the avatar is digitally materialised, so thus another spectrum between the individual and the collective is delineated. By acknowledging the agency that we often confer on images, and the nature of complex identities, the avatar, though ostensibly insentient, is positioned as an animated, mercurial image that encourages a psychologically complex reaction from humans. In linking the feminist analysis of French philosopher-artist, Luce Irigaray, to an affective reaction towards an animated avatar, an argument for a new perspective on a stubbornly enduring mind/body dichotomy is offered. These ideas are poetically echoed in the included artwork and theorised in the interwoven supporting academic analysis. Art making methods, such as collage/found object, playfulness, and unstable authorship, collectively named in this writing as a methodology of poïesis, are interjected into academic discourse, and literary strategies, and employed in the creative practice to con- struct a holistic approach to art and knowledge production. De- fining the material as the physically present and the virtual as a collective imagining supported by digital materiality, tools and technology, the resulting gamut becomes an inherently fluid, un- stable and contested expanse for which binaries of subject and object, material and virtual, are wholly inadequate. It is a vast, oceanic unknown that supports different ways to dream, from the mundane to the beautiful to the sublime.
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Racist, anti-gay student flyers challenge Wyoming district
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The leaflets distributed by students at a junior high school told pre-teens to “Join the KKK” and that “It’s not OK to be gay.”
In the capital of the state known for the 1998 murder of gay college student Matthew Shepard, school officials have worked to respond to the spring incident. They’re holding community meetings and plan to hire a “diversity and cultural awareness” counselor while providing additional employee training.
“We’ve got a pretty good plan to try to work on all of that,” said Boyd Brown, superintendent of Laramie County School District No. 1.
Others aren’t so confident the Cheyenne school district is up to the challenge. The new approach to student bullying and harassment sounds good, but “only time will tell if it’s upheld,” said parent Abby Kercher.
A group of McCormick Junior High School students handed out the flyers and taped them up in hallways March 26, other students and teachers said. Brown has declined to say how many students were involved or whether any were punished, though Kercher said one eighth grader was suspended.
The district replaced the school’s principal weeks after the incident.
Parents and students report a long history of anti-gay and racist harassment at McCormick that continued through the rest of the school year. Some students kept violating a ban on Confederate flags by displaying the images on their computers, said Kercher’s daughter, 14-year-old Ashlynn Kercher.
“They just took it down a notch,” Ashlynn said.
A summary of a school district investigation confirms bullying and harassment directed at — but also occurring between — minority, LGBTQ and disabled students at McCormick. Yet many details about the bullying and the school’s response remain unknown.
School officials refuse to release a full report on the investigation, saying that doing so would violate the Family and Educational Rights Privacy Act. The Associated Press has joined the Wyoming Tribune Eagle newspaper and other news media in a lawsuit seeking the report’s release under Wyoming’s public records laws.
The fliers came as not too surprising to parent Fred Gallop after other McCormick students bullied his 13-year-old daughter with a racial epithet twice during the recent school year.
“It was more like, ‘We’re starting to see a trend here,’” Gallop said.
Ashlynn Kercher said other students bullied her for having a girlfriend.
“If we held hands, a bunch of kids would start making fun of us, pointing and laughing” and using anti-gay slurs, Kercher said.
LGBTQ advocates learned about the flyers from substitute teacher and Gay-Straight Alliance co-sponsor Kaycee Cook. According to Cook, McCormick Principal Jeff Conine’s first reaction was to tell her she was no longer welcome to teach at McCormick.
Cook said she was reinstated weeks later.
Conine left his job soon after, though district officials have declined to say why. Brown said confidentiality laws prevent him from answering any questions about Cook or Conine.
Conine doesn’t have a listed phone number and couldn’t be reached for comment.
Meanwhile, school officials traumatized some student Gay-Straight Alliance members by calling them out of class for questioning in front of police officers about the flyers, Kercher said.
“They felt really intimidated. Kids were crying,” Abby Kercher said. “These were the victims. You don’t need to have police officers in there. It was just handled wrong.”
Brown acknowledged officers “probably shouldn’t have” been present at those meetings.
School officials for a time shortly after the incident told students neither Confederate flags nor rainbow pride flags and clothing worn in support of LGBTQ rights were appropriate. The district soon said rainbow flags and clothing were OK.
“At the time, we had two opposing sides that were kind of escalating the situation,” Brown said.
The episode showed that the Cheyenne school district administration “doesn’t know how to handle not just one troubled kid but systemic racism and homophobia,” said Sara Burlingame, executive director of Cheyenne-based Wyoming Equality.
But Cook, who went to junior high school with Shepard, said she’s optimistic the school’s new principal, Justin Conroy, will help fix the problems. An administrator in the Rapid City, South Dakota, school district, Conroy is scheduled to begin his new job in late July; he didn’t return a phone message seeking comment.
“A lot of it has to do with what we’re teaching our children,” Cook said. “If we’re teaching our children to be exclusive and have that mentality, it will always be that way.”
Planning Board moves forward with Buffalo development
by Marlee Tuskes / Jul 15, 2019
The City of Buffalo Planning Board met Monday where they discussed two significant projects that will soon be breaking ground.
The first half of the meeting focused on the planned Albright-Knox Art Gallery expansion. Members unanimously voted to approve the project's site plans, a major step forward for developers.
Wines in the Wilds back at the Buffalo Zoo
by Kelly Khatib / Jul 15, 2019
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- The Buffalo Zoo's signature event is back for the summer!
Wines in the Wild is Thursday, July 18 and guests 21 and over can sip their way through the zoo.
Planning board approves $160 million expansion of Albright Knox
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)-- The planning board unanimously voting in approval of the Albright Knox plan, a major step forward for the project.
The project’s developers and architects just finished up a presentation which went over details - including a new north building which would sit on the gallery’s current parking lot, and creating an underground parking area instead.
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Chibuihem Amalaha
Gay Post May 29, 2014
This idiot thinks being gay is “scientifically wrong” because of magnets
No… Really.
Warning, this article contains some profanity because the author just can’t deal with this level of stupidity.
Chibuihem Stanley Amalaha, a post-graduate student of chemical engineering at the University of Lagos, has proven with magnets that gay marriage is fundamentally and scientifically wrong.
Thank God! I was getting so tired of only religious fanatics telling me I’m going to hell, it feels so good to be condemned by science.
But really, this idiot is also a religious fanatic, so take what you will from his science. His photo does show him holding beakers and wearing a lab coat, so we can assume that at some point in his life he was actually allowed into a laboratory.
When we learn a little more about this brainiac it turns out that he was “able to prove that the mathematical symbol pi which people thought of as 22 over 7 is not actually 22 over , but rather a transcendental number while 22 over 7 is a rational number.” Since that makes no sense to me I will assume that it is real science — but since this guy is a hate mongering asshole I would advise any real scientists to take that equation with a grain of salt since he may have come to this new conclusion because he thought 22 could not be over 7 because they are both men.
Let’s move on to the science of gay marriage, shall we? In an interview with Nigerian newspaper ThisDay Amalaha describes the bigoted hatred that led him to research the scientific evils of gay marriage:
“In recent time I found that gay marriage, which is homosexuality and lesbianism, is eating deep into the fabric of our human nature all over the world and this was why nations of Sodom and Gomora were destroyed by God because they were into gay practice. That is, a man marrying another man and a woman marrying another woman.”
This doesn’t sound like science at all, but hipsters can give him props for later accidentally using an American Apparel t-shirt slogan accidentally when he says that France recent “legalised gay.”
“In the area of physics, I used physics with experiments, I used chemistry with experiments, I used biology with experiments and I used mathematics to prove gay marriage wrong.”
Wait, it gets worse. With this firm base of homophobic hatred he procceded to dick around in a lab with some magnets.
“A bar magnet is a horizontal magnet that has the North Pole and the South Pole and when you bring two bar magnets and you bring the North Pole together you find that the two North Poles will not attract.”
Magnets are not human beings, and as a matter of fact, women and men are not polar opposites. We are halves of the same species, the opposite of a man or woman would be dirt, or nothing, or a giant reptile alien.
Why am I even bothering to use rational, critical thinking against this? He is so incorrect it would be funny if he weren’t considered to be an intelligent person in Nigeria — a nation where it is currently illegal to be gay and, in the northern states, you face a death sentence by stoning if you are convicted of homosexual activity. No wonder Amalaha is a celebrated scientist, Nigeria is an awful backwards place.
But wait — there’s more!
He goes on to use “chemistry” and “math” and “biology” to prop up his hate!
“… if you use your biro and rub it on your hair, after rubbing, try to bring small pieces of paper they will attract because one is charged while the other one is not charged. “
I would hope this is not what Bill Nye had in mind when he shoed us that rubbing a balloon on our hair causes static electricity.
“But if you bring an acid and you pour it on top of an acid chemistry there will be no reaction.”
As one commenter put it, “I wonder what monumental conclusions this guy will reach if someone brings him baking soda and vinegar.”
“We have never seen where a cock is having sex with a cock and we have never seen where a hen is having sex with another. Even among lions when you go to the zoo you find out that lion does not mate with a lion instead a lion will mate with a lioness showing that a lion being a male will mate with lioness being a female. Now if animals that are of even lower creature understand so much, how come human being made in the higher image of God that is even of higher creature will be thinking of a man having sex with another and woman having sex with another woman?”
At this point I am calling into question the entirety of the university he studies at. How is it possible for someone so monumentally stunted with little to no grasp of actual science, let alone fake-gay-bashing-science, is a post-graduate student?
Chibuihem Stanley Amalaha, should you Google your name and come across this article, here’s an experiment you should try: go eat a dick. Based on your obsession with gay people, I figure you might actually enjoy it.
He also has ambitions beyond his humble research into inciting hate:
“My ambition is to go beyond the sky. I want to reach the level God has destined me to reach. I want to be the first African to win Nobel Prize in science because as I am talking to you now African has ever won Nobel Prize in science.”
Good luck, dipshit.
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RM Auctions Offers Unique Cadillac Powered Riva Tritone ‘Special’ & Riva Ariston In Italy
1960 Riva Tritone Special – Photo Henri Thibault ©2013 Courtesy of RM Auctions
Thinking about upgrading to a more stylish boat this year? Is the late spring weather this year is getting you down and you can’t take it any more? We may have a solution… Stop what you are doing, call up your friendly travel agent and book a flight for you and your family to travel across the pond to beautiful Italy in late May…
And make sure you tell your travel agent that you want to stay in the area of the Villa d’Este on Lake Como, Italy on the weekend of May 24 – 26th. Then give the nice folks at RM Auctions a call and pre-register as a bidder for the RM Auctions’s upcoming sale during the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este weekend.
This could be your chance to purchase a rare Cadillac powered Riva speedboat and get it back to America just in time to make the prime classic boating season. It could be a story for the ages, one that you could share with your neighbors at the cottage for years… as you cruise across the lake in your elegant, timeless Riva. (Or you could simply register with RM Auctions as an on line bidder and buy it from home, but that wouldn’t be much of a story for the guys at the lake…)
Here’s the official Press Release from our friends at RM Auctions.
Photo Courtesy Villa d’Este on Lake Como, Italy
RM AUCTIONS OFFERS UNIQUE RIVA TRITONE ‘SPECIALE’ AT ITS CONCORSO D’ELEGANZA VILLA D’ESTE WEEKEND SALE
• RM Auctions secures fabulous 1960 Riva Tritone ‘Speciale’ Cadillac for its highly anticipated sale in Cernobbio on Lake Como, Italy, on the 25th of May
• Custom-built powerboat represents the biggest, best, and most powerful Riva of the Golden Era
• Auction to also lift the hammer on the only surviving 1956 Riva Ariston Cadillac
• Exclusive evening sale held in conjunction with the celebrated Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este
LONDON (5 March, 2013) – Collectors and connoisseurs are eagerly looking ahead to the opportunity to acquire some of the world’s most exotic and exclusive vehicles when RM Auctions hosts its forthcoming biennial sale during the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este on Lake Como, Italy, on the 25th of May. Alongside examples of historic cars from such celebrated marques as Ferrari, Bugatti, and Rolls-Royce, the exclusive evening sale will also proudly present a remarkable and historically significant 1960 Riva Tritone ‘Speciale’ Cadillac Powerboat.
If ever a vehicle embodied the spirit of la dolce vita in the 1950s and 1960s, it is the series of glorious wooden powerboats built by Carlo Riva from his bespoke yard on Lake Iseo. Riva’s sumptuous, hand-crafted wooden sports machines very quickly established themselves among the world’s elite, from royalty to movie stars, including the likes of Brigitte Bardot, Peter Sellers and Sofia Loren. Yet despite the wealth and status of his clientele, Riva made a point of refusing to build custom boats or indulge bespoke requests—all except one, that is.
Achille Roncoroni was an industrialist from Como and an accomplished mariner, and he even represented Italy in sailing at the 1948 Olympic Games. He was also a regular customer for Riva and requested that the distinguished boat manufacturer build him a unique example of its range-topping Tritone model to be the largest and fastest Riva ever seen—and that he should never build another custom boat thereafter. Riva acquiesced, and in 1960, this genuine, one-of-a-kind boat duly appeared.
The Tritone ‘Speciale’ Cadillac, named Ribot III by its owner, lived up to Roncoroni’s expectations in every way. Her 8.3 metre hull remained the biggest for many years, and the 325 horsepower Cadillac Crusader Marine V-8 was the most powerful engine available at the time. New lettering was forged for the hull and dashboard, while the bespoke interior of blue, red, and white was specially crafted. The engines were finished in red rather than blue, and the inside of the hull was painted white, as opposed to the usual grey.
The performance demanded by its Olympian owner was amply demonstrated by the 650 horsepower Ribot III on its pre-delivery test runs. In the hands of the youngest and bravest of test drivers, the boat presented here reached a remarkable top speed of 96 km/h (60 MPH), establishing a new record for a Riva runabout powered by stock engines and propellers. Thereafter, Roncoroni made great use of his prized Ribot III on Lake Como and at his holiday home in Sardinia before it passed onto its current owner in the early-1970s.
Peter Wallman, Car Specialist at RM Auctions, says, “RM is delighted to have been entrusted with finding a new home for the recently-restored Ribot III. Riva was one of the greatest status symbols found throughout the Mediterranean in the Golden Era. We are thrilled to have had a Riva consigned to this sale on Lake Como, but to have Ribot III is truly fabulous. This example has performance and specification that no other boat manufacturer can match, and such exclusivity that even the King of Jordan could not convince Riva to build another to this specification. It also has authenticity in the original fittings and sympathetic restoration by Giacomo Lazzari to amazing condition”.
Two owners from new and offered for the first time in more than 40 years, this wonderful powerboat represents a unique opportunity for enthusiasts, investors, and Riva aficionados to acquire a truly unique piece of boating history. It is expected to fetch between €550,000 and €750,000 when it goes under the hammer at the May auction.
In addition to Ribot III, RM’s upcoming sale during the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este weekend will also feature a powerful 1956 Riva Ariston Cadillac. Named ‘Slughi’, it is one of just six Aristons fitted with the powerful 250hp Cadillac engine in 1956. Additionally, it was the second of just 19 boats built, of which it is today the only surviving example from that year. Having spent its entire life in Italy, it is freshly restored and estimated between €180,000 – €220,000.
Riva Ariston – Photo Courtesy RM Auctions
1956 Riva Ariston Cadillac “Slughi”
€180.000 – €220.000
• Hull no. 101 250 bhp, 365 cu. in. Cadillac V-8 engine. Length: 6.45 m (21 ft. 2 in.)
• One of 19 Cadillac-powered Riva Aristons
• The only example from 1956 known to survive
• Sold new in Italy and has been a resident here ever since
• Beautifully and authentically restored
One of the most successful of all Riva wooden runabouts was the Ariston, named for the celebrated Milan movie palace and translating from Greek to “the best”; not humble, perhaps, but in the end, an apt choice. The Ariston combined Riva’s original runabout design with inspiration from Chris-Craft’s delicately rounded “barrelback” stern, giving it lightness and elegance.
Only 19 examples of the Ariston were outfitted with powerful Cadillac engines: six in 1956, eight in 1957, and five in 1958. This is the second example ever built, and it is most likely the oldest to known to survive. Hull number 101, known as Slughi, was outfitted with a 250-horsepower V-8 engine. As a comparison, Chris-Crafts at the time were available with a 158-horsepower inline six-cylinder engine.
Delivered new to Sig. Dolci, an industrialist from Milan, Slughi is believed to be unique among the 19 hulls, as it was built during the change from Riva’s traditional two-piece windscreen to the new, and soon to be iconic, panoramic design. The hull was fitted with the two-piece unit, but it was drilled to accommodate the latter, should the client elect to make the change to the modern design.
Fated to never leave its home country, Slughi was retired from service in the mid-1960s and stored in a hangar on the Italian Riviera for decades. It was discovered in 2004 by a master marine carpenter and expert yacht restorer, M. Guastini, who embarked upon a complete restoration, which included installing new planking on the deck.
The next two owners continued the restoration, locating many missing, rare original parts, with the present caretaker completing the work at the Albertoli yard on Lake Maggiore. The original planking on the sides of the hull was saved and retained, whilst the bottom was replaced and reinforced, as on many old Rivas, for safety purposes. The original Cadillac V-8 was restored with much care, and the upholstery was restored to its original pattern.
The result is a spectacular boat of class, elegance, and refined Cadillac power. Slughi is ready to be enjoyed this summer season and will be delivered with its Cantiere Riva blue cover and its wooden berth.
The lineup of rare and collectable cars offered by RM Auctions during the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este weekend is once again outstanding. Here are just a few beautiful examples…
1955 Porsche 356 pre-A 1500 Speedster by Reutter
70 bhp, 1,500 cc SOHC air-cooled flat four-cylinder engine with two Solex 40 carburettors, four-speed manual transaxle, four-wheel independent suspension, and four-wheel hydraulic drum brakes. Wheelbase: 2,100 mm (82.7 in.)
• Recently fully restored
• Porsche Certificate of Authenticity
• Copy of original Kardex warranty card
• Ideal for vintage rallying and club events
1955 Porsche Speedster – Photo by Simon Clay ©2013 Courtesy of RM Auctions
1962 Ferrari 400 Superamerica SWB Coupé Aerodinamico by Pininfarina
€1.900.000 – €2.300.000
340 hp, 3967 cc SOHC V-12 engine with three Weber 46 DCF carburettors, four-speed manual transmission, independent front suspension with double wishbones and coil springs, live rear axle with semi-elliptic leaf springs and trailing arms, and four-wheel hydraulic disc brakes. Wheelbase: 2,420 mm (94.5 in.)
• From the collection of Mr Skip Barber
• The 12th of 36 built for the factory’s best clients
• Matching-numbers SWB model with covered headlights
• Platinum Award winner at the 2012 Cavallino Classic
• Ferrari Classiche certified
• Documented by Ferrari historian Marcel Massini
1962 Ferrari 400 Superamerica SWB – Photo Tim Scott ©2013 Courtesy of RM Auctions
1947 Cisitalia 202 SMM ‘Nuvolari’ Spyder by Carrozzeria Garella
60 hp, 1,089 cc OHV inline four-cylinder engine, dry sump with two valves per cylinder, two 36 mm Weber carburettors, four-speed manual gearbox, independent front suspension via lower wishbones and transverse leaf spring with telescopic dampers, live rear axle with semi-elliptic leaf springs and telescopic dampers, and four-wheel drum brakes. Wheelbase: 2,400 mm (94.5 in.)
• Unique all-steel prototype for the 202 Spyder
• First raced by Cisitalia founder Piero Dusio
• 1947 Mille Miglia works team car
• Placed 4th overall at the 1947 Mille Miglia
1947 Cisitalia 202 SMM ‘Nuvolari’ Spyder – Photo Cymon Taylor ©2013 Courtesy of RM Auctions
For further information or to discuss limited consignment opportunities to RM’s sale during the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este weekend, please call +44 (0) 20 7851 7070 or visit rmauctions.com.
You can also view the recently released RM Auctions Concorso d”Eleganza Villa d’Este Digital Catalog by Clicking Here.
Tomorrow, Saturday April 27th RM Auctions is presenting the amazing Don Davis Collection without reserve in Fort Worth, Texas. You can go to the RM Auctions website which will be streaming the event live, and catch all the action. The Don Davis Collection sale will stream live online on Saturday starting at 1:00 PM CST. It’s good entertainment and oftem amazing to see what some cars sell for when the hammer falls.
1941 Chrysler Newport Indianapolis 500 Pacemaker by LeBaron – Photo Darin Schnabel ©2013 Courtesy of RM Auctions
RM OFFERS DISTINGUISHED DON DAVIS COLLECTION WITHOUT RESERVE
The Don Davis Collection
• Final countdown underway to RM Auctions’ Don Davis Collection sale, April 27, in Fort Worth, Texas
• Single-day auction features 64 motor cars without reserve
• Offering comprises diverse roster of European sports and GT cars and American horsepower, including superb series of Porsche and Corvette automobiles
• Complete digital catalog now available online at rmauctions.com by Clicking Here.
Thanks for tuning in to Woody Boater and enjoy your trip (or virtual trip) to Italy for the big Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este weekend auction!
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21 Responses to “RM Auctions Offers Unique Cadillac Powered Riva Tritone ‘Special’ & Riva Ariston In Italy”
Greg Lewandowski
Go for it Matt. Put some white fins on it and it will look almost like that 21ft. Continental, only faster!
Chad,
If you go remember to leave your monkey at home. Remember what happened to the Bebe’s monkey when he brought it to Europe!
Love the Tritone’s, but I don’t know – maybe Jimmuh’s is a bit more special, because it begat almost all of them.
Jimmuh
A great 2nd choice though…..and a worthy successor to PERLITA…
And Lago di Como definitely surpasses Lake Washington….
(still too early for the Riva gentle-folk I guess…)
Obviously there is a bunch of Italian engineering going on on that Cadillac engine in the Riva Ariston. The photo shows the top of the transmission and the engine placard but blowing it up distorts it too much to read the model number.
Any chance of RM getting that information?
Chrome plating the exhaust manifolds is a sweet idea on the part of the Italians!
Gary – Here is an excerpt from the RM Catalog description, you can see the entire description by clicking on the link to the catalog above.
Outstanding features include a length of 8.30 metres, more than any other Riva of its era, and two Cadillac-Crusader Marine V-8s produce 325 brake horsepower each, some 100 brake horsepower more than the most powerful stock Riva Super Tritone.
A marine conversion of the same engine that powered the Cadillac Eldorado, the Crusader was built by Calvin “Cal” Connell, of Cadillac-Crusader Marine in Warren, Michigan, who described it as “manufactured with the skill and precision to be expected of a product bearing the name Cadillac…
The engines have been completely engineered for marine use and contain many features new to the marine industry. It is the lightest and most powerful standard production V-8 marine in the world. Between 1955 and 1960, it broke four international speed and endurance records”.
In August 1961, the harshest offshore competition on the European side of the Atlantic, the Cowes Torquay race, was won by Thunderbolt, a small cabin cruiser driven by champion Tommy Sopwith, heir of the famous Sopwith aeronautical firm. Thunderbolt was powered by two “stock” Cadillac Crusader 325-brake horsepower, 390-cubic inch V-8s, exactly the same as the engines selected one year earlier by Carlo Riva and Achille Roncoroni for Ribot III. It was decided that in order to highlight the functional beauty of the red-painted Cadillac power units, the interior of the hull was finished in white rather than the usual grey, at Roncoroni’s order, so as to make the inner engine bay sparkle.
Here is a shot from the Cal-Connell catalog. The way I read it a single 4bbl was 250hp. The low profile model was 265hp. And Dual quads were 285hp.
#1501 & #1502
Terry H.
another world..
72hornet
Wow, wow and more wow. Love the lines on the Rivas and of course the detail on the Cal Connell Cadillacs. Stunning to say the least…..
Cobourg-Kid
It’s incredibly odd that out of 19 Riva Ariston’s crafted by Riva in 1956 only Slughi survived.
What the heck? That’s less than a 5% survival rate for a boat built in the 50s, .There are hundreds of Century Coronado’s still out there from that era and they were not built to last!
Even when I was a kid Rivas , even in atrocious condition, were worth a pile-O-money. So logically one would think that most of those 19 boats would still exist, after all you don’t consign valuable art to the burn pile and, like it or not, a Riva is mobile art .
Hey viewers, any theory’s why so many up and vanished (that don’t involve a monkey) Perhaps they are just lost in a forgotten section of Carlos Riva’s cave?
C-K ,
-there were not only 15 Aristons in 1956, there were 34 AR, including 6 AR Cadillacs, with 13 more AR Cadillacs in 57 & 58,
-the 331 Cad was somewhat notorious for oil pump failures; perhaps a real service problem in Europe at the time,
-Rivas were the province of the ‘rich & famous’; when the next big thing came along, the old Riva was gone,
-they were ‘run hard & put away wet’, often in the ocean,
-just like 21′ Capris, E-types, and any number of more exotic cars; by the time they got to their 5th owner, maybe the cost of maintenance was too much to deal with….
-only very recently has the wooden boat hobby in Europe brought out many ‘barn finds’; there may be another AR Cad waiting patiently in a shed near Lake Geneva, CCC long gone, maybe a CC V8 in place, corroding fasteners pushing their way to the surface, ahhhg! can’t face it again……..
Thanks Jimmuh – “I can see clearly now”
Anyone else find it fishy this post appears the next day after the DONATE button story. Looks like a Riva in the Crystal boat house!
mike k
when cadillac went to the 390 the cal connell went up in horsepower to 325. i have the same engine as one of those twins. mine is pretty much the same except the chrome exhaust manifolds and rocker covers. it is fly wheel rear. the other engine is an earlier (331?) and flywhell forward. this is the one that jim has in the advertisement. i dont know what year they went fly wheel rear.
i do know that i need a thermostat housing on mine, if anyone sees one let me know!!!
floyd r turbo
I’m not sure which is more beautiful, the outside or the engineering that goes into a Riva build. While delivering one to northern Ohio that was shipped in from Italy to the port of Savannah, I had to crawl around inside the boat to take it all in. All the yacht flooring was rubber suspended and removable without tools. The rear cockpit had a hand shower with a through floor catch basin and drain pump, all wiring routed flat and fastened every 4 to 6 inches, no loose wiring just running “wild” thru the air, it was just incredible, I could go on and on.
On the way through Cincinnati, a truck hauling an empty dumpster dropped it accidentally about 75 ft in front of me on I-75 n/bound while I’m pulling the Riva. Sparks are flying all over the road while this dumpster is grinding down the interstate at 60 mph. As I always do when towing, I left enough room between me and that truck/dumpster, to whip it over into the right lane and around the skidding metal monster. Cars were dodging left and right when I looked back in the mirror. Fortunately, I was closest and got around it without having to deal with the remaining traffic.
Another entertaining story from the memory banks of Mr. Turbo, thanks for sharing it with us.
We should start publishing a series of short classic boating stories under the title of “The Turbo Chronicles” – Like a Woody Boater version of Readers Digest…
By the way – how would you ever explain to your insurance agent that you were hit by a dumpster that was speeding down the freeway at 60 MPH?
Insurance? oh yes insurance, Carla runs from the Hagerty table when she sees me walking towards her, lol. just kidding. Ironically, it was just south of Lou Rauh’s old place Antique Boat Center, exit 8 Towne St but I was headed to the north shore.
“Look, officer, he (the dumpster) didn’t signal his lane change, cut me right off”.
Officer says “Was it a vintage blue dumpster with a rusty lid or a modern green dumpster with a plastic lid?”
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Drama by Mishka Lavigne
Translated from French by Neil Blackadder
In Mishka Lavigne’s play Haven, the famous writer Gabrielle Sauriol has died in a car accident on the Pacific coast. Her only survivor is her adult daughter, Elsie. In this scene, Elsie attends her mother's funeral.
Funeral home.
I’m in mourning.
That’s what one says, right?
That’s what one says.
My sincere condolences.
My most sincere condolences.
All my sympathy.
Condooooolences.
Thank youuuuu.
Sincere . . .
Tha . . .
I shake hands because it’s what one does.
I shake hand after hand
so many that I start wondering which one is mine.
Here lies Gabrielle Sauriol—not . . .
Gabrielle Sauriol lies in the Pacific Ocean now.
I’m wearing black.
I shake people’s hands.
I say thank you
because I’m polite.
I’m a well-brought-up girl.
The well-brought-up daughter of Gabrielle Sauriol.
People tell me:
You need to take the time to come to terms with this.
“Come to terms with it”
as if this were a legal dispute.
A piece of me is missing.
We’ve gathered here today to pay our respects to my mother.
“There are some moments that are beyond us.”
That’s the first sentence on the first page of Haven.
Everybody knows that.
This here, now: this is a moment that’s beyond us.
We all know that the writing of Gabrielle Sauriol speaks
better than I do.
We all know you’re here for her
and that I
I’m here for a Gabrielle Sauriol you don’t know.
That’s not my mother
the Governor General’s Award, the Man Booker Prize, and all the others
the honorary doctorates
the millions of Twitter followers
the articles in all the magazines
the appointments as writer in residence
that’s not my mother.
My mother is someone else.
I never knew my father.
It’s always just been her and me.
No other family besides her.
she was the one who read with me late into the evening
pressed right up together in my little bed.
She was the one who knew how to light a fire in five minutes on the stopwatch
those times we got on the road to go to seedy campgrounds
in St. Something on Whatsit
in the Whatever Valley
by the River I Forget What It Was Called.
She was the one who cried
every time she heard Neil Young’s song “Helpless.”
She was the one I clung to as tightly as I could
when I swam in the Pacific for the first time.
My mother isn’t here.
But you know that.
everybody knows that her remains aren’t here today.
She’s decomposing
she’s sinking
she’s being shaken up by the tide
eaten up by the deep-sea creatures.
(Pause.)
That’s macabre.
That’s not what you came here for.
You have to read Haven to understand grief.
In Haven
a mother loses her daughter
and I’ve . . .
it’s the same
it’s nearly the same.
In the novel, the mother gets to see the daughter’s body
touch it
in order to really understand that she’s no longer living in that body.
In the novel, they bring her daughter’s body to her
they prove to her that her daughter’s gone.
I sound like I’m in my classroom.
Thank you for coming to honor the memory of my mother. For information about any posthumous tributes you’d like to pay to her, please contact Mr. O’Neill, the lawyer for the publishing house.
Have a good rest of your day.
From Havre. © Mishka Lavigne. By arrangement with the author. Translation © 2018 by Neil Blackadder. All rights reserved.
The World is Moving Around Me
Nonfiction by Dany Laferrière
From “Tazmamartyrs”
Nonfiction by Aziz BineBine
Fiction by Nadine Bismuth
Mishka Lavigne
Mishka Lavigne is a playwright and literary translator based in Ottawa/Gatineau. Her plays have been produced, read, and developed in Canada, France, Germany and the United States. Her plays include Cinéma, produced in April 2015 by the Théâtre la Catapulte and Théâtre Belvédère, and Murs, read at the 2017 Zones Théâtrales biennial. Her solo text for one actress, Vigile, was produced by Théâtre Rouge Écarlate in March 2017. Albumen, her first English-language play, was developed in the 2016 Banff Playwrights’ Lab and in a NNPN supported development workshop with Orlando Shakespeare Theatre under the direction of Cynthia White. Albumen was recently read at Red Tape Theatre in Chicago and will be produced in Ottawa in March 2019. Lavigne’s play Havre has been read in Montreal and Ottawa and at the prestigious Francophonies en Limousin Festival in Limoges, France, in 2016. Havre premiered in Saskatoon in September 2018 and will also be produced in Geneva in January 2019. The play is translated in English by Neil Blackadder (Haven) and in German by Frank Weigand (Hafen).
Photo: Jonathan Lorange
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Neil Blackadder translates drama and prose from German and French, specializing in contemporary theater. His translations of plays by Lukas Bärfuss and Ewald Palmetshofer have been produced in London, New York, Chicago, and elsewhere, and he has received grants from the Howard Foundation and PEN, and held residencies at the Banff Centre and Art Omi. Other playwrights Neil has translated include Rebekka Kricheldorf, Ferdinand Schmalz, Evelyne de la Chenelière, Thomas Arzt, and Maxi Obexer. Neil grew up in England and since 1994 has taught theater, first at Duke University and then at Knox College, where he has several times directed plays he translated. He is one of the founders of TinT, the Theatre in Translation network.
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Tennessee Valley residents see spike in utility bills following cold weather
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Thursday, January 25th 2018, 5:22 PM EST
People in the Tennessee Valley may start to see a spike in their utility bills because of the cold weather.
Those who turned on the heat to stay warm through last week's frigid temperatures are beginning to see the effects.
Utility bills from December are starting to hit mailboxes and inboxes. It's the price of staying warm through a frigid December and start to January.
"Too high. Way too high," Ralph Monds from Chattanooga said.
Monds recently received his EPB bill. He said he normally pays around $200 a month and it's more than doubled.
"I'm going to pay half of it today and the other half next week," Monds said.
Most would be surprised to hear that the average residential bill is down compared to this time last year for EPB customers.
Last January, officials say bills were sitting at almost $142. This year, they're at $139. That's about $3 less on average.
"Last year reflects the TVA's fuel cost adjustment rate. It was actually higher than it was," John Pless of EPB said.
Even with a slight decrease, that may not be enough for some families. That's where organizations like the United Way help with their 211 program.
"There are hundreds of nonprofits and hundreds of churches in this area and so our specialists know exactly how to navigate that system," Jamie Bergmann of the United Way said.
One of those non-profit partner agencies is the Northside Neighborhood House. They said utility bills have been a top concern for those who need assistance.
"We've been seeing really high bills. The highest one we've gotten so far is over $460 just for one month's utility usage to heat a home," Meghan Creecy of the Northside Neighborhood House said.
They've seen a 40% increase in need since the beginning of the year. It's a large difference compared to this time last year when temperatures were mild for winter.
"It's a wonderful feeling to support our neighbors in need and also set them up to thrive with their families," Creecy said.
it's also always a good idea to call your utility company if you have any questions.
Chattanooga Gas issued a statement on Thursday:
Chattanooga Gas is committed to providing clean, safe, reliable and affordable natural gas for our customers. With recent colder-than-normal temperatures, which were about nine percent colder this year over last, we’ve seen about an eight percent increase in natural gas usage. As we’ve seen across the country, due to increased natural gas usage during these frigid temperatures, Chattanooga Gas customer bills were about $8.44 more than last year. The Chattanooga Gas customer base charge has remained unchanged for nearly eight years. There has been a very slight increase in the cost of the natural gas commodity. Natural gas is still the best value energy source to meet your heating needs. Due to its abundance, on average, bills are lower now than they were 10 years ago, because natural gas prices have been relatively low.
Simply dial 2-1-1 and stay on the line to speak with an information and referral specialist about your needs. All calls to 2-1-1 are free and confidential.
Call 423.265.8000. Cell phone users may need to use this number due to problems connecting some cell phone services when users only enter 2-1-1.
Call toll free: 866.921.3035
For the hearing impaired: dial 711 (Tennessee Relay Service)
The Chattanooga Salvation Army provides emergency assistance to help families and individuals survive financial crisis situations with dignity.
Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) - LIHEAP is 100 percent federally funded through a grant program from the Federal Department of Health and Human Services. Money is available for applicants on a first-come, first-served basis. Income levels must not exceed 150 percent of the poverty level.
Residents interested in other heating assistance programs should call Bradley-Cleveland Community Services at 423-479-4111 or Hamilton County Social Services at 423-757-5541.
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Suspect accused of violent crime out of jail due to 287(g) ending
By: Tina Terry
Updated: Jan 4, 2019 - 6:27 PM
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - A man accused of shooting a man while in the country illegally is out of jail after Mecklenburg County sheriff ended the 287(g) program, which kept prisoners with ICE holds behind bars.
[Sheriff McFadden begins tenure by ending ICE’s 287(g) program in Mecklenburg County]
Sources said more violent criminals are back on the streets since the program ended in the county.
Sheriff Garry McFadden said 28 people who were held under 287(g) provisions have been released, and a source said some present a danger to the public.
ICE officials said undocumented immigrant Kevin Santos shot a man during an attempted robbery early last year.
(Santos)
He was booked into the Mecklenburg County jail and was being held for ICE agents under the 287(g) program even though a judge gave him bond.
Legal experts said that was common under the program.
[Abolishing 287(g) could lead to more arrests of undocumented immigrants]
"So even though the person had a bond, if they were able to pay it, they would not be released. Without 287(g), that person given a bond has an opportunity to be released," an attorney told Channel 9.
McFadden ended 287(g) program last month.
Channel 9 contacted Santos’ alleged victim.
"(The gunshot) affected my leg,” the victim, who did not want to be identified, said. “I couldn't walk, do much (running.) I was joining the Army, and I can't because of it.”
He was shocked to hear Santos is back on the streets.
"I'm really confused about how and why," the victim said.
Santos, who is required to wear an ankle bracelet, goes to trial on charges related to that shooting in March.
McFadden declined to comment Friday.
(McFadden)
“Sheriff McFadden is not re-evaluating his decision to terminate 287(g),” a spokesperson for the Sheriff’s Office said.
Immigration is a growing concern in the U.S. this year.
In an Associated Press poll, 49 percent of Americans listed it as a top problem they want the government to address in 2019, which is up from 27 percent going into 2018.
CMPD investigating after man found shot to death on trail behind recreation center
Suspect got more than he bargained for after chasing woman into north Charlotte karate studio
FORECAST: Flooding a threat as heavy downpours soak the Carolinas
CMPD: Man accused of impersonating officer attempts to make traffic stop in north Charlotte
Man sues Burger King after he says he was offered burgers for life for being locked in bathroom
Official: Man drowns trying to rescue kids at N Carolina beach
Police officer fired after $500 goes missing from victim of fatal shooting
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Eientei
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Limited Adventure in Eientei Thread 5 day 4 (thread 4 is 3 bah) Teruyo!Wo5j3FYZRg 08/05/16(Fri)22:40 No. 1659
[x] Wait here, surely she'll come back
You decide to wait for Mokou to come back. Yes - you feel anxious, and definitely the guilt from leaving Eientei has started to affect you, but wandering off on your own probably isn't a good idea. You clearly have no idea where you are. The only path you even remotely felt that you knew was the one in between the manor and the village.
During the time that you're waiting, your thoughts drift off, you start to think what did the people of Eientei think happened to you. Do they care? You think that Kaguya might care, and feel like a bit of a douche for leaving her side so soon after collapsing in front of her. Hell, maybe Eirin is also worried about, since she apparently needed you for some sort of assistance. Granted, it's a different kind of worry, but it doesn't make it any less valid. You think that even Reisen might be worried about you, since you're a guest at the mansion and she's the head bunny. You sigh, well brooding over it won't help now. You should just return to Eientei as soon as possible and show them that you're okay. Maybe they won't be too mad at your indiscretion.
After a few more minutes pass, and with no sign of Mokou, you decide to exit the cave and wait by the entrance. This seems to be the best compromise between looking for her and waiting at the cave. You're greeted by the warm rays of the sun and the immense bamboo forest. As far as the eye can see there's bamboo. You probably couldn't find your way here even with a compass.
After a few more minutes your patience is starting to wear thin. You start to assume the worst and wonder if Mokou is really coming back. Conveniently enough, you can hear some noise coming from the left, it doesn't sound like it's too far away. Even if it's not Mokou you could probably go check it out and come back and continue waiting. Still, patience IS a virtue, so maybe staying put is best,
[ ] Go check the noise out
[ ] Stay put
>> Anonymous 08/05/16(Fri)22:43 No. 1660
[x] Stay put
>> lkanonymous 08/05/16(Fri)22:44 No. 1661
paranoia, etc
[ ] Go check the noise out.
TEWI! THIS TIME I'LL FIND YOU DAMNIT!
[x] Go check the noise out
Let's mosey!
Also, the obligatory 'Tewi tewi tewi tewi tewi tewi tewi tewi'.
[x] Go check the noise out.
Getting lost is a good way to get Tewi to find us. She basically owns the whole damn forrest.
Remember what happens to people who check the noise out in horror movies alone? Yeah.
TEEEEEEEEWIIIIII
>> Teruyo!Wo5j3FYZRg 08/05/16(Fri)22:48 No. 1668
They recieve delicious candy? 'Cuz that's what I selectively remember from horror movies.
It'll be just like the horror movies. But, instead of psychopathic murderers we'll get delicious inaba.
Might be Mokou looking for breakfast. Or Tewi. Or both.
You decide to go check the noise out. It might be Mokou coming back after all. You make your way through the bamboo trees, towards the noise. You get a vague feeling of deja vu as you realize that you've done this before. Fairly recently in fact. Just as you start to think that this will lead you into a bad place, you step on something that snaps, alerting whoever is on the other side of the thicket. You breathe in deep, hoping that you can be shrugged off as an animal or something.
“COME OUT SLOWLY OR I BLAST YOU!” You hear a voice say. “COME ON HURRY UP OR YOU'LL BE EXTERMINATED.”
OH CRAP. Now you're being threatened to boot. It looks like today won't be a good day at all.
[ ] Come out peacefully and hope that you don't get killed
[ ] Try to make a run for it
[X] Come out peacefully and hope that you don't get killed
oh son of a bitch
[x] Come out peacefully and hope that you don't get killed.
Oh hay, looks like we found our ride.
>EXTERMINATED
Raymoo?
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Fuck, daleks have invaded Gensokyo.
[ ] Come out peacefully and hope that you don't get killed.
Good, we're just as stupid as our namesake.
>Good, we're just as awesome as our namesake.
Though it's probably a weaponless Tewi.
>>Though it's probably a weaponless Tewi.
Or a very armed Reimu/Marisa.
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It's probably best if you heed the voice and come out peacefully. After all, it seems almost everyone in Gensokyo can level whole city blocks, so you definitely don't want to give someone incentive to blast you. You make your way through the bamboo into a small clearing. There, is what seems to be the girl you saw flying the other night. Even though she was far away and you couldn't see very well, the clothes this girl is wearing all but confirms it.
Apparently, you're not what she expected to come out from the bamboo thicket. As she sees you, you can almost see a bit of disbelief on her face as she sizes you up. Her big floppy hat wiggles as she nods to herself, deciding what to do. All the while she keeps you threatened by aiming at you.
“You were the one in the thicket?” She asks and you nod. “You're human, ze~” You nod again in affirmation. “What's a human like you doing in a place like this, this is no place for regular humans, da ze~ It's a bit suspicious to be sure, how can I make sure that you're really human and not a youkai wanting to eat me?”
She seems to want proof of your humanity. You also wonder what's up with the 'ze~' it's kinda weird. You feel very uncomfterable because you can't help but feel that you're a single instant away from vaporization. As almost a reflex action, you had started gripping your laser pointer within you clothing. You could always try to blind her and then run. Surely you'd be able to make it while she's stunned. Otherwise you could always try explaining your situation or just try using logic to prove that you're human.
[ ] Blind with laser then run like hell
[ ] Try to explain your situation
[ ] Try to use logic
[X] Try to use logic
Oh, this should end well.
[x] Try to explain your situation
"Don't Youkai usually have pointy teeth and unnaturally colored hair/eyes? Plus it seems there are only girl youkai. How many pureblood male youkai have you seen before? Anyways, I need a ride. I've been worrying the girls at Eintei way too much. Bind me if you don't trust me."
[x]Use logic
>[x]Shirou
>[x]Logic
Our pew pew is no match for her pew pew.
>how can I make sure that you're really human and not a youkai wanting to eat me?
[x] Make some really crude innuendos
That'll prove you're human.
Don't underestimate us!
Her pew-pew may be able to reduce us to cinders in the blink of an eye, but OUR pew-pew can burn out her goddamn retinas.
"I've never heard of a youkai so lacking in dignity that it pretends to be a human. Have you?"
[x] Moonwalk the fuck out of there.
"See, there were this tiny person, right? And then I was all 'whoa'. And then when I woke up, the world had moved under my bed, so I went to take a bath. Except the keyboard made my brain hurt, so I ended up walking out the window! And that's why everyone's shouting at me."
So guys, when are we going to level up to KING OF POP?
"If I'm a youkai, then where is my hat?"
>> Teruyo!Wo5j3FYZRg 08/05/17(Sat)00:08 No. 1696
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You might not be the strongest nor fastest, but you think you could reason you way out of most situations.
“I think I can prove that I'm a human.” You tell the witch.
“Well, let's hear it.” She replies
“Well firstly, if I were a youkai, wouldn't I have tried to attack you regardless of your threat? By heeding your threat, I proved that I can reason and would not attack, at least on sight.” You begin.
“That's true, but you could be one of the smarter youkai who fancy themselves smarter than humans.”
She does have a point there but you continue nonetheless. “Even so I don't have any claws, fur, or sharp teeth, so if I WERE a youkai, I'd be either very weak or specialized in magic. That would mean that I wouldn't be afraid of your threat and have tried to blast you myself. Plus would any self-respecting youkai pretend to be human?”
The witch pauses for a moment and thinks about it. “Ah, that's certainly true, ze~ but I still have my doubts, you might just be a weakling.”
You sigh, and try to convince her fully by appealing to her ego. “If I were a weakling as you say, you'd have nothing to fear from me, you'd be able to blast me at any time. Plus, have you ever seen a fullblooded male youkai? I sure am not one. And in case that doesn't convince you this should.” You pause to land your finishing move. “Would a youkai say that the you're extremely cute? More than that, your whole outfits suits you perfectly and the hat adds to the appeal of a young beautiful maiden that you have.”
She blushes slightly at those last few words and relaxes a bit. “Alright, you've convinced me. But what's a human doing here anyways, ze~?”
You proceed to tell her (while skipping details like cuddling with Mokou) what happened to you since last night. After finishing your story, she nods in satisfaction and asks you what you want to do. “I was out here picking some rare mushrooms that only grow in the forest. I assume you want to reunite with your missing companion?” You nod. “Well in that case, you're in luck, she's been eavesdropping on our conversation for a while now.” She turns and points to a patch of forest. “It's okay, you can come out now.” And sure as rain a grinning Mokou steps out scratching her head.
“I guess I've been found.” She says smiling.
“Well since you've been reunited, I guess I don't need to take any further action.” The witch says. “I'll be on my way now.” As she starts to walk away she remembers something and turns around and stops. “Oh, I'm Marisa ze~, pleased to meetcha!” You reply in kind with your name. “Alright, be more careful in the future, not everyone is a magnanimous as I am!” And with those words she heads into the forest and disappears.
You're left alone with Mokou in the clearing. You immediately question her on her whereabouts. “I just stepped out a bit to orient myself. I didn't expect you to wake up so soon.” She says, but you can tell she's hiding something. “In any case, you're fine so there's no problem, let's get out of here. We can make it to the human village in less than an hour from here.” You're kind of pissed at her, and curious as to what she was doing, but you don't know if it's smart to annoy her since she's your way out of here.
[ ] Follow Mokou silently
[ ] Insist that she tell you what she was really doing
[ ] Get pissed at her for hiding and not saving your hide back there
>> Anonymous 08/05/17(Sat)00:10 No. 1697
[X] Follow Mokou silently
But, wait, why are we going to the village?
[x]Ask Mokou to take you to Eientei.
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>>STAY ON TARGET
How the fuck are we supposed to STAY ON TARGET when the target is changing every thirty seconds?
I assume because Mokou doesn't want to get too close after last night.
Besides, we pretty much know the way back from there on our own.
[x] "The Human Village? I should be getting back to Eientei soon. They're probably worried."
[x] Insist that she tell you what she was really doing
We haven't hid anything from her so far, right? So she shouldn't hide things from us.
She went to take a leak and doesn't want to tell you, natch.
They'll be worried sick. At least they better be.
>> Hungry Youkai!GGKI3UTr5s 08/05/17(Sat)00:33 No. 1709
THIS. Do want Kaguya.
[ ] Ask Mokou to take you to Eientei.
SECRET WRITE-IN OPTION.
>> *Scorn*!!D4MGD0ZwZl 08/05/17(Sat)00:38 No. 1711
She doesn't have to take us in, just to. Sorry Mouku but we want NEET feet.
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Tewi sure is a rather elusive rabbit isnt she.
[x] Ask Mokou to take you to Eientei.
It'd be even more amusing if she says no.
Alarms go off and we're no where to be found. Yeah they're worried.
Be sure to explain that they must be worried sick.
Probably think we got kidnapped or something, going to town instead of there would be a serious dick move.
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[x]Ask Mokou to take you to Eientei
You suppress your feelings and the curiosity you felt to know what she was really up to and you decide to tell her to take you to Eientei.
“Mokou, I think I want to go back to Eientei.” You say. She stops walking, turns around and looks at you.
“I don't think that's such a good idea kid. I'm definitely not welcome there and there'll be security forces everywhere, combing the forest. If anything we should go to the village and gather a bit of information before we go stomping off back to Eientei.”
What she says makes sense, but you can't help but feel that you're making the people at Eientei worry about you. You reiterate that you have to go back and now. Mokou sighs and says after a while. “Geez kid, you're really stubborn, like I said IT'S NOT A GOOD IDEA. Eientei's security is really strict and the traps, as you saw last night are quite deadly.”
You can't help but feel frustrated and not totally convinced at her answer. But she continues to speak. “Look, if you want to risk your neck go ahead and go alone, I'm not going. I may be immortal, but it hurts like hell when I get hit by a rocket or shot at. Trust me that you don't want to feel that. Make up your mind, it's your funeral kid and only you should get to decide when you die.”
Crap, she's kinda ticked off at you now, you can almost see small flames coming from her, still you have to make up your mind now. Going alone is dangerous and might get you killed.
[ ] Leave Mokou and try to get to Eientei
[ ] Mokou is right, follow her to the village
[x] Mokou is right, follow her to the village
[x] Ask her what she was REALLY doing along the way.
Fuck it, if they're looking for us they SHOULD send someone to the village since that's the only place we've been to in Gensokyo besides Eientei.
I've been around enough to recognize when the DM is steering us.
Damn her and her...LOGIC.
[X] Leave Mokou and try to get to Eientei.
We've got guts.
[x] Leave Mokou and try to get to Eientei
Tewi tewi tewi tewi tewi tewi BAD END tewi tewi tewi tewi BAD END.
As much as I want to go back, I'm not taking a rocket to the face.
Because her saying she was just "orientating" herself is still bugging the shit out of me.
[x] Mokou is right, follow her to the village.
FINE! I'LL GO, BUT I'LL BE INDIGNANT ABOUT IT!
Well this is sure to piss some people off, people skilled in torture.
If you want my advice, you should just lie down in front of a rocket. Trust me, it'll be a lot less painful than the neurotoxin.
（ ´ー`)
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God you hate it when people use logic and and are right. It takes the fun out of doing something crazy (or maybe multiplies the pleasure, a voice in the back of your head says). But yeah, Mokou is right. You'd probably get incinerated or blown to pieces by a sentry long before you ever reached Eientei. You tell Mokou that she's right and start following her.
She still seems to be ticked off at your foolishness, but you try to make some small talk nevertheless. At first she's not receptive to your quibbling, but you manage to get a few words out of her and before you know it you're talking to each other like nothing happened again. However there's one thing that still bugs you, what she was up to this morning. You can't resist and ask her.
“Hey Mokou?” You start.
“About this morning, what exactly were you doing?”
“I told you.” She answers. “I was trying to orient myself within the forest.”
Still not convinced you press her further.
“I don't believe you, you should know this forest like the back of your hand. Case in point, you guide people to Eientei, plus you sneak around without their security detecting you. Furthermore, you definitely knew where the cave was since you led us there. I don't buy that you needed to see where we were.” Satisfied at your logic, you eagerly await her response.
“Geez, let it go, I don't want to tell you.” She says.
“So you are hiding something from me.” You say. “I thought we were being honest with each other, I have to admit that I'm a bit shocked and hurt that you'd hide something from me. I've never hidden anything from you, even my dealings with Eientei.”
Mokou tenses up upon hearing those words. She must feel a bit guilty by now. Finally she speaks up. “Yeah I didn't mean to lie to you. It's just a bit... difficult to explain.” Her voice starts getting smaller. “It's just that when I woke up I was lying on you, and you had your arm around me...” Her voice almost becomes inaudible at the last few words. You can't see her face since you're facing her back, but you can tell she's embarrassed. Regaining her composure, she continues. “Anyways, after seeing that I just needed some time by myself to cool down. After all, it was the first time something like that happened to me. I shouldn't have left you alone for so long though.” She pauses for a bit. “I guess what I'm saying is that I'm sorry.”
Satisfied with her answer you tell her it's okay, and that everything worked out in the end. You two keep walking through the bamboo forest for a while longer. Soon enough, you arrive at the village. Urging you to stay put, she says that she'll go gather some info and be right back. You agree to stay around and wait.
After a few minutes you notice that there's a bit of a commotion going on in the middle of the village square. You're awfully curious to see what all the ruckus is about. You could probably go and check it out without any ramifications since you promised Mokou that you'd stay 'around'.
[ ] Go check out the commotion
[ ] Stay like an obedient puppy
[x] Stay like an obedient puppy
Wandering hasn't seemed to go well the last few times.
Must obey Mokou
Letting our curiosity for checking things out get the better of us is how we wound up in this situation in the first place.
Of course, snuggling with Mokou pretty much made it worthwhile. Until we get back "home" at least. I have a bad feeling about who may have been watching us that night.
Shirou, you got some 'splaining to do.
[ ] Go check out the commotion.
Hmm, maybe it's someone from Eientei looking for us.
You're alive aren't you? That should in itself be reward enough for wandering around. You guys even avoided the bad ends pretty well. I'm supposed to be impartial here, so all I'm saying is that just because a choice hasn't worked for you in the past doesn't mean it won't in the future (I mean anemia option hasn't been that bad, has it?)
[x] Practice your dance moves
WRITE A FUCKING MOONWALK GOOD END ALREADY FAGGOT.
I hope Mokou is behaving herself.
[x] Go check out the commotion
B-but only for a moment, then I'm going back! It's... It's not like I don't want you to find me easily, stupid!
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After all that you've been through maybe wandering off to see what the fuss is all about wouldn't be such a good idea. You decide to stay like an obedient puppy would on command from his master. Soon enough, the commotion apparently ends and you're left wondering what that was all about.
After a bit, Mokou comes back, along with her is Keine. Keine quickly greets you and says that Mokou explained the whole situation to her.
“Earlier this morning, a couple of people came from Eientei inquiring if we had seen a human matching your description. All they said that it was important that if you were found to bring you to them.” Keine explains what happened in the village. “In any case, they said that they were in a security lockdown and to only use the main path, as the other paths were now full of traps. They said that anyone caught out there would surely be subject to grievous bodily harm.” You gulp. Good thing you didn't try going by yourself then.
After that suggests the course of action to follow. You can either wait in the village until the security lockdown ends and go with Mokou or you could try going alone through the main path. “You know the route to Eientei from here, right?” Keine asks you. You tell her that you think you know the way.
Well, it's up to you now. You can stay in the village for an indefinite period of time, and wait for the whole thing to blow over, or you can go now and try to make it to Eientei. The main path seems to be clear of traps, so you should be safe. Mokou seems to be worried for your safety but Keine just smiles and tells you to do what you feel like.
[ ] Wait it out in the village
[ ] Go to Eientei by ourselves
[X] Go to Eientei by ourselves.
These traps can't stop us.
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[x] Go to Eientei by ourselves
Kaguya's waiting. I will find her.
[x] Tell Mokou she's welcome to come if she's that worried
No problem he--oh hey, what's that flickering light I see off to the side of the path? For some reason I want to follow it....
So Eientei enabled an untold number of death-dealing traps to aid in finding someone who's missing. Well, at least anon isn't the only idiot in this one.
Eirin's waiting for us.
Sounds more like we're being forced away from Eientei to suit the story
[ ] Go to Eientei by ourselves.
[ ] Go to Eientei WITH MOKOU :D
There is no lockdown; we're in no danger, but they expect us to stay out of fear. Mokou's convinced Keine to go along with it, 1) because humans are safe in the village, and 2) because she wants to pick our brain some more.
>"Anyways, after seeing that I just needed some time by myself to cool down. After all, it was the first time something like that happened to me."
AHAHAHAHAHA! MOKOU YOU BALD-FACED LIAR!
I know your game; You're only thinking of us in utility to Kaguya. If she really did like us, then this would be a good way to hurt her. You didn't buy our story at first, but when you spotted us in Eientei while lurking, you knew we had some value. It's serendipity that we noticed you and came outside, since the alarm was the perfect alibi in accosting us.
You left the cave so you could observe us: Did we really not know the way back to the Eientei? Or was our first meeting with you a ploy? You also scouted the area in case Kaguya or one of her lackeys were observing or came to fetch us.
You didn't interfere with Marisa because you wanted to see if we were hiding any powers and wanted to see our level of survivability--after all, Kaguya wouldn't invest much in a person who dies so easily, right?
Roping us into going into the village by blowing Eientei's "response" out of proportion. Sweeping the forest would be a pointless waste of time and rabbits when the perpetrator most likely can most likely fly and/or is immortal.
You were bringing us to the village because you can't be attacked by Eientei there, where you can break our guard by acting chummy, filling us with food and drink, while you extract information, and seduce or otherwise have us betray Kaguya.
Hell of a conspiracy theory there.
This. She doesn't even have to come with us all the way, just far enough along to be sure we can handle the rest of the trip ourselves.
You're the type of person who makes tinfoil hats to block out the alien brainwaves aren't you?
OH SHI- HAVE MY DIABOLICAL PLANS BEEN FOUND OUT? You be the judge people.
Well considering the eternal battle between Kaguya and Mokou it wouldn't surprise me if they had a bunch of traps to ward her off.
Also writing now, [ x] Go to Eientei alone won
No, I just think that Mokou lost her virginity sometime over the last 1000 years, and that she and Kaguya hate each other.
>>So Eientei enabled an untold number of death-dealing traps to aid in finding someone who's missing. Well, at least anon isn't the only idiot in this one.
No, they enabled an untold number of death-dealing traps to aid in keeping away who or whatever it was that came and abducted us in the night.
If they had known we had left our room willingly, and are the ones who triggered the automated defenses in the first place, they probably wouldn't have gone that far. Frankly, I think we should be flattered that they don't think we're that stupid, and assume we were forcibly abducted.
If Mokou drank the Hourai elixir while a virgin, will her hymen regenerate after each time?
Oh god I think I remember having this argument...
Do I have to spell it out for you Shirou?
>“It's just that when I woke up I was lying on you, and you had your arm around me...” Her voice almost becomes inaudible at the last few words. You can't see her face since you're facing her back, but you can tell she's embarrassed. Regaining her composure, she continues. “Anyways, after seeing that I just needed some time by myself to cool down. After all, it was the first time something like that happened to me.
Read that last line again. Whatever the hell the unheard words were (I assume she was implying she noticed our erection) it's NOT something she hasn't seen before.
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You decide that you've put it off long enough. You're going to Eientei. You tell Keine thanks for her offer and bid her and Mokou farewell. Mokou tells you to take care and you're off. You think you remember the path perfectly now and head into the bamboo forest once again. You wonder if you've upset the people at Eientei and continue to walk. According to your calculations you should be halfway there.
You carry on walking when you see what appears to be a girl wearing a blue dress with some frills on the white top part. Why is it that everyone in Gensokyo tends to have a ribbon, frills, or other things that went out of vogue in the outside world eons ago? The girl is pretty cute and the dress definitely does suit her. As you continue walking, she notices you and asks you to stop for a bit, if you don't mind. Seeing that she doesn't apparently present a threat, you comply and ask her what's the matter. And then you see it.
Beautiful. Absolutely precious. Words alone cannot describe the beauty of it.
You're completely enthralled at the sight of it.
There's a small doll flying around the girl. This doll is just precious, the workmanship is superb. Even though you'd need to get closer to confirm it, you suspect that the doll was lovingly crafted by hand. The details on it are just remarkable. Your collector senses go absolutely crazy. You know right there and then that you want it. And if you can't have it you want one similar to it.
You come to your senses when you realize that the girl has been speaking with you and is apparently expecting an answer.
“Huh, come again?” You ask the girl.
“Geez, pay attention when someone speaks to you.” The girl says. “I said that I was looking for a certain person that was wandering around this forest. Black dress, with an apron and a funny-looking hat?”
You instantly remember your encounter with Marisa. Could she be referring to her? You ask her if the girl's name was Marisa.
“Yeah that's her! So you saw her, right?” She asks you. You tell her that she was in the forest a while ago, but she's probably gone by now. “Well, thanks I guess, it beats not knowing if she was here or not. If you see her again, tell her Alice is looking for her.”
You nod and say that you will.
Well then I'll be off, thanks for your time.
“WAIT!” A voice screams in your head.
The doll. Ask her about the doll. Every single ounce of your willpower goes into restraining yourself from shouting like a retard, asking about the doll. You try to focus yourself and organize your thoughts. You really want to ask about the doll, since it's probably the only chance you'll ever get to find out about such a sublime piece of craftsmanship. The girl is starting to leave. You need to know if you are to call yourself a collector. It feels like you're going to burst if you don't find out. It can't possibly take more than a few moments to find out about the doll.
[ ] Call out to Alice and ask about the doll
[ ] Hold the urge in and head straight to Eientei
We collect dolls, of course.
Alice is gonna kill us if we freak the fuck out over Shanghai.
OR the last few lines that were "almost inaudible" were the very ones we read (e.g. you had your arm around me). In other words, the immortal loner girl was a bit freaked out at waking up to see that she's been all cozy and cuddled next to HotGluenonymous.
[x] Call out to Alice and ask about the doll
>It can't possibly take more than a few moments to find out about the doll.
awesome.jpg
[x] Sublimate the urge and moonwalk straight to Eientei
[X] Call out to Alice and ask about the doll.
DO WANT Unlimited Fig Works and eventual Trap anon.
[X] Hold the urge in and head straight to Eientei
I KNOW WHERE THIS IS GOING AND I DO NOT LIKE IT
She might think it's awesome that we love dolls, too!
>After all, it was the first time something like that happened to me.
Again, which part of this statement do you find equivocal?
Good, Shanghai, you're looking kind of moHNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNGH
Why Alice, your doll looks broken. Allow me to lend some HOT GLUE!
Hold out Anon! Now that you've met Marisa you'll surely be able to see Alice and her Shanghai again!
Asking about the doll won. Writing now
No! BAD ANON! BAD!
NO HOTGLUING SHANGHAI!
We must save our hot glue for the NEET.
Either that word doesn't mean what you think it means, or your response is a non-sequitur. I mean, what, you think she's been cozied up and asleep with someone's arm around her, but HASN'T seen a guy's erection through his pants and is shocked? There's a pretty fine line, and I don't find it any more reasonable to assume both, than to merely assume the former.
I've wanted a Shanghai of my own ever since she showed up in the /forest/ LA.
If we're Shirou, why don't we make our own doll with tracing?
We're just a wannabe.
She'll understand.
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You just couldn't let this one slide. You HAVE to find out about this masterpiece. You stop the girl.
“Yes what is it?” She asks
“It's about your doll.”
“My doll? Oh you mean Shanghai here?” As she says the doll's name it flies towards you. You're absolutely captivated by its majestic apperance.
“It's just that I myself collect pieces like those. And I must say that I was quite taken aback by the beauty of it. Her level of detail is unprecedented. I simply must know where you got it.”
Alice smiles upon hearing that. “Thank you, I made her myself.”
“Made it yourself? Then you have a most impressive level of skill!” You say excitedly.
“Oh no, it's nothing like that, I just make these in my spare time. I normally only take Shanghai and Hourai with me, Shanghai is here as you can see, and I sent Hourai to scout around for Marisa.”
You interject in the conversation. “Truly I have not seen a doll as fine as that ever, even the clothes are apparently handmade, you can tell that the creator truly loves giving life to her creations.”
Alice blushes in response to the comment. “Oh please stop flattering me, you're just saying that.”
You reply. “No that's not it at all, I truly think the doll is wonderful, here let me tell you a bit about my collection.”
You begin to chat away with Alice about your collection. You introduce yourself and tell her you come from the outside world. Alice listens attentively, hearing your stories about PG kits, 1/7 Resin kits, and 1/8 PVCs and how sometimes you have to outbid or line up days before to get really rare ones. Alice is apparently very entertained with your tale, asking sometimes about the building materials or the quality of certain pieces. Before you know it a few hours have elapsed and it's mid-afternoon. You tell Alice that you were on your way to Eientei and ask her to please visit you whenever she gets the chance. You'd love to see her doll collection someday.
Alice for her part says that it was a great conversation and she hasn't talked to anyone like she has to you for a good while now. She almost seems... sad as she says this but she soon brightens up and tells you to come visit her anytime. In fact, if you wanted to come for tea now she could have you back before the day is done. The offer is mighty tempting and you do want to see her dolls. On the other hand, you should check up on the people at Eientei, you already told Alice that she can come visit you anytime.
[ ] Decline her kind offer, and go to Eientei
[ ] Take her up on it. Doll heaven here we come!
[x] Decline her kind offer, and go to Eientei
In /eientei/ you go to Eientei. Not to the Forest of Magic.
This is the last time I'm going to repeat myself: Whatever it is that she could've POSSIBLY seen or been exposed to is not something that she is experiencing for the first time. Groping? She's a thousand years old. Spooning? She's a thousand years old. She got wet or saw an erection? She's a thousand years old. However, she says "after all" it was her first time experiencing something "like that". So we conclude it's an act, a ploy, a trick, a charade, a deception--affecting coyness to make us more interested in her.
>I mean, what, you think she's been cozied up and asleep with someone's arm around her, but HASN'T seen a guy's erection through his pants and is shocked? There's a pretty fine line, and I don't find it any more reasonable to assume both, than to merely assume the former.
If we're going to use fancy logician words, then that's some straw man you've built there, and I'm not touching it.
UNLIMITED FIG WORKS.
[X] Politely decline her kind offer, and go to Eientei.
[X] Explain why getting back to Eientei is so important.
I loves me some Alice and some dolls, but we really do owe it to Kaguya to get back and show her we're alright. I don't want to alienate Alice, though, so let's be honest about it.
You're allowed to visit other areas temporarily in LA. So let's visit Alice's house. Must have doll.
[X] Take her up on it. Doll heaven here we come!
I am the bone of my figure.
Too bad we didn't bring any of our figures to show Alice, huh?
[x] Steal one
You think figs are expensive?
Dolls are even more.
Like I said, your response seemed a total non-sequitur, so I had to hypothesize what kind of oddball reasoning you might have been following. I hadn't noticed that the chain of replies went back to the so-called "tinfoil conspiracy" theory, or I needn't have bothered.
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We can go see Alice again another day. For the time being, however, I really think we should go back and try to smooth things over with everyone. Maybe even spend some quality time with Kaguya.
You remember her, right? Good buddy, the one who brought you here, was worried sick about you when you collapsed, gave up her usual NEET activities to wait for you to get better, and has in general been able to spend very little time with us since we got here?
[ ] Take her up on it. Doll heaven here we cum!
This is /eientei/ not /forest/ damnit. I want my NEET and Nurse!
Seconding. We've already wasted a few hours. Another minute to re-inflate Alice's enthusiasm won't hurt.
[ ] Decline her kind offer, and go to Eientei.
We can't ignore the kind people that brought us here in the first place. Especially Kaguya.
Sorry Alice, we gotta go make sure they know we weren't kidnapped, just stupid.
Aight. I'll also tack on the "Politely" and the "[X] Explain why getting back to Eientei is so important." to my vote back at >>1790.
We already have plenty of 'splainin to do about why we decided to jump out a window when we were SUPPOSED to be in the clinic. Following that up with how we spent the whole afternoon playing with dolls while they're worried about us is going to get us disowned by Eintei.
The people denying us our Doll Heaven are the same ones who voted to not buy the figure at the start.
hot glue time
Alright, as much as it pains me not to do this
Eientei won. Because the last time I checked there were more overall votes for it. You'll get another chance, maybe.
Also lol at the pretty mature debate on Mokou's chastity. I'd contribute but it'd kinda be a spoiler.
>>You'll get another chance, maybe.
>>maybe
Good job, faggots.
GEE I AM CERTAINLY NOT SENSING SOME BIAS ON THE PART OF THE DUNGEONMASTER HERE, NOSIREE
>>Good job, faggots.
Well, excuse us for preferring delicious NEET feet over some poop-leaker.
wheres my unlimitd fig works?
Hey, he's allowed to have an idea of where he wants the story to go, even if we cockblock him constantly.
If you knew my overall plan you'd see that it's not bias storywise, it's just that some things are more fun to type out that others.
It's not for Alice, it's for Unlimited Fig Works.
It's not Alice we're after though. We'd go into her house, and have enough hot glue to last us through her entire collection... And then we'd whip out that hot glue gun we've had on us for a while and give them another coat for the hell of it
>You'll get another chance, maybe.
Why would we want one? Forget Alice, wheres the god damned NEET.
Bawwww more. If you really want to "hot glue" with Alice/Shanghai then you should go ask Scorn about it. He like to cater to weird fetishes and shit.... whether you want him to or not.
Well, Maybe Alice's let us have shanghai alone as a guide.
Hopeless Optimism, is that you? It's been so long!
I'm still waiting for us to use more famous Shirou lines, such as dying when you're killed, etc.
I thought that she's been very close to a hermit for the past thousand years. She's never exactly been the most friendly and part of her character is her pure hatred and RAGE over Kaguya. When you think about it, she's kind of like the Punisher with only one person.
Yeah, I'm surprised we haven't seen a "do you have enough x, King/Queen of y?" But then again, the protagonist does have Shirou's honesty and naivety.
The Punisher is a virgin?
The Punisher wasn't a young boy when he started his crusade. And in Mokou's case I think it'd be a fair assumption that Keine is one of the first mortals to actually get close to her.
A YOUNG BOY
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You politely refuse Alice, telling her that the people at Eientei are probably really worried about you. She says that it must be nice to have people care about you, something which hurts you a bit on the inside. You, however, tell her to come visit you anytime that you're really anxious to see her collection. You reiterate that you've never seen anything quite as wonderful as Shanghai and hope to see her soon. She brightens up after a moment and tells you that she'll come pick you up one of these days.
You hug her goodbye, to which she's a bit shocked but ultimately accepts, and then bid her farewell. You're sure with that she understands that it's really circumstances beyond your control now. You continue walking along the path, thinking of the wonderful discovery that you made. If there was one thing you were starting to miss from the other side of the border, it would have been your collection. You could probably do without internet and eroge for a while, but to take away a man's collection is just heresy.
As you near Eientei, you get the distinct feeling that you're being watched. You most definitely can feel several pairs of eyes staring at you. Fearing the worse, you grab a broken off piece of bamboo stalk in case you're attacked. However, you manage to make it to Eientei without incident. As you open the door, you notice that both Kaguya and Eirin are waiting for you in the entry hall.
Upon seeing you, Kaguya runs up to you and hugs you, as enthusiatically as you hugged her the first day that you arrived. “Where were you? We've been worried sick. After the alarm went off and you were missing from your bed, we were frantically searching for you. We thought that you might've been kidnapped.” She lets go and looks at you with sad eyes. Oh man, she's so moe you're going to die.
“Don't worry,” Eirin says. “He's the type that wouldn't die even if you killed him.”
As if by instinct you reply “But people die when they're killed.”
“Haha true.” Eirin continues. “But some die more permanently than others, if you catch my drift.”
“You lost me.”
“Well, that shouldn't matter.” She concludes. “Come sit down and we'll hear all about your end of the story. Our princess has been worried sick here, I think she was even crying earlier.”
“I was not!” Kaguya interjects. “But it's true that you had me worried, after all you're in my care since you're my guest here.”
They usher you into a room. On your way in you see Reisen and she nods at you. You sit down and are now face to face with the two eager lunarians. Well, it's do or die time. You should tell them something since they're hinging on your every word.
[ ] Tell them the whole, unabridged true
[ ] Tell them most of the truth, omitting having met Mokou
[ ] Tell them most of the truth, omitting having met Alice
[ ] Make up a complete lie
If you lie, state what the lie is going to be.
It's actually "People die if they are killed." But close enough.
[X] Tell them the whole, unabridged truth.
Shirou does not lie, for better or for worse.
Hey, I fucked up the word 'truth' I think paraphrashing a quote from an eroge should be somewhat of a lower priority.
[z] Tell them most of the truth, omitting having met Mokou
Neet hates Mokou and tell her about sharing a blanket with her would be bad news.
[X] Tell them the whole, unabridged true.
Full disclosure, honesty is the best policy. Even if it upsets them, they'll appreciate it down the road.
We're Shirou. Lying is for faggots like.. Uh, like not-Shirou.
Should probably omit the part about sharing the blanket with Mokouu, though.
[x] Tell them most of the truth, omitting having shared a bed with Mokou
Telling the whole truth is just asking to break some hearts.
Ah, but telling her we ignored her in favor of coming back after that would probably warm her heart.
[X] Tell them most of the truth, omitting having met Mokou
Really, there's a good deal we can tell while leaving out Mokou's involvement.
We heard SOMETHING in the bushes, went out to take a peek, accidentally set off the alarms, and in a panic we ran for our lives when the automatic defense system kicked in.
By the time we figured we were safe, we had no clue where we were, and were forced to sleep in a nearby cave for the night. Once daylight came, we headed out, ran into Marisa who gave us directions to town, met up with Keine who told us about the situation back at Eientei, we headed back, met Alice on the way, and there we are.
The only hitch in this story is if someone happened to see us, and KNOWS Mokou was involved.
This would probably be where Tewi finally makes her appearance.
I think this situation calls for an awesome write-in.
Telling the whole truth would be bad on account of the whole "spending the night snuggling with someone sworn to kill Kaguya at every opportunity" bit, while any lie we tell would most likely be exposed, putting us in even deeper shit than if we told the truth.
>> Cirno Champion 08/05/17(Sat)04:21 No. 1847
Do not want Eintei to know about our interactions with their nemesis.
We don't lie to save our ass. We're Shirou, damn it.
[ ] Tell them the whole, unabridged true.
honest and naive
For the fucking lulz.
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[x] Tell them the whole, unabridged truth
You decide to tell them everything. After all, honesty is the best policy. You tell them how you saw something in the bushes and decided to check it out. Eirin raises her eyebrows upon hearing this, almost as if saying that she would have taken care of it. You tell them how it turned out that it was Mokou. You gauge the reaction of Kaguya, but it seems like its a common enough occurance that she isn't surprised. You tell them how you then triggered the alarm, and had to run for your life while dodging rockets. You can see that Kaguya's expression returns to one of worry.
You continue, claiming that you jumped off the ridge and followed the stream and then went off into the forest until you reached a cavern. You tell them how Mokou suggested that you take shelter in the cavern. You then tell them that you spent the night and when you woke up in the morning Mokou was gone. Just then you're interrupted by Eirin.
“And nothing at all happened in the cavern?” She asks you.
“What do you mean, Eirin?” You ask back.
“You know you were alone with a girl in a dark damp cavern... things tend to happen under those circumstances.” You see that Kaguya cringes at the word 'things'.
Well Eirin's sense for things is truly extraordinary. Her perception is unmatched. Why must all women be this sharp?
[ ] Tell them exactly what happened in the cavern, blanket sharing and such
[ ] Insist that nothing happened and continue the story
[x] Tell them exactly what happened in the cavern, blanket sharing and such
Why not tell her that Mokou has a tiny attachment to us? I'm sure she'll find some way to use it to her advantage.
[X] Tell them exactly what happened in the cavern, blanket sharing and such.
"We shared a blanket. The damn thing was too small, granted, and we had to snuggle up a bit, but nothing in particular happened. Really, what are you going on about?"
>> lkanonymous 08/05/17(Sat)04:36 No. 1859
not like it was anything bad, right?
For the lulz.
>>“You know you were alone with a girl in a dark damp cavern... things tend to happen under those circumstances.” You see that Kaguya cringes at the word 'things'.
I agree. That would have been just the sort of time that a bear would attack us. Thankfully nothing of the sort happened.
[ ] Tell them exactly what happened in the cavern, blanket sharing and such.
Remember to tell them that their was nothing beyond that.
>>their was nothing beyond that.
>>their
>>for the lulz
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You tell them exactly what happened in the cavern that night. How you offered to share your blanket and Mokou accepted. Eirin seems surprised that you're so forthright with your tale, but remains silent. You even mention how she came up to you and snuggled and how you slept with your arm around her. You look at Kaguya while telling this part of the tale, but you can't read her expression. You them mention how she was gone in the morning.
You then proceed to tell them how you waited for her return but then you heard a noise beyond a thicket and went to investigate.
“My, you seem to be easily distracted by noises.” Eirin snickers.
Ignoring her remark, you continue your story, telling them how you were held up by Marisa and had to reason your way with her so that she believed you were a human. You continue, adding that soon thereafter Mokou showed up and Marisa disappeared to look for mushrooms. You tell them how you then asked Mokou to take you to Eientei but she insisted that it was too dangerous.
“Yes she had a point.” Eirin interrupts. “We had thought you had been kidnapped by an intruder, so we had our security detail at maximum strength to defend ourselves from and more possible incursions, it's standard protocol and all, since we live in fear from the moon after all.”
You continue talking after Eirin speaks her piece. You tell them how Mokou justified leaving you alone by claiming that she had been flustered by the events at the cave. You brace for a snide comment from Eirin, but she says nothing so you continue your narrative. You tell them how you reached the village and had to wait a while. How you ignored the commotion and waited for Mokou to come back.
“Like an obedient puppy, eh?” Eirin remarks. GODDAMNIT YOU'RE NOT HELPING EIRIN.
You cough and continue. You tell them how Mokou brought Keine, who told you about Eientei's search for you. And how you were offered to stay in the village until the security lockdown was over, but you decided to go alone to Eientei.
Just then, Kaguya interrupts your narrative. “So tell me Shirou, what exactly IS you relationship with Mokou, it would seem that last night was not your first time meeting.”
Hmm, that is a fair question just what IS your relationship to Mokou?
[ ] We met the other day, and she took me to Eientei, nothing beyond that
[ ] We're friends
[ ] She's someone special to me
[x] We're friends
"I'll share a blanket with you, too, if you'd like me to, Kaguya."
[x] We met the other day, and she took me to Eientei, nothing beyond that
[X] We met the other day, and she took me to Eientei, nothing beyond that.
[X] We're friends.
She's really nice enough. But even if she's a friend, she's not a buddy.
[ ] We're acquaintances
"Friend" is a bit too strong in this case. I'd hate to make Kaguya think her enemy we've only known for a day or two is on the same level as her to us.
She's like a sister to us.
[x] "I wouldn't say it's anything worth getting jealous over."
[ ] We're acquaintances.
[x] "Keine introduced her the other night as a travel aid, since I was too drunk to find my way back alone. I had quite a tough time convincing her I lived in Eientei, though."
It's not like we went out drinking with her or anything. We did that with her friend.
No reason to start lying now.
We may have only had a few brief encounters with her but we've been very fucking open with her every single time.
[x] Dunno lol. She didn't kill me or leave me to die, even though I fucked up whatever scheme she was planning.
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You tell her how you met her the other day when she took you to Eientei, and that your relationship is little more than strangers.
“Oho, well I don't think two strangers would be willing to share a blanket and sleep together.” Eirin coyly says. GOD DAMN WOMAN, CAN YOU STOP BEING SO KOHAKU-LIKE IN NATURE!? Next thing you know it'll be needletime. You can just picture it, Eirin injecting some unknown agent into you, causing you to go through a waking hell.
You do your best to ignore her and carry on with the story. You talk about how you were making your way through the bamboo forest when you saw Alice; You say that Alice asked you about Marisa and you answered her.
“Alice - that dollmaker?” Kaguya asks and you nod in affirmation. “Yes, I know her, she's been here before.”
Wondering what those words meant, you continue to tell your tale. You tell them how you talked to Alice for hours after that, asking her about Shanghai and the other dolls. You tell them how you just couldn't help it since you were drawn to the craftsmanship of the dolls. You also mention how you declined her offer to go to her house but instead made plans to meet up whenever. You finally get to the part where you were walking home and you felt like someone was looking at you.
“Oh those were probably the rabbits,” Eirin states. “They told us that you were coming an that's why we were waiting for you. Well that was quite the story. I can't say that being you is dull.”
Kaguya then starts to speak. “Well now that I know what you've been up to, I feel foolish for having worried about you. You were out having fun with other people, people who wish me ill, and even stopped to talk instead of hurrying on the way here!?” She's now visibly altered and quite ticked off. “I don't think I want to see you or worry about you for a while.” She collects herself and heads to the door. “Do whatever you please, but don't talk to me again.” She leaves with an angry scowl on her face as you sit there stunned.
Eirin gets up as well. “Well, I find your story more interesting than she does, and I think you did a good job under the circumstances, but the whole ordeal is your fault. I'll try talking to her, but I haven't seen her this angry in quite some time.” And with that she leaves the room.
Well, here you are, back at Eientei, but things are far from ideal. Kaguya is pissed at you, and Eirin surely thinks that you're some sort of ADD-riddled idiot. Well, that sucked all of your spirit away. You don't feel like doing much of anything now.
[ ] Go back to your room
[ ] Stay here, lying on the floor
[x] Wait in the clinic for needletime
[X] Stay here, lying on the floor
ZAWA ZAWA
[X] Stay here, lying on the floor.
No reason to move. Floor's comfy enough.
Plus whenever a bunny comes through and hops over us to get somewhere, we get a chance at peeking under their skirts to see if they all wear underwear.
also, find something (like a book) to smack head with. GEE, SHIROU, YA SURE FUCKED UP THERE.
[x] Stay here, facepalm.
[O] Stay here, lying on the floor
Damn. Oh well, at least we got one of the moe immortals on our good side right now.
[x] Anemia option so fucking bad that you get a heart attack. Go straight to Hell, do not collect 200$.
Shouldn't there be a doujin that covers this?
[X] Stay here, waiting for some random bright object/loud noise to make our ADD kick in and make us do something else that's stupid
[ ] TRACE ON! HARD! TRACE AS HARD AS YOU CAN!
[x] Make a mental note. "Looking for Tewi is the bane of my existence. Stop doing that. Let her come to me."
[x] Go to Eirin. Ask for some Ritalin.
Well, you feel like crap. Your buddy, your bestest friend evar now is pissed at you, shit sux. In fact shit could get bad if she shared those secrets you told her on the net. You want to facepalm so hard right now, but there seem to be no palm trees in Gensokyo. Ah well, at least the hard floor provides enough stimulus for you to still feel that you're alive.
You hear some footsteps from the direction of the door. You really can't be bothered to look at who it is. You hear a 'psst', but you ignore it as you continue to wallow in despair. AH THE KIND OF OPTION THAT ESTRANGES BEST FRIENDS HAS LEFT ME IN DESPAIR. You cradle your head and shake about violently. Someone keeps trying to get your attention, but you seem focused on the despair. You feel that you could reach an epiphany if you keep this up.
[ ] Continue to delve into despair
[ ] See what the hell keeps bothering you
[x] Continue to delve into despair
Zen abyss
[X] See what the hell keeps bothering you
why the hell not
"STOP BOTHERING ME WHEN I'M HAVING AN INNER MONOLOGUE!"
Oh hi Tewi.
dont wanna miss tei again
[ ] See what the hell keeps bothering you.
Goddamn it Tewi, that better be you. We might just have lost our bestfriend because we we're looking for your ass (kinda).
[x] Say "UR A FAGET."
"I'm kind of lamenting, here."
You turn around to see what's bothering you just as a rock hits your face. Damn that hurt! Recovering from the pain, you see that there's no one there. “Huh? That's strange.” You think aloud. Hearing the noise resume, you look around more carefully and you see a small, normal looking rabbit.
“Are you the one who's been calling me?” You ask of it. The rabbit, naturally, does not respond. Strange. But stranger still is the fact that there seems to be a letter just under it. The bunny moves and you pick open the letter. Upon opening it, you see that it's addressed to you. Apparently Eirin wants to meet you at her lab to run a test on you but was too busy to come fetch you in person, so she asked that a rabbit be sent. You shrug, thinking that stranger things have happened until you realize that this bunny probably threw the rock at you. Son of a bitch. You could probably get away with punishing the rabbit just a bit if you wanted to.
[ ] Punish the bunny
[ ] Just go see Eirin
[ ] Go somewhere else
DRR DRR DRR
[X] See what the hell keeps bothering you.
[X] "excuz me, but wtf r u doin?"
[X] Just go see Eirin
We deserve needle time.
[X] Punish the bunny.
[X] Just go see Eirin.
Please be some sexy time.
[x] Throw the rock at the bunny as you leave
[ ] Just go see Eirin.
Woohoo Needle time!
[x] Pat rabbit's head as you leave.
>> dySWN!!uuLzZ1Lmp1 08/05/17(Sat)06:15 No. 1922
Unlimited Ruffle Works redux GO!
maybe mention the rock.
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You decide to just leave the bunny be and go see Eirin. You get a distinctly bad feeling about the bunny anyways, it reminds you of Monty Python somehow, but anyways that's not important now. You make your way along the hallways of Eientei, finally reaching Eirin's clinic. You knock and you hear a voice that tells you to come in. You proceed in to see Eirin sitting at her desk doing paperwork. She looks up to you and tells you to sit, she'll be with you in just a moment.
You sit down and wait for Eirin to finish whatever she's doing. Soon enough, Eirin finishes writing and turns to you. “I tried talking to Kaguya.” She starts. “But it was no good, she didn't even want to talk about it. She shut herself in her room and doesn't want to come out. I guess she really took it hard.” Hearing that, you can't help but to feel like shit again.
“In any case, that's not what I wanted to talk to you about.” She continues. “I want to try a drug that I developed on you.” She sees the concerned face that you make upon hearing this. “Don't worry, it's custom tailored for you. It should help control your body if you ever have another attack like you did with Kaguya. However, it's going to require you to stay under observation for the night here. And when I say under observation, I mean it. No wondering off to play with Kaguya-hime's nemesis now, you hear? So how about it?”
You think about her proposition, it'd be great to avoid an incident like the other day, but you don't know if you feel too comfortable staying overnight in the clinic. Especially since this time they'll probably keep you under close surveillance. Also you don't know what she has to gain from this. You ask her.
“Me? Well my interest is purely academic, if it works I'll have understood how medicine works even more. And I also wouldn't want of Kaguya's guests to die if I can prevent it. I'm sure Kaguya would be upset, even if she's slightly bothered by a recent turn of events.”
There you have it, Eirin has explained her motivation apparently. Although you don't completely believe it, it sounds legit enough.
[ ] Accept the treatment
[ ] Refuse the treatment
First punishment
[x] Accept the treatment
WE SHALL HAVE TWO GLUE GUNS
ONE FOR SHANGHAI
ONE FOR HOURAI
Test Subject Route, she can test on me all day long.
KAGUYA HATES ME NOW. YOU HEAR THAT, EIRIN? I HAVE NOTHING TO LOSE.
[X] Accept the treatment.
Dangerous experimental meds? Sign me up.
Maybe something hijinks-worthy will result.
[ ] Accept the treatment.
I'VE LOST THE ONLY PERSON WHO CARED ABOUT ME! GO AHEAD AND SHOOT ME UP!
Let Eirin experiment with us, once she is done we will be the strongest Anon ever, nothing can stop us anymore.
DESPAIR can only go downward so why not?
WHAT AM I FIGHTING FOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOR
This will be our equivilant to receiving Archer's arm.
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“Good.” You hear Eirin say as you accept. “We'll start right away then. Please roll up your sleeve.”
You comply and roll up your sleeve. Eirin goes up to you and rubs a disinfectant on a patch of your skin. She then goes to her drawer and produces a needle from its depths. Wasting to time, she plunges the needle into the disinfected area on your arm. It hurts a bit, but it's not like anything could hurt more than the sorrow of making Kaguya hate you.
“Please lie down on that bed.” Erin says. “You should start feeling the effects of the drug any moment now.”
You comply and go over to the bed. As you lie down, you begin to feel the effects of the drug.
Hot. You feel absolutely hot.
You feel like the heat of a thousand suns is concentrated inside of your body. You gasp for help as Eirin calls in Reisen. “Take him to the observation room, and keep an eye on him. He'll be like this for a while yet. Call me if his situation changes.”
Reisen nods and starts to wheel your bed elsewhere. You can barely keep focus as the pain within you increases. You feel like your whole body is screaming out in pain, your nerve endings becoming extra sensitive to pain. You can't take it anymore.
Burning. You're burning up.
“Gahhhh.” You manage to make a noise. Reisen looks at you and sees the extreme pain you're going through. She looks at you worried and tries to calm you down. But to you, her assuring words are nothing more than background noise as your whole body rebels against you. Crap you've never felt this bad before, at least with the previous incident you managed to pass out. With this, it's as if you're permanently tuned in, unable to unfocus on the pain. You forget your dignity, and moan in pain. Reisen looks at you with empathy in her eyes, trying to understand your pain. But no matter what she won't understand what you're going through.
You notice that she's got a book of sorts in her hand now. Using what's left of your working mind, you deduce that she's trying to comfort you and distract you from the pain by reading you a book. You feel like so much crap that a book simply won't help you. You should tell her to stop wasting her breath while you still got some strength left.
[ ] Stop Reisen from carrying on
[ ] Let her do as she pleases
[X] Let her do as she pleases.
Don't crush her hopes.
Can't Reisen just use her eyes and 'numb' the pain away for us?
[x] Let her do as she pleases
swept clean of thought
burns with fear.
The needle penetrates. This is the end of Emiya Shirou.
>> Nameless Shikigami 08/05/17(Sat)07:09 No. 1942
[x] Stop Reisen from carrying on
We need her to do something ELSE to help.
Be a man. Or nice. Or something.
im dying reisen
Story, no story, it's all the same right now. Best to choose the one that is less insulting (we already shunned her hand-made clothing).
She can't help us now. We might as well be nice enough to let her think she's helping us anyway.
Disappear.
This book is an Eyesore.
[ ] Stop Reisen from carrying on.
Sorry Reisen, I must carry this burden myself.
[x] Meditate.
Put your mind past the pain.
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You decide that Reisen trying to comfort you is of no concern and you let her do as she pleases. She at first starts reading from the book, but seeing that you don't even respond to her words she tries a different approach. She comes close to you and starts singing a soft melody. It is but a small distraction from all the pain you're experiencing but it does help you to relax a bit. You can feel that Reisen is making a great effort trying to soothe you, and so you try to concentrate on her voice.
The pain doesn't go away, but you can feel it lessening a bit. The intensity of the burning is as strong as ever but your nerves seem to be becoming less sensitive. You keep focusing on Reisen's voice. Eventually your nerves are back to normal. You start to think that it's finally over but you then notice that you can't feel parts of your body. Your whole body seems to be shutting down now. You try to tell Reisen, but it feels like theres a ton of bricks on you. You can't do anything as you helplessly lie there, feeling the burning sensation yet feeling your consciousness fade. By the time Reisen notices it's already too late, your vision has gone and as you hear her upset voice calling for Eirin, you can't help but think that the song she sang was truly beautiful.
Darkness soon overcomes you.
You cannot feel the outside world
But you feel alive. After all, the burning sensation has not subsided.
This is it for now. I'll continue the story later. For now, side-story or something else time (Q&A is fine too)?
[ ] Yeah
[x] Mokou and Keine Interlude
This could work.
Yay or nay? (we can do something else)
[X] Continue the story
I say Yay, Kein is love O:
[x] Mokou and Kaguya interlude
I want to see how much more steamy their conflict has gotten now that AnoNEET has meddled with them both.
[x] Alice and Shanghai
I feel sorta outta steam for that and the next part has to be well written.
This could work too.
So three yays for Mokou and Keine.
Vote gentlmen
[] Mokou and Keine interlude
[] Alice and Shanghai
[] Kaguya's day lurking (OMGWTF SECRET OPTION?)
I cannot choose, so I shall vote for both to hopefully move it forward.
This is the only Path, my whole life was ...
[] Kaguya's day lurking
Hotglue time
[X] Kaguya's day lurking
HMMMMMMM
[x] Kaguya-chan's daily life
They need some loving too.
Well, crap. it seems that people pretty much want a whole bunch of things. And I actually feel like writing them. So before I do a dice roll, I'd like to add any further possible stories. Any more suggestions to add?
Dice better roll towards the Alice and Shanghai bitch.
"Lessons with Eirin and Reisen"
Let's see what they can "teach" us.
Shirou's first job.
Standard sixer, then you might as well add the adventures of our hard to find white rabbit friend
Why has anon shown so little love for Reisen? She seems to genuinely care about us.
MIG burnout.
Anon wants something new.
What the hell Tewi has been doing this whole time. Bonus if it's something mundane.
A story about the Tavernmaster, and how he is a tavernmaster by moonlight, but by daylight he becomes TAVERN MAN and beats the shit out of tea drinkers everywhere.
Or any kind of story involving the best unnamed character in this story ever.
The Tavernmaster is the brother of the Furfag, do not want.
Haha I like this.
Not bad, but I think the concept might need tweaking before writing
Or what? You'll come and find me? If you do, I might make a real friend ;_;
Done. I think it'll do you good to RAGE at your missed opportunities.
A friend whom I've been chatting with since the inception of the LA has mentioned this numorous times.
So should I throw my dice or you guys pick from a random assortment?
[ ] writefag
[ ] anon
Don't worry, you'll see the return of the tavermaster one way or another.
Man, You're that same guy who's posting that everywhere ain't ya?
Screw the bartender. He's boring.
DUN DUN DUUHHHHHHN
[x] writefag
Throw the dice.
Enough Dice rolling, let ANON decide, pure democracy.
forgot [ ] anon
I'm feeling lucky.
So it's either Alice, or a random one of the six?
[x] Apathy.
All but Kaguya's sound interesting, and as the guy who originally threw Keine and Mokou out there, I wouldn't mind seeing it have a chance.
But Alice would be kind of cool too.
Apathy is a crime you know. You should care.
Alright so dice roll, anon style. I've randomly assigned letters to each of the options. You pick one. First 2 or 3 votes (depending on the number of votes) decide.
How is this fair? It's fair in the sense that it's random and you ultimately pick.
[ ] A
[ ] B
[ ] C
[ ] D
[ ] E
[ ] F
[x] F is for FAIL, which is what Shirou with ADD has been so far
[X] E
This is the best option.
E is for Empty inside
A strong showing for 'E'.
Very well E it is now for the unmasked list
A - Eirin and Reisen
B - Tewi
C - Shirou working
D - Kaguya and Mokou
E - Alice and Shanghai
F - Kaguya
Will start writing now, look for an update soon.
Where the hell did you get that from? He does have a brother, but he runs some beastiality inn not a bar
lol 2k get
Anyways, glue gun set to charge
Wow, What are the chances of that?
You know, after doing what we did to Kaguya, I think a few hours of unspeakable agony is the least ol' Shirou deserves.
Let's go try to drown ourselves in the bath, next.
What exactly did we do to Kaguya that was worth this again?
You mean aside from snubbing her to stay in the clinic, ditching the clinic to run off with her worst enemy, SLEEPING WITH said enemy while snuggling under a blanket, and allowing ourselves to get side-tracked once again to chat up Alice when our priority should have been getting back to let everyone know we were alright, all the while allowing the poor NEET to be sick with worry that we had been kidnapped, or worse?
I don't know about you, but I would think that allowing someone who cares about you to think you're hurt, in danger, or possibly even dead when you're NOT is quite cruel. Even worse when you're doing it while getting closer to someone who wants to hurt the person who cares about you.
Meh, it's not our fault we weren't actually in danger and she was worrying over nothing. Random stuff happened. And we made it back as soon as we could, being generally amiable to people along the way (as if an extra few minutes of Kaguya worrying is really OH NOES WORST THING EVAR).
No one thought to write in "Return immediately" directly after the fiasco, and we might've been BAD END'd anyway without Mokou's help. HotGluenonymous did fine.
The only thing that's really our fault is wasting a few hours talking to Alice. Sharing a blanket with someone who saved our life was what one would expect in such a situation; that's why it's such a popular fanfiction cliche.
If anything she should be mad at herself for not telling us about the alarm system and initiating the lockdown, or at Mokou for starting this mess.
...HOURS?
>Before you know it a few hours have elapsed and it's mid-afternoon.
Holy crap, you're right! I hadn't noticed that. ...that fig maniac.
No, the whole situation was our fault.
If we had stayed in our room like a good little boy, we wouldn't have tripped the alarm, thus negating any need to run for our lives as rocks and rockets whizzed past us.
Still, things went about as well as they could. And better to have Kaguya mad at us and be alive for it, than to have gotten killed by a sentry and REALLY made them feel bad. We'll just have to make it up to her, somehow.
>“My, you seem to be easily distracted by noises.” Eirin snickers.
>“Like an obedient puppy, eh?” Eirin remarks. GODDAMNIT YOU'RE NOT HELPING EIRIN.
Does anyone else think it's funny Eirin made fun of us for checking out a noise and for not checking out a noise? What a dick.
>> Rio 08/05/18(Sun)01:36 No. 2064
I think Eirin just likes mocking us.
>> Anonymous 08/05/18(Sun)02:10 No. 2070
>If we had stayed in our room like a good little boy, we wouldn't have tripped the alarm
causal connection != fault
And you speak of a little boy when we're talking about a man. Maybe a little boy would be expected to hide under his covers, but the expectation of a man would be that of seeking to protect his household and investigating the disturbance.
However if someone in this household happened to plant claymores outside that man's window (for his own protection, of course) and not tell him, well, then it's not really his fault if that person sobs at his funeral.
>>And you speak of a little boy when we're talking about a man. Maybe a little boy would be expected to hide under his covers, but the expectation of a man would be that of seeking to protect his household and investigating the disturbance.
No, we're talking about a man-child, at best. And one that's not even IN his own household, but in a clinic. Whatever expectation there may be for a "man" and his home, they don't apply here in any way that you are describing.
If you're in a hospital for observation, it doesn't matter how much of a "man" you consider yourself, you DON'T go off wandering around investigating noises.
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TEWI THEORY
1. Tewi's the bringer of good luck, and ours have become pretty shitty as of late, although we find "comfort" in snuggling with the enemy and helping out Eirin, so we're not all the way rock bottom with bad luck. The worse off we are, the higher chance to find her.
2. Teruyo mentioned something quite interesting in the last thread:
>Secondly, I'd like to take the time to explain a bit the matter of my influences for the story. Old windows games are first and formost my influence. Stuff ranging from True Love to Dividead.
It had me thinking since yesterday when I read that thread. For those that don't know, True Love 95 had such a character as Tewi, and only if your passion was high during a certain week/month could you find her and find a special item pertaining to her to finally unlock her 'route'(can novelty characters really have "routes"?) If your passion wasn't in the high percentile, you wouldn't find her. If you never find that item, she wouldn't be available. Lastly, IF YOU DIDN'T KEEP YOUR ASS STILL FOR MORE THAN 5 MINUTES DURING SAID WEEK, SHE WOULDN'T BECOME AVAILABLE! Our Tewi problems seems to match the Anze problems of TL95. Pretty crafty there, Teruyo. Pretty crafty.
Gentlemen! We've "missed" running into Tewi because we either at searching too hard or don't have a, no... THE lucky charm to find her. Anytime we TRY or DON'T TRY to without it, we'll continue to receive:
>Also sorry Tewi fans, but you had X chances to meet her today, and you blew it.
tl;dr SCREW TEWI! SHE'LL COME TO US WHEN OUR LIFE TURNS SHITTY ENOUGH! IF NOT, SEE YA NEXT PLAYTHROUGH, LUNAR COWBOY!
>> Teruyo!Wo5j3FYZRg 08/05/19(Mon)06:59 No. 2414
I love you. You're the type of person I'd like to bounce ideas off of.
>> Anonymous 08/05/20(Tue)11:25 No. 2549
I'm the guy that said NO ONE would be able to get an Eientei story off the ground. Still think you "love" me?
Also, Nike's taste pretty awesome. Well worth the $90.
>> Teruyo!Wo5j3FYZRg 08/05/20(Tue)11:38 No. 2550
Yes. Your jaded cynicism coupled with your insight and intricate theories make you interesting. As for the naysaying, well, that doesn't really matter to me.
Yeah, well.... Ranmaru = a pussified Shiki
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