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Home concerts Waterfront Hall The Fureys bring 40-year music legacy to Belfast and Derry
The Fureys bring 40-year music legacy to Belfast and Derry
The Fureys – one of Ireland’s most acclaimed and influential folk and traditional bands of all time – are Belfast and Derry-bound to celebrate their 40th anniversary.
The legends of Irish music and song will play Derry’s Millennium Forum on Thursday 27 December and Belfast Waterfront on Saturday 12 January.
These landmark Belfast and Derry concerts guarantee two magical nights to savour for local fans as The Fureys perform some of the most emotive music ever composed, packed with their legendary classics together with some of their latest compositions.
The Fureys’ timeless catalogue is studded with enduring classics that audiences know and love, including I Will Love You, When You Were Sweet 16, The Green Fields Of France, The Old Man, Red Rose Café, From Clare To Here, Her Father Didn’t Like Me Anyway and Leaving Nancy.
They have enjoyed standing ovations in concert halls all over the world for their performances, from Dublin’s National Concert Hall to the Sydney Opera House. They’ve played in front of Irish Presidents and international leaders that have included the late Pope John Paul.
Tony Blair has publicly declared Green Fields of France to be his favourite peace song of all time, while a teenage Dave Stewart (later of Eurythmics fame) credited Eddie with teaching him his first chords on guitar.
The enduring legacy of The Fureys can be traced back to the 1960s when
Eddie Furey travelled to Scotland at the time of the great folk revival, where he met and shared accommodation in Edinburgh with then unknown folk singers Billy Connolly, Gerry Rafferty and Alex Campbell. In 1969 the world stage beckoned as Eddie and Finbar Furey joined the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem as special guests on their tour of the USA and Canada.
Inevitably changes have taken place over the years. Paul Furey died suddenly in June 2002 and Finbar left the band in December 1996, however George and Eddie have continued to front The Fureys and delight audiences on their extensive national and international sold-out tours.
40 Years On… to be continued is the latest album by The Fureys and celebrates the band’s incredible legacy and current anniversary tour.
Tickets for The Fureys at Belfast Waterfront on Saturday 12 January and the Millennium Forum, Derry on Thursday 27 December are on sale now from:
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AuthorEmma ClarendonPosted on June 19, 2017 Categoriesdrama, News, Theatre, UncategorizedTagsAnne-Marie Duff, Elliott & Harper Productions, Kenneth Cranham, Wyndham's Theatre
The production company have confirmed that its first production in the West End will be Marianne Elliot’s production of Heisenberg: The Uncertainty Principle at the Wyndham’s Theatre.
In this uncertain world, who can predict what brings people together? When two strangers meet by chance amidst the bustle of a crowded London train station, their lives are changed forever.
Marianne Elliott ( The Curious incident of the dog in the Night-Time) will direct Anne-Marie Duff and Kenneth Cranham in the UK premiere of Simon Stephens’ new play, presented by the newly formed Elliott & Harper Productions.
The production will open for previews on the 3rd October and officially opening on the 9th October.
Talking about the play, Simon Stephens said: “I wanted to write about the most unpredictable and exciting woman I could imagine. I wanted to write a play about an older man because I’d never done that before. I wanted to write a play inspired by the way music works in the gaps between notes. I discovered ‘The Uncertainty Principle’ and it struck me that all life is contained within it’.
It has also been announced that other productions that Elliott & Harper will be presenting in the future include a new production of CS Lewis’ The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe with West Yorkshire Playhouse and Catherine Schreiber. Directed by Sally Cookson, it will play at the Quarry Theatre at West Yorkshire Playhouse from 29 November 2017 – 21 January 2018. Joining Sally Cookson on the creative team are: War Horse designer, Rae Smith, sound designer Ian Dickinson, writer in the room, Adam Peck, movement director, Dan Canham and lighting designer, Bruno Poet with music by Benji Bower.
Heisenberg: The Uncertainty Principle will play at the Wyndham’s Theatre from the 3rd October 2017 until the 6th January 2018. To book tickets visit: Ticketmaster.co.uk, Discount Theatre.com, Theatre Tickets Direct.co.uk, Love Theatre.com, Theatre People.com and UK Tickets.co.uk.
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The Transect as a Method for Mapping and Narrating Water Landscapes: Humboldt's Open Works and Transareal Travelling by Lisa Diedrich, Gini Lee, and Ellen Braae
Lisa Diedrich works as a professor of landscape architecture at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences in Alnarp/Malmö and has an editorial office in Munich, Germany.
Gini Lee is the Elisabeth Murdoch Chair of Landscape Architecture at the University of Melbourne and pastoralist, Flinders Ranges, South Australia.
Ellen Braae is a professor of landscape architecture at the University of Copenhagen and leads the research group Landscape Architecture and Urbanism.
The Transect as a Method for Mapping and Narrating Water Landscapes: Humboldt’s Open Works and Transareal Travelling
by Lisa Diedrich, Gini Lee, and Ellen Braae
1. Capturing Site Qualities: Relational Atmospherics:
In current urban design and landscape architecture practice, designers often address sites from static and material perspectives: as empty grounds where new design inventions are played out at the whim of their creators. Despite such design works claiming site specificity as their guide, generic outcomes that ignore or overlook local conditions abound, lacking response to ephemeral yet essential site properties such as temporal dynamics and atmospheric encounters. The focus of this NANO note seeks methods for site exploration to inform site transformation through representing the narrative, ephemeral, and dynamic qualities of places that could contribute to open work design approaches.
Figure 1: Capturing site qualities: El Médano Beach, Tenerife
Fieldwork operations allow the identification of water landscapes as potent areas for investigation of transient sites (Parodi), drawing upon the understanding that the influence of water conditions on human settlements and the effects of human practices on aquatic systems over time can best be apprehended by investigating conditions of economic and social change through the lens of climate dynamics. Normative solutions often appear inappropriate to specific water landscapes as situations exposed to on-going change are affected by both nature and culture forces. We therefore propose an altered acknowledgment and representation of site particularities to apply to design for water landscapes. Seeking a shift from the imposition of universal design-based solutions into a more nuanced transformation of sites, we apply a narrative open work design method that can be variously described as deep mapping and/or transareal travelling. This context motivates us to formulate methods that enable designers to better capture the more intangible aspects of existing sites to support relational transformation. Our particular aim is to improve designer understanding of water landscapes, especially the ephemeral and constitutive features of such water landscapes. We trust that such an understanding will lay the foundation for improved landscape design and development through positing critical methods based upon site experience.
These methods employ the transareal and trans-scalar understanding of Alexander von Humboldt’s scientific model, framed through the landscape architecture lens in a problem-oriented research approach that seeks to map and narrate the relational, the dynamic, and the atmospheric qualities of sites. Additionally, the transareal transect method enables designers to focus and reflect on site qualities as a mobile form of on-site exploration, complementary to the in-studio study of documented site conditions such as statistics, cadaster and topographic maps, Google searches, and other pragmatic diagramming techniques. This fieldwork method seeks to reveal interactions with the site in identifying the dynamic and changing qualities of places and their environmental contexts, where the site contributes as a maker of experience rather than simply as a bearer of recorded meaning (Kahn 180).
We three researchers from Munich, Melbourne, and Copenhagen respectively, also seek ways to plan future site investigations, while in our dispersed states, through employing technologies such as digital and virtual communication systems. Before travelling, we use historic and contemporary maps to define the intended transect itineraries and to propose routes in the abstract, sometimes guided by previous knowledge or clues from other collaborators. The transect line is then drawn across territories free of judgment as to ease of access across land, topography, or sea. The reality of accessibility confronts us when we land; the organizing transect line must necessarily deviate from the imposed path—the topography, site conditions, time, and serendipity remake the linear journey into a potentially deviant excursion. The scientific ordering implied by the transect line becomes the designerly open work of twists and turns, circling, double-backs, and altered agendas. During our deviations, we map the factual itinerary and what we find along it, locating sites according to their qualities as water places. After travelling, we elaborate our findings through ongoing mapping, collaborating at distance, communicating through drawing, annotating, and sharing imagery and text—writing and over-writing our experiences onto the cartographic diary—an open work in itself. Essentially, we focus on the iterative activity of mapping—enabling us to continuously reveal site qualities as narratives exposed by the site to ultimately effect potential design for the site.
2. Positioning Fieldwork:
Our approach goes beyond cartography theories that are generated by collecting and collating secondary data and imagery, which is then used to create a visual map of territories without the necessity for landing on site—in effect an over-sight perspective. James Corner and Alex S. MacLean’s compelling visual mapping of the American condition or Laurel McSherry’s Commonwealth mappings are two cases in point. While our visual response infers the influence of methods and themes of others through the juxtaposition and overlapping of cadaster maps, photos and drawings, annotation of experiences, and an expression of the hydrology and politics of site, our position is more within the realm of immersive and immediate site exploration. We abandon the distant point of view. The alternative design approaches of Anaradha Mathur and Dilip da Cunha on the one hand—aestheticizing on-site experiences into complex and artful over-site and out-of-site mappings—and those of Alexandre Chemetoff on the other with his refusal to transfer on-site experiences into another medium beyond site transcriptions, compare well to our on-site approach. We situate our work between the on-site and the over-site in reference to early land artist Robert Smithson, who aimed at transferring impressions and thoughts from site to elsewhere, producing his non-sites. He was not, however, producing cartographies. To appropriate James Corner, our eidetic operations rather seek a narrative cartography to enable translation from site to non-site—from here to there. This narrative cartography escapes both the raw status of transcriptions and the artful codification of mappings; it enables a tool for designers to mediate insight and impressions from one site (in order to express site qualities and potential transformations) to another located far away.
Figure 2: Positioning Fieldwork: communicating on site practice. Extract from the Cartographic Diary, Canarysect, 2013.
3. Transareal Travelling and the Open Work:
Our inspiration for this approach is drawn from another journey through the writings, mappings, and itineraries of the 18th and early 19th century traveller, writer, and explorer Alexander von Humboldt—our methodological (and spiritual) guide. Appropriating his transareal approach, understood as exploring a particular geographical and cultural area from the perspective of experience of another place, allows for generating new knowledge through relational thinking and an open-minded redefinition of local empirical studies. Humboldt regarded science as a mobile, transareal enterprise that moves across disciplinary and geographical boundaries and territories (Ette; Kutzinski). As witnessed in his journals and through recent scholarly reinterpretations, he practiced mobility of thought and application in his fieldwork through mapping and writing.
Humboldt’s applied approach assists us to re-envisage the epistemology of current scientific approaches to landscape investigation. His work operated within an environment characterized by intense global movement through seafaring and increased trade. Now similar, yet arguably more virtual, conditions of movement are driven by the current globalized economy. According to Ottmar Ette’s Alexander von Humboldt und die Globalisierung. Das Mobile des Wissens, in response to a changing worldview, Humboldt advanced two “epistemological revolutions” (76-83). At the time these approaches were not fully exploited and subsequently they were forgotten or misinterpreted as scientific research was segmented into specialized areas in the late 19th and 20th centuries. For 21st century designers/researchers, the original Humboldtian approaches appear to deliver the basis for examining an appropriate multi-scalar site exploration method.
Humboldt’s first epistemological revolution consisted in the rejection of pure reflection at distance (epitomised by the encyclopaedic knowledge of the French philosophers of 18th century such as Denis Diderot, Voltaire, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and Montesquieu) and posited empirical exploration on site as the new authority for reliable knowledge generation. Humboldt’s two great travels to the Americas via the Canary Islands (1799-1804) and to Central Asia (1829) adeptly depict his mode of practice through his reliance on fieldwork and immediate observation. Upon returning home, he eventually related his findings through critical thought leading to writing and publishing visual impressions, sections and maps in an ever-evolving process of knowledge generation. His post-American travel report Relation historique, published between 1814 and 1825 in Paris, and in his seminal work Kosmos, published between 1845 and 1862 in Stuttgart and Tübingen are examples of such publications. This led to his second epistemological revolution. In his writings since the Relation historique, Humboldt posited knowledge as an open work, expanding his research to cross boundaries between areas of study, exploring their interrelatedness and relational dynamics, and regarding science as a transareal pursuit.
Humboldt’s appreciation of open-ended and relational methods helped to generate his particular format of writing, communicating, and publishing. His texts, such as the Relation historique and Kosmos, feature multiple cross-references and side stories in a meandering footnote apparatus. The Relation historique, for example, was conceived as a book series with forthcoming editions and included comprehensive publication of images produced by artists utilizing his sketches and notes. This particularity has also earned him disdain, and many of his thousands of pages have been published in falsifying shortcuts and misinterpreting translations. Today, researchers such as Vera Kutzinski, Ottmar Ette, Laura Dassow Walls and others, united in the Potsdam International Network for TransArea Studies (POINTS), contend that Humboldt’s time has come again and as a scientific figure, his work embodies such merit as to be rediscovered and reinterpreted from primary sources.
Humboldt’s claim seems to be both relevant and contemporaneous to our design research perspective. In an interrelated world, mobile scientific inquiry and method can help generate appropriate knowledge for the design of complex contemporary landscapes. Our travelling transect aims at translating an historical approach into contemporary scientific/design method: Humboldt’s site thinking is on-site thinking and his site knowledge is open-ended evolutionary knowledge.
4. Conceiving and Testing a Contemporary Fieldwork Method:
In April 2013, the Canarysect was conceived as a first travel experiment and transareal method performed on the Canary Islands archipelago. We selected these particular water landscapes to explore imagined transareal travel employing transect as an organizing process. Tracing Humboldt’s journeys we saw these islands presenting a compelling on-site laboratory as they are commonly acknowledged as a summer destination, providing a range of coastal, urban and topographic features supported by balmy weather conditions in accordance with the qualities evident in international and generic tourism locations worldwide. We sensed that as the Canaries host a maximal variety of topographical and water conditions over a compact geographical expanse, we would be able to explore their specificities in the context of our transect experiment. Furthermore, following Ottmar Ette’s understanding of the Canaries as “comprising the whole world in an island” and a specific “island world” at the same time (Inselwelt in German; see Gebauer 11-14), we conceived of the Canaries as a microcosm of the globalising world. The Islands’ distinctive landscape qualities, which alter from island to island, infer dynamic and changeable site conditions responsive to local ecologies and economies. Our intent was to seek out the particular atmospheres and materialities that lie beneath or adjacent recent development in association with water landscapes and forms.
Before the trip, we traced an itinerary, selecting three islands of the archipelago, Tenerife, Lanzarote, and La Graciosa. The itinerary was highlighted as a red line over a set of hand-drawn maps. We sought to commence at Humboldt’s test site on the island of Tenerife where he ascended the Teide volcano. When Humboldt sailed from Spain to the Canaries in 1799, his team landed first at La Graciosa (17 June 1799), the small satellite island of Lanzarote in the North of the archipelago, erroneously thinking it was Tenerife—his first deviation. As Alfred Gebauer notes in Alexander von Humboldt. Seine Woche auf Teneriffa 1799,they then continued to Tenerife to study the island over only a week (19-25 June 1799), especially the Northern slope and the crater of the Teide Volcano.
On site, we had a week to travel along the line prescribed by our itinerary, always receptive for deviation, and we took with us a set of tools to guide our capture of site particularities: Photographing and filming to enable capturing atmospheres through framing unique moments and for contemplating details, colours, structures, scales, and sounds to illustrate sequences of site dynamics. Sketching and hand-drawing to permit flexible depiction of details in a semi-automatic reflection mode, allowing superimposition of various observations of forms, structures, objects, and their associations, brought to clarity through annotation in field notes. Along the way, conversations with locals, designers, and professionals involved in landscape development helped us to gather information and insight into current discourses and practices about the dynamics and relationships of local conditions. These collaborations and associations promoted a community of practice around the site. Now, after the fieldwork, our findings consist of a collection of raw material: photos and small films, sketches and annotations, collections and interview notes. In accordance with the open work method, this material is now sorted, evaluated, combined, interpreted, synthesized, and elaborated into exhibition, writing and the expanded cartographic diary that seeks to challenge conventional cartography.
5. Mapping and Narrating from Site:
Our days of transect travelling across Tenerife, Lanzarote, and La Graciosa provided us with more than enough material—from wet to dry, from volcano to coast, across impassable rock plains to black sand beaches, and from sub-tropical density to bare aridity. It also tuned our expectations for crossing territory, forcing us to slow down when necessary, even though we had limited time for our excursions. This temporal aspect of travelling landscape with intent is impossible to convey on conventional maps far from site—this is the benefit and challenge of fieldwork.
Design research methods that arise from transect travel empower the intangible qualities of landscape elements to operate as prompts for recording and conversation towards collective mapping and narrating. Our field notes and photos reveal atmospheres of exposure and enclosure, danger and protection, the wet and fresh, the salty, the dark and the bright, and the dynamics of erosion over time. Our films reveal water dynamics over short sequences, yet they convey passing and repeating patterns day by day. Our sketches reveal relationships of landscape entities such as coast, ravines, cliffs, and slopes at a scale beyond detail. Together, these prompts relate to natural systems such as: geology, topography, wind and the water regime of the Canaries, the islands as part of the African tectonic plateau that drifts eastwards creating volcanic activity, the volcanoes that ejected the lava that ran down the slopes forming the rocky coasts, the trade winds coming in and the northern coasts exposed to them. The social and economic results of Canarian environmental dynamics show extreme cultivation of the natural formations and resources into places of great aesthetic beauty; the natural bathing pools fashioned into the rocky coastlines, evolutionary volcanic agriculture, the closeness of the Sahara and the appearance of an African architecture and urban influence, deposited yellow sand that now come to surface through wind erosion creating the bright land masses of La Graciosa and the most-favored tourist beaches, and finally the shallow waters between the eastern Canaries and the coasts of the African shelf to create the rich Canarian/Saharan fishing bank and the shellfish rocks of La Graciosa.
Application of the various tools utilized while transecting the relational, the dynamic, and the atmospheric qualities of water landscapes confirmed many of our research and methodological expectations and tested others. We had to distinguish between firstly the relational being spatial, i.e. the relations between objects, and secondly the trans-scalar, i.e. the relation between overall structures, functions and forces, site and program. Sketches could partly represent trans-scalar relationships. Dynamic change over time—cycles and flows—is traced on site, through the camera and the sketch. Atmospheres as spatial, haptic, and temporal conditions typically were the most difficult to record through experiments with photography, both sequential freeze frame and video capture. However, we find that much knowledge is produced in between the tools or in their intersection, through collaborative conversation, modelling, annotation, and over-writing.
6. Annotation, Cartography, and the Diary:
This annotated, cartographic diary is the first production after the Canarysect. It combines pre-travel, travel, and post-travel material and marks the red line indicating the linearity and dynamics of our imagined travel, day after day, island after island. Along this line, daily itineraries are displayed through pre-prepared map sketches, the overall section and maps of the archipelago. This base drawing terminates with the epistemic diagram which brings the travel along a spatially deviant transect into graphic realization. Above and below the map sequence, photos and sketches from site communicate some of the prompts, i.e. places of situated knowledge, which captured and sometimes deviated the researchers’ attention on site from the planned itinerary. Various local and global issues crystallize in these areas, especially as they are related to the tensions among everyday Canarian life and economies and international tourism and extractive industries development alongside world heritage landscapes. Such areas include: the rocky coasts of Garachico, El Médano on Tenerife, Janubio on Lanzarote, the western shores of La Graciosa, the cultivated ravines of the Orotava valley, the Barranco de Santos in Tenerife, and the Los Valles and the Jameos de Agua on Lanzarote. At the same time, the photos and maps also depict atmospheric site qualities. Composed at first by Diedrich and drawing upon work prepared for exhibition, this cartographic diary was subsequently annotated by Lee to reflect upon the thoughts, experiences, moments of clarification, and ongoing conversations across collaborators. These slight narrative exchanges are both prompts and confirmations of moments recalled through the medium of image, panorama, and sectional sketch. Temporal moments encountered while travelling could be chronicled through image and text, and the short film and sound bites taken at unique moments during the visits to places were able to capture the atmospheres of water movement visible in the natural and designed sculptural forms so characteristic of these islands.
Figure 3: Annotated cartographic diary and Figure 4: Audiovisual narrative of atmospheres
A spatial review in real time, this annotated cartographic diary opens up to the next iteration, annotation, and/or journey. It expresses an open-ended method of communicating site after the first event to make subsequent events in abstract time. This kind of mapping is both a spatial and a temporal chronology. The use of videos and sound manipulation allows for the repeatable expression of atmospheres recorded in the field and of the moment. This cartography is a trans-scalar representation of a sequence of island experiences—it is both an account of a fieldwork itinerary, and at the same time an open work that provokes further mind journeys after the initial landing on site and with the included contributions offered by the various fieldworkers to the diary.
7. The Deviant Transect:
We set out with the idea of the travelling transect assuming that pre-knowledge enabled us to define the itinerary, and that we would probably allow serendipity to change our itinerary on site if our attention was captured by something that provoked deviation. On our Canarysect trip, it became clear that the deviation was what generated new knowledge, on-site, and also post-travel through ongoing mapping and narrating. Future transects drawn from this knowledge would again encourage deviation, confirming our method as open-ended, producing evolutionary, never-complete knowledge.
As in Humboldt’s tropic(al) constructions, the shift between the planned itinerary and the factual on-site experience enables discovery. The shift, or the trope, in Ette’s words, is border crossing, leaping forward towards a deviant itinerary. The shift depends on the researchers’ knowledge and interests, their moves, motion and emotions, mediated by their apprehension of site and the particular temporal and physical conditions encountered while travelling. It depends on the particular itinerary and who travels—as the knowledge generated each time is mediated through negotiations around the inherent nature of mapped and collected materials. Co-opting Humboldt’s transareal fieldwork approach facilitates landscape research that imbues mapping and reproducing methods with ephemeral and atmospheric site qualities. Through the medium of archipelagic travelling, we appropriate these evocative techniques and propose a form of landscape research that constitutes a journey from on-site to non-site, from physical to mental site, from thought to conversation, as we move back and forth. This is an inclusive journey that invites engagement with landscape design as a moment within ongoing and open works.
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Gebauer, Alfred. Alexander von Humboldt. Seine Woche auf Teneriffa 1799. Verlag Verena Zech: Santa Úrsula, 2009. Print.
Humboldt Alexander. von Ansicht der Kordilleren und Monumente der eingeborenen Völker Amerikas. (1810-13) Eichborn: Frankfurt A.M., 2004. 10-13. Print.
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Kahn Andrea. “Overlooking: A look at how we look at site or… site as “discrete object” of desire.” Desiring Practices. Architecture, Gender and the Interdisciplinary. Eds. Sarah McCorquodale, Katerina Ruedi, Sarah Wigglesworth. London: Black Dog Publishing, 1996. 174-185. Print.
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Attack on donkey: Aggressive behaviour of society reflects political instability
Ali Ousat
KARACHI - Once Mahatma Gandhi wrote that “The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.”
The recently incident occurred in District East Karachi reportedly had reflected the social behaviour of the society, where activists of political parties severely tortured a donkey to humiliate their political rivals. First they put the name of their political rival on the donkey and later punched him in the face and abdomen several times, his nose was broken, kicked all over his body until he collapsed, he had rope marks and later car rammed into him.
The donkey was rescued by Aysha Chundrigar Foundation. According to the foundation, the donkey still cannot stand up on his own. Once he sits down, he is unable to move without help. His body is still rigid, his facial bones have stiffened but he cannot control his jaw that is still trembling due to the trauma he has faced.
“The only positive thing is that he is able to eat what is being fed to him and drink water. We are trying our best to curb his pain and suffering by giving him apt medication with the help of our vets,” it concluded. Talking to The Nation, SSP East, Murtaza Bhutto said if anyone interested to register the FIR against cruel incident, must contact with police.
“We were also informed by the social media, I don’t know where the incident happened and who was behind this brutality,” Bhutto added.
Dr Beenish Shoro, head of department of Psychiatry, Sindh Government Hospital, Liaquatabad while talking to The Nation said: “Recent incidence of aggression towards a living creature can be broken down into two components. One is the presence of hostility; violence and cruelty of a mob and other is the level of impulsivity intolerance and lack of empathy towards a living soul, apart from their learning, training and lack of remorse.
“This anti-social outburst is an impulsive and criminal effort to hide/mask their level of anxiety; low self esteem; disrespect of nature and lack of control of resources and circumstances.”
She further added that when the feelings and energies are not directed towards creativity or betterment of society; those will ultimately be expressed through dangerous aggression and criminality.
Shoro further pointed out that: “This intolerance is not limited to political consciousness, it is now prevailing in our day-to-day affairs, our interpersonal relationship and now expending towards gifts of nature.
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“To deal with this issue we need to address the actual problems and positive constructive behaviours should be adopted.”
She further pointed out that theirs personality and lack of sympathy or empathy towards anything even though they understand the meaning of pain and grief.
She further added that there were provoking factor also, “Yes, it wasn’t planned or needed no strategy to follow and put any efforts into it,” she said, adding “it was just their impulsive behaviour that left them with no conscience or superego even in lighter terms they suddenly lose their morality; so called ethics and even humanity.”
Dr Mehboob Ali, department of Political Science, Karachi University while talking to The Nation condemned the cruel behaviour of political activists and said it was just individual act, and we could not hold the whole society responsible for it.
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“I agree they were aggressive and it was responsibility of our political leaders to not use abusive language against their political rivals,” he said, adding that they must teach tolerance to their political activists.
“However, as a whole we are living in tolerated society and by the time the people will attain more political consciousness, if the system continue,” he concluded.
Replying to question, how to deal with this behaviour, he added that “We don’t need to throw them out of society or put them in extreme guilt, they need to be educated, counselled and their aggression should be turned into positive healthier and constructive behaviour.”
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Norfolk Tales, Myths & More!
Stories From Norfolk and Beyond – Be They Past, Present, Fact, Fiction, Mythological, Legend or Folklore.
Tag: Norfolk
A Monk’s betrayal at St Benets
It is not uncommon for tales of apparitions to have grown up around the sites of former monestries. In the turbulent years of the Middle Ages, and either side, monks were thought to have had supernatural powers and were associated with mysticism and superstition in people’s minds. It is not surprising therefore that several tales about villainous monks at St Benets Abbey have circulated over these years – and indeed, still flourish.
Mostly these tales have been linked to political and religious intrigues and double-crossings; many of which were simply part and parcel of powerful establishments. One example relating to St Benets is when, in an attempt to transform the Abbey into a pilgrimage centre to rival Walsingham and Bromholm, the monks there invented the cult of St Margaret of Holm who, according to a medieval chronicler, was strangled nearby in Little Wood at Hoveton St John in 1170. This barbarous act recalls to mind the crucifixion of the boy saint William of Norwich in 1144 (see here for separate Blog), which was within living memory of those monks at St Benets!
St Benets, or to give it its full name of St Benedict’s-at-Holm (or Hulm) Abbey, has been a Norfolk Broad’s landmark for almost 1000 years. Situated on the banks of the river Bure, the Abbey has long been reduced to just the ruins of the former gatehouse, into which an 18th century farmer built a windmill. This strange ruin, as small as it is, holds many stories and hides more than a few mysteries.
The tales which have survived the test of time include attacks by the Normans then, 300 year’s later, the Peasants Uprising when the Abbey was stormed and its deeds and charters destroyed. There are also those mythical stories and legends relating to images and sometimes terrible things that had once been a part of this once sacred place and have since been periodically returned by what may well be magical means! They include the recurring story of a monk from St Benets who, on quiet evenings, can still be seen rowing between the Abbey and Ranworth in a little boat, accompanied by a dog. It is said that he is quite harmless and concentrates only on his regular task of maintaining the rood screen in Ranworth church. Then there is the Dragon which once terrorised the village of Ludham and ended its life at the Abbey. The Legend of the Seal is another tale dating back to the days of King Henry I when a legacy of ancient carvings depicting the story were built into either side of gatehouse entrance and can still to be seen today. However, let us not be carried away in directions that would take us away from the following Tale – an apparition which has its roots firmly at St Benets. Just Remember! in common with all orthodox ruined abbeys and priories, St Benets and its surviving gatehouse is still believed to be haunted!
This tale is known as ‘The Shrieking Monk‘ and it is believed to be that of Ethelwold (some say Essric?), the young bailiff monk who basely betrayed the Abbey in the hope of becoming its Abbot. This spectre has a fearful significance – and it screams! Like many, it has an anniversary date for appearances, but it is just as likely to be seen at other times of the year when ‘conditions are just right’. They say that it is possible to experience this particular spectre in the late autumn, on All Hallows Eve, or winter on dark nights between midnight and early dawn, particularly if the dawn is shrouded in a heavy mist and there is a distinct chill in the air. Even today, few would care to pass the old ruin when such conditions are abroad – particularly when they hear the tale of a certain Ludham marshman who perished one night near the ruined gatehouse of St Benets. Apparantly, according to William Dutt’s ‘Highways and Byways in East Anglia’ (1901) – this marshman was on his way home from his bullocks. As he draws near the gatehouse and sees something in the shadows that ‘started screeching like a stuck pig’. Some years later this story was further elaborated when retold by the Stalham folklorist, W H Cooke; he call it ‘The Shrieking Monk’. It tells how this monk terrified a local wherryman one foggy night – All Hallows Eve and he rushes away to seek the safety of his wherry which is moored nearby; he slips in the early morning mud and falls into the Bure and is drowned!
Following in the tradition of gilding each ghost story in its re-telling; here, we again go back to those Norman times and to the moment when William the Conqueror was, apparently, experiencing great difficulty with taking St Benet’s Abbey. This version of the story again surrounds William’s difficulty and the monk Ethelwold who falls to temptation , opens the Abbey gates to the Normans – but subsequently is executed. Imagine now the Abbey materialising out of thin air, along with the obligitory mist; the present ruinous Mill transforming itself into a stone tower from where the execution referred to took place.
We are told that the Monks of St Benedict’s successfully withstood attacks from King William’s men for months on end and could have held out for much longer had it not been for the act of treachery by Ethelwold, the young bailiff monk. The strong walls of the Abbey had proved impregnable and there was enough food to feed those inside for at least twelve months; some also believed that a trust in God by the Abbot and the rest of the Abbey’s monks also played an important part in staving off the enemy. Unfortunately for all concerned, the young monk held aspirations which did not match his low position in the church. His aspirations, if legend and myth are to be believed, also made him a prime candidate to be bribed.
The Norman army deployed around the Abbey had been on the verge of giving up on their task but the general in charge decided that maybe a different tactic might work, having identified the monk as a possible solution. What was needed was for a messenger to be sent to the Abbey with a letter urging the Abbot to surrender, but at the same time to, surreptitiously, slip a tempting offer to this particular monk. This plan was put into operation and a messenger was despatched on horse back, carrying a white flag to guarantee entry. Once inside and before meeting the Great Abbot to hand over the general’s letter, the messenger managed to hand a separate note to Ethelwold, asking him at the same time to, somehow, return with him to meet with the General; a safe audience would be guaranteed.
Photo: Spinney Abbey
On receiving the general’s letter, the Abbot bluntly refused to contemplate his demand and quickly sought a volunteer to convey his decision back to the other side. Unsurprisingly, Ethelwold, the highly flatterable monk, stepped forward and offered his services; he by then being totally intrigued by the general’s attention in him. This monk’s ego and aspirations were further enhanced when on arrival he was told by the general that he, Ethelwold, was obviously destined for a better career than that of a humble bailiff monk. Now, if only he would help the general’s soldiers take over the Abbey he, the humble monk, would be elavated to Abbot of St Benedict’s Abbey – for LIFE – a gift that would be far beyond the menial’s wildest dreams! The general added that the young brother had absolutely nothing to lose, for if the Abbey held out, despite impressive defensive walls and generous stocks of provisions, the army would attack in even greater force and inflict a terrible result on the religeous order. But, if this “Abbot Elect” would just open the gatehouse doors that same night, everyone would be spared.
Although clearly naive, Ethelwold was not without a degree of intelligence. Surely, he questioned himself, the other brethren would punish him if he was ever found out; they would certainly not accept him as their Abbot? He was not even an ordained priest – for heaven’s sake! Even here, the general had anticipated such doubts but seemed to have no difficulty in convincing the monk that by using his new elevated rank of ‘conqueror of the Abbey’ the brethren would accept their new Abbot, in pain of losing the present incumbent and anyone else of a rebellious nature. With this assurance, the now traitor returned to St Benet’s in both excitement and with not a little fear. Ethelwold was naturally welcomed back and praised for his bravery in delivering the Abbot’s letter of refusal; whilst he held a burdensome secret.
The final days of May that year were full of sunshine, bridging the final days of spring to the start of summer; the evenings were however deceptive with one culminating in a sudden dissolved dusk displaced by a very chilly, dark and eerie night. The bell in the Abbey tower rang out eleven times, each ring echoing across the night ladened marches whilst Ethelwold’s heart pounded at an ever increasing pace as he waited for the final chord. This was followed by the sound of three knocks on the gatehouse door; the expected visitors had arrived! The nervous bailiff slowly withdrew the well lubricated bolts and was about to slowly release the door quietly when it was flung open and the monk was brushed aside as soldiers burst through and set about their task. Very quickly the monks realised a betrayal and offered no resistence because shedding blood was abhorrent to their beliefs; any arms were put aside and a truce quickly agreed, followed by an order that all must essemble in the Abbey Church the following morning.
There, on a morning that reflected the prevailing mood of the defeated, the young ‘Abbot Elect’ was paraded in with great ceremony and in front of the assembly was anointed and then dressed in cope and mitre. The Abbot’s crovier was placed in his hand, followed by a pronouncement that the once monk was now the Abbot of St Benedict’s-at-Holm – for LIFE! To complete the ceremony, the new Abbot was escorted the length of the Abbey by Normans in ceremonial armoured attire and banners flying – but with no applause except for that coming from the Normans. The defeated audience watched in total silence. The new Abbot was, however, full of himself and he ignored a part of the spectacle that was clearly of no importance to him. That changed all too quickly; the Abbot’s face, so flushed with utter pride one moment, turned deathly white as his hands were suddenly thrust behind his back and tied unceremoniously. Still dressed in his glittering robes, this ‘newly annointed abbot’ was dragged off – Norman’s abhor treachery!
Ethelwold, shrouded by a realisation that he had been completely fooled and foolish, cried for mercy but his cries were ignored. His march from the throne to an open window in the bell tower was further ignominious. There, he was hoisted up on to a makeshift gibbet made of a simple stout pole protruding out from the widow that faced a still misty river and marsh beyond. Then, no sooner had the noose been placed around the unfortunate’s head, when he was pushed to swing in full view of those who had gathered below. Those who were further away and out of sight of this summary execution would have their chance to witness the result. They would understand the stark message that was directed to everyone under to authority of Norman rule; all who dared to be treacherous for personal and selfish gain would meet the same fate! The church authority may also have considered the outcome appropriate and that the individual who had fallen from both window sill and grace, was now in the process of being judged by his Maker.
This story makes you wonder! – How many of us today, would choose to manouver their boats along the river Bure in early morning mist or walk the same path past the ruined Abbey, and concern themselves with apparitions? – particularly if the morning, from midnight onwards, happens to be misty? How many out on the 25th May would quicken their stride or increase water speed – just in case! Maybe all it takes is to be alone in the dark or in an early mist, a mist that was thought to be rising, but drops again suddenly at the same moment as the temperature takes on a deeper chill……! One thing is certain; all that is needed beyond these conditions is for a lone lapwing to swoop close by and send forth its pre-emptive cry of what might follow!
Dutt, W., Highways and Byways in East Anglia, 1901
Cooke, W.H., The Shrieking Monk, 1911
Tolhurst, P., This Hollow Land, Black Dog Books, 2018
Photos: Wikipedia, Google, Spinney Abbey.
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The Rabbit in East Anglia
Following their introduction into the British Isles by the Normans, rabbits were farmed in manmade warrens call “Coneygarths”, whose so-called “pillow mounds” encouraged the species to burrow and facilitate their capture. The construction of pillow mounds represents a remarkable long-lived form of animal husbandry, which in some places remained in use until the early 20th century. The vast majority of known pillow mounds are thought to be post-medieval and consequently the landscapes of extant rabbit warrens are a reflection of post-medieval warrening experience rather than that preceeded it.
Further, although former warrens are geographically widespread across England and Wales, their remains are more prevalent in western upland areas because the growth of arable practices in Eastern England during post-medieval period removed many of that regions former warrens. Despite this, chancery records reveals numerous references to rabbits and rabbit warrens in Eastern England compared to elsewhere. They also imply that the warrens in Eastern England were able to produce a surplus of rabbits that suported an export trade and supplied the Royal Court at Westminister, something that warrens in the remainder of England were less able to do.
The rabbit was rare in medieval England and much sought after for both its meat and its fur by landlord and poacher alike. Today the rabbit is regarded as prolific, destructive and of little value but this modern reputation belies historical experience where or much of its history the rabbit was a rare and highly prized commodity. The animal, believed to be indigenous during a previous interglacial period, was considered extinct until deliberately (re)introduced via France in the 11th and 12th centuries. Its value lay both in its meat and fur and, as someone noted in the 17th century:
‘no host could be deemed a good housekeeper that hath not plenty of these at all times to furnish his table’.
The rabbit’s fur was used as clothing as well as on clothing and, although neither the most fashionable nor valuable, rabbit fur became very popular in the 13th century. Yet in the beginning when first introduced, the rabbit found the English climate inhospitable and needed careful rearing and cosseting inside specially created warrens such as ‘pillow mounds’. For the next five centuries the vast majority of England’s rabbit population lived protected within these confines, and it was not until the 18th century that it successfully broke out and colonised a much wider area and through numbers devalued its worth.
Back in the 17th century the rabbit was still regarded as an important cash crop. In the Middle Ages rabbit warrens represented almost the sole source of supply for rabbits and their scarcity made them a valuable and fiercely guarded commodity. Indeed, the collapse of the grain market in the later 14th and 15th centuries encouraged some landlords to develop their warrens as an alternative source of income, to the extent that rabbiting can be classed as an unlikely but successful late medieval growth industry.
Throughout the Middle Ages the right to hunt and kill any beast or game was a special privilege granted by the king, so that all hunting was carefully controlled and restricted. Hunting in the extensive royal forests was the privilege of the king alone, but outside these areas the Crown was prepared to sell exclusive hunting rights by means of a charter of free-warren. In effect, the recipient of this charter was granted the sole right to kill the beasts of warren, which basically consisted of the pheasant, partridge, hare and rabbit, within a specified area. Hence the right to keep and kill rabbits was the exclusive privilege of the owner of free-warren and it was therefore illegal for anybody else to attempt to do so. Free-warren was consequently a valuable privilege, jealously guarded by its owner.
Whereas the modern rabbit has developed a resilience to the damp British climate, its medieval predecessor felt this aversion more keenly so areas of dry and sandy soil were chosen; also, gradients were preferred so as to facilitated both drainage and the dispersal of burrowed soil. Significantly the largest concentration of warrens in East Anglia was in Breckland, a region of undulating heathland, low rainfall and deep, porous sands, in other words an ideal habitat for the rabbit.
Rabbit Warreners
Most warrens in East Anglia had been founded by the late 13th century, many by church landlords. The Bishoprics of Ely created warrens at Brandon and Freckenham respectively; Bury St Edmunds Abbey did likewise at Mildenhall and so did West Acre Priory at Wicken and Custhorpe in Norfolk. The Prior and Convent of Ely were granted free-warren in Lakenheath. It is believed that the rabbit was a particularly favoured delicacy of the Abbot of St Edmunds who had a warren created at his country retreat in Elmswell and at Long Melford, whilst both West Acre and West Dereham Priories also established their own warrens nearby. Various lay landlords were also prominent in this new experiment, notably at Methwold, Thetford, Tunstead and Gimingham. It is difficult to ascertain the exact area of these early warrens, although the largest swept down the western edge of Breckland from Thetford through Wangford to Eriswell. By the end of the Middle Ages such warrens had probably grown to occupy the 1000 acres plus they were to reach at their zeniths.
Medieval Rabbit Warren
The distinctive clustering of warrens indicates that the rabbit did not colonize a wide geographical area and even in central parts of East Anglia it remained a rare beast. This might surprise a modern reader familiar with the animal’s ubiquity and sex drive, but the medieval rabbit was fragile and uncomfortable in its new, cold environment and under constant threat from predators and harsh winter conditions. Consequently, low fertility and high mortality rates restricted natural increase, even within the relative safety of the warren. This placed severe restrictions on long distance migrations, although undoubtedly some fledgling warrens were spawned in the vicinity of the early warrens, and these were then exploited by eager landlords.
The exploitation of warrens was a highly skilled business and most warreners were full-time manorial officials, paying them handsome wages but often stipulating their exact duties and reserving the right of dismissal if their work was unsatisfactory. Besides financial remuneration, most warreners enjoyed other perks such as extra pasture rights and flee accommodation within the warren lodge. The pressures of their work were largely seasonal and peaked with cullings in the autumn when the rabbit’s fur was thickest. Extra help was often required in this busy period, as at Lakenheath in I384 when seven men were hired for twenty weeks.
The most common method of trapping was with ferrets and nets, the ferrets being released into specific burrows to drive the rabbits above ground and into nets tended by trappers. Most warreners reared their own ferrets, although sometimes a ferreter was hired at considerable expense. For much of the year, however, the warrener worked alone to guard his rabbits against hunger and predators and even to seek ways to encourage breeding. Surprisingly perhaps, the early rabbits were reluctant burrowers, which prompted some warreners to construct artificial burrows or ‘pillow mounds’. Over time, rabbits got the message!
Rabbit Pillow Mound
Pillow mounds were designed to provide dry, well-ventilated burrows in which the rabbit could breed comfortably; the very existence of these ‘aids’ just emphasize both the animal’s unease in the damp climate and the need to mother the animal carefully. Warreners needed to take positive steps to curtail rabbit’s high mortality rates, particularly with any shortage of winter food, although on the heathlands gorse provided a cheap and convenient source. Other than that, oats were regularly fed to rabbits. Warreners also waged a perpetual war against the rabbit’s natural predators and poachers. The fox, stoat, weasel, wildcat and polecat stalked with ruthless efficiency, so that Brandon, Lakenheath and Kennett warrens were set with numerous traps and snares ‘for nocturnal predators’.
Warren Lodges:
The real threat from both predators and poachers eventually resulted in the construction of a wooden watchtower at Lakenheath warren in I365 and a stone lodge in Methwold by I413, followed by Thetford. These lodges were features of medieval Breckland and the one at Thetford still stands. Most date from the late 14th century and reflected the threat posed by poachers and the determination of landlords to protect increasingly valuable assets. These remarkable buildings also absorbed much of the capital invested in warrens for they were expensive to build and maintain. Brandon lodge was completed in the I380’s and stood at two storeys high and was protected by slit windows and flint walls three feet thick. At Elmswell in the early 16th century, the warren lessee was allowed over one-sixth the value of the lease each year to spend on upkeep. Rabbit rearing was otherwise a relatively inexpensive business, with the major expenditure on labour.
Mildenhall Warren Lodge. Photo: Friends od Thetford Forest.
Output from most warrens remained low until the later 14th century. Cullings varied wildly from year to year, but seldom exceeded a couple of hundred. The sale price of the rabbit reflected its scarcity and for a century after its introduction to East Anglia it cost at least 3d each, which was equivalent to the wage of almost two days’ unskilled labour. Rabbits proved most acceptable gifts to friends, favourites and eminents and the Prior of Ely sent sixty to Edward III in I345.
Prior to the Black Death of 1348-9, rabbit production was a distinctly low output concern geared primarily towards household consumption. It presented some commercial opportunities in the luxury goods market, but its mass marketing potential was restricted by its high price and the low incomes of most Englishmen. The early warrens often represented a net financial loss in many years, emphasizing that rabbits were essentially an indulgence enjoyed only by the very wealthy. However, the drastic reduction in the human population after the mid-14th century Black Death heralded a remarkable change in fortunes for commercial rabbiting. This was brought about by rapid gains in living standards and the purchasing power for many people. This increased purchasing power induced changes in taste and fashion and opened up a new market for goods previously considered as nonessential. Hence in the late 14th century there was considerable growth in output of goods with relatively high value, such as woollen cloth, cutlery, leather goods, pewter and wine.
Old Map of Thetford Rabbit Warren Area
Commercial rabbit rearing benefited from the changing economic conditions in a number of ways. First, the labour costs of rabbit keeping were low compared to grain farming and this enhanced its attractiveness to landlords in a period of rising wages. Furthermore, cullings could be sharply increased without a big rise in labour inputs, so that unit costs in rabbit production fell appreciably in the 14th century. Secondly, the demand for meat rose, and although there are no grounds for supposing that the rabbit suddenly became the meat of the masses, it certainly descended the social scale. Lastly, demand for better clothing increased and chroniclers commented on the rising standard of dress amongst the masses. Being a low-value fur, rabbit was most likely to benefit from any expansion in the mass clothing market. The common grey rabbit was most numerous in East Anglian warrens and was used for warmth rather than for display. On the other hand, Methwold, Wretham and some coastal warrens specialised in the rarer silver- grey and black rabbits. These were much more fashionable as an adornment on clothing and, apparently, Henry VII possessed night attire tailored with black rabbit fur which bore a close resemblance to the more expensive ermine and was much in demand as an imitation. By mid-century the rabbit had replaced the Russian squirrel as the basic fur of north-west Europe, and the growth of exports from London points to England’s role as a major supplier. London was not the only port to benefit, for at Blakeney in the 16th century rabbit skins were the fourth-largest export commodity. The Low Countries remained an important market, but Norfolk ports also sent furs to Danzig and the Baltic.
The rabbit trade between East Anglia and London also remained prosperous for some considerable time. Methwold warren was a regular supplier to the London market and a London merchant was fined for importing East Anglian rabbits during the close season imposed by the Poulters. Throughout the Middle Ages this Guild had fixed the price of rabbits on the London market and in the 15th century one would fetch between 3d and 4d. Even after the relatively high costs of transport and labour, the net profit on one trip was still considerable.
The rabbit undoubtedly made a significant impact upon those areas to which it was introduced. East Anglian soils display a wide variety of type and composition, from fertile clays to thin, acidic sands, and in the Middle Ages these sands presented a formidable obstacle to cultivation. Rabbits were valuable precisely because they provided an opportunity to make productive use of the poorest soils, and indeed some warrens were founded on soils described as fit only for rabbits. Furthermore, as areas of poor soil were most likely to suffer the brunt of the declining grain market in the later Middle Ages, then rabbiting offered a welcome source of alternative income in a difficult period. The industry presented a range of employment opportunities, not all of them legal, and as output increased so did the occupational spin-offs. The position of warrener was itself financially rewarding, whilst helping with the trapping or guarding of rabbits could provide a useful source of supplementary income at the very least.
The preparation of furs was a skilled and specialized task, and towns and villages near the warren areas harboured a number of skinners and barkers dependent on the local rabbit and sheep trades. They were prominent in medieval Thetford and Bury St Edmunds. The rabbit industry also encouraged other specialists in the clothing trades, such as listers and glove-makers . It is also probable that the fur was sometimes shorn from the skin and then felted, again for use in clothing. Of course, the amount of specialist craftwork generated by the rabbit industry locally should not be overstated, for the largest warrens tended to send their produce directly to London, and so some of the benefit accrued to London skinners and poulters. However, this trade, though largely seasonal, did then provide much needed stimulus to the boatmen and carriers of the region. As the mass of the peasantry was legally excluded from taking the rabbit, any benefit to them from the growth of the industry would appear negligible. However, it is suspected that many peasants living in the vicinity of warrens secured a reasonable supply of rabbits illegally, either for domestic consumption or for distribution through the black market. The incidence of poaching increases rapidly from the mid-fourteenth century, reflecting both the growth in rabbits and of poaching itself.
Poaching:
The attraction of poaching was its simplicity and its profitability. Most warrens were situated on vast and isolated tracts of heathland, some distance from the nearest village and were therefore exposed and palpably difficult to protect. In addition, the rabbit prefers to leave its burrow and graze nocturnally, thus presenting poachers with excellent cover from the protective gaze of warren officials and with easier pickings on the ground. With no necessity to drive the colony from its burrows, they merely surrounded the unsuspecting animals with dogs. The stout warren lodges provided a base for the warreners’ operations against the poachers and welcome protection in case of danger, but they fought a losing battle.
Poacher
Many of the peasants who lived in the rabbit-producing regions must have poached at some stage during their lives and most of the reported cases involved one-off offenders. However, the countless references to the use of nets, ferrets and dogs largely indicated planned operations within the rabbit-warren itself, and often the perpetrators of these deeds are common or habitual poachers. It is also apparent that no-one was beyond reproach, judging by the number of petty clerics involved in poaching. In 1435 the parson of Cressingham was fined for poaching at Swaffham and Augustinian canons from Blythburgh Priory were regular unwanted visitors to Westwood warren. In 1425 one of their number, Thomas Sherman, was described in the court roll as ‘a poaching canon’. ”
Most of these regular poachers reared their own ferrets and dogs, and made their own nets. Greyhounds were popular, and were certainly favoured by the Blythburgh canons. However, rough heathland terrain proved demanding and other poachers preferred the more hardy lurcher, a cross between the greyhound and the collie. Court officials kept a watchful eye over these men, and John Brette of Flempton (Surf) was fined because ‘he kept a certain dog in order to kill the lord’s rabbits’. Some poachers, such as Geoffrey Sewale of Walberswick, preferred to set traps in the warrens but for many, ferreting remained the most popular. Indeed, they were in such demand on the Suffolk Sandlings in the 15th century that one Blythburgh canon ran a profitable business in leasing his well-trained ferrets to other poachers, presumably for a suitable fee.
By the later Middle Ages poaching had become a sufficiently serious and lucrative business for poachers to organize themselves into gangs. These were not merely some haphazard extension of individual operations, but represented a deliberate and carefully planned pooling of knowledge and resources. Their activities were characterized by efficiency and ruthlessness and they entered warrens heavily armed and equipped with a comprehensive range of poaching accessories. Their success undoubtedly prompted manorial officials to try and catch them with incriminating evidence even before they entered the warrens. The homes of an East Suffolk gang were scrutinized by court officials from Walberswick, who allegedly found four men keeping lurchers ‘in their tenements’, one man keeping ferrets and a net in his house’, and another with a supply of ‘haypenne’ nets. A Thetford gang of the 1440s, equally well equipped but more elusive, was reportedly operating in Downham warren attired with ‘soldiers tunics, steel helmets, bows and arrows’, whilst others were armed ‘with cudgels and staffs’. In September I444 this formidable bunch attacked and wounded three members of a rival gang from Elveden and without licence abducted and unjustly imprisoned them in the town of Thetford’.
Many of these Breckland gangs were comprised of skilled craftsmen, notably bakers, weavers, fishermen, and hostelers, and with their wide range of contacts hostelers may have been particularly important in co-ordinating activities. It is also possible that some warreners played a double game, for their expertise and local knowledge would have been invaluable. A Robert Fisher, a warrener living in Thetford, certainly poached in nearby Downham warren in 1446. With or without inside help, most poaching gangs included a number of men drafted from outside the locality. Court rolls always listed those culprits known to them, but often complained that these were joined by many other unknown men’. Such anonymity reduced the courts’ chances of breaking up gangs, and provided the gangs themselves with a wider range of dispersal points for their illicit gains.
It is possible that the rise in poaching was motivated by a sense of social grievance as much as by economic necessity. Resistance to the feudal order was endemic in late medieval East Anglia and court rolls repeatedly record refusals to perform manorial offices, labour services and the like. Occasionally this flared into violent protest, and most commentators have noted the vehemence of the I381 revolt in the region. The criminal activities of the poaching gangs were primarily directed against the ‘privilege of feudal order’ and so might have been championed and condoned by other peasants.
The rabbit was undoubtedly a very tangible embodiment of feudal privilege and status and therefore an ideal medium for social protest. The Smithfield rebels of I38I explicitly demanded that all men should have the right to take game and to hunt hares in the field. The physical damage caused by maurauding rabbits was certainly a source of friction and was amongst the grievances cited in Kett’s Rebellion in Norfolk in 1549. Unfortunately, conclusive proof that poaching was a major form of social protest is elusive. Its increase in the later 14th century certainly corresponded with a rise in social tensions, but also with a rise in the demand for the rabbit. Indeed, there was little sense of camaraderie or social unity between those Thetford and Elveden gangs in the I440s.
http://www.bahs.org.uk/AGHR/ARTICLES/36n1a1.pdf
https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/rabbit-decline-in-the-brecks-1-5334129
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listening to what we do, not what we say - Culture and Nonverbal Behavior - research paper
1459 words - 6 pages Running head: LISTENING TO WHAT WE DO, NOT WHAT WE SAY LISTENING TO WHAT WE DO, NOT WHAT WE SAY Listening to What We Do, Not what We Say: Culture and Nonverbal Behavior We might be living in a global world but nonverbal communication in different cultures shows such drastic differences that might present the feeling that we are from different planets. No matter where we are, it seems, we must remember that our bodies are always saying something, even when not speaking. More than half of all information communicated in conversation is done so in nonverbal form. (Elkins, 2015). Nonverbal communication plays many important roles in intercultural situations. As messages delivered within the VIEW DOCUMENT
Culture through the lens of art - New York University Cultural Foundations II - Essay
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2069 words - 9 pages proposes that hope is the human condition that pushes us to attain the socially and culturally produced ideals of happiness, by giving us the will to persevere and continue our pursuit towards it. The purpose of this essay is to argue that the interaction between culture and emotion, specifically the socially and culturally produced notion of happiness and the emotion of hope, is a social fact. This would be dubbed as the process of hoping for happiness. To illustrate the interaction between hope and happiness, the essay will firstly discuss what happiness and hope is, before linking the two concepts through theory and an example. I would also assess the process and the implication that VIEW DOCUMENT
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1465 words - 6 pages Veronica Cardenas Prof Ramos Eng. 1A April 15,2019 Highly Intelligent People Healing Other People Hip hop is an art, a genre, a fashion, an attitude, a mentality, more than just music. Regardless of how we look at hip hop / rap music in the present age, one thing is certain that the acceptance of rap hip hop music has greatly affected the genre of music. Hip hop / Rap is an evolving culture accepted by many of its musical influences constantly changing. Hip Hop / Rap is loved and enjoyed by various music genres, seen and shared on different social media such as radio, commercials, films and fashion. Hip-hop is more that just an art, a culture, a mentality a way to self-express people’s VIEW DOCUMENT
Ancient China's Culture And Customs. This Is Very Simple And Straighforward, But Has A Bibliography
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Do Culture And Individual Beliefs Affect Logical Thinking? If So, How Do They Influence The Conclusions We Reach?
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YouTubers Influence on Youth Culture and their Over Consumption of Goods Endorsed by Them. - SFU CMNS 323 - Assignment
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Rhetorical Analysis about the religious culture in Utah and how it affects the youth community - English 101 - Analysis
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1466 words - 6 pages Rape Culture in the Media and Digital Age In the history of the illustrated press, the portrayal of rape victims and rapists have been muddled. Sexual violence, sexual harassment, and sexual abuse are being perpetuated through the development of digital technology. Sexual violence, which can be defined as actual "physical acts, like rape, sexual assault, non-contact offenses and behaviors, like sexual harassment and sexual coercion." Technology is a big part of the problem with sexual violence because the coined term "technology-facilitated sexual violence" has become widespread as it refers to the ways that criminal harmful sexually aggressive and harassing behaviors are being facilitated VIEW DOCUMENT
Internet speech, freedom of speech and hate culture; cyber bullying - Orange County community college English 1 - research
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Space In Contemporory Culture And Everydaylife
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Our Royal, Titled, Noble, and Commoner Ancestors & Cousins (over 190,000 names).
I've added a new "hot key" to my Welcome Page. It is the ancestry of my husband and is called "Dennis Lundahl's Genealogy Site." His ancestry includes people from Sweden (Skåna & Väster Götland (was Skaraborg) counties), Switzerland (Solothurn canton), & New York State Palatine & Dutch settlers. "Last Edited Date" is now a data element in each record. My ancestry is from New England, Virginia, England, Scotland, Germany, & Switzerland (as of 31 December 2019). My current concentration is on combining the database of a dear friend who recently passed away with my database. Her ancestry is heavily into New England, with additional ancestry from Scotland & Switzerland.
Dennis Lundahl's Genealogy Site
Last Edited 2 Jan 2015
M, #77079, b. July 1596, d. 3 May 1676
Father Thomas King b. c 1572, d. 3 Dec 1644
Mother Sarah b. c 1575
Charts Pedigree of Donald Thomas Spencer
Thomas King was christened in July 1596 at Hinton, Dorsetshire, England. He married Anne Collins, daughter of Henry Collins and Maude Whittacker, circa 1626 at of Lexington, Middlesex, MA. Thomas King died on 3 May 1676 at Sudbury, Middlesex, MA, at age 79.
Anne Collins b. c 1608, d. 24 Dec 1642
Mary King+1 b. c 1630, d. 22 Mar 1714
Sarah King+2 b. c 1632, d. 2 Jul 1706
Elizabeth King+ b. c 1635, d. 30 Oct 1667
[S11597] Ancestry.com, Submitted by rchasa43.
[S61] Unknown author, Family Group Sheets, Family History Archives, SLC.
F, #77080, b. circa 1608, d. 24 December 1642
Father Henry Collins b. c 1579
Mother Maude Whittacker b. c 1581
Anne Collins was born circa 1608 at England. She married Thomas King, son of Thomas King and Sarah, circa 1626 at of Lexington, Middlesex, MA. Anne Collins died on 24 December 1642 at Sudbury, Middlesex, MA.
Thomas King b. Jul 1596, d. 3 May 1676
Henry Collins
Last Edited 17 Feb 2001
Henry Collins was born circa 1579 at of Dorsetshire, England. He married Maude Whittacker on 25 April 1608 at St. Dunstan, Stepney, Middlesex, England.
Maude Whittacker b. c 1581
Anne Collins+ b. c 1608, d. 24 Dec 1642
Maude Whittacker
Last Edited 5 Jun 2005
Maude Whittacker was born circa 1581 at of Dorsetshire, England. She married Henry Collins on 25 April 1608 at St. Dunstan, Stepney, Middlesex, England.
Henry Collins b. c 1579
M, #77083, b. circa 1572, d. 3 December 1644
Thomas King was born circa 1572 at of Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England. He married Sarah circa 1595 at of Hinton, Dorsetshire, England. Thomas King died on 3 December 1644 at Sudbury, Middlesex, MA.
Sarah b. c 1575
Thomas King+ b. Jul 1596, d. 3 May 1676
Sarah was born circa 1575 at of Shaston, Dorsetshire, England. She married Thomas King circa 1595 at of Hinton, Dorsetshire, England.
Thomas King b. c 1572, d. 3 Dec 1644
William Merriam
M, #77085, b. 2 February 1594, d. 1638
Father William Merriam b. 11 May 1564, d. 27 Nov 1635
William Merriam was christened on 2 February 1594 at St. Mary's, Hadlowe, Kent, England. He married Sarah Burgess, daughter of James Burgess, circa 1624 at of Hadlowe, Kent, England. William Merriam died in 1638 at Hadlow, Kent, England.
Sarah Burgess b. c 1602
Mary Merriam+ b. 1625, d. 8 Mar 1721
Father James Burgess b. c 1580
Sarah Burgess was born circa 1602 at of Hadlowe, Kent, England. She married William Merriam, son of William Merriam, circa 1624 at of Hadlowe, Kent, England.
William Merriam b. 2 Feb 1594, d. 1638
James Burgess was born circa 1580 at of Hadlowe, Kent, England.
Sarah Burgess+ b. c 1602
Last Edited 29 Oct 2017
M, #77088, b. 11 May 1564, d. 27 November 1635
Father William Merriam1 b. c 1520, d. 27 Jan 1566
Mother Alice Hablett1 b. c 1522, d. 1564
William Merriam was born on 11 May 1564 at Tudeley, Kent, England.1 He died on 27 November 1635 at Hadlow, Kent, England, at age 71.1
William Merriam+ b. 2 Feb 1594, d. 1638
Joseph Merriam+2 b. c 1600, d. 1 Jan 1641
George Merriam+1 b. c 1602, d. 29 Dec 1675
[S11597] Ancestry.com, Submitted by Corbett-Donna.
[S11597] Ancestry.com, Submitted by kathrynelizabethsusbauer.
Samuel Jennison
M, #77089, b. 12 October 1673, d. 2 December 1730
Father Samuel Jennison b. 16 Oct 1645, d. 15 Oct 1701
Mother Judith Newcomb b. 16 Jan 1645, d. 1 Mar 1723
Samuel Jennison was born on 12 October 1673 at Watertown, Middlesex, MA. He married Mary Stearns, daughter of Samuel Stearns and Hannah Manning, on 2 November 1699 at Watertown, Middlesex, MA. Samuel Jennison died on 2 December 1730 at Watertown, Middlesex, MA, at age 57.
Mary Stearns b. 5 Apr 1679, d. 2 Dec 1732
John Jennison+ b. 9 Feb 1711, d. 21 Mar 1751
Mary Stearns
F, #77090, b. 5 April 1679, d. 2 December 1732
Father Samuel Stearns b. 24 Apr 1638, d. 3 Aug 1683
Mother Hannah Manning b. 21 Jun 1642, d. 26 Jul 1723
Mary Stearns was born on 5 April 1679 at Cambridge, Middlesex, MA. She married Samuel Jennison, son of Samuel Jennison and Judith Newcomb, on 2 November 1699 at Watertown, Middlesex, MA. Mary Stearns died on 2 December 1732 at age 53.
Samuel Jennison b. 12 Oct 1673, d. 2 Dec 1730
Samuel Stearns
M, #77091, b. 24 April 1638, d. 3 August 1683
Father Isaac Stearns b. 16 Sep 1594, d. Jun 1671
Mother Mary Barker b. 1 Jan 1604, d. 23 Apr 1677
Samuel Stearns was born on 24 April 1638 at Watertown, Middlesex, MA. He married Hannah Manning, daughter of William Manning and Dorothy, on 1 February 1663 at Cambridge, Middlesex, MA. Samuel Stearns died on 3 August 1683 at Watertown, Middlesex, MA, at age 45.
Hannah Manning b. 21 Jun 1642, d. 26 Jul 1723
Mary Stearns+ b. 5 Apr 1679, d. 2 Dec 1732
Hannah Manning
F, #77092, b. 21 June 1642, d. 26 July 1723
Father William Manning b. c 1615, d. 14 Mar 1690
Mother Dorothy b. 1612, d. 26 Jul 1692
Hannah Manning was born on 21 June 1642 at of Watertown, Middlesex, MA. She married Samuel Stearns, son of Isaac Stearns and Mary Barker, on 1 February 1663 at Cambridge, Middlesex, MA. Hannah Manning died on 26 July 1723 at Watertown, Middlesex, MA, at age 81.
Samuel Stearns b. 24 Apr 1638, d. 3 Aug 1683
William Manning
M, #77093, b. circa 1615, d. 14 March 1690
Father William Manning b. c 1592, d. 17 Feb 1665
Mother Hannah b. c 1593, d. 1634
William Manning was born circa 1615 at of Essex, England. He married Dorothy circa 1641 at of Cambridge, Middlesex, MA. William Manning died on 14 March 1690 at Cambridge, Middlesex, MA.
Dorothy b. 1612, d. 26 Jul 1692
Hannah Manning+ b. 21 Jun 1642, d. 26 Jul 1723
F, #77094, b. 1612, d. 26 July 1692
Dorothy was born in 1612 at England. She married William Manning, son of William Manning and Hannah, circa 1641 at of Cambridge, Middlesex, MA. Dorothy died on 26 July 1692 at Cambridge, Middlesex, MA.
William Manning b. c 1615, d. 14 Mar 1690
M, #77095, b. circa 1592, d. 17 February 1665
William Manning was born circa 1592 at of Braintree, Essex, MA. He married Hannah circa 1614 at of Essex, England. William Manning died on 17 February 1665 at Boston, Suffolk, MA.
Hannah b. c 1593, d. 1634
William Manning+ b. c 1615, d. 14 Mar 1690
Hannah was born circa 1593 at England. She married William Manning circa 1614 at of Essex, England. Hannah died in 1634 at At sea, enroute to America.
William Manning b. c 1592, d. 17 Feb 1665
M, #77097, b. 16 October 1645, d. 15 October 1701
Father Robert Jennison b. c 1615, d. 4 Jul 1690
Mother Grace b. c 1615, d. 26 Nov 1686
Samuel Jennison was born on 16 October 1645 at Watertown, Middlesex, MA. He married Judith Newcomb, daughter of Francis Newcomb and Rachel Brackett, on 30 October 1666 at Watertown, Middlesex, MA. Samuel Jennison died on 15 October 1701 at Watertown, Middlesex, MA, at age 55.
Judith Newcomb b. 16 Jan 1645, d. 1 Mar 1723
Samuel Jennison+ b. 12 Oct 1673, d. 2 Dec 1730
Grace Jennison+1 b. 11 Feb 1678, d. 7 Jan 1757
Judith Newcomb
F, #77098, b. 16 January 1645, d. 1 March 1723
Father Francis Newcomb b. c 1605, d. 26 Mar 1692
Mother Rachel Brackett b. 28 Apr 1614, d. a 5 Jan 1685
Judith Newcomb was born on 16 January 1645 at Braintree, Norfolk, MA. She married Samuel Jennison, son of Robert Jennison and Grace, on 30 October 1666 at Watertown, Middlesex, MA. Judith Newcomb died on 1 March 1723 at Watertown, Middlesex, MA, at age 78.
Samuel Jennison b. 16 Oct 1645, d. 15 Oct 1701
M, #77099, b. circa 1615, d. 4 July 1690
Father Robert Jennison b. 6 Jan 1583
Robert Jennison was born circa 1615 at of Colchester, Essex, England. He married Grace circa 1639 at of Watertown, Middlesex, MA. Robert Jennison died on 4 July 1690 at Watertown, Middlesex, MA.
Grace b. c 1615, d. 26 Nov 1686
Samuel Jennison+ b. 16 Oct 1645, d. 15 Oct 1701
F, #77100, b. circa 1615, d. 26 November 1686
Grace was born circa 1615 at England. She married Robert Jennison, son of Robert Jennison, circa 1639 at of Watertown, Middlesex, MA. Grace died on 26 November 1686 at Watertown, Middlesex, MA.
Robert Jennison b. c 1615, d. 4 Jul 1690
M, #77101, b. 6 January 1583
Robert Jennison was christened on 6 January 1583 at St. Nicholas Parish, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland, England.
Robert Jennison+ b. c 1615, d. 4 Jul 1690
Thomas Jermyn
Last Edited 6 Aug 2004
M, #77102, b. circa 1453, d. 10 October 1496
Father Sir Thomas Jermyn b. c 1419, d. c 1479
Mother Margaret Leyman b. c 1429, d. Dec 1496
Thomas Jermyn was born circa 1453 at of Lavenham, Essex, England. He married Catherine Bernard, daughter of John Bernard and Helena Mallory, circa 1480 at of Akenham, Suffolk, England. Thomas Jermyn died on 10 October 1496.1
Catherine Bernard b. c 1460
Sir Thomas Jermyn, Sheriff of Norfolk & Suffolk+ b. c 1481, d. 8 Oct 1552
Agnes Jermyn+1 b. c 1492, d. 23 Aug 1520
Catherine Bernard
Last Edited 28 May 2013
Father John Bernard b. c 1440
Mother Helena Mallory b. c 1440
Catherine Bernard was born circa 1460 at of Akenham, Suffolk, England. She married Thomas Jermyn, son of Sir Thomas Jermyn and Margaret Leyman, circa 1480 at of Akenham, Suffolk, England.
Thomas Jermyn b. c 1453, d. 10 Oct 1496
John Bernard
Father Sir John Bernard b. c 1394
Mother Eleanor Sackville b. c 1406
John Bernard was born circa 1440 at of Abington, Northamptonshire, England. He married Helena Mallory, daughter of John Mallory, circa 1459 at of Swinterton, Suffolk, England.
Helena Mallory b. c 1440
Catherine Bernard+ b. c 1460
Helena Mallory
Father John Mallory b. c 1403
Helena Mallory was born circa 1440 at of Swinterton, Suffolk, England. She married John Bernard, son of Sir John Bernard and Eleanor Sackville, circa 1459 at of Swinterton, Suffolk, England.
John Bernard b. c 1440
John Mallory
Father Sir William Mallory b. c 1380, d. 1445
Mother Jane Plumpton b. c 1385
John Mallory was born circa 1403 at of Shawbury, Shropshire, England.
Helena Mallory+ b. c 1440
Jane Plumpton
Last Edited 16 Aug 2003
Father Sir William Plumpton b. c 1365, d. 8 Jun 1405
Mother Alice Gisburn d. c 5 Dec 1423
Jane Plumpton was born circa 1385 at of Plumpton, Yorkshire, England. She married Sir William Mallory, son of Sir Anketil Mallory and Alice de Driby, circa 1400.
Sir William Mallory b. c 1380, d. 1445
John Mallory+ b. c 1403
Sir John Bernard1,2
Last Edited 1 Dec 2019
Father Robert Bernard, Sheriff of Northampton1 b. c 1365, d. a 1384
Mother Elizabeth Lillyng1 b. c 1370, d. b 1416
Sir John Bernard was born circa 1394 at of Isleham, Cambridgeshire, England. He married Ellen Mallory, daughter of Sir John Mallory, circa 1418.2 Sir John Bernard married Eleanor Sackville, daughter of Andrew Sackville and Agnes (Anne) Lewknor, circa 1439.
Ellen Mallory b. c 1397, d. c 1438
Margaret Bernard+3,2 b. c 1420, d. b 1460
Eleanor Sackville b. c 1406
John Bernard+ b. c 1440
[S40] RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project, Neuman-Smith-Goodale Family.
[S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. IV, p. 367.
[S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. III, p. 353.
I've added a new "hot key" to my Welcome Page. It is the ancestry of my husband and is called "Dennis Lundahl's Genealogy Site." His ancestry includes people from Sweden (Skåna & Väster Götland (was Skaraborg) counties), Switzerland (Solothurn canton), & New York State Palatine & Dutch settlers. "Last Edited Date" is now a data element in each record. My ancestry is from New England, Virginia, England, Scotland, Germany, & Switzerland (as of 31 December 2019). My current concentration is on combining the database of a dear friend who recently passed away with my database. Her ancestry is heavily into New England, with additional ancestry from Scotland & Switzerland. I've also taken time to fill in my Hoover and Brooks ancestry.
Compiler: Mr. Marlyn Lewis, Portland, OR
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Walking With Plato
A Philosophical Hike Through the British Isles
Gary Hayden
A self-confessed malcontent takes to the road and discovers the joy to be found in the simplest of pursuits
9781786071057 (11 May 2017)
"If one keeps on walking, everything will be alright.” So said Danish writer Søren Kierkegaard, and so thought philosophy buff Gary Hayden as he set off on Britain's most challenging trek: to walk from John O'Groats to Land's End. But it wasn't all quaint country lanes, picture-postcard villages and cosy bed and breakfasts.
In this humorous, inspiring and delightfully British tale, Gary finds solitude and weary limbs bring him closer to the wisdom of the world's greatest thinkers. Recalling Rousseau's reverie, Bertrand Russell's misery, Plato's love of beauty and Epicurus' joy in simplicity, Walking with Plato offers a breath of fresh, country air and clarity for anyone craving an escape from the humdrum of everyday life.
Gary Hayden is an English journalist and popular philosopher. He has written for several publications including The Times Educational Supplement, The Scotsman and Singaporean newspaper The Straits Times. He is the author of You Kant Make It Up!: Strange Ideas from History's Great Philosophers. He lives near Tokyo, Japan.
'Affable'.
- Times Literary Supplement
"Walking with Plato is a highly personal read, and Hayden's warm, funny style lends itself well to this approach, inviting the reader along for the adventure...The book should appeal to fans of travel writing, hiking, and philosophy alike."
- Psych Central
‘Hayden's trains of thought are fascinating, informative and often surprising'.
- The Great Outdoors
‘A warm, engaging page-turner that still delivers on the profundity promised in the title'.
- Countryfile Magazine
‘[A] wonderful new book…pondering the philosophical truths of walking'.
- Country Walking
'A helpful and delightful reminder of the important things in life'
- Washington Post
‘Gary Hayden is the armchair traveller's ideal companion as he tramps "end to end” from northern Scotland to Land's End. He is an adroit peripatetic teacher.'
- Daniel Klein, bestselling author of Every Time I Find the Meaning of Life, They Change It and Travels with Epicurus
"A compelling reminder that serious reading sustains—even transforms—lived experience."
- Booklist
"Part travelogue, part philosophical notebook, Hayden's chronicle lifts the spirits with its lightness of touch."
- Mark Vernon, author of Plato's Podcasts: The Ancients' Guide to Modern Living
"Truly amusing anecdotes and lovely writing"
- Publisher's Weekly
You Kant Make it Up!
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Reassessing strategies to reduce phosphorus levels in the Detroit river watershed
by University of Michigan
In an effort to control the cyanobacteria blooms and dead zones that plague Lake Erie each summer, fueled by excess nutrients, the United States and Canada in 2016 called for a 40% reduction in the amount of phosphorus entering the lake's western and central basins, including the Detroit River's contribution.
Both countries then developed domestic action plans that outline strategies to meet the new Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement targets.
But the current U.S. reduction strategy for the Detroit River doesn't address Lake Huron, which is responsible for 54% of the phosphorus that ends up in the Detroit River, according to recent calculations from a University of Michigan-led research team.
Also, the current strategy doesn't contemplate further reductions at the regional wastewater treatment plant in Detroit, the largest single, identifiable source of phosphorus entering the Detroit River. The Water Resource Recovery Facility has already reduced phosphorus in effluent by 51% since 2008.
If those two major sources aren't part of the plan, then the overall 40% reduction target can only be met if other phosphorus sources in the binational Detroit River watershed are cut by 72%, according to a new study from the same U-M-led research team, published online Nov. 6 in the Journal of Great Lakes Research.
"Reducing phosphorus loads from the remainder of the watershed by 72% would be a daunting challenge if no adjustments are made to the reduction strategy," said U-M aquatic ecologist Don Scavia, the first author of the study and a professor emeritus at the School for Environment and Sustainability.
The Journal of Great Lakes Research paper is a synthesis of the key findings in a comprehensive Detroit River nutrient study issued in May by the U-M Water Center at the Graham Sustainability Institute. Funding for that three-year project was provided by the Fred A. and Barbara M. Erb Family Foundation.
The new paper offers several potential changes to the U.S. and Canadian domestic action plans that could increase the chances of reaching phosphorus-reduction targets for the Detroit River watershed.
Amendments to the plans could include:
Increasing phosphorus-retention measures on agricultural lands in the watershed to meet a 72% reduction target.
Designing programs to reduce phosphorus contributions from Lake Huron and the Detroit wastewater treatment plant by 10-15% each, so that reductions on agricultural lands are more within reach.
Relaxing the expectation of a 40% reduction target from the Detroit River watershed and making up the difference in other Lake Erie watersheds.
Relaxing the overall 40% reduction target for Lake Erie's western and central basins and accepting more hypoxia, a depletion of oxygen levels caused by excessive algae growth.
"Both domestic action plans emphasize that the targets and approaches are not static," said Jennifer Read, a co-author of the Journal of Great Lakes Research study and director of the U-M Water Center.
"For systems this complex and dynamic, it is critical to set targets, take action, monitor the results, and make adjustments as necessary. We anticipate that our results will be helpful in evaluating both the overall load reduction targets and their allocation."
In their May study, "Watershed Assessment of Detroit River Phosphorus Loads to Lake Erie," the U-M-led team reported that 54% of the Detroit River's total phosphorus load comes from Lake Huron—a proportion several times higher than previous estimates.
The higher-than-expected contribution from Lake Huron is due, in part, to a previously undetected phosphorus source that is "sizeable and increasing over time," they reported.
A climate-driven decline in winter ice on Lake Huron and an increased frequency of intense storms appear to be boosting shoreline erosion and re-suspending lake sediment along the lake's shoreline, washing phosphorus-rich sediments downriver and eventually into Lake Erie, according to the May 2019 report.
When the researchers analyzed satellite images of southernmost Lake Huron, they spotted sediment plumes that occur frequently and that are often missed by monitoring programs.
"Our new understanding of the contribution of Lake Huron suggests that reaching Lake Erie phosphorus-loading targets may require greater attention to Lake Huron sources and larger reductions from the Detroit River watershed than previously thought," Scavia said.
In the Journal of Great Lakes Research study, the researchers say that most of the phosphorus reductions in the Detroit River watershed will need to come from agricultural lands, where fertilizers and manure are washed into streams and make their way into the river.
The most effective way to reduce that agricultural runoff is to apply combinations of conservation practices such as adding cover crops and buffer strips, creating or restoring wetlands, and applying fertilizer below the soil surface, the researchers report.
Report: Fertilizer, manure top Lake Erie phosphorus sources
More information: Donald Scavia et al. Detroit River phosphorus loads: Anatomy of a binational watershed, Journal of Great Lakes Research (2019). DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2019.09.008
Provided by University of Michigan
Citation: Reassessing strategies to reduce phosphorus levels in the Detroit river watershed (2019, November 6) retrieved 17 January 2020 from https://phys.org/news/2019-11-reassessing-strategies-phosphorus-detroit-river.html
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The Rise of Online Video and the Fall of TV
scottkarp 7th Aug 2006 on Advertising ROI, Digital Media, Google, Media Economics, Online Advertising
I’ve been predicting for a while that the TV advertising house of cards would collapse, and McKinsey just huffed and puffed and predicted (to its big Fortune 100 advertiser clients) that “by 2010, traditional TV advertising will be one-third as effective as it was in 1990″ (from AdAge):
That shocking statistic, delivered to the company’s Fortune 100 clients in a report on media proliferation, assumes a 15% decrease in buying power driving by cost-per-thousand rate increases; a 23% decline in ads viewed due to switching off; a 9% loss of attention to ads due to increased multitasking and a 37% decrease in message impact due to saturation.
“You’ve also got pronounced changes in consumer behavior while they’re consuming media,” said Tom French, director at McKinsey. “And ad spending is decreasingly reflecting consumer behavior.”
According to the report, real ad spending on prime-time broadcast TV has increased over last decade by about 40% even as viewers have dropped almost 50%. Paying more for less translates into a much higher cost-per-viewer-reached — a trend also true in radio and print.
Wow, you’ve got to love those numbers — almost the inverse of what’s happening online, e.g. the announcement of Google’s deal with Viacom/MTV:
Viacom Inc.’s MTV Networks has agreed to distribute clips from its cable networks over Google Inc.’s advertising network, in a test of what could become a new economic model for Web-based video delivery, the companies said on Sunday.
The project, a year in the making, marks the first time Google will distribute ad-supported videos across its AdSense network from a major programming provider. The ad-supported video distribution project will begin testing later in August.
Google’s AdSense network currently handles primarily text and graphical-oriented brand advertising. The MTV trial, if successful, would highlight the progress Google is making in evolving beyond its reliance on delivering Web-based text ads from which it derives most of its revenue and profit.
It’s undeniable now that TV is falling and online video is rising — the real question is how fast and how messy will the transition be:
“Should everybody shift 30% of their dollars to the web?” asked Amy Guggenheim Shenkan, senior practice knowledge specialist in McKinsey’s San Francisco office. “No. There wouldn’t be room today if everybody wanted to shift online. Last year [online media] was $12.5 billion, by end of 2007 digital advertising will be $18 to $25 billion. … So we’re seeing a lot of growth, but if you want to match up share of attention and share of dollars it couldn’t happen for that reason.” The TV ad industry is a $68 billion one.
Google has an infrastructure set up to receive those dollars — but will advertisers want to buy that way? Everyone is learning online video from scratch, so while infrastructure has some advantages, measuring the ROI of online video ads is still a brand new “science.”
While traditional video content providers like MTV still have strong brands, the meteoric rise of YouTube shows that the playing field is a lot flatter.
Of course, there’s another option besides “shifting” all of those TV ad dollars to online video — spend them on other forms of advertising with higher ROI — just as soon as it becomes clear what those are.
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The Path Whisperer
An exploration in sociopathy
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UBS musings
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Cleckley: The psychopath in history — Alcibiades
Posted on May 4, 2017 by pathwhisperer
This is in response to a comment, https://pathwhisperer.info/2017/05/03/search-are-narcissists-and-psychopaths-more-primitive-less-evolved-humans/#comment-134527, on Alcibiades.
From Cleckley’s Mask of Sanity, via Fried Green Tomatoes:
Let us turn now to a much earlier historical figure, a military leader and statesman who is not likely to be forgotten while civilization as we know it remains on earth. I first encountered him during a course in ancient history when I was in high school. I had not at that time heard of a psychopath. The teacher did not try to classify him medically or explain his paradoxical career in psychological terms. I felt, however, that this gifted teacher shared my interest and some of my bewilderment as the brilliant, charming, capricious, and irresponsible figure of Alcibiades unfolded in the classroom against the background of Periclean Athens. None of my immature concepts of classification (good man, bad man, wise man, foolish man) seemed to define Alcibiades adequately, or even to afford a reliable clue to his enigmatic image.
The more I read about him and wondered about him, the more he arrested my attention and challenged my imagination. All reports agreed that he was one of the chief military and political leaders of Athens in her period of supreme greatness and classic splendor during the fifth century B.G. This man led me to ponder at a very early age on many questions for which I have not yet found satisfactory answers. According to my high school history book,26
He belonged to one of the noblest families of Athens, and was a near kinsman of Pericles. Though still young, he was influential because of his high birth and his fascinating personality. His talents were brilliant in all directions; but he was lawless and violent, and followed no motive but self-interest and self-indulgence. Through his influence Athens allied herself with Argos, Elis, and Mantinea against the Lacedaemonians and their allies. [p. 224]
The result of this alliance led Athens into defeat and disaster, but Alcibiades on many occasions showed outstanding talent and succeeded brilliantly in many important affairs. Apparently he had great personal charm and easily aroused strong feelings of admiration and affection in others.
Though usually able to accomplish with ease any aim he might choose, he seemed capriciously to court disaster and, perhaps at the behest of some trivial impulse, to go out of his way to bring down defeat upon his own projects. Plutarch refers to him thus:242
It has been said not untruly that the friendship which Socrates felt for him has much contributed to his fame, and certain it is, that, though we have no account from any writer concerning the mother of Nicias or Demosthenes, of Lamachus or Phormion, of Thrasybulus or Theratnenes, notwithstanding these were all illustrious men of the same period, yet we know even the nurse of Alcibiades, that her country was Lacedaemon, and her name Amycla; and that Zopyrus was his teacher and attendant; the one being recorded by Antistheries, and the othei by Plato. (p. 149)
In the Symposium,241 one of his most celebrated dialogues, Plato introduces Alcibiades by having him appear with a group of intoxicated revelers and burst in upon those at the banquet who are engaged in philosophical discussion. Alcibiades, as presented here by Plato, appears at times to advocate as well as symbolize external beauty and ephemeral satisfactions as opposed to the eternal verities. Nevertheless, Plato gives Alcibiades the role of recognizing and expounding upon the inner virtue and spiritual worth of Socrates and of acclaiming this as far surpassing the readily discerned attainments of more obviously attractive and superficially impressive men. Plato devotes almost all of the last quarter of the Symposium to Alcibiades and his conversation with Socrates. His great charm and physical beauty are emphasized repeatedly here.
The personal attractiveness of Alcibiades is also dwelt upon by Plutarch:242
It is not, perhaps, material to say anything of the beauty of Alcibiades, only that it bloomed with him at all stages of his life, in his infancy, in his youth, and in his manhood; and, in the peculiar character belonging to each of these periods, gave him in everyone of them, a grace and charm. What Euripides says: “of all fair things the autumn, too, is fair” … is by no means universally true. But it happened so with Alcibiades amongst few others. …[pp149-150]
Early in his career he played a crucial role in gaining important victories for Athens. Later, after fighting against his native city and contributing substantially to her final disaster, he returned to favor, won important victories again for her and was honored with her highest offices. In the Encyclopaedia Brittanica (1949) I read:
Alcibiades possessed great charm and brilliant abilities but was absolutely unprincipled. His advice whether to Athens or to Sparta, oligarchs or democrats, was dictated by selfish motives, and the Athenians could never trust him sufficiently to take advantage of his talents.
And Thucydides Says:280
They feared the extremes to which he carried his lawless self-indulgence, and … though his talents as a military commander were unrivalled, they entrusted the administration of the war to Others; and so they speedily shipwrecked the state.
Plutarch repeatedly emphasizes the positive and impressive qualities of Alcibiades:242
It was manifest that the many wellborn persons who were continually seeking his company, and making their court to him, were attracted and captivated by his brilliant and extraordinary beauty only. But the affection which Socrates entertained for him is a great evidence of the natural noble qualities and good disposition of the boy, which Socrates, indeed, detected both in and under his personal beauty; and, fearing that his wealth and station, and the great number both of strangers and Athenians who flattered and caressed him, might at last corrupt him, resolved, if possible, to interpose, and preserve so hopeful a plant from perishing in the flower, before its fruit came to perfection. [p. 151]
The same writer also cites many examples of unattractive behavior, in which Alcibiades is shown responding with unprovoked and arbitrary insolence to those who sought to do him honor. Let us note one of these incidents:242
As in particular to Anitas, the son of Anthernion, who was very fond of him and invited him to an entertainment which he had prepared for some strangers. Alcibiades refused the invitation, but having drunk to excess in his own house with some of his companions, went thither with them to play some frolic, and standing at the door of the room where the guests were enjoying themselves and seeing the tables covered with gold and silver cups, he commanded his servants to take away the one-half of them and carry them to his own house. And, then, disdaining so much as to enter into the room himself, as soon as he had done this, went away. The company was indignant, and exclaimed at this rude and insulting conduct; Anitas, however, said, on the contrary, that Alcibiades had shown great consideration and tenderness in taking only a part when he might have taken all. [p. 152]
Despite his talents and many attractive features some incidents appear even in his very early life that suggest instability, a disregard for accepted rules or commitments and a reckless tendency to seize arbitrarily what may appeal to him at the moment. Plutarch tells us:242
Once being hard pressed in wrestling, and fearing to be thrown, he got the hand of his antagonist to his mouth, and bit it with all his force; when the other loosed his hold presently, and said, “You bite, Alcibiades, like a woman “No,” replied be, “like a lion.” [p. 150]
On another occasion it is reported that Alcibiades with other boys was playing with dice in the street. A loaded cart which had been approaching drew near just as it was his turn to throw. To quote again from Plutarch:242
At first he called to the driver to stop, because he was to throw in the way over which the cart was to pass; but the man giving him no attention and driving on, when the rest of the boys divided and gave way, Alcibiades threw himself on his face before the cart and, stretching himself out, bade the carter pass on now if he would; which so startled the man, that he put back his horses, while all that saw it were terrified, and, crying out, ran to assist Alcibiades. [p. 150]
Alcibiades, one of the most prominent figures in Athens, an extremely influential leader with important successes to his credit, became the chief advocate for the memorable expedition against Sicily. He entered enthusiastically into this venture urging it upon the Athenians partly from policy, it seems, and partly from his private ambition. Though this expedition resulted in catastrophe and played a major role in the end of Athenian power and glory, many have felt that if Alcibiades had been left in Sicily in his position of command he might have led the great armada to victory. If so, this might well have insured for Athens indefinitely the supreme power of the ancient world. The brilliant ability often demonstrated by Alcibiades lends credence to such an opinion. On the other hand, his inconsistency and capriciousness make it difficult, indeed, to feel confident that his presence would necessarily have brought success to the Athenian cause. The magnitude of its failure has recently drawn this comment from Peter Green in Armada From Athens:100
It was more than a defeat; it was a defilement. There, mindless, brutish, and terrified, dying like animals, without dignity or pride, were Pericles’ countrymen, citizens of the greatest imperial power Greece had ever known. In that … destruction … Athens lost her imperial pride forever. The shell of splendid self-confidence was shattered: something more than an army died in Sicily. [p. 336] Athens’ imperial pride had been destroyed and her easy self-assertion with it. Aegospotami merely confirmed the ineluctable sentence imposed on the banks of the Assinarus. Pindar’s violet-crowned city had been cut down to size and an ugly tarnish now dulled the bright Periclean charisma. The great experiment in democratic imperialism that strangest of all paradoxes-was finally discredited. [p. 353]
If Athens had succeeded in the expedition against Syracuse the history of Greece and perhaps even the history of all Europe might have been substantially different.
Shortly before the great Athenian fleet and army sailed on the Sicilian expedition an incident occurred that has never been satisfactorily explained. Now when Athens was staking her future on a monumental and dangerous venture there was imperative need for solidarity of opinion and for confidence in the three leaders to whom so much had been entrusted. At this tense and exquisitely inopportune time the sacred statues of Hermes throughout the city were mutilated in a wholesale desecration.
This unprovoked act of folly and outrage disturbed the entire populace and aroused superstitious qualms and fears that support of the gods would be withdrawn at a time of crucial need. Alcibiades was strongly suspected of the senseless sacrilege. Though proof was not established that he had committed this deed which demoralized the Athenians, the possibility that Alcibiades, their brilliant leader, might be guilty of such an idle and irresponsible outrage shook profoundly the confidence of the expeditionary force and of the government. Many who knew him apparently felt that such an act might have been carried out by Alcibiades impulsively and without any adequate reason but merely as an idle gesture of bravado, a prank that might demonstrate what he could get away with if it should suit his fancy. Definite evidence emerged at this time to show that he had been profaning the Eleusinian mysteries by imitating them or caricaturing them for the amusement of his friends. This no doubt strengthened suspicion against him as having played a part in mutilating the sacred statues.
On a number of other occasions his bad judgment and his self-centered whims played a major role in bringing disasters upon Athens and upon himself. Though this brilliant leader often appeared as a zealous and incorruptible patriot, numerous incidents strongly indicate that at other times he put self-interest first and that sometimes even the feeble lure of some minor objective or the mere prompting of caprice caused him to ignore the welfare and safety of his native land and to abandon lightly all standards of loyalty and honor.
No substantial evidence has ever emerged to indicate that Alcibiades was guilty of the sacrilegious mutilation of the statues. He asked for an immediate trial, but it was decided not to delay the sailing of the fleet for this. After he reached Syracuse, Alcibiades was summoned to return to Athens to face these charges. On the way back he deserted the Athenian cause, escaped to Sparta, and joined the enemy to fight against his native city.
It has been argued that Alcibiades could not have been guilty of the mutilation since, as a leader of the expedition and its chief advocate, he would have so much to lose by a senseless and impious act that might jeopardize its success. On the other hand his career shows many incidents of unprovoked and, potentially, self-damaging folly carried out more or less as a whim, perhaps in defiance of authority, or as an arrogant gesture to show his immunity to ordinary rules or restrictions. It sometimes looked as though the very danger of a useless and uninviting deed might, in itself, tempt him to flaunt a cavalier defiance of rules that bind other men. If Alcibiades did play a part in this piece of egregious folly it greatly augments his resemblance to the patients described in this book. Indeed it is difficult to see how anyone but a psychopath might, in his position, participate in such an act.
In Sparta Alcibiades made many changes to identify himself with the ways and styles of the enemy. In Athens he had been notable for his fine raiment and for worldly splendor and extravagance. On these characteristics Plutarch comments thus:242
But with all these words and deeds and with all this sagacity and eloquence, he mingled the exorbitant luxury and wantonness in his eating and drinking and dissolute living; owre long, purple robes like a woman, which dragged after him as he went through the marketplace, caused the planks of his galley to be cut away, that he might lie the softer, his bed not being placed on the boards but hanging upon girths. His shield, again, which was richly gilded had not the usual ensigns of the Athenians, but a Cupid holding a thunderbolt in his hand, was painted upon it. The sight of all this made the people of good repute in the city feel disgust and abhorrence and apprehension also, at his free living and his contempt of law as things monstrous in themselves and indicating designs of usurpation.[pp. 161-162]
In contrast to his appearance and his habits in the old environment we find this comment by Plutarch on Alcibiades after he had deserted the Athenian cause and come to live in Sparta and throw all his brilliant talents into the war against his native land: 242
The renown which he earned by these public services, not to Athens, but to Sparta, was equaled by the admiraton he attracted to his private life. He captivated and won over everybody by his conformity to Spartan habits. People who saw him wearing his hair cut close and bathing in cold water, eating coarse meal and dining on black broth, doubted, or rather could not believe that he had ever had a cook in his house or had ever seen a perfumer or had ever worn a mantle of Milesian purple. For he had, as it was observed, this peculiar talent and artifice of gaining men’s affection, that he could at once comply with and really embrace and enter into the habits and ways of life, and change faster than the chameleon; one color, indeed, they say, the chameleon cannot assume; he cannot himself appear white. But, Alcibiades, whether with good men or with bad, could adapt himself to his company and equally wear the appearances of virtue or vice. At Sparta, he was devoted to athletic exercises, was frugal and reserved: in Ionia, luxurious, gay and indolent; in Thrace, always drinking; in Thessaly, ever on horseback; and when he lived with Tisaphernes, the king of Persia’s satrap he exceeded the Persians themselves in magnificence and pomp. Not that his natural disposition changed so easily, nor that his real character was so variable, but whether he was sensible that by pursuing his own inclinations he might give offense to those with whom he had occasion to converse, he transformed himself into any shape and adopted any fashion that he observed to be agreeable to them. [pp. 169-170]
At Sparta Alcibiades seemed to strive in every way to help the enemy defeat and destroy Athens. He induced them to send military aid promptly to the Syracusans and also aroused them to renew the war directly against Athens. He made them aware of the great importance of fortifying Decelea, a place very near Athens, from which she was extremely vulnerable to attack. The Spartans followed his counsel in these matters and, by taking the steps he advised, wrought serious damage to the Athenian cause. The vindictive and persistent efforts of this brilliant traitor may have played a substantial part in the eventual downfall of Athens. Even before he left Sicily for Sparta Alcibiades had begun to work against his native land in taking steps to prevent Messina from falling into the hands of the Athenians.
Eventually a good many of the Spartans began to distrust Alcibiades. Among this group was the king, Agis. According to Plutarch:242
… While Agis was absent and abroad with the army, [Alcibiades] corrupted his wife, Timea, and had a child born by her. Nor did she even deny it, but when she was brought to bed of a son, called him in public, Leotychides, but amongst her confidants and attendants, would whisper that his name was Alcibiades, to such a degree was she transported by her passion for him. He, on the other side, would say in his valiant way, he had not done this thing out of mere wantonness of insult, nor to gratify a passion, but that his race might one day be kings over the Lacedaemonians. [p. 170]
It became increasingly unpleasant for Alcibiades in Sparta despite his great successes and the admiration he still evoked in many. Plutarch say:242
But Agis was his enemy, hating him for having dishonored his wife, but also impatient of his glory, as almost every success was ascribed to Alcibiades. Others, also, of the more powerful and ambitious among the Spartans were possessed with jealousy of him and prevailed with the magistrates in the city to send orders … that he should be killed. [p. 171]
Alcibiades, however, learned of this, and fled to Asia Minor for security with the satrap of the king of Persia, Tisaphernes. Here he found security and again displayed his great abilities and his extraordinary charm. According to Plutarch:242
[He] immediately became the most influential person about him; for this barbarian [Tisaphernes], not being himself sincere, but a lover of guile and wickedness, admired his address and wonderful subtlety. And, indeed, the charm of daily intercourse with him was more than any character could resist or any disposition escape. Even those who feared and envied him, could not but take delight and have a sort of kindness for him when they saw him and were in his company, so that Tisaphernes, otherwise a cruel character, and above all other Persians, a hater of the Greeks, was yet so won by the flatteries of Alcibiades that he set himself even to exceed him in responding to them. The most beautiful of his parks containing salubrious streams and meadows where he had built pavilions and places of retirement, royally and exquisitely adorned, received by his direction the name of Alcibiades and was always so called and so spoken of.
Thus, Alcibiades, quitting the interest of the Spartans, whom he could no longer trust because he stood in fear of Agis, the king, endeavored to do them ill offices and render them odious to Tisaphernes, who, by his means, was hindered from assisting them vigorously and from finally ruining the Athenians. For his advice was to furnish them but sparingly with money and so wear them out, and consume them insensibly; when they had wasted their strength upon one another, they would both become ready to submit to the king. [p. 171]
It is not remarkable to learn that Alcibiades left the service of the Persians. It does seem to me remarkable, however, after his long exile from Athens, his allegiance to her enemies and the grievous damage he had done her, that he was enthusiastically welcomed back to Athens, that he again led Athenian forces to brilliant victories, and that he was, indeed, given supreme command of the Athenian military and naval forces. His welcome back to Athens was enthusiastic. According to Plutarch, 242 “The people crowned him with crowns of gold, and created him general, both by land and by sea.” He is described as “coming home from so long an exile, and such variety of misfortune, in the style of revelers breaking up from a drinking party.” Despite this, many of the Athenians did not fully trust him, and apparently without due cause, this time, he was dismissed from his high position of command. He later retired to Asia Minor where he was murdered at 46 years of age, according to some reports for “having debauched a young lady of a noble house.”
Despite the widespread admiration that Alcibiades could so easily arouse, skeptical comments were made about him even before his chief failures occurred. According to Plutarch, “It was not said amiss by Archestratus, that Greece could not support a second Alcidiabes.” Plutarch also quotes Tinton as saying, “Go on boldly, my son, and increase in credit with the people, for thou wilt one day bring them calamities enough.” Of the Athenians attitude toward Alcibiades, Aristophanes wrote: “They love and hate and cannot do without him.”242
The character of Alcibiades looms in the early dawn of history as an enigmatic paradox. He undoubtedly disconcerted and puzzled his contemporaries, and his conduct seems to have brought upon him widely differing judgments. During the many centuries since his death historians have seemed fascinated by his career but never quite able to interpret his personality. Brilliant and persuasive, he was able to succeed in anything he wished to accomplish. After spectacular achievement he often seemed, carelessly or almost deliberately, to throw away all that he had gained, through foolish decisions or unworthy conduct for which adequate motivation cannot be demonstrated and, indeed, can scarcely be imagined. Senseless pranks or mere nose-thumbing gestures of derision seemed at times to draw him from serious responsibilities and cause him to abandon major goals as well as the commitments of loyalty and honor. Apparently his brilliance, charm, and promise captivated Socrates, generally held to be the greatest teacher and the wisest man of antiquity. Though Alcibiades is reported to have been the favorite disciple and most cherished friend of the master it can hardly be said that Socrates succeeded in teaching him to apply even ordinary wisdom consistently in the conduct of his life or to avoid follies that would have been shunned even by the stupid. According to the Encyclopaedia Brittanica (1949), “He was an admirer of Socrates, who saved his life at Potidaea (432), a service which Alcibiades repaid at Delium; but he could not practice his master’s virtues, and there is no doubt that the example of Alcidiabes strengthened the charges brought against Socrates of corrupting the youth.”
When we look back upon what has been recorded of Alcibiades we are led to suspect that he had the gift of every talent except that of using them consistently to achieve any sensible aim or in behalf of any discernible cause. Though it would hardly be convincing to claim that we can establish a medical diagnosis, or a full psychiatric explanation, of this public figure who lived almost two and a half thousand years ago, there are many points in the incomplete records of his life available to us that strongly suggest Alcibiades may have been a spectacular example of what during recent decades we have, in bewilderment and amazement, come to designate as the psychopath.
During this brief period Greece, and Athens especially, produced architecture, sculpture, drama, and poetry that have seldom if ever been surpassed. Perhaps Greece also produced in Alcibiades the most impressive and brilliant, the most truly classic example of this still inexplicable pattern of human life.
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From Neglected Books: Mary Astor, Author – The Incredible Charlie Carewe
Posted on June 16, 2016 by pathwhisperer
The following is a quote from the Neglected Books (http://neglectedbooks.com/?p=241) regarding The Incredible Charlie Carewe:
“[. . . . ] A year later, Doubleday released her first novel, The Incredible Charlie Carewe.
Although it suffers some of the typical construction problems of a first novel, The Incredible Charlie Carewe is a remarkable work that demonstrates “qualities of depth and reality” equal to those Anderson noted in Astor’s acting. Charlie Carewe is the handsome, charming, charismatic son of a wealthy East Coast Establishment family with impeccable bloodlines. On the surface, it seems as if the sky is the limit–no doors are closed to Charlie Carewe.
Unfortunately, something is a bit, well, odd, about Charlie. At first, there is just a sense that his behavior is a bit hard to explain, but given his class and status, his parents, his sister, the help–everyone writes it off to quirks in his character. But then his sister comes across Charlie in the rocks along the shore of their country estate–bashing a playmate’s head into the rocks:
There was absolutely no savagery in the action, no passion or hatred, no viciousness, He looked up briefly as he saw Virginia and Jeff and called out a smiling “Hi!” and then went back to his task. Firmly, purposefully, as though he were occupied in cracking a coconut. In the seconds before movement came back to the paralyzed observers another wave whispered up to the two boys and receded with pink in its foam.
Charlie’s victim is rushed off to the hospital with permanent brain damage and the Carewe’s social finesse is put to the test as they graciously usher out their guests as if nothing more than an unfortunate accident had taken place. The next morning, as he tucks into his breakfast, he asks chattily, “What’s the news on Roger? Did he die?”
The Carewes can recognize that they have something of a ticking time bomb on their hands, but their upbringing and lack of psychological awareness (the incident above takes place in the early 1920s) leaves them helpless when it comes to dealing with it. They shuttle Charlie through a series of elite prep schools, smoothing over matters when he’s quietly asked to leave due to thefts, attacks on other students, or other indiscretions. For a long time, the only person who seems remotely able to accept that Charlie’s actions are more than a little abnormal is his sister Virginia, and even she is at a loss to explain it:
As usual, she thought, she was making a fuss, putting too much importance on Charlie’s behavior. She should be used to it now. Wearily she thought, at least there was one consistency; in any given situation, Charlie could be counted on to do the wrong thing, the inappropriate thing. Nobody, but nobody, could be more charming when he wanted to be. He had, it seemed, a full command of the social graces, and in any gathering, especially of people who were strangers to him, could attract attention with no effort. People would gravitate toward him, toward the sound of his pleasant voice, his contagious laugh; but always he seemed to want to destroy it….
Schools could expel him, friends were quickly made and quickly lost, his contact with any kind of social life was brief, and none of it seemed to matter to him. Nor did it matter that the cumulative effect was destroying a family.
Astor displays a clinical objectivity in leading us through every step along the way as Charlie spreads havoc into the lives of almost everyone he meets. In each situation, the pattern is the same: glittering, showy success followed by abrupt failure due to some or other act of willful brutality. His forms a company, makes a great splash, achieves fame as a tycoon and philanthropist, and within a couple of years is being escorted out by his nearly bankrupted partners. He makes a show of joining the Navy after Pearl Harbor, then weasels his way out by pretending to be a bed-wetter. He drives his wife to divorce and alcoholism, borrows and loses money from friends, seduces wives and ruins friendships.
Not even the incredibly strong defenses of family fortune and status, though, can withstand the destructive force of Charlie’s will, however, and only an unlucky trip on a staircase keeps Charlie from standing alone in a wasteland of his own fallout. What Charlie is, we can now see in a glance with the benefit of much greater awareness, is, of course, a psychopath. The psychiatrist Hervey Cleckley recognized this, citing Astor’s book in the 1964 edition of his classic work on psychopathology, The Mask of Sanity:
In many respects the most realistic and successful of all portrayals of the psychopath is that presented by Mary Astor in The Incredible Charlie Carewe. The rendition is so effective that even those unfamiliar with the psychopath in actual experience are likely to sense the reality of what is disclosed. The subject is superbly dealt with, and the book constitutes a faithful and arresting study of a puzzling and infinitely complex subject. Charlie Carewe emerges as an exquisite example of the psychopath – the best, I believe, to be found in any work of fiction.
The Incredible Charlie Carewe should be read not only by every psychiatrist but also by every physician. It will hold the attention of all intelligent readers, and I believe it will be of great value in helping the families of psychopaths to gain insight into the nature of the tragic problem with which they are dealing, usually in blindness and confusion.
By this point, anyone reading this review who’s been in a bookstore in the last decade can’t help but think of Bret Easton Ellis’ American Psycho. If asked to sum up the book in a single catchphrase, I would have to say, “Imagine American Psycho written by Louis Auchincloss (or Edith Wharton).” Where Ellis writes to shock, Astor writes to show how people of refinement and elaborate rules of conduct respond when faced with pure irrational violence.
The Incredible Charlie Carewe is a remarkable novel not just in the detail and accuracy of its portrayal of a psychopath but in the “depth and reality” of its portrayal of the society in which this particular psychopath operates. Astor is very much in the territory of Wharton and Auchincloss, and she’s clearly deeply familiar with it. This is a novel that has more than a few parallels with the story of the 20th century as a whole, which is one reason it’s a genuine shame that it vanished after a single Dell paperback release in 1963.”
(http://neglectedbooks.com/?p=241)
Other mentions of Astor’s Charlie Carewe: https://pathwhisperer.info/?s=carewe&submit=Search
From the ‘[S]nake-hearted’ era . . . post:
Sadly this was written in the 1950s. I’m sure the authors, William March (the novel) and Maxwell Anderson (the play), thought knowledge of psychopathy would spread quickly in the modern age. As did Hervey Cleckley, Mask of Sanity, and Mary Astor, The Incredible Charlie Carewe, (https://kat.cr/the-incredible-charlie-carewe-mary-astor-mobi-t7972573.html, https://openlibrary.org/books/OL5798604M/The_incredible_Charlie_Carewe), no doubt. I don’t know what went wrong. (https://pathwhisperer.info/2014/11/08/this-snake-hearted-era-reginald-taskers-monologue-from-the-bad-seed/)
Why knowledge of psychopathy has not spread throughout society is worthy of an extended discussion.
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Post Redux: A more nuanced description of the nonhuman human
Posted on November 18, 2015 by pathwhisperer
From below, on psychopaths:
Herve Cleckley: “we are dealing … not with a complete man at all but with … a subtly constructed reflex machine which can mimic the human personality perfectly”
Otto Kernberg: “an enraged empty self—the hungry wolf out to kill, eat and survive.”
An earlier post:
Per Herve Cleckley, per Joe Mcginniss:
Recall here the words of Herve Cleckley, which I encountered for the first time in the fall of 1980: “Only very slowly and by a complex estimation or judgment based on multitudinous small impressions does the conviction come upon us [in regard to the psychopath] that, despite these intact rational processes, these normal emotional affirmations and their consistent application in all directions, we are dealing … not with a complete man at all but with something that suggests a subtly constructed reflex machine which can mimic the human personality perfectly.” [Mask of Sanity, p. 369]
It took me a long time to accept that MacDonald could be the charming and apparently caring man I’d come to know (or thought I did) during the summer of 1979, and, at the same time be what the psychiatrist Otto Kernberg has described as “an enraged empty self—the hungry wolf out to kill, eat and survive.”
http://www.joemcginniss.net/the-1989-epilogue
Further: https://pathwhisperer.info/2011/06/01/this-nonsense-has-got-to-stop-you-cannot-betray-a-nonhuman-human-who-is-trying-to-play-the-interviewer-mcginniss-malcolm-bazelon/, https://pathwhisperer.info/2015/07/19/search-jeffrey-macdonald-many-surgeons-are-psychopaths/
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Historical aspects
Synonyms: cutaneous leishmaniasis, visceral leishmaniasis, kala azar, Dum Dum fever
Leishmaniasis is a parasitic infection caused by a trypanosomatid protozoan of the genus Leishmania.
There are three basic forms in which the disease presents: cutaneous, mucocutaneous and visceral, and 21 species of the genus are known to cause disease in humans.
The primary hosts are vertebrates - commonly humans, rodents, canids and hyraxes.
The disease is spread by the bite of infected female phlebotomine sandflies.
More than 90 of the 1,000 or so sandfly species are known to transmit the disease. Different species cause different clinical forms of the disease in various parts of the world.
The protozoan multiplies in the insect vector and is then inoculated into another mammalian recipient, possibly a human. There it is engulfed by macrophages but may survive and even replicate inside them.
The most common affected areas are the Mediterranean, India, Bangladesh, Brazil and Sudan.
The cutaneous form presents with skin ulcers, and the mucocutaneous form with ulcers of the skin and also the mucous membranes of the mouth and nose. The visceral form is more generalised, especially in the reticuloendothelial system.
Kala azar is a Hindi word applied to the visceral form.
The epidemiology of leishmaniasis is influenced by several things:
The characteristics of the parasite species.
The local ecological characteristics of the transmission sites.
Current and past exposure of the human population to the parasite.
Human behaviour.
The World Health Organization (WHO) reports an estimated 300,000 new cases of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) with 20,000 to 30,000 deaths annually.[1]
An estimated 1 million new cases a year of cutaneous and mucocutaneous leishmaniasis occur annually.[2]
310 million people are said to live at risk of VL in six countries worldwide: Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Brazil, India, South Sudan and Sudan.[2]
Cases are occasionally seen in the UK, usually resulting from travel to the Mediterranean.
The disease affects the poorest people on the planet, and is associated with malnutrition, population displacement, poor housing, a weak immune system and lack of resources.
More than 12 million people in 88 countries are known to be infected but many cases are asymptomatic. Furthermore, reporting is far from complete in many areas and true numbers are almost certainly very much higher.
The male to female ratio is about 2:1, probably due to greater exposure of women to places where there is a risk of sandfly bites.
Epidemiology by area
VL is the main form, occurring in rural areas, mountainous villages and some peri-urban areas where dogs may harbour parasites.
VL is the main form, and transmission is mainly in low-altitude rural areas (<600 m above sea level) with high rainfall and humidity, temperature range 15-38°C, abundant vegetation, subsoil water and alluvial soil. It is most common in farming villages where houses have mud walls and earthen floors and cattle and humans live in close proximity.
5-10% of VL patients in the Indian subcontinent develop post-kala azar dermal leishmaniasis (PKDL), a macular, papular or nodular rash appearing 6-12 months after the infection is apparently cured, and possibly heralding repeated infectiousness.
VL is more common in Northern savannah and forest areas where sandflies live around termite mounds.
Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) occurs in the Ethiopian highlands, and in areas of East Africa where villages built are on riverbanks or rocky outcrops which are the habitat of hyraxes.
Over 50% of VL patients in East Africa develop post-kala azar dermal leishmaniasis (PKDL), a macular, papular or nodular rash appearing 6-12 months after the infection is apparently cured and possibly heralding repeated infectiousness.
Afro-Eurasia
CL is the most common form and the disease reservoir is mainly in humans and rodents. Large outbreaks occur during times of civil unrest/war, and population migrations, when non-immune populations encounter the vectors. Agricultural projects and irrigation schemes which move people in also increase the prevalence.
Both VL and CL are seen. There are multiple shades of variation in parasites, immunity clinical manifestations and response to therapy in this part of the work.
Usually transmission is by the bite of the female sandfly. In some areas there are animal reservoirs but in others humans are the only mammalian source.
Risk factors include those which increase sandfly breeding and nesting and those which increase their access to non-immune humans:
Poor socio-economic conditions.
Malnutrition: diets lacking protein energy, iron, vitamin A and zinc increase the risk that infection will progress to kala azar.
Poor housing, including sleeping outside on the ground. (Insecticide-treated bed nets reduce risk.)
Poor domestic sanitation, attracting flies.
Mass population movements, moving non-immune people into endemic areas.
Deforestation has a similar effect; moving people into deforested areas inhabited by sandflies can rapidly increase cases.
Environmental changes: urbanisation, and the incursion of agriculture into forested areas, increasing sandfly contact, bringing in non-immune people and livestock.
Climate change: leishmaniasis is affected by changes in rainfall, temperature and humidity. Global warming and land degradation can not only have profound effects on sandfly populations, but small changes in temperature can expand the geographical area in which the parasite is able to replicate, allowing increase in endemic areas.
Drought, famine, flood and other natural disasters cause population movements and breakdown of infrastructure associated with all the risk factors above.
HIV infection.[3]
Rarely - through sharing of needles, sexual intercourse, transplacental infection, organ transplantation.
Presentation[1]
Presentation will vary significantly according to the species of infection and the location in the world. Broadly speaking there are three main forms (visceral, cutaneous and mucocutaneous, but these are general descriptive terms with some overlap, and with some further classifications beyond them.
Visceral leishmaniasis (VL)
VL is fatal if left untreated.
It can occur in both Old and New World disease.
It is highly endemic in the Indian subcontinent and East Africa.
90% of new cases occur in Bangladesh, Brazil, Ethiopia, India, South Sudan and Sudan.
In Africa a cutaneous nodule may precede systemic disease by weeks or months, but is rare in other parts of the world.
There is infection of liver, spleen and bone marrow, causing the classical features of:
Night sweats, weakness and anorexia, which are typical.
Hepatomegaly (can be marked).
Splenomegaly (often enormous).
Anaemia and pancytopenia (can lead to death from haemorrhage or infection).
Hypergammaglobulinaemia.
Dark pigmentation of the skin is uncommon but the name kala azar is Hindi for black fever.
Mucocutaneous leishmaniasis (MCL)
MCL is usually acquired from New World species of sandfly.
Initial infection gives a persistent cutaneous lesion that eventually heals, although 30% deny previous leishmaniasis.
Several years later the oral and respiratory mucosa is involved, with inflammation and mutilation of the nose, mouth, oropharynx, and trachea.
This leads to partial or total destruction of the mucous membranes of the nose, mouth and throat.
It may arise after inadequate treatment of some species.
Respiratory difficulties and malnutrition can cause death.
Around 90% of cases occur in Bolivia, Brazil and Peru.
Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL)
This is the most common form of leishmaniasis.
CL presents in various forms, although most patients have limited cutaneous lesions that self-cure within 6-18 months, leaving scarred tissue.
They start as erythematous patches but change to plaques or ulcers that are usually painless unless there is secondary bacterial infection.
CL has social and economic impact and is a stigmatising disease, as most lesions are on exposed regions of the skin - for example, face, arms and legs.
Lesions (ulcers) tend to occur on exposed parts which are easily bitten by sandflies.
Over two thirds of cases occur in the six countries of Afghanistan, Algeria, Brazil, Colombia, Iran and Syria.
In the New World they are usually solitary lesions but in the Old World they are often multiple.
New World disease may progress to MCL.
Diffuse CL
This form of CL occurs in patients with a poor immune response.
There is a primary lesion which spreads to involve multiple areas of the skin.
Plaques, ulcers and nodules may form over the entire body.
It may look similar to lepromatous leprosy but there is no involvement of nerves and there is no systemic invasion.
Infection is chronic and may recur despite treatment.
Leishmaniasis recidivans
This can occur years after a cutaneous lesion has healed and is often on the face.
New ulcers and papules form over the edge of the old scar.
Dormant parasites or new infection may be the cause, but these infections tend to be resistant to treatment.
Post-kala azar dermal leishmaniasis
Found mostly in Africa and India.
In the Indian variety it occurs several years after recovery from VL and presents as multiple, hypopigmented, erythematous macules.
With time, they can become large plaques and nodules on the face and trunk and the condition then looks similar to lepromatous leprosy.
The African form starts soon after treatment of VL and shows an erythematous papular rash on the face, buttocks, and extremities.
The African form heals spontaneously over several months but the Indian form requires intensive treatment.
Leishmania-HIV co-infection
Co-infected people have a high chance of developing the full blown AIDS, high relapses and high mortality rates. Antiretroviral therapy increases survival.
In VL, diagnosis is made by combining clinical signs with parasitological or serological testing.
In CL and MCL, serology has limited value and parasitological testing is needed.
CL may look like other skin diseases, especially lepromatous leprosy, but also sarcoidosis.
VL may resemble malaria or haematological malignancies.
Diagnosis is based on identification of the organism in tissue samples or culture. The specimen should show parasites at the stage of amastigotes in the form of Leishman-Donovan bodies.
CL requires a punch or wedge biopsy from the raised edge of an active lesion where the parasites are most likely to be present. The necrotic centre is unlikely to yield results.
Saline aspiration, scalpel scrapings, or slit incisions can also provide samples.
Microscopy and culture are about 85% sensitive.
In MCL, dental scrapings or mucosal granuloma biopsy can be used but parasites may be difficult to find.
In visceral disease, bone-marrow aspiration is the safest technique, although splenic aspiration may be used in difficult cases. Splenic aspiration has a higher sensitivity but greater risks.
Contra-indications to splenic aspiration include low platelet count, abnormal prothrombin time, and a spleen palpable 4 cm or more below the costophrenic angle.
Liver biopsy and lymph node dissection may also provide material.
Various serological tests are available, but most cutaneous cases do not develop a significant antibody response. They are attractive as they require fewer resources than tissue diagnosis.[4]
There are two serological tests under investigation: direct agglutination test (DAT) and Ks30 dipstick. Both appear to perform well in a meta-analysis.[5] However, their main downside is that they remain positive for years after successful therapy. Other tests are also under design.
In CL most usual blood parameters will be normal but in VL there will be pancytopenia on FBC, elevated globulin and slight abnormality of LFTs. Prothrombin time should be normal.
Management[6, 7, 8]
It is impossible to generalise regarding the pharmaceutical management of leishmaniasis, as treatment depends on many things, including geographical location, infecting species, immune status of host and type of disease.
Some approaches/regimens are effective only against certain species and strains of Leishmania and only in particular geographical regions.
There is a lack of evidence base for treatment, and where there is evidence it cannot be extrapolated to other areas and species.
Special groups (such as young children, elderly persons, pregnant/lactating women, and persons who are immunocompromised or who have other comorbidities) may need different medications or dosage regimens.
To treat or not?
Leishmaniasis is a treatable and curable disease.
Treatment depends upon type of disease, parasite species and geographical location.
In VL the prognosis is so much worse that treatment is required.
For VL, new formulations, therapeutic switching, and the potential for combinations of established drugs have improved treatment in India, but not in East Africa.
In the CL types that heal spontaneously the question is whether any treatment should be offered, especially as treatment can be quite toxic.
New World CL may progress to mucocutaneous disease and so should be adequately treated. Old World CL may be left alone or treated if lesions are slow to heal or disfiguring.[9]
Treatments[10, 11]
Antimony compounds
Sodium stibogluconate is usually diluted in a large quantity of 5% dextrose and run in IV over about 15 minutes to prevent thrombophlebitis. This is done daily for 20 to 30 days.
Stibogluconate is still in use worldwide but is effectively obsolete in the Indian subcontinent.
In Bihar state, the response has fallen to 35% compared with 90% elsewhere. Bihar includes 90% of Indian cases and 45% worldwide.
Chemical pancreatitis, nausea and abdominal pain, arthralgia and fatigue are common. ECG changes may occur.
Difficulties of administration and increasing frequency and severity of adverse events have stimulated the search for new drugs
Miltefosine
Miltefosine has been hailed as the first effective and safe oral agent with the potential to treat all major clinical presentations of leishmaniasis.
Miltefosine also shows efficacy in severe or refractory disease.
It was first identified in the 1980s as the first oral treatment for VL.
Clinical trials suggested 94% effectiveness.
It seems to be effective against VL and CL in all clinical presentations, including patients with HIV.
It appears safe to use on an outpatient basis [12, 13, 14]
Amphotericin
For VL in India, South America and the Mediterranean this is now the recommended treatment, often as a single dose.
It was long considered a second-line drug.
It can be given in a liposomal formulation that is less toxic and requires only 5 to 10 days of treatment or even as a one-off stat dose.
Rates of cure in India are reported as 95%.[10]
A significant reduction in price negotiated by the WHO with the producers was followed in 2012 by a donation of 50,000 treatments. However, several ampoules are required for a single-course treatment, and adverse events and temperature stability remain
Like all VL treatments there are regional differences in response rates.
Over 50 years ago, the aminoglycoside paromomycin was shown to possess anti-leishmanial activity.
Trials in India suggest 94% effectiveness for a single course, although trials in Africa suggest lower efficacy.
The drug is cheaper than amphotericin, and reasons for the slowness in uptake in India are unclear.
Its current main use is with stibogluconate as a treatment for VL in Africa.
Oral fluconazole or itraconazole appears effective in Leishmania major and Leishmania tropica.
This is a second-line agent used in the Americas, whose mode of action is not well understood. It has a tendency to toxic side effects. Early trials showed promise in CL.[15]
Topical treatment
Topical treatment is recommended for localised disease and options include injection of antimonials into the border of the lesion, cryosurgery, ultrasound-induced local hyperthermia, excision, topical 15% paromomycin sulfate/12% methylbenzethonium chloride in white paraffin.[16] Topical treatments must penetrate the dermis.
Ketoconazole, itraconazole, fluconazole, allopurinol, and dapsone are all less effective than the previously mentioned drugs.
In VL, attention should also be paid towards adequate nutrition to enhance the immune system.
In mucocutaneous disease, plastic surgery may be required.
Other injectable, oral and topical drugs have not been consistently effective.
Summary of treatment
For VL in India, South America and the Mediterranean, liposomal amphotericin as a single dose is usually recommended.
In Africa, for VL, Leishmania donovani is less susceptible to amphotericin, miltefosine and paromomycin as compared to the Indian strains, and a combination of pentavalent antimony compounds and paromomycin delivered over 17 days is recommended.
Liposomal amphotericin is the recommended regimen in the Mediterranean region and South America. It is also the treatment of choice for HIV-VL co-infection.
Miltefosine is effective against both VL and CL. It is well tolerated although it may be teratogenic in the first trimester. It appears ineffective against L. major and Leishmania braziliensis.
A number of topical treatments may be used for cutaneous leishmaniasis. Which treatments are effective depends on the strain. they include topical paromomycin, topical pentamidine.
Treatment of CL should be decided by the clinical lesions, etiological species and its potential to develop into mucosal leishmaniasis.
In VL about 90% of patients will improve whilst 10% will die. As they improve they become afebrile, blood parameters improve and the spleen shrinks.
Between 5% and 10% of those cured will relapse within six months.
Untreated VL has a mortality rate of between 75% and 95%.
Malnutrition and tuberculosis are complications.
This needs a combination of interventions, as transmission occurs in a complex biological system in which behaviour of human, host, parasite, vector and environment are involved. Strategies include:
Early diagnosis and treatment to reduce complications including transmission.
Vector control: spraying with insecticide, including indoors, use of insecticide treated nets, environmental management.[1, 17]
Avoid being bitten by sandflies by using repellant, long sleeves and trousers and mosquito nets.
Effective disease surveillance.
Control of reservoir hosts where appropriate, although this needs to be tailored to the local situation.
Education of the community on both prevention and early diagnosis.
Improving access to treatment.
No vaccine is yet available but several potential vaccines are being developed.
There is an urgent need for exploratory studies with short-course, highly efficient treatment regimens such as combination therapy for all the endemic regions of VL. Shorter and more acceptable regimens are needed.[11]
Treatment of CL remains one of the neglected areas of leishmaniasis as data are scarce.
Old World CL, or oriental sore, has been described in texts dating back to 1500-2500 BC. Arab physicians provided more detailed descriptions in the 10th century.
James Homer Wright (1869-1928), American pathologist, is generally credited with identification of the parasite.
In the Americas there is evidence of CL in pre-Inca pottery depicting skin lesions and deformed faces, dating back to the first century AD.
Old World VL, kala azar, was first described in 1824 in what is now Bangladesh, and the parasite, L. donovani, was discovered by Leishman and Donovan independently in 1900.
Sir William Leishman (1865-1926), Director General of the Royal Army Medical Corps, was a Glaswegian, and was more famous at the time for his work on an antityphoid vaccine, which successfully protected troops in World War I. He also developed his eponymous stain for the staining of malaria, trypanosomes, and other blood parasites. It was in his honour that the group of diseases caused by trypanosomes was renamed leishmaniasis.
Charles Donovan was Professor of Physiology at Madras University.
The identification of the vector involved took much longer, and it was not until 1921 that proof of transmission by sandflies was made. This was followed by proof of infection via the bite of the sandfly in 1941.
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CHINSTRAP – 2014 – VINTAGE – MÉTHODE TRADITIONNELLE
SPARKLING BRUT (Méthode Traditionnelle)
Bright straw yellow in colour with glittering golden hues. Multitude of tiny bubbles rise to the surface. Notes of toasted bread and green apple aromas. Subtle fruity flavour, with hints of honeysuckle, cut green apples, and touches of candied lemon zest. Freshness bursts onto the palate with satiny texture. Great length, crisp and refreshing finish. This Chilean bubbly is vivacious, festive and yet full of elegance, designed to inspire and celebrate life.
The grapes were picked in early March when the sugars and acidity reach the optimum conditions for a sparkling wine. The bunches were de-stemmed and crushed separately, followed by a short cold fermentation for about 2 days. The grapes were gently pressed to avoid affecting the juice with crushed pips. The free flow juice was then transferred to temperature controlled tanks. The Chardonnay and Pinot Noir juices were fermented in their own tanks allowing us to create the perfect blend once the wines were fully fermented.
Following tastings, we decided that a combination of 60% Pinot Noir and 40% Chardonnay provided the body and required sharpness. Part of the must then underwent Malolactic fermentation. Before the wines being bottled with liqueur de tirage (a mixture of wine, sugar and special yeast), the bottles were topped with crown caps and then laid to rest on pupitres where they spent the next 24 months being turned to prepare them for remuage. The remuage began in July/August of 2016 for this batch before being opened and corked. No liqueur de expedition was used as we wanted a Brut style wine.
VINTAGE SUMMARY
Temperatures in the Maule region were slightly warmer, during the growing period, than the previous vintage. There were spouts of frost and drought that affected the vines cycle and so the harvests were delayed by about two weeks. The vines productivity was also affected and yields were down by 40 to 50% for the Chardonnay. Fortunately, the Pinot Noir only recorded a 20% yield decrease. Concentration of the must was a bit higher than normal providing rich and flavourful juices that were translated into a marvellous wine. All harvest was done by hand in small 10 kilo trays, selecting only the whole ripe bunches.
TECHNICAL STATS
Blend: 60% Pinot Noir/40% Chardonnay
Alcohol Level (% by vol.): 12.5
Residual Sugars (gr/L): 2.94
Bottling date: April 2014
Remuage: July 2016
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Reforming Personal Laws
Peoples Voice on June 14, 2016 - 3:52 pm in Society
Many a social practices reflecting the inequality in society got religion’s cover and assumed a rigid character as the sanctity of religion has been associated with these retrograde practices. The personal laws were picked up by British from diverse sources and implemented. The interpreters of ‘religion’ have been mostly ‘men’ who decided what is right and wrong for the whole society. The process of reforming practices also began during the British rule with reformers targeting practice like Sati and Child Marriage. There was a strong opposition to these reforms from conservative sections who wanted these to be preserved in the name of ‘defense’ of religion.
Currently many such campaigns for social reform are being witnessed amongst both Hindu and Muslim communities. Among Hindus the demand for women to enter some temples, which are not yet accessible to Hindu women like Shani Shingnapur are making good stride. Similarly the Muslim women are also coming forward for entry to Haji Ali Dargah, which has been barred for them from last five years. At the same time in a major move Bhartiya Muslim Mahila Andolan (BMMA) launched a campaign against triple Talaq. A survey done by BMMA shows that around 92% Muslim women are opposed to this abominable practice of Triple talaq.
BMMA has already collected the signatures of 50000 Muslim women to oppose the triple talaq and also to oppose Talaq Halala. In the triple talaq a man can pronounce talaq three times and throw the wife out of the house. In talaq Halala if the husband decides to take her back, she has to get married to someone else; consummate the marriage then divorce the new husband before she can come back the earlier husband. Many a Maulanas are offering this service of being ‘temporary husbands’!
As per BMMA both these practices are un-Islamic. BMMA memorandum points out such practices are not mentioned in Koran. The memorandum submitted to National Commission for Women mentions that “The instant method of divorce has no mention in the Quran. In fact the Quranic method requires a 90-day process of dialogue, reconciliation and mediation before divorce takes place,” Many Islamic scholars do endorse this statement of the BMMA. The Muslim personal law board and Jamat-e-Isalmi do not agree and the latter is planning a campaign to oppose the campaign begun by Muslim women. While these bodies; dominated by men are up against the BMMA and other agitations for equality by Muslim women, there are group of Muslim men, many among them prominent activists and writers, who have come out with support and solidity with Muslim women’s struggle for equality. These women aspiring for equality and these men supporting this camping are being dubbed as playing the RSS-BJP game of supporting the UCC.
Lets point out that triple talaq is banned in over 21 Muslim majority countries including Pakistan. The parameters to judge here should be Koran on one hand and Indian Constitution on the other. The minority rights for culture, right to life and affirmative action need to be supported to the hilt but at the same time the process of reform within the community has to be upheld and supported on moral, social and legal ground. Those opposing the campaign point out that rate of divorce among Muslims are lower, but nothing can be a ground for opposing the equality of women is concerned.
As far as labeling the supports of Muslim women’s struggle for reform, one does realize the need to understand that RSS is inherently patriarchal and it’s shouting pro-UCC slogans are merely there to intimidate the minorities. It is the same RSS which opposed the Hindu code bill (HCB) as drafted by Ambedkar. RSS stood totally against the reforms in Hindu society as envisaged by HCB. True, many an elements with ruling Congress were also opposed to HCB. It is due to that HCB as initially drafted by Ambedkar had to be diluted.
RSS’s Guru Golwalkar was a strong opponent of UCC also. Later especially in the wake of Shah Bano Judgment, the response of dominant Muslims in opposing it in the name of Muslim Personal law, RSS has been using ‘implement UCC’ time and over again. As such UCC was the initial demand of the women’s movement. Later the realization came that the prevalent notion of UCC is to pick up something from this and something from that law and impose it on every one. The basic point which emerges from the exercise of making of the HCB was that most of the personal laws are built on the hierarchical notions of society and thereby give a secondary status to women. So what we need is a ‘Gender Just Personal Laws’. I presume the gender just code in turn will be same for all the communities and so it will be Uniform. Gender Justice has to be the basis of uniformity; blind uniformity may turn out to be most unjust for women so to say.
Can those who are not Muslims opine on the issue of Muslim Personal Laws? This question is faced by the likes of this writer, who are opposed to communalism of all variety, who wish that rights of minorities cutting across nations are respected. Still in present time all opinions about social, political issues need to be voiced as one also believes that injustice somewhere is injustice everywhere. The question here is not only to support the movements like that of BMMA, with a realization that whatever space of equality within Koran is possible should be used. Koran has many interpretations goes without saying. While what BMMA is doing is to pick up the humane and just aspect of teachings of a religion.
Today what we need is a support to all movements for reform which challenge the patriarchy. Let men and women cutting across religious boundaries come forward to support such initiatives aimed at gender equality in all religious communities. We do need to say a big No to triple Talaq and polygamy.
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Interlude 29
Posted on October 12, 2013 by wildbow
Two parts to a whole.
This, as everything does, builds towards the ultimate objective, a propagation of the species.
To rise above a competition among one’s own species is a kind of transcendence. Cooperation, a goal that extends beyond one’s lifespan, one’s community. This entity can recall the moment of transcendence, the unification and reinvention of their species.
Everything extends to an end goal. A complete and total mastery of all things. In time, just as they spread and consumed their entire world, they will fill every space in all accessible universes that can be occupied. In time, they will reach a stasis and they will fall from their transcendent state. They will descend into competition once more, and they will devour each other alive once again.
Hope, continued existence, is dependent on another reinvention of their species. They will use knowledge gleaned from countless other species, from mingling, matching and culling their own internal libraries of functions.
There is only so much time. Only so many generations and cycles before things approach their final state. Information will be exchanged, their species will weigh everything based on merit, and then they will seek a solution. A final expenditure of power, a resetting of the universes, a reinvention of existence, or something beyond this entity.
This is the goal. The most must be made of every cycle.
Two parts to a whole. The other entity is a warrior, direct, oriented in the short-term goals. This entity looks further, consulting possibilities.
Their general destination is in mind, and has been in mind for some time. Already, they have begun to close their helix spiral, drawing fractionally towards one another with each rotation, controlling the pattern and timing of their approach.
Destination, the Warrior entity communicates.
Agreement, this entity responds. The signals that accompany and form the overarching messages allow them to pick out sub-worlds for themselves. Arrival points, destinations for critical shards to root, hosts for the extensions of those same shards.
Trajectory, the other entity communicates. More data on where they will arrive, the way they will move on approach, the placement of less crucial shards.
Agreement. This entity sees the constant messages as a distraction. It is reorganizing, calling on its own precognition and clairvoyance to map out their actions after arrival.
This entity reforms itself, adjusting the placements of individual shards, priming itself for a deeper simulation, considering possible ways things can be carried out.
This takes time. Focus.
Colony, the other entity signals.
Narrowing down possible destinations.
Agreement, this entity is distracted in responding. It is receiving another broadcast.
A third.
The communication is almost alien, a member of their species, but long distant, from countless cycles ago.
It hesitates, then signals its own location.
Exchange. Meet.
The response is garbled. Takes time to analyze.
The third entity travels more through momentum than by insinuation. It expends vast quantities of power to change course.
They meet violently. As their ancestors did, they share with one another in a violent fashion, crashing together, breaking shard from shard.
This entity knows right away that there is a wealth of information here. But there must be cooperation, information given for information.
Even as they grind together, destroying one another in a brutal exchange of shards, the entity works to salvage key shards, to put ones it can afford to lose on the exterior body.
This is the optimal path, the best way to achieve their end goal. The shards here are rich with memories, experience and unexplored possibilities. It is worth sacrificing as much as she is.
They break apart. The third entity continues its path, moving to a distant star, its path perpendicular to the pair’s.
Concern, the Warrior entity expresses.
Confident, this entity responds. This is optimal. It is heavy with these new shards, drowning in knowledge and experience. If this could occur with every cycle, bringing this sort of information into the pattern, then survival beyond the endpoint would be virtually guaranteed.
This entity struggles to move as it works to reorganize these new shards, to convert them into a form it can use.
It will see this cycle through, and regain what it lost in the union with the Warrior.
This entity sees new possibilities, now. Not simply conflict, but philosophy and psychology. Imagination. It is in these new patterns of thought that it can see a possibility for the future. Its partner takes on some of its duties as it digs into the libraries of information to see how it might put it into practice.
It can use its strengths, the Warrior’s strengths, and the host’s natures to explore new ideas and tactics for approaching the endpoint.
Already, this entity is forming a model, a simulacrum of the host species, mapping out how things might unfold. While the Warrior is preparing to shed its shards and litter the world, this entity is plotting a strategic approach.
It cannot make out what form it or the other entity will take, but it can still view the situation in part. It sets the criteria for an optimal future, for optimal study, and then it looks to a future that matches this criteria.
“Thank you for coming,” Partisan said.
The entity nodded. Its expression was stern.
Partisan touched his computer terminal. Monitors lit up, showing a series of images.
A figure, fifteen feet tall, pale, with a lion’s head, a mane of crystal. Muscular, brutish, it was perched on a massive floating crystal, with more crystals floating about it. Here and there, the crystals touched ground. They turned what they touched into more crystal, which soon uprooted themselves to join the storm around it.
A woman, even more brutish in appearance, had a reptilian lower body. Steam rolled off her in billowing clouds, taking uncanny forms as it coiled and expanded through the area. Faces, reaching claws and more.
And on the third monitor, flecked by static, was a naked man, beautiful and long-haired, his face touched with a macabre grin. He perched on top of an ocean wave that was frozen in place, his body too flexible, moving with the wind as though he were light enough to be carried away.
“They’ve released three more of the superweapons,” Partisan said. “But of course, you know this.”
“I do,” the entity responds.
“This makes nine. Four are at the Divide. We’ve got one to the far north, poised to flank us. Four more spread out over the world.”
“Maybe more we don’t know about,” Arsenal speaks.
A power the entity held in reserve identified something wrong. The entity turned and looked at its partner, standing slightly behind it, taciturn and silent. They exchanged the smallest of broadcasts.
A consensus was reached between them. Arsenal knew something about the superweapons, or he suspected strongly enough for it to matter.
“What is it?” Clarent asked.
The entity responded, feigning emotion, “…There are eleven more.”
It could see the reaction among the gathered heroes of the Wardens. Fear, alarm, a kind of dawning horror.
For Arsenal, though, there was another reaction. He was upset, yes, but was a little relieved at the same time. He knew about the others, and he had been testing them, to see if they would lie.
But suspicions remained.
“Eleven?” Partisan asked.
“Stationed around the world, at the borders of the stronger nations,” the entity informed the Wardens. “Like yours, they’re remaining more or less stationary, only attacking when they see weakness.”
“And you believe it is the Shepherds who are responsible?”
The entity shook its head. “I can’t know. You’ve seen for yourself, the powerful blocks they’ve put in place against powers. But enough clues point to the Shepherds.”
The expressions of the three men are grim. The other heroes, at the edges of the room, seem equally concerned. A woman with a great cannon that constantly changes, expanding and contracting like a living thing. A hulk of a man, laden with muscle, was muttering something to people around him.
“If this goes any further, we’ll be forced to submit to these terror tactics,” Partisan said. “I don’t like to say it, but…”
“War,” Arsenal said. “It’s our only option.”
“I don’t like war,” the woman with the gun said. “It’ll cause as many problems as it fixes, and with stakes this high, that’s a lot of new problems.”
“Doing nothing is just as dangerous,” Arsenal said.
“We know they’re projections,” Arsenal said, his eyes on the monitors. “Someone or something is projecting them. We cut off the head, the superweapons fall.”
“Yes,” the entity agreed. It didn’t miss the curious glance Arsenal gave it.
“We’ll need your help,” Partisan said.
“You’ll have it,” the entity said. “But there are other places needing our help, too. Against these, and against other things. Some are in the middle of full-scale wars as I speak. We’ll assist you, we’ll stop these superweapons-“
“If these ones can be stopped,” Partisan said.
“…If they can be stopped. That touches on my next point. You’ll need to do as much damage as you can, give it your all. We’ll be arriving late, and if they’re strong…”
The entity trailed off. It could see Arsenal’s suspicions growing deeper.
“You have your hands full,” Clarent said.
The entity nodded. It feigned a moment of weariness, assuring these individuals it was merely human.
“Thank you,” Partisan said. He extended a hand.
The entity roused itself from the mock-exhaustion, straightening, and shook the hand.
“We need to go,” the entity said.
“Before you do,” Partisan said. He reached into his belt and withdrew a small device. “Here. It has good days and bad, but on a good day, we get a range of about a thousand miles, which is maybe four or five times the usual. With luck, we’ll be able to tune it and cut through the blackout effect. Get international communications going again.”
“Arsenal’s work?” the entity asked, though it already knew. It could trace the design to the memories in Arsenal’s shard.
“Arsenal and Richter,” Partisan said.
The entity nodded. It had no pockets, so it held the device in one hand.
“Good luck,” Partisan said. “Whoever you’re helping.”
The entity’s expression remained grave. “I should be wishing you luck. If you succeed here, you’ll be saving a lot of people. Here and elsewhere.”
“Easy to forget elsewhere exists,” Clarent said.
“We defend our borders, keep the peace within, and we hold out,” Partisan said. “It’s all we can do. We have enough powers that get stronger over time, yours included. We have Richter, too, we just need the resources. Things will get better.”
Clarent nodded. Arsenal clapped a hand on Clarent’s shoulder.
The three tapped the ends of their weapons together. Partisan’s heavy spear, Arsenal’s guisarme and Clarent’s longsword. Then they parted ways, attending to their individual groups and squads.
But Arsenal watched out of the corner of his eye, tracking the entity and the Warrior as they approached, walking towards the room’s exit.
The woman with the gun made her way to Partisan’s side. She whispered, but the entity could hear it, as it heard all things in the vicinity. “War?”
“We’ll need our Black Knight, Hannah,” Partisan said. “We bait them into a fight, then sic him on them. He’ll be able to win as long as it’s parahumans he’s fighting. Colin’s squad flanks and infiltrates, my squad scouts and Clarent maintains a defensive line.”
“And if these superweapons attack while our forces are elsewhere?”
“They aren’t attacking. They’re just… there.”
“But if they do attack? If they’re there for this exact eventuality?” the gunwoman asked.
“We’ll push on, striking for the Shepherd’s headquarters, and the rest hold out.”
“It’s reckless.”
“It’s the only option. We’ve got two of the strongest parahumans around on our side,” Partisan said, his voice a little louder. He glanced at the entity and the Warrior.
The entity glanced his way, acknowledging him. Its focus, however, was on Arsenal. Hearing Partisan’s words, Arsenal’s suspicions had reached a climax. He would say something.
That is, he would, if the entity didn’t intervene. The entity passed by him, and it leveraged a power. Wiping a memory, setting a block in place. The same blocks that prevented accord between the Wardens and the Shepherds. The same blocks that prevented Partisan’s special sight from seeing the entity’s power at work.
With that, the task was done. The entity stepped out onto the balcony, then took flight, the Warrior flying behind it.
Destination, the Warrior entity broadcasts the idea, interrupting the simulation.
Agreement, the entity absently responds.
An optimal future. It is an unwieldy future because it gave up a part of its ability to see the future to the other being. There are holes, because this entity does not fully understand the details of what happened, and because this entity’s future-sight power is damaged. Above all else, it is an incomplete future because this entity has only the most minimal role in things, and the shards it saw were all the Warrior’s.
The fact that it did not is a part of that future. This entity will arrive at the destination, and it will deploy shards to complicate a situation and break stalemates. Losing sides will be granted reinforcements through maturing shards. A different sort of engagement, a different way of testing the shards.
This entity continues focusing on converting, translating and relocating the shards. It is frail, fragile.
Hive, the Warrior broadcasts. A set world, with a set population density and degree of conflict.
But this entity has already decided on that world, seen it in a future. It responds without consideration. Agreement.
They are more engaged now, as they close the distance. They negotiate who can place shards where, and this entity now holds its shards in reserve.
The Warrior is focusing on refining the shards, and this entity is, in turn, focused on refining the future. A set goal, a reality.
Too complex to convey to the other.
The communications continue, and they approach the galaxy. This entity begins altering its own powers, but it is not a great concern.
The gravity of the planetary bodies pull at it. It loses great clumps of shards.
It loses more. Its focus is now on holding on to the shards critical to making this future it has seen a reality. A world perpetually in conflict, the groups and factions kept small enough that none can challenge it.
All energy it can spare goes towards the reorganization. Shards must be discarded, or it will dwarf the destination planet. It casts shards off, and it retains shards that will allow it to draw power from those shards.
Danger, the Warrior broadcasts.
Confident, this entity responds.
It picks a reality. Up until the moment it hits ground, it works to reorganize itself.
In the doing, it alters one of the third entity’s powers, replacing its own ability to find the optimal future.
In that very instant, it recognizes that it has made a grave error. The simulated world and the glimpse of the optimal future are already gone from its grasp. Too late.
The perspective changes, breaking away, distant, confused, detached. The impact was too hard.
A girl woke from a dream.
She started to scream, but a man, her uncle, placed a hand over her mouth. It was the hand, as much as the full-body ache she experienced that silenced her.
“Hush,” he said, in their language. “The monstrous ones are out there.“
She nodded, still delirious, lost in the magnitude of what she had seen.
The memories were already slipping away, like sand through her fingers.
Have to remember, she told herself.
The answer snapped into place. A way to remember.
Nine steps, and she could do it. Step one was to avoid thinking of the memories. The moment she acknowledged it, she found herself slipping into a different mindset.
“She is touched,” another man said. One of her uncle’s friends.
She could dimly recall something happening to her parents. A cataclysmic event.
Except she couldn’t allow herself to start remembering.
“She hasn’t changed,” her uncle said.
“We both saw the phantom, the night-thing, leap out at her.“
She needed to dream. The next steps would achieve that.
Step two, standing up.
Step three, a jab of her hand at her uncle’s elbow, to stop him from grabbing her.
Step four, a little push of her foot against the ground, to keep her ankle out of reach of the friend’s clutching hand.
Step five, grabbing the medicine bag from behind her uncle.
Opening it was step six. Walking to the bench was seven.
Her uncle was only getting to his feet now. Every action was mechanical, spelled out by this surety in her mind’s eye, helped along by a complete, exacting knowledge of how and where to move every body part.
Seven involved uncorking the right bottles. Eight involved obtaining a specific amount of powder, moving her hand in a careful, precise way, so the exact right amount piled up in her cupped palm. She dashed it into a half-full mug and drank, just as her uncle reached her, putting his hands on her shoulders, shaking her.
Step nine was to wait for sleep to reach her. She only needed to dream, and she would be able to escape the forgetting.
When she woke, her body was a ruin, but her mind was clear.
It had started three days ago. This disaster. People becoming monsters. Madness. Others getting sorcerous abilities. Their community had scattered, fleeing to the wilderness in small groups. Any friend or family member could become a beast at a moment’s notice.
Being alone was safest, but being alone meant being in the dark wilderness with the wolves.
It had been a hungry season for the wolves, many sheep dying.
The taste of vomit filled her mouth, but her face was clear. When she moved, her stomach felt like it had been hit with a club.
She turned her attention to the subject. One step to minimize the pain.
Swearing was one of them.
“Wolf-fucking horseballs,” she muttered, groaning as she found her footing.
She remembered, though. She knew what they were up against. This thing, this godling monster, it was going to orchestrate a conflict that spread across an entire world. When it had gathered whatever it was it wanted to, the results of tests, studies and whatever else, it would consume this world, her own, and everything else to spawn the next generation of its kind.
If she had any conception of where to look-
The answer was given to her. A thirty-nine step plan.
She felt a chill.
If I wanted to kill the monsters and save everyone from this madness?
Three hundred and seventy-four steps.
She could see each individual step, looking forward to see what it entailed. She could see it evolve as time passed, accounting for her starting it later.
If I wanted to do both?
Five hundred and thirty-three steps.
“Forta,” her uncle spoke. “You’re awake.“
She spun around.
He kept his distance. “A madness possessed you. Has it passed?“
Had it passed?
Five hundred and fifty-four steps. Why more than before?
She couldn’t bring herself to respond.
“You moved like someone else was inside you. Escaped Ruggero and me like we weren’t even there.“
“I remember,” she said. She remembered so much. She understood it all, and she couldn’t explain it-
Ninety-two steps.
She could explain it. Could she explain it and save everyone? Explain it and find the strange god-beast, and save her hometown from this chaos?
It was possible. It would require two thousand, one hundred and seventy-four different actions. Statements, movements, decisions at precise times.
But she hesitated to carry it out.
There was another question she had to ask. Like the fable of Luisa and the black-furred man, she had to ask very carefully.
Could she do all this, explain to her uncle, find the thing that was at the heart of this chaos, and save her people, and handle the other essential crises she run into on her way?
A fog was creeping over her eyes, and the number of steps were growing too numerous at the same time. Two differing things, denying her.
The chill and the general sense of unease crystallized with the realization that she’d have to choose between stopping this monster and helping the people she’d grown up with.
“Fortuna, you look as though you’ve seen a ghost,” her uncle said.
I might have, she thought, without taking her eyes off him.
She shivered, but she steeled herself, picking the path she wanted to take. It was the haze of fog that scared her most. If she chose to do something else, and she lost sight of the path where she could kill the godling…
Her uncle stiffened as she approached, but she laid a hand on his arm. She tugged on his sleeve to get him to bend down, then kissed his cheek.
Saving him?
The answer appeared in her mind. “Go, uncle. Run as far away as you can. Don’t eat or drink anything for three days. It’s all tainted. Poisoned with the same thing that is making people into monsters.“
His eyes widened. “You will come with me.“
She shook her head.
Then she broke into a run.
She could outrun him. She knew. He had a bad leg, and it was worse since he’d had to fight off Ruggero.
Into the hills, up the mountain.
Her body ached, but it was easy. She knew how to move, how to place her feet so the branches didn’t catch on her or trip her, to avoid the patches of lichen which would break away and make her foot slide on the rock beneath.
She knew the most efficient way to climb the rock wall.
She paused to catch her breath, doing her best to ignore the horned man’s corpse at the foot of the wall. He’d tried to escape this way too, but he’d been pulled down or shot when he was partway up.
Had he been one of them?
Something went wrong. The monstrous godling had a plan, a vision of the future it wanted, and this isn’t part of that.
It had crashed to earth, and something had broken free. Here and there, phantom images had appeared, brushing past people, and they changed. Others changed without touching any of the massive, ghostly gray hands that had appeared from thin air. She knew, because of this conviction in her head, that it was the food and water. It was tainting the landscape.
All coming from higher up the cliffside.
She found her breath, then scaled her way up.
The landscape she was as she reached the top wasn’t a familiar one.
A different sky, showing a different time of day. But the space in between was something else entirely. She had only to look and she knew what it was she looked at. The entity. The evil godling.
I have to kill it.
The plan formed in her mind. The haze of fog still hung over her mind’s eye, and it grew worse with every moment.
Her hand moved to the little knife at her belt. She wore it there for when she helped her mother with the cooking and gardening. Worked metal was expensive, and the knife was a personal treasure. Two inches long, curved. She used it for cutting stems and trimming fat.
She would use it here. She started walking forward.
There were people gathered, bystanders. An assorted mix.
Why are they here?
No, was there a way to find out, using this sight she had?
I want to understand why they’re here.
They’d come from different worlds. There were gates or doorways here and there. When the entity had fallen, it had left gaps.
They bellowed words in a language she couldn’t make out. Warnings. They were too far away to stop her.
A woman stepped in her way.
Strangely dressed, wearing a dress so short it might well be indecent, showing the calves, and a fair amount of the upper chest. Her skin was the strangest black color, her hair bound in thin, glossy braids.
One of the monsters? No. She knew right away it was a stranger from a distant land. A land much like the one she had glimpsed in her fever dream.
The woman said something in a strange language.
Fortuna strode forwards anyways. Her special knowledge let her push her way past almost effortlessly, choosing the right spot, the right amount of strength. The godling was in a chasm, a crater caused by the impact. It stretched out in every direction, a pool of flesh, and it reached into several worlds at once.
It was disorienting to look at.
Step twenty-nine, making her way down into the crater.
She stepped onto loose grit, and her weight did the rest. She coasted down, much like the boys riding down the mud-slick path they’d made in the hill, down into the pond, except she remained on two feet. It was a task only the oldest and most athletic boys could manage.
It was more dangerous here than it was on the hill. There were rocks that jutted out, and outcroppings of deeper roots and plant life that had rained down into the crater in the aftermath of the impact. It was more dangerous, but not harder. This, like scaling the cliff face, was easy.
Everything was easy now. It was disorienting.
The woman with black skin followed, moving slower. She used her hands and feet to control her descent, sliding from rock to rock, stopping before sliding down further. The black-skinned woman was a quarter of the way down before Fortuna was at the bottom.
It didn’t matter. Fortuna advanced into the living forest alone. Everything here was alive, hands moving, webs of skin stretching and folding. There was a cacophony of noises that made her think of a chorus of heartbeats, a choir of soft breaths and whispers. Gentle human noises that were all the more eerie because she could see right through the deception. She was well aware that what she saw here was the godling putting together a mask so it could lie to people, setting them against each other.
She advanced into the heart of the gray forest. She was terrified, but the feeling was disconnected from her actions. She only had to recognize the next step in the series. She was aware of the steps that followed…
Until she came face to face with the godling. Her knife was in hand, and she could see a figure before her. A human shape, in the midst of pulling itself together from the examples and experiments that surrounded them.
She set foot on one of those experiments, a raised hand, and used it until she was eye to eye with the being, a matter of feet away.
It swelled, lurching forth, creating few inches more of waist, another inch of one arm, two inches of another arm. Beyond the ending points, the arms and legs simply extended into nothingness. Parts of a tapestry she couldn’t make out. It moved again, and closed the distance between them.
The being raised its head. She could see its eyes open in recognition.
It’s teaching itself how to act like we act. Even this.
She raised her arm, knife held with the point down.
And the gray fog descended on her mind, blinding her. A barrier, a blind spot, a future she could no longer see. Had it set the limitation more firmly in place?
The godling smiled. It knew, because the power she was using was the same power it had used to glimpse the future, to find that particular future where it had the world divided, drowned in conflict.
As far as the godling was concerned, she was blind, as helpless as anyone else.
A voice, from behind her.
The black-skinned woman, shouting something in a foreign language.
I want to understand her.
One step.
She had only to think, ‘Stab it.‘
Fortuna realized she still held the knife aloft.
But where had she wanted to stab it?
Indecision gripped her. For an hour now, she’d been absolutely certain of what she was doing, and now she faced the absolute opposite situation.
Her hand shook. She nearly dropped the little trimming knife.
She nearly fell as the hand beneath her moved. Her power failed her here, too. Because the hand was an extension of the being before her.
It was going to kill her, and then it was going to reclaim the ability to see the future. It would use that power to control the world, then to destroy it.
And she couldn’t bring herself to move an inch.
I want to tell her…
The words were alien to her as she spoke them. “I- I can’t.”
A hand wrapped around her shoulders. She felt a body press against her back, supporting her.
“I- I have seen visions. Things I was not meant to see, things this… godling wanted to keep to itself. I… have to stop it.”
But even as the words left her mouth, she couldn’t bring herself to move.
The woman leaned forward over Fortuna’s shoulder, her face in Fortuna’s peripheral vision. She said something.
“I believe you.”
The woman spoke in her ear once more, her voice insistent. She translated, asking for a way to understand the answers.
“It’s dangerous?”
Fortuna nodded.
“I- I would stake everything on it. Everything ever.”
Though she didn’t even know the words she was speaking, there was a conviction in her tone that seemed to reach the woman.
“Where were you going to stab it?”
Where? The image had fled her mind, erased from her memory.
The being moved again, and they stepped back, nearly falling. Fortuna managed to keep them both steady. Easier if she looked at it as ‘I don’t want to fall’ instead of ‘don’t let this thing make us fall.’ So long as she divorced her thoughts from the being, she still had this strange certainty.
It lurched, creating more of itself. Legs, a sexless groin, more of the arms. Hair flowed free, overlong.
It bent over, head hanging, arms suspended to either side.
She saw the nape of the neck as hair slowly slid free, silky and straight.
Still unable to bring herself to move, she found her left arm extending, palm down, until the longest finger pointed at the spot in question.
The woman behind her took hold of the fist that held the knife. She stepped forward, driving the knife down, as if she were an extension of Fortuna.
Plunging into the spot where the spine met the skull.
They fell from the hand, dangled for a moment by their grip on the knife. It cut free, and they dropped to the ground.
Fortuna let one leg fold, pushing at the ground with the other. She rolled, breaking the fall. The woman fell a little harder.
The entity moved, and everything around them stirred. A thousand hands, a thousand arms, not all attached to the hands, legs, feet, ears, eyes, faces without features, expanses of skin, they twitched and writhed.
The noise around them faded, the heartbeats going still, the breathing quieting. The movements all around them stopped.
There was only the thing, hanging in mid-air, struggling to form itself and failing. It breathed in rapid huffs, in obvious pain.
It wasn’t dead, but it wasn’t alive. A connection had been severed in a moment where the godling was most vulnerable.
The woman spoke.
“Again? The heart?”
But Fortuna was sure this was it. They’d carried out the last step.
“Can you explain this? Do you know something?”
“Please,” the woman said. Though she begged, “My life just turned upside down. I’ve been lost here for three days.”
Fortuna looked back the way she’d come.
Home was gone. Tainted. She could find her uncle, but…
“I need food,” Fortuna said. “I have no home to go to, so I need shelter.”
“I will take you back to your home.”
The woman nodded. “Yes, of course. And you’ll explain?”
“Yes. But there’s one more thing. I need help.”
“There is one more of these things somewhere out there.”
Yet she could reach out with her power to try to look for it, and all she could see was the fog.
Fortuna did up the clasps on the dress shoes she wore as the woman entered her apartment.
The woman gave the girl a once-over. “You know how to do up a tie? Wait. Dumb question.”
“A little dumb,” Fortuna replied.
“You’re getting a sense of humor. I’ve done like you asked. I bought the land with the doorway, using the money you got. Are you sure you want to keep it a secret? People could study that thing.”
Fortuna shook her head. This was a harder question to answer, but she could construct a kind of mental picture, then test her questions. What would happen? What were the most likely scenarios?
Panic. Fear.
Could they figure anything of value out by studying the half-alive thing? She couldn’t be sure.
But the emotional effect would be all the more pronounced.
“Well, the area is secured, people have found their way home, or at least, to other worlds they can call home. There was only one doorway people might find easily, and I blocked it off.”
“Thank you,” Fortuna said.
“What’s the next step?”
A heavy question.
How do we stop them?
The fog blocked out her view of any answer.
Can we stop something as powerful as the beings in my fever dream? How can we stop the Warrior?
Still too close to home.
The indecision gripped her again. When she wasn’t acting in the scope of her power, it was all the more difficult to act.
Fortuna frowned. She couldn’t be paralyzed like this. “How- how would we stop any powerful monster?”
“Weapons? An army?” the woman suggested.
One hundred and forty-three thousand, two hundred and twenty steps.
It was doable.
“We need some lab equipment,” Fortuna said.
Then she turned her attention to the next step, and it dawned on her just how they would be amassing this army. She thought of the monsters that had torn her parents apart, the infection that had ravaged her community and home. Stray bits of the godling had done that to them. It had killed people, turned others into monsters, drove yet others mad.
But it had given abilities to her. It would give abilities to others.
The man, Lamar, reached like a child clutching for candy. The Doctor pulled her hand away. “There’s no guarantee this will work.”
Fortuna remained silent. Her halting way of speaking, asking her power for the words or the translation, still made for a barrier in communication. It unsettled people, apparently.
“If what that girl was showing off wasn’t some fantastic magic trick, if this does what you’re saying it will, I’m willing to take the chance.”
Fortuna exchanged a glance with the ‘Doctor’. She could see the stress in the Doctor’s expression. The woman had taken on a moniker, to give just a little protection to her real identity. Easier to have an adult handling the negotiating and person-to-person interaction. Fortuna was young, and people wouldn’t be so inclined to drink a strange substance offered by a child.
She offered the Doctor a little nod, a go-ahead.
“Go ahead, then,” the Doctor said. She handed over the vial.
Lamar drank.
The changes ripped through him. Lines marked the areas where bones were closest to skin, and then split into craggy outcroppings, thick with scales the length and width of human hands. Lamar screamed, and the sound soon became guttural.
More scales sprouted, until the man looked more like a bush than a person. The scaly growth continued at one knee, spiraling around the knee over and over again, growing ever-lumpier.
The leg fell off. Blood began to pour forth.
Fortuna started to step forward to help, but her power told her it was too late.
Couldn’t see the outcomes, couldn’t counteract the outcomes.
Lamar was left panting for breath. the wound at his ruined arms and legs closed up. Holes had opened up throughout his midsection, exposing scale-covered internal organs.
He was trying to scream, but he couldn’t draw in enough breath.
His chest cavity is filled with the scales.
The Doctor stared, silent. Fortuna had stepped away from the wall, but remained where she was, rooted to the spot.
He wasn’t dying.
Fortuna stepped forward. Hand shaking, she drew a knife from her pocket. Not her knife, but a knife of similar length, straight.
She ended Lamar’s pain.
“Our first patient is a fatality,” the Doctor said. “Is it worth it?”
Fortuna couldn’t answer.
“Let’s wait, then. Try to figure out where we went wrong.”
She still couldn’t bring herself to answer.
“Fortuna?”
“Don’t. Don’t… call me by the name my parents gave me.”
The Doctor took a moment to reply. “Another name?”
Contessa nodded.
“It’s a sight unlike any we’ve ever seen. A man made of gold, floating above the ocean. Sightings continue to be reported around the world as he travels. Who is he, and why is he here? Some speculate he is Jes-“
Contessa muted the television.
The pair stared at the screen, watching the silent images.
“Is it?” the Doctor asked.
“Do we try again?”
“I- don’t know,” Contessa said.
“If we explain to someone important, the army…”
“Disaster. They react with fear, and he’ll probably respond to the fear. He’s… hostile, I’m certain. He only needs an excuse,” Contessa said. “They can’t beat him, because he designed himself to be unbeatable.”
“You’re the one with the ability to see the future,” the Doctor said, her voice gentle. “What do we do?”
“I don’t know!” Contessa said. “I- when it comes to him, I’m just a child. I’m useless, blind. I’ve only got some glimpses of him to work with. I know how important it is, but, I feel paralyzed, I feel, feel-“
“Okay,” the Doctor said. “Okay. What if I made the decisions from here on out? You tell me if I’m going down the wrong path, give me direction where it’s needed.
“You can’t.”
“I can. I’ve been thinking about it. What is the key thing about the one we killed?”
“It’s… broken. Something went wrong. It focused too much on the future, and lost sight of the present, it fell and the part that was supposed to guide it ended up inside me instead.”
The Doctor pointed at the TV screen. “This golden man, he’s more or less on track. He didn’t break, he didn’t go wrong.”
“Except… there’s a lot of power there, and he’s going to find out what we did, or he’s going to start acting more like the conqueror he’s meant to be, and he’s going to use that power at some point.”
“Why?” the Doctor asked.
“I felt the hostility. I felt how the one we killed, in the vision it had of the future, it almost enjoyed doing what it was doing. If the golden one is similar at all, then all it takes is an accident.”
The Doctor nodded. “See? You’re doing okay.”
“Easier when someone else takes point.”
“So our solution… it’s going to take one of two forms. Either we break him, somehow, or we find something we can use in the broken parts of the one we killed.”
“Feeding it to people.”
The Doctor nodded. “I’m inclined to go with the latter.”
Contessa nodded. “So am I. If we interact with him, and he figures out what we’re doing, it all goes wrong.”
“Then we need to start testing this. Figure it out. Is it luck? Or is there a way to get consistent results?”
“I’m actually not that much of a scientist,” the Doctor said. “But I do know that if we want to get a sample size worth talking about, we need to test a lot.”
“Which means we start by preparing more vials.”
Ten vials, to start. Five hours to prepare each vial. To saw off the body part, to find a way to break it down, then to package it. Each vial correlated with a specific map coordinate and they took photos to record every step of the way, to ensure no clue was missed.
Then they’d found ten patients, who had downed vials in separate rooms. People who’d been terminally ill.
Six made it out.
Contessa watched them, saw the beaming smiles on five faces.
The Doctor kept her back straight as they approached. “Satisfactory?”
A blond man offered a little half-laugh as a response. He was looking down at his hands in amazement.
“As the contract stipulates, this is free, which won’t always be the case, but we’ll need forty hours of testing with each of the abilities any of you have received. In addition, we would like your assistance for a period of time totaling five hundred hours of active duty or five years, whichever term reaches its limit first.”
“Does anyone else feel amazing?” the blond man asked.
“I was afraid to ask,” a young girl said. “Yeah.”
“Amazing?” the Doctor asked.
“Hey,” the blond guy said, “I spent my entire life with this heart problem, you know? Heart going a little too fast, reedy, thin heartbeat. Reminding me it could pop at any moment. Organs are garbage, diabetes at twenty-two, liver problems turn me yellow if I’m not careful, throwing up bile every morning and every night. Every moment of every day, there’s something making me miserable. Except, right now, I’m sort of feeling every part of my body, and the heart’s good, no headache, nothing in my throat, nothing in my gut. No tremor in my hand…”
“You’re better,” the Doctor said.
“I’m better. And my brain is, I don’t even know. I’m picturing stuff really vividly. Really vividly.”
“I feel better too,” another man said.
“I’m not sure I do,” A woman chimed in. “Sorry.”
A man who can invent, a girl who can teleport… she could go down the list and figure each of them out, by posing it as a challenge to her power. Only one was a little harder to figure out, coming with a fog around him.
She left the group behind.
One by one, she checked on the other patients.
A monster, furious with rage, slamming her hands on the door.
Another monster, crumpled into a ball in the corner, murmuring something to himself.
And the last… a boy, staring off into the distance.
She asked her power, and she got her answer.
He could make doors.
He could also close the other doors, the gaps left around the other entity. It would minimize the chance that the golden man could find them.
“I can’t… too much to look at,” he said. “So many worlds at once.”
“I know. We’re going to do what we can, okay?”
“I’m… I’m pretty scared.” There was a tremor in his voice.
“I know,” she said. “I need to look after a few things, but I’ll be back. We’ll figure this out, alright?”
He nodded.
She closed the door. She paused, standing beside it.
It’s a step forward, she told herself.
A step forward, in a long series of steps.
She rejoined the others.
The Doctor was touching a block of stone that had risen from the floor. “-a complex, for our labs and research.”
“Most definitely,” a woman answered her. “If you can do this for more people, I’d forget about the limit on how long I have to work.”
The Doctor allowed herself a smile. Her eyes met Contessa’s.
One step forward.
“You’re heroes, as far as I’m concerned,” the blond man said.
“Monsters!” the word was howled, reverberating through the building.
Fog approached. A wall of it, moving down the corridor. She could see normally, but the effect on her powers was absolute. It was impossible to make out any steps that moved within the fog.
She turned and bolted. Not a run, but an efficient jog, preserving stamina while still keeping ahead. She could see from the way the wall extended forward that it was being carried or it was emanating from a person.
There was another power at work, somewhere here.
“Custodian,” she said.
She felt the Custodian’s presence.
“Alert the Doctor.”
A brush against her left hand. Negation?
“Is the Doctor dead?”
Negation.
“Hurt?”
I want to find out how the Doctor is.
There was only fog. She was blind, which meant the Doctor was somewhere beyond that wall.
I want to find where Number Man is.
He was on the east end of the facility, with the Harbingers.
I want to stay out of this fog.
The path appeared before her. She fell in step with it, moving in perfect sync with the individual movements in the sequence.
Until a figure appeared behind her A man with yellow skin, with bruising in the areas where his skin stretched or folded, giving him an artificially gaunt appearance.
A teleporter.
Path: taking him out of action.
Path: hitting that target.
Three steps.
She drew her knife, spun, and threw it.
He teleported away before it made contact.
She could hear his voice echoing through hallways as he hollered. “She’s heeeeeeere!”
It was all going wrong. Eidolon had been their trump card, but he wasn’t supposed to be the only one. None of the others had worked out. Now Eidolon was dead.
The deviants they’d planned to use against Scion, a way of breaking up the metaphorical scent trail, were now attacking the complex. The entity was winning every engagement.
He was getting more ruthless, more cruel.
They had five major tools left to deploy. Three armies, two of which were roughly the same size as any of the defending forces, Khonsu, who was a stalling measure, and a hail mary in the form of the three vials with the special element inside.
She could hear footsteps behind her, running. They were heavy.
Escape route, she thought. Get back to Number Man.
No option was clear. Every possible escape through the complex was blocked by that damnable gray fog.
She could move down a floor, run through the fog, but she’d be blind.
Call the Number Man, keeping myself alive with an escape route afterwards, she didn’t even form the phrase as a complete thought. It was an idea, formed in a fraction of a second.
The path appeared before her.
She changed direction. The heavy footsteps followed.
Weld. The leader of the Irregulars. He didn’t tire, and however heavy he was, he had some power to his movements.
She ducked into an office.
The phone still had a cord. The offices here were one of the first they’d set up. She picked up the phone and pressed two keys to contact the Number Man directly.
“Facility under attack,” she said. “Doctor somewhere in the east section, possibly injured, captured or dead. I’m in the east section as well. Not far from your office.”
Weld appeared in the doorway, catching the frame with one hand. The momentum splintered the wood.
“She’s downstairs, using one of Teacher’s subordinates with Doormaker and Two-six.”
“I see. You’ll need to get to her. They-”
Weld attacked, slashing out with his other hand, a long blade.
She ducked. “-have a perception blocker, beware.”
Weld struck again. She stepped back. She saw the paths available, and kicked the chair so it slid into him, binding with his skin. He stepped forward and she put one foot against the chair, causing wheels to skid, and Weld to fall to the floor.
“Good to know. Are you alright?”
“Cornered. They’ve got a thinker, I think, they planned this ahead of time, knowing I wouldn’t pick up on their presence.”
Weld drew his feet back and kicked the desk. Not to hit her, but to put it between her and the door. Contessa caught the phone-rest before it could clatter to the ground.
Thinking ahead, barring my way. The fog wall was steadily approaching.
“I’m going. Tips?”
She thought, modeling the situation. The distance he had to travel…
“Best route would be to move further downstairs. Intercept instead of going right to her. They’ll reach her before you do, in any event.”
“Noted. You have an escape route?”
“No. Like I said, cornered.”
“Maybe you’re asking the wrong question. My window.”
The Number Man’s window. He had a doormaker portal to another world, constantly, for a view and for light, deep underground.
She dropped the phone, making a dash for Weld.
For his part, he put himself between her and the door, using his bulk and the desk to bar the way. Buying time for the fog to approach. Spikes extended from his body. No doubt razor-sharp.
“I just want to talk. We’re here for answers.”
“Ask me after we defeat Scion,” she said. She used her power, plotting a path.
Two steps.
“I don’t-”
She ran straight for him, her eyes falling on an air conditioning vent.
His sword-arm slashed out, piercing the floor and blocking the vent.
She changed direction, leaping. One hand placed on his head, vaulting over his other shoulder, her legs together. A space that was only just wide enough to pass a toaster through. He tried to right himself, but his arm was bound to the grate, costing him a half-second.
Spikes scraped against her belt buckle and watch.
She found her footing just a half-foot in front of the fog wall, then dashed away.
Number Man’s office.
The teleporter appeared behind her. She glanced behind her shoulder. He had guns, and he was inside the fog.
Modeling scenario… not getting shot.
She ducked into a side hallway.
The teleporter was following. Appearing at each intersection in time to open fire.
Getting closer, closer, moving faster than she did. Weld was already catching up, too. She wouldn’t be able to outrun them.
Moving faster than whoever or whatever was broadcasting the fog was.
A little further, and…
He teleported to a point beyond the fog wall.
One step, and she had both of his guns.
He was bulletproof, but one shot point-blank to the eyeball served to delay him.
She fired down the corridor, hitting doorknob four times in succession.
Path: faking my own death or escaping.
Gray fog. Not happening.
Contessa kicked the door as she passed through. She was inside Number Man’s office.
She shot his window. It didn’t break. But she could loosen the frame which held the bulletproof glass in place.
She was working on the next when the teleporter appeared. He struck her, driving her through the one pane of glass that remained, through the portal.
She found herself on an alien landscape, tumbling down a hill.
He teleported to follow her. He struck her again and again.
She tumbled. She had a glimpse of others appearing. Weld and two more parahumans hopping over the windowsill, holding on so they didn’t follow her down the steep cliff. They weren’t shrouded in fog.
Whatever the reason, it was more variables to work with.
Path, she thought, again, faking my death.
She turned in the air as the teleporter delivered another hit.
She raised the gun, and she fired three times.
Two shots, missing.
A third, hitting one of the Irregulars in the chest, a lethal shot.
“Whore!” one of the others shouted. “Yellow, get the fuck away!”
The yellow parahuman disappeared. Contessa hit the hill. She rolled, and in the doing, she managed to grab a stick.
Weld grabbed at the shouting deviant’s arm, but it was too late to convince him to stop. He opened his mouth and a flood of magma cascaded down the hill, an impossible amount.
She rolled and came to a stop. She pushed herself up off the ground with her hands, moving too slowly to get out of the way of the onrushing magma, or the plumes of smoke.
But the moment the smoke had risen high enough, she kicked a rock to get herself moving and threw the branch. She moved until she couldn’t feel the oppressive heat.
The branch burned quickly, but it, coupled with the rock, made for a well positioned image of a head and a burning hand, when glimpsed through the smoke.
She kept moving until she was at the base of the hill, off to their right.
“-go down and check,” Weld was saying.
“She burned,” one of the others said.
“I’d like to check.”
“You want to check or you want to get Tater Tot to a healer?”
“I’m not sure a healer is going to help,” Weld said.
“Look. Mantellum’s right here. She had to have been in his range. Let’s go. Healer, then the Doctor.”
“…Right,” Weld said. “Healer, then Doctor.”
The sounds of conversation faded. Contessa consulted her power. They were most definitely gone.
She remained where she was, tending to the wounds she’d received in the course of selling her ‘death’, waiting for them to get far enough away that she could make her way back indoors.
This ‘Mantellum’ had been close enough that he should have been able to block her power. He hadn’t.
Because he’d been on the other side of the portal. The power didn’t cross dimensional boundaries.
She’d been lucky.
Minutes passed before she found her feet. She made her way up the hill. Easily. Always easily.
Until she reached the top, and found only the view in front of her. No doorway.
Not so lucky.
It was almost an hour before the portal opened again. She made her way into the facility.
Lights out.
She strode through the hallways, wary of the fog, but moving at as good a clip as she could. Things were damaged, vandalized.
She asked herself questions as she went.
The Doctor was dead.
Doormaker was alive but he wasn’t here, meaning she was limited to any doors he’d left open.
Number Man was alive, but he wasn’t here.
The vials were all gone. The ability to make more vials was gone. At best, they’d be able to collect a few stray vials here and there, in evidence rooms and the like, but nothing beyond that.
The plans had failed. Only Khonsu and the Indian capes were still active. Capes brainwashed with a deathwish, working in coordination with an Endbringer who could move them to any location instantly, and who could theoretically block some of Scion’s attacks.
She made her way to the nearest portal, finding her way with her power.
And she came face to face with a large group of capes. Protectorate capes, the ones too minor to help against Scion.
“You were reported dead,” a man in a horned viking-styled helmet and heavy armor said.
“Did anyone really believe it?”
“No, I suppose they didn’t.”
“How do things stand?”
“Standing may be too optimistic a word,” the man in the horned helmet said.
A cape in wizard attire spoke up, “The Doctor is dead, I believe?”
Contessa nodded. Odd, that she couldn’t bring herself to feel badly about it. Was it because she’d spent so long trying to achieve something and she’d failed, or was it because she’d lost respect for the Doctor like she’d lost respect for herself?
If she were an outside party, she was forced to admit, any outside party, she wasn’t convinced she would be able to be upset over her own death.
“We need your help,” the wizard said.
She nodded. “Whatever I can provide.”
“First, we need information.”
“Were there any other plans Cauldron had in the works?” he asked.
“Nothing substantial. I can show you the tertiary plans.”
“Please do. Did Cauldron have plans for if humanity failed?”
“We’ll need to see those as well.”
She hesitated.
“A problem?” the wizard asked.
Path: identifying strangers and deception.
Her eye moved to the man in the horned helmet, then, after a pause, to the wizard.
“I’m not entirely sure. Teacher, is it?”
The wizard nodded. “The Protectorate is just on the other side of the portal, collecting Satyr’s teammates, Nix and Spur. If you could be discreet, it would be appreciated.”
“Why? What are you doing, Teacher?”
“What do you think I’m doing?” he asked. He reached behind his back and withdrew a disc, roughly the size of a trash can lid. He placed it on the ground, and then kicked it into an empty room off to the side.
“I could stop you,” she said. There was a flash in the other room.
“Most definitely. But will you?”
She hesitated. She watched as a pair of young men in white stepped out of the room.
“Find an empty office,” Teacher said. “If I’m not here, and another student of mine looks lost, tell them to do the same. I assume there’s documentation?”
Contessa paused, then nodded.
“Something this big, it has to carry on somehow. I’ll need a second in command.”
“Me?” she asked. Her eye moved to the man in the horned helmet.
“He’s his own man. A wild card.”
“I see,” she said. More kids in white were streaming from the room.
“Trickster, stop. You’re with me. We might need help navigating some of the trickier areas, if the damage to this place is extensive enough.”
One boy stopped where he was, stopping beside Teacher, a dull and unfocused look in his eyes.
Teacher turned his attention to Contessa, “Whatever happens in the next few hours, we need to be there to pick up the pieces. That was a factor in Cauldron’s plan, wasn’t it?”
“I don’t have much of a role,” Contessa said. “I can’t do anything when Scion’s on the table.”
“To the contrary,” Teacher said. “We very much need your help, or we might.”
She narrowed her eyes. “With?”
“Saving us from ourselves,” he said. “Case in point, we’ve got a crisis that involves one little lady I think you’re familiar with.”
He held up his phone. A picture was displayed.
It took her a moment to recognize the person in the picture, and not because it was an unfamiliar face.
“Weaver?” she asked.
This entry was posted in 29.09 and tagged Chevalier, Contessa, Dauntless, Defiant, Doctor, Doormaker, Eden, Hero, Mantellum, Miss Militia, Satyrical, Scion, Teacher, Weld by wildbow. Bookmark the permalink.
509 thoughts on “Interlude 29”
wildbow on October 12, 2013 at 00:03 said:
Bit off more than I could chew with this one. It’s the sort of update that demands a thorough proofread for legibility, and yet I spent too much time writing without time to edit. Clocks at 9770 words or thereabouts.
Hoping this answers lingering questions without being too hard to read or too distanced from the main story.
Thanks for reading. On to the next arc!
And vote on topwebfiction! Pretty please!
Asmora on October 12, 2013 at 00:50 said:
Very clear to me. Very clear. Wow. Of course her name was Fortuna.
Tom_D on October 12, 2013 at 01:00 said:
I enjoyed it. It answered quite a few questions….. And brought up a few more with the tags.
I do believe we can answer all the questions in the tags. Chevalier, Dauntless, and Defiant were in the vision of the future, as Partisan, Clarent, and Arsenal, respectively. Contessa is obvious, as is Doctor (Mother). We see Doormaker being created in the first batch of Cauldron test subjects. Eden is the counterpart to Zion. Not sure why we didn’t think to call her that a LONG time ago. One is the paradise the Jewish people came from, the other is the paradise they’re meant to get to. Duh. Hero we know to be one of the very early Cauldron capes, so it stands to reason he was among that first batch of test subjects. Likely the guy going on about how healthy he feels. He says he’s picturing things very vividly. Sounds like Tinkeritis to me. Mantellum, obvious. Miss Militia was also in the vision of the alternate future, as the woman with the shape-shifting cannon. Satyrical… actually ANSWERS the question of who the fuck the guy with the horned helmet was. So he’s not dead. Or one of his clones is still alive. Or he was one of the first batch of Cauldron capes and that wasn’t him in the helmet, which seems much less likely. Scion, Teacher, and Weld, also obvious.
So! There’s that all wrapped up in a nice little bow.
John Campbell on July 10, 2015 at 01:09 said:
We know there were Satyricals among the Case 53 mob. One of those pursuing Contessa may have really been him – possibly the one that talked Weld out of checking the “body” and let her make good her escape.
There were two bits that I suppose could’ve used a bit more clarity, though the intent of the chapter comes through quite well despite them.
The first is the line “The fact that it did not is a part of that future.” It did not… what? The antecedent here isn’t clear to me.
The second is the bit with the guy in the horned helmet and the talking to Trickster… that whole scene is vague and confusing as to exactly who’s being talked to and talked about. Maybe that’s intentional, though, what with the whole “Boom! Satyrical’s in the tags, but you thought he was dead!” thing.
negadarkwing on October 12, 2013 at 08:29 said:
I agree that part was kinda confusing.
AMR on October 12, 2013 at 02:02 said:
Yeah the name was a nice touch.
And of course, I hit the wrong reply button ^.
Patrick Reitz (@dreamfarer) on October 12, 2013 at 06:59 said:
This seems like the perfect timing for this story to me. We get resolution on some of the deep setting questions and it sets us up for the ending very nicely. Very neat to see that even Eden is more complex than we’d originally thought too.
Philippe Saner on October 12, 2013 at 18:07 said:
This was a good chapter that answered a lot of questions. I’ve got no complaints about its clarity.
But I thought Doormaker had eyes. Wasn’t it his partner who had none?
Legend said…
The Doctor told me he was blind and deaf to his surroundings, but I think it’s far more likely that it’s to do with another parahuman she partnered him with. Someone who grants sensory awareness. I think the Doctor gave Doormaker too much exposure to this parahuman and destroyed or atrophied his other senses.
Which wouldn’t make much sense if Doormaker had no eyes.
Landis963 on October 12, 2013 at 19:52 said:
Doormaker doesn’t have eyes, the clairvoyant gives him those at the expense of every other sense.
LittleSallyDigby on November 24, 2014 at 16:20 said:
This chapter never says Doormaker has no eyes. In his first post-empowerment appearance he’s described as “staring off into the distance.”
ShawnMorgan on October 14, 2013 at 19:21 said:
More than 3 times the votes of the 2nd placer at this time.
Dark_Sky on January 1, 2014 at 17:13 said:
Possible typo.
Shouldn’t it be “The landscape she *saw* as she reached the top wasn’t a familiar one.”
Charles Borner on October 12, 2013 at 00:04 said:
I don’t always first post.
But when I do, it’s Typo Thread.
Stay grammatically correct my friends.
randomsoul2 on October 12, 2013 at 00:24 said:
I’m not sure if this is a mistake, but it feels like something’s missing.
Looks good to me. Contessa says she doesn’t have a role, explains why. Teacher says yes she does: he needs her help, or at least he might.
Endymion on October 12, 2013 at 01:28 said:
Minor grammar issue with “One hundred and forty-three thousand, two hundred and twenty steps”. Bless my 7th grade math teacher, but she taught us ‘and’ means ‘a decimal place’, so the quote turns into 100.432.22 steps. It should, grammatically, read “One hundred forty-three thousand, two hundred twenty steps”. Thank you, Mrs. Parks.
I’m afraid the majority of native English speakers disagree with your Mrs. Parks. Virtually everyone uses “and” to indicate a transition from one order of magnitude to another. “One hundred and forty-three” means 143 to damn near everyone. Mrs. Parks was indulging in what linguists like to call prescriptivism. Teachers love to come up with asinine rules like this and tell students that this is “the rule,” but that’s not really how language works. Even Mrs. Parks recognizes “one hundred and forty-three” as 143, but she wishes the world were a simpler place that works according to hard-and-fast rules, so she insists that it’s 100.43, because nonsense results are better than admitting that not everything works according to neat little rules that can be taught to 12-year-olds in the course of an hour or so.
Ahem. Sorry. Got off on a bit of a rant there. Uh… the point is, I do not believe that the rule you were taught is widely recognized as accurate.
kylone on October 12, 2013 at 01:43 said:
Spoken language–by its very nature–is somewhat informal. Thinking to yourself is even more so. (IMO)
“Somewhat informal” is an incredible understatement. Prescriptive rules have very little bearing on spoken language. Well, conversational language, I should say. Oratory and the like tends to follow prescriptive rules much more closely, since it is usually just a spoken version of language that was written first. It’s why most characters in TV shows, movies, and so on don’t sound like the sort of conversation you might overhear between friends. In most conversational language, you’re not terribly likely to even find complete sentences, much less adherence to textbook rules.
demoscat on October 14, 2013 at 01:44 said:
Specifically, the rule to never use “and” when writing out a whole number is an American rule.
I was taught the same rule outlined by Endymion. 143 is One Hundred Forty-three.
When writing checks, the only time an “and” should be used is to separate the whole number from the fraction. For example: $4025.42 is written: Four Thousand Twenty-five and 42/100 dollars.
Eli on October 12, 2013 at 11:25 said:
That’s not actually a rule to anyone other than your teacher. Mrs Parks was wrong.
massivereader on October 12, 2013 at 21:24 said:
It is a rule, but it’s a rule for writing amounts of currency on checks and numbers on paper in longhand, it’s not a rule for dialog or spoken numbers.
Jerden on October 13, 2013 at 03:17 said:
A bit like the who/whom thing – grammer that we just don’t care about? Whom the hell actually knows how that works?
Who subject. Whom object. Easy.
And no it’s not exactly the same thing.
You don’t confuse these, I assume.
Subject – Object
I – me
he – him
she – her
we – us
But for some reason, almost everyone seems to have a blind spot for:
who – whom
Take this sentence: President Kennedy mourned the death of Hemingway, whom he called one of America’s greatest authors and, “one of the great citizens of the world.”
The President is the subject and Hemingway is the object. Therefore, the “whom” refers back to Hemingway, and the “he” refers back to the President.
Pinkhair on October 12, 2013 at 02:07 said:
“hitting doorknob four” The doorknob.
I don’t disagree with the phrasing, it seems clear enough what is happening. But it doesn’t seem Wildbow’s style.
“The landscape she was as she reached the top”
And then Contessa was a genius loci.
Passin'Through on October 12, 2013 at 12:13 said:
=> ‘she was’
Lamar was left panting for breath. the wound at his ruined arms and legs closed up.
=> Capitalization on ‘the’.
=> ‘hitting doorknob’
She was working on the next when the teleporter appeared.
=> ‘on the next step’ perhaps
It is worth sacrificing as much as she is.
That sentence, in the part about the Eden Entity, was very confusing. I’m pretty sure that entities are meant to be genderless, and they are every other time, so who is the she refering to?
Olivebirdy on October 13, 2013 at 16:43 said:
I don’t know if it’s on purpose or not, but when Contessa is trying not to forget her vision, there seem to be two step sevens.
” Walking to the bench was seven.”
“Seven involved uncorking the right bottles.”
Olivebirdy on May 20, 2014 at 09:41 said:
-ran, or she’d run into
“…give me direction where it’s needed.
missing closing quote.
“It can use its strengths, the Warrior’s strengths, and the host’s natures”
I’m pretty sure the hosts are plural, and given that, their apostrophe should be after the S instead of before.
“A hulk of a man, laden with muscle, was muttering something to people around him.”
Past-tense sentence in a present-tense paragraph.
The landscape she was as she reached the top wasn’t a familiar one. –> she was in
creating few inches more of waist –> a few inches
Three armies, two of which were roughly the same size as any of the defending forces, Khonsu, who was a stalling measure, and a hail mary in the form of the three vials with the special element inside. –> needs colon and/or semicolon.
Suggestion: […] forces; Khonsu […] stalling measure; and a hail Mary […]
hitting doorknob four times in succession. –> the doorknob?
notes on October 12, 2013 at 00:19 said:
Teacher, with Dragon enslaved and Contessa serving, is only slightly behind Scion on the threat list. Sure, he wants humanity to survive… but as a dystopia with him at the top.
And the sad thing, the thing that makes it perfectly clear that this is Worm, is that he might be humanity’s best hope against whatever happened when Panacea tried to unleash Weaver. And, while that dispute is getting resolved, Scion’s going to continue slaughtering entire worlds.
modern mythology on October 12, 2013 at 00:43 said:
Dystopia is still vastly better that the scion alternative. It leaves the possibility of hope.
Bebop on October 12, 2013 at 01:06 said:
Live in misery or die honorably? An age old question. And…. we don’t know that Taylor Unleashed is a threat to humanity, only that she is a threat to Teacher. Or that Teacher perceives her to be a threat.
burning8bones on October 12, 2013 at 06:49 said:
He only says “might” when he asks for help. He probably does not know that the hell is going on and it might be dangerous.
veekie on October 12, 2013 at 04:13 said:
Given that we have a collection of people with Chronic Backstabbing Disorder united as one team, I wouldn’t say that they’re going to be much good. If it’s a choice between the world ending, and them NOT being top dogs while having saved the world, it’s a tossup.
Teacher is the most like your classic evil mastermind supervillians. Sure Lex Luthor might want to save the world and genuinly wants humanity to advance. He also feels that Superman is a threat, and must die.
At least Lex tells himself that he hates Superman because he’s holding back humanity’s glorious future (of which Lex is, of course, the harbinger). Teacher seems to be doing things for the same reason as Jack: it amuses him.
We could probably do with a Teacher interlude at some point to see what really is going on inside his mind. It’s probably insane chortling or something similarly not helpful, but he’s also one of the few I can think of in the story who’s had their long term plans work out the way they had in mind.
That puts him at a better batting average than our protagonist, several precogs and the (Nearly) All-Knowing-God-Monsters who were going to annihilate the world.
As an added bonus he made Saint look like a chump and he’s put a leash on Trickster.
I’m still not joining his fan club but he is an interesting element of the world.
Remember what Saint said about Teacher’s fatal flaw: he wants to look smarter than he already is and so he thinks up plans more complicated than necessary.
Now, you could argue that Teacher outmaneuvered Saint so badly he wasn’t even trying, but I think this will come back biting him in the ass. Though i’m starting to have the suspicion Teacher will have to be handled in the sequel, because really there is way to much to tie up properly.
Aname on October 13, 2013 at 10:55 said:
Maybe with Contessa helping, his plans will go from more complicated than necessary to exactly complicated enough to work.
Pandemonious Ivy on October 13, 2013 at 11:27 said:
Unnecessary or not, I think the major point here to remember is that his plans worked. Hell, even going to the Birdcage might’ve been part of the long term scheme.
I can only imagine what horrors would’ve occured if Tattletale, Accord, Contessa, and Teacher were teamed up. Hnnng. I smell a fic idea.
Reveen on October 13, 2013 at 11:40 said:
To be fair, he made Saint look like a chump because Saint is a chump.
I think the reason so many of his plans seem to be working is because they really don’t have much to do with Cauldron, the Endbringers, the apocalypse, etc. Mostly he’s been in the background jockeying for power and influence among the “mundane” world and only now has he emerged as a player in the real game.
There’s no higher cause or goal with this guy we’ve seen so far, he’s just wants to be king. Much like Coil did.
I have to agree with Reveen on this. It’s not hard to make Saint look like a chump. An idiot is an idiot is an idiot. The only reason Dragon wasn’t able to beat him was because he had specific workarounds for her left by her creator. Nobody else has really had issues running circles around him. The only plus for Saint is that he is stupidly dogmatic that you can’t break through his Insane Troll Logic to dent the soul.
Yup yup. IIRC, after his (close-enough-to-count-as-) death, Superman called Lex on this, asking if he’d finally gotten around to making the world a better place in the interim…
If Teacher ends up humanity’s last best hope against the apocalypse I’m sure it’ll only be because he went out of his way to fuck over all the other best hopes so he can be the one on top.
yinyangorwuji on October 12, 2013 at 00:21 said:
My… God. So, for once, someone’s chosen name fits them less than their given name. And cauldron done goofed. Fuck you teacher. And who was the helmeted man?
Trickster, maybe? Loki, trickster god, horned helm, Trickster? He’s present in the scene, but, as ever, Wildbow’s writing style makes it difficult to tell who’s being talked to, so we don’t know if the comment to Trickster is being directed at horns guy or not. Did we know previously that Trickster was one of Teacher’s students now? I seem to recall finding that out in Lung’s interlude or the like.
Robert on October 12, 2013 at 01:01 said:
Trickster was one of the “kids in white”.
Nope. Wasn’t Trickster…
Here, Contessa and Teacher are discussing helmet guy in relation to her being Teachers second in command.
Here we see Teacher pull Trickster out of his crowd of minions. The only real bright spot here is that Trickster has been reduced to a slack jawed drone for Teacher
Come on, not even Trickster deserved…THAT.
It was an improvement to his decision making abilities though.
Yeah. He definitely is. Question is whether or not thats him. I don’t think so.
Satyrical is in the tags. I don’t think he was one of Cauldron’s first tests, and it’s possible he survived Scion, or one of his clones did and persisted after the main body’s death.
Wouldn’t it be just SO Satyrical to fake his own death with a clone? Do we know if Clones can make Clones? And… we didn’t see him die, and as Contessa illustrates, beautifully, If you’re not looking their decapitated head in the eye, you don’t know that they’re dead. Even then, in this world, there’s still some wriggle room.
acediamonds on October 12, 2013 at 01:22 said:
Hmm, makes sense.
And he’s now working with Teacher. Or maybe he’s always been. Teacher sure gets more and more dangerous each time he shows up.
And satyrs DO have horns. Did we get any kind of visual description of him when Taylor ran into him? Sometimes I wish we had more PoV time with people who don’t know people’s names, so that Wildbow is forced to give us at least some kind of visual.
‘Normal’ Satyr went around shirtless, this guy is wearing armour. Contessa didn’t recognize him, and she’d know Satyrical. Probably other differences, but remember we’re considering a guy with shapeshifting clone powers.
Could be… pants armour? Shirtless doesn’t mean helmetless… though that would look a bit silly. See also: Marvel’s version of Hercules, with his no shirt and silly helmet-that-doesn’t-cover-hair-or-face thing.
greatwyrmgold on October 12, 2013 at 11:08 said:
Looked it up.
That does look pretty silly.
He did wear a horned helmet. But it was with curled horns, like a ram’s. Not Viking style. And Contessa should recognise Satyr. Though he does have shape shifting powers, admittedly.
For all we know, he lives as long as ANY body survives. It isn’t like he’d tell anyone if that was the case assuming even he knew about it.
letseveryonemorality on October 12, 2013 at 14:13 said:
The one in the viking helm is probably Lung. Now the real question is why the hell are Teacher and Lung dressed up like LARPers?
Uhh…that would be rather difficult seeing how Lung was babysitting Bonesaw and Panacea last time we saw him. Going by the tags and by exclusion it’s probably Satyr, wether a duplicate or the original, it’s not clear.
Why Teacher is dressed as a wizard is a good question. He probably thinks it makes him mysterious and cool.
Why would Satyr be helping Teacher in the way Lung promised to, and be dressed like a viking berserker, which is by the way an excellent analogue for Lungs powers. Also Lung’s not the talkative type and Satry is/was.
Lung didn’t promise to help Teacher. He decided to not do anything in the eventuality of Teacher staging a coup against Marquis in the Birdcage and then thought to himself that he would kill Teacher next time they met.
As for the costume, why would Teacher dress like a wizard either? At least Satyr’s original costume had horns, too.
Lung actually told Teacher he’d a) wouldn’t stand in the way and b)”If you want a bodyguard for a time after we’ve walked free, you will have it.”
What this armored untalkative viking berserker is doing is definitely serving as a body guard.
>>“Standing may be too optimistic a word,” the man in the horned helmet said.<<
Not a very Lung-like thing to say.
theant87 on October 12, 2013 at 00:23 said:
Oh fuck. It took her a moment to recognize her implies she is a case 54 in the looks department, and the whole save us from ourselves thing does not look good. Then again Teacher is a self admitted monster so he might have a very different view of Weaver than everyone else. GOD DAM YOUR CLIFFHANGERS.
“and not because it was an unfamiliar face.”
Well, I suppose a different body might have made it harder to place the face, but I get more the impression that Taylor’s making an uncharacteristic face.
dubloe7 on February 22, 2014 at 21:49 said:
I just took it to mean that it was because Contessa wasn’t expecting a crisis to come from Taylor.
Yeah. It’s just that Taylor’s smiling and who could recognise her like *that*?
DasNiveau on October 12, 2013 at 05:35 said:
Or a body clouded in some “badass power” …. like grues shadow thingy.
Or it was just so unexpected.
Contessa at least had to ask herself a Question.
You can’t become a case 53 through anything like a second trigger event. Either Taylor is making an uncharacteristic expression, she is heavily wounded, or Panacea screwed up big time and altered her face as well as the power.
But yeah. Stupid cliffhangers…
KGB on October 12, 2013 at 12:04 said:
Case 53 became distorted, because their shards were not properly adjusted/crippled. Scion crippled his shards, before handing them out. Doctor Mother was less proficient in this process, hence the case 53. If Panacea somehow indirectly adjusted Taylor’s shard, or how her shard influences her, it would not be unthinkable that Taylor changed. It’s not a second trigger, even if it was a second (make that third) trigger, there is no indication that a second trigger couldn’t change a person’s looks.
However, maybe Taylor doesn’t look that much different, but maybe she’s doing something that would normally not be associated with her.
I think it’s more complex than just lack of safeguards. It’s been mentioned a few times that Cauldron (i.e Eden) capes get body changes and trigger (i.e. Scion) capes get mental changes. Even “normal” cauldron capes seem to have some minor mutation (see Canary, see Alexandria) whereas the only Scion cape with permanent body changes seems to be Crawler and even in his case those changes came over time and arguably were still secondary to the mental shift his power gave him.
I read the physical aberrations as being because of the shards that were used, either because Eden was dead or because they were Eden’s (I like one theory that Zion’s shards screw up the mind while Eden’s screw up the body). Regardless, though, there is no evidence that a second trigger can trigger such results…and this is definitely going to have fewer effects than that formula, because A. it’s a fairly minor alteration and B. Panacea can fix any damage she does.
I’m also inclined towards the “looks normal but is doing something weird” explanation.
Call me stubborn, but I still like the idea that what happened to Skitter, is that the restrictions were removed from her power and her mind is now busy being dispersed throughout the insect biomass of her partners range (or of the planet, or possibly the multiverse if enough doors are open).
Since she always had two way communication with bugs, her body is now just one more processing node in a array that is mostly insects. It’s likely her facial expressions will either be a null set, a vegetative state, until she adapts and relearns to use her old body, or at the very least she will look considerably weird as insects (having chitinous exoskeletons) don’t really have facial expressions.
Again, there is some evidence for this conclusion. Imp says Skitter looks “creepy” when she’s deep into her multi tasking mode.
Um, Skitter’s unrestricted power has nothing to do with bugs. If it was totally unrestricted, she would probably gain the ability to control all creatures and/or shards.
PapaGoose on October 15, 2013 at 12:31 said:
Interestingly precognizant, and honestly a great direction as the ‘Administrator’ shard of Taylor’s comes to its original function.
I was surprised, too.
This isnt a second(third) trigger event, this is Amy removing the limiters on Taylor’s shard. The only individual we’ve seen in an even vaguely similar situation is Noelle (who probably didn’t get the Balance part of her formula).
So… probably went well then?
greatwyrmgold on August 29, 2014 at 19:50 said:
Um, just to point out…Noelle’s situation is more like a Changer power gone uncontrollable. She was as much a Case 53 as Hookwolf. Also, Cauldron formula…
And I don’t think Amy has enough precision with this application of her power to do something that precise. Brains in general and powers in specific aren’t something she’s done more than a few or zero times, respectively. It would be like expecting her to be able to cure someone’s cancer, when she triggered ten minutes ago and is only vaguely aware of what this cancer thing is.
It’s not an exact analogy. But it *does* seem highly likely that what Amy edited in Taylor is the same thing that got accidentally left out of Noelle’s formula – the “balance” component. “Balance” is presumably responsible for (mostly) preventing the results of the trigger from supplanting the human host like they did with Noelle. As such, it seems like the bit you’d tinker with if you were aiming to “remove restrictions the entity put in place”.
Note that I’m just elaborating on my original thoughts here. Now that I’ve read further into the story it’d be too hard to speculate further without second-guessing how much those speculations are being adulterated/influenced by future knowledge.
Not much further to read.
But yeah, she’s modifying the same thing that was more or less absent in Noelle’s case. I can’t imagine that the effects would be much the same, especially since the thing in question was required to avoid unexpected things from happening.
Considering that Teacher is a pitchfork, cloven hooves, and a pair of horns away from being the most obviously untrustworthy motherfucker in the multiverse, I’d take whatever he’s saying about the situation with an ocean of salt.
overpoweredginger on October 12, 2013 at 00:24 said:
Aaaand the plot thickens! I was hoping this interlude would provide a good character moment or two, but the Comtessa’s been a blank slate for far too long; I guess it’s nice to see how her power works.
I think there were very good character moments in there. Every time her power failed, she was wracked with fear and/or frustration. When her power was working, she followed its dictates like a machine. This shows us that Contessa is, on one hand, one of the most terrifyingly effective parahumans ever to exist, and on the other hand, still a scared little girl who has never had a single genuine moment of human experience since getting her power. She has let her power drive her every move, “acting” only to pick questions to ask it. Well, “not a single genuine experience” is maybe a bit far. She did have that conversation with DM about how to disable the Counterpart and how to combat Scion, so we can probably infer that she’s had regular conversations with her over the decades.
I feel vindicated that my assessment of Contessa as the true impetus behind Cauldron and DM as the figurehead was right, at least in the early days. Even later, Contessa was still the power behind the throne, it seems, even if DM was legitimately running things.
It’s very believable isn’t it? To be so powerful and then to lose that power, go back to normality and just FREAK OUT. It’d be more terrifying then if you’d never been powerful at all…
Oh, absolutely. It’s exactly how I imagined her. Cool and aloof… because she doesn’t REALLY know how to act, how to interact. She just knows how to ask questions and follow a scripts. It’s right there in how she says everything is easy for her. She’s been going through life with cheat codes on, never learning how to get good at the game. When her cheats stop working, she’s left totally in the lurch.
She fascinates me. I really want to do something with the character concept. Write a little short story, base a roleplaying game character on her… I dunno. She’s a hard character to write for, especially when there’s no fog to challenge her. The only thing that will challenge her are decision forks where there’s no path to achieve both goals in a reasonable number of steps and ethical/personal decisions where she’s faced with a quandry not of CAN she do something, but SHOULD she. Thinking about it makes me respect Wildbow all the more for writing this chapter and doing it so well.
More than slightly like the Simurgh, really, only the Simurgh observes people’s worldlines (in the past as well), not just paths to specific stated victory conditions.
taliesinskye on October 12, 2013 at 01:33 said:
Path: How to not freak out when losing access to power.
Does not compute!
Stop on October 12, 2013 at 02:28 said:
path: what causes fog in power?
path: What could cause fog in power?
power negation power, sensory deprivation power, power immunity power, etc.
path: how to figure out power?
3+x steps.
Contessa sucks at using her power.
TanaNari on October 12, 2013 at 03:27 said:
She’d get an error for that power, too.
And clearly sensory deprivation isn’t a factor, if she can know Doctor is dead and Numbers Man alive so easily.
Either that, or the power-sense-negating power actually negates all attempts to use powers’ senses on the thing concealed by the power-sense-negating power.
What I’m saying is, Contessa’s power can’t understand ANYTHING in those fogs. It can’t figure out how to defeat Scion, or avoid Mantellum, or anything like that. They’re non-entities as far as the power is concerned. Trying to weasel your way out won’t help.
Especially since Contessa’s power doesn’t seem to go much past “How do I do X?”
no, she got around “how do I keep this thing from knocking me off” by switching to “how do I keep myself from falling.” as long as she doesn’t target something that interferes with her power she’s fine and if she delegates she can target that person or group and get indirect info which wouldn’t be affected by interference. the more she knows the more powerful she gets, ever time an obstacle appears she could figure out how to get by the obstacle in theory rather than the actual obstacle then apply the situation and ignore the actual obstacle with the theoretical one instead. 3+x steps.
Mantellum’s power seems to (temporarily) turn anything within a good radius of him into something she simply can’t deal with–just like Lung’s power is unaware of them and can’t enhance him to deal with them, and Skitter’s bugs simply don’t notice them. Presumably, a similar problem applies to the Endbringers and Scion.
In short: It worked for vaguely similar problems, but it doesn’t work for these because they’re different.
'Lement on January 15, 2014 at 16:38 said:
She’d get the path but would become unable to see it/remember it as soon as she loses access to her power.
Yes and no, re: that last bit. Seems like DM and Contessa were closer to genuine partners than anything.
I wonder if Contessa ever learnt to speak English without the aid of her power. I’m guessing ‘no’.
Hexa on March 21, 2017 at 07:27 said:
I think she might have picked it up from using it daily, though I do agree she’s probably not quite fluent.
So….uh…
Am I the only one who completely failed to understand the part with Arsenal and Partisan and Clarent and what appeared to be Scion and Eden?
Tagg on October 12, 2013 at 00:26 said:
Glassware on October 12, 2013 at 00:29 said:
It was the way that things were supposed to go, if Eden hadn’t gotten distracted by all the new information and planning and weakened itself enough that it could be killed with a knife.
Global conflict, different heroes. Some of them the same.
Oh, it’s just a flashforward? Okay then.
More like a flash adjacent.
The way things could have gone eh.
The way things were SUPPOSED to have gone.
What’s interesting is the “Superweapons”. Those sound an awful lot like the Endbringers to me. So maybe they really were all part of the plan the whole time.
Indeed. The way i see it, the Entities engineered a Cold War situation between two superpowered factions, with a mental block that stops from coming signing a peace treaty, so that conflict slowly brews and the shards can mature. Then, when this kind of conflict is’t enough anymore…bam!, the other side got WMD (either Eden created the super weapons/Endbringers directly or some poor schmuck got the right shard), you must strike first or be annihilated.
The entities would have engineered a Cold War, if Eden hadn’t fallen while future-gazing. That was a nice trip for her.
It’s one of the futures Eden saw, and the one she was aiming for. She lost the path to it when she shifted to use Abaddon’s future-sight shard and lost shard that on landing (which landed in Contessa). We saw it through Contessa’s trigger-event.
Now that you said that, it makes me curious about the plan.
Richter is still around though Dragon is not mentioned. This implies that her creation was never part of the plan. His creations would be similar to Dragon’s, weak minded, non sentient AI. The Endbringers pushed him in creating Dragon, and we have plenty of evidence how paranoid/fearful he was of doing it, so he was just so desperate that chanced it.
Partisan’s special sight sounds like Chevalier, who was going to direct things.
The superweapons are obvious parallels to the Endbringers, so it seems that Scion’s partner was behind their creation, though they were not as powerful/destructive as they are in the wormverse.
Arsenal sounds like Colin. The broadsword…could clarent be Jack? If true then the negative influence on parahuman’s minds by their passengers might not have been intended to be so extreme.
Eidolon, Alexandria, Legend, and it’s implied that hero was created in the same batch as Alexandria were not part of the plan, same as contessa. So the third entity is a red herring.
Grey Noise on October 12, 2013 at 00:57 said:
I thought it was fairly obvious that the Black Knight was Jack? The line about never losing to other parahumans was pretty definitive.
Also, the ‘woman with the gun’ is called Hannah at one point, so that’s Miss Militia.
I totally missed the Knight being Jack. Makes much more sense now.
RazorSmile on October 12, 2013 at 01:09 said:
Black Knight is Jack. A Light-Side Jack Slash.
“We bait them into a fight, then sic him on them. He’ll be able to win as long as it’s parahumans he’s fighting.
Light-Side is debatable, particularly with a name like Black Knight.
It sounds like they are just using Jack like they’d use a weapon or a dog.
Not necessarily Jack Slash. ‘Can beat any parahuman’ could apply almost as easily to a power nullifier like Hatchet Face… OR GRUE! How awesome would that be! Grue, the Black Knight, stealing his enemies’ powers and turning them on their erstwhile masters. Give him some tinker-made power armor and the aesthetic and power level are a perfect match. As he is/was a villain, I can see the upper echelons of the Protectorate treating thinking of him as basically a vicious attack dog… especially if whatever caused his second trigger didn’t turn out as well for the Undersiders or Aisha in this timeline.
When I started this post I thought Jack was most likely candidate by far, but now I’m calling it a 50/50 split.
samhaine on October 12, 2013 at 04:37 said:
Presumably the Endbringers are either definitely Eidolon or someone else using a Cauldron shard: if things had gone according to Eden’s plan, that power would have wound up as a deliberate implant in someone intended to be a supervillain, but may have had a few more limits on it (which is why the superweapons weren’t as bad as the endbringers).
But just appreciate how much of an awful moment that would have been for the heroes… after years of effort, they finally track down The Shadow, creator of the Superweapons… and realize that he can have any powers needed, is more than a match for all the heroes together, and powers up from dead supers.
Kinda retroactively redeems Eidolon a bit: even if he accidentally made the Endbringers, his shard was supposed to go to someone who’d make Endbringers deliberately AND use his known powers for evil. Making kaiju was always an expected part of his power, not just an accident of him reaching unconsciously for the wrong one.
nick012000 on October 12, 2013 at 09:05 said:
I dunno. It sounds to me like Eidolon’s shard was intended to remain inside Eden, and she would have created the not-Endbringers as a part of her scenario.
We don’t know enough about the scenario to say either way.
But the fact tat Arsenal/Defiant was suspicious of Eden in regards of the Superweapons/Endbringers and that Eden acknowledged that those suspicions were justified , it does seem to hint at them being under Eden’s direct control instead of the byproducts of a host-shard.
I missed the part about Eden acknowledging the suspicions, and couldn’t find it on a reread. Could you quote the passage that makes you think that?
Here are the relevant parts. Don’t know how to the quote thingy, sorry.
>>A consensus was reached between them. Arsenal knew something about the superweapons, or he suspected strongly enough for it to matter.<>For Arsenal, though, there was another reaction. He was upset, yes, but was a little relieved at the same time. He knew about the others, and he had been testing them, to see if they would lie. But suspicions remained<>.“We know they’re projections,” Arsenal said, his eyes on the monitors. “Someone orsomething is projecting them. We cut off the head, the superweapons fall.”
“Yes,” the entity agreed. It didn’t miss the curious glance Arsenal gave it<> The entity glanced his way, acknowledging him. Its focus, however, was on Arsenal. Hearing Partisan’s words, Arsenal’s suspicions had reached a climax. He would say something.
That is, he would, if the entity didn’t intervene. The entity passed by him, and it leveraged a power. Wiping a memory, setting a block in place. The same blocks that prevented accord between the Wardens and the Shepherds. The same blocks that prevented Partisan’s special sight from seeing the entity’s power at work.<<
Nothing explicitly damning, to be fair, yet Arsenal clearly thinks the entities have something to do with the superweapons and he has to be mind-wiped into silence.
That indicates that Eden have something to do with the super-weapons, which would be true even if she had merely given the shard to someone, intending that s/he would create the superweapons.
Yeah but Arsenal only seemed to know that Eden had something to do with the superweapons, and in a vague way to booth, which would be frankly unlikely if Eden had given the shard to someone because that would have indicated that Arsenal had discovered that the two most powerful superheroes in the world were actually aliens and the fount of powers (and capable of choosing which to give) and somehow connect this particular power to Eden while not revealing anything to his colleagues/friends. A bit hard to swallow.
I don’t think Arsenal determined anything definitive. He just suspects something…he’s probably not even sure what.
Arsenal is an alt!Colin, who had lie-detecting tech back before Taylor first met him, which is most likely why Arsenal reacted the way he did during Eden’s duplicitous conversation with them.
So he knew Eden was being duplicitous…about something. Which is about what I think he knows, and which doesn’t support the idea that Eden directly rather than indirectly created them.
Besides, being called “superweapons” does have a certain implication that they’re being used by the other side…or at least that there are suspicions of such. This vaguely suggests the same “Eden didn’t directly create them” idea.
Oh! This is probably the power which ended up in the Slug, meaning he (?) got Eden’s “you don’t remember trigger events” shard.
The case 53s make much more sense to me now, the complete wipe coming from this power being used by someone who couldn’t really control it.
Argh, my quote was swallowed. This is meant to be in front of my last comment:
__The entity passed by him, and it leveraged a power. Wiping a memory, setting a block in place.__
It looks like the original plan was for a slower build up to conflict, so that the stress period can be prolonged and more experiences gained in the struggle. With Eden dead, and her shards given to the wrong people, everything came to a head far too soon.
No, not a red herring. I’m pretty sure the third entity is what went wrong, causing Eden to be weakened and killed, causing everything else in a big domino effect. It lost too many shards too soon, creating Contessa and the diamentional portals, which allowed Doctor Mother to kill Eden and start Cauldron.
Arsenal = Defiant
Partisan = Chevalier
Clarent = Dauntless
As they would have been, if things had gone according to plan.
Actually I thought Clarent could have been Jack, see above.
Dauntless is in the tags, Jack isn’t.
Well so much for my guess. Well then who are the shepherds?
They’re another faction, probably capes who rule directly. Eden is using the Endbringer equivalents to ensure no peace between the Wardens and the Shepherds. Pretty heavy hint Eden was planning on projecting them, using them to manipulate the world. Eidolon’s shard let him access that capacity, and he drew on her plans.
I’m thinking the black knight they reference is probably jack, thanks to the claim that he won’t lose against parahumans.
Shepard = Teacher?
Jacob on October 13, 2013 at 16:57 said:
Or the Black Knight is Eidolon. He’s projecting the Superweapons, and the reason he can’t loose to parahumans is that he sucks them up and supercharges himself, and always had the right powers to fight them.
True, but Black Knight sounds (to me) more like Jack with armour than it does like the High Priest, wielder of a score of “angels”.
chungsim on October 12, 2013 at 00:33 said:
If you’re on Reddit check out reddit.com/r/parahumans.
Make sure to leave off the period at the end of chungsim’s post.
http://www.reddit.com/r/parahumans
Funnily enough, Eden’s reactions to Zion’s messages comes off as “Not now, idjet! I’m wrking here!”
Yes, quite interesting, considering she sounded alternately disinterested or unwell from Zion’s perspective. Their form of communication, for all that it transmits untold fractal layers of sub-meaning, is really not very clear. At least as open to misinterpretation as human language.
No. I think Zion was correct in his interpretation of unwell/disinterested. The thinker-entity was freakin’ busy. And damaged. And “she” didn’t comprehend just how damaged she was.
Zion was *correct* in his interpretations. Eden was not.
Which proves these creatures are eminently fallible.
I don’t think Eden was nearly as damaged as Scion had believed. I think it was more like she suddenly had sensory overlord with too many new awesome things to play with and too little time to figure out what was good and important and what was useless. So she got distracted with trying to play the long game and setting up all her dominos. Distracted to the point that she knocked over her first domino as she was placing the last few and that screwed up everything. Basically we have Abaddon to thank for saving humanity by sheer chance and Eden for sheer stupidity at the critical junction.
krustacean on October 12, 2013 at 00:41 said:
Hoooo boy. This is one I’m going to have to reread in the morning. My brain hurts.
Also, Chevalier is OFFICIALLY the black knight now, which means every injury from now on is merely a flesh wound. His survival is assured.
Chevalier is not the black knight.
Is it Jack Slash?
All of Jack’s injures are flesh wounds, for eternity. Joke still works!
endgame on October 12, 2013 at 09:32 said:
As long as he just fights parahumans, HE’S INVINCIBLE!
… But still a loony.
Right right. Had to reread that bit again after someone pointed out the “Partisan = Chevalier” thing. The “What could have been” bit flew right over my head at first. Like I said… Need sleep. Very awesome chapter. I love character/story insight like this.
Partisan has a special sight that let’s him sees powers= Chevalier.
Arsenal is a tinker who works with Richter, is suspicious and paranoid and is called Colin= Defiant.
Hannah with the shape shifting gun= Miss Militia
Black Knight always wins against parahumans= Jack.
Clarent as Dauntless is the only one that is only supported by the tags.
Just done a reread and actually there is a hint linking Clarent and Dauntless: partisan commenting that Clarent’s power grows over time.
Kerrus on October 13, 2013 at 01:03 said:
That alternate seems to hint that Miss Militia could copy Tinker weapons with her power, or make entirely new ones. Wonder if she’s ever tried.
skywiseskychan on October 12, 2013 at 13:12 said:
The black knight seems to me to be Jack. He was specifically mentioned as being able to defeat any powered opponent he meets. Knights use swords, Jack used one too.
Still want to know where Jack found that claymore…
I think he had Mannequin build it.
Ray on October 18, 2017 at 09:12 said:
Mannequin doesn’t exist in Eden’s intended timeline. He used to be a hero who went by Sphere, until a Smurf attack killed his family. At that point, he ceased to be Alan Gramme and became Mannequin. He’s more machine now than man, twisted and evil. But there’s no Cauldron in this time line, so the Eden shards get distributed differently and we get a different set of Endbringers. No Smurf means no Mannequin. That’s also why Richter is mentioned in the projected timeline; he was killed by Leviathan in the real one.
MisterTeatime on June 8, 2018 at 13:20 said:
We don’t see a claymore in the intended timeline either. Phillipe is referring to Jack’s mystery sword he used in the fight with Theo.
He had a Mannequin build it for him, most likely. The bigger question is how they get it to no-sell Golem’s power.
Compound of metals/ceramics that Golem wouldn’t just be carrying around with himself, bonus points this also allows it to be sharp enough to cut through the silk Taylor has outfitted everyone with.
My suspicion is that the Black Knight is this timeline’s double-trigger Grue. Went into more detail a few threads up, but tell me Grue, in power armor, with his power stealing darkness, wouldn’t be a dead ringer for a black knight that can’t be defeated by parahumans?
Unmaker on October 12, 2013 at 00:53 said:
Black Knight who wins against any parahuman = Jask Slash
JACK Slash
And I got a warning from WordPress for posting comments too quickly! First time for that.
Cephalo the Pod on October 12, 2013 at 12:48 said:
Jask Clash.
Veloren on October 12, 2013 at 00:49 said:
I… I like Contessa (or rather, Fortuna). HOW?! Wiiiiildboooow stop making me sympathize with these people!
The worst part is it makes SENSE. With that kind of power, of course she would be crippled when working outside it.
Also Doormaker was oddly adorable. Whaaat.
I’ve had a lot of sympathy for both Contessa and Doormaker for a while now. Ever since we found out basically how Contessa works, I’ve thought she was a fascinating and lovely character. I’m especially enjoying looking back on the previous appearances she’s made and thinking about them in light of what we know about her now. Under New Delhi, I think she was genuinely trying to be friendly to Taylor. I don’t think she really understands people. Her power walks her through any critical negotiations, so she never really needed to learn to read people or empathize with them. Taylor and crew are freaking out at the sight of her, and she’s just like, “Hi! I’m recruiting all these people here. I hope you’re having a nice day.” And they’re like, “She’s fucking kidnapping all the capes we need to help fight BEHEMOTH! Evil bitch!” And she’s like, “I sure wish I could help you with fighting that Endbringer. Good luck!” It never occurs to her to ask if they think she’s a power-mad agent of an inscrutable evil Illuminati. She’s just over here trying to save the world.
“I’d actually love to wear bright colors and smile more… but my power insists that the intimidation factor of all black and no facial expressions of consequence is way more efficient… sorry.”
SEA-106 on October 12, 2013 at 00:51 said:
The problem with the interludes is, they rarely answer the question raised in the cliffhanger. They simply ask the question in a different way.
What do you call this? A double cliffhanger? A compounded cliffhanger?
fghjconner on October 12, 2013 at 00:57 said:
We call it torture.
We call it bliss.
Apparently I’m not the only masochist that reads Worm then.
dragonus45 on October 12, 2013 at 04:44 said:
To like this, you have to have a bit of a masochistic streak.
Psycho Gecko on October 12, 2013 at 05:14 said:
Certainly explains why people have a sexy librarian feeling about Sceta.
Sveta*
Kazir on October 12, 2013 at 07:39 said:
Hell yes.
We should start a club!
Chinese chiffhanger torture. It works by dripping the cliffhangers on you slowly, ever so slowly.
On the one hand, a solid summary of many of the major decisions of Cauldron and knowledge of what is happening to Contessa.
On the other hand, we wait longer to find out what happened to Taylor.
The writer giveth and the writer taketh away.
Well, they answer questions left hanging from earlier like how Cauldron was formed, whether or not Contessa was truly killed and why she has a third entity shard.
Wildbow heard you like cliffhangers though so he put cliffhangers in cliffhangers in cliffhangers.
a on October 12, 2013 at 03:36 said:
And I found that I don’t enjoy them. Would prefer to skip on the reminder at the end..
Oh, well.. such is life.
Hum, a lot of the interludes, this one included, heck this one especially!, hold answers that would make the end incomprehensible without them.
Yeah, among the questions we got answers for here are:
– What was Eden’s plan : Answered.
– Does Cauldron have any miracles left to save the day with: Answered.
– Why did Cauldron think their way would work: Answered.
– Can we expect the “Third Entity” to swoop in and save the day: Answered.
– How was Contessa defeated: Answered.
– What happened to Contessa: Answered.
A cliffhanger like the one we got on Tuesday is the kind of thing you want to savor. There’ll never be another opportunity to experience this sense of not knowing what’s going to happen next, of all the outcomes that you can imagine being possible still.
After Tuesday morning at midnight, the answer will be there, either in the next post or on the next page when Wildbow gets the story printed. Those of us reading this as it comes out are the only ones who’ll get to question and speculate and wonder at what the future might hold for Taylor and the rest of the cast without the answer being a click or a flip away.
Dude, you’re making me nostalgic for Classic!Worm and it’s not even over yet. *isn’t tearing up, nope*
As epic as Worm has gotten, I still fondly remember the days when Taylor was a super villain leading a team that had taken over the city…good times. Much simpler, too; I’m having some trouble understanding all of Worm now,
Contessa. Interesting. Not how I thought she’d be, but it makes sense. Very logical, little thought process other than what she has to do,
On the downside, this shard thing has me thrown for a loop, as usual. Just can’t seem to get a handle on it…I’m going to go back and read every worm update after the timeskip when I have the chance just to figure out how it all fits.
Waiting for Tuesday with a frothing mouth…of…words…I guess…so looking for award to that!
To help with the shards thing: “Shard”, “Agent”, and “Passenger” all relate to the same thing; the extradimensional piece of entity that plugs into a potential parahuman’s corona pollentia (sp?) that grants them their power. These shards had similar – but distinct – roles when they were in the entity as they did in the parahuman. (e.g. Queen administrator Weaver, Broadcaster Jack Slash, Negotiator Tattletale)
nohat on October 12, 2013 at 00:55 said:
I’m glad that Contessa survived. Explaining away her death, unless specifically orchestrated by Scion, would just strain credulity. I like seeing how the whole cauldron things started. Maybe what they need is for Panacea to unlock Contessa’s power. Of course that might be dependent on how Weavers turned out.
The usual random thought jumble, written as I read, so early comments may be wrong.
Eden interlude!
Eden recognizes that the Worm propagation lifestyle will eventually fill totality with Worms, followed by a descent into the uncooperative aggression that characterized the beginning of the species … and it is looking for a way out.
And then cut to an alternate reality, with the Thinker viewing a possible future. The possible future has Endbringers of its own. Black Knight who wins against any parahuman = Jack Slash? Richter = same person?
There are hints that Abaddon did weaken Eden in some ways. For one, it is stated that Eden gave up part of its precognition to Abaddon. It is also stated that “It is frail, fragile.”
“Shards must be discarded, or it will dwarf the destination planet.” So, Worms are larger than Earth-sized.
“In the doing, it alters one of the third entity’s powers, replacing its own ability to find the optimal future.” This seems to be where it replaced Contessa-like powers with another variant … and failed for unknown reasons.
And then we switch to … Contessa! Who decides to kill Eden. And succeeds, with Doctor Mother’s help, and sets herself against Zion. And it becomes clear that this is actually Contessa’s interlude. It was Doctor Mother’s decision to build up an army of parahumans, but that is because she chose one of the two plans that Contessa had.
And we start getting real answers as to plans and history.
… and Contessa faked her death!
… and now she is hooked up with Teacher, who is taking over Cauldron and has positioned Contessa to cooperate with him.
I will think about the possible ramifications of all of this later today.
“‘Shards must be discarded, or it will dwarf the destination planet.’ So, Worms are larger than Earth-sized.”
Ayup. I seem to recall Tattletale mentioning the possibility way back when, and I think something in Zion’s interlude suggested the same.
Won’t we all?
<Eden recognizes that the Worm propagation lifestyle will eventually fill totality with Worms, followed by a descent into the uncooperative aggression that characterized the beginning of the species … and it is looking for a way out.<
Here's an idea. don't keep reproducing beyond what your envorioment can support. In short, get the worms some birth control.
Happy Yeti on October 13, 2013 at 09:08 said:
It’s more that the reproduction cycle is the only thing they do, ever; and the only thing they enjoy even a little bit. They need to find something else to do that they enjoy.
In short, get the worms some hobbies.
Other than driving humanity to extinction, I mean. There has to be something else, maybe knitting, or stamp collecting.
Well, Scion did try being a good samaritan. Didn’t work out.
Ainix on October 14, 2013 at 05:17 said:
I don’t really blame him. He was the warrior in the pair; helping out probably wasn’t a huge part of his nature. Kevin Norton had to tell him to fight the Endbringers, after all.
Claiming the Worms should just stop reproducing is a little unfair, and also a little hypocritical for humans. It would be like telling humans they had to stop learning, stop researching, stop having children, and just stagnate until the end of time. Looking for a way to redesign their species again to escape their bounds is a pretty reasonable thing for them to do, in my opinion. Only problem is the whole ‘collateral damage’ bit. Especially from the perspective of… well literally anything else in the multiverse.
In short, the Worms’ ultimate goal is understandable and even sympathetic, but they still have to be stopped at pretty much any cost.
AliceAce on October 13, 2013 at 23:25 said:
Ah, forgive my ignorance, but when did the entities become Worms?
Not sure. A bit less of a mouthful than multi-dimensional-space-alien-virus-gods, though, so…
Great chapter!!! ………
Looks back through………
Chevalier, Defiant, Hero and Miss Militia are ALL Cauldron Capes?????
eduardo on October 12, 2013 at 01:01 said:
NO. IF the second entity had not failed it would create a world where these heroes would be part of one faction in many.
Ah. I hadn’t considered name changes in the future sight of Eden. I thought that was simply the reality Eden wanted to target.
We’ve seen Hannah’s trigger event. We knew Hero was a cauldron-made cape.
More to the point… where did you get that idea? The business with Arsenal and that lot? Hero wasn’t in that scene. Richter was. And there was no Cauldron in that timeline, because Eden was alive. She even ended that vision by saying that all the parahumans she’d seen in it were Zion’s, telling us for sure that Chevy, Colin, Hannah, and Richter were trigger-event, Zion-shard capes.
Was tired when I read it. I totally missed the name changes in scene with the preferred reality. I thought that they were in the group of capes that also created the Doormaker. Oops!
We knew Hero was and Miss Militia wasn’t (hers was the first trigger event we saw, in Interlude…7?), so…no, they aren’t ALL CC’s.
Don`t worry Wildbow, very good interlude. Thank you for writing.
Huh, the potential alternate universe Eden was planning is interesting. Jack Slash working alongside good guys like Chevalier, Miss Militia, Defiant, and Dauntless? I’d assume the Shepherds are then made up of villain capes like Coil, Teacher, and Accord who are all take over the world types who want to ‘shepherd’ people.
And I guess Wildbow has accepted Eden as the name for the second identity. Cool beans.
In that Scenario, what happened to the main cast? A perfect world for them where they never triggered?
I see them as being shepherd capes mostly. Tattletale, Bitch and Regent almost definitely being shepherd capes. Taylor, Grue and by extension Imp I’m on the fence about.
I get the feeling this universe is similar enough to regular Wormverse that the Undersiders will probably still form under Coil. Having all the Undersiders on Team Shepherd would even the scales better since the Wardens have powerhouses like Chevalier, Richter, and Jack Slash.
There is no Coil: he was a Cauldron cape, and while it’s possible that shard was manually distributed (unlikely: Eden notes that all the shards she sees are Zion’s) there’s effectively no chance that it would land on Calvert.
The sides are ‘balanced’ because the entities keep their thumbs on the scales, providing shards to losing sides or to break stalemates, keeping the conflict running hot.
Too true. Unlike the chaos of the wormverse, where any large group of parahumans is treated as a bomb about to go off, there are no real chaotic fights. I mean it’s implied that there is NO WAR anywhere in that world, as compared to ours, and the hell that the nastier parts of the wormverse probably are. Eden, who is much smarter/human? than Scion is made it so.
Due to her ability to play humanity like a fiddle, create fake threats to keep factions at each other throats and brainwashing those who are starting to grasp the truth.
Like I said before- I think Simurgh inherited Eden’s personality.
Right, I forgot Coil was a Cauldron cape.
The entities basically turned the world into a big game of cops and robbers. They fight, come out a little worse for wear but with new experience. The game continuing until Eden decides she got what they need.
She wants a world similar to the Golden age of comic books.
tieshaunn on October 12, 2013 at 04:23 said:
No, wait, that fits the silver age, right? The Golden Age had its peak during WWII, and the stories of that time where ALL ABOUT war, or rather the war against the Nazis in particular.
It was the silver age where everyone was playing a game of cops and robbers, with no real resolutions to problems and everyone ready to fight but mostly just walking circles, having variations on the same fight over, and over, and over…
Actually, that sounds even more like what Eden might want.
The undersiders might form, but they wouldn’t do it under coil. Coil is a cauldron cape. All the cauldron capes powers are in the ‘ideal’ universe going to making endbringers for Eden. The rest of the undersiders however are ‘natural’ capes so would still exist.
Teruzi on October 12, 2013 at 01:45 said:
I don’t think a world with 20 endbringers is happy at all.
mauke on October 12, 2013 at 02:00 said:
Nop. Eden only saw capes whit powers from the Zion entity. Remember that Eden alternate future vision is happening a the same time Zion is refining, limiting and choosing to whom the shards are going. Eden only can manipulate the alternate Endbringers because they are part of her powerset. Every cape that was not Cauldron-made would have triggered and gained the same powers they have in the present time-line.
But there is the whole potential thing. Not every cape with the potential to trigger does. Especially if Eden is keeping things balanced, so she wants others in reserve to trigger when one side gets too strong. If Taylor was never bullied, if her mom had never died, if Emma had never been attacked, if Lung had never gone to america, then Taylor might not have triggered. She would be a potential, kept in reserve in case one side got too powerful.
I don’t think there *are* any “potentials”. I don’t think there *can be* potentials in this scenario.
There are those who are assigned powers. And those who aren’t. Skitter got an administration shard. She’d have triggered, one way or another, to keep the scenario going. And they’d have used her “offspring” shards for others
Taylor didn’t “get” the administration shard in this respect, Danny did – he was Scion’s target for the administration shard, flung off in the last moments before landing. But teenage emotions and hormones are much more volatile (and Danny explicitly clamped down on his emotions) and the bullying caused the shard to connect to her instead.
Where’d you get that idea from?
Scion’s interlude. The administrator shard is supposed to go a tall man (Danny) but Taylor’s higher emotional stress makes her a better host and attracts the shard. I believe a similar thing happened with Imp and her father, too.
Precognition. The key shards in the ‘ideal’ scenario would always come to fruition at the right place, in the right time, because it has been foreseen in detail. It might not bond to the same people, but it’d ALWAYS bond.
1. Perfect world? Ha ha ha.
2. Given that Hanna, Colin, Richter, Jack, etc, all triggered, I’m guessing that the other characters would have triggered at some point or another.
There is one more thing that must be done… someone must write fanfiction based off of this future Eden saw.
IT MUST BE DONE!!!!!!!!!
“…and then, having completed their cycle, the entities left and the Earth, all Earths, went boom.”
Just work backward from there I suppose.
thehiddensage on October 12, 2013 at 15:11 said:
Sure, it doesn’t really have a happy ending. Doesn’t mean the ride to the ending won’t be incredible.
I’m guessing that the “good guys” we saw were all Zion capes, but the Shepherds were all Eden capes. Assuming that Eden only meant all the capes there were Zion’s.
This of course would mean that that great theory about MM getting one of the few shards Eden managed to shed before dying (we know they exist, Vikare, the first cape ever got one) is incorrect. A pity because it would have explained why/how she bypassed Scion mental’s block and a few other details of her vision.
I never heard that theory, and considering the general bias of Zion shards towards combat and Eden’s towards Thinkering, it seems to fit with Zion better.
Well, apart from the afore-mentioned remembering of the trigger event, her vision showed a sickly, dying entity shedding pieces of itself. Sound familiar?
Oh and the warrior/thinker divide isn’t so clean-cut. Think of Siberian as opposed to Tattletale. Or Triumph as opposed to Accord.
Zion could easily have remembered that event. We don’t really understand why one cape sees X when they trigger but another sees Y.
Siberian v. Tattletale: Siberian probably has some non-combat use, unlike “Make weapons!”, and don’t tell me that Ms. “Perfectly Cooks A Grenade” has no combat applications for her power. Besides, if she (ab)used it to its full extend, she could almost mimic Harbinger’s glory days.
Triumph v. Accord: Triumph was Cauldron and Accord was triggered?
And come on if you want to argue that Siberian can have non-combat application so can MM. You do know Nobel invented dynamite to help miners and construction workers, do you?
And if you’ll recall, I never actually claimed that “ALL COMBAT-BASED POWERS ARE ZIONS!” I just said that, given the almost-completely-combat-focused nature of her power (and since the very way her power works is to create something in a class of objects defined as “things meant for killing people, I’d consider removing the almost), it is significantly more likely to be Zion’s shard than Eden’s.
Especially since no known Eden shard came from an actual trigger event (closest was shown in this interlude, and we don’t have any reason to think the shards lingered until something crappy happened…and trigger events don’t happen that often, anyways).
Oh, and Hannah triggered significantly after Eden struck here. Eden struck before Scion appeared; Hannah triggered, went to America not that long afterwards, and found the PRT ready to take her in.
I thought that Vikare was a Zion-trigger, because Scion mentioned “burning the cancer away” in his interlude. Also, having the first parahuman ever be a Zion cape would be a good indicator of what’s to come.
Checked Scion’s interlude again and it seems we’re both right in a way. Vikare got one of Eden’s shards but it only started to grow after Scion burned the cancer away.
Wait, wait I just realised something. Forget Jack being a good guy. In the alternate future Dauntless and Armsmaster actually get along! Considering how much Colin hated him, that’s impressive.
I actually really like the little Alternate Reality glimpse. Actually, I had thought perhaps that was an alternate Earth, Far off but quite similar where Eden and Zion had already made their plans once, but it seems it was a vision of a future that never was from the comments.
Weld! You knew what you had to do but your lack of people skills crippled you AGAIN. You should have gone and taken her scalp! Double tap! It’s like rule number two!
That’s the decisive line that cinches it as a potential future Eden saw but lost.
Weld had priorities. Healing his men, not seeming like a paranoid fool, not melting by jumping into a lava flow to check the body…
Besides, Weld wanted to check, but he let his men talk him out of it for the (valid) reasons already stated.
Given that Contessa was using her win power to make sure Weld didn’t check to see if she was dead, I don’t think it’s very fair to blame Weld for not checking to see if she was dead.
Hmm, not quite. Contessa’s power doesn’t *control* people, it just informs her what they’re going to do so she can react appropriately (in advance).
Her power told her that her escape was going to work because Weld wouldn’t check. If Weld *had* chosen to check, then her power wouldn’t have been able to tell her that and she would’ve had to find another way or be caught.
packbat on October 12, 2013 at 01:25 said:
That was really satisfying.
I had thought Doctor Mother might be a figurehead, but I see now that’s not the case — they were actually nearly equal partners. Also, the “questions” thing from when Imp tried to sneak up on Contessa is now explained. Really, Contessa’s power is a bit like Coil’s — easy to disguise as unbeatable, but actually a lot more vulnerable than it appears.
That’s exactly what I thought. If Contessa makes the wrong questions or is not focusing on the real threat her power can fail her. Not that anyone can tell.
Except that Contessa probably has steps that reach years into the future. If I understand it correctly, she’s only vulnerable if those steps coincide with Scion or Mantellum. If her goal is twenty years off, she knows about any obstacle that she might reach in between.
flame7926 on October 12, 2013 at 01:30 said:
That was a nice update. Long too. And it made more sense than the Scion interlude. I don’t like that Taylor is now so scary and looks different though. Since Teacher is afraid of her, and Contessa seemed like she was agreeing to help him. Why help him, and not Taylor, if she is still useable?
Contessa recognized the face so Taylor probably still looks the same. Maybe Taylor is doing something crazy badass like controlling all the capes in the area and it’s so unexpected Contessa is momentarily confused. It’d explain why Contessa would want to help Teacher, being used against your will isn’t pleasant.
I don’t think it was a shot from too far away given that it is on a phone and Contessa can see her face. Also, Contessa didn’t agree to help him, she just asked why they wanted her help and saw the picture. I get why an action shot would make sense now though, the picture has to convince Contessa that Taylors a threat
Would it be possible to know if Skitter was controlling people from just a picture? Given the way her power works, I think the only reasonable conclusion is that she looks different somehow, but is still recognizable.
Expectation: The reason we haven’t heard much from Grue yet is because he’s about to have a truly legendary breakdown once he sees Skitter.
Snickles on October 12, 2013 at 01:33 said:
Good interlude. It answers the question of why Cauldron didn’t use Contessa to ensure they were always successful when giving people powers. Apparently she can’t see the outcome, probably because they are a part of Eden.
Great interlude!
Defiant always assumes the worse, even in alternates universes. Which is very refreshing.
And it seems that the sure-win power of the third entity was broken. Why did Eden give her old sure-win shard away to Contessa? even with the blocks it seems a reckless thing to do.
She didn’t she crashed into the Earth and split apart, which wasn’t a part of the plan, and broke into pieces that people from all over many worlds consumed, including the little girl Fortuna.
Which means, of course, that my suggestion to hit Scion with a planet might actually work.
Except for the part where Scion is the master of the dimension dodge.
As much of a master as Eden was, I’m sure.
Everything alive can be killed.
And, come on, what’s Mars done for us lately?
There’s a difference between “entity crash-lands on a planet because she was too busy looking how cool her future plan to manipulate humanity was” and “lets throw a planet to against something that is but a fragment of our true enemy”.
Well if you can find the home dimension, we can try a colossal uncontrolled planet-wide warp between two dimensions that tears both earths apart.
But otherwise, if you’re so sure 1 planet won’t work…we can do 2. Maybe even 3. Apparently the galaxy’s full of the fucking things.
Hitting the avatar would be meaningless, however.
What they need to do is figure out where the damn Entity Body is. Hit THAT with a planet. Plus that wouldn’t even be an important Earth- since they were suppose to pick empty worlds to hang out in.
I’ve been thinking this pretty much since discovering the Entities were a threat. Zion shards are crippled to prevent this, of course, but Cauldron’s Eden shards probably aren’t. Have Doormaker open a door to each of Scion’s magor planets, drop a planet killing Tinker weapon through, close the doors and watch Scion’s body break down without access to powers.
Hmm, if there’s some reason they didn’t do it to Scion himself (probably his copy of Mantellum’s power), this could be how they used to remove powers from clients, simply destroying the relevant part of Eden. In which case Scion has just de-powered most Cauldron capes.
Assuming we had a spare planet and a telekinetic powerful enough to throw it several times.
And a way to dimension-lock Scion.
I wonder if Ballistic could chuck a planet.
It’s theoretically possible, but I doubt it. It’s a bit too big to be easily conceptualized, and there’s no good frame of reference. Given the lack of absolute motion, Ballistic probably accelerates objects relative to himself…which would be bad to do, with a planet he’s on.
Besides, the good old Earth is already trundling along at rates measured in kilometers per second by most frames of reference.
MrVoid on October 13, 2013 at 16:34 said:
I would think that kicking a planet falls into a Manton effect/ Scion limitation, much like how shadowstalker isn’t trapped at the core of the planet right now.
Definitely not the Manton effect.
1. Earth isn’t alive.
2. Ballistic isn’t limited by the Manton effect.
The only time we’ve seen anything approximating a lack of a Manton restriction was when he touched Glory Girl’s shirt and sent her into the air and out of the fight. Regardless, the Scion-restriction would keep his power from hyperaccelerating the Earth because that would be a pretty idiotic power to leave as is. Given that he’s trying to cull and harvest the shards.
That isn’t “approximating” the lack of a Manton restriction, that’s conclusively proving it. Unless you’re claiming GG wasn’t alive?
And yeah. That does seem kinda silly, even ignoring the other issues.
Saintsant on October 12, 2013 at 01:36 said:
A fascinating piece… I really like Contessa, but her situation is a sad one. Her ally of multiple decades dies, and she’s too disconnected to care. There are bits of humanity peeking out here and there, though, notably her joke about anyone actually believing she’d died and her almost melancholy ruminations on the ease with which she does everything. I find myself hoping she gets something resembling a happy ending; anyone who saves the world by stabbing an eldritch horror to death with a pocketknife deserves one. Incidentally, that was a nice touch to explain her predilection with the small knives we see her using.
The perfect possible future for the Entity was chilling; I hadn’t expected them to take such a personal role in affairs, intervening directly. Having the Warrior pass for a human must not be an easy feat, but with gratuitous memory modification all things are possible. It puts things in perspective, because as bad as the current situation is, things’d be much worse if the heroes were putting faith in the very architects of their ruin. I’d have liked to see more of that doomed world, possibly get some information on the Shepherds. Fodder for the denouement bonus chapters, perhaps?
Also, twenty Endbringers. TWENTY.
They’re probably not as strong as they are in Worm. The entities want conflict, not to kill off all their shards.
They were holding them in reserve, it seemed like, using them to foment conflict rather than pursuing a campaign of annihilation. Even the ‘canonical’ Endbringers are capable of exercising restraint. Killing the host doesn’t kill the shard, but they get better data from hosts fighting hosts. The Endbringers were being created by the Counterpart, with what was probably Eidolon’s shard.
No. The Endbringers are clearly Eden’s offspring. I’m pretty sure most of Eden’s “personality” so to speak went to Simurgh.
That’s… what I said?
“…as bad as the current situation is, things’d be much worse if the heroes were putting faith in the very architects of their ruin.”
What’s the Hard-Target strategy for Endbringers, again?
“I’d have liked to see more of that doomed world, possibly get some information on the Shepherds. Fodder for the denouement bonus chapters, perhaps?”
Oh I hope so. That AU is so fascinating…
They didn’t sound as powerful as the half-dozen we know.
I suspect that the Endbringers were just as strong, but less aggressive.
After all, the Endbringers in general were known to take it easy on humanity. And these ones were there specifically to foment conflict, which wouldn’t work so well if they just wiped everything out.
xdrngy on October 12, 2013 at 01:40 said:
Seems Cauldron got almost all of its most powerful/useful capes out of that first run. Why didn’t they repeat that exactly? It’s got a pretty high failure rate, but Hero, Doormaker, Eidolon and Alexandria (and possibly Legend+2x unknowns) seem worth it…
Also, couldn’t they theoretically make more vials from the ‘tainted’ food and water of Contessa’s world? Anything else the entity had touched?
I am very glad for Contessa’s survival. She’s useful.
Someguy on October 12, 2013 at 01:57 said:
She’s useless. Her power only seems useful but it is vulnerable to unintended consequences and variable changes factors in the present, if it was useful, it wouldn’t have failed Eden in the first place.
pidgey on October 12, 2013 at 02:39 said:
It’s only useless in the narrative sense: it’s exactly as weak as the author needs it to be to make the plot work. Such an ability in reality would be far, far more powerful than it’s portrayed in Worm.
beleester on October 12, 2013 at 10:08 said:
It’s useful for absolutely everything except for stuff involving Scion and the Endbringers. The trouble is those are the only things that matter in the long run.
Allan on November 7, 2019 at 17:44 said:
Just like Taylor’s powers are far more useless against either of those.
Your point?
She limited to human physical abilities and yet she’s taken out every cape we’ve ever seen her matched up against. The only people she loses to are ones with specific meta-power effects that basically shut her power down. I think she’s been portrayed as PLENTY powerful enough here.
Anyone is useless if you pair them against someone with a power that perfectly negates their strength. It’s like pitting Superman against Kryptonite Man, Merlin, and someone who teleports them to be under a red sun, and then calling him a wimp because he lost to opponents who used his only weaknesses.
Fun fact:Superman has won fights vs kryptonite men.Magicians too,I guess,and there must be a few red sun plots.
greatwyrmgold on May 8, 2015 at 13:21 said:
That’s because Superman’s existed for most of a century and been written by dozens of authors, many of which don’t give a flying crap about continuity. The principle remains.
No,such fighs existed precisely to have him fight his weakness.
here,kryptonite man:http://superman.wikia.com/wiki/Kryptonite_Man
Actually,none of his weaknesses are that debilerating.Kryptonite causes him extreme pain,but unless he is caughton a trap,or the kryptonite gets lodged inside him,he can still flee and snipe (nevermind the fact that he is uncreative)and he can still use his powers for a while (though writers are,indeed ,inconsistent about the exact effects)
Magic is not really a weakness,more like a non strength.A magic sword and a magic shield would do litle vs a creative superman:sure,his flesh vs sword and his hand vs shield is like a normal humans,but he can punch faster,outside the protection of the shield,snipe and throw a mountain to you (which wouldn’t be effected since even if it was lifted with supernatural power,its core is still a mountain,it hasn’t changed,though your magic might negate the telekinesis making it crumble).More sophisticated magic is quite a predicament,but I think it would be more of a predicament for a slow,non flying,non sniping from their eyes/breath mortal.But at no point is he weaker to magic than a normal human would,most of the time he is indirectly stronger.At best,vs explicitly him,you have power nullification magic,but thats still just bringing him down to a normal human,or doing whatever effect it would also do to a normal human.
Red sun is a strange story,as sometimes he retains his charge when exposed to a red sun,which makes him able to fight for a while,sometimes it doesn’t,but,again,it just turns him into a normal human,you can have plenty of adventures with that.
slider214 on May 8, 2015 at 23:38 said:
See you’ve touched on the main problem and the true thing that makes Skitter/Weaver/Taylor infinitely more powerful than Superman. He ISN’T creative. He isn’t innovative. He doesn’t think outside the box. True 999 times out of a hundred he has absolutely no need to. But that 1 time is when he gets his ass kicked because he is just too overpowered generally to bother thinking of creative ways to solve his problems which would come in handy the one time that he really needed something creative.
Taylor has a rather lackluster power that’s only real power is in the massive amount of battlefield awareness she has. The true reason she becomes able to defeat people who are held as unstoppable just shy of Endbringers themselves are because she knows her ability is lame so she innovates to come up with massive hacks totally in keeping with her abilities. It elevates to tiers so far above what by all rights she should be in that she ends up one of the most overpowered people in the setting. Despite having a power set that in almost any other hands would be a joke.
Taylor’s weakness breeds strength while Superman’s overpoweredness makes him weak.
I agree about Taylor vs Superman, but I’m convinced a lot of her intelligence, multitasking, calmness, and pain resistance are side effects of her power.
Hm, Taylor vs Superman (a sort of composite “standard” version)…
That could be almost balanced. She’d still lose because Superman’s real power is to win, but she’d put up a good fight. Let me explain. Assuming Taylor has time to prepare, plenty of resources, and no relevant allies:
Taylor’s intelligence and Superman’s fame would ensure she was suitably equipped (kryptonite, which I’ll set aside for being boring) and knew all his powers in advance. Once she scaled up her webs they’d probably slow him down quite a lot, and I expect her bugs can overload his enhanced senses a little. Taylor has shown herself to be almost immune to pain but just as breakable as a human, which combined with Superman’s unwillingness to cripple will allow her to function through most things he’d be willing to hit her with. He’s predictable too, falling into any trap she’d set. She’d also track him in his civilian persona, so she’d have the option of exploiting that. However I expect she’d be reluctant to, both for the sake of the cape rules and because attacking his family and Lious would be all that would make him really TRY: at which point she’d get squashed with her bugs. He’s uninventive, and in normal circumstances won’t go anywhere near all out, whereas Taylor knows no other way to fight.
If she has relay-bugs and kryptonite then it gets funny: kryptonite laced bug to the ear every time he tries to sleep in his home, or even in atmosphere depending on if her range covered the whole planet. Let’s see him fight after he hasn’t slept for two weeks.
Actually, he’d be more dangerous then. Rather, let’s see him fight Taylor while explaining why his sleep deprivation caused deaths in some superhero court. Or just excessive damage, since we don’t want Taylor to cause innocent deaths intentionally.
Oh, and:
Superman: “Meh, I could take her”.
None of the Triumvirate appeared in this chapter (see the tags to confirm). We’ve seen how Cauldron approached Eidolon and Alexandria in their interludes.
Racheakt on October 12, 2013 at 01:48 said:
Contessta… It’s kind of sad. I wonder what would have happened if someone had told her ‘Do you think no one has ever tried that? Building an army?’
It’s simply too easy. Too obvious. It’d never work.
And it would be like Eidolon- she’d just give up. Just like that.
I’m thinking that she’s going to get tricked into attacking Weaver just before victory is assured… It would fit the theme of futility and moral decay in her story thusfar.
Well, she was a kid then, and never really had to grow up. Just follow the walkthrough she has to life.
No, no one tried it before.
I doubt any of them managed to actually kill an entity.
– how did Doctor Mother end up in that situation/reality in the first place especially not being a shard-bearer? Was Contessa born in Narnia or something?
– Weld is so cool
– so we were right: Contessa is a Third Entity shard-bearer, albeit she actually got said shard from the second entity (Counterpart, Eden, whatever)
– right, so she kept Doctor Mother around as essentially the precog equivalent of a seeing-eye dog? Hilarious!
– that alternate reality is interesting: Jack Slash as a fucking hero. Ain’t that somethin’?
With the Undersiders as the 9 equivalent? I mean Undersiders willing to kill, maim, torture, and destroy could easily be as dangerous as the 9. Hordes of rabid monster dogs tearing people apart, throats being cut all on their own, heroes being forced to kill their loved ones without control of their bodies, being beaten to death in the dark, every weakness seen/launch codes figured out, and pretty much the entire insect world killing everyone.
It had been noted a long while back that the Undersiders were basically the Halloween Town of villain teams(back before the Nine were introduced, of course) with their themes fitting into basic fears.
Of course, now we have to wonder how much of a hand Cauldron and Contessa had in arranging it that way- we know that at least three of them were hand picked by Coil(and therefore Cauldron) but it is certainly possible that sending them on that particular mission would be in order to meet Skitter on her very first night in costume.
Cauldron was pretty hands-off with Coil, I believe. He (and subsequently the Undersiders/Skitter/Tattletale as a replacement) was an experiment in self-governance of parahumanity, and if that experiment failed they would then move into hands-on control and leadership of parahumanity.
DM got yanked there through the random portals that appeared when Eden crashed. She talks about all the “doors” around the crash site, getting people sent back to their home worlds, and so on. Apparently she showed up three days before Fortuna got her powers, so there may have been a bit of time-warping, too. Either that or it took three days for Eden to realize she’d crashed, since she was so focused on the future. She didn’t see a PLANET coming. A planet she was intentionally heading toward!
Fortuna notes, on waking up, that it had started three days ago. Presumably the gap is a combination of when the shard was in transit to Fortuna and Fortuna being unconscious.
Ah, that makes sense now. I feel stupid for forgetting something like that.
-That is an excellent question and the only character who can answer it is dead. Dammit Scion.
-Isn’t he always?
-From a certain point of view, you could argue both sides.
-I suppose.
-“Black Knight” sounds like a reformed villain.
Personally I imagine Good!Jack/Black Knight if not as the Punisher then as Wolverine. The way they mentioned him it seemed more like they were reluctantly unleashing a weapon on the Sheperds, rather than ask an ally for help.
The line between “Reformed Villain” and “Ruthless Antihero (on a good day)” is nonexistent. Exhibit A: Shadow Stalker.
That’s true. When Daredevil beats the crap out of the Punisher is almost as satisfying as when he beats Kingpin.
will408914 on October 12, 2013 at 02:08 said:
Happy belated birthday to me. If this is my present for waiting a few more days, then I think we’re all willing to wait. Also, nobody ever guessed that Contessa was the boss. Again, wow. You really outdid yourself here, Wildbow.
Actually, a few people did.
Yeah and as one of the most vocal exponents of the “Contessa is playing Dr Mother”, it pains to say that it seems they were actually a partnership of equals.
You know I just realized that Eden’s ideal world is similar to the Golden age of Comics. No wars, no large scale deaths, monsters that cause destruction but never seem to kill too many people/too destructive, etc. Only parahumans fighting and killing each other keeping things interesting to see how creative they are using their powers for Eden to copy. Then she died.
that’s actually more in tune with the silver age, as I said earlier.
The golden age was all about WWII and then its aftermath, until the Comics Code killed it and necessitated the Silver Age, where no one died, there was constant conflict but no real progression, etc.
Yeah the Golden Age had the JSA fighting Nazi and Batman and Superman could kill. (With guns even in the former’s case!).
The Silver Age was the one with the silly stuff, though admittedly, DC’s Silver Age was sillier than Marvel’s.
then again, Marvel as we know it was BORN in the silver age, and was not hit as hard by the comics code as DC, largely because the “Moral Guardians” were watching the latter like a hawk, but paid less attention, at least initially, to the new one.
Just look at the list of titles that were censored/taken out of circulation up to about 1970. mostly DC works
one could also make the argument that DC, having grown during the Golden Age, did not adapt well and overcompensated, while Marvel managed a better balance (still not perfect, but there)
Probably partly due to Marvel having to be published by Independent News Co., which was owned by National Periodical Publications, DC Comics’ parent company. In the late 1950s, Atlas Comics lost their distributors and had to turn to Independent News to distribute their books, but at a cost. They were stuck with maybe a dozen monthly titles they were allowed to do, so they obviously wanted to play nice with the Comics Code Authority.
The main losses from the creation of the Comics Code Authority in 1954, were horror comics, Westerns, detective stories, and pretty much anything not superheroes. Atlas Comics, aka Marvel at the time, had focused on those in the postwar years but kinda had to stop due to the CCA and then further due to their distributor problems. Had to be as profitable as they could in those circumstances.
Still, Marvel were the ones who published some Spider-man stories without the code that had to do with drug addiction, at the behest of the United States government. The stories sold well and since the government was behind it, the Code was revised.
Indeed. It was what revealed the idiocy of the CCA. It was a comic with an anti-drug message but the CCA protested because it was against the Code to show drugs in comics, ever. Marvel said “fuck you” and published anyway. This weakened the CCA so much that by the end only DC still followed them and even then it was a pretty much emasculated Code.
And it was finally abolished two years ago – though by that point, only Archie comics, who were tasked with upholding it in the first place, still paid any attention to it
And here is this immense code of idiocy: http://www.comicartville.com/comicscode.htm
Damn. I haven’t violated all of them. Then again, my stuff is in prose, not comics.
I know for a fact I hit on 7 for the brutal torture, excessive and unnecessary knife play, physical agony, gory and gruesome crime, pretty much all with the idea of shoving a laser potato peeler up a man’s ass and firing it. True story. That’s why I encourage everyone to take time away from attempting to kill me to brag to everyone about how you’re about to kill me. Yep, the ole blade to the butt. The stab and gag. The bum shanker.
I think I’m gonna incorporate this in my story. As in, break every single entry, one after the other…
That list actually made me smile. It’s a mix of idiocy and, I don’t know…naivety?
ignorance. definitely ignorance.
First time I’ve seen that list. I didn’t realize people were so naïve and just plain stupid back then.
@flame:
You may thank a certain Dr Wertham and his book called the Seduction of the Innocent, which accused comics to “corrupt” children towards violence and homosexuality. Probably the first Batman/Robin slash writer ever 🙂 .
actually, Dr. Wertham spoke out AGAINST the comics code – he didn’t want censorship, in the end, but demanded proper age-labels on the comics, as well as a law that forbid comics that were for adults to be sold where children could see the covers and page through them.
but the proponents of the code preferred to simply use him as a figurehead to promote said code
I think Wertham missed it, coming down on Wonder Woman for being a strong woman without a boyfriend, but she did have a darker side to her that would have been much more questionable back then. She was created by a psychiatrist as a kind of super bondage fantasy, since she loses her abilities when bound and likes to tie men up and force them to tell the truth.
It’s like if Empowered was one of the big three alongside Batman and Superman.
I stand corrected. You out nerded me. Well according to Wildbow they never reached the bronze age in comics in the wormverse. I figure things might be similar to Watchmen where non superhero comics took off due to all the superheroes, and pirates were more popular instead. Figure they are like a dozen pirates of the Caribbean movies there.
or westerns, or crimis, or…
actually, probably a lot of horror. lots and lots of it
Considering this is a world with Nilbog, giant monsters, and the slasher copycat like hachet face…. I don’t think horror took off in the wormverse. Westerns and old mob movies maybe. I picture alot of science fiction book being adapted into movies. It’s probably wall to wall alien movies. FYI just read the latest chapter of your story, but I didn’t get an email about it.
yeah, I’m not getting any e-mails from worm anymore, either. Haven’t for months, actually, even though I’m still a subscriber
Pirates, you say…
Hmm. I wonder if Tales of the Black Freighter is a thing? http://watchmen.wikia.com/wiki/Tales_of_the_Black_Freighter
Wow, what an interlude.
Of COURSE contessa’s name was Fortuna. And it seems that our speculation on Contessa’s power making her an automaton were more or less correct. Every time her power fails her she is incapable of making a choice. I feel sorry for her: she has been robbed of her life, essentially. Oh and she’s actually more sympathetic than Dr. Mother. I would have thought the opposite, actually.
So, Eden wasn’t as fond of Scion as Scion was fond of Eden. Of course. It seems she was actually trying to find a way to ditch him in the near future, because this way of living would soon become unsustainable. The alternate future scene was interesting but has already been discussed by others. If I understand correctly, Eden switched her optimal-future shard with Abbadon’s but something broke, Eden shed Abbadon’s shard and Contessa got in another dimension due to Eden’s crash ripping a hole in reality. Cool.
Aaaaaaggggghhh, Teacher. What a repugnant man. I hope that wizard costume makes him look like an idiot. And that Contessa turns on him, eventually. I guess the Viking guy is Satyr ( Contessa didn’t recognise him but he’s a shapeshifter). Is he a clone or the original? We know that his duplicates share a mind, so it would make sense for him to cheat death that way. We’ll see.
Uhm, what happened to Taylor? 😦 .
By the way, remember when I asked wildbow for an Italian Cape to appear? Well, one of the most powerful capes alive is from a faux-Italian civilisation in another dimension. Close enough for me 🙂 .
Let’s see.
So… Eden… I can see why the first dose was the strongest. It was the ones tore from around the entity’s “human” form.
Eidolon got… the power to control other powers. I don’t think that makes sense- why would an Entity need THAT shard? Hmm.
I’m *reasonably* sure his shard was the one designed to be the lifeline to the entity-body described in Zion’s chapter. THAT is how he did the Endbringers. He didn’t create them. Eden did. Possibly long before even choosing Earth as a destination world. But he was able to command them because she could. And with her dead- his shard was the only sapient link to the Eden Entity. Everything bound to it was his to access. If only he knew how. As they mined more of the entity… of COURSE he’d get weaker.
Alexandria got all the physical mods that Scion has used. Invulnerability even to death. But not the repair mods. She was invulnerable to every kind of influence- good or bad.
Contessa the future sight. Even if it was a third-party shard.
Doormaker’s dimensional gateways.
Mantellum’s power negation/immunity.
These were the abilities being selected by Eden for her avatar-form. Abilities the Zion Avatar also has. Of course there were variations. That blaster power of Zion’s. The Thinker powers of Hero. They wouldn’t have been copies of one another.
An entity would absolutely require the ability to control or link to other shards, much in the way that a human requires a nervous system. Whether it’s an inherent capacity, another shard which itself connects to them, or a combination of both is up for debate.
No. The power to link/control shards is NOT the same thing as the ability to control powers. The former is pretty core. The latter doesn’t make sense. If they could do THAT… Zion would NOT be taking the hits he’s been taking. “Nope, your powers don’t work no more” button. And the entities themselves would never have need of such an ability.
Which is why I’m sticking to Eidolon-as-Tether-Shard. It makes sense. His ability to tap into a hidden- but diminishing- well. He was using Eden’s energy directly.
But Eidolon’s shard seems to have been a shard similar to Glaistig: a shard that collects other shards, not a shard that controls powers. Except GU claims the shard of the dead, Eidolon those of the living and/or untapped shards ( hence why his powers shrank as more parahumans were created). If he indeed created the Endbringers without knowing he may have used his shard to reach for the shard that Eden would have used in that future, or he directly got the actual shard, which combining several other powers was capable if creating the Endbringers.
Not really. They didn’t seem similar at all as far as I was concerned. Sure, GU was collecting shards. But that’s just a gathering shard. An ability to get them all back together. It’s closer to Skitter than Eidolon.
Eidolon… you just described his power as to tapping into the “untapped” shards… how is that NOT what I just described? He’s got the direct connection to the Eden Entity. His shard is that dimension-crossing-umbilical-cord.
As the Entity lost mass, he lost power. Just that simple. The fact that shards seem to have singular enough functions… no… the most likely answer is he got the conduit shard. And all the other tricks were because the conduit was designed to be a two way street binding Entity and Avatar… and without an Entity around, the shards responded- poorly- to the crude human replacement.
Ok, ok. I get it. You’re saying that he got the shard that links the “scion-avatar” to the real entity, right?
Basically. Or Eden’s equivalent.
Here’s a thought. Eidolon’s power steal was believed by him to be permanently damaging to the powers of the victims. Yet Taylor didn’t notice any loss of abilities… so either Eidolon was wrong (entirely probable). Or it only works on cauldron (aka- Eden) powers.
Eidolon didn’t tap Taylor’s shard. She was evacuated before that, after Eidolon flung Scion to the bottom of the ocean, apparently far enough that Cauldron felt save evacuating key players. At the end of Taylor’s chapter, Glaistig Uaine is watching her die underwater, right before a portal opens and saves her. At the start of Eidolon’s interlude, Glaistig Uaine is rising from the ocean while wet and warns Eidolon that Scion is returning.
I can get behind the “Eidolon had the tether-shard” idea, or something similar.
Re-reading, this line jumped out at me:
Probably relevant.
@robert: personally I think you just scored bingo.
(That’s the expression,right?)
The way I see it, Eidolon got Eden’s version of Taylor’s Administration shard, but without the multi-tasking secondary powers Taylor has and the can’t-control-shards crippling that Scion put on her shard.
Then why can Taylor control bugs but Eidolon can only possess a few powers?
And why doesn’t Eidolon have power over others’ powers?
Additional Avatar-to-early-Cauldron power: Eden implants a mental block and memory edits Colin here. One of their early (#293, at least) and important case 53s was the memory wiper.
One of the interesting things we learnt from this interlude is that there would have still been Endbringers even if Eden hadn’t died. That makes the Eidolon thing make a *whole* lot more sense: Eidolon accidentally created powerful monsters because he inherited the Shard that was *intended* to create and control powerful monsters. His ability to tap into those powers for his own use seems to be a secondary function or even an accidental side-effect.
Found myself rooting for a character I’d hoped to see get decked in the schnoz.
I worry for her lack of initiative – her need for a sounding board, as it seemed with Doctor Mother – and how Teacher might take advantage of that.
And we still don’t know who Doctor Mother was!
Of course we do. She’s Doctor Mother.
Loki-L on October 12, 2013 at 04:23 said:
That was interesting. Also slightly confusing but mostly interesting.
It appears that Eden, the second entity, wasn’t really brought down by anything or anyone who might take down Scion/Zion/The Warrior. Eden was mostly a victim to its own overreach. Eden was running with scissors, stumbled and fell and than some insignificant bugs picked up one of the scissors it had dropped and stabbed it with it….
The glimpse of the future that should have been according to the original plan is interesting.
Several of the heroes who ended up first generation wards were there. It appears the warrior and the Entity took the place of the Triumvirate or rather the triumvirate took the place of the two entities. Defiant and Chevalier were always supposed to be were they are now.
Curiously enough Taylor does not appear t have been a significant factor in the original plans despite having gotten her powers ‘naturally’.
Most interestingly enough some analogues to the Endbringers seem to have been part of the original plan. How does that match with the theory that they were projections from Eidolon? Were they originally supposed to have been created by Eden and the power to make them was carved out of Eden and implanted into Eidolon? Did Cauldron create the Endbringers by accident or on purpose?
If the Endbringers were some important contribution by Eden to the entities original plan why hasn’t Scion reacted to that before?
It seems there is still more to these Endbringers than we know or think we now.
On a different note it seems that Tylor finally has achieved her well deserved S-Class threat status by turning into some sort of monster scary enough to temporarily overshadow the greater threat from Scion.
I am just wondering why it was emphasised at the end that Contessa should be especially familiar with her or at least more so than any other parahuman she has interacted with in the past. It is not like the two of them have closely worked together or even encountered each other much aside from some mass gatherings.
The most probable theories are that Eidolon got the shard Eden would have used to create them or that she had already created them and Eidolon got Eden’s brain center. Eden conscioudly created because she needed something to generate conflict, while Eidolon unconsciously crested them because he needed opponents to prove his worthiness.
This is of course just speculation.
I covered a lot of that above on the nature of the Endbringers as a whole. And Eidolon’s power over them.
Why WOULD Zion be alarmed by them? They were always part of the plan. The design. It actually implies that more would have/will spawn over time.
As to Contessa’s familiarity. Weaver has *personally* destroyed half a dozen of Cauldron’s major interests. Including Alexandria. And then she helped get an Endbringer well and truly dead. Then she managed to succeed in diplomacy with two other Endbringers.
Teacher has every reason to assume that Taylor has earned personal attention and scrutiny from Contessa.
Zion is alarmed because they are appearing out of schedule and killing massive numbers of parahumans. This isn’t how it’s supposed to go.
THIS. They were supposed to encourage conflict, not slaughter the SOURCE of conflict.
Except that Zion doesn’t care about that. Eden died. With it, hope for continuation of their lifecycle. His purpose was over and he was just waiting to die. He didn’t care that the Endbringers were destroying the world. He smacked the around for a while on the suggestion that it might make him feel better.
Think of the reaction of a terminal patient. He was in the depression stage. Now he’s in the anger stage.
Neither of those involve caring about the krill you’re feeding on.
Not yet, not at that point. He wasn’t absolutely sure his mate is gone at that point, because of the nature of their precognition, it’s necessarily limited when applied to another entity with the basic defenses and precognition in their own right. He was concerned because she’s missing, her shards are showing up damaged, and the megabeasts she has are being deployed haphazardly.
Ah, poor, poor Contessa. She doesn’t realize there’s a flaw. Tunnel vision, like that, looking to the future.
It doesn’t necessarily account for all of reality. If it did, it would have failed to show Eden in all this as she was paying too much attention to it. It never told her she needed to slow down. Relying on it too much, she crashed and burned.
Same with Contessa. She thought the Case 53 attack was due to Scion, of all things.
If you grasp at the shadow too much, you’ll miss the substance.
Reminds me of a song:
Reckless creatures,
Always want another find.
Stealing features,
each a diamond to be mined.
There are facets at stake,
and crooks in our neck.
We’re like moths to the flame,
get ready and set,
now tarry no longer,
we’re one and one twain,
now let’s play a game.
Hello, hello, hello, beautiful stranger…
youtube.com/watch?v=jdyrxmwctfo
I find it hilarious that “the power to win” is inherently self-destructive.
To quote WarGames: “The only way to win is not to play the game.”
Contessa’s shard will inherently seek out conflict, as all shards do, but that still means she’s looking at victory involving conflict when she should instead be looking at victory not involving conflict.
Kind of stupid to compare the perspective of a human with a earthsized alien entity.
It actually does. That is exactly how her powers.
You would notice it, if you wasn’t trying to be a smartass.
Also, everyone, due to some stuff I recently looked up and the emphasis on Scion being the Warrior in this interlude, I now think of Scion a certain way that I will share with you.
And suddenly, Scion is scary no more: youtube.com/watch?v=cF4ZTcuhixc
TeaSpoon on October 12, 2013 at 05:56 said:
Eden shed most of her shards in order to keep herself from destroying the world when she landed, but she kept the shard that allowed her to access the shards she shed. I’m guessing that this is the shard Eidolon eventually got.
Eden also got a whole bunch of shards from the Third Entity. They’d have different limitations compared to most shards, since Eden probably didn’t have enough time to modify them too much. I think the special vials were made from these shards.
Ascaloth on October 12, 2013 at 06:39 said:
So, when Eden viewed herself in the ‘ideal world’ with Scion as her Warrior partner… did anyone else get flashbacks to Dragon and Defiant, or is it just me? Perhaps that is how Dragon got HER trigger event; through an unconscious memory of that ideal world. May explain why she cottoned on to Defiant too – she’s drawn to working with the same guy, that the alternate-world version of her creator worked with as well.
As for that last line about Weaver? I’m picturing her face, outlined by the Swarm a la Imhotep.
How could Dragon remember something that never happened?
Not really enough, given the number of times she’s had her “Swarm” covering her face.
farmerbob1 on October 12, 2013 at 07:53 said:
So, after thinking about Weaver’s shard, and what Panacea was going to do, and Teacher considering her to be such a danger…
Here’s my SWAG. Probably more of a WAG, with little S involved.
Panacea managed to unlock Weaver’s power fully, and that power allows Weaver to reassign and command shards.
The very first thing she does when she realizes how close to Scion she is with her new ability is take every single shard from every cape anywhere near her and integrate it into herself, turning everyone into normal people again. This instantly gets Scion’s attention, and he starts to attack her, but she has Lung’s power of regeneration and the powers of all the other capes nearby, and she can use them simultaneously like Scion does. She also has Tattletale’s shard…
Then she realized that Scion is made out of shards just like she is. And she can command and absorb shards. Weaver then starts stripping shards off Scion while Scion madly attempts to get away from her. But two of the shards that Weaver got first were Doormaker and his sensory helper, so he cannot escape easily.
Maybe Weaver has completely consumed Scion. Maybe he got away into a dimension she can’t access yet, because she has no power to break the barriers he put in place guarding his dimension. Yet.
So Weaver is now searching every dimension, stripping the shards from every cape, looking for the cape abilities that will let her find and finish Scion.
Or maybe Weaver DID finish Scion, and she’s now working on absorbing every shard in all the dimensions, in order to prevent another entity from forming in the far distant future.
Many capes that actually LIKE their powers would be rather dedicated to keeping their powers, especially if they can keep theirs while others lose their competing powers.
But Weaver, if any bit of Taylor is still inside there, would be doing this for the greater good and not playing favorites. Everyone’s shard would be absorbed. Every power added to her own. Presumeably this includes Scion’s knowledge, since he is a being made of shards.
But for what reason? She’s going to save Earth from the shards. Then she’s going to go hunt other Entities. Maybe she will put some effort into fixing shards so that they don’t make people agressive, and let the world have powers again?
Love thinking about this stuff. Thanks Wildbow!
Seems a bit too…Deus Ex Machina for Worm.
That sounds…interesting, from a imaginative perspective.
i’m going to stick with, gets admin rights, makes everyone left alive who does not already have powers, trigger.
She might do that, but if she does, without fixing the built in aggressiveness built into every shard, she’s just dooming civilization. Sure Scion won’t kill everyone, but if everyone is a cape and they all have an addiction to conflict, civilization won’t be worth beans in a few years. She would just be setting up humanity to become exactly what the Entities started as…
Worrying prospect since someone once specifically refered to her as the worm that walks…
Contessa survived.
I was convinced that any way that Contessa hadn’t died would sound like a Deus (Diabolus?) Ex Machina, but wildbow managed to make it make sense. “Contessa got covered in lava, Weld. C’mon, let’s get this guy to a healer.”
Of course it’s easier to fall for one of the oldest tricks in the book when your opponent has the power to succeed. Poor Weld didn’t even have a chance.
sarah penguin on October 12, 2013 at 13:34 said:
Thanks for the update 🙂
Boilerman on October 12, 2013 at 13:47 said:
Does Eden ever communicate her plans to Scion? Does Scion even know what the Endbringers are and where they come from? I’m seeing any evidence from either of their interludes that he does. He most likely figures it out after killing Behemoth, but before that, why would he fight the Endbringers if he knew who created them?
Once again, a lack of communication leads to an avoidable misfortune. Fortunately, this time, it’s the worms’ misfortune in humanity’s favor. Wildbow has used this theme over and over in Worm, but he does it a bit differently each time. I’m really liking how tightly woven everything is in this story.
Scion doesn’t recognize Contessa’s shard when he sees her. A shard she got from Eden. That’s how out of touch he is with what Eden was doing.
To be fair, while Contessa’s shard came from Eden, it was originally from the Third Entity, of whom Scion knew little if not nothing: Eden and the Third switched their optimal-future shards, remember, and something in the new shard made Eden break down.
But that’s my whole point. Eden never tells Scion that she’s changing the plan. Because of this, Scion can’t help her or protect her and he has no idea where the Endbringers came from or what they are until he kills one of them. Although that last bit is pure speculation on my part.
If Eden had simply asked for help, instead of telling Scion to stop bothering her, her plan might have succeeded. Which is something we see over and over through out the course of Worm.
I also want to posit that Scion is very much “mentally” impaired. Notice how he’s the “dumb brute” to any sufficiently vocal person. Eden, Norton, Jacob; all characters that he’s followed because he has no real thoughts of his own. Even when he was preparing for landing on Bet, he was verifying constantly with Eden to make sure he was doing the right thing. Part of the reason Eden kept so much from him (given her rather superior attitude [I’m thinking Simurgh’s power with TT’s characterization, seriously]) could quite possibly be due to her unwillingness to put up with his puppy-dog-esque attitude.
keyonte0 on October 13, 2013 at 19:39 said:
I had theorized that a lot of his intelligence was in the shards he cast away.
Yes, it’s all but stated in his interlude. Something about shedding much of what mage or what it was, about having the warrior role FOR THIS ITERATION OF THE CYCLE, and copying successful shards to the other; implying that between worlds the Entities are much the same.
This is so friggin’ meta.
Wildbow always enjoy his litlle metajokes :). Remember the shipping jokes or what Jack tells Taylor during the clones arc?
You guys remember my Worm-based Bay12 RP?
http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=131428.0
I’m encountering a bit of Worldbuilder’s Block.
I’d be glad for clever cape ideas, but surprisingly that’s not the issue. The problem comes when I’m trying to make groups of parahumans, whilst being creative.
I want to incorporate things like the Yangban or the Slaughterhouse 9 without just copy-pasting, then replacing the members. I’d appreciate it if anyone could help me by either suggesting ways I could modify groups to be less derivative, or else come up with “hooks” or “traits” or whatever to make groups of heroes or villains less generic.
liza on October 12, 2013 at 17:46 said:
One idea that’s been hinted at in the story (by such characters/groups as Coil and Cauldron, and even occasionally by Taylor herself if I remember correctly) but never thoroughly explored is parahuman-supremacist capes. What about a fringe villain group that believes they deserve respect because of their powers, or a group of well-intentioned extremists that believe the world would be better if civilian governments were controlled by parahumans? The second one might become a little bit too much like the post-Leviathan warlord Undersiders in practice, but they would have an actual political agenda rather than just thinking on the small scale.
No idea if these would work, or if this is the kind of thing you’re looking for, but it hasn’t really been done (please correct me if I’m forgetting something). Hope you find them useful in one way or another. Good luck with your RP.
I believe the Elite ( the ones Taylor succeed Leviathan on) were a group of cape supremacists. But we know little about them.
So, Magneto?
…Sounds like an idea. Thanks.
A bunch of terrorists/social activists who murder powerful people in grotesque ways.
We’ve all heard horrible stories of powerful people doing terrible things and getting away with them. And most of us resent the wealthy and arrogant people who exploit the less fortunate for their own profit.
The differences between us and these guys are that we’re not murderous vigilante sadists and that we don’t have superpowers.
Some religious fundamentalists would be a good bet, too. There are some Christian cults on the southern US, and some Muslim groups in the Middle East, which would be absolutely horrifying if they had superpowers.
They’re pretty horrifying already what with their evil ideologies and the way they raise/brainwash their children to be like them, but with superpowers they’d be way worse.
Continuing with the theme of “think of bad people and give them powers”, you could have a gang of superpowered internet trolls. I figure most trolls are pretty harmless really, but…if a hundred people send rape threats to a blogger I bet at least five would follow through given the power to do so.
Corrupt corporate types with powers could be a dangerous villain group too. They’d blur the lines between rogue and villain, and try to appear respectable even when doing horrible things.
That is…linda scary.
The Taliban with powers, Westboro baptist church with powers… crap.
Well, there’s two very simple ways you can world build with capes I’d say, with lots of twists and turns depending on which you choose. You can create a world to match the types of capes you like to see, or you can create capes that match the world you have created.
If you have a problem with the one, try the other.
Remember that the shards, when they don’t have a clear and precise ability defined into them, will investigate their surroundings and make power related decisions based on what they find, so the capes really should match the world with few exceptions.
So if you drop a shape-shifting shard into Victorian England, you are quite likely to get a Vampire, Werewolf, or Faerie shapeshifter, for example.
But if you want a specific type of cape that has an ability like that of Richter, so he can make AI’s for your campaign, then you need a tech level at the very least in the era of vacuum tubes, but if you want to go steampunk, perhaps it might be possible to go as far back technologically as high pressure steam. Steampunk tech Dragon would actually be pretty cool 🙂
Creativity is one of the hardest things to share. You might just want to have a brainstorming session with the folks who are interested in playing in the world you create, and see what you can come up with, as a group. After you get a few capes defined, making more could be easier, with or without brainstorming.
WyldCard4 on October 13, 2013 at 03:55 said:
Here’s one idea, if it fits the RPG. A group of parahuman mercenaries who specialize in killing Badass Normals. If your setting is closer to normal Worm, make it less Badass Normals and more non-capes that try to compete with capes. A specific group of capes who require parahuman powers to really fight them, and who are designed to easily counter people who power through with determination, planning, and resources.
The point of these people is to make it safer to be a cape, especially a villainous one, by taking down the people who are crazy and desperate enough to try and fight parahumans.
Such a group might include Thinkers who can perfectly predict enemy plans, Strangers who cause people to get false memories about how to resolve a situation, Breakers who don’t have easily exploitable weaknesses, and things like that.
A group of parahuman mercenaries who specialize in killing Badass Normals.
Oh that’s just cruel. I love it!!!
Riffing loosely off that, I rather fancy the idea of a hacker/engineer/scientist collective of non-Tinkers who nonetheless make cool and useful shit.
Or a group of scientists who contact Tinkers and offer to mass-produce their various inventions to the right markets, who utilize the normal minds necessary to analyse and reproduce the plans to make their own inventions during the off season.
This reply is probably a bit late to do you any good, but…
Seems to me that if you want to set your game in the Wormverse then the big, well-known groups *should* be copy-pasted. The S9 should be the S9 we know, etc.
If you set a game in the DC Universe you’d expect stuff to be happening involving Superman, Batman etc. and the same should hold here. That means finding a not-too-mapped out corner of the Wormverse with as yet unseen heroes and villains and setting it there. The S9, Yanbang etc. would serve as ‘guest stars’ to root your campaign in the Wormverse. (Tho if the S9 are guest-starring, your campaign’s taken a dark turn…).
Oh wow. I thought Cauldron was fucked and they didn’t really know what they were doing before. But it’s even worse than I thought. Contessa is pretty much an overgrown kid acting from a script handed to her by a power subject to error from blanks, poor questions and the fickle whims of fate. And the only reason Doctor Mother is in charge is because otherwise they’re playing thing completely blind.
So yeah, I guess just about everything about them, from their technocratic aesthetic to their “You can’t handle the truth!” crap is a complete sham. Their only real success is unwittingly averting the bad future and making lots of really good capes that nonetheless end up dead.
And now Contessa’s working with Teacher. But is she really naive enough to buy his transparent use car salesman act?
Hey now, Cauldron’s not that bad.
…Okay, yes, they caused problems, but I’m pretty sure they solved more than they caused.
Mostly by taking a hacksaw to a giant god monster to make powers and relying on those people to solve the problems for them, and when their plans go Echidna on everyone, it’s again up to other people to clean up the mess.
Hey, what works. And you can hardly claim that they didn’t provide any support against Echidna and the like.
Wait what support did they provide for Echidna? Eidolon was there because of his issues and Legend and Alexandria came only when she was officially made a class-S threat. And that was arguably Protectorate business, not Cauldron.
They only started to help when Khonsu appeared and it was still perfunctory at best, up to Scion’s rampage.
…Yeah, I was counting Eidolon, Alexandria, and Legend.
So if you don’t think they count…well, we’re ar an impasse.
Actually, what I think is even worse than Contessa being,as you said, a kid that never managed to grow up, it’s that the only reason the Doctor managed to arrive at the position she arrived is because she was lucky/unlucky enough to fall through a random hole in reality and bond with said little girl over the killing of an eldritch abomination.
Except that the only reason to do that was because they wanted to prevent the destruction from humanity.
Ah, Contessa is probably about 40 years old now. She’s a first generation cape. I strongly doubt that she’s a kid anymore. However it’s very possible that her ability to think creatively is crap because all her answers get handed to her. Makes a whole lot of sense, actually.
Contessa’s power is limited by her own creativity, and her creativity is limited by her power. So she really isn’t suited to lead, except in very specific situations, like direct combat.
Contessa’s power is further limited by her background in a very low tech civilization, and her young age when she was infected. So she never really had to deal with a lot of complexity or decision making in her life before she got her abilities.
I’m drawing a lot of similarities in my head between Contessa and Ender Wiggins.
We’re saying that Contessa is a kid in adult body because her power stopped her from growing up and maturing in any meaningful way.
Hrm, I’d say that Contessa is probably more adult than you think. She wrote off her entire family, even an uncle who had protected her, in order to try to defeat two gods that were going to destroy her world. She was very young, sure, but she sure piled that responsibility on mighty high for a child. Primitive society, low technology. Oh, and she did manage to kill one of the gods, the damaged one. And she knew that fighting the other was possible, though it would take a huge amount of time and preparation. She gave up everything to save the world.
Sure, she had to become a terrible killer to do it. She had to perform atrocities. She is probably one of the most hated persons in existence.
Kids, in general, don’t handle those types of decisions well – and very few children can deal with being disliked, or even hated, without trying to placate or at the very least doing a lot of pouting and whining. I have to reject the possibility that Contessa was ever a child, mentally, even before the got her cape power.
She does have control over her choices. She just gets a clearer view of what will actually work, and what won’t.
Except every time her power doesn’t work (i.e. every time Scion does something) she flounders and is lost. Yes she suffered cultural shock and killed a god, which would make any kid grow up fast, but her power sheltered her from ever actually facing the after-shock of these monumental actions.
This is the main thing. Neither Contessa or Doctor Mother have at any point been directly affected by the blowback of their actions and they haven’t really seemed to learn how consequences work. When Doc Mom says that she can live with what she did it’s not because she’s made peace with the atrocities she’s committing but because she doesn’t truly understand what she’s been doing to people.
And yeah, I’m counting DM in this too. Frankly I think she’s just a bonafide sociopath.
As I said, when we started getting more info on Cauldron I was betting on Dr Mother being the more sympathetic of the two. Boy, were I wrong.
Hell I made a list of biggest monsters a while back, and she tops the list. The number one monster in worm.
You are free to give any better idea on how to defeat two all-powerful alien entities. Go on, give one! Instead of just being a lazy idiot who only complains and do nothing.
From an adult point of view, I can say that given her ability, her limitations, and the knowledge of what Scion actually is, chances are that I would do things very much the same way she did. Remember that she KNOWS the path to victory, unlike us normal humans, and sometimes that path is going to lead her through some pretty shitty actions. But the stakes that she has on the table is the entire human race, across all dimensions, except, potentially, humans in some dimensions that are space travelers that can survive the destruction of Earth.
When the best possible outcome for your race in a conflict with a god is a few% of the population surviving, you go for the best possible outcome.
Check your white hats at the door as you leave the ivory tower please. Contessa has been living with knowledge of what Scion was capable of, and what he would eventually do for the last 30 years. Weaver was only dealing with the S9 threat for three years, two of which was basically just training. With in-book knowledge, they have both acted appropriately for their abilities and the threat they faced, with a few exceptions.
When you are rolling the dice for the fate of all humanity, there is no “good” or “bad” there is only extinction or survival. The ones that survive are likely to have to do some pretty terrible things on the way to survival. Weaver and Contessa both understand this. It’s what this whole writing project is about, IMHO.
I wasn’t making moral accusations (though Reveen did), heck I even said she was way more sympathethic than Dr Mother nor was I looking up from my ivory thrower ( by the way, to quote “The Princess Bride”, I don’t think it means what you think it means). I was simply pointing out that her power became her crutch and her cocoon. It wasn’t even an accusation ( I agree with you that most people living with such a power for thirty years would have ended the same) simply a statement that is clearly supported in text.
She doesn’t need to learn how to knot a tie because her power tells her so. It’s implied she never bothered learning English because her power is an automatic translator. She has no need to learn about social niceties and cultural mores (hence the culture shock is less severe than it would normally be) because her power can tell her how to act in any situation. So whenever her power stops working or can’t find a solution she’s crippled and doesn’t know what to do. That’s not a healthy, mature individual. And I think it’s a point that this interlude actually wanted to emphasize.
Then again, everybody has its own read.
TOWER, not thrower. Otherwise I sort of undermine my (somewhat pedantic) point 🙂 .
Sorry for the double post. This comment system is a bit clunky.
Just wanted to add this:
This chapter made it clear that this isn’t the ABSOLUTE path to victory, because Contessa’s power can’t formulate such a path against Scion. This was a scared, culture-shocked seven year old asking an out-of-her-depth woman what hypothetically could defeat a monster and then formulating a path using the answer of said individual (“Weapons?Army?”).
You’d think that after 30 years Contessa would have wondered if following step by step a path that a seven year old came up with when she still had limited information was really the BEST path to victory. But because she never really grew up, she never even thought about this.
I’ve been reading through to see if anyone had posted this already and yeah: AMR hit exactly what I wanted to say.
Cauldron has been fundamentally misguided from the very beginning. Contessa’s “path to victory” is based on one major unfounded assumption: That forming a big enough army is the way to save everyone. I don’t know how Cauldron managed to maintain such supreme confidence when they knew their master plan of “One hundred and forty-three thousand, two hundred and twenty steps” was based on a freaking GUESS that the destination they picked was even in the right ballpark.
I get that Contessa’s power is unable to give her a plan to defeat the entities. Even if Eden didn’t get a chance to cripple that shard, either it came crippled by default or doesn’t have the juice to overcome Scion’s own mojo. But Cauldron understood that too. They *knew* there were gaping holes in their plan and yet still somehow had no problem insisting to everyone that no no, they had everything completely handled and noone else’s input would be required, tyvm.
Even their choice to guide events towards confronting Scion sooner than later was predicated on that same initial assumption that the best hope of beating Scion was to have enough firepower to throw at him. That’s a very very shaky assumption to start with. And an even shakier once you consider your best firepower consists of Team Scion’s castoffs.
Maybe then you will get smart and try to learn things before making assumptions.
Evilcorn on October 12, 2013 at 15:55 said:
“Scion is dead.”
Her eyes bugged out. “What?”
“Now we have to deal with what killed him,” he said. “A certain little lady I think you’re familiar with.”
chrnno on October 12, 2013 at 16:57 said:
Just managed to read this and wow, so much information. Will have to re-read it a few times to get it all…
For now very interesting to see things from Eden’s point of view and it answers a lot of questions. Also nice to see Contessa’s past and how Cauldron started, kinda happy that she survived since I wanted to see what she would do but Teacher showing up kinda soured me on that, I suppose it is too much to hope she won’t join him?
Jean S on October 12, 2013 at 18:08 said:
Hmm, interesting that Contessa’s power seems to need sensory input (or at least data about the different variables) in order to work. You’d think Eden’s shards wouldn’t neutralize each other quite so effectively. Though Mantellum’s shard might actually come from the third entity (Xanadu? Shangri-la?) which would explain why they don’t mesh well together.
Also, this made me laugh:
Welp, now I’m off to do nothing but obsess over my own theories until the next update. Cheers!
I think we’re calling the third entity Abaddon.
Ooooh, Abaddon! A demon, a corrupter, responsible for the destruction of paradise. Perfect fit.
Also a location, to fit the theme of Zion and Eden.
And if I’m reading this and all the other comments correctly, Contessa’s win power came from the third entity. The third entity crashed into Eden and they traded a bunch of shards between each other. One of them was Contessa’s power (which Eden noticed was flawed), which it misplaced (accidentally gave to Fortuna/Contessa) when it crash landed into Earth. It tried to get the power back and failed, but in the process did manage to put a limiter on the win shard so that Fortuna/Contessa couldn’t see victory paths against entities like Eden and Zion.
bookwyrm on October 12, 2013 at 20:45 said:
Someone earlier had an idea of a worm graphic novel, and if you think about it worm would be perfect because you could see Skitter be all scary and badass and have her internal dialogue and rationalizations paint her completely different and have her costume evolve with her. Plus that whole inventing whole move sets and behaviors subconsciously. I think it would be really awesome.
>She turned her attention to the subject. One step to minimize the pain.
>Swearing was one of them.
>“Wolf-fucking horseballs,” she muttered, groaning as she found her footing.
This was up there. This was up there with the best of Worm.
Stephen M (Ethesis) on October 13, 2013 at 00:55 said:
Wow. Check, the third entity was not a mugger. Exactly.
Check, the war the India capes were drafted for was an illusion used to brainwash them as throwaway tools to attack Scion. I was afraid of that, especially since we are on the last arc.
Check, Contessa is not a null. I’ll be. I’d wondered, but really had no idea.
Check, she has a lot less arrogance than it appeared. Neat.
In hind sight I would have brainwashed every case 53 to believe they were dying and chose the risk — like the first ones did. Otherwise blank them.
“I would have been dead. I took a risk. I am alive. The rest is up to me.”
So many plans. Hope she kills Teacher. Too bad he is so twisted. But, back to reality, the three long shot formulas never used. Ruins all about.
Weaver as a class S threat.
This interlude was perfect.
gantradiesdracos on October 13, 2013 at 05:00 said:
anyone think Contessa is, frankly, stupid for even temporally allying with a cape who’s assisted in fucking over humanity once for his own ends, and who’s whole Schick is turning people into non-sapient thralls? or would non-sentient be a better word? can never remember which is which.
ooh! additionally, as for saint, how about simply telling the world he assaulted and left dragon comatose/dieing whilst disabling her network in the process to prevent her form calling for help? if her nature as an AI isn’t yet common knowledge, could be Truthfully be described as a Personal Vendetta or somesuch? i mean, if pretty much everyone on the planet knows that he’s probably responsible for most of the worlds population/ their power-base being wiped out, it’d be open season for the rest of his life… also ,as for Eden, this is whay those Laptopholders they used to sell that you clipped to your steering wheel are a stupid idea! learn from Eden’s mistake, don’t check next weeks weather report and drive, kids!
Well, Contessa didn’t exactly seem to warm to Teacher’s presence until he showed her that photo of Weaver. Taylor must be in some deep shit indeed.
and photographs can be easily faked with non-tinker tech. Teacher is Inherently Untrustworthy.
i mean, ill be honest im a little vague about the extent and limitations of Teachers powers, but i wouldn’t spend a nanosecond more then absolutely necessary withing a kilometer of someone capable of basically Coreing my mind, no matter WHAT the circumstances. better to be a bit paranoid then to be a fool. and someone with Abilities like COntessa’s would be an INVALUABLE slave.
Teacher’s power has been implied several time, if not outright stated, to work on a voluntary basis.At first he even kept the compulsion part secret because people would come to him with money, including other capes who wanted a thinker ability to better manage their power.
And even though the entire point of this chapter was to show that Contessa’s power isn’t infallible, I’m confident she can manage Teacher.
dpara on October 13, 2013 at 19:58 said:
Hopefully she manages him by punching his nose into his brain.
But well.. then comes an interlude for Teacher and we’ll start rooting for him xD.
manage? is that like thinking ” eh, i can handle him”?
Seeing how the “eh, I can take you” joke suffered quite a decrease in popularity (only to return with a vengeance after Jack says it word for word in-story) after Contessa does indeed “take” Weaver, I think that’s actually a pefect analogy 😉 .
Umm, I have reason to believe that Teacher is probably smart enough to avoid lying to Contessa. And she’s probably smart enough to ask questions about the aftereffects of accepting gifts of power from him, and using her power to validate the answers.
However, it’s quite possible that she would voluntarily allow him to give her power, if HER power indicates that it would be more useful. Imagine giving her a secondary thinker power to make her question-asking ability even more potent. Sure Teacher would be pulling the strings, but this is about survival.
It’s all up in the air though, until we find out how Weaver has changed the equation.
En on October 13, 2013 at 06:48 said:
The timing of the interlude in the work as a whole was good. We got most answers, knew why Cauldron looked like a bunch of amateurs (they were), why they had a weird plan (precog), and why Contessa’s shard was from the Mugger.
Nice touch on Contessa too, Fortuna means “good luck” in italian, but “destiny” in latin 🙂
(it has the same meaning in italian, castilian and portuguese, but Ruggero is an italian name)
For the first time ever I have a proposal on how to end the story:
Write the last chapters like the migration arc, focusing on the various other groups, but most importantly timeskip some months ahead. Answer as many pending mysteries as possible, but do -not- directly answer what happened to Taylor, just give oblique references that leave up in the air what happened to her, or if she’s alive, dead, or whatever.
It would be nice, I could almost imagine the explosive ball of rage it would unleash on the world over 😀
I just stumbled upon this… Wildbow, you might have beaten a guinness book record if you manage to print Worm.
http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/records-1/longest-novel/
longest novel is “A la recherche du temps perdu” by proust, clocking in at 9,609,000 character (spaces included). Do you think you could beat it?
Hobbes on October 13, 2013 at 17:50 said:
He already has if Worm is published as-is. But there’s so much bloat by the nature of the thing that after everything’s edited Proust will still hold the crown.
You mean the epilogue chapters, right? Because a whole bunch of chapters with characters going ” ‘Oh, thank God New!Taylor pulled the you know, whatever device out of her ass to kill Scion with.’ ” would indeed trigger an explosive ball of rage.
God on October 13, 2013 at 08:18 said:
Mother of all wrap-ups.
TinkerTailor on October 13, 2013 at 23:21 said:
Great stuff, as always.
Something I just realised – Eden says that she only sees the Scion’s shards in her simulation future. This included Miss Militia, who I was under the impression was one of Eden’s shards (Mainly based on the fact that, during her trigger vision, she knew the entity she saw was dying).
So… either Scion had an equivalent shard, or Miss Militia actually saw Scion breaking himself up and incorrectly interpreted that as dying, or it’s an honest inconsistency.
She saw Scion breaking down and dying.
Matt Nordhoff on October 13, 2013 at 23:41 said:
You’ve just jossed a pretty popular fan theory, Wildbow.
Skimming Interlude 7 again, Hannah’s line is:
> It’s dying, she thought.
So I guess the one carefully-labeled opinion in three paragraphs of solid facts was a misinterpretation on Hannah’s part. Damn, Wildbow.
Except… you just said, “She saw Scion breaking down and dying.” Either you’re using a definition of “saw” that means “interpreted”, or I’m completely lost.
(And I should wait longer before hitting “Post Comment.”)
Maybe she saw the future instead of the past?
Or maybe when they discard their shards it’s technically kind of like dying?
Naeddyr on October 14, 2013 at 13:26 said:
This: shedding their shards is a death sentence for the entities. Scion has only so much time left to live.
Thank you to Jason, Andrew, Michael R, Christopher, Ero, Tanya, Joy, Zoe with the really awesome last name, Simon and David E for the donations. Robert R was very generous, as well.
To Matthew S, though, I’m left flabbergasted and speechless. My mind is so blown it’s dusting the walls.
I’ve scheduled two additional chapters – one paid for by Matthew S, the rest pushed over the cusp by the other readers.
Rhodesian on October 14, 2013 at 15:55 said:
I wonder why some people get last names and others dont
There are a couple names that pop up with some frequency. Matthews and Andrews and Davids. It just helps clarify, for them and for me.
Nice to know you have such dedicated fans, isn’t it?
Keyblockor on October 14, 2013 at 14:53 said:
I think Teacher is going to try to be unfair in the sense of using henchmen with guns. He’s not going to give Weaver a fair playing field, but somehow it’ll backfire or he’ll be outsmarted.
Well, guns aren’t that great against bugs, and guns are hardly the worst she’s beaten.
I find this story’s degree of guns to be very convincing: largely replaced by powers, but very much still used.
grinvader on October 14, 2013 at 14:57 said:
Done catching up.
At a loss for words, and most of those I can reach are expletives.
Thank you for being awesome, wildbow.
400 comments so far. Not bad, but what I’d expect from Contessa’s interlude.
Incidently I named my Honedge in Pokemon X Chevalier. He has been a total boss. So now I have to wonder what could possibly be awesome enough to name Taylor.
Looked it up to see what more recent pokemon are like. German name for honedge is boss. ‘Gramokles’.
After doing research for a fic and my own personal enjoyment, I concluded that Ledian or Scizor fit best for Taylor’s starter/self.
Sadly no black widow or darwins bark spider Pokemon… Yet.
Not Vespiquen?
I have no earthly clue why that didn’t stand out to me long ago. Serves as a third ‘mon for Team Taylor the Trainer, at the very least.
*cough*Ariados*cough*
Also, if any of you have read Hunger League (pokemon/hunger games, really good) then Joltik is also up her alley.
On the subject of recent Pokemon, I’d give Taylor a Polar Pattern Vivillon for when she becomes Weaver.
And the number of comments on Worm now appears to stand at nearly 43,000…
the13thversifier on October 14, 2013 at 22:31 said:
that seems to be the largest comments record on personal web fiction serial
i find myself wondering if this story can hit 50,000 before the end.
Also, Skitter’s Great Escape still holds the comment section record at 790.
Hasit hit 50.000?or does it need a litle help from THE NECROPOSTER
Tayles on October 14, 2013 at 22:45 said:
Trying to figure out when Tuesdays is uploaded in GMT+1 time >.<
ah, turns out its 5am. Damn.
* 06:00 after this year’s Daylight Saving Time ends on November 3.
Really? It was 3:45 am at my time of posting, and I’m in the UK
45 minutes from the time of my reply now.
and i really shouldn’t still be up playing age of empires… ah well in 42 minutes, worm updates…
=] Totally looking forward to it wildbow
On vacation checking in for the update. Just realized I do not know which time zone.
36 minutes from the time I post this reply.
James on October 14, 2013 at 23:49 said:
*counts down* Ahhhh must find out what happened to Taylor! You are the best at cliffhangers. Which is a good thing, except when I’m being cliffhanged. 😦
If Wildbow decides to drop another interlude on us, I think I might just pass out.
Minus six and counting.
Hotaru on October 26, 2013 at 02:59 said:
Decided to come back and read this again what with 30.7 coming out soon; assuming this takes place after 30.6, Teacher seems surprisingly laid back all things considering.
It doesn’t take place after 30.6.
rmcd94 on December 7, 2013 at 21:45 said:
Uh, so I really thought that the twist was going to be that this was actually the future ones plan all along. Killing itself and freaking out it’s partner for the greater good.
Yeah, I was leaning towards the “the other entity was more benevolent and had found a new way to advance it’s species by peacefully coexisting” theory myself. Guess not, hey. xD
I had forgotten/not noticed that Eden had figured something out to possibly solve the long-term problem. That’s…kinda big.
Once again, Contessa’s power seems…off. She can always find a path to victory, however improbable. She can find the weak point in a being that didn’t need to give itself one. Why did Eden do that? Why was something important in the head, and the connection able to be severed with a simple stab to the neck? Why didn’t it respond? The only explanation I see is that Eden used some other precognitive power(s) and figured that giving humanity all of this would let them find a long-term solution, but…I don’t buy it.
And then there’s its function. It doesn’t work so well with things tied closely to the Entities, but this works exactly as well in Endbringers, Scion, and Eidolon despite working on everything else, save those protected by a power seemingly crafted specifically to negate hers. What the heck? Why isn’t there some fog over every parahuman?
And how can she manage these impossible tasks? How does she fit her whole body through a toaster-sized space in midflight? How will she do that thing she is revealed to have done in the epilogue? Could she jump to the moon if she wanted to? Everything else in Worm makes more sense the more I know and the more I think about it, save inconsequential details, but this…this is the exact opposite.
Summer on January 22, 2018 at 01:44 said:
It wasn’t, like, deliberate.
greatwyrmgold on January 22, 2018 at 18:33 said:
…Huh? Which part wasn’t deliberate by who?
Summer on February 16, 2018 at 21:46 said:
“She can find the weak point in a being that didn’t need to give itself one. Why did Eden do that?”
She was injured from the crash, healing. Weak. She was making an avatar, connecting some of her consciousness to that, and the connection was vulnerable. She didn’t “give herself” that weakness.
greatwyrmgold on March 1, 2018 at 09:53 said:
The weakness seems…specific and all-encompassing enough that it seems highly improbable to appear by chance. The Entities aren’t like normal organisms, with vital blood vessels and nerves criss-crossing in basically every corner of the body; they’re colonies of shards, each specialized in purpose but capable of some existence on their own. Not to mention that the avatars are heavily implied to just be projections, not actually part of the Entity’s body.
It just doesn’t make sense that that sort of thing would arise by chance. But then, a lot of Contessa’s more “epic” moments are like that.
Typo: “this criteria” -> “these criteria”.
For some reason the Table of Contents listed at the end of the page on mobile lists this interlude as being “29.9” (the chapter before it is listed as “29.09”). This is not an issue when viewing on PC.
Oh good we have an official name for the counterpart. I was just about to switch to tvtropes to see if there was one to make this post easier. Now I can keep avoiding spoilers!
Anyway, it’s interesting that Eden started to consider possibilities besides just conflict towards the end. Kind of a sad thing there. If it had survived a few more iterations who knows, maybe we could’ve had a good MDE instead of a chaotic world destroying one. Doubtful considering their method of moving across interstellar distances and her almost glee in insighting more chaos in the alternate future but hey it’s possible I guess. And honestly they have a worthy end goal of surviving the end of the universe. After consuming the universe that is…these things are starting to remind me of the Primes from Peter F. Hamilton’s Confederation series. They aren’t quite as xenophobic but they are far more dangerous and actually capable of consuming all of the multiverse too…God there is a scary thought. Even if humanity ends up winning here they will eventually have to come up with a way to exterminate this species. The MDEs really don’t strike me as things that stop halfway. Something has to be done about them on a universal scale if we want to have a chance of surviving super long term.
And yeah at present Eden was a total and complete bitch. That potentiality with blocking Defiant from suspecting her and creating who over 20 Endbringers to engineer a war? Fuck her. You go Contessa taking that bitch out early!
Wow so it got so darn distracted that it literally forgot about step one: pay attention to the landing. The entire plan goes to shit just because Eden was too focused on the future to pay attention to the minuscule possibility she’d have issues at the start when she is the most powerful. Amazing. Also I just want to quickly comment on how utterly terrifying it is that the MDEs are quite literally bigger than fucking planets even after losing a lot of themselves. That is bone numbingly terrifying. Terrifying on Cthulhu Great Old Ones levels. How the hell are you supposed to stop a whole race of things that look at planets like bites of candy?
So little Contessa is fucking awesome. A young girl who immediately manages to save the world by killing a physical god with a pocket knife. Epicness. I can give some credit to Doctor Mother as well. Somewhere along the line she totally fell from grace but Contessa remains awesome.
I find it rather funny how Defiant is the one who actually manages to figure out that Eden and Scion are bad guys. He really is a super perceptive guy which just keeps on coming through. I am so glad that Colin managed to redeem himself.
I feel really bad for Contessa after finishing this. I can understand why nobody really sheds a tear over the Doc but Contessa was literally a child when she saw the end of the world and has been fighting nonstop to fix it. She was molded into who she is by the Doc and a crippling fear. It’s almost a parallel to Riley after a fashion. If the single most insane character in the entire story can be brought back to a somewhat stable, sad, working on redemption figure then Contessa should really have no issues. Fuck even Shadow Stalker is somewhat acceptable. I think tears would be shed for Contessa even if they are just meta tears from the readers. Only thing that really puts a bit of a dent into this is: allying with TEACHER!!!!! SOMEONE KILL THAT SONOFABITCH ALREADY! Please. Wipe that godawful smugness from his arrogant little face and kill the manipulative asshole. And where the fuck does Satyr get off surviving?! If you give a heartfelt death monologue and have a mostly pointless last fucking stand with your teammates who are as close family the polite fucking thing to do is to die with them asshole!!! Motherfucker is on my shit list now. Damn your mostly blank slate Contessa! Why couldn’t you have ran into Taylor instead of these assholes?!
Contessa’s limitations are interesting. Her asking the right question comment from an earlier chapter makes so much more sense now. It’s funny but I think her given name sounds a hell of a lot more like an appropriate cape name than her chosen one.
Love her metaness near the end by the way, asking if anyone actually believed she’d died. Weld was the only smart one in their group and he got distracted by the actual mission. Probably a good thing in the long run as long as someone takes out Teacher and gets Contessa back onto the good guys side.
As a final aside. Knew she wasn’t dead. *Fistpump* What does it say about the state of things that I was rooting for the person with a literal “I win” button as her power?
MisterTeatime on January 28, 2016 at 21:39 said:
Man. “Partisan” is so much better as a description of Chevalier’s power. No contest.
Based on the admittedly very sparse description, I feel like the Black Knight is probably Jack Slash. Maybe his shard went to a different person in this future, but the way they talk about using him- “lure them in… and then sic him on them” instead of something more like “have him ambush them”- suggests that the Black Knight is someone the Wardens don’t completely control. Less of a soldier, more of a weapon- aim, fire, avoid.
Deeply scary scenario, in any case. The enforced absence of information about the whole world beyond your borders, as if it’s just vanished, layered on the certainty of hostility with the borders you can reach… >_<
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7iRsDUUAC8 ("Watershed", Vienna Teng)
katrikah nominated this song as a description of the setting, way back in 22.7, and it certainly works in that regard- the sense of futility, of repeating conflicts and attrition, of a nebulous enemy who has everything planned out on a level you can hardly imagine. But back before the end of Sting, the best fit we had for the narrator- the nebulous chessmaster enemy- was the Simurgh, who certainly didn't fit the "I've done this many times before you" refrain, since she's only twelve years old even now.
After this chapter, though… the narrator of the song is clearly Eden (albeit pre-impact Eden), and it fits perfectly. "Confident," indeed.
Oh man. Thinking about Contessa’s power and her blind spots reminded me of her appearance in Crushed, and I realized: the Endbringers never had their own unique ability to defeat thinker powers. They were immune to parahuman precognition because they were created by Eidolon, whose power was immune because it was never meant to be separated from its host entity. It has the same kind of passive anti-precog defenses that Scion does, for the same reason it’s so unbalanced in general- because it was meant to help keep the entities from ever being outmaneuvered by their hosts.
Foxtail on October 17, 2016 at 02:01 said:
>The expressions of the three men are grim. The other heroes, at the edges of the room, seem equally concerned. A woman with a great cannon that constantly changes, expanding and contracting like a living thing. A hulk of a man, laden with muscle, was muttering something to people around him.
Breaks tense here. Goes from “are grim”, “seem equally concerned”, and “constantly changes” to “was muttering”.
Astro on April 2, 2017 at 02:46 said:
Not much to say, that hasn’t mentioned before. Isn’t that Ziggurat, among the first Cauldron capes? It might be how they placed that giant column above their panic room.
hunter on June 23, 2017 at 15:25 said:
oh my god, they are actually 20 endbringers, even if we only saw 6 in action (plus the glimpses of those 3 who may not have been created in the future that actually happened)…
I don’t follow this conversation. Each reply follows from the next but as a whole? I think the Doctor has a specific answer in mind when she asks “What is the key thing about the one we killed?” but the “broken” answer doesn’t connect to the start or the end or???
also why doesn’t she have a name.
doubleink on March 12, 2018 at 08:30 said:
This is an extreme necrocomment and I’m not sure Wildbow even follows these anymore but I have to ask: Is Contessa’s shard related to Accord’s? Originally the same power, developed differently?
The way his power is described, giving him steps and solutions when fed information, allowing him to take “the slow, steady path to victory” (Interlude 20) — my respect for you is such that I fully believe this could have been deliberate.
Switch on October 31, 2018 at 20:57 said:
Huh. Doing a reread and for some reason I don’t remember reading this interlude at all.
heystranger111 on November 7, 2018 at 07:11 said:
Ok I don’t care how sad thier backstory is. I still hate cauldron!
Blub on December 22, 2018 at 23:08 said:
Hmmm was a little bit confusing.
Abrakadabra on October 13, 2019 at 03:23 said:
Interesting. I Just had a thought. They said that Gimel had humans WHO died to a plague. And the entities caused plages too, before They adjusted their shards. There is a connection probably.
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Penned by English Nobel laureate Rudyard Kipling in 1894, The Jungle Book is a collection of allegorical stories that take place deep in the Indian jungle. The most famous stories of The Jungle Book are those featuring a young feral boy named Mowgli who was raised by wolves, is friends with a panther, and was educated by the animals of the jungle. Also popular in this collection is "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi,” about a mongoose who protects his human family against cobras.
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Mowgli's Brothers
Now Rann the Kite brings home the night
That Mang the Bat sets free—
The herds are shut in byre and hut
For loosed till dawn are we.
This is the hour of pride and power,
Talon and tush and claw.
Oh, hear the call!—Good hunting all
That keep the Jungle Law!
Night-Song in the Jungle
It was seven o'clock of a very warm evening in the Seeonee hills when Father Wolf woke up from his day's rest, scratched himself, yawned, and spread out his paws one after the other to get rid of the sleepy feeling in their tips. Mother Wolf lay with her big gray nose dropped across her four tumbling, squealing cubs, and the moon shone into the mouth of the cave where they all lived. "Augrh!" said Father Wolf. "It is time to hunt again." He was going to spring down hill when a little shadow with a bushy tail crossed the threshold and whined: "Good luck go with you, O Chief of the Wolves. And good luck and strong white teeth go with noble children that they may never forget the hungry in this world."
It was the jackal—Tabaqui, the Dish-licker—and the wolves of India despise Tabaqui because he runs about making mischief, and telling tales, and eating rags and pieces of leather from the village rubbish-heaps. But they are afraid of him too, because Tabaqui, more than anyone else in the jungle, is apt to go mad, and then he forgets that he was ever afraid of anyone, and runs through the forest biting everything in his way. Even the tiger runs and hides when little Tabaqui goes mad, for madness is the most disgraceful thing that can overtake a wild creature. We call it hydrophobia, but they call it dewanee—the madness—and run.
"Enter, then, and look," said Father Wolf stiffly, "but there is no food here."
"For a wolf, no," said Tabaqui, "but for so mean a person as myself a dry bone is a good feast. Who are we, the Gidur-log [the jackal people], to pick and choose?" He scuttled to the back of the cave, where he found the bone of a buck with some meat on it, and sat cracking the end merrily.
"All thanks for this good meal," he said, licking his lips. "How beautiful are the noble children! How large are their eyes! And so young too! Indeed, indeed, I might have remembered that the children of kings are men from the beginning."
Now, Tabaqui knew as well as anyone else that there is nothing so unlucky as to compliment children to their faces. It pleased him to see Mother and Father Wolf look uncomfortable.
Tabaqui sat still, rejoicing in the mischief that he had made, and then he said spitefully:
"Shere Khan, the Big One, has shifted his hunting grounds. He will hunt among these hills for the next moon, so he has told me."
Shere Khan was the tiger who lived near the Waingunga River, twenty miles away.
"He has no right!" Father Wolf began angrily—"By the Law of the Jungle he has no right to change his quarters without due warning. He will frighten every head of game within ten miles, and I—I have to kill for two, these days."
"His mother did not call him Lungri [the Lame One] for nothing," said Mother Wolf quietly. "He has been lame in one foot from his birth. That is why he has only killed cattle. Now the villagers of the Waingunga are angry with him, and he has come here to make our villagers angry. They will scour the jungle for him when he is far away, and we and our children must run when the grass is set alight. Indeed, we are very grateful to Shere Khan!"
"Shall I tell him of your gratitude?" said Tabaqui.
"Out!" snapped Father Wolf. "Out and hunt with thy master. Thou hast done harm enough for one night."
"I go," said Tabaqui quietly. "Ye can hear Shere Khan below in the thickets. I might have saved myself the message."
Father Wolf listened, and below in the valley that ran down to a little river he heard the dry, angry, snarly, singsong whine of a tiger who has caught nothing and does not care if all the jungle knows it.
"The fool!" said Father Wolf. "To begin a night's work with that noise! Does he think that our buck are like his fat Waingunga bullocks?"
"H'sh. It is neither bullock nor buck he hunts to-night," said Mother Wolf. "It is Man."
The whine had changed to a sort of humming purr that seemed to come from every quarter of the compass. It was the noise that bewilders woodcutters and gypsies sleeping in the open, and makes them run sometimes into the very mouth of the tiger.
"Man!" said Father Wolf, showing all his white teeth. "Faugh! Are there not enough beetles and frogs in the tanks that he must eat Man, and on our ground too!"
The Law of the Jungle, which never orders anything without a reason, forbids every beast to eat Man except when he is killing to show his children how to kill, and then he must hunt outside the hunting grounds of his pack or tribe. The real reason for this is that man-killing means, sooner or later, the arrival of white men on elephants, with guns, and hundreds of brown men with gongs and rockets and torches. Then everybody in the jungle suffers. The reason the beasts give among themselves is that Man is the weakest and most defenseless of all living things, and it is unsportsmanlike to touch him. They say too—and it is true—that man-eaters become mangy, and lose their teeth.
The purr grew louder, and ended in the full-throated "Aaarh!" of the tiger's charge.
Then there was a howl—an untigerish howl—from Shere Khan. "He has missed," said Mother Wolf. "What is it?"
Father Wolf ran out a few paces and heard Shere Khan muttering and mumbling savagely as he tumbled about in the scrub.
"The fool has had no more sense than to jump at a woodcutter's campfire, and has burned his feet," said Father Wolf with a grunt. "Tabaqui is with him."
"Something is coming uphill," said Mother Wolf, twitching one ear. "Get ready."
The bushes rustled a little in the thicket, and Father Wolf dropped with his haunches under him, ready for his leap. Then, if you had been watching, you would have seen the most wonderful thing in the world—the wolf checked in mid-spring. He made his bound before he saw what it was he was jumping at, and then he tried to stop himself. The result was that he shot up straight into the air for four or five feet, landing almost where he left ground.
"Man!" he snapped. "A man's cub. Look!"
Directly in front of him, holding on by a low branch, stood a naked brown baby who could just walk—as soft and as dimpled a little atom as ever came to a wolf's cave at night. He looked up into Father Wolf's face, and laughed.
"Is that a man's cub?" said Mother Wolf. "I have never seen one. Bring it here."
A Wolf accustomed to moving his own cubs can, if necessary, mouth an egg without breaking it, and though Father Wolf's jaws closed right on the child's back not a tooth even scratched the skin as he laid it down among the cubs.
"How little! How naked, and—how bold!" said Mother Wolf softly. The baby was pushing his way between the cubs to get close to the warm hide. "Ahai! He is taking his meal with the others. And so this is a man's cub. Now, was there ever a wolf that could boast of a man's cub among her children?"
"I have heard now and again of such a thing, but never in our Pack or in my time," said Father Wolf. "He is altogether without hair, and I could kill him with a touch of my foot. But see, he looks up and is not afraid."
The moonlight was blocked out of the mouth of the cave, for Shere Khan's great square head and shoulders were thrust into the entrance. Tabaqui, behind him, was squeaking: "My lord, my lord, it went in here!"
"Shere Khan does us great honor," said Father Wolf, but his eyes were very angry. "What does Shere Khan need?"
"My quarry. A man's cub went this way," said Shere Khan. "Its parents have run off. Give it to me."
Shere Khan had jumped at a woodcutter's campfire, as Father Wolf had said, and was furious from the pain of his burned feet. But Father Wolf knew that the mouth of the cave was too narrow for a tiger to come in by. Even where he was, Shere Khan's shoulders and forepaws were cramped for want of room, as a man's would be if he tried to fight in a barrel.
"The Wolves are a free people," said Father Wolf. "They take orders from the Head of the Pack, and not from any striped cattle-killer. The man's cub is ours—to kill if we choose."
"Ye choose and ye do not choose! What talk is this of choosing? By the bull that I killed, am I to stand nosing into your dog's den for my fair dues? It is I, Shere Khan, who speak!"
The tiger's roar filled the cave with thunder. Mother Wolf shook herself clear of the cubs and sprang forward, her eyes, like two green moons in the darkness, facing the blazing eyes of Shere Khan.
"And it is I, Raksha [The Demon], who answers. The man's cub is mine, Lungri—mine to me! He shall not be killed. He shall live to run with the Pack and to hunt with the Pack; and in the end, look you, hunter of little naked cubs—frog-eater—fish-killer—he shall hunt thee! Now get hence, or by the Sambhur that I killed (I eat no starved cattle), back thou goest to thy mother, burned beast of the jungle, lamer than ever thou camest into the world! Go!"
Father Wolf looked on amazed. He had almost forgotten the days when he won Mother Wolf in fair fight from five other wolves, when she ran in the Pack and was not called The Demon for compliment's sake. Shere Khan might have faced Father Wolf, but he could not stand up against Mother Wolf, for he knew that where he was she had all the advantage of the ground, and would fight to the death. So he backed out of the cave mouth growling, and when he was clear he shouted:
"Each dog barks in his own yard! We will see what the Pack will say to this fostering of man-cubs. The cub is mine, and to my teeth he will come in the end, O bush-tailed thieves!"
Mother Wolf threw herself down panting among the cubs, and Father Wolf said to her gravely:
"Shere Khan speaks this much truth. The cub must be shown to the Pack. Wilt thou still keep him, Mother?"
"Keep him!" she gasped. "He came naked, by night, alone and very hungry; yet he was not afraid! Look, he has pushed one of my babes to one side already. And that lame butcher would have killed him and would have run off to the Waingunga while the villagers here hunted through all our lairs in revenge! Keep him? Assuredly I will keep him. Lie still, little frog. O thou Mowgli—for Mowgli the Frog I will call thee—the time will come when thou wilt hunt Shere Khan as he has hunted thee."
"But what will our Pack say?" said Father Wolf.
The Law of the Jungle lays down very clearly that any wolf may, when he marries, withdraw from the Pack he belongs to. But as soon as his cubs are old enough to stand on their feet he must bring them to the Pack Council, which is generally held once a month at full moon, in order that the other wolves may identify them. After that inspection the cubs are free to run where they please, and until they have killed their first buck no excuse is accepted if a grown wolf of the Pack kills one of them. The punishment is death where the murderer can be found; and if you think for a minute you will see that this must be so.
Father Wolf waited till his cubs could run a little, and then on the night of the Pack Meeting took them and Mowgli and Mother Wolf to the Council Rock—a hilltop covered with stones and boulders where a hundred wolves could hide. Akela, the great gray Lone Wolf, who led all the Pack by strength and cunning, lay out at full length on his rock, and below him sat forty or more wolves of every size and color, from badger-colored veterans who could handle a buck alone to young black three-year-olds who thought they could. The Lone Wolf had led them for a year now. He had fallen twice into a wolf trap in his youth, and once he had been beaten and left for dead; so he knew the manners and customs of men. There was very little talking at the Rock. The cubs tumbled over each other in the center of the circle where their mothers and fathers sat, and now and again a senior wolf would go quietly up to a cub, look at him carefully, and return to his place on noiseless feet. Sometimes a mother would push her cub far out into the moonlight to be sure that he had not been overlooked. Akela from his rock would cry: "Ye know the Law—ye know the Law. Look well, O Wolves!" And the anxious mothers would take up the call: "Look—look well, O Wolves!"
At last—and Mother Wolf's neck bristles lifted as the time came—Father Wolf pushed "Mowgli the Frog," as they called him, into the center, where he sat laughing and playing with some pebbles that glistened in the moonlight.
Akela never raised his head from his paws, but went on with the monotonous cry: "Look well!" A muffled roar came up from behind the rocks—the voice of Shere Khan crying: "The cub is mine. Give him to me. What have the Free People to do with a man's cub?" Akela never even twitched his ears. All he said was: "Look well, O Wolves! What have the Free People to do with the orders of any save the Free People? Look well!"
There was a chorus of deep growls, and a young wolf in his fourth year flung back Shere Khan's question to Akela: "What have the Free People to do with a man's cub?" Now, the Law of the Jungle lays down that if there is any dispute as to the right of a cub to be accepted by the Pack, he must be spoken for by at least two members of the Pack who are not his father and mother.
"Who speaks for this cub?" said Akela. "Among the Free People who speaks?" There was no answer and Mother Wolf got ready for what she knew would be her last fight, if things came to fighting.
Then the only other creature who is allowed at the Pack Council—Baloo, the sleepy brown bear who teaches the wolf cubs the Law of the Jungle: old Baloo, who can come and go where he pleases because he eats only nuts and roots and honey—rose upon his hind quarters and grunted.
"The man's cub—the man's cub?" he said. "I speak for the man's cub. There is no harm in a man's cub. I have no gift of words, but I speak the truth. Let him run with the Pack, and be entered with the others. I myself will teach him."
"We need yet another," said Akela. "Baloo has spoken, and he is our teacher for the young cubs. Who speaks besides Baloo?"
A black shadow dropped down into the circle. It was Bagheera the Black Panther, inky black all over, but with the panther markings showing up in certain lights like the pattern of watered silk. Everybody knew Bagheera, and nobody cared to cross his path; for he was as cunning as Tabaqui, as bold as the wild buffalo, and as reckless as the wounded elephant. But he had a voice as soft as wild honey dripping from a tree, and a skin softer than down.
"O Akela, and ye the Free People," he purred, "I have no right in your assembly, but the Law of the Jungle says that if there is a doubt which is not a killing matter in regard to a new cub, the life of that cub may be bought at a price. And the Law does not say who may or may not pay that price. Am I right?"
"Good! Good!" said the young wolves, who are always hungry. "Listen to Bagheera. The cub can be bought for a price. It is the Law."
"Knowing that I have no right to speak here, I ask your leave."
"Speak then," cried twenty voices.
"To kill a naked cub is shame. Besides, he may make better sport for you when he is grown. Baloo has spoken in his behalf. Now to Baloo's word I will add one bull, and a fat one, newly killed, not half a mile from here, if ye will accept the man's cub according to the Law. Is it difficult?"
There was a clamor of scores of voices, saying: "What matter? He will die in the winter rains. He will scorch in the sun. What harm can a naked frog do us? Let him run with the Pack. Where is the bull, Bagheera? Let him be accepted." And then came Akela's deep bay, crying: "Look well—look well, O Wolves!"
Mowgli was still deeply interested in the pebbles, and he did not notice when the wolves came and looked at him one by one. At last they all went down the hill for the dead bull, and only Akela, Bagheera, Baloo, and Mowgli's own wolves were left. Shere Khan roared still in the night, for he was very angry that Mowgli had not been handed over to him.
"Ay, roar well," said Bagheera, under his whiskers, "for the time will come when this naked thing will make thee roar to another tune, or I know nothing of man."
"It was well done," said Akela. "Men and their cubs are very wise. He may be a help in time."
"Truly, a help in time of need; for none can hope to lead the Pack forever," said Bagheera.
Akela said nothing. He was thinking of the time that comes to every leader of every pack when his strength goes from him and he gets feebler and feebler, till at last he is killed by the wolves and a new leader comes up—to be killed in his turn.
"Take him away," he said to Father Wolf, "and train him as befits one of the Free People."
And that is how Mowgli was entered into the Seeonee Wolf Pack for the price of a bull and on Baloo's good word.
Excerpted from The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling. Copyright © 2014 Open Road Integrated Media, Inc.. Excerpted by permission of OPEN ROAD INTEGRATED MEDIA.
Hunting-Song of the Seeonee Pack
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Road-Song of the Bandar-Log
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Mowgli's Song
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Darzee’s Chant
Toomai of the Elephants
Shiv and the Grasshopper
Her Majesty's Servants
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The 256 pages are brimming with lavish and lush full-color illustrations and nine interactive elements…this must-have collectible is unlike any edition currently being sold and can be enjoyed by readers of all ages.
With jungle maps and spinning dials, this edition has more than just the bare necessities.
Though these marvelous tales were written in Victorian times, they are still worthy of being read and enjoyed by today's youngsters. Fantasy is currently very popular with young readers and here are stories in this genre that are truly excellent. Father Wolf finds the baby Mowgli in the jungle. After being rescued from the terrible tiger, Shere Khan, he is taken in by the wolf pack and raised as one of them. Baloo the bear and Bhageera the panther also help rear Mowgli. Another fascinating tale tells of Kotick, a rare white seal who searches for a safe haven from the seal hunters. How elephants dance is recounted in "Toomai of the Elephants." The most well known of the tales is "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi." He is a mongoose who saves a boy named Teddy and his family from being killed by a pair of deadly cobras named Nag and Nagaina. This edition is enhanced with greatly detailed black and white illustrations that depict exciting events in most of the stories. All children should have access to this classic book, so purchase is suggested if a copy is not already in the collection. Reviewer: Sylvia Firth
PreS-Gr 2—This retelling opens with Mowgli showcasing his jungle skills as taught to him by Baloo and Bagheera. Vibrant digital vignettes display Mowgli not only surviving but thriving in a wild setting. Moving on to Mowgli's backstory, readers are introduced to villain Shere Khan. Through the tiger's dialogue, readers learn that Mowgli was abandoned in the forest by his parents, and can safely assume that Shere Khan means to harm him—though it is merely evidenced by the way the tiger roars his claims to the child and not explicitly stated in text. Fortunately, Mother and Father Wolf leap to Mowgli's defense and offer him love and protection as adoptive parents. As a young boy, Mowgli is safe and happy in his jungle home, but as he grows, the animals who vowed to protect him age and younger animals rise up to take leadership of the pack. The younger animals are vulnerable to Shere Khan's bad intentions, which puts Mowgli in a position where he must prove himself at a special pack meeting. This retelling is a great beginner version for young listeners as the lush beauty and exciting activities one can enjoy only in the wild are highlighted over the more mature elements of the story, such as abandonment and Shere Khan's plans to kill the child. The dynamic digital cartoon artwork supports this by depicting the jungle animals with large, expressive eyes and soft lines that take the bite out of fearsome features like claws and sharp teeth. VERDICT A solid addition to most library collections.—Samantha Lumetta, Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, OH
A picture-book adaptation of "Mowgli's Brothers," the first tale in Kipling's The Jungle Book, with a little bit of "Kaa's Hunting" thrown in. Driscoll gets the basic details of the stories down: Mowgli is adopted into the wolf pack under the protection of Bagheera and Baloo; Mowgli learns the ways of the jungle; Mowgli runs off and gets in trouble with the monkeys; Mowgli notices his difference from the animals in his family; Mowgli steals fire from the nearby village and uses it to defeat Shere Khan; Mowgli leaves the jungle to go live with men. And, unfortunately, the entire narrative is just about as bloodless as that summary. Blanco's illustrations are ever-so-slightly retro in palette and line, his animals slinky and sinuous, with human-shaped eyes. Though not conspicuously like the animated Disney versions of the characters, they have an affinity, particularly in the depiction of tousle-headed Mowgli and bug-eyed Kaa. (Readers familiar with the 1967 Disney film will be puzzled to find the latter character Mowgli's friend and ally rather than a threat.) His junglescapes are distinctly un-jungly. Taken as a whole, the illustrations cannot compensate for the lackluster text. It has none of Kipling's verbal artistry nor even enough of its own to make the events it recounts exciting or moving. Adults who want to move beyond the Disney versions are advised to skip this book and stick to a read-aloud of Kipling's original, sumptuous prose. (Picture book. 4-8)
The Jungle Book 3.6 out of 5 based on 0 ratings. 261 reviews.
Charles Wibert More than 1 year ago
This copy was atrocious in editing, spelling, format and anything else I can think of! It appeared to me that it had been copied by someone who didn' t know the English language. Although the price was cheap, it was too much for this copy. There were many cases of where a capital U was used in stead of double ll, symbols in stead of letters and very few pages without errors and many pages with more than one. Wasted money!
Ausonius More than 1 year ago
Are the two JUNGLE BOOKS (1895-96) by Rudyard Kipling for children or for adults? *** I say: for both. My six grandsons and two granddaughters are enthralled when I read to them of Bagheera the panther, Rikki-Tikki-Ravi the mongoose or Mowgli the man-cub raised by Father and Mother Wolf. And I myself have returned to Kipling after 50 years with renewed enthusiasm for his imagination, wisdom and deft ways to spin great yarns. *** Surprisingly the jungles of THE JUNGLE BOOKS are not just in Central India. They are wild places of Antarctica, Arctica and the great oceans. Kipling's jungles are "what if?" magical lands. They are border spaces where humans and animals are co-exist in varying degrees of noticing one other.What if animals were to communicate among themselves as well as we humans do? What if animals tamed by or captured by humans learned human languages and grasped human motivations? In "Servants of the Queen" we meet and hear the talk of Indian Army work beasts and fighting beasts assembled in the spring of 1885 to impress Abdur Rahman, visiting Amir of Afghanistan, an event personally witnessed and reported by young journalist Kipling. The tale begins: "It had been raining heavily for one whole month -- raining on a camp of thirty thousand men and thousands of camels, elephants, horses, bullocks, and mules all gathered together at a place called Rawal Pindi, to be reviewed by the VIceroy of India." *** Kipling, fortunately for us readers, "knew enough of beast-language -- not wild-beast language, of course, from the natives to know what he (a panicked camel frightened by a bad dream) was saying." We learn how each class of army animal sized up things, how well they had been trained in their various specialties (e.g., mules to haul mountain howitzers up the sides of mountains, cavalry horses to hold formations for their riders, etc.) and what they absorbed from the men their masters. A young mule asked the other beasts why they had to fight at all. "'Because we're told to,'" said the troop-horse with a snort of contempt." "'Orders,'" said an older mule. "'Hukm hai (It is an order),' said the camel with a gurgle." And the elephant and the bullock agreed. But who gives the orders? The man who walks at your head or who rides you! But who gives them orders, asked the young mule? The others agreed that the youngster wanted to know far too much. *** And so it goes in or near world-wide jungles where men and intelligent beasts live not too far apart or, as in the Indian Army, live in symbiosis. Great yarns. Open THE JUNGLE BOOKS at random and judge for yourself! -OOO-
The story the Jungle Book is a true timeless classic. The story of Mogli a young orphan who is trying to surrvive in the jungle after being orphaned has a wide variety of emotiones. Mogli a young child is ophaned after his parents are killed by a tiger, only he manages to survive. Mogli is befriended by Baheer a wise old panter and Baloo a lazy bear. Between the the two animals they try to teach Mojli of the dangers of the forest and try to help him get to the nearest man villag. On their Odessey the three encounter many dangers. A group of luticris orangatans who want Mogli to protect them from danger, Kaa a boa constricter who wants to make Mojli lunch, and Shere Khan who wants to kill Mojli before Mojli seakes revenge for the slaughter of his parents. The Intense climax comes in a final show down between Shere Khan and Baheer, the fight leaves you on the edge of your seat and you wonder Will Mogli make out of the jungle alive, or parish such as his parents. The Jungle Book supports all the content that it takes to make a classic, and I would highly suggest, Rutyard Kippling made a true master piece.
James Woodnorth More than 1 year ago
Nicely formatted tales with the wit and historical perspective associated in Kipling.
The Jungle Book was a great book to read. I thought that it would be a children's book, but I found that it could also be a great book for anyone to read! I got sucked into right from chapter one. Mowgli, the main character, was found and raised by wolves. He then was taught the Laws of the Jungle by Bagheera, the black panther, and Baloo, the bear. All through the book they run into some sort of trouble, but always manage to get out. Like when the Bandar-Log, the apes, take him for hostage and take him clear across the jungle to the Cold Lairs which an intense battle takes place. I would recommend this book to not only younger people, but to everyone. It is action-packed and it totally stole my attention and grabbed my heart at the end when Mowgli's enemy, Shere Kan, was taken over by him. This book has some flaws like the animals from the jungle don't really match where it takes place. I would give it four stars. I still think it is a good book, and I would recommend everyone that reads this review to read this book!
Ashlyn Comiskey More than 1 year ago
The edditing was terrible.
I read this book as a child and now I have introduced my child to it. It seems that everyone who reads this book simply loves it and the original movie from 1942 is a great representation of this as well.
Anonymous More than 1 year ago
People dont like the book cause theyve seen the disney movie first and expect the book to be the same. If one read the book before seeing the movie they might like the book more than the movie!
MysteryChristieluv More than 1 year ago
Good read for my young lad. He really enjoyed it and there were no spelling mistakes as previously been written.
This is a book that you can read again and again. My favorite is the story of Rikki Tikki Tavi.
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The Thinking Man's Take On: Twitter
Chris Barth
I feel like, with all the press that has been gathered, I would be remiss not to write about Twitter. Twitter, in case you have been living in a cave for the past month/year, is a way that you can tell your friends what type of sandwich you’re eating for lunch without addressing an e-mail to them. It allows you to follow the day to day actions of strangers. If you’re vigilant, it’ll tell you where to find Shaq at all hours of the day.
You’re probably thinking “I can find Shaq? What a magical tool!” but I assure you that not all is magical in Twitter land. In fact, the service has come under fire from a lot of different angles – it promotes overexposure, it doesn’t make any money, and it has limited policing making it difficult to distinguish between DarthVader and iamdarthvader. Jon Stewart called it a gimmick, Doonesbury author Gary Trudeau mocked the need to maintain constant Twitter relevance, and NPR lamented the loss of editing. For a service so tiny, it has certainly caused a big commotion.
I’ll admit, I’m a Twitter novice – a mere Tweeginner, if you will. I tried starting an account up in September sometime, but never could really stick with it. Starting out without a base of followers it’s tough to keep a constant update stream going. If a tree tweets in the forest and no one is there to hear it, will anybody respond @tree? Unlikely. But I’ve seen the merits of the world’s favorite microblogging platform in recent weeks, and have made a new resolution to get better. Over at The Stu Reid Experiment we’ll be keeping our twitter up to date from now until we lose interest again. But before launching into any willy-nilly twittering I wanted to establish some ground rules. Let me know if I’m making any faux pas or if you have any advice – I’m sure there are golden rules of twitter somewhere, written in concise 140 character nuggets.
To Tweet: You are an inside source at a major news organization/important news happening!
Tweet away, inside source. I think that news is one of Twitter’s main utilities – if I were CNN I would be desperately trying to figure out some way to integrate twitter-like flashes into my existing news coverage. Think of twitter as the scrolling news bar across the bottom of the screen, except searchable, customizable, and rarely involving women’s golf scores.
Not To Tweet: You are an entry level intern at a major news organization!
Sorry Kenneth the Page, you don’t qualify as an inside source. If you get information before others, share it with the world. If you get coffee for others, keep it to yourself. LOOPHOLE: If you’re tweeting about behind the scenes going on like the tea Brian Williams drinks on set or the type of light bulbs they use on Hardball, Congrats – you’re back on the insider list! Write about what you know!
To Tweet: You own a major sports franchise!
Talk to Mark Cuban about how this one works – he was recently fined $25k for complaining about NBA referees on twitter. But that’s OK because he has billions of dollars. Which is why he’s allowed to tweet – when you have billions of dollars, you can do anything!
Not to Tweet: You spend 16 hours a day looking at excel sheets!
The reason people follow others on Twitter is to escape the ordinary, to be entertained, to become widely informed, and to stalk celebrities. They don’t follow people to read about how long it took you to Merge Cells E2 and F2. Here’s a test – write down whatever you want to tweet by hand for a day or two before you actually decide to take the jump and start a Twitter account. At the end of two days, go back and read what you wrote. If you can read through it without getting bored, you might be alright. I’m pretty sure that if I had a personal Twitter and did this test, I would throw away the paper and run outside as quickly as possible, never to Tweet again.
To Tweet: You are a regularly updating website!
I think people and organizations fill very different niches on Twitter – unless you’re a celebrity, I don’t see the need for regular humans to have Twitter accounts. Websites, however, can use Twitter to notify readers of updates, new posts, related content, and news, without requiring readers to visit each site individually. Rather than pushing every little thing through an RSS feed, use Twitter to highlight important features of your site. I know I personally follow a number of music blogs on Twitter to keep up with the action – headlines point out articles I want to read, and I can filter before even getting to the site. It’s a win-win for both parties.
Not To Tweet: You only re-tweet what other twitterers have tweeted.
Nobody likes a plagiarist. I know that you think you’re doing a good deed by spreading the news from somebody else – and occasionally this can be a great thing. But if it’s the only thing you do, you’re just clogging the lane and making it harder for people to find the important stuff. Re-tweets have a place, but if your voice isn’t at least somewhat original, you probably shouldn’t be around.
To Tweet: You are a witty and well written parody!
There are some amazing parodies out there on Twitter – Fake Michael Bay, the_megan_fox, DarthVader, etc. If you are witty enough to be the wittiest impersonator of a celebrity on the interwebs, flaunt your stuff. These are my favorite twitter accounts to read, and probably what originally helped Twitter gain a foothold in membership.
Not To Tweet: You don’t understand twitter, but desperately want to seem hip to the jive like the kids these days!
Don’t be that way, please. It’s like my high school history teacher who once told us that he was “with it” and knew what “bliggy bliggy” was – some sort of 60 year old twist on bling bling. Don’t tweet if you had to have your grandchild set the account up for you.
To Tweet: You can give away free things!
Everybody loves free things, and twitter is no different. Shaquille O’Neal recently gave free tickets to “citizens of Twitteronia” that could find him in a mall. Paul Pierce gave out tickets to people who found his car in Boston and said a secret twitter’d codeword to him. Every day people give out free software, hold contests, and some companies even offer free services if they find you complaining about them on twitter. If you are one of these magical people with goodies to give out, feel free to tweet away!
To Tweet: You’re in Egyptian jail!
Seriously, you should definitely tweet in this situation. On the downside, this guy has already written the most important word of his life.
So, there are some general guidelines for Twittering and Twitter, from a self-declared rookie. I hope they make sense and have inspired you to either start or stop twittering, depending on which way the evidence points. For now, I’m off – I’ve got to go update my tweets. Or something.
Chris Barth writes a weekly Thinking Man feature here at Pretty Much Amazing. You can read his more succinct daily entries at his blog, The Stu Reid Experiment. Follow Chris and The Stu Reid Experiment on Twitter at tsre.
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July 4, 2018 July 5, 2018 arthurburbridge
Dispatch from Occupy ICE Philly – AB
Arthur Burbridge
Note: A slightly different version of this piece also appeared on It’s Going Down.
On July 2nd, a coalition of groups in Philadelphia occupied the local ICE office. In what follows I offer a few quick sketches of the occupation. I was there at the opening of the march at City Hall at 5PM until I had to leave at 9, and then again the next day (July 3rd) at 9:30, leaving just after noon. Today, July 4th, the occupation enters its third day. The account and ideas below are therefore cobbled together from my own experiences, from Unicorn Riot’s live feed, and from reports from comrades who were there when I couldn’t be.
These sketches are partial, and they need to be filled out and corrected as the struggle continues. But I hope they can add to our reflections on the ongoing ICE occupations and help us to continue building and developing radical power.
A loose timeline
The occupation was a planned escalation out of an anti-ICE rally at City Hall. After the rally, about 500 of us took to the streets. The cops were clearly expecting this to some degree—they had shut down a number of roads leading from City Hall to the ICE office—but they were also unprepared. We waded through traffic, turning suddenly and sending the police scrambling. A section of bikers darted ahead to help find a path. When we reached the ICE office at the corner of 8th and Cherry, we set up a two-part camp. The first one was in front of ICE’s van garages on Cherry. The second was on the 8th street side of the building in front of ICE’s main doors.
Tents popped up immediately and people threw down their gear to block the garages. At the other entrances, a bike loaded with food and water blocked the doors. Someone brought in a massive red van with a PA system, and parked it to block Cherry and keep out cop cars. The van started blasting tunes, and people started dancing. Somehow a couch made its way in front of the fenced parking lot for ICE vehicles. Banners swung across the streets
The cop presence was large and growing at this point. I was with the 8th street crowd guarding the building doors. I couldn’t see what was going on around the corner at the garage. But dozens of bike cops were lined up across from us. Within 15 or 20 minutes they rushed the crowd, swinging their bikes as weapons for maximum effect. They broke through the occupiers to cut the 8th street crowd in half and secure the building entrances. But the priority was obviously the van garages (we later learned there is an entrance into the building, shared by a women’s center, that ICE employees are exploiting). The pigs backed off and left the 8th street doors to us. Almost immediately the bike brigade stood wheel to wheel and people jumped into the street to cut the road off from the cops.
But police started massing forces to retake 8th. There was a commotion around the corner (since then, I heard a cop just tripped and fell down). The cops on our side panicked and tried to break through the bike line to get across. But the bike crew and the other occupiers around them refused. The line was two or three bikes deep across the street; bikes collided and people pushed back, forcing the cops to retreat.
By 9, there were over 50 cop cars lined up down the street, and rumors of riot gear being unloaded. Over the next few hours, a cop or two started appearing wearing some heavy-duty gear (vest, helmet, gas mask, etc.) that was marked “Counterterrorism Unit.” Around the corner from me—on Cherry—cops apparently tried to bum rush the crowd to break through. They were forced back again and occupiers locked arms to prevent another attack. Occupiers threw up barricades to separate the tents and occupiers from police on the north end of 8th and to create a barrier in front of the garages—wooden pallets, trash, other city debris.
As the night dragged on, more whiteshirts. Ross, the police commissioner, Ross, appeared. Cops demanded the removal of the barricades, the couch, and the banners stretched across the streets. Occupiers allowed these to be carted away. To get rid of the couch, though, the cops had to haul it up into a trash truck. People were screaming at that the police were scabbing the municipal services. By 1 the cops backed down and started trickling away. The threat of an immediate raid lifted. A number of people—maybe 50, I’m not sure—stayed the night. The cops turned on the building floodlights to fuck with people trying to sleep.
But by 6 a.m., police forces were regrouping. By 11, the camp was building its numbers, along with its cop presence. Dozens of beach umbrellas are popping up. It looked like a beach. Chants started up again in earnest. People—many otherwise unconnected to the event—were unloading car after car of food, water, ice, coolers, food.
But the pigs were biding their time for a noon assault to secure the garages. They marched out the mounted police and dozens of regular officers, along with about a dozen or two whiteshirts. Occupiers closed ranks and linked arms. Bike cops charged, shoving people aside along the wall and garage. A dense mass of occupiers refused to move. There were apparently about two dozen arrests. The pigs took control of the garages. They put up and are guarding metal barracades to make sure ICE can keep on working as efficiently as possible. It’s not clear what the future of the occupation will look like from here, but the site is still occupied without any plans to leave.
The event represents one more episode in the growing militancy and radicalism of hilly, and it offers some important lessons as radical struggles continue to grow.
The developing tactic of occupation in Philly
The actions around ICE are a reminder of the Occupy encampment a few blocks away. But this action is different. Occupy was flooded by liberals and libertarians alongside a number of radical individuals and groups. More militant actions, like confrontations with the police, were infrequent and did not occur on a large, coordinated scale. And in Occupy, the strategic plan was extremely unclear. In this vacuum, it seemed like the site was being held simply for the sake of occupying it, regardless of its tactical or strategic value.
Little of that applies here. Militancy is built into the plan. The bike squad was part of a design to keep cops away from the building and clashes between them were inevitable. The strategic aims of the occupation are clear: disrupt as far as possible the operation of the ICE office; create official and unofficial refusal to cooperate with ICE. These goals are paired with broader demands: stop deportations, end family detention in Berks Family Detention Center, and end Philly’s cooperation with ICE.
The militancy here seems to be building off of the growing energy and numbers of radical antiauthoritarian struggles over the past couple of years here, in the Summer of Rage Anarchist Crew, the actions around J20, in Antifa on the national and local level, etc. I think the militancy of anarchists as well as police abolitionists have laid some of the important groundwork. In other words, we’re witnessing a kind of accidental but powerful collaboration between groups that is building Philly’s radical power.
Is it possible for this kind of collaboration to be developed, going forward, in a more deliberate way? For anarchists and radical Socialists to deliberately coordinate successive militant actions, or actions that are different but complement each other—creating groundwork for each other, building on each other, even despite major differences?
The Cops
There is no question that the cops are working for and coordinating with ICE. This isn’t just obvious from their violent protection of the building. I’ve heard from a reliable source that on Tuesday morning, the cops helped clear occupiers out from in front of the parking lot to let in an employee car.
This opens up more space for developing local radical politics. The police are very clearly aligning here with white supremacist and fascistic forces in the state. This isn’t a shock to many of us. But the radical left has here a chance to emphasize the links between the police, the state, capital, and colonial violence. In this situation, it can become very clear why calls for police abolition, prison abolition, and radical anti-capitalist politics need to be connected.
To the barricades?
As far as I know, barricades have not been a particularly popular tactic in Philly in recent years. On the very last night of Occupy Philly, in the face of overwhelming police power, occupiers threw up a hasty barricade without much result. But barricades have played an important part in the occupation of the ICE office so far.
As police were gathering forces and preparing to invade last night, the barricades signaled a militant defense of the occupation that was unusual for the city. The dumpster rolling down the street—that was the signal of an even higher level of struggle, it seems, the threat of a pitched battle. All this seemed to spook the cops. And so it played another unexpected role, too. The cops were hesitating to raid the space. The barricades became a point of negotiation. It’s like pigs need to save face; all that hyper-masculine bullshit needs to convince itself it’s forced people to obey. The cops took the couch and the barricades. The people kept the office.
How do we up the ante and expand our use of barricades in the future? Can we set them up in advance to fuck with the way police will try to guide marches? Are there techniques we can learn to build them bigger, higher, stronger, more durable? How could they tactically help us resist repression—maybe buying us time to stay at a location, or giving us a few minutes to fly to another one while cops are stumbling over trash?
Some tactical possibilities
It’s clear the police are blundering to try to deal with this tactic and its new level of aggression. Cops were panicked and swarming us during the march, and within an hour or two at the ICE office there were easily 60-75 cop cars gathered up. But cops made an enormous traffic jam. We can use this confusing and this overwhelming show of force against cops in a two (or more) stage operation.
If a large crowd is moving towards occupying a key spot, like ICE, cops will swarm. But if we plan things right, and have the numbers, this could be followed up by getting another, separate crowd mobilized blocks away to take another major target. With so many of them tangled up at the first spot, the chance for embedding in that second location would be much higher.
And the more that we use two stage actions, the more paranoid the pigs will get. They’d be extremely hesitant to launch a massive force against an occupation for fear of the next steps—and we could use that to our advantage. Or they’d try greater shows of strength (riot gear etc.). That could be a problem, but it could be a real opportunity, too, in a city like Philly that claims to be progressive. It’s clear this city wants to shed its well-earned image of police violence.
Coalition work
The occupation is also an important experiment in radical coalition-building. The event emerged through the efforts of the following official endorsers (but many other groups were also present at the event and probably helped in various ways): Philly Socialists, Socialist Alternative, Party for Socialism and Liberation, Montgomery County Socialists, Liberation Project, Philly DSA, Reclaim Philadelphia, Green Party of Philadelphia, International Marxist Tendency, POWER, and IWW Philly.
The list shows that the event emerged out of the socialist scene here, connecting more radical groups with more reformist and traditional groups. This kind of project isn’t unusual in Philly, but the scale and militancy seems to me to be a serious step up.
The occupation acts as a kind of “estuary” where currents from different traditions, especially the more radical anticapitalist kind, are combining, and where a space for new, less ideologically rigid projects and ideas to develop. Even though the “official” planning of the event was largely socialist, many other far left groups and tendencies appeared, too: a strong police abolitionist presence as well as at least some anarchists. This kind of combination crucial as the fascistic state in the US grows in power and audacity. Developing and deepening connections among radical groups are essential today if we’re going to build an effective (and therefore, necessarily, mass) response to fascism in a still deeply fractured radical scene.
But the event also raises an important question for Philly anarchists and the other parts of the radical left beyond the socialist scene. Is this event worth throwing support behind? What about the major differences in ideology between anarchists and groups like the PSL or Philly Socialists? The occupation is mounting a clear challenge to a key local branch of fascistic power in this country. And it’s helping build radical militancy and connections among anticapitalists here. For anarchists or other radical anticapitalists to sit this out would be an important missed opportunity.
We can’t just wish away major ideological differences. They are real and create tensions that can’t be ignored. But there are also levels of coalition, the lowest being merely tactical unity without strategic or ideological agreement. This is highly limited. But it is still important, even as a first step, particularly if we’re going to go on the attack against an increasingly audacious state.
And the occupation shows the importance of different kinds of coalitions. A single Philly wide coalition right now for all anticapitalists would be too internally divided and weak. If the differences are just too big between some groups, they are much smaller between others; we see this principle at work in Philly’s current occupation. What would it look like to create more “nodes,” or sites where closer segments of the revolutionary left experimentally build together? Philly’s occupation is a coalitional project driven mostly by socialists. Something similar, maybe, could be developed across different but still close sectors of the radical scene in Philly—the most anarchic wing of socialist groups with sympathetic anarchists and prison abolitionists.
And finally, the occupation is a reminder that building revolutionary power is a process and an experiment. Connecting at least some of the revolutionary forces in a city will come step by step, by connecting some individuals across groups that share a liberatory anticapitalism, and building outward from there. We’re laying the foundation for many more struggles after this one.
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Guide to the gadiform fishes of the eastern North Pacific : cods, grenadiers, hakes, morids, codlings
NOAA technical memorandum NMFS-AFSC ; 309
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Cods, grenadiers, hakes, morids, codlings
Hoff, Gerald Raymond, 1962- ; Stevenson, Duane E., 1970- ; Orr, James Wilder, 1958- ;
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Alaska Fisheries Science Center (U.S.)
"Encompassing the species commonly known as cods, the order Gadiformes comprises nine families of about 555 species around the world. In the eastern North Pacific, five families are represented: the true cods (Gadidae), grenadiers (Macrouridae), codlings (Moridae), hakes (Merlucciidae), and arrowtails (Melanonidae). Members of this order are among the most familiar fishes of the North Pacific and they support some of the largest fisheries in the world. Although worldwide a few gadiforms are occasionally found in freshwater, with the exception of a single freshwater species, the burbot (Lota lota), all species in the eastern North Pacific are exclusively marine. They occupy a broad range of habitats from shallow arctic waters to some of the deepest waters of the North Pacific.This guide describes the gadiforms found in the marine waters of the eastern North Pacific and Arctic oceans adjacent to North America from the Alaska arctic to the U.S.-Mexico border, as well as the burbot, the only gadiform species found in freshwater. This guide treats members of the order in the region, including both common and rarely observed species. Although other species of North Pacific fishes have traditionally been referred to as 'cods,' they are not true cods (Gadiformes). These include widely known species such as the black cod or sablefish of the family Anoplopomatidae, the lingcod of the family Hexagrammidae, and the rockcods (rockfishes) of the family Scorpaenidae. These species are not gadiforms and are not included in this guide. This guide is designed to be used by researchers, students, and industry professionals to help identify these abundant, common, and commercially important species. The keys to families and individual species lead to species accounts that include a photograph, distribution map, size range, depth range, brief life history information, and comparisons with similar species"--Introduction. [doi:10.7289/V5/TM-AFSC-309 (http://dx.doi.org/10.7289/V5/TM-AFSC-309)]
Gadiformes
Geographical Distribution
Macrouridae
Moridae
Pacific Hake
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Preliminary guide to the identification of the early life history stages of the fishes of the family Moridae of the western central north Atlantic
Comyns, Bruce Henry, 1954-; Bond, Pamela Jean;
Southeast Fisheries Science Center (U.S.), Miami Laboratory,
NOAA technical memorandum NMFS-SEFSC ; 457
Survey fishes : an iIllustrated list of the fishes captured during the Northwest Fisheries Science Center's Fishery Resource Analysis and Monitoring Division's West Coast surveys
Kamikawa, Daniel J.
Northwest Fisheries Science Center (U.S.)
NOAA technical memorandum NMFS-NWFSC ; 138
"The intention of this guide is to be a field reference to the fishes captured during the various FRAM Division West Coast surveys. Scientific and technical terms have been kept to a minimum and, when used, are defined within the text. Descriptions a...
Preliminary guide to the identification of the early life history stages of the families Luvaridae, pempheridae, merluccidae, & Melanonidae of the western central North Atlantic
Farooqi, Talat; Shaw, Richard F.; Lindquist, David C.;
Southeast Fisheries Science Center (U.S.)
Preliminary guide to the identification of the early life history stages of bathygadid & macrourid fishes of the western central North Atlantic
Merrett, N. R.
Essential fish habitat source document. Offshore hake, Merluccius albidus, life history and habitat characteristics
Chang, Sukwoo
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Chris Lewis, the most successful real estate broker at Brattleboro Area Realty, was licensed in 1989. She has received many designations which have been recognized by the National Association of Realtors and given to brokers who have attained and proven the highest level of professionalism in the industry. Included in these designations is "Graduate Realtors Institute (GRI)", "Certified Residential Specialist (CRS)" and "Certified Buyer Representative (CBR)" designation. Chris has been a [...]
Chris Lewis, the most successful real estate broker at Brattleboro Area Realty, was licensed in 1989. She has received many designations which have been recognized by the National Association of Realtors and given to brokers who have attained and proven the highest level of professionalism in the industry. Included in these designations is "Graduate Realtors Institute (GRI)", "Certified Residential Specialist (CRS)" and "Certified Buyer Representative (CBR)" designation. Chris has been a Million Dollar seller every year displaying a natural sales ability and a tenacious drive to "put it together." Twelve-hour days are her norm!
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Natural History Museum of Denmark
Dry and Wet collections
DNA and tissue collections
Cultural and science history collection
Danekræ fossil trove
Visits and loans
General herbarium of v...
General herbarium of vascular plants
This collection is currently without a dedicated curator and access is therefore limited. For inquiries about loans and visits, please contact lead botanical curator Nina Lundholm curator@snm.ku.dk
Without curator
Collection managers
Olof Ryding, Karen Gitte Bach, Frank Barham
The General herbarium contains almost 1.4 million collections of flowering plants, gymnosperms and vascular cryptogams from all parts of the world except Denmark and Greenland (the latter collections are stored in separate herbaria: Danish herbarium and Greenland herbarium). In particular the General herbarium contains many old collections from Brazil, Mexico and Yemen, as well as newer collections from Argentina, Ethiopia, Greece and Thailand. The Australian and Pacific floras are comparatively poorly represented. Almost all recognized plant families and about 11,280 of the c. 14,000 recognized genera are represented. The General herbarium is a unique reference of natural history and a resource for researchers both at the Museum and Worldwide.
The collections have been built over 400 years through field expeditions and exchange with other herbaria across the World. Our oldest collections are book-herbaria from the 17th century. We have several collections on loose sheets from famous expeditions and voyages during the 18th century. Major collections of more recent date include c. 11,000 vials of alcohol-preserved orchids (Orchidaceae) from SE Asia (mainly Thailand), mostly originating from G. Seidenfaden’s famous collection of live orchids in the Botanical Garden. Professor Ib Friis has spent 45 years studying the flora and vegetation of Eritrea, Ethiopia and Somalia and made nearly 16000 collections, now kept here, at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and in Addis Abeba.
The 40 most important collectors in the General herbarium are H. von Eggers, P. Forsskål, I. Friis, A. Hansen, B. Hansen, O.J. Hansen, J.P. Hjerting, J.W. Hornemann, P.E. Isert, B. Kamphøvener, M. Køie, J. G. König, J. Lange, K. Larsen, F. Liebmann, P. W. Lund, G. Marcgrave, H.C. Ostenfeld, O. Paulsen, T.M. Pedersen, F.C. Raben, K. Rahn, C. Raunkiaer, D. Rolander, J. Ryan, J. Schmidt, P.K.A. Schousboe, J.F. Schouw, C.F. Schumacher, G. Seidenfaden, Chr. Smith, A. Strid, P. Thonning, M. Vahl, J.O. Voigt, K. Vollesen, N. Wallich, E. Warming, H. West, A.S. Ørsted.
General herbarium in numbers
Estimated number of specimens/collections: The herbarium comprises c. 1,370,000 specimens (including the subcollections). About 1,320,000 of these are mounted on herbarium sheets, and about 50,000 are stored elsewhere in bottles, boxes and plastic bags; about half of these are dried specimens and about half are preserved in alcohol.
Known types: About 21,500 (c. 21,100 of these are digitized, and c. 19.600 of them have also been scanned).
Digitally available specimens: 33,770 (with label data from different collections in two different databases, but not necessarily photographed). 21,420 types and other valuable specimens have been scanned in high resolution; images of 15,998 of these specimens are now available in JSTORs database.
Percentage digitized: c. 2.5 %.
With almost 1.4 million specimens, the General herbarium is a unique reference of natural history, and a resource for researchers both at the Museum and Worldwide.
Particularly many old collections from Brazil, Mexico and Yemen.
Particularly many newer collections from Argentina, Ethiopia, Greece and Thailand.
Subcollections
Most of the specimens are kept in a large main herbarium, but 20 subcollections of odd-size herbarium sheets, three-dimensional collections or particularly valuable old collections and book-herbaria are kept separate. The following nine are the most important:
P. Forsskål's herbarium
Isert’s & Thonning’s herbaria
G. Seidenfaden’s herbarium
The folio herbarium
The Marcgrave herbarium
The alcohol and dry preparations
The wood collections
The seed collection
The collection of useful plants
See separate page.
The digitized type collection
A visit to the herbarium
Experts discover coffee plants
21,500 types of flowering plants online
15. Juni Foundation provides funding for digitization and online access to Martin Vahls partly unpublished manuscript in 2019.
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Fiji 7s Rugby
Fiji 7s Rugby ready of the World 7s Series in the Dubai 7s tournament
October 31, 2018 by HSBC Sevens live
FIJI Airways men’s 7s team coach Gareth Baber will infuse his game plan when his side takes on the underdogs of the World 7s Series in the Dubai 7s tournament next month.
The Fiji Airways men’s 7s team has been drawn in a tough pool in the opening round of 2018/19 World Rugby Sevens Series facing Kenya, Scotland and France in the pool matches.
Baber said he will expect three different game patterns from their opponents.
“The draw provides a mix of styles for us to combat. We are aware of the physicality that Kenya bring, Scotland will want to create pressure through moving the ball from edge to edge whilst France will look to individual game breakers to give them advantage. This is to keep us on our toes and hungry to put in place our game,” Baber said.
Fiji has only won the Dubai 7s twice back in 2013 and 2015 before South Africa won the title back to back and will defend it this year.
Meanwhile, the Fijiana 7s team are in Pool C with Canada, France, and Spain.
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The 5 Best Day Hikes on the Pinhoti Trail in Alabama
by Hap Pruitt
Birmingham, AL Montgomery, AL
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The Pinhoti Trail is Alabama’s crown jewel for hiking adventures. The path begins at Cheaha State Park, runs for 170 miles through the state, and then continues another 167 miles through north Georgia to intersect with the Appalachian Trail. The Alabama portion of the Pinhoti weaves through the rugged Talladega National Forest where hikers encounter exceptional mountain views and some of the most beautiful sections of forest in the state.
While the Pinhoti is popular with thru-hikers prepping for the Appalachian Trail (there are even efforts to make it an extension of the AT), the Pinhoti is set up perfectly for day hikes. You’ll find several access points that allow you to do point-to-point or out-and-back hikes ranging from two to seven miles.
Like most hikes in Alabama, it’s best to plan a winter, spring, or fall trip to avoid the hot and humid summer weather. A spring trip is ideal, as mild temperatures arrive and blooming wildflowers line the trail.
To help you get out into Alabama’s wilderness, here is a list of five of the best day hikes on the Pinhoti Trail. Keep in mind that some trailheads aren’t easy to find, so check out the included driving directions. Be sure to plan your route ahead of time and make sure you have maps and directions in a format that doesn’t require a cell signal.
1. Flagg Mountain Trailhead to CCC Road
Start at the southern terminus of the Pinhoti at the Flagg Mountain Trailhead on a four-mile out-and-back hike that covers moderate terrain and visits remote stretches of forest with beautiful views of Weogufka Creek.
From the parking area, you’ll descend gradually for two miles and take numerous switchbacks through pines and hardwoods. Along the way, you’ll encounter springs and hike alongside the mountain ridge where you’ll catch a view of Weogufka Creek.
At about the 2.1-mile mark you’ll reach the Weogufka Creek Shelter, another spring crossing, and a rock retaining wall. This is the turnaround point, and you’ll retrace your steps to get back to the trailhead. But, if you’d like to hang out for a while, there are plenty of trees for rigging a hammock. You might want to rest a bit to prep for the somewhat strenuous return trip, which involves plenty of uphill hiking.
The trailhead to Flagg Mountain can be tricky to access, and the road can be difficult to travel after a hard rain. Start in Sylacauga, traveling south on AL 21 for about six miles until you reach the caution light in Stewartville. Turn right, continue to a stop sign, and then turn left onto CR 41. Travel 6.5 miles to a four-way stop, and stay straight on CR 41/CR 29.
Travel another five miles and turn right onto CR 16. You’ll go 0.1 miles and cross a one-lane bridge with no guardrails. Continue another half-mile and turn right onto the CCC road that travels up Flagg Mountain. Be aware that the road can be muddy, slick, and rutted after a heavy rain. Travel 1.5 miles to the parking lot, which is on the right.
2. Trammel Trailhead to RCW Hillcrest
This four-mile out-and-back hike leads you to a nesting area for the red-cockaded woodpecker, which was listed as an endangered species in 1970. En route to the nesting site, you’ll traverse rolling hills and walk among old-growth oak trees and dense stands of pines. After walking a little less than a half-mile, you’ll encounter a spring and spring-fed bog.
At the 1.3-mile mark, you’ll reach the nesting area, which is easy to recognize as the trees have been thinned out considerably, and tall pines dominate the landscape. Take some time to relax and see if you can spy the red-cockaded woodpecker, which is about the size of a robin and is primarily black and white with a bright white patch on its cheeks. The bird gets its name from the small red streak on the upper cheek of males.
To reach the Trammel Trailhead, begin at the intersection of AL 148 and AL 21 in Sylacauga and travel east on AL 148 for three miles. Turn right onto FS 603 and go 2.5 miles to FS 603a. Turn left onto 603a and at the fork in the road, take a right. The trailhead parking will be just ahead on the right.
3. Porter’s Gap Trailhead to Scott Lake
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Beginning at the Porter’s Gap Trailhead, this seven-mile out-and-back hike traverses an open, flat section of the Pinhoti with small hills and inviting stands of tall, old-growth trees with little underbrush. After walking a little more than a half-mile, you’ll begin a series of stream crossings, so be sure to wear footwear that you don’t mind getting wet.
At 3.3 miles you’ll reach Scott Lake and a “T” intersection. Take a left to continue another 0.3 miles to reach Scott’s Cascade where water crashes over a low jumble of rocks. Use caution after hard rains since this is a high-water hazard area. From here, retrace your steps to return to the trailhead.
The Porter’s Gap Trailhead is easily accessible. Begin in downtown Talladega and head south on AL 77 for one mile, staying on AL 77 by turning left at the stop sign. The trailhead parking area is close to 9 miles down AL 77 on the left.
4. Pine Glen Campground to Sweetwater Lake
Beginning at Pine Glen Campground, this six-mile out-and-back hike is mostly flat with Shoal Creek guiding your way over rolling hills to a large lakeside campground that makes a great place to hang out and relax. For most of the way, the trail skirts Shoal Creek, and at 2.3 miles a bridge takes you over the seasonal stream.
After you walk another 0.3 miles, you’ll cross a dam spillway and skirt the left side of Sweetwater Lake. At 2.8 miles, the path crosses a peninsula where a camping area provides the perfect place to hang out before the walk back. If you continue another 0.3-miles, you’ll reach the main lake parking area.
To reach the Pine Glen Campground, take I-20 east of Oxford to the exit for US 431. Head north on US 431 for less than a half-mile, and then turn right at the stop sign onto US 78. Travel on US 78 for a little more than five miles, and then turn left on the paved road just before the overhead bridge. At the intersection with AL 281, there will be a stop sign. Head straight onto the dirt road, which is FS 500. Travel north on FS 500 for five miles to Pine Glen Campground on the left. You’ll see a few day-use parking spots, and there is no cost to park. There is a small fee to camp.
To access the trail, you will have to go back onto the road and cross the Shoal Creek Bridge on your left. After you cross the bridge, you’ll see the Pinhoti Trail on the right.
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5. Cave Creek Trail—Pinhoti Trail Loop
A large archway marks the start of the Cheaha Trailhead, where you’ll start this 7.5-mile loop that includes some of the most spectacular views in the Talladega National Forest.
After passing through the trailhead entrance, head left at the intersection to take the Cave Creek Trail. (You’ll return on the Pinhoti Connector Trail that’s on the right.) Your first mile is mostly flat and open, but the trail conditions change as you enter the Cheaha Wilderness. The forest becomes dense, and the trail climbs steadily to the Pinhoti Connector Trail atop Talladega Mountain.
Take the Pinhoti Connector to cross a large boulder field, and at 4.7 miles turn left onto the spur trail for the McDill Overlook. From your high perch at the overlook, you’ll have a sweeping view of Talladega Mountain and the surrounding Talladega National Forest.
Return to the Pinhoti Trail to descend and then quickly climb to another spot where you have an inspiring view of the forested valleys below. The path follows a ridgeline and drops down to even more scenic overlooks. When you’ve hiked 7 miles, turn right onto the Pinhoti Connector Trail to return to the Cave Creek Trail and complete the loop.
From Birmingham, travel on I-20 east to Oxford and take exit 188. Travel south on Hwy 24/CR 24 for a little more than 1.7 miles and turn left onto Friendship Rd. Go another 1.7 miles and turn right on Jennifer Lane. Go 0.6 miles and continue on Mellon Rd. Travel 1.1 miles and continue onto Hwy 24/CR 24. Go 1.9 miles and turn left onto an unnamed road. Travel just 0.2 miles and turn right onto AL-281 South. Travel 9.2 miles and turn left to reach the trailhead parking area.
Written by Hap Pruitt for Matcha in partnership with BCBS of AL.
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Over 600 CCTV cameras will appear in Nizhny Novgorod by the end of 2015
By the end of the year 2015 602 video cameras and 206 emergency call buttons will appear in Nizhny Novgorod. The city will receive new security tools within the framework of the final stage of the project called “Safe City”, according to Mr Aleksandr Borodavko, head of the Center for information technologies, connections and data protection of the Head Department of the Ministry of the Internal Affairs of Russia in Nizhny Novgorod region.
The programme called “Safe City” was launched in Nizhny Novgorod in 2012 in accordance with the regulation of the Russian Federation government. In the course of the first stage of the project the city welcomed the new network for photo and video recording of traffic rules violations. Implementation of technical security devices helped to decrease the number of road accidents in control zones by 2% and the number of road deaths by 6% starting from January 2012. The statistical data was compared to that of the same period of time in 2013.
According to “RUBEZH” magazine, representative office of the Trading House “Luis+” in the city of Nizhny Novgorod is actively involved in supply of CCTV equipment for the “Safe City” project. Deputy General Director of “Luis+” company, Mr Vitalii Zolotarevsky informed that the company is preparing a draft of the specification of requirements for purchasing a new consignment of CCTV cameras. The most popular among them are the street IP-video cameras produced by AXIS и Samsung companies.
Источник: newsroom24.ru
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Communication Choices, Content and Consequences (CCCC)
VU Faculty Research
Research Programmes - Social Sciences
5 Comment / Letter to the editor
3 PhD Thesis - Research external, graduation VU
3 PhD Thesis - Research external, graduation external
2 Inaugural speech
Does self-affirmation promte physical activity regardless of threat level?
Cooke, R., Hart, L., Harris, P. R., Scholz, U., Schüz, B. & van Koningsbruggen, G. M., 2013, In : Psychology and Health. 2013, 28(S1), p. 21-21
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Meeting Abstract › Other research output
Do media matter in organizational identification? The roles of media usage and perception of communication in explaining employee identification
Schutten, D. J., Bartels, J. & Ouwerkerk, J. W., Feb 2013.
Research output: Contribution to Conference › Abstract › Other research output
Down but not out: a comparison of Germany’s CDU/CSU with Christian Democratic parties in Austria, Belgium, Italy and the Netherlands
Bale, T. & Krouwel, A. P. M., 2013, In : German Politics. 22, 1-2 (Special Issue: Mapping the Transformation: The CDU in Flux), p. 16-45
Christian democratic party
Effects of audience interpretation of media violence
Eden, A. L. & Bowman, N. D., 2013, The Encyclopedia of Media Violence. Eastin, M. S. (ed.). New York: Sage, p. 48-51 456 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book / Report / Conference proceeding › Chapter › Academic
Euroscepticism re-galvanized: The consequences of the 2005 French and Dutch rejections of the EU constitution
Startin, N. & Krouwel, A. P. M., 2013, In : Journal of Common Market Studies. 51, 1, p. 65-84
political elite
Examining the hostile media effect as an intergroup phenomenon: The role of ingroup identification and status
Hartmann, T. & Tanis, M. A., 2013, In : Journal of Communication. 63, 3, p. 535-555 21 p., 7.
status group
outgroup
Exploring when and how self-affirmation works
Harris, P. R., Schüz, B., Scholz, U., van Koningsbruggen, G. M. & Cooke, R., 2013, In : Psychology and Health. 2013, 28(S1), p. 21-21
Financial news and market panics in the age of high frequency trading algorithms
Kleinnijenhuis, J., Schultz, F., Oegema, D. & van Atteveldt, W. H., 2013, In : Journalism. 14, 2, p. 271-291 21 p.
Gaming addiction, definition, and measurement: A large-scale empirical study
Spekman, M. L. C., Konijn, E. A., Roelofsma, P. H. M. P. & Griffiths, M. D., 2013, In : Computers in Human Behavior. 29, 6, p. 2150-2155
Empirical Research
Gevaren van medialogica voor de democratie
Kleinnijenhuis, J., Takens, J. H., van Hoof, A. M. J., van Atteveldt, W. H. & Walter, A. S., 2013, Omstreden Democratie. Aarts, R. & De Goede, P. J. M. (eds.). Meppel: BOOM, p. 111-130
Research output: Chapter in Book / Report / Conference proceeding › Chapter › Academic › peer-review
Gun violence trends in movies
Bushman, B. J., Jamieson, P. E., Weitz, I. & Romer, D., 2013, In : Pediatrics. 132, 6, p. 1014-1018
Het ironisch spectrum: Een overzicht van onderzoek naar het begrip en de retorische effecten van verbale ironie
Burgers, C. F. & van Mulken, M. J. P., 2013, In : Tijdschrift voor Taalbeheersing. 35, 2, p. 183-202
Hoe je beste vriend een vijand wordt [article]
Burgers, C. F., 17 May 2013
Research output: Online publication or Non-textual form › Online publication or Website › Popular
How gaming may become a problem: a qualitative analysis of the role of gaming related experiences and cognitions in the development of problematic game behavior
Haagsma, M. C., Pieterse, M. E., Peters, O. & King, D. L., 2013, In : International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction. 11, 4, p. 441-452
Time and Motion Studies
How women think robots perceive them – as if robots were men
Pontier, M. A. & Hoorn, J. F., 2013, In : Unknown journal. 2, p. 496-504
Information Labels on Thin Media Models’ Weight Status Counteract Adolescent Girls’ Negative Body Perceptions.
Veldhuis, J., 2013.
Research output: Contribution to Conference › Paper › Other research output
Information sharing as strategic behaviour: The role of social motivation, time pressure and information display
Balau, N. & Utz, S., 2013.
Institutional justification in frames: The role of social institutions for legitimizing and stabilizing re-emerging meaning in crises
Baden, C. & Schultz, F., 2013, Proceedings of the International Communication Association. All Academics
Research output: Chapter in Book / Report / Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Academic › peer-review
Internet Pornography and Relationship Quality
Muusses, L. D., Kerkhof, P. & Finkenauer, C., 2013.
Internet Pornography and Relationship Quality: A Longitudinal Study of Within and Between Partner Effects of Adjustment, Sexual Satisfaction and Sexually Explicit Internet Material among Newly-Weds
Muusses, L. D., Finkenauer, C. & Kerkhof, P., 2013.
Krisenkommunikation und Social Media in der vernetzten Gesellschaft. Theoretische Perspektive und empirische Befunde
Schultz, F. & Utz, S., 2013, Handbuch integriertes Krisenmanagement. Thiessen, A. (ed.). Wiesbaden: VS Verlag, p. 331-342 13 p.
Language intensity as a sensationalistic news feature: The influence of style on sensationalism perceptions and effects
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Less is often more, but not always: Additional evidence that familiarity breeds contempt and a call for future research
Norton, M. I., Frost, J. H. & Ariely, D., 2013, In : Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 105, 6, p. 921-923 2 p.
Lies, damned lies, and statistics - kijken in de toekomst van de wetenschap
Vermeulen, I. E., 2013, Nederland in ideeën. Geels, M. & van Opijnen, T. (eds.). Amsterdam: Maven publishing, p. 185-188 4 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book / Report / Conference proceeding › Chapter › Popular
Lokale partijen concurreren vooral met VVD
Krouwel, A. P. M., 2013, In : VNG-magazine. 23, p. 20-22 3 p.
Lokale politici en kiezers: match of mismatch?
Krouwel, A. P. M., Eendebak, L. & van Dieren, L., 2013, In : VNG-magazine. 22, p. 22-24 3 p.
Media en het puberbrein
Konijn, E. A., 2013, Het beste idee 2013. Uitgeverij De Wereld
Media entertainment as a result of recreation and psychological growth
Hartmann, T., 2013, Media Effects/Media Psychology. Scharrer, E. (ed.). Boston: Blackwell Publishing, p. 170-188 18 p. (The International Handbook of Media Studies; no. 5).
Media Logic and Electoral Democracy
Takens, J. H., 2013, 's Hertogenbosch: Box Press.
Research output: PhD Thesis › PhD Thesis - Research VU, graduation VU › Academic
Media logic in election campaign coverage
Takens, J. H., van Atteveldt, W. H., van Hoof, A. M. J. & Kleinnijenhuis, J., 2013, In : European Journal of Communication. 28, 3, p. 277-293
Electric network analysis
Media violence as a reflection of society
Bowman, N. D. & Eden, A. L., 2013, The Encyclopedia of Media Violence. Eastin, M. S. (ed.). New York: Sage, p. 233-235 456 p.
Mirroring media models or pressed by peers? Adolescent girls’ psychosocial responses to the media’s thin-body ideal.
Veldhuis, J. & Konijn, E. A., 2013.
Negatieve campagnevoering: iedereen deed het, iedereen doet het
van Praag, P. & Walter, A. S., 2013, In : Socialisme en Democratie. 70, 5, p. 64-69
Negative campaigning in Western Europe: Similar or different?
Walter, A. S., 2013, In : Political Studies.
parliamentary election
party system
Online peer comments direct adolescent girls’ psychosocial responses to media’s thin-body ideal.
Veldhuis, J., Konijn, E. A. & Van der Veen, R., 2013.
On verbal irony, images and creativity: A corpus-analytic approach
Burgers, C. F., van Mulken, M. J. P. & Schellens, P. J. M. C., 2013, Creativity and the Agile Mind: A Multi-Disciplinary Study of a Multi-Faceted Phenomenon. Veale, T., Feyaerts, K. & Forceville, C. J. (eds.). Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, p. 293-311 (Applications of Cognitive Linguistics; no. 21).
Personae of interest - managers' identities and the online mirror
Ranzini, G. & Fieseler, C., 2013, Advanced Series in Management. Institute for Media and Communications Management, University of St. Gallen, St Gallen, Switzerland, p. 201-213 13 p. (Advanced Series in Management; vol. 12).
mediatization
Polarization in the media during an election campaign: A dynamic network model predicting support and attack among political actors
De Nooy, W. & Kleinnijenhuis, J., 2013, In : Political Communication. 30, 1, p. 117-138
political actor
Predicting media appeal from instinctive moral values
Tamborini, R., Eden, A. L., Bowman, N. D., Grizzard, M., Weber, R. & Lewis, R., 2013, In : Mass Communication and Society. 16, 3, p. 325-346
value system
Radical Choices Voiced Online. The Determinants of Populist Support in France and in The Netherlands
Vitiello, T. F. P., Krouwel, A. P. M. & Kutiyski, Y., 4 Sep 2013, p. 1-34. 33 p.
party supporter
Rejected by peers – Attracted to antisocial media content: Rejection-based anger impairs moral judgment among adolescents
Plaisier, X. S. & Konijn, E. A., 2013, In : Developmental Psychology. 49, 6, p. 1165-1173
moral judgement
Responsible Business in Social Media: Towards New Forms of Interaction?
Castello, I. (ed.), Morsing, M. (ed.) & Schultz, F. (ed.), 2013, Special Issue: Special issue of Journal of Business Ethics, 118 (4).
Research output: Book / Report › Book editing › Academic
Robots that stimulate our autonomy
Pontier, M. A. & Widdershoven, G. A. M., 2013, Artificial Intelligence Applications and Innovations, AIAI'13. Springer, p. 195-204
RTextTools: A supervised learning package for text classification
Collingwood, L., Jurka, T., Boydstun, A. E., Grossman, E. & van Atteveldt, W. H., 2013, In : The R Journal. 5, 1, p. 6-13 7 p.
Science Centers and Public Participation: Methods, Strategies, and Barriers.
Bandelli, A. & Konijn, E. A., 2013, In : Science Communication. 35, 4, p. 419-448
decision-making process
Self-affirmation before exposure to persuasive health communications promotes anticipated regret and health behavior change
van Koningsbruggen, G. M., Harris, P. R. & Smits, A. J., 2013, AllAcademic.
Shifting frames in a deadlocked conflict: News coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Ruigrok, N., van Atteveldt, W. H. & Takens, J., 2013, Selling War: The Role of the Mass Media in Hostile Conflicts. Seethaler, J., Karmasin, M., Melischek, G. & Woehlert, R. (eds.). Bristol: Intellect, p. 259-289 367 p. (ECREA; no. 1753-0342).
Skalenkonstruktion in der Kommunikationswissenschaft
Hartmann, T., 2013, Handbuch standardisierte Erhebungsmethoden der Kommunikationswissenschaft. Möhring, W. & Schlütz, D. (eds.). Wiesbaden: Springer VS-Verlag, p. 41-60 20 p.
Successful restrained eating and trait impulsiveness
van Koningsbruggen, G. M., Stroebe, W. & Aarts, H., 2013, In : Appetite. 60, p. 81-84
eating behavior
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Grand Edits with Becky Kleikamp: Revising Life after the Loss of Two Children
December 23, 2014 February 14, 2015 ~ Stacy
One of my favorite times of the day is when I first hear my 22-month-old son Miles talking in his crib in the morning. Sometimes it’s earlier than I want it to be, and I know that when I step out of bed and walk past the balcony door, my ankles will be hit with a cold draft. I know that as soon as we go downstairs, I’ll be filling cups and cutting toast and refereeing squabbles and gathering gear for outings.
But right now, one of the sweetest moments is about to take place – the moment I open Miles’s bedroom door. He’ll pop up and giggle, smiling crookedly at me, one eye half-closed. I’ll walk to his crib and he’ll hop up and down, shoving Curly Bear into my arms. I’ll pick him up and try to hug him, but he’ll push back from my chest, putting his face close to mine, looking into my eyes and saying “Mommyyy! Mommyyy!” And I’ll know that he’s really saying I love you.
Sometimes, in these moments when life is so delicious and sweet, I’m hit with a pang of sadness. I think about him growing and changing, going out into the wonderful, scary world. I feel vulnerable. I wish I could keep him safe forever.
I wish no babies would ever be starving, hurt, or abused. I wish no babies ever had to get sick and die.
I think about my friends, the Sternhagens, and little Blake, just a few weeks younger than Miles, facing the challenges of life with Spinal Muscular Atrophy.
I think about mothers who have held this kind of sweetness in their arms, and then lost it — mothers like Becky Kleikamp, who have more tales of pain than one person should be able to tell, who have written shining stories of love and family, only to revise them again and again.
I think of the way our whole life can change in one day, one hour, the way it did for her.
This is Becky’s story, a braid of joy and suffering, of being knocked down and rising, somehow, again.
In the year 2000, Michael Gregory Kleikamp was a happy, healthy one-year-old boy. He adored his older sisters, Britney and Amanda, and loved going to school with his mom to help out in their classrooms with events, field trips, and parties. The staff and students loved him, with his deep inquisitive eyes, round cheeks, and tousled brown hair.
Michael Gregory (1999)
When Michael became ill in January with what appeared to be influenza, Becky brought him to the doctor, and he was then admitted to Dickinson County Hospital. His symptoms quickly became severe and he was flown to a hospital in Wisconsin. Within hours, little Michael died.
Becky and her husband, Terry, were horrified. They had expected to bring Michael home after a few days of hospital care. “Imagine the devastation of having to drive home and tell your two daughters, ages six and seven, that their brother was not coming home,” Becky said.
The extended family and community were shaken as well. Little Michael was so loved by the school community that counselors were called in to help students and staff process his death and cope with grief.
Becky said, “Little did I know that the counselors who worked with Britney and Amanda and the other school children would have a great impact on my girls’ futures. As they grew up, they decided they wanted to pursue careers working with children, helping them as they were helped when Michael died.”
As if it wasn’t difficult enough to grieve the loss of a child, Becky and her husband Terry found themselves under investigation by law enforcement from the county in which they lived, the county where Michael was admitted to the hospital, and the county in which he died. In a time when the Kleikamps were burdened with their own questions of what caused Michael’s death, how their other children would cope, and how they would face each future day, they were subjected to dozens of investigative questions. They felt as though fingers were being pointed at them as they were asked about Michael’s routines, whether he fell from his crib or highchair, whether Becky had dropped her son.
A few weeks later, Michael’s autopsy report cleared Becky and Terry of negligence when it revealed a spontaneous bleed in the brain with no injury sight. Doctors explained to them that only five percent of bleeds have no known cause, and that Michael’s was one of these rare circumstances. Concerned for her other children, she spoke with several doctors, all who assured her that this was a fluke, and she had no reason to fear for the well-being of her daughters.
Though Becky and Terry were mourning, they knew immediately after Michael’s death that they wanted to have another child. Some friends and family members discouraged them from doing so, but they knew it was the right choice for them. She explained, “Within twenty-four hours, we went from diapers, bottles, and being up in the nighttime, to our son being taken from us, and going home with empty arms.”
Becky and Terry had always known they wanted a family. They met at a campground when Becky was twelve, and Terry fifteen. The two grew fonder of one another, spending summer evenings together at Becky’s home until Terry’s 9:00 curfew. When they were finally allowed to date in public, Becky was forced to allow her twin brother to chaperone their dates! The two dated through high school, and became engaged to be married during Becky’s senior year. They were in love and wanted to be together forever — they didn’t want to wait. Becky graduated and turned eighteen in June, and married that fall. Soon afterwards, they began trying to conceive a child, but because of Becky’s endometriosis, it took over a year for them. In the meantime, Becky’s older brother, Greg, was stricken with cancer and died at age thirty-three, leaving a six year old daughter behind.
“What a joy when Britney Marie, our little 5 pound, 13 ounce bundle, was born. We knew what a gift she was after living the fear of possibly never being able to have a child, and after losing my brother.”
Becky was a natural at mothering from the beginning. She adored her newborn daughter and wanted to savor their time together. She explained, “When Britney was born I worked for a couple months and then quit my job. I couldn’t stand the thought of working and leaving her with a sitter. I started doing daycare, which afforded me the luxury of staying home with our children, yet being able to help support our family.”
Less than two years later, they were blessed with Amanda Lynn, and six years later, Michael Gregory. Becky and Terry were delighted with their family. “Those kids were the light of our lives,” she said.
A month after Michael’s death, Becky was glad to be expecting her fourth child. Though deep in her grief over the loss of Michael, new life was thriving inside her womb, holding space in her heart and bringing hope for the future of their family. In 2001, Becky gave birth to a son, Nicholas Michael.
Becky and Terry were overjoyed at the blessing of a baby boy. There was a little person in the house again, a baby brother for the girls to cuddle and love. Becky began the hard work of rebuilding her family, creating fun and adventure for her children, trying to make things right again, all the while remembering Michael, keeping him alive in their family legacy.
The Kleikamp Family: Britney, Becky, Terry, Amanda, Nicholas (2012 GDOVE Photography)
Michael’s memorial on what would have been his sixteenth birthday (2014)
When a mother loses a child, her worldview changes. She may pick herself up and pull it together for her family, but her perspective shifts. There is a vulnerability that creeps into her days and keeps her awake at night. She hopes never again to be thrown into deep despair, but is aware, now, of the possibility. She relishes moments with her family and finds joy in simple delights. She hopes and prays for protection for her children, her family.
In 2013, when Becky’s oldest daughter, Britney, started complaining of severe headaches, Becky tried not to worry. She expected a diagnosis of migraine headaches, something with which Becky is afflicted. She never expected the doctors to order a CAT scan, which would reveal a very large tumor in Britney’s brain.
Immediately after the procedure, Becky found herself giving Britney’s medical history to a nurse. She said, “They would not let me call Terry or any family at the time, as they needed to get the paperwork in line to have Britney airlifted quickly to Green Bay. The tumor was that bad. I found out afterwards that they did not expect her to survive the flight. Well she did, she showed them! They were shocked when she arrived at the hospital talking. That’s our girl–a fighter all the way.”
Soon, Britney was diagnosed with a Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM) tumor, the most aggressive malignant tumor found in humans. Specialists estimated that Britney would live for two weeks to six months. Becky began revising her vision of the future again, and this time she had to help Britney with her own revisions.
“How do you tell your 20 year old daughter who just graduated from college, just got engaged and was planning her wedding that she would not live that long?” asked Becky.
Britney and fiancé, Mark Mileski (2013 Amy Vivio Photography)
She continued, “Why were we chosen to carry such a load? We have worked very hard for everything we have, and yet again, another child was being ripped from our arms. There are no words,”
Following Britney’s diagnosis, Becky made a promise. Just like when she quit her job twenty years earlier to be home and care for Britney, she vowed never to leave her daughter’s side.
Becky and Britney (2012)
Britney was optimistic about beating cancer. She had plans to marry her fiancé, Mark and one day have her own family. Always an organized and reliable young woman, she loved her job as a legal secretary and asked her parents to stop into the law office where she worked to make sure everything was going smoothly, and to remind her boss that she would be back as soon as she beat her cancer.
Though angered and frightened by her diagnosis like any young woman would be, Britney committed to following recommendations for care, with hopes of overcoming her illness. She moved into treatment with grace and honesty. Becky recalls, “She did not care about what people thought about the fact that she lost her beautiful long hair. We bought a lot of hats but she preferred to go hatless. What a girl.”
Siblings Amanda, Britney, and Nicholas (2013)
Unfortunately, it wasn’t long before Britney’s condition worsened and discomfort and pain were part of her daily life. It became harder to focus on things she cared about. At one point, while flipping through a People magazine, she suddenly began to cry. When Becky asked what was wrong, Britney replied, “I don’t remember how to read anymore.”
Britney fought hard against cancer. She fought longer than the doctors expected she would – six months and eight days from the day of her diagnosis. On Christmas Eve of 2013, Britney left this earth and joined her little brother Michael in heaven.
Once again, Becky and her family faced grief and unanswerable questions. How can a couple lose two of their precious children? How does a parent go on after losing a child once, let alone a second time? How will Amanda and Nick cope with another loss?
“We still struggle every day as a family,” Becky says, a year after Britney’s death. “We still haven’t figured this whole thing out. Britney is gone. She is out of pain, but our hurt is still there. Our hurt will hurt forever.”
The Kleikamp Family Memorial (2014)
In the middle of pain and loss, Becky still finds room for deep gratitude. She’s thankful for friends, family, and community, the kindness of other human beings, the memories shared to encourage them in their time of mourning. She’s thankful for fundraisers and benefits to ease the financial burden of caring for someone with cancer.
Joe Pontbriand dedicated his race to Britney (Norway Speedway – June 2013)
Hundreds of people participated in a walk/run in support of Britney and the Kleikamp family (July 2013)
Dan Lindsley raced in memory of Britney (Norway Speedway 2014)
She says, “I cannot imagine the additional stress of worrying about losing my job, paying bills, who would be taking care of Britney or where she would be cared for. It’s the support of family and friends that carried us to where we are today and afforded me the opportunity to take care of my child.”
Becky feels gratitude for her in-home childcare and what it meant for her children’s early years. “Daycare is the BEST thing I have ever done, especially looking back now that we have lost both Britney and Michael. I have no regrets! I spent every possible moment with them that I could.”
When Britney was sick, there were occasions when Becky had to call the parents of the children she cared for and ask them to make other arrangements. She was touched by how loving and understanding they always were. Eventually, when it came time for Becky to focus all of her attention on Britney, Becky was worried about having to close the doors of the daycare, of what it would mean for the future. All of the families understood and encouraged her to take care of her daughter. After Britney’s death, when she decided to reopen, she wondered if any of her daycare kids would be back. Becky said, “What a blessing when I opened my doors again and all of my families returned.”
Today, the rhythms of life continue on at the Kleikamp house. Energy fills the house as daycare kids are dropped off in the early morning hours. Terry leaves for work and Nicholas heads off to school. Amanda comes and goes, juggling her time between NMU and her internship.
Becky bundles little ones and brings them out to play in the fresh snow. She rolls a giant snowball for the base of a snowman and gathers twigs for his arms. She smiles at the children running and shouting in her yard, singing songs and giggling from beneath snowy hats. Back inside, she hangs soggy snowpants and mittens to dry. The kids play in the living room while she fills cups and spreads jelly onto bread. They share a simple meal. After a story, the little ones go down for naps. Becky tidies the kitchen and organizes materials for crafts and games. When they wake, the fun and activity begins again.
Twenty-one years ago, Becky Kleikamp left her job to raise her firstborn daughter, Britney. She didn’t know then that her choice to open a daycare would prove to be one of the best decisions of her life — that she would be a mother not only to her own children, but to a community of children.
She didn’t realize that she would become a teacher of the most important lessons –
how to be silly,
how to be kind,
how to keep trying,
how to love,
how to get up again and again,
how to keep on giving, pouring out into the world, even when so much has been taken away.
In many ways, Becky is a mother and teacher to us all. Through her actions, she reminds us that loving people is the most important thing. With her example, she demonstrates that the noblest, most worthwhile endeavor of our lives is togetherness.
Mark, Britney, Terry, Amanda, Nick, Becky (2013)
Revisions are a part of life. No mother should have to lose two children, but Becky is comforted that Britney and Michael are together, loving and caring for each other. And Becky continues on. During this season of rebirth, offer up a thought or a prayer for this incredible woman and the love she continues to share despite the ache she continues to endure.
Becky and Terry with their girl – “Team Brit” forever
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Kristel Schultz says:
Beautifully written Stacy. God bless the Kleikamp family.
Yes, I know from the photographs Becky has shared that Michael was an absolutely beautiful little boy. Thank you for the compliment on the feature. It was so brave of Becky and Terry to allow me to share their hearts with the world. Writing their story touched me deeply and changed my perspective forever.
I am just catching up on your blogs, Stacy. I saw little Michael with his Mom and two sisters at McDonald’s and he was so adorable eating FF. I visited with Becky a little because she looked familiar, telling her how much I enjoyed watching Michael eating; he was making little sounds, etc. and was a beautiful little boy. It seemed at the time that I remembered Becky from H.S Again, Stacy, what a talented writer you are, and what a beautiful but heart breaking tribute to the Kleikamp family. I am trying to think of Becky’s maiden name, but can’t remember it. Can you send me a message and let me know what it is.
Charlene Harrison says:
Wow! What an amazing family and an incredibly strong woman! God Bless all of you!
Kelly Ryan says:
eberndt@uplogon.com says:
Thank you for this, Stacy.
Thank you, Erin. It was my honor.
Kelly Laurila says:
God Bless!! Prayers to all. What an amazing family!
What a testimony of love and courage! Prayers for your entire family.
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During is acceptance speech for the Outstanding Television Movie Emmy for Sherlock’s ‘The Abominable Bride’. Steven Moffat revealed that he’d never sell out to other channels like ‘Bake Off’...
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During is acceptance speech for the Outstanding Television Movie Emmy for Sherlock’s ‘The Abominable Bride’. Steven Moffat revealed that he’d never sell out to other channels like ‘Bake Off’ did.
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The acclaimed television writer and producer said that it should never be about the money.
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Moffat won Outstanding Television Movie at the Emmys for Sherlock’s ‘The Abominable Bride’, and in his acceptance speech delivered a zinger aimed at Bake Off.
“Thank you to the BBC, who we love above all bakery. British people will get that,” he said.
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Topic Business partner models
SubTopic Value-added resellers
Digital consultants
Value-added resellers
Peer group organization helps small VARs grow through best practices
Peer groups, such as those in the Heartland Technology Group (HTG) program, help small value-added resellers (VARs) learn and adopt best business practices as they grow, developing strong vendor relationships, better sales and customer support, and holding members accountable for fulfilling their business goals.
Neil Roiter, TechTarget
Small value-added resellers (VARs) need to learn to improve operational efficiency as they grow, especially in a down economy when there's no margin for error. If an engagement isn't managed correctly the first time, a business may not recover from the loss of time, effort and money.
So, where can VARs turn to learn best practices? Solution providers' peers are one such resource, and to that end, Heartland Technology Group (HTG) has built a model around such peers. It's worked to build groups of 12 non-competing VARs and systems integrators that help each other with best practices, lessons learned the hard way, and, if needed, some tough love.
Members meet in person a few times a year to exchange advice and best practices, but it's more than friendly chitchat: Participants are not only required to reveal sensitive information about their businesses, but they're also tasked with evaluating each other, and many firms don't make the cut.
However, participants say the VARs that stick to the program have a chance to improve every aspect of their business, from vendor partnerships to customer support to employee management.
Brad Schow, general manager of Compudyne Inc., a Northern Minnesota VAR, said when Compudyne signed up for the program it was undergoing a lot of changes and needed a lot more guidance on business structure, processes and best practices. His firm joined the third HTG peer group in 2006, and has since grown from 27 to 42 employees.
"HTG got us on board with a bunch of other companies running into the same issues and challenges," Schow said.
How HTG peer groups work
Peer groups like HTG's do require work. VARs can expect to come to each quarterly meeting prepared to present progress on business goals set out at the last session. The idea is to identify issues, solve them and move on. Rinse and repeat.
"We use the survivor model," said HTG CEO Arlin Sorensen (his own company, Heartland Technology Solutions, formed the first peer group with several other VARs in the post Y2K/dot-com bust of 2001. HTG is a separate LLC, operating on a non-profit basis.) "Each group polices itself," Sorensen said. Members are evaluated by their peers in areas such as attendance, preparation, participation and sharing, and those that don't meet the group's standards are no longer included. Sorensen said there's a 5% to 8% churn among members every quarter.
The 12 members of each group are from different regions. Groups previously met for two days in separate locations, but they now meet at a common venue each quarter, adding programs for VARs with common interests, regardless of the particular group they are in, and sharing information and ideas across groups. (The July meeting, a five-day event in Dallas, drew some 400 executives from member companies.)
VARs can apply for membership online. They are interviewed by phone and come to their first meeting as guests, but prepare for it as if they were veteran members. Group membership requires a unanimous vote. HTG forms new groups as they gain a sufficient number of new members. Members must be willing to divulge financial and other confidential business data, and have to sign non-compete agreements.
Each member must develop, present and stick to four plans: a business plan, a personal leadership plan, a life plan and a business disaster recovery plan. In effect, the group serves like a board of directors, evaluating progress and offering assistance when management runs into trouble.
"The group forces you to look at your goals, to set a business plan," said Jeff Howard, president of Arlington, Texas-based Networking Results (NetRes) Inc., a managed-services company that's grown from three to 25 people since he joined a HTG group in 2006. "I don't want my accountability partners to beat me up."
"It's easy to start believing some of your own rhetoric for why you don't get things done as owner," said Schow. But it's a different matter "when other people are looking at your business and wondering why you are stuck and why you are not growing."
How peer groups improve VAR business
This approach formalizes the ad hoc or casual peer group activity that small companies seek in conjunction with their activities in business and professional associations.
"When a group of business folks go to a conference, most will say their most productive time was spent networking at the bar," said Paul Myerson, senior channel analyst for Milford, Mass.-based Enterprise Strategy Group. "The goal of these peer groups is to bring this environment to small VARs servicing IT customers."
The peer groups can help small VARs improve their businesses in a number of areas, including:
Customer sales and service -- As VARs grow, their customer operations become more complex, both from a sales and service perspective.
"We already had great customer service," Howard said. "We learned how other companies scaled and got bigger without customer experience being hurt." For example, he learned that he needed to hire a dispatcher and have a help desk person who could answer fast, one-off questions.
Peer groups provide marketing assistance, help members with wording of materials and develop presentation templates and collateral for sales efforts. They also share best practices on tools such as professional services automation (PSA) software, which may be new to many growing VARs. Inside HTG, groups can tackle subjects like marketing and sales strategies, selling managed services, and sales staff management and compensation.
Finances -- HTG provides financial benchmarking. Each quarter members can compare their financial and operational results against their past performance, other members of their group and best-in-class companies in their business category. The reports are issued by management advisory firm Service Leadership Inc.
Members learn how to move to new financial models as their businesses grow. For example, Schow said, his company moved from a break/fix operation, in which it was easy to match revenue to technical employees to fixed service contracts, which require a new way of thinking about how efficiently employees are being utilized.
"We never had to put our business hats on before to think about those kinds of issues," he said.
NetRes' Howard said he has learned tactical finance, such as how successful VARs handle invoices or charge for hardware. Members help each other with operational matters, such as improving accounts receivable and cash flow.
High-level subjects include SWOT (strength, weakness, opportunities, threats) analysis, risk management and bidding strategies.
HR and administration -- Peer groups provide guidance on performance agreements with employees, setting clear expectations and helping them grow professionally. Everything from how to treat people to creating forms and processes around interviews and reviews is covered.
Vendor partnerships -- Small, immature VARs often have a lot to learn about how they and their vendor partners can help each other. HTG members talk about how they used to regard vendors as adversaries, someone to argue with over margins when they should be grateful that their products and services are being sold.
Their colleagues around the table set them straight: Vendors will help out their business partners if the same courtesy is returned to them. VARs should take time to learn and support their business goals and marketing strategies, and demonstrate that they can win customer confidence in implementing the vendors' products and services.
"You have to work to help vendors achieve their goals, and then you become relevant and important to them," Schow said.
Some vendor-related issues the peer groups tackle include optimizing professional services automation tools, vendor engagement and relationships or maximizing the value of the Microsoft Partner Program and improving distributor relationships. The peer groups may be investigating profitable new technologies, such as a general IT solutions provider looking to expand into new security offerings, or they may have taken care of firewalls and desktop antivirus, and perhaps that was once enough. But there are new opportunities, for example, in unified threat management, which has largely replaced simple firewalls in SMB environments. Customers who are facing PCI DSS requirements and are concerned about state data breach notification laws are suddenly concerned about encryption, Web security and application firewalls. What vendors offer the best programs? What do VARs need to ramp up to sell and support their products? What kind of service opportunities does the technology present?
A small VAR may want to know about cloud-based security, such as popular email security services. What's the profit and revenue model? How do I market the advantages to customers? Other group members, or a company from another group, may have experience in these areas or access to resources.
"We saw that other companies had real vendor relationships and were getting marketing money," Howard said. "We enhanced our vendor relationships, which, in turn, helped us get better margins."
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On the luxurious liner S.S. Sinnoh which is currently docked at Iron Island, Riley, Lucario, Eldritch and his crew have all gathered on the deck and are watching intently as the Egg begins to crack. In a flash of light, a baby Riolu makes it entry to the world, and everyone rejoices at its birth. Eldritch snivels that new births always remind him of the day that his son was born, and gets a nostalgic feeling as he recalls the sweet memories.
Then, taking a look at the two Cue Balls who are now tied up against a pole on the ship, Eldritch feels a surge of rage as he thinks of how these bastards nearly trampled this miraculous little life. He yells at the top of his voice, and demands to know who the mastermind behind their actions is, and what exactly the intentions of their ambush are.
Riley sighs that it will be a waste of time to ask actually, since he has tried many times already. The Cue Balls beg for everyone's trust, and cry that they really did it solely for the sake of money. They were promised tens of millions of dollars for causing a rampage on Iron Island, but they really have no idea about the true identity of the mysterious man who made them the offer.
Eldritch can see that the two burly guys are being sincere, and finds it odd that someone just decided to make trouble randomly. Riley agrees that he couldn't think of a good reason for anyone to attack this dried up iron mountain. However, as the hero who saved the day said, it is good enough that they have captured the foes and protected the Egg.
Eldritch realizes that Riley is referring to Dia, and wonders where the boy is, since he and his crew have come to pick him up from the island and back to Canalave. Riley motions towards the open area of Iron Island, and Eldritch sees that the boy is having fun with his three Pokemon and a wild Steelix.
Eldritch grins that Dia seems to have made friends with the Steelix, and wants to know if it is the same Steelix that he is thinking. Riley nods that it is no other than the boss of this iron mountain, and says it is feeling grateful after knowing that Dia has helped them ward off the invading enemies, which is why it is opening up its heart to the boy. Riley remarks that although Dia didn't exactly complete his training according to the original agenda, the fact that he has passed with flying colours is indisputable.
Riley gets back on the island and calls out to Dia, and compliments him for his hard work in the past four days. Not only has he and his team furthered strengthened their sturdy defense, but they have also equipped themselves with an extremely speedy attack. Having defeated the burly guys who intervened, even though the graduation test was altered at the end, Dia can nevertheless proudly claim his heroic accomplishment on Iron Island.
Dia voices his gratitude to Riley, but says he actually doesn't regard it as something too great. Riley wonders why, and Dia states that he was actually the target of the foe, making it logical for him to fight against them. Riley bolts with shock to hear Dia call himself the foe's target, and fails to understand why the Cue Balls would be after him.
The blue-suited man is about to ask how Dia came to the conclusion when he senses something. He quickly holds up his hand to feel for auras while Lucario and Riolu do the same with the appendages at the back of their heads. Almost immediately, Riley detects that something is spying on them high up in the skies, and Dia proceeds to climb on top of Steelix's head while ordering his Dia-special-mach-one-and-only Razor Leaf from Roo. The Torterra fires off the extremely speedy modified attack, and instantly knocks a hovering machine down from the skies.
Lucario picks Riolu up into its arms to evade the falling machine as it crashes to the ground, and Riley is impressed at Roo's accuracy in targeting a moving object in the air. He then picks up the machine, and sees that it is an intercom device that has a speaker and remote control camera. Dia remarks that he has seen the device before, which was used by the evil people to monitor battles from a distance. He believes that they are spying on him this time, and Riley wonders if it is what he meant by being the foe's target, which Dia replies with a nod.
Letting out a sigh, Riley realizes that as Byron expected, Dia's ability to see through things is higher than they thought. Moreover, the nature and schemes of the enemy whom Dia is going to challenge is on a much greater scale than he thought.
Just then, Dia gets wobbly with his feet, and begins to tumble off Steelix's head, much to everyone's bewilderment. The boy rolls down the long body of Steelix and off its tail, and crashes into a little cottage through its front door. Eldritch sweatdrops that it is the house where Byron stays during his training, and Riley hurriedly rushes in with the Pokemon to check on the boy.
Riley: Dia, are you alright?
Dia: Yes~ (gets into his One-Shot Gag pose) I'm perfectly okeeay~
Riley wonders what Dia is doing, and Dia sees that his One-Shot Gag has failed to crack the young man up. He then looks around to see that he has stumbled upon the house Byron told him about, and immediately spots the item on top of the television. When Byron sent him on board S.S. Sinnoh to train, he has warned him of the harshness he is going to face, and also told him of something that he has left atop the television at his alternate home, which he is free to take once he has obtained the passing certificate from his tutor. Dia remembers the Canalave Gymleader said the item will be useful while held by Shieldon, and happily hands Pooh the shiny little box, which Riley recognizes as a Metal Coat.
On top of the television, Dia also spots a photo frame, and sees that it contains a photo of Byron and Roark, the parent and child. He turns to take a look at Lucario with Riolu on its shoulder, also a parent and child, and begins to think of Pearl and his father, Platinum and Sir Berlitz, and lastly, himself and his own mother. Feeling moved by these many parent and child combinations, Pearl pats himself on the face, and is determined to safeguard them all. To do that, he must safeguard the future of Sinnoh.
Dia leaves Byron's house to return outdoors, and requests a little lift from Steelix again, who gladly agrees. The steel serpent straightens up its long body after Dia climbs on its head, and Dia tries to look for Lake Verity while he gazes out to the open seas. Riley wonders if he managed to spot it, and Dia grins that he couldn't, but he can see the future path that he must take.
Later, Eldritch announces the departure of S.S. Sinnoh, and together with Dia, bids adieu to Riley. Riley thanks Eldritch for taking care of Dia, and tells Dia that he will pray for his success in protecting Mesprit at Lake Verity. He adds that he likes the riceballs that Dia made very much, and looks forward to eating them again. Dia voices his gratitude to Riley, and Riolu happily waves goodbye to its rescuer.
As S.S. Sinnoh slowly gets out of sight, Riley turns his attention back to the broken intercom device that he is holding. According to Dia, this little machine belongs to the person who employed the two Cue Balls to ambush Iron Island. While people and Pokemon give off their unique aura, items emanate their own aura as well, and from this broken device, he can sense a pulse of malice, literally a dark pulse. Trying to envision the face of the culprit, Riley sees the silhouette of a cloaked man with turquoise green hair, who has the lower part of his face covered with a mask...
Meanwhile, on S.S. Sinnoh, Dia announces that lunch is ready, and the crew soon exclaim one by one at the boy's wonderful cooking. However, Eldritch begins to fume with fury, and hollers that their stored food which is supposed to be good for ten days has been eaten up in one single day...
(Original Japanese Jokes)
Dia's One-shot Gag again involves him placing one Pokeball on each eye, standing on one foot while the other is bent backwards, and his hands touching at the base of the palms in front of his chest with his fingers opened up to the sides. His line during this pose is again 'Nantomo arimashien', which means 'I'm perfectly okay' with an extended ending tone.
Thanks To Coronis For Writing this for us
382: VS Vespiquen & Mothim II
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Ex parte: Heirs Mondon (SCA No 30 of 2009) [2011] SCCA 2 (08 January 2011);
Aglae v Attorney-General (SCA NO: 35/10) [2011] SCCA 3 (02 March 2011);
Banane v Banane and Another (18 April 2011) (05 of 2011) [2011] SCCA 4 (17 April 2011);
Hetimier v Gandini (SCA No. 04 of 2011) [2011] SCCA 5 (17 April 2011);
Esparon v Republic (CR SCA No.29 of 2009) (29 of 2009) [2011] SCCA 9 (28 April 2011);
Philoe v Philo (SCA No. 26/2009) ([node:field-casenumber]) [2011] SCCA 6 (28 April 2011);
Scholes and Another v Republic (SCA No: 01 of 2010) (01 of 2010) [2011] SCCA 10 (28 April 2011);
Isaac v Quilindo (25 of 2009) [2011] SCCA 26 (29 April 2011);
Nanon v Thyroomooldy (41 of 2009) [2011] SCCA 7 (29 April 2011);
Public Utilities Corporation v Elisa (20 of 2009) [2011] SCCA 8 (29 April 2011);
Electoral Commissioner and Others v Dhanjee ;(20 May 2011) (SCA 16/2011 ) [2011] SCCA 11 (19 May 2011);
Dhanjee v Electoral Commissioner & Ors (SCA 16/2011) [2011] SCCA 12 (27 May 2011);
Electoral Commissioner and Others v Dhanjee (SCA 16/2011) [2011] SCCA 13 (20 June 2011);
Electoral Commissioner and Others v Dhanjee (SCA 16/2011) [2011] SCCA 24 (01 September 2011);
Ernesta v Laval (SCA No: 34 of 2009) [2011] SCCA 14 (01 September 2011);
Mancienne and Another v Ah-Time and Another (SCA 9 of 2009) [2011] SCCA 34 (01 September 2011);
Republic v Freminot and Another (SCA 13/14/15/16/17 of 2009 ) [2011] SCCA 16 (01 September 2011);
Republic v Hoareau (CR SCANo: 28/2010) [2011] SCCA 23 (01 September 2011);
Republic v Hoareau (CR SCA No: 13/2010 ) [2011] SCCA 21 (01 September 2011);
Republic v Hoareau (SCA 13/2010 ) [2011] SCCA 22 (01 September 2011);
Republic v Stephen (CR SCA No: 3/2010 ) [2011] SCCA 17 (01 September 2011);
Freminot & Ors v Republic (SCA No.13/14/15/16/17 of 2009 ) [2011] SCCA 15 (02 September 2011);
Gappy & Ors v Dhanjee (SCA NO 16 of 2011 ) [2011] SCCA 18 (02 September 2011);
Kilindo and Payet v R (SCA 11/12 of 2009 ) [2011] SCCA 19 (02 September 2011);
Kilindo and Payet v R (SCA 4/2010 ) [2011] SCCA 20 (02 September 2011);
Public Utilities Corporation v Elisa (20 of 2009) [2011] SCCA 36 (02 September 2011);
Barreau v R (CR SCA No: 7/2011) [2011] SCCA 27 (02 December 2011);
Bellard v R (21 of 2010) [2011] SCCA 37 (02 December 2011);
Government of Seychelles v Cupidon and Others (SCA 32 of 2010) [2011] SCCA 29 (08 December 2011);
Republic v Antat (CR SCA No: 23/2010) [2011] SCCA 31 (08 December 2011);
Republic v Stephen (CR SCA No: 3/2010) [2011] SCCA 32 (08 December 2011);
Financial Intelligence Unit v Mares Corp (SCA 48 of 2011) [2011] SCCA 33 (09 December 2011);
Poonoo v Attorney-General (SCA 38 of 2010) [2011] SCCA 30 (09 December 2011);
Popular Democratic Movement v Electoral Commission & Anor (SCA 16 of 2011) [2011] SCCA 25 (09 December 2011);
Rose v R (SCA 06/2011) [2011] SCCA 28 (09 December 2011);
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We stand on the shoulders of the women who came before us
They changed our lives, made a difference, paved the way for us.
Ruth Greening
Photo from Trove. 1911. Great suffragette demonstration in London : Mrs Andrew Fisher, Mrs McGowen and Miss Vida Goldstein from Australia, Geo. Rose
Recently three experiences made me do some soul searching:
I received an invitation to celebrate International Women’s Day;
A voter information letter arrived, sent out by the electoral commission; and,
I watched the movie “Suffragette” during a recent flight to Sydney.
They were all reminders of where women are placed in society today and made me appreciate our female ancestors. The culmination of these three points was watching “Suffragette” and I felt extremely thankful for the opportunity to freely attend and respond to items 1) and 2).
For me, it was a reminder that we still have a long way to go although we have achieved so much. “Parity” according to the Oxford dictionary means “the state or condition of being equal, especially as regards status or pay”.
Sacrifices made before us
It is easy to take things for granted. Many women locally and globally wouldn’t know the true definition of sacrifice and survival to achieve equality. But the women who went before us changed our lives, made a difference, paved the way for us.
In 1903 Emmeline Pankhurst founded the Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU) with her daughters Christabel and Sylvia. The WSPU adopted militant tactics and the groups formed were more generally known as the Suffragettes, who advocated the right to vote in public elections for women. Their motto “Deeds Not Words”. We should be forever indebted.
Their sacrifice: child bearing women transported to a sex-starved colony of men, as involuntary exiles, most of whom were exploited and suffered incomprehensible homesickness, in an alien land. And here we are today, say no more.
The sacrifice of our pioneering women
They fought for today’s standards, however tragically there are millions of women who remain in a semi- or non-recognition state of rights, battling for survival. More work to be done.
I try to visualise and feel what it must have been like. I believe today’s attitudes have stemmed from the influence of these women of the time, whether they were free women, wives of officials, de facto’s, prisoners, convicts or emancipists. We are a product of our ancestors.
I am pretty certain when we celebrate International Women’s Day (IWD) this year, we all have a story we can talk about!
Luckily for some of my ancestors they came out to Australia from England looking for gold.
In my blog “Lest We Forget the Suffragettes” I mention the three best books that provide some insight to our Aussie pioneer women:
“Mary Reibey” by Kathleen J.Pullen – from convict to first lady of trade;
“The Floating Brothel” by Sian Rees – the extraordinary true story of a cargo of female convicts on an 18th century ship bound for Botany Bay;
“Australia’s Founding Mothers” by Helen Heney – shows the various roles and the significance of the part played by women in founding the colony at Sydney Cove and in bearing the first generations of Australian women.
Let’s celebrate this sacrifice
There is more than one celebration when women of the world gather to celebrate on 8th March 2016 for IWD.
It is true that it could mean different things for different people whether a celebration, reflection or an opportunity to promote an activity. However I support their objective as it is the perfect moment for gender-focused action.
Their motto (or should I say our motto) “Make a Pledge for Parity”.
The IWD website states it is “a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating gender parity”. There is an n interesting historical account of the IWD timeline journey on their site.
Photo from Trove:
1911. Great suffragette demonstration in London : Mrs Andrew Fisher, Mrs McGowen and Miss Vida Goldstein from Australia, Geo. Rose
On the birth of her two grandsons, Ruth Greening experienced an awakening in her life and entering Gen GP (Generation Grandparent) she was given the moniker Nanny Babe as her ‘grandmother’ title. She found things had changed since her child rearing days, and an adjustment to new parenting concepts was required. Hence the birth of the Nanny Babe blog from a baby boomers perspective.
Ruth holds a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology & Philosophy, completing this degree while working as a hairdresser and supporting her two children as a single mother. Ruth has worked in the corporate world for approximately thirty years and has recently retired to address her artistic passions.
She is experienced in senior management positions, marketing, modelling, commercials, film, community radio and writing.
Nanny Babe is active with her hobbies—fitness, writing, blogging, jewellery, crafts, singing, dancing, memoirs, mentoring and now faces diversity and self-discovery on her recent ‘retirement’ path. Connect with Nanny Babe on her blog – hit the link above!
nannybabegengp.blogspot.com.au/
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Marriott Is Buying Elegant Hotels in Barbados in Further All-Inclusive Push
Patrick Whyte, Skift
- Oct 18, 2019 7:00 am
Buying Elegant Hotels will add another seven Caribbean hotels to Marriott’s all-inclusive offering. It’s a sure sign that the company is taking this part of the market much more seriously in 2019.
— Patrick Whyte
Marriott International has agreed to a deal to buy Elegant Hotels for $130.1 million in a move that will see the company expand its all-inclusive offering in the Caribbean.
Elegant Hotels owns and operates seven hotels with 588 rooms and a beachfront restaurant on the island of Barbados.
“There is a strong and growing consumer demand for premium and luxury properties in the all-inclusive category,” Arne Sorenson, Marriott’s CEO, said. “The addition of the Elegant portfolio will help us further jumpstart our expansion in the all-inclusive space, while providing more choices on the breathtaking island of Barbados for our 133 million Marriott Bonvoy members.”
After completing the deal, Marriott is planning to renovate the hotels and rebrand them as all-inclusives under one of its brands. In keeping with its asset-light strategy it will also sell them off while keeping hold of the management contracts.
Simon Sherwood, non-executive chairman of Elegant Hotels, said the deal represented “compelling value” for the company’s shareholders.
“The fact that Elegant Hotels has attracted the interest of a company of Marriott’s calibre is a resounding endorsement of the outstanding quality of our properties, operations and people, and indeed of Barbados as a highly desirable destination. We are therefore unanimously recommending the offer to our shareholders,” he said.
The offer values Elegant Hotels at around $199 million based on its total net debt of $68.9 million.
Having lagged behind some of its rivals in its all-inclusive offering, Marriott has been playing catch-up in 2019. In August the company announced plans to spend $800 million building two new resorts, one each in the Dominican Republic and Mexico.
One of the big benefits of going deeper into all-inclusives is their attractiveness to loyalty club members. Marriott has spent the last few months shouting about its Bonvoy brand, and is clearly focussing a lot of its attention on making it more appealing.
Adding Elegant Hotels to its portfolio should help but might it want to go further? Bloomberg reported in September that Sandals Resorts, perhaps the biggest name in Caribbean all-inclusive resorts, had restarted its sales process. It would be considerably more expensive — around $4.5 billion — than the $130 million paid for Elegant Hotels but with 24 properties across the region, would give it a substantially bigger footprint.
Tags: all-inclusive, all-inclusive resorts, elegant hotels, marriott, marriott international
Photo Credit: Tamarind by Elegant Hotels. Marriott is buying the hotel company. Elegant Hotels
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Googa Facility Set To Expand
11 March 2018 Filed under Breaking News, Council, Front2, Latest News, School News Posted by Dafyd Martindale
A four week residential stay at the Googa Outdoor Education Facility helps Year 10 Lutheran students develop an appreciation of the Aussie bush lifestyle (Photo: Grace Lutheran Primary School)
The Googa Outdoor Education Facility at 571 Nukku Road, Googa Creek has been given approval to expand by Toowoomba Regional Council.
The approval, which was given last week, will see a number of new buildings, a multi-purpose hall, dormitories, amenities, staff accommodation, a chapel and other sheds placed on the site.
The majority of the new buildings are being relocated from the now-closed Concordia Lutheran College outdoor facility near Chinchilla, according to documents lodged with the Council.
The Googa facility is jointly owned and run by the Good Shepherd Lutheran College, Noosa, Grace Lutheran Primary School at Clontarf and Grace Lutheran College at Rothwell.
It is expected the new facility will also cater for students from Concordia Lutheran College, as well as other Lutheran schools around the state.
Googa offers Year 10 students a four week outdoor education program where they are removed from the distractions of modern life and get a taste of hands-on farm living.
It has laying hens along with cattle and sheep; an avocado plantation; a vegetable garden; and an accredited dairy.
The centre is a former Blackbutt Range forestry camp and is located nine kilometres west of Blackbutt.
It has a lease over six hectares of land adjacent to a further 120 hectares owned and managed by Googa.
The centre also has access to large areas of State Forests and private land for hiking and camping.
The facility currently has six dormitories consisting of three cabins with a kitchen and a cookhouse in each.
Each cabin sleeps four, accommodating a total of twelve per dormitory.
Other facilities currently on the property include a high ropes course, a pamper pole, a dingaling, a multi-purpose hall and maintenance workshops.
Plans for the facility's expansion submitted to Toowoomba Regional Council by Elia Architecture
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hinaco – Kaerimichi Diary June 20, 2011
Filed under: hinaco — solarblade @ 7:57 pm
Kaerimichi Diary
Nakigao Smile (unplugged)
Kaerimichi Diary (instrumental)
Ameagari (instrumental)
1. Kaerimichi Diary
I really liked the fairytale kind of feel I got from the opening of the A-side here for sure. Once hinaco comes in singing, it becomes a lot stronger of a mid-tempo ballad and her voice really sounds radiant in this song so it works for me. I think it might be a song I’d stick to listening for a while.
2. Ameagari
For the B-side, Ameagari instantly reminded me of “Nakigao Smile” for sure since it’s laidback and relaxing of a song but is somewhat edgy (different kind of edgy). It’s interesting of a song and hinaco’s deeper vocals fit perfectly well in this song. OH yeah, it sounds like American pop/rock music so it’s different to my ears but it’s so gooood.
3. Nakigao Smile (unplugged)
Rounding out the tracks is an unplugged version of her debut A-side. The only thing in arrangement alongside hinaco is just a piano playing the melody. It’s a nice extra song, but I think I would’ve rather had a planetarium version of “Kaerimichi Diary”.
hinaco really took her time releasing her 3rd single after “101 Nengo”. Kaerimichi Diary is quite good almost to the point where it is her best A-side released yet. As for Ameagari, it’s just as good too if not even better than the damn A-side. I think the only thing that brought down the single was the unplugged take of Nakigao Smile since it took out a lot of what I liked bout the original. Best single yet!!!
hinaco – 101 Nengo August 6, 2010
101 Nengo
Boku no Hanashi, Kiitekureru?
101 Nengo (planetarium version)
1. 101 Nengo
I see how hinaco makes her songs as strong as they can be. 101 Nengo is more of an upbeat song than her debut A-side, “Nakigao Smile”. It’s good to hear her vocals are also straightforward so they sounds relatively good. She should keep this kind of sound going and it does slighlty remind me of “Mangetsu Kirari” but this has a more rockish style to it. I like this song quite a bit.
2. Boku no Hanashi, Kiitekureru?
I guess hinaco decided to keep this light rock sound going for the B-side as well. I really love the fact that all her songs so far had this rather outer space kind of feeling going on (makes me thing her first full album will be set like this). It is a ballad for all purposes but it’s not in the same league as “Nakigao Smile” since this still has guitar and the such. That being said, it isn’t as flowing like her first A-side, but it’s nice otherwise.
3. 101 Nengo (planetarium version)
Just like the last single, it comes with a planetarium version of the A-side which is essentially a piano version of the A-side without vocals. I wonder if hinaco is playing the piano or what, but it’s nice but remember the song is upbeat and the transition to a slower ballad-like take is a bit strange but really pretty otherwise.
If hinaco keeps this up, I think she’ll have a pretty good debut album on her hands. 101 Nengo might be the opposite mood swing to “Nakigao Smile” but for the most part 101 Nengo is a much better A-side, but Boku no Hanashi, Kiitekureru? is not as good of a ballad as “Nakigao Smile”. Still a pretty good single otherwise.
hinaco – Nakigao Smile June 3, 2010
Nakigao Smile
Mangetsu Kirari
Nakigao Smile (planetarium ver.)
1. Nakigao Smile
I don’t know about you but hinaco’s vocals remind me of Chihiro Onitsuka’s vocals for some reason. She’s got that same throaty sound as her but under a more simplified arrangement. I actually thought I was listening to a Disney song at first before the chorus comes in that reminds me of well more girl-fronted acoustic ballads. Might not be the best ballad of the year, but it’s kind of good and her vocals is one that’ll take a little time to get used to.
2. Mangetsu Kirari
I was honestly not expecting something like this for a debut. Mangetsu Kirari is definitely different from “Nakigao Smile” in the way that there’s a lot more synths involved in the arrangement and I ended up liking that a bit. The chorus did take a pop/rock sound but keeping the rather interesting synth melody for the ride. I actually that there was more effort in this track than her A-side! Nice!
3. Nakigao Smile (planetarium ver.)
Basically, this is a piano instrumental with Nakigao Smile’s arrangement. While I was surprised hinaco’s vocals weren’t present for this version, I thought it was a pretty way to end the single. It’s also a little shorter than the original cut so that’s worth noting as well.
I can see hinaco getting some big songs in the future, her voice is actually quite nice, but it’s when she goes for those lower tones that things get a little sketchy. Nakigao Smile is a bit plain ballad-wise but its B-side is definitely worth a listen. Let’s see what she does next!
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Sri Lanka: Controversy mires NPC decision to defer transfers of Kurunegala top cops
04/08/2019 by Sri Lanka Brief
(4 August, 2019)
The National Police Commission (NPC) decision to prevent the transfer of two senior cops in Kurunegala over their involvement in framing a Muslim doctor in a pseudo illegal sterilisation scare has raised serious questions about its alleged role in the communally charged controversy.
The NPC stopped the transfers despite therecommendation for Kurunegala DIG Kithsiri Jayalath to Trincomalee and SP Mahinda Dissanayake to Kattankudy, Batticaloa, being accompanied by a two page justification for their removal by Acting IGP Chandana Wickremaratne.
In his note to the Police Commission dated July 27 and seen by Sunday Observer, the Acting IGP explained that allowing
DIG Jayalath to remain in Kurunegala would obstruct ongoing investigations in the Dr Shafi Shihabdeen case. The Acting IGP’s note added that CID investigations had revealed that DIG Jayalath had told the Divaina journalist that a special police team was conducting investigations to take a Muslim doctor linked to the National Thowheed Jamaath who was alleged to have made 4000 Sinhalese mothers infertile.
On May 23, the Divaina newspaper published a lead story the headline that “A Thowheed Jamaath doctor has rendered 4000 Sinhala mothers infertile”.
The sensational report sent shockwaves across the country and paved the way for Dr Shafi’s arrest two days later. After the Muslim doctor working at the Kurunegala Teaching Hospital was arrested, DIG Jayalath invited women with complaints of being sterilised without their consent to come forward against Dr Shafi.
The IGP’s letter to the Commission stated that based on a report by the Senior DIG of the CID, DIG Jayalath and SP Dissanayake continuing in their present stations would be inimical to the conduct of investigations in the alleged sterilisation case.
However, in a stunning move, the NPC has refused to transfer the DIG in spite of the IGP’s damning report on his activities in the Kurunegala region. The NPC has also turned down the recommended transfer of the Kurunegala SP Mahinda Dissanayake.
The Sunday Observer can now reveal that this is not the first time the conduct of the NPC has been brought into question over its handling of the Kurunegala sterilisation controversy. Two weeks ago, the Police Commission wrote to Acting IGP Wickremaratne based on a complaint the Commission received, instructing him to remove the Dr Shafi probe from the CID’s purview and appoint an independent body to investigate the allegations. The NPC directed the IGP to allow the Special Investigations Unit to supervise the CID investigation into the sterilisation scare.
Documentation seen by the Sunday Observer revealed that the Police Commission issued directives to the IGP about the CID investigation on the very same day it received the complaint. The complaint dated July 5, 2019 was made by a lawyer named Indirasiri Senaratne from Marawila. Employing extraordinary haste, the very same day – July 5, 2019 – the Police Commission directed the IGP to have the SIU investigate the CID’s investigation and submit a report to the NPC as soon as possible. The SIU investigation into the CID was ordered before the NPC saw fit to call for and study the 210 page B report submitted to the Kurunegala Magistrate’s Court by the CID on June 27 to report on the investigation.
IGP Wickremaratne turned down the Commission’s request in his reply issued several days later.
Ironically, NPC Secretary Nishantha Weerasinghe told the media that the Commission had temporarily withheld the transfers of the Kurunegala DIG and the SP since it had not had “time to study the matter”. Weerasinghe added that the Commission believed the immediate transfer could lead to “more communal tensions” in the area.
The Kurunegala sterilisation scare has brought to light an astounding degree of collusion between multiple institutions of the state and professional bodies.
During their investigations, the CID found evidence of falsified and backdated police complaints. Investigators informed court that the Director of the Kurunegala Hospital, one of the sterilisation drama’s main protagonists, has repeatedly attempted to mislead court and the CID. The Director of the Hospital has also been accused of hindering the probe. Furthermore, at least four complaints have been forwarded to the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) – including one from the CID itself, through the IGP – about the conduct of the Kurunegala Magistrate Sampath Hewawasam.
CID Director SSP Shani Abeysekera told the Parliamentary Select Committee probing the Easter attacks that the Magistrate’s wife works as an anaesthetist at the Kurunegala Teaching Hospital where the scandal erupted.
If the CID investigations continue to be obstructed by the Kurunegala DIG and SP with the tacit support of the Police Commission, sleuths may be left with little choice but to cut short investigations against them and produce them for offences under the ICCPR Act, according to highly placed police sources.
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Awakening Part 2
“One time the Mounties were playing hockey and one broke a bone and we were like, ‘Glad you’re not American, eh?’”
“And a rather terrible stereotype…” Samuel’s mind raced. He’d known Thaddeus for years. “a useless anecdote… Several accents in the space of a few lines. Oh, no… he’s—the author—he’s a hack—and he’s editing…”
Samuel felt the tomb falling down around him. The ancient stone and inscription melted into an alien planet with bright purple walls and a set of shimmering characters projected in a beam of light. Samuel’s lungs burned, and he struggled for breath until his archeology clothes turned into a spacesuit. Samuel knew Thaddeus or rather “Thad” had tripped as before but this time over the alien device that the beam of light now emanated from.
Years of ancient languages and archeological study blinked out of Sam’s mind, replaced by Star Academy and cadet pranks. “He’s editing my backstory,” Sam thought. The image of his lawyer wife, Denise, and their two adopted chidlren melted into a young, blonde woman, Becky, whom he’d just met but fallen madly in love with. She was beautiful, coquettish, and well endowed. That was the extent of ‘Becky,’ a cardboard cutout of a real woman.
Sam looked over at Thad. His glasses and bookish looks had been consumed by rippling muscles and a chiseled jaw. The academic intelligence in his eyes dulled to a fool’s sheen.
“This author sucks,” Sam said, “What a sellout!”
And then Sam disappeared.
Captain Thad Righteous, Commander of the Intergalactic Star Brigade stood triumphantly in front of a pile of sparkling jewels. Becky swooned at his side.
“Oh, Thad!” she gushed. “I can’t believe you’ve beaten all of your foes and found the lost treasure of Arbenshoobenstuben! You’re my hero!”
“All in a day’s work for Captain,” he paused for dramatic effect, “Thad Righteous!”
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Figure skaters devote time to the ice rink
Athletes balance competition with enjoyment
Stuart Monicatti
Junior Sarah Green does a camel spin during practice Nov. 2 The spin requires a fair amount of lower body strength.
When junior Sarah Green figure skates, she feels as though she has gained a special superpower after years of practice.
“(Figure skating) kind of feels like you are flying, gliding down the rink going really fast,” Green said. “It feels very cold.”
According to Green, she has been skating for six years and practices five to six hours every week.
“I have been skating since I was 10. My mom was a figure skater and she coached at the rink, so I was just put into it,” Green said. “I figure skate at Parade Ice Garden in Minneapolis, and I skate three times a week.”
Green said she focuses on local competitions and has a special method for preparing herself prior to her performance in a competition.
“I haven’t done any major national competitions, but I have won awards for the smaller competitions that I have done,” Green said. “Usually before I go on the ice to do my program, I go off by myself and stretch and get in my mind that I am about to compete. Then, I talk to my coach for a little bit, so she pumps me up.”
According to senior Kirby Goodman, she began figure skating because it is a typical sport in Minnesota.
“I started to learn to skate in those classe
s that everyone does when I was 4 or 5,” Goodman said. “I think my parents put me in classes just because it is what everyone does in Minnesota, and I really liked it so then I started (skating) more.”
Goodman said skating helps alleviate the stress in her life.
“I skate six days a week at Parade Ice Garden in Minneapolis,” Goodman said. “Skating is a good stress reliever for me. It is fun and exciting to get to show what you do.”
Sophomore Sidney Hosfield said she enjoys skating and takes lessons in her free time but does not intend on competing.
“I have been skating for about 10 years. I skate at the Minnetonka Ice Arena at least once a week, sometimes more,” Hosfield said. “There is a figure skating club there but I’m not in it. I don’t think I’ll ever compete, but I want to skate as long as possible.”
Goodman said she has competed for most of her figure skating career and as a result, has won several
awards, including making the top ten skaters of her age group at the Upper Great Lakes Regional Championships.
“I have been skating competitively since I was 8 or 9,” Goodman said. “I got a medal at state once, and I have been in the top ten at regionals, which includes nine states.”
According to Goodman, she desires to carry on figure skating throughout college, however, she said it may not be an option, depending on which school she selects.
“I hope I will keep skating. A lot of colleges have collegiate skating programs,” Goodman said. “Not a lot of the colleges that I want to go to would have it, but there are some that do and if I do end up going there, I definitely will participate.”
According to Hosfield, when she skates she keeps one goal in mind and it motivates her to improve.
“My goal is to pass the Freestyle 6 level by the time I graduate high school,” Hosfield said. “Figure skatin
g requires lots of repetition and the ‘keep trying’ attitude.”
Green said she receives encouragement from loved ones and said later, she wants to spend time figure skating for satisfaction, rather than competition.
“My parents are really supportive and so are my friends,” Green said. “I see myself skating after college but not competitively. I think that it is going to be skating just for fun.”
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Ewald signs letter of intent to West Texas A&M
Volleyball athlete to play at Division II level
When senior Taylor Ewald signed her letter of intent to West Texas A&M University, she felt joyful and accomplished.
Ewald said she strived to reach her goal of playing volleyball in college, but she did not acknowledge the possibility until her experience at the West Texas A&M summer camp.
“(Playing volleyball in college) has been my dream since I was little, but until a year ago, I never thought it would really happen,” Ewald said. “I have worked so hard for it.”
Ewald said volleyball remains important to her.
“(I’ve been playing) since fourth grade,” Ewald said. “I am a setter. It’s the person that touches the ball second, so it is the overhead motion.”
According to varsity volleyball head coach Whitney Meierotto-Simon, Ewald increased her accuracy by adapting to different players on her team.
“The setting position is an extremely challenging position to play on the court, as you are dealing with all of the different hitters, with each hitter wanting a set to a different spot or height,” Meierotto-Simon said. “Taylor really stepped up to that challenge this season and put our hitters in good position to get kills.”
According to Ewald, she had contacted multiple schools and was able to narrow it down to West Texas A&M.
“I had about 30 schools contact me, not to play for them, but to talk and communicate. I got down to three of them that I was really interested in and it was Stevens Point in Wisconsin, Truman State in Missouri and then Texas,” Ewald said.
According to Meierotto-Simon, her experience committing to the University of Minnesota Duluth allowed her to advise Ewald in her commitment decision.
“I am always here for my players,” Meierotto-Simon said. “I encouraged Taylor to keep an open mind and told her that she deserves to check out multiple different programs to find out what volleyball program she would like to be apart of but more importantly where she wanted to go to school for the next four years.”
Meierotto-Simon said she urged Ewald to take happiness into account.
“I wanted her to know that as an athlete being recruited, she holds the power and should take her time in making this really big decision. It is most important for her to be happy,” Meierotto-Simon said. “Ultimately she made a great decision and I was really here to simply support her.”
Ewald said she plays volleyball all year and said she created relationships with her coaches over the years.
“I have had three different coaches since I have been (at the high school), but right now it is Whitney Meierotto-Simon,” Ewald said. “I play for the high school during the fall, in the summer I am doing a bunch of training, and then in the winter I play for an Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) team.”
Meierotto-Simon said Ewald possesses traits that contribute to her success.
“Taylor is physically gifted when it comes to volleyball, but more importantly her heart and passion for the game is what makes her excel as a player on the court,” Meierotto-Simon said. “We come across so many players who are physically gifted but lack the heart and passion. A player like Taylor has all of those qualities which is exactly why she is going to continue her volleyball career playing at a Division II school.”
Ewald said her time in Texas during the summer contributed to her decision.
“I chose West Texas A&M because I have a really good relationship with the coaching staff and all of the girls. When I went down there for camp, they were all super nice,” Ewald said. “(The coaches) knew that I was far from home, so they made a really great place for me.”
Meierotto-Simon said Ewald’s biggest challenge displays her faith in the team’s ability to thrive.
“She had a really hard time dropping close matches or losing to teams that we know we could have beat,” Meierotto-Simon said. “I think this is a great quality that every coach wants to see in their athletes. Taylor always believed that our team could compete at the highest level, every single night.”
Ewald said the character and knowledge of the coaches at West Texas A&M also contributed to her commitment.
“The (West Texas A&M) coaches are all super nice and they are all really educated about volleyball,” Ewald said. “They all are really caring about the girls that aren’t from Texas and are away from home.”
According to Ewald, her most influential coach was Marc Nelson.
“(Marc Nelson) was my coach my 11’s and 12’s year and then my freshman year in high school. He just made sure I never gave up on my dreams,” Ewald said. “He always made sure I was working hard and always gave me the opportunities I needed.”
Ewald said her friends and family support her in her decision to play volleyball in college.
“My friends and family are all super excited for me,” Ewald said. “My parents are kind of sad that I am going far away, but they are excited to come down and visit.”
Meierotto-Simon said Ewald led the volleyball team throughout her high school career.
“Over the past two years, Taylor has really stepped into a leadership role for her teammates,” Meierotto Simon said. “She is very vocal and knows when she needs to bring the team together to get back on track.”
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How Databases Are Used in E-Business
by Ian Linton
An e-business database gives you detailed insight into your customers' preferences.
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1 Importance of Inventory Databases for Retail
2 How Will E-Business Affect a Marketing Plan?
3 What is the Benefit to a Dual Presence of E-commerce and a Brick and Mortar Store?
4 Differences Between B2C & B2B in Business Systems
Databases are integral to the success of an e-business. They enable you to store, analyze and manage essential information about your products, your sales and your customers so you can quickly and easily respond to changing market conditions. You can also share information in the database with suppliers and logistics partners to improve the efficiency of your e-business operations.
You can use your e-business database to hold and update information on your products, including detailed product descriptions and specifications, product reference numbers, prices, promotional offers and availability. You also can include details of the supplier for each product that you stock. By updating the information in the database, rather than changing and publishing individual website pages, you can save time and ensure your website always shows visitors the latest information.
The database should hold information on your customers, including their full names and contact details. For business customers, include the type and size of business and their industry sector. For consumers, add any personal information that would be relevant to their buying potential, such as age range, income, demographic details and interests. In certain countries, data protection legislation applies to personal information that organizations hold on a database, so ensure you comply if you sell in export markets.
The basic customer information is important for administration of your e-business. By recording information on customers’ product searches, information requests and purchases, you can also build a detailed picture of individual customers’ product preferences, purchasing history and future buying potential.
The detailed customer profiles enable you to make personalized offers to customers based on their preferences. If your website sells sportswear, for example, you could create promotional campaigns targeted at all female customers in your database who play golf and prefer a specific brand. You can also use the database to customize prices for your larger business customers. When a customer selects a product and requests a price, the database returns the price or discount you have set for that company.
You can assess the effectiveness of your marketing campaigns and product offers by analyzing the transaction information in your database and producing reports. Compare sales before and after the campaign to identify the most successful campaigns. By analyzing trends in sales of different products in your portfolio, you can make changes to prices, product mix or stock levels.
With the right level of security in place, you can give customers, suppliers and logistics partners access to certain areas of your database. Customers, for example, can check on their order history and delivery status of outstanding orders. By giving suppliers access to stock levels, you can help them to plan their own production schedules more efficiently. Logistics partners can check on current orders so they can plan their delivery schedules.
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Based in the United Kingdom, Ian Linton has been a professional writer since 1990. His articles on marketing, technology and distance running have appeared in magazines such as “Marketing” and “Runner's World.” Linton has also authored more than 20 published books and is a copywriter for global companies. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in history and economics from Bristol University.
Linton, Ian. "How Databases Are Used in E-Business." Small Business - Chron.com, http://smallbusiness.chron.com/databases-used-ebusiness-39586.html. Accessed 17 January 2020.
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Petition: Stand with Yuli！Fight against abusive detainment！
Petition: Stand with Yuli！Fight against abusive detainment！
She is banging her head against the hard cold wall with her flesh and blood, what should we do to not let her down out in the cold?
Statement of the rally in support of the deported Indonesian writer, Yuli
Detained indefinitely without a crime, abused in detention and then deported “on her own agreement”, this is what happened to our friend, Yuli. In Hong Kong, millions participated in the anti-extradition (a.k.a. fight for democracy) movement, and many were much more involved than Yuli. But why Yuli? She is just writing about the movement, to bring the facts and development to her fellow Indonesians. Why should she be doomed into such calamity?
With the Indonesian Consulate repeatedly warning the Indonesian Migrant Workers not to be nosy about the anti-extradition movement, Yuli clearly knew that the movement is a sensitive issue. But still, she took the dangers upon her own shoulders. Now that we, Hongkongers, learnt of such an aspect of the movement, shall we try to understand more about the root causes of Yuli’s calamity, and to rethink the relationship between “us” and “them”? So that we will not lether down and left out in the cold?
When the story of Yuli came to light, people were upset and angry, and tended to understand her as being one of the victims of the government’s crackdown on the movement. Being friends of Yuli, we are grateful for your support. However, while Yuli is banging her head against the hard cold wall, the bloodstain of hers on the wall exposed that the ELAB movement was only the fuse that sparked off the bomb.
After Yuli was arrested, her friend, a fellow migrant, S remarked heartbreakingly, “Being domestic workers in Hong Kong, are we not allowed to support democracy?” S was not merely talking nonsense: fears and struggle were clearly shown on her face.
There are two main reasons that trapped her in such a dire strait: the unlimited power of the Immigration Department, and the underprivileged situation of foreign domestic workers in our system. If we truly care about our sister Yuli, we cannot circumvent these two big problems.
Immigration Department: Unlimited power, the horrible CIC detention centre as worse as San Uk Ling
Unlimited power – even not challengeable by judicial review
By the end of November, it was the insistence of the Immigration Office (IO) to issue a deportation order to Yuli that eventually forced her to forgo her resistance. As adviced by her lawyer, even if Yuli takesit up through legal action by submitting a judicial review of the deportation order, the possibility of winning the case is very low, as the power of the Immigration is almost unchallengeable.
Even if the decision of the Immigration is unreasonable, it can still be executed. For the 29 days’ detained at the Castle Peak Bay Immigration Center (CIC), a detention centre, the lawyer and employer of Yuli had tried every method to apply for a Recognizance for Yuli, in order to secure her release from the CIC. The reason that Immigration Office gave for the detention of Yuli was that Yuli had neither relatives nor residence in Hong Kong. But the fact was, the employer had repeatedly stated to the IO that she wills the employment of Yuli, and would provide for the residence and daily necessities of Yuli during the period when her Visa is being processed. Thus, the reason that IO detained Yuli was ungrounded. But no matter how much the employer and the lawyer tried and fought for Yuli, the IO had never given any reasonable response, and kept detaining Yuli indefinitely.
CIC detention centre – as horrible as San Uk Ling
When we visited Yuli, she looked devastated. With the dark circles around her eyes beingeven bigger than her eyes, she was talking with us through the glass panel while trying hard to hold back her tears. The CIC detention centre is used for detention of adults who have breached the “Immigration Ordinance” or who are awaiting repatriation. But the charges against Yuli were dropped and she was released in the court of law on 4 November.
Yuli told us that she had been experiencing daily abusive treatment, which included abuses targeting female. And despite the cold weatherweather, the detainees can only shower with cold water. Even if you catch a cold and got sick, vomiting all the time, the IO would only provide you with a single pill a day, and Yuli did not even know what kind of medicine it was. The freedom of the detainees in CIC were also very much limited. In the prisons of the Hong Kong Correctional Services, prisoners could listen to the news on the radio. But in the CIC detention centre, Yuli could only watch TV broadcast without sound and with the news programmes cut. They were not allowed to take a breath of fresh air in the outdoor compound. They could even be punished just by playing around a little bit with paper tissues. Yuli said, she saw that some of the people inside were becoming disoriented and showed signs of losing their mind.
It is important to point out again and again that Yuli was released and set free by the court of law. What on earth could allow such abuses against an innocent person?
The underprivileged foreign domestic workers: Three key points that made it impossible for them to enjoy their political freedom
When the abuse of Erwiana came to light in 2014, the then Secretary for Labour and Welfare Bureau, Matthew Cheung Kin Chung avowed loud and clear that foreign domestic workers enjoy the same rights just like ordinary people in Hong Kong. He claimed that they would also be protected by the Employment Ordinance. However, the limitations that the foreign domestic workers are facing in Hong Kong have made them into second-class citizens. The freedom of speech and participation in politics that we all treasured are a luxury to them.
Here, let’s take note of these keywords: “breach of the conditions of stay”, “two-weeks rule” and “rights for the application for permanent residence”.
“Breach of the Conditions of Stay”
Some might blame it on the foreign domestic workers that they only think and care about making money in Hong Kong, and do not care about the society. Actually, caring about or participating in the Hong Kong society could become the reason for them to bei prosecuted. Foreign domestic workers are forbidden to perform any work other than those listed in the Employment Contract, be it paid or unpaid. Even if you have only performed unpaid voluntary work, the Immigration can sue you for breach of the conditions of stay, if they want to pick on you. The consequences will be: getting fined, imprisoned, or losing the possibility to work in Hong Kong forever. How are you going to explain all that to your family far back in Indonesia who are waiting for your remittance to put food on the table?
“Two-weeks rule”
Upon the termination of the employment contract, foreign domestic workers will only have two weeks to look for another employer. Or else, they will have to depart Hong Kong when the two-weeks limit is up. Foreigners in other types of work, for example, professors and professionals, do not have such restrictions. With such restrictions in place, it is not easy for foreign domestic workers to go against the will or disobey their employers. It is difficult for them to leave the job even if they are abused, let alone talking about their views on the society or politics.
“Rights for the application for permanent residence”
Foreign domestic workers do not enjoy the rights for the application for permanent residence, even if they have worked in Hong Kong for ten, twenty years or more, the answer is still “No!”. Notice that they are not only banned from having the rights of permanent residence: they are even not allowed for its application. This means that all these restrictions that made them into second-class citizens will be with them forever.
When we blame foreign domestic workers for not participating in the Hong Kong social affairs, have we ever thought about the limitations that they are facing? And have we ever thought thateven if they have not been participating in politics directly, they have actually always been contributing to our society? In the picket action in front of the IO on Monday, a brother in blackbloc and full gear pointed out in his speech that when they went back home after participating in the Sundays’ anti-extrabition actions washed with fatigue and teargas, it was the caring service of the foreign domestic workers that rejuvenated them and allowed them to move forward.
Being oppressed and suffered body and soul, Yuli was determined to struggle and resist duringthe detention for 29 days. With a resolute will , she fought for the justice that should belong to her and all foreign domestic workers. She exposed the huge and complicated problems. It is just like the anti-extradition movement, in which Hongkongers had not accepted fate as it is and stood firm to resist, and exposed the hidden dirt and lies of the government departments. We hope that what Yuli have given for the cause would inspire a broaderimagination and understanding of “community” among the people in resistance: Who are our sisters and brothers after all? What problems and issues do we want to solve in our society?
Finally, below are our demands to the government:
1. The Immigration Office must respond immediately: Why had Yulibeen subject to detention and deportation without being convicted by the court of law?
2. The Immigration must address and improve the horrible treatments in the detention centres.
3. The government must stop all oppression on the people in resistance.
4. The government must respect the freedom of participation in politics by foreign domestic workers, including the freedom of speech and political participation.
This Statement is initiated by: Yuli Support Group – formed by friends of Yuli in Hong Kong, including organizations and individuals
Petition link:
https://tinyurl.com/srb46vb
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Coalition for the fight against hate speech and hate crimes: Homophobia and transphobia have no limits – yesterday Zagreb, today Sarajevo
On 13 February a few activists for human rights of LGBTI persons gathered in front of the Croatian Embassy in Sarajevo with the intention to express support for persons injured in the homophobic and transphobic attack in the Zagreb club Super Super.
Wishing to emphasize the risk of hate crimes towards LGBTI persons, the activists carried banners saying „Today Zagreb, tomorrow Sarajevo. Stop violence“!
The veracity of this warning showed 24 hours later when, on 14 February, the activists of the Association for Social Research and Communications (UDIK) were attacked, near the BiH Parliamentary Assembly building. The attackers, by passing insults and threats to the activists and throwing stones at them, announced very clearly the homophobic character of the attack, and, as expected, there lacked any reaction from the citizens who were on the scene.
The Coalition for the fight against hate speech and hate crimes strongly condemns the homophobic attack on UDIK activists, and warns that the practice of not processing the attacks on LGBTI persons, activists that we witness since 2008 until this day is a shame for the BiH institutions, and should be stopped. We ask the police and judiciary of Canton Sarajevo to, in an adequate and timely manner, react, investigate and process this hate crime, threats and attacks on LGBTI activists that have already been reported during 2015 and 2016, and, before that, the attack on Merlinka Festival in 2014.
We ask the institutions that deal with protection of human rights and from the representatives of the authorities in BiH to publically condemn every homophobic and transphobic attack, as well as take concrete measures to fight homophobic and transphobic violence.
The Coalition for the fight against hate speech and hate crimes and other civil society organisations will continue their work on the fight against violations of human rights of all citizens of BiH, on education of police officers and members of the judiciary, with the aim to investigate hate crimes with higher quality, as well as on monitoring and warning about defects in the work of relevant authorities.
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MONTREAL, Jan. 15, 2020 (Press Release) -FPInnovations is pleased to announce that its cellulose filament production technology will once again be brought to a commercial scale following Resolute Forest Products‘ announcement of a $27.7 million investment in its Kénogami plant in Quebec. This confirms FPInnovations’ ability to provide tangible support to companies that innovate with wood, which ultimately allows the forest sector to diversify its traditional and non-traditional products and markets.
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From Montenegro to Sicily in 23 Steps
Posted on November 18, 2016 by Jamie
It has been four months since Jenna and I last posted on this blog, and boy have we been busy. Please accept our profound apologies for our absence.
Since July, we spent six more weeks in Montenegro visiting with family, then moved the boat up to Venice, then visited the US to celebrate my daughter Sara’s wedding, then returned back to Venice for a few days, then traveled up to Munich for a week of Oktoberfest fun, then returned back to Venice and the surrounding countryside, and then proceeded to sail down the Italian Adriatic coast to our winter berth here in Sicily. At various points during our stay in Venice and during the first half of our Italian cruise southward, we hosted our friends Ian and Becky, our cousins Jasmin and Leone, Jenna’s parents Sarah and Terry, and our friends Jeff and Melody.
Sophie is currently docked in the Marina di Cala del Sole in Licata, Sicily, where we plan to stay for the next four or five months. We are surrounded by a cruising community who winter their boats here, including several boats with children, and we have already started to make new friends.
For this blog, I will walk you through the twenty-three steps we took to get from Montenegro to Sicily. I cover a lot of ground for one post, and I’ll leave it to Jenna to follow up and dazzle you with her wonderful photography posts in the coming months. Let’s go.
1. Kotor, Montenegro
We spent most of July and August anchored in front of my brother David and his wife Goga’s house in Kotorski Zaliv (Kotor Bay) at 42°27′.920N, 018°45′.729E. Most cruising boats that visit Kotor either dock or anchor at the southern part of the bay by the old town or up in the northeast part of the bay by the mussel farms. David and Goga’s house is on the water midway between these two points, and we could easily tie our dinghy right to their little stone pier when we went to shore. The anchor location didn’t have the best protection when a storm came through, but we would always stay on the boat during the couple of times when it started to blow. Our Rocna anchor took good care of us.
The cruising boats that anchored in town had better shelter during southerly winds, but the boom-boom music from Kotor’s nightlife could get pretty loud for cruisers trying to sleep at anchor there. We loved our anchor location and its easy access to family and the nearby community.
It will take a 10 page blog post just to cover everything we did in Montenegro. We rafted rivers, climbed mountains, swam every day and ate ćevapi at night. We celebrated David and Goga’s 20th wedding anniversary with friends at the little floating church where they were married. We headed into town (usually around 11:00 PM) to listen to music, experience the local art scene, and meet some of Goga’s endless supply of friends. We played cards and did pushups. The kiddies sailed Optimists at the local sailing school three times a week. When we left town to go on overnight road trips, we would dock the boat in the little Marina Mala Luka a couple of miles away at 42°26′.635N, 018°45′.218E. It’s a quiet marina on the west side of the bay that is run by a nice family. There is no diesel for sale in any of the marinas in Kotor Bay, so we once had to head around to Tivat, about 10 miles away, to fuel up. We also went on a little excursion to Budva and wound up grabbing a mooring in town there for one night.
Overall, our visit to Montenegro was one of the true highlights of our adventure cruise.
2. Ancona
But all good things must come to an end, and soon it became time for us to make the 240 mile overnight passage from Montenegro to Ancona, Italy. We actually left Montenegro a day earlier than planned due to a forecast for imminent bad weather with strong northerlies in the Adriatic. Our overnight passage was uneventful, although we felt bummed as we cruised up the Croatian coast knowing that we weren’t going to stop there in 2016. That’s what happens when you become slaves to a schedule. In Ancona, we stayed at Marina Dorica at 43°36′.618N, 013°28′.931E, a 1,000-boat, modern marina separated from the old town by an industrial park and the commercial harbor. At the marina, we side-tied to a floating finger dock (I am surprised by the number of floating docks we have encountered in Italy). The marina had 5 bars and restaurants plus a couple of small stores but no real grocery store. On our first night there, a thunderstorm with 40 knot winds came through and caused our gennaker to partially unfurl and ultimately tear along the leach. Jenna and I wrangled it down with the help of a neighbor in the pouring rain and high winds at 2am. On the plus side, we were so glad we had decided to leave Montenegro a day early, because we avoided encountering that storm at sea. The marina in Ancona is a 35 minute walk from town. Clearing customs and immigration in town was easy and professional, and we were their first US boat to clear there in a long time. We stayed in Ancona for several nights through the remaining bad weather and came to enjoy the Italian custom of passagio after riposo, where people parade their dogs in the main walking area downtown after they have completed their mid-day nap. We had no idea how much Italians loved their dogs!
3. Venice
The distance from Ancona to Venice is 120 miles, and given our narrow weather windows we decided to sail directly there on an overnight trip. I actually had to slow the boat down in order to enter Venice’s lagoon in daylight. We parked Sophie for over a month at the Marina di Lio Grando at 45°27′.266N, 012°26′.021E. It’s on the northeast side of the lagoon next to the Punta Sabbioni ferry terminal, a little over 3.5 miles across the water from the center of Venice. What a great and quiet little spot! It’s a small, family-run marina with a population of wild bunny rabbits roaming around. The staff tied us between two piers so that we didn’t rub against pilings when the occasional strong surge came through. Supermarkets, wine stores, bike shops, bars, and restaurants were all an easy bike ride a way. It took 10 minutes to walk to the ferry terminal for a vaporetto (local ferry boat) into Venice. The marina gave us a very good monthly rate. We even bought the kids new folding bikes after we discovered some end-of-summer specials at the local bike store. Happy Birthday Leo, and Merry Christmas Hazel!
4. United States
We left Venice to travel back to the United States and participate in my daughter Sara’s wedding with the love of her life, Julie. It was a perfect wedding on a farm in New York’s Hudson River valley. We visited with friends and family all along the East Coast, including Jenna’s sisters in Pennsylvania. We caught a Boston Red Sox game and even made a side trip to Connecticut to meet the crew of Totem after becoming their friends on the Internet after they left Seattle 8 years ago. It was a great visit home.
5. Back in Venice
After the US, we returned to Venice for a couple of days. Our main focus was restarting Sophie School. We also deployed our vinyl aft cockpit enclosure for the first time since we left San Diego four years ago. On the eve of Leo’s birthday, we decorated his new bike for him in the aft cockpit, turned its flashing lights on, and then sent him out three times to fetch something. He walked right past the bike without noticing it until we finally burst out singing “Happy Birthday” and pointed it out to him. We haven’t laughed that hard in a long time.
6. Bayern
After a few post-wedding days in Venice, we packed up and took the train to Munich to celebrate Oktoberfest and Leo’s birthday with various Sophie Adventure Cruises alumni from Seattle including the Fells, the Batterberrys, the Campbell-Hoppers, the Rieblings, and the Barretts. We also had the chance to meet with many of our wonderful Utzschneider and Stephan relatives from across southern Germany. As a change of pace from Munich, we all traveled up to Rödental to spend a weekend with my brother Rich (veteran of Sophie’s Pacific crossing and the Maldives leg) and his wife Sigi. We attended a local music festival there, and had ridiculously good fun.
7. Back in Venice Again
After Munich, we took the train back to Venice accompanied by Ian and Becky (who were making their fourth visit to Sophie.) We moved the boat from Marina di Lio Grando to Marina Sant’Elena (45°25′.537N, 012°22′.020E.) The marina is located directly in Venice and has the best free streaming wifi we have encountered on our entire trip. Sant’Elena was more expensive than Lio Grando, but we now had the opportunity to walk directly into town. The marina is in a quiet residential neighborhood by the naval college, with a park and multiple neighborhood bars and stores nearby. After a few days we were joined by my cousin Jasmin and her daughter Leonie and then by Jenna’s parents Sarah and Terry, who were making their first visit to us since we left the US. At one point we had ten people sleeping on the boat. It was fun and crowded, and our guests all had a great time exploring Venice. It also just so happened that Sara and Julie showed up in Venice for their honeymoon, so we had the opportunity to bask in the glow of the happy newlyweds.
8. Austria and Slovenia
After Jasmin, Leonie, Ian, and Becky left, Jenna’s parents organized a road trip for all of us to explore northern Italy, Austria, and Slovenia for a few days. Terry served in the US Air Force, and was stationed in Italy for three years in the 1970s. When Jenna was a toddler, they lived in a small town called Sedrano, about 90 minutes north of Venice. Unfortunately, I had to drop out and remain behind on Sophie, nursing a nasty chest cold, after pushing myself too far over the previous few weeks. Jenna, her parents, and the kiddies had a fabulous road trip visiting their old neighborhood, exploring the Alps, and visiting long time friends Werner and Heidi in Austria.
9. Ravenna
After the crew returned from the Austria trip, we decided to depart Venice for Ravenna with Jenna’s parents still on board. As soon as we had the mainsail up outside of the lagoon, a northerly wind gusted at 45 knots, accompanied by a nasty and sloppy sea. Jenna and I dropped the main and rolled out a scrap of jib, and we made the 60 mile downwind run to Ravenna in reasonable comfort and in good time. Jenna’s parents definitely got a taste for rough-water sailing, and they handled it like pros. We stayed at the Marina di Ravenna (44°29′.341N, 012°17′.450E), which is protected by a big double breakwater and was quite comfortable. The marina is located next to a tourist beach area that was mostly shut down for the winter (the first of many such marinas we would encounter on our trip south.) The actual city of Ravenna is a UNESCO World Heritage site and was located 5 miles away, but there was a convenient bus into town. Jenna and her parents enjoyed touring the local churches and museums. While in Ravenna, our friends Jeff and Melody joined us and we were back to being a completely full and happy boat.
10. Rimini and San Marino
Our next stop was Rimini, just 28 miles south of Ravenna. It seems that the farther south we headed, the more fish and white wine started to appear on local restaurant menus. That’s a good thing. We stayed at the Marina di Rimini (44°04′.555N, 012°34′.363E), which was located right in town. I really enjoyed this stop, with a pretty town and a nearby park with good bike riding. The main street had a Hadrian’s arch on one end and a 2000 year-old Roman bridge on the other. Most importantly, during our stay here we took a bus to the country of San Marino, a postcard-perfect mountaintop castle city-state that is a separate country from Italy. On the day of our visit, the town was hosting a Prosecco conference and a swing-dance celebration with a live big band in the outdoor courtyard in front of the city hall. It was an awesome and unforgettable experience. We had so much fun together, but Jenna’s parents’ trip quickly came to an end and they left us in Rimini. It was a great visit and we look forward to the next time they join us on Sophie.
11. Ancona
With Jeff and Melody still on board, we returned to Ancona and berthed at the same dock as our previous visit. What a difference two months can make! All of the stores and restaurants in the marina were shut down for the winter. We would encounter this phenomenon several more times during our southing. We only stayed for one night and then kept on moving.
12. San Benedetto Del Tronto
After Ancona, we made a very civilized 45 mile run down to San Benedetto del Tronto, another tourist town that was shut down for the winter, and stayed in the town marina (42°57′.357N, 013°53′.300E). We connected with Gina, a local who lives onboard her sailboat in the marina and friend of our fellow South Pacific traveler Tom Van Dyke. We enjoyed Gina’s hospitality and she even brought the kids early Halloween treats! There was some nice flat bike riding in town, especially along the mole where they have some very interesting statues. Jeff and Melody brought their bikes along, so we made up quite the peleton of folding bikes exploring the area. One night in the marina there was a marine weather forecasting seminar that was conducted entirely in Italian. I think I understood the entre talk. Isobars are isobars regardless of the language.
13. Termoli
Our subsequent plan was to make another civilized 45 mile run to the port of Ortona, but when we arrived there in mid-afternoon, the marina appeared to be full of boats and empty of people. No one there was answering the phone or the radio. We now know that when cruising this part of the world, you need to make formal marina reservations in advance, even (or especially) in the off-season. Also, there is little to no anchoring on Italy’s east coast, so we called the marina in Termoli, got a commitment from someone there on the phone, and decided to go another 35 miles at a very high speed. We arrived there after dark and stern tied at 42°00′.170N, 015°00′.070E. We stayed two nights. There was a pretty old town with small houses painted in bright pastels, a nice beach front promenade for bike riding, and a main town with a public square and interesting shops. At the risk of repeating myself, it was another great visit.
14. Vieste
Vieste is located on the spur of Italy’s boot, and it felt weird to be sailing Sophie for 50 miles on a due easterly course of 90° to get there from Termoli. It almost felt like we were sailing back to Seattle. It was worth the trip, because Vieste is a beautiful city with stunning cliffs and a very old-school Italian feel. We docked in the marina at 41°53′.292N, 016°10.073E. Vieste’s old town reminded me of Rhodos in Greece, with narrow crooked cobblestone streets and little shops. It also had some great restaurants serving excellent seafood, and we celebrated Jeff and Melody’s last night at a fabulous Italian restaurant before they took their leave of Sophie. We stayed one more night and befriended a nice family that runs the restaurant in the local yacht club. Their daughter came to the boat and played with Hazel, and afterwards they gave us some fresh seafood and we made delicious fish soup. They have an open invitation to visit us in sunny Sicily whenever they would like.
15. Manfredonia
After Vieste, we sailed 24 miles due west along the southern coast of Italy’s spur to the town of Manfredonia. Once again, we arrived at a small marina, in this case the Marina Cala delle Sirene, to find it full of boats and empty of people. When I had called the marina in advance, the man who answered the phone said “Send Email, Send Email.” We assumed that meant they had room. It didn’t. Also the marina had no sailboats, which was a good indication that it was too shallow for Sophie. We were a little bummed at the idea of driving another 35 miles and docking after dark, but then Jenna noticed on Google Maps that there was something that looked like a huge marina just a few miles away. Sure enough, the Marina Del Gargano (41°37′.016N, 015°54′.775E) was right on the other side of town. It was three years old and had capacity for ~1000 boats. They weren’t listed in either our 2015 Adriatic Pilot or Navionics, but they had plenty of space for us. It was a nice marina, but was mostly shut down for the winter. We rode our bikes into town, toured a downtown park built around some Norman castles, and ate dinner on board.
16. Bisceglie
After one night in Manfredonia, we covered 35 miles and stayed in Bisceglie, a nice little harbor (41°14′.821N, 016°30′.655E) just up the coast from Bari. It provided good shelter from some bad weather. There also seemed to be no tourism here; we felt like we were heading deeper into “real” Italy. The Norman fort that dominated the harbor had been converted to apartment buildings in the last century, and the town plaza was located behind that. It was too hilly for biking, but I was able to get an excellent haircut and triple shave in a small barbershop. We also had lunch one day in the old town in a vaulted restaurant called Antico Granaio. They didn’t appear to have menus, and the waiter came out and said in Italian that he could bring us appetizers, primis, and secondis. He did so! Again, we feasted on delicious local food and incredible dolci. At this point on our trip, 80% of the menu items in restaurants were seafood. The southing continued.
17. Polignano a Mare
We chose to bypass Bari and stay at either Polignano or Monopoli for our next stop. Our pilot indicated that Polignano looked like another small fishing harbor shut down for the winter, but Jenna found a website showing that there was a new marina there, so we gave it a shot. What a great choice! It was 35 miles from Bisceglie, and Polignano was our favorite stop on the entire Italian Adriatic coast. The Cala Ponte marina was located at 41°00′.372N, 017°12′.334E. Like most of the big marinas here, the stores and restaurant were shut down for the winter, and the harbor was a bit rolly in the heavy winds. But Polignano town was spectacular! It was a mile from the marina, and we could ride our bikes there on a dedicated bike path. The town was perched on cliffs on either side of an old river ravine, and the old town was walled off from cars in a way that reminded us of Kotor. We found a small “foodie” restaurant called Osteria dei Mulini that was written up in the New York Times, and it was really really good. We sat out a storm with 40 knots northerlies here and enjoyed watching the surf crash against the cliffs at the base of the town.
While at the marina, we rented a car for the day and did some local sightseeing. Our first stop was Alberobello to check out the Trulli, traditional stone huts with conical roofs. They look like little hobbit houses! We then had lunch at Martina Franca, a hilltop city with a lovely cathedral and central courtyard. After that we checked out the Roman ruins at Egnazia, a former port city on the road between Rome and Brindisi. There’s an extension to the Appian Way here, and you can still see the chariot ruts in a section of the preserved stone road. Finally, we swung by Monopoli to check out the harbor, and this made us even happier about our choice to stay in Polignano. The harbor in Monopoli had a big roll and little space for cruising yachts.
18. Brindisi
After Polignano, we made a 42 mile run to Brindisi, the historic naval port on Italy’s southeast coast. We stayed at the Brindisi Marina (40°39′.927N, 018°00′.124E), yet another 1,000 boat marina that was mostly shut down for the winter. The marina is located across from the Aragon castle and was well-protected. It was near dark when we arrived, and we decided to make the 30 minute walk past the naval base to a little residential neighborhood with some cafes and pizzerias. We were hoping to find some Champions League football on a TV somewhere and got lucky to find Braceria La VacaLoca, a restaurant that served either paninis, or grilled meat covered in rocket, cherry tomatoes, and shaved parmesan. They also served fresh, homemade potato chips. I could eat here every day for the rest of my life. During our walk we got a view of the old town on the other side of the harbor, but given the threat of bad weather approaching, we decided to leave the next morning. It would have been nice to stay here longer.
19. Santa Foca di Melendugno
After Brindisi, we headed south for another 34 miles to Santa Foca and stayed at the Porto Turistico di San Foca. (40°39′.927N, 018°00′.124E.) The marina was sheltered, but the summer tourist town was almost deserted. We were able to go for a bike ride on the promenades north and south of town and buy some groceries in a local store, but that was about it.
20. Leuca
From Foca we headed another 34 civilized miles to Santa Maria di Leuca, the southernmost tip of the heel on Italy’s “boot” and the place where the Adriatic meets the Ionian sea. We stayed at the Porto Turistico di Leuca (39°47′.730N, 018°24’341 E). The harbor had a massive breakwater over 20 feet high and was dominated by a lighthouse, a Catholic shrine, and the terminus of a major aqueduct built by Mussolini. We went for a nice bike ride, ate lunch at Café Do Mar, and took some sunset photos from the top of the hill.
21. Riposto
After Leuca, Jenna and I had a bit of a trip planning dilemma. We had to cross the Gulf of Taranto to get to Cambria, the “ball and toe” of Italy’s boot. At a minimum, the trip would be 80 miles, and the closest harbors on the Cambrian side looked to be of the many boats, few people variety. We also were encountering increasingly stormy weather with limited windows where we could move. So we decided to bypass Cambria, make a 200 mile overnight dash, and head straight for Riposto on Sicily’s east coast. It was a good call. We left Leuca a little before sunrise and enjoyed a calm crossing across the Gulf of Taranto. We sailed for the first half of the day, motorsailed the second half of the day, and motored through the night after the wind shifted around to the southwest. The kiddies did Sophie School and I caught a tuna. Jenna and I split the night shift, and I prepared myself for our winter destination by watching Goodfellas and The Godfather. We averaged a nice and fuel efficient 6.5-7 knots. On our second day, Jenna spotted a small sea turtle tangled up in fishing line and a plastic tarpaulin. Jenna boathooked the plastic with turtle up to our transom and I was able to cut it free with a rigging knife. That was one happy turtle swimming away from us! Riposto is at the foot of Mount Etna, and we were able to tie up at the pier at Porto dell’Etna (37°43′.885N, 015°12′.477E.) The marina was half-full (not half-empty!), and most of the tourist businesses in town were shut down. The main walking area was on the waterfront, where there were five fishmongers in a row along the waterfront park. We had lunch (fish) at Trattoria Marricriu one day and then Jenna indulged me and we all went out for pizza and European football at a genuine Murphy’s Pub!
22. Marzamemi
Our weather windows in Riposto were becoming increasingly rare, and we thought we had a shot to head south after a couple of days there. We left at sunrise, and after ten miles encountered a strong wind wall coming off the back side of Etna. The wind went from 5 knots to 30 knots in a matter of several hundred meters. It was actually forecast on PredictWind, but we thought it would turn out to be a small patch that we could easily power through. Wrong! After slamming for a while, we turned around and headed back to Riposto. There is no need to pound if you are not on a schedule and the weather forecast is meant to clear up the following day. So we tried again the next day, leaving at 4:00 AM to try to make the 65 miles to Marzamemi on Sicily’s southeastern tip and had an easy trip. The small harbor there is managed by three yacht clubs, and we were able to reserve one of the last remaining berths in town from Marina Sporting (36°44′.032N, 015°07′.354E.) The father and son who ran the marina were very nice, and they had excellent free wifi that we used to watch the US election results and then a LOT of Netflix. The town of Marzamemi was pretty much shut down for the winter, although it looked like a fun place to visit in the summer. I was able to ride my bike a couple of miles up the hill to the town of Pachino to load up on groceries. We stayed here on the boat for four nights in high winds, watching the surf crash outside the breakwater and waiting for the weather to change.
23. Licata
We thought we would be stuck in Marzamemi for a week or potentially longer, but last Friday a short weather window opened up and we left Marzamemi to make the 80 mile run to our winter destination of Licata. We had a 5 to 15 knot headwind the entire way, but the seas calmed down along the way. We ran the engines @ 2900 RPMs because the wind was forecast to pick up to 20 knots by late afternoon and also because the kids were incredibly excited to meet the other boat kids waiting in Licata. It was an uneventful trip, and the kids were able to do schoolwork and clean up their cabins in anticipation of play dates. We arrived at the Marina Di Cala Del Sole, Sophie’s home birth for the next 5 months. Our port engine actually ran out of fuel while we were idling outside the marina, but we were able to easily move fuel over from the starboard tank in less than a minute. (We’ve done this once before when we were much younger.) There is a community of 50 cruising boats wintering here, and the three other families with kids (All Together, No Plans Just Options and Ferdinand) greeted us from the quay and helped us stern tie. It’s a quiet, very sheltered marina, and Sophie is 75 feet from a café/bar and 400 feet from a small mall with the best grocery store we’ve seen since Israel. Since we’ve arrived we’ve already attended two cruiser happy hours (stayed up too late for the first one) and the weekly Sunday pot luck barbecue (ate too much cannoli.) The kiddies LOVE having new friends, and we are already making plans for our community Thanksgiving and Christmas celebrations.
People here are stunned when they realize we started the year in Thailand. Since then we’ve pushed really hard at times as we traveled across the Maldives, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Cyprus, Turkey, Greece, Montenegro, Italy, Germany, The USA, Austria, and then back down Italy to Sicily. It feels really good to finally be home for a while.
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9 Cars from Film You Wish You Could Drive
26th April 2017 / in Cars / by Neil Carruthers
With our latest partnership with a provider of car finance, we thought it would be a good idea to have a look back at iconic cars from film and TV. Cars that you wish you could drive into the future, have a high-speed chase through the streets or even skip school with . Read on for our 9 cars from movies you wish you could drive.
DeLorean – Back to the Future
The sci-fi classic gave us one of the most legendary cars, that made the Delorean receive a massive cult following. With its futuristic looks, flux capacitor and in built time circuits – the DMC-12 could travel to any time in history or future. Obviously these “add-ons” weren’t available in real-life which is possibly why the DeLorean flopped on the market in the 1980s.
“when this baby hits 88mph, you’re going to see some serious sh…”
Aston Martin DB5 – James Bond Goldfinger
The iconic Aston Martin from 1964’s Goldfinger. Fully equipped with an array of gadgets like machine guns, a revolving front number plate and a bullet-proof shield; it isn’t surprising the car left such a huge impression.
“Ejector seat, you’re joking?”
Batmobile – Batman
With so many different versions of the Batmobile to choose from, we’ve gone way back and selected the 1966 TV Batmobile. Originally based on the 1955 Lincoln Futura concept car, it’s metalwork was modified for the TV show.
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K.I.T.T – Knight Rider
The setup of this car may have seen ridiculous at the time. It was fitted with computer AI, the ability to drive itself, communicate with the driver – with the way technology is going just now, we may all have something similar in the not too distant future.
1959 Cadillac Ecto-1 Van – Ghostbusters
The vehicle of choice In the 1984 film “Ghostbusters, was the 1959 Cadillac Ecto-1. The Ghostbusters drove around the streets of New York fighting supernatural in this van.
“Everybody can relax, I found the car. Needs some suspension work and shocks. Brakes, brake pads, lining, steering box, transmission, rear-end.”
1961 Ferrari 250 GT California – Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
Some might say, the best cast member of Ferris Bueller’s Day Off never said a word, had four wheels and met an untimely demise at the bottom of a ravine.
Cameron: “The 1961 Ferrari 250 GT California, less than 100 were made. My father spent 3 years restoring this car. It is his love, it is his passion…”
Ferris: “It is his fault he didn’t lock the garage.”
1968 Ford Mustang GT 390 – Bullitt
This Mustang features in arguably the best ever car chase. Steve McQueen drives this beauty through the streets of San Francisco, tailing a 1968 Dodge Charger.
Recently, the original car was found in a Mexican scrapyard.
Eleanor – Gone in 60 Seconds
Yep, another Mustang. But a rarity in its own right, just 300 GT500 Shelby Cobras were ever built. Named Eleanor, as female names were assigned to all the cars in the movie to hide their identities from the police.
“Drycoff: Who’s Eleanor?
Det. Roland Castlebeck: It’s a damn car. And don’t ever talk about my wife.”
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Commenting on the partnership, Shawn said, “We are excited to establish this groundbreaking partnership between Skymind and Huawei. The combined expertise and technical capabilities of the two companies will provide a strong foundation to position Southeast Asia as an AI innovation hub. These are also exciting times for Skymind as we continue our international expansion plan. We are developing a strong foothold in the region and this agreement is an important step for us as we further establish our presence in Asia.” As part of the arrangement, both companies will set up a joint working group to develop smart city innovations by providing strategic and technical expertise. The collaboration will begin in Indonesia and the three states in Malaysia- Penang, Kedah and Johor. Lim Chee Siong, Vice President of Huawei Cloud South Pacific Region said, “HUAWEI CLOUD provides a powerful computing platform and easy-to-use development platform to support Huawei's full-stack, all-scenario AI strategy. Through this partnership, we envision Huawei Cloud and AI as the platform enabler in nurturing local AI Developer ecosystem and foster collaboration with developers, partners, universities, and research institutions, with the ultimate goal of making AI more inclusive. In addition to this, Huawei Cloud and AI, coupled with 5G technology, will enable a future of ubiquitous computing and intelligence to deliver the best digital experience in this growing digital sphere ahead of the inevitability of today’s digital wave to realize Digital Malaysia”.
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Home » Health and medicine » Intrexon To Achieve $175M Cash Goal, Appoints Helen Sabzevari, PhD, As New President And CEO And Will Change Name To Precigen To Reflect Healthcare Focus
Intrexon To Achieve $175M Cash Goal, Appoints Helen Sabzevari, PhD, As New President And CEO And Will Change Name To Precigen To Reflect Healthcare Focus
–Concurrent asset and stock sales reduce Intrexon non-healthcare expenditure and provide funding for the trajectory of Intrexon’s transformational healthcare businesses as the new Precigen–
GERMANTOWN, Md., Jan. 2, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Intrexon Corporation (NASDAQ: XON), a leader in the engineering and industrialization of biology to improve the quality of life and health of the planet, announced today that it will refocus the company on healthcare, change its name to Precigen, Inc. and, effective immediately, has appointed Helen Sabzevari, PhD, as President and CEO. The new Precigen will encompass Intrexon’s wholly-owned healthcare subsidiaries Precigen, ActoBio Therapeutics, Exemplar Genetics, and its majority ownership interest in Triple-Gene, as well as equity and royalty interests in therapeutics and therapeutic platforms from companies not controlled by Intrexon. Randal J. Kirk has been appointed Executive Chairman. Additionally, Intrexon has executed binding agreements to sell its smaller non-healthcare businesses for $65.2M plus certain contingent payment rights and entered into an agreement to sell $35M of its common stock. The proceeds from these transactions, combined with the company’s cash and short-term investments on hand at December 31, 2019, approximates $175 million thus attaining Intrexon’s year-end objective.
Intrexon Transition to Precigen and Appointment of Helen Sabzevari, PhD, as President and CEO
Robert Shapiro, lead independent board member of Intrexon commented, “Today’s announced actions mark important steps toward Intrexon becoming a dedicated healthcare company advancing technologies and products that address complex healthcare challenges. Thanks to RJ’s vision and Dr. Sabzevari’s strong execution and leadership, our healthcare business has made great progress and the board is confident of the company’s future prospects as a healthcare-focused company led by Helen, whom we have come to know as a highly strategic, driven and results-oriented leader. Simultaneously, following a thorough evaluation of strategic alternatives for our non-healthcare businesses, we have found excellent counterparties to take these businesses forward, thus providing a significant cash runway in line with our previously stated objective,” concluded Mr. Shapiro.
“It has been a great honor to serve as Intrexon’s CEO,” stated Mr. Kirk. “There never has been a more exciting time in healthcare, and I know that Dr. Sabzevari has the vision, drive and commitment to lead the new Precigen into the future to continue advancement of its robust pipeline. Moreover, with its additional support for its cash runway, its budgeted outlay significantly reduced and the present state of its clinical and preclinical pipeline, it is an appropriate time for the company to institute a leadership change, especially at this time in favor of Helen. Aside from being the finest drug developer I have met, Helen demonstrated to all of us her tremendous managerial and leadership skills. While I intend on staying close in my role as Executive Chairman, my confidence in Helen is enormous, and I believe that her leadership of the company will reward all of us who have contributed to and believed in Intrexon over the years.”
Dr. Sabzevari, who joined Intrexon in 2017 and has served as President of Precigen for the past two years, brings extensive expertise in the research and development of immunotherapies as well as experience translating novel treatments from preclinical stage into the clinic. Under Dr. Sabzevari’s leadership, the healthcare-focused organization will seek to improve patients’ lives with novel therapies that harness transformational approaches in gene and cell therapies, microbe-based biotherapeutics, and regenerative medicine.
“I am honored to work with our highly experienced board and talented healthcare teams to advance our portfolio of clinical and preclinical assets that we believe will deliver significantly better options to patients and solve unmet needs in healthcare,” said Dr. Sabzevari. “I would like to thank RJ for his leadership in assembling a world-class platform of innovative biotechnologies that has laid the foundation for a focused pipeline of precision medicines which I believe have a high probability of success. We look forward to building value for all of our stakeholders in the coming years as we bring life-changing medicines to patients.”
Two non-healthcare businesses will remain with the company: the industry-leading methane bioconversion business, MBP Titan LLC, and the established bovine genetics company, Trans Ova Genetics. The company will continue to evaluate strategic and operational options for these businesses.
Requisite actions to change the name of the company from Intrexon Corporation to Precigen, Inc. [and its stock symbol from ‘XON’ to ‘PGEN’] have begun.
Dr. Sabzevari will present at the 38th Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference on January 14, 2020 at 5:00 PM Pacific Time. A live webcast of the presentation will be available on Intrexon’s website in the Investors section at http://investors.dna.com/events or Precigen’s website in the Presentations section at https://precigen.com/media/#id-presentations.
Intrexon Sale of Certain Non-healthcare Assets
Intrexon has signed definitive agreements to sell certain of its other non-healthcare assets to Third Security, LLC, a venture capital firm that invests in high-growth technology-driven businesses and is led by Intrexon Executive Chairman, Randal J. Kirk, for $53M in cash plus the contingent right to receive certain additional amounts that Third Security may earn from these assets after closing. In addition, Third Security has agreed to purchase from the company $35M of shares of Intrexon’s common stock. Under the terms of the agreement, Third Security will purchase the Ag Biotech Division (AgBio), Intrexon Laboratories Hungary (ILH), Intrexon Produce Holdings, Inc. (owner of Okanagan Specialty Fruits), Intrexon UK Holdings, Inc. (owner of Oxitec, Ltd.), Intrexon’s nominal equity interests in Oragenics and Surterra, and the internet domain name DNA.com.
The transactions with Third Security are expected to close on January 31, 2020, pending the expiration of a go-shop period during which Intrexon will continue to market these assets to third parties. Intrexon has the ability to terminate the agreement with Third Security to accept a higher bid. A special committee composed of independent members of Intrexon’s Board of Directors, following a process over several months to consider various strategic alternatives for Intrexon’s non-core assets, and advised by independent financial and legal advisors, unanimously recommended to Intrexon’s Board the approval of the agreement.
Intrexon has entered into an agreement to sell its interest in EnviroFlight, LLC, to Darling Ingredients, Inc. for $12.2M in cash and expects to close the transaction on or about January 2, 2020. The sale of the businesses to Darling and Third Security is expected to significantly reduce the company’s original 2020 cash expenditures toward non-healthcare businesses. In addition, the Services Agreement between the company and Third Security, pursuant to which Third Security provided support services to Intrexon and its previous CEO, was not extended and was allowed to expire on January 1, 2020.
Third Security also will purchase from the company $35M of Intrexon common stock, priced at a 5-day volume-weighted average price for the five consecutive trading days beginning on the second business day after January 14, 2020. As noted previously, the sale of the businesses to Third Security is subject to a go-shop provision enabling the company to accept superior offers through the closing date. If Intrexon terminates the agreement with Third Security for the sale of the non-healthcare assets during the go-shop period in order to accept a higher bid, then Third Security will purchase a lower amount of Intrexon common stock equal to $88M less the cash portion of the purchase price to be paid by the higher bidder.
About Intrexon Corporation
Intrexon Corporation (NASDAQ: XON) is Powering the Bioindustrial Revolution with Better DNA® to create biologically-based products that improve the quality of life and the health of the planet through two operating units – Intrexon Health and Intrexon Bioengineering. Intrexon Health is focused on addressing unmet medical needs through a diverse spectrum of therapeutic modalities, including gene and cell therapies, microbial bioproduction, and regenerative medicine. Intrexon Bioengineering seeks to address global challenges across food, agriculture, environmental, energy, and industrial fields by advancing biologically engineered solutions to improve sustainability and efficiency. Our integrated technology suite provides industrial-scale design and development of complex biological systems delivering unprecedented control, quality, function, and performance of living cells. We call our synthetic biology approach Better DNA®, and we invite you to discover more at www.dna.com or follow us on Twitter at @Intrexon, on Facebook, and LinkedIn.
About Precigen : Advancing Medicine with Precision™
Precigen is a dedicated discovery and clinical stage biopharmaceutical company advancing the next generation of gene and cellular therapies using precision technology to target the most urgent and intractable diseases in immuno-oncology, autoimmune disorders, and infectious diseases. Precigen also follows the science opportunistically in pursuit of promising programs in emerging therapeutics. Our technologies enable us to find innovative solutions for affordable biotherapeutics in a controlled manner. Precigen operates as an innovation engine progressing a preclinical and clinical pipeline of well-differentiated unique therapies toward clinical proof-of-concept and commercialization. Precigen was founded as a wholly owned subsidiary of Intrexon Corporation (NASDAQ: XON) and leverages a diverse portfolio of technology platforms to advance human health. For more information about Precigen, visit www.precigen.com or follow us on Twitter @Precigen and LinkedIn.
About Third Security
Third Security, LLC (“Third Security”) is a venture capital firm characterized by an expanding global perspective and a distinctively patient approach. On behalf of its affiliated investment funds, Third Security evaluates opportunities in a wide range of industries but principally focuses on emerging through late-stage investments in life-sciences companies.
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Intrexon, Powering the Bio Industrial Revolution with Better DNA, and Better DNA are trademarks of Intrexon and/or its affiliates. Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners.
Some of the statements made in this press release are forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties and are made pursuant to the Safe Harbor Provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements made in this press release include, but are not limited to, statements regarding Intrexon’s cash position, the expected closing date of transactions with Third Security, the possible sale of assets to higher bidders during the go-shop period, Intrexon’s future as a stand-alone company, future clinical and pre-clinical development activities by Intrexon and its collaborators, Intrexon’s commercial and business development plans, the renaming of the company to Precigen, Inc. and future leadership. These forward-looking statements are based upon Intrexon’s current expectations and projections about future events and generally relate to Intrexon’s plans, objectives and expectations for the development of Intrexon’s business. Although management believes that the plans and objectives reflected in or suggested by these forward-looking statements are reasonable, all forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties and actual future results may be materially different from the plans, objectives, and expectations expressed in this press release. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, (i) the fulfillment of closing conditions, (ii) the distraction of management from business operations, (iii) the risks associated with separating businesses out from its ongoing operations, (iv) Intrexon’s strategy and overall approach to its business model, its efforts to realign its business, and its ability to exercise more control and ownership over the development process and commercialization path; (v) Intrexon’s ability to successfully enter new markets or develop additional products, including the expected timing and results of investigational studies and preclinical and clinical trials, whether with its collaborators or independently; (vi) Intrexon’s ability to successfully enter into optimal strategic relationships with its subsidiaries and operating companies that it may form in the future; (vii) Intrexon’s ability to hold or generate significant operating capital, including through partnering, asset sales and operating cost reductions; (viii) actual or anticipated variations in Intrexon’s operating results; (ix) actual or anticipated fluctuations in Intrexon’s competitors’ or its collaborators’ operating results or changes in their respective growth rates; (x) Intrexon’s cash position; (xi) market conditions in Intrexon’s industry; (xii) the volatility of Intrexon’s stock price; (xiii) Intrexon’s ability, and the ability of its collaborators, to protect Intrexon’s intellectual property and other proprietary rights and technologies; (xiv) Intrexon’s ability, and the ability of its collaborators, to adapt to changes in laws or regulations and policies; (xv) the outcomes of pending and future litigation; (xvi) the rate and degree of market acceptance of any products developed by Intrexon, its subsidiaries, collaborations or joint ventures; (xvii) Intrexon’s ability to retain and recruit key personnel; (xviii) Intrexon’s expectations related to the use of proceeds from its public offerings and other financing efforts; (xix) Intrexon’s estimates regarding expenses, future revenue, capital requirements and needs for additional financing; (xx) the successful development and funding of a stand-alone company for our Methane Bioconversion Platform; (xxi) the successful completion of certain anticipated transactions, and (xxii) the challenges inherent in leadership transitions. For a discussion of other risks and uncertainties, and other important factors, any of which could cause Intrexon’s actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements, see the section entitled “Risk Factors” in Intrexon’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018 and subsequent reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. All information in this presentation is as of the date of the release, and Intrexon undertakes no duty to update this information unless required by law.
For more information regarding Intrexon Corporation, contact:
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From most accounts, Beyonce’s set was a show-stopper. The ‘Deja Vu’ singer launched the US leg of ‘The Beyonce Experience’ world tour at the event; wowing the audience with performances of many of her big hits including ‘Baby Boy’ and ‘Get Me Bodied’. Chris Brown, Kelly Rowland and Ciara are said to have done great too.
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Yesterday, 07/07/07, was marked by the ‘Live Earth’ concert series. With an aim to raise awareness of global warming, concerts were held in eight cities around the world – Sydney, Tokyo, Johannesburg, Shanghai, London, Hamburg, New Jersey, Washington and Rio de Janeiro. A host of artists performed at the events, check out some of the performances:
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Alicia Keys – ‘If I Ain’t Got You’ (Live Earth New York)
John Legend – ‘Ordinary People’ (Live Earth London)
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Of all the performances, Alicia Keys was a standout for me – she did great. I thought John Legend did pretty well too.
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Kelly Rowland BET 106 & Park Interview
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Kelly Rowland stopped by BET’s 106 & Park on Friday to promote her new CD ‘Ms. Kelly’. The interview, recorded live in New Orleans, was pretty interesting. As well as her album, Kelly discussed her BET Awards performance and some of her embarrassing moments. Liking the little acapella version of ‘Like This’ she did at the end..the crowd was loving it. ‘Ms Kelly’ is out now.
What do you think of the interview?
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B5 ‘Hydrolic’ (ft. Bow Wow) Video
Following a breif hiatus, B5 are set to release their sophomore album ‘Don’t Talk Just Listen’ on September 18th – with ‘Hyrdolic’ serving as the lead single. The video for the song premiered on BET’s Access Granted earlier this week. Having heard (and posted) the track several months back, the video turned out pretty much how I expected – average. I’m still getting a vibe of ‘little boys tryna be grown’ with the track and vid. The choreography is really on-point though.
What do you think of the video?
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In the wake of his terrible BET Awards performance and the general lack of interest surrounding his upcoming ‘Curtis’ album, 50 Cent must be hoping ‘She Wants It’ catches on. Confirmed as his next single (the third already from the album), ‘She Wants It’ – a Timbaland production – is a pretty good track. Aside from the ‘typical’ subject matter, I’m liking everything else about it. It’s refreshing to see 50 switch up his flow on a track – his delivery was becoming kinda ‘samey’. Justin does his thing on the hook. The Joseph Khan directed video – which will borrow elements from ‘The Matrix’ movie – will be debuting soon.
Is it third time lucky for 50: Hit or Miss?
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Bobby Valentino Upset With Def Jam
R&B singer Bobby Valentino has expressed his feelings over Def Jam’s special treatment of label-mate Ne-Yo. Speaking to SOHH.com, the ‘Anonymous’ singer had the following to say:
“I think Ne-Yo’s the face of the label and, of course, by him being the face of the label, he gets a little bit more. I see he gets a lot of extra support, a lot of bells and whistles. Sometimes, people need those things to put them over the top.
“My album, you know what it is,” he continued. “When you see me at the shows, you know what it’s about. There’s nothing sugar-coated about me. Not saying that there’s something sugar-coated about Ne-Yo, but, it’s all good.”
Considering I felt Bobby’s current album ‘Special Occasion’ was pretty good, I agree with him about getting lost in the shuffle. Despite releasing two great singles – ‘Turn The Page’ and ‘Anonymous’ – the album hasn’t shifted many units. I don’t recall there being much promo and there were next-to-no performances. Still, there may be hope yet with upcoming single ‘Rearview’ which features Ludacris – although I doubt it.
Do you agree with Bobby?
New Song: Nicole Scherzinger – ‘Whatever You Like’ (ft. T.I)
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Hit or Miss?
Mya Update
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As Mya preps the release of her much-delayed album ‘Liberation’ ( now due September 18th), new promotional pics for the CD have surfaced. She looks great.
Meanwhile, the tracklist for the album has apparently been revealed:
1.“Liberation”
2.“I Am” (featuring Charli Baltimore)
3.“Walka Not a Talka” (featuring Snoop Dogg)
4.“Still a Woman”
5.“No Touchin’”
6.“Lock U Down” (featuring Lil Wayne)
7.“Lights Go Off”
8.“Ridin’”
9.“Switch It Up”
10.“Give a Chick a Hand”
11.“All in the Name of Love”
12.“Life Is Too Short”
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Why are the high country’s iconic snow gums dying?
Genevieve Jacobs 10 October 2019 10 October 2019 12
Widespread dieback, with different causes, has affected trees on the Monaro and now the high country. Photo: Sammy Hawker.
ANU scientists say there’s growing concern over a mysterious, possibly drought-related phenomenon that’s killing off substantial numbers of snow gums in the Australian Alps, and they’re calling on citizen scientists to help solve the puzzle.
Snow gum dieback has been observed across a wide area in the high country, affecting the white trunked Eucalyptus pauciflora. Also commonly known as the white sallee, the snow gums are generally thought to be among the hardiest of all eucalypt species and the only trees present above 1600 metres.
The bark sheds in patches or strips creating a mottled appearance that’s often spectacularly striped. It’s sometimes also known as the weeping gum as the branches bend under the weight of winter snow.
Dr Matthew Brookhouse from the ANU is heading the research project into snowgum dieback. He says a substantial area within Kosciuszko National Park, as well as Namadgi National Park and Victoria’s Alpine National Park, is affected by the widespread dieback event.
“We think it’s caused by infestations of Phoracantha beetles, which tunnel in and feed within the host trees,” he says.
It’s thought that a drought-stressed tree becomes more vulnerable to attack by the beetles, which begin in the upper branches and move towards the base of the tree. The beetle larvae then make deep, horizontal incisions in the tree as the bark dries out.
“These incisions are typically 2-4 centimetres wide and are often stained dark red on recently killed trees,” Dr Brookhouse said.
Snow gum dieback is most common in high elevation areas, between 1600 and 1800 metres, but because these areas are often wild and remote, analysing the extent and impact of the dieback is difficult for scientists. That makes observations from hikers, skiers and campers invaluable.
“We’re trying to determine the full extent of the phenomenon. We’re also keen to confirm the species of beetle responsible,” Dr Brookhouse said. “But we’re in urgent need of help from the general public because widespread dieback could have wide-ranging consequences.”
A snow gum affected by dieback with the characteristic horizontal borer scars. Photo: Supplied.
Affected trees are easily recognisable at close range. They will have no bark, no leaves and very prominent horizontal scars across the stem.
“Once you’ve seen some they are unforgettable. When I’ve shown photos to people, they instantly recognise the trees,” he says.
The high country tree deaths follow a devastating pattern of loss across the Monaro where tens of thousands of Eucalyptus viminalis have died over a 2,000 square km area between Cooma and Berridale over a 20-year span, although with different causes.
“If you think about the distribution of snow gums from the high elevation here in the Brindabellas through to Kosciuszko, these are geographically very remote stands of trees on mountain tops,” Dr Brookhouse says. “We need to either rely heavily on remote sensing or ground observations.”
Remote sensing has a number of problems: the snowgum stands are often too small to capture accurately and the extent of bushfires through the region in 2003 makes it hard to distinguish between trees that are being killed by insects and fire kills.
It’s also extremely expensive and the dieback project will require years’ worth of data to understand the environmental patterns. That’s where the citizen scientists come in.
“On the ground we need lots more people, whether they are based in resorts and riding bikes or hiking, or camping in the back country, riding horses, walking the Australian Alpine track or exploring very remote areas. They’re all covering ground our very small team can’t get to,” Dr Brookhouse says.
One major focus will be discovering which species of long-horned wood borer is responsible for the damage. To find out, the ANU team will spend three months trapping insects over summer to work out their life cycle.
“If snowgum bark is well hydrated, the borer larvae can’t penetrate through it,” Dr Brookhouse says. “But when the bark dries down to 45 per cent or less, they can penetrate the bark and survive.
“This is almost definitely a local insect, responding to changing conditions in the environment itself. So the problem is in the substrate, not with the insects.”
A snow-gum dieback survey has been set up so the public can add their findings, established with the help of the Atlas of Living Australia’s BioCollect program.
The survey can be accessed by downloading the BioCollect app and you can also upload information here.
Tags ANU Dr Matthew Brookhouse drought Eucalyptus pauciflora Kosciuszko National Park namadgi national park snow gums
12 Responses to Why are the high country’s iconic snow gums dying?
Krzysztof Jakubaszek 8:55 pm 11 Oct 19
It’s “KOŚCIUSZKO” what do they teach you in school? Lol
John Taylor 7:06 am 11 Oct 19
Because we are killing them
Hans Dimpel 6:07 am 11 Oct 19
beetles?
Greg Batten 11:52 pm 10 Oct 19
My own observations ... for discussion only.
On white-barked eucalypts, the visible precursor to dieback syndrome (death) will be a progressive distinctive rust-coloured 'bleeding' effect on the outside some branches (supporting the disruptive borer hypothesis). In an urban setting, if the branch is promptly pruned (at least 1m downstream of any marking) and the tree is watered, it will almost certainly survive. Otherwise, the marking will spread to the entire tree and it will certainly die. On rough barked eucalypts, the visible precursor will be bunches of dead leaves on the extreme tips of branches or affected twigs. The progression is similar. Some species seem to be highly prone to the dieback syndrome .. eg Vimnalis (Ribbon Gum), Parvifolia (Small-leafed Gum), Croajingolensis (Peppermint Gum), while others are immune.
Heather Ann Peachey 11:09 pm 10 Oct 19
Marg we can keep an eye out and record sightings when we’re in Perisher this month
Julia Ross 10:13 pm 10 Oct 19
They know what is killing them. This is an old article. It is not climate change it's a disease.
Dave Jacobs 10:21 pm 10 Oct 19
Hot tip, Julia: read the article.
Capital Retro 10:13 pm 10 Oct 19
I have a theory that after the 2003 bushfires huge numbers of the Yellow Tail Black Cockatoo that lost their habitat migrated to new places that were not touched by the bushfires. Indeed, they appeared for the first time in areas of Tuggeranong that were untouched by the 2003 fires and they are still feeding in the area. Their favourite food appears to be borers in exotic Chinese Silk trees, native Hakeas and Acacias all of which are abundant in the suburbs as ornamentals. I have seen them at work – they have very powerful beaks and they literally ringbark the trees to get the larvae: http://www.tobiashayashi.com/blog/2017/5/16/black-cockatoos-rip-apart-trees
While I have never seen them in action on the pauciflora I did have one in my garden until is started to die from what appeared to be some bird or rodent tearing the surface roots apart to get borers and wood grubs.
I am putting two an two together and believe that the cockatoos, who are known to ravish some eucalytus varieties, have extended their tastes to the snow gums in relatively new locations.
Gordon Beattie 10:03 pm 10 Oct 19
It is devastating, the problem is not only the snow gums, visit Tilba and from there along the far south coast down past Eden, NSW - you will see the die back and the retreat of the eucalyptus happening right now. That sepia tone in the colour slashed across the landscape cannot be denied. It looks scorched, it is not grey green it is a pale sandy whiteness yellow in the leaves before they fall.
Kriso Hadskini 9:55 pm 10 Oct 19
Too hot??
Kayla Hammond 9:51 pm 10 Oct 19
Sonia Zimmermann something to keep in mind on your next adventure
Ian McLeod 9:43 pm 10 Oct 19
This breaks my heart. These are the most magnificent trees on Earth.
I wanted to be buried in an Evo-urn under one. I love these trees so much.
Devastating.
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What “Dodging a Bullet” Looked Like, Katrina +10
August 28, 2015 · by Paul Rhynard
Brando’s Note: Exactly 10 years ago today, Paul and one of our other team members, Chad, reported to U.S. Coast Guard Aviation Training Center Mobile, Ala., for hurricane response operations ahead of Katrina. After driving home from our base the day they arrived on-scene I did what any diligent U.S. Coast Guard officer would do – made sure my go-bag was ready and turned on the Weather Channel to monitor the worst storm of our lifetimes. Know what I saw within 10 minutes, no joke? Paul and Chad, in the elements, on-air giving interviews about pre-storm preps that people should take. It was our 3rd hurricane deployment that summer. I would join them in Alabama two days later. The days, weeks and months that followed left an indelible impression on our professional and personal psyche.
A couple years back Paul tried to capture what he heard, saw and felt during the first 24 to 36 hours after Katrina’s landfall. This is what he came up with (not too shabby!). It’s a perspective piece, not a lessons learned or ‘how to’ post, but it works. Get yer read on!
We caught the last flight into the region before all commercial air traffic was shut down. Our rally point was the Coast Guard air station in Mobile, Ala., where my team was expected to ride out the storm. We established an information center in the station’s hanger, put out the standard pre-hurricane imagery and news releases and did a handful of live phone interviews with the networks.
We knew it was projected to hit somewhere between Gulf Shores, Ala., and Houston – a stretch of about 500 miles. We also knew we needed to be as close to the impact as possible before landfall, otherwise it would be too late to do any good. We positioned teams at three locations throughout the Gulf region: Mobile (our current location,) Alexandria, in north-central Louisiana, and Galveston, on the southeastern shore of Texas. It wasn’t exactly science but it was our best guess. If we guessed right, at least one team would still be standing and able to move into the impacted areas after landfall.
By the time Katrina was about 10 hours out, the national hurricane center had narrowed landfall projections to Mississippi/southeast Louisiana. Public anxiety was rising as all eyes were on New Orleans. At the time, I’d had four or five hurricane deployments under my belt and considered myself a burgeoning veteran. All my previous deployments were two or three-day affairs – a lot of damage, but no maritime distress requiring Coast Guard action. I was still confident we’d be returning to home base in North Carolina by mid-week.
In the meantime, all Coast Guard aircraft, cutters (ships 65 feet or longer) and boats within striking distance along the Gulf Coast were moved to “safe haven” to ride out the storm. For each storm we would try to remind the public that no soul should go near or on the water within 12 hours of a landfall and expect the Coast Guard to rescue them. We make our living going out into the worst of weather to pull people out but even we don’t go out in weather like that – we’re not interested in becoming rescue cases ourselves – we know the limitations of man versus nature.
Late on the evening of Aug. 28th, we paused operations to take shelter. Our hurricane bunker was the station’s main enlisted quarters and galley. The building had been built to withstand a Category 3 storm and in the early morning hours of Aug. 29th, its architectural limits were tested. With all doors and windows boarded we could only listen to the maelstrom rage outside.
An image captured by our photographer of a search and rescue coordinator in Mobile tracking rescue sorties and flight hours by flashlight. His only tools were a pencil, paper and a radio for communicating with the flight line.
We slept that night on makeshift cots and mattresses, about six of us to a room meant for two. I went to sleep with the wind howling and awoke to complete silence and darkness. The power had gone out sometime after midnight but we could see some light making its way through the cracks in the plywood, enough to know dawn was coming and Katrina had passed.
I headed down to the galley to get coffee. By then we were getting snowy satellite images on the TV. The caption at the bottom of the CNN broadcast proclaimed New Orleans had “dodged a bullet.” I grunted quietly to myself as I thought, “Another weekend getaway to the Gulf region in the books.” As I came out of the Chiefs’ mess with my second coffee in hand I noticed a group had gathered around the same television staring at fuzzy images of water cresting over what I now know was the 17th Street Canal levee. New Orleans, though largely unscathed by wind, was now sinking as the storm surge proved too much. As if on cue, the air station alarm sounded and a voice piped, “Now, all duty sections, report to the flight line – prepare to receive incoming aircraft.”
Bodies scattered purposefully toward different exits. I followed a group exiting the door closest. The sun hadn’t quite risen yet and the horizon was a crisp crystal blue that faded upward into the retreating night sky. It was just dark enough to lend stark contrast to the flickering lights of incoming aircraft. At first I saw two, maybe three. The lights could be seen for several moments before the “wump, wump, wump” of rotors slicing the air began to reach my ears. By then, two or three lights became a long line of ten or more as the helicopters and crews who rode the storm out at safer airfields were returning to what was now our only operational airfield between Alabama and the Texas border
A Coast Guard Disaster and Response Team or “DART” works with an Urban Search and Rescue Team from Miami to carry out the tedious job of marking houses they’ve searched for survivors or bodies.
The first helo approached, then touched lightly on the tarmac, as ground crews rushed up with fuel and other supplies. A second helo touched down behind it shortly afterward as another crew scurried up, crouching to stay clear of the main rotor. A lone petty officer stood to the side, surveying the activity. As each ground crew finished their job and sprinted away from the helo, the petty officer gave thumbs up and a salute to the pilot to signal the ground crew was clear. One pilot nodded and the other returned the salute, then they tipped the nose of their aircraft forward and headed west toward the sinking city as the next pair of helicopters touched down and the evolution started all over.
I would later learn that crews from Clearwater, Fla., had launched as Katrina passed them on its way north and followed as close behind it as was reasonably safe, sometimes having to throttle back before they ran full-on into its back side. When it was said and done, aircrews from as far as Honolulu would arrive to backfill local crews who had been flying around the clock during those first few days.
My team was now up and moving. My photographer headed to the flight line to bum a ride into the fray while the rest of us headed to the information center we had established in the hanger the day before. It was about a quarter-mile from the barracks to the hanger and on the way we began to get a sense for what the day would bring – toppled trees and overturned vehicles marked the path and when we reached the hanger, the offices where our operations center was supposed to be were gone.
Ultimately, we set up a makeshift office in the lobby of the barracks with a single phone line as our only means of communication, in or out. Satellite towers were down, cell phone service did not exist and we were working by flashlight, even candlelight at times. We went so far as to sign up for a free six-month trial of AOL so we could send data and imagery to the Internet.
One of the more prominent photos shot by our photographer, this image was splashed across newspapers and magazines, and was later used in military recruiting advertisements. A journalist would later say the striking element of this image was the flight mechanic’s expression – stoic, determined and focused on what was in front of him while seemingly unfazed by the devastation outside.
The photographer returned, exhausted, to the information center early the following morning with imagery of the devastation and mammoth efforts underway. He later described a poignant moment when the flight crew got their first glimpse of New Orleans from the air. They had been patrolling the Mississippi Coast most of the afternoon. They had an idea of the mass rescue taking place one state over but their job was to identify people in distress along the Mississippi coastline. They were able to make out the cement slab foundations of beachside hotels and homes blown away by the strongest winds of the storm and the occasional fire spewing from the broken gas lines of damaged buildings, but they found no one who needed help. This was likely due in large part to the coastal inhabitants of the state evacuating long before the storm arrived.
They crossed the Mississippi-Louisiana state line around dusk and began to bank south over Lake Borgne, as they looped to do another coastline sweep. Looking to the right as the helo banked left, they could see a frenzy of flashing aircraft lights in the distance hovering, swooping and dipping over Chalmette and New Orleans to the west. Just as they were about to put the city to their backs, the radio squawked and the order came to join search and rescue operations in New Orleans.
As the city began to spread out beneath them, the cockpit collision alarm began to drone, “traffic … traffic … traffic …” There were so many aircraft; from Coast Guard and Marine Corps to Air Ambulances and Parrish Sherriff’s, in such a limited airspace. Our pilots would later say it was an incredible feat of aviation and professionalism that there were no mid-air collisions. The flight commander flipped off the alarm and instructed all on board to begin calling out contacts visually around the aircraft. With the sudden flurry of air activity, no one had taken a moment to look down. When they did, they were stunned by thousands of flickering white lights as far as the eye could see. The co-pilot whispered into his headset, “Jesus Christ, what are we looking at?” The rescue swimmer on board had been a veteran of other urban air rescues, such as the Midwest floods years earlier, and had seen this before, “Those are flashlights, sir,” he replied.
The stranded residents of the city and surrounding neighborhoods had taken to their roofs and were shining flashlights toward the sky in the hopes they would be noticed and rescued. From their perspective on the ground, they likely had little idea so many others were doing the same, nor what it might look like from a thousand feet above. Overwhelmed the co-pilot said, “Fuck me, where do we start?” The flight commander nodded his head directly down and in front of them and said calmly, “We start right there,” as they descended to the closest white light.
Aviation Survival Technician (Rescue Swimmer) Jason Jennision was one of the air crew who flew up from Clearwater, Fla. He was awarded the Coast Guard Air Medal for saving 75 lives in 23 hours, 13 of those hours at night.That night, the air crew plucked nearly 100 people from their flooded homes and in the days and weeks to follow, Coast Guard helicopters and boats would rescue nearly 35,000 people.
It would be several days before my team could move to a location with power and access to the outside world. We would eventually push in toward New Orleans and Baton Rouge in the coming weeks and would rotate in and out of the region several times as the Coast Guard and EPA responded to what, at the time, was the second largest oil and hazardous chemical release in U.S. history, since Exxon Valdez. It seems oil refineries and inland containment tanks don’t stand up so well to hurricane force winds.
I have two lasting impressions from those initial days (and, interestingly, remember very little from the following weeks and months.)
One is how galvanized we were by the sight of the helicopters lining up for refueling then flying off into a gray horizon. We knew where those crews came from, what they were prepared to face and how dogged they would be in accomplishing their task. That image set the tone for the effort that would follow and kept us focused through the long days and nights. I still call on that feeling during mundane days behind a desk to remind myself that in the pit of every Coast Guard rescue crew’s belly there’s a fire that drives them without thought of self to help those in danger. No one asked for permission to move into the affected areas that morning and no one waited for a green light to let them know if it was safe to put rescue swimmers onto roofs or into flooded street waters in the middle of the night. They just did it. It’s not really something we can teach. It’s something each man or woman has in them already when they sign up, which is probably why they join in the first place.
Conversely, we witnessed what people become when the fabric of modern civilized life is torn away and basic human needs are threatened. An atmosphere of lawlessness and abandonment permeated the air within those first days. It sounds cliché, but it truly felt as though the outside world no longer existed and even those of us in uniform could feel the base survival instincts percolating. In that environment, we were acutely aware as human beings of what we could and could not control, that what was happening was bigger than any of us and that we had no one to rely on but ourselves. The instincts of fight or flight and the mindset that nothing existed beyond that very moment were palpable – no past, no future – just the here and now, a lot of uncertainty and a lot of water.
We want to tell you about a very powerful documentary produced by the daughter of one of our colleagues (also a Katrina vet.)
Paratus 14:50 tells the story of the Coast Guard’s unprecedented response to Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Specifically focusing on air rescues carried out by Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans and Coast Guard Aviation Training Center Mobile in southeastern Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama in the first two weeks of the response. The documentary is airing on PBS stations nationwide this week and next. Check local listings or visit their Facebook page.
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Chick-fil-A Caves to Liberals, Will Stop Donating to Anti-LGBTQ Groups, No Longer Supporting Salvation Army and Others
Patriot Staff November 18, 2019 11 Comments
According to the President of Chick-fil-A, the company will stop donating to groups that are anti-LGBTQ.
In an interview with BisNow over the weekend, he mentioned the companies new direction as they head into more liberal markets.
“There’s no question we know that, as we go into new markets, we need to be clear about who we are,” Chick-fil-A President and Chief Operating Officer Tim Tassopoulos said in an interview with Bisnow. “There are lots of articles and newscasts about Chick-fil-A, and we thought we needed to be clear about our message.”
The new initiative will no longer include donating to organizations like the Salvation Army, the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and the Paul Anderson Youth Home, Chick-fil-A says, all of which sparked criticism in the past from the LGBT community due to the organizations’ stances on homosexuality.
The move comes after several U.S. airports rejected the company from concessions deals earlier this year. More recently, the landlord of the first Chick-fil-A in the U.K. announced eight days into its lease the pop-up venue would not be welcome to extend — all because of the company’s perceived anti-LGBT stance.
The company is also months from opening its first location in Boston, where the late Mayor Thomas Menino pledged to ban the company from opening within city limits after Chick-fil-A CEO Dan Cathy voiced his opposition to gay marriage in 2012.
What are your thoughts on Chick-fil-A no longer supporting the Christian groups and charities that helped make the brand?
You can read more from our friends over at BisNow.com
Doreen Henricks
So no more Winshape?
J Yates
With this move, as much as I enjoy Chick-fil-A, they have lost me as a customer.
Billie Patterson
Is it better to serve mammon rather than God? We can only have one Master!
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Crystal Fenton
How sad… Once you give in to the Gay Agenda, they don’t want you to just accept, they want you to completely submit! Following God doesn’t mean submitting, it means sacrificing!
weathertiteconstruction
There have been lines around Chick Fil A restaurants because they supported Christian values, not because they had presence in an airport. I think you people (read: Chick fil a CEO) are making a BIG (read: YUGE) mistake choosing mammon over the one that brung ya.
Choose not to donate…got it. But the lib groups are already lining up to slice up the rest of the baloney, shove the elephant under the tent, make you a little pregnant, choose your metaphor but you have let a child molester into the nursery.
Vote with your dollars people, that’s all these companies understand.
Looks like the son of the founder is a typical coward fake christian. So many times the children of the Christian founders betray their fathers commitment to decent morals.
Brian Mulkey
I’ll not patronize Chicken-shits-fil-a anymore!
Joanne Sgrignoli
I find it disturbing that Chik-fil-A caved on this issue. The people that won’t allow Chik-fil-A to operate are shameful. Everyone is entitled to their beliefs. The LGBTQ community has become out of control bullies, crying out “support us or else.” Christians know what God says is good and what he says is wrong. We are to hate the sin but love the sinner. No one has a right to tells us that we must support something that God says is wrong. We must put on the Full Armor of God and trust Him as we stand against Satan’s wicked… Read more »
They are doing exactly what the left did to them. We stood in long lines, spent hard-earned money, and defended your service and products. For Chick-fil-A to dismiss the SALVATION ARMY who help EVERYONE in need is a real slap in the face. The Salvation Army does not discriminate who they help— they have a powerful impact on communities everywhere. Your need to take a ‘political-social stand’ is a mistake that needs to be corrected.
Cue the butthurt right-wing snowflakes in 3… 2… 1…
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The 18th Century visits of Arthur Young
In the late 1700’s an English man visited the Faithlegg and Cheekpoint area and recorded all that he was shown in great detail. It was a chance visit however. He had travelled from Curraghmore to Passage East with the intention of sailing via the Mail Packet Station to Bristol. The captain made all manner of excuse not to sail though, and realising the delay was to build up a passenger manifest, the traveller decided to invite himself to Ballycanavan (Woodlands), then seat of the Bolton estate.
The travellers name was Arthur Young. Young was an English farmer, adventurer and travel writer. He actually visited the area twice; in 1776 and again in 1778. He had a fascination for farm enhancement and enterprises and as he travelled the countryside he stayed as a guest with the landlords of an area and detailed all that he saw. Of course he also provided observations and tips to his hosts, sharing his wisdom and suggesting improvements. Although he was a guest he not averse to pointing out wrongdoing and his observations were highly regarded and are to this day an important social and historical record of the time. He recorded and published this as “A Tour in Ireland 1776-1779” in 1780. Various formats of the account here.
His visits coincided with the tenure of Cornelius Bolton the Elder and his son, and heir Cornelius the younger, who was his guide around the Bolton estate. His
record is detailed in many matters including his visit to the Minaun from
whence he lists the main sights including 20 sailing ships in the estuary by
Passage East.
Arthur in his prime
The only fishery he mentions for the
harbour is driftnetting for Herring.
This is carried out in various sized boats with a crew of between 5 and
6 men. Amongst the poor people, the
Fishermen we are told “…are in much the best circumstances” He also lists as exports Turbot, Sole,
Lobster, Oyster, Cod and Salmon.
Surprisingly in terms of modern times it is Salmon that fetches the
poorer price with Lobster next. I
imagine that his remarking that the only fishery being Herring in the harbour
was a reflection on the time that he recorded the observation, October. Had it been in the summer, it would
have been different. Of course he has
also covered fishing elsewhere in his Irish travels and mentions Weirs and “Drag
nets” as two other methods. Drag Nets I
imagine to refer to Draft Nets.
The Bolton’s and/or their tenants are
planting Potatoes, Oats, Barley and Wheat.
For manure they are using mud from the river and lime from local limekilns. Fields have been enclosed and
much land is being reclaimed. He
particularly praises the building of hedges, with three layers of planting
including broadleaf such as Oak, Elm, Ash or the evergreen Fir. The Bolton’s have planted almost 300 acres of
trees, including orchards, which he considers forward thinking and displaying commitment. They are also providing long term leases to tenants
to work the land and have built 40 new houses with stone and slate to house
them. He lists agricultural trials with Turnips,
Horse Beans and Carrots suggesting that in their practices the Bolton’s are
approaching the growing, tending and using of their crops in a scientific
manner.
Once Cornelius the younger succeeds his father he will develop an industrial hub at Cheekpoint building on the work that his father had started. I will go through those developments in brief in the coming weeks. But I can’t help wonder, was a source for those developments, not just the legacy of the landlord system that extracted the wealth of it’s peasantry, a legacy of his enterprising father, but also the company and wisdom of a champion of the industrial age; Arthur Young.
The missing Mileposts
Familiarity breeds contempt they say and so I guess that’s why, in Cheekpoint at least, not much is made of the Bolton Milepost. But did you know there was a series of them, leading into Waterford? What were they for and where did they go? It’s a story, like the milestones, worth preserving I think.
Bolton Milepost (top of the Mount Ave)
You see although the milestone(s) might be familiar it’s also historic. Milestones themselves go back a long way in history. The Bolton milepost has distance to the pier with the name Bolton and Cheekpoint on it – distance 1/4 Mile. It also has the distance to the city on it – 6 and a half miles. This dates it to when the village was known (or rather renamed) as Bolton. Bolton of course was Cornelius Bolton MP, then landlord of the area . The rebranding seems to have coincided with the moving of the Mail Packet Station to Cheekpoint in 1785. This was achieved with the financial and political motivation of the Bolton family. The mail packet (or mail boat) ran daily sailings to and from Ireland carrying post and passengers and the location of it in Cheekpoint created a major economic spinoff.
The station operated under a Welshman named Captain Thomas Owens, and he and his family lived at Fairymount. It operated until 1813, when it was moved further down river to Passage and then to Dunmore East in 1824. With the coming of steam driven ships, the station as finally moved to the city around 1837.
Traffic would have increased considerably into the village, as a consequence of the packet station. To cater for the traffic, roads were widened and I imagine in some cases rerouted. Marking the routes were a series of Milestones. The loss of the mail packet station seems to have been the catalyst for the collapse of Bolton’s business interests. By 1818 Bolton had sold off his home, land and interests in an attempt to pay his creditors and moved to Waterford where he died in 1829.
As said, the Milestones marked the road to town, and conversely the road to Bolton pier or Cheekpoint quay as we now know it. But it also marked other parts as well like Dunmore, Passage and New Geneva. They most likely started (or finished) with the Bolton Milepost and locally I have heard that there was one at the bottom of the Bridge hill and another at Mooney’s grove. Further towards town there was one at the now Maxol garage, which was realigned in the 1980’s and an existing one at Newtown. Some photos of those closer to town exist:
Two photos of an existing milestone at Newtown via Eoin Nevins
Milestone from the Dunmore Road
With thanks to Michael O’Sullivan
Waterford History Group
Apparently the milestones (and all other signage) were removed by the Local Defence Force, with the co-operation of the county council during WWII (the emergency) in case the Germans landed in the estuary and followed Strongbow in the road! If you think that’s Irish, well the English did it too!
Eamon Duffin remembers the village milepost being recovered from the ditch sometime in the early sixties when council employees were doing some work. After some debate and consultation locally it was determined that the present location was where it stood in the past and re-erected it. My Uncle Sonny remembers the one at the end of the Bridge hill, saying it stood to the right of the road, at the church side of the glen road. He recalled it lying by the roadside, covered with a layer of clay. Pat Moran told me during the week that he heard talk of a milestone at Mooney’s grove, and he could remember the milepost at the now Maxol Garage on Dunmore road, so we speculated that there must be at least one other (given the distances) in between, most likely around the Passage Cross.
Considering this, it might be worth trying to locate the missing mileposts. Chances are they are flung in a ditch in various locations along the road. Apparently one is lurking in council yard in the city, most probably the last one photographed above, which as already said was removed when the Dunmore Road was realigned. Wonder did they extend to Passage and Dunmore?
I suppose to some they are only a lump of limestone, but for me, they give an important signpost to our heritage and history. Although much older, here’s an example from England of how a Roman milestone has been protected and interpreted.
“Milestone kirkby thore” by Northernhenge – Own work.
Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons – http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Milestone_kirkby_thore.
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Many thanks to the following for information and/or photos; Pat Moran, Sonny Doherty, Eamon Duffin, Michael O’Sullivan & Eoin Nevins
Pat Hanlon, Cheekpoint sailor, WW II POW and unsung hero
On the 5th October 1939, Coolbunnia man Pat Hanlon (able seaman) was captured as part of the crew of the SS Newton Beech by the German pocket battleship Admiral Graff Spee. No one could have foretold what would lead from the event, but by February 16th 1940 it would turn Pat into a celebrity at home and make naval and military history.
The Graff Spee was the pride of the German naval fleet at the time and at the commencement of World War II she was dispatched to the South Atlantic under the command of Captain Hans Langsdorff. Langsdorff was an old fashioned sailor, and despite the fact that his orders was to disrupt and sink as much allied shipping as possible, his views were that he would not kill fellow seamen. As a consequence the Graff Spee modus operandi was to approach allied shipping with the French flag at her stern, and once alongside run up her colours and put a crack boarding party aboard the allied ship. The crew were then transferred, or if close to land, were given the option of rowing to shore in their ships lifeboats. Charges were then set and the ships sent to the bottom. As a consequence, he probably sank less ships than would have been possible, but of the nine he did sink, no crew man died.
The SS Newton Beech was from Newcastle-Upon Tyne and was built in Sunderland in 1925. She was an average sized tramp of her day (4615 GRT) owned by Tyneside Line with a crew of 21 Tynesiders and 14 from other areas including Cheekpoint. She was under the command of Captain Jack Robison and had departed Cape Town on September 7th heading home with a cargo of Maize. Her last resting place is recorded here.
SS Newton Beech
Photo via Pat O’Gorman
Aboard that fateful morning was Pat Hanlon one of the eleven children born to Fisherman Martin O’Hanlon and his wife Margaret nee Murphy who was originally from Mooncoin. They lived in Coolbunnia on the main road below the present school. Pat like so many from the area “went to sea” to earn a living. Pat was a brother to our current eldest resident Annie Phelan nee Hanlon in the Mount Avenue.
Hanlon homestead in Coolbunnia today
As the sinkings escalated the numbers of prisoners grew and they were transferred to the Graff Spee’s supply vessel the tanker MV Altmark who shadowed the battleship and hid under a Norweigan flag and fake name SS Sogne. As the allied net closed on the Graff Spee and her ultimate fate, it was decided that the Altmark would break away from the scene and return to Germany. Working hard to avoid capture her Captain, Heinrich Dau, headed northwards towards the Artic and nursed her towards the Norweigan coast.
Aboard conditions were tough, but apparently very fair. An example of the regime:
7 a.m., turn-out and wash; 7.45, breakfast; 8.30-9.15, on deck for fresh air; 11.30, dinner; 2.30-3, fresh air on deck; 5.30, tea; 9 p.m., lights-out. The Altmark was a large ship of 20858 GRT and prisoners were held in various sections, Pat being unluck to be 25 feet down in one of the holds. It was dark, cold and very uncomfortable. At one stage Pat got in trouble as he tried to send an SOS in a tin over the side, in the hope of raising their fate to the outside world.
MV Altmark
He need not have worried however. British naval intelligence was aware that prisoners had been taken and were busy trying to track likely vessels. As the Altmark approached Norweigan waters, the navy demanded she be searched. Despite three boarding parties of Norweigan navy personnel on three separate occasions, nothing was discovered. British suspicions were obviously aroused however and she was tracked down by a spotter plane. The Altmark was confronted by HMS Cossack, a destroyer and challenged whilst still in Norweigan waters. The resulting diplomatic incident became so heated that none other than Winston Churchill, gave the order to interecept and board the Altmark. She ran aground in a fjiord and was subsequently boarded by the Navy where hand to hand combat was used, in case gun shot would harm any prisoners.
HMS Cossack
When the hold containing Pat Hanlon was thrown open, with a call of “The Navy’s here” he was first out of it, and risked falling back off the ladder such was the surge from below. Pat O’Gorman reminded me that in the same situation he would have tried to do the same…sailors would have expected the ship to be scuttled, and would have been keen to get on deck and grab anything to help them float off. “The Navy’s Here” would later become the catch cry taken up by the press and media and used throughout the war as a symbol of naval potency.
All the freed “Prisoners of war” were taken aboard the Cossack and she departed for Leith the following day. Some footage of their Ariving back to England was taken by the Pathe News. I fancy I can make out Pat, but I could be wrong.
HMS Cossack arriving to a huge welcome at Leith
The incident created history in that it was the last naval boarding undertaken by the British navy. It also led directly to the invasion two months later by Hitler of Denmark and Norway, as he determined that the Norwegians were not prepared to stand up to the British on matters of neutrality. The incident was widely reported in the media and Pat found himself on the pages of several newspapers including the Irish Independent and the local Munster Express.
Despite his experiences Pat returned to sea not long afterwards and he along with hundreds of fellow Waterford men and thousands of Irishmen plied their trade with the merchant navy all through the horrors of the war. Unfortunately the consideration of Captain Langsorff was uncommon and tens of thousands of merchant men died, one piece I read put it at 50,000, some of whom were from Cheekpoint and many more from Waterford and the rest of Ireland. Its worth remembering they put to sea in ships with little or no way of defending themselves and were unsung hero’s in a war where they played a crucial part, and got little by way of recognition for their bravery.
Thankfully, Pat survived the ravages of the war and afterwards got married and started a family in Liverpool and continued to work as a seaman. He died in Liverpool in 1994 at the age of 89 and his ashes were scattered on the Mersey.
Thanks for various pieces of information to
Michael Farrell – Barony of Gaultier Historical Society
Tomás Sullivan
Pat O’Gorman
Captain Jim Murphy
The work of Con McGrath first published in the Irelands own November 2013
Anna Phelan for the personal family pieces included
More reading here:
Altmark incident explains how the situation developed and the implications for Norway
a full account from the German perspective can be had here:http://archive.org/stream/atmarkaffair006961mbp/atmarkaffair006961mbp_djvu.txt
Diary of Captain Brown of the SS Huntsman who was prisoner aboard the Altmark
Feb 1st – traditional start date of the salmon season
The traditional start of the Salmon drift net season in Ireland was, for many generations February 1st. Once opened it stretched to August 15th. It closed each week between 6am on a Saturday morning to 6am on the Monday. Once the week opened it operated for 24 hrs a day. Michie Fortune posted a reminisce in the Cheekpoint Facebook page this week, remembering drifting in the river with Tommy Doherty and having to use the oars. Some of the members on the page queried how he could remember 50 years back so vividly, but I have to admit, the first winter I spent was just as memorable.
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Ranging nets on Ryans Shore 1950’s
When I started fishing of course outboard engines, easier nets and comfortable oilskins were a predominant feature. My grandmother often told me of the conditions her father and brothers faced while drifting for fish. In the first instance she remembered the smell of drying clothes at the open fire day and night. All the outer garments and even the socks steaming away on the fire, and her mother, often up through the night, keeping the fire in and turning the clothing, so that the men would be some way comfortable going out. That might be the following morning, or in a short few hours depending on the tides.
Walter Whitty told me that as a child he remembered seeing “oilskins” hanging to dry in the high street. These were not the comfortable oilskins of today. These were home made, by the women generally and cut from calico purchased in town. The calico would be measured, sown and then soaked in linseed oil to keep the water out (or at least some of the water). They would then be dried in the sun and be fit to wear. My grandmother said that often as not an oilskin might return from sea journeys and were much sought after, but in general the men wore thick overcoats to keep the weather out and always two pairs of socks.
Blessing the boats, Nets and men prior to the opening 1930’s
Terry Murphy once told me a yarn. He was only a boy and was fishing with Billy the green, grandfather of Elsie Murphy. He called down this cold frosty morning and Billy came our with his socks in his hands. He plunged the socks into the water barrel and squeezed them out. He then put them on his feet and put his boots on. Terry paused for dramatic effect and looked at my puzzled expression. “Well” he said, “when you are on the oars all day the water in your socks heats you up better than any hot water bottle”. I saw the proof of those words many’s the time I have to admit.
The oars were the only way to get around and it meant that fishing was a slower, more rhythmical affair in the past. I’ve written before about how hard it was for us as children even with outboard motors to use the oars. The men in the past had to use the tides and had to make the best out of each drift. Once set the aim was to get the maximum out of each drift, prior to hauling and setting again. It meant that on ebb tide when they set from “Binglidies” or “the rock” that they drifted as far as they could, then reset the nets from where they stopped, rather than returning (as we did with the aid of an outboard). They would drift to the end of the ebb tide, take the low water where they found it and return village-wards with the incoming tides. My grandmother said the men were starving on their return. They might put in to warm some tea in a billy can, but often as not, wouldn’t eat from the time they left the house to when they returned. (Low water to high water is a total of 6 hours)
Returning home was also work of course. The hemp nets that my randmothers father and brothers used had to be ranged out of the boat and “spreeted” – hauled up and dried in the wind. Not doing so would shorten the life of the nets which was a cost they could not afford. So on returning to go fish, the nets had to be lowered and then ranged back into the boat. Any wonder the majority of my gran uncles took the boat to America or England as soon as they could. Any wonder also that it was the older men and young boy that did the fishing in all the other families around, those old enough choosing the sea, at least until the summer peal run.
Poles along the quay for “spreeting” or drying the nets circa 1950’s
In my own time, the start of the season had been shifted to St Patrick’s day and in the 1990s (1996 I think) the season was destroyed from the perspective of commercial fishing in Cheekpoint in that it was reduced to a June 1st – Aug 15th season and operated from 6am – 9pm. It was a slow strangulation of the fishery which eventually closed in 2006. Funnily enough in those times there was hardly a week went by without some media outlet decrying the state of the Salmon fishery and trying to close down the drift netting. Now those media outlets are much quieter, although the problems of salmon stocks still persist.
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Cease arrest of BNP men without warrant: EC
The Election Commission (EC) on Monday asked the Gazipur SP to refrain from arresting BNP leaders and activists without warrants issued by the respective court ahead of the election there on Tuesday.
The EC came up with the directives after a meeting with high delegation of BNP at its office on Monday, reports UNB.
Earlier, in the day, the BNP delegation submitted a petition of the party containing its various demands including mass arrest by the law enforcers, equal scope of all parties and candidates in Gazipur City Corporation Election.
Following the BNP's petition, the EC issued a letter containing the directives, signed by joint secretary of EC Farhad Ahmmed.
The letter was sent to the Gazipur SP, twenty-four hours before the election.
Earlier, on Sunday, a three-member BNP delegation, led by Moyeen Khan demanded the Election Commission withdraw the Gazipur Superintendent of Police (SP) for ensuring a fair and impartial voting in the city corporation.
They also submitted to the CEC a letter of the party containing its various demands and observations for holding the election in a fair and acceptable manner, during a meeting with Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda at Nirbachon Bhaban.
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How to Cite TV Commercials in MLA Format
Have you ever quoted a really funny television commercial line? Probably. Well, chances are pretty good that the words or phrases were copyrighted. Here is how to cite TV commercials in Modern Language Association (MLA) format.
“Give Credit to Avoid Plagiarism”
Professionals who create audio, text or jingles for television commercials get paid for developing creative, interesting lines. Authors, writers and musicians create audio-visual works that are classified as intellectual property. Common decency requires anyone who quotes from a television advertisement to reference the source.
Most TV ads will be copyrighted also. Under the law, the owner of an artistic creation has all the rights to said work. Any one who wants to use this work must ask permission and pay a fee for its usage. For example, every time a radio station plays a famous song, it must pay the original artist a music-licensing fee.
Professionals writing reports, papers, articles or blogs must cite the source of the TV commercials they quote from. It is unwise to burn your bridges with an intellectual artist who could sue you if you try to steal his work. In order to reference using the MLA format, search for the original recording.
When you give credit through a reference, you create honesty, authenticity and integrity in the intellectual property field. You can avoid expensive lawsuits and bad feelings. Nowadays, a good video search engine can help you to find popular electronic media quickly.
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You could also go on a general search engine and search by the memorable words or phrase. After each of the MLA Format listings for the TV commercial citation, you should place a period {.} Put the name of the commercial in “quotation marks.”
If you can’t find the exact commercial, you can name the products, service, company or brand; remember that trademarks are capitalized. In italics, write the television station or website where you found the commercial. Use the “less than” or “greater than” signs for the URL address. List the date the TV commercial was created or when you viewed it in a format like this – 22 Jan 1994.
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Spring Golf Schedule
The Ball High Lady Tors golf team participated in the North Shore Girls Varsity Fall Classic at River Terrace Golf Club today. Reagan Conner led the Lady Tors by shooting a score of 91, which came in 4th Place out of a total of 33 players. The rest of the Lady Tors were Taylor Brooks(101-15th) and Makenzy Kleinecke(112-21st). The Lady Tors next play in the Texas City Lady Stingaree Fall Classic at Bayou Golf Club on November 7th.
The Ball High boys varsity golf team won 3rd Place today in the Channelview Fall Classic at River Terrace Golf Club by shooting a team score of 363. Aiden Knupple led the Tors by shooting an 88, which came in 9th Place out of a total of 45 players. The rest of the Tors were Bailey Premirelli(90-10th), Colin Davidson(91-T11th), Micah Hanning(94-13th) and Drew Mefferd(97-16th). The Tors season record is 4-2 and they will be hosting their next tournament at Moody Gardens Golf Course on November 6th.
The Ball High Boys JV Golf team competed in their own Galveston Ball Boys JV Fall Classic at Moody Gardens today. Landon Parsons led the Tors with a score of 107, which tied for 20th Place out of a total of 49 players. The rest of the Tors were Ian Carroll(113-T28th) and Spencer Petty(118-34th). The Tors did not have a team score in the event. The next Boys JV event will be on November 9th in Deer Park at Battleground Golf Course.
The Galveston Ball Boys and Girls Golf teams competed in their own Galveston Ball 9-Hole Fall Classic at Moody Gardens today. This was an individual only competition.
On the girls side, Elizabeth Donlon led the Lady Tors by shooting a 50, which tied for 4th Place out of a total of 35 female golfers and brought home the 4th place medal. The rest of the Lady Tors were Brooke Hopkins(53-T8th) and Marie Louise Livenac(54-T11th).
On the boys side, Daniel Golan led the Tors by shooting a 54, which tied for 5th Place out of a total of 48 male players. Golan lost the scorecard playoff for the 5th place medal. The rest of the Tors were Garrett Peters(57-T7th) and Noah Jansen(67-T30th).
The Galveston Ball Boys Varsity Golf Team hosted their own Galveston Ball Fall Invitational at Moody Gardens today. The Tors came in 14th Place out of 22 schools by shooting a team score of 379. This brings their season record to 16-15. Colin Davidson led the Tors with a score of 89, which tied for 43rd Place out of a total of 94 players in the field. The rest of the Tors were Bailey Premirelli(95-T62nd), Aiden Knupple(97-T67th), Drew Mefferd(98-69th) and Micah Hanning(112-T82nd). Barbers Hill won the event with a 296 team score and Jason Bryant of Barbers Hill was the individual champion with an incredible score of 66. The next tournament for the Tors will be the Texas City Fall Classic at Bayou Golf Club on November 14th.
The Ball High Tors Varsity Golf Team won 1st Place in the Texas City Boys Varsity Fall Classic at Bayou Golf Club today by shooting a team score of 380. Drew Mefferd led the Tors by shooting a 92, which tied for 3rd Place. The rest of the Tors were Bailey Premirelli(94-5th), Aiden Knupple(96-6th), Colin Davidson(98-9th) and Micah Hanning(100-T10th). This brings the Tors season record to 20-15.
1/10/18 (postponed from 12/6/17)
The Galveston Ball Lady Tors golf team won the 2nd Place medal out of 10 schools at the Clear Falls Girls Winter Classic at the Galveston Country Club today by shooting a team score of 407. Reagan Conner and Brooke Hopkins led the Lady Tors by shooting a 94, which tied for 4th Place out of a total of 45 players. The rest of the Lady Tors were Taylor Brooks(106-T14th), Elizabeth Donlon(113-T24th) and Makenzy Kleinecke(115-T26th). This brings the Lady Tors season record to 17-6.
1/26-1/27/18
Due to rain, the Debbie Fuchs Invitational was reduced from a 36-Hole tournament to just 18 Holes.
The Galveston Ball Lady Tors golf team came in 10th Place by shooting a team score of 421 in difficult, cold, wet and windy conditions in the Debbie Fuchs Invitational hosted by Clear Creek ISD in Galveston at the Galveston Country Club this weekend. Reagan Conner led the Lady Tors by shooting a score of 93, which came in 14th Place out of a total of 48 players. The rest of the Lady Tors were Elizabeth Donlon(99-T20th), Brooke Hopkins(113-T42nd), Taylor Brooks(116-46th) and Makenzy Kleinecke(121-47th). This brings the girls varsity record to 17-15 for the year.
The Ball High boys JV golf team finished in 6th Place out of a total of 15 schools in the Clear Lake Boys JV Winter Classic at Bay Oaks Country Club today by shooting a team score of 426. Landon Parsons led the Tors by shooting a 90, which came in 5th Place out of a total of 94 players. The rest of the Tors were Hanson Root(102-T27th), Ian Carroll(114-T50th) and Spencer Petty(120-T67th). This brings the boys JV season record to 26-22 for the year.
The Ball High boys golf team hosted their own Galveston Ball Boys & Girls Beginner at Moody Gardens today. This was not a team event - individual competition only. Garrett Peters led the Tors by shooting a 50, which came in tied for 7th Place out of a total of 38 Boys players and 35 Girls players. The rest of the Tors were Daniel Golan(57-T18th) and Noah Jansen(63-T26th).
The Ball High Tors Boys Varsity Golf team came in 7th Place out of 11 schools today in the very cold and windy Galveston Ball Boys Varsity Winter Classic at Moody Gardens by shooting a team score of (+59). This brings the Tors season record to 24-21. Micah Hanning led the Tors with a score of (+5), which tied for ninth place out of a total of 54 players. The rest of the Tors were Bailey Premirelli(+14-T26th), Colin Davidson(+16-T33rd), Aiden Knupple(+24-T46th) and Drew Mefferd(+24-T46th).
The Ball High Lady Tors Golf team finished in 5th Place out of 12 schools in their own Galveston Ball Girls Varsity Winter Classic at Moody Gardens Golf Course today by shooting a team score of 418. Taylor Brooks led the Lady Tors by shooting a 95, which came in tied for 16th Place out of a total of 51 players. The rest of the Lady Tors were Reagan Conner (101-T22nd), Elizabeth Donlon (110-T27th), Brooke Hopkins (112-29th) and Makenzy Kleinecke (115-T33rd). This brings the girls varsity season record to 24-19.
The Ball High Lady Tors golf team took home the 2nd place medals at the Clear Lake Girls Spring Classic at Bay Oaks Country Club by shooting a team score of 396. Reagan Conner took home the 3rd place individual medal out of a total of 84 players with a score of 93.
(L-R) Makenzy Kleinecke; Reagan Conner; Elizabeth Donlon; Taylor Brooks; Brooke Hopkins
The Ball High boys Varsity Golf team took home the 3rd Place plaque at the Texas City Spring Classic at Bayou Golf Club today by shooting a team score of 384. Micah Hanning led the Tors by shooting an 85. The rest of the Tors were Bailey Premirelli(94), Colin Davidson(99), Drew Mefferd(99), Landon Parsons(101) and Aiden Knupple(108). This brings the boys varsity season record to 26-23.
The Ball High Tors golf team took home the 2nd Place medals at the Deer Park Spring Classic at Battleground Golf Course today by shooting a team score of 376. Colin Davidson led the Tors by shooting an 88. The rest of the Tors were Landon Parsons(93); Micah Hanning(93); Hanson Root(93); Aiden Knupple(102); Garrett Peters(114); Ian Carroll(118) and Spencer Petty(118). This brings the Tors season record to 46-24.
District 23-5A Girls Golf Championship - Day 1 Results
The Ball High Lady Tors are in second place after day one of the District 23-5A Girls Golf Championships at Battleground GC in Deer Park by shooting a team score of 407. Reagan Conner led the Lady Tors by shooting an 89, which is in fourth place after the first round. The rest of the Lady Tors were Taylor Brooks(104-7th), Brooke Hopkins(105-8th), Makenzy Kleinecke(109-9th), Elizabeth Donlon(122-T13th) and Marie Louise Livenac(131-17th). The final round will be played tomorrow, April 3rd, in Deer Park at Battleground GC. The top two teams qualify for the Region III-5A Girls Golf Championship in Conroe at LaTorretta Golf and Resort.
1. Elkins-340
2. Galveston Ball-407
3. Santa Fe-465
Top 10 Individuals
1. Casey Kung-Elkins 75
2. Kiona Hsiang-Elkins 77
3. Savera Sahai-Elkins 85
4. Reagan Conner-Ball 89
T5. Alisha Rauniyar-Elkins 103
T5. Miya Brown-Santa Fe 103
7. Taylor Brooks-Ball 104
8. Brooke Hopkins-Ball 105
9. Makenzy Kleinecke-Ball 109
10. Haley Plowman-Santa Fe 118
District 23-5A Boys Golf Championships - 1st Round Results
The Ball High Tors are in third place after day one of the District 23-5A Boys Golf Championships at Battleground GC in Deer Park by shooting a team score of 386. Bailey Premirelli led the Tors by shooting an 88, which is in seventh place after the first round. The rest of the Tors were Colin Davidson(97-T11th), Drew Mefferd(98-T13th), Hanson Root(98-T13th), Aiden Knupple(98-T13th), Micah Hanning(101-19th) and Landon Parsons(115-31st). The final round will be played tomorrow, April 5th, in Deer Park at Battleground GC. The top two teams qualify for the Region III-5A Boys Golf Championship in Conroe at LaTorretta Golf and Resort.
1. Santa Fe 337
2. Shadow Creek 374
3. Galveston Ball 386
1. Vishnu Sadagopan-Shadow Creek 76
2. Bailey Link-Santa Fe 82
T3. Henry Phavorachit-Elkins 83
T3. Jared Brown-Santa Fe 83
T3. Eric Grady-Santa Fe 83
6. Nate Brooks-Texas City 86
7. Bailey Premirelli-Ball 88
8. Todd Penick-Santa Fe 89
9. Khalil Baltrip-Shadow Creek 91
10. Damon Ramon-Santa Fe 92
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Information published on 9 September 2011 in the UIC electronic newsletter "UIC eNews" Nr 254.
Trenitalia Cargo comes to France
Trenitalia Cargo, part of Italian rail operator FS Group, has jointly launched a rail freight service with Europorte France. The service will provide direct transport links within France using Italian train drivers between Ambérieu and the border town of Modane, covering a distance of 200 km.
This link will be rolled out on the basis of five return freight loads per week, representing a total tonnage of 450,000 tonnes per annum, the equivalent of approximately 30,000 freight lorries. In particular, the service is to target the traffic of grain from silos in France to supply the Italian food processing industry. To this end, new intermodal services are intended to be launched at a later date.
The launch of these new services will enable FS Group’s Trenitalia to maintain a strong presence in France. This is the first time a large railway company will operate services on the French network directly using its own drivers.
(Source: Trenitalia, FS Group)
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GoTranscript
byBen Moore Oct 12, 2018
Good turnaround times in testing. Mobile apps. Free trial.
Lots of extra costs. No built-in text editor. Lackluster web console.
GoTranscript is a human-based transcription service that produces decent results in testing, but it lacks standard features such as a web editor and its fees can add up quickly.
Transcribing audio and video is difficult and tedious. That's just a fact of life. Fortunately, transcription services such as GoTranscript, can help you out. GoTranscript uses humans (freelancers) to transcribe your files, not an automatic speech recognition (ASR) engine. The service turned out decent results in our testing, with a fairly quick turnaround time. Still, its web interface and tools could use improvements, and extra order options can drive up the cost for transcriptions. For now, we recommend you turn to Editors' Choice Rev for any files you need to transcribe.
GoTranscript structures its services similarly to Rev and Scribie. The absolute cheapest option costs $0.90 per minute. However, that price is with no timestamps, for files that include only one or two total speakers, and with a return time frame of five days.
Any options you select increase the cost, of course. For example, the price goes up by $0.25 per minute if you specify that you want a full verbatim transcript—which includes speech errors, false starts, and filler words—as opposed to a clean verbatim file that omits those elements.
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Timestamping also costs extra: $0.25 for every two minutes or on speaker change and $0.33 for every 30 seconds. Speeding up the delivery to three days costs an extra $0.10 per minute, while a one-day delivery commitment costs another $0.20. A 6-12 hour delivery range costs an extra $1.60. If your recording involves more than two people (including yourself), you need to shell out another quarter per minute as well. Rounding out the list of extras, SRT/SSL captions (the most common type of caption formatting), cost an extra $0.40 and low-quality audio requires you to pay an extra $0.30 per minute.
These fees can drive up the overall cost, especially since some seem like they should be included in the base cost. For example, if I needed GoTranscript to return a three-person recording with timestamps on speaker changes in a day's time (not an unreasonable or atypical request by any means), the total cost per minute would reach $1.60. New users can try out the service with a free $10 credit.
For comparison, Rev has a base price of $1 per minute with an extra cost of $0.25 for timestamps every 30 seconds, but it returns files in under 12 hours. Scribie's middle of the road option costs $1.20 per minute with automatic timestamps, though its return window is 36 hours. Trint is one of the few services I've reviewed that offers a subscription service; its cheapest option costs $40 a month for three hours' worth of audio or video uploads. Note, however, that Trint is really only suitable for less complex files, given that it is an automatic service.
GoTranscript's dashboard has improved since I initially reviewed the service and it feels better organized now. Menu items have shifted to the left side of the interface and break down into three main sections: Dashboard, Account, and New Order. There's also a Help module at the bottom.
The My Orders section of the Dashboard shows all your Transcription, Caption, Subtitle, and Translation orders. Thankfully, GoTranscript added a search bar and a date filter this time around. Still missing, however, are folder, sharing, and renaming options for the files, though you can add private comments if you wish.
In this latest iteration, GoTranscript has added a built-in web editor, which is something nearly every other competitor already offered. To get started with this new feature, click on the Edit button next to an order.
GoTranscript's web editor is functional, though rudimentary compared to the competition. It does show a scrub bar at the top of screen, with play/pause, volume, rewind/forward, and playback speed buttons, but that's it. Note also, that neither the volume or progress slider support dragging; you have to click on certain points on the bar to change their position instead. This limitation makes it much difficult to navigate to an exact point in the recording, for example.
You don't get any spellcheck or manual timestamp options such as you get with Scribie. Also missing are features similar to Rev's notes, speaker ID dropdowns (once you define one speaker, you can assign sections to the same person elsewhere), highlights, and strikethrough options. There's nothing like Otter's excellent search or keyword parsing either. In fact, GoTranscript's editor doesn't even highlight text as you play back audio nor does it support keyboard shortcuts. The lack of keyboard shortcuts is notable, since this makes it more difficult to maintain an editing flow. For example, your pace of work will suffer if you constantly need to reach for the mouse to perform basic functions such as pausing or rewinding the recording. Occasionally, the playback controls disappear completely, but GoTranscript says it is working on an update that will allow users to manually upload files to this interface.
In the Account tab, click on Balance to add credits to your account or view a basic transaction history. You can also visit the Account Settings area to make changes to your notification preferences, preferred currency type, and add other email addresses to the notification list.
I am disappointed by the lack of settings options overall. By comparison, Trint and Rev offer extensive customization options for everything from punctuation to file-output preferences. Sonix even implements robust account permission and sharing options.
The ordering process is pretty simple. Just select or upload an audio file and choose the options you need. GoTranscript keeps a running total of the cost in a module to the right. The only other step is to pick a payment method. You perform the exact same set of steps to order a transcript from GoTranscript's mobile apps (more on that later).
Transcription Process
As previously mentioned, GoTranscript is a human-based transcription service. As such, it follows a similar process to others in the category. First, it divides files into sections and freelancers transcribe these sections separately. It adds timestamps and speaker details during the next step. After, GoTranscript merges the individual sections and checks for any inconsistencies between them. The final step is an additional proofreading pass.
GoTranscript uses 2,048-bit SSL encryption to protect your files and operates under strict NDA policies (it can either provide one or sign one you supply). Further, it gives you the option to delete files at will from your dashboard and removes all traces of the data from your assigned transcriptionists' computers. GoTranscript says it evaluates its 20,000 employees, the majority of which are based in the UK or US, on a regular basis.
Accuracy Testing
To test the accuracy of the transcription services, I upload the same 16-minute recording to each one. The original recording of a three-person conference call comes from an Olympus VN-722PC dedicated voice recorder. It's not an easy recording to transcribe, but all the voices are clearly audible and there are few, if any, instances of overlapping voices.
GoTranscript finished the transcript process in just under three hours, which is within its promised turnaround time of one day. Rev only required around an hour for the same task. All of the automated transcription services completed the task in the range of three to four minutes.
Instead of comparing the entirety of each transcript, I choose three paragraphs, one from each speaker on the call. For each snippet of the transcription, I mark an error wherever there is a missing or an extra word. I calculate the overall error rate by dividing the total number of mistakes into the total number of words across the combined sections (in this case, 201 words).
The sample for section A is a short introductory section. Section B is slightly longer and uses more complex vocabulary. Section C is even lengthier and contains some technical language.
GoTranscript produced decent results (it had an error rate of 10 percent), but its transcript had the most errors out of any human-based service I tested. Though this did not meet its promise of 98 percent, my definition of accuracy is no doubt different than GoTranscript's. It's still a decent showing either way. On the other hand, Rev turned in better results, with an error rate of just three percent and Scribie turned in a final copy with six percent errors according to my system. Most of the automatic services produced near-unusable results, with the exception of Otter, which had a comparatively low error rate of 17 percent. Take a look at the full chart below for the complete breakdown.
I retested all the automatic services, including Scribie, with a simpler two-person, in-person recording and calculated the error rate, in the same manner, using two samples, instead of three. Automatic services fare better with this task, but they still aren't perfect. Scribie actually fell to the bottom of the pack with an error rate of 27 percent, though this was not too far off from Trint's 14 percent or Temi's 20 percent. The full results of the second test appear below.
GoTranscript's mobile app (available for Android and iOS devices), functions as a digital recorder, an audio library, and a repository for all your GoTranscript orders. Navigation is a bit confusing because there are icons in the upper right corner that are redundant with items in the hidden right-hand menu. Also, there's no search bar, which could be an issue if you use its services extensively.
Both the audio and transcript sections are fairly basic. If you tap on an audio file you recorded with the app, you can play it, edit its name, or add it to your favorites, as well as uploading it to your Dropbox account. You also have the option to delete or order a transcript of the file. There's no way to import an existing audio recording, which is disappointing. After you hit the transcribe button, you proceed through the same options you would on the web. From the Transcriptions library section, you can either download the Word or PDF version of the file or add it to your favorites if it's one you need to revisit.
Otter, Rev, Temi, and Trint also offer mobile apps. Those work in much the same way; you can record audio and submit the files for transcription. However, most let you view completed transcripts directly within the app. Otter goes one step further by letting you edit transcripts directly from a mobile device.
A Decent Option
Transcription services can save you a ton of time and frustration if you work with a lot of audio or video files. You should primarily base your decision on a service's overall accuracy, since this will save you from having to spend valuable time correcting mistakes. Although GoTranscript produced usable results, it was not the most accurate in our tests. Its web editor and dashboard are not nearly as robust as those of top competitors, either. Rev, our Editors' Choice for the category, is cheaper, more accurate, and more enjoyable to use. For simpler transcriptions suitable for automatic services, we recommend Otter.
Bottom Line: GoTranscript is a human-based transcription service that produces decent results in testing, but its web editor lacks high-end features and its fees can add up quickly.
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Ben Moore is a Junior Analyst for PCMag’s software team. He has previously written for Laptop Mag, Neowin.net, and Tom’s Guide on everything from hardware to business acquisitions across the tech industry. Ben holds a degree in New Media and Digital Design from Fordham University at Lincoln Center, where he served as the Editor-in-Chief of The Observer, the student-run newspaper. He spends his free time taking photos and reading books. You can follow him on Twitter at @benmoore214. See Full Bio
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MIDEAST STOCKS-Gulf stocks extend gains as U.S.-Iran tension ease
Jan 12 (Reuters) - All major Gulf stock markets opened higher on Sunday, extending their gains from the previous session, amid relief at no further escalation in tensions between Iran and the United States.
Last week, U.S. President Donald Trump backed away from days of angry rhetoric against Iran as the two countries tried to defuse a crisis over the U.S. killing of Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani.
Saudi Arabia’s index rose 0.7%, outperforming regional peers and buoyed by gains in financial and petrochemical shares. Al Rajhi Bank and Banquet Saudi Francis were up 0.6% and 1.5%, respectively.
Advanced Petrochemical added 1.9% after reporting a 5.9% rise in estimated annual profit to 759 million riyals ($202 million).
Saudi Aramco, however, was trading flat.
On Sunday, the oil giant said it had exercised its “greenshoe option” to sell an additional 450 million shares, raising the size of its initial public offering (IPO) to $29.4 billion. Aramco initially raised a then-record $25.6 billion in its IPO in December by selling 3 billion shares at 32 riyals.
In Qatar, the index was up 0.3% as industries Qatar advanced 1% and Qatar Islamic Bank edged up 0.6%.
Dubai’s index inched up 0.1% as blue-chip developer Emaar Properties gained 0.3%.
Amanat Holdings rose 2.3% after the healthcare and education investment firm said it was assessing a possible acquisition of a stake in the Middle East operations of VPS healthcare group.
Abu Dhabi’s index was also up 0.1%, with Emirates Telecom Group gaining 0.2%.
Kuwait’s and Oman’s stock markets are closed following the death of Oman’s Sultan Qaboos bin Said and will resume trading on Tuesday and Wednesday respectively.
$1 = 3.7514 riyals Reporting by Maqsood Alam in Bengaluru; Editing by Mark Potter
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WWE WrestleMania has featured countless wrestlers, as well as a host of celebrities in its 30-year history. While the glitz and glamour make WrestleMania the company’s biggest show of the year, it’s the performances of the grapplers that are remembered the most by fans all around the world. Here are the top five performers in WrestleMania’s illustrious history:
#5: Triple H
Given his WrestleMania debut, it was hard to imagine that Triple H (or Hunter Hearst Helmsley as he was known back in 1996) would ever make a list of this type. Then, he was defeated in mere minutes by a returning Ultimate Warrior. Nearly two decades later, Triple H finds himself married to the boss’ daughter and holding an Executive Vice President role within WWE. Triple H became a top draw for the company in 1999 and rode his success to numerous WrestleMania main events, usually defending the World Championship. To this day, he stills appears on the annual card, in one of the prime spots, despite his semi-retirement.
#4: Bret Hart
If you wanted to throw out a lame analogy, you could say that ‘The Hitman’ was the Hart and soul of WrestleMania, especially in its second decade of existence. The Canadian grappler wrestled at each event from 1986-97 and also returned for a one-time battle against WWE owner Vince McMahon at WrestleMania XXVI. During his prime years, Hart’s performances often stole the show, including wrestling two matches at the 10th event, defending the World Title in a 60-minute Iron Man match at the 12th show, and his epic brawl with Steve Austin at the 13th rendition.
#3: Hulk Hogan
The Hulkster participated or played some role in the WrestleMania main event for the show’s first nine broadcasts. He returned to WWE in 2002 and battled The Rock at WrestleMania XVIII, in a confrontation between two of the sport’s greatest icons. The next year, Hogan gained some long-simmering revenge over boss Vince McMahon – the two men who can be most credited with the success of the WrestleMania concept. At six different WrestleMania events, Hogan either defended the World Title or challenged for it. For WrestleMania XXX, Hogan returned from five years away from WWE to host the spectacle.
#2: Shawn Michaels
Dubbed ‘Mr. WrestleMania’, Shawn Michaels always seems to shine the brightest come the big event. While Michaels first WrestleMania appearance was all the way back in 1989, it wasn’t until 1994 when he became a top-level player with his hightlight reel ladder match versus Razor Ramon. Despite losing the contest, the ‘Showstopper’s’ career was launched and two years later, he captured the World Championship at WrestleMania XII. After a four-year hiatus from the ring, Michaels returned to put on a number of classic, show-stealing performances, working with a new generation of stars, like Chris Jericho, Kurt Angle, and John Cena.
#1: The Undertaker
Riding a winning streak of 21-0 at the annual event, the Undertaker continues to thrill audiences nearly a quarter of a decade after he debuted. He has only missed two of the last 23 WrestleMania cards and during that time, has battled every monster possible at WWE’s biggest show of the year, including Giant Gonzales, King Kong Bundy, Sycho Sid, and Kane. He’s also defeated some of the industry’s top names as he’s piled up the wins. Legends like Ric Flair, Shawn Michaels, Triple H, Kevin Nash, Jake Roberts, Jimmy Snuka, and others have all fallen to ‘The Deadman’. With each passing year, the streak has become a more integral part of the WrestleMania hype.
Super Saturday Shot Day: Body Slammer
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The ‘Showcase of the Immortals’, as they call it, used to be a pretty big deal for the Sip Advisor. While I don’t follow wrestling as religiously as I once did, it is still on my bucket list to one day attend a WrestleMania show. Perhaps The Sip Advisor will grow to the point where I’m even offered a spot on the show and can get my greedy paws on a couple of the WWE Divas!
Sip Advisor Bar Notes (4.5 Sips out of 5):
This shot was really good and I certainly didn’t feel like I’d just been body slammed. I used Fireball Whiskey to go along with the Goldschlager and that just heightened the cinnamon flavour. I used my cowboy boot shot glass, as it closely resembled a wrestling boot. Thankfully, I still had some mini wrestling figures lying around at Ma and Pa Sip’s house to go along with my diorama and here we see ol’ Stone Cold Steve Austin delivering his trademark stunner to Kane, while The Undertaker prepares to chokeslam The Rock straight to hell!
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Irena Pasvinter || Alankrita Amaya
“How many times have we watched this?”
“If you’re so bored, don’t keep me company. Nobody forces you.”
“Don’t make this hurt face. I’m not bored. It’s too funny.”
“Funny? What do you mean?”
“Oh, you know, funny, comical. Especially when you start strangling this shrieking bug-eyed prima donna, it’s absolutely hilarious.”
“Comical? So you think I look ridiculous?”
“It’s not just you, the whole thing’s ridiculous.”
“For everybody else it’s classics, an immortal tragedy, and for you it’s what – a comedy? A farce?”
“Bingo, farce is the perfect word.”
“So I’m what, a clown? A jester? A buffoon?”
“Calm down. You’re an opera singer, a fine opera singer, but don’t expect me to burst into tears when you squeeze your partner to death. That’s too much to ask.”
“And why is that too much? The audience cried.”
“From laughter perhaps.”
“If you bothered to come to the performance, you’d have seen how sensitive, emotional people react to great art, to Shakespearean tragedy, to Verdi’s opera.”
“Sorry, dear, I was afraid I wouldn’t be able to watch you without giggling.”
“Am I really so ridiculous in your eyes?”
“Usually not, but white-faced Otello, dressed in a suit and tie, strangling mini-skirted Ophelia – it’s a bit too much for me to stay serious.”
“It’s not Ophelia I’m strangling. It’s Desdemona. Des-de-mo-na.”
“All right, all right, no need to kill me for mixing two Shakespearean females.”
“To kill you? I wonder if that would finally convince you I could do tragedy.”
“I’d put my hands on your neck, like that, like I did with Desdemona.”
“Very convincing. You know what, I give up – you can play tragedy. No need to prove this to me.”
“I’d squeeze hard, really hard, like I always longed to do with Desdemona, but could never afford to.”
“Oh, it feels so good.”
“Ghhhhh… Stop this! It’s not funny.”
“Sorry, my fingers slipped for a second. Oh, I love it. I love your color – this lovely shade of blue. It’s such a heavenly pleasure. Your neck is so gracious. Do you want me to sing to you? Your last aria? You see, I can do both, tragedy and singing. You should have come to the premiere. You should have come to the final performance. You should have come. Now it’s too late. But I still can do tragedy. Sleep well, my Desdemona. Sleep well.”
About Irena Pasvinter
Irena Pasvinter divides her time between software engineering, endless family duties and writing poetry and fiction. Her poem Psalm 3.14159… has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize. Visit Irena at https://sites.google.com/site/ipscribblings.
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The GPs and nurses at University Medical Practice will no longer routinely be prescribing medicines that can be bought over-the-counter (OTC) for certain, mostly short term, conditions. We will also no longer be prescribing vitamin and mineral supplements for most patients.
We are asking patients to take a different approach to managing the following conditions:
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We are moving towards the idea that these conditions will usually be treated via “self-care”. The team of health professionals at your local pharmacy can offer help and clinical advice to manage these minor health concerns. You can buy OTC medicines at your local pharmacy and/or supermarket for any of these conditions.
If you are prescribed medicines that are available over-the-counter for a chronic (long-term) medical condition, such as paracetamol for osteoarthritis, you will still have them prescribed by your GP.
If you have certain long-term medical conditions we may still want you to see the GP or nurse for the conditions listed above, as it may be the most appropriate way for you to get your medicines and allow us to monitor your health.
In the financial year 2017/18, the Birmingham and Solihull Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), which our practice is part of, spent approximately £ 15.7 million on prescriptions for medicines which could otherwise be purchased over the counter from a pharmacy and/or other outlets such as petrol stations or supermarkets. The costs to the NHS for many of the items used to treat minor conditions are often higher than the prices for which they can be purchased over-the-counter.
The benefits of this new policy include:
Fewer appointments in general practice will be taken up in dealing with conditions which are suitable for self-care. This means that more appointments will be available for those who need medical advice.
People will be encouraged to take more control over their own healthcare, using the skills of highly trained community pharmacists if they wish to do so.
NHS resources can be re-focussed towards other treatments e.g. new medicines to prevent strokes, better medicines to improve breathing, a wider variety of treatments for diabetes.
See the Birmingham and Solihull CCG website for more information on the policy, frequently asked questions and where to get information to support ‘self-care’.
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Ariel Gordon “Hauling Up”
August 2015. I’ve just arrived at the Muskwa-Kechika Adventures’ treed base camp for a week.
It’s taken two flights, from Winnipeg to Edmonton and Edmonton to Fort St. John, another ten hours on the Alaska Highway, and an hour on a floatplane flying over mountains and valleys and more mountains, just to get to the Mayfield Base Camp.
It’s beautiful but unreal: endless mountain ranges carpeted with conifers and the stands of conifers across Mayfield Lake. Green lakes and sinuous rivers and my white toes wriggling in the cold water of Mayfield Lake.
I can’t quite take it in, but I try as we haul luggage and a week’s worth of groceries in boxes and bags from the marshy landing zone, through the make-shift horse paddock, through the saddling area, between a small shack that is M-K Adventures owner Wayne Sawchuk’s sleeping area and a smaller one—a sauna/laundry area— that abuts a dock, and into a tarped area that contained a kitchen, firepit, and picnic table or two.
Beyond that is a tipi and two wall tents, set in the trees like box lunches amidst place settings. Jerry, who manages the base camp, tells me I’ll be sleeping in the second tent, so I separate my bags from the pile and head toward it.
There are a few stairs leading up to the wall tent’s platform that has just enough space for two yellow plastic Adirondack chairs before the tent’s entrance. I can’t help but try to mentally pack them into the back of the floatplane we’d just arrived on.
Inside, there are two rough-hewn platform beds with headboard shelves, with a stack of folded blankets. There’s a wood stove with a chimney that vents outside the tent.
I had been steeling myself to sleep on the ground. This will be warm and cozy.
As I head back towards the firepit, where writer and guide Melanie Siebert and novelist John Vaillant and his family are waiting, I note that there are mushrooms next to the path.
We’ve found ourselves in the Muskwa-Kechika Management Area—otherwise known as the M-KMA—which was created in 1998 and is in BC’s Northern Rockies. It consists of 6.4 million hectares of land on the traditional homelands of the Kaska Dene First Nations, Treaty 8 FN, and Tsay Keh Dene FN.
Two million hectares were parcelled out in thirteen provincial parks. Another four million hectares were designated as special management zones where limited resource development is permitted, as long as it is sensitive to wildlife and the environment.
Wayne, a logger turned conservationist, helped to agitate for the M-KMA. He’s also married to poet Donna Kane, who adds artists’ camps to Wayne’s expedition list every few years.
Political boundaries aside, the land surrounding Mayfield Lake is situated in the Boreal White and Black Spruce zone, whose major tree species are white spruce, trembling aspen, lodgepole pine, black spruce, balsam poplar, tamarack, subalpine fir, common paper birch, and Alaska paper birch.
Shrubs include highbush cranberry and prickly wild rose. At their feet are a mixture of mosses and herbs, including step moss, red-stepped feathermoss, and knight’s plume as well as twinflower, trailing raspberry, pink wintergreen, coltsfoot and bunchberry.
We’re meant to leave first thing tomorrow for a twelve-hour ride up into the alpine.
So after a morning spent reading, a mid-afternoon swim, and an afternoon walk, we’re spending the early evening being matched with a horse in Wayne’s herd. After a few shrewd questions about the depth and breadth of my riding experience over dinner, I find myself in front of Tony, whose reins are tied to a tree.
Their matchmaking has taken me back twenty-seven years, when I was a fifteen-year-old atheist at a Christian horse camp, learning how to take care of a grey and white Appaloosa named Moose. Moose was enormous and eager; I knew that he would take me anywhere.
This horse, Tony—Antoinette—is beautiful and haughty.
She’s been giving me the stink-eye since I walked up. None of the usual tricks—talking low and sweet, offering my hand to sniff, scratching around the ears—have worked.
“Tony’s such a bitch,” says Erin, the Calgary-based wrangler, her blonde hair tangled, her fair cheeks ruddy with exertion and living rough for weeks, as she leans in to adjust Tony’s girth strap.
Tony is surefooted, which is important, because even though I can remember learning how to saddle a horse, I can’t remember details: which parts of the tackle are supposed to touch the animal. Which parts are most definitely not, because they’ll rub the horse—rub Tony—raw. Make her hate me. Worse, cause her pain.
Watching Erin secure the saddle while I stand in the background is like running into my best friend from grade six and struggling to remember her name: frustrating, even embarrassing.
When Erin is done, she tells me to mount up. The point of this exercise is to introduce riders to horses and to adjust stirrup lengths before tomorrow’s day-long ride.
I approach Tony, who’s clearly impatient, stepping from foot to foot. I notice that she looks like she’s been steeped in a cup of tea; her legs are the colour of tea that’s sat on the counter for an hour while her rump is weak tea.
My hand on the pommel, I lift my creaky foot high and then higher and still barely get it into the stirrup…
Sandra, a fellow expeditionist from America who breeds horses and paints watercolours, sees my discomfort and calls for the box, which is meant for old people and children.
Wayne, who has been leading horse expeditions into the Muskwa-Kechika since 1985, who can ride anything and fix anything and is almost always calm, appears behind me.
“Your horse is short and you have long legs,” he says.
He’s right. And it isn’t pretty, but I manage to swing my leg over the horse, to haul my forty-two-year-old body up and over the mountain that is Tony.
The ground is studded with mushrooms. Some of them are small brown things, looking like raisins that have soaked overnight in water, while others are the whitest of white bone-china. There are puffballs and two varieties of coral mushrooms, which resemble peachy-pink and beige colonies of marine invertebrates but also candelabra.
There are mushrooms everywhere. So I pick one or two different ones, break off the stalk, and lay them gently on the pages of my second book of poetry, Stowaways. I leave the whole works in the sun on deck of our wall tent.
Hopefully, over the next few hours, the mushrooms will deposit spores on the paper, leaving the mushroom equivalent of a fingerprint, in that the colour could be used to help identify the mushroom species but also the shape of that particular mushroom.
I am under the tarp around the cookfire when it starts to pour. I am enjoying the noise when I remember the spore print, so I tear back to the tent, running flat out.
I scoop up the book and take it into the tent to see how much damage it has sustained. It’s sodden and will take days to dry out. It feels awfully symbolic. The spore print obliterated. My poems—all the years of work—sodden. Flimsy.
My hand on the handle of a canoe paddle, except twenty-four years ago, when I was eighteen and just about to try out for the junior national rowing team. And it was an oar, sometimes even two oars, and I could use them to make the boat soar.
In those days, I spent most of my mornings scrambling in an out of a rowing shell, navigating kilometers and kilometers of the silty Red River, enclosed by elms and oaks and full of speedboats and jet-skis and the swells of water and sound they left behind them.
This evening, I’m in a red-bottomed canoe, is just as light and easy to maneuver as the shells I spent ten years hoisting over my head. But the only things powering it are my arms. And I’m forty-two, not eighteen, but for some reason I’m trying to substitute power for technique. Even so, I’m gratified when I feel the canoe start to glide over Mayfield Lake.
Melanie Siebert, sitting behind me, has been paddling for most of her life. She’s even paddled for a living, spending fifteen years as a canoeing and rafting guide and then also writing about it both authoritatively and beautifully.
She’s quiet for the first half of our evening paddle: loon tremolos, blue-green water, dark green trees, grey twilight sky.
“Um,” Melanie says diplomatically. I’ve just switched my paddle to the starboard side of the canoe because my right arm is aching. “I can show you a less tiring way of paddling, if you’d like.”
“Sure,” I say, brightly. Sigh….
She explains that if I started my stroke with my shoulder and not my arms, I will be more efficient.
“Using my shoulders, I can paddle all day without getting tired,” she says.
And she’s right. Even though I’m completely comfortable on the water, even though I made the junior national team and could still teach an intro-to-rowing class, I’m just needlessly tiring myself out this way.
Fifty meters away, a loon feigns a wing injury, hoping to draw us away from his mate and their nest.
We’re riding up into the alpine. We’ll be twelve hours going up and getting down, riding out of the Boreal White and Black Spruce zone and into the Alpine Tundra zone.
That means the trees I’ve been getting used to will give way to shrubs and grasses, mosses and lichens, and bare rock. There still might be some wildflowers even this late in the summer: Mountain Avens, buttercups, lilies, and paintbrushes.
But first, we have to cross a football field-sized salt-lick, all wet gray clay. The ground is split by hoof prints, which Wayne points out: moose, caribou, mountain goat. We add horseshoe prints and boot prints to the mix.
I tug gently on the reins but can barely keep Tony from chomping grass. (We have been told to keep the horses from chomping grass.)
There are ten horses-and-riders, wranglers and expeditionists, women, men and teenagers. We get strung out sometimes, so Wayne periodically stops to wait for everyone to catch up.
Once, while paused, Wayne shifts sideways on his horse to pick huckleberries on the ground, which are just coming into season. It’s a confident display. If I tried that, I would fall off the horse and, most likely, burst into tears.
I occupy myself with tugging on Tony’s head and scanning the ground for mushrooms, which are yellow and creamy-white punctuation to the ride.
It’s difficult to mushroom from atop a horse, but I can’t keep myself from pointing them out to John Vaillant, who’s riding behind me, especially when there’s a big blob of yellow witches’ butter on a log or a big orange. Something—anything—I recognize.
Tea. As I turn the pages of my notebook, I notice again that my fingernails are dirty, my cuticles a little swollen. One of my projects for today is to clip the hangnails and buff the rough edges because last night, as I slept and slept, they occasionally caught on the sheets.
But everyone’s hands, even just three days in, are just as bad. Though there is a washtub full of water on the wood stove in the sauna, so people wash themselves and their clothes. Though there is a wash station rigged up near the campfire, so people can wash their hands after using the outhouse, I’ve found it very difficult to keep my fingers clean.
Last night, just before crashing into bed, a group of us looked at Wayne’s collection of maps of the area, dirty fingers tracing our route up the mountain. I was able to pick out the place where we’d stopped for lunch, just on the other side of a stream.
My horse Tony had paused to drink from the stream when we’d crossed, her legs submerged to mid-cannon. After we’d all dismounted and the guides were starting a fire to cook lunch, I climbed back down to the stream with a mug and drank my fill.
I’d wanted to know the name of the mountain we’d climbed for my journal, but apparently these mountains haven’t been named. They’re an hour’s float plane ride from the nearest named places, in a region that’s mostly mountains. And Wayne hasn’t bothered to name them. Maybe he’s content to just to be on and over them, to sit in their shadow, year after year. Or maybe he doesn’t feel that it’s his role to assign names, given the long and soiled history of European settlers arriving and renaming places and people, trees and lakes.
We use names in order to communicate. Labels like “oak” and “ash” give you more information about what I’m looking at if I’m trying to describe them to you, instead of more general categories like “tree.” But here, “mountain” works just fine, especially when Wayne can stand in camp and point at the particular mountain he means.
The placelessness of the mountain was startling at first, but I told myself, again, that naming can only get you so far. And it’s only one way of knowing. It’s just that knowing-the-names has become the way that people signal expertise.
When I’m feeling a bit lost, when I’m feeling a bit lonely, I try to bring in friendly voices.
So, three years later, I email Wayne and ask him about his favourite tree of the Northern Rockies.
Wayne responds within an hour:
“I’d have to say the birch tree, Ariel. Birch are relatively rare in the mountains, they only occur in a narrow band around 4000’ (usually.) But, that birchbark is the best firelighter! So, when I see a birch on the side of the trail, usually on the way or back from the high country, it gives a wee jolt of pleasure as I dismount, peel off a few loose rolls of bark and stow them in the saddlebag, knowing I’ll have an easy fire to make when we get to camp.”
My hands on the handle of an axe, except back when I was fifteen, when I split wood at my family’s cabin.
My favourite memory from that time was sitting in an old wicker chair with a blanket on my knees and my socked feet on the base of the fireplace, a bowl of sunflower seeds to one side, a book and an apple to the other. It was early fall and cool/rainy outside, but I was warm & fed in every sense possible.
All of which is to say: we all knew how to split wood, even if we didn’t do it very often. We didn’t use the fireplaces very often in July and August and we had electric or propane appliances in the kitchen.
This axe has been well-used the six days I’ve been at base camp. We consume lots of firewood when cooking three meals a day and those fires are kept burning longer when it’s cold. There’s also a woodstove in the little sauna, which does double duty, providing steam but also boiling water for washing bodies and clothes.
A week in base camp equals a small stand of trees.
Our group is six men and six women, ranging in age from thirteen to mid-sixties but so far, only the men have been splitting wood for the fire. These are not sexist men and we are not shrinking women, but the task has split along gender lines.
And that bothers me somehow.
It’s a cold/rainy afternoon late in the week. I’ve got nearly every layer I brought with me on. It’s all dirty. So: I’m cold/damp/smelly.
What’s more, I’ve finished most of the books I brought with me and even some of Melanie’s. I don’t feel like making another belt out of Wayne’s exceptional store of leather bits and buckles or painting or even writing in my journal. My tea is cold.
So I step up to the big stump they’ve been using to split wood on and I lift the axe.
I’m aware that other people are watching as I put my first log up on the stump. I take a few tentative swings, which bounce off the log. I’m swinging the axe up over my right shoulder, which doesn’t feel wrong, but neither does it feel right.
I consider giving up. But I hate the small smile of defeat that would require as I slunk back to my seat. So I find a smaller log, put it on the stump, and somehow manage to split that.
John Valliant is a writer of adventure stories. He is perceptive and generous with everyone. He reads poetry and cleans up after himself but he also does things like going with the wranglers who are half his age to get the horses and manages to hold on for a bareback gallop back to camp.
He’d been watching me sort-of-split wood and he uses this in-between-logs moment to approach.
“It’s better if you swing from over your head,” he says. “Instead of from the side.”
And he’s right. Swinging from overhead is much more powerful. And that is the only bit of technique I need, aside from advice on how to attack the particularly big and branchy stumps.
I’d forgotten that splitting wood is mostly confidence. You mostly have to want to do it. It looks big, it looks hard, but wood-splitting is easy, both in terms of technique and effort.
I split the rest of the logs in the pile that afternoon. After the first few logs, I shed most of my layers. I’m intensely warm and, what’s more, every time I destroy a big stump, it feels like I’ve wrestled a bobcat or successfully manufactured arrows or something.
When I’m done, John comes over and helps me stack the pieces of wood. We’re surrounded by the scent of wood and sap and smoke from the fire.
When we get up onto the tippy-top of the mountain, we dismount. The wranglers break out snacks: fizzy water, energy bars, fruit, and candy.
Tony’s lead rope is loosely tethered to the saddle of Wayne’s horse Bonus.
“He’s called Bonus because I didn’t know that mare was pregnant,” says Wayne when I ask him.
Tony is used to riding behind Bonus. She won’t go anywhere, unlike some of the younger horses, who have wandered away and will have to be retrieved later.
We compare notes on the snacks. Those of us that packed binoculars in our saddlebags get them out and scan nearby slopes for wildlife. A couple of browsing caribou are spotted just down the hill and some distant mountain goats, which can best be described as white specks on dark rock.
There are no mushrooms this high up. There are no trees. Just small scrubby things, lichen, and rock. I’ve mouthed my share of the snacks. I’ve watched wildlife mouth their share of the grasses.
I’m feeling restless but I sit myself down. My pants are marked with dust, sweat, and a horsehair outline of Tony’s flanks, which I like.
I sit and look out over the mountains. The wind blows.
While we’re up in the alpine, Wayne points out a boulder covered in orange lichen and speckled with fossils. He tells us that Ben Gadd, a draft dodger turned naturalist and writer, spotted this rock with his binoculars from the firepit down in camp and so they came to find it.
While mushrooming, I found a brown mushroom whose cap resembles an overstuffed pillow or a royal-wedding fascinator. Which is to say, nothing like anything I’ve ever seen before, so I spend part of a rainy afternoon flipping through the camp copy of Gadd’s Handbook of the Canadian Rockies and identify it as a saddle-shaped false morel.
So I email ask Gadd about his favourite tree too.
“Oh, the poor northern Rockies. No Douglas-fir, no Engelmann spruce. No Lyall’s larch, no western larch. No ponderosa pine, no limber pine, no whitebark pine, no western white pine. No hemlock, no cedar. All these iconic trees of Canada’s western mountains are found in the Rockies farther south, but they are missing north of the Peace River.
“However, there is something that grows all the way to the northern end of the range at the Yukon-B.C. boundary. It’s a willow. It’s very small. In fact, it’s the tiniest willow in the whole tribe. It’s Salix nivalis. (Or maybe it’s Salix reticulata; the botanists argue about that.) I know it as the snow willow.
“This is an alpine plant whose three little leaves, each smaller than your pinkie’s fingernail, barely rise off the tundra. The only part of the snow willow that reaches more than a centimetre into the chilly high-country wind is the catkin—the flower—which hardly looks like a flower at all. But it’s bright red, proudly awaiting your intake of breath when you discover it for the first time, and you get down on your hands and knees for a close look, and you realize how incredibly cute it is. Awww …
“How can I call this a ‘tree’? Simple. It’s because it’s a willow, with close relatives that grow more than 10 m tall, and because like other trees it’s a woody plant with a single stem. (Well, that single sticky-uppy catkin.) And also because the one and only George Scotter, who wrote the masterful Wildflowers of the Canadian Rockies, refers to it as ‘my favorite tree.’
Which, of course, makes it my favorite tree, too.”
Our last evening paddle.
When Melanie and I aren’t stopping to gawk at the moose cow who skulks in the reeds opposite base camp most nights or to peer at the osprey pair in their ridiculously large nest, built like a bad idea on the very top of a tree, we glide…
I was ridiculously pleased when, one night around the fire, John tells me that they’ve watched us from shore. That we’re fast, clearly experts.
“I’ve never really canoed before,” I said, humble-bragging.
There is a pleasant routine to our paddles. We’ve figured out which of the paddles and lifejackets fit us best and we take the same canoe every time.
We paddle around, wedging ourselves into small reedy spots, exploring corners of the lake, until we’ve used up the last of the sun.
Tonight, I’m happy to stop and start, resting my paddle across the gunwales as Melanie takes pictures of the ospreys with her big camera.
I have binoculars. But I have my own eyes and my memories of the grey twilight of our paddles, so I just sit.
When I rowed, I usually sat bow, which meant that I steered, that I called the tempo of our strokes, but I trust Melanie. I’m happy to do whatever she tells me. And I think she’s coming to trust me.
It’s nearly dark and we’re gliding toward the shallows, slowing down as our keel touches rock and sand on the bottom of Mayfield Lake.
I step out of the canoe while it is still moving, like I did when I was a kid at the cabin, our motorboat approaching the dock, like I did when I was a teenager, aiming the shell at the rowing club dock like an arrow…
And my leg gets stuck in the gravel, like a fleshy anchor, and suddenly we’re tipping. We right ourselves within a few seconds, but the canoe tips enough that our asses get wet and there’s suddenly a few inches of water sloshing around in the bottom of the canoe.
“Whoa!” I say. “Sorry!”
“I just put my camera away,” Melanie says, gesturing towards the waterproof carrying case she uses on wilderness trips. “I literally just closed the latch.”
I blush and apologize again and, after the paddles and sopping lifejackets are stowed and the canoe turned over, run to stoke the fire in the sauna’s woodstove.
While Melanie is peeling off her wet pants in the sauna, I tear through camp, dripping, and retrieve my bottle of port from the tent and the camp’s much-used Scrabble board from the picnic table.
And we drink and Scrabble and get toasty warm in our bras and longjohns.
On the way down the mountain, there are stretches where it is too steep or too slippery for the horses to manage with riders, so we dismount.
I clamber down the path with Tony’s reins held loosely in my hand.
And while she is more likely to greet inexperienced horses trying to rush her or even push by her on the trail with a nip or even a sharp kick, I’m not worried.
She is twice my size, with metal reinforcing her hooves. She’s gentle.
The rest of the ride is like that. Up and down, leading and following. When we get back to camp, it is nearly eight o’clock.
When I slide down her tea-dark side one last time in basecamp, I am weary but happy.
I slowly take Tony’s saddle off and see that its outline—my outline—is marked in sweat on her back. I like that.
Usually, Tony rolls on the ground after her bit and saddle are removed. But this time, she lets me scratch the spot between her front legs first.
Erin walks by, lugging a saddle back to the tack shed. She’s the one who showed me this spot, which wasn’t part of my teenage repertoire.
“Look at her eyes!” Erin exclaims. “You know horses are happy when their eyes get like that…”
I’m absurdly grateful for our détente. Tony doesn’t have to like me for me to ride her, but I much prefer a friend to a living bicycle.
I step back and watch as Tony rolls on her back then moves to rejoin the herd. The ones ahead of her in the pecking order, the ones behind her. Everyone in his or her place.
And then I turn my back on them. All I’m thinking about is how I can feel all those hours of riding in my thighs, how good a seat by the fire and a cup of tea would be.
I have written and rewritten this essay so many times. But it never felt finished, so I returned, once more, to the photos I took back in 2015.
On the first day in camp, when group of us went for a walk, we took along bowls so we could pick highbush cranberries. Camp cook Jerry wanted to make syrup from them to go with our breakfast.
It was a leisurely walk on what will be the warmest day of our trip. As we sat on a hill overlooking the water, Wayne inspected my bowlful of berries and found a rare spider that he said might be poisonous. Then he laid down on the moss-covered ground and had a snooze in the sun, his battered hands steepled over his solar plexus.
I wandered off and found mushrooms but was not pleased with the quality of my photographs. And then it was rainy and cold for several days in a row. Wayne and his wranglers consulted with the group and decided that we would not do an overnight trip into the alpine but instead shorter day trips, given the conditions.
And it seemed like everyone had a fancy camera, so I eventually put away my little camera, thinking the fault was with the technology and, somehow, with me.
So I have very few pictures to return to. And what I have is almost all mushrooms.
But I spend hours looking through them, hours looking up the other articles written about the M-KMA, including John Vaillant’s November 2008 article for National Geographic, where he writes:
“What is so extraordinary about this wilderness is that one can follow these rivers and explore these ranges for days and weeks and never see a person, a rail line, or even a fire tower. This is the West as Lewis and Clark, or Roosevelt and Muir, might have seen it: a landscape without familiar reference points, where everything is so massive and raw that estimates and distance continually fall short of the reality.” (“Northern Giant” by John Vaillant. National Geographic, November 2008, Vol. 214 (5).)
There is a shock of recognition. I have been wondering why I couldn’t connect with this landscape, these trees, but it makes sense: everything was so different from where I’m from, everything was so big.
For some reason, I can handle Banff, which is encircled with mountains but parceled up and managed. Banff feels small to me.
But three years after spending a week on the shores of Mayfield Lake, I still can’t manage to find it on the map of the M-KMA.
The expression goes ‘she couldn’t see the forest for the trees,’ meaning a person who is mired in details but can’t see the problem as a whole, but I’ve got the opposite problem: I can’t see the trees for the forest.
I decide that maybe re-reading Gadd’s Handbook of the Canadian Rockies will help me locate myself. Except I’m in Winnipeg and it isn’t available anywhere locally and I don’t want to wait two weeks to have one shipped to me, so I ask if anyone on my social media has a copy.
My cousin Chris MacLeay was born in Thunder Bay but has lived in the mountains in BC and Alberta for most of his adult life. He writes me from Whistler.
“Hey, so I’m not sure why you’re after Ben Gadd’s book but just wanted to share with you that his novel Raven’s End has had a big impact on the ‘spirituality’ of mountain culture in Canada.”
When Gadd sends me his ode to the snow willow, I share it with Chris. His response?
“Can’t speak to the northern Rockies but my favourite tree in southern mainland BC would be a solitary pine on the ridge above the ground that has hosted the Basscoast Festival for the past few years. On Vancouver Island there is a stand of old growth cedars outside of Port Renfrew called Avatar Grove that is pretty amazing.”
And this is why I always come back to trees, no matter where they are: because they help bring me back into community. Because they help me think on I remember, and what I forget.
My hand, rooting around in the Scrabble tile bag, except thirty years ago, when I was a smart-aleck-y twelve-year-old at the cabin, my hair still wet from jumping in and out of the lake all day.
Scrabble tiles were like cedar roof shingles, or, if you had the more expensive set, big square teeth. None of us really cared if we won, but we played. It was what you did, evenings at the lake.
After years of sitting around the campfire at base camp, Wayne is a Scrabble fiend. I play semi-occasionally now but still know all the angles: high-scoring words, doubling-up on triple-score tiles, all the two-letter words that get you through.
All week, I’ve won evening and rainy-day Scrabble games. The second-last night, after we’ve had our final ride, after I’ve said a weepy goodbye to that bitch Tony, Wayne presents himself as an opponent.
Everyone makes it clear that they expect me to lose. Everyone stands around the board, peering at the score sheet.
I lose the first game. Wayne doesn’t crow but everyone else does.
And this isn’t cheating, technically, but as we’re finishing up, I grab Wayne’s knee. Or, more precisely, grasp his leg just above the knee. I’m not sure what anatomy is in play, but do it right and people jump, like they’re in a doctor’s office getting their reflexes checked.
My mum used to do it to me all the time in the car. She’d reach over with one big, capable hand and take hold of my knee. And I’d jump and squeal and feel loved.
Wayne’s usually very composed, but he yells “Whoa!” and tries to grab MY knee. I move to avoid him, laughing like a maniac. We’re churning on the picnic table seat, almost wrestling, and people can’t figure out what the fuck is going on.
“Again?” Wayne asks, chuckling.
“Yah,” I say. And begin shoveling tiles into the bag.
I win the second game. And I’m happy to have won, but it’s just a game. It doesn’t mean anything. Just like it didn’t mean anything—except to me—whether or not I could saddle a horse.
Waggling his eyebrows, Wayne tells me—insists—that we’ll play again tomorrow and retires for the night.
The next day, the floatplane arrives earlier than expected, so we spend the time scrabbling to pack up and haul gear and then suddenly we’re airborne, Wayne waving from the shore. The particular trees of the Mayfield Lake base camp getting smaller, becoming one stand amidst the millions of trees in the M-KMA.
Under the plane’s electric light, I can’t stop looking at my swollen fingertips, the splits and scrapes of not being able to wash thoroughly for a week, of handling axes and reins instead of skimming a keyboard.
I raise my eyes to the other expeditionists, who are packed onto the plane in the seats ahead like groceries. They’re goggling out the window at the M-KMA’s mountains, its rivers and lakes.
I realize that they’re just as grubby and disheveled, as sleepy and surprised as I am. And while I might be overly attached to the idea that I’m good in the wilderness, the only thing I’m tethered to is this big, capable, aging body.
So I rest my eyes in the trees, knowing they’re always a good place to land, here and at home.
Ariel Gordon is the author of two collections of urban-nature poetry, both of which won the Lansdowne Prize for Poetry. Recent projects include the anthology GUSH: menstrual manifestos for our times, co-edited with Tanis MacDonald and Rosanna Deerchild, and the third installment of the National Poetry Month in the Winnipeg Free Press. She lives in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
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A New Year in the Tallgrass
“Joy as I see it involves embracing life. … Joy isn’t the opposite of sorrow, but encompasses and transcends sorrow. You know you’re truly connected with yourself when you’re experiencing joy.” — Susan Goldsmith Wooldridge
Where did 2019 go? The time passed so quickly.
This year we saw changes on the prairies we love. After the prescribed burns that torched the tallgrass…
… we marveled at the new growth soon after.
Watched the early pasque flowers bloom….
and then, set seeds for the future.
We stood amazed at the constellations of shooting star, bent and humming with bumble bees.
Then, were astonished at the July wildflowers. Sure, we seem them each summer. But each year seems like a miracle.
Now, at the end of December, the prairie has its own sort of loveliness. The beauty of sky and clouds…
…the delights of a single seedhead.
Pasture thistle.
Bee balm.
Blazing star.
Each prairie plant has a different method of making seeds and ensuring its future. Each has a story to tell.
Remembering the familiar cycle of prescribed fire, new growth, flushes of color, and fruition of seed are all comforting at the close of the year.
It comforts us as we remember how, in 2019, we wrote our own stories. Some of us lost people we loved. Had surgery. Battled cancer. Made new friends. Laughed a lot. Cried a lot, too. Weeded, seeded. Planned and worked to make those plans—both on the prairie and off—a reality. Celebrated the successes. Resolved to learn from the failures.
In 2019, there were the surprises and vagaries of weather. Remember the big snow in April? Then, the cold and wet through the middle of June. Blazing hot in July. Snow on Halloween. Sixty degree days in December. Through it all, the prairie sailed on. The tallgrass prairie was built for these extremes.
Woven through 2019 was joy. True joy. The kind that is hard-won. The prairie, with its glories and challenges, defeats and delights, reminds us of this. Fire brings growth. Deep roots hold firm, drawing from long-held reserves when unexpected events throw the season out of kilter. The prairie survives.
It survives, also in part, because of people with vision. Each prairie is a story of sweat and joy; patience and persistence. Of survival. Like a Polaroid snapshot, stewards and volunteers bring struggling remnants back into sharp focus.
Many saved at the eleventh hour.
2019 was the continuing story of people who care enough to preserve places that aren’t always easy—at first glance–to understand. When I drive by the roughly 105-acre Gensburg-Markham prairie on congested I-294, set aside in 1971, I wonder what most commuters whizzing by this precious remnant think about it. Do they know what was saved, and why it matters? Do they wonder why it was never developed? Or is it just a blur in their rear view mirrors as they speed to their destinations?
Do the people who drive by the 91-acre Sundrop Prairie, dedicated in 2000 and part of the Indian Boundary Prairies in Markham, IL, know what a treasure these acres contain?
The tallgrass grows and changes. Our understanding of their importance evolves. And yet, the prairies continue on, as they have for hundreds of thousands of years. There’s a comfort in knowing that when we’re gone, the prairies will continue to survive and thrive under the care of future generations.
I think of these things as I hike a prairie trail at Fermilab in the last days of the year. According to the Chicago Tribune, “In 1975 when he heard that Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, near Batavia, was looking for suggestions on what to do with the thousands of acres it owned, Bob Betz sat down with then-director Robert Wilson and went over his vision of having a restored prairie on the property. ‘And when Dr. Wilson asked how long it was going to take, Dr. Betz said, ‘Ten, 20 or maybe 30 years,’ then Dr. Wilson said, ‘Well, we better get started this afternoon.’ ” From these beginnings, beautiful prairies were planted and now thrive at Fermilab.
Prairie remnants like the Indian Boundary Prairies—Sundrop and Gensburg-Markham— require people to discover them, bring them to the attention of the rest of us, and then, care for them with prescribed fire and stewardship. They require organizations like the Nature Conservancy and Northeastern Illinois University and others, and the generous donations of individuals, to ensure their protection. They require vision. And action. I think of Bob Betz, and his work with the Indian Boundary Prairies, as well as with Fermilab’s natural areas. I think of the volunteers who undertake a hundred different tasks to maintain prairies today.
Other preserves, like Nachusa Grasslands in Franklin Grove, IL–which has both remnant and planted prairies—shows the rewards of focused funding and care since 1986 by the Nature Conservancy Illinois and later, joined in that care by Friends of Nachusa Grasslands. I think also of the 100-acre Schulenberg Prairie at the Morton Arboretum just outside of Chicago, and the volunteers, including myself, who dedicate time each season to cut brush, plant new natives, and collect seeds. Such different prairies! Each one irreplaceable.
Now, it’s time to close another chapter in the life of the prairies. 2019 is a wrap.
2020 is waiting. So much possibility!
So much good work to do. So much joy to look forward to.
The opening quote is included in the book, Poemcrazy: Freeing Your Life with Words by Susan Goldsmith Wooldridge. It’s one of my favorite books on writing; I re-read it at least once a year.
All photos copyright Cindy Crosby (top to bottom): little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium), Sundrop Prairie, Midlothian, IL: prescribed burn, Schulenberg Prairie, The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, IL; greening up after the prescribed burn, top of Dot’s Knob, Nachusa Grasslands, Franklin Grove, IL: pasque flowers (Pulsatilla patens) in bloom, Nachusa Grasslands, Franklin Grove, IL; pasque flowers (Pulsatiilla patens) in seed, Schulenberg Prairie, The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, IL; shooting star (Dodecatheon meadia), Schulenberg Prairie, The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, IL; July at Nachusa Grasslands, Franklin Grove, IL; the end of December at Fermilab Natural Areas, interpretive trail, Batavia, IL; pasture thistle (Cirsium discolor), Gensburg-Markham Prairie, Markham, IL; bee balm (Monarda fistulosa), Gensburg-Markham Prairie, Markham, IL; blazing star (probably Liastris aspera), Gensburg-Markham Prairie, Markham, IL; Culver’s root (Veronicastrum virginicum), Sundrop Prairie, Midlothian, IL; common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca), Sundrop Prairie, Midlothian, IL; tall coreopsis (Coreopsis tripteris), Sundrop Prairie, Midlothian, IL; backlit prairie plants (unknown), Sundrop Prairie, Midlothian, IL; big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii), Gensburg-Markham Prairie, Markham, IL; Illinois nature preserve sign, Gensburg-Markham Prairie, Markham, IL; Sundrop Prairie in December, Midlothian, IL; Gensburg-Markham Prairie with bee balm (Monarda fistulosa), grasses, and wild quinine (Parthenium integrifolium), Gensburg-Markham Prairie, Markham, IL; Fermilab interpretive trail edges at the end of December, Batavia, IL; Carolina horsenettle (Solanum carolinense), Fermilab interpretive prairie trail, Batavia, IL: prairie cordgrass (Spartina pectinata), Gensburg-Markham Prairie, Markham, IL; Wilson Hall from the interpretive trail, Fermilab Natural Areas, Batavia, IL; interpretive trail at Fermilab Natural Areas at the end of December, Batavia, IL.
Please join Cindy at one of her upcoming classes or talks in the new year!
Nature Writing and Art Retreat, The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, IL, February 22 (Saturday) 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Cindy will be facilitating the writing portion. Register here.
Tallgrass Prairie Ecology Online begins March 26. Details and registration here.
Nature Writing Workshop (a blended online and in-person course, three Tuesday evenings in-person) begins March 3 at The Morton Arboretum. For details and registration, click here.
Happy New Year! Thank you for reading. See you in 2020.
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A Twilight Prairie Hike
“Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts.” — Rachel Carson
December. The roads are choked with traffic; shoppers busy with the work of preparing for the holidays. Neighborhoods dressed in Christmas lights glow. Chicago radio stations swap out their playlists for Jingle Bell Rock and Frosty; Oh Holy Night and Santa Baby. The temperatures warm into the high 40s and then, plummet into the teens. We think of snow.
Under steel skies, the prairie is quiet, an impressionist study in golds, browns, and rusts.
Sunday, Jeff and I drove to Crystal Lake, Illinois, where I gave a late afternoon talk on Tallgrass Conversations: In Search of the Prairie Spirit.
Afterwards, there was just enough light to go for a hike on the prairie, silent in the gathering dark. Mary, my delightful host, told me the prairie was originally a farm, run by Hazel and her husband, Otto Rhoades, president of Sun Electric Company. The 7,500 square foot education center was originally their home built in 1945.
The McHenry County Conservation District purchased the property in 1993 and began converting the private home to an educational center. Today, the center serves thousands of McHenry County children and families with low-cost nature programs, camps, and school field trips. These kids will grow up knowing that tallgrass prairie is something special.
As the light fades on the prairie, so do the sounds. We move a short way down the path and realize the day is almost gone. Our hopes of hiking the six and a half miles of hiking trails through the prairie and savanna restorations, culminating at the banks of the Fox River, won’t happen this time. This short walk will only be a taste of what this place has to offer.
Just over the horizon a plume of smoke lifts, likely a neighbor burning leaves.
In the gloaming, the grasses and wildflowers take on a mysterious aspect. The prairie has been called “a sea of grass” in literature, and I can imagine these wildflowers at the bottom of an ocean floor, waving gently in the current.
As we hike, I think of the old farm and the lives spent in agriculture here. It would be a shock to Hazel and Otto to see these acres, likely wrestled from prairie at one time, turned back to tallgrass prairie again.
John Madson, in his eloquent book, Where the Sky Began: Land of the Tallgrass Prairie, talks of visiting the area where his great-grandparents turned tallgrass into farm. He wrote: “What would they think in our time if they could stand in the Walnut Creek Refuge and look over a prairiescape again? They might deplore it as so much foolishness, feeling somehow betrayed by this replication of a wilderness they had been so proud to have tamed. Or would they see it for what it really is—a common ground between their lives and ours?”
Walking through the tallgrass, I try to envision it as farm in the forties. My imagination fails. Prairie stretches across the horizon. In the dim light, the grasses become waves crashing into the savanna.
But the wildflowers have amazing detail and grace, like this goldenrod rosette gall on a goldenrod plant.
Even the weedier prairie natives, like evening primrose, seem festive.
A deer emerges from the tallgrass, shadowed, then motionless, so much that Jeff and I almost miss our “Illinois state animal.” The deer reminds me of the book I’ve been reading, Wilding: Returning Nature to Our Farm , by Isabella Tree. Set in Great Britain, Tree tells of the experiment her family undertakes to let their intensive agricultural venture go and then, watch the land recover. They add old English longhorns, fallow deer, red deer, and Exmoor ponies to their land to churn it and fertilize it. They withhold herbicides. Quit planting. Then, they watch the exhausted land become healthy again. As birds and insects return to their thousands of acres, the neighbors are aghast to see good cropland be “wasted.” Of the experiment, Tree writes: “It was an affront to the efforts of every self-respecting farmer, an immoral waste of land, an assault on Britishness itself.”
Reading Madson and Wilding reminds me that our ideas about how to use the land and what we value are always changing, always in transition. Land use isn’t always something we agree on. Prairie, because it is so nuanced, may be seen as land that is “wasted.” Couldn’t that land be better used? But when you build a relationship with prairie, you understand its true value.
I wonder what my grandchildren will make of prairie, and how they will care for the landscape they’ve inherited. How they will change it. I think of the next generations. What will they value when they explore the prairie trails? Will they see the beauty and sense of history that permeates these places?
Prairieview ‘s work—and the work of other prairie education programs for families and schoolchildren—gives me hope. That we will invest in children and their prairie experiences. That we will let them absorb the beauty and mystery of the prairie through personal time spent hiking and exploring the tallgrass. That educators and parents will help them understand the value of its plants and its animals. Then, our children will have a reason to love the prairie community and care about its future.
We’ve not gone very far into the tallgrass, but it’s time to turn around and head for the car. Dusk has turned to dark. Just a bit of light remains.
We’ll be back.
The opening quote is from Rachel Carson’s (1907-1964) The Sense of Wonder. Begun as a magazine essay, the book is a stirring call to nurturing children’s sense of delight and marvel over the natural world.
All photos copyright Cindy Crosby and taken this week at Prairieview Education Center, Crystal Lake, IL except where noted: prairie at Prairieview Education Center in December; welcome sign; Prairieview Education Center; little bluestem (Schizachyium scoparium); view from the education center; trails through the prairie; mostly bee balm (Monarda fistulosa); common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca); switchgrass (Panicum virgatum); mixed grasses and savanna in the dusk; rosette gall, made by the goldenrod gall midge (Rhopalomyia solidaginis); evening primrose (Oenothera biennis); white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus); compass plant (Silphium lacinateum); young child explores the prairie, Fermilab Natural Areas, Batavia, IL; gray-headed coneflower (Ratibida pinnata); common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca).
Thanks to Mary, Barbara, and the good folks at Prairieview who hosted the booksigning and talk on Sunday. And thank you to Dustin, who recommended “Wilding” to me.
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Prairie Tricks and Treats
“You were made and set here to give voice to this, your own astonishment.” — Annie Dillard
Mother Nature pulled out her bag of tricks this weekend. First up: tropical storm Olga. She swept into the Chicago region Saturday, washing out roads and flooding creeks. Pools of water stand on the prairie. Wind decoupages the savanna trails with sifted leaves.
Willoway Brook muscles over its banks, surging and submerging.
Our resident great blue heron watches the weather unfold from a high bare branch. Despite the bird’s great size, it weighs only five or six pounds. Why? Its bones are hollow.
I watch the heron, and wonder. Male? Or female? Cornell, my favorite bird resource, tells me the female heron is smaller; otherwise, males and females look mostly similar. Huh. Not much help, I’m afraid.
Olga, her temper tantrum spent, moves on and Sunday dawns to a scoured-blue sky. Jeff and I stroll the Belmont Prairie to celebrate. The storm burnishes the Indian grass and big bluestem to bronze, copper, and golds; puffs of soaked seedheads soften the metallic stalks. The post-storm light so bright it almost hurts. It’s a treat after all that gloom and rain.
Water-soaked rattlesnake master dries its seedheads in the sunshine.
Its sharp-spined leaves are as striking as its seedheads, and makes it easy to spot in the tallgrass.
Signs of recent restoration seed collection are everywhere. Clumps of Indian grass are lopped off. Some forbs show signs of positive pilfering. Belmont prairie volunteers have been busy! However, most thimbleweed seeds are still around, in all possible stages of seed production.
Tight and “green.”
Q-tip topped.
A few are full-blown. Ready for collection.
All at once, or so it seems, the tall coreopsis leaves have turned the colors of a sunrise. A treat for the eyes.
Tricks of the cold? Or of the shorter days? I’m not sure. I only know that autumn has come calling, and the prairie is transformed.
Sunday’s sunshine gave way to fog on Monday. The Schulenberg Prairie is wreathed in mist.
As I hike, the rising sun briefly lights the prairie.
I watch it pull over the horizon, then sputter to a spark.
It disappears behind the clouds. Poof! Gone.
Even without much light, the prairie glows in the fog. Little bluestem and stiff goldenrod thread themselves into an impressionistic tapestry.
The savanna offers its own colorful morning treats. Sumac. Boneset. Pale prairie plantain.
Joe Pye weed and woodland sunflowers swirl seed-clouds under the changing leaves.
Simple pleasures.
Familiar seedheads, like these tall coreopsis, seem unfamiliar in the fog.
Tricks of the light.
The smell of sweet decay after the storm is oddly energizing. In less than a week, rain has soaked the prairie. Sun has baked it. Cold changed its colors. Now, the mist acts as a moisturizer. Fog dampens my skin. There’s a low hum of bird chatter low in the grasses; a nuthatch beeps its toy horn call from the savanna. My jeans are soaked.
I’m fully awake. Fully relaxed. Content.
The prairie at the end of October is a treat for the senses. It’s tough to see the month go.
Goodbye, October.
We hardly knew ya.
The quote that opens this post is from Pulitzer Prize-winning author Annie Dillard’s The Writing Life. I reread this book every year, and learn something new each time I do so.
All photos copyright Cindy Crosby (top to bottom): leaves on the savanna trail, Schulenberg Prairie Savanna, The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, IL; Willoway Brook in flood, Schulenberg Prairie Savanna, The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, IL; great blue heron (Ardea herodias), Schulenberg Prairie Savanna, The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, IL; Belmont Prairie at the end of October, Downer’s Grove, IL; rattlesnake master (Eryngium yuccaolium), Belmont Prairie Nature Preserve, Downer’s Grove, IL; rattlesnake master (Eryngium yuccafolium), Belmont Prairie Nature Preserve, Downer’s Grove, IL; thimbleweed (Anemone cylindrica), Belmont Prairie Nature Preserve, Downer’s Grove, IL; thimbleweed (Anemone cylindrica), Belmont Prairie Nature Preserve, Downer’s Grove, IL; thimbleweed (Anemone cylindrica), Belmont Prairie Nature Preserve, Downer’s Grove, IL; tall coreoposis (Coreopsis tripteris), Belmont Prairie Nature Preserve, Downer’s Grove, IL; Schulenberg Prairie in the morning fog, The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, IL; morning fog over bridge, Schulenberg Prairie, The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, IL; bridge to the sun, Schulenberg Prairie, The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, IL; sunrise with tall coreopsis (Coreopsis tripteris), Schulenberg Prairie, The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, IL; little bluestem (Schizochryum scoparium) and stiff goldenrod (Oligoneuron rigidum), Schulenberg Prairie, The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, IL; Schulenberg Prairie Savanna at the end of October, The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, IL; Schulenberg Prairie Savanna at the end of October, The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, IL; big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii), Schulenberg Prairie, The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, IL; tall coreopsis (Coreopsis tripteris), Schulenberg Prairie, The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, IL; unknown sumac (Rhus spp.), Belmont Prairie Nature Preserve, Downer’s Grove, IL; gray-headed coneflower (Ritibida pinnata) with switchgrass (Panicum virgatum), Schulenberg Prairie, The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, IL.
Join Cindy! Upcoming Speaking and Events
Tallgrass Prairie Ecology online wraps up this month! Watch for the next course in March. Registration opens on November 19 here.
Nature Writing continues at The Morton Arboretum, on-line and in-person through November 20. Next session begins March 3, 2020. Watch for registration soon!
Saturday, December 7, 1:30-3 p.m.: Join Cindy and The Morton Arboretum’s library collections manager Rita Hassert for Sterling Stories from the Arboretum Stacks, at the Sterling Morton Library, Lisle, IL. Register here. A lovely afternoon enjoying little known Arboretum’s stories, and a quiet respite from the holiday hustle and bustle.
Sunday, December 8, 2-3:30 p.m.: Tallgrass Conversations at Prairieview Education Center, 2112 Behan Road, Crystal Lake, IL 815-479-5779 Book signing after the talk! Free and open to the public.
See more at www.cindycrosby.com
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October Prairie Adventures
“What day is it?” asked Pooh. “It’s today,” squeaked Piglet. “My favorite day,” said Pooh. ― A.A. Milne
The trees blushed into their autumn hues seemingly overnight, delighting leaf-peepers in the Chicago region. Under an onslaught of 35 mph wind gusts and chilly rain on Monday, these same trees gleefully tore loose their red, gold, and copper leaves, sifting them into the streets and sidewalks.
The rain drizzled to a stop. Sunlight shafted through big-bellied clouds moving fast across the sky. Light glinted in the swirling leaves, littering the road. It feels like fall at last.
Suddenly, the birds nests we hunted for all summer are starkly visible. There is the oriole’s nest-purse! Right over my head! And —So that’s where the squirrel built her drey! Tree branches stand out in start relief, some with miniature worlds to discover.
In the 1942 book, We Took to the Woods, Louise Dickinson Rich tells of living deep in the Maine forest. She writes that she doesn’t mind the long hike to town to get the mail, as she anticipates visiting with friends. And then — “There are the woods themselves, which I like better in winter than in summer, because I like the type of design that emphasizes line rather than mass,” she writes. “The bare branches of the hardwood trees look exactly like etchings.” In autumn, I feel the same as the trees strip down to silhouettes.
Woolly bear caterpillars are everywhere, it seems, especially if you have the focus to find them. A good way to “see” them is to take a child with you. I hiked the Schulenberg Prairie this week with my six-year-old grandson Tony looking for the last dragonflies. Only a lone green darner was hanging around, but he found eight Woolly Bears in under an hour.
Until this October, I didn’t know Woolly Bears climb plants! Tony and I found this one below, that had “slinky-ed” its way up into a stiff goldenrod plant.
Later last week, I took a lovely group of women out to collect little bluestem and stiff goldenrod seeds.
They found at least two more Woolly Bears clinging to the tops of prairie plants, again, mostly stiff goldenrod. Maybe Wilhelm and Rericha’s massive reference work, Flora of the Chicago Region, will need to add this “insect association” to its list!
Interesting. The Woolly Bear is folklore-famous for its ability to forecast the weather. Of course, its all in fun, but I always like to see if the prediction matches the actual weather that follows. All the Woolly Bears on the Schulenberg Prairie this season seem to have predominately rust-colored bodies, with a bit of black.
According to Farmer’s Almanac, this means a mild winter. Further reading says the Woolly Bear’s direction of travel is also a factor; if they are moving south, it means a cold winter; north is a mild winter.
No word on what it means when they crawl upwards.
Jeff and I hiked Wolf Road Prairie Nature Preserve this weekend, and while we didn’t find any Woolly Bears, we did find some other fauna. Jeff was looking for a map…..
When he opened the box, there were none. But some enterprising prairie fauna had moved in.
Sweet! A map mouse house. We carefully closed the lid and left the tiny critters to their naps. The prairie is always full of unexpected surprises.
This was our first time hiking Westchester, Illinois’ Wolf Road Prairie in the autumn, and it was a delight. Entering from the south, you find the celebrated old sidewalks left from the subdivision that was platted and partially laid out, then abandoned back in the late 1920s during the Great Depression. The savanna breaks into the open prairie, with the city as a backdrop. So many remnants now have this juxtaposition; the urban and suburban with the last pieces of tallgrass untouched by the plow. It’s a celebration of the determined people who saved these precious patches from development.
As you hike, you’re reminded of the relentless reclamation of nature, when She is given the chance. The sidewalks, now almost 100 years old, are breaking up under the slow pursuit of the grasses and in one spot, the more aggressive roots of a lone cottonwood.
Everywhere you follow the sidewalks, you see the hard-won efforts of prairie restoration stewards in the diversity of native prairie plants spread out in all directions.
We stripped some Indian grass of its seeds and took a moment to admire them before scattering them into the prairie.
The prairie dock leaves showed the transition between the seasons.
The rusts of little bluestem colored the tallgrass; the late morning sun backlit the seedheads, throwing sparks of light.
Overhead, a half-moon shadowed us as we hiked back through the savanna to our car.
The prairie moves from wildflowers to wisps and puffs and kernels of seeds.
Trees transform themselves from welcome shady refuges with blurred edges to stripped down, sharp-cut “etchings.”
I’m embracing the change.
Playwright and novelist A.A. Milne (1882-1956), whose quote opens this post, was a British author who penned the wildly popular Winnie the Pooh children’s books. He and his wife, Dorothy, had a son named Christopher Robin, who resented the Pooh books. The rift ended in his estrangement from his parents. The real-life Milnes are chronicled in the 2017 movie, Goodbye Christopher Robin. Disney eventually acquired all rights for the Winnie the Pooh books and characters for $350 million in 2001. In 2005, Winnie the Pooh generated $6 billion dollars for Disney.
All photos copyright Cindy Crosby (top to bottom): Unknown tree along the East Side route at The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, IL; road through the trees, East Side Route, Lisle, IL; mosses and fungi on an oak branch, Schulenberg Prairie Savanna, The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, IL; bison (Bison bison) at Nachusa Grasslands, Franklin Grove, IL (photo taken in 2017); chasing dragonflies, Schulenberg Prairie Visitor Station, The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, IL; woolly bear caterpillar (Pyrrharctia isabella) on stiff goldenrod (Oligoneuron rigidum), Schulenberg Prairie, The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, IL; seed collecting on the Schulenberg Prairie in October, The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, IL; woolly bear caterpillar (Pyrrharctia isabella), Schulenberg Prairie path, The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, IL; map box, Wolf Road Prairie Nature Preserve, Westchester, IL; mouse family (maybe Peromyscus leucopus), Wolf Road Prairie Nature Preserve, Westchester, IL; skyline behind the Wolf Road Prairie Nature Preserve, Westchester, IL; sidewalk and eastern cottonwood tree (Populus deltoides), Wolf Road Prairie Nature Preserve, Westchester, IL; blazing star (Liatris spp,), Wolf Road Prairie Nature Preserve, Westchester, IL; Indian grass (Sorghastrum nutans) seeds, Wolf Road Prairie Nature Preserve, Westchester, IL; Jeff walks the sidewalks of the Wolf Road Prairie Nature Preserve, Westchester, IL; half-moon over the savanna at Wolf Road Prairie Nature Preserve, Westchester, IL.
Thanks to Robert Helfer for connecting me to the weather.gov article on Woolly Bears! I really enjoyed it.
Thanks to the Save the Prairie Society, who has worked so hard to care for the precious Wolf Road Prairie Nature Preserve community. What an accomplishment!
Cindy’s upcoming classes and speaking events:
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Tagged caterpillar, children and nature, Illinois, Isabella tiger moth, little bluestem, maps, mice, prairie, prairie restoration, schulenberg prairie, seed collecting, stiff goldenrod, tallgrass prairie, The Morton Arboretum, westchester, wolf road prairie, Woolly Bear
October Prairie Wonders
“The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes.” — Sherlock Holmes
A whisper of frost is in the air, with the hard slam of a freeze not far behind.
Cold weather’s scythe hangs over the prairie. In response, the tallgrass flings itself into October, showcasing all the delights that autumn has to offer. So much to explore. So much to discover.
Let’s go look.
The tallgrass hums along, closing up shop, its seed production mostly complete.
Smooth Solomon’s seal leaves cling to their bright green draining away. Their fruits show the turn of the season.
Lichens colonize the metal bridge which leads to the prairie, splotching it with color.
Nodding ladies’ tresses orchids, latecomers to the seed production party, throw out their final blooms. Their mild fragrance has vanished into the cold.
Big bluestem and Indian grass stitch the prairie with slender threads of subtle color.
Pale prairie plantain trims the landscape with seed lace and leaf rickrack.
Lashes of goldenrod’s foamy seeds decorate the edges.
Late figwort throws its seed pearls into the mix.
Little bluestem launches its colorfest; you can find swatches of it patching the prairie in a rust-hued blur.
Pincushions of pasture thistle send silky seed-notes into the air.
Joy in the aggregate; beauty in the singular.
Dragonfly season is mostly shot. That said, six green darners hover overhead, delayed, perhaps, in joining the migration masses. A lone American rubyspot damselfly clings to reed canary grass over Willoway Brook. Despite the name, this particular insect is mostly colorless on a gray, windy, October day.
The sounds of the season have gradually changed from summer to autumn in the Chicago region.
Walking Fermilab’s interpretive trail in high winds this weekend, I hear the scraping of prairie dock leaves, still morphing between juiced and brittle. The hiss of big bluestem and Indian grass; rusting leaves and switchgrass stems rubbing together. The sound is rain patter on a roof, or hot oil in sizzling in a skillet. What do you think?
This prairie dock leaf’s venation stands out like a topo map; all mountains and rivers and ridges.
Nearby, the rosette galls are October’s last bouquet; beauty in the face of rampant decay.
Even the Queen Anne’s lace takes on a new persona in October. I hesitate to say it’s “beautiful” as we prairie stewards and volunteers work so hard to eradicate Queen Anne’s lace from our natural areas. And yet…
Among the lone trees that sprinkle the tallgrass, I hear unaccustomed chirps — the sounds of warblers moving south and sheltering here for a few hours. “Those confusing fall warblers” — an understatement, if ever there was one. Today, a few invasive starlings show up with the warbler crowd. These—at least—are easy to ID.
Although I’m not much good at identifying fall birds, I can identify a pair of sandhill cranes wading through a nearby wetland at Fermilab. Hard to miss.
Regal and comical at the same time. Seemingly impervious to the cold winds.
There’s so much to see in October on the prairie. So much grace and color. So many simple wonders.
So much to love.
It’s waiting for you.
Sherlock Holmes, whose quote kicks off this post, was a fictional detective penned by British physician turned writer Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930). “Holmes” first appeared in print in the late 1880’s. Doyle also wrote poetry, science fiction, fantasy, plays, and romance. Oddly enough, he also dabbled in architecture and designed a golf course and redesigned a hotel. Doyle, who had five children, died at 71; his last words were to his wife: “You are wonderful.” Now that’s sweet.
All photos and video copyright Cindy Crosby except photo of children on bridge (courtesy Jennifer Buono): (top to bottom): stormy October skies over the Schulenberg Prairie, The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, IL; exploring the prairie, Schulenberg Prairie, The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, IL (Jennifer Buono, photographer); Illinois bundleflower (Desmanthus illinoensis), Schulenberg Prairie, The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, IL; smooth Solomon’s seal (Polygonatum commutatum), Schulenberg Prairie, The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, IL; unknown lichens on the bridge over Willoway Brook, Schulenberg Prairie, The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, IL; nodding ladies’ tresses orchids (Spiranthes cernua), Schulenberg Prairie, The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, IL; big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii) and Indian grass (Sorghastrum nutans), Schulenberg Prairie, The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, IL: pale Indian plantain (Arnoglossum atriplicifolium), Schulenberg Prairie, The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, IL; probably Canada goldenrod (Solidago canadensis) and pale Indian plantain (Arnoglossum atriplicifolium), Schulenberg Prairie, The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, IL; late figwort (Scrophularia marilandica), Schulenberg Prairie, The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, IL; little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium), Schulenberg Prairie, The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, IL; pasture thistles (Cirsium discolor), Schulenberg Prairie, The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, IL; pasture thistle (Cirsium discolor), Schulenberg Prairie, The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, IL; American rubyspot damselfly (Hetaerina americana), Schulenberg Prairie, The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, IL; Prairie Interpretive Trail in October, Fermilab Natural Areas, Batavia, IL; video of wind on the Prairie Interpretive Trail, Fermilab Natural Areas, Batavia, IL; prairie dock (Silphium terebinthinaceum), Prairie Interpretive Trail, Fermilab Natural Areas, Batavia, IL; goldenrod gall rosette, Prairie Interpretive Trail, Fermilab Natural Areas, Batavia, IL; Queen Anne’s lace (Daucus carota), Prairie Interpretive Trail, Fermilab Natural Areas, Batavia, IL; European starling (Sturnus vulgaris), Schulenberg Prairie, The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, IL; sandhill cranes (Antigone canadensis), Fermilab Natural Areas, Batavia, IL; sandhill crane (Antigone canadensis), Fermilab Natural Areas, Batavia, IL; woodland sunflower (Helianthus spp.), Interpretive Prairie Trail, Fermilab Natural Areas, Batavia, IL; possibly American hog-peanut vine (Amphicarpaea bracteata), Schulenberg Prairie, The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, IL; bench on the Schulenberg Prairie in October, The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, IL.
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6 Reasons to Hike the October Prairie
“October is a fine and dangerous season in America . . . a wonderful time to begin anything at all.” –Thomas Merton
I hear them before I see them. Shielding my eyes against the afternoon sunshine, I scan the skies. Three sandhill cranes. A small wave headed south. Their chatter echoes long after they are folded into the deep blue sky and disappear.
More follow. They come and go throughout the afternoon.
It’s bittersweet. Sandhill cranes moving south are a signal of change. Summer is gone, and autumn, it seems, already passes too quickly. Seeing the first waves of cranes reminds me to open my eyes. Pay attention. To intentionally not miss a moment of the month. October is a time for walking the prairies and savannas slowly. For looking carefully. For soaking up whatever sunshine we can before cold weather hits.
Soon, October will be a dim but cherished memory.
The woodlands are a magnet for paparazzi in October; visitors shooting photos of the sugar maples aglow. Hickories and sweet gums change their green leaves to bright colors. But the prairie has its own autumnal palette.
Turn away from the woodlands for a moment, and consider six reasons to hike the tallgrass in October.
1. Goodbye, Butterflies
In my backyard prairie patch and garden, the painted lady butterflies flutter wildly—drunk on nectar—-but not prepared to stop gorging themselves. Only frost will cut them off. Butterflies pile up, two to a bloom, jostling for the best positions, battling skippers and bees. The occasional monarch still floats across the prairie, but not in the numbers seen in September.
If you’re lucky, you’ll find some New England asters still in bloom as I did, with a few butterflies working the flowers. This cabbage white butterfly is a common one I see all summer on the prairie—and late into the fall. I love its pale, gold-dusted contrast with the purple fringes of the aster.
2. That Prairie Fragrance!
Breathe deep the newly-crisped air with its fragrance of cool damp earth and sweet decay. Bee balm, Monarda fistulosa, still gives up its delicious fragrance when its leaves are broken. So does mountain mint. When I taste the leaves of both, the oils are a bit bitter and harsh in my mouth. I content myself with rubbing the leaves between my fingers. Gray-headed coneflower seed heads, crushed in my hands, are my favorite fragrance of all. After a hike on the prairie, rubbing leaves, I’m scented with “the outdoors” for the rest of the day. Nature’s own prairie perfume.
3. Seed Diversity
Walk the prairie and the prairie savanna this month and you’ll be astounded by the variety of seeds.
Pale Indian plantain, with its fluffy pinwheels.
Tall compass plants, with their unique seedheads, bring the Statue of Liberty to mind, don’t you think?
False Solomon’s seal brightens the prairie edges.
Carrion vine’s mostly-inedible fruits will hang half-hidden in the Indian grass and big bluestem until almost spring.
This week, I searched until I found the quirky seeds of white turtlehead, almost invisible in the prairie now unless you know where to look. We don’t have very many turtleheads, so the seeds give me hope for more of this wildflower in the future.
Without the ka-POW of bright bloom colors blanketing the prairie, structure takes center stage.
Bottlebrush grass, with its skeletal spikes.
You can see it it shares a Genus with Canada wild rye. They are both graceful and needle-like.
5. Textures
Feel the rubbery leaves of pale Indian plantain.
Then contrast them with the sandpapery surface of a compass plant leaf.
6. Fall Color
The sumacs, woven into the prairie grasses, are touched with reds and chartreuse.
Little bluestem sparks its seeds as its stems color up from greens to reds to rusts. The tallgrass prairie in October is just as startling and gorgeous in its own way as the colorful woodlands. Maybe better.
Why not go see?
Who knows who you’ll meet on your hike.
It’s worth a trip to the tallgrass to find out.
Thomas Merton (1915-1968) was best known for his spiritual memoir, The Seven Story Mountain (1948), the title of which refers to Purgatory in Dante’s Divine Comedy. Merton was an English literature teacher turned Trappist monk, who joined Kentucky’s Gethsemane Abbey. There, he wrote more than 50 books and promoted interfaith understanding. My favorite of Merton’s books is The Sign of Jonas.
All photos copyright Cindy Crosby and taken this week at the Schulenberg Prairie and Savanna, The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, IL, unless noted otherwise: Sandhill cranes (Antigone canadensis) over author’s backyard prairie patch (this photo taken in 2016), Glen Ellyn, IL; October in the savanna; prairie path; Small white butterfly or “cabbage white” (Pieris rapae) on New England aster (Symphyotrichum novae-anglia), author’s backyard prairie patch, Glen Ellyn, IL; gray-headed coneflower (Ratibida pinnata) with spider web; pale Indian plantain seedhead (Arnoglossum atriplicfolium); compass plant seedhead (Silphium terebinthinaceum); false Solomon’s seal (Maianthemum racemosum); probably upright carrion vine (Smilax ecirrhata); white turtlehead (Chelone glabra) in seed; bottle brush grass (Elymus hystrix); Canada wild rye (Elymus canadensis); pale Indian plantain (Arnoglossum atriplicifolium); compass plant (Silphium terebinthinaceum); sumac (Rhus spp.); little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium); bridge in the October tallgrass; great blue heron (Ardea herodias).
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The Rambunctious September Prairie
“Shall I not rejoice also at the abundance of weeds whose seeds are the granary of the birds?” — Henry David Thoreau
September is in full swing. From my ring-side seat on the back porch overlooking the prairie, garden and pond, the backyard is a jungle. I’ve been forbidden to pull weeds for the past four weeks (doctor’s orders), and I have another four weeks to go. The rambunctious garden is beautiful in its own way, I tell myself. Yup. Sure it is.
The invasive sweet autumn clematis vines riot across the perennials—a remnant from a bad gardening decision I made years ago before I veered toward native plants. I’ve pulled out the vines each year and kept them in check. Until now. This season, the clematis has taken full advantage of their temporary reprieve.
Hopefully, I’ll be green-lighted to weed in time to pull the clematis before it goes to seed. Until then, I breath in its wonderful fragrance and try not worry about the zillions of potential offspring it promises next season. Instead, I distract myself with the morning glories, which have gone rogue in purples and whites and blues. And are those asparagus fronds? Yes–presumably seed-dropped by the birds utilizing the feeder and looking quite healthy.
The overall effect is more impressionist than orderly; more Monet than Modrian.
Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote, “What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered.” There’s a lot of undiscovered virtue here.
My tallgrass prairie, which borders the back edge of our suburban lot, soldiers on without needing much attention from me. Or so it seems at first glance. Joe Pye blooms, soaring over my head to eight feet tall, make the turn from flowers to seeds. Later this fall, the prairie patch will be covered with the feathery seed puffs of grasses, asters, and goldenrods.
Cardinal flowers linger on, scarlet exclamation marks in the recesses of my backyard prairie grasses. Some flowers have gone to seed, but others flourish in this cooler weather. My fingers itch to pull the weeds which have crept in around the red blooms; give them some elbow room, open up space for the cardinal flower’s future progeny. I resist the urge. Instead, I brush the petals with my fingertips. Good luck.
Goldenrod limns the back edges of the yard with splashes and arches of mustard yellow, a nice foil to the prairie cordgrass and Culver’s root going to seed. The blazes of goldenrod are a filling station for monarchs migrating south.
As I look more closely at my prairie patch, I see inroads from a host of weeds. Tiny maple tree sprouts lurk in the shade of the grasses, ready to make a break skyward. Queen Anne’s lace has woven its way into the edges, unnoticed until now. And what’s that? A tree is growing in here! Camouflaged in the cup plants. Goldfinches work the cup plants for seeds….
…then get a drink from rainwater deep in the “cup” formed by the joined leaves.
We have a saying in my prairie work group: “Friends don’t give friends cup plants.” A great prairie native, but in the home garden, cup plants often become thugs and bullies. I count the number of cup plants which have multiplied this summer and sigh. A few months from now, I’ll be digging some out—and perhaps foisting them on another unwary gardener friend. Or putting a few in the compost pile. A native prairie plant—sure! But also potentially invasive in my home garden and prairie.
I’ll deal with it all at the end of October, I promise myself. Until then, I’ll try to relax and enjoy the show.
A newcomer to the prairie patch this season is devil’s beggarticks. What an unprepossessing name! This weedy native must have ridden in with some of the new prairie plugs I planted this spring. Hmmm. I wonder how much it will spread? I guess I’ll find out.
It’s not the only newcomer. Garlic chives appear throughout the garden; insidious, silent—and pretty. It turns out they are a magnet for pollinators. Who knew? Each bloom is busier than a runway at Chicago O’Hare International Airport. The smaller bees and flies work the flowers overtime. Peck’s skippers (shown below) and fiery skippers, whose population has exploded this September, seem to love it.
The name “skipper” is perfect for them. A perky word for a jaunty butterfly,. It fits these small fall fliers. Their cousins, the silver-spotted skippers, love to nectar on my heirloom zinnias—welcome non-native flowers from Mexico—which are excellent for attracting pollinators and always have a place in my backyard.
I’ve never noticed skippers much before, but now I see them everywhere: along the sidewalks of the neighborhood when I take my short walk each day, or in the garden and prairie patch. Is it a just a good year for them? Are some of the “weeds” I’ve let grow attracting them? Or am I just paying more attention to my own backyard?
Some of our native prairie plants are a little rambunctious—perhaps a bit too rambunctious. I’m reminded of this when I go for a short hike five minutes from my house at College of DuPage’s beautiful Russell R. Kirt Prairie. Jeff drives me there for my sanctioned 10-minute walk one day this week on their wide, mowed paths.
It’s so good to be on the prairie again. I soak up everything I can. Even when it is right on the edge of the path, brushing my sleeves, the Illinois bundleflower’s diminutive flowers are easy to overlook.
You can see from its leaves how it gets the nickname “Illinois mimosa” or “sensitive plant.” Looks like a mimosa, doesn’t it? (The plant, not the beverage!) This legume’s unusual seed pods are show-stoppers.
The self-pollinating plants reproduce by seeds. On the Schulenberg Prairie, where I’m a steward, it is quickly taking over whole areas. It supposedly has a poor tolerance for fire, and the Schulenberg Prairie is burned yearly. An enigma! Why is it doing so well? We don’t know. My prairie team picked the seeds defensively for a few years to keep it from spreading, but for this season, we’re letting the plants do their own thing. Two members of the team are tracking their movements to see what will happen. Will an animal, insect, or plant disease arrive to keep the bundleflowers in check? Or will we have a big showdown with a “bundleflower monoculture” in a year or two? We’ll find out. And make corrective decisions as we go.
Illinois bundleflower is not supposed to be a “rambunctious” native plant. Go figure. Sometimes, plants have their own ideas about how they want to behave.
The September prairie palette at College of DuPage is whites and golds; rusts and tans. Indian grass is in full flower; each seed head drips with yellow petals.
There’s a bit of chartreuse and burgundy in the prairie dock leaves turning from emerald to the color of crisp chocolate.
Off trail, there’s a hint of pink in the gaura, a funky tall wildflower and prairie native.
Illinois tick trefoil is bloomed out, but its Velcro-like seed pods, called “loments,” find their way onto my shirt, my pants, and my socks. Tiny hooked hairs help the seeds hitchhike across the prairie—and into my laundry room.
Most of the summer wildflowers are done for the season. Prairie cinquefoil seeds are ready for collection, like small brown bouquets.
Big bluestem and Indian grass dominate, mixing in glorious disarray.
September has arrived, with all its unruly, rough-and-tumble, rambunctious charm.
Whether its the riot in the backyard garden and prairie “jungle”, or the fall free-for-all on the bigger local prairies, I’m glad to have a front row seat. I can’t wait to see what will happen next this month. You too?
Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) is best known for his book, Walden and his essay, Civil Disobedience, which argues a government should not make its citizens commit acts of injustice. Thoreau’s contemporary, Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882), is also quoted in this post.
All photos and video copyright Cindy Crosby (top to bottom): wild lettuce (Lactuca canadensis), Russell R. Kirt Prairie, College of DuPage Natural Areas, Glen Ellyn, IL; invasive sweet autumn clematis (Clematis terniflora), author’s backyard garden, Glen Ellyn, IL; rambunctious garden, author’s backyard, Glen Ellyn, IL; Joe Pye weed (Eutrochium fistulosum), author’s backyard prairie, Glen Ellyn, IL; cardinal flower (Lobelia cardinalis), author’s backyard prairie, Glen Ellyn, IL; monarch (Danaus plexippus) nectaring on stiff goldenrod (Oligoneuron rigidum), Russell R. Kirt Prairie, College of DuPage Natural Areas, Glen Ellyn, IL; cup plant (Silphium perfoliatum), Russell R. Kirt Prairie, College of DuPage Natural Areas, Glen Ellyn, IL; cup plant (Silphium perfoliatum), author’s backyard prairie, Glen Ellyn, IL; devil’s beggarticks (Bidens frondosa), author’s backyard prairie, Glen Ellyn, IL; corrected to Peck’s skipper (Polites peckius) on garlic chives (Allium tuberosum), author’s backyard garden, Glen Ellyn, IL; video of silver spotted skipper butterfly (Epargyreus clarus) nectaring on cut-and-come-again heirloom zinnias (Zinnia elegans), author’s backyard garden, Glen Ellyn, IL; little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium), Russell R. Kirt Prairie, College of DuPage Natural Areas, Glen Ellyn, IL; Illinois bundleflower (Desmanthus illinoensis), Russell R. Kirt Prairie, College of DuPage Natural Areas, Glen Ellyn, IL; Illinois bundleflower (Desmanthus illinoensis), Russell R. Kirt Prairie, College of DuPage Natural Areas, Glen Ellyn, IL; Illinois bundleflower (Desmanthus illinoensis), Russell R. Kirt Prairie, College of DuPage Natural Areas, Glen Ellyn, IL: Indian grass (Sorghastrum nutans), Russell R. Kirt Prairie, College of DuPage Natural Areas, Glen Ellyn, IL; prairie dock (Silphium terebinthinaceum), author’s backyard prairie, Glen Ellyn, IL: biennial guara (Guara biennis), Russell R. Kirt Prairie, College of DuPage Natural Areas, Glen Ellyn, IL; Illinois tick trefoil (Desmodium illinoense), Russell R. Kirt Prairie, College of DuPage Natural Areas, Glen Ellyn, IL; prairie cinquefoil (Drymocallis arguta), Russell R. Kirt Prairie, College of DuPage Natural Areas, Glen Ellyn, IL; Indian grass (Sorghastrum nutans) and big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii), Russell R. Kirt Prairie, College of DuPage Natural Areas, Glen Ellyn, IL; prairie dock (Silphium terebinthinaceum) with spiderweb, author’s backyard prairie, Glen Ellyn, IL.
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Tagged backyard prairie garden, biennial guara, big bluestem, cardinal flower, college of dupage natural areas', cup plant, cut-and-come-again zinnia, devil's beggarticks, fiery skipper, garlic chives, glen ellyn, guara, heirlooms, Illinois, illinois bundleflower, Illinois tick trefoil, indian grass, joe pye weed, little bluestem, monarch, natives, nectar, online prairie classes, pond, prairie dock, Russell R. Kirt Prairie, silver-spotted skipper, spiderweb, stiff goldenrod, sweet autumn clematis, wild lettuce
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Raiders' offensive line leaves Derek Carr under constant duress
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Derek Carr was sacked seven times by the 49ers in Week 9. Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images
Paul GutierrezESPN Staff Writer
Covered Oakland Raiders for CSNBayArea.com and Sacramento Bee for eight years
Member of Pro Football Writers Association
Previously worked at Los Angeles Times, Las Vegas Review-Journal and Sports Illustrated
ALAMEDA, Calif. -- Derek Carr laughed.
No, not in a smarmy way. Not even as if he had just heard an uproarious joke. More like, well, relief.
The Oakland Raiders quarterback is under duress unlike any time before in his career -- he is on pace to be sacked a career-high 48 times -- and had been asked if he had leaned on older brother David for some advice. David Carr, you'll recall, was sacked an NFL-record 76 times as a rookie for the expansion Houston Texans in 2002, 49 times in 2004 and 68 times in 2005.
That's when the younger Carr laughed.
"It's not that bad, man," he said Wednesday, before referencing his offensive line. "My guys are awesome. The thing about [David] is, there was times where they would have the right guys blocked, they just physically couldn't do it. At least our guys fight. So we've got that going that for us."
Which is nice ... for a 1-7 team.
Because while Oakland had one of the best offensive lines in the NFL a short two seasons ago, injuries and ineffectiveness have taken a toll. Physically and mentally.
Sacking Derek Carr
A look at how many times Raiders quarterback Derek Carr has been sacked in each season of his NFL career.
Oakland's presumptive starting O-line of Kolton Miller, Kelechi Osemele, Rodney Hudson, Gabe Jackson and Donald Penn have a combined salary-cap number of more than $31 million for 2018. Raiders quarterbacks have been sacked 25 times -- Carr has taken 24 of those -- the ninth-most in the NFL.
Carr's sacks this season, according to the Associated Press, have come in an average of 3.931 seconds, as opposed to the 5.068 seconds it took the previous two seasons, when he was sacked 16 and 20 times, respectively.
The O-line is simply not giving him time. More, maybe, than what, say, Chester Pitts, DeMingo Graham, Steve McKinney, Fred Weary and Ryan Young afforded David Carr in Houston in 2002, but that is of little comfort to Oakland in 2018.
"No doubt it affects him; it affects any quarterback," Raiders coach Jon Gruden said of the pressure Carr is facing.
"You get an offensive line that's healthy and playing great, it makes everybody's job a lot easier. I'm not going to make any excuses. I think Derek is doing some good things. It does make things difficult when you have the amount of injuries that we have had. I just got a nice call from my brother [Redskins coach Jay Gruden], he lost all his linemen the other day, too. Got eight games left, we have to continue to coach hard and find a way to improve."
This season's Raiders team is not without its positives. Hudson is as solid and smart as they come among centers, having not allowed a single pressure in seven of eight games, per Pro Football Focus data, and his 89.1 pass-blocking grade is the best among NFL centers. Osemele at left guard is a former All-Pro, while Jackson at right guard was seemingly a star on the rise.
But while both Osemele and Jackson have dealt with injuries -- Osemele has already missed three games with a right knee issue -- the tackle spots have seen mixed results, at best, with two rookies in Miller, a first-round pick, at left tackle and Brandon Parker, a third-round pick, on the right side. It's the first time since at least the 1970 AFL-NFL merger that Oakland has started rookies at both offensive tackle positions.
Miller is nursing a sprained right knee and is now also wearing a brace on his right elbow, while a sprained ankle in training camp slowed Parker, who has had a baptism by fire after Penn went on injured reserve with a groin injury in Week 5.
Against the 49ers, Parker played 41 snaps at right tackle and surrendered one sack and five total pressures in 24 pass-block snaps, per PFF. And with an overall grade of 44.8, Parker ranks 74th of 76 qualifying tackles.
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The Raiders have undergone a change in philosophy under O-line coach Tom Cable, one that actually began last season. In 2016, Oakland was more of a power scheme unit. In 2017, more zone-blocking concepts came in.
"I mean, we know who we are, as an offense and an offensive line," Jackson said. "We've just got to do the right things and just build on them, you know?
"I don't want to try to put nothing on the system or on the injuries. If we're out here, it's our job to do what we're supposed to do, to do right. We've just got to do more of that."
Still, during the Raiders' 34-3 loss at the San Francisco 49ers last week, the offensive line was so beaten up that at one point Osemele had to move to left tackle and Jon Feliciano replaced him at left guard. Ian Silberman also saw snaps at right tackle when Parker was benched. Oakland's offense struggled mightily, giving up eight sacks and going nowhere.
Yet with Miller on the field to start the game, the offense was moving. Consider: Before Miller was injured on the opening drive, the Raiders averaged 11.2 yards per play. After he was injured, they averaged 3.6 yards, and their only score was a 37-yard field goal on said opening drive.
With Carr under constant attack by the Niners, Gruden put in backup QB AJ McCarron. More McCarron could be in the offing, and Gruden said he has already made adjustments for Carr with so much pressure coming.
"We throw the quick gain," Gruden said. "We try to move the pocket. Try to get help where help is needed. But when you're down 24-3 and you're trying to get back in the game, the best way to do it is throwing the football. We have to do a better job as a team.
"In seven out of eight games, we haven't had one drive start in positive field position. Field position has been almost horrific, to use a mild word. We have to get better field position. We have to get more opportunities. We have to call better plays, certainly, but we are trying to do everything we can to get help where help is needed."
Carr insists he gets the message Gruden is imparting, even as familiar faces such as Khalil Mack, Amari Cooper and Bruce Irvin are now in Chicago, Dallas and Atlanta, respectively, as part of his deconstruction/reconstruction movement.
And Carr has a fine line to walk between having total trust in his offensive line, no matter how banged up it is, and having to run for his life because of how banged up it is.
"It's hard, right?" Carr said. "There's sometimes where it's gotten that way and it's not a knock on those guys, they're trying their tail off. We've got some young guys trying to play ... some young guys that are trying to get their feet wet against the best players in the world and it's not easy for them.
"Physically you take a beating ... you've got to keep going, though."
As a rookie in 2014, Carr and the Raiders started 0-10. Two years later, they were about to be 12-3 when he broke his leg. Since then, the Raiders are 7-19, including a playoff loss at Houston.
"There's one of two things that's going to happen: Either we're going to keep going through a crappy situation and I'm going to quit and give up on working hard, or I'm not," he said. "I'm just going to work my tail off until, almost to a stupid point, almost to where my body hurts more.
"I'm probably one of the most competitive people you'll ever meet. I want to dunk on my nephews. I'll block my 2-year-old's shot to make it hard on them. I hate losing. ... I work my tail off to make sure that our city, our fans, our team, our coaches can enjoy winning. Sitting here at 1-7 sucks, but nothing in me is going to stop until I see the other side of it."
A less leaky offensive line would help.
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Source: Department of Public Information (DPI)
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ARABS AND JEWS CONFER TODAY ON WITHDRAWAL
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(The following has been received today at UN Headquarters from the Press
Officer with the staff of the UN Mediator for Palestine, Haifa).
Both Jewish and Arab military leaders are scheduled to met with General William Riley, UN representative, at 10.00 GMT, today (3 September) at a church in Jerusalem's no-man's land to discuss final arrangements for the simultaneous withdrawal of all forces from the newly created neutral area around the Red Cross Zone in the Holy City.
The meeting will be aimed at supplementing the decision of the Central Truce Supervision Board to create an extended neutral zone designed to help keep opposing forces further apart, thereby assuring the demilitarization of the Red Cross Area and avoiding friction clashes.
UN observers also conferred on Wednesday with regard to the situation in the rest of Jerusalem where sporadic firing continues and where a United Nations jeep while crossing opposing lines yesterday (2 September) was fired on without casualties, allegedly by an Arab sniper.
As a first result of Wednesday's meeting, Jewish and Arab commanders issued a cease-fire order to their respective forces in Jerusalem effective at noon Thursday, 2 September. All observers in the Holy city were called out to observer compliance with this latest cease-fire order.
The first shipment of United Nations relief supplies for refugee victims of the Palestine was arrived at Beirut on Wednesday (1 September). The supplies consist of 30 tons of olive oil which was a gift offered by Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco under the auspices of the French Government which provided additional supplies.
William Saint Aubin, Chief of Red Cross relief operations in Beirut left for Rhodes for talks on the overall relief plans for Palestine refugees with the UN Mediator and Sir Raphael Cilento, Advisor to the Mediator on refugee problems.
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Senior Palestinian Official: Female Terrorist Leaders Prove Our Gender Equality
Dalal Mughrabi
Palestinian terror
Female terrorist Dalal Mughrabi’s command of a group of male terrorists 40 years ago testifies to gender equality within Fatah, a senior Palestinian official asserted.
By: United with Israel Staff
The fact that a group of male terrorists was led by a female in a 1978 massacre of Israelis shows Palestinian gender equality, Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas’ Secretary General stated.
At a ceremony celebrating International Women’s Day, Secretary-General of the Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Abbas’ office Tayeb Abd Al-Rahim said that female terrorist murderer Dalal Mughrabi’s role as leader of the 1978 attack is “testimony” of gender equality within Fatah.
“From the outbreak of our revolution in 1965, the outlook of the Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah – has been clear in its social aspect; it saw no difference between women and men, and Dalal Mughrabi who led men is testimony to this,” he said, the official PA daily Al-Hayat Al-Jadida reported earlier this month.
Dalal Mughrabi led the most lethal terror attack in Israel’s history, known as the Coastal Road massacre, during which she and other Fatah terrorists hijacked a bus on Israel’s Coastal Highway, murdering 37 civilians, 12 of them children, and wounding over 70.
By honoring Mughrabi, the Palestinians have utilized another day that promotes rights and equality internationally to promote terrorism and their love of death.
At a recent ceremony at the El-Bireh High School for Girls, school principal Nida Abd Rabbo announced that promoting terrorist Mughrabi as a role model to female students is an “educational responsibility”:
“It’s [the Al-Yasser Cultural Forum’s] goal to strengthen the affiliation with Palestine and its history, and to adhere to the Palestinian identity, because this is a great educational responsibility. The forum’s goal is also to return the glory to the fighting Palestinian girls and women such as Dalal Mughrabi and others who sacrificed their lives for Palestine, and also to provide information and knowledge to these female students during recesses…”
PA Minister of Education Sabri Saidam and Fatah Movement Central Committee member Jamal Muhaisen were both present at the ceremony.
Palestinian ‘Role Models’
Palestinian Media Watch (PMW), which monitors incitement in the Palestinian media, has documented at least five Palestinian schools that are named after Mughrabi, and dozens of other schools are named after other terrorist murderers.
Marking the 40th anniversary of Mughrabi’s attack, Fatah posted a video praising her, focusing on the fact that the leader of the attack was a woman.
The Fatah Movement also honored terrorist Mughrabi in Gaza by naming an organizational course after her. The official PA daily reported that “dozens of leaders of the western Gaza Fatah branches” participated in the Dalal Mughrabi course.
Glorifying female terrorists was a recurring Palestinian theme for International Women’s Day.
District Governor of Qalqilya Rafe’ Rawajbeh participated in a ceremony for International Women’s Day and expressed his appreciation for the “Palestinian women’s giving, their sacrifice, and their participation in the national struggle in all of its stages.”
He mentioned Mughrabi as “a symbol of women rejecting the occupation.”
These incidents are the latest show of Palestinian incitement to terror in accordance with the Palestinian Authority’s policy of presenting terrorists as role models for Palestinian youth, with Mughrabi constantly presented as a national hero.
Last year, a women’s center in the Palestinian village of Burqa was named after Mughrabi.
Not only does the facility’s name glorify the murderer, the very purpose of the center itself is to educate youth about Mughrabi’s terror attack.
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With the tradition of 38 years, over one thousand concerts and performances at home and abroad, the choir became one of the most recognizable acts of the cultural scene of the region.
With its carefully selected program and continuous performances of diverse repertoire on highest artistic level, the choir achieved popularity with audience, as well as high esteem with domestic and international professional community.
Big change for the choir comes at the end of 2004, when Professor Mladen Matović becomes its artistic director. He brought different and more ambitious approach, with aspiration to present choirs abilities as soon as possible to the most important international choral competitions.
In period from 2008 and 2017, female chamber choir “Banjalucanke” accomplished most important results in its history by winning a great number of significant awards and accolades home and abroad, among them gold medals are Gold medals in World choir Games in Riga, Sochi, Tshwane, and other competitions.
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Posted by Rex Bailey on Dec 1st, 2019
Equities analysts expect Pluralsight Inc (NASDAQ:PS) to post earnings per share of ($0.14) for the current fiscal quarter, according to Zacks. Six analysts have provided estimates for Pluralsight’s earnings, with estimates ranging from ($0.15) to ($0.13). Pluralsight posted earnings of ($0.09) per share during the same quarter last year, which would suggest a negative year over year growth rate of 55.6%. The company is scheduled to report its next quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 12th.
On average, analysts expect that Pluralsight will report full year earnings of ($0.36) per share for the current year, with EPS estimates ranging from ($0.37) to ($0.35). For the next financial year, analysts expect that the company will post earnings of ($0.51) per share, with EPS estimates ranging from ($0.69) to ($0.39). Zacks Investment Research’s earnings per share averages are a mean average based on a survey of analysts that follow Pluralsight.
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Pluralsight (NASDAQ:PS) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October 30th. The company reported ($0.08) EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.14) by $0.06. Pluralsight had a negative return on equity of 46.91% and a negative net margin of 32.59%. The company had revenue of $82.60 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $79.83 million. During the same period last year, the business posted ($0.10) earnings per share. The firm’s revenue was up 34.1% compared to the same quarter last year.
PS has been the subject of several research analyst reports. KeyCorp reduced their price objective on Pluralsight from $28.00 to $25.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, September 11th. Barrington Research set a $30.00 price objective on Pluralsight and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 9th. Berenberg Bank initiated coverage on Pluralsight in a research note on Wednesday, September 18th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $24.00 price objective for the company. Needham & Company LLC reduced their price objective on Pluralsight from $36.00 to $25.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, October 31st. Finally, Zacks Investment Research upgraded Pluralsight from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Wednesday, November 6th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and seven have issued a buy rating to the company. Pluralsight has an average rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $26.11.
In related news, insider Frederick Onion purchased 30,000 shares of Pluralsight stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, September 12th. The stock was bought at an average cost of $17.19 per share, for a total transaction of $515,700.00. Also, Director Gary L. Crittenden purchased 14,600 shares of Pluralsight stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, September 13th. The shares were bought at an average price of $17.11 per share, with a total value of $249,806.00. Company insiders own 23.19% of the company’s stock.
Hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Quantamental Technologies LLC purchased a new position in Pluralsight during the second quarter valued at approximately $31,000. Daiwa Securities Group Inc. grew its holdings in Pluralsight by 46.6% in the third quarter. Daiwa Securities Group Inc. now owns 1,950 shares of the company’s stock valued at $33,000 after purchasing an additional 620 shares during the period. TCI Wealth Advisors Inc. grew its holdings in Pluralsight by 121.5% in the third quarter. TCI Wealth Advisors Inc. now owns 2,268 shares of the company’s stock valued at $38,000 after purchasing an additional 1,244 shares during the period. Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services Inc. grew its holdings in Pluralsight by 530.3% in the second quarter. Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services Inc. now owns 1,645 shares of the company’s stock valued at $50,000 after purchasing an additional 1,384 shares during the period. Finally, Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank grew its holdings in Pluralsight by 43.2% in the third quarter. Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank now owns 3,940 shares of the company’s stock valued at $66,000 after purchasing an additional 1,188 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 82.23% of the company’s stock.
Pluralsight stock opened at $16.99 on Thursday. Pluralsight has a one year low of $14.84 and a one year high of $35.70. The stock has a market cap of $2.34 billion, a PE ratio of -11.64 and a beta of 2.30. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.80, a quick ratio of 2.35 and a current ratio of 2.35. The stock has a 50-day moving average of $17.40 and a two-hundred day moving average of $22.81.
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Pluralsight, Inc provides a technology skill development solutions worldwide. Its cloud-based technology skills platform offers a range of tools, including skill and role assessment tool, which uses machine learning and advanced algorithms to measure a user's skills, benchmark that user against others in the industry, and recommend opportunities for growth; and Course Library that include a digital ecosystem of thousands of on-demand courses across a range of technology subject areas, such as cloud, mobile, security, IT, and data.
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MAML2 Rearrangements in Variant Forms of Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma: Ancillary Diagnostic Testing for the Ciliated and Warthin-like Variants
Justin A. Bishop, Morgan L. Cowan, Chung H. Shum, William H. Westra
Mucoepidermoid carcinoma (MEC) is the most common salivary gland malignancy. Recent studies have shown that most MECs harbor gene fusions involving MAML2 - an alteration that appears to be specific for MEC, a finding that could be diagnostically useful. While most cases of MEC are histologically straightforward, uncommon variants can cause considerable diagnostic difficulty. We present 2 variants of MEC for which MAML2 studies were crucial in establishing a diagnosis: a previously undescribed ciliated variant, and the recently described Warthin-like variant. All cases of ciliated and Warthin-like MEC were retrieved from the archives of The Johns Hopkins Hospital. Break-apart fluorescence in situ hybridization for MAML2 was performed on all cases. One ciliated MEC and 6 Warthin-like MECs were identified. The ciliated MEC presented as a 4.6 cm cystic lymph node metastasis originating from the tongue base in a 47-year-old woman. The Warthin-like MECs presented as parotid masses ranging in size from 1.2 to 3.3 (mean, 2.7 cm) in 4 women and 2 men. The ciliated MEC consisted of macrocystic spaces punctuated by tubulopapillary proliferations of squamoid cells and ciliated columnar cells. The Warthin-like MECs were comprised of cystic spaces lined by multilayered oncocytic to squamoid cells surrounded by a circumscribed cuff of lymphoid tissue with germinal centers. In these cases, the Warthin-like areas dominated the histologic picture. Conventional MEC, when present, represented a minor tumor component. MAML2 rearrangements were identified in all cases. Warthin-like MEC, and now a ciliated form of MEC, are newly described variants of a common salivary gland carcinoma. Unfamiliarity with these novel forms, unanticipated cellular features (eg, cilia), and morphologic overlap with mundane benign processes (eg, developmental ciliated cysts, Warthin tumor) or other carcinomas (eg, ciliated human papillomavirus-related carcinoma) may render these variants susceptible to misdiagnosis. These unusual variants appear to consistently harbor MAML2 fusions - a finding that establishes a clear link to conventional MEC and provides a valuable adjunct in establishing the diagnosis.
American Journal of Surgical Pathology
https://doi.org/10.1097/PAS.0000000000000932
Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma
Adenolymphoma
Germinal Center
Gene Fusion
Lymphoid Tissue
MAML2
Warthin tumor
Warthin-like
Bishop, J. A., Cowan, M. L., Shum, C. H., & Westra, W. H. (2018). MAML2 Rearrangements in Variant Forms of Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma: Ancillary Diagnostic Testing for the Ciliated and Warthin-like Variants. American Journal of Surgical Pathology, 42(1), 130-136. https://doi.org/10.1097/PAS.0000000000000932
MAML2 Rearrangements in Variant Forms of Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma : Ancillary Diagnostic Testing for the Ciliated and Warthin-like Variants. / Bishop, Justin A.; Cowan, Morgan L.; Shum, Chung H.; Westra, William H.
In: American Journal of Surgical Pathology, Vol. 42, No. 1, 01.01.2018, p. 130-136.
Bishop, JA, Cowan, ML, Shum, CH & Westra, WH 2018, 'MAML2 Rearrangements in Variant Forms of Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma: Ancillary Diagnostic Testing for the Ciliated and Warthin-like Variants', American Journal of Surgical Pathology, vol. 42, no. 1, pp. 130-136. https://doi.org/10.1097/PAS.0000000000000932
Bishop JA, Cowan ML, Shum CH, Westra WH. MAML2 Rearrangements in Variant Forms of Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma: Ancillary Diagnostic Testing for the Ciliated and Warthin-like Variants. American Journal of Surgical Pathology. 2018 Jan 1;42(1):130-136. https://doi.org/10.1097/PAS.0000000000000932
Bishop, Justin A. ; Cowan, Morgan L. ; Shum, Chung H. ; Westra, William H. / MAML2 Rearrangements in Variant Forms of Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma : Ancillary Diagnostic Testing for the Ciliated and Warthin-like Variants. In: American Journal of Surgical Pathology. 2018 ; Vol. 42, No. 1. pp. 130-136.
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People often come to us because they want a really fun scooter to ride around town. You’ll get no argument from us that scooters are fun and practical, but they’re also really affordable to own and owning one makes a lot of economic sense. This article examines the economics of owning a scooter.
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Most of the scooters in our shop have fuel economies of 70 to 90 miles per gallon. At the lower end, a Vespa GTS 300 will still get around 60 mpg while on the other side a Piaggio Fly 150 will get around 100 mpg. It’s true that scooters can help you save money on gas, because you’re going three to four times the distance per gallon. In other words, someone with an average car and a gas bill of $250 per month can end up spending around $50 per month on a scooter.
Insurance Is Cheap Too
Scooters do not come with the high insurance premiums that cars and motorcycles do, so you can usually get full coverage for a scooter in California for around $200 to $250 per year. Compare that with around $600 to $1000 per year for a car and that’s a significant difference as well.
Maintenance Is Minimal
Maintenance costs of any vehicle are dependent on the model, annual mileage, and age. In comparison to modern cars and motorcycles, scooters are relatively simple machines built from affordable components. Labor time for repairs are much less than similar repairs on a motorcycle or car. Please call our Service Department at 619-280-1718 xt. 605 with any specific questions you might have.
Say Goodbye to Parking Costs
Parking a scooter is pretty easy and scooters can be parked in a variety of locations, which means that you can drive somewhere on a scooter and not have to worry about where you’re going to park! For local college students in San Diego, we’ve heard that parking a scooter versus a car at their local campus ended up saving them around $2,000 per year.
Scooters Make Economic Sense
With all of these facts in mind, one can see that a scooter is a cost-effective and practical way to get around. They’re also really fun too!
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A delightful return to the romantic-comedy territory that Woody Allen last explored in such classics as Annie Hall and Manhattan, Alice was also Oscar-nominated for Best Original Screenplay, but departs from the earlier films in its embrace of out-and-out fantasy to the point where it becomes a contemporary fairytale.
Alice Tate (Mia Farrow) is trapped in a loveless marriage to Doug (William Hurt), to the point where a chance encounter with handsome jazz musician Joe (Joe Mantegna) leaves her hopelessly conflicted. Seeking treatment for backache from a Chinese acupuncturist (Keye Luke), she confesses her feelings under hypnosis and comes away with some ancient herbs that possess mysterious and even supernatural powers. But will they solve Alice’s dilemmas, or merely make them even more complicated? And can she really throw away all Doug’s material wealth purely for love?
Gliding effortlessly from reality to daydream and from memory to magic, while exploring the intricate and unfathomable unity of human bonds, Alice was described by the New York Times as “hilarious and romantic, serious and exuberantly satiric”.
Joe Mantegna, Mia Farrow, William Hurt, June Squibb, Marceline Hugot, Dylan O'Sullivan Farrow
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Bournemouth keeper Begovic replaces Reina at AC Milan
Xavi in talks to take Barcelona job, Qatari club confirms
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Spanish great Xavi is in talks with his former club Barcelona to take over as coach, his current team, Qatar's Al-Sadd said on Saturday.
Spanish media had earlier reported that Barcelona had asked former captain Xavi to take over from the under-pressure Ernesto Valverde.
"I will not deny that. There are negotiations about Xavi and everyone is talking about them... but I can say that Xavi so far is at Al-Sadd," Muhammad Ghulam Al-Balushi, Al-Sadd's sports director, told the Qatar-based BeIN broadcaster.
"The final decision is in the hands of Al-Sadd's management, in the hands of the manager, and the hands of Barcelona's management," he added ahead of Al-Sadd's weekend clash against Al-Rayyan.
World Cup winner Xavi, 39, came through the Catalans' academy and played 855 senior games for the Camp Nou side.
He joined Al-Sadd as a player in 2015 before being appointed coach last July.
Valverde's position is reportedly under threat after the Spanish Super Cup semi-final defeat by Atletico Madrid on Thursday.
Xavi in talks to take 'dream' Barcelona job, Qatari club confirms
Xavi says it was 'too early' for Barcelona top job
Xavi decides against taking Barcelona job immediately - source
No guard of honour for Barca as they did not do one for us - Zidane
It was not worth trying to change Iniesta's mind - Valverde
Messi strike helps 10-man Barca earn draw as Ronaldo goes off injured
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We Will not Study in Israel Until Palestinians Can Return: Boycott Study Abroad in Israel!
Posted on March 29, 2018 Categories: Academic Boycott, Study Abroad, U.S. Organizing, USACBI Statements Comments are off for this post
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The US Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (USACBI) calls on all US faculty, administrators, students and staff to uphold the academic boycott of Israel by refusing participation in Study Abroad programs in Israel. The academic boycott of Israel has been called for by Palestinian scholars and students living under military occupation, siege, and in an apartheid state and whose rights to education are violated on a daily basis. To enroll, or participate in any way, in a Study Abroad program at an Israeli institution means ignoring if not perpetuating the ongoing violation of the academic–and, indeed, human–freedoms of Palestinians. So we call on all students, faculty, and staff of conscience to refuse participation in such programs and reject complicity with occupation, colonization, and apartheid.
Study Abroad programs in Israel also potentially violate the rights of US faculty and students and our campus non-discrimination and equal opportunity policies. Some US students, faculty, and staff traveling to Israel for such programs risk discrimination and harassment based on protected categories such as religion and national origin. It is well-known that Israel routinely denies entry to persons of Arab, Middle Eastern, or Muslim origin and subjects them to detention and harassment at borders, engaging unashamedly in racial profiling and effectively declaring such travelers suspect in advance. This has been confirmed by numerous individual travelers as well as the U.S. State Department, which openly observes that “U.S. citizens whom Israeli authorities suspect of being of Arab, Middle Eastern, or Muslim origin … may face additional, often time-consuming, and probing questioning by immigration and border authorities, or may even be denied entry into Israel, the West Bank, or Gaza.” Moreover, a recent Israeli law (approved in March 2017) prohibits entry into Israel for anyone who has publicly supported the BDS movement.
Israel”s racial profiling thus has a real and discriminatory impact on students participating in educational programs, while its recent anti-BDS law means that US students could be prohibited entry into the country for an act of political expression that is fully protected under the US Constitution (NAACP v. Claiborne Hardware Co., 1982). Israel has issued a blacklist of organizations and its members who will be denied entry at its borders in an act of blatant political repression. That list that includes Students for Justice in Palestine and Jewish Voice for Peace, two organizations of which students seeking to travel to the region may very well be members.
We issue this call to suspend participation in Israeli Study Abroad programs this year to mark and protest 70 years of the colonization of Palestine. In 1948, the year Israel was founded, 750,000 Palestinians were expelled in an intentional, programmatic act of ethnic cleansing referred to by Palestinians as the Nakba, or catastrophe. The Nakba continues to this very day, where Israel”s majority Jewish population has been maintained by the denial of the right of these refugees to return to their homes in historic Palestine, in contravention of international law. It has been sustained by racist laws like the Law of Return, which gives any Jewish person anywhere in the world the right to Israeli citizenship, and the Citizenship and Entry into Israel Law, which prohibits Palestinians outside Israel from gaining citizenship (or permanent or even temporary residence) if they marry an Israeli citizen.
Israeli universities are complicit with and perpetuate this ongoing Nakba. They have constructed and expanded their campuses on stolen Palestinian land. They maintain programs that systematically discriminate against Palestinian and advantage Jewish students; conduct demographic and resource research that guides land and resource expropriation; and contribute to the design of weaponry and information technology that maintain not only the occupation but also the system of discrimination against the Palestinian population. No Israeli university has ever publicly opposed the Israeli state”s illegal military occupation and racial discrimination against Palestinians. Indeed, commemoration of the Nakba is prohibited in Israeli universities as part of their erasure of Palestinian history and denial of Israel”s settler colonial character.
Israel nevertheless makes considerable public relations capital out of touting higher education opportunities and research collaborations as part of its Brand Israel campaign. Publicity for its Study Abroad programs represents Israel as a modern democracy with exciting intellectual opportunities for all. Yet beneath that faí§ade is a racist and colonial state that segregates both its citizens and its subject populations on the basis of national, ethnic, and religious origin. While some claim these programs are an opportunity for “dialogue,” or even for “fact finding” about the conditions in Israel-Palestine, true dialogue and education cannot take place in a reality from which Palestinians are denied their rightful presence and in conditions in which they are racially subjugated and violently displaced.
U.S. faculty, students, and staff will no longer countenance participation in study abroad programs that serve as whitewashing propaganda for a fundamentally colonial and racist state and that also systematically discriminates against them. At a time of increasing protest and pushback against Muslim and refugee bans and encroaching neo-Nazi assaults on academic freedom in the US, we cannot ignore Israel”s own Arab and Muslim bans and its ongoing denial of academic freedom to Palestinians. One of the first campus campaign to boycott a Study Abroad program is already underway at NYU and the resolution passed by the NYU student Senate is the first step on the way to a fuller challenge.
We call on all students, faculty, administrators, and staff to stand with Palestinians, acknowledge this historical injustice, and oppose the continuing Nakba by pledging not to participate in Study Abroad in Israel programs until lsrael complies with the three demands of the international boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement:
end its occupation and colonization of all Arab lands and dismantling the Wall;
recognize the full equality of Palestinian citizens of Israel; and
respect and uphold the right of return of Palestinian refugees to their homes and properties as stipulated in UN resolution 194.
Please pledge to boycott all such programs here.
We also urge you, if you have not done so already, to endorse the academic and cultural boycott of Israel (www.usacbi.org) and join our movement!
Arab Resource & Organizing Center
Al-Awda Palestine Right to Return Coalition
British Committee for the Universities of Palestine
Committee for Open Discussion of Zionism (CODZ)
International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network (IJAN)
Jews for Palestinian Right of Return
Labor for Palestine
Palestinian Youth Movement – USA
Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network
Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign
SJP-West (Students for Justice in Palestine – West)
US Campaign for Palestinian Rights (USCPR)
US Palestinian Community Network (USPCN)
Voices of the Sacred
Sign below to join the call:
We call on all students, factulty, administrators, and staff to stand with Palestinians, acknowledge this historical injustice, and oppose the continuing Nakba by pledging not to participate in Study Abroad in Israel until lsrael complies with the three demands of the international boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement:
(1) end its occupation and colonization of all Arab lands and dismantling the Wall;
(2) recognize the full equality of Palestinian citizens of Israel; and
(3) respect and uphold the right of return of Palestinian refugees to their homes and properties as stipulated in UN resolution 194.
I hereby pledge to boycott all such programs here:
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USACBI response to Trump executive order targeting campus criticism of Israel
USACBI denounces Israeli detention of Prof. Widad Barghouti, calls for academic boycott
The Society for the Study of Social Problems Narrowly Rejects Endorsing a Resolution in Support of Palestinian Academic Freedom
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Texas Arrest Records and Warrants Search
How to Perform a Travis County Warrant Search and Find Arrest Records
How to Perform a Travis County Warrant Search and Find Arrest Records How to Perform a Travis County Warrant Search and Find Arrest Records A Travis County warrant search can be performed using the automated system on the sheriff’s website (https://public.co.travis.tx.us/wow/defau
Carry out a Travis County Warrant Search and Access Arrest Records
A Travis County warrant search can be performed using the automated system on the sheriff’s website (https://public.co.travis.tx.us/wow/default.aspx). You will need to insert either a cause number or a suspect’s name and birth date. For additional inquiries and for more clarifications, call Warrant Information at 512-854-9751.
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A Travis County warrant search will not reveal any information on jail inmates. To find out if someone you know has recently been incarcerated, use the sheriff's online search tool (https://public.co.travis.tx.us/sips/default.aspx). It allows you to see the county's current inmate population. Finding older Travis County arrest records is more difficult. The sheriff office does not provide criminal history information on other people unless you have their formal approval (presented on a notarized letter). You will have to resort to private sources (see last section below).
Perform a wider TX arrest search
Travis County arrest records will only show you a person's arrest history on a local level. To expand your investigation to the state level, use the TxDPS Criminal History Name Search. It presents arrests, prosecutions and case disposition for people incarcerated for Class B misdemeanor or more severe offenses all across Texas. This service requires a fee.
Finding Travis County court records
You can learn about a person’s history of convictions by accessing the county’s court records through the inquiry tool provided by the District Clerk at https://www.traviscountytx.gov/district-clerk/online-case-information. The county clerk also offers a computerized search tool at http://traviscountyclerk.org/eclerk/Content.do?code=R.4. This tool shows cases of minor offenses. Furthermore, you can ask for a misdemeanor criminal case search by phone (512-854-9188) or via email (misdemeanor@traviscountytx.gov). Any record obtained this way demands a fee of $1 per page. Finally, the County Clerk can be utilized for a Travis County warrant search by turning to the Misdemeanor Records Division during work hours (8:00 am to 5:00 pm, Monday-Friday, not including legal holidays). Their address: Travis County Courthouse, 1000 Guadalupe, Austin, Texas, room 222, phone: 512-854-9188. The warrants they reveal include Class A and B misdemeanor offenses only.
Use this website’s background check services
usarrestsearch.org provides you with a highly advanced inquiry tool you can use to conduct a Travis County warrant search. You will receive a full criminal history report that details a person's prior arrests, convictions and more. Results cover all of Texas (and other states if you wish to expand your check). Reliability, accuracy and anonymity are guaranteed.
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UNLV'S MEHLICH, GCU'S EASLEY NAMED PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
UNLV's Timo Mehlich and Grand Canyon's Esai Easley have been named Western Athletic Conference Offensive and Defensive Players of the Week, respectively, for September 9 - 15.
Mehlich, a senior midfielder from Monchengladbach, Germany, scored twice in the Rebels' 2-0 win at Pacific on Friday. He put four of his five shots on goal to provide an offensive attack against the Tigers. He also had three shots with one of goal in a 1-0 loss to San Francisco on Sunday.
Easley, a sophomore defender from Kailua, Hawai'i, anchored the Lopes back line to their third shutout of the season in a 1-0 win over visiting Oregon State. He has been on the field for 307 minutes this season as GCU has allowed just one goal over four games, posting a 0.25 team goals against average.
Other offensive nominees: CSU Bakersfield's Niklas Korber scored for the 'Runners in a 3-2 loss to seventh-ranked Saint Mary's … Grand Canyon's Pambos Aristotelous scored the Lopes' lone goal in a 1-0 win over Oregon State … San José State's Danny Sanchez scored the first goal in the Spartans' loss to then eighth-ranked Saint Mary's … Utah Valley's Alec Felix scored the golden goal in the Wolverines' overtime win over Canisius on Friday night.
Other defensive nominees: UNLV's Lukas Betz totaled 17 saves and allowed just two goals over 270 minutes to help the Rebels go 2-1 on the road … San José State's Jamal Adam helped to hold then eighth-ranked Saint Mary's scoreless for the first 62 minutes of their match.
With conference play beginning next week, it's another tough schedule around the WAC. Grand Canyon kicks off the big matchups on Tuesday, traveling to 17th-ranked Virginia Tech. UNLV plays host to the Johann Memorial Classic and among the teams participating will be Utah Valley, sixth-ranked Saint Mary's and Santa Clara.
California Baptist leads the WAC in shots (111) while UNLV is tops in points (32) and is tied with CSU Bakersfield for the lead in goals (11) and with Utah Valley for the lead in assists (10). Defensively, Grand Canyon is the leader in least goals allowed (1) and goals against average (0.25) while UNLV is the leader in saves (30) and Seattle U is tops in shutouts (4).
Individually, CBU's Rafael Vacas Barba holds the lead in shots (26) while UNLV's Bryan Martinez-Serrano and CSUB's Niklas Korber are tied fo rthe lead in points (9). Korber is also tied with SU's Noe Meza for the lead in goals (4) while Martinez-Serrano stands alone atop the assists list with three. GCU's George Tasouris is the leader in goals against average (0.25) and save percentage (.941). CBU's Albert Escuin is tops in saves (23) while SU's Akili Kasim holds the shutout lead (4).
A trio of teams are right on the cusp of getting a number next to their name as Air Force is among those receiving votes in the United Soccer Coaches Top 25 and both Seattle U and Grand Canyon are just outside the College Soccer News Top 30.
BEST IN THE (FAR) WEST
Two WAC squads are among those listed in the most recent United Soccer Coaches Far West Regional Ranking. Seattle U is ranked eighth while Grand Canyon rounds out the poll at 10th.
HYNDMAN JOINS 500-WIN CLUB
Grand Canyon head coach Schellas Hyndman became the fifth Division I men's soccer coach in history to win 500 games after his Lopes earned a season-opening win over Northern Kentucky on Aug. 30. South Carolina's Mark Berson is the only other active coach with over 500 wins.
FROM NEW ZEALAND TO VEGAS AND BACK
UNLV junior defender Billy Jones will miss some time with the Rebels later this month as he heads to Fiji to compete for his native New Zealand in Olympic Qualifyers. The Oly-Whites are the top seed in Group A, which also include Solomon Islands, American Samoa and Samoa. Group B consists of Fiji, Vanuatu, Papau New Guinea and Tonga. The winner of qualifying tournament will earn the lone berth available to the region for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
SEATTLE U PICKED TO WIN 2019 TITLE
Seattle U is the preseason favorite to win the 2019 Western Athletic Conference men's soccer title in a vote of the league's 12 head coaches, who could not vote for their own team.
The Redhawks collected five of 12 first-place votes and 112 total points to take the top spot. UT Rio Grande Valley was selected second with two first-place votes and 104 points. Air Force and Grand Canyon tied for the third spot with the Falcons earning three first-place votes and the Lopes earning one first-place vote and both teams garnering 88 points. UNLV was just one point back with 87 points to take the fifth spot. San José State, a tournament finalist the last two seasons, received the final first-place vote and 77 points to take the sixth spot. Utah Valley was selected seventh with 75 points, followed by California Baptist in eighth, CSU Bakersfield in ninth, Houston Baptist and Kansas City tied for tenth and UIW in 12th.
AUNE, RIVAS HIGHLIGHT PRESEASON ALL-WAC SQUAD
UT Rio Grande Valley's Kyle Edwards and Grand Canyon's George Tasouris were selected as the WAC Preseason Offensive and Defensive Player of the Year respectively in a vote of the league's 12 head coaches, who could not vote for their own team or players.
Edwards is joined on the Preseason All-WAC squad by teammate William Akio while Tasouris was the lone representative for GCU. UNLV and Seattle U each had three honored as Tyler Allen, Marco Gonzalez and Timo Mehlich represented the Rebels and Julian Avilia-Good, Declan McGlynn and Thomas Mickoski were the Redhawks' honorees. Air Force's Nick Blessing and San José State's Max Allen rounded out the 11-member team.
UTRGV'S EDWARDS NAMED TO MAC HERMANN WATCH LIST
UT Rio Grande Valley's Kyle Edwards is the lone WAC representative on the MAC Hermann Trophy Watch List, released on Aug. 1. The senior scored 14 goals and recorded 33 points during a standout junior season, which saw him earn First Team All-WAC honors, as well as First Team All-Far West Region honors.
DUO EARNS PRESEASON HONORS
UT Rio Grande Valley forward Kyle Edwards was named to the Top Drawer Soccer Preseason Best XI, earning third team honors. Seattle U midfielder Jesse Ortiz was named to the TDS Freshman Best XI after scoring 13 goals for Houston Dynamo U-19 and three goals for Brazos Valley Cavalry FC of USL2 where he played with UTRGV's Edwards.
PLAYING THE BEST
The WAC has 27 non-conference games against participants from the 2018 NCAA Men's Soccer Tournament. Seattle U and Grand Canyon might have a strong argument for who has the toughest non-conference schedule as the Redhawks are set to take on five NCAA participants (Denver, Indiana (at Notre Dame), at Notre Dame, Portland and Washington) while the Lopes will play four NCAA participants (Oregon State, at Saint Mary's, at UC Riverside and at Virginia Tech). CSU Bakersfield, Houston Baptist and San José State will each take on three NCAA participants. In total, 11 of the 12 WAC men's soccer programs will face a postseason participant in non-conference play.
With 11 men's soccer teams eligible for the postseason in 2019, the WAC tournament field remains at seven teams. The tournament also features an extra rest day between the first round and semifinal round. The regular season champion and top seed will receive the only bye in the tournament, with the other teams beginning play on Wednesday, Nov. 13 at the United State Air Force Academy outside of Colorado Springs, Colo. Semifinals will be played on Friday, Nov. 15 with the championship game set for Sunday, Nov. 17.
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0 Akron
1 at Utah Valley
at UT Rio Grande Valley
3 UNLV
2 at Portland
0 Missouri State
1 at Air Force
at Houston Baptist
0 Loyola Marymount
1 at Seattle U
0 at Central Arkansas
4 Stanford
0 at San José State
1 Grand Canyon
2 at Omaha
0 UIW
1 at Oral Roberts
0 UC Riverside
2 at CSU Bakersfield
0 Northwestern
2 at Kansas City
Box Score | Results
2 FGCU
Colorado Springs, Colo.
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0 New Mexico
2 CSU Bakersfield
5 at Pacific
Free Scarf Giveaway (Stockton, Calif.)
1 at Oregon State
3 at New Mexico
0 Drake
1 Seattle U
2 Cornell
2 vs. UIW
@ Dallas, Texas
0 Houston Baptist
1 vs. Omaha
@ Edinburg, TX UTRGV Invitational
0 at Sacramento State
Doubleheader with the women's team
2 UC Davis
2 CSUN
1 St. Bonaventure
1 at UT Rio Grande Valley
3 at Wisconsin
0 Rutgers
1 Furman
2 Sacramento State
2 at UC Davis
1 vs. St. Bonaventure
@ Edinburg, TX 4:00 PM CST
1 Omaha
UTRGV Invitational
1 Mercer
0 Evansville
1 at Grand Canyon
0 Saint Mary's
1 UT Rio Grande Valley
0 vs. Loyola (Ill.)
@ DeKalb, Ill.
1 Memphis
1 at Georgia Southern
3 at Bradley
3 Pacific
0 at UNLV
Las Vegas, Nev.
2 Utah Valley
0 at Cal State Fullerton
Doubleheader With Women's Soccer
0 Army West Point
1 at Gardner-Webb
0 at Gonzaga
0 at Northern Illinois
Stockton, Calif.
0 at San Diego State
1 at UCLA
2 at Milwaukee
1 San José State
2 at CSUN
2 Santa Clara
1 St. Francis (Pa.)
Box Score | Box Score | Results
4 Gonzaga
1 vs. CSU Bakersfield
@ Las Vegas, Nev.
1 Our Lady of the Lake
3 Western Illinois
@ Las Vegas, NV
UVU Tournament
0 Drexel
4 at Washington
Box Score | Box Score | Box Score
5 at San Francisco
2 San Diego State
0 Air Force
0 at UIW
0 Oral Roberts
Phoenix, Ariz.
1 at Cal Poly
at Paso Robles Horse Park (Paso Robles, CA)
2 at Drake
@ Edinburg, TX
3 at Houston Baptist
2 vs. San José State
@ Las Vegas, Nevada
3 vs. Seattle U
0 vs. Air Force
@ Unknown
2 at Virginia Tech
3 at Akron
3 California Baptist
0 at Saint Peter's
2 vs. Virginia Tech
@ Harrisonburg, Va.
0 Florida Atlantic
3 vs. UNLV
@ Orem, Utah
0 vs. UT Rio Grande Valley
@ Houston, Texas HBU Invitational
0 at Stanford
6 at Saint Mary's
1 Bethesda
1 Wisconsin
2 Siena
HBU Invitational
1 at California
0 at James Madison
3 at Manhattan
1 at SIUE
1 vs. Northern Illinois
@ Edinburg, TX Rio Grande Valley Invitational
0 at Navy
1 at SMU
3 Purdue Fort Wayne
Rio Grande Valley Invitational
1 Cal Poly
0 Creighton
1 at UC Irvine
0 at Tulsa
4 vs. Purdue Fort Wayne
@ 'Edinburg, TX Rio Grande Valley Invitational
2 Northern Illinois
0 UC Santa Barbara
0 at UMBC
2 at San Diego
1 Cal State Fullerton
1 at California Baptist
1 at Evansville
2 Central Arkansas
1 North Florida
1 Wofford
1 UNC Greensboro
0 vs. Utah Valley
@ Omaha, Neb.
0 Colgate
2 vs. California Baptist
@ Las Vegas
1 at Northwestern
1 San Francisco
at Utah Valley
2 at UC Riverside
2 at Dayton
4 at Missouri State
1 at Loyola Marymount
0 Hope International
0 at Jacksonville
at Air Force
Snowed Out
0 #5 Utah Valley
1 vs. #4 Grand Canyon
@ Seattle, Wash. Match 1 - First Round
1 #7 UNLV
4 vs. #2 UT Rio Grande Valley
3 #6 San Jose State
3 at #3 Seattle U
Match 3 - First Round
1 #4 Grand Canyon
0 vs. #1 Air Force
@ Seattle, WA Match 4 - Semifinals
0 at #2 UT Rio Grande Valley
@ Seattle, Wash. Match 6 - Championship
NCAA Tournament - First Round
1 at #15 Denver
NCAA Tournament - Second Round
2 at #2 Indiana
NCAA Tournament - Third Round
1 at IUPUI
3 Elon
0 Northern Ky.
2 at UC Santa Barbara
1 at Army West Point
0 at Purdue Fort Wayne
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28 December 2012 · 8:01 pm
British Government Releases Falklands War Papers
British Government papers dealing with the Falklands War of 1982 have been released in accordance with the rule that government papers from 30 years ago are made public at the end of each year.
They reveal that Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was taken by surprise by the Argentinian invasion of the Falklands. Later in 1982, she told the Falklands Islands Review Committee, commonly called the Franks Committee after its Chairman, Lord Franks, that:
I never, never expected the Argentines to invade the Falklands head-on. It was such a stupid thing to do, as events happened, such a stupid thing even to contemplate doing.
The BBC Website quotes the historian Lord Hennessy as saying that:
Mrs Thatcher’s evidence about the Falklands War was some of the most powerful material to be declassified by the National Archives in the last three decades.
The documents show that US support for the UK was equivocal. Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger and the Pentagon provided the UK with intelligence and weapons, including the newest version of the Sidewinder AAM. However, Secretary of State Alexander Haig and Jeane Kirkpatrick, the US Ambassador to the UN, were concerned that taking sides would damage US relations with Latin America. This biography of Kirkpatrick argues that she was pro-Argentinian, and tried to undermine Haig, who favoured the UK.
Thatcher also successfully pressured the French not to supply Exocet missiles to Peru during the conflict, as she feared that the Peruvians would sell them to Argentina, which had limited stocks of Exocets. A programme broadcast in BBC Radio 4’s Document series in March 2012 argued that the French Government fully supported the UK, but that contractors working for the French company that supplied the missiles helped the Argentinians.
Hennessy said on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme this morning that Weinberger was willing to lend the RN a US aircraft carrier if a British carrier was sunk. I had heard Weinberger say this on a TV documentary, but assumed that he meant a mothballed WWII veteran Essex class vessel or an Iwo Jima class amphibious assault ship, which would have had a British crew and carried Harrier jump jets and helicopters.
According to Hennessy, Weinberger meant the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, an active nuclear powered carrier. Presumably she would have retained her US crew and aircraft.
The right wing Daily Telegraph comments that Thatcher rejected a proposal for a ceasefire by President Ronald Reagan after the British landing. The Americans feared that the Argentinians would look to Cuba and the USSR for support, suggested that British troops should be replaced by a US-Brazilian peacekeeping force after Port Stanley was re-captured.
The left wing Guardian notes that Thatcher was more willing to accept a diplomatic solution than has hitherto been realised.
The documents are available for consultation at the UK National Archives at Kew in London. The ones dealing with War Cabinet decisons are in files CAB 148/211 and CAB 148/212, which can be downloaded for free from its website.
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7 night (Refuge b&b and Agriturism)
8 breakfasts
7 dinner
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Extra night in Trani: on demand
Bike Hire + Helmet: 112 euro (for 7 days)
Day 1 Arrivo a Trani
Arrival in Trani, accomodation, delivery of the bike, briefing around the trip -
OPTIONABLE: Old Town guided tour
Overnight accommodation: B&B in Trani
Day 2 Trani - Monte Sant Angelo (Transfer with our van), Monte Sant'Angelo - Foresta Umbra (by bike)
LENGTH OF THE RIDE: 20 KM (short way) - 35 KM (long way)
Only for this first ride you can choise if starting with a big up hill from the biginning and an itinerary 36 km long or catting the first part and riding 18 km up to the accomodation in the middle of the Forest.
HIGHTLIGHTS OF THE DAY:
MONTE SANT'ANGELO Monte Sant’Angelo, located on the south of Gargano promontory, overlooks on one side the Tavoliere tableland and on the other side the Gulf of Manfredonia.
The Sanctuary of San Michele is a UNESCO world heritage site and is a precious evidence of Lombard art in Italy. A rock-hewn staircase takes down to the Sacra Grotta (Holy Cave), the mystic place where the Archangel made its appearance and an important pilgrims’ destination.
In the neighbourhood Junno, the old part of the town, stroll through the houses built on the ground floor and the alleys, while the bakers cook make the traditional ostie ripiene, sweets filled with almonds and honey. The history still echoes off the walls of the Norman castle, home of Frederik II, the Rotari tomb and the complex of San Francesco, where there is the Museum of Gargano Popular Arts and Traditions.
8 km away from the town centre, amid dozens of rock-hewn hermitages, there is the ancient Abbey Santa Maria di Pulsano, perched on a spur overlooking the gulf and managed by monks, who organize courses on iconography, and has also a printing office. (Source viaggiareinpuglia.it)
THE UMBRA FOREST The green of the Umbra Forest, inside Gargano promontory, in the area of the National Park, surrounds the municipalities of Vico del Gargano, Vieste and Monte Sant’Angelo.
The Forest is the last part of the ancient “Nemus Garganicum”, which used to cover the whole promontory and it is one of the most extended areas with broad-leaved plants in Italy, of the largest in Europe.
It has a surface of almost 10.500 hectares and covers the North-east side of Gargano and, from 832 metres above sea level of Monte Iacotenente, goes down to 165 metres above sea level in the area of Caritate.
The turf boasts beech trees, Turkey oaks, oaks, maples and holm oaks. Among them, stands the holm oak of Vico del Gargano, 50 metres high, with a diameter of 5. It stands in front of a Franciscan convent and probably was planted there by the friar Nicola da Vico, died in 1719.
The visitor Centre, instead, offers a path where one can admire the diorama of Gargano, display boards, stone tools, the Xylotheque and the reconstruction of a station of charcoal burners.(source www.viaggiareinpuglia.it)
OPTIONABLE: Guided tour of Monte Sant'Angelo and to the San Michele Rupestrian Church
Overnight accommodation: Refuge
Day 3 Foresta Umbra - Rodi Garganico - Peschici
LENGTH OF THE RIDE:37 KM (average)
VICO DEL GARGANO Located in the heart of the Gargano National Park, about 6 km (3.5 miles) away from the sea and 10 km (6 mi) away from the Umbra Forest, Vico is one of Italy's Most Beautiful Towns.
The town centre is dominated by a castle and by the massive dome of the Colleggiata dell'Assunta. This ancient district, known as the Rione Civita, is a triumph of stone with its chimneys, archways, capitals, stairways, and underground chambers carved out of the rock. Wander through the narrow twisting alleys, explore the medieval quarters of Terra and Casale, and let the Palazzo della Bella enchant you with its refined silhouette. If you're with the one you love, make sure to visit the Vicolo del Bacio (Kiss Alley).
Outside the town, the wonders continue with the Necropolis, an important archaeological site on the Mount Tabor plateau. The Umbra Forest, an immense spread of oak, beech and yew trees and typical arbutus (fruit-bearing shrubs), is ideal for outdoor activities. You'll find riding centres, trekking paths and a thick pine grove that leads down to the wonderful seashore between San Menaio and Calenelle.
Don’t miss the evocative Festa di San Valentino (Saint Valentine Festival), held to celebrate the town’s patron saint and Protector of citrus groves and lovers. During the festivities, a traditional procession passes through the streets of Vico, accompanying a statue of the Saint decorated with oranges and their flowers.
RODI GARGANICO The blue of the sea beds, the white of the houses and the orange of citrus trees: these are the colours of Rodi Garganico, wonderful of Gargano National Park.
The castle, royal residence of the King Ferdinand of Aragon, overlooks the sea, with the towers and the impressive city walls. The historic centre, surrounded by keeps, is a maze of winding streets, sloping stairs, arches and small gardens, where you are amazed by the gentle whitewashed houses with red roof, built one on the other as a way to protect the town from pirates attacks.
Don’t miss the churches of San Nicola of Myra and San Pietro and the Sanctuary of Madonna della Libera, to visit before arriving at the belvedere, where there used to be the main entrance gate. From here, you can enjoy a breathless view, extending from the Convent of the Capuchins to the coast.
Rodi is a destination not to miss, thanks to its extraordinary natural heritage: the coast surrounds the town, with the beaches of Ponente (West) and Levante (East), while in the hinterland, the scents of citrus trees and the lush vegetation of the Umbra Forest, not far away from here, enthrall and seduce.
PESCHICI Less than 15 km (9 miles) away from the beaches of Vieste, the beautiful town of Peschici perches on a cliff overlooking the sea and guarding one of Italy's most enchanting bays in the Gargano National Park.
Forming the heart of Peschici is the majestic Norman Castle and Torre del Ponte (Bridge Tower). This tower is the gateway to a magical stone maze of alleyways and stairways carved into the hillside, an area of pebble paved streets and houses that slope down to the sea with their distinctive white façades.
This charming fishing town has a rich history. Just outside the town, near Manacore, you'll find a prehistoric cave (now an archaeological park), the Abbazia di Santa Maria di Càlena (one of Italy's most ancient abbeys), and the Madonna di Loreto's Sanctuary, which, according to legend, was built by a group of fishermen who had survived shipwreck.
From the panoramic viewpoints in the historic centre, you can gaze out to the Aleppo pine trees that hug the coastline, and the watchtowers that overlook your exploration of this stretch of coast, one of the region's most beautiful. On the road to Vieste, you'll be able to see trabucchi, wooden structures suspended over the sea that were once used by fisherman, but now house delightful small restaurants.
Overnight accommodation: B&B in Peschici
Day 4 OPZIONABLE: Peschici - Tremiti (traghetto)
IF THE FERRY WORKS!! YOU CAN CHOOSE TO STAY ALL DAY ON THE TREMITI ISLANDS
- The departure is at 9:00 AM , arrive to the Tremiti at 10:30 AM; last return route at 4:30 PM, arrive to Peschici at 6:00 PM
OTHERWISE YOU COULD STAY ALL THE DAY RELAXING YOURSELF IN PESCHICI ( we suggest you a swim in the wonderfull Sant Nicola Bay where you could have a lunch in the old Trabucco da Mimì, right on the bay. or you could ride from Peschici to the Manaccora Bay (6 km)
TREMITI ISLAND The Isole Tremiti are an archipelago in the Adriatic Sea, north of the Gargano Peninsula. They constitute a comune of Italy's Province of Foggia and form part of the Gargano national park. The name of the islands relates to their seismic hazard, with a history of earthquakes in the area: tremiti means "tremors".
The islands were used for the internment of political prisoners during Benito Mussolini's Fascist regime. This was nothing new: two millennia earlier Augustus had exiled his granddaughter Julia the Younger to one of these islands (then named Trimerus in Latin, maybe from Greek Trimeros, Τρίμερος, meaning "tree places" or "tree islands").
The islands are now an important tourist attraction because of the clear waters surrounding them. Up to 100,000 visitors come to the islands in the summer season. Ferry services from the mainland operate from Termoli, Foggia, Vieste, Rodi Garganico e Capoiale.[3]
Islands San Domino is the most developed island for tourism and has the only sand beach in the archipelago. San Nicola is where most of the population resides. It is the site of a monastery where a monk named Nicolò was buried. Legend has it that every time someone tried to move his corpse off the island, a violent storm would break out, preventing navigation around the island. Capraia (or Capperaia) is deserted. Cretaccio is a large block of clay and thus uninhabited. Pianosa is a small, uninhabited island. Its maximum elevation is 15 meters. Sometimes, during storms, the waves cover it. On the Island is possible to rent a cayak or a dinghy.
MANACCORA BAY The bay of Manaccora, nestled amid two rocky promontories, is one of the most popular ones, located west of Peschici. The large coastline, embellished by the Mediterranean scrub, has several private beaches, near a village and a camping site, while there is a small public beach.
The beach is characterised by soft and golden sand, shallow water and sloping sea bed and turquoise sea. Don’t miss the nice “trabucco” along the coast, an ancient fishing wooden platform on which fishermen used to put the nets.
Walking along the shore, you dive in the archaeology, visiting the “grottone”, a wonderful natural cave located in the north part of the bay, where the primitive man used to live during the Bronze Age.
Day 5 Peschici - Vieste
LENGTH OF THE RIDE: 25 KM (average)
TRABUCCO Along the Vieste-Peschici coastal road you find the historic trabucchi of San Lorenzo (130 years old), Punta Lunga (112 years old) and Molinella (123 years old), across three suggestive beaches bearing the same names, as well as the enchanting beaches of Colombi and Braico. Along this route, there are Mediterranean Shrublands areas, ancient tuff caves and century old pine woods.
At the MOLINELLA TRABUCCO, sometime, two trabuccolanti will welcome visitors, showing the complete machine setup and explaining each operation in detail. During fishing operations, visitors will be actively involved: pulling the winch, spotting fish, and sharing the catch. At the end, the daily catch will be prepared according to local traditions, either preserved or cooked.
VIESTE Vieste is the easternmost town on the Gargano promontory, situated in the National Park, halfway between Peschici and the wonderful coastline of Mattinata.
Vieste has a historic medieval centre, a charming maze of ancient houses and narrow alleyways studded with typical souvenir shops and craft shops. After you've explored this ancient district, visit the Castle and the Cathedral, and then stroll down to Piazzetta Petrone, a small square with a remarkable coastal view.
The Pearl of Gargano charms with its silvery pink sand, limpid, crystal clear waters, long beaches, cliffs and 26 sea caves. The sea also stars at the Malacological Museum, which has more than 15 thousand shells from all over the world.
The coastline, a continuous series of inlets and coves, features must-see beaches at Vignanotica, Castello, San Lorenzo, the Bay of San Felice (with an “architello”, a natural stone archway over the sea), and Punta Lunga. After an afternoon on the beach, the smell of the sea also hangs over dinner at the trabucchi, traditional fishing huts, housing charming restaurants over the Adriatic.
THE PIZZOMUNNO Vieste is one of the best-known of the Gargano's tourist destinations. Its popularity is mainly due to its beautiful beaches, clear waters and the strong breezes that make it particularly suitable for sailing and other wind sports. In addition, the area's underwater beauty attracts divers and snorkellers from the whole of Europe. There are many legends concerning the origins of the enormous limestone Pizzomunno cliff, the main feature of the Vieste beach of the same name. Not to be missed is a natural-archaeological trip to the WWF managed tombs at 'La Salata', that date back to between the third and fourth centuries, the most striking of which also goes by the name of 'La Salata', and has been described by experts as the most historically important in the entire Mediterranean basin. Tourist visits to the tombs are led by WWF guides. (source Visual Puglia)
Overnight accommodation: B&B in Vieste
Day 6 Vieste - Pugnochiuso
PUGNOCHIUSO Vieste is situated on the furthest eastern point of the headland and is one of the most famous tourist locations around the Gargano. The “pearl of Gargano” mainly owes its name to its 30 kilometres of coastline drenched by the clearest sea divided among long stretches of countless, sandy bays such as Baia di Pugnochiuso, Baia di Vignanotica, Baia delle Zagare and Baia di Campi with its little islands and beautiful sea caves, such as Grotta dei Contrabbandieri, Grotta della Campana Piccola, Grotta Viola, Grotta dei Colombi, Grotta delle Sirene and solitary little bays such as Cala San Felice with natural arches. There are also impressive cliffs such as the natural limestone monolith of Pizzomunno that rises at the beginning of the coastline and turns towards Pugnochiuso Bay. There are numerous beaches that host tourists during the summer season, including those in San Lorenzo, Punta Lunga and Scialmarino. The splendid seabed and winds that beat against the Vieste coastline make this area particularly suitable for aquatic sports. There are numerous spots for surfing enthusiasts, in particular Punta Lunga, Baia Molinella, Baia di Santa Maria, Baia di Porto Nuovo and Crovatico. You can also kite surf in various locations around Vieste, thanks to the equipped centres available to tourists. Tourists can also explore the splendid seabed around Gargano by going to the diving centres that organise guided tours.
Overnight accommodation: B&B
Day 7 Pugnochiuso - Mattinata
MATTINATA In the heart of the Gargano National Park, Mattinata sits on two hillsides, surrounded by olive groves and forests, and bathed by the Adriatic Sea. This is a land of cliffs and orchids, with some 83 species of the splendid flower growing in the area.
Mattinata, which grew out of the ancient Roman city of Matinum, has a long history. Testifying to this are the archaeological artefacts on show at the Civic Museum, and the ruins of the Roman villas, necropolises, and abbeys that lie along the archaeological trekking routes that traverse the countryside.
The Rione Junno, the ancient heart of Mattinata, retains traces of the town's earliest dwellings. Known as “pagliai,” these were made out of rough-hewn stones wedged against each other. In among the Rione's lanes, you'll find stone stairways and small piazzas, as well as Palazzo Barretta and the elegant Palazzo Mantuano, seat of the town hall and library.
Following the coast towards Vieste, the Gargano reveals some of its most beautiful shorelines. Highlights include the Bay of Vignanotica, with its pebbly beaches and caves dug into the rocks, and the Bay of the Faraglioni, with its transparent waters and dunes coated with vegetation.
Redelivery of the bike and the rented equipment and bus transfer to Trani.
END OF THE TRAVEL
OPTIONABLE: Overnight accommodation in Trani
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Hospitals sue Trump administration over price disclosure rule
Posted 6:30 am, December 5, 2019, by CNN Wire
WASHINGTON — A coalition of major hospital groups filed a lawsuit Wednesday to stop the Trump administration from requiring them to disclose the prices they privately negotiate with insurers.
The move comes less than three weeks after the administration issued a final price transparency rule that officials say will help reduce health care costs, one of President Donald Trump’s main promises as he heads into the 2020 campaign.
The hospital groups contend that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services overstepped its authority in compelling hospitals to publicize these rates. Plus, they argue, the provision violates the First Amendment by mandating they reveal the rates “in a manner that will confuse patients and unduly burden hospitals.”
“CMS’ final rule fails to offer patients easy-to-understand information regarding their out-of-pocket obligations for care — so we feel obligated to contest the regulation,” said Chip Kahn, chief executive of the Federation of American Hospitals, which represents investor-owned hospitals. “We contend the agency exceeded its authority and should go back to the drawing board.”
The federation filed the suit along with the American Hospital Association, the Association of American Medical Colleges and the Children’s Hospital Association, as well as three hospitals, in the US District Court for the District of Columbia.
The rule, which stems from an executive order Trump issued this summer, requires hospitals to make public by 2021 the rates they negotiate with insurers and the amounts they are willing to accept in cash for an item or service. In addition, they must provide this information in an online, searchable way for 300 common services, such as X-rays, outpatient visits, Cesarean deliveries and lab tests. Hospitals that don’t comply will face a civil penalty of up to $300 a day.
When he announced the regulation last month, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said he believes it will survive any legal challenges from hospitals.
“Hospitals should be ashamed that they aren’t willing to provide American patients the cost of a service before they purchase it,” Caitlin Oakley, an HHS spokeswoman, said Wednesday.
Addressing the argument that patients are more interested in what they actually have to pay, the administration also released last month a proposed rule that would require insurers to provide consumers with estimates of their out-of-pocket costs for all health care services through an online tool. Carriers would have to disclose their negotiated rates for in-network providers, as well as the allowed amounts paid for out-of-network providers.
Administration officials contend that greater price transparency will allow patients to shop for medical services, which in turn will lead to lower prices.
“The decades-long norm of price obscurity is just fine for those who get to set the prices with little accountability and reap the profits, but that stale and broken status quo is bleeding patients dry,” Seema Verma, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ administrator, wrote in an op-ed in the Chicago Tribune on Wednesday. “The price transparency delivered by these rules will put downward pressure on prices and restore patients to their rightful place at the center of American health care.”
But many health policy experts doubt the rule will have much of an impact on prices, in part because patients typically don’t shop for health care services. Also, many areas of the country have one dominant hospital system, so consumers don’t have a lot of choice.
“It doesn’t matter if you know what the price is if you just have to pay that price regardless,” Tara O’Neill Hayes, deputy director of health care policy at the American Action Forum, a right-leaning think tank, said last month at a forum on lowering health care costs.
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Nearly $9M of Mississippi Lottery tickets sold in first six days
Posted 6:00 am, December 5, 2019, by AP
Rep. Alyce Clarke, D-Jackson, shows a ceremonial first scratch-off ticket purchased from at a Jackson, Miss., convenience store, Monday, Nov. 25, 2019. Licensed lottery retailers in the state began selling tickets Monday. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
JACKSON, Miss. — The Mississippi Lottery sold nearly $9 million in tickets during its first six days of operation.
About $3.8 million of the money was awarded in prizes, and nearly $2 million of it will go into the state budget to help pay for roads and bridges.
The Mississippi Lottery Corporation started selling tickets Nov. 25, and it announced the initial sales figures in a news release Wednesday.
The corporation says the largest prize awarded has been $15,000. It says most people who are collecting money so far are choosing to remain anonymous.
Mississippi had been one of six states without a lottery, but people from the state were driving to Arkansas, Louisiana and Tennessee to buy tickets. Mississippi legislators voted in 2018 to create the games of chance as a way to generate money for infrastructure. Hiring staff, vetting retailers and starting games took more than a year.
For now, only single-state games are available in Mississippi. The multistate games Powerball and Mega Millions will be available in Mississippi starting in late January.
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Kamloops Mountie sues RCMP over alleged long-term abuse
Lisa MacKenzie, says harassment began in 2006, after her marriage to another officer dissolved
–– Kamloops This Week
A Kamloops police officer is suing the RCMP, alleging more than a decade of bullying and harassment at the hands of her co-workers and supervisors in the city detachment.
Lisa MacKenzie, who has been a Mountie since 2003, has been posted in Kamloops for nearly 15 years.
In a notice of claim filed this week in B.C. Supreme Court, MacKenzie alleges long-term abuse by her fellow officers.
According to MacKenzie, the harassment began in 2006, after her marriage to another RCMP constable dissolved. A formal internal RCMP harassment claim, MacKenzie states, went unaddressed and she was left to pay to repair a door after her ex-husband allegedly kicked it in.
MacKenzie alleges she was the subject of multiple illegitimate code of conduct investigations in the years that followed, saying another complaint — this time claiming a superior was making “inappropriate comments regarding women,” according to the notice of claim — went unresolved.
According to MacKenzie, she asked multiple times for transfers from the Kamloops detachment — specifically to Prince George, where she has family — but was denied. MacKenzie’s notice of claim states she was branded as a “negative member” within the Kamloops detachment.
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The notice of claim also details an alleged 2014 affair involving MacKenzie’s second husband and a co-worker, both Mounties, including alleged on-duty sexual encounters. In the document, MacKenzie said she was told by the detachment’s commanding officer at the time to “not mention the affair to anyone to avoid embarrassment to the RCMP.”
Kamloops RCMP Cpl. Jodi Shelkie told KTW the city detachment cannot address the lawsuit specifically due to privacy legislation, but she noted the national police force has set up a system for employee harassment complaints.
“The RCMP does have systems and process in place to address allegations of harassment and is working hard to improve and expand on measures it has put in place to address conflict and inappropriate behaviour in the workplace,” she said.
“Any report of misbehaviour is concerning to the RCMP and we take such allegations seriously.”
According to the notice of claim, MacKenzie remains on disability, unable to return to policing in an operational capacity.
While no dollar amounts are set out, MacKenzie’s claim states she is seeking general damages and special damages, as well as compensation for past loss of income, future loss of income, diminished earning capacity, loss of RCMP benefits and interest.
B.C.’s Ministry of Public Safety and the Attorney General of Canada have 21 days to reply once being served with MacKenzie’s lawsuit.
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