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Campaign to Free Ahmad Sa’adat statement on the ninth anniversary of his sentencing: Take action for Palestine
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The following statement was republished from the Campaign to Free Ahmad Sa’adat:
On the ninth anniversary of the sentencing of Palestinian leader and lifelong struggler Ahmad Sa’adat in Zionist military courts, the Campaign to Free Ahmad Sa’dat emphasizes the critical importance of building the popular, political and media campaign to free Palestinian prisoners, central to the Palestinian struggle for liberation.
Ahmad Sa’adat, the imprisoned General Secretary of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, was sentenced to 30 years in occupation prison by a Zionist military court – one day before the launch of “Operation Cast Lead,” the infamous, brutal Zionist aggression on the Palestinian civilian population of the Gaza Strip.
On this anniversary, the Campaign to Free Ahmad Sa’adat emphasizes the following:
1) We salute the leader Ahmad Sa’adat, who stood on this day before the Zionist court to reject its judgement and affirm its illegitimacy, while reaffirming the legitimacy of the Palestinian people’s struggle for liberation.
2) This occasion also revealed the magnitude of the disaster inflicted upon the Palestinian people by the right-wing Palestinian leadership, as demonstrated by the complicity of its officials and security agencies – primarily the intelligence and preventive security service – in the kidnapping of Sa’adat and his comrades. This act led to the violent invasion of Jericho and the arrest of Sa’adat and his comrades by the occupation forces. This crime has been intensified and repeated until it has become a symbol of the actions of the Authority and its security organs.
3) This crime against a Palestinian leader will not be forgiven or forgotten. Those who are responsible, the occupation and its servants in the security agencies, must be held accountable by the Palestinian people and their national liberation movement.
4) We emphsize the call of Ahmad Sa’adat to all forces, organizations and solidarity movements to build the campaign for freedom of the child prisoners, the cubs and the flowers in the prisons of the occupation. Their freedom and the freedom of the sick prisoners are a national priority for the Palestinian people.
5) In the current situation following the declaration of imperialist U.S. president Donald Trump regarding the city of Jerusalem, the continued mass mobilization inside Palestine, in the diaspora, and its support on the broadest Arab and international level is necessary and must be strengthened and expanded, toward a comprehensive uprising, eliminating the Oslo accords and all of its commitments and launching a new phase in which the energies and potentials of the Palestinian people are invested in confronting occupation and its schemes.
Freedom for Ahmad Sa’adat, his comrades, and all Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons!
Campaign to Free Ahmad Sa’adat
1. The Campaign to Free Ahmad Sa’adat urges all to participate widely in the campaigns to Free Ahed Tamimi and the over 300 child prisoners held in Israeli jails. There are protests, social media campaigns, legislative calls to action – and now is the time to mobilize for all of the brave flowers and cubs imprisoned by the Zionist occupation. Indeed, since the Trump declaration, there have been over 170 children arrested by occupation forces.
2. The Campaign to Free Ahmad Sa’adat urges the broadest mobilization for Jerusalem and Palestine – and their imprisoned leaders, the Palestinian political prisoners. Hundreds of thousands have already taken to the streets around the world; the pressure must continue in order to build support for the growing uprising and mobilize pressure on governments to end their complicity, silence and support for the occupier.
3. The Campaign to Free Ahmad Sa’adat urges, on this ninth anniversary of the sentencing of Sa’adat, the escalation of all campaigns for boycott, divestment and sanctions against Israel on the cultural, economic, military, academic and diplomatic levels. Sa’adat spoke to the military court upon his sentencing: “In defense of the justice of our cause and in defense of the legitimate struggle of our people against the occupation, I refuse to recognize the legitimacy of your court or to legitimize your occupation or to stand before either of these.” The comprehensive boycott of Israel can and must back up this principled position at an international level.
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REVIEW: Achtung! Cthulhu Tactics
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Spike No comments Achtung! Cthulhu Tactics, Auroch Digital, horror, Ripstone, SAVE, single-player, strategy, turn-based
Love Lovecraft, Hate Nazis? Like to shoot Nazis in the face? Auroch Digital might have something right up your street. An engaging spin on the turn-based strategy set in a fantastical Lovecraftian world. Read on.
Title: Achtung! Cthulhu Tactics
Genre: Action, RPG, Strategy
Developer: Auroch Digital
Publisher: Ripstone
Release Date: 4 Oct, 2018
Challenge the horrifying reign of Nazi terror and battle an immortal evil in Achtung! Cthulhu Tactics; a turn-based tactical strategy game set in the award-winning Achtung! Cthulhu universe.
In this raging Secret War across Europe, an untold darkness spreads deep beneath the Earth and throughout the Forest of Fear. The unknown lurks in the shadows and you must claim victory at any cost, because whilst Nazi factions terrorize these lands, they are not the darkest foe you face…
Behind enemy lines and tasked with overthrowing a nightmare alliance of dark science and the occult, you hold the fate of humanity in your hands. Lead your elite squad of allied forces to victory using daring tactics and cunning strategies to overthrow the Cult of the Black Sun and destroy the Mythos secrets they plan to use.
I’m going to be as transparent as I possibly can with my knowledge of Achtung! Cthulhu. I’ve never played the much-acclaimed tabletop role-playing game. My board game expertise goes as far as Monopoly and the Game of Life. So, why am I reviewing this title… Well… I love turn-based strategy, XCOM, Unity of Command, Shadow Wars et al. I also love shooting Nazis, especially occultist Nazis, because they are badest of the bad. When I read that Auroch Digital was creating all of the above, I was right on board.
Your squad is made of four very individual and unique characters. Given the rich lore on which the game is based, this is a no-brainer. Auroch is blessed with cherry-picking from some fantastical archetypes, replete with deep backstories and character profiles.
Corporal Akhee. “The Eye” Singh is a close quarter specialist armed with a deadly shotgun and knife combo. Sergeant Brandon Carter is the sole US soldier in the brigade. Initially, he was equipped with a standard Thompson submachine gun, but I swapped this out for the far more powerful Bren LMG (light machine gun). I thought he would be an ideal candidate as a long-range deliverer of lead death. Next up, we have Captain Eric ‘Badger’ Harris from the secret British Section M department. He’s not only a top commando but he’s also savvy with weird weapons and how to use them effectively on the battlefield. Finally, we have my favorite of the team. Ariane Dubois from the French resistance. She’s an extremely capable fighter with her trusty Luger pistol. Fast and agile. I found her to be the perfect “Point women”. Oh, and she also has a pet demon which she carries around on her shoulder. Which is nice.
The game world is set in the Forest of Fear, a spooky part of the Ardennes. The timeline is 1944, where the Nazis are making one final assault on the Allies. Missions are played out on sprawling isometric maps. These consist of large open areas connected by corridor-like paths that cut between the dense woodland. The whole environment is covered in a fog of war known as “the shroud”. This not only acts as an immersive special effect but is also a fundamental part of the gameplay. When an encounter starts, you can see shadowy figures moving around the perimeter of your team filed of view. Not knowing what is out there inhibits not only your shot accuracy but also your tactical plans.
An extra layer of tactical goodness has been added to the default turn based rule set. The Momentum system can be used to bolster your normal arrays of movement and attack rolls. This fills up as your shots hit their targets. This enables each character a choice of special actions. These can be anything from snapping secondary weapon chances (normally a pistol), overwatch stances, or melee charges. The latter skill is a great nod to British war heroes old and new, where they upped the bravery and daring doo factor to the next level.
Another feature which is new to me is the fact that you can jump between characters within their turn. The last few TRPGs that I’ve played normally have action points and characters locked together. ACT breaks this convention by allowing you to mix and match movement /actions in a free-form ballet of strategic goodness. This is a great feature which I used to my advantage by assessing hit percentages on enemies. Within the opening few missions, you are limited to a squad of four, so it’s paramount that they stay alive. A downed team member cuts your attacking prowess by a quarter. By carefully switching characters, I could pick off bad guys systematically by gauging the dice rolls in my favor.
Set in a horror based universe, your team can get stressed. This is displayed as an ECG style meter. As your character comes under fire and takes hits, it fills up. When they have had too much they break down under nervous exhaustion. This takes control away from the player and makes the hero act erratically, firing shots willy-nilly in all directions.
Auroch has done a sterling job of transposing the heroes from the Achtung! Cthulhu fictional world. This has been achieved by some great cooperation with modiphius. They have utilized the original CAD data (used to make the tabletop miniatures) in order to faithfully recreate the 3D models found in the game. They have then brought them to life with some cool animations. I particularly like the vaulting movement when traversing cover such as fallen trees and sandbags. The maps are littered with authentic period touches such as burnt out half-tracks, concrete bunkers and command posts. This is offset with some fantastical Lovecraftian dreamscapes, bestrewn with obelisks, runestones and geometric interlocking basalt columns.
All these art assets have been overlayed with a nice suite of particle effects. The Shroud is not a static mist, it rolls, churns and boils, adding an overbearing sense of doom. When the combat kicks off, weapons fire is accompanied by bullet traces, blood spatters and blast waves. Occult spells take the form of colorful clouds of debilitating miasmas.
Mission briefings are fully voiced and I sense that a good chunk of the development budget was used to enlist a decent set of quality actors. I was impressed by the chap playing the role of Captain Harris. His reading of the prose was convincing and not too hammy. His rich baritone tone Oxbridge accent gave the text a good feeling of authenticity and gravitas
The spot effects for the weapons stood out to me. I’m not a massive FPS fan, so I can’t compare with the latest battlefield shooters. However, I have watched many many World War two films such as Saving Private Ryan and a Bridge Too Far. The Bren gun sample was spot on, giving off a punch, heft, and resonance. Sounds you would expect to hear from a heavy machine gun.
As with my last review (Depth of Extinction), ACT uses a follow command between skirmishes. This cuts out the busy work and keeps the player focused on the gameplay.
I encountered a couple of issues with the camera during the enemy phase of the gameplay. The dynamic camera angle showing foes moving around the shroud was sometimes obscured by the surrounding scenery, whether that be an overhanging branch or dense foliage. This was annoying and was a bit of double whammy in regards to troop placement. I understand the rationale behind the fog. Its there to ratchet up the tension and add to the spooky fear factor but errant cameras should not have to be part of the deal.
As the mission progressed in difficulty, so did the enemy phase dragged on. With multiple soldiers, monsters and occult beings, the Nazis troop movements take ages to complete and there’s no speed up key or skip option.
ACT is very much a linear experience. It doesn’t have the base build trappings and research of XCOM. Its focus is much more on the narrative. The world of Lovecraft and the Achtung! Cthulhu spinoff has been faithfully recreated as a turn-based strategy game. Fans of the Occult and people looking for something completely different to the norm will be pleasantly surprised by this title. The historical setting has been spun into a truly otherworldly experience. The further you venture into the forest of fear, the more bizarre the combat becomes. Recommended for strategy fans searching for a spooky adventure into the nightmare world of the Black Sun.
About Spike
Old git gamer. I love dungeon crawlers, open world, simulation and TRPG's. Too slow for the multiplayer "scene" nowadays. Once upon time I could railgun dudes for breakfast. Now I'm spawn kill fodder.
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Next Gen Social Media Marketing: Create Meaning Or Go Home
by Christina Brown | Oct 17, 2018 | Blog | 0 comments
2.5-minute read | With the recent controversies, social media has become a place where users are treading lightly. When social platforms change, users drop off. This creates a difficult decision for brands: how should you use social media marketing?
The Big Player
Facebook has seen significant shifts in 2018. The main ones — aside from privacy issues — involve the changing of algorithms and deteriorating of organic reach for businesses’ social media marketing. In January, Facebook changed its feed like never before: showing the content of family and friends first. This move was, in part, to help keep scrollers “active” on the platform, and in turn, on Facebook — since users increasingly wear blinders to branded content. Unfortunately for marketers, Facebook’s push to make happy users created unhappy brands. But this wasn’t Facebook’s first clash with brands. Due to recent privacy issues and the cambridge analytica scandal, many of Facebook’s users have ended their relationship with the big player of social, with 44 percent stating they’ve deleted the app entirely. Add that to a recent Pew report stating 40 percent of U.S. Facebook users have taken a break.
The Battle for Relevance
Analyze this: ten years ago Netflix delivered DVDs in sealed red envelopes to front porches. Also, Myspace was the place to be. Brands are not bulletproof; not even Google. In fact, Google Plus (finally) shut its doors at the start of Q4. And then there are influencers. Aside from massive, and inflated, follower counts, it turns out, many lack the influence or reach that they claim.
We’re moving into a time where brands are beginning the shift from a Facebook-first mentality. And for a good reason. Promotion costs are increasing, audience reach is decreasing, and user base is declining. It’s simple math. And at the same time, other platforms such as Instagram and LinkedIn are widening reach. The social media strategy a brand uses depends on its offering, its user presence, and its goals.
The Right Social Strategy
Is social media still worth its salt in a brand’s social media marketing mix? Unquestionably. Social media provides access to the widest, and most diverse, audience available. Also, since we humans are social by nature, and are now accustomed to communicating online, social media should remain a core part of your brand’s social media marketing strategy.
Find What Works and Go There
For years, brands thought they had to be on all the big platforms due to the amassed audiences. But that isn’t the case, especially when the biggest is watching numbers dwindle. Figure out which social media platforms work for your brand, learn why, and focus your efforts there.
Paid vs. Organic Social Media Marketing
Organic social media marketing seems attractive because it’s organic, and because it’s free. And while the reach is becoming, somewhat, more relevant, you can’t choose your audience. With paid social media marketing, brand’s can create different versions of content to begin to figure out what works for their audience and get to know who they are. If brands do it right, they’ll reap the rewards. And when stuck, an agency can help.
Create Meaning or Go Home
Ad blindness is real, and now, so is content blindness. What this means is the increasing race for users’ attention, or eyeballs, on content online. Brands want their content seen. Of course they do. But users often see too much of it, aren’t interested in it, or aren’t interested at the time. The solution is to do it well. Very well. Make it worthwhile, make it have meaning, and make it highly useful. Make it something that users want. Just like the stuff they give hearts to online. When you can do this, you solve two needs: 1. you meet brand goals and 2. you meet customer needs. And with that, no one’s blind and everyone wins.
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Home Pop Culture JFK documentary asserts it was friendly fire that killed JFK.
JFK documentary asserts it was friendly fire that killed JFK.
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JFK documentary, JFK: The Smoking gun
A new JFK documentary, JFK: The Smoking gun has gone on to assert that John F Kennedy was probably shot by friendly fire on the day of his death on November 22, 1963.
The assertion comes off the heels of a new documentary courtesy of Colin McLaren, a veteran Australian police detective who has undertaken a four-year investigation into the killing.
McLaren argues that on the day of the shooting as shot blasts were blasted out, George Hickey, a Secret Service man riding in the car behind Kennedy, accidentally fired his weapon in the back of the head of the then president of the United States as the commotion took hold.
The new JFK documentary is in contrast to the official line that JFK was shot twice from different directions. A line of thought that it is said is not believed by up to 75% of the public.
McLaren’s documentary is based on the work of Howard Donahue, who spent two decades probing the assassination and whose work was presented in the book “Mortal Error: The Shot That Killed JFK,” by Bonar Menninger.
Both Menninger and McLared went on yesterday to speak about the film at the Television Critics Association press tour in Los Angeles, California.
Central to their claim is the assertion that Agent Hickey and his Secret Service colleagues had been out partying the night before Kennedy’s motorcade drove through Dallas.
To compound the problems the hungover agent faced, McLaren says he has found evidence that Hickey had not been properly trained to use the AR-15 gun he was carrying that morning. ‘It was his first time in the follow car, his first time holding the assault weapon he was using.’
The theory goes on to tell the filmmakers is that as the assassin opened fire, Hickey grabbed his own gun. But when the whole motorcade shunted to a halt, the agent was jolted by the sudden stop and accidentally pulled the trigger – firing a bullet straight at the back of Kennedy’s head.
Mr McLaren said he believes Agent Hickey’s AR-15 was loaded with different from the ammunition used by Lee Harvey Oswald, who the Warren Commission declared in 1964 to be the lone gunman in the assassination. That, he claims, explains what they believe are the different ballistic profiles of the two bullets that struck Kennedy.
Both men went on to say that they do not believe that Agent Hickey intentionally fired at Kennedy, rather that it ‘was a tragic accident in the heat of the moment.’
Nevertheless both men go on to allege that the government with the help of Kennedy’s brother Robert, to cover up the Secret Service’s involvement to save the agency from embarrassment.
The producers were pressed on how the alleged involvement of the Secret Service could be covered up for 50 years.
“Nobody was going to gain” from having this out there,” Menninger said.
“We’re not here to blacken the name” of Hickey or any other individual, or the modern-day Secret Service,“McLaren said.
Agent Hickey, who died two years ago, said in his witness statement given the day after Kennedy’s assassination that after he heard the gunfire he did indeed rise to his feet and load and cock the AR-15, but did not fire it.
Told Hickey: ‘At the end of the last report I reached to the bottom of the car and picked up the AR 15 rifle, cocked and loaded it, and turned to the rear.
‘At this point the cars were passing under the over-pass and as a result we had left the scene of the shooting. I kept the AR 15 rifle ready as we proceeded at a high rate of speed to the hospital.’
Agent Hickey would eventually go on to sue Menninger in 1995 over the allegations contained in Moral Error, but the case was dismissed after a judge ruled that he had taken too long after the book’s publication to file his case.
Rufus W. Youngblood, the agent in charge of the Secret Service detail protecting Vice President Lyndon Johnson on the day, also denied suggestions that Agent Hickey fired his weapon.
JFK: The Smoking Gun will be broadcast on the Reelz Channel on November 3. A spokesman for the network said: What makes McLaren’s investigation different than those that came before it is the fact that he had all the evidence, facts and eyewitness testimony from fifty years ago as well as modern forensic technology.
‘McLaren’s findings are a far cry from the fanciful conspiracy theories that usually surround this assassination.
‘His case is methodically constructed from simple logic and available evidence using time-tested investigative techniques to solve the crime; including key archival photographic evidence, medical reports and bullet science.’
In the end America’s favorite fantasy of who shot who or how or who was behind it all will remain unabated but it seems quite unlikely that popular interest will ever wane, then again in the face of ongoing revelations of behind the scenes working of the government probably ought not to surprise us.
Christopher Koulouris
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Andean geology
AndGeo vol.39 no.2 Santiago mayo 2012
Andean Geology 39 (2): 242-257. May, 2012
formerly Revista Geológica de Chile www.andeangeology.cl
The Basement of the Andean Frontal Cordillera in the Cordón del Plata (Mendoza, Argentina): Geodynamic Evolution
El Basamento de la Cordillera Frontal de los Andes en el Cordón del Plata (Mendoza, Argentina): Evolución Geodinámica
Nemesio Heredia1, Pedro Farias2, Joaquín García-Sansegundo2 , Laura Giambiagi3
1 Instituto Geológico y Minero de España, C/Matemático Pedrayes 25, E33205 Oviedo, España. n.heredia@igme.es
2 Facultad de Geología, Universidad de Oviedo. C/ Jesús Arias de Velasco s/n, E33205 Oviedo, España. pfarias@geol.uniovi.es; j.g.sansegundo@geol.uniovi.es
3 CONICET-IANIGLA, Parque San Martín s/n, 5500, Mendoza, Argentina. lgiambia@lab.cricyt.edu.ar
ABSTRACT. The Andean Paleozoic basement of the Cordón del Plata (Argentina) consists of two sets of rocks showing different stratigraphy, structure and metamorphism. The lower one is represented by the pre-Carboniferous (Devonian?) Vallecitos beds. These rocks have been affected by folds and associated cleavage, developed under low-grade metamor-phic conditions and related to the Chanic orogenic event of the Famatinian Orogenic Cycle (Upper Devonian-Lower Carboniferous). The Vallecitos beds is pre-orogenic to the Chanic deformation event and must have been deposited in a fore-arc basin located on the active margin of Chilenia, before its collision with the passive margin of Gondwana. The upper set unconformably rests on the Vallecitos beds and consists of the Late Carboniferous El Plata Formation, and the Río Blanco Conglomerates, probably Late Carboniferous-Permian in age. These rocks have been affected by east-directed thrusts and associated folds formed under very low-grade to non-metamorphic conditions. This deformation can be related to the San Rafael phase (Gondwanan Orogen). The El Plata Formation was deposited in an extensional back-arc basin while the Río Blanco conglomerates must have been deposited in a retro-arc basin, both of them on the active margin of Gondwana. The Choiyoi Group, essentially volcanic and Permo-Triasic in age, rests unconformably on the previously described successions and was deposited in an extensional setting (pre-orogenic stage) associated with the beginning of the Andean Cycle. This cycle lead to the uplift of the Frontal Cordillera during the Cenozoic and the deposition of thick continental units at the base of the Cordón del Plata in Neogene-Quaternary times.
Keywords: Paleozoic Basement, Chanic Orogeny, Gondwanan Orogeny, Geodynamic Evolution, Frontal Cordillera, Andes, Argentina.
RESUMEN. El basamento paleozoico de los Andes, que aflora en el Cordón del Plata (Argentina), está formado por dos conjuntos de rocas con diferente estratigrafía, estructura y metamorfismo. El conjunto inferior está representado por las capas de Vallecitos, de edad precarbonífera (posiblemente devónica). Estas rocas se encuentran afectadas por pliegues y clivajes asociados, formados en condiciones metamórficas de bajo grado y relacionados con la Orogenia Chánica del Ciclo Famatiniano (Devónico Superior-Carbonífero Inferior). Las capas de Vallecitos tienen un carácter preorogénico y se habrían depositado en una cuenca de antearco situada sobre un margen activo de Chilenia, antes de su colisión con el margen pasivo de Gondwana. El conjunto superior, discordante sobre las capas de Valle-citos, está constituido por la Formación El Plata, de edad Carbonífero Superior, y los Conglomerados de Río Blanco, discordantes sobre la anterior, de probable edad Carbonífero Superior-Pérmico. Todas estas rocas han sido afectadas por corrimientos y pliegues asociados, vergentes al este, generados en condiciones epimetamórficas y relacionables con la Fase Orogénica San Rafael del Ciclo Gondwánico. La Formación El Plata se depositó en una cuenca de trasarco mientras que los Conglomerados de Río Blanco lo hicieron en una cuenca de antepaís de retroarco, ambas sobre el margen activo de Gondwana. Discordantemente, sobre todas las rocas antes mencionadas se apoya el Grupo Choiyoi, de naturaleza fundamentalmente volcánica y edad pérmico-triásica, que ha sido depositado en un contexto extensional preorogénico, característico del comienzo del Ciclo Andino. Este ciclo culmina con el levantamiento de la Cordillera Frontal durante el Cenozoico y el depósito de espesas secuencias continentales neógeno-cuaternarias a los pies del Cordón del Plata.
Palabras clave: Basamento Paleozoico, Orogenia Chánica, Orogenia Gondwánica, Evolución geodinámica, Cordillera Frontal, Andes, Argentina.
The Cordón del Plata is a mountain range located 50 km west of Mendoza (Argentina) and is part of the Frontal Cordillera of the Andes (Groeber, 1938) (Fig. 1).
FIG. 1. Morphostructural map of the Andes between 29° and 35°S, showing the location of the Paleozoic terranes and sutures. The box indicates the location of the study area shown in figure 2. Based on Ramos (2004).
The Frontal Cordillera contains a Paleozoic basement constituted by sedimentary, metamorphic and igneous rocks (Fig. 2), which was strongly deformed during the Famatinian and Gondwanan orogenic cycles (Ramos, 1988) and is intruded by Upper Paleozoic granitoids. An Andean cover lies unconformably over the Paleozoic basement, and is constituted by Permo-Triassic and Cenozoic sedimentary, volcanic and volcaniclastic rocks (Fig. 2), intruded by Mesozoic and Cenozoic granitoids. This cover was deformed in Cenozoic times, during the Andean Orogenic Cycle. The main Andean orogeny uplift is linked with the Nazca plate subhorizontal subduction, located between 27° and 33°30'S latitude along the Pampean flat-slab segment (Gutscher et al., 2000). The absence of recent volcanism in the Pampean flat-slab segment allows the observation of the Paleozoic, Mesozoic and Cenozoic rocks and structures.
FIG. 2. Geological stech map of the study area, including the Frontal Cordillera y Precordillera of the Andes. Modified from Folguera et al. (2003).
The study area is more than 6,000 m high and contains an extensive outcrop of the Paleozoic basement of the Andes (Fig. 3), formed by two sets of rocks with different deformational features and metamorphic grades. Permo-Triassic volcanic rocks of the Choiyoi Group and Cenozoic sedimentary rocks unconformably overlie this basement (Figs. 2 and 4).
FIG. 3. Photographies showing the main geological features of the east side of the northern (A) and southern (B) Cordón del Plata. VAS: Vallecitos beds; EPF: El Plata Formation; i: lower member; m: middle member; s: upper member; CHG: Choiyoi Group; GR: Cerro Arenal granite; NEO: Neogene deposits. White lines: lithostratigraphic contacts; Dotted white lines: Apparent lithostratigraphic boundaries in the picture; Black triangles: Gondwanan thrust; Blank triangles: Andean thrust.
FIG. 4. Geological sketch map of the Frontal Cordillera in the Cordón del Plata area. VHF: Vallecitos-La Hoyada fault; JTh: La Jaula thrust; STh: El Salto thrust.
The N-S trending La Carrera fault system (Caminos, 1965; Polanski, 1972), whose main faults from west to east are: Arenal, Médanos and Río Blanco (Fig. 2), has been traditionally recognized as responsible for the Andean uplift of this range, although the first development of these structures has been recently assigned to the Permian San Rafael phase of the Gondwanan Orogen (Giambiagi et al., 2011). This fault system, composed by several N-S trending thrusts, uplifted the basement rocks of the Cordón del Plata range during the Cenozoic Andean Orogen. The easternmost faults of this system (between Médanos and Río Blanco faults) affect the Neogene synorogenic deposits (Folguera et al., 2003; Casa, 2005), and show evidence of Quaternary activity (Fauqué et al., 2000; Casa, 2005).
The aim of this study is to characterize the basement rocks outcroping in the eastern slope of the Cordón del Plata and compare them with studied sequences of neighbouring areas. By analyzing the deformation history and metamorphism, we attempt to establish the tectono-stratigraphic evolution of these rocks and fit them into a coherent evolution model for the Andes during the Late Paleozoic.
2. Stratigraphy
There are four main stratigraphic units, separated by unconformities in the study area (Figs. 2 and 4):
I. The oldest unit consists of centimeter to decimeter scale, well-stratified beds of dark quartzites and laminated shales (Fig. 5A), where cross-and flaser-laminations can often be recognized. Meter thick beds of clast-supported conglomerates, including centimeter-sized clasts of quartz, plutonic, volcanic and other metamorphic rocks can occasionally be observed. Until now, no sedimentologic studies have been made on these rocks, although their stratigraphic characteristics could indicate a turbiditic origin.
FIG. 5. Photographies of the main Paleozoic stratigraphic units. A. Fine-stratified quartzites of the Vallecitos beds; B. Sandstones of the El Plata Formation middle member; C. Shales and fine-grained sandstones of the El Plata Formation upper member. Note the presence of tectonic duplications in this member. EPF: El Plata Formation; m: middle member; s: upper member.
The age of these rocks is not well known due to the absence of fossils. Based on lithological characteristics and stratigraphic position, this sequence is very similar to the Alto Tupungato Formation, described by Polanski (1959) in the western part of the Cordón del Plata massif, which has been assigned to Early Carboniferous or older. However, this formation was attributed to the Late Carboniferous (López Gamundí et al., 1987), which would invalidate this possible correlation. In addition, succesions with similar facies, covered unconformably by Late Carboniferous rocks, have been assigned to the Devonian in the Frontal Cordillera of the San Juan province (Gutiérrez, 1983; Azcuy et al., 1999; Heredia et al., 2002). Recently, south of the study area, Tickyj et al. (2009) have described Late Ordovician beds in the eastern side of the Frontal Cordillera (Las Lagunitas Formation); but their stratigraphic features are different (more slates and lithic sandstone predominance) from those described for the Cordón del Plata area and they could be older. For all these reasons, we provisionally named these rocks as Vallecitos beds and assigned them to the Devonian.
The absence of subaerial volcanism older than Late Carboniferous in the eastern part of the Frontal Cordillera (including the Precordillera), suggests a western origin for the volcanic clasts included in the conglomerates of the Vallecitos beds.
This succesion is intruded by many deformed dykes of quartz and pegmatites of granitic/granodi-oritic composition, which do not affect the overlying El Plata Formation.
The Vallecitos beds have similar facies to the Devonian succesions described in the central and eastern Precordillera, which are part of the Gualilán Group (Baldis and Sarudiansky, 1975) (Fig. 6). The same Devonian age has been assigned to the Villavicencio and El Codo formations, described in the western part of the Precordillera (Harrington, 1941; Guerstein et al., 1965; Sessarego, 1988; Baldis and Peralta, 1999; Amenabar and di Pasquo, 2004). In contrast to the Vallecitos series, the Gualilán Group has an eastern non-volcanic source area (González Bonorino, 1975), which hamper the correlation between the two strati-graphic units. As in the Vallecitos beds, the Ratón Formation from the western Precordillera, included in the Angualasto Group (Early Carboniferous) (Fig. 6), contains conglomerates with volcanic clasts of western origin. Although the Agualasto Group and the Vallecitos beds have similar deformational style, these units do not seem to correlate, since the Angualasto Group shows different facies and unconformably overlies the Devonian series (El Codo Formation).
FIG. 6. Stratigraphic correlations panel. Fm: formation; Gr: group; Or: orogeny; Cg: conglomerates; In Italics: the equivalent lito-stratigraphic units of nearby areas.
II. A thickening siliciclastic succession rests un-conformably over the Vallecitos beds. It is composed of the El Plata Formation (Caminos, 1965, 1979) at the bottom part and the Río Blanco Conglomerates at the top (Fort, 1944; Caminos, 1965).
The El Plata Formation has a thickness of nearly 3,300 m in the study area, and includes three members (Caminos, 1965):
• The lower member crops out along several bands bounded by thrusts in the lower part of the eastern slope of the Cordón del Plata massif (Fig. 3A) and it can reach a thickness of 1,200 m in nearby areas. Its lower part consists of conglomerates with plutonic and metamorphic pebbles. In the upper part, the conglomerates change to alternating arkosic and quartz sandstones, interbedded with gray-green shales and some quartzitic microconglomerates. This member is very similar to the Loma de los Morteritos Formation, defined by Polanski (1959) in nearby areas, and is assigned to the Late Carboniferous (Folguera et al., 2003).
• The middle member is almost 1,500 m thick and is composed of gray medium to coarse-grained quartzitic litarenites, in meter to decimetre thick beds with thin interbedded shales. These rocks form the eastern wall of the Vallecitos and Rincon peaks and the east-southeast face of the El Plata peak (Figs. 3 and 5B).
• The upper member can exceed 4,000 m in thickness (Azcuy et al., 1999), although in the study area it does not exceed 600 m as it is covered by thrusts. This member is mainly composed of shales (Fig. 5C) with centimetre thick intercalations of fine-grained sandstones with ripple lamination towards the top. At its base, it contains a very characteristic carbonaceous shale intercalation that is intensely tectonized.
Freije et al. (1999) described basaltic pillow lavas, up to 5 m thick, interbedded in the sediments of the El Plata Formation. The sedimentary environment of the El Plata Formation ranges from shallow marine platform facies in the lower member to fluvial and deltaic in the middle and upper ones respectively (Folguera et al., 2003).
The Río Blanco Conglomerates (Fort, 1944; Caminos, 1965) crop out in the La Manga Quebrada, located in the northern part of the study area (Fig. 2). Due to their moderate thickness of 20-80 m, they have not been represented on the geological map of the figure 2. These conglomerates contain metamorphic, sedimentary and volcanic pebbles and unconformably overlie the El Plata Formation, being unconformably covered by the Tambillos Formation (Choiyoi Group) of lower Permian age (Cortés et al., 1997).
The El Plata Formation is similar in lithology and stratigraphic characteristics to the Agua Negra Formation (Polanski, 1970), which outcrops in the Frontal Cordillera to the west of San Juan province (Fig. 6). Moreover, the lower part of the San Ignacio Formation (Carboniferous-Permian), which overlies unconformably the Agua Negra Formation (Heredia et al., 2002; Busquets et al., 2005), is similar to the Río Blanco Conglomerates (Fig. 6). Both formations, San Ignacio and Río Blanco, could represent an alluvial fan system in which volcanic levels are interbedded.
III. The Paleozoic basement is unconformably covered by the Choiyoi Group volcanics (Figs. 4, 7 and 9C) of Permian-Triassic age (Groeber, 1946; Rolleri and Criado, 1969). In the study area, this group is composed of acidic to intermediate volcanic and volcaniclastic rocks as well as plutonic or subvolcanic intrusions with the same composition (Cortes et al., 1997). The upper part is composed of sedimentary rocks (only in the Precordillera, Fig. 2), that are mainly constituted by clastic continental deposits with some interbedded volcanic rocks.
FIG. 7. Geological cross section. Location in Fig. 2 (II-II') and 4 Legend for stratigraphic units located in figure 4. Horizontal and vertical scale is the same. VAS: Vallecitos beds; EPF: El Plata Formation; i: lower member; m: middle member; s: upper member; CHG: Choiyoi Group; GR: Cerro Arenal granite; NEO: Neogene deposits.
The Paleozoic and Early Mesozoic rocks are intruded by Triassic granitoids that produced a thermal metamorphism with amphibole and biotite hornfels. The outcrops of these granitoids show an elongated N-S trend (Fig. 2 and 4), running parallel to the Andean structures. Caminos et al. (1979) dated Cerro Arenal and Cerro Médanos (Precordillera) batholiths in the study area as Middle Triassic (K-Ar ages of 237±10 and 244±10 Ma respectively).
IV. Finally, in the foothills of the Cordón del Plata massif, Cenozoic (Neogene) conglomerates, sandstones and shales of continental origin rest unconformably on the rocks described above. They are part of the alluvial fans that drain the relief of the Frontal Cordillera (Figs. 2 and 3A) and they represent the synorogenic deposits of the Andean Cycle.
3. Structure and Metamorphism
The pre-Andean basement of the Cordón del Plata massif is affected by Paleozoic to Cenozoic structures, developed during four deformation episodes. The oldest one (I) took place in pre- to Early Carboniferous times under low-grade metamorphic conditions and can be linked to the Famatinian Orogenic Cycle. The second episode (II), Late Carboniferous-Permian in age, was developed in very low grade to non-metamorphic conditions during the Gondwanan Cycle. The last two episodes (III and IV) belong to the Andean Cycle and took place without metamorphism.
3.1. Pre-Late Carboniferous Famatinian structures
This deformation episode only affects Vallecitos beds and is characterized by centimeter to decimeter scale close to tight subvertical folds. These structures are folding an S1 slaty cleavage (Figs. 8A and B), which forms an angle lower than 10° with bedding (Fig 8A). In the shaly layers, S1 is defined by shape preferred orientation of chlorite and muscovite porphyroblasts and quartz crystals. In the quartzites, S1 is only recognized by the orientation of some phyllosilicates and opaque minerals (Fig. 8C), and can be classified as a spaced disjunctive cleavage. In the microlithons, quartz is accompanied by plagioclase and K-feldspar. The slaty cleavage (S1) is usually crenulated (Figs. 8A and C) and sometimes develops a crenulation cleavage (S2). At the microscopic scale, S2 is a rough, anastomosing and discontinuous crenulation cleavage (Fig. 8C), associated to the folds (Fig. 8A). Both foliations, S1 and S2, are sometimes partially obliterated by the growth of biotite and amphibole associated to the thermal Triassic metamorphism, related to magmatic activity.
FIG. 8. Photographies of the main Chanic macro- and microstruc-tures. A. Metric-scale fold with a S2 associated cleavage and folding a previous S1; B. S1 affecting small quartz dyke; C. Microstructure of the Vallecitos beds quartzites showing the S1 and S2 traces. Crossed polars.
3.2. Late Carboniferous-Permian Gondwanan structures
These structures are represented by westward dipping and east-directed thrusts (Fig. 4 and 7) with associated subhorizontal N-S meter sized folds. Some of the folds have an associated rough cleavage in shaly beds. The thrust detachment is located in the basal member of the El Plata Formation, in the easternmost sector of the El Plata range, but in the western part it develops in the basal sandstones of the middle member (Figs. 3B, 4 and 7). Another detachment is located at the base of the upper slate member of the El Plata Formation (Fig. 5C, 7 and 9B). Some of these thrusts produce a kilometer scale shortening, which is greater than 5 km in the La Jaula thrust. An out-of-sequence thrust, El Salto Thrust, cuts a previous one producing the folding of the La Jaula thrust (Figs. 3, 4, 7 and 9A) and is covered unconformably by the Choiyoi Group, allowing the dating of these structures as pre-Andean (Fig. 4).
FIG. 9. Photographies of the main Gondwanan and Andean structures. A. Gondwanan thrust (simple arrow) and Andean thrust (blank arrow) that folds a previous Gondwanan thrust. The Andean thrust reactivates a previous Gond-wanan thrust. La Jaula glacier cirque; B. Andean thrust deforming a Gondwanan thrust, cutting a Triassic dyke and superimposing the middle member of the El Plata Formation above its upper member. La Hollada glacier cirque; C. Andean back-thrusts superimposing the lower member of the El Plata Formation above the Choiyoi Group, which unconformably overlies it. Vallecitos Quebrada, southern slope of the Andresito peak. EPF: El Plata Formation; i: lower member; m: middle member; s: upper member; CHG: Choiyoi Group; Dashed white lines: Stratification traces.
3.3. Andean extensional structures
From the Late Permian to the Middle Triassic this part of the Frontal Cordillera was affected by extensional tectonics (Mpodozis and Ramos, 1989; Uliana et al., 1989; Llambias et al., 1993) that started the Andean Cycle (Heredia et al., 2002). The Permo-Triassic normal faults show a N-S preferred trend, with some segments oriented NE-SW to NW-SE (Figs. 2, 4 and 10). These faults are contemporaneous with the deposition of the Choiyoi Group, and produced significant variations in its thickness and lithological characteristics (Heredia et al., 2002). The elongated geometry of the Triassic granitoids (Figs. 2 and 4), with the same trend of the normal faults, indicates that their intrusion could be structurally controlled by these faults.
The Vallecitos-La Hoyada normal fault must have developed during this period, as the Choiyoi Group does not exist to the south and east of this structure (Fig. 4). The change in the trend of the fault, from N-S to E-W (Figs. 4 and 10), could be controlled by the presence of pre-Andean structures with the same directions. This fault is very steep in the segment with E-W trend (Vallecitos Fault, Fig. 10), allowing to interpret it as a transfer zone of the Permian-Triassic extensional system, which mainly trends N-S in this area of the Frontal Cordillera (Fig 10).
The Rio Blanco, Cerro Médanos and Cerro Arenal faults (Figs. 2, 3A and 7), located at the eastern border of the Cordón del Plata massif, could also be considered as related with the Permo-Triassic extension (Fig. 10), although they were reactivated and inverted during later Cenozoic compression. In the northern part of the Río Blanco fault, coinciding with the southern outcrops of the Precordillera, the thickness of the Choiyoi Group is similar in both the eastern and western fault walls. However, the Choiyoi Group in the southern part of the fault is very thin, and is only represented by the lower volcanic part, or is even entirely absent in the eastern hanging wall (Fig. 7). This coincidence could be explained by the existence of an E-W trending transfer fault (Fig. 10), which is now covered by Cenozoic rocks (Potrerillos fault in this paper, Fig. 2). Finally, in the hanging wall of the N-S trending Cerro Medanos fault, the thickness of the Choiyoi Group is around 2,000 m, the common thickness in the Frontal Cordillera, where it can exceed 4,000 m (Heredia et al, 2002).
FIG. 10. Geological sketch showing the main faults of the Permian-Triassic extensional system of the Andean Orogenic Cycle.
3.4. Andean compressive structures
In the Cenozoic, the Cerro Arenal, Médanos and Río Blanco faults produced the main uplift of the Cordón del Plata massifjuxtaposing the pre-Andean basement and the Neogene rocks (Cerro Médanos fault, Figs. 2, 3A and 7). The Andean compressive faults are usually subvertical and merge in a common detachment dipping to the west (Folguera et al., 2003, Giambiagi et al., 2010) (Fig. 7). Displacements of these faults range from hundreds of meters to kilometers (Fig. 7). As shown in the geological map and cross-sections (Figs. 2, 4 and 7), the Andean faults reactivated some Gondwanan thrusts and Mesozoic extensional structures. In this way, the La Hoyada-Vallecitos normal fault could also have been active during the Andean Orogeny as a lateral ramp, as indicated the absence of back-thrusts in the southern block. The Cenozoic deformation could also be responsible for the Potrerillos Fault reactivation as a lateral ramp of an Andean thrust. Such reactivation could cause the steep plunge of the folds axes in the Precordillera and its abrupt southern termination (Fig. 2).
4. Proposal of Geodynamic Evolution during the Late Paleozoic
In recent years, several models on the Late Paleozoic geodynamic evolution of the southern Central Andes have been published (Ramos et al, 2000; Davis et al, 2000; Ramos, 2004; Massonne and Calderón, 2008). In these models, the geodynamic evolution is linked to the accretion of the Chilenia terrane (Fig. 1) to the Gondwana margin, formed by the Cuyania terrane (Fig. 1) previously accreted during Silurian-Early Carboniferous times (Famatinian Orogenic Cycle). The subsequent development of a subduction in the western margin of the Chilenia terrane was mainly developed during de Gondwanan Orogenic Cycle in Late Carboniferous-Early Permian times (Rebolledo and Charrier, 1994).
New details of the geodynamic evolution of the southern Central Argentine Andes during the Late Paleozoic can be obtained from our study; based on the presence in the Cordón del Plata of three rock sets with different structural and metamorphic history, separated by two major unconformities (Figs. 2 and 6). Our data was completed and compared with that obtained by different authors in surrounding areas of the Cordillera Frontal and also in the Precordillera.
The main structures affecting the rocks of the Vallecitos beds in the Cordón del Plata must have been generated during the Famatinian Orogenic Cycle. The possible Devonian age of these rocks and their location in the eastern part of the Frontal Cordillera, suggest that their structures are related to the Chánic Orogeny of that cycle, produced by the accretion of Chilenia to the Gondwana margin, formed by the Cuyania terrane (Fig. 1), previously accreted in Late Devonian times (Ramos et al., 1984). This collision left remnants of Late Proterozoic-Silurian rocks with ophiolite affinities on the western side of the Precordillera, (Davis et al., 1999) that marked the separation (suture) between these two terranes (Fig. 1). If this interpretation is correct, Vallecitos beds should correspond to sediments deposited on the continental margin of Chilenia (Fig. 11A) while the coeval series in the Precordillera (Fig. 5) were deposited on the continental margin of Gondwana (Fig. 11A). The volcanic clasts in the Vallecitos beds point to the existence of an active volcanic area in the Chilenia terrain. This volcanism would imply a west-dipping subduction, in which the oceanic crust that separated the two continents was completely consumed under Chilenia (Davis et al., 1999; Gerbi et al., 2002; Giambiagi et al., 2009), although the separation between both continents should not have been very wide (Rapela, et al., 1998; Busquets et al., 2005). In addition, Tickyj (2011) describes Lower Devonian calc-alkaline granitoids (Fig. 11A) in the eastern part of the Frontal Cordillera (Cordón del Carrizalito), just south of the study area, which have been interpreted as belonging to a magmatic arc. In this context, the rocks of Vallecitos beds were deposited in the active margin of Chilenia, probably in a fore-arc basin associated with the subduction (Fig. 11A). It has not been possible to deduce the vergence of the Chanic structures in the study area. West-verging structures of this age (Fig. 11A) have been described in northern parts of the Frontal Cordillera (Heredia et al., 2002) and also further south (Tickyj et al., 2009). On the other hand the presence in the Frontal Cordillera, further to the south and east, of high-grade metamorphic rocks (Bjerg et al, 1990) and granitoids (Caminos et al, 1979; Tickyj, 2011) of Early Devonian to Early Carboniferous age, point to the presence of the Chanic Orogen hinterland in the eastern Frontal Cordillera. In contrast, the Chanic structures in the Central and Western Precordillera show a general vergence towards the east (Davis et al., 1999; Álvarez Marrón et al., 2006; Alonso et al., 2008) and the metamorphic grade increases westward (Von Gosen, 1992), as it might be expected from its location on the Gondwana passive margin (Alonso et al., 2008), prior to the collision of Chilenia (Fig. 11A).
FIG. 11. Geodynamic evolution sketch of the Andes between 30° and 33°S latitude, during Late Paleozoic times. Figures are not to escale. Blank Arrows: main areas of sediment supply. Black arrows: other areas of sediment supply; Fm: formation; Gr: group; Cg: conglomerates.
On the other hand, no Chanic synorogenic rocks have been found in the study area, as in the rest of the Frontal Cordillera. However in the Precordillera, these rocks are well represented by the Early Carboniferous Angualasto Group (Limarino and Cesari, 1992, Limarino et al., 2006) (Fig. 6). The presence in this stratigraphic unit of conglomerates with volcanic and plutonic clasts of western provenance and Early Carboniferous age, represents the erosion of the magmatic arc from Chilenia during the Chanic Orogeny (Fig. 11B). The Chanic plutonic activity must be linked with the subduction in pre-collisional times and with the crustal thickening that occurred during the orogenic process, in syn-collisional times. The presence of low-grade regional metamorphism, scarce plutonism and westward verging structures in nearby areas, supports the conclusion that this sector of the Frontal Cordillera was located in the hinterland of the western segment of the Chanic Cordillera (Fig. 11B).
After the Gondwana-Chilenia collision, a new subduction zone developed on the western margin of accreted Chilenia (Ramos, 1988; Rebolledo and Charrier, 1994), beginning the Gondwanan Orogenic Cycle (Fig. 11C). In the Late Carboniferous, the sedimentation of the El Plata Formation took place in a back-arc extensional basin (Fig. 11C), representing the first Gondwanan pre-orogenic sequence (Mpodozis and Ramos, 1989; Fernández Seveso et al., 1993; Astini, 1996; Azcuy et al., 1999; Charrier et al., 2007). The Carboniferous rocks of the study area are part of the Río Blanco-Calingasta-Uspallata basin (Amos and Rollieri, 1965). The Protoprecordillera (Amos and Rollieri, 1965) (Fig. 11C) developed during most of the Late Carboniferous and appears to have been a horst-like topographic high that was inherited from the Chanic Cordillera and separated the Río Blanco basin from the Paganzo basin farther east (Azcuy and Morelli, 1970; Salfity and Gorustovich, 1983; López Gamundi et al., 1987; Azcuy, 1985; Fernández Seveso et al., 1993; Azcuy et al., 1999; Limarino y Spalletti, 2006; Limarino et al., 2006). The change in lithologic characteristics described earlier, of time-stratigraphic equivalent rocks (i.e., Agua Negra, El Plata, and Jarillal Formations in Fig. 6) reflects the relative influence of this Protoprecordillera high, that appears to have become progressively less prominent to the south and was absent south of the study area. These Gondwanan pre-orogenic rocks are mainly sourced from the East, in the present-day Sierras Pampeanas (Limarino, 1987; Heredia et al., 2002). However, where the Protoprecordillera was present, it provided a local source of sediment. On the far west, in Río Blanco basin, a western source of sediment (from the volcanic arc) can be recognized, but it is rare because, the arc was not well developed at this time (Fig. 11C). Río Blanco basin probably began as an extensional back-arc feature that was initially filled largely with marine deposits. The pre-orogenic extensional character of this basin is compatible with the moderate calc-alkaline volcanism found in the Frontal Cordillera and Precordillera (Freije et al., 1999; Koukharsky et al., 2009) and the alkaline volcanism (Koukharsky et al., 2002) in eastern areas, away from the Gondwanic subduction zone (Paganzo Basin) (Fig. 11C). In the later phases of the Gondwanan Cycle (San Rafael orogenic phase of Late Carboniferous-Permian times) contractional deformation, with east-directed thrusts and folds, produced a retro-arc foreland basin that was filled with synorogenic continental deposits (Río Blanco Conglomerate in the Cordón del Plata area and San Ignacio Formation farther north). These synorogenic deposits (Fig. 6) contain clasts of volcanic origin and, only in the San Ignacio Formation, volcanic and volcano-sedimentary rocks sourced from the active volcanic arc. Moreover, the volcanic intercalations in these successions indicate that the volcanic arc remained active during the entire orogenic process (Fig. 11D). Except in the Paganzo Basin, the source area of the Gondwanan synorogenic deposits was located to the west, forming part of a retro-arc foreland basin that shows isolated outcrops at present (Busquets et al., 2005). The Protoprecordillera disappeared at this time (Fig. 11D), and the El Salto Formation, the Pircas Conglomerates and other equivalent synorogenic series (Fig. 6) were deposited in the Precordillera area (Fig. 11D).
Considering the deformation style and the absence of metamorphism and plutonism, the Frontal Cordillera can be interpreted as part of the foreland of the Gondwanan Orogen, which was far away from the subduction zone (Fig. 11D). Finally, the Choiyoi Group rests unconformably over all the rocks described above and represents the Permo-Triassic extensional episode (Ramos, 1988; Uliana et al., 1989; Llambias y Sato, 1990), which started the Andean Orogenic Cycle (Heredi et al., 2002).
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The Unoffical Post-Infinity War Avengers Roster
Posted January 15th, 2016 by Steven Murphy
It has been said “once an Avenger, always an Avenger,” but fans of Marvel comics know that the active line-up varies. The Russo Brothers have recently said that the Avengers of the Marvel Cinematic Universe will be no different after the events in ‘Avengers: Infinity War.’ Let’s look at who might be on the Avengers roster of Phase 4.
She is a Marvel Universe heavy hitter who will undoubtedly play a large role in the Infinity War finale. Her stand-alone film comes out in between the two parts of Infinity War, linking their fate. In the comics, Captain Marvel is sometimes the team leader which would up her strong-female-status to trump even DC’s Wonder Woman.
Chadwick Boseman is making his debut in ‘Captain America: Civil War’ and I expect his presence will be a new feature of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Black Panther is a long-standing Avenger and a strong male lead that is needed now to replace some who may be leaving. Although less powerful, I can see him taking on the role of Thor sharing his regal standing from a far away land.
If heroes like Iron Man leave the team, Marvel needs star-power to fill the void. Tom Holland isn’t at Robert Downey, Jr.’s level (yet), but that’s not the point. Spider-Man, the character, is the star. Fans have been chomping at the bit to see Spider-Man swing onto the scene with a team of his own. Now it can finally happen.
Scarlett Witch
Elizabeth Olsen is a solid actress who is new to a role that has a long Avenger’s history. It is safe to say that Scarlett Witch will have a much longer film career than her brother and probably has a contract to ensure that. Considering that she has been a central plot point for many bad things that happen in the Marvel Comic Universe, it’s good to keep her in play on the big screen as well.
Here we have a newly minted android with a very cinematic power set. I imagine Vision will have some big moments against Thanos and beyond. As an added bonus, when audiences tire of the strange Black Widow/Hulk romance they can be met with the even stranger Vision/Scarlett Witch romance. With movies so jam-packed with superheroes the only love interests available are superheroes.
I’d like the see Chris Evans play this character for as long as possible, but if he chooses to go on to other projects, the Avengers still need a Captain America. Luckily, there are already back-ups established. The comics have moved both Falcon and Bucky Barnes to Cap’s role and there is no reason that wouldn’t work in film. The only hang-up is that, in the comics, Falcon may soon be ending his tenure as Cap so that Steve Rogers may return. Since the comics like to mirror key goings-on with movie releases, this would be a bit backward.
We have some options with Hulk. Bruce Banner could continue as-is; Hulk and Bruce could be more merged with Mark Ruffalo voicing a more intelligent monster, or Banner could be out of the picture in favor of a new Hulk–perhaps the Red Hulk who’s alter ego has already been established in the movies. Some Hulk will probably have a presence. People like Hulks.
I’m torn here. Scarlett Witch already has the magic base covered and, honestly, we haven’t even needed a magic user up until now. Still, the interplay between the two could be a good way to tell viewers what the hell is going on with otherwise counter-intuitive spellcraft. Doctor Strange will likely be the teacher and Scarlett Witch the student in this relationship. Besides, Marvel isn’t going to waste a talent like Benedict Cumberbatch on just a couple movies.
It would be redundant to feature both Ant-Man and Wasp so I have to choose. I choose Wasp. I can see Ant-Man being a casualty of the Infinity War with Thanos which would provide more motivation for Evangeline Lilly’s character to fight on as a hero. If the upcoming Ant-Man and the Wasp does box office gangbusters, that might mean that Ant-Man hangs around. Which would be great. Even if Scott Lang stays alive for Ant-Man 3, I don’t know if he’ll be an Avenger. Wasp is depicted as more embracing the hero lifestyle.
Scarlett Johansson’s character has been around long enough that Marvel might consider benching her for the new team. She isn’t even needed for the token female of the group with the additions of Captain Marvel, Scarlett Witch and Wasp. The thing is, she’s great. I have no idea what Johansson’s contract is like these days, but I could see her staying if she is offered the stand-alone movie she is overdue. The Avengers needs a powerless hero to stay grounded. If it’s not her, I suppose Hawkeye is still an option.
What do you think? Do you agree with this list or is there another superhero you would like to see become an Avenger?
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What we’re reading: In health security and health rights, the costs of abandoning progress are high
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Advocacy to End Peace Corps HIV Dismissals – Last week we covered an effort by HIVMA and the National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors to learn more about, and to provide expertise to inform, current Peace Corps policies regarding volunteers living with HIV. The Peace Corps has since responded to a letter which may signal the start of a dialogue. In the meantime, the Treatment Action Group is seeking signers to this letter to Peace Corps officials, explicating the details of the new reports, and expressing concerns that the agency’s practices amount to a “Catch 22” that essentially bars volunteers with HIV from serving.
Global community has to keep the Ebola outbreak from spreading — don’t cut funds – This piece in The Hill notes the ongoing benefit of funding allocated in response to the 2014-2016 West Africa Ebola outbreak in controlling the current outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Cutting that funding, the author writes, leaves us less prepared for the next, inevitable outbreak.
The latest Ebola outbreak: What has changed – This Kaiser Family Foundation brief lays out the advances, and also the new concerns setting the Ebola crisis that erupted in West Africa four years ago, and the latest Ebola outbreak apart. While the advances include WHO reforms, an investigational vaccine, and an example set by U.S. leadership in 2014, the concerns include the absence of U.S. leadership now, highlighted by the disbanding of global health security efforts at the National Security Council, and the departure of Admiral Tim Ziemer.
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Neurorestore: A Swiss initiative aimed at restoring lost neurological function
The Defitech Foundation has teamed up with EPFL, CHUV and UNIL to widen access to the groundbreaking neurotechnology developed under the 2018 STIMO study, which allowed paraplegic patients to walk again
Credit: EPFL / Jamani Caillet
NeuroRestore is a new Center set up by the Defitech Foundation, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), the University of Lausanne’s (UNIL) Faculty of Biology and Medicine (FMB), and EPFL to harness expertise in neurorehabilitation and neurosurgical implant technologies across the four partner institutions. Doctors, engineers and researchers will join forces to develop “electroceuticals” – a type of neurotherapy that uses electrical stimulation to help restore motor function in paraplegic and quadriplegic patients, as well as in people suffering from Parkinson’s or the after effects of a stroke. The NeuroRestore team will trial innovative, personalized treatments that, once proven, will be made available to hospitals and patients. The center will also train a new generation of health-care practitioners and engineers in the use of these breakthrough therapies.
Accelerating research
On 1 November 2018, EPFL neuroscientist Grégoire Courtine and CHUV neurosurgeon Jocelyne Bloch published the findings of the STImulation Movement Overground (STIMO) study in the journal Nature. The research established a revolutionary new therapeutic framework to improve recovery from spinal cord injury, combining targeted electrical stimulation of the spinal cord (controlled by a pacemaker) and an intelligent bodyweight-support system. After undergoing the groundbreaking therapy, eight paraplegic patients were able to take a few steps unassisted.
The Defitech Foundation has partnered with EPFL, CHUV and UNIL to found NeuroRestore, a center that will build on the findings of the STIMO study and fast-track the development of these innovative therapies to make them widely available as soon as possible. Potential patients can register their interest by completing an online form at http://www.neurorestore.swiss.
The NeuroRestore team will be spread across several sites: CHUV in Lausanne, CRR SuvaCare (a Sion-based rehabilitation clinic and one of the project’s financial partners), and EPFL’s Campus Biotech in Geneva. The researchers, based at CHUV and EPFL, will also work with the Wyss Center for Bio and Neuroengineering in Geneva. Patients will undergo surgery at CHUV, while the rehabilitation sessions will take place at either CHUV or CRR SuvaCare. Jocelyne Bloch and Grégoire Courtine will serve as the center’s co-directors.
Wide-ranging applications
NeuroRestore’s founding members have entered into a five-year agreement. The next clinical study, STIMO-2, will use the technologies developed as part of the original STIMO study – which addressed patients with chronic injuries (dating back three years or more) – to treat up to 20 paraplegic patients with recent spinal cord damage. It will be a multicenter trial in Switzerland, Germany and the Netherlands.
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What happened to the Jedi Temple during the Imperial period?
This question is different from this one as the subject of that question is the Temple's information archives, whereas the this question's subject is the temple complex itself. Was it demolished, abandoned or put to any particular use?
Answers for both Legends and Disney canon is desired.
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"Answers for both Legends and Disney canon is desired." Since my answer is the only one that addresses canon and legends, please consider upvoting and/or accepting my answer. :) Thank you. +1 – RedCaio Jan 22 '16 at 23:09
According to Disney Canon novel Tarkin by James Luceno, the Emperor used it as Imperial Palace.
BRIGHT-SIDE CORUSCANT air-traffic control directed the Carrion Spike to the Imperial Palace, and there into a courtyard landing field that was large enough to accommodate Victory- and Venator-class Star Destroyers. As repulsors eased the ship down through the busy skyways and into the court, Tarkin realized that the Emperor’s current residence had once been the headquarters for the Jedi—though practically all that remained of the Order’s elegant Temple complex was its copse of five skyscraping spires, now the pinnacle of a sprawling amalgam of blockish edifaces with sloping façades. ("Tarkin" by James Luceno, Chapter "Imperial Center")
The reason for that wasn't simply political - it was Sith related.
The two of them were in Sidious’s lair, a small rock-walled enclosure beneath the deepest of the Palace’s several sublevels that had once been an ancient Sith shrine. That the Jedi had raised their Temple over the shrine had for a thousand years been one of the most closely guarded secrets of those Sith Lords who had perpetuated and implemented the revenge strategy of the Jedi Order’s founders.
The Temple was heavily renovated, except for the Galactic Map
One of the few areas of the former Jedi Temple that had not undergone renovation was the holographic galactic map, an enormous globular representation of the galaxy located mid-level in what had been the Jedi Council spire. The Order had used the map to keep track of its far-flung members; now it served to identify trouble spots in the Emperor’s realm. The Emperor had consented to allowing the members of his Ruling Council to confer with
Are all those references from Tarkin? – Jeremy French Feb 8 '16 at 12:34
The Jedi Temple became the Emperor's residence:
As repulsors eased the ship down through the busy skyways and into the court, Tarkin realized that the Emperor’s current residence had once been the headquarters for the Jedi—though practically all that remained of the Order’s elegant Temple complex was its copse of five skyscraping spires, now the pinnacle of a sprawling amalgam of blockish edifaces with sloping façades.
Tarkin, p. 55
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The Jedi Temple became the place of residence for Emperor Palpatine:
the Emperor’s current residence had once been the headquarters for the Jedi
- Tarkin (page 55)
The renovated Jedi temple can even be seen intact on Coruscant in Return of the Jedi after the Battle of Endor.
LEGENDS:
The damaged Jedi Temple fell into disrepair
The Jedi Temple remained abandoned until after the Battle of Endor.
Galen Marek traveled to the abandoned Jedi Temple around 2 BBY. He found it in ruins and overrun with Imperial troops. The Force Unleashed
Luke went there after the second Death Star was destroyed:
It wasn't until the New Republic drove the Empire from Coruscant that the Temple would be visited again. With the capitol in the hands of the Republic, Luke Skywalker travelled to the ancient edifice in order to learn what he could of his lost heritage. Once Skywalker decided to revive the Order he invited one of his students, Tionne, to restore the Archives to their former glory and to add information from the Galactic Civil War. Star Wars Battlefront: Renegade Squadron
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News Spam Rolls On: First CNN, now MSNBC
The outbreak of spam that pretends to be a news alert from CNN has now morphed into "BREAKING NEWS" from MSNBC, like this message proclaiming that trading in McDonalds has been suspended.
However, the message is not part of a dump-n-pump stock scam, merely a variant of the basic take-me-to-your-Trojan attack. Indeed, another one of these that I received has the strangely amusing headline: "Study reveals bass players 'every bit as dull as golfers.'" What bass playing recipient could resist checking out that story?
This type of attack looks like it will run for some time (I predict Google will be the next patsy). So information security staff might want to send out a generalized alert to employees warning them to
a. disregard [and delete without reading] any news alerts they have not specifically requested,
b. decline to install any new video players.
And so the world grinds on, with each new technology benefit poisoned by selfish, twisted souls. Sigh...
Nasty New Form of Spam: CNN News Alerts
I have received a handful of these in the past few days, messages that look like they could be a CNN news alert that I had signed up for, except I hadn't.
The subject = "Breaking news" and spammers have designed them like this because many of us humans find it hard to resist a breaking news story. This means a lot of people may open these messages before the spam filters and malware detectors are updated and the security staff get out the word to the troops.
The link inside these messages can be quite goofy, like "Titanic sinks again in 2008." But some people will fall for them. And when they click on the story link they will probably find themselves on a web site in Russian or China. They will then get a message saying that, in order to view the video of the news story, they need to download new video player software. A convenient download is provided, but the software it sends you is a Trojan that takes compromises your system. These messages come hot on the heals of the "Daily Top Ten" from CNN that were very convincingly crafted (including an unsubscribe link that actually appeared to work).
There are only two things that will stem the tide of this garbage:
a. Widespread improvement in the general standards of human behavior.
b. Widespread adoption of new email standards.
Sadly both a and b still appear to be a long way off.
Laptops in Peril at the Airport
My brother, Mike, has been busy this week, responding to questions about the latest Ponemom Institute survey, which suggests a heck of a lot of laptops are separated from their owners at airports. He did more than a dozen radio interviews in one day!
I've worked with Larry Ponemon in the past and he does a pretty mean survey. So if he says 3,800 computers go missing each week from Europe's 24 busiest airports, I'm inclined to believe that's the case. An even more shocking finding is that more than half of these laptops are never retrieved. People traveling with their laptops should take note.
One of the first things I do when I get a new laptop is tape my business card to the bottom of it (taking care not to block any ventilation ports).
Travelers' Laptops May Be Detained At Border
If this wasn't in the Washington Post I would think it was a hoax: Travelers' Laptops May Be Detained At Border. More than anything else, this should awaken those who so far have been complacent to the reality of what our government has been doing to our rights these last 7.5 years.
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‘Girls’ Season 3 Spoilers: Allison Williams Talks Christopher Abbott’s Exit
Though HBO's eternally buzzing Lena Dunham dramedy 'Girls' made little regular habit of cliffhangers, many found themselves perplexed by the the unusually optimistic ending of season 2 finale "Together," which largely reunited the season 1 couples. That ending was thrown into chaos by the sudden departure of actor Christopher Abbott, for whom the season 2 finale had suggested a larger role, but what do Abbott's castmates have to say about the exit? Preview Marnie's updated outlook in 'Girls' season 3 inside!
'Girls' season 3 won't premiere until early 2014, yet the Golden Globe-winning HBO dramedy has already had to think on its feet in filming new episodes after the abrupt departure of series star Christopher Abbott, who had been set up for an increased role as Marnie's (Allison Williams) returning boyfriend Charlie by the season 2 finale. Following Abbott's exit, Williams spoke to TVLine about her character's altered trajectory for the third season, adjusting to the unintentional narrative changes.
“It’s almost as if we skipped her third season and have gone on to single Marnie,” Williams said of the change. "[The offscreen breakup] means that Marnie is now piecing herself back together." Recent set photos have surfaced depicting the character in heavy states of training, as “Marnie is working out her demons with exercise. That’s a big part of her life: She’s deciding that fitness is something to channel her anger into.”
Elsewhere, little is known of ‘Girls’ season 3, other than its 2014 airdate, expansion to 12 episodes, and recent casting calls that suggested a character would somehow end up in rehab. 'Doctor Who' star Richard E. Grant will take a role in the 2014 premiere as "Jasper," while ‘The New Normal‘ and occasional ‘Girls’ star Andrew Rannells also expects he’ll return.
What say you? Were you surprised to hear that 'Girls' season 3 would have to alter course following Christopher Abbott's departure? Where would you like to see the characters end up next season?
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“Art is the attention we pay to the wholeness of the world.” Guy Davenport
Money On The Sun
Stereoscopic Photograph of Victorian Greenhouse
by Heather Rogers, for The New York Times
At the turn of the 20th century, when Thomas Edison–who made possible the near-universal use of electric light and power utilities, sound recording, and motion pictures, all of which established major new industries worldwide–was at the height of his career, the notion that buildings, which now account for more than a third of all energy consumed in the United States, would someday require large amounts of power was only just coming into focus.
Where that power would come from — central generating stations or in-home plants; fossil fuels or renewable resources — was still very much up for debate.
A 1901 article about Edison in The Atlanta Constitution described how his unorthodox ideas about batteries could bring wattage to the countryside: “With a windmill coupled to a small electric generator,” a rural inhabitant “could bottle up enough current to give him light at night.”
The earliest wind-powered house was fired up in Cleveland in 1888 by the inventor Charles Brush, but Edison aspired to take the technology to the masses.
He made drawings of a windmill to power a cluster of four to six homes, and in 1911 he pitched manufacturers on building a prototype.
Edison’s batteries also fueled some cars and trucks, and he joined forces with Henry Ford to develop an electric automobile that would be as affordable and practical as the Model T.
The Constitution article discussed plans to let people recharge their batteries at plug-in sites along trolley lines; the batteries could also be refreshed courtesy of the home windmill.
Edison also, like other scientists of his day, was beginning to understand even then that fossil fuels wouldn’t last forever.
In 1913, Scientific American published an issue on energy problems, observing: “The question of the possible exhaustion of the world’s oil supply deserves the gravest consideration. There is every indication that we are face to face with this possibility.”
Articles delved into technologies to capture the power of the sun, the wind, the tide and even the earth’s rotation.
Inventors like Edison were modernizers who couldn’t bear the inefficiency of letting an abundant energy source like wind go untapped.
In 1912 Edison unveiled an energy-self-sufficient home in West Orange, N.J.
Billed as an experimental “Twentieth Century Suburban Residence” and designed to showcase his batteries, it bulged with luxuries like air heating and cooling units, a clothes-washing machine, an electric cooking range and, of course, plenty of light bulbs.
Completely off the grid, the house received its juice from a generator that charged a bank of 27 cells in the basement. For this first attempt, Edison used a gas-run motor, but evidence suggests that he hoped to hook up to a wind turbine.
The system would allow the prospective homeowner to be, according to The New York Times, “utterly and for all time independent of the nearness or farness of the big electric companies.”
The conglomerates struggling to control the nascent energy sector regarded that as precisely the problem.
For them, a world of independence, in which householders created their own power using renewable resources, was a nightmare.
The companies’ profits depended on electricity from power plants run on cheap fossil fuels.
In the end, Edison’s proudly free-standing Suburban Residence was hooked up to the grid, and neither his in-home wind-generated electricity plant nor his battery-powered vehicles ever reached the mass market.
In 1931, not long before he died, the inventor told his friends Henry Ford and Harvey Firestone: “I’d put my money on the sun and solar energy. What a source of power! I hope we don’t have to wait until oil and coal run out before we tackle that.”
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When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe – John Muir
What Plants Perceive
people have lost their connexion with the earth; they hang, as it were, in the air–
‘It is impossible to measure what we see not’
swearing allegiance to the particulars of the world
“You were made and set here to give voice to this, your astonishment”
Scarlet he thought the most beautiful of all colours
we are “at precisely that moment in our history when we fear that our very lives may depend upon how well we understand nature and our own responsibilities and limits within it.”
Recording the Sounds of Their Own Destruction.
Hearing the Grass Grow
about: Beeall Designs
Airs, Waters, Places
Beall Designs
Chantelle Norton – Art
Crudalinfa
Flowers, Plants n Blooms
gardens now and then
Gary Nabhan
imago naturae
Joel Sartore: The Biodiversity Project
Root Simple
Some Day, All This…
The Biotechnique of Phil Ross
The Iceberg Project
Transition Town Marlborough
Una Mirada B
Under the Pecan Leaves
Victoria Finlay
Writing Ruth
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For new readers, getting into comic books can be a bit daunting, so to help you out, we have collected a glossary of terms to help you better understand the terminologies used when it comes to this great medium!
Comics: As defined by Scott McCloud in Understanding Comics, comics are “juxtaposed pictorial and other images in deliberate sequence, intended to convey information and/or to produce an aesthetic response in the viewer.” It’s important to note that comics are a medium of storytelling, not a genre of story.
Issue: The traditional 20-25 page (though they can be as long as 60 or 70 pages) serialized comic.
Trade (TBP): A collection of 4–6 issues. Trades are the term for series comics, not for standalone stories (which would be graphic novel). There can also be deluxe edition trades that have 2+ regular trades’ worth of story in them.
Omnibus: A collected series usually in hardcover. An omnibus is usually the entirety or a significant part of a run, which differentiates it from a trade.
Volume: Another name for a trade.
Floppy: A floppy is a generalized term for a short “floppy” comic. It can refer to an issue, but it usually refers to a standalone story comic.
Run: The term run can refer to multiple things in Big 2 comics: the work a particular creative team did on a particular character (the Fraction/Aja Hawkeye run) or a numbering scheme (the Wilson/Alphona 2014–2015 Ms Marvel run). Runs don’t have to tie into numbering (creative teams can switch without that—for example, the Stewart/Tarr/Fletcher Batgirl run) but when renumbering occurs, like with Ms Marvel, it’s helpful to refer to the years.
Big 2: Marvel Comics and DC Comics.
Indie Comic: A comic that is not published by Marvel Comics, DC Comics, or Image Comics. Some people consider Image Comics indie.
Graphic Novel: Any fictional standalone (not serialized) story that is of book length.
Graphic Memoir: A standalone story that is also a memoir.
Graphic Journalism: Journalism/news reporting that is done in comic form.
LCS: Local comic book shop. (That's us!)
Pull List: A list of comics you have at your LCS that you pick up on a weekly, biweekly, or monthly basis. The shop pulls the comics for you and keeps them in a box, so you make sure you have all your subscriptions.
Final Order Cutoff (FOC): The amount of time a comic shop has before the release date of a comic to place an order, usually three weeks in advance. Comic shops are liable dollar-wise for the comics they order (no returns!), so it’s important to get it right. Whether a series is cancelled often depends on the preorders for first and second issues (yes, the comics industry is broken). The way this applies to the consumer is if there’s a comic you really want to support, make sure you get your order into your retailer before the FOC.
Manga: Japanese comics.
Webcomic: A comic you read, usually for free, on the Internet.
Minicomic: A hand drawn, creator-owned comic that is usually self-produced and stapled together.
Creator-Owned: A comic in which the creative team owns the rights to the characters. Marvel and DC Comics are not creator-owned, whereas Image Comics is the largest creator-owned comics publisher.
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Winnti 1.0 technical analysis
By Dmitry Tarakanov on April 11, 2013. 4:28 pm
The Initial DLL
Control DLL
Launching the Main Function
Target Functionality
Operation of the Malicious Platform
Communication with the C&C Server
Everything starts with a DLL. The DLL passes itself off as one of the standard Windows libraries, winmm.dll or apphelp.dll. Since in the vast majority of cases the samples that we detected disguised themselves as winmm.dll, we will assume that the malicious library hides under this name in the rest of this document.
Winmm.dll is a Windows system library which provides multimedia functions. It is located in the %WINDIR%System32 folder. The attackers counted on this being a library providing basic system functions and hence the probability of it being loaded by some program is very high (the same is true of apphelp.dll). For example, winmm.dll is loaded by explorer.exe, which is launched during operating system startup.
If a malicious DLL named winmm.dll is located in the same folder as the program that depends on the system library of that name, the malicious DLL will be loaded when this program is executed instead of the original library that is located at %WINDIR%System32winmm.dll.
Taking advantage of their control of an infected computer, cybercriminals place a malicious library in the %WINDIR% folder. The same folder also hosts the program explorer.exe. This enables the attackers to ensure that the malicious DLL is loaded at system startup: explorer.exe loads the malicious winmm.dll from the %WINDIR% folder as soon as it launches during system startup.
But how can a program which depends on the original library work correctly if a malicious winmm.dll is loaded instead of the original library? The malware authors have an answer to that: the malicious library is designed to load the original winmm.dll from the %WINDIR%System32 folder.
The cybercriminals did not bother to do any development of their own to ensure that the original winmm.dll is loaded. Instead, they used the well-known AheadLib program.
This program, which is designed to facilitate the analysis of malicious libraries, was created by a Chinese developer employed by an antivirus vendor. The program accepts a DLL as its input and creates C code which hooks the functions included in the library. The C code can be compiled back into a DLL, which can then be used to analyze the behavior of malicious files.
Hook functions (code generated by the legitimate program AheadLib)
The flexibility of this tools allows to customize the logics of malicious application during analysis and overload functions code to provide some debugging output. Some code can be added to display parameters of the hooked functions in order to find out which values are passed to the original functions when they are called. This method is used in so called dynamic analysis of malicious applications.
Determining the addresses of the real functions
(error message in the frame: “Function %hs cannot be found,
the program will not operate correctly”)
Modified module loading the original DLL
(error message in the frame: “%s cannot be loaded, the program will not operate correctly”)
Ironically, malware authors have found this to be the ideal application for creating malicious libraries. They fed a real library (e.g., winmm.dll) to the program and obtained a source code template to create a modified DLL – in the shape of a C file – as the output. By adding a malicious payload, the attackers created a complete piece of malware that included all the features of the real DLL in addition to its malicious functionality.
Bizarrely, the attackers kept the code for AheadLib debug messages in the early versions of their malware (marked with a red border in the screenshots above). These strings can also be found in compiled malicious binaries:
The function %hs cannot be found, the program will not operate correctly
%s cannot be loaded, the program will not operate correctly
Later, these fragments were removed from the C file generated by AheadLib.
The winmm.dll malicious library maintains another library in its body, which is decrypted on-the-fly and loaded into the process memory. The original name of this additional library is PlusDLL. This is the platform’s main control component. When the additional DLL has been properly allocated in the memory, winmm.dll passes control to it with a parameter – a string which contains bot settings. The settings string, in encrypted form, is also located in the winmm.dll body – after the word PLUSUNIT.
Encrypted bot settings
After decryption, the string looks like this:
url=lp.gasoft.us:80|ver=1018|tag=33|group=lp80wi
Apparently, Winnti malware has attracted the attention of researchers before: the cybercriminals made minor modifications to the methods used to store these initial settings. In some samples, the settings were hidden in the executable file’s header:
Encrypted settings at the beginning of the malicious program
In other variants, the ‘PLUSUNIT’ string was modified:
UUUSUN”” instead of PLUSUNIT
The PlusDLL library has an embedded driver. The driver is stored in %WINDIR%System32 file, registered as a service and started by NtLoadDriver system API function. Immediately after that, the driver’s file is removed, as well as all the registry entries created during service registration. The executable preserved the original driver names which are “PortLess” and “PointFilter”; however, the driver files used during infection are saved with as “sp1itter.sys” and “acplec.sys”.
The purpose of the driver is to hide network connections established by the malware. For example, if the user decides to check a list of established connections (e.g., using the ‘netstat -a’ command or the tcpview program) while the bot is communicating to the control center, the driver will protect and hide the malware connections. This approach is used by many rootkits on Windows platform.
The driver uses an unusual method to determine which addresses should be concealed and which shouldn’t. This information is available in the PlusDLL control library, which normally operates in the context of the explorer.exe process when the infection is active on the computer. This information is sent from the user mode, in which PlusDLL works, to the kernel level, at which the driver works, via the NtSetQuotaInformationFile function, which is available in both modes.
When starting, the driver hooks the NtSetQuotaInformationFile function:
Hook on NtSetQuotaInformationFile function
Every time the function is called, the driver checks its parameters, specifically, HANDLE FileHandle and PVOID Buffer.
The FileHandle parameter holds a descriptor describing the partition of the hard drive where the function is to set disk quotas.
The Buffer parameter is a buffer containing information about which new quotas need to be set. The driver checks whether the value of the FileHandle parameter is equal to minus two. When the system calls the NtSetQuotaInformationFile function in order to actually change the quotas, the descriptor must be associated with one of the disks, which obviously means that it cannot be equal to minus two. The negative value is set by the PlusDLL library in order to make the driver detect that the NtSetQuotaInformationFile function was called by that library. When calling NtSetQuotaInformationFile, PlusDLL sends information about the network addresses to be concealed to the driver via the Buffer parameter. If FileHandle is not equal to minus two, the hook function in the driver passes control to the system the way it should be on an uninfected system.
Sending data from the PlusDLL.dll library to the sp1itter.sys driver
Note that 64-bit versions of Windows do not allow unsigned drivers to run. The malicious driver’s 64-bit versions were signed using stolen certificates. During the time that we have been tracking the Winnti group, we found 11 certificates that were used to sign the malware used by the group (not necessarily drivers only). Ten of them belong to various companies in the gaming industry.
As mentioned above, the PlusDLL library is a control module. Let’s look at how the cybercriminals implemented the transition to perform the malicious DLL’s main tasks. They could have simply called an appropriate function directly or created a separate thread in which to execute it, but for some reason they resorted to a trick: the code of the SetWindowStationUser function in the user32.dll library was modified. After modification, the function’s first command became jmp , where is the address of the function in the PlusDLL library which implements the malicious library’s main features.
Hook on SetWindowStationUser
Immediately after this modification, a thread is created (CreateThread) executing code starting from the SetWindowStationUser function address. As a result, when control is eventually passed to this function, the inserted command jmp returns control back to the PlusDLL code.
Malicious DLL launching its own code by creating a thread that supposedly calls SetWindowStationUser
The same method is used to execute two more functions in the PlusDLL library. One of them is used to initialize network routines; the other executes procedures terminating the malicious program at the very end. The only difference is that instead of SetWindowStationUser, the code of two other functions from user32.dll is modified – EndTask and WinHelpW, respectively.
It is likely that this was done in order to hide the real addresses of functions in PlusDLL in case its code was analyzed based on its execution logs using an automatic system (sandbox) that looks at all function calls. If this trick is used, an execution log would only show threads launched from the addresses of the functions SetWindowStationUser, EndTask and WinHelpW, which could potentially confuse researchers.
Another possibility is that this is an anti-emulation feature. Perhaps the emulators built into some antivirus products are unable to cope with these ‘leaps’ – in this case, emulation will not result in the execution of malicious functions, which also suits the cybercriminals’ purposes.
So what does PlusDLL control? It turns out that the target functionality is implemented in different files. Each file provides a specific remote control feature and is downloaded from the attackers’ server every time the system starts up. These files are not saved on disk or in the registry but are loaded directly into the memory.
At the very start of the operation, after launching the driver, PlusDLL collects information about the infected system. A unique identifier for the infected computer is generated based on information about the hard drive and the network adapter’s MAC address, e.g., TKVFP-XZTTL-KXFWH-RBJLF-FXWJR. The attackers are interested primarily in the computer’s name, the program which loaded the malicious library, as well as information about remote desktop sessions (session name, client name, user name and session time). All of this data is collected in a buffer, which is then compressed and sent to the attackers’ control center. The buffer may look like this:
The bot sends information about an infected system to the control center
In reply to this initial message from the bot, the control center sends the list of available plugins. Plugins are DLL libraries that provide specific remote control functions. Upon receiving the list of plugins, the bot downloads them, allocates them in the memory and passes control to these libraries.
Different C2 servers could push different plugins. In total we have discovered eight functional libraries:
Plugin purpose
CmdPlus Gives the operator (attacker) access to the console, i.e., the infected computer’s command line.
ListFileManager Works with the infected computer’s file system: makes it possible to view folder contents, open and remove files.
ListProc Provides the operator with information on the processes running on the infected machine. Can stop processes.
ListService Provides the operator with information on the services installed on the infected machine.
PortMap Redirects traffic using port forwarding
RemoteDesktop The remote desktop GUI enables the attacker to view what is happening on the infected computer’s screen, as well as enabling the attacker to work with the infected machine’s desktop.
Socks5Client Library for transferring data over the network using a SOCKS5 proxy server.
TransPlus Enables the attacker to transfer files: receive files from the infected machine, download/create/save files, as well as execute programs on the infected computer.
These plugins form the core toolkit which is used by the perpetrators during attack.
Operation flowchart at the initial stage
As you can see, the cybercriminals use an entire inventory of malicious tools to effectively control the remote computer. Moreover, they have taken measures to conceal their activities: the plugins do not explicitly appear anywhere except in the computer’s memory; they do not get saved to the hard drive; the driver is deleted immediately after launch; all traces in the registry that could indicate this launch get deleted. Only the initial DLL remains on the disk that kick starts the entire process and contains an encrypted version of PlusDLL which is the control DLL.
One of the weak points in this architecture is that the driver does get saved to the hard drive before it launches, so antivirus products can detect the emergence of this file. The situation is further exacerbated by the fact that the malicious drivers may be signed (although not all drivers in the Winnti samples that we detected were in fact signed). An unsigned driver in itself does not have the means to counter antivirus products and its code can be easily recognized as malicious, whereas signed drivers stand a better chance of remaining undetected by antivirus products: certain antivirus products consider properly signed programs legitimate by default, so as to minimize the chances of false positive responses.
Kaspersky Lab’s products detect the malicious programs described above under the following verdicts:
The initial DLLs winmm.dll and apphelp.dll, the PlusDll.dll control DLLs, and functional loadable modules (CmdPlus.dll etc.) are detected as Backdoor.Win32.Winnti or Backdoor.Win64.Winnti.
The drivers sp1itter.sys and acplec.sys are detected as Rootkit.Win32.Winnti or Rootkit.Win64.Winnti.
The data transmitted during the communication between the bot and the C&C server, naturally, do not manifest themselves in any explicit form in online data traffic. Since an active remote control practice can generate substantial traffic, cybercriminals compress communication data with the algorithm LZMA, though they do not include the appropriate header inherent to this algorithm.
The data is transmitted over the TCP protocol. The samples that we analyzed established connections between C&C servers and ports 53, 80 and 443. This port selection is not surprising: they are associated with the protocols DNS, HTTP and HTTPS respectively. All three are routinely used in everyday operations, so they are enabled under most firewall policies. Besides, large amounts of data typically pass through these ports (with the possible exception of port 53), which makes it easier for the malicious traffic to remain inconspicuous.
Although the ports are associated with certain protocols, the actual content of the traffic generated by the malicious program does not correspond to them. Early versions of the Winnti platform exhibited the following traffic structure when communicating with C&C: each block of transmitted data started with the magic number 0xdeadface, followed by the number of blocks (in a DWORD), then the hash of the transmitted block (8 bytes), the size of compressed data (DWORD), the size of source data (DWORD) and, finally, the actual compressed data.
The unit structure of a data block transmitted online in early versions of Winnti
This is where another weak point of the Winnti family of backdoors becomes apparent. With this data structure, malicious network traffic could easily be spotted by, for example, the magic number 0xdeadface. The cybercriminals probably lost control over victim computers fairly frequently as corporate system administrators identified the intrusion by the unique headers in data packets with the help of IDS/IPS systems, and cleaned their networks. In 2011, new versions of Winnti backdoors appeared that, while still based on the same platform, started to use an updated protocol which included extra encryption to communicate with C&C, so the transmitted data no longer had static marks in them. Prior to encryption, the data has the following structure (very similar to the earlier format): the first 4 bytes are taken by the magic number 0xaced1984, then a DWORD of data packet description, the next DWORD carries a zero value, 8 bytes of the hash of the transmitted block, then a DWORD with the size of the compressed data, a DWORD with the size of the source data and then the actual compressed data:
The unit structure of a data block transmitted online in newer versions of Winnt
Then the data is encrypted with regular XOR with a random DWORD size value, and in this form transmitted to the C&C. Knowing that the first four bytes in the source data must represent the value 0xaced1984, it is easy to restore the key for the XOR operation when the data were encrypted. This is how the above data (the XOR value was 0x002a7b2e) looked when it was intercepted in network traffic:
Encrypted data block transmitted online, in the newer versions of Winnti
Since the encryption key (the value with which the source data are encrypted with the XOR operation) is different each time a fragment of data is transmitted, no more static unique labels can be found in the network traffic which would quickly identify the transmitted data as belonging to the Winnti backdoor. Employing this fast, basic method, the cybercriminals have made it much harder to expose their programs’ traffic.
Whichever protocol is used (with or without extra encryption), the workflow of communication between the bot and the C&C stays the same at the initial stage of operation:
The bot sends the first data block, thus signaling itself;
In response, the C&C sends back the list of available plugins
The bot starts to download plugins, sending one request at a time to download each plugin
The C&C sends the requested plugin
The bot sends a message that the plugin has arrived.
We should note here that, to expedite data downloading, the creators of this platform have quite skillfully implemented asynchronous data transmission in their protocol. For instance, the message that the bot has received the first plugin may only arrive at the C&C when nearly all the plugins have been already sent to the bot.
Having downloaded the malicious payload, the bot deploys the plugins in the memory and initializes them. Now it’s all set for complete remote control over the victim computer, and the bot switches to standby mode, waiting for the operator to connect and maintaining communication with the C&C by sending “empty” messages every 15 seconds or so.
Apart from supplying the plugins, no more automatic actions are performed by the C&C: all of the work to examine the infected computers is done manually by the attackers.
APT Certificate authorities Cyber espionage Online Games Rootkits Spear Phishing Targeted Attacks Winnti
Operation AppleJeus Sequel
OilRig’s Poison Frog – old samples, same trick
Chafer used Remexi malware to spy on Iran-based foreign diplomatic entities
GreyEnergy’s overlap with Zebrocy
A Zebrocy Go Downloader
APT review of the year
DarkPulsar FAQ
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LaMelo Ball pledges one month of Australian league salary to bushfire victims
Jack Baer
Yahoo Sports 3 January 2020
As rampant bushfires devastate lives and ecosystems throughout Australia, the most prominent basketball player in the country is trying to do some good.
LaMelo Ball, the 2020 NBA draft prospect playing for the National Basketball League’s Illawarra Hawks in Australia this season, has pledged to donate one month of his salary to help victims of the country’s bushfires, his team announced Thursday.
“It’s sad to see what is happening on the South Coast of Australia, Ball said. “People have lost their homes and everything they own. My parents taught me to help out wherever I can, so this is my way of helping out.”
The Hawks will also be raising money for the Salvation Army Disaster Appeal during their game against the Melbourne United.
Per The Athletic, players in Australia’s Next Stars program receive a salary roughly equivalent to $68,500 for a year.
LaMelo Ball is playing in Australia during one of the worst natural disasters in the country's history. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)
Ball has called Australia home this season as he awaits eligibility for the NBA draft, in which he is projected to be a top-three pick. Yahoo Sports mocked the dynamic point guard No. 2 overall to the New York Knicks in December, and he is very much in the conversation for No. 1 overall.
In 12 games with the Hawks, Ball has averaged 17 points, 7.5 rebounds and 7.0 assists per game while shooting 37 percent from the field and 24 percent from 3-point range.
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Shakhtar vs Braga: tickets on general sale from March 28
On 14 April, at 22:05 Kyiv time (EET), the return leg of the Europa League last 8 game between Shakhtar and Braga will take place. The general sale of tickets for this match will kick off on 28 March to last through April 3.
Tickets will be available in the Arena Lviv ticket office, on FC Shakhtar official site, partner sites kassa.in.ua, internet-bilet.ua, ukrticket.com.ua, tickethunt.net and in the Lviv retail network:
- the network of Interpress press kiosks;
- the network of Vysokiy Zamok press kiosks;
- the network of ticket offices OT-OT;
- the network of ZHZHUK gadget outlets.
Each fan will be able to buy a maximum of four tickets!
Upon availability of vacant seats in the stadium, they will launch the third stage of sales, during which the ticket price will be higher. We will announce that additionally.
Holders of the Donbass Arena season tickets for the last six seasons can purchase one ticket of any category at 30% off and three tickets additionally. To do so, a fan is required to send the series and the number of their season ticket (if they cannot send the series and the number of their season ticket, is will be sufficient to email their full name, the season in which they had a season ticket, their mobile phone number as well as the preferred number and category of the additional tickets) to zayavka@shakhtar.com or contact the call centre at 062 388 88 83.
The season ticket holders of the Club 1936, Business Club and Diamond Club can use a dedicated phone line 067 620 14 59 or 050 420 20 17. We will book tickets for them. They can pick the passes at the Arena Lviv ticket office daily from 10:00 until 20:00 and on the match day from 10:00 until 18:00. Make sure to bring an ID.
Price of the tickets for the match Shakhtar vs Braga:
Standard: UAH 85, 120, 150, 180, 240 and 300;
Club 1936: UAH 700;
Business Club: UAH 1,500 and 2,000.
The ticket office of Arena Lviv is open from 10:00 to 20:00 without breaks and days off, on holidays and weekends the opening hours remain unchanged.
You also have the opportunity to purchase a corporate box for the Shakhtar vs Braga game. You can book a place in a box or the entire box by following this link and get more information about VIP-tickets for the corporate boxes by calling at 067 620 40 11.
For more information, please contact the FC Shakhtar information centre at 062 388 88 83.
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‘Stronger Than I Was Before:’ Erin’s Comeback After ACL, MCL, and Meniscus Injury
Reviewed by UPMC Orthopaedic Care
During the last ten seconds of a soccer game her sophomore year, Erin slipped and fell.
“I planted my foot and slipped. I was cutting with the ball when my knee went one way and my body the other,” says Erin. “I just knew something terrible had happened.”
Initially, Erin thought she tore her MCL because she did not hear a popping sound that is often associated with an ACL tear. Erin scheduled appointments with a physical therapist as well as with orthopaedic surgeon Dharmesh Vyas, MD PhD, to determine the extent of her injury. After undergoing a clinical exam in Dr. Vyas’ office and subsequent MRI, her fears were confirmed. Aside from tearing her ACL, Erin also had torn her MCL and meniscus. Despite the setback of her knee injury, Dr. Vyas was confident that Erin would be back on the soccer field to play during her junior year.
“Dr. Vyas was fabulous from day one,” says Erin’s mother, Dawn. “He was calm and reassured us that Erin would be okay.”
Two weeks prior to ACL and MCL reconstruction surgery, Erin participated in pre-rehabilitation to build up strength in her right knee.
Rehabilitation after ACL reconstruction surgery cannot be rushed, and as eager as Erin was to get back to playing soccer, she listened and followed the individualized recovery program that was created by Dr. Vyas and her physical therapist, Ashley Johnson PT, DPT, CKTP at CRS Eastgate. To get Erin back on to the field, there were three numbers that Dr. Vyas used to describe her recovery timeline: three, six, and nine. At three months, Erin would be allowed to jog again; at six months, she would be fitted for a knee brace to wear while incorporating soccer-related exercises into her rehabilitation program; at nine months, if she followed her recovery program, she would be cleared by Dr. Vyas to return to play.
In the beginning of her physical therapy, Ashley incorporated exercises that helped strengthen Erin’s legs and core to benefit not only her knee but also her balance. She used free weight machines to perform leg presses, leg extensions, and hamstring curls. Ashley also had Erin perform leg lifts on a balance trainer. Blood Flow Restriction (BFR) therapy was used on Erin’s right knee, limiting blood flow to the muscles which allowed her to increase her quadriceps strength by recruiting her body’s own growth factors to help accelerate the process.
Six months post-surgery, Erin, now fitted with a knee brace, was performing soccer-related exercises that incorporated, box jumps, lunges, and cutting drills to help reintroduce her body to the movements of her sport.
“When I first started wearing the brace, I would run a mile at the local track, just so I could get used to wearing it,” remembers Erin. “Dr. Vyas recommended that I wear the brace for a full year after my surgery even while playing in games.”
At nine months, and less than 10 days before the start of high school soccer practices, Erin was cleared by Dr. Vyas to return to practice. Her coach helped ease Erin back into soccer by having her participate as “non- contact” while she began playing with her teammates again.
“My first game back was a little nerve-racking because I tore my ACL cutting during a game, but I knew I was stronger than I was before.”
Ultimately Erin’s junior season of soccer was a memorable one that was highlighted with her high school team clinching the WPIAL title.
“We can’t say enough to everyone who was involved with helping Erin return to soccer,” says Dawn, “It was a great experience for a very unfortunate event.”
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SHEILA RENEE PARKER
Paranormal Author, Artist & Empath. Follow Sheila on Twitter, Facebook & Instagram! @sheilareneeparker
Being an Empath
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Get a copy of my novel, The Spirit Within on Amazon!
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THE SPIRIT WITHIN
This is a paranormal romance. Perfect for young teens, young adults and everyone who believes in the spirit within. College student, Cassandra Blakemore may seem to have the perfect life on the outside with her loving family and friends, but on the inside she harbors a terror created by her abusive boyfriend, Raleigh Nichols, who quickly sinks his way deep into the bottom of the bottle. Cassandra’s emotional strength suddenly emerges but at a price as she’s faced with her worst fear. Battered and betrayed, she soon discovers hidden abilities while her own secrets unfold. As if levitation, telekinesis and premonitions weren’t enough, what else is Cassandra Blakemore hiding?
For Kindle and paperback, look for The Spirit Within on Amazon.
SYDNEY & JOHN
A short cartoon book about how the power of friendship can overcome a bully. Ideal for early readers who need a bit of a challenge.
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20 thoughts on “Books by Sheila Renee Parker”
blueribbonfair on October 11, 2014 at 2:31 pm said:
Wonderful that you are writing helpful stories for young people
sheilarparker on October 11, 2014 at 2:59 pm said:
K. J. Farnham on December 11, 2014 at 8:56 pm said:
Hi Sheila. I checked out your novel on Amazon. It sounds interesting, so I added it to my to-read list. I also reported the obviously fake one-star review as abusive, citing it as a personal attack. Hopefully they remove it. Best wishes to you.
sheilarparker on December 11, 2014 at 9:00 pm said:
K.J., you’re amazing, thank you! I really appreciate that! 🙂
Anatole Levilain-Clément on December 24, 2014 at 3:38 am said:
Hey Sheila ! Nice to see that you’re following me on wordpress. I don’t really know how you found me, but I hope you enjoyed discovering my stuff… Anyway, I’m glad to find out yours 🙂
lisvender on July 26, 2015 at 2:19 pm said:
Hello Ms. Parker. Thank you for following me. I was wondering if we could chat sometime about your writing. I’d love to learn from a published author. Let me know!
Deb Villines on July 27, 2015 at 10:05 am said:
Hello Sheila, I want to check out your book, on amazon; about the Spirit Within, sounds interesting; to check it out, and read it later;))) be blessed,Deb
sheilarparker on July 27, 2015 at 3:56 pm said:
Thank you, Deb that’s so sweet of you to say!! You’ve made my day!!! 🙂
Sharmishtha Basu on July 28, 2015 at 3:24 am said:
sounds like interesting books Sheila!
sheilarparker on July 28, 2015 at 6:41 am said:
Thank you, Sharmishtha! 🙂
theearlyblogger on August 27, 2015 at 9:16 am said:
This book sounds great. I’m working on my own at the moment. Didn’t know that a 7 word daily prompt would turn into something other than a short-short story, but I suppose when the ‘spirit within’ has something to say, there isn’t any stopping it. As with your book, the horror in today’s world is that there are terrible people out there…the fortunate view is that many of us DO discover the hidden powers that reside within even if it comes wrapped in an outer cloak of fantasy. Looking forward to reading this book. and am enjoying the interviews.
sheilarparker on August 27, 2015 at 5:07 pm said:
Thank you so much!! And really glad to see you here! 🙂
Personal Journeys with Gramma on September 14, 2015 at 12:20 pm said:
Hi Sheila! Thanks for following personaljourneyswithgramma. I also have an author site and facebk page susanadairharris.com where I post encouragement for other authors. I’m excited to be able to share with you! Susan
Michael Griego on January 7, 2017 at 12:31 pm said:
Hi Sheila, glad you enjoyed my post “God is Bigger Than We Think” in BiblicalViewpoint.com
I’ll be following you as well.
– Michael
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sheilarparker on March 29, 2017 at 8:44 pm said:
Marje @ Kyrosmagica on January 5, 2018 at 3:46 am said:
I like the sound of your book shall investigate further…
sheilarparker on January 5, 2018 at 8:21 am said:
Thank you so much, Marje!! You just made my day!! 🙂
Tristan Seaver on February 5, 2018 at 7:20 pm said:
i loved your poem called “demon it was amazing.
sheilarparker on February 5, 2018 at 7:48 pm said:
Aww.. Thank you so much!! 🙂
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Community development relies on policies, resources, and recognition that were won by decades of organizing—and organizing remains essential to face new threats, preserve existing wins, and continue to fight back against the big lie that the way things are is inevitable.
Interview with Ai-jen Poo, Director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance
Interviews Keli A. Tianga and Miriam Axel-Lute - May 30, 2015
Ai-Jen Poo has been organizing with domestic workers for over 15 years, helping in New York to win some of the first statewide labor protections for occupations often exempt from labor laws, and expanding this campaign to a nationwide vision for a strong caregiving workforce and infrastructure for elder care. In 2014 she became a MacArthur Fellow, but this was hardly her first award.
Affordable, But for Whom?
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Interviews Shelterforce Staff - April 1, 2015
It’s not every year (or even every decade) that community developers and housers see themselves represented in the ranks of the coveted MacArthur Fellows (or “genius grant” recipients). That in and of itself would be sufficiently exciting, but when Shelterforce staff sat down to talk to John Henneberger of the Texas Low Income Housing Information Service, one of the 2014 MacArthur geniuses, we certainly found ourselves impressed and excited. Driven by a sense of justice since college, he has been on the frontlines of the fight for equality and equity since those years. Henneberger has extensive knowledge of the field, an ability to clearly relate many of our most basic concerns to each other, and a clear-eyed focus on end goals above interim measures. In this two part interview, he talks about expansive definitions of “fair housing,” exciting organizing work in Texas that the rest of the country should keep an eye on, the role of a state-level advocacy organization, and much more.
Chicago Factory Occupation Victory Is Only The Beginning
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In the past few days we’ve seen news of 3,500 jobs to be lost by the closing of U.S. Steel facilities in Illinois, Michigan...
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Create a Brand.
Create a Plan.
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Big Talkers, Small Doers: Revisiting the Role of Strategy in Outsourced Marketing
Steve Whiskeyman
Ever shopped agencies? Freelancer designers? Advertising consultants? Or outsourced marketing help by any other name? If you have, you might’ve noticed something confounding: Those who want the biggest paydays are also often the same ones who, when hired, want to tell you exactly where and how to dig—but wouldn’t be caught dead holding a shovel.
I’m talking, of course, about the labor of effective marketing. And labor is the word. Because for marketing to work, you, and by extension your marketing team, also have to work. Very hard. Every day.
No kidding, says you, fearless marketing leader and protagonist of this article. That’s obvious. And yet when it comes to retaining the perfect marketing partner, you’d be amazed at how susceptible a budding, in-transition, or otherwise-vulnerable marketing program is to self-described ‘strategists’—hacks with marketing titles who really just talk a lot, and then send their invoice.
As soon as you know what to look for, you can’t unsee it. A couple clues: When pitching their service, they’ll tend to use terms like “drive strategy,” which is code for, I don’t do any real work, because I’m the smartest guy in the room, and only peons sweat. When prompted for their experience, they’ll quickly relay a client list that’s a veritable ‘Who’s Who’ of the most successful companies in your space (and how honored you should feel that they’d even entertain working with the likes of you!). Ask them to monetize their success? They’ll use figures that are just-a-tier above your market cap (e.g., if your revenues are in the hundreds of millions, they’ll tell you about their last billion-dollar marketing victory).
How exactly these guys manage to mold lasting relationships from lip-service, and sleep at night, is foreign to a business like Simpatico. Value, to us, means we can’t stop at creating go-to-market strategies for clients; that’s just the beginning. We’ve got to, got to, got toexecute, and follow through. That means putting in the time. It means dealing as much in tedium as we do in big-picture thinking. It means being accountable—for success and all its glory, and for failure and all its blunder.
The benefits of this ethos are, to us, obvious: It’s only through deep, continuous, day-to-day involvement that we can ever hope to know our clients’ businesses as well as they do, and continuously improve the effectiveness of our partnership.
A Matter of Principal
It occurred to me while reading up on ‘Game of Thrones’ creator George R. R. Martin that many of our counterparts in the outsourced marketing realm have abetted this kind of sloth-and-gluttony definition of strategy. Here’s what I mean:
Strategy, as many of our competitors would have you believe, means having a really good idea and telling others what to do with it. They also peddle the idea that strategy takes the form of dialogue and conjecture—and that if you’re designing, developing or otherwise deploying, well, that’s not strategic. Or, most egregious, they pit thinking and doing against one another, suggesting that solid strategy and effective execution can’t possiblycome in one package.
That, of course, is ridiculous. The cream of the crop in the arts and outsourced marketing are proof of the opposite.
We model our agency after contemporaries whose principals said “‘Til death do us part!” with their businesses. In agency land, that’s guys like Stan Richards—who, at 85 years young, remains as involved in client work as he was when he opened a freelance shop from his garage in Dallas 42 years ago. (The guy still runs production meetings.) In entertainment, it’s gals like Dolly Parton, who went from Smoky Mountain rags to Dollywood riches—not thanks to luck, or talent, or acumen, but because she’s still, now in the sixth decade of her music career, putting in the work to crystalize her branded entertainment empire. You don’t need to like country music to respect the hell out of that.
Let the Market, Not the Monarch, Do the Talking
Richards and Parton are a far cry from the bunch of big-talking, price-inflated marketing consultancies and agencies who would have you believe that their do-nothing method is justified by their embellished resume. But that’s the trick of it all: to persuade you that they, and they alone, are the kings of their domains, and are thus worth their royal approach to problem-solving.
Buyer beware: Give ’em a seat at the table, and you can be sure they’ll use it like a throne. Why wouldn’t they? After all, from the comfort of a throne, whenever something doesn’t work, you can simply yell, Off with their heads!, and keep your seat. And that’s about the extent of what they’ll do: Bark orders, point fingers, send a massive invoice, repeat.
Call us old-fashioned, but we’d rather let our work—and your customers—do the talking.
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Steve is a co-founder and managing partner at Simpatico Studios. He holds a Master of Fine Arts from Chatham University in Pittsburgh and a BA in English and Digital Communications from Lebanon Valley College. He is a Certified Marketing Consultant through the eMarketing Association.
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When I’m gone as Gaeilge. 600 rannpháirtithe idir scolairí agus foireann Curiarracht dhomhanda – go bhfios dúinn Laoibhse Ní Nualláin agus co. TG Lurgan. “Cups” also known as “Cups (Pitch Perfect’s When I’m Gone)” is a song by American actress Anna Kendrick from the film Pitch Perfect, written by A.P. Carter and Luisa Gerstein.[1] It is a cover of Lulu and the Lampshades’ song “Cups (You’re Gonna Miss Me)”, a rendition of an old-time folk song “When I’m Gone” recorded in 1931 by the Carter Family, with later versions by J. E. Mainer’s Mountaineers and Charlie Monroe. It will also serve as the official song of the 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup.
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I have my ticket for the long way
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You’ll miss me and my smile
You’ll miss me every single way
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==Background==
A shaved police officer who is identical to Yates appears working under [[Lieutenant Dawson]] in "[[Lil' Crime Stoppers]]".
A shaved police officer who is identical to Yates appears working under [[Lieutenant Dawson]] in "[[Lil' Crime Stoppers]]". According to "[[The Jeffersons]]", he was an officer for 25 years.
Although never being extremely prominent, he has played a major role in many episodes. In "[[The Jeffersons]]", when [[Michael Jackson]] (also known as Mr. Jefferson) moves into South Park, it is revealed that Yates hates all black men wealthier than himself and frames them — but panics and becomes disillusioned when he realizes that "Mr. Jefferson" is black despite his "white appearance". He discovers Jefferson is indeed black, but when he decides he will give away all of his money, Yates lets him go, having no need to put another poor black man in jail.
He has played a major role in many episodes. In "[[The Jeffersons]]", when [[Michael Jackson]] (also known as Mr. Jefferson) moves into South Park, it is revealed that Yates hates all black men wealthier than himself and frames them — but panics and becomes disillusioned when he realizes that "Mr. Jefferson" is black despite his "white appearance". He discovers Jefferson is indeed black, but when he decides he will give away all of his money, Yates lets him go, having no need to put another poor black man in jail.
In "[[Cartman's Incredible Gift]]", when a serial killer strikes South Park, Yates becomes convinced that Cartman has psychic powers that can capture the killer and dismisses proven science such as fingerprinting and blood analysis as "Hocus Pocus". As a result, he arrests and even kills a number of innocent people based on Cartman's alleged "psychic visions", failing to identify the killer as such when he first investigates him, despite an overabundance of evidence.
In "[[Miss Teacher Bangs a Boy]]", [[Kyle Broflovski|Kyle]] reports to Yates and the cops that the Kindergarten teacher, [[Ms. Stevenson]], is in a relationship with his younger brother, [[Ike Broflovski|Ike]]. It is shown that Yates and his pals, like all the other men in South Park do not see anything wrong with women committing sex crimes like this one. At one point he remarked that he would have gladly hooked up with a sexed-up teacher when he was a kid, again proving to be more of a hindrance than anything else to the case.
In "[[Butters' Bottom Bitch]]", he went undercover as a prostitute after learning of an increase in South Park prostitutes. Though it was obvious when he was a man in drag (he retained his male sexual organs, his mustache and his hairy body), no one seemed to notice this or at least chose to ignore it. He also is unaware of the fact he doesn't need to have sex with the Johns to arrest them for soliciting prostitution, something that creeps out the rest of his squad. He seems to take his role so seriously that he not only has sex with his Johns, he also is involved in a bareback gang-bang with dozens of Alpha Tau Omega fraternity men at the college, and he also "falls in love" with his pimp, runs off to Switzerland, is married for a year, before at last arresting him.
In "[[Butters' Bottom Bitch]]", he went undercover as a prostitute after learning of an increase in South Park prostitutes. Though it was obvious when he was a man in drag (he retained his male sexual organs, his mustache and his hairy body), no one seemed to notice this or at least chose to ignore it. He also is unaware of the fact he doesn't need to have sex with the Johns to arrest them for soliciting prostitution, something that creeps out the rest of his squad. He seems to take his role so seriously that he not only has sex with his Johns, he also is involved in a bareback gang-bang with dozens of Alpha Tau Omega fraternity men at the college, and he also "falls in love" with his pimp, runs off to [[Switzerland]], is married for a year, before at last arresting him.
In "[[The Coon]]", Yates is the primary police officer approached by [[Eric Cartman|Cartman]] in the guise of the Coon. While he seems to see the Coon as an annoyance and tells him to leave, Yates praises the assistance and work of the town's other hero, [[Mysterion]], despite neither hero doing much to assist the police force themselves and the lack of response by them to either hero.
===Criminal Record===
*'''Mariujana paraphernalia''': In "[[Bike Parade]]" he is seen smoking cannabis. Though usage of marijuana is legal in the state of Colorado, due to it being federally illegal, police officers are prohibited from usage of this drug.
*'''Marijuana paraphernalia''': In "[[Bike Parade]]" he is seen smoking cannabis. Though usage of marijuana is legal in the state of Colorado, police officers are prohibited from usage of this drug.
*'''Framing Innocent People''': In "[[The Jeffersons]]" he has mentioned how he and his fellow officers have been framing rich African-Americans for crimes they didn't commit, he even reveals that he has knowledge of how the police framed O.J. Simpson and expressed disappointed that the case fell apart because "one man said the n-word in court". He was about to use false evidence from another police department to arrest Michael Jackson (who in South Park continuity was being framed for child molestation), only to change his mind when Jackson decided to give all his money away making him "another poor black man". He also mentioned earlier in the episode how he aided in the framing of Kobe Bryant.
==Appearance==
==Personality==
Yates appears to be rather gullible and believes in the supernatural, and often wastes time by conducting extremely trivial investigations. He seems to enjoy letting other people solve crimes for him, be they supposed psychic mediums, the [[Hardly Boys]], [[Butters Stotch]] or [[Mysterion]] (Kenny). He is also stupid (possibly slightly more so than Officer Barbrady), racist and misogynistic, the last two of which he is perfectly willing to misuse the law to satisfy. Like most other South Park citizens, however, he does not notice these negative traits or rather believes they are good. His microscopic intelligence is showcased when it took him (presumably) hours of extensive research to understand that a left hand remains as such, regardless of the angle of which it's seen. There is a great possibility that he is a closet homosexual or at least bisexual as depicted in "[[Butters' Bottom Bitch]]" where he takes his prostitute role way too seriously and marries his pimp in order to arrest him. In "[[Naughty Ninjas]]" he suggests he "might even kiss a dude" while hula dancing.
Yates appears to be rather gullible and believes in the supernatural, and often wastes time by conducting extremely trivial investigations. He seems to enjoy letting other people solve crimes for him, be they supposed psychic mediums, the [[Hardly Boys]], [[Butters Stotch]] or [[Mysterion]] (Kenny). He is also stupid (possibly slightly more so than Officer Barbrady), racist and misogynistic, the last two of which he is perfectly willing to misuse the law to satisfy.
Like most other South Park citizens, however, he does not notice these negative traits or rather believes they are good. His microscopic intelligence is showcased when it took him (presumably) hours of extensive research to understand that a left hand remains as such, regardless of the angle of which it's seen.
There is a great possibility that he is a closet homosexual or at least bisexual as depicted in "[[Butters' Bottom Bitch]]" where he takes his prostitute role way too seriously and marries his pimp in order to arrest him. In "[[Naughty Ninjas]]" he suggests he "might even kiss a dude" while hula dancing.
==Family==
* "[[Nobody Got Cereal?]]" - Continue his investigations on ManBearPig attacks. Comes to a conclusion that he must believe in ManBearPig.
* "[[Bike Parade]]" - Seen smoking and watching the bike parade with the other officers.
* "[[Tegridy Farms Halloween Special]]"
===Video Games===
====[[South Park: The Fractured but Whole]]====
Sergeant Yates has a bigger role in The Fractured but Whole, as he works under [[Mitch Conner]], and is in charge of cat urine experiments. He gives [[the New Kid]] two successive missions on the second day: Operation Just 'Cause and Operation Blind Justice, both of which are about arresting black people for apparently no reason. After completion, he becomes the New Kid's Coonstagram follower.
Sergeant Yates has a bigger role in The Fractured but Whole as he works under [[Mitch Conner]]. He gives [[the New Kid]] two successive missions on the second day: Operation Just 'Cause and Operation Blind Justice, both of which are about arresting black people for apparently no reason. After completion, he becomes the New Kid's Coonstagram follower.
His prominent role in this game takes place during The Thin White Line mission. As the New Kid fights further into [[Park County Police Station|the police station]], he consistently tries to explain that he is not a racist. After all the horrible truth turns out to be, that Yates and his fellow cops are Outer-God worshipers. He engages himself in the bossfight against Shub-Niggurath, and is beatable.
Yates also appears in Danger Deck as an enemy.
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Harrison Yates
Unknown; likely 43
Police Sergeant
Trey Parker[1]
Maggie Yates
Unseen Son
"Christian Rock Hard"
Sergeant Harrison Yates is the lead detective of the Park County Police Force and as far as we know, the highest-ranked police officer in Park County. He is usually accompanied by his partner Mitch Murphy or generic police officers.
He first appeared as a member of the FBI, but has since been seen as part of the Park County Police, a role he has consistently kept in the series since then.
A shaved police officer who is identical to Yates appears working under Lieutenant Dawson in "Lil' Crime Stoppers". According to "The Jeffersons", he was an officer for 25 years.
He has played a major role in many episodes. In "The Jeffersons", when Michael Jackson (also known as Mr. Jefferson) moves into South Park, it is revealed that Yates hates all black men wealthier than himself and frames them — but panics and becomes disillusioned when he realizes that "Mr. Jefferson" is black despite his "white appearance". He discovers Jefferson is indeed black, but when he decides he will give away all of his money, Yates lets him go, having no need to put another poor black man in jail.
In "Cartman's Incredible Gift", when a serial killer strikes South Park, Yates becomes convinced that Cartman has psychic powers that can capture the killer and dismisses proven science such as fingerprinting and blood analysis as "Hocus Pocus". As a result, he arrests and even kills a number of innocent people based on Cartman's alleged "psychic visions", failing to identify the killer as such when he first investigates him, despite an overabundance of evidence.
In "Miss Teacher Bangs a Boy", Kyle reports to Yates and the cops that the Kindergarten teacher, Ms. Stevenson, is in a relationship with his younger brother, Ike. It is shown that Yates and his pals, like all the other men in South Park do not see anything wrong with women committing sex crimes like this one. At one point he remarked that he would have gladly hooked up with a sexed-up teacher when he was a kid, again proving to be more of a hindrance than anything else to the case.
In "Butters' Bottom Bitch", he went undercover as a prostitute after learning of an increase in South Park prostitutes. Though it was obvious when he was a man in drag (he retained his male sexual organs, his mustache and his hairy body), no one seemed to notice this or at least chose to ignore it. He also is unaware of the fact he doesn't need to have sex with the Johns to arrest them for soliciting prostitution, something that creeps out the rest of his squad. He seems to take his role so seriously that he not only has sex with his Johns, he also is involved in a bareback gang-bang with dozens of Alpha Tau Omega fraternity men at the college, and he also "falls in love" with his pimp, runs off to Switzerland, is married for a year, before at last arresting him.
In "The Coon", Yates is the primary police officer approached by Cartman in the guise of the Coon. While he seems to see the Coon as an annoyance and tells him to leave, Yates praises the assistance and work of the town's other hero, Mysterion, despite neither hero doing much to assist the police force themselves and the lack of response by them to either hero.
Marijuana paraphernalia: In "Bike Parade" he is seen smoking cannabis. Though usage of marijuana is legal in the state of Colorado, police officers are prohibited from usage of this drug.
Framing Innocent People: In "The Jeffersons" he has mentioned how he and his fellow officers have been framing rich African-Americans for crimes they didn't commit, he even reveals that he has knowledge of how the police framed O.J. Simpson and expressed disappointed that the case fell apart because "one man said the n-word in court". He was about to use false evidence from another police department to arrest Michael Jackson (who in South Park continuity was being framed for child molestation), only to change his mind when Jackson decided to give all his money away making him "another poor black man". He also mentioned earlier in the episode how he aided in the framing of Kobe Bryant.
Yates has orange hair, an orange mustache, and thick orange eyebrows. He wears a white button-up shirt, black tie, black suspenders, gold watch, a belt with a gold buckle, and in a brown leather holster his stainless Smith and Wesson 5900-series pistol with wood grips (as does his partner Mitch Murphy, indicating this is most likely the standard issue duty sidearm for South Park PD) As a prostitute, he wore a short red skirt, a red bra and a blonde wig.
To see images of Harrison Yates, visit Harrison Yates/Gallery.
Yates appears to be rather gullible and believes in the supernatural, and often wastes time by conducting extremely trivial investigations. He seems to enjoy letting other people solve crimes for him, be they supposed psychic mediums, the Hardly Boys, Butters Stotch or Mysterion (Kenny). He is also stupid (possibly slightly more so than Officer Barbrady), racist and misogynistic, the last two of which he is perfectly willing to misuse the law to satisfy.
There is a great possibility that he is a closet homosexual or at least bisexual as depicted in "Butters' Bottom Bitch" where he takes his prostitute role way too seriously and marries his pimp in order to arrest him. In "Naughty Ninjas" he suggests he "might even kiss a dude" while hula dancing.
He is married to Maggie Yates, who shares his views on rich black men, as she supported him in "The Jeffersons". Ironically, in "Butters' Bottom Bitch" he engages in a long term affair with a wealthy black man, citing him to be his "pimp".
Unnamed Son
He has an unnamed son, mentioned in "Cartman's Incredible Gift".
In "Cartman's Incredible Gift", Yates is called Lou at one point. He is also sometimes called Detective Harris, which is the name Trey uses in scripts. The name Harrison Yates was restored in "You're Not Yelping", suggesting 'Harris' is a nickname.
His undercover name was Yolanda in "Butters' Bottom Bitch".
Like, all police officers in South Park, Yates hates wealthy African Americans.
However, he seems to have no issue with their race when they are poor.
In "The Coon", Yates essentially plays the role of Commissioner Gordon to Cartman's super-hero identity, The Coon, and to Kenny's super-hero identity, Mysterion.
Yates was originally shown working for the FBI in "Christian Rock Hard" and then the South Park Police Department in "Casa Bonita". He was also shown handling a case in Denver in "Free Willzyx".
His voice is identical to Lieutenant Dawson's from "Lil' Crime Stoppers".
Yates shoots Michael Deets twice in the face. A detective in "Miss Teacher Bangs a Boy" claims to have shot a man in the face twice, possibly taking credit for Yates' deed.
Yates has spoken in every season since his introduction in Season Seven.
He and Officer Barbrady were never seen together between "Casa Bonita" and "Medicinal Fried Chicken", and never interacted onscreen until "The City Part of Town", after co-existing for over a decade. They seem to be on friendly terms.
In the commentary for Season Nineteen, Trey suggests the introduction of Yates and his police department and the phasing out of Officer Barbrady was an intentional choice, as they felt Barbrady was no longer in line with comedy after the nineties.
"Christian Rock Hard" - Shows Stan, Kyle and Kenny what happens to famous people who download their music.
"Casa Bonita" - Tries to find Butters and arrests Eric Cartman for Butters' abduction.
"The Jeffersons"
"Cartman's Incredible Gift" - Works with Eric Cartman and Kyle Broflovski to solve numerous murders.
"The Death of Eric Cartman" - Talks to the escaped convicts who are holding people hostage.
"Mr. Garrison's Fancy New Vagina" (shaved esque re-appears)
"Free Willzyx" - Tries to solve the disappearance of a whale which The Boys stole after they thought the whale could talk.
"Mystery of the Urinal Deuce"
"Miss Teacher Bangs a Boy" - Investigates a sexual relationship between Ike Broflovski and Ms. Stevenson.
"Cartman Sucks" - Cartman goes to him when he cannot find a picture of him and Butters.
"Britney's New Look" (background) - Seen taking photos of Britney Spears along with many other people.
"Eek, A Penis!" - Helps Mr Garrison find his penis.
"The China Probrem" - Refuses to pursue the Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of Crystal Skull case because he has not seen the film.
"The Coon"
"Butters' Bottom Bitch" - Seen going undercover as a prostitute, after learning about a prostitution ring forming in South Park.
"Medicinal Fried Chicken" (background) - Seen while Officer Barbrady gives a speech.
"It's a Jersey Thing" (background)
"Insheeption"
"Royal Pudding" - Tells Mr. Mackey that tooth decay is gone.
"City Sushi" - Tells Stephen Stotch that his son caused a war between City Wok and City Sushi.
"1%"
"Insecurity"
"A Nightmare on Face Time" - Investigates a robbery with the help of Stan Marsh.
"Informative Murder Porn" - He and other police officers investigate the murder of a woman.
"The Magic Bush" - Thomas Tucker and Laura Tucker go to him to get the drone issue under control.
"Cock Magic" - He was called Detective Harris in this episode.
"#HappyHolograms" - He was also called Detective Harris in this episode.
"The City Part of Town"
"You're Not Yelping" - Goes overboard with yelper reviews.
"Naughty Ninjas" - He and the rest of the South Park Police refuse to enforce the law after Officer Barbrady is fired.
"PC Principal Final Justice"- Seen in the crowd of people standing in front of the Whole Foods Market.
"Not Funny" - Seen giving a press conference to the people of South Park about the impending dangers of TrollTrace.com.
"Franchise Prequel" - He insists that the townspeople cannot with Mark Zuckerberg invading people's homes, riding their vehicles, as well as eating their food when never breaks the law.
"Sons A Witches" - Talks to Eric Cartman about the kidnapping of Heidi Turner.
"Dead Kids" - Seen outside the school after the shooting.
"A Boy And A Priest" - Seen in church.
"The Problem with a Poo" - Seen outside after another school shooting.
"The Scoots" - Holds a meeting in the Park County Community Center.
"Time To Get Cereal" - Mistakes ManBearPig's attacks with school shootings and gets annoyed by not playing Read Dead Redemption II.
"Nobody Got Cereal?" - Continue his investigations on ManBearPig attacks. Comes to a conclusion that he must believe in ManBearPig.
"Bike Parade" - Seen smoking and watching the bike parade with the other officers.
"Tegridy Farms Halloween Special"
Yates appears in the police office as a "friendable" friend. He sends the player to collect five rings from the Nazi zombies. When they player collects the rings, Yates befriends him. Yates cannot be befriended when the Nazi zombies disappear.
Sergeant Yates has a bigger role in The Fractured but Whole as he works under Mitch Conner. He gives the New Kid two successive missions on the second day: Operation Just 'Cause and Operation Blind Justice, both of which are about arresting black people for apparently no reason. After completion, he becomes the New Kid's Coonstagram follower.
His prominent role in this game takes place during The Thin White Line mission. As the New Kid fights further into the police station, he consistently tries to explain that he is not a racist. After all the horrible truth turns out to be, that Yates and his fellow cops are Outer-God worshipers. He engages himself in the bossfight against Shub-Niggurath, and is beatable.
↑ ""The Jeffersons" on IMDB".
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Are sharks a threat to undersea cables?
Slate published an article recently, titled The Global Internet Is Being Attacked by Sharks, Google Confirms. Despite being catchy and all, most of the references seem to be other news outlets or actually contradict the claim.
Are there any sources supporting or contradicting that sharks are a threat to undersea cables?
internet oceanography sharks
Andrew Grimm
Édouard LopezÉdouard Lopez
It depends on the quality of the article. The one quoted article is mere sensationlism – Édouard Lopez Aug 20 '14 at 12:01
I would say the opposite: undersea cables are threat for sharks. – isJustMe Aug 25 '14 at 20:59
Below are points of evidence supporting the fact that sharks are a threat to undersea cables.
EVIDENCE 1: The first report of sharks attacking cables came from the Canary Islands in 1985, when sharks' teeth were found embedded in an experimental cable. I found the report in an old news paper.
According to a report by the United Nations Environment Programme and the International Cable Protection Committee Ltd.,
Fish, including sharks, have a long history of biting cables as identified from teeth embedded in cable sheathings. Barracuda, shallow- and deep-water sharks and others have been identified as causes of cable failure. Bites tend to penetrate the cable insulation, allowing the power conductor to ground with seawater. Attacks on telegraph cables took place mainly on the continental shelf and continued into the coaxial era until 1964. Thereafter, attacks occurred at greater depths, presumably in response to the burial of coaxial and fibre- optic cables on the shelf and slope. Coaxial and fibre-optic cables have attracted the attention of sharks and other fish. The best-documented case comes from the Canary Islands, where the first deep-ocean fibre-optic cable failed on four occasions as a result of shark attacks in water depths of 1,060–1,900 m [3,478 to 6,234 feet].
Marra, L.J., 1989. Shark bite on the SL submarine light wave cable system: History, causes and resolution. IEEE Journal Oceanic Engineering 14: 230–237
EVIDENCE 2: A famous report by New York Times back in 1987 reported that the fibre optic cables linking the US, Europe and Japan were being nibbled persistently by sharks, causing phone and computer failures around the world.
The article also reported what was presented in Evidence 1, but adding as extra Dr. Nelson's claims:
In the report The finding that sharks are supersensitive to electrical signals, able to detect electric fields as faint as a few millionths of a volt per centimeter in water, is a recent significant discovery in marine science, Dr. Nelson said.
The sharks may detect a faint field near the cable and attack. "Not knowing any better, they try to eat it," Dr. Nelson said. "It's programmed in their genes. Whether the field comes from a cable or from a tin can, sharks are prone to behave as if they were encountering a food item, and try to eat it up."
EVIDENCE 3:
It seems that the funniest battle now is not Google vs. Amazon or Google vs. Microsoft, but Google vs. Sharks.
Based on the comments made by Dan Belcher, a product manager on Google's cloud team, during the opening keynote of the company's Cloud Roadshow in Boston last week; Google invests heavily in protecting its trans-continental infrastructure, including wrapping cables in Kevlar to thwart attacks by hungry sharks.
BONUS: A YouTube video showing a shark biting a submarine cable during a survey operation. It was spotted by a remotely operated underwater vehicle. .
UPDATE: The cause isn't clear why Sharks bite cables.
Reasons for the attacks are uncertain, but sharks may be encouraged by electro magnetic fields from a suspended cable strumming in currents. However, when tested at sea and in the laboratory, no clear link between attacks, electromagnetic fields and strumming could be established. This lack of correlation may reflect differences between the behaviour of the deep-water sharks responsible for the bites and that of the shallow-water species used in the experiments. Whatever the cause, cables have been redesigned to improve their protection against fish biting.
According to Submarine cables and the oceans: connecting the world report, external human aggression causes more faults for cables more than any other category, with fishing accounting for nearly half of all reported faults. Anchoring is the second major cause of faults, with dredging, drilling, seabed abrasion and earthquakes also causing significant numbers. However, natural hazards including seabed abrasion, shark bites account for less than 10 per cent of all faults.
Shark bites account for only 0.5% for all faults. They're consider a threat, but it's a minor threat.
George ChalhoubGeorge Chalhoub
It makes sense to me too that sharks would be attracted to the cables because of their sensitivity to electrical fields. Is there no marine biologist that confirms this somewhere? – Spork Aug 20 '14 at 13:39
@JörgWMittag Ah, that would explain it. Doesn't necessarily mean there's a stronger field, but it does explain the existence of one, and that's enough. georgechalhoub, I think it's not entirely useless, because without it there's a missing link in the explanation for attacks on fibre-optic cables. – Bob Aug 20 '14 at 15:25
I up-voted, but your answer only support pro-threat POV missing on insignificant the threat is – Édouard Lopez Aug 20 '14 at 15:46
According to one source (and I've heard this before, source just supports it), sharks will explore anything unknown in their environment by biting/tasting it. They also shed teeth easily. Given that people are alarmist about sharks, it occurs to me that finding teeth in cables might cause a leap to "attack" (with all the viciousness that people imagine), when it might actually be much more sedate (but still damaging)? – SevenSidedDie Aug 21 '14 at 18:12
"The best-documented case comes from the Canary Islands, where the first deep-ocean fibre-optic cable failed on four occasions as a result of shark attacks…" <- This would suggest that EM fields are not attracting the sharks, as fiber optic cables do not generate measurable EM fields (which also makes them better for security purposes). – Ben Hocking Jul 5 '15 at 20:34
Sharks are an extremely small threat to undersea cable in regards to others causes as shown in the graphic below (from a report cited in @georgechalhoub's answer).
Proportion of cable faults by cause, from a database of 2,162 records spanning 1959–2006
Fishing 44.4%;
Anchor 14.6%;
Component 7.2%;
Abrasion 3.7% ;
Geological 2.6% ;
Dredge/drill/pipeline 0.9% ;
Fish bite 0.5% (include sharks) ;
Iceberg 0.1% ;
Other 4.8% ;
Unknown 21.3%.
Geological causes damage cables more frequently than sharks' bites.
Sharks' bites are only 5 times more frequent than iceberg damage.
14 fish bites (all species) in the last 50-60 years.
Submarine cables and the oceans: connecting the world's report (see report cited in @georgechalhoub's answer).
Yep, as I said earlier "I should have emphasis on the seriousness of the attack in my question" – Édouard Lopez Aug 20 '14 at 15:50
More accurately, sharks are only known to be an extremely small threat to undersea cables. That data set does not rule out the possibility that sharks are the second-largest threat. – Kevin Krumwiede Aug 20 '14 at 15:52
I dislike this answer a lot. It does not answer the original answer fully, and there is nothing in this pie chart to suggest it as being 'non serious'. All it says is that it doesn't happen often. An undersea cable failure is extremely serious. With a 0.1% chance of nuclear disaster, would you say that's not a serious chance based on a pie chart? Solid -1. – Spork Aug 21 '14 at 0:43
I think nobody in their right mind thought that sharks were the main source of undersea cable failures. – Spork Aug 21 '14 at 0:44
@Robert it refer to cables' components – Édouard Lopez Aug 25 '14 at 19:58
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Smorgasbord Laughter Lines – A few Irish jokes and one liners… Part One – 1 – 30
I trot these out every year and add some new ones here and there… if you have read them before.. then try to put that behind you and enjoy again……….
Here is the first lot.
1.When the Irish say that St. Patrick chased the snakes out of Ireland, what they don’t tell you is that he was the only one who saw any snakes!
2.His wife had been killed in an accident and the police were questioning Finnegan. “Did she say anything before she died?” asked the sergeant. “She spoke without interruption for about forty years,” said the Finnegan.
3.Pat and Kieran were getting ready to go on a camping trip. The first one said “I’m taking along a gallon of whiskey just in case of rattlesnake bites. What are you taking?” The other one said “Two rattlesnakes!”
4.”Seamus do you understand French?”, “I do if its spoken in Irish”
5.Two farmers were driving their tractor down the middle of a country road. A car comes around the corner backs hard to avoid them, skids, tumbles twice and lands in a field. Jimmy say to Eamonn it’s just as well we got out of that field.
6.Two drunks coming home, stumbled up the country road in the dark. “Faith, Mike, we’ve stumbled into the graveyard and here’s the stone of a man lived to the age of 103!” “Glory be, Patrick and was it anybody we knew?” “No, ’twas someone named ‘Miles from Dublin’!”
7.T’was the Irish what invented the pipes, you know, and they gave them to the Scots as a joke. And you Scots haven’t gotten the joke yet!!”
8.One night I was chatting with my Mum about how she had changed as a mother from the first child to the last. She told me she had mellowed a lot over the years: “When your oldest sister coughed or sneezed, I called the ambulance. When your youngest brother swallowed a penny, I just told him it was coming out of his allowance.”
9.I just got lost in thought. It was unfamiliar territory.
10.42.7 percent of all statistics are made up on the spot.
11.99 percent of lawyers give the rest a bad name.
12.If at first you don’t succeed, then skydiving isn’t for you.
13.Honk if you love peace and quiet.
14.Remember half the people you know are below average.
15.Atheism is a non-prophet organization.
16.He who laughs last thinks slowest.
17.The early bird may get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.
18.I intend to live forever – so far so good.
19.Borrow money from a pessimist – they don’t expect it back.
20.If Barbie is so popular, why do you have to buy her friends?
21.Support bacteria – they’re the only culture some people have.
22.Love may be blind but marriage is a real eye-opener.
23.If at first you don’t succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried.
24.Experience is something you don’t get until just after you need it.
25.For every action there is an equal and opposite criticism.
26.Bills travel through the mail at twice the speed of cheques.
27.No one is listening until you make a mistake.
28.Success always occurs in private and failure in full view.
29.The hardness of butter is directly proportional to the softness of the bread.
30.To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism; to steal from many is research.
I hope you have enjoyed today’s selection… please feel free to share and more sillies… I mean funnies to come next week…. thanks Sally
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39 thoughts on “Smorgasbord Laughter Lines – A few Irish jokes and one liners… Part One – 1 – 30”
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Jacqui Murray on May 24, 2018 at 4:10 pm said:
These are precious. Nice twist on the lawyer joke!
Funny how there are so many of them.. jokes and lawyers.. xx
PaulAndruss on May 24, 2018 at 4:15 pm said:
Great Laffs Sally PXXX
Thanks Paul… XXX
willowdot21 on May 24, 2018 at 4:52 pm said:
Loved them so much , I am going to share them around!💜💜
Words of silliness to lighten our day. 💜💜
Pleased you enjoyed Willow and thank you for sharing.. hugsxxx💜💜
It was a pleasure 💜💜
Lyn Horner on May 24, 2018 at 4:58 pm said:
Reblogged this on Lyn Horner's Corner and commented:
Irish Funnies & a cat’s shock brightened my morning.
Thank you Lyn and for spreading the smiles… hugsxx
Judith Barrow on May 24, 2018 at 8:30 pm said:
The dog and skunk picture cracks me up!! And love number 8.
Tofino Photography on May 24, 2018 at 8:49 pm said:
I must of missed them last year Sally! I always love funny jokes!
John W. Howell on May 24, 2018 at 9:17 pm said:
Terrific, Sally. Lots of good ones in there. I loved the Miles to Dublin
The Story Reading Ape on May 24, 2018 at 9:32 pm said:
Chuckle Time, courtesy of Sally 😄
Thank you for sharing Chris..hugs ♥♥
The Story Reading Ape on May 25, 2018 at 7:55 am said:
koolkosherkitchen on May 24, 2018 at 9:38 pm said:
Brightened up my day, Sally – thanks!
Great to hear Dolly thank you hugsxxx
koolkosherkitchen on May 25, 2018 at 4:41 am said:
Gigi Sedlmayer on May 24, 2018 at 10:26 pm said:
Had a great laugh in the morning. Thank you Sally
Glad you enjoyed Gigi.. xx
Andrew Joyce on May 24, 2018 at 11:23 pm said:
“To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism; to steal from many is research.”
How true … I should know.
Nothing new in history Andrew…. hugs xxxx
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hsampson on May 25, 2018 at 12:52 am said:
My eternal gratitude to you Sally!! this made my day!
Great Hector… I delighted you enjoyed… hugsxx
dgkaye on May 25, 2018 at 1:36 am said:
I may know #9 LOL Great as always Sal. ❤ xxx
You and me both.. of course! ♥ 😆
Of course! 🙂 xx
davidprosser on May 25, 2018 at 2:00 am said:
Lots of laughs thanks Sally.
Good to hear thank you David… it helps make the world go round! 😆xxx
V.M.Sang on May 25, 2018 at 11:04 am said:
Thank you for the giggles, Sally.
Smorgasbord - Variety is the Spice of Life. on May 25, 2018 at 11:23 am said:
Delighted you enjoyed Viv.. hugs
watchingthedaisies on May 25, 2018 at 12:51 pm said:
Thank you Sally. Happy weekend xx
You too Brigid..hugs xxxx
The Owl Lady on May 25, 2018 at 2:05 pm said:
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Reports: Galaxy on verge of landing El Tri star Dos Santos as “core player”
By Nicholas MendolaJun 30, 2015, 5:51 PM EDT
There’s haves, have nots and have a lots, and the Los Angeles Galaxy are in the final category.
So imagine how upper echelon their roster will get if the reports of Giovani dos Santos headed to Carson are true.
Goal.com is among several outlets reporting that the Mexican international and former Barcelona and Tottenham man, 26, is headed for Major League Soccer on a $7.7 million transfer from La Liga side Villarreal.
[ MLS: Power Rankings | Player, Team of the Week ]
The reigning champs have already added Steven Gerrard from Liverpool to a cast of Designated Players that includes Robbie Keane and Omar Gonzalez. L.A. also recently added Sebastian Lletget from West Ham, and has proven itself more than capable in the Homegrown Player department.
From Goal.com:
Multiple sources have confirmed to Goal USA that a transfer for Dos Santos to join the Galaxy is indeed in the works, and its completion will be aided by impending changes to the current MLS salary cap and roster guidelines.
Sources tell Goal USA that MLS owners are ready to ratify changes to the current salary cap rules to create a core player roster spot that will effectively work as a fourth designated player spot for any teams currently using all three slots.
The report says that “core player” spot would come before August, when Dos Santos would join. The team’s attack would seem impossibly good moving forward, and we know that Mexico coach Miguel Herrera doesn’t mind his players in MLS (See: Cubo Torres).
The Galaxy have won three of the last four MLS Cup finals, and Dos Santos would be one heck of an August addition. He’s scored once in three 2015 caps for Mexico, and 17 in 86 overall.
Even off a non-productive and injury-shortened season, Dos Santos should thrive and be a success for L.A. on the field and in the box office. Gaining a Mexican star, let alone a productive one, is win-win for the Galaxy. And it’s a good long-term nod in a market preparing for a surely-splashy entry from LAFC in the near future.
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'Scrap the cap!' - Royal College of Nursing begins protests over public sector pay cap
by Tomáš Tengely-Evans
Published Thu 27 Jul 2017
Outside Downing Street (Pic: Guy Smallman)
Chants of "Scrap the cap" rang out in front of Downing Street as over 200 nurses protested against the Tories' 1 percent public sector pay cap in central London today, Thursday.
It was one of more than 40 protests organised by the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) across England as part of its "summer of protest".
Marc, a RCN member and nurse from London, told Socialist Worker, "Since 2010 we've had a real terms pay cut of 14 percent because of the pay cap, but the cost of living keeps going up."
The Tories' public sector pay cap isn't just forcing nurses and other health workers to live on the breadline, but is fuelling the deep crisis in the NHS.
The protests came as the RCN released new research showing that twice as many senior nurses are leaving the NHS compared to three years ago.
The figures, based on a survey of RCN members, also showed that some 600 nurses who have been in the job for longer than ten years are leaving every year. As Marc said, "We have got so many people leaving the profession—and the pay cap plays a big part.
"I used to work full time but went to work for a nursing agency—it's not what I wanted to do but had to because of the low pay.
"Many nurses on the protest in London were angry about how the pay cap is forcing people to leave the capital. Jude, another RCN member, told Socialist Worker, "Some people are travelling up to two hours just to get into work.
"If you look at nurses in London, between 60 and 70 percent of pay goes towards housing and travel costs."
This has a knock on effect on patients' care. Marc said, "Almost all the shifts that I've worked on have been short-staffed.
"I was working in an accident and emergency unit this week and we had two patients with dementia trying to wander around.
"Because I had to run around after them I couldn't spend as much time with the other patients—if we weren't short-staffed that wouldn't be so much of a problem."
But pay cap is fuelling anger—and determination among nurses to resist the Tories' attacks.
In a pay consultation in May some 74 percent of RCN members said they would be willing to take some form of industrial action.
Marc said, "We don't want to strike, but it's something we need to do because we've been ignored for so long.
"If we voted for it, then I would definitely be up for it."
He added, "I'm a pay champion for the RCN so every day that I'm in work I go out and talk to colleagues to get support for the campaign."
At the rally RCN president Cecelia said we needed to "build a powerful coalition of support so the government can't ignore us."
That means other health unions, including Unison, should join the fight against the pay cap and ballot their members for industrial action.
Thu 27 Jul 2017, 20:36 BST
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Book Beginnings on Fridays/The Friday 56
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*Turn to page 56 or 56% in your eReader.
Friendly Fill-Ins - September 1st
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This meme is hosted by Ann at McGuffy's Reader and Ellen at 15andmeowing. Each week they will post four fill-in statements.
Here are my answers to this weeks statements...
Blog Tour: The Sullivans by Bella Andre (Spotlight)
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The Sullivans Boxed Set Books 1-3
Author: Bella Andre
Publisher: Oak Press, LLC
More than 6 million readers have already fallen in love with the Sullivans! Now get ready to meet your new favorite family in Bella Andre's New York Times and USA Today bestselling contemporary romances with the first three books in the #1 hit series.
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Chloe Peterson is having a bad night. A really bad night. The large bruise on her cheek can attest to that. And when her car skids off the side of a wet country road straight into a ditch, she's convinced even the gorgeous guy who rescues her in the middle of the rain storm must be too good to be true. Or is he?
As a successful photographer who frequently travels around the world, Chase Sullivan has his pick of beautiful women, and whenever he's home in San Francisco, one of his seven siblings is usually up for causing a little fun trouble. Chase thinks his life is great just as it is--until the night he finds Chloe and her totaled car on the side of the road in Napa Valley. Not only has he never met anyone so lovely, both inside and out, but he quickly realizes she has much bigger problems than her damaged car. Soon, he is willing to move mountains to love--and protect--her, but will she let him?
For thirty-six years, Marcus Sullivan has been the responsible older brother, stepping in to take care of his seven siblings after their father died when they were children. But when the perfectly ordered future he's planned for himself turns out to be nothing but a lie, Marcus needs one reckless night to
shake free from it all.
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Chase almost missed the flickering light off on the right side of the two-lane country road. In the past thirty minutes, he hadn’t passed a single car, because on a night like this, most sane Californians—who didn’t know the first thing about driving safely in inclement weather—stayed home.
Knowing better than to slam on the brakes—he wouldn’t be able to help whomever was stranded on the side of the road if he ended up stuck in the muddy ditch right next to them—Chase slowed down enough to see that there was definitely a vehicle stuck in the ditch.
He turned his brights on to see better in the pouring rain and realized there was a person walking along the edge of the road about a hundred yards up ahead. Obviously hearing his car approach, she turned to face him and he could see her long wet hair whipping around her shoulders in
his headlights.
Wondering why she wasn’t just sitting in her car, dry and warm, calling Triple A and waiting for them to come save her, he pulled over to the edge of his lane and got out to try and help her. She was shivering as she watched him approach.
"Are you hurt?"
She covered her cheek with one hand, but shook her head. "No."
He had to move closer to hear her over the sound of the water hitting the pavement in what were rapidly becoming hailstones. Even though he’d turned his headlights off, as his eyes quickly
adjusted to the darkness, he was able to get a better look at her face. Something inside of Chase’s chest clenched tight.
Despite the long, dark hair plastered to her head and chest, regardless of the fact that looking
like a drowned rat wasn’t too far off the descriptive mark, her beauty stunned him.
In an instant, his photographer’s eye cataloged her features. Her mouth was a little too big, her eyes a little too wide-set on her face. She wasn’t even close to model thin, but given the way her T-shirt and jeans stuck to her skin, he could see that she wore her lush curves well. In the dark he couldn’t judge the exact color of her hair, but it looked like silk, perfectly smooth and straight where it lay over her breasts.
It wasn’t until Chase heard her say, "My car is definitely hurt, though," that he realized he had completely lost the thread of what he’d come out here to do.
Knowing he’d been drinking her in like he was dying of thirst, he worked to recover his balance. He could already see he’d been right about her car. It didn’t take a mechanic like his brother, Zach, who owned an auto shop—more like forty, but Chase had stopped counting years ago—to see that her shitty hatchback was borderline totaled. Even if the front bumper wasn’t half smashed to pieces by the white farm fence she’d slid into, her bald tires weren’t going to get any traction on the mud. Not tonight, anyway.
If her car had been in a less precarious situation, he probably would have sent her to hang out in her car while he took care of getting it unstuck. But one of her back tires was hanging precariously over the edge of the ditch.
He jerked his thumb over his shoulder.
"Get in my car. We can wait there for a tow truck." He was vaguely aware of his words coming out like an order, but the hail was starting to sting, damn it. Both of them needed to get out of the rain before they froze.
But the woman didn’t move. Instead, she gave him a look that said he was a complete and utter nut-job.
"I’m not getting into your car."
Realizing just how frightening it must be for a lone woman to end up stuck and alone in the middle of a dark road, Chase took a step back from her. He had to speak loudly enough for her to hear him over the hail.
"I’m not going to attack you. I swear I won’t do anything to hurt you."
She all but flinched at the word attack and Chase’s radar started buzzing. He’d never been a magnet for troubled women, wasn’t the kind of guy who thrived on fixing wounded birds. But living with two sisters for so many years meant he could always tell when something was up.
And something was definitely up with this woman, beyond the fact that her car was half-stuck in a muddy ditch.
Wanting to make her feel safe, he held his hands up. "I swear on my father’s grave, I’m not going to hurt you. It’s okay to get into my car." When she didn’t immediately say no again, he pressed his advantage with, "I just want to help you." And he did.
More than it made sense to want to help a stranger. "Please," he said. "Let me help you."
She stared at him for a long moment, hail hammering between them, around them, onto them. Chase found himself holding his breath, waiting for her decision. It shouldn’t matter to him what she decided.
But, for some strange reason, it did.
...Excerpt from THE LOOK OF LOVE by Bella Andre ©
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Can't Wait Wednesday - August 30th
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This meme is hosted by Tressa at Wishful Endings.
Can't-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted here to spotlight and talk about the books we're excited about that we have yet to read. Generally they're books that have yet to be released as well. It's based on Waiting on Wednesday, hosted by the fabulous Jill at Breaking the Spine. Find out more here.
Book Blast: Murder Unrenovated & Rehearsal For Murder by P.M. Carlson
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Murder Unrenovated & Rehearsal For Murder
by P.M. Carlson
Book Blast on August 29, 2017
Murder Unrenovated
Realtor Len Trager is anxious to sell the lovely old brownstone in Brooklyn's Park Slope neighborhood, and Maggie and Nick think it looks like a dream house for a young couple expecting their first child. But problems show up. It needs renovation– okay. There's a stubborn tenant who refuses to move out– not so okay.
And then there's the nasty surprise on the top floor....
"Terrific characters, funny incidents, genuine suspense, and an absolutely right sense of period and place."–– Tom and Enid Schantz, THE PURLOINED LETTER
Genre: Traditional Mystery
Published by: The Mystery Company / Crum Creek Press
ISBN: 193232528X (ISBN13: 9781932325287)
Series: Maggie Ryan and Nick O'Connor #4
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"Murder Unrenovated" by P.M. Carlson Maggie Ryan Series #4
Realtor Len Trager is anxious to sell the brownstone in Brooklyn's Park Slope neighborhood, but prospective buyers don't want to deal with Julia Northrup, who rents the basement apartment. Maggie Ryan and her husband Nick O'Connor love the property. They see though Julia's act, and they're not scared off by the corpse on the top floor.
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Brooklyn, 1972. Realtor Len Trager shows an old brownstone to actor Nick O’Connor and statistician Maggie Ryan.
Len felt a prickle of hope. He couldn’t remember anyone else being this pleased by Lund’s weary old brownstone, not after meeting the immovable basement tenant. Could there possibly be a sale here after all?
Not to an actor, he reminded himself.
The upper floors were shoddily divided into separate apartments. But the second-floor bath still held a Victorian marble sink and chipped clawfoot tub, and the room at the front overlooked the street. Maggie smiled at Nick and said, “This could be a little study.”
“One more floor,” said Len. The top floor, once servants’ quarters, had been most recently occupied–– only Lund’s disruption of the plumbing had finally forced the young tenants to accept his relocation money and leave. Nick slapped his hand against a wall. “This isn’t a supporting wall, is it?”
“No,” said Len, giving the room a professional glance. “You’re thinking of remodeling?” That was always a good sign.
“Not many gyms around here. It would be great to have space to work out.” Nick stepped to the doorway. “What do you think, Maggie?”
She was down the hall, looking into the little front room, the one that sported the oriel window. For a moment she remained there, still.
“Do you like the place?” Len prompted.
She turned back to them slowly, and Nick, suddenly concerned, took a step toward her. But it was Len she answered.
“Yes,” she said, “it’s a great place. There’s only one problem. There’s a corpse in it.”
Excerpt from Murder Unrenovated by P.M. Carlson. Copyright © 2017 by P.M. Carlson. Reproduced with permission from P.M. Carlson. All rights reserved.
Rehearsal for Murder
As REHEARSAL FOR MURDER begins, Maggie is a partner in a statistical consulting business, and her actor husband Nick O’Connor has been cast in a wonderful new role. He’s rehearsing an off-Broadway musical, playing Gladstone to the famous Ramona Ricci’s Queen Victoria. But Nick is worried by Ramona’s diva-like behavior, which enrages the cast members. And the home front is even tougher. He and Maggie adore their five-month-old daughter Sarah, but she exhausts them and leaves them no time for each other.
Then they’re slammed with two more problems. Maggie, doing a favor for another frazzled parent, gets wind of a plot against that child. And someone guns down the bitchy Ramona.
"A tightly woven thriller, warm and beautifully paced with a bittersweet finale. This show must go on!"–– Dorothy Salisbury Davis, MWA Grand Master
ISBN: 1932325336 (ISBN13: 9781932325331
Rehearsal for Murder by P.M. Carlson Maggie Ryan Mystery Series #5
As REHEARSAL FOR MURDER begins, Maggie is partner in a statistical consulting business, and her actor husband Nick O'Connor has been cast in a wonderful new role. He's rehearsing an off-Broadway musical, playing Gladstone to the famous Ramona Ricci's Queen Victoria.
A pause; a choked sob from the crumpled Ramona; and then the pounding dirge from chorus and piano.
Ramona straightened slowly, as though lifting a crushing weight, and pulled a black shawl about her. The chorus moved back with measured steps, leaving her solitary in the middle of the stage. The music modulated, and very quietly she began to sing "The Widow of Windsor." For the first time that day she did not have to worry about new dance steps or new movements, and she invested the words with a powerful emotional energy. "Alone," she sang, "in the crowds, still alone; among the princes, alone; forever alone." Nick, standing in the silent chorus, felt his throat tightening. The small isolated figure, the husky beauty of the voice that shimmered on the edge of tears, communicated a human truth that transcended history, geography, wealth, gender. She bound them all into Victoria's grief.
The last chords faded.
Then the stage manager cleared his throat and said, "Blackout," in his flat twang.
The spell was shattered. Derek exclaimed, "Super! But you know that, Ramona. On to act two?"
"Let's stop a minute early today, Derek. It's been a long afternoon." Ramona, drooping, pulled the shawl from her shoulders, then noticed the blond onlooker for the first time and stiffened. "Well! So Larry's evening revels have begun already. Though the brunette that came for him yesterday was prettier. Treat him well, sweetie." She winked at the young woman. "Your competition is formidable."
The few words reawakened the sizzle of rage in all of them.
Excerpt from Rehearsal For Murder by P.M. Carlson. Copyright © 2017 by P.M. Carlson. Reproduced with permission from P.M. Carlson. All rights reserved.
P.M. Carlson taught psychology and statistics at Cornell University before deciding that mystery writing was more fun. She has published twelve mystery novels and over a dozen short stories. Her novels have been nominated for an Edgar Award, a Macavity Award, and twice for Anthony Awards. Two short stories were finalists for Agatha Awards. She edited the Mystery Writers Annual for Mystery Writers of America for several years, and served as president of Sisters in Crime.
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Blog Tour: The Good Daughter by Karin Slaughter (Review/Tour-Wide Giveaway)
Labels: 2017 Alphabet Soup Reading Challenge, 5 kitties, Cloak and Dagger Reading Challenge 2017, review, suspense, thriller
The Good Daughter
by Karin Slaughter
on Tour August 7 - September 8, 2017
The stunning new novel from the international #1 bestselling author — a searing, spellbinding blend of cold-case thriller and psychological suspense.
Two girls are forced into the woods at gunpoint. One runs for her life. One is left behind…
Twenty-eight years ago, Charlotte and Samantha Quinn's happy small-town family life was torn apart by a terrifying attack on their family home. It left their mother dead. It left their father — Pikeville's notorious defense attorney — devastated. And it left the family fractured beyond repair, consumed by secrets from that terrible night.
Twenty-eight years later, and Charlie has followed in her father's footsteps to become a lawyer herself — the ideal good daughter. But when violence comes to Pikeville again — and a shocking tragedy leaves the whole town traumatized — Charlie is plunged into a nightmare. Not only is she the first witness on the scene, but it's a case that unleashes the terrible memories she's spent so long trying to suppress. Because the shocking truth about the crime that destroyed her family nearly thirty years ago won't stay buried forever…
Packed with twists and turns, brimming with emotion and heart, The Good Daughter is fiction at its most thrilling.
Genre: Thriller, Suspense
Published by: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins
ISBN: 0062430262 (ISBN13: 9780062430267)
Series: Good Daughter 1
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Charlie Quinn walked through the darkened halls of Pikeville middle school with a gnawing sense of trepidation. This wasn’t an early morning walk of shame. This was a walk of deeply held regret. Fitting, since the first time she’d had sex with a boy she shouldn’t have had sex with was inside this very building. The gymnasium, to be exact, which just went to show that her father had been right about the perils of a late curfew.
She gripped the cell phone in her hand as she turned a corner. The wrong boy. The wrong man. The wrong phone. The wrong way because she didn’t know where the hell she was going. Charlie turned around and retraced her steps. Everything in this stupid building looked familiar, but nothing was where she remembered it was supposed to be.
She took a left and found herself standing outside the front office. Empty chairs were waiting for the bad students who would be sent to the principal. The plastic seats looked similar to the ones in which Charlie had whiled away her early years. Talking back. Mouthing off. Arguing with teachers, fellow students, inanimate objects. Her adult self would’ve slapped her teenage self for being such a pain in the ass.
She cupped her hand to the window and peered inside the dark office. Finally, something that looked how it was supposed to look. The high counter where Mrs. Jenkins, the school secretary, had held court. Pennants drooping from the water-stained ceiling. Student artwork taped to the walls. A lone light was on in the back. Charlie wasn’t about to ask Principal Pinkman for directions to her booty call. Not that this was a booty call. It was more of a “Hey, girl, you picked up the wrong iPhone after I nailed you in my truck at Shady Ray’s last night” call.
There was no point in Charlie asking herself what she had been thinking, because you didn’t go to a bar named Shady Ray’s to think.
The phone in her hand rang. Charlie saw the unfamiliar screen saver of a German shepherd with a Kong toy in its mouth. The caller ID read SCHOOL.
She answered, “Yes?”
“Where are you?” He sounded tense, and she thought of all the hidden dangers that came from screwing a stranger she’d met in a bar: incurable venereal diseases, a jealous wife, a murderous baby mama, an obnoxious Alabama affiliation.
She said, “I’m in front of Pink’s office.”
“Turn around and take your second right.”
“Yep.” Charlie ended the call. She felt herself wanting to puzzle out his tone of voice, but then she told herself that it didn’t matter because she was never going to see him again.
She walked back the way she’d come, her sneakers squeaking on the waxed floor as she made her way down the dark hallway. She heard a snap behind her. The lights had come on in the front office. A hunched old woman who looked suspiciously like the ghost of Mrs. Jenkins shuffled her way behind the counter. Somewhere in the distance, heavy metal doors opened and closed. The beep-whir of the metal detectors swirled into her ears. Someone jangled a set of keys.
The air seemed to contract with each new sound, as if the school was bracing itself for the morning onslaught. Charlie looked at the large clock on the wall. If the schedule was still the same, the first homeroom bell would ring soon, and the kids who had been dropped off early and warehoused in the cafeteria would flood the building.
Charlie had been one of those kids. For a long time, whenever she thought of her father, her mind conjured up the scene of his arm leaning out of the Chevette’s window, freshly lit cigarette between his fingers, as he pulled out of the school parking lot.
She stopped walking.
The room numbers finally caught her attention, and she knew immediately where she was. Charlie touched her fingers to a closed wooden door. Room three, her safe haven. Ms. Beavers had retired eons ago, but the old woman’s voice echoed in Charlie’s ears: “They’ll only get your goat if you show them where you keep your hay.”
Charlie still didn’t know what that meant, exactly. You could extrapolate that it had something to do with the extended Culpepper clan, who had bullied Charlie relentlessly when she’d finally returned to school.
Or, you could take it that, as a girls’ basketball coach named Etta Beavers, the teacher knew what it felt like to be taunted. There was no one who could give Charlie advice on how to handle the present situation. For the first time since college, she’d had a one-night stand. Or a one-night sit, if it boiled down to the exact position. Charlie wasn’t the type of person who did that sort of thing. She didn’t go to bars. She didn’t drink to excess. She didn’t really make hugely regrettable mistakes. At least not until recently.
Her life had started to unspool back in August of last year. Charlie had spent almost every waking hour since then raveling out mistake after mistake. Apparently, the new month of May was not going to see any improvement. The blunders were now starting before she even got out of bed. This morning, she’d been wide awake on her back, staring up at the ceiling, trying to convince herself that what had happened last night had not happened at all when an unfamiliar ringtone had come from her purse.
She had answered because wrapping the phone in aluminum foil, throwing it into the dumpster behind her office and buying a new phone that would restore from her old phone backup did not occur to her until after she had said hello.
The short conversation that followed was of the kind you would expect between two total strangers: Hello, person whose name I must have asked for but now can’t recall. I believe I have your phone.
Charlie had offered to meet the man at his work because she didn’t want him to know where she lived. Or worked. Or what kind of car she drove. Between his pickup truck and his admittedly exquisite body, she’d thought he’d tell her he was a mechanic or a farmer. Then he’d said that he was a teacher and she’d instantly flashed up a Dead Poets Society kind of thing. Then he’d said he taught middle school and she’d jumped to the unfounded conclusion that he was a pedophile.
“Here.” He stood outside an open door at the far end of the hall.
As if on cue, the overhead fluorescents popped on, bathing Charlie in the most unflattering light possible. She instantly regretted her choice of ratty jeans and a faded, long-sleeved Duke Blue Devils basketball T-shirt.
“Good Lord God,” Charlie muttered. No such problems at the end of the hall.
Mr. I-Can’t-Remember-Your-Name was even more attractive than she remembered. The standard button-down-with-khakis uniform of a middle-school teacher couldn’t hide the fact that he had muscles in places that men in their forties had generally replaced with beer and fried meat. His scraggly beard was more of a five o’clock shadow. The gray at his temples gave him a wizened air of mystery. He had one of those dimples in his chin that you could use to open a bottle.
This was not the type of man Charlie dated. This was the exact type of man that she studiously avoided. He felt too coiled, too strong, too unknowable. It was like playing with a loaded gun.
“This is me.” He pointed to the bulletin board outside his room. Small handprints were traced onto white butcher paper. Purple cut-out letters read MR. HUCKLEBERRY.
“Huckleberry?” Charlie asked.
“It’s Huckabee, actually.” He held out his hand. “Huck.”
Charlie shook his hand, too late realizing that he was asking for his iPhone. “Sorry.” She handed him the phone.
He gave her a crooked smile that had probably sent many a young girl into puberty. “Yours is in here.”
Charlie followed him into the classroom. The walls were adorned with maps, which made sense because he was apparently a history teacher. At least if you believed the sign that said MR. HUCKLEBERRY LOVES WORLD HISTORY.
She said, “I may be a little sketchy on last night, but I thought you said you were a Marine?”
“Not anymore, but it sounds sexier than middle-school teacher.”He gave a self-deprecating laugh. “Joined up when I was seventeen, took my retirement six years ago.” He leaned against his desk. “I was looking for a way to keep serving, so I got my master’s on a GI bill and here we are.”
“I bet you get a lot of tear-stained cards on Valentine’s Day.” Charlie would’ve failed history every single day of her life if her teacher had looked like Mr. Huckleberry.
He asked, “Do you have kids?”
“Not that I know of.” Charlie didn’t return the question. She assumed that someone with kids wouldn’t use a photo of his dog as his screen saver. “You married?”
He shook his head. “Didn’t suit me.”
“It suited me.” She explained, “We’ve been officially separated for nine months.”
“Did you cheat on him?”
“You’d think so, but no.” Charlie ran her finger along the books on the shelf by his desk. Homer. Euripides. Voltaire. Bronte. “You don’t strike me as the Wuthering Heights type.”
He grinned. “Not much talking in the truck.”
Charlie started to return the grin, but regret pulled down the corners of her mouth. In some ways, this easy, flirty banter felt like more of a transgression than the physical act of sex. She bantered with her husband. She asked inane questions of her husband.
And last night, for the first time in her married life, she had cheated on her husband.
Huck seemed to sense her mood shift. “It’s obviously none of my business, but he’s nuts for letting you go.”
“I’m a lot of work.” Charlie studied one of the maps. There were blue pins in most of Europe and some of the Middle East. “You go to all of these places?”
He nodded, but didn’t elaborate.
“Marines,” she said. “Were you a Navy SEAL?”
“Marines can be SEALs but not all SEALs are Marines.”
Charlie was about to tell him that he hadn’t answered the question, but Huck spoke first.
“Your phone started ringing at o’dark thirty.”
Her heart flipped in her chest. “You didn’t answer?”
“Nah, it’s much more fun trying to figure you out from your caller ID.” He pushed himself up on the desk. “B2 called around five this morning. I’m assuming that’s your hook-up at the vitamin shop.”
Charlie’s heart flipped again. “That’s Riboflavin, my spin-class instructor.”
He narrowed his eyes, but he didn’t push her. “The next call came at approximately five fifteen, someone who showed up as Daddy, who I deduce by the lack of the word sugar in front of the name is your father.”
She nodded, even as her mother’s voice silently stressed that it was whom. “Any other clues?” He pretended to stroke a long beard. “Beginning around five thirty, you got a series of calls from the county jail. At least six, spaced out about five minutes apart.”
“You got me, Nancy Drew.” Charlie held up her hands in surrender. “I’m a drug trafficker. Some of my mules got picked up over the weekend.”
He laughed. “I’m halfway believing you.”
“I’m a defense lawyer,” she admitted. “Usually people are more receptive to drug trafficker.”
Huck stopped laughing. His eyes narrowed again, but the playfulness had evaporated. “What’s your name?”
“Charlie Quinn.”
She could’ve sworn he flinched.
She asked, “Is there a problem?”
His jaw was clenched so hard the bone jutted out. “That’s not the name on your credit card.”
Charlie paused, because there was a lot wrong with that statement. “That’s my married name. Why were you looking at my credit card?”
“I wasn’t looking. I glanced at it when you put it down on the bar.” He stood up from the desk. “I should get ready for school.”
“Was it something I said?” She was trying to make a joke out of it, because of course it was something she’d said. “Look everybody hates lawyers until they need one.”
“I grew up in Pikeville.”
“You’re saying that like it’s an explanation.”
He opened and closed the desk drawers. “Homeroom’s about to start. I need to do my first-period prep.”
Charlie crossed her arms. This wasn’t the first time she’d had this conversation with longtime Pikeville residents. “There’s two reasons for you to be acting like you’re acting.”
He ignored her, opening and closing another drawer.
She counted out the possibilities on her fingers. “Either you hate my father, which is okay, because a lot of people hate him, or—” She held up her finger for the more likely excuse, the one that had put a target on Charlie’s back twenty-eight years ago when she’d returned to school, the one that still got her nasty looks in town from the people who supported the extended, inbred Culpepper clan. “You think I’m a spoiled little bitch who helped frame Zachariah Culpepper and his innocent baby brother so my dad could get his hands on some pissant life insurance policy and their shitty little trailer. Which he never did, by the way. He could’ve sued them for the twenty grand they owed in legal bills, but he didn’t. Not to mention I could pick those fuckers out of a lineup with my eyes closed.”
He was shaking his head before she even finished. “None of those things.”
“Really?” She had pegged him for a Culpepper truther when he’d told her that he’d grown up in Pikeville.
On the other hand, Charlie could see a career-Marine hating Rusty’s kind of lawyering right up until that Marine got caught with a little too much Oxy or a lot too much hooker. As her father always said, a Democrat is a Republican who’s been through the criminal justice system.
She told Huck, “Look, I love my dad, but I don’t practice the same kind of law that he does. Half my caseload is in juvenile court, the other half is in drug court. I work with stupid people who do stupid things, who need a lawyer to keep the prosecutor from overcharging them.” She held out her hands in a shrug. “I just level the playing field.”
Huck glared at her. His initial anger had escalated to furious in the blink of an eye. “I want you to leave my room. Right now.” His hard tone made Charlie take a step back. For the first time, it occurred to her that no one knew she was at the school and that Mr. Huckleberry could probably break her neck with one hand.
“Fine.” She snatched her phone off his desk and started toward the door. Even as Charlie was telling herself she should shut up and go, she swung back around. “What did my father ever do to you?”
Huck didn’t answer. He was sitting at his desk, head bent over a stack of papers, red ink pen in hand.
Charlie waited.
He tapped the pen on his desk, a drumbeat of a dismissal.
She was about to tell him where to stick the pen when she heard a loud crack echo down the hallway.
Three more cracks followed in quick succession.
Not a car backfiring.
Not fireworks.
A person who has been up close when a gun is fired into another human being never mistakes the sound of a gunshot for something else.
Charlie was yanked down to the floor. Huck threw her behind a filing cabinet, shielding her body with his own.
He said something—she saw his mouth move—but the only sound she could hear was the gunshots echoing inside her head. Four shots, each a distinctive, terrifying echo to the past. Just like before, her mouth went dry. Just like before, her heart stopped beating. Her throat closed. Her vision tunneled. Everything looked small, narrowed to a single, tiny point.
Excerpt from The Good Daughter by Karin Slaughter. Copyright © 2017 by Karin Slaughter. Reproduced with permission from HarperCollins. All rights reserved.
Charlie Quinn finds herself in the middle of a local school shooting in the small town of Pikeville. In fact, she’s an eyewitness to the violent killings. Although the shooting looks like a pretty open and shut case against a teenage girl, Charlie isn’t convinced. She is determined to uncover what really happened at that school and why.
The horrifying attack brings back memories from twenty-eight years ago when her family was brutally attacked in their own home. Their mother was killed and their family has never been the same again.
Today, Charlie is an attorney and her father is a defense attorney. This has made the Quinns the target of much animosity and danger over the years.
Charlie begins to make shocking discoveries, not only about the attack at the school, but the attack against her family so many years ago. This is an intense storyline that brings out all kinds of emotions. You can’t help but feel anger, disgust and heartache living through Charlie’s experience. It is truly heartbreaking.
This book shows how sometimes horrific events lead you to say or do things you normally wouldn’t do. I didn’t think I’d like the Quinn family, but I found myself hoping everything would work out and loving each one of them - faults and all.
I don’t want to give away any spoilers so I don’t ruin the story. It’s a captivating novel. I wanted to know all the details NOW. I couldn’t put this down without wondering what was going to happen next. I do have to put in a warning that there is graphic violence in the book.
The past and present are intertwined in the telling of this book. The author handles both time frames very well and is a true master storyteller. She kept my attention through it all.
I’ll be reading more books by this author and checking out her backlist.
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Karin Slaughter is one of the world’s most popular and acclaimed storytellers. Published in 36 languages, with more than 35 million copies sold across the globe, her sixteen novels include the Grant County and Will Trent books, as well as the Edgar-nominated Cop Town and the instant New York Times bestselling novel Pretty Girls. A native of Georgia, Karin currently lives in Atlanta. Her Will Trent series, Grant County series, and standalone novel Cop Town are all in development for film and television.
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Sunday/Monday Posts - August 27th and 28th
Labels: Stacking the Shelves, Sunday Salon, The Sunday Post, The Sunday Salon, TSS, what are you reading
The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted by Kimba the Caffeinated Book Reviewer ~ It's a chance to share news~ A post to recap the past week on your blog, showcase books and things we have received and share news about what is coming up on our blog for the week ahead.
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Blog Tour: Dead on the Bayou by June Shaw (Spotlight/Tour-Wide Giveaway)
Dead on the Bayou (A Twin Sisters Mystery)
by June Shaw
2nd in Series
Lyrical Underground (August 22, 2017)
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It may be easier to patch up an old home than a broken heart. But along the Louisiana bayou, where beauty and danger mingle all too seamlessly, thoughts of romance may have to simmer on the back burner . . .
Twin sisters and fellow divorcees Sunny Taylor and Eve Vaughn have established their home repair and remodeling business with an eye toward quality and personal attention. So when they’re approached by hunky Dave Price to fix up his bayou fishing camp, they’re more than happy to take the job—especially since they both secretly think he may prove to be more than just another satisfied customer . . .
The ramshackle campsite could certainly use a woman’s touch. What it does not need is a dead body—but that’s what the trio stumble across. Clearly, the poor soul was murdered—and once the town tongue-waggers get going, Sunny, Eve, and Dave come under suspicion of the police, not to mention potential clients . . .
Now, with their futures on the line, their brewing love triangle will have to wait. Helped—and harried—by the twins’ mother and her retirement home’s cadre of amateur sleuths, the trio starts snooping on their own. But when another dead body turns up, they’ll have to get their hands dirtier than a swamp-bottom snake if they hope to clear their names . . .
From the bayou country of South Louisiana, June Shaw previously sold a series of humorous mysteries to Five Star, Harlequin, and Untreed Reads. Publishers Weekly praised her debut, Relative Danger, which became a finalist for the David Award for Best Mystery of the Year. A hybrid author who has published other works, she has represented her state on the board of Mystery Writers of America’s Southwest Chapter for many years and continued to serve as the Published Author Liaison for Romance Writers of America’s Southern Louisiana chapter. She gains inspiration for her work from her faith, family, and friends, including the many readers who urge her on. For more info please visit juneshaw.com.
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Romance. Humor. Murder. Are you looking for a murder mystery without all the graphic violence and foul language? Something that you can enjoy in an afternoon and walk away feeling good about afterward? How about a dash of humor and romance? If so, meet former detectives Sean and Sara McKinley. When a billionaire leaves them all his money, they no longer have to work, but they find themselves sticking to what they’re good at—solving murders. Undercover, off the books, and around the world, they’ll get to the bottom of things…and romance it up along the way.
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He binged Survivor in the afternoon. He was drawn to the charm of a female castaway who reminded him of Kapitolina. He sat in a rocking chair trying to rally; the irony was unfriendly; the yoke of love always seemed like paired-magnets: the closer he got, the more he was budged away. What he knew, privately, he could not amenably share this new pathos, his disease, congestive heart failure (CHF), with Kapitolina: moving clouds, the late arrival of parcels, the untimely demise of small insects, generally, crushed her. She was an immigrant from Ukraine, and contently alone in the crowds of New York. He knew Kapitolina would not depart, simply because of his condition. He fumbled with a four-ounce package in the refrigerator; the half-life of chorizo was more promising. “I can’t do this to anyone,” he told a disappearing Gotham wall, setting in a kitchen chair, consigned, breathing his emotion, as the daylight was dispatched by the darkness of Brooklyn, in a solitary Coney flat, in a vague hour, silently.
“Five, or six years ago,” he told the sleepless dusk. He knew the date, – a Friday, June the twenty-third. He was done with the open-air jungle of dating, mating, and relationships. He told Joe, his colleague, and a close friend from Marsh College, that, like the National Football League draft, he had chosen “the best player available.” Could he ever have been that cavalier? It wasn’t harrowing to recall the Friday afternoon; it was harrowing to remember the detachment; no thundering waves, unintersecting rows of lightning, or rumbles of God; it was – probity, and just that, as if fate asked him to dissect a frog, the very stuff of Grand Central. He met Kapitolina for a first date; they had spent more than a hour circumnavigating the number of residents for his apartment, one, to complete her tasks for the U.S. Census; it was late in the week, at Lou’s Restaurant, on Alley 13. It wasn’t about Kapitolina at all. He was enjoying an adolescent summer swoon this day for the mother of one of his students; a Broadway dancer. He was stranded by Joe at Grand Central, waiting for the dancer’s touring company to arrive by train from St. Louis. Joe, whose credit was efficiently poor, met a well-dressed, “banker-type woman,” who smelled like a Fifth Avenue boutique, and, engaged in a steamy review of t-bill rates, passed him by like a stranger in the lobby. They were a group of young Russian immigrants, and found New York happily fathomless, provided a kind gent, like him, or like Joe, could help them find their ways. Kapitolina’s neighbor was a young woman, Mariya, another Russian immigrant in their group, and she relayed the message to him at Lou’s, on behalf of the Broadway dancer, another neighbor. It was terribly grating to him. Mariya was a casual, romantic pursuit for several years, but preparing to move upstate; delivering the message caused their kith to fade even more, like one of the two birds felled by a single stone. The message. The Broadway dancer’s train from the Midwest was late. Mariya promised to meet her, but she had to go to work downtown. Romance was often as simple, and spare as a maze. Mariya said he could meet the Broadway dancer at Grand Central, she had already texted her; and then return to Lou’s with Kapitolina, for a “lovely dinner.” He had never refused Mariya and, as she left, tried to recall if he had, at least one time. It was far too well-arranged to organize, or decline. He smoked a quarter-pack of cigarettes waiting for the Broadway dancer, emulating Cagney, or Bogart in the forties, at a train station. The texting plan was for Red, his elderly neighbor, to let Kapitolina into his apartment, in the meantime. Red got the call, and snapped his Jitterbug shut, and marched across the hall like a soldier, with Krakow, his macaw, who would flit around the unfamiliar flat until Red brought him to his perch at the window sill to the city of New York. The chore of sitting with the woman, Kapitolina, thus devolved to Gabriel, who was positive the woman would split in a moment, leave the building, and he would get the blame. He mused how people. faring any prospect of romance, act with efficacy of a bee hive.
Shortly complicating the affair was one of New York’s most fearsome situations, a power outage. Gabriel had settled Red, and Krakow, at home, and met Kapitolina, who seemed genial, and asked him to call her “Pearl.” With the outage, Gabriel hustled between the two apartments to help Red, his aging father, and the macaw, and heroically found extra candles for everyone in his closet. Blackouts in the building usually lasted for hours; the owner of the building lived in Long Island, his chief of maintenance, Midtown; both were required to sign, and authorize repairs to the building, to avoid either being buttonholed by persuasion, and famous for a general outrage about any surprise expenses. “They play tag with invoices,” Red once said, glumly. So Gabriel, and Kapitolina settled awkwardly in the Coney Island flat, anticipating his return from the Grand Central. They would have inspected the popcorn ceiling, but neither could see it. They stumbled in the dark, and therefore gave that up; using each other for bearings, they sat on the couch, which became too friendly, and politely uncomfortable. Gabriel could navigate to the kitchen table, generally, and Kapitolina followed gingerly, following a lighted candle. The wax dripped on her hand, and from the silhouette was a shriek of pain amok. He used to call Gabriel “Gabby.” The kitchen didn’t have a window, and it was dark. They decided on the couch by helpless default. “I would leave, but I’m just as afraid to go,” complained Kapitolina, more fetching in the umbra of the candle. Gabe surmised, “The lights are probably out for the whole block. That’s usually what happens.”
A white canis, the dire wolf, possessed piercing black, mellow eyes, and was no more than a foot in length. The outlaw, Yon Raulyn, known as “Sawbones,” called her “D.W.,” and often a “foot-long.” Yon was absent from The Cache, a post in outer Sombrero, Lazarus Taxa. “D.W.,” the dire wolf, and a megafauna, relaxed in the soft dust landing of the depository for Raulyn’s pilfered treasures. The megafauna’s name was Glug, and he was a frequent visitor. D.W. cautioned Glug not to lean upon Yon’s trophy gems, especially the Stanley Cup captured from one raid of Earth, but Glug either didn’t hear her, or didn’t understand, and immediately leaned upon the Cup, and it almost fell over, and down. The megafauna shrugged, as he could not speak. Glug could only conjugate his name, “Glug,” and uttered “Gloog,” about the mishap.
The dire wolf was the only one present, and let it pass. D.W, said, “I feel like taking another trip,” to Glug, who brightened about the conversation, but his vocabulary was such limited, which the dire wolf knew that; she was slightly cynical, and consequently reviewed her plans with Glug on a regular basis, possibly aware it would not invoke any controversy. “Maybe I’ll go to Earth,” D.W. wondered. “One day Yon will be stunned by his own lack of empathy, and his below-average intellect. He’ll realize I’m not here on Lazarus Taxa to watch his booty, or steal any more socks.” The dire wolf paused, unusual emotion swelling in her throat. She added, with wet eyes, “I am here for only one reason, to find my Gerald, that gray, haggard beau. And find the rest of our den! He has been gone now for a hundred light-years, But he’ll appear, reappear somewhere in our silly travels. He will reappear.”
The wolf, Gerald, had split with D.W., because she was absently passing time with a pangolin, a scaly creature from the Far East; the dire wolf’s time with the pangolin was entirely platonic. She liked how the pangolin’s voice was incredibly low, the voice of a radio announcer, and he became a perfect foil for their sport of general derision. She shared a sense of humor with pangolin bordering on scorn, and rife with one-ups-man ship. Her husband, Gerald, witnessed D.W. and the pangolin together once too often, however, and, without a word, began a slow sprint into the woods, not soon to be seen again.
Presently, the dire wolf heard a sudden crackling of leaves and snapping fir branches in the green around The Cache. Lazarus Taxa was a little-remembered moon in the orbit of Sombrero, in the Virgo constellation, not the fictive “Pandora,” as Aji liked to jest; it was quite remote. The dire wolf hustled to the top of the cave to scout the unexpected noise, but it was unnecessary, as therewith, a very tall, sturdy man, donning a vintage three-piece vested suit, a man who seemed, and possessed immense joie de vivre, a man with obvious aplomb, whose name was Vezina, emerged from the mob of trees, and stepped cautiously, and righteously, into the landing of Lazarus Taxa. The man’s face was humorless, containing only the scarcest remnants of affability. He didn’t speak, and adjusted only, in the dim, dull light, the most caterwauling glare. He was to retrieve “The Cup,” and he said, “The Cup,” and he verily stated this purpose to D.W., and to Glug, not expecting any response, and cast with his departure, having noticed they were animals, in a soupcon of pride, “They call me the Chicoutimi Cucumber!”
Gabriel was speaking about one of Red’s favorite subjects, an ambulance service for pets. Kapitolina was “confused,” but admired him, nonetheless, as Gabriel did not have pets. Just the macaw. They were ensconced in the frustrations of the power outage. He began in the middle, and explained it, although Gabriel did not know the actual details. He believed the truth was mundane. The power outage was the work of a gang of recreational dousers who hung out in Gravesend, and remained fugitives of the law. They hit the building several times before; one of the perps was known for hacking and splicing cable TV, the other for yanking electric wires for no special reason in Bath Beach; one incident almost fried two of them, which Gabe said would have been “decent justice overall,” and it brought them to temporary justice, and to public scrutiny; regardless of their sparse abilities, this current effort blacked out every floor. “Nothing else to do,” he said, capriciously. Kapitolina was ready to leave, but it was hopeless without lights. It was an old building. She wavered to the apartment doorway. She bruised her shin on the coffee table, and cursed in Russian, about the second injury, bedamning her agility in the dark with the names of Russian cities, and what Gabe thought was “Minsk,” and “Belarus.” Gabe recalled a bottle of aging Scotch in a cabinet nearby, with a wan notion of brushing her shin with alcohol, acquired it, and took Kapitolina’s hand to soothe her. He showed her the Scotch bottle, and she nodded at it, relieved of some irk.
“I’m sure the lights will be back up any minute,” eased Gabriel, pouring Scotch into clean glasses. “He’s on his way from the station.”
Kapitolina could view distortions of Gabriel’s face in the candlelight. The whiskey amused her, and the wide swaths of light, muting the color of Gabriel’s torso, creating odd paths of changeable darkness; then, in the passing minutes, it unnerved her. She was not gladdened by her irresolute state, her relationships, and, in general, all Broadway dancers. She emigrated to New York with a group of Russian women, and they had been thrilled by the incredible opportunity. Kapitolina kept apartment in Minsk, and it cost her funds; her father, a minister, would surely refuse to pay for it too much longer, and force her to rethink her vitae. She felt the couch with the palm of her hand, more confident with the dash of memory of her hometown, and Minsk, and its streets. She approached the candle to cup it, sat too close to Gabe, and glowered, unsure how to explain, or apologize. She confessed, “I’m afraid of the dark.”
He pronounced. “All New Yorkers are afraid of the dark.”
“It’s a false hope,” Aji told Bud Adorjan. “Orison.”
The tale of Orison was a rumination without basis in fact, she said, like a primitive religion. Bud said Orison was real, and told her, “There is evidence of the existence of species believed to be extinct. Lazarus Taxa. But it isn’t native. It is only possible, if there is a place like Orison.”
This was not sensible, and Aji doubted the evidence was any more than rumor. For example, it could be simply a result of dijection. She noted the stubbornness in Bud’s reply, and heard the quixotic devotion of pagans, not the calm reasoning of science. Bud said Orison was probably an anomaly, a quintessential haven in the yet uncharted reaches of the Deep Vast. It had to be found, and documented in Laniakea; the whole schema was unknown. Aji asked why Nature would ever shroud such a place.
“Lots of reasons,” said Bud. “I’m sure you can think of a few?”
Then, hoisting the heart, if not his mind, as was his august habit, Bud converged upon a brief soliloquy. “I have this recurring nightmare of a dark outline, a silhouette in black, and white,” he told Aji. “I don’t believe in Orison, rationally. Somehow, I have seen it!”
Kapitolina, a stranger, at the far end of the couch, smoothed her skirt, and conversed quietly in the dark. “I’m from Belarus. The nights were dark, too, in Belarus, when I grew up? Horrific, really.”
“How, horrific?” Gabriel asked.
“My father’s a minister of the Orthodox faith,” she said. “This was as breakaway happened. Russians are socialist, as you already know, and many truthfully are, socialist, much more than here, I realize that, coming to New York. More than here. First we were forbidden the holidays, because ministers were not popular. Then no Sundays. Of course. We were supposed to work Sundays, the sabbaths, which really didn’t make any sense. No Saturdays, or Sundays. They were a minority of the people, but not really; see, many, they were raised to be socialist; you could not endure them, their cackling, their hackling, always commanding to everyone. We were young. Then they said we could have no more nights. And they laughed. They turned the lights off in some people’s houses. Including ours. At night. We could switch the breaker, but – many other things. We wanted to be liked, to be popular.”
“They harassed you.”
Kapitolina said, “Yes, we were the minister’s family. Religion. Still dubious enough. There weren’t any popular people, if some people were not popular. They wouldn’t stop. If you were not a socialist, you could not have a ‘social’ life. Nothing. My father just told us, my mother, from the Bible, ‘the wage of sin is death.’”
“You couldn’t be one of them,” observed Gabe.
“No, we couldn’t, bottom line,” she nodded. “We couldn’t live.”
“What did they want?” he asked.
Kapitolina answered, “Whatever they wanted.”
The door to the apartment was closed, but Gabriel saw it was not secured by deadbolts, and choosing safety, he tripped his way towards the door, locked it quickly, and he returned to the couch. It had been an hour of outage; one man had been knocking the doors and the hallway walls, including their wall, and their door. Gabriel knew the door-knocker, an alcoholic who lived with his mother, two floors beneath them, who habitually wandered around the building on the wrong floors. It comforted him to think about the door-knocker, but it spooked her. She was pale, more insecure, and then she whispered, “Sit near me?”
Gabriel shuffled wordlessly in the cushions to sit closer to her, and generously stretched his arm around her shoulders. It wasn’t clear if sudden noises in the power outage were magnified by darkness, or by the creepy lack of noise of any kind, the lack of normal commotion; the parody quiet in the dark street in Coney Island; or perhaps the contume tick of the clock, the Miller chimer. Kapitolina rose gruffly, after a while, suddenly, and Gabriel, who was dozing a little, heard the sound of her heels, a different knock, on the wood of the kitchen floor; behind him on the couch, Kapitolina told him, with a sigh, “I am a virgin.”
He was nonplussed, and truly blank. He raised his eyebrows, his forehead was impassive. He resisted saying a word, when Kapitolina sat nimbly on the sofa, for fear he may stammer. He made a decision: He was muted, because it was not a moment to speak. Kapitolina felt the abrupt clench of his hands upon her ankles, and she didn’t resist. Her mind was aglaze. Gabriel took Pearl’s shoes, and pulled her calves towards him on the couch. Kapitolina’s silence was his alibi, his permission; she was lost in a strange place, her mind raced wildly in the dark: She saw Gabe’s hair, his head, him below her neck, his shirt partially removed, and then writhed at the sensation of his tinging the nipples of her unveiled breasts. There was the sound of cotton, and denim sliding on the upholstery, the cushions of the couch, but she didn’t really hear it; it seemed to be happening somewhere else, not here, or anywhere near her. Was it? “No,” Kapitolina said mildly, reassured by it, but there was not the slightest reaction from him. In fact, Gabriel freed her from her skirt, unfastened the zipper behind her, and it caused her hips to surge; her skirt felt loose, upsetting, unwieldy.
“No!” Kapitolina responded, forcefully, only vaguely aware of the situation. It was a daydream; she waited for her senses to respond in reality, but they did not.
She elbowed away from Gabriel’s grasp, and she rose, sideways, and grabbed her wayward clothing from the back of the couch. Her hair flowed annoyingly in her eyes. She gasped for breath, glared at him, and tread uncertainly toward the kitchen. He didn’t hinder her, but he poised in a moment. She would need a candle in the kitchen. He arose, and put a candle on the countertop, a foot away from Kapitolina. They were silent. She said, finally, about the candle, “Oh.” She heard more voices, more obscurely, and maybe her own voice, crying both “no,” and “ahh-hh.” ◊
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Football: Is it worth it?
As last week’s mental health week did brilliantly to raise awareness of depression, we take a look at how the illness affects footballers.
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Clarke Carlisle who attempted to take his own life December 2014 ©TheIndependent
Playing professional football, or other elite level sports, is to many the fantasy they dream about daily; be-it volleying that dandelion like you’re Tony Yeboah, or shouting: “I could do better than that!” from the stands as the star striker hits another wayward effort into Row Z.
But it’s that pressure, expectancy, and knowing that you are only ever one mistimed tackle away from ruin which can take such a devastating toll on players’ mental health.
The International Players’ Union FIFPro carried out surprising research that suggested 26% of professional footballers suffered from mental health problems compared to the 19.7% of the general public (1).
Clarke Carlisle, the former chairman of the PFA, explained that when players do eventually hang their boots up, this figure distressingly goes up to 40% (2).
Carlisle has made his battle with severe depression no secret to the media, often openly speaking about the multiple attempts he has made on his own life and encouraging all players from far and wide to open up about their problems.
Yet as many depression suffers know unfortunately too well, admitting they need help is quite a daunting prospect and only just the start of the process.
In late November 2011, the football world was rocked by the awful news of the untimely passing of the then Wales manager Gary Speed. Speed had racked up 677 career appearances, winning the old First Division with Leeds before becoming a household name at Everton, Newcastle, Bolton and Sheffield United.
So why did a player with such an illustrious career, and who was currently leading his country through a football revival feel that the only way to solve his problem was suicide? Unfortunately we may never know…
“He hid it from us and it stopped him asking for help,” explained Speed’s sister Lesley in a BBC documentary. “We were just so sad that we couldn’t help him through. That’s a huge regret that I didn’t get him to one side and say ‘is everything alright?”
Suicide, the biggest killer of men aged between 18 and 35, is tragically the only way that some feel is the way to end their suffering.
And now the FA, encouraged by the PFA, is finally starting to recognise the severity that mental health issues can have on their players. Every club is now required to have a mental health specialist to help deal with any issues and hard times first-teamers, or academy prospects, may be going through.
Robert Enke tragically took his own life in 2009 ©TheTelegraph
Ex Manchester City defender Paul Lake experienced the lows of football-related depression after multiple cruciate ligament injuries saw his career cut short. Now a support manager with the club, he explains the narrow-mindness of some of those involved within his academy days (3).
“When I played, there wasn’t really any mental health provision, and there was a real lack of understanding and awareness.
“Anyone suffering with depression or anxiety was ignored and was seen as weak. You were told: “Roll your sleeves up and get on with it. You’ve got a great opportunity, here… what’s your problem?” adds Lake.
For many, that’s the problem. The so called ‘great opportunity’ is arguably one of the most pressurised career paths young men can follow.
Similarly to clubs now following Arsene Wenger’s desire for players to have nutritionists to boost physical health, the clubs now realise how vital a healthy mind is as well as a healthy hamstring.
Exercise is one of the key ways that any GP or counsellor will advise in order to help against mental health disorders. So why is it that footballers, who spend the majority or their working hours outside with a ball at their feet, are suffering in such high numbers?
The despair of injury, the stress and anxiety of transfers and even a slight drop in form or results can spell disaster for the pros.
When one in four footballers are having problems off the pitch, all it can take is one bad performance or one abusive chant from supporters for a player to go from stable to miserable.
Depression, which carries an unwanted stigma in society, is something that Spurs and England left back Danny Rose was praised for opening up about.
“England has been my salvation and I can’t thank the manager and the medical staff enough. It was really hard, and being referred to a doctor and psychologist by the Spurs club doctor helped me massively to cope.” (4)
Similarly to the late Gary Speed, the immediate thought amongst the general public was something along the lines of ‘he plays for England, how could he be depressed?’
But the simple truth is, like any other disease or serious condition, Depression can affect anyone.
Rose’s openness about his battle is something that could help and encourage others suffering to open up and get the help they need. The hope is that young people who look up to these footballers may try follow in their brave footsteps and get the help they so desperately need.
1 in 15 will make an attempt on their own life. Be open with how you truly feel, visit your GP or if you are really struggling, call The Samaritans on 116 123.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/10739111/One-in-four-footballers-suffer-depression-study-reveals.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2787984/premier-league-clubs-train-employees-help-academy-players-mental-health-issues.html
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Imperial Concubine Yun’s Request
When he left, Xuan Tian Ming also brought Feng Yu Heng with him. Xuan Tian Hua saw this and did not ask. The three got in the imperial carriage that was waiting outside.
The guard that had come with the message also got on the carriage. When everyone was seated properly, he immediately said: “His Majesty came again. This time, it’s different from before. He brought a large amount of clothing, saying that he would be living there for an extended period of time. He would be living there until imperial concubine Yun returns to the imperial palace.”
“Nonsense!” Xuan Tian Ming’s anger surged forth, “If he doesn’t go back, what will they do about court? Will they not be holding court? Will it be sealed?”
The guard said: “His Majesty said to have your Highness the seventh prince and your Highness the ninth prince to take care of the court’s matters. The jade seal has been left in Heavenly Hall. Your Highnesses may use it as you please.”
This time, the two princes were very much of one mind in saying: “Not going!”
They then looked at each other and fell silent. Only when the imperial carriage arrived at the Chun Palace’s entrance did they find the gates closed shut. A pair of guards were standing outside looking very serious.
When the group got out of the carriage and entered the palace, a servant immediately went forward to receive them. The three were brought directly to the courtyard where Xuan Tian Hua lived. Upon entering the courtyard, they found the Emperor and Zhang Yuan sitting in the yard while discussing something. The Emperor spoke with a bright smile, while Zhang Yuan had his head turned, not wanting to look at him.
Xuan Tian Hua was the first to step forward. Without worrying about saluting, he directly asked in a loud voice: “Why has father Emperor come again?”
The Emperor was very unhappy: “What is it? Can this great one not come to your palace? Do not forget that this palace was given to you by this great one. It’s good enough that I don’t ask for money from you. What’s wrong with me coming to live here for a few days? What’s wrong?”
Xuan Tian Hua felt that this old man really was getting more and more unreasonable, but he could not fight him head-on. He could only try his best to advise him: “Imperial concubine mother is living here and has already troubled son a great deal. This Chun Palace ended up adding ten more layers of guards. If you say that you’re also coming, son might as well not even sleep and personally stand guard for you two.”
“Then just stand guard.” The Emperor talked big, “Thinking of when you were young, your imperial concubine mother took care of you night after night without sleeping. If you began coughing or began sweating, she would feel even worse than you. What is it, now that you’ve grown up, it can’t be that you’ll protect her?”
“Those are different matters.” Xuan Tian Hua continued to advise him: “You are the Emperor and attend to numerous affairs each day. How could you spend all day thinking about the inner palace’s matters? The duty handed down by the family’s ancestors of taking care of Da Shun Country requires you to personally handle it. If you say that you will come to live in the Chun Palace, how can you take care of the matters of the country?”
“If everything is left to this great one to do personally, what did We raise you two for?” The Emperor glared at them while saying: “I finally managed to develop you two into people, yet you don’t even know how to handle a report? We are giving you two an opportunity. Supervise the country, do you understand supervising the country? Only by having you two learn how to take care of the world can We feel at ease when We are no longer here.”
Xuan Tian Ming truly could not bear to continue listening. The more that was said the less proper it became, thus he quickly stepped forward and grabbed his arm without giving any room for explanation: “Move, I’ll send you back to the palace.”
“Hah!” The Emperor did not think that old ninth would go ahead and do this. He lost his balance and really was picked up. But this old Emperor could be considered as being unyielding. Upon reacting, he reached back and grabbed a tree to the side. There was not just one arm that grabbed it, as even a leg wrapped around the tree. He loudly shouted: “Let go! Let go of me! How dare you, if this great one says I won’t leave, I will not leave. Aside from the Chun Palace, I won’t go anywhere!”
Xuan Tian Ming let go and turned back around to look at him, asking in a heavy voice: “What exactly are you wanting to do?”
The Emperor spoke as if it was natural: “Stay here to accompany your imperial concubine mother. Whenever she goes back to the palace, We will also leave.”
Xuan Tian Ming angrily gritted his teeth: “When imperial concubine mother goes back depends on when Winter Moon Palace’s repairs are completed. Instead of going back to the palace to supervise the palace, you came here to cause more trouble? Where is there any place for you to live here?”
The Emperor pointed to Xuan Tian Hua’s bedchamber: “How is there not? I will live there!”
Xuan Tian Hua facepalmed: “There where will son live?”
“You two can live in Heavenly Hall!” As he spoke, he pointed to Feng Yu Heng, “This girl will also go. There are plenty of side rooms. Enough for you to stay in.”
“Father Emperor.” Xuan Tian Hua was very powerless, “If you do this, the court will fall into chaos. Although Da Shun is currently very stable, it’s unable to endure this sort of mess. If those old officials knew that you came to hide here for imperial concubine mother, they will all pen reports saying that imperial concubine mother is a threat to the country.”
“I’ll see who dares!” The Emperor’s gaze became fierce, “I will beat whoever dares to death.”
Zhang Yuan rolled his eyes, “The entire court dares to. Can you have them all beaten to death? Ancestor, can we not go back to the palace? When you go back, you can mess around however you wish. In any case, you will be in the palace. If people with ulterior motives find out that you are living here or some sort of mishap occurs, how should it be handled?” The more Zhang Yuan said, the angrier he became. No longer caring that the two princes were to the side, he simply began to scold the Emperor: “As this servant sees it, there’s lacking someone above to manage you. You’ve been spoiled! If the late empress dowager was still alive, I want to see if you would dare to act so rashly!”
The Emperor glared at Zhang Yuan: “Are you wanting to rebel? Do you know what your standing is? Who are you talking to?” After saying this, he said to Xuan Tian Ming: “Old ninth, come and hit him for me. This damn eunuch truly has no sense of standing or respect. He truly does not put this emperor in his eyes.”
Xuan Tian Ming let out a “tsk” then rolled his eyes, “Why should I hit him? What part of what he said was wrong? Isn’t it for your own good! You don’t respect yourself, so who do you want to act humble?”
The Emperor felt that there was nobody in this courtyard that was on his side. For a while, he felt very sorrowful. At this time, a servant ran over from the backyard. Arriving at the front, she bowed then said: “Imperial concubine Yun said that if your Majesty does not go back, she will move into the imperial daughter’s manor and will not remain here.”
The Emperor was startled then rushed to say: “Then We will also go.”
Feng Yu Heng begged: “Father Emperor, daughter-in-law still has not yet gotten married. If you come to your future daughter-in-law’s manor to live and word of it got out, it really would not be good!”
The Emperor replied very naturally: “Then don’t let anyone else find out!”
Xuan Tian Hua helplessly said: “There are no windproof walls in the world.”
The Emperor shook his head, “I don’t care. Either way, wherever she goes, I will follow. Or if any of you has the ability to convince her to go back to the palace, that would be the best.”
Once this was mentioned, Xuan Tian Ming really took it to heart, but it would not be too good if either he or Xuan Tian Hua went. They could only place this hope on Feng Yu Heng. The two looked toward Feng Yu Heng together until Feng Yu Heng pleaded for forgiveness: “Alright, I’ll go and see, but whether or not it will work, I cannot make any guarantees.”
After saying this, she followed behind the servant. While walking, she began to think. Would imperial concubine Yun be more receptive of coercion or coaxing? Precisely what angle should she use to advise her?
Just as she was thinking, the guiding servant spoke up, saying in a chatting tone: “Earlier, I heard imperial concubine say that today is the eldest young master of the Yao family’s wedding. Speaking of, today should be a day of celebration for imperial daughter.”
Feng Yu Heng thought about it. The Yao family, for some unknown reason, imperial concubine Yun always paid close attention to the Yao family. Perhaps this could open a path. Thus she began to think about it, while her expression relaxed. She said to the servant in a very good mood: “Many thanks!”
Very quickly, they arrived at imperial concubine Yun’s bedchamber. The servant pushed the door open for Feng Yu Heng to enter. She then stood outside with the other servants. When Feng Yu Heng entered the room, imperial concubine Yun was seated next to the table, drinking tea. This tea was accompanied by the chocolates that Feng Yu Heng had provided before. She even came up with the idea of melting the chocolates inside her tea. Upon seeing Feng Yu Heng arrive, she waved to her: “A-Heng, come over here. Drinking tea like this is very delicious. Try it.”
Feng Yu Heng thought of how there were still two bags of cocoa powder inside her space, thus she thought that she would bring those out for imperial concubine Yun at a later time. But she had not come to drink tea at this time. She changed her thoughts and said: “Today was Yao Shu’s wedding. That would be my grandfather’s eldest grandson. He married the young miss of the first wife from left prime minister Lu’s manor. During the celebration, some stuff happened, and A-Heng thought to come and tell imperial concubine mother about it for the sake of relieving your boredom.”
At first, imperial concubine Yun had a rather indifferent expression; however, her brow slightly furrowed upon hearing that something happened during the Yao family’s wedding. She immediately asked: “What exactly happened?” After thinking a bit, she began to think deeply: “Left prime minister? Wasn’t the former left prime minister your father? What, is there a new left prime minister?”
Feng Yu Heng nodded, “A-Heng also found out about it after returning to the capital. That young miss of the first wife is the second young miss of the left prime minister’s manor. She has already married into the Yao family today. It’s just…” She did not hide anything, telling imperial concubine Yun about everything that had happened during the day. She was not worried that imperial concubine Yun might expose it because although imperial concubine Yun had a good personality, it was only good to her own people. To other people, she was a bit of a recluse. The people that she could interact with were extremely few. Moreover, everyone in the court knew about today’s matters. With so many people that were participating in the banquet watching, even if they wanted to hide it, it could not remain hidden. Only Lu Yao being a virgin could be considered a secret; however, she trusted that imperial concubine Yun would know what was important.
Sure enough, this topic was a very good gap. After hearing this, imperial concubine Yun’s expression became dark, as she remained silent for a long while; however, she said: “Yao Xian’s grandson, how could he tolerate being bullied like this by someone else.”
Feng Yu Heng immediately followed it up by saying: “This is one thing. Secondly, the left prime minister’s manor raised such a pair of siblings, yet they had the nerve to send that sort of daughter into the Yao family. It seems that the Lu family’s thoughts are not much better than the previous Feng Jin Yuan’s. With this sort of person sitting in the left prime minister’s position, A-Heng is worried that the court will fall into chaos.”
Imperial concubine Yun snorted coldly, putting down the cup of tea in her hands: “I wonder if that old man still has any daring and is able to tidy things up or not.”
Feng Yu Heng continued: “Regardless of whether or not he can tidy them up, father Emperor needs to be in court himself to tidy them up, but he is currently preparing to stay in the Chun Palace and refuse to leave. Daughter-in-law is truly worried. If it continues like this, the court will begin to worry.”
Imperial concubine Yun was startled then managed to react: “You came to advise this One to go back?”
Feng Yu Heng gently sighed and nodded, “Yes, and I hope that imperial concubine mother will consider the bigger picture. We can’t do anything about father Emperor, and we can only ask imperial concubine mother to not… not lower yourself to his level.”
Imperial concubine Yun thought to herself for a while and did not reply immediately. She just made a request to Feng Yu Heng: “This One can go back if you want, but there is something that you must help me accomplish.”
Feng Yu Heng quickly said: “Imperial concubine mother, please speak. As long as A-Heng is capable, it will definitely be done.”
“Un.” Imperial concubine Yun nodded and paused before saying: “This One wants to see Yao Xian.”
You know what, I don’t even blame the emperor for acting like this. As smart as Yun shi is, I have to say the bish is spoilt, simple. Let’s not talk about sneaking out of the palace, thus giving the enemy a chance to make a fuss, constantly using the excuse that she raised XTM and XTH as grounds to act like a teenager really irks me. Yes you raised them, and they’ve done their best to make you proud, but to intrude on their personal space and cause them unnecessary drama, she really is something.
kryssalindehogmailcom says:
What relationship does Imperial Concubine Yun and Previous Yao Xian have?? I’m getting worried for some reason….
Do I have to worry?? Is IC Yun in love with old Yao Xian??
Hopefully she wouldn’t get suspicious of his little changes…
He saved her life and took care of her (I think this was before she met the Emperor). It is said that she admires his family’s rule of only having one wife and no concubines but based on her behaviour I think it’s clear she had or still has feelings for him but those feelings never fully developed. Or it could be they did but because she knew she didn’t have a chance, she chose to be friends with him instead. Either way, the current Yao Xian doesn’t even want anything to do with the Emperor let alone her, all he cares about is his precious granddaughter FYH.
Mrs.B says:
Ikr!! I’m actually bored of her drama and the emperor.
mrk says:
yea but its understandable why she’s so upset… the emporer hid his identity from her and then took her away to basically be locked up in the palace. She then learns that everybody from her village has died, and the emporer hid it from her. Also, yun shi is a free spirited mountain girl, but she’s been stuck in the palace for 20 years. I think she’s pretty reasonable.
She could have left after giving birth to XTM or better still could have stayed on the outside. There have been numerous emperors throughout history who had women outside the palace. If sis valued her freedom so much, simply telling the emperor she did not wish to live in the palace would have been enough. She too had selfish motives for going back with him.
White Lilly says:
Whatever the emperor goes through he deserves it. Although I really like him and want him to be happy with concubine Yun, he did trick her. Now imagine living free (almost like how we live now in the present) and you marry your beloved and after that you find out that you’re gonna have to share him and on rop of that you’ll be confined for the rest of your life. I’m sorry but I don’t wish to live in a cage if even if it is made of gold!!!!
No one told her to go back with him to the palace. Even if she was already pregnant with XTM she could have continued living outside the palace. She CHOSE to go back and now is regretting it so she has a part to play in all this. Yes the Emperor lied and deserves to grovel for the rest of his life but it doesn’t mean she should use it as an excuse to act like a spoilt twat.
4Tuna says:
Nah. She was sick and her whole village died from that disease. She was brought back by the emperor. No real choice I would argue…
If she wanted to live outside, sis only needed to say it and the emperor would allow it. She has a mouth, she knows how to use it to complain and talk about not wanting to see the emperor instead of using it to get herself a residence outside of the forbidden city 🙄
We she has a choice aye, but she choose to (prolly) have her child (if ever she got pregnant before she move in the palace) grow as a prince rather than a peasant and as an affair outside the palace. Who would want that as a mother?
You see though it was all HER. The decisions she made are biting her in the ass yet she has the audacity to act spoilt. That’s a grown woman not a child.
Ivy Latte says:
Yun and the emperor were already married before she knew his real identity. And the emperor had no choice but to bring her back to the Palace because of the plague in which only she survived. She had nowhere to run to even if she had the choice because again they’re already married and her clan was wiped out. Aside from that, Yun was tortured by the previous Empress without the emperor knowing that’s why she gradually became recluse.
I don’t like her but it’s really unfair to judge her so much. She lost her village, and was betrayed by her husband and she didn’t have anywhere to go anymore. But the palace rules are too restricting, when she’s used to being a free spirit, and I think her personality has just worsened as she grew up in there. Remember she was only what 16 when she entered.
There’s no point in just blaming one person arbitrarily, try to think from both sides.
Hoy 17 de febrero es mi cumpleaños y de todos los capítulos
leer uno del amado emperador fue el mejor regalo de todos!!! como amo a ese hombre XD
ventisca28 says:
Well, she probably didn’t know how it would be inside the palace and now she is probably acting out because she is probably feeling confined.
From what I have gotten from her background is that she comes from a small tribe and she was use to freedom, so it is probably very hard for her to be confined to the palace and all her actions restricted and her movements watched. It’s like being in a straight jacket.
But that doesn’t excuse her for causing problems for her son’s.
With respect, my fellow Daoists are all overly serious. I say let the Imperial Concubine have a little fun. It’s alright for a young man to have some headaches in regards to his parents. They’re both delightfully embarrassing and it’s far better than the alternative. Plus, the country is doing extremely well. I much like the vibrancy of it all.
To be honest…. I am laughing at your comment. Really, this is just a serial drama and just enjoy it 😀
(said the person who a few chapters ago wrote a hateful essay of a certain insane mother, haha)
Anyway thanks Springrain for always providing the translation for us, daily, and adding another drama to our lives XD
Nissa Yan says:
Everyone~ finally we will know what is the relationship between imperial concubine Yun and Yao Xian 👏👏👏
Yoshiro says:
Seriously one of the few stories where you have people trying to avoid being the king, and the king trying to abdicate as soon as he can..
Also, Damn Tsundere Yun.. when can they finally reconciled?
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Gale Makes 'In Context' Resources Free for Eclipse Education
Gale will offer free access to its Science in Context, Student Resources in Context and Research in Context resources through September 15 in an effort to support education around the solar eclipse.
Gale's In Context suite offers media-rich resources designed to integrate easily with curricula and offers videos, articles, charts, images, infographics and more with accessibility features such as text and voice translation in a dozen languages. The suite also allows users to search resources by Lexile score or complexity level.
For the free offer, the company "will spotlight online content on eclipses, including articles, images, audio, videos on how to safely view a total solar eclipse and links to NASA's eclipse live-stream," according to a news release. "The featured eclipse content also includes interactive activities and experiments for librarians and the community. Gale is also providing suggested activities and lesson plans to help teachers more easily integrate the library content into the classroom."
"Gale is committed to providing trusted and timely content that sparks excitement and exploration, while enhancing the learning experience," said Paul Gazzolo, senior vice president and general manager for Gale, in a prepared statement. "Learners of all ages can delve into a vast array of high-quality materials that connect them to this once-in-a-lifetime event."
For more information, or to access the free eclipse resources, visit gale.com.
Joshua Bolkan is contributing editor for Campus Technology, THE Journal and STEAM Universe. He can be reached at jbolkan@gmail.com.
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Archives from March 2016
Queen Elizabeth's Ghost
The thing about ghosts is that they are unpredictable. They turn up when you least expect them and then they scare the living daylights out of you. That’s how they work. You cannot set your watch by a ghost because ghosts do not keep to schedules or time tables… apart from the ghost of Queen Elizabeth 1st which is supposed to make an annual appearance every March 24th in the courtyard of Richmond Palace.
24 March 2016 | around_town
Turner's House Trust Gains Civic Pride Award
The London Borough of Richmond upon Thames has bestowed a Civic Pride Award of £5,000 to enable Turner’s House Trust to have its collection of prints, drawings, watercolours and oils professionally catalogued.
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More on the Man with a Handkerchief Over His Nose
Here is a little more about the soldier who drove the bulldozer at Bergen-Belsen concentration camp at the time of its liberation - April 15th 1945.
Corenatal Group Personal Training Courses
It’s ironic that a new mum takes on her most challenging physical role when she is potentially the most out of physical alignment. Lifting and carrying a baby can be a struggle if your ligaments are unstable and this in turn makes your spine vulnerable to injury. Even if you have a normal, low risk pregnancy, the right exercise plays a vital role in keeping you strong and healthy.
Residents Create New Park Northcote Avenue Recreation Ground
Residents are hoping to transform the Northcote Avenue Recreation Ground, known locally as the ‘Pit Park’, into a landscaped area and nature reserve. Although just within the borough of Hounslow, the park faces Richmond across the River Crane, the middle of which marks the borough boundary. For this reason it has always been used by residents of North St Margarets as well as their Hounslow neighbours, being for many their nearest open space.
The Man with a Handkerchief Over His Nose
Lt. Col. Leonard Berney, who as a 25-year-old british army major helped liberate the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, died on 8th March 2016 aged 95.
Easter activities at Orleans House Gallery
The Easter Holidays are fast approaching and we are looking forward to two weeks of fun children’s activities where we will be creating artworks inspired by landscape, architecture and springtime!
Event Reminder: Flooding Consultation Drop-in - 22 March 2016
Residents in Teddington, Hampton and Hampton Wick who could be affected by a new scheme that aims to reduce the risk of flooding, can share their views with the Environment Agency at an event next week.
Local Vacancies: St Stephens Primary
We currently have Teacher Training Opportunities and a Graduate Placement Programme at St Stephen’s Primary School. We also have a vacancy for a part-time Teaching and Learning Assistant.
Community Safety Survey 2016
Help set the priorities for the Richmond Community Safety Partnership for April 2016 to March 2017. The Strategic Intelligence Assessment report looks at our performance on a range of crimes over the previous year and helps set the priorities for the coming year
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Council Tax Frozen for 2016 — 4 March 2016 | news
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This Linguist Is Creating An Online Dictionary Of Yoruba Names
Kola Tubosun is back.
Last year, we wrote about how the linguist and Fulbright scholar is working with a group of enthusiasts to get Twitter translated into his native language of Yoruba, which also happens to be spoken by more than 30 million people around the world. That project is still ongoing. However, Kola already begun to try and tackle another related challenge. This time, he wants to create an online dictionary for Yoruba names. He’s created an Indiegogo campaign to crowdfund the idea.
“To the Yorubas, a name is not just a name”, he says on the campaign page. “Names have meanings. Names are powerful. Names are an embodiment of history, of a family, of a lineage. We are raising children who are ignorant of this power (or meaning) of their names. Soon, one child at a time, a Yoruba name will be lost. Soon, one name at a time, the significance of the naming tradition will disappear”.
Kola wants to prevent people of Yoruba descent from forgetting their names by creating a multimedia database of all Yoruba names. A lot of the content will be manually sourced from books, radio, television and directly entered into a wiki-style database. As the wiki idea suggests, the platform will also rely user generated content in order to ensure continuous entries and updates from Yoruba speakers and enthusiasts all over the world.
The resulting dictionary that Kola envisions will have search capability, display etymology, morphology and phonology, audio pronunciations and alternative spellings. Each entry can be further annotated with sources that add meaningful context, historical backstories and other relevant cultural information. This means the next time Brad Pitt has to announce the name of a Yoruba actor, he won’t have to turn it into a song. He can just send them to www.yorubaname.com (purchased by Kola but non-functional as at the time of this writing) and www.orukoyoruba.com. Both domains currently redirect to the Indiegogo campaign.
It’s a fairly involved undertaking that will involve software and hardware. A web platform, recording equipment, and manpower will cost money. Kola wants to raise $5,000 to cover all the costs, but he reckons that if the crowdfunding campaign raises up to $1,500 on Indiegogo, it will be enough to at least create the online platform that can kickstart (no pun) a crowdsourced repository of Yoruba names and definitions.
To learn more about Kola’s project and back it, go to the Indiegogo campaign page.
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Home Lifestyle Business Google opens Gmail to all
Google opens Gmail to all
Google’s mailing service Gmail which took off like a rocket which was available only on invitation, now stands open to all. Gmail provides each user nearly 2.8 GB of memory space which increases with every single second passed by a few Kb’s. If you ever considered yourself unlucky for not being able to open an account with Gmail, then I think you just got lucky. After completing sixteen successful months of regress and through testing of its Beta version, where opening an account was possible only through an invitation is now available in its full version of everyone to use it.
Google had reinvented the web based email service with its Gmail service by calling it “Conversational “mails. Each message is stored in terms of conversations in folders in a chronological order. With one click users can expand or compress all the messages which are the part of the conversations. It’s very easy compared to other emails. This innovation of messaging threading took Gmail to greater heights, beyond the expectation of all. It was major source of revenue generation for Google with its unique feature of displaying advertisements in the mails. This was made public on Wednesday. Anyone is welcome to open an account which was restricted earlier.
Google has lost the lawsuit filed by Independent International Investment Research, a UK based which registered for the name Gmail in between Google’s Web-based e-mail launch and the search firm’s own attempt to trademark the Gmail name. Tons of storage space which is in gigabytes is the most attractive feature of this mailing service. Gmail’s unique feature of increasing with a few kilobytes with every passing second is also an eye catcher. And also for the numerous lawsuits that Gmail is going through in Europe. Another lawsuit battle is going somewhere in Western Europe between Google and Daniel Giersch, a German born venture capitalist whose 6 year old trade mark “G-mail…und die Post geht richtig ab” (translation: Gmail…and the mail goes right off)â€.
Gmail has truly been a delight to use. With passage of time Google has integrated various applications with this email service. Gmail on Mobile was the latest to be added in this category. This Java enabled application runs on mobile phone and will synchronize Gmail on the phone with the web account of the user. Most attachments like PDF, photos and documents can be viewed on the phone itself. Nevertheless, Google has answered to everyone’s worries of it being not open to all by declaring it open to all.
Gmail has finally move beyond it Beta stage where the access to open an account was limited to only a few people. You can even sign up for this service now through your mobile phone in US. Google prefers the use of mobile phone for creating accounts so as to refrain people from creating multiple user accounts. Google is very keen on making it close to spam free in its full version unlike in beta where often Gmail has been criticized for having a low quality spam filter. The spam filter issue has been addressed in the new and full version of Gmail. Google intends to have only one user account per real person. This full service allows up to 10MB of data be transferred in a single message.
I’m sure a lot of people must have raised there eyebrows for the use of mobile phone number which can misused. Google has already released a statement that it will not be selling it to any other company. However, I consider this as there marketing strategy of getting more people to sign up for Google SMS alerts. Gmail has been the prime reason why Yahoo and Hotmail had to increase there storage space as well to match with its pace. Now that Gmail is open to all, let’s wait and watch how other web service reacts to this new threat from Google.
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This startup is bringing a human face to surgical masks
ClearMask created a transparent surgical mask to help deaf and hard of hearing individuals, and believes it can help many more patients. This week, cofounders won two checks from accelerators in one night.
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(Courtesy photo)
A few years ago, Allysa Dittmar was about to go into surgery, but her interpreter didn’t show up.
Dittmar, who is deaf, was able to lip-read and recognize facial expressions during some of the mandated check that’s required before a procedure, but those were obscured when surgeons, nurses and anaesthesiologists, put on their masks. Things grew more frustrating, and the staff eventually gave up trying.
“At that moment, I could no longer communicate,” Dittmar said Tuesday night at the Johns Hopkins Social Innovation Lab Impact and Innovation Forum.
The experience led to the idea for a company that ended up earning a $25,000 check that night. The ClearMask is a surgical mask that is transparent. It shows the full face, even the sides – which, as Dittmar points out, can still be beneficial for lip-reading.
It’s being developed by a five-member team of Johns Hopkins students and alums, along with an alum of Gallaudet University, to solve a problem for patients who are deaf and hard of hearing, but Dittmar said the ability to see a doctor or nurse’s face can also provide help to patients who are under stress – whether adults or children – or others for whom English is not their first language.
As CEO Aaron Hsu put it, the ability to see a person’s face “transcends all cultures.”
“You don’t need to be able to understand what a person is saying if you can see their facial expression,” he said.
ClearMask wins $25K at JHU Social Innovation Lab. (Image: Larry Canner/Homewood Photography)
As it grows, the startup has been taking advantage of resources in the area. Founded in the spring 2016 by a team that also includes Inez Lam, Elyse Heob and Deborah Nathanson, the company completed the iCorps program to determine its market fit. Along with being chosen for funding by nine other startups in a peer-reviewed model in Social Innovation Lab, the team also took part in a Village Capital accelerator at Gallaudet University over the last six months. On the same night that Dittmar was awarded the winning check at Hopkins, Hsu and Nathanson won $15,000 for his pitch in D.C. It’s also a current member of the Accelerate Baltimore cohort at ETC.
CEO Aaron Hsu (left) closed out ClearMask’s time in Village Capital/Gallaudet’s accelerator. (Courtesy photo)
Design elements have been important for the team. The mask has a coating so it doesn’t fog up, and the team set out to make it more comfortable than standard masks.
Going forward, the company is working on finalizing its prototype with Harbor Designs and Manufacturing in Pigtown.
“We want to make sure we can mass produce these masks,” Hsu said. “We want to make sure we can get this where it needs to be.”
FDA approval will also be required. To that end, the startup has also been accepted to TEDCO’s mdPACE program, which assists with that process. The program’s goal is to help the startup receive regulatory approval in 12-18 months.
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1776 DC and Ipsos are hosting a patient experience pitch competition
The prominent D.C.-based incubator said it is returning with a new location in the coming weeks, and this one day application-based pitch competition sponsored by Ipsos.
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It looks like 1776 is making a comeback in the District with a new office and pitch competition.
The prominent D.C.-based incubator and coworking space is partnering with Ipsos to host a patient experience pitch competition for startups working to improve the healthcare patient and provider experience. The competition is set to be hosted at 1776 DC’s new location to be announced in the coming weeks, a press release states.
We are excited to partner with @ipsosus to launch our Improving the Patient Experience Pitch Competition focused on technological advancements that improve communications between healthcare providers and patients. Learn more about the competition here: https://t.co/xcfWHBXjwN pic.twitter.com/DljTrhzy6H
— 1776 (@1776) June 27, 2019
Headquartered in Paris, Ipsos is a global market research company and consulting firm.
To refresh your memory, 1776 temporarily closed its original incubator space here in December 2018 after it couldn’t reach an agreement over lease renewal terms with the 1133 15th St. NW building owner, DivcoWest. The incubator is making good on its promise of returning to D.C. this year.
This new pitch competition will be a one day event and requires an application to participate. Of those who apply, 10 companies will be selected to pitch on October 17 at the premiere event.
“With all the technological advancements taking place right now, the lack of innovation in the patient experience journey is staggering,” Ron Braunfeld, president at 1776, said in a statement. “We look forward to leveraging our ecosystem of entrepreneurs and emerging growth companies to help bring forward innovative approaches to help fix the patient experience journey.”
Selected companies will get pitch review, coaching and a free hot desk membership at 1776 DC leading up to the competition, from September 3 thru October 18. At the event, each pitcher will have five minutes to present and one minute of Q&A from the judging panel.
The winning startup will be able to work directly with Ipsos’ healthcare partners to improve their healthcare tech, find new customers and even try some partnership opportunities.
Applications opened up today and will close on August 1. The 10 selected companies will be publicly announced on September 3.
Some application requirements include:
Must have an established team with one in-person member dedicated to pitch at the competition
Must be based in the U.S.
Monthly revenue must be less than $500, 000
Product pilot or initial test trials must be started
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The Final Rehearsal!
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Rehearsal at Redwall
Rehearsing again.
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Show the same open file in multiple panes
Daniel Azuma 9 years ago • updated by Jon Skinner 7 years ago • 3
It doesn't seem like there's a way to open the same file in multiple panes. Sometimes, in a two-pane layout, I'd like to have the same file showing in both panes, so I can view one part of the file while editing another part. Right now, it looks like an opened file can live in only one pane (i.e. group) at a time.
It is currently possible to open the same file in multiple WINDOWS. However, this has different behavior; e.g. two separate buffers are opened, so edits in one do not reflect in the other until the file is saved and re-synched in the other.
There are also other issues when you just scan (rather than open) the same file in multiple panes. I opened a separate bug for those.
Jon Skinner 9 years ago
There is now a Clone File command in build 2036
Brad Cantin 9 years ago
There is a way to do this.
open your file
then choose (on os X)
View => Layout => Horizontal Double Pane Layout
Then in the new pane, choose Command + P (the in app file finder) and type in the file name and you should see the same file in both panes.
It would be great if the can be added as a quick key command for this to happen
Daniel Azuma 9 years ago
Ah, you're right. Goto Anything in the second pane does work. Thanks! In fact, it looks like you can open the buffer an arbitrary number of times, by moving all the open buffers into the first pane, and opening again in the second. (0_0)
Likewise, it would be great if there were a quicker or more obvious way to do it, but this gets me most of the way there.
George Ulmer 7 years ago
This has been updated to:
File -> New View into File
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Item SR11483 - Oral history interview with April Lewis, by Tyler Brewington and Heaven Hartford [Sound Recording]
Gay and Lesbian Archives of the Pacific Northwest Oral Histories
Oral history interview with April Lewis, by Tyler Brewington and Heaven Hartford
Oral history interview with April Lewis, by Tyler Brewington and Heaven Hartford [Sound Recording]
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Lewis, April D.
April Lewis has spent the majority of her life in Portland, Oregon, and has paid close attention to the evolution of the city’s LGBT communities.
Session 1. In this interview, Lewis, shares some fascinating information about her family, her background in diversity training, her involvement with Portland’s lesbian softball league, and her experience of living through the AIDS crisis of the 1980s. Now over twenty-five years sober, April speaks candidly about her identity as a recovering person, twelve-step programs, addiction and abuse within LGBT communities, and the importance of addiction recovery communities.
Creative Commons - Attribution, Non-Commercial, ShareAlike (BY-NC-SA) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
Oral History Interview with April Lewis, by Tyler Brewington and Heaven Hartford, 2012 May 1, SR 11483, Oregon Historical Society Research Library.
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Webbplats på svenska
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The scholarships may not be disbursed to any person who received a salary or remuneration from KI during the two-year period immediately preceding the potential disbursement. This provision may be waived if the income received during the preceding two-year period relates to:
Income of less than 1,000 SEK per year
Compensation paid to research subjects
Compensation paid to student representatives on KI boards/committees
Compensation for work performed that was of an entirely different nature than education and research
KI has doctoral students who are wholly or partially financed through external scholarships (e.g., within the framework of international collaboration agreements). KI-created scholarships may only be disbursed in the form of supplementary scholarships for doctoral students. KI does not act as the disburser of external scholarships; rather, the doctoral student receives funding in the form of scholarships from his/her home country, home university, or the like. KI should ensure that the scholarships for the recipient's education are disbursed and that the scholarships are announced and awarded following a process of competition. The scholarship recipient shall adhere to applicable aspects of KI’s rules and regulations, e.g., the Code of Conduct.
All doctoral students at KI shall have a reasonable level of financing, regardless of the type of funding. External scholarships that fall short of the minimum income level may be supplemented with a KI-created “top-up” doctoral scholarship or position (see below). This requirement applies only to the time during which the person is staying in Sweden.
A doctoral student who commences his/her education with scholarship funding shall be employed when, according to his/her individual study plan, a period of study equivalent to three years of full-time doctoral education remains. Please note that this provision applies only to doctoral students admitted after July 1, 2018.
A doctoral student whose funding consists of a scholarship need not be employed in accordance with Chapter 5, § 4 of the Higher Education Ordinance, in the following cases:
• If the scholarship is provided within the framework of an aid and capacity-building program
Aid and capacity-building programs are considered to include programs from countries included in the list from DAC/OECD that applied at the time of the student's admission to his/her doctoral program, and those which constitute capacity-building cooperation, as defined by the Board of International Development Cooperation (Sida): “Capacity development is a process in which individuals, groups and organizations develops their ability to identify and manage the challenges they encounter during the development process.” or
• if the scholarship is provided within the framework of a European Union-funded program or equivalent.
Programs that are considered “equivalent” include:
• formalized doctoral education collaborations (based on a general cooperation agreement with KI) in which scholarships are a customary form of financing (often leading to a double or joint degree) and in which doctoral students from a non-Swedish home university participate.
KI has formalized doctoral education collaborations (based on a general cooperation agreement with KI) with National University of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, National Institutes of Health (NIH) in US, Makerere University in Uganda and Stellenbosch University in South Africa.
• financing from international scholarship organizations approved by the Board of Doctoral Education.
Approved international scholarship organizations are those with which KI has a formal collaborative agreements. These currently include the Chinese Scholarship Council and the Indonesian scholarship organization LPDP.
Income level and supplementary funding for doctoral students
When KI accepts doctoral students whose studies are funded through scholarships, the financing is considered to be secured if the level of scholarship is equivalent to the salary level for employees; see Chapter 7. § 36 of the Higher Education Ordinance.
Scholarship recipients shall complete their education and shall attend university in accordance with their individual study plan. In the instance that the recipient neglects to fulfill his/her obligations, KI may revoke KI-granted (but not disbursed) scholarship funds.
External scholarships or so-called “Sida allowances” that fall short of the minimum level of income may be supplemented with a KI-created “top-up” doctoral scholarship or position. If students divide their time between Sweden and another country, the minimum income level requirement applies only when they are in Sweden.
Decisions regarding supplementary scholarships are made by the heads of department and may not be delegated.
The minimum income levels (expressed in net amounts; valid from November 1, 2019) are as follows:
Minimum level for year 1: 26 800 – 5 521 = 21 279 SEK a month
Same level all 4 years: 22 475 SEK a month
The amounts are calculated on the basis of the doctoral salary ladder, less tax deductions as per the tax table for Solna municipality.
The amounts are disbursed on a monthly basis and are tax-exempt. The amounts may be halved for students studying half-time.
As a general rule, supplementary KI-established doctoral scholarships may be awarded to persons who are admitted to a doctoral program at KI. Supplementary KI-established doctoral scholarships may also be awarded to persons who are located at KI as part of their doctoral education, but who have been admitted to a doctoral program at a Swedish university other than KI.
In case of any changes in the income situation of the scholarship recipient, the supervisor and the chief administrator (or equivalent persons) shall be contacted. The same applies if the scholarship recipient intends to seek additional funding or receive a salary from an employer. Any changes shall be documented in the individual study plan.
Scholarships for carrying out postdoctoral research may be granted to persons living in other countries who come to Sweden with the intention of only staying in Sweden for all or part of their postdoctoral education at KI. Persons who are resident in Sweden and/or have carried out all or part of their academic education at KI or some other educational institution in Sweden cannot be considered for scholarships from KI.
Scholarships for the pursuit of postdoctoral studies be awarded for a maximum period of two years, within a period of four years, after the disputation or equivalent. As a rule, the postdoctoral studies are carried out on a full-time basis. Both internal and external scholarships shall be announced and awarded following a process of competition. Scholarship recipients shall complete their education and shall attend university in accordance with their syllabus or study plan. The scholarship recipient shall adhere to applicable aspects of KI’s rules and regulations, e.g., the Code of Conduct.
Scholarships intended for other purposes are tax-exempt, provided that they do not constitute compensation for work performed (or that will be performed) for the disburser, and are not disbursed periodically.
The tax-exempt status of scholarships granted to postdoctoral researchers may be assessed according to the rules for scholarships for other purposes. Extra vigilance shall be exercised when establishing scholarships for postdoctoral studies, because it may be difficult to distinguish postdoctoral studies from work performed. The Swedish Tax Agency’s assessment of scholarships is always carried out after the fact, and if that authority believes that the scholarship is a salary for work performed, both the scholarship recipient and KI will be required to pay taxes.
Because postdoctoral scholarships may not be disbursed periodically, advance disbursements are made on a semi-annual basis.
Ex: Anna commences her postdoctoral studies on July 1, 2018. She receives compensation according to the doctoral student scale * 6 months, disbursed on July 25, 2018 and on January 25, 2019.
To be eligible for a post-doctoral scholarship, the person shall hold a doctoral degree or foreign qualification deemed to be equivalent to a PhD. This assessment is made by head of department and shall be outlined in the scholarship decision. When a postdoctoral scholarship is awarded, the recipient is registered as a postdoctoral fellow in the new authorization and identity management system, IDAC.
Postdoctoral scholarships disbursed by may be comprehensive, or they may supplement other external income. It is recommended that the postdoctoral income level be equivalent to the highest level of income after tax in the local collective agreements for doctoral students.
A higher amount may be disbursed in exceptional cases. The reason for the larger disbursement shall be documented in the scholarship decision. The scholarship decision is valid for 12 months at a time. In exceptional cases, shorter periods may apply. Decisions on scholarships are made by the heads of department and may not be delegated.
In the instance that the recipient neglects to fulfill his/her obligations, KI may revoke granted (but not disbursed) scholarship funds.
Insurance cover and conditions
Scholarship recipients who stay in Sweden for more than 1 year, regardless of citizenship, must register themselves with the Swedish Population register and apply for a Swedish social security number (personnummer) at the Swedish Tax Agency. Once you are assigned a Swedish social security number, you are covered by Swedish health care benefits. With access to fully subsidized healthcare, and you are entitled any medical treatment at the same rates as Swedish residents.
The compensation amount that you receive based on that you are living in Sweden such as housing allowance, state dental support, parental allowance at the lowest and basic level, child allowance, etc. is being tried by the Swedish Social Insurance Agency. You are entitled to these benefits if you are insured in Sweden, you live here and do not work in another country. To determine if you are eligible for benefits, the Swedish Social Insurance Agency take into consideration among other things, how you live, from which country you receive your income, how long is your stay in Sweden and how often you visit other countries. It also matters where your family members live. You cannot be insured at the same time in Sweden and a country within the EU / EEA or in Switzerland.
Doctoral students with a scholarship are not considered to be resident in Sweden and thus not entitled to residence-based benefits. Doctoral students are entitled to health and parental leave insurances by The Swedish Legal, Financial, and Administrative Services Agency (Kammarkollegiet).
Before a social security number is assigned to the scholarship recipient, and if the scholarship recipient is staying for less than 1-year, other types of insurance are available, depending from which country the scholarship recipient comes.
- Scholarship recipients from EU / EEA or Switzerland must have a valid European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) to be covered by subsidized emergency and other types of necessary health care in Sweden.
- Scholarship recipients from outside of EU / EEA or Switzerland are covered by a national insurance policy for foreign nationals (FUB). FUB is valid for a maximum of 364 days and is only valid for injuries related to their work.
- For other scholarship recipients such as degree workers and trainees, the insurance “Individual Student (IN)” applies. This insurance includes liability insurance and applies in case of accident and work injury. The insurance is valid 24 hours a day and reimburses costs for emergency medical and dental care.
Scholarship holders at undergraduate and graduate level
Scholarship holders at undergraduate and graduate level that are admitted to higher education at KI or another Swedish educational institution are covered by a personal injury insurance for students (collective insurance), also called "Student In", by The Swedish Legal, Financial, and Administrative Services Agency (Kammarkollegiet). It covers personal injury only during study time and during direct travel to and from campus.
Scholarship holders for doctoral education
Scholarship holders for doctoral education admitted at KI are covered by an injury insurance; ”Särskilt personskadeskydd”, SPS, by The Swedish Legal, Financial, and Administrative Services Agency (Kammarkollegiet). The insurance applies when the doctoral student is submitted to the Swedish population register and has received a social security number. Before the submission, the EHIC and FUB-insurances are applicable.
The insurance SPS applies during the time the scholarship holder participates in activities / assignments, when the scholarship holder is on the way to or from work place, if travel directly, without stopping along the way. Compensation is paid if the scholarship holder suffers from the following:
- Pain and suffering if the scholarship holder suffers from acute problems in connection to injury.
- Disability and damage compensation if the scholarship holder suffers from scars or permanent problems, for example, loses a tooth.
- Necessary costs for medical care and medicines that falls within in high-cost protection (högkostnadsskydd) of medicine that is not covered by other insurance.
- Loss of income if the scholarship holder is on sick leave due to. injury.
In addition to the above mentioned personal injury insurance, there is also a coverage by a health and parental leave insurance. This insurance is administered by The Swedish Legal, Financial, and Administrative Services Agency (Kammarkollegiet). This insurance is an annual, compulsory group insurance for all the doctoral students regardless of time of residency spent in Sweden.
The insurance pays compensation when the doctoral student's scholarships are stopped due to absence from the studies for:
- Medical reasons
- Parental leave
- Temporary parental leave
KI pays supplementary scholarships during the absence, The Swedish Legal, Financial, and Administrative Services Agency’s (Kammarkollegiet) covers the period which is extended due to the absence. External scholarships are included in compensation eligible income.
Post-doctoral scholarships
Post-doctoral students who have been resident in Sweden for shorter period of time and not received a social security number are covered by the insurances EHIC and FUB.
Post-doctoral students who have been resident in Sweden for longer than 1 year and obtained a Swedish social security number are covered by the injury insurance,”Särskilt personskadeskydd” SPS, by The Swedish Legal, Financial, and Administrative Services Agency (Kammarkollegiet). The insurance applies during the time the scholarship holder participates in activities / assignments, when the scholarship holder is on the way to or from the business, if travel directly, without stopping along the way.
Compensation is paid if the scholarship holder suffers from the same injuries as abovementioned.
KI has work environment responsibility for everyone who works permanently in KI's premises. For KI to maintain a work environment responsibility, it is important that all scholarship holders who are not registered in Ladok are registered in IDAC.
Scholarship holders are expected to comply with KI's regulations for employees when applicable (such as code of conduct).
General information about external scholarships
External scholarships disbursed by a principal other than KI. KI should ensure that the scholarships for the recipient's education are disbursed and that the scholarships are announced and awarded following a process of competition.
KI shall ensure that the scholarship recipient completes his/her education and attends university in accordance with his/her individual study plan. The scholarship recipient shall adhere to applicable aspects of KI’s rules and regulations, e.g., the Code of Conduct.
KI shall ensure that the scholarships are equivalent to the salary level for staff in a corresponding position. This requirement applies only to the time during which the person is staying in Sweden. If the scholarships are not sufficient to meet KI’s income level, supplementary funding shall be offered in the form of a KI-created scholarship or additional employment.
Scholarship recipients shall notify the relevant authorities in the event of any changes to their income situation.
Scholarship recipients and supervisors are asked to direct any questions they have about scholarships to their departmental human resources director.
Scholarship recipients who have questions about their education are to contact their supervisors or their departmental director of studies and/or doctoral education administrator.
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Make a Japanese Omelet in Your Waffle Iron With This 'Mad Genius' Tip
Believe it or not, your trusty waffle iron can be used to cook egg dishes, including okonomiyaki, a cross between an omelet and a pancake.
By Caitlin Petreycik
Chances are you have a waffle iron, whether you got it as a gift, or bought it with grand visions of elaborate Sunday brunches. But unless you're in the habit of keeping waffle batter on-hand at all times (in which case, respect), it's probably not the kitchen gadget you reach for most often (or even top ten). The good news? There are a lot of other ways to use it! Believe it or not, a waffle iron is the perfect cooking vessel for okonomiyaki, a Japanese mash-up of an omelet and a pancake.
In this week's installment of Mad Genius Tips, Food & Wine's culinary director Justin Chapple shows us a brilliant shortcut for making the dish. The first step? Heat up your Belgian waffle iron (it has to be Belgian-style) and place two strips of bacon inside. "This is going to do two things," Chapple explains. "Not only is this going to cook the bacon, it's also going to help grease the waffle iron so that we're not having to use any non-stick coating."
While the bacon cooks (it'll take about five minutes), it's time to prep that pancake batter. Chapple whisks two large eggs and adds some chicken stock. "This is kind of classic in okonomiyaki, where you make a custard using eggs and a broth," he says. Kosher salt, melted butter, and all-purpose flour are added to the mix, and the whole thing is stirred until it's "barely smooth."
Now it's time to shred some veggies (cabbage, carrots, and scallions) and scatter them on the hot waffle iron. "You can see that the carrots and scallions, their color actually gets much brighter and that's how you know they're kind of crisp-tender," Chapple points out, just before he pours some pancake batter over the mix.
Cook the whole thing until the eggs set around the edge (about 30 seconds) before (gently!) closing the waffle iron and letting it sit for another 30 seconds to a minute. When it's suitably puffed up, lift it with a fish spatula, plate it, add some toppings (more scallions, Sriracha, Kewpie mayo, bonito flakes, bacon), and marvel at your waffle iron's hidden talent.
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Languedoc Travel Guide: This Southern French Region Is a Must-Visit Wine and Seafood Destination
Cathar castles, organic wines, and gorgeous seafood make this southern French region a must-visit.
By Tarajia Morrell
Soufiane Zaidi
There’s something at once exotic and approachable about Languedoc, the northern swath of the sister territories known as Languedoc-Roussillon, France’s largest wine-producing region. Its wines, culled from over 100 grape varieties that grow in Languedoc-Roussillon, are as varied as the jigsaw of its microclimates and terrains, which stretch along the Mediterranean between Provence and the Spanish border.
The Languedoc is beautiful, and despite its proximity to the eternally popular Mediterranean, there’s a remarkable (and welcome) lack of tourists. In fact, as you walk oak-lined roads to petite villages cobbled around a single central square, you get a constant sense of peeping through a keyhole into a panorama that’s so charming and undisturbed—and, well, French—that it’s hard to believe the place isn’t overrun. Take Puimisson, the tiny town between Montpellier and Béziers where I couldn’t find a cash machine but did encounter a group of septuagenarians playing their daily game of late-afternoon pétanque. There I stopped in on natural winemaker Jeff Coutelou of Mas Coutelou and sampled his Classe cuvée, a vivid, juicy, fruit-forward blend of Syrah, Grenache, and either Cinsaut or Mourvèdre that epitomizes Coutelou’s no-added-sulfites philosophy.
Languedoc is France’s largest organic wine-growing region; the warm, dry climate discourages the growth of molds, mildew, and fungi, which makes synthetic pesticides, herbicides, or fungicides less necessary. A shining light of this movement is Gérard Bertrand, who, since 2002, has gradually converted his domains to biodynamic practices. Bertrand happily admits that already being one of the region’s largest organic producers has made his adoption of the labor-intensive methods easier, but many much smaller estates, such as the lovely, biodynamically farmed Domaine de la Réserve d’O, share the same disinclination toward using man-made chemicals in their vineyards.
History literally runs deep here: The ancient Via Domitia—the first Roman road in Gaul, which connected Italy to Spain—can be seen in the city of Narbonne. Hilltops boast ruined castles that were Cathar strongholds in the 13th century. Along with Provence, it’s the oldest wine region in France—vineyards have been here since the fifth century B.C. So book a flight to Paris (or Barcelona), a train ticket to Montpellier (or Perpignan), then jump in a rental car and start to explore.
What to Taste
“The winemaker’s role is to read the music of the terroir,” says Gérard Bertrand, a vocal leader in biodynamic practices. His crown jewel, Clos d’Ora, a Syrah-based red blend, shows the heights that Languedoc wines can achieve.
“There are only good years at Clos Marie,” says Christophe Peyrus, a second-generation winemaker in Pic Saint-Loup. His dark-berried blends, like Simon, deftly balance fruit, acidity, tannin, and structure. (Route de Cazeneuve, 34270 Lauret)
Daumas Gassac founder Aimé Guibert was one of the first to prove that this region could produce great wine. The scenic estate boasts a shop and tasting room that’s open year-round, no appointment needed.
Château La Baronne
This 90-hectare, family-owned domain on Alaric Mountain fulfills every French winemaking fantasy, including a picturesque château in which the founders live. You can also find some of the region’s most alluring wines here.
Manade Tournebelle
You can ride gray Camargue horses—the ancient breed native to the region—along the Canal de la Robine, past marshes with seabirds and elds with black bulls. (tournebelle.com)
L’abbaye De Saint-Hilaire
Another must-visit is this small Benedictine abbey, built in the Middle Ages, that has a rich history: In 1531, what is believed to be the first sparkling wine (Blanquette de Limoux) was created there.
Tucked away off a narrow street in the hill town of Montréal, about 20 minutes from Carcassonne, lies the bohemian treasure that is Camellas-Lloret (from $170/night). Here, you’ll want to photograph everything you see. Have breakfast with expat owners Annie and Colin Moore, then drive off for a day of exploration. If you prefer a more traditional hotel and crave a swimming pool, Château l’Hospitalet (from $150/ night) outside Narbonne offers comfortable, minimalist accommodations and the Michelin-recognized L’Art de Vivre restaurant.
La Cambuse Du Saunier
Nothing highlights Languedoc’s seaside locale like a meal of local shell fish at a table overlooking the pink salt elds of Gruissan. Try the seafood platter with fresh mussels, oysters, sea snails, and shrimp, or try the salt-baked whole fish. (Route de l’Ayrolle, 11430 Gruissan)
Chez Bebelle
Les Halles de Narbonne offers the quintessential French market experience. Have lunch in the market at Chez Bebelle, where orders are directed by megaphone and the meat is thrown over from the butcher’s stall across the way. Tartares are best sellers here, as is the seared steak haché.
Château De Flaugergues
Start or end your trip at Folia restaurant, inside this 17th-century oasis within the city limits of Montpellier. Don’t miss touring the property, too: The Colbert family shares its exquisite gardens, Flemish tapestry collection, and, of course, its 10 different cuvées.
Comte Roger
Though it may be the most traditionally touristic part of your trip, don’t skip a wander through the medieval walled city of Carcassonne. When you’re tired of walking, order a meal of cassoulet (which was invented in Languedoc) at Comte Roger as your reward for braving the crowds.
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My second taste of this roaming cavalcade of music throughout Nottingham still excites…
Date: 30 May, 2010
Venues: Various (see below)
What separates this shebang from the rest of the beer-sponsored, corporate behemoths is its format – a 5-venue, 8-roomed walking party, hosting countless bands and artists spanning an enormous array of genres in a boozy but friendly bank holiday atmosphere.
Ellie Goulding and Zane Lowe play top billing to pull in the punters, but it’s not about the big-hitters, or the zeitgeist-friendly chart-humpers. No, Dot-to-Dot is all about the underdogs; the yet-to-be-discovered pearls; the excellent bands tucked away in Stealth’s poky downstairs bar, and those bands with funny names like Ocean Bottom Nightmare.
That particular odd-monikered band are tasked with getting the party started at the ridiculous time of 1.30 in the afternoon.
A few hardy earlybirds have assembled to see what all the racket is. And what a racket. In fact, their hardcore punk seems out of place mid-afternoon, and their perplexing time-signatures, crashing cymbals and gut-wrenching yelps threaten to dislodge the mortar from the walls of Rock City’s basement. It’s the most ferocious of starts, and by the time they finish their set at 2 o’clock, the festival is in motion, and Nottingham’s music venues and surrounding streets are awash with trendy students, decorated fashionistas and colourful scenesters.
The beauty of the festival is its nomadic nature and eclectic mix of music. If you don’t like what’s going off in one room, you can wander off and find a more suitable alternative in another.
For example, in the main Rock City room you can enjoy some synth-led euphoric sounds courtesy of Morning Parade, or, back downstairs again, there’s some classic 90s-aping indie from Stoke’s New Education; the former brimming with melodrama, the latter mixing Oasis’s laddish DNA with their own to sound like The Courteeners covering The Twang.
Neither of those your cup of tea? Fear not, because The Crookes will make you unable to control your derriere from shimmying and shaking with some vintage 50s beat-pop, some exquisite surf guitar and an audacious quivering vocal as you’re whisked off to a bygone era. Dot-to-Dot just loves dealing with diversity.
Moving on, Nijmegen’s De Staat (that’s in the Netherlands, geography fans) rattle the bones of the packed Stealth with their pulsating blues-rock, while down the road Small Black make the Uni’s upstairs bar sound like the Hycienda with their trippy vibes and atmospheric grooves before the doom sets in down in the main Uni room with Chapel Club.
They’re a morbid lot alright. They’re like White Lies attending the funeral of their pet Labrador, and as cheery as a wet weekend in Skegness. But, with a sackful of dark, brooding tunes and a murderous vocal from Lewis Bowman that’s deeper than a BP salvaging mission, it’s epic and compelling stuff.
Also quite brilliant are boy-girl twosome Blood Red Shoes, who have drawn the biggest crowd of the day so far at Rock City. Their set fizzes with sex and kinetic energy as they storm through half an hour of top class post-punk. They don’t know this yet but they are, without doubt, the best band of the day.
Although New Yorkers Fun walk away with the award for the most camp band of the day. The contrast from upstairs to downstairs again is huge, as their enchanting part cabaret, part Scissor Sisters tribute act swirls into momentum. They are, as their name suggests, fun – unadulterated, shameless and playful fun.
Wild Beasts, on the other hand, are not fun. There are no jazz hands or over zealous hand-clapping here thank you very much. This is serious, and if you don’t like it, you can leave. Which, sadly, many do.
Perhaps it’s their haunting, atmospheric dream-pop that confuses so much. Or their alienating post-rock. Or singer Hayden Thorpe’s lascivious high-pitched howl. Or their austere mood swings. Who knows? But whatever it is, it’s an acquired taste too rich for many, and those confused teenagers patiently awaiting Ellie Goulding’s appearance look they’ve been zapped of all life by Wild Beasts’ alarming oddness.
But Ellie soon gets hands waving and bums jiggling again. It’s incredible how far this girl has come off the back of one hit single. Her every word is met with the kind of furore usually reserved for returning World Cup-winning captains.
But this polite, unassuming Hereford-born girl next door ticks many boxes. She sings, she plays guitar, she hits a big drum, she’s attractive and she’s got chart appeal. Girls imagine her as their best friend while boys…well, boys imagine her in far more different scenarios one would assume, right lads?
Her ‘folktronica’ is engaging and entertaining, but of course, it’s the shimmering pop gem of Starry Eyed which gets the biggest response, and when it’s over, there’s a sense that many people’s zenith has been reached, and the highlight of their day has now passed.
But this rolling cavalcade of music doesn’t stop at 9.30pm just because some lass has sung a song off of the radio. Hell no, there are plenty of other bands capable of creating a highlight.
Mystery Jets bash out their odd-pop at Rock City; Los Campesinos! manage to overcome mic problems and concoct a charming display of twee-pop through a cloud of purple and pink balloons; Daisy Dares You somewhat incongruously plays to an intrigued lot at the Uni; The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster make one hell of a din with their psychobilly shenanigans back at The Basement, and then, when the soles of your feet are begging you to just bloody well stop, a whole stack of DJs – including Zane Lowe – are on hand to fuel the diehard’s party into the early hours.
That’s the amazing thing about Dot-to-Dot. So diverse is its spectrum, so expansive its reach, there are highlights everywhere. And finding them is as easy as joining dots to dots.
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Wrapping Your Mind around Wicker Furniture Everybody knows what wicker is, right? It’s that woven stuff that’s painted white. It may even be that stuff used in some chair seats. Or is that cane? Or rush, or reed? It turns out, Worthologist Fred Taylor explains, the word wicker in furniture terms actually refers to a process rather than a product. Follow along as Fred weaves the story of the evolution of wicker furniture, from ancient Egypt to the late Victorian period of the 1880s and 1890s to today. Read”Wrapping Your Mind around Wicker Furniture”
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Practical Nursing in Waterville
This exhibit was created by staff at Kennebec Vally Community College, one of Maine Memory Network’s 210+ Contributing Partners.
Thousands of nurses were trained at the Maine School of Practical Nursing in Waterville from the 1950s through the 1980s. Read the story.
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Online exhibit grants (up to $1250) are provided to help organizations and local teams share historical stories online. Topics might reflect any aspect of your town’s past, and range from the history of local businesses and industries to the community’s experience during a national event (e.g. the Civil War).
Encourage your favorite local organization to apply! Grants are accompanied by extensive training and support designed to help communities complete their projects and develop a broad range of skills. Detailed information.
MHS Online Catalog and Maine Memory Network recently updated!
If you are looking for a historical object from our collection, or want to browse through Maine artifacts, you can visit our online catalog PastPerfect. We recently added nearly 500 records and over 1,200 images to the catalog, which now contains almost 32,000 searchable records and 23,500 images for museum objects, photographs, manuscript letters, architectural drawings, and newspapers.
Newly added highlights: CMP collection objects, additional images from the Portland Press Herald glass plate negative collection, panoramic photographs, and additional Fogg collection autograph letters, including examples from artist Paul Akers and naturalist Louis Agassiz.
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Thursday, August 4
Author Talk with David Remington at Remick Barn. We are very pleased to offer an evening with David Remington, who will speak on his recently published book, Ashbel P. Fitch, Champion of Old New York. This biography of his great-grandfather provides a rare glimpse into the gilded age of New York City’s political world. Free for Members of Old York. $5 for nonmembers. Remick Barn, 7 p.m. Email rbowen@oldyork.org for more information.
Indian Encampment. Well-known re-enactor, Ken Hamilton, presents a 17th-18th-century Indian Encampment during the day in front of the Remick Barn and Jefferds Tavern. This is a not-to-be-missed event with exciting activities for all age groups. Donations are appreciated. Email rbowen@oldyork.org for more information.
“History Challenge!” Game Show. Test your knowledge of our past. Put together a team of two to four people and register to participate in this fun and challenging “Jeopardy”-style history game who. Answer questions correctly to gain points. The team with the most points at the end of the game wins cash! $5 per person to play, $1 suggested donation to be in the audience. Call 207-363-4974 or email rbowen@oldyork.org to register your team. Meet at 7 p.m. in the Visitor Center at Remick Barn, 3 Lindsay Road, York.
Through Saturday August 13
Emerson House — 2011 Decorator Show House. Our fundraiser continues with tours on Mon-Wed-Fri-Sat from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., Thursdays from 10 a.m. – 7 p.m., and Sunday afternoons from 1-4 p.m. The house is closed to visitors on Tuesdays. Tickets are $20 at the door. We also have just a few tickets remaining for our final luncheon and designer discussion on August 10 at The York Harbor Reading Room. Tickets are $55 and include lunch, lecture and a full show house tour. To purchase tickets, please call (207) 363-4974. Visit our website for updates on the show house and other special events.
Lost York: The History that Nature Has Reclaimed. Join Old York staff for a guided tour of the Highland Farm area off Rte. 91. Email rbowen@oldyork.org for details and reservations.
2011 Elizabeth Perkins Fellows Symposium & Exhibit Opening. The Revitalization of Jefferds Tavern and Grand Opening of the Exhibit — Rebecca Bush, Tess Kahn, Lisa Hartung, and Emily Shafer; Report on Library and Archives Project — Jessica Frankenfield, Remick Barn, 3 Lindsay Road, York Village, Maine, 5:00 ~ 6:00 p.m. Reception immediately following. Email development@oldyork.org for more information.
Fun for kids and families
Hearth Cooking Demonstration. Join our Tavern Mistress and the Junior Docent ladies from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. as they prepare colonial fare, creating a full meal using 18th -century receipts and techniques over the open fire. Watch and help as they prepare everything from fish and chicken to bread, pies and pudding using traditional methods such as Dutch ovens, iron kettles, and the bake oven. Stop in around 3:00 p.m. every Friday in July and August in the Visitor Center at Remick Barn to taste what’s been created. Hearth cooking demonstrations are free with a ticket to at least one of the Museums buildings. Email education@oldyork.org for more information.
Through Thursday, August 25
Morning Adventures Summer Camp Programs. Our summer camp programs for children build on the core curriculum of our school programs and provide children with learning experiences in a fun and supportive environment. Download a brochure and sign-up form for Morning Adventures Summer Camp Programs for Children. Reservations are required for all programs. Programs run 9 a.m.- 12 p.m. and cost $23 ($20 members) unless otherwise indicated. For more information email education@oldyork.org or phone (207) 363-4974.
Salt & Pines is now available at your local bookstores. I have made a few concessions to changes of the cover and some images, but the stories are all there. It is now available through your local bookstore and on Amazon.com. Alternatively, you can order it direct by clicking the buy now button above, or following this link: https://historypress.net/indexsecure.php?prodid=9781609493684. You can paste the link into your browsers search window if it does not work by simply clicking it.
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Chud Fights in the Coliseum
A Night of Profanity, Screaming and Language Politics
Sports by Christopher Curtis — Published April 12, 2011 | Comments
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Photo courtesy of fight launch
At some point in my adult life, it will no longer be appropriate to conceal a bottle of gin between my pants and pelvis in order to get drunk at a prizefight. That thought, or some variation of it, crossed my mind as I awkwardly waddled past the usher at Montreal’s Bell Centre.
Like so many other fight fans, I’ve been suckered into watching backwoods Mixed Martial Arts with the promise of adrenaline charged thrills and momentary fits of insanity. But even a sucker knows to bring provisions. The gin was a failsafe, an insurance policy in the event that every fight was pure garbage. It was a way of drowning the potentially terrible card into a night of screaming and profanity.
Before walking to my seat, my friend pointed towards a mullet wearing man and yelled “Holy shit. You’re Miguel Torres.” Torres looks like a mulleted version of former child star Ralph Macchio. His limbs are comically skinny, he can’t quite grow facial hair and he has the skin of an eight-year-old boy.
To the everyman, he kind of just looks like the guy from My Cousin Vinnie. But among MMA fans, Torres has a cult-like following. He turned pro as a teenager and knocked his first opponent out in less than 10 seconds. For the bulk of his 20’s, he tore people apart fighting on regional shows for no money. Now he splits his time between his native East Chicago and Montreal where he’s training to make a run at the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s bantam-weight title.
Torres raised a plastic cup of whiskey and smiled at us. “Sweet Jesus,” I thought. “If Torres is shooting straight whiskey, we don’t stand a chance. The circus is in town, no fights tonight boys. Only staggering drunks, wildly swinging punches at each other’s faces.”
“What’s up? These guys are trying to get me drunk,” said Torres. “You fighting for the title soon?” I asked. “One more win and I get a title shot.” We shook his hand, basked in his mullet glory and walked to our seats.
The arena was almost empty. There were maybe 1,200 fans scattered across the lower bowl. The smell of thick, sweaty marijuana smoke filled our section of the Bell Centre. Cuing into the invitation to break rules, I poured myself some gin and watched the fight.
A pink-haired lightweight from Victoriaville had taken his opponent down and was throwing sporadic hammer fists. “Ground and pound!” a man behind me yelled. “Ground and pound!”
The man went off about why Quebecers are innately tough and built for hand-to-hand combat. I turned around to catch a peek at him. He was wearing a Harley Davidson t-shirt that said Ground and Pound in bold type.
By the time the next bout came around I recognized one of the fighters, Mike Ricci. About a year ago Ricci was invited to a 16-man lightweight tournament run by Bellator, one of the world’s largest promotions.
In the tournament’s opening bracket, he was knocked unconscious with a thundering left hook to the jaw.
The knockout sidelined him for months with a brain injury. After a year of recovery, Ricci finally came back to the regional show.
Ricci set the tone early, landing a few leg kicks and jabs. He then took his opponent down and began to work an arm lock, cunningly using the submission attempt to pass his opponent’s guard and advance to the mount position. From there, Ricci cut the man’s forehead open with a barrage of elbows, stopping the fight less than three minutes in.
Just as the bout ended, a few drunks go into it across from our section. Security jumped in and dragged the men away from each other. “Dirty animals,” someone yelled.
The night began taking an almost barbaric tone. Spirited cheers devolved into fits of screaming and heckling. Another scrum broke out in the section above us, sending a can of Coors Light rolling down the steps.
At some point in the evening, I made the unforgivable mistake of cheering against a Quebec-born fighter loudly, in English. This, I would soon find out, did not play well with some of my fellow audience members.
“Shut the fuck up,” yelled a Mohawk-sporting teenager. “We’re in Quebec, speak French.”
I couldn’t hear the kid very well, but he and my girlfriend began to argue for a few minutes. Eventually, his friends got involved and started grunting at us, challenging us to a fight.
“I’ll fucking kill you,” yelled another teen with frosted tips and a loud tribal t-shirt.
“You’re going to kill me?” I asked.
“I’m going to kill your idiot friend.”
“Don’t do that, he hates when people kill him.”
“You wanna step outside?”
“You’ll have to call your mom and ask her for permission to fight. I won’t fight you without parental consent.”
“Vive le Québec Libre.”
In the card’s main event, former UFC fighter Patrick Coté was met with roaring applause from the arena. Coté hadn’t won a fight in nearly three years. He fought for a UFC title in 2008 but tore the ligaments in his knee while throwing a kick at the middleweight champion. The injury crippled him for over a year and he never fully recovered.
He looked old, slightly overweight and lumbered around the ring awkwardly.
His opponent, Kalib Starnes, had also fallen on hard times since leaving the UFC. Once a promising middleweight, Starnes was released from the promotion after refusing to engage with an opponent during a televised fight. He would spend the next few years bouncing around the regional circuit, collecting small paycheques, never stringing more than a pair of wins together.
Coté was dominated early in the fight as Starnes nearly choked him out on several occasions. By the end of the first round, Starnes began to tire and Coté mounted on offence. His punches were laboured and rarely connected but he threw enough of them to land the occasional glancing blow. Soon, Coté also tired and the fighters went after each other slowly, almost cautiously.
After Starnes badly missed a takedown attempt Coté landed on top of his opponent and won the fight on points.
The few hundred remaining fans gave the former contender his due.
“I almost forgot what it feels like to win,” he yelled to the crowd.
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Freewriting, Honesty and Respect: a chat with blogger/memoirist middleagebutch
Posted on January 25, 2016 by Maia
photo by Oliver Hammond on Flickr
Writing can be lonely work. I’ve often wished to be part of an ongoing writers’ community that could offer support, critique, the occasional kick in the pants. I’ve tried a few times to get a group going, but haven’t succeeded in making one stick long term. (Recently, I’ve begun exchanging critique with a new group of writerly women, so that may change.) Rae Theodore is a writer I’ve gotten to know online through her blog, The Flannel Files, on which she discusses butchness, writing, cats, teenagers, spirit animals and more. She’s mentioned her writing group several times as being a major impetus behind her memoir, Leaving Normal: Adventures in Gender, which was published last year by Weasel Press. So I decided to pick her brain a little bit about her writing group and how it’s impacted her work.
Can you tell us about how you got started with your writing group and what the group’s process is like?
I was seeing a therapist who gave me an assignment: Find an activity that has nothing to do with your wife or kids. Something just for you. I had planned on signing up for a mosaic class but missed the deadline.
“I’m failing therapy,” I told my wife.
“I don’t think you can fail therapy,” she said.
“I’m pretty sure I’m failing therapy,” I said.
I had remembered reading that our local independent bookstore hosted a writers group on Tuesdays. My plan was to show up that Tuesday, report back to my therapist that I had participated in an activity and get an A in therapy, at least for that week. I wrote something that first day and shared it in a shaky voice. And then a funny thing happened. I kept coming back week after week.
We are a prompt-based group. Typically, we start with a five-minute free write to get warmed up. Then we write to two or three timed prompts. A prompt can be a word like “wind” or something more specific like “write about a favorite piece of clothing.” People volunteer to read what they just wrote. Reading is optional. We usually save time to work on works-in-progress. We come back together at the end of our two-hour session for announcements. This is a time to share information about conferences, submission calls, contests, workshops, etc.
You’ve written about how positive feedback fueled you to continue. How do you handle less enthusiastic critique? How do you know what critique to take to heart and what to throw away? What do you look for in a critique?
Our writers group is not a critique group. I run a separate critique group once a month. With that being said, just having someone react in a positive way to a piece of writing is motivating. I think most writers are insecure, so praise really helps.
I remember the first piece I ever submitted for critique. After submitting, I hid under the covers for a week waiting for people to tell me that I was weird or a freak. Instead, they told me how much they loved my writing. That was a pivotal moment for me. It gave me the fuel to write another chapter. And that second chapter? People didn’t like it as much. It was a good lesson in humility.
For “less enthusiastic critique,” as you put it, I try to remember that critique is aimed at making the final product better. I take whatever feedback I’m given and move on. I try not to dwell on negativity. I try not to take things personally, although that can be difficult because I primarily write memoir. I rely on my writerly instinct—think of it as a writer’s super power—when it comes to deciding which feedback to accept and which to dismiss. I think it’s critical to have at least one critique partner who “gets” your writing. I had one writer read all of my chapters outside of the critique group. She understood me, my writing style, the vision for my book. I trusted her and when she said to re-write something, I did.
I think the most important thing to remember about critique is that it needs to be honest. Everyone telling you that your work is great doesn’t help you improve. There are ways to be kind and honest.
How did you use your writers’ group while working on a long form piece? Any specific examples of how the group dynamic or critique helped you develop a chapter, solve a problem, etc.?
Making a commitment to go to group every week helped me keep at it, if that makes sense. It became part of my writing routine. I think of writing like a muscle. The more we write, the stronger that muscle gets. Some days, I feel like the Hulk (Lou Ferrigno version). Plus, there’s a benefit to surrounding yourself with people who love the same things you do.
Sometimes I was able to use a prompt and write about something that ended up in the book. For example, I wrote the skeleton for the title chapter to a prompt. Writing to prompts has changed me as a writer. For one thing, it’s amazing how much writing you can accomplish in 10 minutes. And when you write without censor, amazing things can happen. Some of my best writing comes from that raw, uninhibited place.
When I’m struggling with a story and can’t get something right, I’ll often write out the problem like a prompt and try to write my way through it. This has worked for me.
What have been the biggest challenges in sustaining a supportive group?
One of our biggest challenges has been cross-talk. By that, I mean people commenting on the content of what someone else has written and then shared. For one thing, it takes up group time. Plus, we’ve had instances in which people have shared very personal stories. Stories about sexual abuse, domestic abuse, eating disorders, suicide, gender. We limit comments and ask that they focus on the writing itself and not the subject matter.
And dealing with so many different personalities is always a challenge.
Top three rules for a happy, healthy writing group?
One. Have rules. Stick to them. Run your group in a professional manner.
Two. Keep it positive. Banish negative talk, quiet those inner critics. We try to stop people from saying things like “this isn’t very good, but I’ll read anyway.” Ask people to write down “read-back” lines, which are lines they liked from other people’s work. That’s one way to focus on the positive.
Three. Respect each other. We have so many different kinds of writers in our group. Published and unpublished. Beginners and journeymen. Teens and seniors. At the end of the day, writing is writing. We’re all there because we love books and words and story. Memoir writers aren’t more important than romance writers. Science fiction writers aren’t better than poets. Celebrate the one thing everyone has—a unique voice.
It’s an exciting time for our group. We’ve been meeting for more than three years now and have outgrown our space in the corner of our little bookstore. We had 22 writers at our last meeting, which was a record for us. The writer who heads up the group has a dream of a Writers Room—a space that would be available to writers 24/7 to gather, interact, workshop, brainstorm and, of course, write. She is actively looking at properties. Fingers crossed. Our group is also participating in various writing-related projects this year such as a Story Jam and contributing to an anthology.
Thank you, Rae!
How about you? Anyone have writers’/critique group advice?
Lytton Strachey and Virginia Woolf of the Bloomsbury Group, June 1923 Photo — Wikipedia
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[pullquote]I just always prefer to take transit because it’s faster, more convenient and costs less money than parking.[/pullquote]Anton stated that she would seek support from the federal government since the streetcar would connect Granville Island and Canada Place.
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Follath, R.
Weber, R.
Rudolf, P.
Wirtz, L.
Rubio, A.
The full three dimensional dispersion of the pi-bands, Fermi velocities and effective masses are measured with angle resolved photoemission spectroscopy and compared to first-principles calculations. The band structure by density-functional theory strongly underestimates the slope of the bands and the trigonal warping effect. Including electron-electron calculation on the level of the GW approximation, however, yields remarkable agreement in the vicinity of the Fermi level. This demonstrates the breakdown of the independent electron picture in semi-metallic graphite and points towards a pronounced role of electron correlation for the interpretation of transport experiments and double-resonant Raman scattering for a wide range of carbon based materials.
arXiv e-prints
arXiv:0704.2682
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Condensed Matter - Materials Science;
Condensed Matter - Strongly Correlated Electrons
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Wilson chess star captures DC crown
Courtesy of Adam Friedman
Noah Gross
Just three years ago, senior Adam Friedman found himself scrolling through chess.com, looking to kill some time. Now, he is the best high school player in Washington, DC.
Friedman had been playing chess for 10 years before he stumbled across this fantastic website. “At the press of the button you can play people all over the world at any time you want,” explained Friedman. “I got frustrated losing and really wanted to get better.”
Chess is a game where knowing strategy is vital. “People devote their entire lives to studying chess. There’s a million resources out there so you could spend as long as you could possibly want studying,” Friedman said. In order to be a successful player, “you have to see the pieces moving in your head as many moves ahead as you can.”
Despite his late start, a simple commitment to studying has catapulted him into elite territory. “Most people at my level have played for seven or eight years and have private coaches, but I don’t need that because I like to spend hours every single day just studying.”
The United States Chess Federation (USCF) currently ranks Friedman as the top high-school student in Washington, DC as well as placing him in the 97th percentile for juniors across the U.S. The USCF generates a ranking based on who you have beaten and how many matches you have played. “At the high school level, I easily have the highest rating with an 1870,” explained Friedman.
Friedman still boasts his notorious reputation. “No private school kid can beat me. It’s pretty funny; they don’t really like me because whenever I show up to the tournaments I always beat them.”
Friedman has traveled up and down the East Coast competing in prestigious tournaments. These tournaments usually take place in large halls with hundreds of chess boards. Attending a chess match can be seen as both a competitive and social event. “You meet a person, shake their hand and often play an hour and a half long game. Whoever wins goes on to the next round and the tournament organizers pair you up with someone else who has also won.”
The winner of each match receives a point and if the match ends in a tie, both players earn half a point. Whoever has the most points at the end wins and often is presented with a cash prize. “My best win was first place in this tournament called the Continental Class where I won $1,400 and I’ve also placed fourth out of 250 people at the World Open twice,” Friedman said.
Additionally, Freidman is part of Wilson’s Chess Club. The club meets in Mr. Evans’ room every Tuesday at STEP. At the moment, the club is rather small, but Friedman strongly encourages new people to join. “Chess is really more than a game and can take you as far as you want it to. It is really fun if you like thinking and are really competitive.”
Noah Gross, Sports Editor
To quote Lil' Wayne, "real [Noah] g's moves in silence like lasagna." A caring and hospitable young adult, Noah is a self-proclaimed Wii Tennis maestro....
Georgetown Men’s soccer captures first ever National Championship
Crew Captain finds value in grueling practices
Wilson grads triumph in collegiate basketball
Lack of trainers impedes DCPS concussion policy
Athlete of the Month: Claire Wigglesworth
Crew Team Rows into Winter
Swim season off to turbulent start amid coaching, practice changes
2019 Basketball Season Previews
Wilson finalizes field renovation, installs new scoreboard
Three athletes commit on National Signing Day
Nats capture first ever World Series title
Nkongolo remains soccer coach after tumultuous season
Reflecting on the Nats’ long road to finishing the fight
Club sport athletes left vulnerable to injuries without on-site trainers
Athlete of the Month: Rashard Biggs
2019 Fall Sports Recaps
Senior days honor graduating athletes
Volleyball team loses state title following successful season
Freshman scores U-20 national team tryout
Wilson crushes Eastern 26-6
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Author: thunderdoomsociety
-2-0-1-9- simply the best of…
What a hell of a year and so many great gigs and festivals I nailed. Met most of the important people on the Baltic Sea, in Europe, in the United States of America and in England. To name a few top gigs… Electric Wizard NDF Tilburg, Incantation NDF Tilburg, Naglfar NDF Tilburg, Grave Miasma NDF Tilburg, sunno))) San Fransisco, Iron Maiden Oakland, Iggy Pop Dalhalla, King Diamond Copenhagen,Band of Horses Stockholm, Slægt Roadburn, Venom Rejmyre, Blasphemy London, Nuclear Assault SDF, Witch Stockholm, Molasses Roadburn, Vulcano London, Candlemass Stockholm, Sólstafir Stockholm, Adorior London, & At The Gates Roadburn. I most likely have forgotten a great number but these are the spots I get thinking of right here, right now.
So to get into the music. A great year for great music and it´s been so hard to choose just a few that will end up on the list. So many great ep´s, demos and live albums too, that are disqualified. This is a list for Full Length ONLY New Recorded Songs… So, I am writing this enjoying a great pint of Julmust.
Vastum “Orificial Purge”
Oakland and the Bay Area is responsible for a lot in my life. So much great music I can not even start to namedrop as it would be stupid in the end. In 2016 I had the opportunity to see Vastum play at California Death Fest in Oakland (now fest re-located to L.A.). I only knew slightly about them as they had members from Necrot, with whom I was more familiar with. Surely when in Oakland, go check it up. So I discovered an energetic Death Metal band living on their own planet follow their rules and regulations and live they did act like an L.A.-hardcore band in 1981, yes, IT was that intense, believe me. Kicking off their fourth full-length album with a short, horror movie-ish intro and then sparkle brutally into “Dispossessed in Rapture (first Wound)” with a small guitar bridge then into the wall of intense sound that persionifies this band so good. The title track provokes the heavy and depressive sounding side of the band, multifaceted main songwriter and bandleader Leila Abdul-Rauf overestimates her self here with darkened riffs under sad melodies. “Reverie in Autophagia” be my all-time favorite song by this band, I assume. It creeps, with a bulldozer behind it, sneaks behind the corner and crawls under your skin to rip your soul apart. This IS Vastum 2019, and I can not wait for them to return to Stockholm (if they do, because there were like 50 people last time… a modern disaster).
2. Seer “Vol. 6”
Canadian dark doom from Vancouver. Yes. This is an utterly exceptional one, finally. They´ve been on to it many times but never nailed it as this. You can hear it already at the start of the record with “Oath of Exile” that something is coming your way during the majestic intro turning into a Bathory-ish acoustic guitar. With an intro like that smacked off by a dynamic bonk with brutal guitars and aggressive drums with a wider soundscape on top with the vocals start with “Brother… heed their torment…the prophet’s absolution”, you know that you are home. The vocals from Bronson Lee Norton is an eclectic misery of sounds. Over the groovy doomy pounding tunes of generic Canadian Metal as we want it. Just fvkktastic y´all… BUY!!! I cannot for my life believe that it was not discovered and more hyped by the stonerdoom-prompts. Just figure this might be too heavy and too metal for them. It really does not get that easy poppy “roadburnnickadick”, mean you can not just nick your head to this band live… NO!
YOU MUST HEADBANG!
3. sunno))) “Life Metal”
We know the drill with sunno)))´s drone by now. Still, they snare your throat in the first chord… always and there is always a time when they do it more than usual. Like here. opening up with the dreamy and fantastic heavy “Between Sleipnir´s Breaths” featuring the fantastic cello, haldorophone & voice of Hildur Gudnadóttir. Stephen O´Malley and Greg Andersson really stunned me this time. “Troubled Air” is less and a bit held back, the very suitable continuation of the record. Also getting to the horns and voicescape in the mid of the song leaving a large haze of melancholy upon the very melancholic sculpture these lads are building here. The c-side is a 19 minute long “Aurora”, pending from cautious caressing of the strings and landing in the uphill, a stormy, cold Autumnal British night in the greyest and rainiest October. “Novae” ending this record in a 25-minute long epic tale with the darkest parts somewhere after 12 minutes reminds me of being up on a hill in a Tuscan thunderstorm with a long march in front of you before you see any shelter and you surely enjoy every single step you are taking despite you are hungry, tired and cold… a true masterpiece.
4. Ares Kingdom “By the Light of Their Destruction”
Since the glory days of Order From Chaos Mike Miler & Chuck Keller had a place in my heart. They did not let me down with Ares Kingdom, either. “Starry beast climbs the sky, serpent swims in night’s black sea, shining dimly across it’s length, alphard, the heart, the Solitary one… the Hydra Void” Alex Blume’s vouce starts off this record like the rest of the band hyper sharp on turbulent speed. This trio from Kansas have many musical skeletons in the closet and they are not afraid to blast them all upon us, song by song. “Dark Waters Eridanus” starts up with a bridge built upon create drumming upon a pounding riff and by the end of it comes the YEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAHHHRRRGHH… blergh! “Allergy” is a dimension of wrapped heaviness with voice & sound effects and remains the great surprise of this record. “Talis Chimera Est” concludes the record with some war march-ish drum intro exploding into hydra speed of blackened death bloody metal. Some true brutal moments before the 37 minutes are all by. Splendid, as usual..
5. Denial of God “The Hallow Mass”
These long going Danes have been sailing their hardships with their noses high in the underground over all the years. Blackened Death Metal from the 1st Class, expect nothing less whatever you are listening too. This record is under that cover, too. You need to run, nearer to the speaker. Original members since 1991, Azter on Guitar, and his master´s voice Ustu Mallagam trolls their melodies over the old school and the struggles are long and tough. accompanied by Galheim on drums, they aim beyond this world in a horrific satanic realm with samples from horror films spicing up the life of this record and it feels so generic. The breath taker “Undead Hunger” & “The Hour of the Worm” are the most fighting songs on this, their only third, full-length album. Leaving it only to the great masterpiece and probably the best song of 2019 overall…
6. Swervedriver “Future Ruins”
Everybody who knows me knows my attraction for depressive, psychedelic shoegaze and the Britons. So, no one is happier than I that Swervedriver do exist in 2019 and make music like if it still was the early nineties and their guitars were loudly generated all over Europe, for pop fans, for rock fans, for metalheads, for the people who know what a great moody guitar is all about. Adam Franklin declares that he had nothing to dream so he dreamt of you… says it all. “Merry Winter” is the super fantastic grey afternoon in March, it is still some ice on the streets and the sky looks like November and everything is boring, still, you find it cozy and you do like it. Going from easy chewing gum pop in the start it fades towards the dark horizons and the slowly imperfect horror of a hung overish Sunday in the finalizing “Radio-Silent” going from a dissonant plink to a silent noise of abstract gazing melodies into a sea of feedback. “Drone Lover” be my fave pick on this one and I hope we hear more from them soon. This is so far from over, believe me.
7. Dark Throne “Old Star”
I have no clue how many times Fenriz and Nocturno Culto changed the styles and concepts for Dark Thorne, but numerous. I do not like everything they did, but when they do something I do like. I normally like it a lot. “Old Star” is an album with odd song titles, that certainly makes them more interesting, like “I Muffle Your Inner Choir”. This is an album Celtic frost could´ve done in a Celtic Frost-way in the ’80s but did not do so. They were pretty much around here but not really exactly here. So the inspiration is clear. These dudes heard a few “Ugh´s” inside of them composing it. Already the second song, “The Hardships of the Scots” stung me for this. Heaviness and simple Black Metallic-riffs from the lost ancient times. Yes. The boring and depressive strain after 4:19 that follows the rest of the song is so fantastic. It raises this song to the skies. The rock mid-tempo “Alp Man” is an interesting one, well the whole shit is kinda equally great.
8. Candlemass “Door to Doom”
“Epicus Doomicus Metallicus” is by far the most played Swedish Metal-record in my home/walkman since I first got it in 1987. Therefore my expectations might be too high on this one when vocalist Johan Längqvist returned to the band some 33 years ever after. It is not an easy thing coming back after 33 years to please fans and to sound as they think you should do. It is not him who is the problem here, though. No, the songs sound more like the “King of Grey Islands”-era than maybe the songs we wanted to hear. I do not know, maybe this record was written with Mats Levén or Rob Lowe in mind, I do not know when Leif wrote them. It is still the fact that it is these songs I am listening to now. “Under the Ocean” is a typical Rob-song in my ears. A song written for Johan would be a bit drier in the arrangement to suit Johan’s voice better. It is really a great Candlemass-record, maybe in the same class as “King of Grey Islands” or “Death, Magic, Doom”, but it does never hit the higher limits of Candlemass, like the first or fourth album. I had my hopes for a little, little more. Well, there is always the next time. The weakest song in my ears is the single “Astrolus: the Great Octopus”, where Tony Iommi do a guitar solo. So, you´ll see, we´re still speaking high horses here. “The Omega Circle” is a fantastic song, that they should play live.
9. Aoratos “Gods Without Name”
Some times it is the co-incidents. A great friend of mine, Jordany, an American from the Netherlands, happened to visit Stockholm for a few days of work, a gig with Slash and I snatched her up for digging records, visiting Akkurat (the important things in life) etc
Whilst we stand to dig in the news section at Sound Pollution-store, she tore up a record from the stand and goes like… “I really like the artwork of this one (which you can see in the video below)”. I thought I liked it too, had a look over at the record, asked Linus, the store-manager, what he thought about it and he was like “-It just got in I do have no clue but it should be Black Metal”. So, I bought it. I mean, you can not leave a record with a song named “Holy Mother of Terror” standing there and hang out with Linus, no-no. Back home, it was a pleasant meeting. This seems to be a band from the land of splendid bloody hoppy beer, Colorado, and splendid they are. Clobbering Black Metal at high speed with no oddities. Some synthesizer breaks here and there, then burst onto the eternal fire again as well as some intro-songs, just what you can expect and damn it is good for it´s sake. Naas Alcameth is the only member with some guest musicians on the record.
10. Green Lung “Woodland Rites”
If I did not have had enough with British bands after Uncle Acid & the deadbeats, do somewhere between 70´s doom, 80´s dom and late 70´s early 80´s NWOBHM here is another one. Apparently they´ve been going on for a few years but when this popped out they were news for me. Such an intense riffity and punding vocals, getting me to the likes of Diamond Head and Danava just to make a short reflection. The flirt with the 80s goes Thin lizzy but not the flirt with the 70´s, not that goes more Iron Bridge or Ice Cross as far as I can hear. Also some old Heavy Load and Uriah Heep to be traced behind some Blue Öyster Cult. I bet they sold well of this record and will reach higher on the festival bills and player larger venues on their tours. God stuff.
11. Esoteric “A Pyrrhic Existence”
This band makes me mad sometimes. A late release of 2019 and a real frantic one. I bet most people already wrote their 2019-lists when this finally was out. I always do wait till after New Years, myself just because of these late ones. Eight years after their previous record and I nearly gave up to believe there was another one coming. And this is an epic majestic piece clocking in over one hour and a half. Only British bands can have this supreme boredom into their sound and still be so joyful to listen to. This is macabre darkness from the first second and slow as hell doom. The opener “Descent” starts so slow, so no, Sabazius is not calling but maybe Ahab is… The beauty comes after ten minutes leaving us daydreaming taking it all in. The aggression comes towards the end and we can finally hear drumbeats over 33BPM. No scapegoat at sight when we sway into the second part after the first half-hour and first song. “Rotting in Dereliction” is like a grasp from something unidentified down under you when you walk in the middle of the darkest forest a silent and horrifying night in August when the first annual true darkness took command over the atmosphere and flickered out your whole imagination and left everything so black. In “Consuming Lies” I can feel that we are back in the doom that Yorkshire had ca 1990, it´s a heritage this orchestra carried nicely over to Birmingham and the fine quarters of extremely heavy British Metal. Dragging us down in the sewers of the soundscapes of “Culmination” and spread inside our bodies like a turbulent disease and you wake up and it is the conclusion of “Sick and Tired” filling our bodies with a slow grow before it is thank you, goodnight, see you in eight years again…
12. Wolfbrigade “The Enemy: Reality”
In 2016 I went to the absolute first Netherlands Deathfest to see Autopsy, Razor & Blasphemy amongst many, many others. I decided to fly down already for the first night and pay a full weekend pass because Wolfbrigade was playing, and I did never regret that. One helluva band from Sweden that does not play in their own home often enough. Well, now we saw them at least three times since 2014. They are a rocket filled with doped fuel and their d-beat core just crushes everything that tries to walk straight up. Like a bloody hammer of energetic punk rock & intensity. Even when they go slower, like in “Human Beast” the intensity is so high so every alarm is ringing. Top tune for me deffo is “Hammer to the Skull”, a very Motörheadish innovation. “Doomsday Dominion” might be there most authentic track and kicks the bazooka out of a soldier’s hands.
13. Crypt Sermon “The Ruins of Fading Light”
Powerful, epic, melodic doom with aggression… Yes, we already had Candlemass on this list but also these deserved their spot in here. For us ever into Trouble, Witchskull, Sorcerer and aswell the Floridan as of the New Zeeland Confessor, we do know what the hell this all about. Doom by the book. Some very clean melodies upon very heavy melodies, dramatic Yngwie Malmsteen-solos, and superb, clean vocals. “Our Reverend´s Grave” be the third song and is for the lovers of great guitar solos. “The Snake Handler” is an another must headbang too. Nine epic minutes including all the elements from this kind of genre´s qualities. “Beneath The Torchfire Glare”, another track that is a great reminder of how good this stuff can be. Almost childish and cheerful melodies but still without losing it´s heaviness. So many bands do not fix that, because of 1. they do not know how the heck they do 2. they are overproduced 3. they are most likely not for real they just slightly heard a cool sound from aband and do think they actually sound like that… Nevermind, the title track leaves us after almost a full hour with the most epic moments of this record. Nice one.
14. Possessed “Revelations of Oblivion”
Coming back from the dead, it ain´t easy. Jeff Becerra, original singer and bass player of Possessed were shot down by two masked gunmen in an armed robbery after stopping to buy some Cigarettes in 1989. He´s been paralyzed ever after. It´s now 32 years since we heard any proper Possessed. Possessed originally vanished in 1987. Were slightly born again in 1990 by guitarist Mike Torraro and Bob Yost (+ others) and recorded a couple of demos. I was at the time in contact with the now late Bob Yost. I asked him about Jeff´s health but did not get a proper answer more than he´s ok but riding a wheelchair. Maybe he did not know or where not supposed to talk about it, I do not know. Anyhow, in 2007, Jeff were back with a re-incarnated version of Possessed starting to tour. Jeff, now dropping the bass, sits on stage in a wheelchair and sings. I do believe, at the time in 2007, he had Sadistic intent as a back-up band. From there he moved with various session members, but when he was starting (as far as I am considered) with this project in 2014, he settled to have more permanent line-up. Now he got so and a new songwriting partner in Daniel Gonzales. So, once again, how do you please your fans with anew record after so long? Impossible. The record starts with the intro “Chant of Oblivion” and the title says it all. “No More Room In Hell” shreds on and so far so good. We are back. This is in all honor Possessed. “Dominion” feels on the other way more like a bad copy. It does not come through all the way. “Damned” plays on old drum tricks used on the first album and it looks a bit like they want to do it a bit too much. “Abandoned” is really there. The technical Possessed circa “Beyond the Gates” that we loved so much. “Omen” is also one of the songs that we waited for claiming “The Eyes of Horror”-era and could´ve been ever after. The problem with this record is the three D-songs that maybe could´ve been held back. Without them, this could definitely be the album of the year.
15. Saint Vitus “S/T”
Another old & great band that seen both better and worse days. With a catalog like theirs, it is hard to release a new best-ever album every year. It must be hard to even keep up with something that fans can dig loose too after their previous one. So this is not a failure, in fact, this is a great album that did beat many others this year. This is just Saint Vitus and their punky, doomy, rock n or metal. Original singer Scott Reagers back on the microphone after Scott “Wino” Weinrich got busted for Amphetamine in Norway 2014. I saw them numerous times over the years with Reagers and to me, as never saw them with his before, it was fantastic. This is yet another record and it probably seeks the roots of the band a bit.
16. Fvneral Fvkk “Carnal Confessions”
As you can hear on the band named this is some funeralish doom, again. Yes, I had too much fun this year, so I end up listening to boring and depressive music… I know nothing about this band besides their E.P. a few years ago and that they are German. It is too epic-sounding to be named Funeral doom according to my own special book of rules. Still, it is brilliant. You would love to sit in front of your fireplace for the rest of your life listening to this. “Chapel of Abuse” is the song of domination for the entire album with the strength of melody that whispers that you can not leave, you must stay until the needle leaves the arm… mean the vinyl.
17. Inter Arma “Sulphur English”
Also, a band that bounds barriers and breaks ices. “A waxen sea” starts this record with a very old school Black Metal-context. Simple with fast drums and the grunting vocals, yes the grunting vocals, finally. I like this a lot. “Citadel” directly takes this record in a different formula, without losing the grip of Black Metal it tells we are traveling somewhere else. “Howling lands” starts off like a typical film soundtrack. “Stillness” is rubbing Sólstafir in taking something from nothing to pure heaviness. The jazz attacks in the longest song of the album “The Atavist´s Meridian” and get me to think of Mick Harris project Scorn with metal sounds. This is very far from the start of the record and I can understand that they confuse many people with this brutal mix of independent and generic musical styles. Somewhere this song climbs back to where the record started and we are into the simple black metal with grunting vocals again, but with the jazziest drums heard outside if New Orleans since 1953, man… After a few minutes, this song tempers down and slides into an acoustic ocean of progressive rock, not far from what I´ve heard my old band do, sometimes. This song in itself beats the competition of this kind of brutal, eclectic record for this year in my ears. Because it is more complex and gets a bit more out of everything. The title song concludes this matter and is a massive mix of what we heard with horror scaled guitars flickering before the end try to evaluate your listening a bit. A difficult, but in my ears, strong record. So difficult and different it will never be for the common people. I will surely remember it.
NOTE: I did mix the years up (that is what is happening when you write without cheating notes). Soone record got replaced, with all rights with another one.
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Those who did not make it… almost best of 2019
First I do present the list of music releases in 2019 that did not make it on this year’s list. The criteria to be in the list is that the record must be a full album with new unreleased material, no ep´s, no best of or collections of previous releases and I did not participate in the record myself.
Mefisto “Octagram”
Another dark release with chewing Swedish Death Metal from the legend Roberto Thord Granath and his crew. This is record is full of melodies, great vocal tracking, and guest appearances. The record is a concept in the way that the tracklist is spelled Octagram aswell, mean the first song starts with an O, the second with a C, third with a T… yeah you got it.
They are guested on lead guitar by no less than Chaq Mol from Dark Funeral. His efforts are to be heard on the songs Armageddon and Alpha Omega. The reason this album is disqualified from my list is the other guest who wrote the lyrics and vocal arrangements + guest vocals for Grand Demons At War. That guest is me, myself and I. The song kicks off the B-side of the vinyl and Morgan wrote some groovy heaviness which was easy for me to work upon. The story of the song is the grand demon of war and his servant warrior in a conversation with the demon singing Swedish and the warrior in English. I am very proud of the song and this album, you should check it up.
Molasses “Mourning haze” E.P.
This year I went to Roadburn Festival in Tilburg, The Netherlands. An adorable festival always working harder than just put a few bands up on stage. There are special shows, unannounced shows, art exhibitions, Q&A´s, etc including a worked up Craft Beer bar with independent local and or special beers from small breweries. So every year you do see special shows and new bands. One of the bands I was most excited about was Molasses. Born out of the ashes of The Devil´s Blood and Selim Lemouchi & his enemies by Farida Lemouchi, singer in both bands and sister of the late Selim. It is a very psychedelic sound with a crossover 60´s/70´s twist and I do believe this might be a band for the future, despite the gig just heard the two songs featured on this E.P.. If you look on Uriah Heep or Scorpions 70´s and mash it up with some late 60´s hard rock such as Irish Skid Row or Deep Purple before Gillan and spice up with some Blue Öyster Cult and 80´s metal melodies… well somewhere there we are. I really do look forward too see them in Gothenburg in March again.
Warish E.P.
Everybody knows I was skating as a kid. Us skateboarders had some of the greatest music soundtracking our sport… The Misfits, Black Flag, Corrosion of Conformity, D.R.I., Gang Green, Spermbirds, The Accused etc. Well, that list can go on forever, but with the skateboarding dudes you did have other cassettes than metal in your walkman out skating to get the right atmosphere. So, last spring I walked into Sound Pollution Record Store in Stockholm and Linus, the store manager, handed me this 5-song 7″ and said the magic words -“This is Tony Hawks sons band”. Tony Hawk was when I was young one of the greatest skateboarder on earth. I bought it without looking back at him and ran home and threw it on my deck. It is a continuation of all the sounds we had back then, from Black Flag to Big Black via Suicidal Tendencies and to the generic punk with that swunging beat and the first song “Fight” ends with a melody that would be in Iron Maiden in 1979 when they were killing it in the back streets of London. Great bloody stuff and can not wait to hear more from these people. I never got to get their entire album, why they end up here with this fantastic E.P.
Pharlee “Pharlee”
This is the discussion right now (and a helluva reason to go to Roadburn 2020), is this 6-song an album or an E.P.? I bought as an E.P., why it ends up in this list. Anyhow, powerful 60´s psychedelic hard rock with soulful vocals from Rivera in a massive trip down the memory lane with a new enthusiastic sound.
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…the stress ends up in hasty decisions and they most likely leads to dissappointments… so holding on to myself away from the world is my weapon besides duties such as work, band and all my projects right now lying in hiatus… awaits my creational mind to explode after coming back up from my autumnal dark downward spiral…
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completely mentally murdered after the last months and just sinking deeper… nothing or nobody can save me in the dark… I need my autumnal fall down… and no worries… everything is under control as long as I do not need to face other humans… other people just stresses me, I’m better off alone… just need to fall down yet more in my silent darkness… it normally ends up in massive creation…
A clincing piano. Awful noise. Throb of pain. It’s like I get stabbed when I slumber. Night after night. Year after year.
Destiny just decided things I do believe.
I turn around. Walk towards my own thoughts and beliefs. Most likely I do have to. My torch can not start the fire when it is only me whom can feel the heat.
It is like everytime I cry. I cry for what I did never do. Not for what I’ve done. I’ve learned so much from dying inside time after time. I just do not know how to practice my knowledge upon myself.
There is so much beyond. All them unhunted treasures. Viewed it yesterday I did? Or is it just one of the lumpy tricks, trying to fool me?
Let me first get what I want. If I do want it all. Maybe I do not know no more.
I just did hit the lights and fell off.
Emotional emaciated, maybe more than ever. I do not know what is wrong. What if everything is wrong? Need to calm down and dissappear. Lay a part of my life behind.
So much in front of me. Not looking that forward so much these days.
I do not know what I left behind and where. I just know that it is something put aside somewhere. I do not know if I do need to pick it up again or if it should be left in that corner, wherever it may be. I do mot know if time will tell me.
I found something new. Something that can brew. If my feets walks the path. That certain path.
I’ll stay indifferent until proven wrong.
There will might be a day when I do again play that song.
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What boardgame(s) are you playing?
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Just Jeff
Re: What boardgame(s) are you playing?
I had my wife watch the Pandemic episode of Tabletop, which I've played a couple of times. She agreed it'd be a good one for us to get, so hopefully that'll be an end-of-year addition to our collection.
Ticket to Ride and Battlelore have been our go-to games of late, but yesterday we pulled out Elfenland. First time in a few years. It's a tough game with only two players, but my wife hit seven cities on both her first and second turns. In the end, however, I managed to reach all 20 cities (with two players, 19 is my usual target) to her 19.
Sir Ironside
Just Jeff wrote:
I had my wife watch the Pandemic episode of Tabletop.
Most people probably know this browser flash game. If you don't you should check it out. I've linked to the Kongregate site, but it can be found everywhere, just need to Google it.
It is a fun game and I've played it off and on for about 5 years. The latest version is called Pandemic 2 and is an improvement over the original. I just wish that a 3 was in the pipes but it looks unlikely.
http://www.kongregate.com/games/DarkRea ... pandemic-2
There is really only one thing you need to know, when playing.
http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/shut-down-everything
Another tid-bit. Greenland will always be the last to close hospitals so they'll fight to the death to cure the disease.
P.S. I've won it twice so it is possible. I had screen shots on another site but they went belly-up.
Edit: Yeah! Just started a new game and right off the bat Madgascar got infected first.
GO THE CREEPIDOID BACTERIA!
"Paranoia is just another word for ignorance." - Hunter S. Thompson
tylermo
I'd like to try out A&A Europe and Pacific in one big game. Sadly, I only have one of them. Would also like to check out the new Fortress America. I'm curious to see if they changed any rules, or the just the board and the pieces.
I got the Elder Sign game. Only got one game in so far. Lots of fun was had.
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MattyHelms
Location: Crystal Lake, IL
Dungeon is getting a lot of use around here lately. My wife, who is not a gamer and may just be giving in to Stockholm Syndrome, can't go too long without Lords of Waterdeep.
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...can't go too long without Lords of Waterdeep.
I bought that soon after it came out, didn't get to play it until a recent Con, and I really like it. If Dungeon wasn't so popular with my family I think I would have gotten them to play Waterdeep by now.
TheMetal1
Location: Washington, D.C. (Belle Haven)
Well on Tuesday, in the midst of the Hurricane, Amazon delivered Memoir '44. I've long wanted to get the game, but either it was at my FLGS or I choose something else.
And yesterday, Dungeon! showed up on my doorstep as well. Looking forward to some gaming goodness this weekend!
We finally got The Frozen Waste expansion for Runebound to the table. It adds some interesting mechanics to the mix, some of which I rather liked, but my wife thinks it might have exceeded her tolerance for fiddly bits. We'll give it another whirl in week or two and see what she thinks.
We probably played Runebound 40 times in the first two months we owned it, despite my wife running into the assassin on her first turn in the first game. (I think he killed her four times before she finally bested him, refusing to go anywhere else until he was dead.)
We only use a few expansion decks, just enough to keep us from cycling through any of the challenge decks before the game is over. The Frozen Waste is the first expansion board we've played. (I like that the weather is trying to kill you.)
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Oh well. We're going to try Burn in Hell and see how that goes. I think it would be better if it were named Sin Rummy.
I don't know if one could still find it, but if you could get your hands on: Lunch Money, it is a pretty wild fast play game about kids stealing lunch money from each other using combination cards. (Pennies were used as tokens, appropriate enough.) There was a similar game called: Beer Money, but I never bothered with it as I liked the visualization of kids hitting kids, in the face or locking them in a headlock etc. than some kind of barroom brawl.
Another card game I took a chance with (And, yes it was because of the gimmick) was Gloom. Gimmick was see through cards (Except were the numbers and characters were painted.) Didn't know what to expect, but it was a pretty straight forward rules set, that was easy to learn and surprisingly would make a good family game. I have vague memories as we didn't play often but you each had a family and you or your opponent could put cards on top of a character to change its abilities and power. (Either yours or theirs. Hence the see through cards.) Object, to wipe out the other players family. That is really all I can remember, but I do remember having fun with it.
Playing Dungeon! (the new WOTC version). I enjoyed it. Would like to see PvP options though. In the interim, I'd recommend just using the Evil Cleric, Evil Rogue and Evil Wizard to represent the players stats if they're attacked, with a choice of treasure by the victor. If you have a fighter, use the Drow or Druegar.
On another note, any of you out there Card Sleevers? Just curious.
Grabbed Blood Bowl 1st edition. Thinking of running a league but there aren't any people around here, at least physically.
Blood Bowl is awesome! Other than a couple of Wizkids games, I've never bothered or really like miniatures games. Blood Bowl was the exception.
+1 on the Blood Bowl Goodness. If you do like BB and haven't checked out the video game by Cyanide Studios, you are missing out big time.
http://www.bloodbowl-game.com/index.php?rub=news-info&id=158
The reason I was asking about Card Sleeves up thread is I just put them on the new Blood Bowl team manager game by FFG. Haven't played it yet, but seems to be pretty fun.
CKDad
Master of the Kobold Raiders
Location: Somewhere in Maryland
Not a boardgame, but we've had some fun with the "Evil Baby Orphanage" cardgame. Protip: getting Caligula sucks.
"I don't wanna be remembered as the guy who died because he underestimated the threat posed by a monkey."
I've never seen Blood Bowl bigger than in my home city of Cleveland. There are at least 2 leagues going that I am aware of and one of the leagues has 18 players (and they each have to play 10 games + playoffs!). I think they are playing 4th or 5th edition though. It's pretty crazy. I played it quite a bit back in the day, but now I'm not a fan.
In the midst of an Axis & Allies game (original rules, MB Power Series big box).
Also picked up Munchkin Apocalypse.
Managed to score several of the Munchkin Christmas Expansions: Santa's Revenge, Reindeer Games, Naughty & Nice; Munchkin Jolly Jumbo d6 Green and Jolly Jumbo Red dice sets. Hoping to get in a fun Christmas theme game of Munchkin in a week or so!
Well, scored a huge amount of board games at a factory outlet mall after Christmas. Included in that was The Legend of Drizzt and Lords of Water Deep, Spiderman Jenga, Yatzee, Payday, the Settlers of Catan expansion, Deluxe Munchkin, Rubix Cube and a few others.
Jenga and the Legend of Drizzt have gotten some play in, along with a rousing game of checkers (with a A Christmas Story theme). So far I managed to thoroughly scramble the cube and only manage one side with the same color. Finally ran a solo game of Death Angel by FFG. The rules are bit confusing, but definitely a fun game with a lot of potential. Refereed a game of Memoir '44 for some new folks, which was fun as well.
I will say, I'm rather impressed with the D&D Adventure System. Fairly simply and you're able to play solo as well. Might now start picking the other two up (Wrath and Castle Ravenloft).
Bunch of games in the bullpen waiting to play, but looking at Dungeon Command next. I picked up the Sting of Lloth so we'll see how it plays.
Does the Catan Dice game count? I'm digging that since Christmas.
Fantasy Flight Games' Game of Thrones, 2nd edition. This is a pretty masterful wargame, and the designer did a fantastic job making the game play feel like the books. Very highly reccomended.
Playing more of the Legend of Drizzt. I made through the 1st scenario no problem, the 2nd adventure kept kicking my but until today when I beat the assassin and won the crown. Now onto the 3rd adventure facing down the Shadow dragon.
Setting up a game room in my house and pulled out Death Angel the Card Game by Fantasy Flight Games again. Didn't get too far with it the last time as the rulebook is rather difficult and disjointed. The game can be played solo, which is one of the reason I got it. Well today, I watched a few tutorials on how to play and ran a solo game at the same time.
The game is really quite fun and deadly. My Space Marine Squad of Six got slaughtered. Still more to learn, but the tutorials on You Tube helped a lot. Just wish FFG would post some!
I played the newest version of the Dungeon! board game with my son on Father's Day. That was a lot of fun.
Don't think that I mentioned getting Munchin Quest and the Expansion a few weeks ago. We've played it several times since, and it is well liked by my kids and some of their friends, as well as me. To the point my wife picked us up a Munchkin 5 deck to use with the game.
TacoChemic
Mage Wars - Awesome and somewhat similar to Magic: The Gathering or Summoner Wars. I think it beats M:TG (haven't played Summoner Wars) hands down.
It's hard to get interest into any sort of analog gaming these days however.
Dracyian
Location: Eastern Wisconsin
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I love me some MtG I don't think I could sell my cards or stop playing
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AT&T has come to a new carriage agreement with Dispatch Broadcasting, returning two Dispatch-owned stations to the lineups of DIRECTV and U-verse TV after a five-week blackout.
Dispatch pulled the two stations — WTHR-TV (NBC affiliate in Indianapolis) and WBNS-TV (CBS affiliate in Columbus, Ohio) — from the two AT&T-owned TV services on September 6 when the old carriage pact expired.
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Meanwhile, AT&T’s U-verse TV service is still without three Capitol Broadcasting-owned local stations — WRAL, the NBC affiliate in Raleigh, North Carolina, WILM, an independent station in Wilmington, North Carolina, and WRAZ-TV, the Fox affiliate in Raleigh, North Carolina — due to a separate fee fight. The stations were pulled by Capitol Broadcasting on September 13 when the broadcaster and telco could not reach a new pact.
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The Shin Hanga ("new prints": 新版画) — see links below — movement extolled the virtues of the traditional ukiyo-e studio system, the so-called "ukiyo-e quartet" involving the artist, carver, printer, and publisher. (Actually, a fifth artisan, the block copyist, should be included to make a qunitet.) Its purported philosophy was at odds with the sôsaku hanga ("creative print") movement, which avidly supported the direct involvement of the artists in designing, engraving, and printing their own works.
At the center of the shin hanga movement was the publisher Watanabe Shôzaburô (1885-1962). Watanabe believed that shin hanga were not fukusei hanga ("reproduction prints": 復製版画) as charged by the sôsaku hanga advocates, and that such prints were certainly "creative" as long as the artist could achieve the results he wanted with the assistance of experienced craftsmen. In such a collaborative system the artist could benefit from the skills of the artisans in producing works of art in a medium he could not otherwise use so successfully on his own. Artistic expression was therefore supported, not violated. In response to criticism, Watanabe began using the term shinsaku hanga ("newly created prints") in 1921 to emphasize the creative aspects of the shin hanga method.
The shin hanga movement flourished from around 1915 to 1942, though it resumed briefly from 1946 through the 1950s. Watanabe and other shin hanga publishers produced the works of both native Japanese artists and Western artists who created images in the Japanese manner. Their studios issued designs recalling the themes of traditional ukiyo-e filtered through a modern sensibility, with subjects such as landscapes and cityscapes, beautiful women, actor portraits, and nature prints. ©2000-2020 by John Fiorillo
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Smith, L.,The Japanese Print Since 1900: Old Dreams and New Visions. London: British Museum, 1983.
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The Best Things To See And Do Around Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow
The Beresford Hotel, Glasgow | © Alex Liivet/Flickr
Praised as a sartorial stomping ground, Sauchiehall Street (pronounced saw-key-hall) is Glasgow’s main shopping artery. Overflowing with an eclectic array of shops, this famous street forms the city’s Style Mile or the ‘Golden Z’, together with Buchanan Street and Argyle Street. That’s not all. This buzzing area is awash with cultural attractions, eateries and watering holes worth seeking out. So, explore every nook and cranny and enjoy our guide to the top attractions around Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow.
Bask in the Glory Encompassing the Glasgow School of Art
Art lover or not, there’s no denying the long list of talent to emerge from the Glasgow School of Art from Charles Rennie Mackintosh himself to multiple Turner Prize winners. You can almost feel the creativity and innovation oozing across campus. The Mackintosh Building, which is regarded as one of the mastermind’s greatest works, was built between 1897 and 1909 and is a visual feast for architecture buffs. Daily student-led tours offer a hyperlocal insight into the university, Charles Rennie Mackintosh and his prolific designs, along with an exclusive peak at GSA’s personal collection of rare artworks and original pieces.
Glasgow School Of Art, 167 Renfrew St, Glasgow, Scotland +44 141 353 4500
Mackintosh Building, Glasgow School Of Art | © Richard P J Lambert/Flickr
See a Local Indie Film at the Glasgow Film Theatre
The Glasgow Film Theatre, an independent cinema in the Art Deco style, has served as somewhat of an institution since it first opened as The Cosmo in 1939. As Scotland’s first arts cinema and the UK’s second purpose-built arthouse, it has always been a coveted spot. In 1974, it reopened as the Glasgow Film Theatre. Graced with a comforting old-timey feel – the type that takes you into daydreams of a bygone Hollywood – GFT screens a diverse spread of international cinema, classic films, documentaries and locally produced work. It’s also home to the Glasgow Film Festival.
Glasgow Film Theatre, 12 Rose St, Glasgow, Scotland +44 141 332 6535
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Admire the Architecture of the Former Beresford Hotel
Historical Landmark, Building
The Beresford Hotel is yet another jewel in Glasgow’s resplendent architecture crown. Located at 460 Sauchiehall Street, the Art-Deco-cum-Streamline-Moderne stamp is all part of the architectural allure. Opened in 1938, The Beresford is famed as Glasgow’s very ‘first skyscraper’ (thanks to its 10 storeys) and served as a new hotel for the swarms of people visiting during the Empire Exhibition. Today, the building is home to a flurry of very arty, privately owned flats.
460 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, Scotland, G2 3JU, United Kingdom
Swing By the Willow Tea Rooms at Watt Brothers
You can’t go to Glasgow without stopping by The Willow Tea Rooms, an undeniably charming place specialising in unique afternoon teas made from the finest local ingredients. The wealth of homemade bites and tried-and-true tea classics never cease to satisfy the palate. Found on the third floor of Watt Brothers, a walnut-paneled local department store still going strong since it opened before WWI, the Sauchiehall Street location is full of pizzazz and distinct Mackintosh design flair.
The Willow Tearooms, 119-121 Sauchiehall Street, Watt Brothers, 3rd Foor, Glasgow, Scotland +44 141 332 8446
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Hang Out at the Centre For Contemporary Arts
Glasgow has art running through its veins. The Centre For Contemporary Arts is a prime example of the sheer scope of talent found embedded into the social psyche. There’s always something of interest up for grabs, whether it’s a thought-provoking exhibition, festival, spoken-word performance, film screening or music show. As a champion for the contemporary arts, CCA curates six exhibitions per year and acts as a platform for both established and emerging artists on a national and international level. Hidden inside is the amazing Saramago Café and Bar – you won’t want to leave.
Centre For Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall St, Glasgow, Scotland +44 141 352 4900
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Embrace the Rhythm of Scotland’s Music City
Ignore the questionable name and embrace the epic wonder that is Nice ‘n’ Sleazy. Renowned for its string of skilled DJs bearing badass tunes and beat-infused gig nights, this legendary establishment is synonymous with epic nights out. Frequented by hipsters, indie lovers, counter culturalists and everyone else in between, Sleazys is a known haunt for the band members of Franz Ferdinand, Mogwai and Arab Strap. This poster-clad bolt-hole of a buzzing venue has its own jukebox, too.
Nice ‘n’ Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall St, Glasgow, Scotland +44 141 333 0900
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Indulge in Some Clever Dishes at Singl-end
Singl-end is one of those places that leaves you wanting more, it’s that good. Fuss-free and brimming with authentic ambience, this community café and bake house puts out some mouthwatering dishes, while granting all brunch-related wishes one Eggs Benedict at a time. They even serve cocktails (try the gin and elderflower cooler), wine, prosecco, lager and ale. All that fun stuff aside, it’s the home baking and bread that turns heads.
Singl-end, 265 Renfrew St, Glasgow, Scotland +44 141 353 1277
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Celebrate Poet Charles Bukowski with a Bourbon at Chinaski’s
Chinaski’s, a bar dedicated solely to German American poet, short-story writer and novelist Charles Bukowski, is the kind of place you want to make your local. Mood lighting and cosy surrounds set the scene for a desirable and almost romantic night filled with an endless array of bourbons and cigar-garden musings. Adding to the fun is the inventive menu, which features such delights as Korean Fried Chicken, Steamed Shetland Mussels and Fennel Seed and Pork burgers, to name a few. The vegan menu is one to write home about, too.
Chinaski’s, 239 North St, Glasgow, Scotland +44 141 221 0061
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Witness a Past Glasgow Life at Tenement House
A must-visit attraction for anyone wanting to delve right into the local history. The Tenement House in Garnethill is a wonderfully restored example of a middle-class Glaswegian tenement house from the late 19th century. Step into a bygone past that’s suited and booted with original fittings and fixtures, such as the coal-fired kitchen range, and learn about Miss Agness Toward, the shorthand typist who resided there between 1911 and 1965. Dig deeper than the remaining possessions and explore what it meant to be an independent woman during that era.
The Tenement House, 145 Buccleuch St, Glasgow, Scotland +44 141 333 0183
The Tenement House, Glasgow | © Pat (Cletch) Williams/Flickr
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What to Do on a Layover in Philadelphia, PA
If you find yourself with a little bit of time to spare in Philadelphia due to a layover or delayed flight, you’re in luck. This bustling city is extremely walkable, has easy public transportation, and the airport is close to the action, so hop on a train to Center City and start exploring.
If you have three hours…
Hop on SEPTA’s Regional Rail Airport line into Center City and get off at Jefferson Station, where you can quickly take the Market-Frankford line (also known as the “El”) into Old City. Wander through the historic sites, such as the Liberty Bell and Independence Hall, rest for a while in one of the lovely parks that dot Old City’s landscape, and if you have a minute, grab an ice cream cone at Franklin Fountain or a super-fresh sandwich at United by Blue before you take the El and the Airport line back to PHL.
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If you have five hours….
Get off at Jefferson Station and, instead of taking the El, take yourself on a food tour of Center City. Stop in at the Reading Terminal Market and explore the stalls, but don’t fill up there, because just a few blocks away, Midtown Village is full of great restaurants serving everything from vegan tacos and wood-fired pizzas to traditional Spanish tapas. If you’re in the mood, you can also check out tons of specialty wine, beer, and cocktail bars. Before you get back on the train, be sure to walk by Philadelphia’s beautiful City Hall and Dilworth Plaza.
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If you have seven hours…
Take the train to the Suburban Station stop and head west to Rittenhouse, which is full of amazing restaurants and stores, as well as Philadelphia’s famous Rittenhouse Square. From there, retrace your steps to the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, inspired architecturally by the Champs Elysees, and walk through Logan Circle and Eakins Oval to the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Even if you don’t have time to explore the whole museum, which is massive, you can still appreciate the structure and maybe even climb the steps like Rocky before heading back to Suburban Station.
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Valeros, Iconic Fighter
Valeros was born on a quiet farm, and grew up dreaming of adventure and exploration. Though this longing only increased as he grew older, so did the responsibilities of agricultural life. Finally, just a month before a marriage of convenience to a local farmer's daughter could lock him into place, Valeros came to the realization that the door to a life of adventure was closing for good. Seized by a desperate need for a larger life than cattle and corn, Valeros packed quietly and left in the middle of the night.
In the years since, Valeros has come a long way from the wide-eyed young man who sought only the joy of exploration (and maybe a pretty girl or three). Life on the road is much harder than the bards' tales suggest, and adult Valeros has the scars to prove it. Discovering himself to be a deft hand with a sword, Valeros quickly fell in with the mercenary crowd, learning the dirtier, grittier facts of warfare. After acting as hired muscle for dozens of different employers, Valeros finally realized that it was time to go into business for himself as an adventurer.
While admittedly not the best at following orders, Valeros is an extremely talented two-blade fighter, easily earning his keep in any group through the tenacity and absolute fearlessness—some might say thoughtlessness—with which he flings himself into combat.
Despite his reputation as a bruiser and scofflaw, Valeros has picked up a fair bit of education during his travels, and can even read (something his "respectable" parents never learned to do). Valeros takes an easy-come, easy-go approach to life, wealth, and relationships. Though a fan of fine weapons and creature comforts, the only object he's never without is the tankard on his belt (as you never know when someone might offer you a drink). Noble at heart and fiercely loyal to those few who earn his affection, Valeros nevertheless hides such sentiments under a jaded and crass demeanor, frequently observing that there's nothing better than "an evening of hard drinking and soft company."
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Vietnam Facing Economic Crisis?
Features | Economy | Southeast Asia
With inflation soaring, Vietnam’s factories are feeling the pinch. Are a raft of government reforms too little too late to prevent an economic crisis?
By Simon Roughneen for The Diplomat
With the streetlights warming to a low glow outside as dusk turns to dark, Trang Hoang Yen is still running t-shirts through a sewing machine as most of her staff leave for home.
“Normally we have a lot more workers, but the past year has been very hard for our sector,” she says, stopping work for a few minutes to talk.
Trang Hoang Yen's small factory, on a side street in Ho Chi Minh City, has seen better days. Down from 30 to 14 staff year-on-year, she says the company’s input costs “have gone up, and production costs have doubled.”
Inflation in Vietnam hit 23 percent in August, although it has since dropped off a little to just under 20 percent. The Vietnamese government has responded with a number of countermeasures in an attempt to cool an economy in danger of overheating, although some analysts say the lid is already bubbling off the pot. Vietnam's foreign exchange reserves are on the slide, and the country faces a trade deficit of $10 billion in 2012, according to the government.
So, will the reforms, including credit restrictions and interest rate hikes, be enough to cool things? Some analysts think not.
In comments delivered at a donor conference in Hanoi on December 6, International Monetary Fund resident representative Sanjay Kalra was clear on the issue, saying, “The authorities need to move rapidly and decisively to ensure financial sector soundness while re-establishing macroeconomic stability.”
Other remarks delivered at the forum focused on the need for reform of the banking sector, privatization of state-owned enterprises and the curbing of corruption. Vietnam was ranked 112 out of 182 countries surveyed in the latest Transparency International global graft index, published last month.
Some donors spoke about Vietnam’s poor record on human rights and freedom of expression, with lawyers, writers, bloggers, activists, journalists and protesting civilians regularly being arrested and jailed. Norwegian Ambassador Stale Torstein Risa told Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung that loosening political restrictions in the one-party state could contribute to a sounder economy.
Vietnam now seems to be at an economic watershed, perhaps reminiscent of the 1980s, when it introduced its much remarked upon doi moi ‘opening-up' of the country's economy to foreign investment, following China down the authoritarian-liberalization political economy path. Normalization of relations with the United States in 1995 brightened Vietnam’s “rising star” status, culminating in Hanoi joining the World Trade Organization in 2007.
Speaking at a November 28 Hanoi business lunch for Irish investors in Vietnam, Deputy Minister for Planning and Investment Cao Viet Sinh said there are 13,450 investment projects in Vietnam, adding that the government hoped to attract more in the coming years.
Brands such as Intel, Honda and Nike have all opened large plants in Vietnam, whose attractiveness for investing companies is partly rooted in its cheap labor force, estimated to be the second-lowest in Asia after Cambodia by the European Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam, and thus a major pull for investors in labor intensive sectors such as clothing and footwear.
These are low-cost, low value-added sectors, however, and it remains to be seen whether an economy possibly approaching a crisis can continue to pull in investment and transition to more sophisticated products.
Tourism is another potential growth sector for Vietnam, given that visitor numbers for 2010 show just over five million arrivals, compared with 14.15 million and 23.65 million for neighboring Thailand and Malaysia respectively. Tourism accounts for about 4 percent of Vietnam's economy. However, Thailand and Malaysia allow tourists to remain for a month without a visa, unlike Vietnam, which requires a visa in advance or queuing for a visa on arrival.
Duong Sinh Son runs a “homestay” in Hin Village on the edge of a national park in Thanh Hoa Province, about a three hour drive from Hanoi. Impressive vistas of green hillsides and rice paddy valleys make for a spectacular and affordable hiking location away from the well-worn Halong Bay and Sapi tracks.
Sitting cross-legged on his bamboo floor-on-stilts, Duoung Dinh Son says he gets between 200 and 300 guests each year since he opened. Charging $7 per night, he says he hopes to attract more visitors, but that is contingent on Vietnam attracting more tourists amid intense and increasing regional competition, with reform inclined Burma likely to emerge a growing destination in coming years.
Recent problems and looming challenges aside, Vietnam’s economy is still growing, by 6.5 percent in 2010; the World Bank forecasts only a percentage point drop for 2012. Still, growth figures are an abstraction for small business owners and ordinary Vietnamese trying to make ends meet, especially with inflation pushing people beneath the poverty line. For Trang Hoang Yen, the tough times look set to continue. But as she nods toward a Sacred Heart hanging above her shop door, she adds: “Thank God, sometimes good things can come.”
A recent order from Norway for 5,000 plain t-shirts for the Christmas market has kept her busy – and kept business ticking over despite inflation-related difficulties. “I want to expand this business,” she says. “But that will have to wait until things pick up.”
Simon Roughneen is a Southeast Asia-based journalist.
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If the U.S.-China trade war continues or worsens ASEAN countries will also experience a bumpy ride.
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The Trouble With Thailand’s Upcoming Referendum
Doubts, risks, and uncertainties surround the Thai vote.
By Shawn W. Crispin for The Diplomat
Credit: Flickr/Prachatai
Less than one month before Thailand’s highly anticipated August 7 constitutional referendum, a widening clampdown on “vote no” activities has galvanized further dissent and upped the risk of post-poll instability. Hard curbs on free expression, imposed in a draconian Referendum Act that carries potential 10-year prison penalties for misrepresenting the draft constitution, criticizing its content, or disrupting the vote, have simultaneously raised doubts about the credibility and integrity of the military-steered democratic process.
If passed, the constitution will bestow the military broad powers over future elected governments, including fast-track means to remove elected politicians deemed as corrupt or wayward. The country’s top two sidelined political parties, the Democrats and Peua Thai, have both condemned provisions in the draft, including articles that would hamstring their ability to implement policies that run counter to coup-installed Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha’s 20-year economic development plan.
A provision that would allow the military to sustain its outsized political role in a handpicked 250-member Senate, with six seats reserved for armed forces chiefs, has sparked the most criticism. A second referendum question will ask voters to decide if an appointed Senate should in certain scenarios help to select the premier, opening the way for a potential non-elected leader. The provision could open the way for Prayut or Defense Minister General Prawit Wongsuwan to lead a future elected coalition government in the name of national unity.
While the Democrats have publicly carped about the draft, Peua Thai and its affiliated United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD), or “Red Shirt,” pressure group have actively campaigned against it, reviving a movement that has been mostly quiescent since the 2014 coup. Peua Thai politicians, including former ministers, challenged the junta’s ban on criticism in mid-June by simultaneously posting why they would vote down the charter on their Facebook pages, with several labeling the draft as “undemocratic” and “unacceptable.”
None of the prominent politicians were arrested or charged for their comments. Authorities, however, responded more firmly to UDD plans to set up referendum monitoring centers across the country to check for electoral fraud on polling day. Police shuttered the first center created in Bangkok and blocked others from taking root in the provinces. A group of 19 UDD leaders were later summoned by police for potential violations of the Referendum Act, though it isn’t apparent that the junta-appointed Election Commission intends to pursue charges.
While junta-UDD jousting has been par for the post-coup course, the regime seems especially spooked that unaffiliated anti-junta-cum-anti-charter groups will gain grassroots traction. This week’s arrest and temporary detention of four political activists with the so-called New Democracy Movement on charges of possessing “vote no” leaflets marked the latest suppression of the ostensibly student-led group. They were traveling to lend support to another group of activists who face charges for establishing an electoral fraud-monitoring center.
The arrest of a local Prachatai news agency reporter and raid of its Bangkok bureau on suspicions of affiliation with the activist group, meanwhile, has spurred fears that journalists who report on “vote no” activities or allegations of electoral fraud may be targeted under the Referendum Act. While the mainstream print media has until now been largely free to report critically on the draft’s content and the junta’s suppression of anti-charter activities, censorship pressures are rising coincident with the political temperature.
To be sure, the junta has shown a measure of restraint in not jailing opposition politicians and protest leaders on Referendum Act violations. But the stage is set for a showdown through a galvanized and reorganized political opposition if there are widespread perceptions of vote-rigging in favor of the charter. Any instability on polling day would likely be met with military force, a scenario that would further undermine the poll’s credibility and elongate the junta’s current roadmap for holding new elections in late 2017 in the name of restoring order.
A local university-conducted poll in late June found that most voters are still undecided on whether to pass or reject the draft. Unlike a previous military-drafted charter passed in 2007, where voters essentially voted for a quick return to democracy, Peua Thai has weighed in heavily against the pending draft. The junta would interpret a “yes” vote as vox populi endorsement of its rule and a tool to deflect steady international criticism of its legitimacy. But as the regime ramps up its suppression ahead of the vote, it seems increasingly unlikely that the international community will view a “yes” result as free, fair, or legitimate.
Shawn W. Crispin
Shawn W. Crispin is a Southeast Asia columnist at The Diplomat. He has covered Southeast Asia for more than 16 years variously with the Far Eastern Economic Review, Wall Street Journal and Asia Times Online.
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The Gaunless Valley in World War 1
Remembering the fallen WW1 servicemen of the following English communities: St. Helen's Auckland, West Auckland, Etherley, Evenwood, Cockfield, Butterknowle, Copley and Woodland.
Pinkney T.
THOMAS PINKNEY (1883 – 1916)
4073 Private Thomas Pinkney, 6th Battalion, the Durham Light Infantry was killed in action 2 April 1916 and is buried at Chester Farm Cemetery, Ypres, Belgium. [1] He was 33 years old and is commemorated on the Cockfield War Memorial.
Thomas was born 1883 at Evenwood, the son of Thomas and Mary Ann Pinkney. There were at least 5 children:
George bc. 1873 at Shildon
Mary bc. 1881 at Shildon
Thomas born 1883 at Evenwood
Richard bc. 1885 at Evenwood
John William bc. 1890 at Evenwood
56 year old Thomas, 28 year old George, 18 year old Thomas and 16 year old Richard all worked as coal miners – Thomas junior as a coal miner (hewer). The family lived at Lands Bank which was in the neighbouring parish of Evenwood and Barony. [2] By 1911, Thomas had been married for 4 years to Tavanah (nee Parkin)[3] and they had 3 children:
Mary Jane bc. 1908
Thomas George bc.1910
Tavanah born 1911
All children were born at Cockfield. Thomas worked as a coal miner (hewer). The family lived at 12 Oxford Terrace, Cockfield. [4]
Thomas Pinkney enlisted into the Durham Light Infantry at Bishop Auckland and was given the regimental number 4073. He joined the 6/DLI although the SDGW source records him as serving with 1/8 DLI.[5] Private T. Pinkney entered France 18 November 1915.[6]
The 1/6th Battalion was formed in Bishop Auckland in August 1914 as part of the Durham Light Infantry Brigade, Northumbrian Division. In May 1915 the battalion came under the orders of the 151st Brigade of the 50th Division. The Division moved to France 16 April 1915 and served with distinction on the Western Front throughout the war. Other battalions were:
1/7th Battalion, DLI
1/5th Battalion, the Loyal North Lancs. joined June 1915
Following heavy casualties in June 1915 the battalion merged with the 1/8th to become the 6/8th then it returned to its original identity 11 August 1915 and was then joined by:
1/5th (Cumberland) Battalion, the Border Regiment joined December 1915
151st Machine Gun Company formed 6 February 1916
150th Trench Mortar Battery formed 18 June 1916 [7]
The service details and war diary of 6/DLI have not been researched but the following account[8] offers good detail of the circumstances surrounding the death of Private T. Pinkney.
When Private T. Pinkney entered France, 6/DLI was not in the line but was billeted at camps near Bailleul, France close to the Belgian border and the Ypres Salient. 6/DLI was to see action between 17 December 1915 and 4 April 1916 at the Salient, Sanctuary Wood and the Bluff.
17 December 1915: 6/DLI marched to Steenwerck then entrained to Poperinghe then marched to Dickebusch where the camp was a disgrace.
18 December: relieved 6/Royal Scots, W Company in Canal Dugouts, X Company in Maple Copse, Y Company in Sanctuary Wood and Z Company in Redoubts 2, 3 & 4.
19 December: heavy bombardment and enemy attack to the north of Hooge and to the north of the trenches occupied by the 6/DLI.
20 December: the bombardment continued and 6/DLI lost 6 men killed and 12 wounded in this bombardment.
During this first phase of front line duty, 6/DLI suffered 1 officer and 8 ORs killed and 1 officer and 45 ORs wounded.
23 December: relieved by 5/Borders
27 – 31 December: in trenches A7 – A12
2 January 1916: draft of 50 men
4 – 9 January: in trenches A7 – A12
This pattern continued throughout January and into February and casualties were low.
14-15 February: Germans recaptured the Bluff. 151 Brigade was in Reserve and standing to for a counter attack if needed.
2 March: the Bluff recaptured by British forces.
14-17 March: relieved 5/Northumberland Fusiliers in the Mt. Sorrell trenches
17-23 March: at Poperinghe
23 – 26 March: the Bluff trenches.
“The Bluff measured 30 to 40 feet high and 300 yards length…The thickly tangled undergrowth hid the bodied of the dead of both sides. Hurriedly dug trenches criss-crossed the surface which was heavily pock marked by shell and mine craters….Bodies were still being removed from this area when the battalion took over…Bodied discovered were removed and buried…Only snipers were active and care had to be taken in moving around in daylight.”
30 March: relieved 8/DLI
2 April: enemy bombardment reached a crescendo.
“The German guns had the exact range of the Brigade positions and from 2.00pm onwards subjected the trenches and dugouts to a severe pounding. Gordon Post and Brigade HQ suffered particularly…Captain Harter was mortally wounded…The battalion lost 6 men killed or wounded at the Dump and Langhof Chateau.”
2/3 April night: relieved by 1st Division Canadian Corps
Between 17 December 1915 and 4 April, 6/DLI lost 1 officer and 42 ORs killed in action or died of wounds.[9] This source records no casualties for 2 April 1916 but H. Moses informs that there were 6 men killed or wounded. Private T. Pinkney is recorded by the CWGC as serving with 6/DLI but SDGW records him with 8/DLI, informing that 7 ORs of that battalion were killed in action 2 April 1916. Unless there were transfers during operations which would be difficult for SDGW to record, it appears that SDGW is inaccurate with regard to the men serving in these battalions at this time.
4073 Private Thomas Pinkney was awarded the 1914-1915 Star, the British War and Victory medals.[10]
Private T. Pinkney is buried at grave reference I.A.3 Chester Farm Cemetery, Ypres, Belgium. The following epitaph was provided by his wife: [11]
“In loving memory from
his wife and children
Mary, George and Tavanah
The following article appeared in the local press:
Pte. T. Pinkney Killed
Official news has reached the village of another Cockfield boy being killed in action Pte. Thomas Pinkney who joined the 6th Durhams some ten months ago. The deceased who was the son of the late Thomas Pinkney, Mayfield Terr. leaves a widow and three children. He was 33 years of age. His widow has received a very sympathetic letter speaking well of her husband. A memorial service was held on Sunday afternoon at St. Mary’s Church where a very impressive service was conducted by the Rev. J.M. Gardner, curate-in-charge. A good company of relations, friends and inhabitants of the village attended.”
[1] Commonwealth War Graves Commission note: Soldiers Died in the Great War records that 4073 Private Thomas Pinkney served with 1/8 DLI
[2] 1901 census
[3] England & Wales 1837-1915 Marriage Index Vol.10a p.382 Teesdale Durham 1907 Q1
[5] SDGW
[6] Medal Roll card index
[7] http://www..1914-1918.net/dli.htm & http://www.1914-1918.net/50div.htm
[8] “The Faithfull Sixth” H. Moses 1995 p.50-59
[9] Officers & Soldiers Died in the Great War
[10] Medal Roll card index
[11] CWGC
Photographs:
PINKNEY T,
Medal Roll
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Raising Sand: A bloated effort, but an important one
The first side of this record sucks so bad it ruins the entire album.
“Rich Woman” lurches with each pulsing bass note, as if hunting in a folk “Maneater” fashion, Robert Plant and Krauss drawl with dark-sarcasm, snide remarks and tongues that warble like a Theremin. Even if the music is different, who can deny Plant’s dour mood as of late? The dude’s been down in the dumps, crawling through the muck with his Strange Sensation of fuzzing, lowtone, heavy vibes of worldbeat and folk-rock and mud is usually on the sheet music. On “Rich Woman” it’s all dialed up to Applachia. Plant and Allison Krauss’ spin webs of fate, true Charlottes of Doric drama, and the lead guitar surges and retreats on its solo, a low-fuel lamp flame, sniffing its last vapors of oil before snuff-out, and and did I mention that the bass is still pulsing all the way through?
It’s momentum cannot be stopped unless someone really tried to kill the blues. Well, flip over to the next and it reads “Killing the Blues.” Goddamnit.
And they tear down any momentum that this record had built in that first cut—by midway, the purported bluegrass singing is imperceptible and uninteresting to a shoegaze level—and if bluegaze is the future than right now the future sucks. Bluegaze for the loss. “Sister Rosetta Goes Before Us” can’t even save you now, despite Krauss regaining form and carouselling her hands across a creole-fiddle rhythm like a crystal ball in a N’awlin’s bauble shop. The music is slow and nobody likes slow after a buzzkill. Good music ruined by terrible pacing. And then “Polly Comes Home” to drive the point home—not a terrible slow song—but as the fourth cut on the new record? Usually there’s one by now—but this is three for four of slowburn bluegrass songs before the halfway point!—the record chokes on its on own quickly coagulating veins. Like pumping blood to the heart has become a struggle. It’s dark if it’s playing to an audience and it’s boring for any other reason. The most likely reason this record slogs so hard by track four? ‘Cuz. And there ain’t nothing I can do about ‘cuz. It’s music (not even good music) killed by pacing.
But here and now, a promise will be made: under no circumstances hitherto or hereafter wherein I have been captured and submitted to tortures varying from physical to psychological to musical to chemical to metaphysical or even, God forbid, zoological, will I utter the words “I” and “like” and “Gone, Gone, Gone (Done Moved On).” Surely, it is a bluegrass banger, a square-dance swinger, a foxtrotting four-beat and a quibbling quickstep. Wiggling and waving its way across the hopping hickory hardwood floor where grassroots can dance under the mountaintop carnival tents. It’s pure, it’s solid and it knows how to cha-cha-cha. The guitarwork bounces on the trampoline strings, loosely strung for more give and jump. But the singing is flat—not a problem when the tunes feature instrumentation of some caliber, but when the guitars are mixed are so low, it brings out the imperfections in Krauss’ and Plant’s warbling, cracking attempts at a higher register, so much so it feels like they’re mailing it in by the end of the cut. Does it hurt that the cut is also a cover of the Everly Brothers? No. Does it hurt that their interpretation drags it a little too much towards country pop? No, it’s good music ruined by terrible mastering.
By “Through the Morning, Through the Night,” Plant, Krauss and T-Bone Burnett hear the desperate prayers, the pleading yelps, the cries for mercy and thus decide to shake it up by slowing it the fuck down again. It is at this point that my head thuds on to my desk. A slump of defeat that this disc cannot be won against.
This record can be better—but as it stands, the first six tracks are a pêle-mêle mess in quarter time. Nearly everything on Side 1 is just awash with poor decisions from the pace to the mixing. But then the needle stops, raises, and slides back to wait for the flip—“fwoomph”—a woosh of the wind and Side 2 is there: a breath of fresh air—even if it doesn’t seem so. “Please Read the Letter” is just what was needed; a slow song—done right. It takes that thumping bass of “Rich Woman” and slows the kickbeat down, allowing the violin to take in the ambience and fill out the lyrics better than an earlier rendition with Jimmy Page from Walking into Clarksdale (the second Plant + Page record that…uh…well we don’t talk about Walking into Clarksdale). The stage drama story is worthy of a soap—but still a soap that will keep eyes glued to the screen, and it works because Robert Plant and Krauss finally find their harmonies together. However they quash the momentum with “Trampled Rose,” a cover that would drain even Tom Waits of blood. An eerie ghost song, a sonic that calls in the same way Loma’s self-titled debut or Sampha’s Process calls: a slow, moribund dirge—except that by now the dearth of music has grated the ears to numbness. And Tom Waits is only pale now because this rendition is just plain boring. Perhaps this record is a testament to the Blues: an utter disappointment in place of grand elation. This is Robert Plant, damnit! Krauss should be gliding her violin to that honeytrickle voice he’s found. But no, the melodies are rock hard, or simply gone. Cobweb musicality for the most of the record makes the heart sour and the spirit shrivel.
With “Fortune Teller,” the bouncing guitar of “Rich Woman” is back for a Delta blues shakedown, but after starting the record in such a bad way, it’s no use. The guitars can twinkle on “Stick with Me Baby,” they can shred on “Nothin’,” they can swing on “Let Your Loss Be Your Lesson” and jangle on “Your Long Journey.” And Krauss can be there every step of the way vocally and with fiddle—but no matter how crisp and clean Side Two sounds, its vinyl face should be every bit worn as Side One’s would be a clean sheet of black. The only solace between these grooves should be found in Plant’s bluegrass reinvigoration. No mere thing to sneer at (it’s actually one of his three most important records—including Now & Zen and No Quarter): without this record, he might have indulged too hard on the trip-hop John Baggot keyboards he fancies so much. But in order to fix the record, I suggest taking “Rich Woman,” replacing “Trampled Rose” with “Sister Rosetta” and remastering “Gone Gone Gone” and then sticking them on a tighter and far more effective nine-song package (snipping out “Killing the Blues,” “Poly Come Home,” and “Though the Morning,” too).
As it stands, however, the Raising Sand released by Rounder Records is as bloated as its Grammy accolades—and could’ve done with some reorganization before mass distribution.
Robert Plant and Allison Krauss – Raising Sand
Album Artist: Robert Plant & Allison Krauss
Producer: T-Bone Burnett
Label: Rounder
Genre: Bluegrass, Folk Rock
“Rich Woman”
“Killing the Blues”
“Sister Rosetta Goes Before Us”
“Polly Come Home”
“Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On)”
“Through the Morning, Through the Night”
“Please Read the Letter”
“Trampled Rose”
“Stick with Me Baby”
“Nothin’”
“Let Your Loss Be Your Lesson”
4 thoughts on “Raising Sand: A bloated effort, but an important one”
thefortnightlyplaylist says:
A lot of folks have opinions about what certain artists should or should not do. Not really their call to make. Not every record is going to land for every person. If you didn’t get it, then it doesn’t mean there’s nothing there. I’m going to be honest, I’m not a big fan of the smear-style review. Perfect album? No. Overrated? Possibly. Deserving to be run through the mud because it wasn’t your thing? Probably not.
BenJamsToo says:
In hindsight, I would agree that I sent this record through a real ringer of distaste. And it’s not that the music is bad per se–much of the songs I enjoy as standalones, and I have to stop myself right now from gushing at how much I love Krauss and Plant’s version of “Please Read the Letter”–but I feel like T-Bone Burnett, Krauss and Plant wrecked the pacing up by putting the three of the heavier cuts back-to-back-to-back. Perhaps too, I don’t give “Gone Gone Gone” a benefit of the doubt–but I also gave it a fair shake, and I found myself not enjoying it because the vocals sound flat and misplaced within the mix (Krauss’ voice just muscles Plant’s right out). But at the end of the day I also have to write to my opinions on how the record was written, recorded and organized–anything less and I would be a liar, a far worse epithet than hyper-critical. By no means equate bloated to bad; despite all my perceived problems, the songwriting is still incredibly strong. Unfortunately, the pacing just destroys the record for me.
Everyone is intitled to their own opinion. I liked it.
What particularly did you enjoy about it?
Release Date Buffet: 06/08/2018
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F1 2015 Season Highlights 1 – Hungarian Grand Prix
Mourning and sadness filled the air as the F1 circus rolled into the Hungaroring on 24th July 2015. Fresh from the tragic death and funeral of former Marussia driver and Ferrari protege Jules Bianchi on July 17th, Hungary 2015 was a rare highlight in an otherwise lacklustre season where Formula One paid tribute to one of its own in the best way possible.
With few straights and 14 corners, the Hungaroring is one of the slowest tracks on the F1 calendar, and hasn’t had a history of producing exiting races, until 2014 and 2015 somewhat bucked the trend. Daniel Ricciardo’s enthralling second career victory at the very same track last season set the bar extremely high for 2015, but the events of Sunday’s race this year reached that bar with ease, and then continued to push it even further.
A familiar qualifying result saw Hamilton, Rosberg and Vettel make up the top three with Ricciardo making the most of a track which wasn’t so dependent on engine power by placing his under powered Red Bull in fourth. Off the line, cumbersome starts from both Mercedes, coupled with lighting starts from the two Ferrari’s saw Vettel lead Raikkonen with Rosberg and Hamilton scrapping behind, until Hamilton ran wide at turn six and dropped to tenth. By lap 20, such was the pace advantage Mercedes had, Hamilton had recovered to exit the pits in fifth place, and by lap 36, had passed the Red Bull of Ricciardo to trail his teammate Rosberg by just eight seconds.
Hulkenberg’s disintegrating front wing and the subsequent safety car helped Ricciardo close right onto the back of Hamilton following the restart and the two touched at turn one with the stewards handing Lewis (perhaps unfairly) a drive through penalty as a result. By lap 63 of 69 Vettel was leading Rosberg from Ricciardo and Kvyat and when Rosberg and Ricciardo collided again at turn one, the resulting puncture for Rosberg would see him finish the race in eight place. Hamilton passed Ericsson and Grosjean to take sixth and would be unable to pass Alonso for fifth, but back at the front of the field Vettel took his, and the Scuderia’s second win of the season followed by the excellent Danil Kvyat and the recovering Ricciardo.
In an F1 season filled with processional and predictable races, the Hungarian GP was no doubt one of the few highlights of the season. In the BBC’s end of 2015 review programme, Hamilton would later admit that he had a less than stress free build up to Sunday’s race by visiting a film set before heading to the circuit, perhaps one of the only moments in his incredible season that his jet set lifestyle caught up with him. Rosberg on the other hand, through no fault of his own missed the chance to close the gap on his teammate in the championship, and would eventually end up seeing his deficit to Hamilton increase by the end of Sunday’s race. The woes Mercedes suffered on Sunday opened up the door for one of the most unpredictable races in recent memory and allowed Kvyat to score his maiden Red Bull podium in a series of races where he began to out perform his highly esteemed teammate. Most important however, the Hungarian Grand Prix was the best tribute to Jules Bianchi our sport could have given, and as Vettel said on team radio following his victory, he was a Ferrari protege who we all know would have been driving for the prancing horse one day.
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Valdyis galsin
Letters from Valdyas
History of Valdyas through Iss-Peranian eyes
About Valdyis galsin
Unofficial meetings
March 13, 2008 February 27, 2018 khas wars, voyage to albetire
There was too much wind for skating, otherwise this would have been the last writeup of the season written in the Skating Cafe (as most of the rest have been since October). I’ll miss my weekly hour of ambient noise that’s practically guaranteed to be nothing to do with me, so I can shut it out and be more focused than even in silence.
Our room was almost the size of the great hall of the palace in Valdis. There were paintings on the walls –mostly of famous people in history in elaborate robes– and statues here and there –which must have been mythological because they had very little on in the way of clothes– and carpets on the floor. Over the bed there was a canopy of netting to keep insects away. It worked: I hadn’t been bitten nearly as much as in the village.
We woke up slowly, to a chorus of birds and servants each trying to outdo the other in twittering. I extended my mind to look around the palace– it was like a city! All kinds of people, good and bad, gifted or not, thousands of them. Beyond the palace walls it was even more crowded. If I really wanted to see the city itself, I’d have to hold on to someone, preferably Raisse, and leave my body completely and see it from above; but that was for later.
Our breakfast was served by a crowd of young girls who didn’t twitter, they were in fact completely silent, but they looked as if they were twittering. In their wake there was an old man, who approached us bent over, so I had a good view of the skull-cap on his head. He was our majordomo, Dashtan –confusingly close to the doctor’s name. He apologised profusely –people here always start a conversation by apologising, it seems– saying that he hadn’t realised that I would be needing rooms for my concubines and he’d make sure they were got ready. I told him that we would prefer to be in one room, which made him hide a snigger. Senthi was very indignant later: she wasn’t a concubine, but a respectable wet-nurse! It was probably a good thing that Hinla hadn’t understood the majordomo…
Hinla took Raisse by the hand and led her to the temple of Naigha, where they stayed for a while. That made me think of something: I caught the nearest servant and said “Dashtan?” in a questioning tone, and yes, the majordomo was called. “Tell me, please, who has consecrated those temples?” It turned out to have been Valdyan priests from the city. I asked to meet them, at least those of Anshen and Timoine. Not at once, of course: there were so many people who wanted to see us that I’d have little time to talk to priests, too.
Presently an under-majordomo came to show us around “our” part of the palace. Around the courtyard, there was our bedroom, a workroom, smaller and simpler rooms for underlings and servants; and of course the eight-sided silly little temple hall. Next to our courtyard was another similar courtyard where all the important people in our party had been quartered. Beyond that, the barracks — a courtyard with buildings for the Khas soldiers, in which they were drilling, supervised by Valdyan and Iss-Peranian soldiers and petty officers; and a mirror-image courtyard where the villagers had taken up residence, some of them in tents in the actual yard. Mikhanan came up to me and said that it was kind of all right, they were happy enough for now, but he didn’t want to stay forever. No, I didn’t either, we agreed on that. Then Ruchkhané showed me something he’d discovered: beyond their quarters there were two more barracks-like courtyards, empty, unused, not even finished, on the outside of the palace with a view of the city and the mountains. Obviously they’d counted on more soldiers– perhaps the hundred and fifty or so we had lost at sea. I intend to go there and look out over the city yet, but of course I couldn’t do that with the under-majordomo and all his attendants looking on.
When we came back we found Senthi and Lysna laughing uncontrollably: they’d found out why we’d had such a long way to walk through the corridors. We had been led along the same path several times, because our rooms hadn’t been quite ready! That explained the repeating carpets, too. The servants had thought that the king would never catch on, and I wouldn’t have, I suppose, if Lysna hadn’t tried her Iss-Peranian on the local maids.
Mernath –not the one in the Guild of the Nameless, but my own valet– appeared, carrying official robes and bringing news. The crown prince would be paying an unofficial visit this afternoon, and there was a letter from the plenipotentiary ambassador of Valdyas –not that I remembered ever having appointed such a person, and Halla had never heard of it either– and, hence the robes, a delegation was on its way to ask me to give Raisse permission to visit the First Queen Ylish and the Second Queen Asa –the oldest and the youngest of the Enshah’s wives– in the women’s quarters. “What if I don’t want you to give me permission?” Raisse asked, half joking, but I said I’d give her permission so she could make up her own mind about whether to go.
Mernath had heard that apart from the crown prince, there were also two crown princesses: the Azure Princess Khiarban and the Azure Princess Yilde, both not at court at the moment. I wondered how many children who weren’t crown princes or princesses the Enshah had, seeing that he had two hundred wives.
When the delegation arrived, we were dressed up and seated on the two thrones on the veranda outside our bedroom. It was an impressive sight: a dozen large burly eunuchs, then a dozen slender stylish eunuchs, all unarmed, escorting half a dozen very old ladies. The eldest of the old ladies bowed, and bowed again, and climbed the veranda stairs and bowed again, then asked me for permission for the most learned, mighty, etcetera, lady Queen Raisse to visit the queens so that they could benefit from her learned instruction. “I’ll gladly give her permission, if she is inclined to accept the invitation,” I said, forcing the old lady to ask Raisse as well.
Raisse accepted, not that I’d expected otherwise. It would be most expedient to go right away, so she collected some ladies-in-waiting: Captain Arni, Talvi of the Ildis regiment, our doctor, my secretary Halla, her own maid Lysna and two identically-dressed linen maids. Talvi commanded twelve women soldiers in their best uniforms.
While Raisse was assembling her party I read the letter from the ambassador: someone called Sellei Ruzyn, probably elderly, judging from her shaky old-fashioned handwriting. Her choice of words was also old-fashioned and mixed with Iss-Peranian– she’d probably been living here for a long time. She was the elected representative of the Valdyan community in Albetire and would like to “enjoy my instruction”– yes, she’d definitely been living here too long. I asked Halla to invite Ruzyn to come at her earliest convenience: I was curious about the Valdyan community here.
Some time went by in which I tried to make a plan for the next few days, complicated by not knowing who wanted to see me and who I needed to see, and the fact that my secretary was currently Raisse’s lady-in-waiting. Mernath knew a lot of things, but mostly practical rather than administrative. I stood by the fire in the temple of Anshen for a while, practiced my Iss-Peranian with giggling servants, and waited. With luck Raisse would be back before the crown prince turned up, and otherwise I’d give him her compliments. As it was, she came back just as it was getting hot, so overwhelmed with everything that she couldn’t tell me much– that will probably come in bits and pieces. She did tell me that the youngest queen was really very young, thirteen, and very gifted, but her training wouldn’t start until her fourteenth birthday. The women seem to have their own way of training gifted girls, which the queen hadn’t been able, or permitted, to tell Raisse about.
The bedroom was cool, the bed looked inviting, though it was currently occupied by two little boys having a backwards-crawling race. When Vurian saw Raisse he started screaming for milk, and Rovan thought that was a good idea, so it was a while before we could lie down and get some relief from the heat. When we did get the chance –Senthi had taken both of the babies to sleep outside under a cloth canopy– Raisse showed me what she hadn’t seen until the youngest queen had: she was a few weeks pregnant. It must have happened that last night in the village. Either we’d have to stay for almost three seasons, which wasn’t what I’d planned, or she would be travelling while pregnant again– but we already knew that she could. Talking about this, we must have fallen asleep, because when we woke up Mernath and Lysna were there with kingly clothes to dress us in.
There was a table on the veranda now, with wine and food set out on it, and another chair next to the thrones for the crown prince. I asked for a chair and a writing-table for Halla, because I wasn’t sure that I’d be able to remember everything important. Halla filled me in on some details: the old queen, Ylish, had two living daughters, the Azure Princesses, born about ten years apart, the first when she was in her thirties though she’d married the Enshah when she was sixteen. The daughters couldn’t stand each other, and they were both in exile anyway– it didn’t become clear to me why. The crown prince was their half-brother, about thirty years old. His mother had been beheaded for trying to poison the crown princesses; the prince had been banished at that time, but was now back in his father’s graces. The Enshah had had three other sons, older than this prince, but one had died in an uprising, one in a war, and one had been poisoned. Also, there were eight-year-old twin sons whose mother had gone into exile with the elder princess; the boys were living in the women’s residence. There was something strange about the elder princess: she was dandar, which Raisse recognised as the word the young queen had used for “gifted”, but it meant more than that, a hint of not-quite-savoury semsin work about it.
The crown prince arrived with an escort of courtiers wearing swords. I was about to ask for my own when Ayran spoke to their commander, a table was brought, cushions on it, and they all put their swords there to be guarded by Ayran’s adjutant.
Behen e Khahar e Aman –that’s what Halla tells me is his name; I could only make “Ben Echar Eman” of it– was a jovial man, so much that I had trouble not to say things that shouldn’t be heard, at least not yet. We mostly made small-talk, but it felt as if he was trying to find out what kind of man this young king was. After a while he apologised for his lack of courtesy and switched to accented, but very understandable Ilaini, making it (whether intended or not) even harder for me not to say too much.
Relations with his father were getting ever better, he said, and I could sense that he really believed that. Then he asked whether I was a father. Yes, I said, my son is ten months old, there he is sleeping under the canopy. That got me, and probably by extension Raisse, his instant admiration: that we dared travel with such a small child! It’s the strangest things that make people think that Valdyans are uncommonly brave.
He was also curious about Senthi and Hinla: he’d always assumed that Valdyans had only one wife. I made him laugh by telling him that Senthi was our son’s wet-nurse and Hinla was our adopted daughter, but that we were keeping the servants guessing. I don’t know how we got from that to the “unfortunate case” of Prince Attima and the girl among the Enshah’s wives or concubines who had been “taken care of”. “Fatally?” I asked, and it turned out that that was indeed the case. “Wouldn’t you do that if your wife betrayed you?” the prince asked. No, of course not, I said, and realised that I couldn’t even imagine my wife betraying me. He didn’t see me blush, or ignored it, and went on to say that he didn’t mind sharing the power with his half-siblings, but someone who had both a different father and a different mother would be too much of a stretch.
There would be an official banquet shortly, where I would be able to meet King Aheste of Jomhur, the kingdom in the west that had already fallen to the Khas. The kingdom we’d just left. The king had left it just in time, I gathered. I asked Halla for the map and the crown prince pointed out where the kingdoms of the alliance were: between Albetire, where we were, and Jomhur there was only one other kingdom.
The moment the prince had left the ambassador was announced, as if she’d been waiting outside the door. She was indeed old, accompanied by a younger woman, Hylti. It was refreshing to talk to Valdyans who we hadn’t been travelling with, even if they’d picked up Iss-Peranian manners. There were about thirty-two thousand Valdyans in Albetire, in their own quarter of the city– that amounted to a town the size of Veray! It turned out that Ruzyn had come with my mother, when they were both girls, and stayed in Albetire when she ran into a nice man. She was now a widow, elected to be “head of the nation” as any group of people from a foreign country in Albetire had to have. When the Khandihan came back, he’d heard that we had someone from Iss-Peran who we called “ambassador”, so she was given that title. I promised to visit the Valdyan quarter as soon as I could; I’m really looking forward to that.
Ruzyn warned me that nothing that was said here could be private, because everybody had spies everywhere. “Then the whole palace will know tomorrow that we’re expecting another little prince or princess!” I said with a grin, but it disturbed me nevertheless. She could tell me some facts that everybody knew already anyway– that Princess Khiarban was associated with what she called “the widows’ league”, and Princess Yilde with the movement of Koll Konandé (I wonder if Koll Neveshtan is any relation) which had a lot of support among the people. Also, that there were a hundred and fifty thousand soldiers camped on the west side of the city, ostensibly to fight the Khas on the Jomhur border, but it could just as well be preparation for an uprising. Ayran told me later, out of everybody’s earshot, that he’d like to be away from here before the soldiers were gone, because otherwise the Enshah might expect our soldiers to defend him if there was an uprising.
As for spies, Mernath had discovered a service corridor running inside the wall, past our bed, and a space under the veranda and part of the bedroom that held a large basin of ice but could easily hold a spy as well; we’ll have to be still more careful of what we say.
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Stagestruck: Texas Tough & Tangy
by Chris Rohmann | Oct 22, 2018
Barack Obama and Ann Richards both sprang to national prominence with sensational speeches at a Democratic National Convention. Richards’ came in 1988, and she used the opportunity to pitch her unique brand of tough-minded common-sense liberalism and kick sand on the white shoes of the Republican nominee, George H.W. Bush.
Her best-remembered line from that moment in the spotlight was “Poor George – he can’t help it. He was born with a silver foot in his mouth.” Surprisingly, that line isn’t in Ann, the otherwise zinger-filled one-woman portrait of Richards that’s playing through Oct. 28 at Shakespeare & Company in Lenox, a production of WAM Theatre, the Berkshire troupe dedicated to work by and about women.
Unlike Obama, Richards did not go on the White House, but to the Texas governor’s mansion, itself almost as audacious a leap. She was elected in 1990, a true-blue woman in a deep-red macho state, a diminutive fireball with a gift for tangy wisecracks and a helmet of pure-white hair atop an elfin face.
Jayne Atkinson is neither diminutive nor elfin, but she sports the trademark hairdo and white Chanel suit (courtesy of wigmaker Paul Huntley and costumer Jess Goldstein) and gloriously channels Richards’ energy, passion and humor with energy, passion and great comic timing. (I saw the play with a friend from Texas, who said Atkinson’s Lone Star twang is close, but no Stetson.)
Most solo shows in which an actor impersonates a famous figure take the form of first-person narratives in which the subjects share their biography and opinions with the audience, often presented as a day-in-the-life snapshot set in the person’s quintessential habitat – Thoreau’s cabin, Wharton’s library, to take a couple of previous examples from Berkshire stages. Some are framed as public speeches that drift into personal history and anecdote – like last season’s Kunstler.
Ann, written by Holland Taylor, who also originated the role, and deftly directed here by Kristen van Ginhoven, does both.
It begins as a college commencement address, where the governor offers homespun reminiscences of her childhood, including an eye-opening year in a multiethnic grade school, her life as a dutiful housewife whose untapped energy came out in alcoholism, and her ascent in local and then state politics, spurred by the notion that “life isn’t fair, but government should be.”
We then move, with Juliana von Haubrich’s breakaway set, into the governor’s office in Austin on a typically fraught workday in 1993. There she juggles multiple emergencies, from a possible stay of execution for a notorious killer to an imminent trip to Mexico whose logistics have been botched by a subordinate (“who “couldn’t organize a circle jerk”) to corralling her four grown children for an upcoming family vacation.
“Why must I ride herd on everyone?” she moans, but seems to enjoy being the only one who’s able to get things done. She notices a fray in the Texas flag that stands in a corner, and it isn’t long after complaining about it that she gets out her needle and thread. She’s a whirlwind of zest and spunk, by turns demanding and nurturing, imperious and exasperated, and while it’s stimulating to be in her presence via Atkinson’s virtuosic performance, I couldn’t help feeling she must have been hard to be around on a daily basis.
Most of the action takes place on the telephone in one-way conversations – Julie White is the unseen assistant’s voice on the intercom juggling the incoming calls – as Richards paces around the spacious desk trailing the receiver’s long cord (authors of contemporary plays must be so grateful for the invention of the cell phone).
The piece, drawn from Richards’ own words plus “anecdote and imagination,” touches on numerous issues that were dear to her, from abortion (“a subject on which I am always loaded for bear”) to gun control – her veto of a concealed-carry law may have cost her reelection – to women in politics and the right and duty to vote.
Which is where she leaves us, with an oh-so-timely plea for grass-roots participation: “The government isn’t they, the government is you, it is me, it is us. Public servants work for you – you hire ’em, you can fire ’em!”
Ann is an affectionate, stimulating, often hilarious, shoot-from-the-hip tonic for our times. It ends as it began, at the college commencement, where Richards tells the new graduates, “Look kids, the here and now is all you have – and if you play it right, it’s all you need.”
Photos by David Dashiell
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Province to spend $40 million to build new nursing homes, update older ones
Kim Pemberton
The B.C. government announced a 10-year, $40-million plan to build new nursing homes and upgrade older ones. AFP / AFP/Getty Images
A 10-year plan by Vancouver Coastal Health to add more seniors’ nursing home beds and upgrade older facilities was welcomed by care providers and the seniors’ advocate.
The health authority announced Thursday it will spend $40 million on the project and has signed agreements for six new and expanded residential care facilities. The agreements represent the first stage in a longer-term plan that will see a significant number of the region’s residential care facilities rebuilt to today’s modern standard.
“There is a lot of older stock in residential care when it comes to Vancouver so this is welcome news. It brings those beds into a modern era,” said Daniel Fontaine, CEO of the B.C. Care Providers Association, whose members represent about 66 per cent of the publicly funded extended care beds in the province.
Under the new agreements, when the homes are upgraded, all of the 600 beds affected will be private with ensuite washrooms. B.C. Seniors Advocate Isobel Mackenzie had recommended previously that by 2025 at least 95 per cent of all residential care beds should be single rooms. At the time of her 2015 report approximately 75 per cent of the 27,421 extended care beds in the province were single rooms.
“It’s very good news and I applaud Vancouver Coastal with coming forward with this,” Mackenzie said.
“I’m happy to see they are replacing the multi-person rooms with newer facilities that include an ensuite bathroom with a shower. It’s what people want and it more normalizes functions like bathing than having to require a trip down to the bathing room.”
The Care Group is one of the providers that has signed an agreement with Vancouver Coastal Health to provide new beds in the region. It will provide 87 beds in total — 58 publicly funded beds and 29 private beds when Casa Mia Mansion 0n Marine Drive in Vancouver opens in late 2019 along with an addition, pending rezoning by the city.
“We are delighted to see the new beds coming to Vancouver. There’s a serious need for new quality beds and we need more specialized beds as well,” said Maureen McIntosh, of the Care Group.
Point Grey Private Hospital, on Cornwall Avenue, has also signed an agreement with Vancouver Coastal Health for 58 publicly funded beds plus 26 private beds. A new addition will be built, with a completion date of 2018.
“I’m very supportive about creating quality spaces for seniors in their own neighbourhoods. It’s hard for seniors to leave the place they grew up and raised their families (when they go into a nursing home and no space is available locally),” said Point Grey Private Hospital administrator Pam Hamilton.
Health Minister Terry Lake said in a news release that the announcement reflects the government’s strategic direction to provide more home and community care for seniors.
“This is great news as British Columbia’s population is aging and growing, so we need to be ready for the care shift that will take place,” Lake said.
Private rooms not only provide more privacy to seniors they also help with infection control. The rebuilt homes will be brighter and hallways wider to accommodate wheelchairs. Some facilities will also have special care units to provide additional safety and security for residents with advanced dementia and challenging behaviours.
“This is part of the biggest improvement of residential care facilities in VCH in the past 50 years,” Mary Ackenhusen, president and CEO of VCH, said in a news release.
The health authority is still in negotiations with other facilities and expects to make agreements for approximately 300 additional new beds for Vancouver later this year.
Other signed agreements so far include:
• Hamilton Village Care Centre in Richmond: 135 beds and a new facility in East Richmond, expected for early 2019, subject to rezoning.
• Fraserview: 75 beds. Replacement and expansion of existing building in South Richmond. Completion, subject to rezoning, is scheduled for early 2020.
• Creekstone Care Centre on the North Shore: 150 beds (plus 30 private beds). Also a new facility on lower Mountain Highway, subject to rezoning, is scheduled for fall of 2018.
• Silverstone Care Centre in Sechelt: 125 beds (plus three private beds). Also a new facility on Derby Road, subject to rezoning, is scheduled for the summer of 2018.
kpemberton@postmedia.com
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Evidence for deep venous reconstruction is “extremely weak”
Stephen Black
Stephen Black, St George’s Hospital, London, UK, told delegates at the Charing Cross Symposium (5–8 April 2014, London, UK) that most of the evidence for deep venous reconstruction is based on single-centre experiences, many of them small, and therefore “extremely weak”.
In his presentation, Black explained that the basis of analysing patients with deep venous disease is the CEAP classification, Villalta Score and the Venous Severity Score. However, he said, these tools do not provide a full picture of many patients who are treated for deep venous disease, “with no real understanding of the haemodynamic mechanisms of bringing these patients to be treated in the first place, and in addition these scores are based entirely on signs and symptoms.”
The same applies to the use of imaging, according to Black, where there is a lack of consensus whether CT or MRI is the best modality to assess deep venous disease patients. “The bottom line is that these are all axial image modalities with patients generally lying on their back so they do not provide us with information of the haemodynamics of the circulation. And the use of imaging ultimately ends up depending on what you have available in your institution, so you have to be slightly pragmatic,” he said, adding that at St George’s Hospital he uses CT.
He noted that the same applies to the use of IVUS and venography, and added: “With IVUS, the consensus seems to be that it is expensive and there has not been any evidence of whether it is a useful tool, so we do need to establish if IVUS is going to make any difference to our patients’ treatment. I have found it an indispensable tool for seeing exactly what the stent looks like after placement and making sure that I do not leave any residual stenosis, particularly if I am looking for residual clot or any other lesions that need treating after lysis. In addition IVUS has the potential to significantly reduce the radiation dose administered to the patient.”
Black then described the treatment pathway of deep venous reconstruction. “You treat the obstructive component first—whether it is proximal or distal, you want to eliminate the obstruction in the system—and the mainstay for this is going to be stenting (in this day and age bypass is reserved for patients with occluded stents or those who have significant symptoms that require an operation). You then treat the superficial reflux, and endovenous ablation will be the mainstay of that. Finally, you deal with the deep venous reflux that is left behind. Neglen and Raju say only approximately 5% of patients ever come to need any form of valve reconstruction,” he said.
Stenting in chronic patients, according to Black, achieves good results. He showed delegates the case of a patient treated with the Veniti stent and said that once the lesion was crossed and the stent was placed, there was a good resolution of symptoms. However, he said, “we rely a lot on Neglen et al (J Vasc Surg 2007;46:979–90) and Raju and Neglen (J Vasc Surg 2009;50:360–8) long-term data to provide us with any evidence for this,” and added, “An important take-home message with stenting of both chronic lesions and post-thrombotic lesions is that the patency rates are assisted primary and secondary. If you rely entirely on putting a stent and never following up your patient, a lot of these stents will block and you will have very poor patency rates.”
Black moved on to talk about patients for whom bypass surgery is the only treatment option. He showed the case of a femoro-caval bypass in which the patient had a stent that occluded and who presented with venous claudication and significant C6 lesions that were not healing. “Bypass procedures work well but are time consuming and you have to work hard to keep them patent. In addition, fistulae are still a controversial area where we are not entirely clear whether they are effective or not. In this particular patient, six months after his procedure, the bypass is still patent and the symptoms have improved markedly, but you have to be very careful in your patient selection; they need very good inflow otherwise there is no point in even attempting a bypass,” Black said.
He added that the results of bypass surgery also rely on single-centre experiences. “You certainly can get good results, but these are dependent on interventions as primary patency rates are poor. You have to be intervening in these patients, dealing with complications and following them up very carefully.”
In relation to valve reconstruction, Black said it is “perhaps the trickiest and most difficult part of deep venous intervention”. He added: “I spent some time with Oscar Maletti in Italy and his procedure for Neovalve reconstruction is a beautiful operation. He is an artist with this procedure and I do not know how extrapolable that operation is. Again we rely heavily on single-centre experience and mostly Kistner for primary valvuloplasty. Primary valvuloplasty is better than external valvuloplasty and you can reserve Neovalve for those more difficult cases. Endovenous techniques for valve replacement are on the way but nothing yet is suitable for valve reconstruction.”
The conclusion, Black said, is that we are in an era where evidence for deep venous reconstruction is extremely weak but advancing. “There are lots of single-centre experiences, but it is very difficult to interpret the data. We need to understand the haemodynamics of the deep venous system much more carefully than we do and we need to understand the relationship between the deep and superficial systems. We also need to understand what the passage from an asymptomatic patient with a May Thurner lesion and no problem to somebody with obstruction is and we need to clarify things like the role of IVUS and imaging in this disease.”
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Conference play kicks off with Pep Rally in quad
Tristan McGowen, [email protected]
Free fun, free gear and free food seemed to be all that ULM Athletics needed to draw a big crowd for the introduction of conference play. With help from the Warhawk Women and the Campus Activity Board, ULM hosted the 2018 Conference Kickoff Pep Rally Thursday night in the quad. The pep rally featured players and coaches from three of ULM’s athletic teams, including football, volleyball and soccer, as they got fans excited about entering conference play during their next matchups.
Volleyball head coach Russ Friedland got things going with the introduction of the first of these conference matches. He announced that ULM Volleyball was geared to face off against Texas St. in Malone Stadium the following day, Friday, Sept. 21. When asked about what the pep rally means to the University and how it can get more students out to the games, Coach Russ had this to say.
“Yeah, this is great, anything we can do especially when we’re giving away and some free food and some free gear it’s an awesome opportunity for us coaches to get in front of the students and actually invite them to the games. You know, a lot of people may not actually know the games are free or when we play, they’re all focused on some other sports. But, we’re there and it’s a different fill in our gym. Our team is kind of re-energized this year and they are playing really well. We’ve got a 4 game win streak going right now into conference and now it’s time to see what we’re really made of.”
The familiar sounds of a Warhawk game day filled the air as ULM Cheer and the Hawkline performed alongside with The Sounds of Today Marching Band to excite students even more.
Joel Sinclair, the CAB Advisor, was out there to oversee the event and was excited to see pep rallies back on campus.
“I really couldn’t have thought of a better way to introduce conference play you know, it’s our first conference game in two weeks we’re pumped about it.” He continued. “It’s an exciting athletic season for all three teams especially and all of ULM athletics. The last time a pep rally has been on this campus was probably in 2012 when I was a freshman and with the turnout we had and the cooperation of student life, athletics, the coaches and especially the Warhawk women who came up with this great idea, this pep rally really put things forward in the right direction.”
As the night went along, students heard speeches from two other athletic organizations. Despite soccer being on the road to face off against Arkansas St. they were still recognized during the pep rally and given a supportive round of applause from the audience.
Football was represented by head coach Matt Viator, who hopped on the mic to announce the Warhawks home game against Troy. The game marks ULM’s second home game on the season as the Warhawks return to Malone Stadium after a tough loss to Texas A&M. After coach Viator was finished getting students ready for the game, students and fans alike were treated to a surprise speech from senior linebacker David Griffith. The speech was followed by a fantastic hype video to close out the event.
The pep rally carried into the night as good music and even better company kept students in the quad.
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News 2011 Dakar: Honda Europe Update 2
2011 Dakar: Honda Europe Update 2
2011 Dakar Rally
Day 2 in the 2011 Dakar Rally was again well over 700km long. As Team Honda Europe rider Quinn Cody mentioned, it was easy to make mistakes which was confirmed by the many missed turns and many crashes.
All four Honda Europe Dakar riders got through the day without too many difficulties. For the Honda mechanics this means just the regular maintenance is necessary. New oil, fresh air filters, and a quick systems check.
Only Quinn Cody (No. 15) keeps on developing his Honda Dakar bike with little adjustments, the others are satisfied with the way things are going.
Although, not entirely. Mirjam Pol (No. 58) was again not happy with her result of the incident packed day, which sees her sitting in 103rd place. Alexey Naumov (No. 126) lost his stamp card and got a 5-minute penalty.
That was in fact the only incident of the day for the Russian Dakar rider, who’s riding safely but still in 79th position. Vadim Pritulyak (No. 52) was the second rider of the team to arrive in the bivouac.
A half a year ago he decided to work more on his riding skills, and so far it’s paying off. He currently sits in 86th position in the 2011 Dakar.
For Stage 4 scheduled Jan. 5, all bikes have been prepared to allow for the thin air. The start is at 2000m above sea level, topping at 3300m before descending to the finish line at 1000m. Team Honda Europe has devised a system to adjust the mixture, in this case leaning it, without changing jets themselves.
For the extreme performance of Quinn Cody who starts his third-ever stage in the Dakar rally from twelfth-overall, technician Marcel Bulten chose to alter the jetting as well. This is linked to the special top end of Quinn’s engine.
Quinn Cody (Team Honda Europe Dakar) says: "It was very easy to make mistakes. You could tell from the tire marks that the leaders were really taking risks, I tried to be smooth. At some point you have to choose. Maintain a speed which allows me to follow my roadbook, or just go after my instinct and follow the tracks from the other guys, I choose to read the roadbook, we still have a long way to go.
"I got overtaken by Olivier Pain, just before the fuel stop. In the end of the special I caught up with Jordi Viladoms. Navigation wasn’t too hard, because of the many spectators. I had a scary moment when a huge pig was in the middle of the track, it must have been around 200 kilos, I missed it by 3 inches!”
Mirjam Pol (Team Honda Europe Dakar) says: "Just like yesterday I had a bad day. Not completely, because I gained 30 positions before the fuel stop. I overtook some people in the dust, some others by riding clever. But after the fuel stop I was stuck behind 3 quads which made so much dust I couldn’t get past.
"So most of the 30 riders passed me again and in the end I was back where I started. The good thing was that the riding went a lot better. Bad thing is I again have to start in a position where I don’t want to be. Further back you also have to deal with the ruts created by all the riders which have already passed, making the track harder to ride.”
Alexey Naumov (Team Honda Europe Dakar) says: "It was a long day, but other than that ok. The second half of the stage was difficult, with all the dust, so I was making sure I was 200% safe. Things are going better day by day.”
Vadim Pritulyak (Team Honda Europe Dakar) says: "I read and follow the roadbook all the time, and it helps me to control my speed. I’m more confident on the bike and less tired. I learned from Henk (Henk Hellegers, the team owner) this is the most important thing. Coming to the bivouac, there was a massive crowd. To me it’s like living in a show.”
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Title: The Ambleside Alibi: A Lake District Mystery
Series: Lake District Mysteries (Persimmon Brown #2)
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She delivers a bouquet of flowers with a mysterious message attached to an elderly lady that brings sinister secrets to the light. And when another old woman is found murdered in her own home, Simmy is drawn into the center of the murder investigation after the prime suspect names her as an alibi.
As the murky lives of her neighbors tangle and swirl around her, Simmy must uncover the motive behind the murder before the killer strikes again….
Persimmon Brown owns a flower shop in Windemere in the Lake District. Trying to fit in the small community as she tries to move past her tragic life and move forward. When things seem to be going smooth things start to go unravel.
A delivery to an old woman with a secret message, things start to come to light. Then another older woman is found murder at home Persimmon knows things are not as it seems. Her peaceful life is no longer as she finds herself in the middle of things.
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Simmy has been adjusting to life in Windermere, running her florist shop, Persimmon’s Petals, and trying to put her tragic past behind her. But just when she thinks her life is quietly coming together, it starts to unravel at the seams. She delivers a bouquet of flowers with a mysterious message attached to an elderly lady that brings sinister secrets to the light. And when another old woman is found murdered in her own home, Simmy is drawn into the center of the murder investigation after the prime suspect names her as an alibi. As the murky lives of her neighbors tangle and swirl around her, Simmy must uncover the motive behind the murder before the killer strikes again….
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DWP's "untidy tenancies" and impact on "housing costs element"
22nd February, 2019
DWP’s latest Landlord newsletter refers to “untidy tenancies” and explains how, in some cases, DWP’s “Decision Maker” may exercise discretion, regarding the amount of “housing costs element” allowed in cases of separation etc. to permit a joint tenant to be able to meet the contractual rent and remain in the property.
“An ‘untidy tenancy’ is one in which a joint tenant(s) has left the property and is not paying rent, if for example, a relationship has broken down, but the landlord is unable to remove them from the tenancy for legal reasons.
Universal Credit would normally divide the rental liability equally among joint tenants when calculating housing costs. Universal Credit provisions can sometimes allow a claimant to be treated as liable for rent which they do not have a formal liability to pay.
In such ‘untidy tenancy’ cases, this provision can be used to allow the housing costs to be calculated based on the full rent, despite a claimant having shared liability for the rent under a joint tenancy. These circumstances occur more often in the social rented sector.”
It appears, the note is designed to address situations, mainly in the social sector, where:
Couples separate; one member of the couple dies, moves away or is imprisoned for more than 6 months, leaving the remaining member, solely liable or must assume liability for the rent in order to remain there; and
In joint tenancies, involving two or more tenants, “jointly & severally liable” for the rent, with each claiming separately (e.g. two brothers; sister and brother; 2 unrelated persons) and one vacates permanently, the other assumes responsibility for the full rent.
Whilst the note is intended to be helpful its author appears to be a bit confused over the issues of “joint & several liability”, being “treated as liable” and what the UC regulations currently allow.
In the case of couples, the UC regulations refer to them as “joint renters” and provide that the contractual rent can be paid (less any under-occupation and non-dep deductions). In cases where both partners are listed on the tenancy agreement they will be “jointly & severally” liable for the rent, so, in the event they separate, one dies or goes into prison, the other automatically should be able to claim the contractual rent, less the deductions mentioned above. There is no need to “assume liability” as the liability already exists.
Alternatively, if the tenancy is in the name of one member of the couple and he/she leaves, dies etc. the other, in order to remain there, can qualify for the “housing costs element” even though they are, at that point, not legally liable. The regulations allow them to be “treated as liable”, like the rule that has applied to Housing Benefit for the past 30 years.
Lastly, in the case of “joint tenants” who do not form a couple, but are nevertheless “jointly & severally” liable for the contractual rent, each when they apply for housing costs should quote the full contractual rent, not their share of it. DWP is expected to then apportion the rent equally. However, when one leaves, goes into prison or dies, the remaining joint tenant can also be paid the contractual rent, due to their “joint & several liability”. In their case, there is no under-occupation penalty applied if the joint tenancy still exists.
Couples, living in Private Tenancies can, in some cases, benefit from similar rules, although in their case, the contractual liability may well be “capped” by Local Housing Allowance (LHA) rules. For example, if the couple split, the remaining member would claim as single person, and, if under 35, would be restricted to shared accommodation rate unless they fell into one of the excepted groups.
I hope this helps your understanding of this important issue. Contact me if you requre further clarification bill@ucadvice.co.uk.
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Nebraska football looks to be favorite for 3-star receiver William Nixon
Nebraska football looking to bounce back from recruiting loss [Image via Carter Terry/YouTube]
The Huskers are looking to bounce back from the Xavier Watts commit to Notre Dame
by Tobias Richmond (article and video)
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Nebraska football could be landing Texas wide receiver on Monday - Video
The Nebraska football team lost out on one of the top recruits in the state of last week. While that was certainly a blow, it appears the Huskers are looking to pick up the pieces quickly and confidently. Xavier Watts was technically a 3-star receiver out of Omaha according to 247Sports composite ratings.
Now the Huskers appear to be in a position to replace him on their board. Watts is headed to Notre Dame, Waco Texas receiver William Nixon could be headed to Lincoln.
The Nebraska football team has taken a few hits because it lost out on a local recruit.
That particular damage isn't easily ignored. Scott Frost and company have made it very clear they want to lock down the state. Watts going elsewhere was bad news.
Nixon could fill the spot on the recruiting board, but he won't fill the spot when it comes to in-state recruits. The good news is that Watts has really been the only in-state prospect that has slipped through the new Huskers' staff.
Nebraska football commitment announcement incoming?
247Sports reported that quite a few of their analysts believe that William Nixon is going to be a Husker when all is said and done.
The amount of time we have to wait to see whether or not those analysts are right could be short.
A new report has surfaced from the Omaha World-Herald that Nixon is going to be announcing his commitment at some point on Monday. With the reports that he's leaning towards the Nebraska football team, it could be yet another big pickup in what has been a busy couple of weeks.
A bevy of new commits
The Nebraska football team has had the same kind of summer stretch that it did a year ago under Scott Frost and company.
This time of year has been good for the Huskers on the recruiting front as they have gotten commits in bunches.
The end of June and beginning of the month saw several different players join longtime commit Xavier Betts on the 2020 rolls. Betts, by the way, got pretty good news last week when an injury he sustained at The Opening turned out to not be as serious as he first thought.
The Cornhuskers have seven total commits for the 2020 class and four of those came in the last couple of weeks.
William Nixon isn't quite as ballyhooed as Watts but he is the 98th best receiver in the entire class. He would be a heck of a pickup for Frost and company.
The Huskers are looking to beat out several other Power 5 teams who are vying for Nixon's services. Penn State and Baylor have both been working the hardest in the last few weeks. It's never a bad thing when the Nebraska football team can beat out a conference rival.
It's also always nice to be able to pull a talented Texas player out of his home state. They 2020 recruiting class would get a big bonus if Nixon decides he wants to play in Lincoln for the foreseeable future.
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Now Available: THE COST OF LIVING–Book Blast and Giveaway!
Hi there! Today I’m getting the word out on a New Adult paranormal thriller from Emilie Lucadamo. THE COST OF LIVING is the second book in her In The Darkness series and features a young un-dead college student trying to save his loved ones from the evil that killed him.
Catch an excerpt below, and be sure to scroll down and enter the giveaway!
Once people die, they’re not meant to wake up.
For college student Beck Murray, this doesn’t quite sink in until he’s sitting in a stranger’s apartment, reading his own obituary. He has no memory of how he died or how he happened to wake up—all Beck knows is that he’s been dead for six months, and now, incredibly, is not.
He assumes his biggest challenge will be explaining himself to his family and friends. This proves not to be the case as, one by one, Beck and his friends become the target of something evil. A darkness hangs over Beck, following every footstep he takes in his new life. He cannot fight it because he does not understand it. Soon, it becomes clear that Beck isn’t the only person who’s returned to life, and far from the only person in danger.
With the help of a young witch and a mysterious bookshop owner, Beck must learn to overcome the evil plaguing him before it drags him back down to the grave… and takes everyone he cares about with him.
After his fourth failed attempt to pull himself to his feet, Beck gives up and collapses against the pavement once more.
It’s no use. He could have the willpower of Hercules, yet he wouldn’t be able to haul himself off of the ground. His body is too strung out; his limbs are exhausted. He feels drained from head to toe. Whatever happened to lead him here, it sure did a number on him.
Here—where is here? Beck has no clue. Naked, in the middle of an unfamiliar street, with a dizzying headache and no memory of where he is or how he came to be there. That’s where he is right now.
It’s far from the best situation to be in. Not to mention the fact that the world’s biggest storm cloud seems to be focusing all its wrath on him alone. Rain lashes his skin, chilling him, and the thunder booming overhead rattles in his bones. He tries to move once more, and a fiery pulse of pain shoots through his entire body.
Beck has had better nights.
He’s wound up in some pretty undignified places over years spent growing up with his best friends, but this has to take the cake. This is a lot worse than the time his best friend James dared him to sleep on the roof in his underwear. This is even worse than the time he and his brother, Dylan got locked out of the house during a snowstorm and had to spend the night huddling for warmth on the porch. At least in those situations, he knew where he was. He had some choice in the matter, (even if it was between Dylan’s bony elbow in his side or freezing to death). This—this is a whole new level of weird.
He tries to lift his head, and a pulse of pain sends it right back down again. Thunder crashes overhead, followed by a flash of lightning. Beck swallows past his parched throat, realizing for the first time what a dangerous situation he could be in.
“Oh man,” he rasps, realizing too late that these are the first words he’s said since waking up. This absurdity is not helped by the fact that he’s scrambling around on his back like a lethargic bug. It seems like a miracle he’s able to speak at all. “Mmm…c’mon, c’mon…”
It’s no use. He can’t pull himself to his feet. Defeated, Beck collapses back onto the pavement again and closes his eyes. He’s so tired… Maybe a few moments’ sleep will give him the energy he needs.
He’s just about to drift away, when a sudden interruption startles him from his haze.
“You look like you could use some help.”
The voice is deep, clear as a bell over the roaring storm around them. Beck jumps, eyes springing open. It would take more self-control than he possesses not to gape up at the shadowy figure towering above him, silhouetted against the distant glow of a streetlight.
He blinks up at the stranger in a daze, trying to make out any features past the rain and his blurry vision. The man looming above him is slender, not too tall and not too muscular. The fact that he seems unfazed at finding a naked guy in the middle of the street probably says the most about him. Being the naked guy in question, Beck’s not about to judge.
Beck weighs his options. Common sense tells him not to trust shadowy figures in dark alleyways. Common sense also tells him not to pass out in the middle of the street naked, and not to wake up in the middle of a street with gravel digging into his back. Common sense is failing him today.
He isn’t about to get up without assistance, anyway, so yeah, he probably could use some help. “Wow, you figured that out?” he croaks, and tries for a laugh. It comes out as a wheeze. Beck is left choking when he attempts to take in a breath. He collapses again onto the street, landing hard on his side. His chest convulses with each ragged cough. By the time he is able to breathe again, he’s quaking like a leaf in a thunderstorm. Hell, that’s just about what he is.
“Easy…” The figure is kneeling by his side now and has a hand on his back. He’s warm; subconsciously, Beck leans into the touch. The smooth hand runs along the curve of his spine, leaving a trail of tingling heat in its wake. The pressure in Beck’s lungs slowly ebbs away, like water receding after high tide.
“Feels like you’ve got a pretty bad fever,” the man says, his strange, precise accent twisting the words until they sound more like a melody. “This rain can’t be helping. Wanna get out of it?”
“Yeah…” Beck nods hazily. “That’d be real great.”
Hands grip his biceps, helping him to his feet. Beck’s legs feel like noodles. He stands up, wavers, and would have fallen back down were it not for the grounding presence keeping him upright. He tries to straighten up, and his stomach does a perilous somersault. Hot bile rushes up his throat, and he only has time to double to the side before he’s heaving up acid.
By the time he straightens up again, he’s trembling from the exertion. He feels dizzy enough that he’s afraid to close his eyes, doubting his capability to open them again. When he tries to turn to his good Samaritan, he finds himself confronted with a sharp-featured face, dark eyes studying him and brows creased in concern.
“Sorry,” Beck tries to say. It comes out garbled. Fortunately, the guy doesn’t seem to care.
“Come on,” he urges, hooking an arm around Beck’s waist. “Let’s get you someplace warm and dry.”
Needless to say, Beck’s in no state to argue. Besides, he isn’t sure he wants to. The guy’s being nicer than he has any obligation to be, and it’s probably the fever talking, but his touch is the most soothing thing Beck can remember in a long time.
They don’t walk far. The stranger leads a stumbling Beck down the street, and they pass only a few shops before coming upon one with its windows piled high with books. A sign above the door reads Lehexe’s Books in spindly hand-painted lettering. The shop is dark enough that Beck can’t make out much through the window, but Beck’s new friend—Lehexe, presumably—doesn’t hesitate to open the door. He hustles them both inside and shuts out the storm behind them. No sooner are they standing in the middle of the shop floor than Beck finds rain pooling at his feet, soaking into the wooden floor. He sways in an effort to keep from dripping, and nearly overbalances again.
Lehexe—busy fumbling with a set of keys near a door behind the counter—casts a look over his shoulder and huffs. “Try to keep upright for two seconds. You can do that.”
Beck definitely can. He’s not an infant. (If he maybe has to grab hold of the counter to keep his balance, well, he thinks the other man is too preoccupied to notice.)
The right key finally slips into the lock, and Lehexe opens a door to a darkened hallway. He turns to look at Beck, raising an eyebrow as he gestures to him. Beck lets go of the counter, takes a step forward, and gets blindsided by a head rush that sends him falling on his face.
Being naked on the floor of some poor guy’s very nice bookshop is better than being naked on pavement in the middle of a storm…but only just. There’s a lot more indignity to his situation now that Beck is actually trying to keep himself upright. He can’t. It’s not just his legs refusing to cooperate with him. His entire body feels sluggish, achy and weighed down. His veins feel like they’ve been pumped full of lead. His skull is throbbing, stuffed with cotton and running with all the efficiency of a dying engine.
“I’m really sorry about this,” he manages to slur into the nice stranger’s woodwork. “’S not my day.”
“I figured,” Lehexe says as he helps peel Beck off the ground—and he is really being much nicer than Beck deserves. “I hope stuff like this don’t happen to you often.”
“It really doesn’t.” This is the weirdest thing Beck can remember happening to him in, well, ever. He’s not handling it well.
By some miracle, Lehexe manages to get him back on his feet again and leads him out of the shop. The hallway behind the door is small, narrow, with several doors lining the walls. One clearly reads Bathroom; the other, Beck suspects is a closet; as for the third, he doesn’t have a clue what could be behind it. (His half-delirious mind flashes back to the vintage game shows his grandma used to love, where shoulder-pad-flaunting contestants chose between Door One, Door Two, and Door Three for the chance to win “the prize of a lifetime!” Lehexe doesn’t make a good game show host, and Beck’s hairstyle isn’t nearly exciting enough for 80s television.)
There’s a final door at the end of the hallway, styled differently from the others. This one is great mahogany, with a firm frame, and another lock just beneath the knob. Lehexe turns to his set of keys yet again, and in seconds he has the door open to a set of stairs that tower over Beck’s head, making him feel dizzy.
His heart sinks. His stomach drops. He feels himself slump further to the floor, until Lehexe stubbornly hoists him back up again. Just looking up there makes his head spin, and the notion of dragging his noncooperative body up the stairs is nothing short of a pipe dream. There’s no way he can do it—just no chance.
“Yeahhh,” he groans. “Dude…don’t think that’s gonna happen…”
“You gotta try for me,” Lehexe says. “Can you do that?”
Beck considers this. “If I pass out, will you catch me?”
“I’ll try my best.”
Well, that’s good enough for him.
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Emilie Lucadamo has too many stories, and not enough words to tell them. At eighteen years old, she has been writing for most of her life, and telling stories even longer. Her dream is to one day become a critically acclaimed author. When not writing, she’s probably reading, or spending quality time with her dog.
Catch up with Emilie on her Twitter and Tumblr.
February 25, 2019 Veronica Rundell Contemporary, Emilie Lucadamo, New Adult Horror/suspense, Paranormal thriller, THE COST OF LIVING
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Marlin Softball Academy
2018 National Champions
Softball's Senior Day Sweep Keeps Record Unblemished
Guilford (13-12) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Virginia Wesleyan (27-0) 3 1 5 0 X 9 14 1
2B: Madison Glaubke; Amy Large; Maria Weddle
HR: Kiersten Richardson; Cassetty Howerin
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. – The top ranked Virginia Wesleyan University softball team kept its win streak going as it downed Guilford in both games of a doubleheader Sunday afternoon at Marlins Park. Both games ended in five innings, with the Marlins topping the Quakers 9-0 in the first and 10-1 in the second. With the wins, VWU improves to 28-0 on the year and 8-0 in conference play.
Before the contests, the team also acknowledged its seven members of the senior class who have recorded the highest winning percentage of any four-year class in VWU history as well as ODAC history (148-18).
GAME 1: VWU – 9 GUILFORD – 0
Kiersten Richardson got things going as she opened up the first frame with a single. After stealing second and third, she was brought home on a Cassetty Howerin single through the left side. Later in the inning, with the bases loaded, the Quakers would walk in a run, followed by a Maria Weddle RBI single thus giving the Marlins an early 3-0 lead. In the following inning, a Katelyn Biando Sacrifice fly would improve the score to 4-0.
The squad's final five runs all came in the third, beginning with a Julia Sinnett RBI single down the left field line. Richardson would follow that with a shot over the left field fence that scored two. After Madison Glaubke doubled, Howerin would have her turn in the home run column, bombing one in centerfield that would score two.
Hanna Hull started in the circle for the home side, allowing only a single hit through 3.0 innings. She would be relieved for senior Alana Peters, who held the Quakers hitless through the final two frames.
GAME 2: VWU – 10 GUILFORD – 1
Guilford was the first to get on the board in this one as the leadoff hitter took one over the right field fence. The lead didn't last long though as Richardson collected her second home run of the day in the second, plating three in the process.
In the third, the Marlins piled in the insurance runs as seven reached home plate. Amy Large doubled to start the side and Teresa Cardamone would trade places with her in the next at bat. A Beth Ford RBI single would eventually score Cardamone. Later in the frame, Biando picked up her second sac fly of the day scoring Ford from third. A pass ball error would then allow Richardson to score to make it 8-0. The final two runs of the tilt came on a Jessica Lindsay RBI double and a Large RBI single.
Hull once again picked up the win (19-0), tossing 3.0 innings and fanning five. She would be replaced by Carla Hall who allowed only two hits through her 2.0 innings dealing.
Softball will return to action at 5 p.m. on Wednesday as the squad travels to Christopher Newport University for a nationally-ranked matchup with the Captains.
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South Indian Actress Namitha joins BJP
South Indian film star Namitha joins BJP The actor joined the party in the presence of BJP working president JP Nadda. She was accompanied by her husband Virendra Chaudhary. Earlier, the actress had taken up membership in AIADMK . The actress joined the BJP on her resignation. Namitha was the star campaigner of AIADMK in the Lok Sabha elections. Radha […]
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PEOPLE ARE AFRAID; RAHUL BAJAJ CRITICIZES AMIT SHAH ON STAGE
Businessman and Bajaj Group Chairman Rahul Bajaj has said that the people of India are afraid to speak out against the government. Rahul Gandhi is referring to Amit Shah. He also said that he was not sure if the Narendra Modi government could take criticism with the right attitude. Rahul Bajaj criticized the Union government at the Economic Times Award […]
Afghanistan: Visiting Trump announces resumption of negotiations with Taliban
The U.S. president came to greet his troops on Thanksgiving. He took the opportunity to meet his Afghan counterpart On this long Thanksgiving weekend in the United States, Donald Trump was able to create the event. The US president announced Thursday during a surprise visit to Afghanistan that negotiations with the Taliban, which were halted in September, had resumed. The […]
INX Media case: 6 officers who worked with Chidambaram will appear in court today
In the INX Media case, the Supreme Court has reserved the verdict on the bail petition of P Chidambaram. Six bureaucrats who worked with former Finance Minister P Chidambaram in the INX Media Case will appear before the special court here on Friday. Recently, the CBI Special Court Judge Ajay Kumar Kuhar took summons on the CBI’s charge sheet and […]
Sangh wants Shiv Sena to reunion? Uddhav’s claim: RSS leaders had contacted
Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray has claimed that the union leaders had approached him and initiated the initiative to discuss the formation of a government with the BJP. According to sources, Uddhav Thackeray rejected the offer. On October 24, maharashtra results were completed on Sunday, while there were several occasions when the BJP-NCP came together to form a government. However, […]
How the whole game changed in Maharashtra Politics
Just before bedtime on Friday night, Uddhav Thackeray must be thinking about the preparations for the Maharashtra chief minister’s oath the next day. Twenty years later, shiv Sena was about to become a chief minister for the first time and the Thackeray family for the first time. By Friday night, it was decided that Uddhav Thackeray would be the chief […]
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Bit of Claytons with your Port?
Business, Political, Societal Add comments
Prime Minister John Howard says he will not be moving to take control over state ports as they struggle to keep up with demand for coal exports.
Yet during the very same press conference, he claims….
“I would like cooperation to work, we all would, but if cooperation doesn’t work we have to look at some alternative”
So which is it to be Prime Minister? How would you prefer your Port? Straight up under Commonwealth control, or left in the hands of the all-Labor state camarilla you find so vexing in the political sense?
Infrastructure is important in support of any economy going through an accelerated growth phase, such as Australia’s resources sector is experiencing presently. It’s all well and good for private enterprise to dig the stuff out of the ground and arrange sale contracts, but if governments don’t provide the export infrastructure to enable those contracts to be satisfied, then booms can quickly become busts. Bannerman notes with interest that Howard actually expects private enterprise to chip into providing their own export infrastructure, yet just recently, we’ve been shown a rather classic example of what happens when private enterprise does just that.
Howard has been backing the Private-Public Infrastructure boondoggle for quite some time now, yet doesn’t seem to have actually achieved much in that direction, except for the creation of a lot of hot air. Industry have contributed much to their own infrastructure so isn’t it only fair that in a time when the Commonwealth are literally reaping in a golden harvest in export excises and corporate taxes, that it turn some of that wealth back into supporting the goose which is laying, while it still lays?
Bannerman lived and worked in Central North Queensland during the 1980’s. Sarina and Mackay to be precise. One of his major customers was the, then, Theiss-Peabody-Mitsui coal export operation at Hay Point, just north of Sarina. At that time, Hay Point and it’s neighbour, Dalrymple Bay Coal was jointly the largest coal loading terminal on the east coast. It had two coal loading jettys in 1986 and always seven to ten bulk carriers parked off-shore waiting to dock. Abbot Point, north of Bowen; Barney Point and RG Tanna facilities in Gladstone didn’t exist at that time. Coal mining in Queensland was really getting a go on, and has tripled output in the past twenty years, and yet still, Hay Point/Dalrymple Bay facilities are effectively the same as they were, twenty years ago. There’s more room to store more coal now, but what earthly use is that, if it can’t be loaded onto carriers for export? These days, so Bannerman understands, the number of carriers sitting off shore at Dalrymple Bay number in the twenties.
From the perspective of ensuring infrastructure is up-to-date and capable of sustaining economic growth through resources export, this federal government has much to answer for. For the sake of playing politics, Australia’s port facilities are suffering under the weight of export expectations without due attention being paid to their upkeep or expansion as needs be. Long past time the federal sphere lived up to its own rhetoric and adopted a co-operative demeanour when dealing with the all-Labor states on necessary capital expenditure items.
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Forever Alone, Walking Dead Characters, Fear The Walking Dead Characters,
Broke Jaw Ranch
Troy Otto (Fear)
'Fear the Walking Dead' Lore: Troy Otto
This article is about the season three Fear The Walking Dead character. You may be looking for the season two Fear The Walking Dead character, the Video Game character, the actor, the voice actor, or the other voice actor.
Troy Otto
Jackson Robert Scott (Young)
Early 20s
Co-Founder of a Survivalist Organization (Pre-Apocalypse)
Former Leader of the Broke Jaw Ranch Militia (Post-Apocalypse)
Tracy Otto - Mother (Deceased)
Jeremiah Otto - Father (Deceased)
Jake Otto - Half-Brother (Deceased)
"Eye of the Beholder"
"Sleigh Ride" (Dream, Corpse)
Death Episode
"Things Bad Begun"
Head bludgeoned with a hammer by Madison Clark.
"Eye of the Beholder" to "Things Bad Begun"
Caucasian-American
Troy is bludgeoned in the head by Madison with a hammer. Image Gallery
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"I had every right. I had every... every right. That was my home and you gave me that right. You allowed me to run. I'd do it all again. All of it, Madison. And you would too, you know you would, cause you understand and you see things..."
—Troy's final words to Madison before she kills him.[src]
Troy Otto is a main character and a former antagonist, as well as a survivor of the outbreak in AMC's Fear The Walking Dead. He is the youngest son of Jeremiah and Tracy, the half-brother of Jake, and the last surviving member of his family until his immediate death.
Troy is also a former high-ranking member of the Broke Jaw Ranch community before being exiled. He is considered to be a dark psychopath but hides it with his intense charisma. He served as the primary antagonist of the episode "Eye of the Beholder" and the secondary antagonist of the second half of Season 3.
The youngest son of Jeremiah Otto, Troy has embraced the violence of the Apocalypse. He would kill to protect his father, his family, and his people – and often does. Despite growing up in the same environment as his brother, he developed a wilder personality without the tempering that his brothers education has given him. He is intensely suspicious of outsiders and more militant than his older brother.
Troy has a dark side and while he presents as something of a psychopath and a sadist, he has an intense charisma that draws people to him. Troys isolationist viewpoint is more in line with his father's beliefs, and that may make him better-suited to leading in this new post-apocalyptic world. It may also make him more popular among his father's followers.
In "Burning in Water, Drowning in Flame", he thinks through killing Madison, and eventually withdraws the knife from her throat. This proves that he is not fully psychopathic and has a more humane side. His childhood is the main influence of his dark side and his killing instinct, as a negligent father and hateful mother didn't provide him with love throughout his life. Even when she was dying, as he helped her, she still resented him. He is shown to be quite intelligent and quick thinking despite his lack of education.
In "Things Bad Begun", Troy shows a more human side while discussing his affection for Nick with her. Troy reveals that he feels genuine affection for Nick and sees him as a brother. However, the episode shows the extent of Troy's darker side with Troy displaying no remorse for the lives he took when destroying Broke Jaw Ranch. Troy shows a belief that it was his to destroy as his family founded it and despite everyone there dying, he states that he would do it again in a second without hesitation.
Rurals of San Diego, California
Troy, the youngest son of the Otto family, lives on Broke Jaw Ranch with his father Jeremiah and his half-brother Jake, the two having different mothers.[1] His family were founders of a survivalist organization preparing for the fall of democracy - "but didn't anticipate the rise of the dead".[2] Unlike his half-brother, he was not educated.[1]
Troy is first seen when he enters a locked office where Madison and Alicia are being held. He offers them tea and seems hospitable, until he starts interrogating them. Madison explains to Troy that she's looking for her son, Nick. Madison then demands to know where they've taken Travis. Troy avoids answering, but promises to let them go once he's finished “processing” them. He shows particular interest in Madison.
Troy joins his soldiers in the barrack bathroom, which is being used as a secret lab for Troy's men to test Infected resurrection times. His men select people of varying body types, health and ethnic backgrounds, to determine such variations have any effect. Troy stares into the vacant eyes of a dead body, waiting for him to turn. The Infected reanimates and the soldiers settle their bets.
In the storage room, Troy questions Travis about his connection to Madison, and his ethnicity. He's impressed by Travis' Maori “warrior” heritage. Travis tells Troy that Luciana is dying and requires immediate medical attention. Troy shrugs and declares that “everyone here dies", and orders Travis to sit.
Troy takes notes in a journal as he watches Madison and Alicia sleep. Madison wakes up and asks Troy if Travis is dead. Troy still doesn’t answer. She tells Troy that she loves Travis’ life more than her own.
Troy tells Madison that they’re getting ready to evacuate the depot. He offers to release Travis if she and Alicia travel home with him. They hear a gunshot outside. Troy runs out of the office and locks the door behind him. His men fire at Travis, Nick, Luciana, and Steven as they flee the barrack. The soldiers are gaining on them, so Travis tells Nick and Luciana to go on without him, and he stays behind. Steven is killed by Willy while Nick and Luciana escapes.
Troy orders his men, who have captured Travis, to take him to the pit around the back of the compound. Troy returns to the office and Madison attacks him with the knife, but Troy knocks the weapon out of her hand. She grabs hold of a spoon and plunges it into his eye socket, nearly gouging his eye out. Madison tells Troy if he tries to break away he will lose his eye. Madison yells for Alicia to find Travis and a vehicle.
Madison drags Troy outside, holding the spoon in his gouged eye, as armed soldiers surround them. Troy tells the soldiers to back off. Alicia hides in a truck as the soldiers pack for the impending evacuation from the base. Jake, Troy’s brother, arrives and urges Madison to release Troy. He acknowledges that Troy probably brought this on himself, but she’s surrounded and has no where to go. Madison releases Troy who lunges for her but is subdued by Jake who demands to know where Madison’s family is. Jake agrees to take her to her family and Troy admits that Travis is in the pit. Meanwhile, Troy brings Madison to the pit, where they find an exhausted Travis surrounded by brained Infected and covered in blood. He climbs out of the pit and attacks Troy, but is quickly restrained. Alicia is brought to Madison, followed by Nick and the Clark family reunites.
Later, Jake offers to take Travis, Madison, Nick, Alicia and Luciana to his family's ranch. It’s safe there, and Jake assures them that Troy will behave. Madison and Travis reject the offer. As the soldiers continue preparations for the evacuation, Jake finds Troy in one of the barracks and chastises him for killing innocent people. Troy insists he was conducting research and says that their father would understand. Jake informs Troy their father sent Troy here for a reason, “Cast one out to protect the many.”
Suddenly, the infected Nick and Luciana encountered have emerged from the sewer and breached the barracks. The soldiers scramble to keep them back. The compound has been compromised, and chaos ensues.
Madison and Nick fight the infected, while Travis and Alicia help Luciana into a helicopter. Troy arrives in a truck and urges Madison and Nick to hop on board. The helicopter takes off with Travis, Alicia, and Luciana while Madison and Nick depart in a truck with Troy. Troy tells Madison that they’re all going to the same destination.
"The New Frontier"
While driving, Troy blasts heavy metal music as he drives Madison and Nick to his father’s ranch. Madison keeps her guard up, still leery of Troy and his motives. Eventually the caravan pulls up to Broke Jaw Ranch. A guard tells Troy that Jake never arrived. Troy orders Madison and Nick to get out of the truck. He drives inside the gate, leaving Madison and Nick outside looking in.
Nick refuses to stay at the ranch, but Madison reminds him that this is their best shot at medical treatment for Luciana. Troy’s father, Jeremiah Otto, introduces himself to Madison and Nick and orders the guard to let them in. Otto shows Madison and Nick around the ranch and explains that he initially started the camp to prepare for the fall of democracy. Madison is critical of Troy, but Otto defends his son’s behavior by stating that he was just carrying out his mission at the depot. Sensing Madison and Nick’s hostility, he points out that most people would be grateful to be at the ranch.
Troy later appears, when Madison joyfully reunites with Alicia. She looks for Travis, then falls to her knees with grief upon realizing that Travis is dead. Troy predicts that Luciana will soon die and takes out his gun to put her down. Nick begs him not to shoot, but Troy explains it’s their policy to keep dying patients out of the infirmary in case they turn. Nick offers to be the one to kill Luciana and Troy hands him his gun. Nick then turns the gun on Troy and demands Luciana receive treatment. Otto intervenes and agrees to treat Luciana in the infirmary if Nick hands back the gun and provided she has a pulse. Nick complies and Luciana is taken to the infirmary.
"TEOTWAWKI"
Troy is lounging in Nick’s bed in the bunkhouse, where Madison finds him. He opens up to Madison and says that he picked her, not Nick, to join his community. Madison insists Nick will earn his keep, and orders Troy to make the bed before he leaves. Madison asks Jeremiah to protect her family from Troy and other hostile community members. She goes as far as threatening to expose Troy’s twisted experiments at the fuel depot. Otto refuses to tell people how to behave, but offers to teach her the culture of this ranch. He asks Jake to show her his video lectures.
Jake sets Madison up to watch Otto’s old video tapes. He promises to protect her family from Troy. Madison tells Jake she wants to find whoever shot down the chopper. He understands her desire to know who killed Travis. Jake talks to Troy and orders him to stay away from the Clark family. He reminds Troy that he’s protecting him by hiding his psychopathic nature from others in the community. He gives his word to stay away from them and leaves.
Troy invites Nick on a nighttime boar hunt. Nick agrees and climbs into Troy’s truck. The two of them hunt boar in the darkness of night with a group of fellow ranchers. Troy stalks Nick around a corner, but then Nick tackles Troy and holds a gun to his face. Troy dares Nick to shoot and guesses it would take him 87 minutes to turn. Disgusted, Nick asks Troy what’s wrong with him. “I just need to know why we spoil,” Troy explains. Nick shoots the ground next to Troy’s head and lets Troy go. Then, Troy tackles him. Nick grabs Troy’s “scientific” journal, rips up the pages and laughs hysterically. Troy declares that they can now be friends.
Otto announces to the community that it’s been 36 hours since they dispatched a unit to investigate the chopper attack. He asks for volunteers to accompany Troy on a search mission to find their men. Madison volunteers. At mealtime, Madison sits next to Troy instead of eating with Nick and Alicia. She lays out a napkin on Troy’s lap.
"Burning in Water, Drowning in Flame"
Troy is shown helping the ranchers as they fight to put out the fire that recently burned. Jeremiah orders everyone to stop so they can save the water since Russell and Martha are already gone. In the morning, Madison leaves with Troy on his mission to find the missing team that went to investigate the downed chopper.
Troy spots a herd on the side of the road and orders his team to kill the Infected. One of the militiamen argues that they should stick to their mission, but Madison agrees with Troy that the militia should takem out in case the horde makes it to the ranch. Troy’s team eliminates the Infected, giving Madison a chance to prove her fighting skills to Troy’s men. Troy’s team arrives at the helicopter crash site only to discover that whoever shot it down dragged it away. They find shells from a gun owned by Phil and deduce that Phil engaged the assailants before retreating to his outpost.
Troy’s team drives to the outpost. On the way, Troy and Madison talk about those they lost. Madison confides that seeing the place where Travis died shook her. She wonders if Troy grieved for his mother after she died. Troy declares that dead people are dead. Troy’s group arrives at the outpost to find a pile of charred bodies. They discover Phil, partially scalped and babbling nonsensically as a crow pecks at his exposed brain. Horrified, Madison stabs Phil in the head, and insists they leave. Before the militiamen can move, a Native American man named Walker confronts them with his soldiers.
Troy is furious at him for what he has done but Walker claims McCarthy deserved it as he killed two of his men the previous day and Troy counters that he and all the rest of his people will die as well. Walker orders Troy and the rest to drop their weapons and they comply once they realize they are surrounded by Walker's men. He then tells the group he will be taking all their weapons, their vehicles and their boots and that the time for justice has come and Troy and his people must abandon the ranch. Troy refuses and Walker threatens that he will feed them all to the crows (like McCarthy) if they do not leave.
Troy’s group makes their way back toward the ranch without their shoes and weapons. Madison insists they take a break, but Troy orders his men to keep walking. When Madison challenges him, Troy pulls her aside and says she’s not his mother. Madison speculates that Troy’s mother must have hated him. As Troy reels from her words, Madison asks the team if they want to rest. Everyone raises their hands. Troy begrudgingly allows his militia to rest until dawn. Madison wakes up in the middle of the night to find Troy holding a knife to her neck. She urges him to be a better man. He relents and withdraws the knife.
"Red Dirt"
Troy and Madison's team arrive, who all have bloody feet from walking without shoes. Troy pushes on and walks in. Alicia and Nick give Madison water. Troy wants to talk privately with Jeremiah. Others want to hear about what happened. Mike Trimbol bursts out and says that a group of Native Americans slaughtered Phil McCarthy and the others from the outpost." Troy insists he stop yelling to everyone but he tells everyone, "If we stay, we die!"
Jeremiah, Troy, Jake and Madison discuss a course of action. Troy is being scolded by Jeremiah for leading the group to a bad situation. Madison defends him. Troy insists they fight Walker, but Jeremiah refuses to go to war. Jake suggests they negotiate with Walker and points out that he beat Walker in court when Walker filed lawsuits in the past. Madison asks if they stole Walker’s land. Jeremiah maintains that the ranch was sold to his forebears.
Nick heads into the basement where all of the supplies are. Troy cuts him off and asks about Luciana. Nick doesn't want him saying her name anymore. Two residents try to leave with supplies and Troy stops them, insisting they put the supplies back. They insist to have spoken with Jeremiah about it. Troy walks out, frustrated.
Moments later, Vernon approaches Jeremiah and wants to have a word. He starts by recalling the long-lasting friendship and says his priority is his family and to protect them he will leave. Jeremiah encourages him to leave if that's what he wants. Troy asks if Mike is going, too, and Vernon yells, "My family's leaving Troy!" Jeremiah says men have kids and it turns them into women. Madison encourages him to provide a reason to stay and Jeremiah thinks he offered enough already.
Troy charges toward the gate and insists they keep it closed. He tells Vernon to open the door. He refuses. Troy approaches and insists they can't leave with Ranch property. They have Ranch gas and supplies. Jake tries to stop him but they ultimately get into a fight. Jeremiah rushes in and punches Troy as a result and Madison breaks it up. The gate is opened and Vernon drives off with his family and his horses.
In the armory, Troy preps weapons. Madison approaches him and asks if he is going after his family. He says he's not. Troy explains that all he ever had in his life was this place. Troy is struggling to accept how Mike and Vernon quit on this community, and he tells her Mike was his loyal childhood friend. Madison insists they were just doing what they thought best for the family and that she will help prevent any one else from leaving. Troy gathers a small militia in the pantry and charges them with defending the ranch, with Madison proudly looking on.
At the gate, Troy is waiting. The pick-up truck and RV pull in. Madison reveals the dead bodies of Vernon and his family to the community. She gives a speech to the community, including a wish that her husband Travis could have made it here but the same people who killed him are the people who killed Vernon and his family. Nick isn't buying it. She insists there is nothing outside of Broke Jaw Ranch for these people and they have to fight for this land.
Madison approaches Troy at the fence and confronts him about killing the Trimbols. Troy admits that he pursued them to confront Mike over abandoning him. He wanted Mike to look him directly in the eye and Madison realizes he didn't want to do that. Troy says, "He said some things and I did some things and it went bad." Madison reassures him he did what was right and they he is the survivor here. She says the only thing that matters is that Troy can control his rages, claiming he is integral to saving them from the fight that is coming. She hopes Troy is up to the task of protecting the Ranch from Walker. Troy says he is. Madison walks away from Troy, leaving him at the gate.
"The Unveiling"
Nick tries to train with Troy's militia, but he questions whether or not his mother gave him permission, belittling Nick's efforts. Nick is carrying the guilt of Travis' death and his sister missing, going on to say he needs an occupation. He also wants to protect the community from whoever killed the Trimbols. Troy hands him a gun.
Troy talks to Madison after Jake returns with Ofelia as leverage, who Troy calls her "stupid", Madison says she is choosing the winning side. "She thinks he's gonna beat us," Madison says. She asks Troy to help rescue Alicia. Troy hesitates, preferring to see how Jake’s parley plays out. Madison points out that he owes her a favor for not turning the ranch against him, about murdering the Trimbols as leverage.
Troy, Nick and several militia soldiers sneak into Black Hat headquarters and rescue Alicia. Troy grabs Alicia and silences her. The small group is trying to get her out of there. They didn't want to kill the Native American man who approached, but he tries to flee so Troy doesn't hesitate to stab him in the head. Nick is watching from the distance and sees someone coming. He rushes in, instructing Madison to meet them down there with the truck. Nick attacks the man out of nowhere but ends up on the bottom of the fight with a knife in his face. Troy saves Nick's life by shooting the man in the head. A gunfight ensues as the group tries to escape, killing at least two more men. Madison picks up the rescue team with Alicia in a truck.
Madison’s group returns to the ranch. Jake admonishes them for essentially declaring war on Walker’s nation. Troy admits that he killed four of their people. Madison admits that she convinced Troy to help save Alicia. Jake argues that it is not Madison's place to make calls. She accuses Jake of getting played by Walker. Jeremiah says this was Jake's show, and tells him she has to make a hard call someday. The next day, Jake is seen loading water into the truck. Troy takes one for himself. Troy insists Jake has a deathwish but Jake swears he plan to reason with him. "Brother, you leave I don't think you're coming back," Troy tells him, but Jake leaves anyway.
Troy, along with Jeremiah, Madison and Jake question Ofelia, who claims that Walker kicked her out because he suspected her of helping Alicia escape. A guard takes her to the infirmary. Madison regrets letting Ofelia return to Walker, given her promise to Ofelia’s father that she would look after Ofelia. Troy orders his militia to guard the perimeter for the next 48 hours.
"Children of Wrath"
Troy is ordered by Jake to gather the remaining militia, but Troy is the only one left, since all of them are sick or dead. Madison suggests they recruit the ranchers but Jake tells her she doesn’t lead the ranch and storms out. Troy follows him out. Jake eventually agrees with Madison’s plan to fight and instructs Troy to arm anyone who isn’t sick. Alicia suggests they try to negotiate with Walker again, but Troy admits talk is cheep and they already gave them waters. Jake points out that they have no leverage to broker a deal. Alicia hatches a plan.
Troy and a team of ranchers start a fire outside their place, The Nation rushes to extinguish the fire. Madison and Alicia hitch a wagon to her truck. Some of Walker's men spot the militia and begin gunning them down. Madison rushes back to the truck. Troy covers them and kills some of the Native Americans before leaping into the truck. The truck starts to pull away with Walker's trailer in tow. The next day, Troy, Madison and Alicia bring the reliquary back to the ranch. Walker follows with a host of soldiers. Troy tells Jeremiah they brought the reliquary, so Jake can make a deal, Jeremiah isn't happy about it. Nick asks if he is scared. Jeremiah tells him to be careful and he may not like his hospitality, but it is better than Walkers and walks away.
At the gate, Troy is there when Madison meets with Walker and offers to return the relics in exchange for peace and ownership of the ranch. She gives him the skull of his father. He rejects her terms and gives the remains back. She tells Troy, Jake, Alicia, and Nick that they have until sundown the next day to clear out or die. Later at night, a gunshot is heard, Troy and Jake run to Jeremiah's house to find him dead, staged to look like a suicide by Madison and Nick, who is the one who killed him. Troy rushes to him, emotionally. He and Jake remove Jeremiah's body from the house. Madison, Alicia and Nick stand on the ranch's balcony where Jeremiah used to overlook the community. They watch Jake and Troy deliver Jeremiah's body to a coffin.
"Minotaur"
Troy, Nick and the militia lure Infected into an ambush. Troy's militia walk on a path to their four wheeler. Troy calls Nick a poet and says that's not a bad thing. Nick and Troy spot Walker’s convoy as it approaches the ranch. Jake greets the convoy and shakes Walker’s hand. The ranchers warily look on as Walker waves the convoy through the gate: The Nation has officially come to live at Broke Jaw Ranch.
Jake leads Walker into the pantry to discuss details of the Nation residing at the ranch. Troy walks out after voicing his disdain for the Nation and butting heads with Crazy Dog, Walker’s right-hand man. Jake assures Walker that, unlike Troy, most ranchers have accepted the peace deal. Troy and Nick stand at Jeremiah's grave. Troy is angry at his father for leaving them with this situation. Nick tries to give Jeremiah a heroic legacy but Troy calls him a drunk. Nick tells Troy he lost his dad, too, so he can relate. Nick believes his dad's death in traffic was suicide.
Troy complains to Jake about the peace deal. Terrance, one of the ranchers, points out that Walker’s people killed Gretchen. Jake reminds them that Walker denied killing the Trimbols. After Jake leaves, Troy complains about the people the nation has killed. Terrence tells him Gretchen was good, and Troy agrees, despite that he was the one killed her. Meanwhile, Madison, Nick and Walker go to Troy’s house and demand his weapons.
Troy is curious about his own safety. Nick helps convince him by saying, "You don't want to die on your doorstep." Troy allows everyone inside. He sits in his father's chair and discusses his father dying in it. When Walker attempts to search upstairs, Troy draws a gun on them. Nick stands in the way of Troy who fires a warning shot into the ceiling and orders everyone to leave, closing the door behind them. Inside, Nick questions what Troy is doing. Troy reveals a cache of weapons. He wants to go upstairs and start sniping the enemies. Nick tries to talk him down but Troy is adamant. He hands Nick a rifle and heads to the window. He sees Madison first, who tells him everyone handed over their weapons so no one will follow him. He does not want to surrender but Madison wants to survive. Gunfire bursts out and Walker's men begin shooting at Troy. Nick and Troy run for cover.
A gun fight ensues. Troy gets one of Walker's men. Troy saves Nick from Crazy Dog and gets a knife through the hand in the process. Nick and Troy take cover in an upstairs bedroom. Troy prepares for his final stand. The gunfight continues at the Ranch. Nick tells Troy he doesn't wanna die, but he tells him he backed the wrong horse. Troy insists they're at no point of return. He insists he is taking some back.
Nick attacks Troy and starts yelling out, "We surrender!" The two fight in the room until Troy gets his rifle again. The men are about to enter the room. Nick starts telling Troy the truth about Jeremiah, saying he was going to let everyone die. "He didn't kill himself," Nick said. "I killed him." Troy turns the gun to Nick. He ultimately drops it and hangs his head. Walker’s men barge into the room. The next day, Madison and Walker discuss punishments for Troy and Nick. Madison worries that killing Troy would only turn him into a martyr, so they agree to exile him. Madison forbids Walker from killing Nick or exiling him.
Jake tells Troy the punishment that's been handed down. Troy takes the news in stride and tells him Madison is the one who takes him into exile. Jake wants to go but Troy insists on Madison, who he trusts to protect him. Walker gives Troy provisions, a knife, a gun and one bullet, in case he doesn't want to live. A Nation warrior escorts Nick to an outhouse for imprisonment as Walker states he will suffer for what he did. Madison and Klah get in a truck to drive Troy into the desert. Madison parks in the middle of the desert. Troy gets a hold of Klah's knife and stabs Klah, wounding him. Madison aims a gun at Troy and orders him to go. He wrestles her and reveals that he knows about Nick killing Otto. Madison regains control and points the gun at him. Troy walks off into the desert alone.
"The Diviner"
Nick awakens in his hot box and sees Troy approaching. He looks like a walker but rolls toward him and jokes with him. He gets close and starts talking to him about how hard it is to be in this box. They discuss Jeremiah's death again and Nick insists he saved Troy. He asks Jake to "Please, open it," and after toying with him he pulls out a key. "I owe you," he said. Troy finally opens the door. He kneels down and offers his hand to Nick. Nick reaches forward but realizes it was an hallucination. He is still locked in the box, while the real Troy is still out the desert.
"Brother's Keeper"
A short time after his exile, Troy kills a snake for food. He's been out alone for a while based on his dirty appearance. Troy is consumed by delusions brought on by hunger, dehydration, sleepless nights, and whatever venom was lingering in that rattlesnake he cooked up over a fireplace. He continues his important work of scribbling in his journal, walks deeper into his isolation. He finds Phil's body, who Walker fed to the crows much earlier, before exploring further. Troy comes upon a barn. He walks inside and looks around, scavenging for supplies. He eventually finds canned food and scarves it down before venturing to another part of the house, finding a frame message reading, "God help those who help themself." He opens the pantry door and smiles before heading outside.
He starts digging, night has taken over. He's keeping notes by a fire. The next day, he heads to a chair on the edge of mountain, gun in hand. He analyzes the gun and looks around. He stands up, points the gun in the air, and uses his only bullet to fire straight into the sky and attract a herd of walkers.
Later that night, he visits Nick in his house as Troy is waiting in the doorway, startling him. He won't sit down because he'll pass out but he says he is here to "return the favor" of saving him. He warns him of a "reckoning." He says there's a beast from the desert. "It's bigger than you can imagine," Troy said. "Biblical." Nick isn't interested, offering Troy the options to either sneak out or be hidden for a couple of days. Troy claims there is a third way. He closes the door and tells Nick this whole place will be obliterated in a few hours and he wants Jake to see it. Nick finds a way in, searching for Troy, but can't find him.
The next day, Nick and Jake confront Troy at the desert, They stop the truck and look at it. It's a massive herd of walkers. Nick radios to Alicia, and tells her the horde is coming. They devise a plan to move the herd away from the Ranch but Troy is leading them with explosives. Jake approaches Troy but Nick insists on speaking to him first. "You're not in your right head, man," Nick said. Troy has been leading the group for two days. Jake cocks his gun and asks Troy to stop but Troy says he loves that sound. Troy rises up and talks about how accomplished Jake always was. He is proud now, though, of the art he's created with this horde. He takes aim with his launcher and fires. Jake pins him to the ground and starts wailing on him.
Jake orders Nick back to the Ranch. Nick tells Jake not to kill his brother because he’ll never live it down. He mentions the rabbit screaming, and Nick tries to reason with him. He says he’ll never be able to live it down, which leads Troy to wonder if Nick is having trouble dealing with his own conscience. Jake wants to know what he’s talking about and Troy tells Nick to tell Jake the story. Jake slowly realizes what Nick did and though Troy tries to instigate the situation, Jake says he doesn’t care that Nick killed their father and that Alicia might have known. Jake says none of it matters and aims the gun at Troy. Nick uses the rifle to knock Jake out of the way, sending him rolling down the hill toward the Infected. Before Nick and Troy can get to him, Jake gets bitten, and with his brother in such a state of shock, Nick asks Troy how much time he has, but Troy's not sure, and Jake tells Nick to chop off his arm to contain the infection. Troy holds Jake's arm and Nick chops it off with his machete and Jake screams in agony. Meanwhile, Nick races back to the Ranch in the pick up truck as Troy holds Jake in the back. He tells Troy to keep pressure on the arm until they make it back, but Troy is convinced that the Ranch is gone.
In the distance, Jake has succumb to his wound and dies. Troy kneels beside him. Troy says his brother wasn’t supposed to die. He looks stricken. His brother was “the one who wasn’t supposed to die.” Nick tells Troy that he needs to put him down. Troy had wanted his brother to see what he did. Nick drags him to the edge and shows him the attack on the Ranch, telling him that’s all on him. He radios Alicia but she doesn’t answer. Troy tells him to do what his brother should have done and kill him. Nick kicks a gun at him and tells him to kill himself.
All the while, Troy is left broken and raw by the weight of his sins. His brother’s head rests in his lap, and Jake awakens as a walker. Troy covers his brother’s eyes and slips a blade through Jake's skull. He says he needs sleep but Nick insists they need to find a way to save everyone he tried to kill. "You can sleep when you're dead," Nick said.
"This Land Is Your Land"
Troy begins digging a grave for Jake. Nick tells him they don't have time and they have to save everyone Troy tried to kill with his walker horde attack. Nick wants to come up with a plan to rescue everyone. Troy wants to drive right through the dead but Nick insists there are too many. They will work around them. Nick and Troy devise a plan to direct the herd away from the pantry by blowing up the fuel reserve. They get in the truck and head toward the ranch.
Troy and Nick have stopped the truck. Troy plans to create a scene to draw the infected away. Nick steps out with his grenade launcher, firing a shot into the horde. The explosion claims a few and sends the rest walking toward it. Nick hops in the truck and Troy punches the gas. He plows through infected and laughs maniacally as walkers surround the helicopter. Nick is having a harder time. The truck rams into an RV and is quickly surrounded. Troy and Nick try fight their way out with a gun and a machete. They make their way to helicopter and close the doors, having narrowly made it. Troy is loving it and Nick finally shares a smile.
In the helicopter, Nick and Troy are completely surrounded. Nick starts trying to activate the rotors. Troy helps him and the rear rotor slices up a few walkers before turning off. Troy insists this is where they will die. Troy offers Nick a gun to kill himself as walkers overrun the chopper. They’re interrupted by a massive explosion. They are rescued by Madison, Strand and Walker. The five of them return to the ranch to rescue Alicia, Ofelia and Crazy Dog. Then, Alicia continues shooting walkers then starts killing them with her knife when she runs out of ammo. The doors open. Madison runs in with Strand, Walker, Nick and Troy. Alicia stabs Christine in the head.
In the distance, Troy and the group gazes upon the decimated ranch. Madison tells Nick that they are driving to the trading post and then to the dam. She gives a look to Troy. The group huddles and prepares to move on. Alicia asks Nick about Jake, only to learn he didn't make it. She asks how he died, Troy covers for Nick saying he got bit and he put him down. Alicia asks where the horde came from. Nick covers for Troy and says that Troy spotted the mass of walkers but was too late in warning them.
Alicia decides to leave the group, and tells Madison that she wants to find a way to live for herself that doesn't involve running from place to place in fear. She reveals a plan to live alone in the cabin that Jake told her about. Alicia leaves in a truck. Nick tells Madison he will meet her at the dam after he follows Alicia to make sure she reaches her destination safely. Madison tells him to take Troy. Alicia drives across the plain. Nick and Troy follow her at a distance.
"El Matadero"
Troy and Nick catch up with Alicia as she fires a warning shot before noticing that it’s them. Nick tries to tell her that her plan is crazy and she says that she almost died while surrounded by people. Alicia knows that it’s Madison who is talking. She knows Nick is trying to make up for what happened before they came to the ranch and she says she forgives him. Troy listens and sees their bond.
Troy goes to the truck while Nick begs Alicia to reconsider but she won’t. He prefers that she doesn’t die and she says she won’t. He gives her the map and gives her a hug while Troy starts the car and they drive off. She smiles when she’s alone. Troy asks Nick why everyone seems to hate him. Nick says that’s old news, and the only reason he stayed at the ranch was because Travis was dead and Luciana was sick. Troy calls him out and says he stayed because Nick loves him. He says they’re both black sheep but Nick wishes he wasn’t. Troy and Nick arrive at El Bazar, Nick goes to Madison while Troy stays at the bar, being freaked out by all of the Mexicans.
Troy asks the waitress what he’s eating, he doesn't understand her when she speaks Spanish, and Nick walks up and orders beer. Troy says he doesn’t drink, and Nick shows him the pills and says they need to get started. The waitress brings drinks back and Nick is smitten with her. She shuts him down but offers information about where he can find the man he's looking for. Nick takes a pill and downs it with a shot and insists Troy take his shot, too, as he owes him for saving his life. Troy agrees and they both drink a shot. Later, Nick is in the middle of a drug induced haze as he and Troy make their way to the Butcher. Neither one is sober. Troy follows him but isn’t sure what to think of all of this. Inside the Matadero's private area, they go to the bar and the bartender welcomes his fellow Americans. He offers Nick a variety of drugs and Nick wants something more. Troy wants to leave, but Nick wants to go higher. He offers Nick a pure adrenaline gland for free. Nick downs it and he offers one to Troy, who realizes that they are all watching him. He downs it as Nick laughs.
Nick climbs the fence and Troy follows him. Nick tells him not to fight it. Troy spots a herd ahead and Nick gleefully kills an Infected and then smears it all over them, then he goes to face the herd. Troy watches as the Infected pass them by, and when he rejoins Nick, he tells Troy that he can’t go back to his mother. Troy hugs him as the Infected surround them without noticing them.
The next day, Troy and Nick go to Madison. She says they’re going to the dam. He tells his mom he wants to stay a few days with Troy and establish a foothold there. She doesn’t fight it and tells him to do what he needs to and that he know where to find her and she leaves.
After learning that the Proctors are targeting Gonzalez Dam, Troy warns Nick and the two rush to warn Madison. When a plan is made to destroy the dam, Troy offers his help in laying charges despite Daniel Salazar's doubts.
While helping Madison set up explosives, Troy admits to truly caring for Nick, seeing Nick as a brother. Troy claims to have put behind him his father's death and Madison's role in it.
As the two finish, Nick arrives with the news that they must flee as the Proctors are coming. He also states that they can't warn Daniel as Daniel will kill Troy if he sees him. When Madison questions Nick's meaning, Troy finally confesses to leading the horde to Broke Jaw Ranch and shows no remorse for his actions. Enraged, Madison bludgeons Troy twice in the head with a hammer, killing him. Madison and the shocked Nick leave Troy's body behind as they attempt to flee.
"Sleigh Ride"
Troy appears in Madison's dream sequence.
In reality, Nick is horrified by Madison's killing of Troy and it begins to drive a wedge between Nick and his mother. Madison is later forced to admit that she killed Troy to Alicia.
When Nick blows up Gonzalez Dam, Troy's body is seen being washed out in the ensuing flood.
Killed By
Himself (Caused)
Madison Clark
After Troy reveals that he was responsible for leading the horde to the Broke Jaw Ranch, an enraged Madison cuts him off and strikes him once in the side of the head with a hammer.
With the first blow only incapacitating him, Madison strikes him harder again, killing him.
This list shows the victims Troy has killed:
Johnson (Zombified)
Mike Trimbol
Vernon Trimbol (Alive)
Kathy Trimbol (Alive)
Gretchen Trimbol (Alive)
Klah Jackson (Caused)
Cooper (Caused)
Jake Otto (Caused; Zombified)
Blake Sarno (Caused)
José (Caused)
John Hogan (Caused)
Marta (Caused)
Gabe Dille (Caused)
Stan (Caused)
Kerry (Caused)
Dax Daley (Caused)
Bob (Caused)
Pat Daley (Caused)
Erin Twomey (Caused)
Mrs. Twomey (Caused)
Kerry's Father (Caused)
Kerry's Son (Caused)
Paul (Assumed, Caused)
Geoff (Assumed, Caused, Zombified)
Christine (Caused)
Ofelia Salazar (Indirectly Caused)
Many unnamed La Colonia residents (Caused and Direct)
Numerous counts of Black Hat Reservation residents (Caused, Direct, and Zombified)
Numerous counts of Broke Jaw Ranch residents (Caused and Zombified)
Numerous counts of Gonzalez Dam residents (Indirectly Caused)
Numerous counts of zombies and unnamed people (Caused and Direct)
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Jeremiah Otto
Both Jeremiah and Troy have a father-son relationship but Jeremiah doesn't seem to care for Troy that much due to him telling a story of his wife locking Troy inside the basement and him doing nothing. It also implied that due to Tracy's and Jeremiah's parenting is the reason for Troy's dangerous, sadistic and hostile behavior but overall, Troy loved his father as after seeing his father's lifeless body after he was shot, he felt sadness and even thanked him for "saving the ranch" when in reality it was Nick who in fact shot Jeremiah.
Jake Otto
At first, Madison and Troy didn't trust each other. Madison even stuck a spoon in his eye and at one point, Troy put a knife to Madison's throat, attempting to kill her. He, however, decides against it, showing he somewhat accepts her as a member of the community, despite their differences. After the ranch was destroyed, they were on better terms until Madison found out Troy was the reason the ranch was destroyed. Angered by this, Madison smacks her hammer across Troy's face, leaving him stunned. Madison then hits Troy with the hammer a second time, killing him instantly.
Nicholas Clark
Despite their rocky start, Nick and Troy quickly developed a close friendship. In "Things Bad Begun", Troy admits to Madison that he genuinely cares for Nick and sees Nick as a brother and his one true friend. In return, Nick was horrified by Troy's death despite their many differences.
Alicia Clark
Travis Manawa
Qaletaqa Walker
Ofelia Salazar
Daniel Salazar
"The Diviner" (Hallucination)
"Sleigh Ride" (Dream, No Lines; Corpse)
Troy is the first character in Fear The Walking Dead to renounce his antagonistic ways, and one of several characters in the entire The Walking Dead universe to do so.
Troy currently possesses the third highest kill count on Fear The Walking Dead with a total of more than 40 victims, Ennis has the second highest with a total of 42 victims, Daniel Salazar has the highest kill with a total of 100 living people directly killed.
Troy is the last member of the Otto family to die.
With his death in "Things Bad Begun", all the original Broke Jaw Ranch survivors are now deceased.
It was said in an interview with Dave Erickson that Troy wasn't originally going to die in the season 3 finale. “Jeremiah was always going to go”, Erickson says. “Troy was a hard one because I actually had a conversation with Daniel [Sharman] earlier in the season where I said that at that moment my intention was to not kill Troy. And then when we got to a place where I realized I had to have a bit more closure than I had originally intended, I had another conversation with Daniel where I said, ‘You know how I said I wasn’t going to kill you? Well, unfortunately, now I am.’ From a story perspective, it made sense and it actually worked with the narrative. And the truth of the matter is he deserved it. I mean, if anybody on our show deserved to go it was Troy — just based on the place where we met him, based on the things we’ve seen him do, and frankly, the things that Madison’s abided by.” Erickson believes Troy’s death is a key moment for both Madison and Nick. “I think it was in that moment [where she kills him] she realizes that I tried to do the right thing, I tried to offer charity and I tried to offer kindness and I let him go and now because of that the ranch is gone, the dam is compromised, and I think that’s the moment where Madison comes full circle”, Erickson says. “That’s the moment where she realizes, this is who I am. Nick’s not wrong. That violence is ingrained in her and what she realizes is that she deviated from that course. She wasn’t true to herself and people suffered because of it, and so in that instance, she decides to put him down. And that has a direct impact on Nick as Nick moves into the last episode because he wants to reject that and find another way.”[3]
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↑ Fletcher, Alex (3 April 2017) "Fear the Walking Dead season 3 air date, new characters and images revealed" BT, Retrieved on 30 May 2017
↑ Holden comments on her character's death
Fear The Walking Dead Characters
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Penelope Cruz engaged and getting married?
November 29, 2009 ~ weddingnoise ~ 2 Comments
Penelope Cruz wore a big sapphire and diamond rock on her ring finger to the New York Film Festival premiere of ‘Broken Embraces.’ Was it an engagement ring? She wouldn’t say. She seems to be engaged to Javier Bardem.
Penelope Cruz blue sapphire ring
Penelope Cruz is reportedly shopping around for a designer to make her wedding gown. According to In Touch Weekly, the 35-year-old actress, who is reportedly engaged to actor Javier Bardem, has been meeting with her favorite designers in preparation for the couple’s rumored wedding. “Since she and Javier are from Spain, she’d love to have a Spanish designer create her dream gown,” a friend mentioned.
Cruz is said to be considering the House of Balenciaga, who designed best friend Salma Hayek’s gown for her wedding with billionaire François-Henri Pinault in February.
“Salma’s dress was specifically designed for her by the company’s creative director, Nicolas Ghesquière, and it was just beautiful,” added the source. “I’m sure they would be more than thrilled to create a gown for Penelope.”
Cruz, 35, and Bardem, 40, have yet to officially announce their engagement, but the actress was spotted wearing a sapphire ring on her engagement finger when she recently appeared on the “Late Show with David Letterman.” See the picture below:
Penelope Cruz engagement/wedding ring?
According to a recent survey at the Knot: 40 percent of engagements occur between November through February and retailers Continue reading →
$40 bride, $40 groom, pays for all 40 weddings in 40 hours in downtown Atlanta
November 18, 2009 ~ weddingnoise ~ Leave a comment
Sometimes browsing Craigslist can help you save some serious money on an express wedding. After paying their $40 a piece the bride & groom pose for photos before making their grand entrance into a ballroom reception filled with their family and friends.
Stephanie Marie plans out the wedding bouquets for the 1 hour express weddings
They’ll engage in all the usual traditions, a first dance as husband and wife, she’ll throw the bouquet and he’ll toss her garter. They will cut their cake together and even listen to a few of their loved ones struggle through emotional well-wishes during a champagne toast.
It’ll be a traditional wedding in every way — except that it’ll all take place within one hour and cost a total of $80. That the modest fee will be going to charity (Atlanta Children’s Shelter) is, well, icing on the wedding cake. How can this be possible is such a tough recession you ask?
An array of local wedding florists, lighting designers, photographers and cake designers, along with the hotel, have donated Continue reading →
Nathan Followill & Jessie Baylin now married in Brentwood, Tennessee
After dating fellow musician Jessie Baylin for over three years, Kings of Leon drummer, Nathan Followill has finally tied the know to the woman of his dreams. The pair married in an outdoor ceremony on Saturday, November 14 at Wolf Den Farm in Brentwood, Tenn. (located at 9795 Split Log Road), followed by a night of barn-dancing. Guests enjoyed food catered for by local Nashville restaurant Miel, while the couple’s first dance was to an instrumental Hawaiian lap steel guitar tune.
Nathan Followill Jessie Baylin now married - gold wedding ring
The band’s representative said: “The wedding was beautiful. It was a gorgeous, 70-degree day. It was a very love-affirming wedding with lots of warmth and happiness.” Nathan Followill was heard saying Saturday morning, “This time tomorrow night I will be wearing some new jewelry. I’m so excited for tomorrow. A new day, a new life, and a new wife. Thanks Jess.”” I wonder if Nathan had known about the Disney engagement rings would he have bought Baylin one? Continue reading →
How did these lucky ladies get a free wedding dress?
November 12, 2009 ~ weddingnoise ~ 1 Comment
Have you heard about the Brides Across America event for Veterans Day? Trust me, those that have flocked to stores that participated around the country to get a free wedding dress.
Brides Across America provides free wedding dresses
75 lucky military brides scored a generous gift this Veterans Da in Norfolk, VA. Margaret Hasty is one of the lucky ones. Hasty spent the night camped out in front of Maya Couture in Norfolk. Along with dozens of other brides-to-be, she waited in line for the chance to snag the ultimate wedding gift, a free dress!
“Yeah, I have a bad habit of smiling if I like something,” Hasty said. Continue reading →
Disney engagement rings are unveiled – vote for your favorite
November 5, 2009 November 6, 2009 ~ weddingnoise ~ 12 Comments
Clothing designer Kirstie Kelly has added a line of Disney diamond engagement and wedding rings to the collection. You may remember her for her line of Disney character-inspired wedding gowns and bridesmaid and flower girl dresses a few years ago. We would love to know which one is your favorite.
Kelly unveiled six engagement rings with matching wedding bands, under the label “Kirstie Kelly for Disney by Mouawad,” Tuesday at the Intercontinental Barclay Hotel in New York as part of Briday Fashion Week, according to National Jeweler.
Each ring design, like the gowns, is inspired by one of six Disney princesses including:
Ariel – $3,610 – from the movie “The Little Mermaid”
Belle – $4,650 – from the movie “Beauty and the Beast”
Cinderella – $4,380
Princess Jasmine – $5,680 – from the movie Aladdin
Sleeping Beauty – $5,460
Snow White – $3,940
“It’s different, in the sense that there’s a story behind each princess,” Kelly told the National Jeweler. The Walt Disney Company states about the engagement rings: “Subtle references to the personalities of each princess can be seen throughout the collection such as pave and millgrain borders, suggestive of Cinderella’s ethereal grace and charm, or baguettes and clean lines for Ariel, symbolic of an art deco influence and her bold individuality.” Another example, the ring that was designed based on Belle from 1991’s Beauty and the Beast, features a rose-cut diamond, a play on the enchanted rose that played an important role in the film. It can also be used to hold diamonds of other cuts.
The diamond rings retail between $1.2K – $6K. We would love to know which ring is your favorite in our Disney engagement ring poll below!!
Wedding rings too expensive to give out at Halloween?
November 3, 2009 ~ weddingnoise ~ Leave a comment
Ring lost in halloween candy
After handing out the Halloween candy for the night a woman in Cincinatti discovered she gave out more than she expected. Her wedding ring had slipped off into one of ths kids bags. Here is the story from WWLT Cincinatti:
Elizabeth Olson , “I think that what happened is, I was tossing candy into pillow cases and buckets, that it just slid out, along with the treats,” Olson said. “The ring was pretty sentimental. It had three diamonds, and when he gave it to me, he said, ‘One was for yesterday, one for today, and one for tomorrow.'”
However, it’s now days later and the ring still hasn’t turned up. Olson is asking neighbors to keep an eye out for it. She’s been going online, using a local newsletter to get the word out. But so far, no luck. “I’ve had five expressions of sympathy, but no expressions of, ‘I’ve got the ring,’ so we’re still hopeful,” Olson said.
As the Halloween decorations start to come down, she’s wondering if it will ever turn up. “I have a co-worker who said, ‘My kids, we just eat it as it comes, and it might be Easter by the time we get to the bottom of the bag.’ So I don’t know at what point you kind of give up hope,” Olson said.
Olson said she was dreading telling her husband and didn’t let him know until the next afternoon that it was missing. She said that he wasn’t mad, he felt pretty bad for her, and he has been brainstorming ideas to try to track it down.
They may hit the neighborhood with a metal detector, too, just in case it slipped off somewhere while they were walking.
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Kelly Osbourne gets massive new diamond for engagment ring on her 25th
November 3, 2009 ~ weddingnoise ~ 2 Comments
Kelly Osbourne revealed that Luke Worrall upgraded to her new massive engagement diamond rock for her 25th last week. Writing in her weekly column for Closer magazine, she said: “I got some really great birthday presents, but the top two were from Luke and my mum and dad. “Luke bought me a ring to replace the first engagement ring he gave me – he’s been saving up! It’s a heart-shaped diamond on a white gold band and it’s absolutely beautiful.”
Kelly Osbourne's heart diamond engagement ring
Kelly Osbourne’s heart diamond engagement ring – what it might look like – 5.31 carats, $315,000 dollars.
Ozzy Osbourne does not want his daughter to rush into marriage. Rocker Ozzy recently said he would be devastated if the couple opted for a low-key, expense-spared wedding. “I would be disappointed if Continue reading →
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TV Reboot of ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ is in Development with Joss Whedon, Monica Owusu-Breen
21st July 2018 News
A TV reboot of “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” is in development at 20th Century Fox Television!
Original series creator Joss Whedon is onboard to executive produce, with the help of writer Monica Owusu-Breen who attached to write the script. The rebooted series will see a black actress take over the title role, which was played in the series by Sarah Michelle Gellar.
No network is currently attached to the series, but it will no doubt stir up a bidding war among various networks and streaming services when it is taken to market.
A lot of fans are very excited to see the TV Reboot of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Comments from twitter about #Buffy
The original “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” series was based on the 1992 film of the same name, which Whedon wrote and starred Kristy Swanson as Buffy. The show ran for seven seasons and 145 episodes and is frequently cited as one of the best shows ever made. In addition to Gellar, it starred Nicholas Brendon, Alyson Hannigan, Anthony Head, James Marsters, Emma Caulfield Ford, and David Boreanaz.
However, some fans today are not really that happy about the idea of rebooting “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”, some thought that it would be the best to leave it like that or make a prequel instead of rebooting, but who knows if they change it up. What do you think?
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Voting for Britain
Eddie Ford takes a closer look at the 'racism row' in the Celebrity big brother house
Well, did you do your patriotic duty last week? No, not cheering on the England cricket team (unless you enjoy backing lost causes) - voting to kick out the "vile" "dimwit", Jade Goody - to use the less than kind words of The Sun - from the Celebrity big brother house (or asylum, as some would view it).
If you did, then come eviction night on January 19, you were part of the millions who voted by a thumping 82% to boot out Goody in favour of retaining the "high caste" (a common appellation) Bollywood actress, Shilpa Shetty. Gordon Brown, for one, must have heaved a sigh of deep relief when the results flashed through on his laptop (along with the Endemol bosses who produce Big brother and want to sell it to Indian broadcasters). After all, when visiting the Bollywood studios in Mumbai - where he had described himself as a "disciple" of Mahatma Ghandi - Brown claimed that he was "not going to tell people how to vote", as "it's for people to decide for themselves". Oh no, most surely not. But then he immediately added: "But I think a vote for Britain is a vote for tolerance". In other words, Brown was exhorting the British populace to vote against Goody - and do it quick, especially given the fact that only the day before there had been angry anti-CBB demonstrations on Indian streets.
As for Ken Livingstone, his "delight" at Goody's downfall was slightly tempered by the nightmarish consequences that had just been so narrowly averted - without Shetty's continued occupancy of the CBB house, the "image of Britain across India, which is the second-biggest investor in London after America now, would have been really damaged and it would have done a lot of harm to people's jobs". Yes, Goody represented a national threat to investment, jobs and profits.
In more down to earth mode, The Sun declared "Goody riddance" on its front-page, and went on to sensibly state that the popular vote which booted out Goody's eviction was "the most important since the general election" (January 20).
By now, of course, everyone knows about the bad-tempered altercations that occurred on CBB - all quite inevitable really, given the 24/7 claustrophobic, hot-house atmosphere that prevails in this rather grisly but extremely popular cultural-social experimental 'laboratory'. Even Ghandi himself would have blown his top a few times if he had been cooped up for weeks in such an artificial environment with such petulant and ill-educated (minor) celebrities.
So Shetty is the alleged victim of racism - though she herself has denied that there was "any racial discrimination happening from Jade's end". The other possible racist culprits are Danielle Lloyd, a 'glamour model'; Jo O'Meara, a member of S Club 7; Jack Tweed, Goody's boyfriend, and Jackiey Budden, Goody's mother.
Given that CBB is heavily edited for terrestrial TV purposes - out of sheer necessity, of course - it is still not entirely clear who said what to who, and why. For instance, much has been made of the fact that Goody (rather poorly) mimicked Shetty's accent. But then again, Shetty did the same to Goody, mildly mocking her inability to properly enunciate the word 'whale' .
True, Lloyd (who purportedly believes that Winston Churchill was the first black president of the United States) did complain that Shetty "can't even speak English properly". But that was surely more a crime of grievous stupidity rather than racism - ever more so when we consider that Shetty can speak an impressive 10 languages (which is at least nine more than Lloyd). And, yes, Lloyd did request that Shetty "fuck off home" - but it is a matter of fact that the Indian actress is not a UK citizen or resident.
More seriously, perhaps, Tweed was said to have called Shetty a 'Paki' - which is surely an unambiguously racist term (even though she comes not from Pakistan, of course, but from Karnataka in southern India, originating from the Bunt community). However, Channel Four quickly issued a terse statement saying that Tweed actually described Shetty as "a 'cunt', not a 'Paki'" - so that's all right then: no racism there.
What is undeniable is that Goody renamed the Indian as "Shetty Poppadom" and - in a now notorious, high-octane outburst which will probably live forever on the internet - lambasted her for being a "fucking fake" who needed "a day in the slums". Agreed, not particularly pleasant, maybe not even fair. But, on the other hand, given that Shetty is multi-millionaire actress being paid £250,000 to appear on CBB ...
Naturally, as is always the case when accusations of racism are flung about, they are instantly enveloped by distortion, hyperbole and exaggeration - with a nice bit of moral panic thrown in for good measure. So it later transpired that the 'racist' Budden - who became an object of prurient tabloid fascination upon her daughter's first appearance on Big brother in 2002 for being a lesbian with only one arm - turns out not to have been a Rastafarian for the last 19 years, as she originally claimed, but was actually a practising muslim who prayed while in the CBB house (but the prayers were cut from footage shown in the nightly TV updates).
As for the supposedly racist Goody, she herself is of mixed race origin and is now under police escort - and has been allegedly so traumatised by the entire affair, she is now undergoing psychiatric treatment. If Goody's eviction from CBB was an anti-racist victory, as some seem to feel, then it seems reasonable to think that it was not exactly anti-racism's finest hour either.
But, whatever the exact wrongs and rights of the case, a record 38,000 complained about the programme to Ofcom, the media watchdog. Worried about its brand image being tainted by association with racism - which is clearly bad for profits - Carphone Warehouse withdrew its £3 million sponsorship money. The Perfume Shop promptly did the say - temporarily dumping Goody's 'Shh ...' range of perfumes. There is even talk about binning the paperback edition of her biography.
On the official political front, culture secretary Tessa Jowell steamed in to say CBB was "disgusting" and "racism being presented as entertainment" - an absurd exaggeration. Thirty-five MPs signed a Commons motion condemning CBB and the usual suspects lined up to castigate it - Trevor Phillips, Keith Vaz, Lee Jasper, etc. In particular Phillips, the well-remunerated head of the Commission for Equality and Human Rights, fulminated about CBB's "noxious brew of old-fashioned class conflict, straightforward bullying, ignorance and quite vicious racial bigotry". Inevitably, given such a flurry of outrage, many voices were calling for CBB to be pulled from the airwaves - that is, for it and hence the viewpoints being expressed on it to be effectively censored.
Now, you could take the view that CBB - and all things like it - are just far too trivial for communists to bother with, and that we obviously have far more important things to do with our time. But that would be profoundly philistine - and just plain foolish.
First of all, millions of people watch and enjoy, on some level or another, Big brother - just like they do the soaps. The record viewing figures for CBB alone amply demonstrate this - reaching 8.8 million at its peak (thus financially offsetting Carphone's desertion, one would venture). Why? Because people, especially young people, want to learn more about relationships and social interaction in general. How do or how should people behave in modern life? How should family, sexual and interpersonal relations be conducted? How to relate to gays or lesbians? What to say to an incredibly wealthy actress? Do I have anything in common with so-and-so? And so on.
All these issues are highly charged with politics - so, yes, in this sense, the personal is political. Furthermore, as any communist worth her salt should know, soaps and 'reality' TV shows like BB are transmission belts for bourgeois ideas and social values - which need to be combated. The class struggle is reflected in CBB like anywhere else.
Secondly, measures and legislation which bureaucratically close down shows, and potential arenas, like CBB can only be counterproductive at the very least - and, in all likelihood, will only act in a retrogressive way to prevent debate, 'serious' or otherwise, about racism and other such important issues. Reactionary, malicious, stupid and, yes, racist ideas - which probably all swished around on some level of non-sophistication around the CBB house - are best fought in the open, not forced underground, where they can only fester and eventually gain strength. From that perspective, you could argue that the Channel Four/Endemol bosses were not being entirely disingenuous when they made out that CBB was performing some sort of 'public service' by allowing such a debate - if you want to call it that - to be aired.
In many ways, the CBB 'scandal' only serves to reveal the extent, and degree, to which bourgeois anti-racism is now the official - or 'institutional' - ideology of the UK state, and how it fears anything which upsets the ideological apple cart. So much so that even - of all people! - the hapless Goody (for all the £8 million or so she had made by becoming part of the BB celebrity circus) has to be condemned and indeed demonised in a quite grotesque manner.
Even more to the point, at least for communists, is that events like CBB make clear the dangers posed by official or bourgeois anti-racism - which reduces us all to the status of rival supplicants to the 'enlightened' state, desperate for any grace or favours it might bestow upon us if we behave, or perform, in the correct manner.
Tragically, and criminally, the left - by and large - has dogmatically insisted that the state is somehow 'institutionally racist' - yet at the same time has bought almost hook, line and sinker into the anti-racist ideology of that state, merely complaining that it does not 'go far enough' and thus constituting itself as a 'left' appendage to bourgeois society. We saw how the left, especially the likes of the Socialist Workers Party, lined up to welcome the Macpherson report and its palpably absurd definition of a "race hate crime" as being "any incident which is perceived to be racist by the victim or any other person" (my emphasis). In other words, a 'definition' of racism which is so broad that it can cover almost anything - if it so suits the interests of the state. Far from the Macpherson report being a progressive gain wrested from the reluctantly 'institutionally racist' state, it has had an overall deleterious effect upon free speech and rational debate.
Predictably, some leftist conspiracy theorists are convinced that Channel Four - or Endemol - have craftily edited the material in order to deliberately rake up racial tension. This seems highly unlikely, to put it mildly. If anything, any frantic editing of the footage would have been done in order not to fall foul of current legislation. An offensive remark - perceived or otherwise - made by any of the contestants could see Channel Four in deep trouble, so why not 'blip' it out instead?
Such apprehensions are not unfounded, of course. Thus Hertfordshire police are currently "investigating" Channel Four and CBB for any contraventions of section 22 of the Public Order Act 1986 - which talks about broadcasts "involving threatening, abusive or insulting visual images or sounds". An offence would be committed if it was judged that Channel Four intended "to stir up racial hatred" or if "racial hatred is likely to be stirred up". Indeed, in theory someone could end up in prison thanks to the CBB spats - section 22 also says those who could be guilty of an offence would be "persons providing the programme service", the producer and director, and "any person by whom offending words or behaviour are used".
Hardly sounds like a manifestation of 'institutionalised racism', does it?
Interestingly enough, the latest issue of Socialist Worker does try desperately, though not valiantly, to talk up the racism on display at CBB. In a rather lurid article which takes its cue from Tessa Jowell's comments, Stephen Philip lingers inordinately on how reality TV has "made good on its promise, as CBB showed us a postcard from reality - the banal everyday racism in Britain" - and goes on about "the ever present murmur of racism that is often detected in streets, playgrounds and workplaces was finally given the international spotlight last week", as "most of the kinds of things we heard on BB were, and are, the insidious dark chatter of everyday life .... But why was 'racism as entertainment' allowed so much airtime by a public service broadcaster?" (January 27).
But even comrade Philip is cheered up by the "beacon of hope that can be seen in the unprecedented numbers of ordinary people who were disgusted by Channel Four's cynical handling of the event", and on the letters page Richard Sunderland from Leeds observes that the "level of outrage proves that such racist views are not the norm, and that, while there is clearly a long way to go, we may be winning the argument" (my emphasis).
Was it Channel Four they were "disgusted" with or was it Goody? Surely comrade Sunderland is nearer the mark - why shoot the messenger when you can target the person actually being so offensive? And, racism or not, is it not better that "ordinary people" should take sides and deliver their verdict - even in this distorted form, when a vote to evict Goody was dubbed a "vote for Britain" - than insist that the authorities take the matter out of their hands?
As CBB has shown, both negatively and positively, the only way forward when it comes to fighting racism, or anything else, is open debate and argument - not bans and censorship.
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“Reagan would be ashamed of Donald Trump. We are too.” Some Republicans are telling the truth. And good on them.
Posted: August 7, 2016 in Uncategorized
Some Republicans remember their heritage:
Dear Members and Alumni,
In every presidential election since 1888, the members and Executive Board of the Harvard Republican Club have gathered to discuss, debate, and eventually endorse the standard-bearer of our party. But for the first time in 128 years, we, the oldest College Republicans chapter in the nation, will not be endorsing the Republican nominee.
Donald Trump holds views that are antithetical to our values not only as Republicans, but as Americans. The rhetoric he espouses –from racist slander to misogynistic taunts– is not consistent with our conservative principles, and his repeated mocking of the disabled and belittling of the sacrifices made by prisoners of war, Gold Star families, and Purple Heart recipients is not only bad politics, but absurdly cruel.
If enacted, Donald Trump’s platform would endanger our security both at home and abroad. Domestically, his protectionist trade policies and draconian immigration restrictions would enlarge our federal deficit, raise prices for consumers, and throw our economy back into recession. Trump’s global outlook, steeped in isolationism, is considerably out-of-step with the traditional Republican stance as well. The flippancy with which he is willing to abdicate the United States’ responsibility to lead is alarming. Calling for the US’ withdrawal from NATO and actively endorsing nuclear proliferation, Donald Trump’s foreign policy would wreak havoc on the established world order which has held aggressive foreign powers in check since World War II.
Perhaps most importantly, however, Donald Trump simply does not possess the temperament and character necessary to lead the United States through an increasingly perilous world. The last week should have made obvious to all what has been obvious to most for more than a year. In response to any slight –perceived or real– Donald Trump lashes out viciously and irresponsibly. In Trump’s eyes, disagreement with his actions or his policies warrants incessant name calling and derision: stupid, lying, fat, ugly, weak, failing, idiot –and that’s just his “fellow” Republicans.
He isn’t eschewing political correctness. He is eschewing basic human decency.
Donald Trump, despite spending more than a year on the campaign trail, has either refused or been unable to educate himself on issues that matter most to Americans like us. He speaks only in platitudes, about greatness, success, and winning. Time and time again, Trump has demonstrated his complete lack of knowledge on critical matters, meandering from position to position over the course of the election. When confronted about these frequent reversals, Trump lies in a manner more brazen and shameless than anything politics has ever seen.
Millions of people across the country are feeling despondent. Their hours have been cut, wages slashed, jobs even shipped overseas. But Donald Trump doesn’t have a plan to fix that. He has a plan to exploit that.
Donald Trump is a threat to the survival of the Republic. His authoritarian tendencies and flirtations with fascism are unparalleled in the history of our democracy. He hopes to divide us by race, by class, and by religion, instilling enough fear and anxiety to propel himself to the White House. He is looking to to pit neighbor against neighbor, friend against friend, American against American. We will not stand for this vitriolic rhetoric that is poisoning our country and our children.
President Reagan called on us to maintain this, our shining city on a hill. He called on us to maintain freedom abroad by keeping a strong presence in the world. He called on us to maintain liberty at home by upholding the democratic process and respecting our opponents. He called on us to maintain decency in our hearts by loving our neighbor.
He would be ashamed of Donald Trump. We are too.
This fall, we will instead focus our efforts on reclaiming the Republican Party from those who have done it considerable harm, campaigning for candidates who will uphold the conservative principles that have defined the Republican Party for generations. We will work to ensure both chambers of Congress remain in Republican hands, continuing to protect against executive overreach regardless of who wins the election this November.
We call on our party’s elected leaders to renounce their support of Donald Trump, and urge our fellow College Republicans to join us in condemning and withholding their endorsement from this dangerous man. The conservative movement in America should not and will not go quietly into the night.
A longtime student of American democracy, Alexis de Tocqueville once said, “America is great because she is good. If America ceases to be good, America will cease to be great.”
De Tocqueville believed in the United States. Americans are a decent people. We work hard, protect our own, and look out for one another in times of need, regardless of the color of our skin, the God we worship, or our party registration. Donald Trump may not believe in that America, but we do. And that America will never cease to be great.
The Harvard Republican Club
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underwriiter505 says:
Thank you. I shall, as much as I can.
gwpj says:
Thank you for sending this along. I have shared it.
Pat A says:
The rabid Right Wingers will hate this – but I rather hope the moderate Republicans will love it and get behind it. To the horror of the thinking world, the Republican party has been held hostage by the screaming Tea Partiers for 5 years now and it is more than enough time that the moderates stood up and shouted back!
(Mind you, I’d prefer it if the Harvard groups thoughts had gone beyond St Ronnie to the Republicans of yore who actually seemed to have principles that they stood for, but that would be to quibble in present circumstances – see Bill Moyers website…).
Stephen Yolland says:
I was always impressed with Eisenhower …
Bill Hayes says:
It’s about time the Harvard Rep Club came up with a candidate that didn’t concentrate on Gays, Guns and God. Although I disagreed with his politics, Sen John McCain was the last candidate who was half intelegent and certainly polite. But his problem was that he was a puppet – how else could one explain him partnering with Sarah Palin.
He was “sold a pup”, plain and simple.
James Mahoney says:
First off, Amen to the Harvard statement.
Second, regarding McCain and his choice of Palin: McCain was a fighter pilot and those folks are exceptional at making rapid tactical decisions. Some may be strategic thinkers, too (which I think McCain also is), but their forte is being able to rapidly decide “What do I do now?” given the immediate circumstances.
So, I think McCain made a fighter-pilot decision to put Palin on the ticket, a decision that seemed to him to be the best tactical move given the circumstances of that campaign at that time. Obviously, not all fighter-pilot decisions work out, even those that may be the best course of action given the circumstances (and I most certainly do not think that the Palin choice was a good or smart move other than, possibly, providing a momentary boost). It wasn’t the only factor that doomed his candidacy, but it was a big one.
Contrast that one disastrous decision with the string of crashes that Phoenix Trump seems to be able to emerge from–at least in the minds of his most ardent supporters. I look forward with hope that his candidacy won’t survive the big November crash.
What an interesting analogy, James.
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Jim Cantore Recalls His Most Memorable Storm Stories
August 15, 2019 | by The Weather Channel Staff
After being a meteorologist at The Weather Channel for over three decades, Jim Cantore has some unbelievable weather stories. Whether it’s experiencing ball lightning in person or seeing Hurricane Katrina firsthand, the experiences Cantore has had are parallel to none. Hear from the beloved meteorologist and voice behind “Storm Stories” about some of his most stand-out weather moments.
First Storm Coverage
I remember the first weather event I covered like it was yesterday. The second landfall of Hurricane Andrew in Louisiana, 1992. My air conditioning unit on the 16th floor of my hotel blew in the window and into the middle of my floor, while I was in bed sleeping. I wake up, and I look outside the window and literally there were transformers exploding everywhere surging and popping. It looked like the Fourth of July. So I woke up everyone “We got to go live. We got to go live. This thing is coming in.” I woke up the crew, and we get up and running. I think it was one of the earliest times we’ve ever been live on the air in our existence.
Though you always remember your first, other big events stand out. Katrina was a game changer. I think had post traumatic stress from that – that I dealt with on my own. I never smelled death; I never witnessed death until then. They were long hours. We slept in the car, and we ate crap food, but hopefully our efforts there helped bring humanitarian efforts to the people of Mississippi and Louisiana.
Most Memorable Weather Memory
Ball lightning. Nobody really understands it yet, but apparently it’s a trapped lightning charge that buzzes around. When I was a child, I experienced it on a hot summer night. We didn’t have air conditioning, so the windows were always open at night or you’d roast to death. I looked out the window toward the barn, and there was sort of this glow buzzing around the barn. The next thing I knew it took off. It felt like it came in the room, went around a couple times, then back out. There was also an ozone smell to the air like the smell after a thunderstorm. It was wild.
What Sparked My Passion for Weather
I always had a passion for weather. I just never knew that I had it until my dad asked me what I wanted to do for the rest of my life. I still remember the conversation. It was my senior year, I was sitting at the dining room table right next to the head of the table. My dad walked in through the hall toward the kitchen, stopped, put his hands down, and said, “Son what are you going to do for the rest of your life?” “I don’t know dad. Fireman? Electrician?” He went, “Why don’t you go study the weather? You’re like a freak when it snows. We leave the barn light on so you can see the first flakes. You shovel the driveway so your mother can get to work. You have to wake up every day for the next fifty years of your life and go to work – you really have to love what you do.”
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Android Oreo: 9 Things You Can Do That You Couldn’t Before
Google’s Android Oreo is coming to town! Learn about its new features which can make your life a lot more enjoyable and convenient!
August 25, 2017 WSP
From Nougat to Oreo, Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) has a lot of exciting features to dish out with their new Android software!
To all of you Pixel, Pixel XL, Nexus 5X, Nexus 6P, and Pixel C users, expect to receive these Oreo treats soon!
Here is a list of new features and improvements you’ll enjoy from Google’s latest Android 8.0 Oreo:
Picture-in-Picture Functionality. This means you can watch videos on a small screen while working with other apps. Other apps can also place themselves in picture-in-picture mode. What’s fun about it? Of course, it means that you get to enjoy your favorite flick while writing emails or finishing up some tasks on your device. What could be an even better way to inspire your spirit!
Channelized Notifications with Snooze. Now, persistent notifications need not bug you anymore! Google is grouping notifications into channels, which provide users with better control over app notifications.
Google says, “Users can block or change the behavior of each channel individually, rather than managing all of the apps’ notifications together.”
Very convenient, don’t you think?
Moreover, you can now snooze individual notifications. You can select snoozing time for notifications, whether you want 15 minutes, 30 minutes, or 1 hour.
There’s also another feature that’s been added to this aspect: notification dots. These dots are indicators on your home screen app icons which inform you if you’ve got any waiting notifications.
Greater Protection from Malicious Apps or Malwares. You can now also get rid of this major headache. Google Play Protect provides better security for you and your phone through the following:
Runs a safety check on apps from the Google Play Store before you start downloading them.
Checks your device for potentially harmful apps or malwares from other sources.
Gives you a warning about any potentially harmful apps it’s been able to detect and gets rid of them from your smartphone.
Longer battery life. Google has also opted to increase the automatic limits on what apps can do in the background. These background limits apply to several key areas like broadcasts, location updates, and background services. This Oreo system enables your battery to last a lot longer.
Have fun with new emoji! With every new version of Android, we can look forward to a set of new emojis. This time, Google has redesigned the whole emoji icons without the blobs. Our favorites are still there, but with new emoji companions like a fairy, a wizard, a dinosaur, and a head that surprisingly explodes when you get informed about the delay on your Oreo update. Queer and funny!
Wonderful Camera App Improvements. Zooming is easier, just double-tap on the screen to zoom in 50 per cent and double-tap again to zoom out. There’s no more need to swipe, as well, when you want to switch between photo and video modes, all you need to do is tap on the icons.
Easy data synchronization among all your devices. Android Ores has a new Autofill feature to provide you with more convenience. According to Google, “Android users already depend on a range of password managers to auto-fill login details and repetitive information, which makes setting up new apps or placing transactions easier. Now we’re making this work more easily available across the ecosystem by adding platform support for auto-fill.”
Better keyboard navigation. With the coming of the Play Store on the Google Chrome OS, users can easily navigate to apps using a physical keyboard.
Enhanced Audio. Sony’s LDAC codec is another additional feature in Android Oreo. It will be an improvement upon Bluetooth A2DP protocol. Moreover, AAudio has been designed for apps that require high-performance, low-latency audio.
These are just some of the Android Oreo treats you’ll get, you’ll surely discover more when you got the updates! Explore and enjoy!
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New York’s Attorney General just opened a “death penalty” probe of the Trump Organization
By Grant Stern
New York’s Attorney General Leticia James just opened a sweeping investigation into the fraud and misdealings of the Trump Organization that its former executive vice-president revealed in his Congressional testimony last month.
Michael Cohen was an executive in the Trump Organization for a decade, starting in 2006 before resigning to become the President’s personal lawyer, and his testimony to the House Oversight Committee last month revealed numerous threads of criminal behavior at his former employer’s business that prompted the new investigation.
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Unlike the other seventeen investigations into Donald Trump, the NY AG’s new probe is focused squarely on a soft target, the President’s family real estate business. New York’s new probe could result in the state equivalent of the death penalty for the Trump Organization. The Times reports:
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The New York attorney general’s office late on Monday issued subpoenas to Deutsche Bank and Investors Bank for records relating to the financing of four major Trump Organization projects and a failed effort to buy the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League in 2014, according to a person briefed on the subpoenas.
The inquiry by Ms. James’s office is a civil investigation, not a criminal one, although its focus and scope were unclear.
Dissolution for a corporation is analogous to the death penalty, and only applies to the most serious cases, as Fordham Law Professor Jed Sugarman explained in the Times’ Opinion section earlier today:
New York’s highest court has described this remedy of civil dissolution as a “judgment of corporate death,” and for the state to invoke such a corporate death penalty, the corporation’s “transgressions” must not be merely incidental, but “material and serious; and such as to harm or menace the public welfare.”
If a state civil investigation turned up more evidence of criminal fraud, state and federal prosecutors could use these findings to indict the Trump Organization and its officials, including Mr. Weisselberg.
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President Trump’s fraudulent “charity” organization, the Trump Foundation, is still fighting a similar lawsuit from the previous New York AG Barbara Underwood, who obtained a judicial order to dissolve the non-profit corporation.
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Back to Square One: Unlawful Collusion with Green Pressure Groups Should Doom U.S. EPA's Greenhouse Gas Regulation
Anthony Watts / July 30, 2015
Washington, D.C. — Today, the Energy & Environment Legal Institute (E&E Legal), a 501 (c) (3) watchdog group, released an investigatory report, Back to Square One: Unlawful Collusion with Green Pressure Groups Should Doom U.S. EPA’s Greenhouse Gas Regulation and an appendix of source documents. The report, which is based on e-mails and other documents obtained under numerous Freedom of Information (FOIA) requests and litigation, details illegal activities by EPA staff, colluding with certain environmental lobbyists to draft EPA’s greenhouse gas (GHG) rules behind the scenes, outside of public view, and to the exclusion of other parties. More importantly, it clearly shows that EPA must start anew if it wishes to regulate GHGs. (A two-minute companion video is available for use.)
With EPA’s GHG rules going final any day, it is critical to inform the public of the emails detailed in this report for what they show about how EPA has developed these costly public policies with select, ideologically aligned outside interests, and its continuing efforts to obscure and even hide the content of discussions with those same lobbyists.
“E&E Legal has obtained proof that EPA’s GHG rules are the product of unlawful collusion and are themselves therefore unlawful,” said E&E Legal Senior Legal Fellow Chris Horner and author the report. “Congress or the courts — or EPA, in a moment of rationality — should stop these rules from taking effect before the (intended) anticipatory harms of a sham rulemaking are imposed upon millions of Americans, without years of delay and devastation before the ultimately illegal agency rulemaking is overturned.”
EPA is a regulatory agency tasked with protecting the environment. EPA can regulate greenhouse gases thanks to the Supreme Court’s Massachusetts v. EPA decision. It is not compelled to do so, and it remains prohibited under the law from regulating with an “unalterably closed mind”, for the purposes of completing a “naked transfer of wealth”, or to do the bidding of ideologically aligned pressure groups.
“This pattern of conducting official business in secret and outside of the legal parameters is unfortunately a hallmark of this Administration,” said E&E Legal Executive Director Craig Richardson. “In the case of the EPA, green groups led by the Sierra Club and NRDC set up shop at the EPA, even before Obama took office, with a plan to eliminate the U.S.’s most abundant source of electricity, coal-fired power plants. Part of this was to shift the public’s wealth to renewable energy, where the large benefactors of these same green groups are now poised to make significant money.”
The report comes as President Obama prepares to announce these rules next week, and follows an E&E Legal interim report released last September which also showed that EPA was working with outside green lobby groups on a common regulatory agenda, often with deliberate secretiveness and unlawfully. Since the 2014 report, E&E Legal has pried many hundreds of relevant emails out of EPA in several requests and lawsuits. The record is not complete, of course, but reflects only those records responsive to E&E Legal’s search terms and that EPA, or its now-departed activist-staffers, decided to produce. EPA continues to improperly withhold certain obviously important information with no conceivable legal justification.
The Energy & Environment Legal Institute (E&E Legal) is a 501(c)(3) organization engaged in strategic litigation, policy research, and public education on important energy and environmental issues. Primarily through its petition litigation and transparency practice areas, E&E Legal seeks to correct onerous federal and state policies that hinder the economy, increase the cost of energy, eliminate jobs, and do little or nothing to improve the environment.
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George Tetley says:
Have those at the EPA that make these decisions learned to read, Oh yes, at the Bank !
Alan Watt, Climate Denialist Level 7 says:
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Not for long …
Unlawful is the unofficial motto of this administration.
Naw, I’m pretty sure it’s the official motto.
I wonder what’s happening with John Beale?
Was he paid off?
Mike M. (period) says:
No, Obama’s unofficial motto is “I am the law”.
Grant A. Brown says:
“No, what I’m saying is that if the President does it, it’s not illegal.” -Richard M. Nixon.
Leonard Lane says:
Or, there is no law and Congress and the Courts are weak so I do as I please. And, they like it.
Paul Courtney says:
Hope the folks at E&E have secured the paper trail of the EPA’s initial co2-not-harmful determination. I’ll wager it would make a nice contrast (that is, the initial determination was a proper one, in contrast to the current admin’s “determination first, justify later” approach).
Gosh guys I empathize but I’ve now read the press release and 5 pages of the report and haven’t yet disturbed a single particular fact out of the generalities. Hand the information over to someone who knows how to write like a journalist rather than a lawyer and get an article with zing to it!
Harry Passfield says:
That’s because it was probably written by Chris Horner, who may be a great attorney, but his writing style has always been a challenge to the reader. And to be fair, I have made this point to him in the past: he needs to get an editor.
Maybe we can coax Tim Ball into putting the information into summary of concise information
Menicholas says:
You need to throw in a ripe admixture of jokes, japes, jests and assorted bon mots, plus some dazzle-them-with-BS big words…for a start.
Then, once the crowd is loosened up, and just before their eyes begin to glaze over…you hit’ em with the crux of the biscuit.
THAT is how to file a lawsuit!
He needs to get a ghost writer.
Ian Macdonald says:
A similar situation has existed in the UK, with previous Energy Ministers having been involved in the management of wind or solar energy companies, companies which of course profited from subsides the Energy Minister himself managed. This continued with the full knowledge of the Commons, in spite of it being theoretically in contravention of the rules which limit the holding of corporate interests in a sector over which a politician exercises control.
Thankfully, Amber Rudd seems to be having none of this nonsense, and I thus (somewhat gleefully) predict belt-tightening times ahead for the subsidy-guzzlers.
Mr Green Genes says:
You’d like to think so. Unfortunately her boss, David Cameron, is in thrall to one of the country’s more egregious subsidy junkies, his father-in-law Sir Reginald Sheffield, who allegedly makes close to half a million pounds a year from wind farms. Thus, sadly, I don’t share your hope.
Michael C. Roberts says:
Here’s one for you all – an insight into the machinations of the governor of the (Once) Great State of Washington, USA. Democratic Governor Jay Inslee has proposed to utilize the State Department of ecology to draft and impose a ‘Carbon (sic)’ Tax on fuel processors and distributors, which will burden State fuel purchasers with another tax, albeit hidden from view. Article attached for your reading pleasure: http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/politics-government/article29251300.html
I find that the significance of Mr. Inslee’s actions lies in his choice to go against our state legislature, which has just recently decided in the latest extra-session stint to tax motor fuels $0.115 instead of instituting a Carbon Tax and Trade Scheme, which has always been Mr. Inslee’s Most Fervent Wish. Well, when he did not get his way through legislative process – he decided to bypass the legislature – and utilize his ‘executive powers’ to require the State Department of Ecology to come up with a Carbon Pollution Reduction Plan or New Emission Standards!! Like POTUS, like son I guess. Can’t get your way through the normal, legal, political processes and procedures? Well then, Post-Normal it is in our Brave New World!!! Use your powers to force your pet plan through your (State) executive branch.. now, where have we heard this one before??? I am beside myself on this new action. Federal tax, new State tax, and now Cap & Trade tax…….on the fuels we require to do our day-to-day commuting. The Regressives at work again. I for one am not a Happy Camper.
noaaprogrammer says:
Where’s Tim Eyman when we need him?
Dahlquist says:
We need to start impeaching these assholes. But it would be “politically incorrect” to impeach the “first black president”…even though he has dissed so many laws and violated the Constitution numerous times. Ok…He get’s a pass I guess, however damaging to us it has been. But the next asshole doesn’t get a free ride and the conservatives should get the chance to screw the left over good to see how they like it and if they want to keep on playing that game. They know it is a game and you can see it in the way they lie to the camera so good…Like Hillary, “I didn’t know those emails were confidential” idiotic statement. Secretary of WHAT?. The Stupid Dept? Fooling who? And the idiots still think she wants to do good for them? I guess it’s all the welfare babies. Who has a job, works hard, raises a family, pays their taxes, obeys the laws and tries to be a good citizen would ever, ever vote for that scum?
jimmaine says:
Unfortunately, millions would. One of the couples we know truly believe that the EPA has been bought, lock, stock, and barrel, by big business/greed. Try talking about things like “Friendly law suits” etc?…you’re out of your mind, obviously.
The stoopid…it burns.
Hmmm….an administration has a known agenda coming in, and therefore the regulatory bodies, headed by administration appointees, pursue that agenda. Outsiders who agree with the administration make big bucks, work with the Administration to ensure that the administration goals are met in such a way that the outsiders benefit as much as possible.
We have certainly seen this behaviour in the last three administrations, and in most previous administrations. Didn’t Eisenhower warn against the military-industrial complex?
Yeah, the administration is guilty as charged. But having outside groups manipulate regulatory agencies that want to be manipulated, unfortunately, is an old story, for either R or D administrations.
Agreed, and I try to make this point frequently. They are all crooks, and all completely out of touch with the public.
I keep waiting for the vast technology that we now have available to be brought to bear on the political system…but not sure it’ll happen anytime soon, and you can bet your beans that the political system will resist any change like that to the utmost of their ability.
Add to that the average intelligence of the sheeple, and it’s pretty tough to be optimistic about any political outcome in the near future.
It really does come down to people getting the government they deserve, I guess.
My cynical bone is vibrating….how much mojo does the Energy & Environment Legal Institute carry? They are hardly bipartisan and…under a different name…have been involved in several actions attempting to overturn environmental legislation. As much as I’d like to see this make a difference I doubt the current administration will let this be more than a speed bump in their efforts to control energy policy.
Ben of Houston says:
I have to agree. With a known partisan source, this ain’t going to cut it. You’ll preach to the choir just fine, but this isn’t going to convince anyone.
If you want to convert, you need unassailable, quick facts. Two page summary, MAX, with a set of facts. Heck, bullet points, that state “this is what they did”. “this is why this thing is bad”. “this is why this thing is illegal”. Repeat as necessary.
We are fighting emotions with reason. That’s an uphill battle that can only be won with hard, inarguable facts, and Even then, we can fail to carry the day. Look at the anti-vaccine movement. No rational arguments and based on a demonstratable fraud, but still around. California had to pull the nuclear solution of removing medical free choice to check the madness.
But this report, it’s not going to even make a splash
Then perhaps you should help.
ATheoK commented: “…Then perhaps you should help….”
I proselytize and I vote. I’m not wealthy and I don’t do assassinations if you’re suggesting. What else?
Mareeba Property Management says:
The same government agency, all over the world, are doing the same thing. These same agency then strut the stage at the UN and claimed to be “democratic” and “above board”! What a sorry joke
Mike the Morlock says:
Now the question is/ do they have the war chest to go to court. Do they have a petitioner with proper legal standing. First to obtain injunctions, next to have reversal rulings, and finally if court acceptable evidence can be presented then prosecution of parties concerned.
Also, which Federal Circuit Court hears the case is of importance.
Let see what if anything happens.
Also, it never hurts to bring these things to your congress critter’s attention. If you go to the trouble to write to him, it tells him you will go to the trouble to Vote.
Climate Heretic says:
“Do they have a petitioner with proper legal standing.” Would these 12 states have standing?[1] What about these 22 states?[2]. The Energy & Environment Legal Institute should send their information to these states.
Climate Heretic
[1] 12 states sue the EPA over proposed power plant regulations
[2] 22 states sue EPA over water rule
Climate Heretic; I agree, hopefully they can work together. But you must remember that it is very difficult to the add new charges to an ongoing case. But giving the information from the FOIA requests to the states would be a good start. Oh one more thing, even States do not have bottomless pickets,. They only have so much they can use for the pressing of these types of cases
I’d like to point out that the EPA is also moving of the water front and is getting lots of resistance from agriculture about the interpretation of the Clean Water Act they are championing.
Is that the same EPA that has ruled that a local mud puddle can be under their rule as a “navigable waterway”? That EPA?
Also dust.
My neighbor is one of the last remaining small dairy farmers in northern Vermont. He had a site visit by EPA a year ago. There’s a year round creek that runs through one side of his main pasture and the girls like to wander over and drink from it. Yes we know that those H2O molecules make it all the way to the Atlantic (unless they get drunk, absorbed, evaporated …) through the dams on the Connecticut and this is an essential and pure environmental vector for the non-returning Atlantic Salmon who will only procreate in small gravely water in the dappled shadows of sugar maples. (Actually the salmon prefer to run north of us into the cooler Canadian waters with their short fresh river runs to the salt.)
EPA guy had a questionnaire and one question was, “do the cows just go over for a drink or do they hang out at the creek?” (you know – 5 PM cocktails)
Understand that this water is navigable, albeit by many strikingly colored, spotted, square tail, native brook trout that seem perfectly able to cohabitate with the cows. But this “hang out” thing was going to be a deal breaker (or maybe ball breaker) of some kind. So with a bit of fencing and creative pipeage plus a bunch of split and torched 55 gallon drums, we’ve erected an ergonometric system of water troughs with runoff back into the creek. The girls love to hang out.
Upon a recent return visit, the indignant EPA guy said, “but you’ve diverted a stream.” As a Town Official (I realize that is not as impressive as a White House Official – although I’ve never figured out what that is), I produced the Town approved water diversion and return permit.
good for you Bubba! In these parts (Pacific Northwest) the BLM and USDA have programs to fence streams running through ranch grazing land and to plant “native” shade trees and shrubbery to keep the creeks cool for steelhead and salmon smolt because apparently somebody suggested that would be a good idea. Really, they pay a rancher to do it! So now the streams which were never strong full time running and in living memory, say at least the last eighty years, have always been so narrow that you can hop across them this time of year, are now expected to irrigate all this new”flora”. The result of course is that the streams simply go dry on the surface and those smolts that haven’t made it to a beaver dam or downstream no longer have ‘habitat”
Ric Haldane says:
No problem. Obama will have the DOJ investigate to his satisfaction.
From a distant view, it looks like the separation of powers hasn’t worked.
That may well lead to a pretty rapid descent into the pit.
And as he foremost advocate for democracy and equal opportunities on this planet, doesn’t this make you sad – as it does me.
Auto – hoping I’ve fixed (most of) the orthographic infelicities . . .
M Simon says:
It has worked. They have separated you from your powers.
Tom Anderson says:
Sue the bastards. File an injunction. It’s the only way.
Not the only way. The 2nd Amendment is there for exactly this type of administration.
Philip Lee says:
Prospective claims of illegal rule making aren’t worth much; let’s see what happens in court.
toorightmate says:
What is different?
This is the Oh Bummer administration’s modus operandi.
Could the next potus (hopefully not a dumbocrat) adopt this same modus operandi and simply do away with the EPA?
noaaprogrammer commented:”…Could the next potus (hopefully not a dumbocrat) adopt this same modus operandi and simply do away with the EPA?”
Almost, they would neuter the EPA by using the same ‘executive powers’ as well as cut down their funding. Disbanding the EPA would be politically damaging because of the emotional issue attached to the word “environment”.
TRM says:
“details illegal activities by EPA staff, colluding with certain environmental lobbyists to draft EPA’s greenhouse gas (GHG) rules behind the scenes, outside of public view, and to the exclusion of other parties. ”
Oh you mean like the TPP? 🙂
DD More says:
Here’s how much corporations paid US senators to fast-track the TPP bill
http://www.theguardian.com/business/2015/may/27/corporations-paid-us-senators-fast-track-tpp
And the Guardian no less?
Using data from the Federal Election Commission, this chart shows all donations that corporate members of the US Business Coalition for TPP made to US Senate campaigns between January and March 2015, when fast-tracking the TPP was being debated in the Senate:
Out of the total $1,148,971 given, an average of $17,676.48 was donated to each of the 65 “yea” votes.
Best Senate money can buy. (Will Rogers IIRC)
if you think a million is enough then god bless you
opluso says:
Or Treasury. Or DoD. Or Labor. Or … you name it.
jaypan says:
EE Legal and Chris Horner are doing an outstanding and important job in informing the public what’s going on behind the curtains in Washington. This is the way towards a green/red dictatorship. Once the consequences becoming obvious, it will be too late.
Jim Sawhill says:
I did a piece here – EPA: Busted for Ideology – that was based on Chris’s and E&E Legal’s excellent work.
Chris has also contributed here.
Nixon was a piker.
Nixon was vice-president and head of the CIA under Eisenhower. He lost the presidential election to Kennedy. He was in Dallas the day before Kennedy was assassinated. Kennedy’s assassination made it possible for Nixon to go on to become President for 2 terms.
The CIA hated Kennedy as a result of the Bay of Pigs operation. The CIA specialized in political assassination during the 60’s. Nixon was force to resign during his second term, after CIA operatives were caught breaking into the Watergate Hotel, which was ultimately traced back to the White House and the Nixon Presidency.
Nixon was no piker. He eliminated the man that defeated him for the Presidency and used the CIA to cover the matter up to this day. Few Americans have any idea of the truth behind their government.
Read “The Cold Five Thousand” by Leonard Elmore (not Elmore Leonard who is also a wonderful writer). Leonard Elmore’s style is extraordinary and he writes the CIA-Las Vegas-Bay of Pigs and more tale you speak of.
ferdberple: agreed Tricky Dicky was no “piker” but at least he was “for” the United States. As to head of CIA that would be Allen W. Dulles February 26, 1953 – November 29, 1961.
AS for the Plumbers ah they were not CIA. They were caught on their second try, the first was in may of 1972 the second (the one they were caught in) was June 17 1972. And some of us do know our nation-governments history having lived and grown up in it.
By the way with who we have now ,, I think Richard Nixon is the lesser of two evils. Just Me.
Well if you believe that, why not believe this too?
http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/27/teddy-kennedy-and-chappaquiddick-the-true-story/
John piccirilli says:
Fred. Complete Bullshit
Ferdberple
Now myself, I prefer to believe that Fidel Castro, pissed because Kennedy had attempted to have him assassinated, turned the tables and got Kennedy first.
Now others say the Russians.
Could have been PETA because Jackie liked to wear fur hats. She was the real target and JFK was collateral damage.
Juan Slayton says:
Kennedy’s assassination made it possible for Nixon to go on to become President for 2 terms.
Fred, Fred, Fred…. Let me fix that for you:
Kennedy’s assassination made it possible for LBJ to serve as President for close to 2 terms.
Utter nonsense. But keep adding to the myths the leftists use to choke you. To claim murder on your suppositions and fantasies does not make any sense.
Go ahead and miss the point, ferd- see if I care.
The point? Nixon lied about knowledge (after the fact) of the break- in and the whole world fell on top of him. This administration (whole government, actually) is wracked with scandal after scandal involving deaths, Constitutional abuse and general abuse of power and it’s “ho- hum, oh look- a lion”.
johann wundersamer says:
The Energy & Environment LegaltInstitute (E&E Legal) is a 501(c)(3) organization engaged in strategic litigation,
policy research, and public education on important energy and environmental issues.
Primarily through its petition
litigation and transparency
practice areas, E&E Legal seeks to correct onerous federal and state policies that hinder the economy, increase the cost of energy, eliminate jobs, and do little or nothing to improve the environment.
The Energy & Environment Legal Institute (E&E Legal)
is all we should be aware off.
29 July: E&E Publishing: EPA poised to push carbon rule compliance to 2022, according to agency document
by Emily Holden and Rod Kuckro
U.S. EPA appears to be leaning toward giving states an extra two years — until 2022 — to start cutting carbon emissions from power plants under a final Clean Power Plan rule expected to be rolled out as early as Monday…
The significant changes are reflected in a PowerPoint slide prepared by EPA’s Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, housed at the Research Triangle Park near Durham, N.C.
The slide was last modified Friday, July 24, according to digital records, by an employee who has been at the heart of the Clean Power Plan’s development. It was taken down from the EPA website yesterday afternoon after E&E made an inquiry about its contents.
EPA officials declined to speak on the record about the slide because the rule is not yet final. The slide notes a release date of Aug. 3 for the final rule.
It still calls for states to meet emissions goals under the rule by Jan. 1, 2030. But it extends the time states have to craft plans, requiring an “initial” state plan by Sept. 6, 2016, and a “final” state plan by Sept. 6, 2018…
***States that unsuccessfully sued in a federal court to stop the release of a final rule could view the time extension as still not enough time to replace coal-fired power plants and ensure electric grid reliability…
The most significant change shown in the timeline pushes out the first emissions reduction requirements to Jan. 1, 2022, two years from the 2020 date originally proposed by the administration…READ ON
http://www.eenews.net/stories/1060022591
I am really, really angry at what is currently supposed to be our Constitutional Government, of, for and by the people…Where the hell did that idea get chucked out the window? Wasn’t it, “i really don’t want to go to Washington to serve, but I will for my Country”…. “To advocate for what is in everyones interests… security, prosperity and opportunity for all?” . And haven’t we been doing that? I guess not, because everyone has a gripe and their own selfish agenda as a platform for a bitch about what they don’t have. Get your crap together and lift yourself up out of your screwed up attitude, quit complaining and just F**king get on with your life. Be a participant in making things better for all of us instead of forever complaining about your poor, poor self imposed condition. Become part of the human experience /race/gender/religion rather than your selfish, group isolated, group think piece of crap, idiotic ideology. F**kin’ grow the F**k up. Thank you obama…For your great big piece of shit in the sky idealistic, or whatever it is, piece of crap administration, with it’s lawless and childish bulls**t that you think is so special and great. I hope you go to hell for what you have done to us and in history as the biggest fu*k up and traitor ever in the history of the United States of America… Whatever your purpose was or is.
Whew!!!
J. Keith Johnson says:
Dahlquist, best I can tell the process began in earnest on November 22, 1963, in Dallas, Texas. It’s pretty much been accelerating downhill from that point. Recognizing what’s going on and experiencing alarm and anger is a good start, but one’s anger needs to be harnessed and channeled into a useful form. May I propose that all of us who see what you see and are experiencing the anger of near helplessness do what we can in the initial form of protest. Letters and phone calls to elected representatives are a good start, as well as making contact with like-minded folks in a grass-roots connection so that our ideas and efforts can be combined for maximum effect.
It may not be possible to halt the process, but at least we can make others aware of the danger, slow down the descent into the abyss, and boldly make a stand to defend what has made the USA great–the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. Deus obedientia est tyrannis seditionem.
“Congress or the courts — or EPA, in a moment of rationality
Which side delusions on?
rhymeafterrhyme says:
The EPA now needs to be disbanded,
No longer independent or even handed;
What used to be a protector of the environment,
Believes it has become the quasi-government.
http://rhymeafterrhyme.net/wake-up-america/
Sheesh, one would only have to read a stockholders report to see the collusion laid out in print between Sierra Club lawyers and public utilities. Been going on for decades.
The facts should doom it. Should not need to rely on this
http://patriotpost.us/opinion/19138
skeohane says:
Good post Joe.
I’m afraid this is a ‘somebody has to do something’ exercise. Can the E&E Legal Institute initiate anything? If not we have to await some reluctant agency or other to do something. How can one initiate legal proceedings against government breaking the law. We already saw this ‘expose’ many months ago.
The U.S. still has the citizens grand jury system which can investigate and issue indictments.
Has this even been considered?
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Exclusive: EOC President hopeful Winter Olympics could return to Europe in 2026 after Pyeongchang success
European Olympic Committees President Janez Kocijančič is hopeful the Winter Olympics could return to Europe in 2026, following the continent's success at Pyeongchang 2018.
The Slovenian praised the achievements of National Olympic Committees (NOC) from the continent, who came away with 68 per cent of the 307 medals awarded at the Games in South Korea last month.
A total of 22 of the 30 medal winning nations in Pyeongchang were from Europe, continuing the continent's dominance.
The neutral Olympic Athletes from Russia (OAR) also finished with 17 medals, including two golds.
Kocijančič claimed nations should learn from the success of Norway, who topped the overall medals table after claiming 14 gold, 14 silver and 11 bronze.
Their tally of 39 medals surpassed the previous record of 37, which was held by the United States.
"I was very, very much impressed with the achievement of Norway," Kocijančič told insidethegames.
"It has a small population, but they have a population which views sport as a way of life.
"Their performances, achievements and medal success were very impressive.
"We should all try to learn from them."
Germany and The Netherlands were the next most successful European nations, as they earned 14 and eight gold medals each to end second and fifth in the overall standings.
There were also Winter Olympic landmarks for Hungary and Kosovo, with the former earning their maiden gold at the Games in short track and the latter appearing as an NOC at the multi-sport event for the first time.
The EOC President reserved praise for Norway, after they topped the Pyeongchang 2018 medals table ©Getty Images
Despite European success at the Winter Olympics, the appetite for hosting the Games has not been reflected by populations in cities across the continent in recent years.
Public opposition halted bids from Norway's capital city Oslo and Davos in Switzerland for the 2022 Winter Olympics.
Innsbruck became the latest city to suffer such a defeat in the 2026 race, but the Austrian Olympic Committee are hopeful Graz and Schladming could be put forward as a candidate by the March 31 deadline.
Sion in Switzerland face a referendum in June over their potential 2026 bid, while Sweden's capital Stockholm is attempting to proceed despite fears a lack of political support for their campaign could sink it.
Kocijančič remains hopeful that a European city could emerge to host the Games in 2026.
"Winter Olympics are an excellent event and after a long time away, they should return to Europe," said Kocijančič, who is also a International Ski Federation vice-president.
"There has been a misunderstanding between the sport and public world, some bids have lost referendums.
"We should continue with the same ideology of the Winter Olympics and we should go on.
"I am confident the Winter Olympics will be a huge success in Europe in the future.
"I would like to see one of the European candidates win the next edition.
"I consider all the candidates are very well prepared, they are sporting nations that are very well prepared for the Winter Olympics.
"From my point of view, they would not need to invest a lot as they have infrastructure that is very good."
Sion are one of three European hopefuls for the 2026 Winter Olympics, but face a June referendum ©Sion 2026
Sapporo in Japan and Calgary in Canada are other cities likely to launch bids for 2026.
Should no European city emerge as the winners of the 2026 bid process, it would mean at least a 16 year gap absence for the Winter Olympics from the continent, following Pyeongchang 2018 and Beijing 2022.
Sochi hosted the Games four-years ago, but the aftermath has been dominated by the doping scandal embroiling host nation Russia.
It ultimately led to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) suspending the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) in December, with athletes competing neutrally as OAR at Pyeongchang 2018.
The suspension on the ROC was ultimately lifted yesterday.
Kocijančič expressed his opposition to Russia being made to compete neutrally last year, but now believes the IOC decision was a good one.
"I think that the policy of the IOC should be inclusive, but there were big problems in this case," he said.
"It was a tough policy of the IOC, but I think the solution was a good one.
"I think they have, maybe, resolved the problem for the time being.
"From my point of view, the situation is resolved.
"There needs to be much more collaboration in the future and everybody needs to learn the lessons out of it.
"We have learned from this situation and I am quite confident it will not appear again."
The Slovenian also made a point of praising the IOC's efforts to have North and South Korea march together and compete as a combined women's ice hockey team at the Games.
February 2018: IOC lift Russian Olympic Committee suspension
February 2018: Stockholm determined to continue bid for 2026 Winter Olympics even though political support lacking
February 2018: Graz and Schladming expected to file bid for 2026 Winter Olympics before March 31 deadline
February 2018: Bach and Baumann hope public will still back Sion 2026 even after strong opposition revealed
December 2017: Kocijančič opposes IOC decision on Russia as European Olympic Committees struggle to reach collective position
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Brothers-in-law go into Lawncrest restaurant business
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(Munchie's Breakfast & Lunch in Lawncrest will celebrate its grand opening Oct. 31.)
What used to be the Lawncrest Diner is now Munchie’s Breakfast & Lunch in Lawncrest, and the next generation of the Rising Sun Avenue diner will celebrate its grand opening Monday.
Owner Bob Convery promised Lawncrest residents fresh food, a family atmosphere and friendly, courteous service when he, brother-in-law and co-owner Mark Zawierucha, and chef Carlos Medina addressed the Lawncrest Community Association last week.
Convery, of Wissinoming took over the old diner about a month ago, and Munchie’s has been open with limited hours and a small menu since then. Come Monday, the Munchie’s menu will expand.
Convery and Zawierucha have talked for a long time about opening a bar and grill.
“Every time we do something, we cook for people,” Convery explained.
Medina has been testing his homemade french fries all week to prep for the opening, and though Convery says he’s partial to the “pretty amazing chili” he makes, he’s excited for filet mignon sandwich sauteed onions and mushrooms.
Munchie’s will be open Sundays through Thursdays from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m., and Fridays and Saturdays from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. to start. As the owners find their footing, they’ll look to expand the hours and the small staff.
First, they’ll have to fill the fills the shoes of the former Lawncrest Diner.
“We’re trying o create a friendly and fun atmosphere with great service and good food,” Convery said. “We hope to make the people of Lawncrest happy like they used to be with the diner. We’re trying to upkeep or exceed those standards.”
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Can EU free Wi-Fi boost the Wi-Fi industry in Europe?
[Breaking News] by Claus Hetting | October 12, 2016
Some of us are still pinching our arms and rubbing our eyes to see if we’ve been reading this right: EU Commissioner Juncker announced in his annual ‘State of the Union’ speech in September that the EU plans to subsidise free City Wi-Fi across Europe to the tune of 120 million EUR by 2020.
But will it happen – and if so, will it boost the Wi-Fi industry in Europe? These are the looming questions. And there is still a lot of work for the Commission and its partners to do to get this off the ground.
A CAPEX-only Wi-Fi subsidy
First let’s get the facts straight: The EU wants to equip 6,000-8,000 cities with free Wi-Fi by subsiding equipment & installation (CAPEX) costs. If you work out the subsidy per city (assuming that the 8,000 is right) that would amount to about 15,000 EUR per city.
The cities are then expected to pay maintenance and ‘subscription costs’ themselves. The statement (see the PDF below) also says that communities need to commit to ‘very high Internet’ speeds.
Finally the proposal still has to pass both the EU Parliament and national ministers’ approvals. The statement also says that new city Wi-Fi networks cannot compete with existing Wi-Fi services, commercial or otherwise but the detailed policy documents have yet to be published.
Reputable sources have revealed to Wi-Fi NOW that the initiative is very likely to go ahead and that only the specifics (allocation across countries & details of the policy) are likely to change at this point.
Could free Wi-Fi be a catalyst for Wi-Fi industry growth in Europe?
This is pretty much what we know about this initiative at the moment. The good news of course is that this could be a boost to the Wi-Fi industry in Europe and not least provide underserved communities with free Internet access.
It’s no secret that City Wi-Fi in many cases has had a tough time getting off the ground due to lack of finances and fierce competition from ubiquitous mobile data. The challenge for this initiative could be that 15,000 EUR on average will give you about 2-4 outdoor Wi-Fi access points only. So either the new free Wi-Fi networks will be small or they will need more funding. Or cities could decide focus on indoor Wi-Fi deployments which would give them perhaps 8-12 access points to work with.
The scheme likely to stimulate job creation at some level and – with some creativity and thoughtful effort – would create a new platform for more public bodies to enter the Digital Age. And yes, there are communities in the EU that are underserved by service providers of any kind. Not everything in the EU is the land of plenty, as many seem to believe.
Wi-Fi NOW support
For what it’s worth, at Wi-Fi NOW we have pledged our full support of this proposal and we will do everything in our power to support it. Now there will of course be companies and individuals (especially in the cellular industry) who will resist this tooth and nail and likely spend large sums of money on lobbying against it both nationally and at the EU level.
But remember this: In the grand scheme of things 120 million EUR – or a mere 15,000 EUR in equipment subsidy per community – is a small amount. Cellular is a trillion-dollar global industry that should comfortably be able to accommodate this with no losses of significance.
At the same time, the fixed telcos will likely benefit from the backhaul services that will be needed to support community Wi-Fi.
Meet the European Commission at Wi-Fi NOW London Oct. 25-27
We’re delighted to announce that the European Commission is joining us at Wi-Fi NOW International in London this October 25-27 to give us a full overview of what free EU Wi-Fi is all about. For more see this link and make sure you register to join us in London!
/Claus.
Below: The official statement on the ‘WiFi4EU’ initiative as released by the EU Commission in September 2016.
Wi-Fi Industry News
January 20, 2020 [News Global]
Heights Telecom deploys world’s first fully Wi-Fi EasyMesh-compliant extender & gateway
January 18, 2020 [Breaking News]
Ofcom proposes 6 GHz Wi-Fi and new rules for Wi-Fi in 5.8 GHz
CES Roundup: Plume’s motion detection for the home, Wi-Fi 6 laptops, & more Wi-Fi 6 mesh
CES: Celeno debuts 6 GHz Wi-Fi (Wi-Fi 6E) chipset solution
Roundup: Reams of new Wi-Fi 6 routers & mesh at CES Las Vegas – including one from Comcast
CES: Broadcom launches world’s first Wi-Fi 6E (6 GHz) chips
Wi-Fi Alliance gives 6 GHz Wi-Fi a name: ‘Wi-Fi 6E’
January 01, 2020 [Analysis]
A paradigm shift is in the making for 2020. And it’s all about Wi-Fi.
December 28, 2019 [News Exclusive]
Liberty Global says “Wi-Fi is oxygen to our subscribers”
December 26, 2019 [Affordable Connectivity]
‘Zii para todos’ serves up free Wi-Fi to 165,000 Costa Ricans
Related storiesMore news »
Wi-Fi NOW elected best industry organisation ...
Wi-Fi NOW contracted to advise EU’s free Wi...
Update: Free Wi-Fi across the EU moves ahead
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TAFTA documents
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1 Leaks
2 Documents published by institutions
TAFTA negotiation mandate
The directives for the negotiation on TAFTA, as adopted by the Foreign Affairs Council (Trade) on 14 June 2013.
Working paper on the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector
Leaked document from the EU negotiators related to Internet
Documents published by institutions
The Econonic Analysis of the TAFTA explained by the EU Commission - September 2013
Minutes of Civil Society Dialogue meeting - 22 July 2013
Closing press briefing of the first round of TAFTA negotiations - 12 July 2013
EU letter sent to the US Chief Trade Negotiators about transparency - 5 July 2013
Press release of the Council of the EU, announcing the approbation of a mandate for the negotiation of a comprehensive trade and investment agreement with the United States - 14 June 2013
European Parliament resolution on TAFTA, adopted in reaction to the massive spying by the USA - 23 May 2013
Impact Assessment Report on the future of EU-US trade relations - Accompanying the document "Recommendation for a Council Decision authorising the opening of negotiations" - 12 March 2013
Recommendations of the High Level Working Group, led by US Trade Representative Ron Kirk and EU Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht, emphasizing the need for a transatlantic trade agreement - 11 February 2013
Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Transatlantic relations and the international promotion of the European social model’ - 17 February 2011
Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on Transatlantic Relations: ‘How to improve the participation of civil society’ - 25 March 2009
Report on legal implications of tafta for the acquis communautaire - Environment, Public Health and Food Safety Committee of the European Parliament - October 2013
This study discusses the potential impact of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership agreement on the EU acquis in the areas of the environment and food safety. It recommends, in particular, that the European Parliament pay very close attention to the precise wording of provisions regarding the environment, food safety, and investment set out in the final text to ensure that both parties are able to maintain the environmental and consumer protection standards they deem appropriate, as provided for in the European Commission’s negotiating mandate.
Brave new transatlantic partnership - Seattle to Brussels Netword - October 2013
The proposed EU-US Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partners hip (TTIP/TAFTA), and its socio-economic & environmental consequences
FFII e.V. working group on ACTA - Negotiators determined to transfer sovereignty to companies - 17 November 2013
EDRI - The Lobbyists' Charter - 9 October 2013
New York Times - European Officials Consulted Business Leaders on Trade Pact - 8 October 2013
Tech Dirt - UK Government Study Tries To Gloss Over TAFTA/TTIP's Problems With Impossibly Precise Figures - 26 September 2013
Corporate Europe - Busting the myths of transparency around the EU-US trade dea - 25 September 2013
Corporate Europe - European Commission preparing for EU-US trade talks: 119 meetings with industry lobbyists - 4 September 2013
Corporate Europe - Unravelling the spin: a guide to corporate rights in the EU-US trade deal - 9 July 2013
EFF - TAFTA, the US-EU's Trojan Trade Agreement: Talks (and Leaks) Begin - 8 July 2013
Privacy International - Privacy is not a commodity to be traded - 21 June 2013
Tech Dirt - Not Learning From ACTA: IPR Protection And Enforcement Seen As 'Less Difficult Issue' For TAFTA/TTIP - 24 April 2013
Civil Society Declaration - “IP out of TAFTA” - 15 March 2013
Partial list of TAFTA negotiators (help us to complete it!)
Audio recording of the stakeholders meeting after the 2nd round
EU Commssion's TAFTA website
Working document published by the EU
TTIP FAQ of Marietje Schaake
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Why children consuming energy drinks..
Why children consuming energy drinks could lead to ‘serious health consequences’
The UK Government is set to ban the sale of energy drinks such as Red Bull to children under the age of 16.
The drinks have been linked to heath problems such as headaches and disturbed sleep.
Nutrition experts are now urging Australia to follow the UK’s lead and ban the drinks here.
Dietitians Association of Australia practicing dietitian and spokesperson Felicity Curtain says there may not be enough research to suggest energy drinks are safe for children and teenagers.
“There are those soft drinks but with added caffeine,” she said on 3AW Drive.
“They’re not only these sugary, syrupy drinks with nothing good in them, they’re also packed with caffeine.
“With adults that’s not so much a concern, these are really appealing to children and teenagers.
“And there’s not enough research to show that these are safe and can in fact be linked with really serious health consequences.”
Click PLAY to hear more on 3AW Drive
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Assigned Counsel Services/
If I am a new attorney, how do I find out when to check in for my assignment and what procedures to follow after I receive my assignments?
An Attorney Information Packet will be mailed to you when Assigned Counsel Services (ACS) has been notified that you were placed on the eligibility list. It will give information such as when to return your assignment notices, when and where to check-in for your a.m. and p.m. assignments, how to cancel an assignment, what forms to complete that must be forwarded to the Office of Budget & Finance to ensure proper payment, and other pertinent information.
If I am assigned to a case in the courtroom and I am scheduled as EHC/HC, what form must I complete and where should it be delivered?
You must complete a Request for Emergency House Counsel To Be Assigned To Case Form (MJC 954), which must be signed by the jurist. Afterwards, the form must be submitted to Assigned Counsel Services (ACS) for processing.
If I move to a new location, change my mailing or email address, or change my telephone number, how should I inform ACS?
You must complete and sign a Notice of Attorney Information Form (MJC203) and return it to ACS. Click the link: Notice of Attorney Information (MJC203)
How are EHC/HC assignments processed?
EHC/HC assignment notices are randomly generated via our attorney draw computer system on a monthly basis. If you receive an assignment from the draw, you will have seven (7) days to indicate if you accept or reject the assignment; the letters must be returned to ACS for processing.
When must I complete a voucher?
Attorneys are required to voucher on-line for all hearings with the exception of appellate assignments until further notice. A voucher (form MJC-910) must be submitted to the Office of Budget & Finance to request a payment for appeals.
How do I voucher for a motion hearing?
You must prepare and submit a motion/petition to the Office of Budget & Finance with a completed voucher (form MJC-910), and the signature of the jurist must appear in order to request payment for extraordinary fees. Once it is approved, the request will be forwarded to the Office of Budget & Finance for payment. The voucher may be submitted to the Presiding Judge at the LHJ.
How do I become eligible to receive assignments?
You must first complete and submit an Attorney Profile/Application, be a member in good standing with the Michigan State Bar, and have a valid email address. An e-mail address is a mandatory requirement in order to receive assignments; House Counsel/Emergency House Counsel notices are sent via email. Also, a judicial Attorney Review Committee reviews and approves all attorney profile/applications. Once you are approved, you will be added to the attorney eligibility list to receive assignments.
Where must I check in for my House Counsel/Emergency House Counsel assignment?
You must check in at the Office of Assigned Counsel Services, which is located in building B, room 104. The check-in times are shown below:
Morning (a.m.)
EHC/HC check-in at LHJ – 8:30 a.m.
Afternoon (p.m.)
EHC/HC check-in at LHJ – 12:30 p.m.
Weekend/Holiday check-in at JDF
HC check-in at JDF – 9:45 a.m.
Report directly to JDF (Juvenile Detention Facility) for your assignment. Call Assigned Counsel Services at (313) 833-5565 when you arrive for your assignment.
How will I be notified of my assignment on a case and/or subsequent hearing dates?
Notification may be given to you by one of the following methods:
The courtroom employees will verbally notify you.
You may be notified via telephone by court personnel, judicial administrative assistant, or the County Clerk staff assigned to the courtrooms.
What must I do if I am unable to serve as HC/EHC on my scheduled assignment date?
Notify Assigned Counsel Services immediately.
An attorney will be coded as cancelled if he/she notifies the Office of Assigned Counsel Services (ACS) within 24 hours of the assignment date. Cancellation outside this time-frame will be coded as a no-show.
Per the Court’s policy, an attorney will be coded as a no-show if he/she fails to appear for HC/EHC duty.
What should I do if I am the attorney of record and unable to attend a hearing?
You must notify the courtroom where the case will be heard. You may have a substitute attorney appear in your absence. However, a Jurist may remove you and assign an EHC to the case. The Court will not pay the substitute counsel. You are responsible for compensating the substitute counsel.
How can I be removed as assigned counsel on a case?
Your removal may be due to the following:
As assigned counsel, you failed to appear or send an eligible substitute or arrived late for a hearing.
Legal party is deceased, has released parental rights, or has had parental rights terminated by the Court.
Legal party has requested your removal and communication has clearly deteriorated to such an extent that the Jurist has determined that counsel is unable to provide adequate representation.
Assigned Counsel requests to withdraw, client does not object, and the Jurist has determined that the case will not be unduly delayed.
Retained Counsel has replaced you as legal counsel on the case.
The client has not appeared for two (2) or more hearings.
Father is putative/alleged.
Can I represent a putative or alleged father?
No, this is not in compliance with the Assigned Counsel Services Policy. The party must establish/acknowledge paternity before counsel can be appointed.
What must I do if I have to withdraw as counsel on cases that I’ve been assigned to?
If you’ve been assigned to one case, contact the Jurist affiliated with the case. If you were assigned to multiple cases, notify the Court in writing. List all of the cases you are assigned to and submit them to the Assigned Counsel Services Office.
What must I do if the Attorney Discipline Board suspends me from law practice or I terminate my practice?
You are required to notify the Court, in writing, of the disciplinary action taken by the Attorney Discipline Board or if you terminate your practice.
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