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Synthesis and revision of the lithostratigraphic groups and formations in the Upper Permian?–Lower Jurassic Newark Supergroup of eastern North America Robert E. Weems, Lawrence H. Tanner, and Spencer G. Lucas. Stratigraphy Volume 13, No. 2 pp. 111-153 - online 26 Sep 2016
ABSTRACT: The Upper Permian? – Lower Jurassic Newark Supergroup of eastern North America has a strikingly uniform succession of lithologic units. This uniformity is seen regardless of whether these units are characterized on the basis of their lithostratigraphy, allostratigraphy, biostratigraphy, or chemostratigraphy. After deposition, these units were broken up tectonically and attacked erosionally; parts of them survive today only within localized, down-faulted areas. Many lines of evidence compellingly demonstrate that most or all of these remnant units once were physically continuous between remaining outcrops. It is needlessly confusing to give every remnant of each unit a different name in each area where it persists simply because it is now physically isolated by erosion from other portions of the same unit. Instead, these units should be defined within a regional lithostratigraphic framework that emphasizes their common origins and original stratigraphic continuity. To this end, the formation-level stratigraphy of the Newark Supergroup is reduced from 58 locally applied and locally defined formations to a succession of only 16 uniformly defined and regionally recognizable formations. In all cases the oldest name validly applied to each formation is given priority over more recently erected synonymous names, which are either abandoned or, in a few cases, changed in rank to a member of one of the formations recognized here. The Newark Supergroup is here organized into four regionally recognizable groups, each subdivided into regionally recognizable formations. In ascending order, the Upper Permian?-Middle Triassic Acadia Group (new name) includes the Honeycomb Point Formation, Chedabucto Formation, Economy Formation, and Evangeline Formation. This group is preserved only in the Canadian Fundy and Chedabucto basins. The Upper Triassic (Carnian-Norian) Chatham Group includes the Doswell Formation, Stockton Formation, Lockatong Formation, and Passaic Formation. The Upper Triassic-Lower Jurassic (upper Rhaetian-lower Hettangian) Meriden Group includes the Talcott Formation, Shuttle Meadow Formation, Holyoke Formation, East Berlin Formation, and Hampden Formation. The term “Agawam Group,†previously proposed to encompass all Newark Supergroup strata above the highest basalt of the Meriden Group, is here abandoned and replaced with the name “Portland Group†for the same suite of strata. The Lower Jurassic (upper Hettangian-lower Sinemurian) Portland Group includes a lower Boonton Formation, an overlying Longmeadow Sandstone (here reinstated), and the Mount Toby Conglomerate, which laterally intertongues with both the Boonton Formation and the Longmeadow Sandstone.
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TTM Tues! Broadway Update! The Stars Hitting The Great White Way! Andrew Garfield! Laurie Metcalf! John Lithgow! Joshua Jackson! And More!
Troy February 14, 2018 TTM Troy, TTM Tuesday! 2 Comments
Hello there again, TTM Nation – Troy here with another fun-filled TTM Tuesday! This week is something special that we try to do a couple of times a year here on Mike the Fanboy, and that is provide some “possible signers” via the big stage – Broadway! Unlike the normal column, this week the addresses are presented with NO history of signing or recent successes, but provided to you for as a “possible” chance to give them a try.
Before we start – just a heads up. The addresses below are for a specific actor or actress. If you would like to get a signed playbill of the entire cast, instead of the specific actor, send the request to Stage Manager. ie:
ATTN Stage Manager
℅ Neil Simon Theatre
250 West 52nd Street
Here are some specific celebs to try this week – good luck!
This actor appeared in one of my favorite “hacker” films, The Social Network, and also brought life to the web-slinger in The Amazing Spider-Man and The Amazing Spider-Man 2. You probably saw him last in Hacksaw Ridge – Mr. Andrew Garfield!
Also Beth Malone, Amanda Lawrence, Nathan Lane and Lee Pace. (Until July 1, 2018)
You only have a few weeks to write to this Tony, Emmy, Golden Globe and SAG Award winner. I used to go see him perform weekly at tapings of 3rd Rock From The Sun, but you have seen him in Interstellar, Footloose, Twilight Zone: The Movie, and more recently in The Crown and the TV series Trial & Error. Mr. John Lithgow! (Until March 4, 2018)
℅ Stories By Heart
American Airlines Theatre – Roundabout Theatre Company
227 West 42nd Street
New York, NY 10036
This performer starred as Wade on the series Glee and will be appearing in the play Once on This Island throughout all of 2018. Mr. Alex Newell!
℅ Once on This Island
Circle in the Square Theatre
I’m going to preface this next one by saying he has been hit or miss over the years. I have tried him several times with no success, but others get him all the time. So, he is definitely worth a try, at least through July 15, 2018! You know him from Titanic, The First Wives Club, The Flash, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow and of course Alias – Mr. Victor Garber!
℅ Hello Dolly
Schubert Theatre
New York, NY 100136
You will want to get your request off to this actress ASAP as her show ends on March 11, 2018. Before she starred in Kill Bill, she appeared in Pulp Fiction, Batman & Robin Robin Hood and Dangerous Liaisons. Ms. Uma Thurman!
℅ The Parisian Woman
Hudson Theatre
139-141 West 44th Street
This is one on my personal “gotta try” list. I first identified with him in one of his first roles as Mighty Duck. Later I met him while working on the TV series Dawson’s Creek in the late 1990s. He also starred in some great projects including Scream 2, Urban Legend, Cruel Intentions and Fringe. Recently you may have seen him on the Showtime series The Affair. Mr. Joshua Jackson! (Starting March 22, 2018)
℅ Children of a Lesser God
I share a PO Box with this celebrity, but I have never heard of a success from him. Could Via Venue be the perfect chance? Hard to say. He won the Academy Awards for both Training Day and Glory and is nominated this year for Best Actor as well. Other projects include Fences, Malcolm X, Cry Freedom, The Hurricane, and others. Again, this is a long shot, but he will be appearing from March 22, 2018 to July 1, 2018 – Mr. Denzel Washington!
(Also Colm Meaney, David Morse, Tammy Blanchard, Dakin Matthews, Jack McGee and Carolyn Braver)
℅ The Iceman Cometh
Bernard B Jacobs Theatre
This actress has been a fairly good signer both TTM and Via Venue, so she would be a great person to try! She won a Tony award for her performance in A Doll’s House Part 2, and was nominated god a Golden Globe for her performance in Ladybird and also three nominations for her most-known role as Jackie on the hit TV series Roseanne. Ms. Laurie Metcalf! (Until June 24, 2018)
Laurie Metcalf
℅ Three Tall Women
Golden Theatre
Finally this week – this actor has won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and is also a three-time Tony Award winner. You have seen him in the films The BFG, Dunkirk and the upcoming Ready Player One. Mr. Mark Rylance! (Until March 25, 2018)
℅ Farinelli and the King
Belasco Theatre
That’s it for this week – break a leg, everyone!
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TTM Tues! Goes Country! Successes From Alan Jackson! Trisha Yearwood! Faith Hill! Randy Travis! And More!
TTM Tues! Successes From The Stars Of Barry! Blade! Carrie! Rocky Horror! The Office! And More!
TTM Tuesday! Fanmail Success With Patrick Stewart! And Be Careful! New USPS Price Increases Going Into Effect!
TTM Tues! Successes From The Stars Of Scream! Stranger Things! Ready Player One! Summer School! Mulan! And More!
T Patrick Ryan February 14, 2018
My advice save your stamps on Nathan Lane. He is horrible in person and even worse TTM
Dave B February 19, 2018
I gave Andrew Garfield a shot.
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Quote: “But here in the North I would slough off my southern ways of speech. Indeed, I would have one way of speaking in the North and another in the South. Give them what they wanted down South that way. If Dr. Bledsoe could do it, so could I” (164).
Who’s advice is he following by saying this? Do you think it will serve him well? Or is he being a “traitor” as his grandfather would say?
Do you think people do this today? How so? Is this problematic that people might change their way of speaking for the sake of getting a job?
Quote: “And here I saw Negroes who hurried along with leather pouches strapped to their wrists...Perhaps the man with rundown heels ahead of me was chained to a million dollars!” (164-165)
What is the significance of his descriptions of African Americans working in NYC, using comparisons to slaves in chain gangs?
Do you think TIM’s description is positive, negative/problematic, or neutral? What does it say about him to describe them this way? (Connect to his feelings of being ashamed that he was once ashamed that his grandparents were slaves.)
Quote: “I hadn’t worried too much about whites as people. Some were friendly and some were not, and you tried not to offend either. But here they all seemed impersonal; and yet when most impersonal they startled me by being polite, by begging my pardon after brushing against me in a crowd. Still I felt that even when they were polite they hardly saw me…” (168).
What would his grandfather think of TIM’s thoughts here?
Do you think this is an okay lookout to have or is it problematic?
How does this outlook relate to the experiences with white people we have seen TIM encounter so far?
What does this quote hint at in regards to invisibility?
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Geometry Lesson: Installing Heidts' Pro-G IFS in a 1968 Mustang
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Chassis Suspension
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Prestige Motorsports brings a 1968 Mustang into the 21st century with a Heidts second generation Pro-G Independent Front Suspension
Jeff Huneycutt
There’s a reason why the restomod trend has been going strong for years and shows no sign of abating—few things in life are cooler than great looking classic iron that rides and drives like a modern sports car. After all, while many modern cars look good, practically nothing can compare with the magic that is a classic Mustang.
So we are always interested when we see innovative manufacturers come up with ways to make our beloved Mustangs handle better and perform more ferociously on the track. Recently, chassis and suspension specialist Heidts introduced their second-generation Pro-G independent front suspension system for 1964½ through 1970 Mustangs with several updates over the original system.
Among other changes, the Heidts suspension has been massaged so it can now accommodate Ford’s high-output Coyote engine, and it is said to include everything you need to get up and running. It is designed with a 58-inch track width and ships with some pretty high-end Wilwood brake components. Actually, this is one of the most complete kits we’ve seen. Besides the usual upper and lower control arms, spindles, and the already mentioned brakes, Heidts’ kits also includes adjustable coilover shocks, springs, a re-engineered crossmember, an anti-sway bar, and a rack-and-pinion steering system.
Prestige Motorsports in Concord, NC, has begun a very cool Mustang build project featuring a Heidts Pro-G suspension setup front and rear. One of the coolest parts of this particular project is instead of modifying an existing Mustang, they are actually adding a new one to the world’s population—they’ve started with new metal from Dynacorn and are building a 1968 Mustang from scratch.
Because they aren’t cutting up original sheet metal, the crew at Prestige wasn’t concerned about welding in Heidts’ new independent suspension at the front and rear; along with a few other choices the customer requested that might make purists raise an eyebrow. In fact, while we were photographing the front suspension install, Prestige’s engine shop was finishing up plans for a 582ci big-block Chevy with a 300 shot of nitrous that will be capable of pushing out over 1,000 horsepower that will power this particular pony. They said that’s what the customer wants, and the customer is always right.
But that’s a story for another day. What we wanted to show you is the Heidts second generation Pro-G front suspension system and the installation process as Prestige’s L.J. McCleary got it all in the car. Since this is a new Dynacorn car just going together there aren’t a lot of (or any, actually) components or other systems getting in the way. Here, you can see what’s going on and decide if this is something you might want in your Mustang.
01. Prestige Motorsports still has a ways to go with their scratch-built 1968 Mustang fastback, but the Heidts second generation Pro-G independent front suspension looks great and is ready to rock.
02. Because Prestige started with new Dynacorn steel, they were able to skip several steps you will need to take if you are updating an existing Mustang (the Heidts kit will work on all models from 1964½ up to 1970). These include removing the engine and transmission, wheels, brakes, shocks, steering box, lower control arms, and the crossmember. Finally, you will need to cut out the lower control arm mounts and shock towers. In this photo, the sheetmetal for the shock towers has already been cut away, leaving a large opening for the Heidts components to fit.
03. The first new components to be installed are the shock tower saddles, which weld to the frame rails. Everything else on the kit zeroes off of the location of the saddles, so it is critical that these are installed in the correct locations.
04. After grinding away the e-coat to reveal raw steel, Heidts has you make a vertical mark on both frame rails exactly 24 1/4 inches back from the very front of the frame. This is the spindle centerline.
05. Prestige’s L.J. McCleary positions the shock tower saddles. Each has a vertical slot, which you can see here, that should be centered over the mark made on the frame rail. The various bolt holes cut into the saddles should also align with existing holes in the frame rails.
06. Of course, over time cars get wrecked and fixed, and they rarely wind up exactly as before. Plus, the crew at Prestige wanted to confirm that the new Dynacorn sheet metal is correctly assembled, so they also checked to confirm the pieces are square with the rear end. McCleary did this by drawing a line on the shop floor parallel to the rear axle. Then by dropping plumb bobs from the same position on the shock tower saddles he can confirm both sides are the same distance from the line and the suspension is square.
07. Finally, McCleary is ready to tack in the saddles.
08. The fabricated K-member slides in next to fit up against the saddles and the upswept section of the frame rails near the firewall. There are slots cut into the ends of the K-member that fit over the slots in the saddles. If all the slots line up, you know the K-member is in the correct location and square, and it is also ready to be tack welded into place.
09. Both the upper and lower control arms are constructed from steel tubing instead of stamped from sheet steel for better strength and rigidity. The ball joints are also provided. All that’s needed for the lowers is to add a little anti-seize to the threads and screw the ball joint into the socket in the control arm.
10. Here’s a shot of the upper control arms, with the arm on the right assembled and ready for installation. Unlike the lower control arms, the ball joints on the uppers use four bolts to secure them in place.
11. The upper control arms bolt to a bracket on the back of the shock tower saddles. The system is designed so that you can use shims between the bar on the control arm and the bracket to increase negative camber and slugs in the slots where the arms bolt up to control caster. Right now, McCleary has no slugs installed as he’s just mocking everything up.
12. The lower control arms slot into brackets welded into the K-member. All the necessary fastener hardware is included, and Heidts sends along nylock nuts to ensure that they won’t loosen from road vibration. If you are going to pre-fit everything up first, like we are, set the nylocks in a safe place and only use them on final assembly so you don’t wear the nylon ring.
13. When installing the spindles, set them on the lower ball joint first and thread on the castle nut. Once it is secure, attach the upper control arm and ball joint.
14. Here’s the reason McCleary pre-fit everything to this point. Once the spindles were on, he bolted up the fenders and mocked up a set of wheels and tires to make sure the wheels were centered in the fenders and there were no scrub issues.
15. Now all those suspension components that we’ve been bolting on come right back off so that McCleary can weld up both the shock tower saddles and the K-member to the frame rails. Notice that Heidts conveniently cuts extra slots into the saddles so you can be certain they are welded plenty secure to the frame rails.
16. After everything is welded up, all the suspension components can go back on—this time permanently. Next up, McCleary bolts the heavy duty billet steering arms to the spindles using red Loctite to make sure the bolts stay put.
17. The brakes that Heidts include with the kit are 11-inch smooth rotors with black four-piston calipers. Prestige went with an upgrade Heidts offers for this particular kit and got a pair of drilled and slotted rotors with red, four-piston calipers to supply the squeeze. We’ve got to admit the polished aluminum hubs look pretty sweet.
18. The brake pads are included in the kit. Several shims are also offered to make sure the calipers are properly centered over the rotors, but in our case everything went together just like it should.
19. Viking adjustable coilover shocks are standard. Here, McCleary assembles the shocks on a workbench before installing them on the car. Make sure to use some lubricant on the threads so that the adjuster cup won’t gall to the shock body. For now, just snug up the adjuster so there’s no slack on the spring. You can worry about setting ride height once everything is complete.
20. Aluminum spacers keep the shocks centered in the upper mounts. When installing the shocks, make sure the adjuster knob points inward so that it can be easily accessed without having to remove the wheel.
21. These heavy steel mounts weld to the frame rails in front of the K-member and are used to mount the sway bar.
22. Here, you can see the sway bar in place as well as the steering rack, which Heidts also includes in the kit.
23. Adjustable end links mount the sway bar to the lower control arm. There are two holes on the sway bar you can choose from. The hole closer to the end makes the bar act softer, while the inner holes reduce leverage and makes the bar act firmer, or more aggressive.
24. Here’s a view of the completed assembly from below.
25. The Heidts Pro-G kit is installed and practically ready to go. The crew at Prestige Motorsports will button up the last bits, like brake lines, after the chassis undercoat has been applied and the car painted. There is still a ways to go until the car is complete, but it is obvious excellent first steps have been taken.
Heidts Automotive
heidts
Dynacorn International
Camarillo, CA 93012
http://www.dynacorn.com
Prestige Motorsports
www.prestigemoto.com
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Adopting French as Ghana’s second language ‘disrespectful’ – Okyeame Kwame
Source: Ghana | Myjoyonline.com | EDA
Okyeame Kwame
An announcement by Foreign Affairs Minister that government plans to adopt French as a second language, has ruffled some feathers.
Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey reiterated plans by government to include promotion of the French language in basic schools and across all other educational levels and labelled it as part of a general reform in Ghana’s educational sector.
A lot of Ghanaians are particularly not amused by the revelation that the decision, which was made known during the 2019 La Francophone Week in Accra, is in line with national priorities.
Hiplife artiste, Okyeame Kwame, who is among a list of personalities who do not support the move to adopt French as a second language, says the decision is disrespectful.
The tourism ambassador believes that the adoption of French as Ghana’s second language will hinder the nation’s development.
In a series of tweets, which also saw him take his time to respond to his fans who also shared their views on the issue, Okyeame Kwame expressed strong objection to the government’s plan.
“French as a second language is disrespectful to our pride and culture, it is bad enough that our first language is another person’s language. What is wrong with making one of our local languages our first language. @Hitz1039FM,” he said.
The musician, who is currently actively promoting his ‘Made in Ghana’ album, a composition of songs that sell Ghana’s cultural diversities, language, fashion and food, noted that “Every Country in the world developing teaches, works and interacts in their local language.
“We can encourage ourselves to learn more foreign languages like Chinese, Spanish and French. My problem is with making it a second language when we have local languages dying,” Okyeame Kwame further explained.
“English is Our First Language oooooo. Hausa, Ewe, Akan and even Krio are all around Us but we are too quick to choose English because we will fight over whose language to use,” he said and added that, “I know that it is not easy but we must try to make Our languages relevant and export it with our culture . That is how we arrest the dollar. By selling not buying.
“We have quietly accepted English [and now] pushing French through should be subtle not in Our faces however. [We] Must confidently Push our local languages and its associated history and Culture. That is how we grow,” the award-winning rapper replied a fan.
“…My Children love their language, culture and History,” he added.
Reiterate his point further, Okyeame Kwame told Andy Dosty in an interview on Daybreak Hitz with Andy Dosty on Hitz FM that “when I sleep and I ever have a dream and I speak in my dream, I speak in Twi.”
“When you talk to me in Twi, the amount of knowledge that I reserve because the language is not words that come out of your mouth, it is a combination of a shared history and a shared culture so it is important that we don’t only speak our language, we learn [and] we understand the idioms and the proverbs and the etymologies behind our language that is when we will develop. We cannot develop like the way we are developing with another person’s language and one is enough, two will be too much,” he said.
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Home > Orwell Past > Topics > Farms and farming > Steam Contracting in Orwell >
Steam Contracting in Orwell
An Article by Clive Flack
Number 17 and 17A Fisher's Lane, Orwell are modern brick and slate construction private dwellings. Quite a few people remember that where they now stand was previously a yard from which operated a hay and straw business.
My Grandfather, Sidney Alfred Flack
Not so many remember its links with Steam! Up to the late 1960's the yard was still home to several sets of threshing tackle. Previous to this the yard was a thriving Steam Contracting yard owned by my late Grandfather Sidney Alfred Flack, seen left, who at one point had operated 6 sets of threshing tackle and two sets of Ploughing tackle. These are the few facts from the Registration Books and as I know them! Sadly most of the Steam Traction and Ploughing Engines were scrapped in the mid to late 1940's.
Burrell and Fowler Ploughing Engines
Engine number 2890
Some of the engines owned by Grandfather, would have been rare examples had they survived. Amongst these engines were a pair of Burrell Single Crank Compound 16.n.h.p. Universal Side Drum Ploughing Engines numbers 2889, CE 8732 and 2890, CE 8731 built by Charles Burrell of Thetford in 1907 (and registered first to my Great Grandfather George Flack), and a early pair of Fowler Single Cylinder Ploughing Engines numbers 2669, NO 2671, and 2670, NO 2672, converted to Goodes Patent Tandem Compounds by Goode's Agricultural Engineers of Royston, Hertfordshire. Unfortunately the Burrell Side Drums had outlived their useful life by 1939 when they were scrapped and the Fowler-Goodes followed the same fate in 1940. A matched pair of Fowler 8 n.h.p. Single cylinder Ploughing Engines Numbers 3364 and 3368 of 1877 owned by Great Grandfather in 1916 having been purchased from William Reynolds of Bedford were sold to John W. Desborough & Sons from Wiggenhall, St Mary Magdalen, Norfolk in 1918. Thought to be registered as AH 5499 & AH 5500 and were new in 1877 to Collinson Hall, South Weald, Essex.
One pair of Fowler Ploughing Engines survived until 1950
One pair of Fowler Ploughing Engines survived until 1950, as did the two of the Threshing Engines, One being Burrell 6nhp Single Crank Compound engine Traction Engine Reg. No. CF 3397, which was last used in 1951. The registration book records this engine as weighing 9 tons and the previous owner as Geo. Herbert Squirrell, Hitchham, Ipswich in 1939.
Marshall Traction Engines
A Marshall traction Engine No. 39442 Reg. No. CE 7871, a 7h.p. single cylinder engine shown as weighing 9 tons 15 cwt in the registration book for 1942. This engine was new to Thurlows in 1903 and sold to James Parish in Haverhill, she went back to Thurlows in 1904 and was sold to A. V. Coleville of Shelford and was sold to S. A. Flack in 1928 where she was known as 'Tom Thumb', she was last taxed in 1948 and suffered the same fate as the Burrell Side Drums when she was sold to Richard Duce for Scrap in 1952.
Marshall 23804, an 8 h.p. single cylinder of 1894, was new to a Mr. Cox and sold to George Flack in 1904 where she remained until sold in 1920/21 to T.B. Kitchener of Potton when she was registered as NM 191. She was then sold to Taylor's of Redbourn in 1927 and then to Savages of Risely, Beds where she remained until 1952.
Clayton & Shuttleworth Compound Traction Engine
engine was mostly used on a saw bench
Engine number 47048
The only surviving engine that I know actually worked from the yard is the Clayton & Shuttleworth 6 n.h.p. Compound Traction Engine Number 47048 Reg. No. CE 7685 Built in 1914 and supplied new to Cambridge County Council, which was hired from Yeoman's; this engine was mostly used on a saw bench because of its narrow rear wheels, it was not particularly good in muddy rick yard conditions. The Clayton was some years ago owned by Frank Smith in Lincolnshire. 47048 now resides north of the border and is now known as 'Red Admiral.'
Fowell Agricultural Traction Engines
It is recorded that Grandfather owned no less than three Fowell Agricultural Traction Engines.
Two of these were Fowell number 53 (built for Hodge Bros, Bluntisham, registration number TE8HP, delivered new in June 1891. Grandfather purchased her in 1929) and Fowell number 85 (built for S Morbey, Soham Cambs in 1898, Registration number EB 2833; she was sold by 1921 to J F Alderman of Thorney, Ely, and then again in 1926 to J H Ogden, March; in 1937 she was sold to S A Flack, Orwell, Cambs. In 1941/2 she was scrapped).
95 with left, Pop Robinson, on engine, Tommy Disbury
95 in Ventrees Farm, Cherry Hinton
Grandfather also owned Fowell number 95 a 7nhp agricultural engine, Built for Hodge Bros, Bluntisham, Hunts, delivered 25 Jul 1906 Registration number EW 2347. SA Flack bought her in 1936 and she was sold for scrap in 1952 to Richard Duce, Cambridge.
One Burrell and three Fowlers
Four other registration books showing ownership by Sidney Alfred Flack survive. These show Burrell No. 2324, a 7nhp Single Crank Compound Agricultural Engine Reg. No. CE 8370 recorded as weighing 9 tons 9 cwt, which was new to G. Peters of Orwell on 27th September 1900, (My father, Esmond Flack, told me that Mr. Peters once advanced a loan of £500 to Grandfather to purchase more equipment in the hope that he would get first call when his fields were ready for cultivation.) Fowler Reg. No. NK 1131 10 tons 10 cwt; Fowler 7959 Reg. No. NK 1176 8 tons previous owner Richard Gauldie, Hertfordshire and Fowler Ploughing Engine No. 3048 Reg. No. CE 7697 13 tons previous owner Messrs. Pamplin Bros. Cherry Hinton, Cambridge, although shown as Pamplins Steam Rolling Company in Thurlows records! This interesting pair of Single Cylinder Ploughing Engines 3048, CE 7697 and 3049, CE 7698, were new in 1876 to Henry and Charles Roberts of Haynes, Bedfordshire and later converted to Single Crank Compound Engines by Burrell's of Thetford. They came to Orwell on 13.2.41 via Thurlows. It was recorded that they came with a 6 furrow plough, cultivator and water cart. It is thought that 3048 was scrapped in 1948 and 3049 survived until 1957 as a soil sterilization boiler at Day & Sons, Gamlingay Nurseries, Nr Sandy Bedfordshire.
Family succession in S.A. Flack & Son
Grandmother Maude Flack continued the business
After Grandfather's death at the age of 65 on the 23rd November 1946 my Grandmother Maude Flack continued the business of S.A. Flack & Son. My Father, Esmond, who at that time was working at Cobbs Wood Farm, which the family rented from Wimpole Estate, left the farm to help my Grandmother run the business from Ivy House, Fisher's Lane. My Uncle Sidney Oliver Flack, known as Olley, although involved in the running of S.A. Flack & Son remained at the Farm as the winter corn had already been planted. The Tenancy of the farm ended after harvest in 1947. S.A. Flack & Son continued to work as agricultural contractors specializing in threshing, baling and chaff cutting for a few years until my uncle Olley and father decided to go their separate ways.
My uncle had by now returned to live at the old Red Lion in the High Street and was hauling hay & straw for John Innes & Co. My father decided to carry on with the contracting business, the major part of the work undertaken at this time was still threshing, baling, chaff cutting and later combining. At this time typical charges for this type of work was: Threshing at a cost of £2.00 hour, Baling (behind the threshing drum) £2.00 per ton. Combining was also undertaken at £4.00 per hour.
Selling Hay & Straw to Billy Smart's Circus
Early in 1965 father registered his business as Esmond Flack Limited. By this time the company was primarily involved with the baling and supply of hay & straw to Farms, Riding establishments, Racing Studs and Racing Stables. For several years one of the more unusual contracts was the supply of Hay & Straw to Billy Smart's Circus, this involved delivering to the Circus wherever they happened to be
This involved delivering hay and straw to the circus wherever they happened to be as well as regular deliveries to their headquarters and zoo near Windsor. Also in the early part of the 1960's another regular customer was Townsend, Hook & Co in Kent who purchased straw for the manufacture of paper. Good dry baled straw at this time was delivered for 5 guineas per ton, a typical lorry carrying a net load of 5 tons. The last job of commercial threshing of corn, by Esmond Flack Limited, took place in Dunton, Bedfordshire in February of 1966. My Grandmother, who had always been an active partner in the running of the steam contracting business, Maude Flack died on 8th February 1976. Esmond Flack Ltd continued trading as a Hay & Straw Merchant and Haulage Contractor until November 1988.
Marshall Threshing Drum
A Marshall "SM class" Threshing Drum operated by my father survives at The National Trust Home Farm, Wimpole. I would be grateful to hear from anyone who might have photographs or further knowledge of Grandfathers Engines or indeed from anyone who could correct any details I might have wrong!
A Tribute: Steam is a bug that gets in the blood and bites!
The author and Fowler 15451
For my own part I do not really know how I got the 'Steam Bug' perhaps it was growing up with a yard full of redundant threshing tackle or the photograph of my Aunt Connie with the Goode Tandems in the background discovered in my Grandmother's bureau. My Father, although he did catching mice amongst the noise and bustle
nothing to discourage my interest, painted a bleaker picture by telling me stories of cleaning smoke boxes and fireboxes, gritting the snow covered hill with sand on a bitterly cold winter's day and of the dust and chaff and sweat whilst threshing! I can remember going with him as a youngster and spending my time catching mice amongst the noise and bustle of the threshing gang.
By the time I went to secondary school the bug had truly bitten me, sneaking away from lessons to Howe's Farm, Bassingbourn where to my great delight I discovered Aveling and Porter Road Roller 10906. It was in fact the headmaster, the late Pat Thorne, who had told me she was there. My interest in Steam was much encouraged at school by Pat Thorne, Mike Lowe, Dave Billings and the late Harold Aldridge.
More encouragement!
Charles had a collection of no fewer than 22 Engines
By this time I had been introduced to Charles Roads who at that time had a large collection of Fowler Ploughing Engines in his yard at Orwell, less than half a mile away from home! It was in my early teens I became the youngest member of the 'Orwell Steam Ploughing Company' spending much of my time at the yard, at local events, at rallies or up and down the country bringing yet another engine back to the yard. At one point during this time Charles had a collection of no fewer than 22 Engines and misc. ploughing tackle. Much is owed to Charles Roads who, now Chairman of the Steam Ploughing Club, has introduced me to so many good friends in the Steam World.
Memories of the Orwell Steam Contracting Yard
I have wonderful memories of the time spent at the Orwell yard with Charles, Mike Goodman, Jon Bush, the late Sid Kitson and the late Harry Gifford to name but a few. At rallies I was lucky to form friendships and spend time with the late Peter Coulson and his lovely family, and the late Alec Ibbott. Roxton Park Rally was instrumental to forming many wonderful ongoing friendships, Paul and Lynn Worbey, and too many others to mention by name. I was fortunate enough to be introduced to the late Geoffrey Wheeler and his wonderful family and spent much time in his company at his lovely home in Penn, High Wycombe and on the rally field.
Cambridge Midsummer fair
Charles's interest in Foden lorries led to Cambridge Midsummer fair and of course the late Steve Neville and Burrell 3886 Lord Lascelles. I was fortunate enough to spend the weekend of my 21st birthday at the Essex showground in the company of this legendary pair!
Passing on my passion for Steam
Later years found me in the company of Dave Piggott and 'Spider' Much is owed to Dave and his family and of course, John and Sylvie Mann who have done so much to help me encourage my children to become interested in steam. Emma and Michael who have indulged, if not always shared, their father's passion over the years. But now I find my passion matched by Richie who has a love of anything mechanical especially Steam Traction Engines and Trains! Last but not least my thanks to my partner, Jacqui, without whose support I could no longer indulge my passion in Steam.
© Clive Flack 2006
This page was added by Martin Grigor on 17/10/2012.
We now know that Clayton & Shuttlewoth Traction Engine No. 47048 was new to James Russell, Manor Farm, Bassingbourn, Nr. Royston, Hertfordshire on 23rd October 1914 and not C.C.C. as previously believed.
By Clive R Flack
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27 August 2019 – 50th Anniversary – Apollo 11 Lunar Landing – Plaque Unveiling Ceremony
Carlo Cofini worked with Ted Price, Facilities Manger Telstra, to get the Apollo 11 Moon Landing plaque mounted on the Oxford St wall of the Paddington Terminal building located at 363 Oxford Street.
Carlo also facilitated access to the building and its amenities for the members of the OTVA, CSIRO and guests coordinating with Telstra Security. Well done, Carlo.
Jim Simpson, who represented the OTVA in the series of meetings in Canberra attended by NASA, CSIRO and Telstra prior to the Apollo 11 Anniversary Celebrations, officiated and from all accounts did another excellent job.
The ceremony on 27 August started with REGISTRATION at 12:30pm in the Security area of the Paddington terminal followed by the Plaque unveiling at 1.30pm in the Level 6 Auditorium/Lunch Room during which a light lunch was served. The OTVA also extends its sincere thanks to David Piltz (Chairman of Telstra Heritage) for his support for the installation of the bronze plaque at the Paddington International Terminal to celebrate the contribution of the staff operating the ‘Sydney Video’ centre to the success of the showcasing to the world of the Apollo 11 Moon Landing in July 1969.
The OTVA also extends its heart-felt thanks to Charlie Rudd for his generous donation of the high-quality bronze plaque as he did for the matching bronze plaque installed at the same site to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the commissioning of the Compac cable (3rd December 1963, co-incidentally, Jim Simpson’s 21st birthday!).
Jim Simpson acted as Master of Ceremonies for the event introducing the principal presenters and providing those present with first-hand information about the celebrations that occurred in Canberra, Parkes, Honeysuckle Creek and Tidbinbilla over the anniversary weekend 18-21 July 2019.
David Piltz (Telstra Director Fixed & Data Access Engineering & also Chairman, Telstra Heritage Australia) welcomes those present to the ceremony.
David Piltz and Jim Simpson unveil a replica of the new bronze plaque that has now been installed on the Oxford Street wall of the Paddington International Terminal.
Significantly David outlined his vision of a future Australian Telecommunications Museum embracing all participants in Australia’s telecommunications history. David’s vision was applauded by those present and his vision is supported by the OTVA.
John Sarkissian (CSIRO) outlined the contribution of the staff at the Deep Space Radio-Telescope at Parkes, NSW where there were besieged by some 19,500 visitors to ‘The Dish’ over the weekend of 20th-21st July 2019, also celebrating the key role that Parkes played with providing optimum TV signals from the Moon to the world via OTC Australia. For an outline from John on the extensive involvement of Australians, including OTC Paddington, in the Apollo 11 Lunar Landing click the link below: https://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a11/a11_on_eagles_wings.pdf.
Colin Mackellar OAM represented the staff of Honeysuckle Creek that received pictures of that first famous step onto the Moon by astronaut, Neil Armstrong with his now famous words “One Small Step for Man, One Giant Leap for Mankind” & outlined Honeysuckle Creek’s vital role in the Apollo 11 Lunar Landing, not least mission critical telemetry regarding the health & well-being of the astronauts as well as the interaction that they had with the staff with “Sydney Video”.
Some of those present at the ceremony in the former OTC (now Telstra) Lunch Room on Level 6 of the Paddington International Terminal
Colin Mackellar OAM, Michelle Hayward (Photographer), Jim Simpson, David Piltz and Ngar Rairoa (Telstra Security).
Group photo taken on the roof area of Level 6 at Paddo
In the foreground below are Brian Travis, Bruce Boardman, Kevin O’Brien and Owen Duffy
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Owen Langley, John Gibbling, Robin Tuckfield, Will Whyte and Bruce Boardman
Orm Butler, Carlo Viglianti, George Woloszuk and Alfio Vitaliti. Alf was one our quality tour guides of Paddo that is still providing a high level, critical role in Australia’s telecommunications services!
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Jim Simpson, (sporting an OTC tie) & Dagmar Perumal, both from the heady Spring Street days before OTC moved its head office to Martin Place. In those days, Dagmar was the only female working in OTC’s Drawing office whereas Jim started his time with OTC in January 1959 in the very male dominated Sydney Operating Room when cable code & Morse code were king!
Special Mention: The below link leads to the interview between Luke Hopewell (Telstra Exchange) & Bob Goodman, who was OTC’s prime interface with NASA from ‘Sydney Video’ within the Paddington International Gateway Exchange during NASA’s space program in the late 1960’’s, early 1970’s. <https://1drv.ms/v/s!Aq9X-j6yYt0cwFNqvaoftItu1rhV>
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Following the assassination of a Hamas members in Dubai by Israeli agents, the Palestinian resistance movement warned that Tel Aviv seeks to take the conflict between the two sides to a new phase.
"We have maintained that the confrontation between us and the Israeli enemy be within the occupied land," Xinhua quoted Senior Hamas member Mahmoud al-Zahar as saying on Saturday said.
However, he added that "Israel wants to change the rules of the game and to open the international field for battles so it will be responsible for this, "
The comments came after the last week assassination of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, the co-founder of Hamas’ armed wing Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades in Dubai. The resistance movement said in a statement that "we hold Israel responsible for the assassination of our brother and leader."
Commenting on the incident, in remarks quoted by the Israeli news website Ynet, al-Zahar said that the perpetrators could have accompanied Israeli Infrastructure Minister Uzi Landau’s convoy into the United Arab Emirates.
He called on Arab states, which maintain diplomatic ties with Israel, to respond to the incident in order to keep "the region from becoming an assassination field," Ynet reported.
Al-Zahar warned such states to "assess and rearrange these relations over the crimes that Israel commits against the Palestinian people," Xinhua reported.
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Mariota is in his second NFL season out of the University of Oregon, where he became the first player of Polynesian ancestry to win the Heisman trophy
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (Radio New Zealand International, January 07, 2017) – Tennessee Titans quarterback Marcus Mariota has been selected as the 2016 recipient of the Polynesian Pro Football Player of the Year Award.
The Polynesian Football Hall of Fame says the award recognizes the most outstanding professional football player of Polynesian ancestry.
Mariota was born in Honolulu and is of Samoan ancestry.
He is in his second NFL season out of the University of Oregon, where he became the first player of Polynesian ancestry to win the Heisman trophy.
This year, Mariota helped lead the Tennessee Titans to a 9-7 regular season record.
"On behalf of the Polynesian Football Hall of Fame Board of Directors, we congratulate Mariota on a fantastic season," said Polynesian Football Hall of Fame Chairman Jesse Sapolu.
"He is a tremendous role model and a source of great pride for Polynesians everywhere," he said.
The formal presentation of the award will be held at the Polynesian Football Hall of Fame Celebration dinner on January 20.
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Interdental Design of Porcelain Veneers in the Presence of Composite Fillings: Finite Element Analysis of Composite Shrinkage and Thermal Stresses
Pascal Magne, Dr Med Dent/William H. Douglas, BDS, MS, PhD
Purpose: This study was conducted to optimize the interdental design (wraparound) of porcelain laminates bonded to teeth in the presence of preexisting composite fillings. Materials and Methods: A finite element model (2-dimensional mesh generated from a horizontal cross section of a maxillary incisor) was used to evaluate the effects of luting composite shrinkage and thermal changes on the stress distribution within the ceramic. The mesh included 3 restorative designs (3 degrees of interdental wrapping) and a Class III composite filling. Curing contraction of the luting composite was simulated at baseline temperature (37°C). Thermal loads from 37 to 60°C and from 37 to 5°C were assessed with and without preexisting composite shrinkage. Surface tangential stresses were calculated at the ceramic surface and interface. Results: Curing contraction alone generated mostly compressive stresses (peaks at 15 MPa) at both the ceramic surface and interface. Stresses remained compressive (peaks at 20 MPa) when thermal changes were added, except for the conservative veneer with minimum wraparound, the margins of which showed potentially harmful tensile stress peaks (~ 7 MPa). Deformation of the tooth-restoration complex tended to be more uniform for veneers with maximum wraparound. In the presence of thermal loads alone, opposite effects were observed on the restoration surface and the interface, with compressive stresses on one side (up to 13 MPa) and tensile stresses on the other (up to 9 MPa). This effect of proximal bending (explained by the nearby expansion/contraction of the composite filling) was attenuated by the significant reduction of the bulk of the preexisting interdental composite by the overlapping veneer. Conclusion: In the finite element environment, the negative effect of the nearby expanding/contracting composite fillings can be minimized by extending the veneer over the preexisting interdental restoration. Because of the precompressed state resulting from composite shrinkage, ceramics showed lower temperature-induced tensile stresses.
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Thursday 10 March 2011 by Mabinuori Idowu (aka ID)
FELA SPEAKS: PART 2
This second part of our three part video streaming series, dedicated to the unsung heroes of our struggle in Kalakuta Republic - all those young men and women who alongside Fela were consistently brutalized and arbitrarily jailed by the Nigerian police and army, is consecrated on political movement and social movement in Nigeria the phenomenon Fela Anikulapo-Kuti.
Prior to the release of the first part of Fela Speaks, some opinion out there question the right of people like us to question the kind of image being touted of Fela when we are not members of the KUTI family. With Fela’s answer to the question: “Apart from your immediate family who is the person you hold in very high esteem” we hope, people can understand where people like us are coming from! Without no pretence and no apologies, in this second part, we present our viewers the essence of Fela’s message and struggle from a deep and authentic experience and knowledge of the man. This is a far cry from the brand name FELA portrayed as an indecisive man running to his mother for assurance and inspiration and championing polygamy - which was not the reason for his mass marriage. How can anybody imagine putting-up a comedy musical about Mandela without talking about his struggle and his political movement?
Our viewers will also have answers to how and why the social movement Young African Pioneers was formed, which social class largely dominated the YAP? Was it a formal organization that had constitution, board of officers and offices, or it was an informal movement of like-minded people who wanted to change the then Nigerian polity? Did the whole idea of YAP revolve around Fela as a person or Fela and YAP were two different institutions? What were the main issues that Fela and the YAP were protesting? What was the political situation in Nigeria then? What attitude did the Nigerian civil society have towards the political situation? What explains this type of attitudes? Why Fela chose to and was able to resist the establishment as at that time, considering the fact that he was confronting a highly ill-tempered post civil war military? Is the YAP still alive or it died when Fela died 1n 1997? Are the issues Fela protested still relevant in the Nigerian polity today?
Answers to the questions above is what we mean in the first part of Fela Speaks: “With the arrival of the year 2011, and the expectation of the REAL explosion world-wide of Fela the man and what he stood for.” To make the video less academic and more agreeable to assimilate we propose our audience extracts of Fela’s unpublished work ‘BBC’ Big Blind Country in the background – like earlier said: ‘please pass the message. Short Break!
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The US Navy makes amends with a former service member who received an “undesirable” discharge during WWII.
Melvin Dwork is currently 89 years old. He was discharged in 1944, after his boyfriend disclosed their relationship to the military. Both men had joined the Navy in 1943, and wrote love letters to each other despite the risk of interception. Shortly after, he was removed from officer training school at the University of South Carolina, where the instructor told the class that if he were Dworkin's father, he would castrate him. He was later thrown into a brig, and then evaluated by a psychologist who said he acted in an effeminate manner and had an "interest in female attire, household furnishings, and shopping."
The alteration of his discharge to “honorable” will permit Dwork to receive military benefits such as medical care and a military burial. Good on you, US Navy. Such a shame it only took seventy years. Will they’ll go back and rescind every one? It’s the only honorable thing to do, whether or not the servicemember is still living.
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Air Force Capt. Diane Cox, whose gay son served in the Navy, said she got into heated debates with service members vowing not to take showers and share rooms with gays before Congress voted to repeal the law, but after the military held sensitivity trainings to explain the new rules "everybody just shut up."
"It's a new Air Force. I'm really surprised how everything settled down as much as it has," said the emergency room nurse at Travis Air Force base, near Fairfield in northern California. "Some of the best, most honorable people have had the military pin medals of honor on them for combat and then they've gotten kicked out over this. It's shameful. I'm glad it's done."
Air Force Lt. Col. Victor Fehrenbach, 42, said the differences may be subtle but the impact is profound. Fehrenbach came out on national TV in 2009 after the Air Force started discharge proceedings, which were later stalled by the repeal process. He reported for duty two days later and was congratulated by colleagues.
"I realized this was the first time I wouldn't have to lie. There was a great sense of relief, a great sense of pride that I had never felt before," said Fehrenbach, who retires from service Oct. 1. "They're going to feel that on Tuesday — every service member who has not come out yet. Even if they choose to keep their private life private, they're going to have the feeling that a burden has been lifted."
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It certainly wouldn't be "one last hurrah" before the updates go on hiatus without a video from AreYouSuprised, the Marine who made Sidewinder famous with a video of their "Rolling in the Deep" cover.
Here's wishing you the best. A thousand thanks for your sacrifice and service, and sharing your journey with all of us.
From the official memorandum sent out through US Army channels, dated 20 September 2011:
"At the heart of our success is the adherence to the Army Values. These standards not only infuse every facet of our culture and operations, but also guide us as we adapt to change. Loyalty, Duty, Respect, Selfless Service, Honor, Integrity, and Personal Courage are not mere words to us--they are the very principles by which we live, train, and fight.
"Accordingly, we expect all personnel to follow our values by implementing the repeal fully, fairly, and in accordance with policy guidance. It is the duty of all personnel to treat each other with dignity and respect, while maintaining good order and discipline throughout our ranks. Doing so will help the US Army remain the Strength of the Nation."
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New Mega Man TV Series in the Works for 2017
After a near decade long absence, Mega Man is returning to television. Man of Action Entertainment, the studio behind Ben 10, Ultimate Spider Man and Marvel's Avengers Assemble, will produce an all-new animated Mega Man series, The Hollywood Reporter reports. Joe Casey, Joe Kelly, Duncan Rouleau and Steven T. Seagle are currently set to write and produce a 26-episode full length production for an undisclosed television network.
"The 1990s Mega Man TV series was cool and different than other series targeted at kids during that time," said Rouleau. "It featured great action, but also brought the laughs. Mega Man is a character that is even more relevant for today’s kids and we are really looking forward to creating something new that still respects the long tradition of the character."
Dentsu Entertainment will reportedly retain international distribution rights and co-develop the series with Man of Action. The series is aiming for a 2017 debut, just in time for the franchise's 30th anniversary.
In all, this is huge news for the franchise. I was made aware of these developments late last night, and while I don't know much else than what's been said above, I can say the plan is to develop this thing into a multimedia franchise. Video games, toys, random paraphernalia. The show has apparently been in the works for quite some time now.
We will be keeping tabs on this, needless to say. Man of Action's involvement has me cautiously optimistic, though it's a little too soon to board the proverbial hype train. Stay tuned.
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turianx9 June 2, 2015 at 12:33 PM
The revival of Mega Man is coming....I am excited. :)
Josephine Lithius June 2, 2015 at 12:34 PM
A new cartoon based on a dead I.P.?
MegaMac June 2, 2015 at 12:54 PM
The optimism is palpable here.
C'mon, gotta give it a chance. Although yes, it's good to be cautious. They could take this into a very Americanized direction, even more so than the original animated series. That series still felt like Mega Man to me. If I had to imagine what the show may look like, I'd have to say it'll have more of an Ultimate Spider-Man feel. Which is fine. We'll just have to see what's what when the first promotional material comes out (or is leaked lol).
Sckarton June 2, 2015 at 12:57 PM
a studio known for making a successful super heroes series into a parody of themselves. they somehow uplifted my hopes before they ruin my hopes.
But if they make something new, then it wouldn't be a dead series now, would it?
Protoman Blues June 2, 2015 at 12:38 PM
Mission 1 - SHOW ME BLUES!!!!
Mission 2 - Create an opening that tops this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AA-NRCAW90o
Overall though, this is exciting.
Token June 2, 2015 at 12:38 PM
I love Man of Action's stuff. I am honestly hoping they keep the Megaman style and not go into the macho kind of theme. I'm a huge Ben 10 and Ultimate Spider-Man fan so I welcome the possibility of a new MegaMan or even a reboot with the old one.
Jake June 2, 2015 at 12:41 PM
I don't know how to feel about this.
If the art stays true to the original's anime-inspired art style and the writing is good, then I'm all for it.
oh yey. I want to be excited for this, but I'm worried. Worried about 2 things. The art direction & the tone. I'd hate to see this become the next Ruby-Spears instead of what-could have been.
Given their track record I'd be more worried it becoming the next Dreamwave, only animated.
In Ruby-Spears defends, they didn't have that much from the games to work with and was made back when action shows starring kids was almost unheard of.
Here's hoping for something of quality.
Who knows, maybe with this Capcom will actually start promoting Mega Man outside of Japan a bit more. Could lead to the series being treated as it should be. Wishful thinking maybe, but hey, can't really get worse than how things are now.
Yes it can, they can sully the name.
Even worse. if exposed in the wrong way they can make the series infamous, more so than regular famous.
Didn't they already do that with Xover? Granted not in the west, but still.
Either way, I won't hold my breath until anything is actually released. Dealt with enough from Capcom personally to do anything but wait and see.
Vhyper1985 June 2, 2015 at 1:42 PM
Looks like it's official now: http://www.capcom-unity.com/brelston/blog/2015/06/02/mega-man-animated-series-coming-in-2017
I'm not going to make judgements until we see an official press release. Hope it doesn't fall through in the next two years.
gutsman004 June 2, 2015 at 2:42 PM
I've always believed that Capcom was secretly planning something for Mega Man,but that they were not sure how to approach reviving him. I guess they were actively reseearching the best way to go about it and this will be the result.
I have a feeling that this reboot may alienate or anger long time fans,similar to the way fans reacted to the Transformers and TMNT movies.
I won't share that sentiment. I'll be happy to see Mega Man back in the limelight,even if his character and story don't follow the video game's.
So for everyone bashing Capcom for years saying that they were doing nothing with Mega Man....you may be eating some crow in the very near future.
I'm skeptical.
If fans hadn't kept up support for the half decade that has passed already we probably wouldn't be seeing anything, so I'd give everyone a free pass on any "crow" personally.
More over, I feel like Nintendo's efforts are a big contribution to all of this as well. Smash, Mario Kart, and seemingly now Yoshi's Wooly World, incorporating Mega Man in some ways has put the character in the spotlight for more than any "effort" Capcom has given in a long time, possibly ever in the case of Smash.
In fact, I'd say after Smash Capcom had to either do something, or risk completely squandering the IP's potential again, probably for the last time.
It still might not live up to it's potential, but I'm willing to give them a chance with whatever they are planning here so long as they focus on making it quality.
"incorporating Mega Man in some ways has put the character in the spotlight for more than any "effort" Capcom has given in a long time, possibly ever in the case of Smash."
That statement tops my 'most ridiculous and stupid statements seen on the internet' for this week.
Well then you haven't been paying attention.
Capcom has a very bad record with promoting Mega Man outside of Japan, to the point where most games didn't even get a commercial for advertisement's sake.
In addition, Smash hits a very large audience. The combined sales of Smash on Wii U and 3ds outsell the entire Street Fighter Four "series" by themselves.
That's two games, one on the Wii U which is tracking extremely low in terms of sales, against five games (four if you don't want to count Arcade Edition as a standalone game) on PS3, Xbox 360, PC, IOS, and 3ds. Nevermind the fact that Smash has been out for a little less than one year where as the original Street Fighter 4 came out in 2008.
Point to me one example of anything Capcom has done for Mega Man that hits a bigger audience than Smash. Please.
Nothing. Now answer me, what Mega Man game hits a bigger audience than Smash? Please, Any Capcom game even, any Namco game, any Konami game, heck name me more than one Square game.
Once you realize that Smash sales well on its own with factors irregardless of Mega Man's presences come back with an argument. Mind you I'm not saying you're saying Mega Man sells Smash, I'm saying the opposite, that Smash doesn't sale Mega Man. Smash just generally has other popular and iconic brands that contribute to its success and popularity.
In till then though accept the fact that Super Mario outsales the hell out of Mega Man, Pokemon (which latest main entries' sales make Smash4 look modest in comparison and can outsale the entire MM franchise with two entries) makes Mega Man look like a flea, Zelda is much more widely adored and acclaimed and is generally much higher profile, along with many other popular series represented in Smash. Also know that Mega Man existed side by side with many of these much more popular multi billion dollar franchises for a long long time. Then put together the fact that if you have a game starring a bunch of popular characters and it so happens to be popular, maybe just maybe those popular characters are "the characters in the spotlight". Once you're done with all that, you can appreciate how I could be skeptical about Mega Man being given anymore recognition over much more popular characters, while thinking that it's possible that the franchise simply gets overshadowed in the midst of other popular characters in an already popular series.
Also SFIV released in 2009 on consoles and the 2008 arcade release was never added to its sales income (to my knowledge), comparing the arcade version to the console releases of Smash4 is misleading and dishonest.
But anyway enjoy discrediting Capcom producing games solely DEDICATED to the Mega Man franchise, thereby promoting the character specifically i.e putting him on the spotlight, while also discrediting other companies Capcom has licensed to make anime, cartoons, figures, clothing, comics, movies, etc specifically for Mega Man for 25+ years to a single playable guest appearnce in a game with a cast of 50+ characters most of which are extremly popular, with some other character guest trophies in that same game out of 100+, an amiibo and some skins.
That's what makes Smash brilliant, even without third party characters. The characters Nintendo has pull fans of those franchises in. Those fans then see characters from franchises they may not be familiar with. That exposure to those unfamiliar characters is a form of promotion. They bring in all the fans of the larger series and help get exposure to the smaller ones.
In addition, Mega Man had two great moments at the previous two Nintendo E3's. One was the reveal trailer, and one was at the tournament the following E3. The reveal trailer alone was big for Mega Man. Here's a franchise that rarely gets advertised at all in the west, and it gets its own trailer focusing completely on Mega Man and his abilities right after the Smash trailer at E3, the biggest gaming related event of the year. I can't even remember the last time Mega Man was at E3.
Overall Mega Man seems to have been really well received by Smash fans. However you lost me on your points about sales. Yes, Mario outsells Mega Man. As does Zelda as do many franchises. I brought up Smash sales because that's how many people are playing the game and seeing Mega Man as a character. People who may have played Mario, or Zelda, or Pokemon, but not Mega Man, picked up Smash for those characters, and were subsequently introduced to Mega Man.
Compare that to what we usually see with Mega Man. The games get little to no fanfare, nor does the merchandise. You don't see it advertised much in the west. Making games, comics, clothing, etc. are all fine ways to spread the brand out to reach a wider audience, but it's a lot less effective if you don't tell anyone about it. I.E, don't advertise it. Promote the games and promote the merchandise to continue to promote the games.
I'm not "discrediting" all the work the companies have done in the past, not completely, I'm saying they haven't done a very good job of getting the message out. With how the series is promoted, it mostly targets fans of the franchise, people who already know about it and are thus more likely to purchase it anyway.
It's why people get frustrated at things like the Wonderful 101. Nintendo "promoted it" with the Direct they did, but that doesn't hit a wide audience and doesn't do a great job of promoting it to anyone outside of those who normally watch Directs and therefore would be more likely to purchase a game like that anyway. Yes, they promoted it, but they didn't do a good job.
Smash was promoted everywhere, E3, television ads, etc, to hit as wide of an audience as possible. It paid off. Mega Man was a big part of the announcement of the game and appeared in many advertisements for the game as well. Thus my claim. It's okay if you disagree and think that simply producing a bunch of games promotes the franchise better, but if that were true, I would think Mega Man would be much bigger than it is right now. It takes more than just slapping a character on something to promote something well. The message needs to get out.
As for the SFIV thing, that's fair enough about the year, I should have said 2009, but I was never comparing sales income, I was comparing units sold, so arcade cabinets would have been an oddity anyway, which is why I didn't list it as one of the platforms. Though I would hardly call it misleading and dishonest, I do apologize for the confusion.
"They bring in all the fans of the larger series and help get exposure to the smaller ones."
How do you know that? The case could be the popular characters steal the spotlight anyway. Let me give you a scenario, Capcom makes Mega Man, Sonic comes and outsales Mega Man by a lot, Capcom thinks it's due to lack of exposure so requests for game store managers to put MM games next to Sonic games, a kid comes in and sees Sonic then sees Mega Man. OK knowing this information which do you think the kid is most likely to pick up or ignore in all honesty? If you say he is more likely to pick up Sonic and ignore MM, than apply that logic to Smash.
2. Other New Comers got new trailers as well, in fact if that is you're example of exposure know that the official trailer announcing new comer Villager that came out very close to the Mega Man trailer Nearly doubled the views the MM trailer got, and the new Pokemon character trailer has just around 83 thousand views less than the MM one (which debuted much earlier). Point is the MM trailer lose steam the more and more other character focused trailers debuted.
3. I think you are discrediting the other companies no matter what amount you think, you definitely are, and I think you are discrediting them a lot.
There are already examples of games getting exposed in Smash that have not been affected by it later down the line. Melee sold much more than any Star Fox game and Fox and Falco are some of the most popular characters in the game, yet Star Fox sales actually decreased after their inclusion in Melee. Another example is EarthBound/Mother, or how Fire Emblem had to save itself from its continuing low sales even after being popularly represented in Smash. Let me give you another example, Boktai was represented all over MMBN, yet did awareness rise for it because of that? No, it was no more popular in it's first release than in it's last. Or heck take even Morrigan and Felicia as an example form the DarkStalkers series, did Vampire sales rise after their inclusion in MvC?
The only thing it seems like Smash does is make already hugely popular characters remain relevant or slightly more popular to me.
Also arcade income would add to help gauge the exposure SFIV had.
How can it not? The only way it wouldn't give exposure to the other characters in Smash is if the person buying the game knew every single character in it already. They buy the game for the characters they like, those characters are going to be "in the spotlight" for them specifically, but that doesn't mean they are going to completely ignore every other character in the game. If they are going to play the Classic mode or online matches, they are eventually going to fight against everyone.
It doesn't matter if one series "steals the spotlight" and I'm not sure what your hangup with this concept is. If someone plays the game, they get exposure to all of the characters just by playing. Your comparison to games sitting idle is not a good one in my opinion, as there is no reason for the consumer to interact with any game other than the one they are planning to buy on any level other than a quick visual glance. Nevermind the fact that in that hypothetical scenario, Capcom would likely know Sonic would be outselling Mega Man because Sega actually has a significant budget for promoting Sonic.
If the consumer were to actually play Smash, they would get continuous exposure to the characters, even if they aren't the characters they bought the game for. They also have a chance of getting unlockables for the character that incentivize looking into them, such as the trophies or custom moves.
2. Resorting to youtube video views is not a solid argument in my opinion, but I will humor the idea. Your comparison of the Mega Man trailer to the Villager trailer is not a good one. The "Villager trailer" was the announcement trailer for the new game Smash itself. If you search for "Smash Bros Villager Trailer" the official video result you get is "Super Smash Bros. for 3DS/Wii U 1st Trailer" which features all of 30 seconds of the Villager at most.
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Continuing from my last post:
Mega Man's trailer was all about him, not the official trailer for the game itself, and it focused on him for a minute and a half. Also the "debut" of the videos holds little relevance, as the game is now out and there isn't likely going to be some mass resurgence of views that makes the Pokemon Trailer catch up to Mega Man's.
Thought that does bring me to another point that I already mentioned. Mega Man's trailer was aired during E3, immediately after the announcement of the game itself. That means a lot of people watching, a lot of people saw it. More than usually see anything Mega Man related because Mega Man related products don't usually get that kind of air time, if any at all.
3. You can assume whatever you want. I've said my opinion, I think they could stand to do a lot better, I stand by that.
"There are already examples of games getting exposed in Smash that have not been affected by it later down the line."
I'm going to need evidence for this claim. Smash is a great way to promote games, as are the other crossovers you listed, but it takes more than that to sell something. My point here hasn't been to say Smash can and will sell anything, just that it's a great form of promotion, and the attention Mega Man got from it far exceeds the anything Capcom has done to promote the franchise.
Where I need evidence is that Smash didn't help the sales of those games. Star Fox sales decreased, but can you prove that they wouldn't have decreased any more had those characters not appeared in Smash? That Boktai wouldn't have sold less or Darkstalkers wouldn't have sold less if it weren't for those crossovers? There are other factors that can drive sales down, and other forms of promotion that can drive sales up, but if I'm reading what you're saying right, you believe those crossovers have no effect what so ever, is that right?
You say you believe that Smash doesn't promote other franchises, but only serves to make already popular characters stay in the spotlight, or increase in popularity, but I have to disagree. It's why I believe Xbox's head would like to see Banjo and Kazooie in Smash. That franchise will never be on Nintendo consoles again, but it's a great amount of free exposure to them, so why wouldn't they want the character to appear in the game? They would be willing to give Nintendo any sales that Banjo and Kazooie would get them for appearing in Smash in exchange for the promotion. That's how I interpret that.
"Also arcade income would add to help gauge the exposure SFIV had."
You are correct, though it would still be a very vague gauge as you wouldn't be able to tell how many different consumers contributed to the income. It would gauge income, but not necessarily how many people played the game. Though I was never talking about Street Fighter 4 for it's exposure, I was just pointing out it's sales to have a metric to compare just how much Smash 4 has sold in such a short amount of time.
1. It does matter if one series steals the spotlight, that is the entire point, and just cause I fight game&watch in adventure mode or whatever, that doesn't mean I'm gonna go out and pick up game&watch electronics.
2. You can't add context to my hypothetical example, it exists to simplify an idea, in this case exposure not equaling promotion, which my example represents perfectly.
3.I resorted to Youtube views to indicate documented proof of the Mega Man trailer's popularity as evidence for my claims, it is better than assuming things based on circumstances. Also I wasn't comparing the E3 Smash trailer as proof of it's popularity in relation to Mega Man's, I provided it to show context for the views Mega Man's trailer got in relation to the circumstances that surrounded it and it's views relative to other high profile trailers. Also the Pokemon trailer did pretty much catch up, that was my point, and in a much lesser time at that. In regards to Mega Man having a character specific trailer, most new comers had that as well, it is not a special treatment.
In response to air time, I disagree. I think globally released T.V series and adverts designed specifically for the franchise, give more air time and more exposure.
4. I can stand to do a lot better..... I'm not following you.
As for proof of series doing worse after being represented in Smash, well, SF64 before any Smash games sold over 3 million, and Adventure nor Assault ever even cracked 500,000, check any online video game sales archive, or documentation for proof. Again disagreed, I think most things Capcom has done promotes Mega Man far better than Smash, including creating games that are promoted to the point that they sale nearly as many copies as the Mega Man Smash trailer's views.
As for your second proof request, no I cannot "prove" the sales went down for any particular reason, all I can prove is that they did, the acclaim and quality of those games apparently didn't going off feedback, but sales did. And before you mention platforms, the Smash for the platform those two games released on, sold much more than its previous entry and both those games put together. Finally you are reading what I'm saying right, I believe Smash adds very little promotion or awareness for franchises in most cases. In fact I personally was first introduced to and loved Ness in SSB, and I still didn't know where he came from, in till I was told about his series 5 years later in a forum.
No comment on the Banjo thing, outside of Smash makes money. If MS licenses a character in order to make a profit, that is reason enough for me, although I highly doubt they would do it purely for promotion's sake, I'll be needing direct citation for this.
1. It might not for you, but for others it has the potential to. There are people who first learn about characters from games like Smash. If they like a character, how they play, how they look, their trophies, etc. they may be inclined to look into the series more and purchase the products from it. They would certainly be more likely than if they never saw the character/series in any context all, don't you think?
2. I don't think it does. Exposure does equal promotion to an extent. Retailers have a limited amount of shelf space. If there is a lot of one product on a shelf, more people will see it, even if it isn't what they are looking for. It's a problem the Wii U and Vita face in a number of areas. They don't sell well, retailers don't want to give them much shelf space, they have an even harder time selling, it's a bad cycle (though far from the only problems those consoles are facing.)
3. The evidence you used for your claims doesn't exactly say much, as it is a small sample size. There are a lot of videos of all of the characters reveal trailers, The official ones may carry the "official" title, but that doesn't mean they are the only ones people watch. You would have to combine all videos and views to see how many people watched which trailers. There's also no accounting for people who watched the same trailer multiple times. That's why I think Youtube views don't serve much for evidence in this case.
But I'll humor it. Even though the Pokemon trailer got a good number of views, it still hasn't surpassed Mega Man and likely isn't going to since the time the videos would get most of their views has passed. By your logic, does that mean Mega Man's trailer is a 'higher profile' trailer than Pokemon? I'm not understanding the point you are getting at.
Also I'm aware most newcomers had character specific trailers, but you tried comparing Mega Man's trailer to Villager's which wasn't but was instead a trailer for the game itself. That's why I pointed that out. It was a bad comparison. Though I do also want to note again that Mega Man's trailer was at E3 when a lot of people were watching. Few other characters got that privilege. I still don't remember the time before then that Mega Man was at E3.
4. I'll try to be more clear with my point.
I'm saying that yes, games like Star Fox Assault didn't sell as much as Star Fox 64. I'm also saying there are a number of factors for this. One example could be that more Smash fans bought the Gamecube than Star Fox fans. They don't completely overlap of course. Not necessarily.
There are plenty of factors leading to the decline of those games sales.
What I'm saying is, I need proof that sales of games like Assault wouldn't have been even lower had the Star Fox characters appeared in Smash. If Fox and Falco were not in Smash, can you prove Assault sales would still have been the same, even without Smash promoting them? If you can, then I would believe your claim.
Of course I'm aware it's impossible to prove that without changing history, so it just boils down to what we feel in the end.
You don't think Smash holds much promotion power. I believe it does. And your comparison of Mega Man game sales to Youtube trailers doesn't sit well with me. I believe you should be comparing the sales of Mega Man games to the sales of Smash itself, since again, the people playing Smash are going to see Mega Man, possibly for the first time. They can even watch his trailer from within the game itself.
As for Banjo:
http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2015/04/04/microsoft-39-s-phil-spencer-shares-hopes-for-banjo-kazooie-in-super-smash-bros.aspx
There are a number of articles like this one. Feel free to look into it if you like.
1. Yeah I was passively saying in an anecdotal way that the majority of people don't make purchases that way. If that were the case we would see evidence of that. If there is direct evidence of Smash bringing awareness to a franchise to the point where Smash promoted it to higher prosperity, I'd like to see it.
2. I disagree, we'll just have to agree that I disagree on that.
3. The Youtube vid is just the most prominent example of popularity for the trailer, can a person give more than one view sure, can other videos steal some of the views from the most popular video in this regard, sure, but do those variables detract from the overwhelming numbers the video in question got in any meaningful way? Heck no! Before I explain the obvious, let me just say your arguments are just you working from me providing you indications to the contrary, and you finding them inconclusive. No duh they are inconclusive, they are used to suggest, what more do you want? I need to provide quotes of some Company heads saying 'we asked every person while under a lie detector that is proven infallible by the official world science organization, if they bought or did not buy a certain game because of Smash, tallied the answers and gave that as promotional indicators' or something?
4. Anyway this ties into what is said above, I wasn't using the Smash4 debut video to compare to MM's Smash debut trailer, I provided it for context. Maybe when I explained it up there in my previous comment I wasn't clear enough, so let me break it down. You say that Mega Man is popularly represented in Smash and that one reason for this is his reveal trailer at E3, I give you another trailer for the game that doubles its views, (now for the point) *so that I could establish a precedent for the game's popularity in relation to the character represented in the game*. Then using the Pokemon trailer to illustrate that given the right circumstances it too would most likely surpass the MM trailer's views, as in a shorter time and with less media focus it managed to get nearly as many views. It would take a staggering amount of dedication to reach 2. whatever million views on any YouTube video, if the content was not popular. I know this by comparing other Youtube videos in various ways and then gaining a common sense of how it runs. I can't believe I had to explain that.
5 (or your 4? IDKnow). And what I'm saying is there is literally no conclusive evidence that Smash has helped promote anything outside of itself. Even Kid Icarus Uprising couldn't out preform the original game despite more media advertising, despite little to know viable competition on the platform it was released on at the time it was released, and most importantly despite Pit's prominent inclusion in what was and continues to be the best selling Smash to this day. And to answer your latest question, no I cannot prove that without Smash those titles wouldn't have had the same result. I'm just saying again, that contrary to your belief, I'm seeing no historical indication that Smash popularizes or helps promote under preforming or obscure franchises and that I'm actually seeing the opposite of that.
What is not clear to you is that seeing is not promotion in and of itself, I know many people that know of Mega Man from cartoons and stuff but don't play the games or buy the merch, I even know of many Nintendo fans that hate Mega Man's guts JUST FOR taking a spot in Smash over their favorite characters.
Lastly There maybe a number of articles related to the Banjo thing but the one you've provided does not indicate anywhere that MS is willing to license Banjo and such just purely for promotion without financial compensation.
preform>perform* stupid spell check.
Cyberguy64 June 2, 2015 at 2:43 PM
I just hope they keep certain Robot Masters good guys this time.
Stefan June 2, 2015 at 3:16 PM
Please, Oh Please,don't let this series be on Nickelodeon and/or Nicktoons. It would be a Travesty if it did.
What's the alternative? Cartoon Network? That would be so much worse.
I'd rather have Ninja Turtles popping up at the bottom of the screen during a Mega Man cartoon than that repulsive Adventure Time or Steven Universe garbage.
Besides, on Nickelodeon at least the show would be aired at a respectable time slot and not exclusively at 6/7 in the morning on weekends like Sonic Boom.
Stefan June 3, 2015 at 12:16 PM
Cartoon Network is the only proper alternative.....besides Hulu and Netflix,that is.
If Zero appears in the series, I hope he'll be voiced by Lucas Gilbertson. (or at least Johnny Yong Bosche)
Dammit NOOOOOOOOOO!
MegaNerdX June 2, 2015 at 4:59 PM
I feel this is out of spite really. Just to rival the Mighty No.9 animated series as opposed to be solely for his 30th.
Sure June 2, 2015 at 5:35 PM
Gotta disagree.
This feels more like Capcom taking advantage to all of the promotion Nintendo and fans have essentially handed them to me. Smash is big. Really big. As someone else said, if they didn't capitalize on it this probably would have been the last time they would have been able to squander the IP.
I'd say they are lucky to have the opportunity more than anything, considering their own 'efforts' with the franchise, and they are going to try and take advantage. As they should. Mighty No. 9 may have encouraged them, but only because the fans were able to use it, among a lot of other things, to show there was passion and demand among Mega Man fans, enough for it to be worth it to them.
Props folks.
I don't feel that is the case. Mighty No. 9 isn't even on the same level as MM when it comes to branding. Sure. MN9 tugged on those nostalgia strings to get kickstarted but it isn't by any means a replacement for Mega Man (or any of the other Mega Men for that matter). Seems like Capcom is just taking the first step to rebuild the brand. Simply releasing another game probably isn't enough to get Mega Man back on track. I'm sure developing another game or two is step 2 or 3 in this rebuild process as well.
Except that Smash and the Mighty No.9 cartoon were publicly announced at least one year before this project's production started up.
Meant to say one year after*^
I do think the MN9 cartoon could have been what sparked this, but I don't think spite is at play. The only thing at play is pure business.
^How could the MN9 cartoon have sparked this if this was in production at least one year before they announced the MN9 cartoon?
Ocelotlrama June 2, 2015 at 6:55 PM
I want to be excited for this, but this has me apprehensive at the same time. I want to see what the art style is like. I hope they won't deviate from the game designs and delve too much into their own style but at the same time, I don't want them to focus too much on the games storyline and go with their own thing. Also, who they pick as voice actors is also on my mind. That I'm not really looking forward to because these types of shows never seem to pick the right actors for certain characters.
I know it's still too early to tell, but I don't want to get my hopes up.
I'm glad that at least something is happening with the franchise, the signs have been there especially when you look at what has been going on on the Nintendo side of things with costumes in Yoshi's Woolly World & Mario Kart, his inclusion in Smash Bros, the re-releases.. Even down to the little things like Nintendo being the only one to post Happy Anniversary to the Blue Bomber on their Twitter account & that Steetpass puzzle.. Capcom have needed to capitalize on all this exposure while it's still fresh, if they leave it too long the current hype surrounding him will fade back to just being for the long time fans again & Capcom needs to get more people into the series for the long run.. No doubt after this news we'll be seeing a game sooner rather than later, I'm personally hoping for a game before the cartoon series & not the other way around as it could go horribly wrong... I think I speak for everyone when I say we don't want another Sonic Boom or Pac Man Ghostly Adventures scenario! As for this being a result of MN.09 I doubt it would have had much impact on this honestly, it's a fun diversion sure but if given the choice for only one I'd still choose the Blue Bomber personally but that's just me!
N-Mario June 2, 2015 at 7:44 PM
FUCKING MAN OF ACTION?!?!? AAWWWW YYEESSS!!!! DEFINITELY!!! LOVE Man of Action series! LOVE IT LOVE IT!
If anyone can make a great MegaMan cartoon, it's GOT to be FUCKING MAN OF ACTION! I wouldn't see it any other way! I've seen man of Action's works! Ben 10, Marvels Avengers Assemble, Ultimate Spider Man! I've seen them! HOLY SHIT I AM SO HYPED FOR THIS!!!
I'm getting too old for this...
I hear you brother. Let's hope for some stable challenging games to appear to shave off some of that old age stress.
-X9
I'm getting too old as well, but my son will be 5 in 2017, and I have already been getting him into Mega Man as much as I can. This seems like it will be perfect for him. (And I may get to enjoy it a bit too, especially if there are video games associated with it).
-Logan O.
Riela Marcellis June 2, 2015 at 10:35 PM
I can't deny I'm disappointed with this not being anime but it could be a good show no matter if is done in America or Japan. Let's hope a new game is around the corner.
Look at it this way, since it's being done in America, at least there will be animation and not 28 minutes of 3-frame-mouth-cycles and excessive pan-shots. I mean, sure there's less likely to be scenes of Roll in the shower, but that's the sacrifice we'll all have to cope with, I guess.
Flame June 2, 2015 at 11:53 PM
Im skeptical. these are the same folks who made Avengers Assemble, and that has absolutely terrible quality
They are also the same folks who did Ben 10 and Ultimate Spider-Man. Also would mean Capcom managed to snag a spot despite MoA being Marvel's home turf. Which is actually pretty impressive/the last thing you'd expect Capcom to do in some people's eyes.
Man Of Action has done some good work in the past. I liked Ult. Spider-Man and Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes. Good writing. A healthy mix of action and humor. Not GREAT animation, but good by modern TV standards. Avengers Assemble = unwatchable.
I suppose more than anything I'd like this to be a love letter to the classic Mega Man video games, particularly the NES games. Not just another fan-fic-esque marathon that tries to make Mega Man "darker" or "edgier", and I hope it retains that good spirit the series had when it took it's inspiration from Astro Boy. Not irrationally silly like Sonic Boom, but respectably light-hearted.
And for God's sake! No cross-overs and no Zero!
EngineR2 June 3, 2015 at 8:03 PM
A new Mega Man cartoon, huh? And it's by Man of Action? Should they now refer to themselves as Mega-Man of Acton? Heh heh heh...
*Cricket facepalms in the audience*
Anyway, one half of their notable cartoon works is mostly positive with reception (Ben 10, Generator Rex), while the other half (Ultimate Spider-Man, Avengers Assemble) is usually mixed-to-negative. I hope it resembles the former half, if anything. Also, I would've loved for it to have been anime, but hey, it's not a big problem.
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Understanding of Both Traditions in Their Confessional Identities
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The Big Dig at Caherduggan Castle: Week 3
By Rubicon Heritage on November 18, 2011 in Cork County Council, Excavations, Medieval Archaeology, Post Medieval Archaeology, Rubicon Heritage
Our third week in Caherduggan was spent excavating sections across a large ditch or moat which surrounded the tower described in last weeks post. We could see this once we removed the topsoil as a dark line of soil which stretched across the site. We started digging out this darker soil or ‘fill’ and immediately noticed that there was an awful lot of stone included with the soil. This turned out to be the remains of a wall which was built into the side of the moat, designed to give added protection to the people living in the castle.
Excavation of the moat in progress, with the remains of the wall, or 'revetment' visible
While digging out the soil that fills the moat we recovered lots of things that can tell us about the people who lived in the castle. We recovered pottery which we know was made around the 16th or 17th century. This lets us know that the moat was no longer needed by the 17th century and was filled in. Some of the pottery was made in England and on continental Europe which tells us that the people that lived in the castle were wealthy and could buy exotic objects from foreign lands. One piece of decorated pottery came from Germany! We also recovered lots of fragments of animal bone from the soil that filled the moat. One of our team is a specialist in animal bones. She will examine these bones and will be able to tell us what kinds of animals they come from and also what kind of meat the castle dwellers ate.
The moat was built around the tower in order to protect the people living in the castle. It was probably filled with water and the wall we found in it would have been much higher in the past. We think a bank was located behind the wall which would have allowed soldiers to stand behind it and still be able to defend against any attack.
How the moat and wall, or 'revetment' may have been used in the 17th century before it went out of use (Sara Nylund)
We have dug three sections across the moat in order to record the soil that is filling it. Over the next few weeks we will be digging out the rest of the soil that fills the moat and hopefully will find out lots more about the people that lived in the castle and the kind of live s they had.
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The effect of dosing Megasphaera elsdenii NCIMB 41125 (Me) on lactation performance of multiparous Holstein cows
P.H. HenningI,#,*; L.J. ErasmusII; H.H. MeissnerI; C.H. HornI
IAgricultural Research Council, Private Bag x2, Irene 0062, South Africa
IIDepartment of Animal and Wildlife Sciences, University of Pretoria, 0002 Pretoria, South Africa
The objective of the study was to determine whether early post-partum dosing of Megasphaera elsdenii NCIMB 41125 (Me) will be beneficial to performance of high producing TMR-fed cows. Sixty multiparous Holstein cows were randomly allocated to four treatments (60% or 70% concentrate diet and placebo or Me [single oral dose of 1011 cfu in 250 mL suspension on day of calving and Days 10 and 20 post-partum, respectively]). Observations were recorded between calving and 80 days post-partum. Performance data were analysed for all 60 cows combined and for the 40 highest producing cows only, since they were considered more susceptible to ruminal acidosis. For all 60 cows, body weight, condition score and milk yield tended to increase with Me, but data for the 40 highest producing cows suggested that this response could be ascribed primarily to higher producing cows on the higher concentrate diet. Dry matter intake and milk protein were not affected by Me, whereas milk fat percentage increased with Me but only in cows on the 60% concentrate diet. Results support the hypothesis that dosing with Megasphaera elsdenii is most likely to benefit higher producing cows with greater risk of acidosis.
Keywords: Dairy cow, SARA, concentrate, feed intake, body weight, milk yield
Ruminal acidosis, especially sub-acute ruminal acidosis (SARA), is a growing concern in high producing dairy cows (Oetzel, 2003; Enemark, 2008) because of associated ill-health, poor production, lameness due to laminitis, and early culling (Hall & Averhoff, 2000; Oetzel, 2003). The condition normally occurs during the transition and early post-partum phases, when the cow is not yet adapted to increasing levels of non-structural carbohydrates (NSC), and often results in irregular feed intake (Beauchemin & Penner, 2009). Volatile fatty acids (VFA's) accumulate in the rumen because fermentation exceeds removal, and variability in ruminal pH is aggravated by fluctuating intake. If ruminal pH remains below 5.6 for more than 3h/24h (Plaizier et al., 2008), or below 5.8 for more than 5.2h/24h (Zebeli et al., 2008), the condition is defined as SARA, which is associated with reduced fibre digestion, rumen wall damage, endotoxin release into the bloodstream and inflammation (Gozho et al., 2006; Plaizier et al., 2008; Ametaj et al., 2009). The situation may be aggravated by production of much stronger lactic acid during rapid rumen fermentation of NSC. Maintaining ruminal pH above SARA levels through rapid removal of lactate and limiting accumulation of weaker acids, is central to preventing the condition or mitigating its effect.
Megasphaera elsdenii (Me) is the most important lactate-utilising bacterium in the rumen, but its numbers may often be low during the transition and early post-partum phases. Megasphaera elsdenii NCIMB 41125 (Me) was isolated in South Africa from cattle adapted to high-concentrate diets, and developed as a direct-fed microbial (DFM) for high-producing ruminants, including dairy cows. Administering of Me as an oral dose during transition from mainly roughage to high levels of concentrate diets has proved effective in removing lactic acid and maintaining ruminal pH above SARA thresholds (Henning et al., 2010a; b; Meissner et al., 2010). The objective of this research was to determine whether Me, when dosed to dairy cows during adaptation post-partum, will be beneficial to milk production and associated productivity measures.
Sixty multiparous Holstein cows with milk yields in excess of 9000 kg (305 days) in the previous lactation were blocked for milk production and body weight, resulting in 15 blocks of four cows each. Within block, cows were randomly allocated to one of the following treatments:
- 60% concentrate diet, cows not dosed with Me (Control) (C60);
- 60% concentrate diet, cows dosed with Me (Me60);
- 70% concentrate diet, cows dosed with Me (Me70).
The diets were presented as total mixed rations (TMR).
Cows were fed ad libitum and milked twice per day. Me-treated cows were dosed with 1011 cfu of Me (in 250 mL suspension) on day of calving and again on days 10 and 20 post-partum. Control cows were similarly dosed with 250 mL distilled water. Trial observations were recorded between day of calving and Day 80 post-partum. Feed intake and milk yield were measured daily, milk fat and protein weekly, and body weight and condition score monthly. Feed samples were collected weekly, composited within treatment and stored at -20 ºC for analyses. The samples were analysed for dry matter (DM, AOAC, 2000, method 934.01), organic matter (OM) (Engels & Van der Merwe, 1967), nitrogen (N, AOAC, 2000, method 920.40), ether extract (EE, AOAC, 2000, method 920.39), nitrogen free extract (NDF) (Van Soest et al., 1991), ash (AOAC, 2000, method 942.05), soluble crude protein (CP, AOAC, 2000, method 988.05), Ca (Castellano Giron, 1973) and P (AOAC, 2000, method 965.17). Non-structural carbohydrates (NSC) were calculated from the equation: NSC% = 100 - (CP% + NDF% + EE% + Ash%) and metabolizable energy (ME), rumen degradable protein (RDP) and undegradable protein (UDP) calculated according to Van der Merwe & Smith (1991). Composite milk samples were analysed for fat and protein using the System 4000 Infrared Analyser (Foss Electric, Hillerod, Denmark).
Data were analysed as a completely randomized block design, using the GenStat® (2005) programme (Payne et al., 2005). Previous lactation milk production was used as covariate and milk yields are reported as covariate adjusted values. Since there was no significant dietary × dosing treatment interaction, contrast analysis was used to determine significant differences between treatments, respectively: Me vs. Control, Me60 vs. C60, and Me70 vs. C70. Differences were declared significant at P <0.05 and considered as trends at P <0.10.
The composition of the experimental diets is shown in Table 1. Diets were formulated to fulfil the energy and nutrient requirements of a 680 kg cow, producing 40 kg milk per day, containing 3.6% fat (NRC, 2001).
From an energy supply point of view the primary differences between the two diets are the NDF and NSC levels. The latter reflects starch content. Cows on the 70% concentrate diet with more NSC, therefore, were expected to be more susceptible to SARA.
Table 2 shows the production data for all 60 cows whereas Table 3 shows only the data for the 40 cows from the 10 blocks which had the highest milk yields in the previous lactation. The rationale for the split in presentation of the data is (1) that higher producing cows, compared to lower producing cows, are expected to have higher feed intakes with more NSC's entering the rumen, thus rendering them more susceptible to SARA, and (2) if Me administration is successful, it is hypothesised that the effect should be more explicit in higher-producing cows with their greater energy (NSC) intakes and acidosis risk.
The 30 cows dosed with Me tended to produce more milk (average 35.1 kg vs. 33.1 kg) and had higher body weights (average 640 kg vs. 610 kg) and condition scores (average 2.63 vs. 2.38) than Control cows (Table 2). These differences were accentuated in the milk production, body weight and condition score responses of the higher-producing cows on the higher energy diet (Me70) as compared to the corresponding cows on the Control diet (C70) (Table 3). The corresponding differences for higher-producing cows on the lower energy diet (Me60 vs. C60) were not significant. This supports the hypothesis that cows on higher energy diets are more likely to benefit from Me administration. In fact, if the lower body weight and poorer condition score of cows on C70 compared to cows on Me70 are considered (Table 3), C70 cows probably suffered from SARA whereas the condition was mitigated in Me70 cows. This notion is supported by the results of Aikman et al. (2009).
Milk fat percentage was increased in cows dosed with Me on the 60% concentrate diet but not in cows on the 70% concentrate diet, whereas milk protein was unaffected. This is in contrast to the results of Aikman et al. (2009) who found that milk fat and protein were reduced by Me in high-producing cows on both their standard and high-energy diets. Hagg et al. (2010) on the other hand found no significant effect of Me on milk composition. These variable responses in milk composition are probably associated with differences in dietary composition and feed processing: the primary energy source in the present trial was steam-flaked sorghum and maize meal, whereas it was wheat and barley in the trial of Aikman et al. (2009) and maize meal only in the trial of Hagg et al. (2010). It is well-established that these sources differ in ruminal fermentation rate, and consequently in ruminal passage rate (NRC, 2001).
It is concluded that dosing cows with Megasphaera elsdenii NCIMB 41125 post-partum (when intake of NSC usually increases rapidly) can be beneficial, but that the production response may be greater in higher-producing animals, and may be affected by the source of dietary energy and feed processing.
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Special Containment Procedures: SCP-999 is allowed to freely roam the facility should it desire to, but otherwise must stay in its pen either between 8PM-9PM for sleeping, or during emergency lockdowns for its own safety. Subject is not allowed out of its pen at night or off facility grounds at any time. Pen is to be kept clean and food replaced twice daily. All personnel are allowed inside SCP-999’s holding area, but only if they are not assigned to other tasks at the time, or if they are on break. Subject is to be played with when bored and spoken to in a calm, non-threatening tone.
Description: SCP-999 appears to be a large, amorphous, gelatinous mass of translucent orange slime, weighing about 54 kg (120 lbs) with a consistency similar to that of peanut butter. Subject’s size and shape is easily malleable and can change shape at will, though when at rest, SCP-999 becomes a rounded, oblate dome roughly 2 meters wide and 1 meter in height. The surface of SCP-999 consists of a thin, transparent membrane similar to that of an animal cell roughly .5 cm thick, and is highly elastic, allowing SCP-999 to flatten portions of its body up to 2 cm thin. This surface is also hydrophobic, although SCP-999 can willfully absorb liquids (see Addendum SCP-999-A). The rest of SCP-999's body is filled with a viscous orange substance of unknown chemical makeup, though it is capable of digesting organic materials with ease.
Subject’s temperament is best described as playful and dog-like: when approached, SCP-999 will often react with overwhelming elation, slithering over to the nearest person and leaping upon them, “hugging” them with a pair of pseudopods while nuzzling the person’s face with a third pseudopod, all the while emitting high-pitched gurgling and cooing noises. The surface of SCP-999 emits a pleasing odor that differs with whomever it is interacting with. Recorded scents include chocolate, fresh laundry, bacon, roses, and Play-Doh™.
Simply touching SCP-999’s surface causes an immediate mild euphoria, which intensifies the longer one is exposed to SCP-999, and lasts long after separation from the creature. Subject’s favorite activity is "tickle-wrestling", often by completely enveloping a person from the neck down and tickling them until asked to stop (though it does not always immediately comply with this request). Though injuries may occur, SCP-999 has never been found to purposefully attempt to harm others, and will immediately back away and contract its body into a quivering mound while gurgling in a matter similar to a whimpering dog, seemingly "apologizing" for hurting someone on accident.
While the creature will interact with anyone, it seems to have a special interest in those who are unhappy or hurt in any way. Persons suffering from crippling depression or PTSD, for example, have reported having a far more positive outlook on life after multiple interactions with SCP-999. The possibility of manufacturing antidepressants from SCP-999's slime is currently being discussed.
In addition to its playful behavior, SCP-999 seems to love all animals (especially humans), refusing to eat any meat and even risking its own life to save others, on one occasion leaping in front of a person to take a bullet fired at them (subject’s intellect is still up for debate: though its behavior is infantile, it seems to understand human speech and most modern technology, including guns). SCP-999’s diet consists entirely of candy and sweets, with M&M’s™ and Necco™ wafers being its favorites. Its eating methods are similar to those of an amoeba.
Addendum SCP-999-A: "Reminder to all staff: SCP-999 is not to consume caffeinated soft drinks of any kind. Last week someone gave SCP-999 a can of cola along with its usual breakfast- Not only was it literally bouncing off the walls for half an hour, the carbonation make SCP-999 visibly queasy afterwards, and it refused to move or eat the rest of the day. SCP-999 has thankfully recovered since, but the staff member in question has been reprimanded."
-Dr. ████████
Addendum SCP-999-B: The following is a report from an experiment in which SCP-682 is exposed to SCP-999 in the hopes that it will curb the creature’s omnicidal rage.
SCP-999 is released into SCP-682’s containment area. SCP-999 immediately slithers towards SCP-682.
999: (elated gurgles)
682: (unintelligible groans, growling) What is that?
SCP-999 moves in front of SCP-682, jumping up and down in a dog-like manner while calling out in a high-pitched squealing noise.
682: (groans) Disgusting…
SCP-682 immediately steps on SCP-999, completely flattening SCP-999. Observers were about to abort the experiment when SCP-682 started talking again.
682: (grunts) Hmmm? (unintelligible) what is this… (low noise, similar to light chuckle) I feel… good…
SCP-999 can be seen crawling up from between SCP-682’s toes, up along its side and around its neck, where it clings on and begins gently nuzzling with its pseudopod. A wide grin slowly spreads across SCP-682’s face.
682: (deep chuckling) Feel… so… happy. Happy… (laughs) happy… happy…
SCP-682 repeats the word “happy” for several minutes, laughing occasionally before escalating into nonstop laughter. As laughter continues, SCP-682 rolls around on its back, slamming its tail upon the floor with dangerous force.
682: (bellowing laughter) Stop! No tickling! (continues laughing)
SCP-682 and SCP-999 continue the “tickle fight” until SCP-682 finally wears down and appears to fall asleep with what would appear to be a smile on its face. After fifteen minutes with no activity, two D-Class personnel enter the room to retrieve SCP-999. When SCP-999 is removed, SCP-682 immediately wakes up and unleashes an unidentifiable wave of energy from its body, all the while laughing maniacally.
All persons within the wave’s range collapse into crippling fits of laughter, allowing SCP-682 to escape and slaughter all in its path. Meanwhile, SCP-999 quickly rescues as many persons as it can, taking them to a safe place to recover from SCP-682’s "laughter wave" while agents suppress and re-contain SCP-682.
Despite the tragedy that SCP-682 had brought upon the facility, SCP-999 has not shown any fear towards the creature and in fact has made gestures suggesting it wants to “play” with SCP-682 again. SCP-682, however, has stated, “That feculent little [unintelligible] can [DATA EXPUNGED] and die."
Memo from Dr. ████: “While the test was unsuccessful and ended in tragedy, that had to be the funniest thing I have ever seen. I never thought I’d see the day when I would regard SCP-682 as “cute”. Please send me a copy of the security tapes ASAP.”
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Navy Weeks Provide Perfect Opportunity for Councils to Engage By PETER ATKINSON, Deputy Editor WWW.SEAPOWERMAGAZINE.ORG 84 SEAPOWER / MAY 2016 The slate of Navy Weeks for 2016 is off and run- ning, with the first three — Phoenix; Knoxville, Tenn.; and San Antonio — having been completed in quick succession by the end of April. But with Navy Weeks visiting a total of 15 cities this year, there are a dozen more to come across the country from May to the beginning of November, when it concludes in Baton Rouge, La., which leaves ample opportunity to get involved.
Since 2005, the Navy Week program has served as a flagship outreach effort to essentially “bring the Navy” to cities where it does not have a strong presence, according to John Wallach, deputy director of the Navy Office of Community Outreach (NAVCO) in Millington, Tenn., which coordinates the program. Navy Weeks give the service a chance to educate the public about its mission, its people and its importance to national security and prosperity.
It also serves as a two-way street, allowing community and support organizations to not only get up close and personal with service personnel and show support for the armed forces, but participate in, host and facilitate events during what is typically a very busy week. And with as many as 75 to 100 outreach events occurring during each Navy Week, organizers depend on corporate, civic, government, education, media, veterans, community service and diversity organizations in each city to assist in their coordination.
For Navy League councils in cities where the program is held, Navy Weeks make for a natural fit and a perfect venue for serving the missions of education, support and promoting the values of the sea services.
“Generally, Navy League councils are extremely well positioned to help us plan a Navy Week,” Wallach told Seapower. “Members of every Navy League council live, work and know people throughout that market and know how to get things done. They comprise key influencers from the market already — business leaders, civic people, people in government and so forth.
“That’s how we begin the planning process, by talking to people who are already in the market, who know it, who have networks, who have contacts. That’s key to the success of a Navy Week,” he said.
“We would absolutely and emphatically urge other
councils to get involved if a Navy Week comes to their
city,” Phoenix Council President Jake McManus said
in an e-mail to Seapower. “This is an excellent oppor-
tunity to support our Navy and help get the word out
about the importance of the Navy and all sea services
in the modern world. It was also a great opportunity to
host an event and sign up new members. We learned a
lot during Navy Week, and it gave us a chance to spend
time with and get to know some of these wonderful
men and women serving our country.”
Every little bit helps for Navy Week officials look-
ing at what is usually a jam-packed agenda yet modest
resources and personnel to see it come to fruition.
“It’s whatever they want to do. We don’t ask or expect anything, but they always seem to offer a whole lot. A lot of times a Navy League council will host a reception for a namesake crew, or sometimes they’ll host the admiral. Each Navy Week we do has one or two flag officers who come for two or three days who kind of do the engagement at that executive level,” Wallach said
When the Navy Week season kicked off March 21-27 in Phoenix, that is just what the Phoenix Council did. It hosted a reception, along with USA Basketball Chairman Jerry Colangelo, on March 23 at the Adobe Restaurant at the Arizona Biltmore Golf Club for Rear Adm. Yancy B. Lindsey, commandant of Naval District Washington. Both Colangelo and Lindsey spoke at the event.
“The reception went really well,” McManus said.
“Jerry Colangelo spoke very passionately and patrioti-
cally about his experiences with the U.S. Olympic Men’s
Basketball team, as well as other things he’s been bless-
ed to do in his life. The admiral was very informative,
as well as displaying a great sense of humor. He talked
about today’s Navy in a world with ever-increasing and
varied threats. It was really a wonderful evening for
everyone, as it also gave our Phoenix Council an oppor-
tunity to honor Rear Adm. Lyndsey for his dedication
and service.”
That same day, Lindsey, a Phoenix native, helped
dedicate a park site to the USS Phoenix Cold War
Monument, an event sponsored by the USS Phoenix
(SSN 702) Cold War Foundation Inc. and the Phoenix
Saguaro Chapter of the Association of the U.S. Navy
that Phoenix Council members attended.
Other activities in Phoenix included events with recruiters and Reservists from Navy Recruiting District Phoenix and crew members from USS Constitution and the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Oscar Austin,
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Radial Symmetry – the poetry of Katherine Larson
What is it about the ocean that inspires otherwise precise and stoic scientists to cast off the shackles of structured, rigorously defined scientific language and swim, instead, through a sea of verse and meter. You can find examples littered across the internet, from Kevin Zelnio’s song lyrics featured in the Open Lab, to my own pedestrian attempts at Hardtack and Sardines. Of course, some poets rise above our amateur attempts and merge a deep understanding of the natural world with a precise eye for beauty, bringing both together in a sea of verse which stirs the soul and challenges the intellect. That is exactly what Katherine Larson has done with her first book of science-inspired poetry: Radial Symmetry.
It may seem a strange book for a marine science blog to review, but Larson, a molecular biologist by training, has captured a the spirit of scientific inquiry and the ocean in a way that few other mediums can. Her poetry evokes the thrill of discovery as well as frustration. How many practicing scientists can’t relate to Love at thirty-two degrees, a poem that begins by observing the branchial hearts of a squid, when she announces:
Last night I threw my lab coat in the fire
and drove all night through the Arizona desert
with a thermos full of silver tequila
Or declares, in A lime tree for San Cristobal:
I know I’m still alive because I love to eat.
…while meditating on a the architecture of a sharks jaw.
And then there’s the haunting, long-form poem Ghost Nets, which perfectly captures so many elements of our connection to the sea. Larson’s skill is in weaving together two systems of describing the world that rarely interact. I found few chords in this slim volume that didn’t stir subliminal emotion. While the $35 price tag is hefty, the kindle version is modestly priced and, unusual for e-book poetry collections, the formatting remains true to the original.
Anyone interested in taking a different look at the world, or in understanding the emotional attachments scientists build with their subjects, would do well to check out Radial Symmetry. It’s a quick, but deeply enjoyable read.
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Mom celebrates her 85th birthday
birthday girl at 85
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On Sunday we celebrated my mom's 85th birthday. Mom is physically strong, but suffers from the growing confusion of Alzheimers. We had a family lunch and then an open house. Some of the residents of Meadow Greens stopped by, as well as many people from mom's church - Bethel Christian Reformed. It was enjoyable for me as well, as I was able to visit with many of the folks from my childhood church. The weekend was filled with lots of good family visiting on both sides of our family.
dual awards
outstanding student and teacher
On Saturday, both Calvin and I received recognition at an award ceremony. Calvin was nominated by his teachers to receive the outstanding junior award, and I was nominated by my principals to receive the outstanding teacher award. Neither of us were selected for 'the grand prize,' but the Bulthuis' made a good showing at the district wide event. It was an honor which both of us appreciate.
woes of WASL weeks
the WASLing is over for another year
My apologies to readers for my lack of blog material the past few weeks. I think that I was burned out of blogging for a while after the trip. Life seemed so routine and uneventful. Also a little depressing with the lousy weather. The past few weeks of school have been dominated with WASL testing. Our fifth graders had eight days of testing. Each section of the test usually takes an hour or less for the students to complete, but the state only allows us to administer one section a day. Our fifth graders take tests in math, reading and science. our fourth graders take them in math, reading and writing. The writing and science test are definitely the most difficult. Though many of the questions seem subjective, the scorers are very particular in what they expect students to produce. Next week will begin the task of motivating the students to further learning as they tend to let up after the pressure of WASL testing.
College Road Trip - Day Eight
Ellen and Charlie
This morning we awoke to the warmth of the California sun. After a leisurely breakfast with Ellen, we got on the road and followed the steady stream of returning snowbirds up the Sacramento Valley. Our final college stop was Simpson University in Redding. The campus has wonderful views of the surrounding mountains, including Mt. Lassen and Mt. Shasta. All the structures are new since it is a new campus. There is a noticeable absence of large trees. The admissions office was closed, but a staff member graciously gave us a tour. The school has a relaxed family feel to it. The two main areas of emphasis seem to be Christian ministries and education majors. The long trip home from Redding was interrupted only by our traditional stuffing at the Home Town Buffet in Medford. Oregon greeted us with the familiar Northwest drizzle.
College Road Trip - Day Seven
We have long wanted to go to Yosemite, but haven't taken the time to do it--until today. The crowds in the summer have kept us away, but the spring is a great time to go. There were relatively few people and the weather was great, though a little cool. We were able to see the main sights and take a small hike to a great lookout. Tonight we are back in Sacramento with Ellen.
College Road Trip - Day Six
overlooking LA at Getty Center
Our final southern California college on the tour was Biola University. We had the most extensive visit at this school with a couple of conferences, a tour and a free lunch in the dining hall. (Now that'll go a long way with a Dutchman!) The school is similar in size to Azusa Pacific and the student body seemed very similar. Biola is more blatant about it's christian emphasis and requires all students to minor in Bible. Of interest to Calvin was a cultural linguistics program and a unique honors program that has a separate track of tutor style classes which fulfills all the core Bible and Humanities requirements. By the this time we were all about 'toured out', so we decided to do some sightseeing. We headed up to the Getty Center with its beautiful architecture, museums and gardens, all overlooking the valley. Wow! what a view. Fortunately, it was a clear day and we could see the whole valley. The museum and grounds are free of charge except for the parking. We all enjoyed the experience, though our legs were tired from being on our feet all day. Tonight we are in Bakersfield ready for our next adventure tomorrow.
College Road Trip - Day Five
We woke up to the sounds of a busy street in the San Fernando Valley-buses, horns, peeling tires and the occasional siren. Our first stop for the day was Simi Valley and Eternity Bible College which we heard of through Francis Chan, a speaker at Challenge youth conferences. It is definitely a low budget operation. Occupying a corner of a strip mall with a hundred students who all commute, it was certainly a contrast to Pepperdine. Our next stop was Master's College in Santa Clarita. We had a conversation with an admissions officer and Esther was our tour guide. She found her freshman dorm room. Then we went to Azusa Pacific University and caught a tour. It is a fairly large school with many opportunities. The last school for the day was Harvey Mudd College, a prestigious liberal arts college that specializes in the sciences. All students major in science and the academics are very rigorous. We were able to join an extensive tour of the campus, much of which is underground. One peculiar feature of this campus was the abundance of skateboards. Two thirds of the students we saw were on some form of wheels- longboards, scooters, bikes and even unicycles. It was easily the most unique school that we have visited. We've camped tonight at a motel in La Mirada, poised to visit Biola in the morning.
College Road Trip - Day Four
We spent last night in a Motel 6 in San Luis Obispo (No, not Walmart parking lot) After a hearty breakfast at Mickey D's, we drove to Santa Barbara and found Westmont College. We found the admissions office and were given some helpful info and they even arranged a tour for us. The campus is very nice, located in ritzy Montecito, with beautifully landscaped pathways. The college seems to focus on a strong relational christian liberal arts education. It has a relatively small enrollment which is kept that way because of the town's restrictions. After a late picnic lunch at the Santa Barbara mission, we quickly cruised off to Malibu to catch the admissions office open at Pepperdine. Fortunately, Andy Olson, who attends the University was available to spend the evening with us. We weren't too impressed with the admissions office-"here are some pamphlets and you can watch interactive video tour" But it was great to have Andy there who gave us an inside look at the campus. He did a great job of explaining his own appreciation of his education at Pepperdine. The campus is amazing. It reeks of wealth - BMW's Mercedes, Lexus, architecturally unified buildings on a breathtaking piece of property overlooking the Pacific. The students which we met through Andy seemed to be very friendly and appreciative of their opportunity to study at Pepperdine. After a late supper in town with Andy, we were off to the big city of LA to find lodging for the night. Esther was a little worried as we raced through Santa Monica and Beverly Hills, but we headed for the San Fernando Valley for some 'reasonable' housing. We stumbled onto Sepulveda Blvd. and found a suitable 'has been' motel and turned in at 9pm.
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Tag: malcolm
How popular is the baby name Malcolm in the United States right now? How popular was it historically? Find out using the graph below! Plus, check out all the blog posts that mention the name Malcolm.
Popularity of the Baby Name Malcolm
Posts that Mention the Name Malcolm
The Introduction of Nalda
The baby name Nalda debuted in the SSA baby name data in 1923. In fact, it was the top debut name of the year.
1925: unlisted
1923: 15 baby girls named Nalda [debut]
What gave it a boost?
A story called “The Regeneration of Malcolm Starmount” that had been serialized in the newspapers in 1923. One of the characters was a beautiful actress named Nalda Courteney.
I haven’t read the entire story, but I do know that Nalda ended up dying in a plane crash (along with the married man she’d been dating). The character’s obituary read: “Nalda Courteney had for some years been noted on Broadway. Her pearls, motors and love affairs have featured [on] the first pages of newspapers for the last five or six years.”
The story was written by journalist Idah McGlone Gibson (1860-1933), who, according to one source, was the “writer of the first syndicated story ever published in a newspaper in this country.” (Tantalizing claim! I don’t have any other details, though.)
What are your thoughts on the baby name Nalda?
Gibson, Idah McGlone. “The Regeneration of Malcolm Starmount.” Hamilton Daily News 1 Sept. 1923: 5.
“Woman Writer Dies in Hollywood Home.” Ogden Standard-Examiner 17 Dec. 1933: 14.
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Numerology & Baby Names: Number 6
Here are hundreds of baby names that have a numerological value of “6.”
I’ve sub-categorized them by overall totals, because I think that some of the intermediate numbers could have special significance to people as well.
Within each group, I’ve listed up to ten of the most popular “6” names per gender (according to the current U.S. rankings).
Beneath all the names are some ways you could interpret the numerological value of “6,” including descriptions from two different numerological systems.
The following baby names add up to 6.
“6” girl names: Ada
“6” boy names: Abba
6 via 15
The following baby names add up to 15, which reduces to six (1+5=6).
“15” girl names: Aida, Adia, Alaa, An, Ama, Aala, Daia, Adai, Abcde
“15” boy names: Jad, Gabe, Aadi, An, Ej, Alaa
“24” girl names: Ava, Nia, Maia, Alaia, Hana, Amia, Rae, Dara, Kaci, Edna
“24” boy names: Ian, Dean, Aden, Dane, Kage, Kal, Abdel, Blade, Edan, Ahan
“33” girl names: Kali, Mabel, Anahi, Mara, Alena, Shea, Aimee, Andie, Arie, Elana
“33” boy names: Aiden, Isaac, Wade, Fabian, Kobe, Sam, Abdiel, Amar, Shea, Don
“42” girl names: Eliana, Maria, Cecilia, Callie, Elaina, Lilah, Maggie, Amira, Amari, Anaya
“42” boy names: Evan, Axel, Damian, Alex, Joel, Nash, Amari, Andre, Odin, Deacon
“51” girl names: Layla, Lydia, Delilah, Khloe, Myla, Camilla, Phoebe, Haley, Charli, Greta
“51” boy names: Michael, Asher, Hugo, Raiden, Issac, Jamir, Boone, Gary, Lachlan, Deandre
“60” girl names: Hailey, Millie, Kehlani, Miranda, Nylah, Raven, Averie, Skye, Wren, Emely
“60” boy names: Landon, Kayden, Silas, Grant, Thiago, Enzo, Bryan, Ibrahim, Kason, Ruben
The following baby names add up to 69, which reduces to six (6+9=15; 1+5=6).
“69” girl names: Riley, Lillian, Stella, Parker, Harley, Giselle, Rylie, Addilyn, Oakley, Maliyah
“69” boy names: Jeremiah, Cameron, Brayden, Parker, Jasper, Griffin, Riley, Hector, Conner, Malcolm
“78” girl names: Genesis, Kennedy, Melissa, Madilyn, Esmeralda, Scarlet, Viviana, Kayleigh, Oaklyn, Julieta
“78” boy names: Robert, Tucker, Patrick, Emiliano, Karson, Daxton, Troy, Dominick, Colson, Vicente
“87” girl names: Paisley, Everly, Mackenzie, Veronica, Justice, Journi, Marisol, Marlowe, Blessing, Tallulah
“87” boy names: Vincent, Victor, Stephen, Joaquin, Kolton, Dustin, Braylon, Justice, Layton, Sonny
“96” girl names: Destiny, Mallory, Kristen, Vivianne, Shirley, Ellisyn, Kirsten, Maddilynn, Blakelynn, Journii
“96” boy names: Weston, Stanley, Ernesto, Turner, Jayvion, Pierson, Knowledge, Townes, Triton, Rexton
6 via 105
The following baby names add up to 105, which reduces to six (1+0+5=6).
“105” girl names: Wynter, Dorothy, Christine, Esperanza, Viktoria, Kristine, Alysson, Jessalyn, Huntley, Cypress
“105” boy names: Lorenzo, Maximilian, Gustavo, Tristen, Xzavier, Johnathon, Tytus, Huntley, Cypress, Giovonni
“114” girl names: Rosemary, Jazzlyn, Josslyn, Brynnleigh, Joselynn, Vittoria, Waylynn, Treazure, Austynn, Alyssandra
“114” boy names: Winston, Princeton, Demetrius, Juancarlos, Townsend, Stavros, Waylynn, Sovereign, Leanthony, Moustapha
“123” girl names: Monserrat, Antoinette, Riverlyn, Kimberlynn, Quetzalli, Preslynn, Joycelynn, Maryfrances, Starlynn, Rosealynn
“123” boy names: Maxamillion, Johnthomas, Timmothy, Greyston, Alexzavier, Grizzly, Lovensky, Cordarious
“132” girl names: Westlynn, Timberlynn, Ramatoulaye
“132” boy names: Maximilliano, Bartholomew, Marcanthony, Apostolos, Ellsworth, Truxton, Alexanderjames, Josedejesus
“141” girl names: Livingston
“141” boy names: Youssouf, Livingston, Fiyinfoluwa, Trystyn
“150” girl names: Kourtlynn, Morireoluwa, Ibukunoluwa, Montzerrat
“150” boy names: Ibukunoluwa, Luisenrique, Morireoluwa, Oluwamayowa
The following baby names add up to 159, which reduces to six (1+5+9=15; 1+5=6).
“159” girl names: Krystalynn, Charlotterose
“168” girl names: Oluwasemilore, Chrysanthemum
“168” boy names: Quintavious, Oluwasemilore
The girl name Oluwajomiloju adds up to 177, which reduces to six (1+7+7=15; 1+5=6).
What Does “6” Mean?
First, we’ll look at the significance assigned to “6” by two different numerological sources. Second, and more importantly, ask yourself if “6” or any of the intermediate numbers above have any special significance to you.
Numerological Attributes
“6” (the hexad) according to the Pythagoreans:
“They rightly call it ‘reconciliation’: for it weaves together male and female by blending, and not by juxtaposition as the pentad does. And it is plausibly called ‘peace,’ and a much earlier name for it, based on the fact that it organizes things, was ‘universe’: for the universe, like 6, is often seen as composed of opposites in harmony”
“They also called it ‘health’ and ‘anvil’ (as it were, the unwearying one), because it is reasonable to think that the most fundamental triangles of the elements of the universe partake in it, since each triangle is six, if it is divided by three perpendiculars”
“It arises out of the first even and first odd numbers, male and female, as a product and by multiplication; hence it is called ‘androgynous.'”
“It is also called ‘marriage,’ in the strict sense that it arises not by addition, as the pentad does, but by multiplication. Moreover, it is called ‘marriage’ because it is equal to its own parts, and it is the function of marriage to make offspring similar to parents.”
“They also called it…’measurer of time in twos’ because of the distribution of all time, which is accomplished by a hexad of zodiacal signs over the Earth and another under the Earth, or because time, since it has three parts [past, present, future], is assimilated to the triad, and the hexad arises from two threes.”
“It is also called ‘Thaleia’ [etym. Greek, “the plentiful one”] because of its harmonizing different things, and ‘panacea,’ either because of its connection with health…or as it were self-sufficiency, because it has been furnished with parts sufficient for wholeness.”
“6” according to Edgar Cayce:
“Six – the strength of a three, with a helpful influence” (reading 261-14).
“Six being the changes that have been made in the double strength of three” (reading 261-15).
“Six – again makes for the beauty and the symmetrical forces of all numbers, making for strength” (reading 5751-1).
Personal/Cultural Significance
Does “6” — or do any of the other numbers above (e.g., 33, 42, 96, 123) — have any special significance to you?
Think about your own preferences and personal experiences: lucky numbers, birth dates, music, sports, and so on. For example, maybe your favorite book is The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, which highlights the number 42.
Also think about associations you may have picked up from your culture, your religion, or society in general.
If you have any interesting insights about the number 6, or any of the other numbers above, please leave a comment!
Source: Theologumena Arithmeticae, attributed to Iamblichus (c.250-c.330).
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Name Quotes 76: Haechan, Frieda, Taz
From a Fodor’s article about the German gummy factory Haribo Fabrikverkauf:
At first glance it may seem like the milchbären (milk bears) are simply traditional German gummy bears with a milky jacket slapped on the back. However, not only are the flavors slightly different — including lemon, orange, cherry, strawberry, apple, and raspberry — but these bears have actual names. This fruity, creamy crew includes Emma, Emil, Anton, Mia, Ben, and Frieda.
From a Life article (Jan. 18, 1943) about actor and comedian Zero Mostel:
Back in 1941 Zero was a struggling New York painter who specialized in portraits of strong-muscled workmen. He went by the name of Sam, which was his own (“Zero” is a press agent’s inspiration). […] On Feb. 16, 1942, the day that news of the fall of Singapore reached the U.S., “Zero” Mostel made his professional debut as a night-club funny man.
From the Seattle Times obituary of Hildegarde:
Hildegarde, the “incomparable” cabaret singer whose career spanned almost seven decades and who was credited with starting the single-name vogue among entertainers, has died. She was 99.
From a Tribune India article about cyclone names:
Mala, Helen, Nargis and Nilofer may sound like the names of yesteryear Bollywood actors, but they are, in fact, lethal cyclones that have brought violent winds, heavy rain and wreaked destruction.
As Cyclone Fani pounded the Odisha coast on Friday, the name, which was suggested by Bangladesh, also evoked curiosity.
Mritunjay Mohapatra, the additional director general of the India Meteorological Department (IMD), said Fani, pronounced as ‘Foni’, means a snake’s hood.
From a Teen Vogue interview with Zendaya, who explains how her name is pronounced:
Zendaya decided to break it down for viewers with a simple step-by-step guide: “Zen is the first syllable, then day, and then a.”
“I think a lot of people see my name and think it’s more fancy than it is,” she explained. “They think Zendaya like papaya. It’s just day.“
From a WWI-era New York Herald article (May 7, 1918) called “Six Get Permission to Change Names”:
Frederick Michael Knopp, an orchestra leader, disliked his Teutonic sounding name and permission was granted him to change it to Blondell.
Another German name was eliminated by the grave of Justice Guy, who permitted Leon Mendelson, a dental student, to call himself Leon Delson.
Believing that Malcolm Sumner sounded better than Malcolm Sundheimer, the latter applied for and received permission to assume the more euphonious name.
From an AP News article about a baby deer named after a K-pop star:
Fans of the K-pop group NCT 127 donated money in January to name a baby pudu at the Los Angeles Zoo after one of its members, Haechan (HECH’-ehn). This week, the human Haechan got to meet his namesake, snapping selfies with the little deer at his enclosure.
From a BBC article about the danger of female-voiced AI assistants:
AI-powered voice assistants with female voices are perpetuating harmful gender biases, according to a UN study.
These female helpers are portrayed as “obliging and eager to please”, reinforcing the idea that women are “subservient”, it finds.
Particularly worrying, it says, is how they often give “deflecting, lacklustre or apologetic responses” to insults.
From a write-up of Demi Moore‘s 2017 Tonight Show appearance:
“[Demi Lovato is] from Texas and I’m from New Mexico, so our families say our names the same but we each individually pronounce it differently,” Moore said, noting she pronounces it “Deh-mee” while Lovato says “Dem-ee.”
So what are the origins of Moore’s name?
“In my case, my mother just found it on a cosmetic carton,” she told Fallon. “It means ‘half,’ and she didn’t know that, but she just liked it.”
From a Wired article called “Pixar Reinvents Big Hair for Brave“:
So in 2009 Chung’s team designed a new simulator named Taz, after the wild Looney Tunes character. It forms individual coils [of hair] around computer-generated cylinders of varying lengths and diameters. The resulting locks stretch out when Merida runs but snap back into place as soon as she stops.
From the 2013 book Pretty in Ink: North American Women Cartoonists 1896–2013 by Trina Robbins:
[A] male pseudonym seemed to be required for action strips, starting with Caroline Sexton who, in 1934, signed “C. M. Sexton” to Luke and Duke. From Cecilia Paddock Munson, who often signed her work either “Pad” or “Paddock Munson,” to Ramona “Pat” Patenaude, to Dale Messick and Tarpe Mills, the women of the 1940s seemed to believe at least in part upon having a male name.
From a Scottish dad who recently named his son Lucifer:
“I looked it up. Our first child born four years ago was going to be called Lucifer but she was a girl so we called her Lucy.
“I wasn’t too sure about Lucifer but eventually said, ‘I want this name’. It would have been even better if he was born on Halloween.”
(I’m actually more concerned about the similarity of the sibset Lucy/Lucifer than about the repercussions of Lucifer itself. Is that weird?)
For more name-related quotes, check out the name quotes category.
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Initials that Spell Names
In June of 1982, the Toledo Blade ran a short article about two local brothers who “enjoy the distinction of having initials which spell their names.” One was Thomas Owen Matzinger (T.O.M.), the other was James Irvin Matzinger (J.I.M.). Their dad Mike said it was “just as well” that he didn’t have any more kids, because he couldn’t think of any other sets of names to fit the pattern.
My guess is that Mike was joking, because there are several other sets of initials that could work with an M-surname like Matzinger, one of which, T.I.M., is just a letter away from T.O.M.
In fact, there are at least a couple of combinations that would work with every type of surname.
So today, in honor of the Matzingers of Toledo, I’ve come up with a long list of name-spelling initials. They’re sorted by third initial (that is, the first letter of the last name) so you can scroll straight to the set that matches up with your own surname.
Initials that Spell Names & Nicknames
Surname starts with:
Potential full initials (& example combo):
A A.D.A. (Adelaide Diane A.)
A.N.A. (Anastasia Nadine A.)
A.S.A. (Asa Scott A.)
A.V.A. (Ava Virginia A.)
B.E.A. (Beatrix Elaine A.)
E.V.A. (Eva Veronica A.)
G.I.A. (Gia Idonea A.)
I.D.A. (Idabelle Daria A.)
I.N.A. (Ina Nigella A.)
I.R.A. (Ira Ralph A.)
I.S.A. (Isabel Simone A.)
K.I.A. (Kia Ianthe A.)
L.E.A. (Leah Elizabeth A.)
M.I.A. (Mia Imelda A.)
N.I.A. (Nia Ilona A.)
O.D.A. (Odalys Delfina A.)
O.R.A. (Ora Ruth A.)
U.M.A. (Uma Magnolia A.)
U.N.A. (Una Normina A.)
B D.E.B. (Deborah Ethel B.)
J.E.B. (Jeb Evan B.)
L.I.B. (Libbie Ione B.)
R.O.B. (Robert Orville B.)
S.E.B. (Sebastian Everly B.)
S.Y.B. (Sybil Yvette B.)
T.A.B. (Tabitha Araminta B.)
Z.E.B. (Zebulon Ezekiel B.)
C B.E.C. (Becky Eowyn C.)
M.A.C. (Mackenzie Anne C.)
N.I.C. (Nicole Isabelle C.)
V.I.C. (Victor Ivan C.)
Z.A.C. (Zackary Arlo C.)
D J.E.D. (Jedidiah Easton D.)
R.O.D. (Rodney Orrin D.)
T.E.D. (Theodora Eugenia D.)
Z.E.D. (Zedekiah Ezra D.)
E A.B.E. (Abraham Benjamin E.)
A.C.E. (Ace Corbin E.)
E.V.E. (Eve Violet E.)
F.A.E. (Fae Adina E.)
I.K.E. (Isaac Keith E.)
J.O.E. (Joseph Owen E.)
L.E.E. (Lee Ethan E.)
M.A.E. (Maebelle Alice E.)
M.O.E. (Morris Oscar E.)
R.A.E. (Raelene Alicia E.)
S.U.E. (Susan Ursula E.)
Z.O.E. (Zoe Ocean E.)
F A.L.F. (Alfred Leonard F.)
D.U.F. (Duffy Ultan F.)
J.E.F. (Jeffrey Elliott F.)
G M.E.G. (Megan Emiliana G.)
P.E.G. (Peggy Elise G.)
R.E.G. (Reggie Elmo G.)
R.O.G. (Roger Olav G.)
H A.S.H. (Ashton Samuel H.)
I A.B.I. (Abigail Bailey I.)
A.L.I. (Alison Layla I.)
A.M.I. (Ami May I.)
A.R.I. (Ariana Rafaela I.)
A.V.I. (Avi Vincent I.)
E.D.I. (Edith Daisy I.)
E.L.I. (Elijah Logan I.)
E.V.I. (Evie Venetia I.)
J.O.I. (Joi Olivia I.)
K.A.I. (Kai Alexander I.)
O.L.I. (Oliver Lennox I.)
J R.A.J. (Rajesh Ajay J.)
K M.A.K. (Makayla Ashley K.)
O.A.K. (Oakley Atlas K.)
L C.A.L. (Callum Audley L.)
D.E.L. (Delaney Estelle L.)
G.I.L. (Gilbert Ishmael L.)
H.A.L. (Harry Archibald L.)
L.I.L. (Lillian Iva L.)
M.A.L. (Malcolm Angus L.)
M.E.L. (Melanie Eloisa L.)
M.O.L. (Molly Odette L.)
S.A.L. (Sally Angelica L.)
S.O.L. (Solomon Osborn L.)
V.A.L. (Valerie Annette L.)
W.I.L. (Willy Ingo L.)
Z.E.L. (Zelda Erin L.)
M C.A.M. (Cameron Aidan M.)
D.O.M. (Dominic Orson M.)
J.E.M. (Jemima Eleanor M.)
J.I.M. (James Irvin M.)
K.I.M. (Kimberly Imogene M.)
L.E.M. (Lemuel Emerson M.)
P.A.M. (Pamela Alys M.)
R.A.M. (Ramsey Archer M.)
S.A.M. (Samuel Aaron M.)
S.I.M. (Simon Isidore M.)
T.A.M. (Tammy Anita M.)
T.I.M. (Timothy Isaac M.)
T.O.M. (Thomas Owen M.)
N A.N.N. (Annie Nuala N.)
B.E.N. (Benjamin Ellis N.)
C.Y.N. (Cynthia Yelena N.)
D.A.N. (Daniel Avery N.)
D.O.N. (Donovan Oliver N.)
F.I.N. (Finley Ivor N.)
J.A.N. (Janice Andrina N.)
J.O.N. (Jonathan Octavian N.)
K.E.N. (Kenneth Eric N.)
L.E.N. (Leonard Earl N.)
L.Y.N. (Lynnette Yasmin N.)
N.A.N. (Nancy Azalea N.)
R.E.N. (Renato Elian N.)
R.O.N. (Ronald Ormond N.)
V.A.N. (Vanessa Athena N.)
W.I.N. (Winifred Inez N.)
Z.E.N. (Zenobia Evelyn N.)
O F.L.O. (Florence Lily O.)
L.E.O. (Leo Elton O.)
P C.A.P. (Caprice Amity P.)
K.I.P. (Kip Indigo P.)
Q J.A.Q. (Jaquan Anthony Q.)
R.A.Q. (Raquel Alaiah Q.)
R G.A.R. (Gareth Alfie R.)
S C.A.S. (Caspian Atticus S.)
G.U.S. (Gustavo Ulises S.)
J.E.S. (Jessica Esther S.)
L.E.S. (Lester Edward S.)
R.U.S. (Russell Upton S.)
W.E.S. (Wesley Elwood S.)
T A.R.T. (Arthur Roland T.)
C.A.T. (Catherine Aveline T.)
D.O.T. (Dorothy Olive T.)
M.A.T. (Matthew Alastair T.)
N.A.T. (Nathan Arnold T.)
P.A.T. (Patricia Ainsley T.)
U L.O.U. (Louisa Ophelia U.)
P.R.U. (Prudence Rhoda U.)
S.T.U. (Stuart Tucker U.)
T.R.U. (Trudie Rose U.)
V B.E.V. (Beverly Evangeline V.)
L.I.V. (Livia Indiana V.)
N.E.V. (Neville Eldon V.)
V.I.V. (Vivian Ingrid V.)
W L.A.W. (Lawson Amos W.)
L.E.W. (Lewis Edgar W.)
X B.A.X. (Baxter Andrew X.)
D.A.X. (Dax Alec X.)
D.E.X. (Dexter Edison X.)
J.A.X. (Jaxon Antony X.)
L.E.X. (Lexie Eliza X.)
M.A.X. (Maximus Alvin X.)
P.A.X. (Pax Amelia X.)
R.E.X. (Rex Elias X.)
R.O.X. (Roxanna Opal X.)
T.E.X. (Tex Emmanuel X.)
Y A.M.Y. (Amy Michelle Y.)
G.U.Y. (Guy Urban Y.)
I.V.Y. (Ivy Verity Y.)
J.A.Y. (Jay Adam Y.)
J.O.Y. (Joyce Ondina Y.)
K.A.Y. (Katherine Addison Y.)
M.A.Y. (May Augusta Y.)
R.A.Y. (Raymond Adrian Y.)
R.O.Y. (Royce Oberon Y.)
S.K.Y. (Skylar Kerry Y.)
Z H.E.Z. (Hezekiah Ellery Z.)
J.E.Z. (Jezebel Eulalia Z.)
L.I.Z. (Lizzie Iris Z.)
K.I.Z. (Kizzy Isla Z.)
R.O.Z. (Rosalind Olga Z.)
Can you come up with other good ones? If so, please leave a comment!
Source: “So Named.” Toledo Blade 29 Jun. 1982: P-1.
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Baby Names Inspired by M&M’S
What’s the best thing about Halloween? If you said the costumes, or the parties, or the history, or the carving of very elaborate jack-o’-lanterns…you’d be wrong. Because the correct answer is: the candy.
But, as funny as I think it would be to meet a kid named Twizzler, I don’t want people taking names from candy wrappers and putting them onto birth certificates. So let’s look at candy-inspired baby names in a slightly different way by focusing on a single brand with a simple name: M&M’S.
Did you know that M&M’S are the top-selling Halloween candy in California, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, and Washington, D.C.? They’re the second-best seller in eight other states, and the third-best seller in three more.
More important for our purposes, though, is the fact that the brand name is essentially the same letter twice. So let’s check out baby names that similarly have two M’s, but two separate M’s. Because, if the candies won’t melt in your hand, the M’s shouldn’t meld in a name.
So here are over 20 baby names with two audibly distinct M’s, just like M&M’S candies:
Amram (m) – “exalted nation” in Hebrew.
Chrysanthemum (f) – flower name, from the ancient Greek words for “gold” and “flower.”
Jemima (f) – “dove” in Hebrew.
Kimimila (f) – “butterfly” in Lakota.
Leimomi (f) – “pearl lei” or “pearl child” in Hawaiian.
Malcolm (m) – “disciple of Saint Columba” in Scottish.
Mamie (f) – pet form of Mary or Margaret.
Maram (f) – “wish, desire” in Arabic.
Maximus, Maxima, Maximilian, etc. (m/f)- “greatest” in Latin.
Megumi (f) – Japanese name with various possible meanings, including “love, affection.”
Memphis (m/f) – “his beauty” in Egyptian.
Menachem (m) – “comforter” in Hebrew.
Mimi (f) – pet form of M-names like Mary and Maria.
Miriam (f) – original Hebrew form of Mary.
Maryam (f) – Arabic form of Maria.
Momoka (f) – Japanese name with various possible meanings, including “peach” + “fragrance.”
Montgomery (m) – English surname, from Norman French, meaning “Gumarich’s mountain.”
Mortimer (m) – English surname, from Old French, meaning “still water.”
Muhammad (m) – “praiseworthy” in Arabic.
Tomomi (f) – Japanese name with various possible meanings, including “friend” + “beautiful.”
Which of the M+M names above do you like best?
And, are you curious to know what the M’s in “M&M’S” actually stand for? Mars and Murrie, the surnames of Forrest Mars and Bruce Murrie, the businessmen who created M&M’S back in the early 1940s. Forrest was the sons of Frank C. Mars (founder of Mars, Incorporated) and Bruce was the son of William F. R. Murrie (president of Hershey’s).
Sources: Top Halloween Candy by State [Interactive Map] – CandyStore.com, Memphis – Online Etymology Dictionary, Behind the Name
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VVVVVV (Nintendo 3DS eShop) Review
VVVVVV on the 3DS
8.91/10 from 18 user ratings
It kind of amazes me that after some 25+ years of playing hundreds of video games, a game based around a single, simple core concept can still feel so fresh to me when executed well. In the case of VVVVVV, a new 2D platformer for the 3DS eShop, that concept is to remove the ability to jump with your character (no jumping, in a platformer?) and replace it with the ability to manipulate gravity and flip your character from the bottom to the top of the screen, and vice versa. This mechanic is, essentially, what the entire game is built around. In fact, literally all that you can do in the game is move around and flip your character (barring the occasional button press to active a computer or talk to someone), so it is safe to say that the game sinks or swims based on this mechanic.
I say that it swims.
To give a little history, this isn't the first time that a 2D platformer has utilized gravity mechanics in this way. Offhand, I can recall a neat little platformer / shooter hybrid on the NES called Metal Storm that did something similar, as well as Gravity Man's stage in Mega Man 5 (the player did not have control of the shifting there, it was more environmental, but it was the same general concept.) And I'm sure there have been others, so I'm not going to make the claim that this is a totally new idea. However, as it has been years since I have played a game with this mechanic, it is fresh enough and, as stated above, the execution is where VVVVVV truly shines.
Hey look at me, I'm totally walking on the ceiling!!!
Let me take a step back and set up some context. You play through VVVVVV as a spaceship captain named Captain Viridian whom, through some paradox or other, has ended up in an alternate dimension (dubbed VVVVVV, hence the name of the game) and must now seek out his lost crew members. You're not going to be playing this game for the story elements, but they do work both to create an interesting setting and to give you some motivation to keep moving forward. The dialogue is also clever at times, if ultimately unforgettable. Thankfully though, the story is a very minor element in the game, and you are rarely pulled out of the gameplay.
The graphics are, as you can plainly see, decidedly retro. Some people will argue that the retro thing is getting a bit played out, especially within the world of indie games, and I can understand that argument. However, retro graphics still get me excited, and there is definitely a different feel in VVVVVV than there is in the many games that try to emulate NES-style graphics. Which makes sense, as the intent was, apparently, to try to emulate the feel of the Commodore 64 (a platform on which I have little experience, so there is a bit of a fresh feel there.) Actually the graphics most remind of an old computer game that I used to play at my cousin's house called Bubble Ghost. The 3D is pretty sweet too, essentially all it does is separate the foreground from the background, but it makes for a nice, subtle effect.
And the music. Oh man, the music! I've heard plenty of retro chiptune soundtracks over the years, but I do believe that this is quickly becoming one of my favorites. A couple standouts: Pushing Onwards, Passion for Exploring, Positive Force, and Predestined Fate. There really isn't too much more that I can write about the music, it speaks for itself. I will say this though, the already great soundtrack is made even better by the fact that it just feels right within the context of the game.
Woah a ghost! This is basically the spiritual successor to Bubble Ghost now!
Alright, let's get into what you came here to read about, the gameplay.
VVVVVV takes place in an interesting dimension indeed. The world is laid out a bit like a Metroid game, so progression takes place in a non-linear fashion and you have several options of where to travel next. Actually, I would say that the layout feels a bit more like Mega Man ZX: Advent (for all three of you out there who have played it), which is to say that there is a non-linear “overworld” to explore but there are also semi-distinct, more linear “stages” built right into the world. Your main goal in VVVVVV is to rescue all of your crewmates, which generally means going through each “stage” to find a single crewmate waiting for you at the end. However, there are also 20 “shiny trinkets” scattered throughout the world, and collecting all of these can feel very rewarding, especially since most of them involve specific gameplay challenges that must first be passed. Personally I am all over this kind of world map, and for the first time in a long time I felt like I was truly exploring a world, excited both over the choices I could make and what was to come next.
The “stages” themselves each have a pretty unique feel, both in looks (albeit most of this is done through color palette choices) and in the type of gameplay that you will find in them. For basing itself off of a single, simple concept, VVVVVV does a lot more with the gameplay than I expected. What types of gameplay are there? Well...
VVVVVV is not a dimension that is particularly hospitable to human beings. In fact, quite the opposite. There are moving platforms, which wouldn't be too bad, except that there are deadly spikes all over the place so if you miss your platform, bye bye. You will also find treadmills, which potentially sound nice and relaxing, except that there are deadly spikes all over the place. Let's not forget about the crumbling platforms which, of course, have deadly spikes underneath them. The bouncy ropes you will find may actually sound kind of fun, except that there are deadly spikes all over the place. There are a variety of enemy um... creatures I guess?, which can be particularly difficult to avoid when in the midst of deadly spikes all over the place. At times there are long, Mega Man-ish drops in between deadly spiked walls, and forced scrolling screens where you must move quickly to avoid deadly spikes. Have I mentioned yet that there are deadly spikes all over the place? Ok, so this probably makes the game sound a lot more repetitive than it is, but I'm only stressing the deadly spikes because in some ways they are as much of a recurrent theme as the gravity mechanics are a core concept. Yet the spikes are just the means to add challenge. There are a variety of gameplay mechanics surrounding the gravity and spikes, however, that is pretty impressive for a short little indie game.
I'm not going to explain each mechanic one by one, but another core VVVVVV mechanic exists whereby exiting certain screens in the right place leads not to new ones, but to the other side of the same screen. This is often used in very interesting ways to make almost puzzle-like areas which can require a bit of thought when trying to figure out how to progress.
Navigating this kind of stuff can be very interesting at times...
VVVVVV has a very forgiving checkpoint system, with checkpoints littered across the game frequently, usually at least one per screen, if not more. Furthermore, when you die, there is no GAME OVER screen, but much like BIT.TRIP RUNNER and several other indie titles, you are immediately thrown right back into the game at the last checkpoint that you hit. It kind of amazes me that indie developers have figured out something that the major developers are still a bit behind on, which is that we play video games to play video games, and we don't want to needlessly be pulled out of the game to see GAME OVER screens and CONTINUE options all of the time. Of course we want to continue, and if we don't, we can always turn the game off ourselves. Anyway, throwing you right back into the mix makes for an ultimately much more fluid experience.
Which is very necessary, because you will die in this game, a lot. I would generally consider myself an above average gamer when it comes to 2D platformers, and over the course of the main game (which took me 3:13:13 to fully complete) my total death count was exactly 1,197 deaths. If my math is correct, this equals about 1 death per every 9.685 seconds of play time. Of course, it's not quite as frustrating as it sounds, and you (probably) won't be dying every 10 seconds throughout the entire game. An awful lot of those deaths happened at a few of the significantly tougher parts of the game. There is a particularly notorious section of VVVVVV called Veni Vidi Vici (check out a video of someone that is not me dying on it a bunch of times) that probably took me well over 100 deaths before I finally nailed it. Still, I don't want to scare you off, Veni Vidi Vici is an optional path to get a “shiny trinket”, and the required paths of VVVVVV, while certainly very challenging, are not quite as bad. Even if you do get stuck there are, apparently, options in the menu to both slow down the game and add invincibility, something that I was only informed of after the fact.
Another thing I love about this game is this sort of intangible feeling of rebellion against certain standards of the video game industry. This exists in a lot of indie games, although it seems to me like many indie developers are moving more towards trying to meet those standards to make their games more marketable. But VVVVVV feels almost... punk rock? This often comes out in the design, for instance, enemies that are just the word “LIES” that fly across the screen, a random bus that comes out of nowhere, or a secret room that has a big elephant for reasons I could never quite figure out. And did I mention that every screen has its own name? It's little details like this that I love, and some of these names are things that you would never see in a mainstream video game.
Black and white is the way to add retro sections into already retro games!
So I called VVVVVV a short game up above, but that is only technically true. Yes, VVVVVV itself can be finished in about 2-4 hours, depending on whether you collect all of the shiny trinkets or not. But VVVVVV also comes packed with a bunch of additional content, including 18 “player levels” which are, as far as I have been able to figure out, additional stages that were built with the stage designer that came packed in with the PC version of the game (unfortunately, the stage designer does not exist in the 3DS version.) Some of these stages are as long or longer than the main game itself. As for the quality of the player levels, well, I will get into that deeper below, but for now let's say that it can be a bit of a mixed bag, yet overall they are worth playing through. There are also time trials, and a no death mode. And I guess there is a flip mode, but there appears to be a bug related to this, because I can't for the life of me get it to actually work. Whatever the case, after finishing the main game, 17 of the player stages, and running through a few time trials, my total game time is now a bit over 18 hours, making it my 4th most played title (out of 82) on my 3DS. I have heard people out there calling VVVVVV a short game, and they are liars. It's only a short game if you ignore all of the additional content packed in with it.
VVVVVV is certainly not without its shortcomings. For a game that often requires near pixel perfect timing (especially in certain player stages), the controls can feel a bit loose at times. It is also a game that requires you to play the same tough parts over and over, which makes someone like me think “heck yeah, a challenge!”, but this could potentially annoy a lot of gamers, especially when taken in tandem with the not quite perfect controls. Furthermore, there are a few bugs. Nothing major, but once or twice my character would get stuck in a wall and I would have to reset the game. Another bug happened once when I went to quit to menu everything froze up. And as stated above, in a strange oversight, the flip mode appears to be straight up broken. The 3DS version of VVVVVV also costs more than the PC version, despite, as far as I can tell, having less content (although the PC version requires downloading a lot of content separately from the game) and no stage designer.
Still, it's a neat little concept and it is well worth the money on the 3DS. If you're into 2D platforming, Metroid-like progression, retro style graphics, totally awesome chiptune music, and a high but not insurmountable level of challenge, this is not one to pass up. The 3DS eShop is finally getting a lot of great games, but I urge you not to pass over VVVVVV without at least giving it a look. It may just make you flip for joy. Did I really just type that?
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So it is my opinion that the main game of VVVVVV is the best content in the package, but many of the player levels are worth playing as well. And a few are, perhaps, not so worth playing. I decided to break it down a bit and do mini-reviews of each. My memory of a few of the stages is a tad foggy, but I shall try my best.
And before getting into each stage individually, let me define a term here. “Pixel perfection required” is a term I use, usually in a negative manner, to describe when a stage requires you to basically do some insane thing with almost no margin of error. An example would be say... bouncing between two ropes while dodging moving enemies and having to time it so you bounce exactly through the tiny gap in between the enemies. Or flipping up and down between platforms that require you to flip at the exact edge of the platforms else you get a faceful of spikes. I love a challenge as much as anyone else, but requiring this kind of perfection can be ridiculous at times, especially when some of these things get chained together.
Anyway, if you're eager to try out some of the player levels but don't know where to start, now you know!
333333- This was definitely my favorite of the player levels. I kind of look at it as a sequel to VVVVVV... it has the same basic gameplay but with new ideas behind it, the same sort of difficulty (if a bit more punishing at times), and the same length. Essentially it's a very well designed ode to VVVVVV. The map is a bit more confusing, but that is a minor complaint. If you are only going to play one player level, this should be the one. 5/5 stars.
a new dimension- I kind of really disliked this one at first, but once you get past some frustrating / confusing stuff early on, it starts to hit its stride. It has some serious length as well. Ultimately I think it was pretty excellent, barring a few pixel perfection required parts. 4/5 stars.
golden spiral- Oh gosh. This stage is the very definition of pixel perfection required. It is the only stage that I did not finish. I got 21 screens into it... after 1 1/2 hours and 1,225 deaths. I finally admitted defeat. This may be fun for some people, but I think it's just plain silly. 1/5 stars.
gordian knot- This one wasn't too bad, but it was ultimately short and kind of forgettable. I was actually kind of relieved that it wasn't uber difficult though, as so many of the others are too pixel perfect required for their own good. It managed to (mostly) avoid that, and had a few neat ideas. 3/5 stars.
line wrap- I liked this one a fair amount, which surprises me because it was created by the guy who created golden spiral. Anyway, lots of neat ideas, good pacing, a fair amount of content. 4/5 stars.
pyramid of doom- Short, and easy. Not really too much of interest in this one either, most of the concepts involved were done better elsewhere. 2/5 stars.
quantum tunnel- This one plays more on the “exit a screen in a certain place to come back to the same screen” mechanic to create a maze than it does any real platforming challenges. This is sort of interesting, but I prefer this mechanic when it is mixed into the platforming challenges as it is elsewhere. 3/5 stars.
roundtrip to the moon- This one has a lot of fun parts with a fair amount of challenge and creativity, but is dampered a bit by a few really lame pixel perfection required parts. 3/5 stars.
seasons- A very short and simple stage. I think it is supposed to be more relaxing than challenging, just a nice decent trip through the seasons. I enjoyed it, for what it was, but it seems kind of ultimately pointless. 3/5 stars.
soul searching- This was another pretty good one, with a fair amount of content and a lot of good ideas. It has a few really unique artsy things as well. 4/5 stars.
the dual challenge- An otherwise decent stage that is severly hampered by one of the worst pixel perfection required parts in the game. You will know what I mean when you get there, the damn beast. This stage is ok if you can get past that part. 3/5 stars.
the tower of power- This one forsakes having multiple checkpoints to have a single checkpoint in your ship. This might sound insane for a game where you die so much, but it sets up the challenges in a manner where all of them are quickly and easily accessible from the ship. I thought it was pretty good. 4/5 stars.
variation venture- A very short stage that has a few neat ideas and is set up in a logical manner, but feels like it could be so much more. 3/5 stars.
variety show- To be totally honest I couldn't remember much about this one so I had to go back to play it again and... well, it's not very memorable. But it is alright. 3/5 stars.
vertex vortex- This one relies a bit overmuch on crumbling platforms, which can be especially frustrating when you are switching between screens and barely have time to even see what is going on before you die. 3/5 stars.
vertiginous viridian- Does a good job of splitting the world up into some unique feeling areas, but in the end it's just a bit too short and has a bit too much pixel perfection required going on for me. 3/5 stars.
victuals- This isn't really a gameplay stage so much as I dunno... a weird little story-telling concept. Or something. I don't even know how to score it. I guess that it is worth checking out? N/A stars.
vvvv 4k- I liked this one a fair amount. It has a nice sort of feel with a middle overworld and then some branching stage-like areas, as well as just enough of a maze-like nature to add a bit of mystery. 4/5 stars.
Great review. Maybe I'll double-dip on this...
Secret_Tunnel
Excellent review, Zero!
Also worth noting, vvvv4k is by Notch, the creator of Minecraft.
ludist210
Nice, thanks for rating the user made levels. I'm definitely gonna check out some of the favorites.
Not to turn the attention from this awesome game, but do you ever think about what you might be missing for indie games on PC that don't happily make it to 3DS? VVVVVV could play even on your PC.
@Jargon
Every gamer everywhere is missing out on a game he'd like if he was exposed to it. Several games in fact.
Why worry about it?
@Guillaume
Yes, but if you already have the system (like Zero has a PC which he could have played VVVVVV on in an imaginary world where VVVVVV didn't come out on 3DS) then it seems odd to me to not have games for that system on your radar. It seems clear that VVVVVV was not on Zero's radar until it came to 3DS. Just a teaching moment!
But yes, I know, it's a sad fact of life. I'm resigned to the fact that I will never heard some bands that would be among my favorites if I did.
Well I technically have a PC, but it's a cheap one and the few times I have tried to run anything on it, they run terribly. I know PC gamers claim it is simple, but it still seems like voodoo to me. Is setting A, B, or C holding me back? Who knows.
Whatever the case I just don't like the format. I'm on a computer way, way too much for work / Negative World programming / music / etc. and I use video games to get away from that. I like laying back in a lazy chair and watching a TV or playing a dinky little easy to hold handheld. Now I know you can run a PC on a TV, but again, that'd require a bunch of set-up I don't care enough about to figure out.
Still, you're probably right, there are games I'm missing out on. But there are games I'm missing out on with the platforms I play as well. If I didn't have enough games to play I might think about it, but I can't keep up with the games I have! I'm still like barely halfway through Skyward Sword, and that came out months ago!
Now I know you can run a PC on a TV, but again, that'd require a bunch of set-up I don't care enough about to figure out.
Step 1 : Purchase HDMI cord.
Step 2 : Attach HDMI cord to your PC
Step 3 : Attach HDMI cord to your TV
Anyway, enough derailing your thread. This was a very well done review, and I'm impressed you touched upon the user-created content. Great stuff!
ploot
Step 4: Buy a new TV since your 10 year old TV doesn't have this HDMI nonsense on it.
Eh.
I'm with Zero on this one. I hate playing games on a PC, and guess what, I do have my pc hooked up to my plasma, which is the same tv I play my wii games on. But like Zero mentioned, anytime i try to play a game on a pc, it never seems to run smoothly and my pc is not even 2 years old, so, its not like its outdated and the specs are pretty good, only thing is, its not a gaming rigged up pc.
I will always be a console/handheld gamer, cause those games play the best without any extra input from me. I just want to insert game and play game without having to change all these variables, ect, ect.
gamewizard65
@gamewizard65 How big is your monitor?
Anywho, great read. Also regarding the music - it's amazing how inspiring the music is. There's something oddly motivating about the music. Even despite the difficulty of some of the sections, I almost hear lyrics in the background saying "You can do it! Just keep going forward!" Souleye is awesome.
Give a listen to some of the VVVVVV remixes Souleye has on his site for his album "Adventure." He has a couple songs not in the original VVVVVV (Piercing the Sky and Pacing Energy are only featured in V2.0's level editor), and some pretty BADASS versions of a few VVVVVV songs for a music game called "Pulsen.
PogueSquadron
I really want this game but its not out in Europe which is a shame. I may actually get it on PC to play in work on my lunch breaks.
Great review by the way, lots of information and you are obviously really passionate about the title, makes me want to buy it. Maybe one day us Europeans will be able to pick up Mutant Mudds and VVVVVV.
warerare
@Zero
Well, that's not a step, that's just nonsense. You should have said you don't have the means to begin with, you zero you.
Anyway, I agree about VVVVVV. I'm glad you got to play, and love it!
This game sounds great. Your review has convinced me to contemplate downloading my already-purchased PC version.
anon_mastermind
Interesting. I still haven't downloaded a 3DS ware game yet, so I'm kind of trying to decide between VVVVVV or Pushmo.
HammerLord
@anon_mastermind You should totally do it. If you ever have a free night, the game is only like 2-3 hours long. Make a night of it! Dim the lights, crank up the sound, should be a great time.
@HammerLord
Pushmo easily. Way more content (close to 20 hours and still not complete) but I personally think it's more enjoyable to play.
VofEscaflowne
As someone that owns both, it's really a matter of preference. If you have the money, get both. They're both excellent for different reasons.
VVVVVV is a challenging, fast-paced, old-school game through and through. Not frustratingly challenging, but you will die a lot (but there are a lot of checkpoints). There's also a lot of extra content, which include the 18 user-created levels and the possibility of a stage editor added in a future update.
Pushmo is a more relaxed puzzle game that has a great difficulty curve. There are 248 levels built in, plus you can build and share your own puzzles. Some are easy, some will require you to study the puzzle for a while before attacking it. It's also one of my favorite 3DS downloadables.
Looks pretty cool. Reminds me a bit of an old Spiderman game I had on my 286 KLH Computer back in 1991. C:\spidermn\spidermn.exe
Don't get me wrong, this looks way better. I'll pick it up some day.
kriswright
@ploot I didn't know I didn't have the means until you just now explained it to me! Theoretically there might have been another way. I can stream my videos from PC to TV through my PS3, for instance. I suppose it would be a bit odd if Sony let you stream PC games.
Whatever the case, I'm certainly not buying a new TV just to do this. I have enough gaming on my plate as it is!
@HammerLord Both! They're two very different games and both well worth owning.
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Sunverge Collaboration with LG to Offer Utilities Most Comprehensive Integrated Residential Smart Home Energy Management Solution
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I ever wondered how some ordinary people could think so exceptionally while being from common surroundings? We bring one such man to you. In this story, Gaurav tells about an NGO by a volunteer to give back society and help orphans
Today, we sit down with Kumar Gaurav, the man behind Being Social – Ek Nayi Shuruat. It is an Individual Social Responsibility (ISR) platform, encouraging people to empower underprivileged children. And It also ensures their safety and hygiene in orphanages, old age homes, and slums.
Born and brought up in Saharsa in the northern part of Bihar, Gaurav is currently living in Delhi. He is working in the Public Health Sector. He believes in the simple philosophy of spreading smiles and serving humanity. Gaurav makes it a point to become the reason for people’s smiles and happiness. It is something that he has believed in from the early years of his life till now. He takes it as the only way that someone can define humanity.
Like a majority of people, Gaurav, too, has learned his philosophy of life from his mother. She always told him that one should strive for inner peace. Even though he has lost his mother physically, he still likes to follow her teachings.
He tells that he started his NGO ‘Being Social,’ with his friend Praveen Prem Shukla. They met through a WhatsApp group made for social sector work for those who seek jobs in this sector. In the group, several HR personnel from different leading organizations were added so that they could keep the group updated about job openings.
One day, Gaurav thought of using social media for doing some social service on the weekend. That’s when he shared the idea of meeting and discussing the prospects of this. But, the only two people who always made it to these meetings were Gaurav and Praveen. Both of them realized that whatever has to be done, would be done by these two only. And that’s how they became co-founders of the NGO.
Discussing for hours about issues like health, education, environment, etc., they could not conceive any idea about going forward with their wish. That’s when they saw a little girl searching inside a dustbin to find something to eat. Even though they were sitting in a restaurant full of people with enough money in their pockets, no one came forward to help the little girl.
After buying food for the girl, both Gaurav and Praveen felt a sense of satisfaction and internal peace. It prompted them to start helping people deprived of food and clothes.
They decided to devote 3 to 4 hours on alternative weekends for this cause, which took them to different slums, orphanages and old age homes. After opening the NGO, they also spread awareness about the importance of education, good health, safe water sanitation, and basic hygiene practices, etc.
Earlier, only Gaurav and Praveen were associated with the cause, being the founders of the NGO. However, as word spread in three to four months, seven more volunteers started to join them, taking the number of core committee members to nine.
Gaurav doesn’t forget to mention the names of these people, who showed their faith and trust and joined the initial core team. They are Mr. Gaurav Khurana, Mr. Monish Sharma, Mr. Ashish Kumar, Mr. Harish Rawat, Mr. Subodh Arora, Mr. Humair, and Dr. Partha.
If starting the NGO wasn’t a difficult task in itself, the founders had also to witness mixed to adverse reactions about this. People wanted to see what they were doing. And for how long will they manage to do this just for cause and spending money from pockets.
However, driven by the desire to do something for the society, the team never backed off, which led it to where it stands today.
Presently, the NGO is busy in activities like donating things of daily use to orphanages, old age homes, and slums as per their needs. They also try to highlight the importance of maintaining good health by conducting yoga sessions, health check-ups, sanitation and cleanliness drives, and plantation drives, etc.
Recently with the support of their volunteers, they were also able to sponsor the education of six students of the 8th standard from Ludhiana.
Their most recent campaign is Water for Birds. They celebrated 7th May as the day dedicated to Water for Birds. The campaign saw participation from various cities, and individuals from different countries as well showed their support for the cause.
Next, Being Social will be inaugurating its first weekend school for slum children at Kaushambi, Ghaziabad, on the 28th of May. Here slum children could attend vocational courses like yoga, sketching, painting, music, art and craft, paper folding, rangoli making, Mehendi designing, and all.
Gaurav signs off by reminding us of his mother’s teachings that one should help others and be the reason for someone’s happiness.
We surely believe that he is living his late mother’s dream, what say?
For more details about the school or the NGO, you can visit their Facebook page. Further, they are always looking for volunteers on weekends. If you are interested, please contact them through their FB page. They would be happy to coordinate with you.
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Bhavna verma May 27, 2017 at 1:36 am Reply
A man who thinks about others before him is more than a human. A normal human like us go true with the lines of a song of Imagine drgons- Deamons: “No matter what we breed, we still are made of greed!!” But people like Gaurav set a milestone by selling his greed to humanity. Contributing his life to a worth. I am so proud of people like him and glad to know him in person.
Keep going sir. Way long to go!
Deepak May 27, 2017 at 3:04 pm Reply
Stay blessed buddy , your efforts are worth emulating
Prem Shankar May 27, 2017 at 3:08 pm Reply
There is a saying ” Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.” And Gaurav Sir and Team have came so far and still long way to go. Everyone should give their helping hand for noble. Gaurav Sir and team has done some revolutionary work, which can be seen by the number of active young volunteers who come forward in Pan India. I am proud of him and wish him and team a great success ahead. 👏👏👍
Mayur May 27, 2017 at 5:24 pm Reply
Proud of bring associated with Gaurav!!!👍👍 Keep the good work up!!!
Dr Ritika May 27, 2017 at 5:43 pm Reply
Gaurav sir n his team ….first time when I met u all guys….at seva ashram….through Praveen sir…(special thnx to him for connecting me at this platform)..I really found a different type of peace in mind…because what u all r doing …nobody can…Ur Moto is very different to other …because in other Ngo…money is important..but at this platform…time is very important thing
I have attended a lot of activity with u all guys n each activity taught me different things which credit goes to these two persons…I wish to God ….u both stay blessed…. make Ur journey easy .,happy,bright n successful…..
There is something special for u. ..plz check fb page
Dr Ritika Chauhan May 27, 2017 at 6:25 pm Reply
Gaurav sir…A very kind hearted person ..which have already seen by different activities.
Seriously I never thought ..there wud b a change in myself but when first time I met u guys at seva ashram…then I found a different type of peace in my mind..I want to be thankful …Mr Praveen sir who gave me this opportunity to do seva (help of needed persons)under u sir n because of what u taught me a lot of things …which I have already discussed at fb page…I wish to God…give u a long life n stay blessed as always…all the best u n Ur team……still we have to go at higher n higher level…
Being social…ek nayi shuru sat
Spread smiles n serve humanity 😊🙂
Kumar Chandan May 27, 2017 at 9:29 pm Reply
Proud of you Gaurav. Really happy to know about all these. Many of us only thing to do these kind of work but u have executed the same. Dil se Dua Hai Tere Liye. We are always there to extend our support. God bless you.
Neeti Gupta September 12, 2017 at 10:39 pm Reply
Keep the good work On Gaurav Sir and team !!!
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Galaxy Note 5 Expected to Come in 4 Different Color Variants
Samsung have always tried to be different from others. We all know Note series is the soul of Samsung. It has a big hand in making what Samsung is today. This time people are expecting a lot from the launch of Galaxy Note 5. However, there is no official announcement for the release the Note 5. According to the sources Samsung is going to launch it in the month of September during IFA in Berlin.
There are many rumors about the upcoming Note 5 series. The most interesting rumor we are hearing is that Samsung is going to launch its Note in four color variants. Who doesn’t love colors? It would be a great idea to launch Note 5 in different colors. Rumors also state that white, black, blue and red would be the color in which Samsung is going to design it. White and black are very common color for the smartphones. Users always want something different from others. That’s what Samsung may give us.
Other Features of Note 5
There is no specific information about the features of Galaxy Note 5 but it is expected to come with the latest version of android and heart rate sensor. People always love to try new things
Apart, from color variant Note 5 may come with a wireless charging option and better display quality. Yes, Samsung may launch GN5 with 4K AMOLED display pumping 660 + ppi. A bigger screen with better display would prove to be an ultimate feature for the smartphone users.
It is expected that Galaxy Note 5 would have a 21 MP primary camera with a 5 MP secondary camera especially for the selfie lovers. It may also come with 4 GB Ram with the snapdragon processor. With dust and scratch proof resistance, it may also have the feature of water resistance. If the rumors are somehow found to be true, Note 5 would be a great success for Samsung and prove to be a big competition for other smartphone companies.
After reading the expected features for Galaxy Note 5, you must be thinking about its price. Well Samsung always tries to surprise its customers. About the price there is no official announcement. However, it is expected to come between US $ 800 to 850.
So do you think Note 5 would be able to stand on the expectations of people?
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Sony Xperia Z1 Compact Review – What’s up in this Compact now from Sony?
After applying many changes in its flagship smartphone (Xperia Z) and introducing it as Xperia Z1, now Sony has moved into providing first mini version of its flagship smartphone. Recently we saw the launch of Sony Xperia Z1 Compact which is the mini version of Xperia Z1 and here I’m starting with its review so that you can know what this device got for you.
I’m starting with the Sony Xperia Z1 Compact review here that will help you in knowing what this device is capable of and what are its pros and cons.
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The Xperia Z1 has got 5 inch of display which brings the device into the Phablet category but Sony Xperia Z1 Compact has got 4.3 inch display and it got most of the features of the main flagship smartphone.
The build quality is pretty good and the overall design of the Xperia Z1 Compact is still the same. You won’t find any major difference in the main and this mini version apart from the display size.
Sony has launched it in four different color options which are black, white, pink and yellow. All colors are looking great and I personally liked the white and black one. Yellow color option was also attracting me though.
The device is also dust proof and water resistant up to 1 meter for about 30 minutes. This is going to be the main attractive feature of the device.
Till now all the smartphones manufactured by Sony were not having better display quality but Sony has shown its technology and hard work in the Xperia Z1 Compact. The display quality is best in the Xperia Z1 Compact till now and you’re not going to find any lag in it.
The device looks awesome in different viewing angles and the display also make sure that the content is visible under sunlight. Sony has used its Triluminos and X-Reality engines in it to provide this quality.
The display size is as mentioned 4.3 inch which offers highest resolution of 720×1280 pixels i.e. HD resolution. The display also supports multi touch and is protected from scratches and shatter.
With Snapdragon 800 chipset device is a power booster. It got quad-core processor clocked at 2.2GHz along with Adreno 330 GPU and 2GB of RAM. The internal storage is 16GB while the storage can be expended using microSD card of maximum 64GB size.
The same CPU was there in the parent Z1 and so the Xperia Z1 Compact is really a power booster. You won’t find any performance or graphics lag in the device even while playing high quality games.
The device runs on Android 4.3 Jelly Bean and its going to receive the latest Android 4.4.2 KitKat update as well. The software has got no changes and it’s still undeveloped, Sony definitely needs to worry about its skin pack now, it’s high time!
The rear camera is still the same 20.7MP camera with Sony’s G lens along with features like touch focus, face detection, smile detection, image and video stabilization and panorama. The front camera has got 2MP lens and both the cameras offer better picture and video quality. Camera is again the plus thing in this phone.
Xperia Z1 Compact supports up to LTE (latest standard of cellular data) along with Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0, NFC and microUSB port. There is also a port for TV-out in the device.
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With a battery life that never ends (very long) Xperia Z1 Compact is definitely a great super phone for those who don’t like big sized phablets. Sony has offered its Z1 in a compact size, that’s the whole story!
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Disney’s Frozen “Let It Go” Sequence Performed by Idina Menzel – 1080p
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In this clip from Disney’s “Frozen,” Elsa, whose secret powers have just been revealed, flees Arendelle and unleashes her magic, creating a breathtaking ice palace. Performed by the voice of Elsa, Idina Menzel, “Let It Go” is an original song by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Tony Award®-winner Robert Lopez.
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Clico Liquidator Gets Leave To Move Over ‘Fraud’ Action
As of Friday, February 26, 2016
CLICO (Bahamas) liquidator this week obtained Supreme Court permission to serve legal claims, alleging “fraudulent breaches of fiduciary duty”, against two of the insolvent insurer’s former principals in Trinidad and Barbados.
Newspaper notices published yesterday revealed that Craig A. ‘Tony’ Gomez, the Baker Tilly Gomez accountant and partner, was given leave on Tuesday to serve Claude Dacon and Karen-Ann Gardier outside the Bahamas.
Permission has also been granted to serve Ian Garcia, a former director of CLICO (Bahamas) ultimate Trinidad-based parent, CL Financial, who is also understood to be a close sidekick of the group’s ultimate principal, Lawrence Duprey.
Mr Gomez is gagged by the Supreme Court from speaking publicly on the CLICO (Bahamas) liquidation, but sources familiar with the situation said the trio would be served via publication of the relevant notices and legal documents in the Trinidadian and Barbadian media.
This is because Messrs Dacon, Gardier and Garcia are all understood to have successfully avoided to-date attempts by Mr Gomez and his process servers to serve the legal documents on them personally.
“These guys are playing hide and seek,” one source told Tribune Business. “The process servers are going to their homes, and everyone there is claiming they don’t know these guys.”
None of the trio targeted by Mr Gomez is likely to return to the Bahamas, and place themselves within the Supreme Court’s jurisdiction, giving the liquidator the likely opportunity that he will be able to apply for a default judgment once they have been served.
The writ and statement of claim against them, which was filed with the Supreme Court on February 23, 2015, alleges that Messrs Dacon, Gardier and Garcia committed “fraudulent breaches of fiduciary duties, or alternatively breaches of fiduciary duties; breaches of statutory duties and gross and wilfull negligence and fraud” during 2003-2009. CLICO (Bahamas) collapsed into insolvency in February of that final year.
Their fellow two defendants in the same action, Mr Duprey and his partner, Sylvia Baldini, are already understood to have been served in Florida. They, too, are unlikely to come to the Bahamas to fight the action.
It is important for Mr Gomez to move the litigation forward, as it represents a potential recovery source for CLICO (Bahamas) creditors, and also provides reassurance that he is trying to hold someone accountable for the pain endured by thousands of Bahamians.
CLICO (Bahamas), at end-June 2015, had a $46.876 million solvency deficiency, with $33.399 million in assets dwarfed by $80.275 million in liabilities.
The Government last month prevented the cancellation of medical insurance for hundreds of Bahamians by confirming it had finally approved a ‘rescue plan’ for CLICO (Bahamas).
The Cabinet has approved a plan to transfer all the insurance policies - life and medical - to a newly-created special purpose vehicle (SPV).
Tribune Business revealed in November 205 how Mr Gomez planned to cancel all CLICO (Bahamas) medical policies on New Year’s Eve if the Government failed yet again to deliver on its resolution promises.
He held off until the New Year so that hundreds of Bahamians and their families were not greeted with bad news over the festive period, but the cancellation notices were due to be issued to policyholders this month.
Mr Gomez said he had little choice but to cancel the medical insurance policies unless the Government came through because high claims payouts were eroding the $11.893 million in CLICO (Bahamas) bank accounts. This undermines his duty to preserve and maintain the asset for the benefit of creditors.
Figures supplied to Mr Gomez by insurance actuaries, Morneau Shepell, showed that since CLICO (Bahamas) was placed into Supreme Court-supervised liquidation in February 2009, group medical claims payouts to policyholders exceeded premium payments by 40 per cent up until end-2014.
Over that six-year period, Mr Gomez had ensured CLICO (Bahamas) paid out $4.191 million in medical claims, yet only received $3 million in premium, creating an unsustainable health claims ratio of 140 per cent.
The report contrasted the 140 per cent group health claims ratio with the 60 per cent payout ratio for all other medical and accident claims.
“Upon the completion of the actuarial valuation and the actuary’s analysis of CLICO (Bahamas) current state, and along with the obvious financial impact of the medical policies on the insurance operations and available cash, and providing that a government guarantee is not received by the official liquidator shortly, the actuary advised that the medical policies should be discontinued immediately,” Mr Gomez had written in his last report to the Supreme Court. “I have scheduled the discontinuation date at December 31, 2015.”
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Somerled as a boys' name has the meaning "summer sailors". Somerled is a variant form of Somerley (Irish, Gaelic): name for the Vikings.
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How popular is Somerled?
Somerled is an uncommonly occurring first name for males. Somerled is an equally uncommon last name for all people. (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)
Somerled has yet to be ranked in the list so far. (TOP 2000 NAMES, 2018)
Suggested similar-sounding names are Evered, Gerred, Godfried, Hameed, Homere, Humfried, Jered, Jerred, Modred, Saeed, Samuele, Sayeed, Sealey, Searle, Seeley, Serge, Sergei, Sergeo, Sergey, Severne, Sewerd, Shelley, Sheplea (see Shepley), Shepley, Sherard, Shereef, Sherrerd, Sherrod, Sherwen, Shomer, Sigfred, Sigfried, Simeron, Smedley, Smedly (see Smedley), Somerbie (see Somerby), Somerby, Somers, Somersby, Somerset, Somerton, Somervil (see Somerton), Somervile (see Somerton), Somerville, Sommer, Sommers, Sommersby, Sommerset (see Somerset), Sorel, Soren▲, Sorrel, Speed, Steed, Steele, Sterlyn, Sterne, Summerset and Sygfried (see Siegfried). Like Somerled, these names are not commonly used.
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Losing is not an option – Dorsey
Veteran forward Tony "Dynamite" Dorsey is determined to ensure Newcastle Eagles' season doesn't end tonight when they host Milton Keynes Lions in a crucial play-off quarter-final clash.
The two-time league player of the year certainly knows what it takes to win trophies.
And, having arrived on Tyneside in November predicting silverware, he is adamant the Springfield Honda-backed club can overcome Milton Keynes and make it to Finals Weekend.
"Our season ending this week isn't an option for us," said Dorsey. "For it to end against Milton Keynes, with no trophies and also to miss out on the play-off finals on our home court, is unthinkable.
"That alone is motivation enough.
"One of the two teams will have played their last game and will be going home come the final buzzer - and I don't intend for it to be us!"
He added: "We want to win for ourselves and our own pride, but also for the club generally and not least our fans.
"We owe it to them from the standpoint of getting to the biggest weekend of the basketball season, here in Newcastle."
Despite the players desperately wanting to book their semi-final place for a week on Saturday to join Guildford, Sheffield and the Rocks who have already qualified, Dorsey has warned that it will be a huge challenge against a physical Lions side.
"It will be a close game," he said. "Really close. It will be a tough and physical game and I expect that, with both teams having not played for a while, it will be sloppy in the early stages and maybe a bit uneasy on the eye in that respect.
"When you have had time off from games, it takes a quarter or two to really get in the flow, but we have to make sure we don't start the game too slowly.
"We have played each other four times already this season and we both know each other's strengths and weaknesses, so it will come down to composure and whichever team puts its foot forward and doesn't make mistakes."
He continued: "We are confident but also know that this is a huge test and our biggest game of the season because we want to extend it and reach those finals."
Certainly if Dorsey continues his scintillating form of late then the Eagles have a great chance of progressing.
And they will be at full strength with Fab Flournoy and Andrew Bridge continuing to play through the pain barrier, having sustained niggling injuries in the last month or so.
Lions will be without Robert Youngblood but will include two former Eagles players in Tony "Hurricane" Windless and Mike New, as well as ex-Newcastle coach Tom Hancock.
Season tickets are not valid tonight although discounted tickets can be bought by season ticket holders if they bring their card with them.
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FBI Reveals How Boko Haram And Niger Delta Militants Collaborate – CNN
(CNN) – Wren Thomas grew up in the middle of the cornfields of central Illinois, longing, he says, to do something important in his life “to make his family proud.” So when a cousin beckoned him to come work on boats off Louisiana, he jumped at the chance.
His goal: to be a ship captain, “the best that I could be.”
“It meant strength, accomplishment,’ he said when he finally was made a captain in 1991 and traveled the world for various shipping firms. With a wife, eventually three children and boat to lead, Capt. Wren Thomas had achieved his piece of the American dream.
“I wanted to be in charge of my own destiny,” he recalled during an interview in his attorney’s Houston office.
All of that came crashing down on October 23, 2013 when Thomas was piloting his supply boat, the C-Retriever off the coast of Nigeria towards a Chevron-owned oil field.
Over the next six hours, he would huddle with his crew in an incredibly hot, water-sealed tank room as a half-dozen pirates stormed his boat and began their siege looking for their prize: the American captain and his American-born engineer. Thomas reluctantly gave up when the pirates started firing guns through a hole in the room door. He told his engineer they had no choice if the rest of the 13-member crew, still in hiding, was to be spared.
“I told him, ‘Look I think it’s time we give up. If we don’t give up we are either going to die or somebody is going to get killed from ricocheting bullets.’”
Thomas and his engineer were the only ones to be kidnapped by the pirates, driven away in a speed boat and held in Nigerian swamps and jungles for 18 days. The experience was so horrific that even today Thomas is unable to bring himself to reveal all details of his captivity.
“We weren’t being punched or kicked or anything like that but just I’ve told people that I would have rather been punched then went through what I went through,” Thomas said. “The mental abuse of it with the guns pointing at you. And knowing how unstable these guys are.”
Thomas said there were about 18 Nigerian kidnappers, some chain-smoked marijuana or crack incessantly, constantly waving their weapons and making threats.
Food consisted of instant noodles — on days the negotiations were going well — and maybe a bottle of water. And his captors blared their music constantly, fixated on, of all things, country singer Dolly Parton’s song, “Coat of Many Colors,” and the music of hip hop artist 50 Cent.
“I knew I was going to die. We knew it every day, every night,” he said.
Despite the chaos in the jungle, Thomas said the leaders were organized, using satellite phones to negotiate, first demanding a $2 million ransom. Thomas believes the payoff was eventually whittled down to several hundred thousand dollars, though CNN cannot confirm who paid the ransom or who received it.
Thomas said one evening he and his engineer were told to get in a small boat with six pirates. They motored for about two hours to reach a village. There, four of the pirates got out and met some other men who handed them backpacks, Thomas told CNN. They returned to the boat and counted the cash stuffed into the bags. After a dispute, Thomas says he and the engineer were taken to the other men and told to lie on the ground until the pirates left. Then they were put in a car and driven off. Later they were transferred to a second car, where a representative from the shipping company was waiting for them. At that point they were finally free, 18 days after being seized at gunpoint.
After a debriefing by his ship managers, then a similar one by the FBI in Lagos, Nigeria, Thomas returned to the United States last November, days after his release. He has been seeing mental health advisers and other medical professionals since.
But his hostage-taking and the negotiations that freed him have raised alarm bells in counterterrorism circles and elsewhere for numerous reasons; not the least is Thomas’ claim that the FBI told him the money paid for his freedom may eventually have wound up in the hands of the notorious terror group Boko Haram.
That is the same group that in April kidnapped nearly 300 Nigerian girls. They’re also blamed for laying waste to multiple villages in the northern part of the country, burning them down and killing many people in bomb attacks.
Thomas said during his debriefing in Lagos the FBI indicated that the money paid for his freedom may have been funneled through other groups before making its way to Boko Haram. The FBI would not comment. CNN cannot independently confirm whether Boko Haram received any money from the kidnapping.
Yan St-Pierre, CEO of Modern Security Consulting Group, said his contacts believe Boko Haram, once confined strictly to the northern parts of Nigeria, is benefiting from the increase in piracy along the west coast of Africa. But the group is perhaps not directly carrying out the kidnappings itself.
“So when people are asking, is there a link between Boko Haram and piracy in Nigeria, it’s not the one they usually expect it to be,” said St-Pierre, whose firm was not involved in the Thomas case. “It’s one that is not necessarily logistical and operational. It’s one that is more subtle. Essentially they will probably provide personnel every now and then, but it’s not a fixed structure. So we are talking more (about) providing means to wash the money, to clean it. To make sure the smuggling routes, personnel, sex slaves, drugs, weapons above all else, these pirates need weapons.
“So if Boko Haram provided the weapons in advance for example and said, ‘Well we will get a cut of the ransom,’ which is standard policy within these groups within the region in general, this would make absolute sense to say, well the ransom money that was paid for the captain ended up at the very least partially into Boko Haram’s hands, quite probably as a payment for services delivered.”
Major oil companies have an official policy of not paying ransom for personnel or the thefts of fuel and ships on the high seas. And subsidiary companies, like Capt. Thomas’ employer Edison Chouest, aren’t talking, so it is unclear if they, too, have the same policy.
It is against U.S. law to deal with terrorists but that issue becomes murky when dealing with ransoms for captives because so many middle men are involved, counterterrorism sources said; it is hard to say who is a terrorist and who is just a common criminal.
Piracy off the coast of Nigeria is on the rise, according to one study published by Oceans Beyond Piracy, a project of the One Earth Foundation. By contrast, piracy off Somalia — on the other side of the African continent — dropped dramatically in 2013 to only 23 vessels attacked from 237 ships attacked in 2011, the same group reported. In West Africa, the group estimates there were at least 100 total piracy attacks and characterized them as more violent and frequent.
Thomas, in a series of emails, says he warned his company, Edison Chouset, that security was deteriorating and he feared some of his own Nigerian crew members. His attorney shared two of the emails with CNN.
In one email to his operations coordinator, Thomas, summing up his fear of the security situation, wrote “I am also asking to not to return to Nigeria.”
Thomas said company officials told him things would improve but never did. On the day he set out on his fateful trip, Thomas said dock workers announced over two-way radio where the ship was going and what supplies it was carrying. He said those communications left them doomed before they ever got to their destination.
“The pirates (later) told me they knew where we was going … they knew my cargo, they knew my position, they knew the track I was taking.”
CNN made multiple attempts to contact Edison Chouest for comment but the company refused to return multiple calls or an email.
Thomas said two representatives from the company stayed near his wife in their hometown during his ordeal and the FBI was also in contact. But once he was freed, the communications virtually ended. It wasn’t until January that someone from the company offered to assist in his medical care and other financial needs, he said.
Thomas is now consulting with a Houston attorney on his next move as he says he is medically unable to return to his overseas duties as a ship captain.
“Life is hell for me now,” Thomas said. “Life will never be the same again. The man that my wife married is not the same anymore….I walk around all day paranoid. I’m sad. I can’t sleep. My family is hurt.”
Earlier this year, Thomas finally broke his silence, giving an in-depth interview to a shipping newsletter gCaptain. He is talking now, he says, so others don’t face the same fate.
His attorney, Brian Beckcom, represented members of the Maersk Alabama crew that served with Capt. Richard Philips, whose capture by Somali pirates was made into a movie starring Tom Hanks. He said he believes these companies owe crew members, like Thomas, the same level of protection now provided to crews off the Somalian coast.
“Now all the ships in East Africa have armed guard, or most do, and piracy has plummeted in East Africa. West Africa is now the hotspot and there is no question that these companies are making hundreds of millions in (oil) profits should do something more than they’re doing to protect the men that work over there,” Beckcom said.
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Donnel says:
I was eager to digest a real investigative journalism when I saw CNN and FBI mentioned therein only to be greatly disappointed by a man who obviously is trying his hands on conspiratory theory Journalism. It’s pathetic that some folks that read the piece out of ethno-religious sentiment jumped into conclusion on frivolity of assumption. The writer never proved anything but rather deceived readers with the catchy headline and scant journalism.
Dauda Suleiman Tarauni says:
Who is or are to blame? The ND and Boko Haram militant or the power greedy northern leaders who don’t have any interest to protect their people and other wise apart from their personal interest. So, they should be aware that there will be a day reckoning. May Allah guide and protect HRH Sunusi Lamido Sunusi Who is the first leader that delivered a statement that touches the heart of every responsible Nigerian in terms of security issues that is engulfing millions of Nigerians life for the past 16 years. The Nigerian Muslims and Christian should be cautious of some present political leaders that create problems among the followers for their personal gain even if life will be lost. Regards from Neutral Patriotic Nigerian.
Yusuf Isyaku says:
May God the almighty continue revealing their secretes and destroy them,ameen.
Abdul danja says:
My country Nigeria politic is in everything both the politicians and the civilians if you see people in criticism definitely they own no power means they are not in control that is why we are in to this problems we miss we lack people’s with heart of truth like AZAZI
Ismail Yakubu says:
Just maybe, if we get to diligently investigate issues of interest without bias but with sincerity to deal with same regardless of vested interests, the reported break-up of Nigeria come 2015( being witnessed) could have been properly managed! But like that report was waved, this is being attacked in the same vein.
usman lawal usman says:
Well every Nigerian kwon the truth ok let us joun hand together for this issue
salisu says:
One thing most pupils do not understand is; Intelligent information is not for everybody’s consumption!
Abdullahi Bardi says:
Asari Dokubo trained as a priest in Borno for several months. He slept in mosques and tents to learn Islam, according to him. He converted thousands of Niger Delttants to Islam majority of whom are members of his Volunteer Force, many of whom also went on Hajj with him by Road, spending several months. Can the security check on this man, who despite his ‘faith in Islam’ is a sworn critic of the Religion and its people.
Aisha Njidda says:
Asari Dokubo is only claiming to be one but his actions is contrary to the said religion…..he is doing dt for his selfish reasons and perhaps it’s just a creation like all across the globe
ado yahaya says:
tha’ts to tell the whole problem of this country is from the southerners because when it comes to the issue like this they dont empty their heart to tak
e it even if it
s from their holy book.
Ismail Abdullahi says:
Almigty Allah will soon produce to us. And the Asari dokobo or what non sense he call him self will soon be in the hand of people he kill with sack of Boko haram very stupid
shaikh says:
Asari Dukobo or whatever he calls himself shld be tied on a stake & shot. He is nothing but an oppurtunistic Big hypocrite! Al Munafiqoon!
bashir faruk says:
May God continue reaveal there secreat Ameen.
sardaunan matasa says:
D Boko Haram it self originated from Niger Delta and the same BH if caugth red handed you will find out dat 90% of them are igbos. So the link is a nice one and d researcher is very rigth.
I really pity people like you with this level of intelligent quotient. One wonders what the problem is exactly; is it a case of extreme hatred for a tribe or is it sheer, absolute lack of intelligence? I still don’t really know which one it is….Maybe a function of both.
Ananymous says:
Its possible, ask the people of Kala Balge, amoung the over 200 BH militants killed, there are those of te ND militants.
Tokunbo, Mama put, Danfo, enter English dictionary
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Janice Dantes was born in what was formerly known as Clark Air Force Base in Angeles City in the Philippines. When she was three years old, her father was honorably discharged from the U.S. Air Force and relocated the family to his hometown of Chicago.
Janice attended elementary school at St. Robert Bellarmine. She then attended high school at Mother Guerin High School where she graduated at the top of her class. She attended the University of Chicago where she was active in Samahan, the Filipino Student Association. She balanced two jobs and her studies to graduate with honors in 2005 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Public Policy.
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The First Grade premiership team of 1977-78.
Back row: Kevin Connor (umpire), Michael Hortle, Philip Richardson, Simon Allen, Paul Cossum, Roger Clemons, Glenn Richardson, Alan Jones (umpire).
Seated: Bob Cotgrove, Geoff Abbott, Michael Norman (captain), Ray Brown (vice-captain), Garry Collins, Leon Wootton.
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"Like good food and fine wine, cricket has been an integral part of the sporting and social activities of UTAS since its inception."
The Tasmania University Cricket Club (TUCC) website (www.tucc.org.au/) records a meeting held on 16 September 1898 to establish a University Cricket Club with colours similar to those of the University Tennis Club. The meeting agreed a proposal to use the Queens College nets and to share a joint pitch with Queens ‘at the Upper Cricket Ground’ (the old TCA ground on the Queens Domain).
Most cricket activity at the university in the early decades, being essentially informal in structure, ad hoc in organisation, and social in purpose, unfortunately has been lost to the archival record, awaiting an historian with a passion for cricket to uncover.
It was not until 1955 that Dick Bentham, then a young lecturer in law, put the effort into recruiting sufficient staff and student players to form the TUCC and enter teams in the Old Scholars and Mid-Week competitions.
Unfortunately for Bentham his commendable efforts were dealt the cruellest of fates by the cricketing gods, when he was run out by his opening batting partner, another stalwart of the TUCC, Ted Stokes, from the very first ball delivered to a University batsman in the Mid-Week competition!
Success in these ‘junior’ competitions led to intense lobbying by Bill Bale, Tim Burbury, James Menadue and others for inclusion of the club in the Tasmanian Cricket Association (TCA) pennant competition.
Somewhat grudgingly, given the district-based nature of the TCA, the club was finally admitted as the 10th team in the Second Grade competition for the 1961-62 season.
That very first TCA team comprised Gerald Johnston, captain, Tony Harrison, vice-captain, Bill Bale, Tim Burbury, David Collins, John Davies, Greg Foot, Ross Monro, Graeme Morris, Michael Shore, Don Stewart and Alan Taylor. Several were First Grade players from other TCA clubs, willing to step down a grade to help the fledgling club.
The talented team easily topped the ladder at the end of the pennant matches and went on to win the premiership beating Brighton by an innings and plenty in the semi-final and then New Town convincingly in the grand final.
As a result the club was admitted to First and Second grades the following season and the year after became a full TCA member, fielding teams in all three pennant grades.
My own association with the club began as a mature age student opening batsman at the start of the 1965-66 season, and I was elected to president in 1966-67 and continuing through to today as patron.
Recruiting was a constant problem for the club in its early years. TCA regulations limited us a total of only 8 graduates, with no more than 3 in any one team. Unlike university clubs in other Australian metropolitan premier competitions, undergraduates here were allowed to continue playing with their district clubs rather than being obliged to play with the TUCC.
The start of the cricket season coincides with examinations and the long summer break when most students, of financial necessity, went home to the mainland or to other parts of Tasmania.
Despite these difficulties the TCA, after recruiting the young Yorkshire professional John Hampshire as its first international coach at the start of the 1966-67 season, assisted our cause by assigning him to us as a player for each of the three seasons of his contract.
Notwithstanding his frequent absences for intrastate and Tasmanian matches, Hampshire was a most valuable player and mentor, teaching us the tactics and subtleties needed to win matches and maximise our playing potential. Key student players at the time were batsman Graeme Farrell, wicket-keeper batsman Bruce Doolan, all-rounder Brent Palfreyman, all future Tasmanian players, and Jock Abey, the first TUCC bowler to reach 100 first grade wickets.
Without Hampshire, who had to return to Yorkshire for pre-season training, we made the First Grade finals in 1967-68, beating Glenorchy in the semi-final before losing to Len Maddox’s New Town in a closely fought rain-affected grand final.
Management of the club in those days was in the hands of students and finance was a constant problem. We were dependent on the TUU Sports Council for paying TCA registration, umpires fees, and equipment, including new balls for each match. A team kitbag containing 2 or 3 well-oiled bats, 4 pairs of batting gloves (2 right-handed, 2 left-handed), 4 pairs of pads, stumps, bails and spare balls was used by most of the players for their essential playing equipment. Wives and girlfriends prepared afternoon teas for home and visiting teams, and the after-match bar trade was an important source of income.
The 1970s brought further progress and success. Relaxation of the graduate restrictions allowed longer playing careers. New players, in particular batsman Mike Norman (105 First Grade matches), all-rounder Ray Brown (243), wicket-keeper Mike Street (231) and fast bowler Paul Cossum (147) gave exceptional service throughout the decade and beyond.
Under coach Graeme Mansfield we finally won our first First Grade premiership, in 1974-75, and repeated the feat in 1977-78. Both victories were against Clarence and in both matches we lost the toss and were sent in to bat, scoring enough runs for our bowlers to put pressure on the highly favoured eastern shore side. Our pace bowlers in particular produced some of the best match figures in the club’s history. In 1974-75, Ray Brown took 7 for 39 and Graeme Mansfield 7 for 44. In 1977-78, after Paul Cossum, 8-79, and Ray Brown, 6-47, had destroyed New Town in the semi-final, Roger Clemons, 7-70, took the bowling honours in the grand-final.
Inter-varsity matches were important fixtures on our cricketing calendar in the early years and continued into the 1980s when, following Tasmania’s admission into the Sheffield Shield competition, the focus turned more towards developing local talent and fostering junior cricket development.
Intervarsity matches, usually 3-day (occasionally 2-day) duration, provided valuable experience of playing against university teams from other states both home and away. They were also an important recruiting tool. The attraction of a 2-week tour to Adelaide, Melbourne or Sydney to play cricket and enjoy the attendant social activities was often the carrot needed to encourage student players from other clubs to switch their allegiance to the TUCC.
The 1980s saw the recruitment of another English professional cricketer. Simon Hinks, a tall 22 year old left handed opening batsman, made an immediate impression, scoring an unbeaten century on debut only hours after arriving from a harrowing 40-hour flight from Kent. In three seasons with TUCC Simon amassed 2,011 runs at 45.7 with 4 centuries and 11 fifties and, like John Hampshire, was appointed as the TCA’s schools coach and cricket development officer.
Graeme Farrell returned to the club and with other experienced players under the astute leadership of Mike Street the club secured back-to-back premierships in 1985-86 and 1986-87, both again against Clarence.
The latter premiership was assisted primarily by West Indian test player Eldine Baptiste, a fellow Kent professional replacing Hinks, took 6-55 as part of his season’s tally of 832 runs at 59.4 and 41 wickets at 17.6.
The 1990s saw a break with tradition with the election of Murray McDonald as president, the first to hold the position who had not been a former student player.
McDonald’s presidency, spanning eleven consecutive seasons, coincided with major changes in the way Australian and Tasmanian cricket was organised. In 1991 the Tasmanian Cricket Association assumed the supreme role for the development of cricket in Tasmania, replacing the former Tasmanian Cricket Council, while in 1998 the Australian Cricket Board funded national and state player contracts, establishing for the first time squads of fully professional cricketers.
As a result of these changes TUCC, along with other TCA clubs, became nurseries for aspiring professional cricketers from within Tasmania and from interstate.
Following McDonald, the tradition of electing former student players as president has resumed, with Michael Graham-Smith 2000-07, and Paul McNamara, from 2007 to the present. However, the focus on developing junior talent and offering a home for aspiring state and national players remains.
The richness of talent at the TUCC in recent years has been impressive.
Jamie Cox, Dene Hills, Ben Hilfenhaus, Jason Krejza, James Faulkner, Ben Loughlin, and Tim Paine have become household names in Australian cricket due to their success at the national and international level. Others to attain first class representation since 1990 have been Graeme Cunningham, Tony Daly, Josh Marquet, David Millns, Gavin Robertson, Brad Thomas, Rhett Lockyer, Darren McNees, and Greg Rowell.
Although some, due to representative commitments, have had limited opportunities to perform at club level, Cox, Hills, Daly, Cunningham, Lockyear, Faulkner, Hilfenhaus, McNees, Paine, and Thomas, as well as regular players Josh Bean, Gordon Kerr and Andrew Kealy, have given consistent and outstanding service to the club’s successes in winning the premiership (now renamed Cricket Tasmania Premier League First Grade) in seasons 1999-2000 and 2008-09 and the Kookaburra Cup one-Day trophy in 1999-2000, 2000-01, 2003-04 and 2012-13.
Brad Thomas, in particular, can justly claim to be the club’s best ever player, being the leading run scorer with 6,663 runs at 31.6, the 4th leading wicket-taker with 370 wickets at 20.6, and winning the TCA’s best player medal on three times occasions.
Leg spin bowler Josh Bean has become the club’s leading wicket-taker and an almost automatic selection in the TCA Team of the Year, while Gordon Kerr, the current captain, has achieved a fine double in scoring in excess of 1.500 runs and taking more than 150 wickets.
And so the caravan rolls on. Whatever the future holds for the University of Tasmania in an ever changing world of globalisation and electronic communications, it is certain that the TUCC and the timeless craft of cricket will continue to be an integral part of its culture.
About the author: Bob Cotgrove, in addition to his involvement with cricket, was a lecturer at the University of Tasmania in the School of Geography and Environmental Studies from 1970-2004, and was with the Shanghai Ocean University from 2009-2011.
Minutes of meeting to establish University Cricket Club – September 16th 1898
A meeting was held at the University to establish a Cricket Club.
Professor Williams in the chair.
Present: Professor McFarlane, Messrs WJT Stops, RL Blackwood, RS Waller, C Brammall, EL Piesse, WID Butters.
Apologies for absence were received from Professor McAulay, Messrs W Walker, CW Butters, JB Walker, EH Butters, E Maxwell and others.
Resolved that the name of the Club be the University Cricket Club.
Proposed by W Stops and seconded by Professor McFarlane that a provisional committee be formed consisting of Messrs Butters, Waller and Blackwood for the purpose of taking such steps, as are necessary for the formation of the Club, and arrange, if possible with Queens College concerning a joint pitch in the Upper Cricket Ground.
Resolved that the subscriptions be 10/6 per annum payable on the 1st October and also that the colours be the same as the University Tennis Club.
Minutes of the first committee meeting of the University Cricket Club
On the same date 16th September a committee meeting was held.
Present: Messrs Blackwood, Waller and Butters.
It was resolved that WID Butters be Secretary and Treasurer.
Arranged that Blackwood was to see about the pitch and it was subsequently arranged with WAA Stephens to share the pitch on equal terms.
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Paper City: New 27-Story High-Rise Brings Luxury Living to New Heights in Plano
North Texas’ Shopping Destinations Press for a More Sophisticated Tower
Windrose Tower, a new 27-story luxury condominium, is shaking up Plano and one of Texas’ most hyped shopping meccas. It overlooks 400,000 square feet of high-end stores, entertainment, and restaurants as the only residential high-rise at Legacy West.
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Power (hp) 450 PS 450 PS
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The voice in our head that spurs us on. The ambition to give our all. The insatiable hunger for more...
The voice in our head that spurs us on. The ambition to give our all. The insatiable hunger for more. It is precisely this inner drive that dwells within the new 911 GTS models.
GTS. Three letters that first sparked waves of excitement back in 1963 with the 904 GTS. Three letters that have since been uniting racetrack performance with incredible sportiness in everyday driving on the road. Three letters that, with the new 911 GTS models, represent an athletic boost of 22 kW (30 hp) and 50 Nm by comparison with the 911 Carrera S models.
And a great deal more in terms of sharpness of design, equipment specification and driving dynamics.
GTS. A sports car concept for all those who regard superlative standards as a reason for being – because, quite simply, nothing less would do.
The front end is imposing. That’s down to the clear and, above all, functional use of form. Large ai...
The front end is imposing. That’s down to the clear and, above all, functional use of form. Large air intakes increase the supply of air and underline the sportiness of each GTS model.
The lighting concept sets standards. Bi-Xenon main headlights including Porsche Dynamic Light System (PDLS) impress with characterful four-point LED daytime running lights.
The centre-lock wheels are the essence of pure motorsport. Painted in satin black, the 20-inch 911 Turbo S wheels boast outstanding roadholding and track performance thanks to their remarkable width. 20-inch Carrera S wheels with a 10-spoke design are available on request.
The rear end is even more muscular. It is 44 mm wider than on the 911 Carrera S – a tangible plus for dynamic performance through every corner.
An eye-catching feature of the rearwheel-drive 911 Carrera GTS models: the accent trim between the tinted taillights. It’s finished in black, just like the centrally positioned twin tailpipes of the sports exhaust system – fitted as standard.
Exclusive to the all-wheel-drive models: the seamless LED light strip, characterised by powerful illumination, and an unmistakable design.
In short, every last detail has been harmoniously coordinated. For impressive performance. For an expressive appearance. For a sports car worthy of the GTS name.
What’s the use of inner drive without a clear objective? It’s all the more important to have an inte...
What’s the use of inner drive without a clear objective? It’s all the more important to have an interior that lets you concentrate on the essentials. By giving you quick access to all the information you need while you’re driving.
A particularly sporty interpretation of this idea is the mode switch on the GT sports steering wheel, which enables you to choose from four driving modes. Then there’s the clear arrangement of the five round instruments, and the intuitive way of operating Porsche Communication Management (PCM) including online navigation by multi-touch gestures or voice control.
The materials are exquisite and sporty in equal measure. The first indicator is the model logo in black on the door sill guard. Another is the use of racetrackproven Alcantara®. Particularly easy to grip, it lines the steering wheel rim and the gear lever/selector. And it is also found on the door pulls, the armrest on the door panels, the lid of the centre console storage compartment and – in the Coupé models – on the roof lining.
The seat centres are also upholstered in Alcantara®. The headrests are additionally embroidered with the ‘GTS’ logo. The rear seats? Coupé owners decide whether they stay or go.
GTS interior package
Anything can be enhanced. Even things that are already top class. Proof: the optional GTS interior package, designed to add sporty contrasts.
The optional leather interior package with extensive items in Alcantara® includes accents in the contrasting colour of Carmine Red or Rhodium Silver. The ‘GTS’ logos on the headrests are embroidered in the chosen contrasting colour. As are various decorative seams and the ‘PORSCHE’ logo on the floor mats. The seat belts and the dial face of the rev counter are also finished in the contrasting colour.
And it gets sportier still: with carbon. This particularly lightweight material is used on the dashboard trim strips and doors, as well as on the centre console. A touch of motorsport authenticity.
The GTS interior package lends the new 911 GTS models even greater functional and visual individuality. For your very own interpretation of sport. And your very own GTS.
Twin-turbo. That’s how we answer your demand for performance. With maximum torque – even at low engi...
Twin-turbo. That’s how we answer your demand for performance. With maximum torque – even at low engine speeds. Supplemented by the characteristically high rev limit of a 911. And, in the case of the new GTS models, an extra 22 kW (30 hp) over the 911 S models.
This increase in power was possible thanks to the twin-turbo six-cylinder horizontally opposed engines with direct fuel injection (DFI) and VarioCam Plus. They develop an impressive 331 kW (450 hp) at 6,500 rpm. The maximum torque of 550 Nm is available across an astonishingly wide torque plateau from 2,150 to 5,000 rpm.
With optional Porsche Doppelkupplung (PDK) and Launch Control activated, the 911 Carrera GTS sprints from 0 to 100 km/h in only 3.7 seconds. Top speed is 310 km/h.
Another burst of adrenaline is triggered by the legendary sound of the boxer engine. With the SPORT or SPORT PLUS button selected, it’s enough to raise goose bumps even when the engine’s idling.
The drive system of the new 911 GTS models is a twin-turbo configuration. It has two turbochargers with charge-air cooling, one for each cylinder bank. Both turbos have been optimally adapted to the displacement and power output of the engine. This construction minimises the inertia of the drivetrain and, in conjunction with rapid regulation of boost pressure, it helps to provide spontaneous responsiveness. The new turbochargers leave the sceptics in their wake and find a new destination: unexplored levels of torque and a performance that hits the driver in an instant. In the form of direct acceleration, visceral forward thrust, and another extra boost – to your adrenal system.
Sport exhaust system
With the sport exhaust system, the new 911 GTS models also set new standards for sound. Two catalyti...
With the sport exhaust system, the new 911 GTS models also set new standards for sound. Two catalytic converters and a rear silencer lead into two centrally positioned tailpipes with a black (highgloss) finish. For a look otherwise more likely to be seen on the racetrack. For impressive resonance and an intense sports car sound – typical of the 911. For 100 % Porsche. And for goose bumps at the push of a button.
Pure, direct, precise. The 7-speed manual transmission combines a high level of sporty performance w...
Pure, direct, precise. The 7-speed manual transmission combines a high level of sporty performance with fast gear changes. In SPORT or SPORT PLUS mode, the dynamic throttle-blip function ensures the optimum engine speed for every downshift – and an impressive sound.
Porsche Doppelkupplung (PDK)
A piece of Le Mans, and part of Porsche motorsport history: the optimised 7-speed Porsche Doppelkupplung (PDK) features both a manual and an automatic mode and is available as an option for the 911 GTS models.
Pure motorsport feel: in manual mode, the shift direction simulates that of race cars – to the rear to shift up, forwards to shift down.
The incredibly sporty action is further intensified by extremely fast gear changes. In milliseconds and with no interruption in the flow of power. With the added bonus of even faster acceleration performance and a further reduction in fuel consumption.
The all-wheel drive 911 GTS models combine high power output with optimum transmission of torque. Po...
The all-wheel drive 911 GTS models combine high power output with optimum transmission of torque. Porsche Traction Management (PTM), the active all-wheel drive system, helps to ensure that the distribution of drive force is purposefully adapted to all kinds of road and weather conditions. The electronically controlled and fully variable multi-plate clutch distributes drive force between the permanently driven rear axle and the front axle even faster and more precisely than ever before. Sensors are used to collect a range of data, including the rotational speed of all four wheels, the lateral and longitudinal acceleration of the car and the current steering angle. In this way, PTM, working in conjunction with Porsche Stability Management (PSM), reliably provides better-than average traction and therefore excellent pulling power – particularly at the limits of sporty performance.
Porsche Active Suspension Management (PASM) and PASM sports suspension
PASM, the electronic damping control system, continuously adjusts the damping force on each wheel, b...
PASM, the electronic damping control system, continuously adjusts the damping force on each wheel, based on current road conditions and driving style. In addition, the body sits 10 mm lower.
The 911 GTS Coupé models are equipped with the PASM sports suspension. The body sits 10 mm even lower. The springs are harder and shorter, and the anti-roll bars on the front and rear axles are stiffer. The front spoiler lip is larger, and the rear spoiler extends even further.
Not only does this help to reduce lift at the front axle, it also acts to increase downforce at the rear axle. Improved aerodynamics represent another boost for performance – combined with a high level of comfort.
Rear-axle steering is available for the new 911 GTS models on request to provide even greater perfor...
Rear-axle steering is available for the new 911 GTS models on request to provide even greater performance and everyday practicality.
The advantage for day-to-day driving: during low-speed manoeuvres, the system steers the rear wheels in the opposite direction to that of the front wheels. This reduces the turning circle and makes parking noticeably easier to manage.
The advantage for sporty driving: during high-speed manoeuvres, the system steers the rear wheels in the same direction as that of the front wheels. This increases driving stability and agility – for maximum driving performance.
Porsche Dynamic Chassis Control (PDCC)
PDCC – optional for the new 911 GTS models in conjunction with rear-axle steering – is an active rol...
PDCC – optional for the new 911 GTS models in conjunction with rear-axle steering – is an active roll stabilisation that suppresses lateral body movement during cornering manoeuvres. In addition, it minimises the lateral instability of the vehicle on uneven ground.
The results are improved dynamic performance, even more neutral handling and increased ride comfort – whatever the speed.
In simple terms, the tyres and vehicle hold the road better and you can steer through corners faster and in a more relaxed manner. Which is why PDCC sets standards for driving performance, ride comfort – and driving pleasure.
The Sport Chrono Package enables an even sportier tuning of the chassis, engine and transmission – a...
The Sport Chrono Package enables an even sportier tuning of the chassis, engine and transmission – and launches you to unprecedented sporty heights.
The key component is the mode switch on the steering wheel, derived from the 918 Spyder. Without your hand having to leave the steering wheel, you can choose any of four settings: Normal, SPORT, SPORT PLUS and Individual. In this way, you can adapt the vehicle even more to the way you want to drive.
In combination with PDK, you benefit from three additional functions. The first is Launch Control, which can be used to achieve the best possible standing start.
The second function is the motorsportderived gearshift strategy. In this mode, PDK is geared up for extremely short shift times and optimum shift points for the maximum acceleration available.
The third function is SPORT Response. Pressing the button in the centre of the mode switch primes the engine and transmission for the fastest possible unleashing of power. In other words, maximum responsiveness – for a period of 20 seconds. A timer graphic in the instrument cluster tells you how long is left.
Dynamic engine mounts are also part of the Sport Chrono Package. The electronically controlled system minimises the perceptible oscillations and vibrations of the entire drivetrain, particularly the engine, and combines the benefits of a hard or soft engine mounting arrangement. In short, it enhances both driving stability and driving comfort.
The Sport Chrono Package now also includes the Porsche Track Precision App. This enables you to clock lap times and collate driving stats, record and manage the results on your smartphone and share them with other drivers for comparison. The app makes use of GPS and high-precision data from the on-board computer and helps you to better your driving performance. Graphical and video analyses display every millisecond of your potential for improvement. Lap after lap.
Porsche Stability Management (PSM) automatically maintains stability even at the limits of dynamic d...
Porsche Stability Management Sport (PSM Sport)
Porsche Stability Management (PSM) automatically maintains stability even at the limits of dynamic driving performance. In the new 911 GTS models, the upgraded version of PSM is supplemented by a ‘Sport’ mode. It allows a significantly more sporty driving style, with PSM remaining active in the background. To further enhance your driving experience.
Porsche Torque Vectoring (PTV) und Porsche Torque Vectoring Plus (PTV Plus)
PTV (with manual transmission) or PTV Plus (with Porsche Doppelkupplung, PDK) is available as standard. Operating in conjunction with a rear differential lock, they work by intelligently braking the rear wheels as the situation demands.
When the car is driven assertively into a corner, moderate brake pressure is applied to the inside rear wheel. This induces an additional rotational pulse (yaw movement) around the vehicle’s vertical axis, which results in a direct and sporty steering action from the turn-in point.
With PTV, the rear differential lock is regulated mechanically, while PTV Plus is equipped with electronic control offering fully variable torque distribution. In interaction with Porsche Stability Management (PSM), the system provides better traction and greater driving stability not least on road surfaces with varying grip as well as in the wet and snow.
Front-axle lift system
Particularly practical: the lift system, available as an option for your 911 GTS, raises the front end by approximately 40 mm – and keeps it there up to a speed of approximately 35 km/h. With this new system, kerbs, ramps and car park entrances are a sporting challenge of the past.
The front axle is equipped with red six-piston monobloc aluminium fixed brake calipers, and four-pis...
The front axle is equipped with red six-piston monobloc aluminium fixed brake calipers, and four-piston equivalents are fitted at the rear. The brake disc diameters have been sized to match the increased power output of the engine: 350 mm at the front, 330 mm at the rear. For excellent stability and outstanding braking performance.
Proven in motorsport, Porsche Ceramic Composite Brake (PCCB) is available as an option. On the new 911 GTS models, the cross-drilled ceramic brake discs of PCCB have a diameter of 410 mm at the front and 390 mm at the rear – for even more formidable braking performance.
Originating from the 911 Turbo S, PCCB features six-piston monobloc aluminium fixed brake calipers on the front axle and four-piston units at the rear – all painted in yellow – to provide braking forces that are considerably more powerful and, crucially, are exceptionally consistent.
PCCB enables shorter braking distances in even the toughest road and race conditions. Safety under high-speed braking is also improved thanks to its excellent fade resistance. Another advantage of PCCB is the extremely low weight of the ceramic brake discs, which are approximately 50 % lighter than standard discs of a similar design and size. This results in better roadholding and increased comfort, particularly on uneven roads, as well as greater agility and a further improvement in handling.
Another advantage of PCCB is the extremely low weight of the ceramic brake discs, which are approximately 50 % lighter than standard discs of a similar design and size. This results in better roadholding and increased comfort, particularly on uneven roads, as well as greater agility and a further improvement in handling.
Fitted as standard, Bi-Xenon main headlights feature dynamic range control, a headlight cleaning sys...
Bi-Xenon main headlights including Porsche Dynamic Light System (PDLS)
Fitted as standard, Bi-Xenon main headlights feature dynamic range control, a headlight cleaning system and dynamic cornering lights. The main headlights are swivelled towards the inside of a bend, based on steering angle and road speed.
Not only do they offer excellent visibility, they also optimise appearance. Fourpoint LED daytime running lights are integrated into each headlight. The LED brake lights also have a four-spot design. Together with the tinted three dimensional taillights, they’re set to be one of the distinctive hallmarks of the new 911 GTS model range.
Superior safety meets sporty design in the form of optional LED main headlights in black including PDLS Plus. In addition to being efficient and long-lasting, LED technology also creates a light very similar to daylight and thus helps to reduce driver fatigue.
One special feature of PDLS Plus is the dynamic main beam function. A camera detects the lights of vehicles ahead as well as those of oncoming traffic. Based on the data from the camera, the dynamic main beam function then adapts the headlight range accordingly. This continuous, seamless control means that you are able to see the course of the road, pedestrians and potential hazards earlier without hindering other road users.
Sporty not kitschy, practical not fanciful. The five round instruments have one purpose above all: t...
Sporty not kitschy, practical not fanciful. The five round instruments have one purpose above all: to provide information. They do so efficiently and accurately with a styling that you would expect from Porsche, and a rev counter that’s right in the middle. With the ‘GTS’ logo on the dial. The instrument cluster with high-resolution 4.6-inch colour screen delivers a continuous stream of data from the on-board computer.
GT sports steering wheel
In the new 911 GTS models, the GT sports steering wheel is lined with nonslip Alcantara® for ultra sporty handling. The spokes are finished in black and the silver-coloured inlays have been screwfastened. Always ready to hand: the mode switch, which enables you to choose from four driving modes – directly from the steering wheel.
The sporty action intensifies with optional Porsche Doppelkupplung (PDK). The GT sports steering wheel will come additionally equipped not only with two solid-alloy gearshift paddles, but also with the SPORT Response button on the mode switch, which primes the engine and transmission for maximum responsiveness for a full 20 seconds.
Fitted as standard: Sports seats Plus, in leather with seat centres in Alcantara®. They offer electr...
Sports seats Plus
Fitted as standard: Sports seats Plus, in leather with seat centres in Alcantara®. They offer electric seat height and backrest adjustment, as well as manual fore/aft adjustment. The side bolsters on the seat squab and backrest have a firm, sporty padding and provide outstanding lateral support. The new seam pattern and the ‘GTS’ logo embroidered on the headrests are distinctive details.
Adaptive Sports seats Plus in leather are available on request. Featuring 18-way electric adjustment of seat positions, including side bolsters, they also come with a comprehensive memory function and electric steering column adjustment.
Sports bucket seats*
A racing-style option: Sports bucket seats featuring a folding backrest, integral thorax airbag and manual fore/ aft adjustment. The seat shells are made from glass- and carbon-fibre reinforced plastic with a carbon surface finish.
* Child seats are not compatible with Sports bucket seats.
Sound Package Plus, with eight loudspeakers and a total output of 150 watts, delivers excellent soun...
Sound Package Plus, with eight loudspeakers and a total output of 150 watts, delivers excellent sound. The amplifier integrated into Porsche Communication Management (PCM) optimally adapts the acoustic pattern in the vehicle interior to the driver and front passenger.
BOSE® Surround Sound-System
The optional BOSE® Surround Sound system has been specially developed for the 911 models and is opti...
The optional BOSE® Surround Sound system has been specially developed for the 911 models and is optimally tuned to the specific interior acoustics of these particular vehicles.
The audio system features 12 fully active loudspeakers and amplifier channels including a patented 100-watt active subwoofer integral to the vehicle bodyshell. This fully active system setup enables each individual loudspeaker to be optimally adapted to the vehicle interior and transforms your 911 GTS into a fast-moving concert hall. Total output 555 watts.
Burmester® High-End Surround Sound-System
The road is perhaps the last place in the world in which you can still listen to music without distu...
The road is perhaps the last place in the world in which you can still listen to music without disturbance. Reason enough, then, to upgrade your enjoyment the Porsche way – together with the most important handcrafter of premium quality sound systems.
The result is a sound performance of the highest level, specially matched to your 911 GTS. The system has 12 amplifier channels with a total output of 821 watts, 12 loudspeakers including an active subwoofer with 300-watt class D amplifier, a total diaphragm surface area of more than 1,340 cm², and a frequency response of 35 Hz to 20 kHz.
The Burmester® system uses the patented integral subwoofer, which replaces the familiar separate subwoofer and loudspeaker arrangement of other systems. All loudspeaker housings are perfectly matched and deliver a natural and richly textured spatial sound, even at top volume.
The new Porsche Communication Management (PCM)
The enhanced Porsche Communication Management (PCM) is your central control unit for all infotainmen...
The enhanced Porsche Communication Management (PCM) is your central control unit for all infotainment applications and is standard equipment in all models. The PCM features a high-resolution touch display with integrated proximity sensor which allows simple and convenient operation.
Infotainment already starts when you charge and connect your iPhone® or any other audio source. You can connect your device easily using either the USB port or AUX input. An internal hard drive (Jukebox) and two SD card readers are provided in addition to the CD/DVD drive for playback of your personal music. After inserting the SD cards, you can simply play your music with the music player in the PCM.
The mobile phone preparation makes it easy for you to establish a Bluetooth® connection to a mobile phone that supports the hands-free profile (HFP). The mobile phone can remain in your pocket or bag.
Further information on the availability of the functions and services described here and under "Porsche Connect" in your country and for your Porsche model is available in the Porsche Car Configurator and from your Porsche Centre.
Due to country-specific legislation and requirements, not all models and equipment features are available in certain countries. For more information about the exact equipment specifications, please consult your Porsche Centre.
The Connect Plus module ensures maximum connectivity in your Porsche.
It features an LTE telephone module – with SIM card reader – for convenience, excellent reception and optimised voice quality. A wireless Internet access point gives you in-car online access from WLAN-enabled client devices (e.g. laptops, tablets or smartphones), simultaneously if necessary.
A smartphone compartment in the centre console transfers the signal of your mobile phone to the external aerial of the car – conserving phone charge and providing optimum reception. In addition, you can connect your smartphone for recharging or to play its media content.
What’s more, the Connect Plus module enables use of the wide range of Porsche Connect services. Get more day out of your everyday and delegate the multitasking to your sports car – so you can spend more time driving your Porsche.
At www.porsche.com/connect, you can find further information about the apps and services available.
With Porsche Connect and the Connect Plus module, you have access to a range of helpful services, su...
With Porsche Connect and the Connect Plus module, you have access to a range of helpful services, such as real-time traffic information. Thanks to this visual aid, you can be sure that you’re on the fastest route to your destination even before you set off. Throughout the journey, the real-time traffic information is regularly updated – keeping you on the recalculated optimum route.
Connect Apps
In addition to its range of smart services, Porsche Connect offers two smartphone apps. The first, P...
In addition to its range of smart services, Porsche Connect offers two smartphone apps. The first, Porsche Car Connect, lets you use your smartphone or Apple Watch® to retrieve vehicle data and remotely control selected vehicle functions. Another feature is the Porsche Vehicle Tracking System (PVTS) including theft detection, enabling the remote location of a stolen vehicle across most of Europe.
The second app is the Porsche Connect app. This allows you to send chosen destinations to your Porsche before you start your journey. As soon as your smartphone has connected to PCM, you will be able to display them in the vehicle and transfer them directly to the navigation system. Even your smartphone calendar can be viewed directly on PCM and stored addresses used for route guidance. What’s more, the Porsche Connect app gives you access to millions of music tracks thanks to its built-in music streaming function.
Our wealth of experience goes back a long way. Since the very beginning, we at Porsche have been ded...
Our wealth of experience goes back a long way. Since the very beginning, we at Porsche have been dedicated to realising customer wishes as part of our special request service. Known until 1986 as the Porsche ‘Sonderwunschprogramm’, today we call it ‘Porsche Exclusive Manufaktur’. The philosophy has remained the same. Hand on heart.
We love what we do. We love our work. Every seam, every square inch of leather, and every single other fine detail receives the same devotion. It’s how we bring dreams to life. And how we create something unique. Directly from the Manufaktur.
None of this would be possible without originality, inspiration and enthusiasm, beginning as early as the consultation stage. That’s because we keep in mind one thing above all else: your particular wishes and requirements. We fulfil them with composure and meticulous care, by means of precision handcrafting and the use of exquisite materials such as leather, Alcantara®, carbon or aluminium.
Added value is achieved through dedication and finesse. In other words, we handcraft a product that blends sporty performance, comfort and style and reflects your own personal taste. A Porsche with your signature touch.
We offer a wide range of personalisation options, with visual and technical enhancements for the interior and exterior, from a single alteration to extensive modifications. Visit www.porsche.com/exclusive to find everything you need to know about how to configure one of your very own.
Exclusive 911
With the Porsche Tequipment range of accessories developed specifically for your 911, you can style ...
With the Porsche Tequipment range of accessories developed specifically for your 911, you can style it entirely to your own preference. From the start, the same rules that apply to our vehicles also apply to the products of Porsche Tequipment: developed, tested and proven at the Development Centre in Weissach. By the same Porsche engineers and designers who made your car. Designed with the complete vehicle in mind and precisely tailored to your Porsche.
And your original car warranty? It will remain completely intact, whichever Tequipment products you ask your Porsche Centre to fit.
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Top 10 New Non Fiction to get you ahead in life while having fun along the way!
Katie 9 November, 2017
Hey kids! Check out the latest and greatest new non fiction in the junior collection. Top 10 books to get you ahead in life while having fun along the way. Enjoy!
Lego: Absolutely Everything you need to know.
Can you believe that a wooden duck was one of the LEGO Group’s first toys? Or that 68,000 LEGO pieces are created every minute? Did you know that the evil Overlord is the only NINJAGO® Minifigure to wear a skirt? Or that you’ll find a LEGO croissant piece inside 44 LEGO sets? This book is crammed full of fun and fascinating trivia for LEGO fans of every age. From minuscule Minifigure mugs to the largest LEGOLAND® model, it covers all the places, populations, pieces, and themes that make up the LEGO world. Produced in collaboration with the LEGO Group.
Self Control to the Rescue.
Focusing on specific times of the day that present particular challenges, the book uses illustrations and simple language to describe breathing exercises, stretching, and visualization techniques to help children aged 4-7 keep calm and in control.
Cool Coding.
Want to get into coding? This fun-filled is the perfect introduction to find out how computers count, how the cloud works and what snakes and camels have to do with writing code. Overall a fantastic introduction to the wonderful world of coding.
Adventures in Raspberry Pi.
Provides instructions for using the Raspberry Pi 3, and explains how it can be used to create stories and games, code music, and build Minecraft worlds.
10 reasons to love an elephant.
“Did you know that elephants are the largest land animals in the world? Or that they live in herds headed by their grandmothers? Open this book to learn all about why elephants are incredible, and 10 reasons why you should love them.”– Page [4] of cover.
10 reasons to love a turtle.
“Did you know that turtles are as ancient as the dinosaurs? Or that they can hold their breath for hours underwater? Open this book to learn all about why turtles are incredible, and 10 reasons why you should love them.”– Page [4] of cover.
Ultimate Marvel.
This definitive in-world guide to the Marvel Comics Universe features, in chronological order, every significant Marvel Comic character, location, vehicle, and weapon in the company’s illustrious history. Go on a fact- and fun-filled journey via the first major Marvel heroes, villains, cowboy stars, and comic characters of the 1940s and 1950s to the iconic, timeless Super Heroes and Super Villains of the Marvel Age of the 1960s and beyond, such as Thor, Hulk, Spider-Man, Black Widow, Doctor Strange, Iron Man, the Avengers, Storm, Loki, and Green Goblin. Further sections feature key vehicles and technology, magical artifacts, planets, countries, and places, plus a glimpse behind the scenes into Marvel Comics’ creative processes and techniques. Cover artwork is by esteemed comic book artist Adi Granov. Including authoritative text by Marvel Comics experts and spectacular artwork from the original comic books.
Guinness world records. 2018, Gamer‘s edition.
The ultimate and complete guide to videogames. The brand-new 2018 edition is packed full of the most up-to-date news, achievements and developments in the gaming world, illustrated with the best and most exciting imagery from this year’s top titles. It also includes gameplay tips and hints, retro facts from classic games, and more.
How to mend a kea : + other fabulous fix-it tales from Wildbase Hospital.
This is the perfect book for anyone who cares about our wild creatures and wants to know more about how they are helped, when they are ill or injured.
Girl rising : changing the world one girl at a time.
Girl Rising, a global campaign for girls’ education, created a film that chronicled the stories of nine girls in the developing world, allowing viewers the opportunity to witness how education can break the cycle of poverty. Now, award-winning author Tanya Lee Stone deftly uses new research to illuminate the dramatic facts behind the film, focusing both on the girls captured on camera and many others.
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8 New Non Fiction that will unleash your inner play, creativity and jedi.
Katie 19 October, 2017
Hey Kids! The school holidays may be over, but the fun hasn’t stopped here at the library. We have some fantastic new junior non fiction that will unleash your inner play, creativity and jedi! This week’s post features books related to Star Wars, toys for boys and girls, minecraft, and so much more. Also featured is special Star Wars themed surprise… wait for it… The latest trailer to Star Wars: The Last Jedi! YAY! This movie is scheduled to be released on the 14th of December. An excellent treat during the summer holidays and Christmas! Time to grab your tickets, because judging by this trailer, it looks to be an awesome, action packed movie… with more fight scenes, jedi training and Luke Skywalker himself!
Enjoy… and may the force be with you!
Star Wars Made Easy.
“Get a handle on the world’s most popular saga with quick Q&As and at-a-glance illustrations. You’ll never confuse a Jedi and a Jawa again!” –P.4 of cover.
Star Wars : absolutely everything you need to know.
Provides fans of the Star Wars movies and television programs with lists, facts, and trivia about the characters and settings in the films and includes behind the scenes information about how the films were made.
Star Wars coding projects.
Star Wars Coding Projects is a step-by-step visual guide to coding fun projects in Scratch and shows you everything you need to know to create cool computer projects, animations, and games.
See the latest trailer to Star Wars: The Last Jedi down below! Enjoy!
WWE : absolutely everything you need to know.
This is a book that boys and WWE fans will want to get their hands on! This book is full of fantastic facts, incredible information, and uncanny trivia about everything in the WWE Universe.
The amazing book of My little pony.
Not to worry girls, here is a special book that you will wants to get your hands on! Children will love discovering more about the land of Equestria in this early years reference book. Large pictures, fun fold-out pages with extra large images, and short, simple sentences bring the characters to life for children ages 5 and older. Favorite My Little Pony characters, including Twilight Sparkle, Pinkie Pie, Rarity, Applejack, Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash, and Princess Celestia, and locations are explored in a fun way. Includes fantastic giant poster featuring a collection of My Little Pony characters. This book takes me back to my childhood!
Master the art of fidget spinning.
“Tap into the phenomenon of fidget spinning with the world’s first book dedicated to the tens of millions who spin for pleasure, relaxation or focus today. First invented as a tool to help restless, ADHD or autistic children focus, the finger spinner was designed with skateboard bearings to achieve spin. It quickly became a fad and then a global craze that is also making its way into the corporate toy market”–Back cover.
Minecraft: Guide to Redstone.
Pick up the basics of the redstone components and their uses, discover how to make working circuits, and create incredibly complex builds using your new skills. With insider info and tips from the experts at Mojang, this is the definitive guide to redstone in Minecraft.
Ultimate LEGO Star Wars.
This is a complete, unrivaled encyclopedia of the LEGO Star Wars theme. Fans will have an all-encompassing companion to the LEGO Star Wars cultural phenomenon. Produced in large format and featuring beautiful imagery, this is an indispensable guide for young fans and a stunning reference work for adults.
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5 New Non Fiction to read during the school holidays!
We are into week two of the school holidays and the library has more new non fiction in the collection. Check out the new books featured in this post about learning how to code (for girls), New Zealand and Japanese poetry and wonders that will blow your mind!
Girls who code : learn to code and change the world.
This book introduces the relevance of coding and shares down-to-earth explanations about coding principles and real-life stories of women programmers who work at such places as Pixar and NASA.
Are you an echo? : the lost poetry of Misuzu Kaneko.
In early-1900s Japan, Misuzu Kaneko grew from a precocious bookworm to an instantly-beloved children’s poet, but her life ended prematurely and her work was largely forgotten. Decades later, her poems were rediscovered just in time to touch a new generation devastated by the tsunami of 2011. This volume includes a biography of Kaneko followed by a selection of her poems in both English and the original Japanese.
Design, animate, and create with computer graphics.
Learn how to design, animate and create incredible computer graphics using free software. With easy-to-follow, illustrated step-by-step instructions, create all types of projects, from Pop Art posters and photo cubes to game animations and a 3D city. Inspiration is offered from key artists, from the graffiti art of Banksy to the geometric art of Piet Mondrian. Each of the five chapters focuses on a key area of computer graphics, explaining the concepts and how to use the software, then offering projects that progress in difficulty from simple to “wow”. Instructions are always easy to understand, with possible areas of confusion picked out.
Top 10 of everything 2017.
“History, pop culture, nature, sports, geography, random oddities :With more than 300 pages, this quirky collection of lists includes just about everything you didn’t know you wanted to know. Get ready to learn about the fattest herbivores, canyons much deeper than the Grand Canyon, the hugest creepy crawlers (eek!), a record-breaking hot air balloon ride, and which animals you never want to race … because you will lose”–Amazon.ca.
Annual 2 : a New Zealand miscellany.
By popular demand, the Annual is back! Jam packed full of an intrepid mix of fiction, comics, poems, essays, art and high jinks for 9 to 13 year olds! All-new content from New Zealand’s best writers and illustrators, commissioned and edited by Kate De Goldi and Susan Paris.
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8 New Non Fiction to step into spring with.
Katie 21 August, 2017
Hey kids. Winter is nearly at an end. Come on down to your local library to check out the latest new non fiction to step into spring with!
Coding Projects in Python.
A fantastic resource that provides simple steps on how to write in code in the popular programming language, Python that will kick start your coding journey where you can improve your programming skills and learn to create, remix and customise your own projects.
Dinosaurs.
A lively introduction to the mighty beasts that once ruled the world, where children can lift the flaps to learn about what life was like back then. Young readers will be amazed as they find out how dinosaurs hunted and defended themselves, the ways in which the landscape continued to change, which dinosaurs made the best mothers, and much, much more. This book features over 30 sturdy flaps to lift.
Pokemon deluxe essential handbook : the need-to-know stats and facts on over 700 Pokemon.
This book shares facts on over seven hundred Pokemon and includes information on the new Kalos characters and the Mega Evolved Pokémon.
Moana: The Essential Guide.
Read this book and find out everything you need to know about the newest Disney heroine, Moana, and her hero Maui, on their incredible journey across the South Pacific. Discover the beautiful locations of Oceania, including breathtaking underworlds along with frightening sea creatures! This book is packed with stunning information and images of Moana’s quest and provides a fascinating, in-depth look at the most thrilling moments from the movie. Overall, I think this book is amazing and serves as a wonderful companion alongside the movie. It is also a great learning tool to help young girls begin their path to finding themselves and becoming strong and emerging leaders.
The Travel Book.
It’s never too early to plan your O.E. This book will certainly help you on your way to help you plan your trip by making sure you are aware of every country in the world and help you get ideas on what places you would like to visit. You will also find out information about thousands of amazing facts on wildlife, how people live, sports, food, festivals and a wide range of other quirky insights on every page. Every single country gets its own dedicated page, and a mix of wow photography and beautiful illustrations brings each land to life. For readers aged 8 years and up.
How to be good at Math.
This book offers illustrated, step-by-step explanations of mathematical concepts needed for ages seven to eleven, and grades two to five.– Source other than Library of Congress.
Jason and the Argonauts.
“The story of Jason and the Argonauts is one of the earliest recorded Greek myths. Here, master artist Robert Byrd has created a striking telling of the legend for a new generation of readers. Complete with explanatory notes and illustrated back matter, Jason and the Argonauts traces each step of our hero’s journey, from the Golden Fleece’s origin story and Jason’s childhood to his triumphant return with the prize and eventual death. Deftly designed to accommodate glorious large pictures and captioned insets, the book is not only a great story, but a wealth of information about ancient Greece”–Publisher.
Star Wars: Drawing Manual.
The Star Wars drawing book that no Star Wars fan should be without. Learn to draw the iconic starships, droids, and speeders of the Star Wars saga, including the X-wing, Millennium Falcon, Star Destroyer, TIE Interceptor, Slave I, BB-8, AT-AT and more. Follow clear, step-by-step instructions to complete 15 stunning projects from a galaxy, far, far away. Each drawing sits on a perspective grid that will help you to see what your drawings will look like as three-dimensional objects. The grid consists of a vanishing point with perspective lines leading away from it. Star rankings are also provided to indicate the difficulty level of each drawing. There are hours of entertainment for Star Wars fans young and old. Look out for Star Wars: Dot to Dot; Star Wars: Art Therapy Colouring Book; Star Wars: Doodles; Star Wars: Galaxy of Colouring; and, Star Wars: Colouring by Numbers.
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6 new children’s non fiction to read before the end of summer.
Katie 25 February, 2016
Looking for some great reads for the end of these long summer days. Look no further! Here’s are some books that are so new that you might be the very first to read them – wouldn’t that be cool!
Hairy Tales and Nursery Crimes + Arabian Frights and other Gories.
A classic and an absolute favourite from childhood, Hairy Tales and Nursery Crimes + Arabian Frights and other Gories is a hilarious and sometimes twisted parodies of well-known fairy tales and nursery rhymes. A book where you will be guaranteed to laugh yourself silly.
Hello Ruby: Adventures in Coding.
Meet Ruby–a small girl with a huge imagination. In Ruby’s world, anything is possible if you set your mind to it. As Ruby embarks on her adventure, kids will be introduced through storytelling to the basic concepts of coding. With activities included in every chapter, future kid coders will be thrilled to put their own imaginations to work.
A sky of Diamonds.
A story for children about loss, grief and hope.
Dia De Los Muertos.
Join the fun and festivities of Día de Los Muertos (Day of the Dead) and learn about a different cultural tradition, and brush up on your Spanish vocabulary, as the town honors their dearly departed in a traditional, time-honored style.
You rule! : create your own country.
A fantastic, innovative book that allows you to design your very own nation, completely from scratch. Believe it or not, this is a book where you get to choose where it is, who can live there and what the rules are, establish your borders, design your flag and take charge. You can be king, queen, big chief, emperor or president. Because right here, right now, you rule!
I Made That! The Kids’ BIG Book of Craft Idea.
This book is in a word… AWESOME! Not to mention the only craft book you will ever need! You will get ideas on how to make natural beauty products, (I’m still tickled pink that this book can tell you how to make hair gel!), how to give your room a makeover? and giving your wardrobe a fashion revamp. Plus, for the eco-conscious girl there is lots of information on ethical fashion and cosmetics, sustainable shopping and fair trade. Overall you will have a lot of fun with this book!
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Top 10 Children’s non-fiction November 2015
Dusty 14 December, 2015
Star Wars is causing a bit of sizzle in the air at the moment. Always popular in Children’s non-fiction there is a special anticipatory feeling around the new movie. The summer reading challenge has joined the buzz with the Central Library activity featuring make a light saber, visit the children’s desk for materials and instructions. Visit all the libraries and complete the other activities to go in for a prize.
Other movie characters are explored in the Minions seek and find book, full of great illustrations. November Rugby World Cup fever reached the top ten with rugby related material whisking out the door. Minecraft and rugby? How does that work you might ask? Well Rotorua Intermediate gave it a go.
Have any of your own block work you want to show off? Let us know in the comments
The ultimate unofficial encyclopedia for Minecrafters by Megan Miller
Minecraft by Stephanie Milton
The LEGO ideas book by Daniel Lipkowitz
Star Wars by David West Reynolds
Star Wars by Adam Bray
Minecraft by Nick Farwell
Minecraft by Matthew Needler
Minions by Trey King
The story of the All Blacks by Kevin Boon
Star Wars character encyclopedia by Simon Beecroft
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EMPIRE STATE HUMANS: Our puzzlement over I Am The World Trade Centre has been sorted out for us, thanks to becky and this piece from Magnet:
I Am The World Trade Center: The Tight Connection
Dan Geller and Amy Dykes had no idea what the name of their musical collaboration would one day connote. When the released their debut, Out Of The Loop (a collection of coy, laptop-recorded pop), last summer, the world was a different place. One national tragedy later, the duo continues undeterred, name intact. Whether Geller and Dykes felt the need to step things up to justify this bold decision is unclear, but The Tight Connection grooves to a somewhat different beat. From the opening synth squiggles of the album's first track, "The Postcard" (a new-wave/disco treatise on love's vagaries and hurt-so-goodness), there's a statement being made: A band with this name must have a purpose. The way-cute, we're-just-messing-around-with-our-computer feel of Out Of The Loop is missed, but The Tight Connection gives a crisper picture of the duo at work. Geller's beats and loops play beneath Dykes' new-found diva self-assuredness. That they have the confidence to cover - and nearly pull off - Blondie's "Call Me" speaks volumes. Sure, IATWTC may still be the prototypical indie-rock dance band (Geller co-founded the Kindercore label), but listen to the wistful "California Dreaming Again" and the funked-up "Dancing Alone" and try not to shimmy in your shoes.
Though I think the review raises as many questions as it answers - if they were called IATWTC before "the World Trade Centre" became a mass grave, why should the name suddenly mean the band must have a purpose? If we think back to September 10th last year, didn't the fact the Americans had chosen to call an oversized office block in New York The World Trade Center have a whole bunch of conotations all of its own? Isn't it possible that an artist who founded a label called Kindercore may have settled on their band name for pretty much the same reason Al Qaeda or whoever had targetted it for attack, that the name could have been seen as the ultimate arrogant declaration; the most obvious piece of Western Capitalism's symbolism?
Whatever, if it had been us, we'd have changed our name. Rule number one of band names is: never have a name that will obscure your art. And in I Am The World Trade Center, they've got a monicker which will black out the music for all time.
ROCK SICK NOTE: We've already had Julian Casabalancas and his wobbly leg - he had to play sat down during the Strokes gig the other night; Noel's injuries from the taxi crash were described as "more chronic than first believed" by Six Music (more chronic?). Now, nme.com is reporting one of Spiritualized has gone down with "blood cancer." In a misplaced burst of "he's only the drummer", the site says merely he's the percussionist rather than giving his name. No other details yet.
AND NO SOONER HAD WE SAID: There we were, talking 'bout Women In Rock, and bling! Ladyfest London 2002 materialises. Bearing in mind Beth Orton's comments on Lilith Fair (" If I'm being honest, I can't really see, politically, what it was about, other than being a gimmick. At the end of the day, people were just saying, 'Yeah, it's just a bunch of birds on stage.' Even I was saying that. It was kind of a cliche"), anything that brings together Chicks on Speed, Flamingo Fifty and Mika Bomb (amongst others) can't be a totally bad thing, can it?
TEN: Ten polls that claim, against all evidence to the contrary, that Bohemian Rhapsody is the greatest single of all time:
1. Channel 4 Music of Millennium poll
2. Air Guitar chart
3. Dutch radio 2 all-time top 1000
4. 322.telia.com poll
5. Guiness Book of Hit Singles poll
6. Lithuanian All-time chart
7. BBC radio 2 Jubilee chart
8. Albumvote.com Top 100
9. Poptastic 1999 Poll
10. RTV all-time vote
BLEEPGRRRL: Or, the sound of self-defeat as mild discomfort over magazine's attachment to DJ Rap leads to foundation of a 'women in electronica' movement. As a tribute - presumably - to electronica's bake and take po-mo mixed-upness, the foundign statement chases itself round and round in knots about how, you know, the creation of separate spaces for women is a kind of cop-out, but, you know, there's a need for women to be treated as not an amorphous blob with a label 'women in electronica', so, um, we're creating a site for women in electronica... and so on.
The thing is, however much editor tara might brislte at it, the dj circuit is dominated by mainly ugly, mainly a little too old, usually bald men; the rave scene did quickly move from 'hey, peace and love' to 'get your tits out, love'; clubs in the UK quite often tend to be owned by men who aren't afraid to lean on people to get their way; from our experience, the work of women promoters and djs is undermined by the way some of their sisters decide to make use of Wonderbras to push themselves forward, making it harder for others to be taken seriously. With this sort of background, the question 'How is it being a woman in an industry dominated by men' might be uninspired to the point of obviousness, but surely isn't invalid? Of course, using that as the hook for a piece doesn't do anyone any favours, but it is an aspect of the experience that's probably as interesting for the general reader as finding out what slipmat she uses.
The boards area at pinknoises seems to function in a slightly more positive way - more akin to Riot Grrl than the Dworkin-quoting recasting of the Women In Rock archetype that the official areas can fall into being. The thing about Riot, of course, was that it worked best when it just happened to be grrls helping each other; it struggled when it became self-aware and stopped offering a critique of society to become a commentary on what it was doing. We heartily endorse what pinknoises offers, but wonder about the tone in which it does what it does.
I DON'T: After this week's top ten funeral tunes, Music Choice have compiled a top five of the worst possible choices of music guaranteed to make wedding guests cringe. Top answer was Chris DeBurgh's Lady In Red, followed by Hear'Say's Pure and Simple; Gareth Gate's Unchained Melody and Everything I do... by Bryan Adams.
While this kicking of scmaltz is encouraging, we'd like to hold off our delight until we find out what people actually are getting married to.
Our first dance was Fade Into You by Mazzy Star, you know.
Life imitates 6Music advert [Sky News] - "it's Will all the way for us" is no step forward...
THE HYMEN WORKAROUND: So, what do you make of the news that Britney is taking a three month break from everything, and then some more time - up to two years, some reckon - from music? They're saying she's tired, poor lamb, but we suspect this is an attempt to finally get away from the 'not a girl/not a woman' problem - some time away will give a chance for her publicity to catch up with her biology, won't it? She can return, no longer untouched, and we can all forget about having to pretend that she's the only 21-year old virgin in the music industry.
Best news ever for Mandy Moore [BBC] - and making a movie about stock cars never hurt Elvis, did it?
MORE GOOD NEWS FOR THE BPI: New DVD standards to allow faster duplication of DVD-R. Want illegal copies of that Charlatans DVD? Why wait? (nb: we are being satirical. stealing copyrighted material is theft and wrong)
WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE?: BPI, you're a fine industry body, and we love you very much. But you're living in a world of make-believe. With flowers and bells and leprechauns, and magic frogs with funny little hats. It seems the BPI - who you might remember aren't a government body, but little more than a Chamber of Commerce found out that EasyInternetCafe had CD burners on its machines. Of course, the simple fact that this is merely the 21st century version of the disk drive was lost on them, and they saw a world awash with illegal music downloads being copied to CDs - and, afraid that Mick Hucknall might not eat again as a result, "confronted" the cafe. The cafe invited the BPI in and, rather generously we think, offered to come to a cash settlement to make good any losses the BPI might have felt their members had made as a result of MP3s being stored on their machines. The BPI asked for a million pounds, or the equivalent of fifty-five thousand albums at full price. Which really exposes nothing so much as the complete lack of grip on reality the BPI seems to have these days. Easy suggested they weren't going to pay - the BPI then came back with an offer of £100,000 (which seems to suggest they were just trying it on in the first place). Easy are offering a still royal-sounding £26,000, mainly because they don't want to get involved in a pointless court case.
What we can't help wondering is why the BPI is being allowed to act as judge, jury and arbiter in this case anyway - surely if there is a dispute here, one of the royalty collection societies should be asked to mediate. Isn't that their area of speciality?
BPI choose a figure, double it, and then add some more [ZDNet] - It wasn't the BPI who visited the Gallaghers in their Manchester dressing room, was it?
YOU REALISE ULTIMATE MEANS FINAL?: How to mark the fourtieth anniversary of the Beatles? How about the same way every bloody anniversary has been marked, with another compilation of the same tracks, again? Strangely, that's what the plan is. This is being touted as the 'ultimate' Beatles' compy - which makes you wonder what they'll do in ten year's time - and, for some reason, will have fifty tracks on. 40th anniversary - 50 tracks? Can you see what they've got wrong there?
Can't they just put the White Album out again? [NME] - this ultimate Beatles album not to be confused with 1, 1962-1968, The White album...
AND NEXT, CULTURE CLUB RE-RELEASE THE WAR SONG: Nice to see - as the world rumbles slowly towards war behind George W, obedient and uncomplaing as K9, that finally some musicians are getting their heads together enough to use their platform to try and do something about it. Of course, George Michael got there first (doesn't that say something shaming about the current indiecrop?) but now 3D has stepped up to the Mic, too, in a post to the Massive Attack board. In what the NME headlined as Massive Attack star calls on UK acts to oppose war on Iraq through NME - both syntactically mangled and self-agrandising at the same time - 3D suggests that bands club together and take out an advert in the pop paper stating their opposition - which is an excellent idea; hopefully it'll also provide a hook for the paper to run a piece on Iraq as well - I'm sure Mark Thomas would be happy to write a background bit if they asked him. And while, of course, it's hugely unlikely that some bands' advert in the pop papers would stop Bush, it might energise some nme readers to get involved in anti-war things.
Talking of which:
Znet's Iraq watch
In These Times - you mean we haven't been at war with Iraq?
Guardian Iraq weblog
We now return to our normal programming, taking the piss out the music industry...
MAN O MAN: In celebration of their first Radio Three session last week, and the news that a new album is in the offing, we could have written a load of stuff about how great Half Man Half Biscuit are, were, and ever shall be, but since tangents has already done the job splendidly, we'll let them do it instead, pausing only to offer a quote from the great band:
Here comes the boy across the road
he says he shares our obsessions
and he'd like to join in on the session
and the others aren't arsed either way
so I say.... [dramatic pause]
"I THINK WE'D BETTER LET HIM IN!
I HEARD HE'S GOT A THERAMIN...
I THINK WE'D BETTER LET HIM IN
I HEARD HE'S GOT A THERAMIN..."
BECKY BAMBOO - AT A GIG NEAR YOU: Erm... if you live in California, anyway...
man, I *hate* getting to a concert too early. especially since I don't drink or smoke.. I have nothing to do with my hands other than jot down catty notes in my little purple notebook about people and their (lack of) fashion sense. the black frames and short sleeved striped polo shirts were out in force... and dude - what is with the resurgence of the white boy fro? did I miss the memo on this?
anyways. the first band up was hudson river school. I'm not terribly good with genres. where does emo end and power pop begin? and what's wrong with just calling it rock? I don't understand. I like to simplify things by having 3 categories: crap, okay, and wow. HRS is squarely in the okay category. I wouldn't turn them off if they were on the radio and they could probably grow on me if given the chance, but there were no "wow" moments.. nothing that distinguishes them from the crowd.
deathray davies on the other hand, edged far enough towards "wow" to make me pay attention. I'll admit I was predisposed to like them because of the raves of some internet friends. that, and they had a theramin! that automatically raised their coolness factor by 12. scientific fact. cos theramins rock ass. they played loud and fast and looked like they were having fun. I bought 2 of their cds and have been seat dancing all day to them.
then came superdrag. again with the wow. I'll admit to not being the biggest superdrag fan - I only have 2 or 3 of their cds, but this performance definitely convinced me to pick up a couple more. they were very energetic and kept cracking jokes about emo and emo kids. (sam: "that's the part of the song where I usually breathe fire. but that's not very emo." john: "it is if you cry while you do it." snort.) they have great, catchy tunes and are a lot of fun live.
Moby resorts to calling Eminem a poofter - next week: Eminem releases single "I know what I am, what are you?"
SOMEWHERE IN CHINA: A nice report on Reuters about the reaction of the Chinese government to the popularity of Flower Four, a Tawianese boy band. Dissident Hou Dejian claims that Peking is afraid of the power of pop because "they are convinced there was a direct relationship between pop culture and the collapse of communism in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe." Now, that sort of power Slipknot would probably wash for...
NEW PINK FLOYD: While the Human League might be lauded by topping the TV Cream chart and providing the soundtrack to Punto adverts, there was always a lot more to the band than the stuff you hear at schooldisco. The forces behind the wonderful blind youth site, which documents lovingly the prehistory of the futurists, have lined up an album pulling together the rare early recordings of the group. The Golden Hour of the Future - stuff by a band you know, but won't have heard - is out next month
Track listings and so on - tell 'em we sent you. Or don't.
Y'ALTERNATIVE ahem HOE-DOWN: Quick plug for the free-and-not-free one day celebration of Americana at the rather fine Masque venue in Liverpool on the 31st; Witness are headlining and the Havenots, Hokum Clones, Violet Hour and others are all invovled; its in aid of CND, too - more details at the americana-uk site, whose anniversary the event celebrates.
THE SALES PUSH: Well, who knew that something more unpleasant than Discovery Health Channel's constant baby shows would force its ugly head out? But the heartwarming news that Brandy's brother is going to sample his sister's labour moans on a forthcoming single probably takes a step further, don't you think? Now, what we know about childbirth includes the phrase "loses control of bowels", so this might be the first mainstream scat single ever...
Eventually, the natural follow up to J T'aime [Ananova] - lets hope nobody gets the black box tapes from Aaliyah's last flight
WHEN TWO TRIBES GO TO WAR: Fight! Fight! Fight! EMI is taking on AOL Time Warner over EMI's belief that - oh, irony of ironies - AOL has been stealing music from them. Oh, yes, turns out the home of Warners has been happily playing EMI tunes over a range of their media outlets without actually paying for it, or even asking first. The BBC is handy for the fine detail, but it basically boils down to AOL assuming that a deal cut between Turner and MGM/UA years ago would allow Turner's new owners to use songs from MGM UA films - rights in which now live with EMI - with no further need to license. You'd have thought the company responsible for onestoptrax, a music rights clearing project, might have checked its own house was in order, wouldn't you?
Let's remember the words of Richard Parsons, co-COO of AOL Time Warner before the Senate Commitee on the Judicary in April 2001: "In the end, I think, anyone who wants to be part of a business involving copyrighted material must respect the copyrights of others, not merely out of respect for the law, but out of the simple requirement of survival." We're assuming you're not going to have perjurered yourself, Richard, so we'll expect to hear your resignation landing on a desk soon, shall we?
THE OLD ONE HASN'T FINISHED YET, YOU KNOW: For no good reason, here's a user's guide to the various new/old Kylies, as nominated by various parts of the press and media over the last couple of years. We start with the various 'New Kylies':
Holly Vallance
Wendy James
Vanessa Amorossi
Milla Jojovich
and then there's...
Ayanda or Bianca from South African Popstars - South Africa's Kylie
Kim Wilde - the 80's Kylie
Sonia - the northern Kylie
Olivia Newton-John - the 70's Kylie
Nicole Kidman - the cinema Kylie
Felicity Kendal - the, um, Kylie of the buttocks
Gemma Hayes - Ireland's kylie
Paula Rubino - Mexico's Kylie
Stumpinski - Eastern Europe's Kylie
and, erm... Kylie Minogue
To misquote Niles Crane, congratulations Marshall on completing your transformation from serious artist into performing bear.
WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT POP PAPERS: A rather fine history of the music press over at the New Republic, although being a stupid, stupid pedant I have to point out that Sounds went about ten years ago, not last year (I guess they mean Select) and Smash Hits was never a monthly, but - hey - I'm getting help with my clinging to fact problems. (As much of the content of No Rock will attest, I'd guess).
Wonderful is the recollection of David Hepworth's year-zero memo: "It is my intention to reverse the entire direction of [popular music publishing] in favor of entirely trivia...." although, to be fair, the Smash Hits of Logan, Hepworth and Ellen was trying to mark itself out in a market which had four 'serious' music weeklys, and a clutch of in-depth monthlies. I suggest that Hepworth's attempts to run counter to industry wisdom was supposed to carve ver Hits a niche, and not flood the market with sock-colour type questions.
Of the future, writer Martin Edlund suggests that the hyperlinked age doesn't need 7,000 word reviews - just the seventy to make people want to download (in short, his theory is that it takes a whole mess of newsprint to persuade someone to get the bus to the shops, buy an album, come home and try; it takes only a few words to get the same person to type a name in an MP3 search engine). This, of course, is true, but it doesn't really get to grips with what people want from a music paper - its interesting that Mojo and Uncut are doing (relatively) well, while the papers that chose to pare down reviews (NME, Melody Maker) are the ones which are feeling the earth crumbling under their feet. Edlund suggests that faced with people's access to a "celestial jukeobox", the papers can use the freedom from the need for depth to carry more reviews, casting a broader net. Well... that's one way of looking at it. But a review, surely, can do more than just have a 'buy/don't buy' element to it - when I talk about music with my friends (yes, yes I do - several, in fact) I don't go "It's quite good, it has the single on, seven out of ten"; and while there are many - too many - releases which do deserve little more than a scant nod, many more repay closer inspection. There has to be room in the market for people who want to see music as a part of culture worth more than being weighed up on a 'what's it worth' basis, surely?
BY THE WAY: Originally found the link to the article on double americano, which I've just come across thanks to... well, a chain of blogs and stuff, of course.
MILLER TIME: Steve Miller, talking about being promoted by Clear Channel in Billboard: "As the 1990s went on, Clear Channel came in, and things started getting real crazy, real quickly. I looked up one day and said, 'Who are these guys doing 11 of my shows?' Then it was 19, then one year it was 38 of 42 gigs. But the money wasn't good. I'm not talking about profits; I'm talking about where it was coming from. I don't like the way they run their facilities, and I don't like the way they treated me as an artist. Their lack of a sense of humanity is shocking." This is cited in another excellent salon piece on the company, which investigates claims that Clear Channel threatens to withhold radio support from artists who choose to have tours promoted by companies other than themselves. Paul McGuiness, U2's manager, dismisses this: "I don't think the radio business is coherent enough to operate in a vindictive way, or reward Clear Channel concert clients with radio airplay." He notes the band's wildly successful Elevation World Tour last year was promoted by Clear Channel, even though U2, "despite our considerable efforts," didn't have a Top 10 hit. - although this answers a different question entirely (does CC use its radio arm to boost the bands it promotes?) and, erm, since U2 are promoted by Clear, he's hardly an independent witness.
NEVER MIND THE BLUE SUEDE SHOES, HERE'S SUEDE: We're still making our minds up on whether we'll be mentioning the silver anniversary of the toilet incident, so maybe that might be our only Elvis reference ever. But anyway, Suede... yes, news of Suede. New album out on the 30th will have a link that unlocks a load of online booty for you to then repost to all your fr... um, enjoy. And if you can't wait till it comes out on the 30th of September, you might be pleased to hear that the entire back catalogue gets a midprice rerelease next week. It's enough to make you remove your shirt and be photographed in very sheer purple trousers.
WHAT THE POP PAPERS SAY: NME FEATURES INSPIRED CHOICES SURPRISE EDITION
Diva magazine - the number one choice for lesbians in newsagents, albeit by default - have put Le Tigre on the cover, resulting in my need to go and sit down for a moment. Unfortunately, the sole copy WH Smiths had was so mangled, I can't bring you anything about the contents...
Music Week reveals how little Pop's producers understand what they're doing - leaving aside how they excitedly promised they'd look beyond the charts (Anastacia, Primals?), they're quite excited by the the advantages offered by using the Marquee stage for their daytime channel five show. "Sometimes, in a studio, the lead singer will be looking for the camera, giving little winks" they gurgle - apparently unaware that this sort of thing works rather well on television, actually...
there's a lovely horse on the cover of the nme, spoiled somewhat by having the queens of the stone age on the back of it...
news has john squire insisting that the stone roses will never reform (read: try increasing the bid to half a million, Mr. Power); there's a load of stuff lifted off the net about the new Radiohead album, which we shan't quote as that would be circular and scary; the Hives might find themselves locked into some sort of litigation hell that might stop them releasing anything for a very, very long time - don't be alarmed, that didn't do Michelle Shocked any harm, did it? Yes, you do remember her... oh, hang on, then, maybe it did; some sort of charity album combines might of ashcroft, badly drawn boy, charlatans and, erm, KLF; Oxide and Neutrino have had a bit of a think and decided that, y'know, the line about how their rap is going to "blow your two speakers up like the Twin Towers" might be a little insensitive. In fact, O&N just don't understand how it on the promotional version of their new album at all - "I don't know how it got on that" (erm, maybe by one of you rapping it?) - "I hope people don't really pick up on that" (yes, so do we) "we don't want to joke about the twin towers" (erm... but haven't you done just that?). Next week: Paul McCartney says "Blimey, the public wasn't meant to hear the racist version of Get Back"; Dr Dre has threatened to quit because he doesn't have anything else to say anymore - clip this article and send it to Coldplay, Toploader, Oasis...; there's a nifty collection of bands the Coral have been compared to - The La's, Russian Cossack Music, Captain Birds Eye and The Stairs, amongst others - although apparently nobody has spotted they've merely released a lost Inspiral Carpets album with their own name on it; nme readers have slammed the Mercury prize - which must strike fear into the hearts of the judges on a par with Tuvalu declaring war on America; Ryan Adams is plugging an awkward gap in his release schedule - erm, giving fans a treat - by sticking out an album of demos called 'Demolition' (a lame music gag first sighted 1877); we've had Chris Martin on his late virginity; now he's worried about going bald; U2 are going to release a record...
there's a serious investigation into whether superclubs are on their way out - yes they are, but new ones will take their place is Simone Baird's conclusion in an article that compares the elephantine likes of Cream and Gatecrasher with the more human likes of Chibuku and Trash...
on bands: bowling for soup - put your shirts on, men, for god's sake and stone sour, which is corey slipknot's equally shit side project - put your mask back on, for god's sake...
bright eyes and desaparecidos are forced to share a page, which hardly seems fair. Conor is given space to vaguelize on a "any bad times are bearable if you can play music" (he should try working in my office - as I write, NERD are being drowned out by 'amusing' renditions of Achy Breaky Heart in a pub singer style), but the lions share is taken for stuff like this: "The rise of emo coincided with the fall of Enron, while corporate rock rings more hollow than ever after 9/11" - didn't the rise of emo happen before Enron actually appointed Arthur Andersen's lying accountants? and how exactly did 9/11 make Fred Durst anything, apart from even more loudly bellicose?...
but let's not be too churlish - at least the nme is talking to Conor. And then to Miss Kittin. Hurrah! NME gets with the program shock. And it turns out Kim Wilde has approached her offering a collaboration - which she's turned down, sadly, because we'd like to see that. "I make no compromises" she insists, but adds "but I would not refuse a private jet"...
the sugababes select the tracks for the pretend cd, then the producers come in and the resulting remix includes alicia keys, michael jackson (but Liberian girl, for crying out loud) and jodeci...
and here's the Pattern now saying "being in a rock and roll band is all about having a lot of fun - it isn't difficult" - hear that, Nicky? Listening, Thom?...
the queens of the stone age come along and spoil the party, of course. But even they seem pretty happy with their lot - "we can't wait to get on the road and play these songs." Hurrah for bands who enjoy it...
so, onto the album reviews: bright eyes - lifted, or the story is in the soil ("he can spin a terrific yarn", 8); queen adreena - drink me ("occasionaly grates; never less than inspired", 7); toploader - magic hotel ("would have Rod Stewart guffawing like a sexist drain", 1); bruce spingsteen - the rising ("his best for some time, but not his best ever", 6)...
sotw: the music - take the long road and walk it ("love them... gloriously out of step") rather than george michael's shoot the dog ("oddly compelling") and... The Darkness - I believe in a thing called love ("so perfect, you may as well give in to the 80s poodle metal revival now"...
live - sex pistols at crystal palace ("the living heart and soul of a nation of drunken barbarian scum"); weller in hyde park ("new songs treated with gritted teeth tolerance") and magic alex in manchester ("better than K or dogstar - just not good company to be keeping")
finally, in angst... (sorry, nmemail - but doesn't the way the nme readers survey calls it "nmemail - formerly angst" demonstrate it needs its proper name back?) someone suggests most bands in the nme would kill their grandmother for a George Michael sized flop - which we'll leave, over here, with a hanging punchline, shall we?
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THEY COULD CALL IT THE MUSE-UM: The German culture minister is suggesting that schools would be better off teaching their pupils about pop rather than classical if they really want to get them interested in music, which might be a fair point. But only to a point. The thing with education is that it's meant to broaden your worldview, and so merely playing kids Britney Spears and getting them to study A1 lyrics might be self-defeating, as it would only be replicating what they'd do for themselves - sex education isn't merely showing pictures of naked people; that has to be a way in to discussing condoms and STDs and all the other stuff that made the biology teacher blush. The use of the Top 40 has to be an entry point, and not seen as an end in itself. A lot of good courses like this exist at degree level in the UK, and it'd be nice to think that something similar could be done earlier - even if it's just so that teenagers aren't shocked to discover Unchained Fucking Melody is a cover version.
There's also another thing about this report on Julian Nida-Ruemelin's comments. Made at the site of a future Pop museum, it's claimed that this is the first institution of its sort outside America. Which shows just what a lame squid, damp squib and rubbish squip the Pop Museum in Sheffield was. Or maybe is. We can't even tell if it's still going - its website's news page sort of peters out after 2000, when it claims it's not closed, merely "rebranding." Putting it in Sheffield in the first place seemed an odd choice - based more on the parcelling out of national collections rather than any real affinity between place and subject (and before irate Sheffieldites email, yes, I know, Pulp and Joe Cocker and Human League - all well and good, but the city has never made an impact a la Madchester, Merseybeat or whatever.) Of course, it could have been worse - the current Music Week tries to puff Birmingham's music record, and has enormous problems filling the gap between ELO and Duran, and The Streets.
But how did the Pop Museum fail? How can you go wrong with that? Jesus, if the Hard Rock Cafe can do it, why couldn't the people in charge of the National Centre for Popular Music make a decent hand of it? (Maybe the clue is in the chin-stroking name, do you think?)
People get frothy with rage over the faliure of the Dome, but surely the fact that about £20 million was tossed at a place dedicated to a genuinely popular subject which is one of the few things this country has a record of being quite good at, all to no avail is more outrageous? Even the Swedes are able to come up with enough stuff to do this sort of thing well - with a genuine vision as to what is needed. The try-to-please everyone Sheffield museum was so afraid of being thought of as a museum, it seemed to abandon any pretence of being a curated space and wound up as a few interactive geegaws between Mick Jones guitar and Martin Fry's old underpants. The current Remix exhibition at the Tate shows how music can work in a gallery context, given a feel for the subject and a sense of theme. Maybe we should try for a museum again, with a bit less money and a bit more feeling
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JUST FANCY THAT!:"I said to her, what's your competitive advantage? [...] You write every one of your songs - you're a great writer. So why did you stray from your competitive advantage? If you have this magnificent voice and you write such compelling songs,[...] why are you using all these collaborations [with other artists and other songwriters]? " Def Jam boss, Lyor Cohen, FT, yesterday
"The album features Carey writing and co-producing with such A-list producers as Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, Jermaine Dupri among others." Universal Belguim Press release, yesterday
"They signed the deal just a matter of weeks prior to bringing the album to market - it doesn't feel like enough time" - Lyor Cohen, yesterday
"MonarC Music/Island Records is set to release Mariah Carey's new studio album [...] The Japanese release date is November 27, 2002 [... Carey] signed to the Universal Music Group's Island Records in May 2002." - same press release, or, as Hollywood Reporter put it: "UMG HITS FAST-TRACK KEY FOR CAREY'S COMEBACK "
THE SUMMER OF SOLOS: After the news of Johnny Marr's solo debut, now we have to adjust to a world in which John Squire is going to sing as well. His next album, apparently, is going to have his - ahem - Bob Dylanesque vocals on it. I can't wait.
Reni's 'It's a calypso christmas' is expected before the end of the year.Hey, why should I share the pie with a singer? [BBC] - like Bob Dylan now, we'd imagine...
We're telling you, America doesn't want the Oasis there
WHAT'S MORE IN KEEPING WITH THE SPIRIT OF '76: UK Subs and Vibrators playing a free gig a park or Sex Pistols brought to you by Clear Channel?
HOW CAN YOU SAY THAT?: With an album by an act called I Am The World Trade Center scheduled for UK release next week, and a transvestite country 'tribute' to the Twin Towers the self-puffed talk of the Edinburgh Festival, this piece from andante magazine is timely. Focusing on the reactions to the frequent anti-semitic references that litter the western european Classical canon, Paul Mitchinson, attempts to find a balance between the need to say unsayable thing and "On the other hand, an audience also has sacrosanct rights in a democracy : to object, to call for restraint and sensitivity, to expose an odious agenda. Airing such concerns shouldn't provoke the charge of supporting Goebbels or Zhdanov, which is simply a strategy for silencing one's opponents without addressing their complaints. If recent critics have taught us anything, it is that music is not simply an aesthetic phenomenon, but also a cultural product deeply rooted in our social and political life. To the extent that it participates in our culture, it will be subject to the same pitiless analyses and scorching criticism that helps create a thriving democracy."
Debate rather than outright banning? It's a nice idea, I suppose. I wonder if it could work in the rock world? Or, as Bush edges closer to trying to wipe out his father's messy legacy (and probably most of us with it), will the BBC once again be drawing up its list of records inappropriate for war time?
LYOR, LYOR PUTS MARIAH'S HOTPANTS ON FIRE: Great piece on DefJam president Lyor Cohen in today's FT Creative Review - first, he outline his plans for restorting Mariah Carey's career: "I said to her, what's your competitive advantage? A great voice, of course. And what else? You write every one of your songs - you're a great writer. So why did you stray from your competitive advantage? If you have this magnificent voice and you write such compelling songs, why are you dressing like that, why are you using all these collaborations [with other artists and other songwriters]? Why? It's like driving a Ferrari in first - you won't see what that Ferrari will do until you get into sixth gear." What's interesting here is that , once again, it seems Mariah's market position is being defined by her outfits. While under her hubby at Sony, it was all Tiffany-esque demure; then it was "look at my tits. Is this skirt short enough?" Now, it sounds like Def Jam are planning to de-tart her up again. The collaboration comment is curious, as well - what drove Mariah from the margins to the mainstream was the hook-ups with other acts - sure, from time to time, she was reduced to little more than a bikini top and a orgasmic moan, but like the man said: you gotta have a system. Can Def Jam really be planning to try and pitch her against Shania Twain? Because she's got a lot of ground to make-up, and swerving to the Middle of the Road can't be the best plan. (Personally, we 'd like nothing better than for her to take up the bakesale-dog walking life, but we never get what we wish for.)
More curious is the tale that, as part of a spat between DefJam and another part of the Universal group, Fred Durst was offered an executive position at DefJam. Fred Durst at the helm of the label that gave us Run DMC? Thank god sense prevailed...
Whole thing here [FT] - yo! the FT raps
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THE WORLD IS TURNING ON... OFF... ON: And you thought we'd let the Rajar figures pass without a murmur, did you? The audience figures for the quarter to June 2002 are in, and as you've probably had brow beaten into you, the Radio One breakfast show is in apparent trouble again - although, really, year-on-year comparisons are rendered pointless what with the intrusion of the world cup in the period covered, at breakfast time. More interesting is the position of Juice - not the Liverpool station, which has improved at least its audience figures since the days when it was Crash FM - but the sister station in Brighton. When Forever, the parent of Juice, bought Surf in December 2000, the press were told "In the RAJAR survey for the third Quarter 2000, Surf had 35,000 listeners listening for 5.1 hours each, giving total listening of 179,000 hours. The Directors of Forever believe that they can substantially improve on this performance, through changes in branding, music emphasis and marketing." Admittedly, these are figures for Quarter 2, but Juice (the new name and format) stands at 42,000 listeners, listening for 5.8 hours, making a total of 243,000 hours - not, perhaps, the most substantial improvement. Indeed, in this quarter, Juice managed 3.2% of listening in its area - in the same quarter when it was a local service and less keen to ape Capital's Southern FM chart-based programming, it was getting 3.5%. The upshot of these numbers means: Forever took a locally focussed left-field station, changed it to a blander mix, and didn't see much of a flicker in listening. Probably no wonder they lost a million last year.
SPAMBANDS: Admitting it's spam doesn't make it any better, Keren Ann - in fact, in a lot of ways it makes it worse, don't you think?
NOW, WILL YOU STOP CALLING IT OLD PEOPLE'S RADIO?: If you needed more evidence of the cool of Radio 2 than the divine Mr Vine setting up shop there, will the news that their most-played track last week was Flaming Lip's Do You Realize?? help?
IT'S WHAT GERRY WOULD HAVE WANTED. PROBABLY: The only surprise at the return of a Garcia-less Grateful Dead to touring is that they left it seven years.
It's nothing to do with money [BBC] - anyone else drops dead, and it's an afternoon off, no more
MORE RADIO DAYS: Wired have a piece about Clear Channel's operations in San Diego - local voices and spark gone, national mush re-heated as faux local in place - and Mexico, where Clear all but buy stations (Mexican law won't allow Americans to own their media - Tony Blair might want to ponder why) and then basically broadcast them back across the border, pirate style. Wired is pretty balanced - consolidation in San Diego has given a stable market, it concedes, and it points out that the stations are popular. But even so...
Meanwhile, back in Britain, we've been told that Ritz - first step in Mean Fiddler's attempts to ape the Clear Channel mix of radio and venues - is currently playing a tape over and over again (like Tracy Barlow used to in her bedroom), prior to a relaunch under the frankly dreadful name of Mean Country - but then Fiddler Country would have been even worse, we suppose; and it's not like Ritz was a brand that suggested country music, either. Rollouts, digital, yadda yadda... you know how this goes...
We're wondering what sort of 'country' MC goes for - and, indeed, if there's a market for a country station at all. Sure, when digital penetration gets deep enough, as a national proposition it might fly; Liverpool might also prove a sustainable environment too. But London? I guess we'll see...
COMPUTERS CHOOSE MUSIC: At long last, someone's come up with a system which will take the human failing out of selecting music. You know when Helen says "Hey, Pete, you loved Elastica, didn't you? You should try Korn", and on the basis of this recommendation you buy a Korn album, and only find out six months later that Helen was either drunk, hated you, or else was on the Korn street team? Well, what the global network of dreams does is take the flesh and blood out of the process, leaving only the brain. You tell it three bands you like, it suggest someone you should like as well. Still early days - gnod seems convinced that my love of Miss Kittin means I should be going out and buying Sabres of Paradise - but it's a start. Plus, there's an extra feature which draws a schematic diagram of similar artists. And it'll do the same for books. No more choices, ever. Only suggestions. Men will be on Mars before the week's out.
LET'S TALK ROCK: Not many music sites include a homage to long-forgotten New Statesman weekend competitons, but Let's talk rock with Alfonse Demerara does. Besides covering what review terms really mean ("accomplished" = yes, they're still going) and providing handy things to say to bands after gigs (apparently "you were really tight" has become suspect through over-use), there's also a collection of rock irregular verbs, such as I am charismatic; you are a good frontperson; he is wearing too much make-up. Worth a visit.
OVER ALREADY?: The Libertines surely can't already have dissolved in a punky, rawky, stylee, can they? Apparently a weekend bust-up which saw Pete Doherty disappear isn't going to mark the end of the band, reckon the record label - but then labels are famous for denying splits in bands which have already divorced and remarried, aren't they? And if a few days in the studio leads to fisticuffs and girly huffs, how could the band hope to take on a tour of the US without resulting to all-out war?
That's it, I'm off [NME] - that's what we need, a new Mozzer and Marr
MOBY MOPING MUSES: Now,let's consider Moby's plea, made in his tour diary that "those of you who work at mtv/viva/vh-1/much music/etc could start by working towards limiting the amount of airtime thats given to stuff that YOU find crappy or distasteful. radio, too. here's a novel idea for the people who program radio stations and video networks:
why not occassionally play something that you LIKE and that doesn't make you feel dirty?
in the future we're all going to regret this period in music where our tastes were determinedby 11 year old girls and wrestling fans." It suggests that Moby hasn't seen a great deal of VH-1 recently (is all that Shania Twain aimed at the 11 year olds or the wrestling fans?), and also smacks ever so slightly of hypocrisy - for, strangely, Moby doesn't target any of the EMAP TV channels for his tirade, and over on the news pages we find a plea for fans to dial up QTV and request his tune "again and again."
We have to ask, by the way, what's wrong with MTV programming itself for the kids? It's what the channel is for, and complaining about that is like whining about all the football on Sky Sports. Worse, pillorying the chart stations for the music they play ignores that the real problem is in the charts themselves. Maybe if Moby sold a few more records, he might pop up on the European Top 20, too?
MORE BECKY BAMBOO GIG STUFF: This time: M Ward...
this is how shows for old people should go. doors at 3. free barbecue and plenty of potato salad. the bands start at 5:30 and you can finish up and be home in time to watch sex and the city. mmm.. bottom of the hill sunday shows RULE.
first band up was the moore brothers, whom I will proceed to damn with faint praise: they were pleasantly forgettable. they were 2 guys (presumably brothers) with one acoustic guitar who had a good blend of blandly nice voices. they had the obligatory superfan - you know, that guy who sings along with all the songs, who shouts out requests, and who listens avidly to any new songs. I have this theory that every single band, no matter how crap, has a superfan. let's test it, shall we?
there's one for candlebox. holy crap! there's a "ring 0' boxheads." boxheads? lord. you try. go ahead, prove me wrong...
next up were the court and spark. this was my third time seeing them and they were excellent as always. they have such a cool flying burrito brothers vibe to them.
and then came m. ward, who played a really short set - only about an hour. he has so many other great songs he could've thrown in there, but what we got was cool it was a big crowd, a lot bigger than I expected. I take this as a good sign that the word on him is getting out. the crowd was totally into it. it was almost like being at a rufus wainwright show. at times there was no noise other than the guitar and the cash register at the bar. hell, I could hear the front door squeak as it opened. I felt.. proud. like in some silly way I had somehow done something. delusions of grandeur, I know.
PLANES AND CARS: So, as if by someone planned this sort of thing, the first anniversary of September 11th - which this year will be held on September 11th - comes into line with the fifth anniversary of Dead Diana Day; more or less as New York announces some plans of what will come to replace the WTC, to cries of "erm... is that it?", the British government get round to showing off the sketches for a permanent Diana memorial (we do things slower in the 51st state) to cries of 'erm... is that it?'; and while Sep'ven tunes start to pile up at the Tower till... ah, but this is where the linkage ends.
Okay, the linkage mayn't seem especially strong, the cold-blooded murder of thousands set against the accidental death of a couple of hugely over-privileged toffs, but in terms of numb response, the only reference point close to after World Trade Centre was the after Diana effect. And that's what's strange.
Springsteen has, as we all know, spun a number one album out of the death; meanwhile, responses to the outrages and their effects as diverse as Steve Earle's and Toby Keith's have in turn inspired debate, and will probably create new music. The Strokes pulled and replaced New York City Cops from their set; Primal Scream disowned the entire concept of Bombing the Pentagon. Coldplay took their album off in a supposedly entirely different direction. Michael Jackson chose his special antibacteriological telephone to get some pals over to make a charidee single; the HIV song with Britney, Dursty et al suddenly had to wedge some references to Sepven in. And so on.
Now, set against what happened last year in New York and the questionable behaviour of the US government before and since, the death of the lovely Princess David wasn't going to amount to much. But what's remarkable is how little in the way of pop culture the most bizarre fortnight in recent British history generated. Yes, there is that opera (which is hardly 'pop'), and the dreadful Candle In The Wind (second mention on No Rock today, which is disturbing) - although that was just a rewrite anyway. And, of course, that sickly Chicken Shed thing. But that was - as far as we can recall - it. For two weeks, the nation clutched its teddy bears to its chest and cried real crocodile tears; everytime a flower bloomed it was cut off and forced into a bouquet to be tossed down outside Kensington Palace; the usual patterns of TV were replaced with rolling sniffles; a radio one dj mysteriously contracted a very long period of food poisoning after playing 'there is a light that never goes out.' And yet we've thought for ages, and can't think of a single song about those times. Now, it's possible we'll be contradicted in the comments section, but we find it kind of curious. No schmaltzy ballad from Jayne McDonald called Carpet of Floral Tears; no tart parallel-drawing from Billy Bragg under a 'How many other mothers died that night.' There are songs about the Falklands, songs about Thatcher, songs, even songs about IRA bombs. And yet, here is one of those landmarks, and nobody wrote a tune. It's almost as if we're trying to deny the way the country reacted, to pretend that, as a nation, we never lost our perspective at all - that our neighbours, our families, saw that it was just another celeb car smash - James Dean, Marc Bolan, Diana Windsor.
But you know what they say about forgetting the past...
THE GRAPEVINE: Tonight's pop reference snuck into the Newsnight mail-out, ctsy. Jeremy Vine: Life on Mars, neatly done in the preamble pointing out how there's not been a silly season this summer...
WHO COULD IT BE?: The writer, 6music and former gayer Tom Robinson. But who can he be talking about?
"We know that. If the name on this album was Costello, Young or Springsteen it would be acclaimed as a major return to form. If the name was Adams (R) or Gough (D) it would be hailed as their greatest, bravest work to date. How deliciously post-ironic, what a daring stroke of genius (everyone would say) to make a record with solo guitar in this age of Fatboy Slim and The Neptunes.
That would be his judgement on the new solo Roddy Frame album - although, as (we think it was) The Guardian pointed out, even when he was Aztec Camera he was mostly solo. Not sure that it's that ironic, really, but its always nice to have something new from Rod, isn't it? The album is called Surf. Some bastard's pinched the list of other new releases this week - and we assume you're not sweating on X from Def Leppard; over in the singles corner Alanis Morissette sticks out precious illusions (let's hope she keeps her kit on for the video; much as I'd like to believe the far superior Flaming Lips and do you realise? will trounce Coldplay's in my place, we know its not going to happen. And Toploader's Commonwealth Games downer time of my life should only be bought by people planning musical bonfires.
ROLF (ALMOST) BLOWS: The worlds of injured pet porn, easy-touchy-arts-criticism and giant painting narrowly escaped tragedy this weekend when Rolf Harris nearly caught fire. Apparently, the students fourth favourite thing (after: posters of Bob Marley with a spliff; subsidised beer, and calling Countdown 'Breakfast telly') was playing in some sort of tent, somewhere, when his accordion went up in flames. Your own jokes about red hot organs are welcome, if you feel you must.
Learning to swim is fuck all use when you're aflame [BBC] - course, he has an extra leg to help escape these situations
THE HARDEST LOOK IS THE ONE FORWARD: But the future will be a spot brighter with the Delgados having completed their new album. This new one is going to be called Hate, and it marks the first non-chemikal underground release for the band (they continue to run the label; it seems they just had visions of the way My Bloody Valentine almost pulled Creation down) and are now bedding down at Mantrarecordings. No release date yet, but we'll keep looking.
Making hate with love - Delgados album diary
MONKEYS BEAT KYLIE'S ARSE: Blimey - an awards ceremony giving a prize to a deserving nominee - can this be right? Apparently, Basement Jaxx's mutant monkey frightclip for Where's Your Head At beat off Kylie, Furtado and the So Solids to win the pop video award at the Soho Shorts festival. Actually, we'd quite like to see the video spun out to a fuller length - surely there's got to be a film in the idea of a scientist fusing monkeys and men to make a band? Course, Ronan would get all huffy at the tie-in single, but...
Heads up [Ananova] - apparently putting human faces on monkeys cheaper than painting out Kylie's cellulite
HOW MUCH PAINT DOES IT TAKE?: Former friends of Gary, The Glitter Band, almost manage pulling off an entire website without mentioning their past standing behind a man now doing time - but the strain is obviously showing, as the Glitter Band Official Fan Site are reduced to giving away tshirts in a desperate bid to keep their end up. Probably not a good idea to wear one in Portsmouth.
TEN, RIP: According to the Co-Op, who bury more corpses in the UK than anyone else, this is the top ten chocies of music for funerals in Britain:
1. Wind Beneath My Wings - Bette Midler
2. My Heart Will Go On - Celine Dion
3. I Will Always Love You - Whitney Houston
4. The Best - Tina Turner
5. Angels - Robbie Williams
6. You'll Never Walk Alone - Gerry And The Pacemakers
7. Candle In The Wind - Elton John
8. Unchained Melody - Righteous Brothers
9. Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon And Garfunkel
10. Time To Say Goodbye - Sarah Brightman
Well, I guess if you're forced by the deceased to listen through that lot, at least you won't be beset by misplaced affection for the dead. Bridge Over Troubled Waters apart, perhaps, why on earth would anyone want such bland, mass-produced pap to mark their last moments before decomposition sets in? This is your last chance to request a tune, people - use it wisely.
And as for the stinking arrogance of Candle In The Wind - regardless of which version you go for, having your coffin eased off the shoulder to that is akin to building a little Taj Mahal on your gravesite, don't you think? Frankly, unless you can get Elton to rewrite the tune for you, it's best to leave it alone altogether.
Likewise the lack of humility in having Tina Turner's the Best almost eclipses the lack of any taste at all in the selection. The song that is the automatic default for soundtracking any regional advert on ITV; the song that gets wheeled out at every dreary would-be motivational planning meeting for second string companies - is that what you want your life to be compared to? A Brentford Nylons sale or the September sales conference for Mole Valley Valves?
There are quirkier choices - someone apparently went gently into that good night to the News at Ten theme; we presume the person who elected for Firestarter was being cremated - but on the whole, it's same old same old. The Co-op's Lorinda Sheasby reports "We are receiving more and more requests for popular music as people attempt to personalise funerals and choose songs that are relevant to them." Personal and relevant are wonderful for a farewell to a loved one; this chart, however, reads like the bloody Capital Gold playlist. And do you really want Tony Blackburn in charge at your funeral?
More from No Rock on celine dion, whitney houston
splendid - after the House of Love, Popbitch commemorates the Fatima Mansions
THE RAIN BEATS HARD ON A HUMDRUM TOWN: So, that was the closing of the Commonwealth Games, then - musically a notch above the opening, albeit some of the choices made little sense. The popbitch claim that Toploader were booked on the strict understanding of Dancing In The Moonlight would be played makes some sense - otherwise, what the hell were a bunch of mainly forgotten nobodies doing on international telly with their new single? Ms Dynamite was an inspired choice, although again the song was a curious fit. But we have to take a moment to praise the crazy warped genius of having Grandmaster Flash in to MC a large portion of the event - could it be some synergy between Manchester and the New York of Flash's The Message being hinted at here?
At the other end of cool, could any bigger fuck off have been given to Jimmy Cliff than letting him be replaced on stage by Will Young? For some reason, Young was dressed like a young conservative, with a bloody flat cap, for god's sake. We can only assume that either he was hoping that nobody would recognise him on Canal Street (if he waited a couple of months, nobody would anyway), or else he thought that a flat cap would be a nice northern touch, unaware that pulling one on would be on a par with paying tribute to Jamiaca by blacking up.
Highlight of the night, however, was one of those moments where a caught shot suddenly makes you wonder if you've got someone wrong all these years. Prizes should be delivered to the BBC director who cut to the royal box in time to catch Prince Philip grinning like a loon, boffing a balloon about with his feet and hands. Classic.
Still tickets available for the games, according to the official site - mentions "bathed in light", neglects to mention "drowned in acid rain"
SCARY SEARCH TERMS: Welcome, whoever came to No Rock by googling on "Jimmy Young" fuck. Welcome, but... please, don't tell us what you were searching for...
THE GALL OF YER, GALLAGHER: You'd have thought by now Oasis would have realised that something - call it God, call it the cosmic cat, call it a teapot circling Mars - doesn't want Oasis to go to America. They've actually got there this time, and it's already a utter fucking shambles. The nme is reporting that they managed to limp four songs through a set before Liam had to run off 'cause his little throat was hurting him. Even Britney managed five tracks in Mexico, man. Bet they're wishing Noel hadn't been able to sort out his passport after all...
another Bowie best of? - we can only presume the BowieBonds aren't holding up that well on the market
STAYING IN IS THE NEW STAYING IN: So, the news from America is that a third of a million people fewer saw the Top Fifty tours there is the first half of 2002 compared with that all-important same period last year. Some of the blame is being laid at the feet of our old friends Clear Channel, who've hiked prices (the big fifty tours pulled in an extra 6 percent cash despite those shrinking attendances), but we think there's a broader point here. See, when record sales fell, the RIAA was able to make a case that this was because everyone was stealing music. The fact that fewer gig tickets are being sold, however, backs up the more likely explanation that the shrinking of America's music market is because what's on offer isn't encouraging people to pay out an increasingly thick wad of greenbacks for it. Unless, of course, the industry wants to tell us that people had bought stilts on the internet and were watching over the wall for free...
Billy Joel still doing well [Rolling Stone] - the news just gets worse...
MOTE, BEAM CONFUSION: Okay, we're probably as guilty as anyone at rattling sticks along the cage of Modern Pop Music and poking fun at the monkeys inside. We're entitled, right, 'cause we've read fanzines and bought flexidiscs and, dammit, fought in the CD wars, we did. Ronan Keating slagging off bands as forgettable, however? Geniusboy reckons that Hear'say sounds as if "they've just been put together" - woo, Ronan, you genius - you know, I think you could be right. If only the act of their being manufactured had somehow been caught on camera and broadcast on television, then the people would have seen. And we'd be so much better off it wasn't for acts just being put together by svengalis - Ronan, you wouldn't happen to know the bloke behind that Westlife group, would you? Could you have a word with him? Get that sorted.
'It's a joke' [Ananova] - also condemns Atomic Kitten songs as 'forgettable', apparently not noticing that they're two decades old and going strong...
OUT OF SPACE?: Curious goings on at cheerfull scouse chancers Space's camp. The much-much-much delayed new album remains delayed - wrangles with former label Gut are blamed, but the band were on the point of releasing it a while ago, which suggests they might have solved them. Instead, Gut produced a best of. More curious yet, the official space site has been closed down and now points to a fan site. Curious all round, and a pity, since we sort of miss them.
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Comcast Business Internet Upload Speeds
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Verizon for Small Business. net or Speedtest apps, please email [email protected] Comcast announced that it is the nation’s largest provider of gigabit broadband, with the ultra-fast Xfinity Gigabit Internet and Comcast Business Gigabit services now available to nearly all of the company’s 58 million homes and businesses passed in 39 states and the District of Columbia. Although cable internet can get you faster download speeds than many competitors in the DSL internet game, Spectrum's cable upload speeds are unimpressive. To see a list of approved and compatible devices, refer to the Comcast Business Internet device compatibility list. Plans from Verizon upgrade your Internet and phone experience, and help you get the most out of. When comparing Spectrum vs Comcast Business for your business internet needs, it comes down to the speed you want and the price you're willing to pay. If you are having trouble accessing www. Performance Plus Internet. Do not verify speed via wifi speed test only. Based on the DOCSIS 3. Get the best triple play deals on Cable TV, High Speed Internet, and Home Phone Service for a low monthly price - includes Free HD and no contracts. Xfinity and AT&T rate similarly when it comes to customer service, with AT&T usually snagging a slightly higher score. Please refer to the user manual for your device should you require additional assistance. This Flash-based speed test uses the same technology as a popular speed test company. The fastest internet service the ISP offers here is 987 Mbps, which is above average speed for 93711 business internet providers. Comcast is the nation's largest residential ISP with an advanced fiber-optic network that offers the best of speeds and reliability as well as exceptional online content. Note that it does not measure the speed Cox is delivering to your modem since many factors affect the speed in your home as it's processed by your modem, device, and everything in between. Comcast Xfinity Internet with download speed up to 987 Mbps and upload speed up to 35 Mbps is available in Clayton, Illinois. Grow your business & get a customized package for your business today. Current and new customers can subscribe to these and all Xfinity speed tiers on a stand-alone basis or as part of a package. Internet Speed Test | Comcast Business comcast. Actual speeds vary due to device limits, network and other factors. Prices start at $49 per month for ultra-fast speed. Business Services Connect works with many of providers in this article, including Spectrum and Comcast, to find the right internet, phone, and video providers for your business. The fastest internet service this ISP offers here is 25 Mbps, which is below-average speed for Oceanside, CA business internet providers. So, we took the time to look at 3 different plans Comcast offers: all with 50Mbps down internet. Comcast Cable is one of the nation's largest video, high-speed Internet and phone providers to residential and business customers. Gigabit speeds are available to businesses throughout “the majority of Comcast” service areas in Colorado, said Cindy Parsons, a Comcast spokeswoman. Xfinity on the other hand has a base plan of $29. Welcome! Interested in bringing your own modem? Before purchasing, or to check your current modem, use this site to easily determine if your device is approved for Xfinity Internet and/or Voice service and will support your Internet speed. The fastest internet service this ISP offers here is 25 Mbps, which is below-average speed for Oceanside, CA business internet providers. It will also enable Comcast to double speeds for the majority of existing high-speed Internet customers at no additional cost. It is a bit strange that Comcast no longer publicly lists the upstream speeds for their business class services -- that used to be something that they always did (it was the upstream speed for. 1-based internet service to business customers in the Chicago area. In contrast, the upload speeds on Symmetric DSL (SDSL) are almost the same as its download speeds. For heavier users, there are Internet plans that allow more than 100 megabits per second. The fastest speed Comcast customers can get in 36695 is 150 Mbps download and 20 Mbps upload. You are connected to Xfinity WiFi. Verizon FiOS wins the infrastructure battle in most areas with their 100% fiber optic network, delivering some of the best speeds available. 25 seconds. For a long time I had 50mbps download and 25 upload with comcast. Comcast High Speed Internet is now called "Xfinity. It is suspected that Comcast does this to help keep their subscriber numbers artificially high. All speed tiers are asymmetrical or the download/upload speeds are different. Business plans from AT&T soar all the way up to 1,000 Mbps download and upload speeds, offering you true gigabit connection potential. The Comcast Speed Test, technically called the XFINITY Speed Test (more on that below), is a Comcast-provided internet speed test. The current data usage cap is set at 1000GB per billing cycle. Currently, Comcast Business Class offers 50Mbps, 100Mbps, and 150Mbps wideband solutions to businesses – see Plans & Pricing. KOMO showed it to some CenturyLink and Comcast customers. †Includes 10 licenses with Charter Business Internet Essentials60. Now go back and check to see what your current IP address is and the speed at which you can upload and download from the Internet using the online modem speed test. I'm a little bit of a noob when it comes to Internet connections as soon as they go into Comcast's magic box and out the wall, so I'm looking for some advice. 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Today, about 75 percent of Comcast's Internet customers in the southeast region subscribe to one of these two tiers and will see their download speeds upgraded for no extra charge. Comcast Releases 'Disruptive' Gigabit-Speed Internet In Select Cities, No Fiber Required. This is the 2nd time in 6 months that her service has been slow for weeks at a time. Comcast is offering a new internet service that will deliver speeds up to 1 Gigabit-per-second (Gbps) to residential and business customers throughout the Greater Houston area. Grow your business & get a customized package for your business today. I would like to assist with your speeds. By posting a comment, you agree to our terms and conditions. And it has helpfully provided charts. She is house bound and she needs to use the internet, there are times when she cannot conduct her business on the internet. It’s clear that you need the best router for Comcast Xfinity to maximize the speed of your Internet connection. Cable companies set the default setting to download faster than upload. net is an HTML5 Internet speed test. actively interferes with attempts by some of its high-speed Internet subscribers to share files online, a move that runs counter to the tradition of treating all types of Net traffic equally. 95 per month instead of the $40–60 (after teaser promotions) the company charges for its lowest cost basic plan. A lot of speed complaints are a result of terrible wifi. Comcast’s arguments about infrastructure and bandwidth costs and so on are sort of hollow as some of the experts in our comments had indicated. They agreed to test their internet speeds for several days and record their results. Business plans from AT&T soar all the way up to 1,000 Mbps download and upload speeds, offering you true gigabit connection potential. Data Cap: Data usage is the data allowance you are given by Xfinity each month. Cable technology currently supports approximately 1000 Mbps of bandwidth (and some as high as 2000 Mbps) in many areas. Similarly, when it comes to choosing an internet service, you look for a few traits that are not hard to identify. The issue has been resolved. Comcast has disabled a throttling system that it deployed in 2008 in order to slow down heavy Internet users. This fee has been seen by some as unfair, but is waived for customers who buy their own modems. Previously, Comcast Business’s top speed was 250 Mbps (or megabits per second, which refers to the speed of data transfer). 1 Basic Comcast things. Xfinity, like all cable Internet providers, chooses to prioritize download speeds for their customers because most users download much more content than they upload. , Comcast has deployed their next-generation internet delivery technology, providing homes with gigabit internet speeds that are several orders of magnitude faster than the megabit standard they’re replacing. Test your Internet upload and download speeds to see how Comcast Business Internet compares to the competition. Upload speed is exactly the opposite. Comcast announced today that it will increase internet download speeds for some of its most popular Xfinity packages. With over 25 million internet customers as of April 2017. 0, Certified by Comcast XFINITY, Charter Spectrum, Time Warner Cable, Cox, BrightHouse, and More 4. A Gigabit Ethernet port provides faster access and downloads. The cable industry has seen a major shakeup in recent years, with a series of "mega mergers" redefining competitive boundaries, Internet speeds, and channel lineups. Difficult to update and scale if your business needs more bandwidth in the future. Business plans from AT&T soar all the way up to 1,000 Mbps download and upload speeds, offering you true gigabit connection potential. Comcast Business is proud to serve High Point, North Carolina. You may invite them to your new product presentation, give coupons for free trials, offer free gifts or prizes. The time it takes to upload or download a large amount of data from OneDrive depends on your Internet connection speed, how close you are geographically to our servers, how much your Internet service provider lets you upload in a day, the speed of your computer, and other factors. My son in law used to work for COMCAST up in NJ and he told me that the reason the speeds UP are so slow is that COMCAST and other cable companies figure we don't need fast upload speeds. Feedback received on this FAQ entry: Link to business pricing is dead. Get fast internet speeds with XFINITY internet service. The number of employees/Internet users and content transferred also affects the speed and reliability of a network. Cable companies set the default setting to download faster than upload. TCP/IP degrades over distance so choose the server closest to you when performing the internet speed test. One of the most common mistakes when running a SpeedTest is to run the test over WiFi – this is not a true measure of your Internet speed! Do you pay for Gigabit Fiber? It’s entirely possible the reason your Internet is slow is because your WiFi hardware can’t actually support the high speeds. The service uses. Comcast built the nation's largest Gig-speed network to deliver unrelenting speeds to more businesses in more places. The other day I increased our Comcast connection to 150mbps/20mbps and download speeds are consistently around 55mbps-60mbps for downloads. 95 per month instead of the $40–60 (after teaser promotions) the company charges for its lowest cost basic plan. Actually Comcast currently offers 16 Mbps down /3 Mbps Up , 25/10, 50/10. Comcast/Xfinity now offers gigabit home internet for many metropolitan cities and expanding daily. If Comcast Xfinity is the main — or only — cable internet option where you live, then we have good news for you: Xfinity is one of the best internet service providers (ISPs) in the US. Highly doubt Comcast will improve things in the way of upload speeds. Actual speeds vary due to device limits, network and other factors. But even though DSL and cable have become two standard ways of getting Internet service for a small business, do you really know the difference, and how to choose? Let’s compare. Below we will explore how a high speed Internet connection can relieve business stress, and also how you, your team, and your business can benefit from such a connection (once you find the best. More About Bandwidth Solutions. If AlekseyP's Raspberry Pi has been running hourly speed tests and only found lower-than 50Mbps speeds 16 times in three months, that would mean actual speeds are 50Mbps or above more than 99 percent of the time. You may invite them to your new product presentation, give coupons for free trials, offer free gifts or prizes. Comcast Business Internet. Learn More * Xfinity xFi is available to Xfinity Internet service customers with a compatible Xfinity Gateway. The Switch The ingenious way one customer got Comcast to address his slow Internet By Brian Fung February 3 (AP Photo/Gene J. The fastest upload speed Spectrum advertises is 20 Mbps, but that figure is displayed as a range of 7 to 20, so your actual upload speeds may not be that high. Puskar, File) Many of us have grappled with slow Internet speeds at one time or another. Due to the numerous WiFi devices and configurations available, Comcast is only able to confirm that XFINITY WiFi is functioning correctly. Since I have static IP, comcast only provide this service through their own router (SMC D3G modem/Router). Fiber Internet For High-Speed Access. When comparing Spectrum vs Comcast Business for your business internet needs, it comes down to the speed you want and the price you're willing to pay. 750-940 Mbps download / 750-880 upload. Up to 500 Mbps download, 50 Mbps upload speeds; Cyber security comes built-in for safer browsing; Unlimited Optimum WiFi access and automatic sign-in for up to 25 devices. While it isn't possible to increase your Internet's speed past the speed for which you're paying your Internet Service Provider, most people don't get the most out of their Internet connections. Upload speed is exactly the opposite. We give you more, leveraging our decades of industry experience to formulate new performance quality benchmarks – latency and jitter – that directly affect the day-to-day realities of today’s businesses. The 100 Mbps download per 10 Mbps upload speed tier is suitable for businesses. I would like to review your internet services and see why you're having these speed issues. Comcast Business announced the DOCSIS 3. Comcast has cheaper "economy" packages that offer slower speeds (3Mbps download, 768Kbps upload), but the company also offers more expensive high-speed connections (505Mbps download, 105Mbps upload) for certain locations. Netgear makes excellent products. Information travels to computers from the Internet at speeds that are measured in kilobytes per second (kbps). This FAQ in no way constitutes official information from Comcast or any of its affiliates. All that does is cause the system to use a static IP rather than performing a DHCP request when it first gets connectivity, but in the latter case, after an IP is assigned, things work the same way. More About Bandwidth Solutions. Broadband Speed. If you are at home, please connect to your home WiFi network. Please private message me your full name, the name of your business, the full service address and the phone number associated with your account. Below we will explore how a high speed Internet connection can relieve business stress, and also how you, your team, and your business can benefit from such a connection (once you find the best. Just follow the simple steps listed below, and soon you and your family will be connected. Save and simplify with one bundle of services. , Comcast has deployed their next-generation internet delivery technology, providing homes with gigabit internet speeds that are several orders of magnitude faster than the megabit standard they’re replacing. “Wireless” connection? A. Test your Internet upload and download speeds to see how Comcast Business Internet compares to the competition. CenturyLink vs Xfinity CenturyLink and Xfinity offer similar pricing and speeds for broadband Internet, but that's where the similarities end. 1 that allows Xfinity and Comcast Business internet customers to receive gigabit speeds over the communications lines that most. If you've found that your download speed is great, but your upload speed is abysmal, I've got a possible solution for you. An example of this is a 500/500 Mbps fibre internet connection, which means you get 500 Mbps download AND upload speeds. To that I say, what about all the pictures and home movies I need to upload to my cloud account. Please private message me your first and last name, the name of your business, the full address of your business location and the phone number associated with your account. Check availability today!. Keeping with our Facebook example, if you write a post on your timeline, the upload speed would be the rate at which the information needed to display your post to all your friends travels from your phone to the Facebook server. The NETGEAR CM500V Cable Modem for Internet & Voice provides a connection to high-speed cable Internet with speeds up to 680 Mbps and supports 2 phone lines. Speeds of 2Gbps are currently only offered in select markets. Comcast's network is now strong enough that a congestion management system isn't. The Comcast traffic had this problem but the DSL did not. Best Business ISP in the Southwest: Charter Spectrum. Disconnect any hardware that can cause latency issues. To that I say, what about all the pictures and home movies I need to upload to my cloud account. Hopefully you are now running at light speed and no more WoW lag for the active gamer. Get fast internet speeds with XFINITY internet service. Download/Upload Speeds: Xfinity internet offers speeds starting at 10Mbps for light users and up to 2000Mbps for power users. Ridiculous that I can't find this basic. Comcast's 1 Gigabit-per-second speeds, which began launching to local residential and business customers last summer, are among the fastest and most widely available in the area. I struggled with this issue for a while and decided to write down my findings in a blog post in case I, or anyone else, runs into this in the future. Speeds of 2Gbps are currently only offered in select markets. The Switch The ingenious way one customer got Comcast to address his slow Internet By Brian Fung February 3 (AP Photo/Gene J. This table; how fast fiber optic Internet is compares fiber to various broadband speeds in the U. Most Internet speed tests start and end with download and upload speeds. " "Comcast High Speed Internet" has also shifted to the Xfinity name, and is currently marketed as "Xfinity High Speed Internet Service. Power-cycle your router. Get high-speed, dependable business internet for from Verizon. With a variety of speed tiers up to 300 Mbps, Business Internet from Time Warner Cable Business Class is a high-performance Internet service that meets the needs of businesses of all sizes, helping you increase productivity while providing you with a reliable connection delivered over our fiber-rich network. No SLA or MTTR. Both offer speedy internet tiers at a decent price, similar internet data caps, and solid bundles. Test your Internet upload and download speeds to see how Comcast Business Internet compares to the competition. Comcast in 55421 (Minneapolis, MN) - 99% of residents in 55421 zip code can get Comcast Cable Internet. Fios starts at $39. So whenever his download rate drops below 50 Mbps, AlekseyP's Raspberry Pi sends a message prodding Comcast about it. And Comcast's free streaming box is actually a $13 rented box that's not only loaded with a major hidden fee -- it doesn't include streaming services Comcast isn't keen on competing with. Prices are not available but on Comcast Business’ site, the 150 mbps plan is $250 a month. An asymmetrical connection, on the other hand, does NOT have equal download/upload speeds (c’est quoi!). Even though download and upload speeds aren't as fast as Fiber, Cable can still reach speeds of 1 Gbps (1000 Mbps). Why Is My Comcast Internet So Slow. It's important to note that, as with virtually any such service plan, initial discounted pricing is offered for specified durations before increasing to higher standard rates. 133 responses to “Cord Cutting: How to Get High-Speed Internet Service Without Cable”. And complete 4G-LTE backup for reliability so business goes on, even if the power goes out. Comcast and Frontier each offer a number of packages which include high-speed Internet service. Verizon offers a variety of high-speed internet plans, including broadband DSL and Fios services, reaching download speeds of up to 940 Mbps and upload speeds of up to 880 Mbps. GPON Limitations. Available in limited areas other Comcast customers can see speeds greater than 150 Mbps download and 25 Mbps upload. Please refer to the user manual for your device should you require additional assistance. Verify speed via computer ethernet connection to router. Uploads are only 35Mbps, and there's a data cap unless you sign the contract. 1 transmission technology, the upload speed of Xfinity speed tests will almost always be significantly lower than the download speed. Jon Brodkin - Dec 2, 2013 1:00. The first is that while Comcast's gigabit download speeds match Google Fiber's, its upload speeds don't even come close. Passive, no full control of bandwidth allocation. The quality of the connection from the Internet or central server to the smaller computer or device also makes a difference in the transfer speed. (NASDAQ: VSAT) is a global communications company that believes everyone and everything in the world can be connected. Internet speeds may vary. And the chances are that you can get business internet in your home, whether you actually have a business or not. 5% of residents in Clayton can get Xfinity services. 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Harry is, for the first time focusing on himself. And it automatically binds with the magic of the targets. Ryan and Narcissa where currently both naked and in Narcissa's bedroom and Ryan was glad that he had left Harry with the house elves. And I got to thinking, what if James had gotten drunk and signed a marriage contract for Harry, one that married him to the wrong witch. Partially Kissed Hero is a Harry Potter story by longtime fanfiction writer Jared Ornstead, otherwise known as Skysaber. She also was a member of the Greengrass family, one of the Sacred Twenty-Eight. THE Queen has given her formal consent to. The tall man standing next to him handed Harry a slip of paper. Harry Potter and the Remnants of the Soul. However, it will have a plot unlike many lemon stories. Harry Potter and the Prince of Slytherin is a Harry Potter Deconstruction Fic exploring the common Wrong Boy-Who-Lived premise of many HP fanfictions. " Halfway Home by suitesamba. As I mentioned on the ol' Topless Robot Twitter Experience, I have no desire to do FFF today. Take this quiz and find out if you are a Potterhead! This quiz contains questions from Harry Potter And The Philosopher's stone. The Little Child to Lead Him: BlueRosesAtMidnight: Harry Potter: fanfiction. While researching for the second task, Harry finds an old and powerful book. After a while narcissa asks harry to destroy his marriage contract as Lord Black because there is a breach of contract with lucius who serves Voldemort and carries his mark, harry recuperates in addition the coins in addition to the interests that Are so big that the malefoy no longer have enough money and so the Malfoy mansion also comes back. Harry and Draco struggles with living and the guilt of surviving through the war while others died. Online dating on mobile. Angry Harry and the Seven Chapter 1: The Incident, a harry Okay, guys and guyettes, This one is of epic length. And I got to thinking, what if James had gotten drunk and signed a marriage contract for Harry, one that married him to the wrong witch. Rowling, Warner Brothers, and its various affiliates. Quite possibly my favorite Harry Potter fanfic of all time! Hopea story of love and why you should never lose hope. Title Author Categories Site ; 1. "What do we do now?" Narcissa said wrapping the sheets around her body "I mean my ex husband is a death eater and my sister is looked down upon because of her marriage". Title Author Categories Site ; 1. Standing on the street Harry looked up at the houses he stood in front of. In either 1985 or 1986, Fred and George Weasley attempted to convince their then five-year-old brother Ron to make an Unbreakable Vow with them. A Time to Reflect by kinsfire. Chapter one-Harry-"What are we doing here again?" Harry asked Bill Weasley as the Gringotts curse breaker led him to the Wizard Bank early one morning. Read Chapter 32 - Trial of Molly Weasley. ” replied Narcissa. r/HPfanfiction: Fanfic - Hogwarts style! Are there any fics where Harry marries Narcissa? I need this if only for the reactions. Thanks to a Snake Chapter 1, a harry potter fanfic Harry is affected more by the abuse at home,that, a chance meeting with a snake, and a marriage contract send him down a different path. The tall man standing next to him handed Harry a slip of paper. net: More Info: Harry Potter. Mean while Harry's twin gets all the glory and fame. Content Harry Potter. Nice new look to the site. Harry/Bellatrix/Narcissa. Net by Omens. Shakespeare purists will just freak. and then harry was nervous at first because he thought lucius was finally going to murder him while draco and narcissa are having tea outside, blissfully unaware of his impeding demise—. Also any harry x bellatrix/narcissa/tonks fics the best one i've read was: survivors of isla sorna linkffn(4396062). Harry Potter is owned by J. With a hug Narcissa left and Hermione went up to her room to go. Little does he realize the impact of claiming the spoils of war. But his godfather merely grinned, which annoyed him even further. Site: [fanfiction a marriage contract, permanently bonding. The three sisters grew up in a pure-blood household. I plan to use it to post inspiration behind that story, post original writing, and review the Harry Potter fanfics I have read and loved. Powerful /Harry Harry/Multi A new house is introduced and this will have Dumbeldore and Molly, Ron bashing to. I haven’t read every Harry/Hermione fanfiction and I’m really not a fan of ‘dark Harry’ so I’m probably not the best person to answer, but in my experience I would have to say that no, there really aren’t any. Two of the candidates for president in the 2004 race called Austin home. " said Narcissa. In order to start fresh without reader preconceptions about his work, though, he released it under a new identity with the name Perfect Lionheart. Harry Potter and the Marriage Contracts. I will see you tomorrow at ten ok. ' After the marriage you must sleep in the same bed and you cannot commit adultery. A "Harry Potter > Non-BtVS/AtS Stories" fan-fiction story. Plus, St Mungos refuse to treat anyone affiliated with Death Eaters. r/HPfanfiction: Fanfic - Hogwarts style! IIRC, there are a few fics where the contract is old, says something along the lines of "a girl from the Black family", and Tonks is just the only remaining candidate (aside from her mother and aunts, obviously*, but all three of them are already married to other people). " Harry paused, waiting for the goblin to give him his full attention. ) Tom really liked her, but had a sense of possesiveness towards her 3. Jimbocous has left reviews for:. I am no longer married to Lucius because very simply he broke the marriage contract by being sent to Azkaban and because of that the two of us are no longer married. Getting paid to go back and read some of the best pieces of Harry Potter fanfiction was the highlight of my week. Aela marriage. So, of course, Harry Potter did the unexpected, standing and protesting the proposed marriage. Maybe if you want to aunt Cissa. The Master of the House, Part I (Harry/Bellatrix/Narcissa, R) This is the first part of a Narcissa/Harry challenge posted on Narcissa_Harry at Yahoo groups. A Time to Reflect by kinsfire. Harry Potter universe is phenomenally popular among fanfiction writers and readers. Astoria began attending Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in 1993, two years below the famous Draco Malfoy (her future husband), and her elder sister. A different kind of showdown, in the Chamber of Secrets and beyond, between Lucius Malfoy, Harry Potter and Tom Riddle. To avoid the machinations of the Ministry, Harry must marry a reluctant Severus Snape. Harry Potter is owned by J. angry black contract dress family harrypotter hp jkrowling marriage Harry: Who's your daddy? *pulls Narcissa in out of nowhere and snogs her* I am, motherfucker. This book holds the power of sexual magic, and Harry decides to use it for his own personal enjoyment and gain. 4/22/2017 c30 1 D72 Hogokage, holy shit. Marriage contract sample egypt. Lily is also now married to Severus Snape and they have a daughter. Fanfiction Recent stories Harry Potter and the Marriage Contracts was updated on 20th Mar 10. What happens when Lucius and Narcissa are arrested for conspiracy with the Dark Lord, and Draco is sent to live with his aunt and uncle? Read on to learn what challenges he faces, and all the things that might have been. ' After the marriage you must sleep in the same bed and you cannot commit adultery. The three ran forwards, Narcissa in front, once they saw Allie in Harry's arms. Narcissa, the youngest of all three, made a respectable marriage after graduating Hogwarts, and into another pure-blood family. Naruto isn't mine either. Things are getting more and more serious between Prince Harry and Meghan Markle! By the way, the two lovebirds are now ready to sign a marriage contract. Novel Length (greater than 200k words) Harry Potter is owned by: JK Rowling, Bloomsbury Books, Scholastic Books, Raincoast. Logan_MacLeod has left reviews for:. It spans multiple books and is being written by The Sinister Man. The Master of the House, Part I (Harry/Bellatrix/Narcissa, R) This is the first part of a Narcissa/Harry challenge posted on Narcissa_Harry at Yahoo groups. Synopsis: The Weasleys have kept a secret from their kids… they are getting married and the parents have already chosen! Fred quickly hatches a plan with the smartest girl he knows to avoid this horrible marriage contract his. Bellatrix is described as being taller than Harry, with thick, sleek, black hair, a thin mouth, dark, heavily lidded eyes, pale skin, and the Black family's patrician good looks and bearing. I am, in fact, me,” he proclaimed. Harry is my godson and so is Draco. Malfoy, call me Narcissa or Cissa. Fanfiction Recent stories Harry Potter. Harry in a display of teenage rebelion dissapears for the summer only to find himself getting caught up in world of a vampire slayer and a Marriage Contract. I wanted to add onto another one of my reviews. But his godfather merely grinned, which annoyed him even further. Tags: courting miss granger, draco mafloy, dramione, fanfiction, harry potter, hermione granger, Marmalade Fever, sold 0 Summary of Courting Miss Granger: According to the Malfoy Marriage Contract, Draco Malfoy has one year to wed or else suffer the consequences, and guess who the only candidate left is…. Visitors so far (Separate IP's) - by Rihaan Shimomura © 2008-. Let me tell you something: This is THE place right now to find good completed, novel-length fanfiction about Harry Potter. Synopsis: The Weasleys have kept a secret from their kids… they are getting married and the parents have already chosen! Fred quickly hatches a plan with the smartest girl he knows to avoid this horrible marriage contract his. All of the best novel length Harry Potter FanFiction stories. Harry later asks Malfoy if the perpetual dissatisfied look on her face has to do with him (Draco). 7 of the Best Harry Potter Fanfictions So You Can Keep Reliving The Series. Apple Ling's List: Bonding/Marriage - Fanfics featuring the main pairing being Magically Bonded (forced or otherwise), Marriage Contracts (forced or otherwise) and/or the gradual act of tying the knot together (getting married - must be a vital part of the plot). It was Lucius Malfoy, a Death Eater, who brought Narcissa into the darker side of the wizarding world - but tellingly, Narcissa never became a Death Eater herself. For all of us who are fans of, as pstibbons has named it, the Grangerverse , this is a list of fics where a shamelessly kickass Hermione takes center stage. Rowling, Warner Brothers, and its various affiliates. Plus, St Mungos refuse to treat anyone affiliated with Death Eaters. What happens when Lucius and Narcissa are arrested for conspiracy with the Dark Lord, and Draco is sent to live with his aunt and uncle? Read on to learn what challenges he faces, and all the things that might have been. The night they had been waiting a whole year of engagement for. There's an abandoned one from way back in the early days of HP fanfiction. Page 6 of the Harry Potter > Non-BtVS/AtS Stories category (546 stories) at Twisting the Hellmouth. The war is over. The young Lord Potter-Black corrected the Chief Warlock, reminding the elder Wizard of the protocols of addressing individuals before the Wizengamot. Harry unfolded the paper and read the message it held. #fanfiction See more. Lily's genes were supplanted by Narcissa Malfoy's and Draco is now Harry's half brother. Visitors so far (Separate IP's) - by Rihaan Shimomura © 2008-. Astoria Malfoy (née Greengrass) (c. Harry/Multie. 19 comments. This book holds the power of sexual magic, and Harry decides to use it for his own personal enjoyment and gain. A different kind of showdown, in the Chamber of Secrets and beyond, between Lucius Malfoy, Harry Potter and Tom Riddle. "The Goblins believe they have found a possible connection between you and an, until now, thought to be extinct magical family so they want to verify. Harry and Draco struggles with living and the guilt of surviving through the war while others died. Fanfiction Recent stories Harry Potter. Content Harry Potter Trixie Belden Star Trek: TNG My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic Fanfiction Recent stories. Net by Omens. With Harry's new inheritance will he succeed. Nice new look to the site. Four years after the Battle of Hogwarts, Harry Potter has nearly completed his Auror training, along with his best mate Ron Weasley, friend Neville Longbottom, and his girlfriend Ginny Weasley. We know the Black family shared certain family characteristics ie dark hair, aristocratic good looks etc. harry potter fleur delacour marriage contract fanfiction Je veux voir plus d’articles de jardin biens notés par les internautes et pas cher ICI. While many of Draco's core traits remained in adulthood, he also changed in many ways and overall became a better person. Keira Marcos, you write some bloody brilliant stuff the only story I’ve been so immersed in apart from “Harry Potter and The Soulmates Bond” is the FanFiction called “Harry Potter and The Futures Past”. Net by Omens. and then one day he invites harry into his and narcissa's bedroom. Harry Potter and the Fury Of The Blacks: tigra18: Harry Potter: fanfiction. Harry Potter and the Prince of Slytherin is a Harry Potter Deconstruction Fic exploring the common Wrong Boy-Who-Lived premise of many HP fanfictions. There are not only thousands of fan-written stories available to read online, but also multiple websites dedicated to hosting Harry Potter fics of all lengths and genres. Site: ©Jeconais 2005-2019. First Wizarding War. There is no random haremization for the purpose of acting like some kind of Wish Fulfillment for angsty teenagers who think having a harem is awesome. Muggles weren't the only ones with the tradition of 'waiting until marriage'. Because the early fandom was basically split between Harry/Hermione and Ron/Hermione, 'H' was used for both characters: H/H versus R/H. Synopsis: The Weasleys have kept a secret from their kids… they are getting married and the parents have already chosen! Fred quickly hatches a plan with the smartest girl he knows to avoid this horrible marriage contract his. Harry is, for the first time focusing on himself. "Well that was fun," Ryan said with a grin. anonymous said:. Site: ©Jeconais 2005-2019. Jimbocous has left reviews for:. It comes as no surprise that most stories are average at best, and many are incomplete. A= Abandoned. ” said Narcissa. Net by Omens. New Hope [Harry Potter Fanfiction] 3K Reads 58 Votes 2 Part Story. " "I have one question, Balrog. He was glad that there was nobody else in the room, as the other three had gone to bed hours before. Harry Potter is owned by J. angry black contract dress family harrypotter hp jkrowling marriage Harry: Who's your daddy? *pulls Narcissa in out of nowhere and snogs her* I am, motherfucker. Narcissa resized her trunk and pulled a muggle style camisole from it. Set post-OotP, PreBtvs Tv Series. All of the best novel length Harry Potter FanFiction stories. A "Harry Potter > Non-BtVS/AtS Stories" fan-fiction story. After that, she keeps crying and Draco tries to cheer her up and they kiss. Rowling, Warner Brothers, and its various affiliates. Narcissa accompanies Lucius and Draco to the Quidditch World Cup. Fate Knows Best - We Won't Know Until It Happens - Wattpad Read more. Harry/harem, HarryxHarem. That is a breach of contract, and the marriage must be taken apart. This is my a list of my favourite fanfiction. Harry unfolded the paper and read the message it held. He felt the hand on his chest contract; her nails pierced him. xingmanx posted a comment on Sunday 7th February 2010 3:20pm for Chapter 1. r/HPfanfiction: Fanfic - Hogwarts style! Are there any fics where Harry marries Narcissa? I need this if only for the reactions. But at what cost? At odds with Dumbledore, estranged from the Weasleys, betrayed by Lupin, Harry tries to carry on for his 7th year. They were in fact poised to do so, with their wands out, holding hands and ready to cast the spell when their father discovered them. I am no longer married to Lucius because very simply he broke the marriage contract by being sent to Azkaban and because of that the two of us are no longer married. "Actually it is Narcissa Black," said Narcissa "and I would prefer if you call me Narcissa. Site: ©Jeconais 2005-2019. You're on your own. Harry defeats Voldemort and both Bella and Narcissa are the only two left alive. Harry had learned from Hiphook that the future husband must pay the parents of the bride a handsome amount of money, unless the marriage contract said otherwise. The Master of the House, Part I (Harry/Bellatrix/Narcissa, R) This is the first part of a Narcissa/Harry challenge posted on Narcissa_Harry at Yahoo groups. Harry Potter and the Marriage Contracts. Top 10 marriage proposal ideas. Harry/Multie. I've been working on the challenge for some time, but I couldn't get some of the later scenes to stick, but I thought I might put out the first part. Synopsis: The Weasleys have kept a secret from their kids… they are getting married and the parents have already chosen! Fred quickly hatches a plan with the smartest girl he knows to avoid this horrible marriage contract his. That is a breach of contract, and the marriage must be taken apart. That is, the stories depict two men in sexual situaions, most of them explicitely. Epic-length, but Not Necessarily Epic-quality ; Epic Wannabes; Completed Stories, less than 100k length. ” “Now, Hermione, I must go because it’s getting late and Lucius might start worrying. And now they shouted, now they yelled in triumph and stamped their feet, and through his eyelids Harry saw bursts of red and silver light shoot into the air in celebration. net, but one that is worthy of enough praise I'm going out on a limb. Tags: draco mafloy, dramione, fanfiction, harry potter, hermione granger, Once Upon A Thyme, zensho 0 Summary: Disaster occurs when Hermione, for the 1st time in her life, brews a not-so-perfect potion that transports herself and Draco back to the 15th century. Set post-OotP, PreBtvs Tv Series. Following reading the note he looked up and watched the two buildings jump apart as #12 appeared as if from. harry potter fleur delacour marriage contract fanfiction Je veux voir plus d’articles de jardin et de bacs à fleurs biens notés par les internautes et pas cher ICI. Hermione called for Narcissa, but he was so peaceful. Summary: Harry Potter is the Prince of Gryffindor, the next in line to the Wizarding Throne. "Then we have the next breach of contract, and that is Narcissa Black and Lucius Malfoy. Things get better, though. Malfoy, call me Narcissa or Cissa. She also was a member of the Greengrass family, one of the Sacred Twenty-Eight. Abandoned WIP. Harry had learned from Hiphook that the future husband must pay the parents of the bride a handsome amount of money, unless the marriage contract said otherwise. My works of fanfiction posted on this site are just that fanfiction. Rated: T/PG-13. ETC Archive, formerly After Class, Beloved Enemies, and Canis Major (Harry/Snape, Harry/Lucius, Harry/Sirius) (defunct) Harry and Draco Fanfiction Archive (Harry/Draco) (defunct) Harry/Weasley Slash Archive (Harry/male Weasley) The Headmaster's Study (Snape/Dumbledore) Hermione Ginny FanFic Archive (Hermione/Ginny) (defunct) The Hex Files. net: More Info: 2. But the Dark Lord's return at the end of her fifth year derailed everything, and now she must decide who will best help her find the li. Harry has died against Voldemort again. Chapter Three-Harry-"Are you ready to shake the Britain to its core?" Narcissa asked him as she straightened out his Head of House Robes that the Goblins had made for him, they were made of black acromantula silk with the Potter family crest on the right side of his chest, the Peverell and Emrys crests on his shoulders, The Gryffindor and. Set post-OotP, PreBtvs Tv Series. Harry Potter and the Remnants of the Soul. Soul Bond does not negate the Marriage Contracts, and he finds out that he can't. "Actually it is Narcissa Black," said Narcissa "and I would prefer if you call me Narcissa. Let me tell you something: This is THE place right now to find good completed, novel-length fanfiction about Harry Potter. Chief Warlock Dumbledore asked Potter why he was there. Mean while Harry's twin gets all the glory and fame. Harry defeats Voldemort and both Bella and Narcissa are the only two left alive. Notebooks and Letters, originally posted on fanfiction. Chapter Twelve – Some More Retribution January 6, 1998 London England Ministry Of Magic Chambers of the Wizengamot: Daphne wrote: YES YES YES Thank you. Narcissa slipped her hand over Lucius’s for comfort and support when Voldemort demanded his wand, and. "Narcissa!" a voice said. Category Archives: Soul Bond, Marriage Bond, Other Similar Bond Stories in which two protagonists are joined by a bond, probably magical in nature, which may even be the equivalent of a marriage. "Then we have the next breach of contract, and that is Narcissa Black and Lucius Malfoy. Okay nobody can answer that for you. [Tom/Minerva, Lucius/Narcissa, Hermione/Viktor] Categories: Harry Potter > Hermione/Viktor, Harry Potter > Lucius/Narcissa, Harry Potter > Other Het Pairings. Drabbles/Discarded Ideas Harry Potter. Fanfiction Recent stories Harry Potter and the Marriage Contracts was updated on 20th Mar 10. The Marriage Stone. " Harry noticed that Ginny was standing beside. This is Harry/Snape. Hermione called for Narcissa, but he was so peaceful. Four years after the Battle of Hogwarts, Harry Potter has nearly completed his Auror training, along with his best mate Ron Weasley, friend Neville Longbottom, and his girlfriend Ginny Weasley. Tags: courting miss granger, draco mafloy, dramione, fanfiction, harry potter, hermione granger, Marmalade Fever, sold 0 Summary of Courting Miss Granger: According to the Malfoy Marriage Contract, Draco Malfoy has one year to wed or else suffer the consequences, and guess who the only candidate left is…. Following reading the note he looked up and watched the two buildings jump apart as #12 appeared as if from. Here is a story that you will not be able to find on fanfiction. Fan Fic / The Real Us Harry's contract with the Weasleys is horribly written and would probably be thrown out as a "bad faith" contract. From Dramione to random inheritances, a college student analyzes the good, the bad, and the ugly that is Harry Potter fanfiction Hello, people of the internet! My name is Belle, and yes, this. All the students in the great hall turned to look at the headmaster tearing their eyes away from Harry. Bellatrix is described as being taller than Harry, with thick, sleek, black hair, a thin mouth, dark, heavily lidded eyes, pale skin, and the Black family's patrician good looks and bearing. Goodreads allows fanfiction if they are completed, self-published, and book-length. The young Lord Potter-Black corrected the Chief Warlock, reminding the elder Wizard of the protocols of addressing individuals before the Wizengamot. Harry Potter and its characters are property of JK Rowling in association with Warner Brothers. Nodding her head, Narcissa took a deep breath and let it out slowly in relief. The ministry enacts a marriage law to repopulate after the war. No copyright infringement is intended by the author. Drabbles/Discarded Ideas; Harry/Cho; Harry/Fawkes; Harry/Ginny; Harry/Hermione. This is a short story of the aftermath when Harry Potter is attempting his first few steps toward independence. Walsh's Dangerverse as well as a crossover with a version of the canon Harry Potter universe, Be Careful tells the story of Draco Malfoy, who, after witnessing the events of the first chapter of Deathly Hallows, begins to have second thoughts about the war and his part in it. ## Harry/Hermione/Daphne. buy the contracts out These contracts also state how many times a week the wife is required to. Content Harry Potter Trixie Belden Star Trek: TNG My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic Fanfiction Recent stories. Then it was withdrawn. "Then we have the next breach of contract, and that is Narcissa Black and Lucius Malfoy. The marriage contract one. "What do we do now?" 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Page 6 of the Harry Potter > Non-BtVS/AtS Stories category (546 stories) at Twisting the Hellmouth. A reworking of many once-original ideas that have now become clichés in the world of fanfic. Daphne, will you marry me?. The tall man standing next to him handed Harry a slip of paper. This Archive is a subsection of Rihaan's Fanfiction Network. Title Author Categories Site ; 1. It is written on the Black Family tapestry that Bellatrix was born in 1951 and Narcissa in 1955; from this we can deduce that Andromeda was born c. Harry Potter universe is phenomenally popular among fanfiction writers and readers. Hermione Granger gets paired with Draco Malfoy. Chapter Twelve - Some More Retribution January 6, 1998 London England Ministry Of Magic Chambers of the Wizengamot: Daphne wrote: YES YES YES Thank you. Warning, this challenge will include several cliché of fanfiction such as : riche as crésus Harry, old marriage contract suddenly activated, Potter Manor finaly free of use, life bond, necessity for old blood to have several wifes, particular mariage contract that lets the wife keep her maiden name to preserve a family line and weird maturity of Veela's body. New Hope [Harry Potter Fanfiction] 3K Reads 58 Votes 2 Part Story. The Pureblood Princess by TheEndless7. Fanfiction Recent stories Harry Potter and the Marriage Contracts was updated on 20th Mar 10. Content Harry Potter Trixie Belden Star Trek: TNG My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic Fanfiction Recent stories. Chapter Three-Harry-"Are you ready to shake the Britain to its core?" Narcissa asked him as she straightened out his Head of House Robes that the Goblins had made for him, they were made of black acromantula silk with the Potter family crest on the right side of his chest, the Peverell and Emrys crests on his shoulders, The Gryffindor and. by KingoftheClouds84. By Rocag29 Ongoing - Updated Sep 01, 2012 Embed Story Share via Email Read New Reading List. 19 comments. angry black contract dress family harrypotter hp jkrowling marriage Harry: Who's your daddy? *pulls Narcissa in out of nowhere and snogs her* I am, motherfucker. Narcissa questioned both worriedly and slightly angrily what had happened to her daughter, though Nymphadora calmly explained to her aunt that it had been the only way and that Allie would make a full recovery, which Narcissa accepted with a thanks. "The Goblins believe they have found a possible connection between you and an, until now, thought to be extinct magical family so they want to verify. I was tired myself of having to browse through thousand of pages of good fanfiction in a bad format. Harry and Draco struggles with living and the guilt of surviving through the war while others died. By the time fans caught up with Draco in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, he was in many senses a changed. Harry Potter and the Rise of the Amphiptere. THE Queen has given her formal consent to. Harry/Multie. net: More Info: 2. computer5450 has left reviews for:. and then one day he invites harry into his and narcissa's bedroom. Ryan and Narcissa where currently both naked and in Narcissa's bedroom and Ryan was glad that he had left Harry with the house elves. Getting paid to go back and read some of the best pieces of Harry Potter fanfiction was the highlight of my week. Harry Potter is owned by J. Site: ©Jeconais 2005-2019. Like before OOTP was released. Title Author Categories Site ; 1. -harry and cedric go back in time to train with the founders and I think merlin-i think it's harry and cedric's son or grandson who go back and pretend to be students-hermione knows something about the marriage contract-could swear that hermione and ron were together in start of story but have other soulmates and that ron's is twilight's edward. In the story, they're at Hogwarts for some sort of festival or fair and James competes to win Harry as a date for the day. No money is being made and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended. Metamorphosis of Narcissa:Harry deals with the emotional and. Alcoholics!Harry and Draco. Double In-Law Marriage: Considering how Harry and Hermione were raised, their relationships (with Ginny and Ron, respectively) are likely to end up as this. ) The girl had a marriage contract with regulus arcturus black 4. Harry is my godson and so is Draco. Pairings: Harry/Hermione, Harry/Molly W. Harry Potter and its characters are property of JK Rowling in association with Warner Brothers. Nodding her head, Narcissa took a deep breath and let it out slowly in relief. Dumbledore chuckled. Chapter one-Harry-"What are we doing here again?" Harry asked Bill Weasley as the Gringotts curse breaker led him to the Wizard Bank early one morning. His mother had been Bellatrix, I think and he had a twin Damion. J K Rowling Reveals What Happened to Draco Malfoy. I plan to use it to post inspiration behind that story, post original writing, and review the Harry Potter fanfics I have read and loved. Draco/Harry Fanfic Recs To avoid an arranged marriage, Draco gets Harry to be his boyfriend. "The Goblins believe they have found a possible connection between you and an, until now, thought to be extinct magical family so they want to verify. Rowling or Warner Bros. I like the selection of authors. Marriage license lookup tulsa ok. Everything in his life so far was focused toward the war. Please, don't think about it, just answer. Naruto isn't mine either. The Pureblood Princess by TheEndless7. When it is announced to the public, it backfires in a rather horrid way for the Ministry, and the punishment that they sought to dish out may turn out to be a blessing in disguise. Double In-Law Marriage: Considering how Harry and Hermione were raised, their relationships (with Ginny and Ron, respectively) are likely to end up as this. Harry unfolded the paper and read the message it held. Fanfiction Recent stories Harry Potter. Site: ©Jeconais 2005-2019. Narcissa Malfoys parents were Cygnus Black III and Druella Rosier. Thanks to a Snake Chapter 1, a harry potter fanfic Harry is affected more by the abuse at home,that, a chance meeting with a snake, and a marriage contract send him down a different path. Daphne, will you marry me?. For all of us who are fans of, as pstibbons has named it, the Grangerverse , this is a list of fics where a shamelessly kickass Hermione takes center stage. Rowling, Warner Brothers, and its various affiliates. After the Chamber: Lords and Ladies is a Harry Potter Fan Fic that, like Zero no Tsukaima: Saito the Onmyoji and Code Geass: The Prepared Rebellion, is a mix of Alternate Universe Fic and Rational Fic written by SeerKing. "Yesterday a new law was passed, a marriage law to be precise. Title Author Categories Site ; 1.
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Articles, Reviews & Reflections on Yiḏaki & Yolŋu Culture
Yiḏakiwuy Dhäwu Miwatjŋurunydja
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Posted on May 23, 2017 January 27, 2018 by randin
Bäpurru – Death in Yolngu Culture
With the news of another death in the yiḏaki world, perhaps it is time to talk about death in Yolŋu culture. This post scratches the surface of this huge topic and introduces you to some basic concepts and protocol.
First, the News
A great Yolŋu yiḏaki player and maker passed away last week. As I’ll discuss below, Yolŋu custom forbids speaking the name of the deceased for a period of mourning. I believe it is a bit extreme to apply this to typing on the internet, but for those who are sensitive about it and in case any Yolŋu family read this, I’ll just type the first name here once in white text. Datjirri #1 Wunuŋmurra. Double-click or hold your finger on that white space to select the text and see the name.
Find more information about Mr. Wunuŋmurra on the old Yirrkala Yiḏaki website, thanks to the internet archive. He was talented, knowledgable, charismatic, funny and lots of trouble, and I will miss his presence when I’m in Arnhem Land. I will never forget the sparkle in his eye as he said, “let’s go shopping,” whenever we went out to cut yiḏaki.
A rare sight showing the humor and flash of the late Mr. Wunuŋmurra. A yiḏaki-to-be de-barked before being chopped down.
Bäpurru
When a death occurs in northeast Arnhem Land, word goes out about a bäpurru, in this case meaning “a death.” Bäpurru is also the main word for “clan” in Yolŋu languages. Individuals identify the bäpurru to which they belong, such as Djapu, Gumatj, Gälpu, or in Mr. Wunuŋmurra’s case, Dhaḻwaŋu. I can’t explain to you why Yolŋu use the same word for “clan” and “a death.” I made a quick scan of my library and didn’t find any clear explanation from academics. The best guess is that it stresses the kinship connections between everyone and suggests “a death in the family.”
In short, if a Yolŋu person tells you, “_______ is my bäpurru,” they’re telling you their clan affiliation and therefore, in many respects, their very identity. If someone says something like, “did you hear about the bäpurru?” they’re alluding to news of a recent death.
Use of Name & Images
Yolŋu do not go around telling everyone, “hey, John just died.” No one utters the name and no one is told in such a matter-of-fact manner. Families gather and are sung the news. Leaders bang the biḻma, or clapsticks, with particular patterns and sing songs that indicate the person’s lineage (including their own bäpurru). On at least one occasion I witnessed, this song was followed with a few words to clarify a potential ambiguity, such as which of two brothers died. Upon hearing the news, women begin to wail and sing milkarri – crying songs. They improvise words to clan melodies to mourn and celebrate their connection to the deceased. Find a little more info and a video clip from the film Bulunu Milkarri HERE.
A still from the film Bulunu Milkarri.
Why do they not say the name? On a simple level, to avoid upsetting surviving relatives. On deeper levels, there are two main reasons corresponding to two different Yolŋu concepts of the soul.
Birrimbirr refers to a good spirit that leaves the body of the deceased to journey back to its home. For some clans, this is a water hole on sacred land. For others it is said to be an island of spirits to the northeast. Others speak of the stars in the Milky Way as the souls of departed clansmen. From this reservoir of souls, this birrimbirr may leap into the body of a pregnant woman later on. Calling out the deceased person’s name may distract the birrimbirr from its journey and break the cycle of spirits coming into humans to keep the clan alive.
A darker, perhaps trickster part of the soul is referred to by the general word for spirits, mokuy. This spirit lingers after death. It haunts the deceased’s home, workplace and possessions. Calling out the name of the deceased might get the attention of this mokuy and bring “spiritual pollution” to close relatives, causing injury, illness or even another death. Shortly after the death and the ensuing funeral ceremony, Yolŋu perform cleansing ceremonies with water or smoke to wash away this spiritual pollution. If you visit a Yolŋu community, you may see houses or vehicles with traces of red bands painted around them. This indicates that they were cleansed following ceremonial business.
Yolŋu integrate introduced technology such as photographs and audio recordings into these customs. These new media remind families of the deceased and may invoke the spirit. However, not all Yolŋu feel the same way about this. Many privately collect, view and share photos of recently deceased kin. On at least one occasion, family chose to display a portrait of the deceased at a memorial service, to mixed response from Yolŋu in attendance. Rules are often bent for Yolŋu who rose to prominence outside of Arnhem Land. Family of the late lead singer of Yothu Yindi allowed his image to be displayed much sooner than normal, and the late George Rurrambu of Warumpi Band insisted while dying from lung cancer that people keep playing his music and showing his image.
Yolŋu also avoid words that sound like names of the deceased. Didjeridu players may remember a few years ago when the word yiḏaki was not to be spoken because it is one letter away from the name of a deceased man. The alternate word mandapul became prominent at that time in the area around Yirrkala, but yiḏaki is clear for use again.
The mourning period varies widely from a few years to a decade, and may vary between different people across the region. Close family avoid a name or word for longer than other Yolŋu will. Yolŋu from the west of the region, at Milingimbi, for instance, most likely continued using the word yiḏaki as they were not close to the man with the similar name who passed away in Yirrkala, on the eastern edge of Yolŋu country.
The best advice, however, is to err on the side of caution to avoid upsetting anyone. If you are physically with Yolŋu people, speak with caution. Do not post photos or video and audio recordings of recently deceased Yolŋu people. As for typing names of the deceased on the internet, I was once told, “spirits don’t read.” I’d wager that typing a name will not distract a spirit from its journey. But sensitive family members or overprotective outsiders may happen across it.
What Happens When Someone Dies
When death is near, families gather and sing songs to prepare and soothe the dying person. Buwathay Munyarryun speaks about that here, in a video clip from http://yidakistory.com/dhawu/yidaki-issues/healing-with-the-didjeridu/.
A burial platform, photo by Donald Thomson 1935
In the old days before European influence, Yolŋu painted the deceased body with sacred designs of the person’s lineage while song and dance continued. After this first round of ceremony, bodies were left in shallow graves or tree platforms to decay. Later, family returned to collect the bones and paint them. Key parts such as thigh bones and skulls were bundled in paperbark and carried for a time, perhaps a year. Then, in a final round of ceremony, hollow log coffins known by various names such as ḻarrakitj, ḏupun or dhakandjali were painted with sacred designs of the deceased’s lineage. Yolŋu placed the bones in these coffins for final disposal and left them in the bush to decay.
A ḏupun at Gätji in 1936, photo by Donald Thomson
Mungurrawuy, Djuwali, Daymbalipu and Yäma, from the Yirrkala Film Project film ‘From a Long Time Ago – Hollow Log Painting, Yirrkala 1974’
With the introduction (imposition?) of quicker in-ground burial, modern Yolŋu mortuary procedures are a bit condensed. Singing begins around the body as families are notified all over the region. Usually, if the death is in or near Yirrkala, the body is ceremonially carried to a vehicle for a slow procession to the hospital in the mining town of Nhulunbuy. On arrival, song and dance escort the body from the vehicle to the morgue. Families then plan the funeral ceremony, then at the appropriate time, return to collect the body and again ceremonially escort it from the morgue to the vehicle and from the vehicle to its resting place for the ceremony. The body is ritually guided at every movement. Long distances complicate this, such as deaths in remote homelands or major cities like Darwin. Every movement from house to car to plane to car to hospital to morgue must be accompanied ritual song and dance.
Funeral ceremony lasts anywhere from a few days to a few months depending on the person’s significance and the amount of family involved in the ceremony. The deceased own clan, mother’s clan, mother’s mother’s clan and djuŋgaya (see http://yidakistory.com/dhawu/yolngu-rom/yothu-yindi/ for more info) take primary roles, but more distant relations may also be involved. Other ceremonies such as boys’ initiation often piggyback on funerals to take advantage of the large gathering.
Every funeral is different. Leaders of the concerned clans gather and decide the needed series of events. Each day brings new cycles of ritual song and dance that aim to guide the spirit to its resting place. Related clans take turns doing their part. Intensity builds until the climax of the burial. Designs once painted on hollow log coffins now adorn coffin lids and grave markers. In the days following the burial, ritual cleanses the mourners, particularly those who handled the body, of any spiritual pollution.
Cleansing ceremony after a funeral in Yirrkala, 2007.
Further Reading & Viewing
The legendary anthropologist Donald Thomson, who worked in northeast Arnhem Land in the 1930s, wrote that if he could fully understand Yolŋu funeral ritual, he would have the key to a full understanding of the whole culture. The quest for that understanding continues today.
If you want to delve deeper into this, my number one recommendation comes in two parts. The film Madarrpa Funeral at Gurka’wuy by Ian Dunlop and the book Journey to the Crocodile’s Nest by Howard Morphy both document one Yolŋu funeral from 1976. The film allows you to see and “experience” some of the action for yourself while the book has more time to fill you in on the background. Morphy discusses in detail who participated and why, and what micro-ceremonies added up to create the whole funeral. Combining the strengths of written word and visual media to cover one ceremony conveys more understanding than any one film or book can alone.
The Yirrkala Film Project
Journey to the Crocodile’s Nest by Howard Morphy
That said, neither are easy to come by, even in Australia. Search for the book at libraries, particularly university libraries, and online used book websites. The film is part of the Yirrkala Film Project, a series of 22 films shot throughout the 1970s. Again, look at libraries near you, but don’t expect much outside of Australia. If you are seriously interested in Yolŋu culture, I highly recommend that you purchase the entire series HERE. You will learn so much. I got my hands on most of the series between my first and second visits to Arnhem Land in 1999 and 2001. Viewing the films greatly improved my knowledge and ability to communicate with Yolŋu.
Two of the photographs above by Donald Thomson are available in the beautiful book Thomson Time: Arnhem Land in the 1930s – A Photographic Essay. You should buy it.
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7 Replies to “Bäpurru – Death in Yolngu Culture”
Tim Moore says:
I have two extraordinary yidaki crafted by this man. I hope he is at peace now.
randin says:
Enjoy them in his honor! He and his wife Djilirrma made some beauties.
Justine Speed says:
September 1, 2017 at 0:34
Thanks so much for such a great site Randin! This is fabulous information about Yolŋu culture in general and Bäpurru in particular. Many Balanda who work/live in communities in Arnhem Land are often unsure about the law and protocols surrounding this topic. Would you mind if I shared this on facebook with our supporters at Why Warriors? (www.whywarriors.com.au)
Thank you, Justine! Yes, please share. I’m definitely on the same team with you, pushing for understanding and better communication.
Omar De la Tejera says:
Excelent article. I allways learn and enjoy so much with all this information and the way you write.
My knowledge about aboriginal people and culture is almost none and even more talking about Yolŋu people.
But I would like to share a personal experience that I had with Mark Atkins when he was here in Mexico two years ago. I knew about the fact that aboriginal people should be warned with films and photographs because of the apereance of deceased people, and having in mind that in Mexican culture traditionally there is a close relationship with death and deceased people getting to a point where there are festivities and jokes about that, I asked Mark what was his thoughts about both different views of death. He said that with his people they don’t mention the name of the person whom recently die because it was a way to respect his legacy. When the name of a deceased people is spoken the names of his alive relatives are being forgotten, so as his legacy. By saying the names of the alive people we are including inside those names as well the names of their ancestors particularly the names of the recently deceased people. That way we are honoring them. I am pretty sure that some misunderstanding could happen and also that Mark does not belong to Galpu bäpurru, but i thought these lines were worth to write. Greetings from Mexico.
Thanks for sharing that. Yes, Mark is rom very far away from Yolŋu country. But that’s an interesting way to look at it.
Alex Rawlings says:
February 24, 2018 at 4:02
I so love reading your articles and am very grateful for the time you take to share the valuable knowledge you have.
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The Badlands Wilderness in the winter. / Photo by Buddy Mays
Start planning your Winter Getaways around Oregon
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The true beauty of Oregon is in its many faces and climates. Winter is no exception. Come January and February, the Oregon Coast will likely exhibit temperatures in the low 50s drizzled with rain. Over the Cascades and into the high desert, Bend is partly sunny and somewhere in the low 30s. Farther east to Baker City and you’re looking at 40s and clear blue skies. But this isn’t a weather report for cities that start with B, it’s a state-wide guide to some of the best ways to take advantage of the varied temps and terrains this winter.
Get a Dog’s-eye View of Mt. Bachelor
You might say that a tour with Oregon Trail of Dreams is the dogsled equivalent of a carriage ride with Sea Biscuit or a tandem bike tour with Lance Armstrong. In fact, the one-hour tour winding through an old-growth forest on Mt. Bachelor’s south side is a cakewalk for the 12-dog teams of Alaskan Huskies, many of which have Iditarod finishes under their harnesses. While the dogs are capable of pulling at hair-raising speeds, seasoned guides keep the four-legged athletes in check with downhill speeds rarely topping 15 miles per hour. Cost: $75 for adults, $30 for children less than 80 pounds, with maximum passenger capacity of 450 pounds per sled. If you’re looking for a full-day affair, opt for the marathon trip to Elk Lake Lodge and back for $450 for two adults, including lunch. For more information, look under the services/activities tab of Mt. Bachelor’s website, mtbachelor.com.
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If you think urban-wilderness is an oxymoron, you haven’t spent much time in Portland’s Forest Park. At 5,100 acres, it’s the largest urban forest in the country– but it gets better. At its most southern point, the park meets up with Macleay Park, which then spills into Washington Park. The 30-mile Wildwood trail spans all three parks and is crisscrossed by miles and miles and miles of single-track and fire roads. “Even traversing our regular routes backwards can provide a novel run,” says ruben Galbraith, an ultra runner and leader of Trail Factor running club (trailfactor.com). This 6-mile run is one of his staples: Start at Lower Macleay parking lot (NW 29th St. and Upshur St.) and run or hike west along Balch Creek until the trail intersects with the Wildwood Trail at the Stone House (a defunct public restroom built in the 1930s as part of the Works Progress Administration). Bear left at the Wildwood Trail and wind up to Pittock Mansion. On a clear day, you’re rewarded with panoramic views of downtown Portland, Mt. Tabor and Mt. Hood. From the mansion, double back or keep going another 3.5 miles to the Oregon Zoo and the southern-most point of the Wildwood Trail. Detailed maps are available at the Forest Park Conservancy (forestparkconservancy.org).
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The Cascades may get most of the glory, but for breathtaking views and dry and plentiful snow, you can’t beat the Wallowa Mountains. To see these rugged peaks, grab a few friends and book a back-country yurt. Experienced off-pisters will get the most bang for their buck at one of the two self-catered camps run by Wing Ridge Ski Tours (wingski.com). As long as you pass the outdoor skills assessment, you can ski (or snowshoe) into one of two camps without a guide for the rate of $55 per night per person. Each camp is composed of a cook tent, sauna tent, latrine and two five-person sleeping tents. Don’t want to go it alone? Wing ridge offers guiding service starting at $200 a day. If you’d rather not worry about cooking or navigating, Wallowa Alpine Huts (wallowahuts.com) offers four-day all-inclusive trips for $625 a person.
Find Fresh Tracks at Mt. Bailey
Experienced skiers quench their thirst for fresh tracks and massive amounts of snow on Mt. Bailey, just five miles north of Crater Lake National Park. The 8,360-foot Cascade mountain peak catches winter storms from the coast, collecting 500 to 600 inches of snow each season and making for many waist-deep powder days. Experienced backcountry skiers can skip the cat and skin up the ungroomed mountain. But for $350 per person, Cat Ski Mt. Bailey (catskimtbailey.com) takes skiers on six to eight runs down chutes, tree runs and open bowls. Guides determine which part of the 6,000 acres of terrain will offer the best tracks and weather each day for the best experience. Basic lodging, food and drinks are available at the Diamond Lake Resort (diamondlake.net), where rustic motel rooms range from $79 to $109 a night and cabins range from $179 to $559 depending on size and vintage. Rates are higher on weekends and holidays.
Hike the Badlands
Solitude. Serenity. Silence. That, says David Eddleston, is reason to hike in the 30,000-acre high desert wilderness called Badlands, 15 miles east of Bend on Hwy 20. Eddleston, a Scotsman and veteran of the British Army, moved to Bend ten years ago and soon fell in love with the Badlands’ rugged canyons, jagged lava formations and ancient juniper trees. Today he leads a volunteer stewardship group, Friends of Oregon Badlands Wilderness and stocks maps at trailheads to help visitors navigate the 45 miles of trails. Hiking in the Badlands is particularly pleasant in the winter when the trails aren’t dusty and afternoon temperatures can reach 50 degrees. The Flat Iron Trail and Badlands Rock Trail, both about 6 miles, are popular routes, but Eddleston’s personal favorite is the 6- or 10-mile Larry Chitwood trail loops. These trails are rarely visited, easy to bushwhack without getting lost, and marked by rocky outcroppings and 360-degree views of the Badlands and Cascade Mountains. When visiting the Badlands, keep an eye out for pictographs and obsidian arrow heads – but leave them undisturbed. Also expect to see wildlife such as deer, coyotes or yellow bellied marmots. For more information, go to the website of the Oregon Natural Desert Association (onda.org).
Get Away from it All at Elk Lake
A winter excursion into Elk Lake Resort (elklakeresort.net) in the Central Oregon Cascades can mean any number of things: a cross-country ski adventure, a snowmobile outing or a cozy snow cat ride. No matter how you travel the scenic 11-mile route from Dutchman Flat Sno-Park into the snowbound resort, it ends in a winter wonderland of comfy cabins ($199 to $379 a night depending on the cabin) and a revamped lodge serving hearty American cuisine. The resort is an ideal base camp for winter recreation, whether it’s exploring the backcountry, crosscountry skiing the groomed 7-mile Elk Lake Loop or touring via snowmobile (available for rent at the resort). But while there’s no shortage of things to do at Elk Lake Resort, part of its appeal is the luxury to do nothing.
Lose the Crowds at Anthony Lakes
Don’t let the word “resort” fool you. Anthony Lakes Ski Resort (anthonylakes.com), located 35 miles northwest of Baker City, is one of the more beautiful, isolated and uncrowded ski areas around. What it lacks in on-site lodging and dining, it makes up for in family-friendly skiing and champagne powder. Open Thursdays through Sundays and most holidays, the 21-run resort has one triple chair, a hand tow and a wonder carpet for youngsters. Tickets cost $39 for adults and $10 for kids six and younger. Guided snowcat skiing is available for $199 per person per day. Anthony Lakes also boasts 33 kilometers of gorgeous groomed Nordic trails for all levels of classic and skate skiers ($13). North Powder is the closest town, 19 miles away, but we recommend driving the extra 15 miles to the historic Geiser Grand Hotel (geisergrand.com) in Baker City and kicking back at the award-winning Barley Brown’s Brewery (barleybrowns.com).
Ride the Steelhead Train
Grab your fly-rod and hop on the Steelhead Train in northeast Oregon, in the heart of the Columbia Basin. Now in its eighth season, the 1950s-era, self-propelled, 52-seat train car, which runs on Saturdays and Sundays in February and March, departs from the Minam Motel and Market in Minam and shuttles a maximum of 40 anglers hole to hole along a 10-mile Wild and Scenic stretch of the Wallowa River. Catching fish isn’t guaranteed, but an experienced guide is on board to help. Book a ticket through Minam Motel (minammotel.com) – $75 full day or $40 half day. The train also carries additional non-angling passengers for a scenic ride. The quaint and convenient eight-room Minam Motel has some kitchenette rooms, but many passengers opt to sleep and dine in La Grande or Enterprise.
Find the Perfect Storm
Oregon’s coast comes alive in the winter months when big storms blow in, bringing 50-mile-an-hour winds and 40-foot waves. There is no shame in spectating from the comfort of the indoors. But, to experience the full force of the storms rolling off the Pacific, put on a parka and head to a high ground? “I don’t recommend going right out on the beach,” says Pat Corcoran, coastal hazards outreach specialist for Oregon State University, citing sneaker waves, rip currents and fastmoving debris as some of the biggest safety threats. With hundreds of miles of public shoreline, however, the Oregon Coast has no shortage of vantage points for soaking in a storm. Here are some of Corcoran’s favorites:
Fort Stevens State Park, near Astoria: A choice spot is the observation deck at Parking Lot D. “It’s good exposure, but you’re not tempted to walk out on the jetty,” says Corcoran.
Seaside Promenade, downtown Seaside: Mix storm watching with boutique hopping on the historic promenade.
Ecola State Park, north of Cannon Beach: The park offers several viewpoints along nine miles of rocky shoreline.
Pelican Pub & Brewery, Pacific City: Feel the maelstrom of gusting winds swirling around Cape Kiwanda, then head inside for a pint of The Perfect Storm.
Devil’s Punchbowl, north of Newport: The main attraction at this two-acre state park is a bowl-shaped rock formation where water swirls and sprays.
Cape Blanco, north of Port Orford: Oregon’s western-most point is ideal for watching the waves crash into shore. Be sure to check out the historic lighthouse.
Brave the Winter Greens
If the $220 summer green fee at Bandon Dunes has kept you from playing one of its renowned links-style courses, here’s your chance. During the winter months, you can play for less than half the price, thanks to January and February green fees of $75 and $90 respectively. While the price goes down, the quality of play doesn’t. Winter weather is generally mild, and because the courses are built on sand, they drain quickly when it rains. “Winter golf here is a lot like what you’d get playing in Scotland,” says the resort’s head golf professional Jeff Simonds. Of course, winter at the coast isn’t always marked by wet weather. Locals describe February as a secret summer, with sunny days and balmy (relatively speaking) temperatures. “Some people are actually disappointed if it’s sunny,” says Simonds.
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"Only when we understand how the brain makes decisions can we successfully influence decisions."
Trigger Basics: How to Engage the Emotional Brain
The most successful people in the world are those who can get things done with and through others. By applying new scientific breakthroughs, it’s easier than ever to get “Yes!” decisions and actions.
Getting others to act on our ideas, proposals, solutions and offers is what business is all about. Even the most solitary professions eventually have to rely on engagement and support from others if success in the wider world is to be achieved. Marketers, salespeople, and entrepreneurs rely even more on the ability to get attention, engagement, and decision. If we hope to become more successful at influencing others’ decisions, it stands to reason that we might start with a deeper understanding of the human decision process in the first place. Easiest place to start? How about a brief look at our own decisions…
Life’s Challenges
Let’s face it, life is a challenge. But it would be worse – much worse – if it weren’t for the role the emotional brain plays in making our lives less chaotic.
Consider this: Every day is an avalanche of decisions. Get out of bed now or snooze? What to wear? What for breakfast – stick to the diet or enjoy? Which route to work? Stop for gas now or on the way home? Listen to the news or some new music? Which music? At work it’s the same. Get that report out first or answer the emails and voice mail? Take a call or let voice mail pick up? What are the boss’s priorities? What are yours? Whose do you execute first?
All day long, requests and decisions drive activities. The need to decide is incessant; the issues never stop, never let up.
Dealing with this many decisions sounds difficult. It could be. If we had to use logic, reason, and cognitive thinking – if we had to rationally evaluate and think through each decision – we’d be trapped, locked in place, unable to move in any direction as we analyze, evaluate, contemplate, measure, and critique the options. We’d wind up dazed and immobile.
Nature’s Triggers to the Rescue
Fortunately, nature – by way of our brain’s limbic system – has provided us with a highly effective, simple solution to easily get through so many decision-making moments. This system resides in the most primal area of the brain, and is activated by our own personal databank of internal “triggers.”
The take-away summary from recent brain research focused on this “emotional center” is this:
We are not thinking machines. We are feeling machines that think.
What is a trigger? What is this powerful internal navigation tool that initiates quicker, easier decisions? A trigger is an emotion-based, “gut-feeling” shortcut that helps us avoid the pain of rational thinking, of laborious cognitive mental analysis. We are pre-programmed to comply with offers, opportunities, and requests when those request activate the appropriate triggers.
The secret for persuasion success is to determine which triggers can be activated for each situation. The odd irony of this need for quick, easy, emotion-based decisions is that the more sophisticated and complex our lives get, the more information we have, the more we need and rely on simple ways to help us make those decisions. The smart entrepreneur, executive, or sales rep understands this need and communicates accordingly.
The exciting science of live brain imaging reveals that one emotion-based brain component, the amygdala, is the first to receive most outside stimuli – requests for decisions. The amygdala has two choices. It can make an immediate emotion based decision tapping into the life long database we build. Or, if no prior emotion is triggered it can send the request to the pre-frontal cortex for lengthy, rational, time consuming cognitive evaluation. Here’s a newly discovered scientific fact: Reason and logic do not persuade. They might back up an emotional decision, but they do not heavily influence the decision.
To get what you want through others you must activate their emotional triggers.
How Exactly Do You Activate an Emotional Trigger?
Triggers are activated when communication engages the emotional brain faster, easier, or more strongly than it does the analytical brain. Triggers remain dormant when communication gets “stuck” in the pre-frontal cortex, in the “brain pain” of analysis. Persuasive communication makes a beeline for the limbic system, where the amygdala can drive perceptions and decisions with such irresistible force as to be completely oblivious to facts or evidence.
Of course, it’s ideal if facts and evidence also support your “triggerized,” persuasive messaging. But if all you have is facts and evidence alone, your likelihood of being persuasive will be extremely small.
Although persuasive communication can function in every mode or dimension of message transfer – across all five senses and through the elements of every media channel (e.g. words, symbols, pictures, audio, etc.) – a lot of persuasion can be accomplished through essentially two aspects of written or verbal communication: what we say and how we say it. A simple way to think about this is activating triggers by either topic (the content of our communication) or tactic (the style of our communication or the words we choose).
Understanding what the triggers are and why they work is like getting the essential strategic guidelines for persuasive communication. But then it takes some practice to fill in all the tactical details to really make it work. Here’s a classic example of a tactical (versus topical) persuasive communication solution, a brief video we often use in our learning programs as an especially compelling example of “words matter” when it comes to persuasion:
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Suspect killed, 2 SWAT officers injured in Indiana shootout
Police in Gary, Indiana, have fatally shot a suspect they say opened fire and injured two members of a SWAT team who stormed an apartment complex where he was barricaded
GARY, Ind. -- Police fatally shot a suspect Monday after he opened fire and injured two members of a SWAT team who stormed a Gary, Indiana, apartment complex seeking to apprehend him, authorities said.
Gary Police Lt. Dawn Westerfield said the officers were shot while assisting the Merrillville Police Department with an investigation at the complex. Westerfield said the suspect targeted by the investigation barricaded himself in a residence.
After two hours of negotiation, the Gary SWAT team sought to enter the residence and the suspect opened fire, striking the two officers. An officer returned fire, killing the shooter.
Westerfield says Cpl. James Nielsen, a 17-year-old veteran, was shot in the chest, with the bullet deflected by his protective vest, and once in the arm. Cpl. John Artibey, a 14-year- veteran, took shrapnel to the chin and abdomen. Both were being treated and reported in stable condition.
Authorities haven’t identified the dead suspect, described as a man in his 20s.
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The MBG Group is opening up new markets all over the world at breathtaking speed. Its brands are now on sale in more than 58 countries. Top locations and leading trade partners put their trust in its brand portfolio and MBG’s international sales know-how. They are on course for success in all regions. Its brands perform impressively on local markets thanks to their dynamic growth, global power and unrivalled strength. What’s more, they are exciting a wider and wider clientele on all continents
Toorank Distilleries Group in Zevenaar, The Netherlands.
Privately owned Toorank is a down to earth distiller in the Netherlands, their focus brands are Sloane’s Gin, Rebellion Rum and Coppa Cocktails. Furthermore they produce an interesting and broad range of products from whiskey and vodka to absynthe and liqueurs. Toorank is active in 51 countries.
The Art of distilling from Germany. Production and marketing of outstanding spirits brands. Hardenberg-Wilthen AG with its long tradition in the art of distilling is among the leading producers of branded spirits in Germany. In addition to its German produced brands at its distillery, Hardenberg represents internationally successful spirits brands as part of its portfolio. The tradition-steeped family business originates from Lower Saxony with its headquarters in Nörten-Hardenberg and its affiliate in Wilthen where it produces grain schnapps, brandies and liqueur brands - which are marketed nationally as well as internationally. The brands Hardenberg, Wilthener, Kleiner Keiler, Sambalita, Original Danziger Goldwasser and Original Lehment Rostocker are particularly well-known and successful in Germany. The company stands for tradition and care during the production of German spirits in order to present high-quality products. In addition, Hardenberg-Wilthen AG is characterised by innovation and clout, which enables successful management of individual national and international brands.
About Mark Aberson
Mark Aberson, owner of Aberson Agencies, was a Sales Director for, a.o., beer brewer Royal Grolsch from Holland, in area’s like Europe, Africa, Middle East, Russia and Brazil.
“One of his most successful introductions was the launch of the strong alcoholic beer Amsterdam Navigator in the French market in 1996 via the distribution channel of the épicerie, during his Grolsch period. An interesting alternative Route-to-Market in the city of Paris in a market that can be characterized as an oligopoly. Even the majority of the beer distributors were owned by the major beer brewers. One could say that the traditional route was blocked for the Amsterdam beers.
The Amsterdam Beers brand is still very successful in France and nowadays owned by Asahi, that took over the Grolsch Breweries, including the brand Amsterdam Beers.“
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Awards of Honour 2019
Peter Molenaar receives his award from ABGC chair Stephen Lowe.
Stephen and Gavin MacKay.
View the full list of past and present Awards of Honour recipients here.
Five recipients took to the stage at the Banana Ball, recognised for their outstanding dedication and service to the banana industry.
The Awards of Honour were initiated by the Australian Banana Growers’ Council to pay tribute to individuals who have made a significant contribution to the industry, often over many years.
Nominations come from within industry and the ABGC Board reviews all nominations before awarding the honours list.
“The five people who received an Award of Honour at this year’s Congress represented some of the best attributes of our industry – they’re innovative, willing to share ideas and are passionate about what they do,” said Congress Chair Paul Inderbitzin.
2019 Award of Honour recipients:
Peter Molenaar
Peter Molenaar has grown bananas in northern NSW for nearly 40 years. A genuine industry stalwart who has gone beyond the paddock to represent banana growing at both local and national levels, including serving on the ABGC Board for a decade.
He has worked tirelessly on some of the industry’s biggest issues including the National Banana levy, Plant Protection Program and national Banana Bunchy Top Virus. Peter is still involved in a number of crucial committees and is a current member of the Banana Marketing Strategic Industry Investment Advisory Panel and the Tweed Banana Growers’ Association executive.
Stephen and Gavin Mackay
The Mackay name is synonymous with leadership, innovation and adaptation. Cousins Stephen and Gavin manage Mackay’s Bolinda Estate farm in Tully. Together, they have selflessly and generously given their time to share with industry and stakeholders how they have innovated in the face of adversity and continued to farm with TR4.
Part of the biggest banana growing family in Australia, Stephen and Gavin have always been willing to share knowledge that benefits industry as a whole and their contribution to industry goes well beyond their own farm gates. Their award is of particular recognition of the instrumental role they have played in supporting and educating growers in North Queensland in maintaining the continued fight against TR4. Their efforts have also enabled growers, extension officers, the ABGC and biosecurity authorities throughout Australia to better protect farms from getting and spreading TR4.
Ian Liddle
Liddles Aerial Spraying is Australia’s first and only third generation aerial application business.
Founded by Ian’s father, Norm, it helped pioneer aerial services to rural Australia in the 1950s. Ian Liddle, a former banana grower himself, has continued his father’s legacy and has been instrumental in developing aerial spraying of north Queensland bananas. Ian has always embraced new technology and has adapted it to the benefit of growers. He introduced the first rotary service to the banana area and was a leader in using larger turbine aircraft for aerial application. Ian is the longest serving operator in north Queensland leading the way with new aircraft technology and innovation.
Les Blennerhassett
Les is a founder and director of Blenners Transport in Tully, North Queensland. Blenners Transport have been getting fresh produce to market for three decades. Starting out as a banana farmer looking to solve produce transport issues, Les and wife Judy decided to truck their own bananas to market.
With a reputation for reliability and efficiency, this forward thinking farmer’s small fleet of vehicles steadily grew into the renowned transport solution it is today. Blenners Transport is now one of the largest family-owned road and rail operators, with a team of 350 employees and an impressive national fleet of 127 prime movers, 155 vans, 33 rigid trucks, 10 road trains and 20 rail containers. They transport North Queensland bananas to markets in Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, Perth and Brisbane.
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Top 6 Places to Visit on Naxos with a Rental Car
The plan for our week on Naxos was simple. Relax, read, eat, repeat. Especially after being delayed for a day, leaving us with an unexpected Athens city break. But knowing we’d soon have a hankering for different scenery from the beach, we decided to rent a hire car for the day. The receptionist at the Liana Hotel couldn’t be more helpful, recommending a couple of reputable companies, calling up and getting this booked, and finally plotting out a route for us for the best places to visit on Naxos.
Our rental car was delivered direct to our hotel at Agios Prokopios so this was the starting point for our day. To visit the main villages though our route took us back towards Naxos Town so I’ve used this as the start and end point on the map below. Armed with a sketchy paper map and offline maps on our phones, Mr Fletche and I were ready to discover the island of Naxos.
Off we go! Mr Fletche is in the driving seat…
** We chose to hire a car but it is possible to visit all the places mentioned in this post by bus. You can find a timetable here. All journeys start from Naxos Town. I’d suggest popping into the office at the bus station to help you plan your journey and pick up the latest schedule**
Halki (also known as Chalki, Chalkio or Halkio)
We leave behind the vast blue expanse of the sea, first driving through dry landscapes before hitting a lush valley dotted with olive and fruit groves. Our first official stop is the old capital of the island Halki. (Our first unofficial stop was the Temple of Demeter. Which is closed on Tuesdays. Which of course is when we tried to visit.) It’s about 16km from Naxos Town and was probably my one of my favourites places to visit on Naxos. Shaded narrow streets open onto bougainvillea-lined squares. There are whitewashed buildings with colourful doorways and inviting bars and tavernas. Family-run shops, galleries and craft workshops selling traditional wares. And the obligatory cats strolling along, basking in the mid-morning sunshine. The Vallindras distillery at Halki is the perfect place to try the local kitron liquer. Preferring something a little less alcoholic we stopped for an al fresco coffee at Giannis. And yes, we stumbled across that Instagrammable car. And yes, of course I had my photo taken with it…
It’s just a short 3km drive on to our next stop, the picturesque tree-lined village of Filoti. There’s a main street, lined with cafes and taverns, although we chose to clamber the steps behind the village and wander amongst the locals. It nestles on the slopes of Mount Zas, the highest point in the Cyclades. The Fontaine D’Aria, just 3km from Filoti, is the perfect starting point for the Caves of Zeus, or for those wanting to hike to the summit. We were just reaching midday so decided that starting a strenuous 5km hike up a mountain probably wasn’t a good idea. That’s my excuse and I’m sticking to it.
Come and sit awhile in the back streets of Filoti…
Apeiranthos/Apiranthos
Built on the slopes of Mount Fanari, Apeiranthos retains the feel of an authentic Greek village. 32km from Naxos Town, Apeiranthos sits precariously on a hilltop between verdant green valleys. The alleyways are marble-paved, which must be like an ice rink when wet. A stroll through the village will take you past Venetian-influenced architecture, pretty whitewashed houses and picturesque squares. Craft shops display their wares, embroidery and ceramics in particular, and there are plenty of tavernas with terraces overlooking an impressive vista. Apeiranthos also has a host of museums, including an archaeological museum, a geological museum and a folklore museum.
We did stop for lunch here, but unfortunately we didn’t have the best experience. My chicken souvlaki was woefully undercooked, and we were plagued by wasps, both on the outside terrace and when we requested to be moved inside. We should have held off for a seafood lunch at our next stop.
Apollonas is the most northern village on Naxos, and is a mountain-sheltered seaside town. It’s a traditional fishing village so don’t be surprised to see lots of fresh fish and seafood on the menu. And there are plenty of cafes and tavernas lining the bay. There’s a small sandy beach, and a larger pebbly beach, lapped by the crystal clear waters of the Aegean sea
It’s 36km from Chora, reached by narrow, winding roads descending from the mountains. You’re unlikely to be “just passing through” but many people do visit because of it’s proximity to the Kouros of Apollonas (see below for more info about the Naxian Kouroi).
Eggares
We were meant to visit the small farming village of Eggares because of their wonderfully restored olive mills and 19th century olive press. Except at some point we blindly followed the GPS which didn’t seem to lead to the centre of town. In fact, it just led us down an ever narrowing street. With just inches either side between the wing mirror and wall. And blind bends at 90 degree angles. And of course, this isn’t a one way road, and Mr Fletche doesn’t fancy reversing. Eventually we emerge into a country lane. I do a recce ahead but can’t see any way that heads back into town. There’s just enough space for Mr Fletche to do a 300-point-turn. I decide to walk back down the road we’ve just driven down in case of oncoming traffic. Mr Fletche follows behind me at 2mph. It’s like the world’s smallest funeral procession. Except its a Fiat Panda instead of a hearse, and I’m wearing a leopardskin dress rather than all black.
We never do find the Eggares Olive Press.
Naxos is famous for its Kouroi, ancient unfinished marble statues dating back to 6th century BC. There’s one on the hillside above Apollonas, and two more which are accessible from the village of Melanes. Melanes lies about 8km south east from Naxos Town, and like Eggares is largely an agricultural village. After our navigational faux pas at Eggares, we decide not to linger in Melanes and head back to the coast. But should we return to Naxos, Melanes is a great starting point for a number of hikes, passing lush valleys, ancient sites and small settlements. I particularly like the sound of this 6km circular village trail hike documented by ace family bloggers Earthtrekkers.
Follow in our footsteps! Top 6 Places to Visit on Naxos with a Rental Car
Bonus places to visit on Naxos – the beaches!
We were lucky to be staying directly on Agios Prokopios – widely acclaimed as one of the best beaches on Naxos – but if you have a rental car then it’s a great opportunity to find some of those beaches that are a little off the beaten track. Take a trip down the western coast of Naxos to explore Agia Anna, Maragas, Plaka, Orkos, Mikri Vigla and Alyko. Don’t forget that some of these beaches may be clothes-optional!
Driving in Naxos
The designated driver is Mr Fletche. I am by default the designated navigator. Which generally works out OK. Definitely follow signs rather than GPS where possible. Roads are generally good on Naxos and signposts to the main villages and points of interest are surprisingly frequent. Malta could learn a thing or two.
Once you get inland though, nice straight roads are a thing of the past. You hug mountainsides, with nothing but a few trees to stop you plunging down into the valley below. Roads switchback at an alarming rate, with hairpin bends creating a snaking route back down to the sea. It reminds me very much of driving on Tenerife. Mostly the road is wide enough for two cars but occasionally it’s a little more of a squeeze. Although we barely passed two dozen cars once we were out of the villages.
Our day spent exploring the villages of Naxos was a welcome break from the “relax, read, eat, repeat” routine! I felt like we had a taste of authentic Naxos, and not just the side on show for the tourists. If you are planning a trip to this beautiful island then definitely make sure you leave that sunbed and explore – on two wheels, four wheels, pubic transport or walking!
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6 responses to “Top 6 Places to Visit on Naxos with a Rental Car”
Rachael Stray | https://rachaelstray.com/ says:
I think Malta could definitely learn a thing or two about good roads and signs from your travel diaries series. I bet those beaches off the beaten track were gorgeous.
Navigating in Naxos was much easier for the most part! If we’d had the car for one more day we probably would have done a bit of a beach tour but we were lucky to have a pretty great beach on our doorstep 🏖
I think you did a lot on your holiday!
I love that shot of the back streets of Filoti Em…. for me that just sums up Naxos perfectly, the colours, the atmosphere and everyday life. Gorgeous 🙂
That’s my favourite too! Thanks for sharing Lorelle x
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Apollo Nida's Fiancee Accuses Parole Officers of Racism After His Arrest
Taking to her Instagram account, Sherien Almufti insists that the 'Real Housewives of Atlanta' alum did not violate his parole despite U.S. Marshals Service's rep saying otherwise.
AceShowbiz - Apollo Nida's fiancee has broken her silence following his second arrest earlier this week. Taking to her Instagram account on Friday, June 14, Sherien Almufti claimed that "The Real Housewives of Atlanta" alum did not violate his parole before proceeding to accuse the authorities of racism.
Alongside a sweet selfie of her kissing Apollo on the cheek, Sherien acted optimistic as she was sure that the parole officers "can't stop us babe!!!" She added, "For those who are confused [Apollo] didn't violate a goddamn thing. Another crime against a black man in the system. Jealously is a disease," along with a shrugging woman emoji.
Her followers, however, didn't think it was a good move to badmouth the authorities when Apollo is still in custody as they told Sherien to delete her post. "No shade baby girl but you shouldn't comment on an ongoing case. It could make matters worse for him. However I hope justice prevails for both of you. Sending prayers," one individual lectured her, as another echoed the remarks, "I say remove this. Last thing you want to do is piss off his PO."
Despite their advise, Sherien didn't delete the post. Instead, she followed it up with another selfie of her and Apollo together. "Just spoke to bae, he says hey," she captioned the picture.
Apollo pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit mail, wire and bank fraud in May 2014. He was originally sentenced to eight years in prison, but a federal judge signed off on an order that reduced his prison sentence to 84 months back in March. The ex-husband of Phaedra Parks was released from custody on June 5 and was living in a halfway house in Philadelphia before U.S. Marshals Service took him back into custody for violating his parole.
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Category Archives: 1970s
Network DVD Sale
I’m a bit late with this news about the Network DVD sale as it’s been running for the last 24 hours or so, but the good news is that it’s on until midnight tomorrow, Sunday 8 August, so there’s still time to nab a bargain.
As a (slightly obsessive) TV fan who mourns the loss of quality drama from UK screens, bar the odd Life on Mars or Being Human every few years, Network’s dedication to archive telly is to be applauded. This new sale finally brings a number of box sets and single volume series down to an affordable price for those who might want to dip their toe in classic (or is that “old”?) television.
The real highlights in the sale for me are the two Callan sets, a series I discovered earlier this year and which I’ve been trying to spread the word about for the last few months. I’ve reviewed both The Monochrome Years and The Colour Years so won’t go into detail here, but the black and white Callans are really a must for any spy fans with even a passing interest in the genre: with dark, gritty and multilayered scripts, Edward Woodward and Russell Hunter are perfect foils for each other, while Anthony Valentine threatens to steal any scene he’s in.
Sticking with adventure and intrigue, the recently released 4 Just Men from ITC is the template for many of the genre series which would see them through the 1960s and 70s and which have now fallen out of favour in the UK. Strangers is an often overlooked police series starring Don Henderson as George Bulman, a copper relocated from London to the mean streets of the north of England who has some odd peculiarities. Later seasons would see Taggart’s Mark McManus join the cast. Continue reading →
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DVD Review: Callan – The Colour Years
Posted on June 30, 2010 by Jonathan Melville
Were it possible to corrupt the ratings system of this website, the five stars you see above this review would right now be flashing, in big, friendly letters, the words BUY ME NOW!, with a direct link to a well known DVD retailer and a recommendation to take a long weekend off work to watch all 22 episodes of Callan: The Colour Years.
As it is, I need to write some more about seasons three and four of one of the most consistently high quality series to ever originate from these shores, two years worth of spy-based drama which provided the late Edward Woodward with some of his finest moments caught on celluloid.
David Callan (Woodward) is an agent for a shadowy branch of the British Government, a section which must remain hush-hush while undertaking missions of a sensitive nature involving rival spies and state secrets.
Aided by his very own bête noire, Lonely (Russell Hunter), Callan is briefed by the enigmatic Hunter (William Squire) and for the majority of this run sent on missions alongside the younger, less experienced Cross (Patrick Mower).
While many spy series portray their central characters as strong, upright and in possession of the moral upper-hand, Callan refuses to adhere to any such mores. Instead, series creator and frequent writer James Mitchell (When the Boat Comes In) ensures that the darker side of espionage is always at the forefront of the scripts, Callan’s personal views often infringing on his job and invariably causing him grief.
Opening a few months after the close of the black and white 1960s series, Where Else Could I Go finds Callan recuperating in hospital while the world outside keeps on moving, his old sparring partner Toby Meares (Anthony Valentine) relocated to Washington and the cocksure Cross in his place.
Now free from the noirish confines of the monochrome episodes, the programme embraces the colour revolution by jettisoning Callan’s inner monologues but otherwise maintaining the feeling that a spy’s lot is never a happy one. There are no backlot jaunts to warmer climes à la The Saint or the outlandish adventures of any other number of TV agents here: this is a world of discredited backstreet doctors, rainy suburban streets and the odd back alley.
Episodes such as Summoned to Appear and Suddenly – at Home highlight the expendable nature of innocent (and not-so-innocent) bystanders, while Stephanie Beacham and Michael Jayston’s turns in God Help Your Friends are a salutory lesson in what it really means to be a pawn in the game.
As with the previous DVD set, this truly is a must-buy for the dedicated spy fan, a series which rewards the viewer with layered plots and intelligent scripts performed by actors who clearly knew they were involved in something unique. Buy them now. You won’t regret it.
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DVD Review: The Complete Lone Wolf & Cub Boxset
Posted on January 9, 2010 by Jonathan Melville
Opening with an execution and closing with an extended, balletic and bloody sword fight, the complete series of Lone Wolf and Cub films (plus “composite” film Shogun Assassin) collected in this gorgeous new box set could never be described as tame.
Sword of Vengeance (1971) begins the series in style, director Kenji Misumi deciding to ignore the inherently pulpy nature of the stories by offering a glorious assault on the senses with as a series of blood soaked fight sequences accompany our heroes on their escape from Shogun ways.
Wakayama makes for a stoic lead, barely uttering a word of dialogue throughout the series, his skill with a sword matched by Misumi (who would remain as director until the third film) and his ever-watchful camera.
The rest of the series, made over a two year period, maintains the high standard of the original, each film opening and closing with scenes of Lone Wolf and his son meandering through some new part of Japan.
Whether its dusty streets, golden desert sand dunes or, in the case of White Heaven in Hell (1974), mountains capped with thick snow, the pair trundle on indefinitely, taking on various enemies as they try to kill them with ever more ingenious techniques.
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DVD Review: Strangers – The Complete Series 1 – 5
Posted on November 1, 2009 by Jonathan Melville
British television in the 1970s was something of a haven for cop shows, a place where men were men, slags were slags and Guv was seemingly the preferred title for any officer above the level of Constable.
Viewers more used to the gentle methods of PC George Dixon would soon be choking on their TV dinners as a decade of The Sweeney, The Professionals and a whole new lexicon comprised of shooters, blags and shouts was introduced to the national conscience, not to mention a host of imitators and rivals to Regan and co.
It was in 1976 that ITV brought author Kenneth Royce’s novel XYY Man to the small screen, the story of cat burglar William ‘Spider’ Scott (Stephen Yardley), his extra Y chromosome and the resultant criminal tendencies.
Co-starring in XYY was gruff actor Don Henderson, a man with a face for playing villains, who went against type to portray DS George Bulman, a no-nonsense copper with a violent edge.
XYY would only last 13 episodes, after which Bulman should have been relegated to TV history along with colleague DC Derek Willis (Dennis Blanch) – that is until Granada TV decided they wanted their own version of The Sweeney and lured Bulman away from the safety of the Met to the frozen North West of England circa 1978.
Thanks to Bulman and Willis’ anonymity in the north (they are the Strangers of the title), and after being joined by WDC Linda Doran (Frances Tomelty) and DI David Singer (John Ronane), the pair could go undercover in various operations which would have proved impossible for the local police.
Series One was clearly a something of a baptism of fire for all involved, the desire to create a fast-paced crime show somewhat neutered by the decision to shoot the series on video and give it a Light Entertainment-style theme tune which wouldn’t have seemed out-of-place on a Bruce Forsyth game show of the era.
Posted in 1970s, 1980s, DVD, Television | Tagged Bulman, Don Henderson, Strangers, The Sweeney, XYY Man | Leave a reply
Posted on October 28, 2009 by Jonathan Melville
“Get yer trousers on, you’re nicked!” Perhaps as well known in modern culture as anything from the Bard or Dickens, those words are spoken (make that shouted) by John Thaw in the TV movie Regan, presented here as part of Armchair Cinema, a set which presents some of the most sought after output from one of the UK’s most important production companies, Euston Films.
Best known for such long-running series The Sweeney (of which Regan is the pilot episode) and Minder, Thames TV subsidiary Euston were known for shooting on film and taking their cameras onto the streets of London, realistic dialogue and locations replacing studio-bound settings.
Five discs and ten plays are on offer here, brief summaries doing little justice to the quality and range on offer.
This new package opens with two pre-Euston films from Thames, Suspect (1969) and Rumour (1970), both written and directed by Get Carter director Mike Hodges. Suspect, starring Rachel Kempson and the first Thames drama filmed in colour, is the tale of a murdered girl and the effects on her family of the disappearance starring , while Rumour features Michael Coles as newspaper columnist who stumbles upon a conspiracy involving the UK Government.
The success of these two one-offs led to the creation of Euston Films and a series of plays with different casts and stories that would span the next five years, providing a consistently high standard of television drama to the ITV network.
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The Return of Minder
Shane Richie as Archie Daley on Channel Five
It’s been all over the UK press recently that Minder, the classic 70s and 80s TV series starring George Cole as Arthur Daley and Dennis Waterman as Terry, is making a comeback.
Only this time we have Shane Richie as Arthur’s nephew Archie and Lex Shrapnel as his minder, Jamie.
I wrote a while back that I grew up watching Minder, at least in its latter years, and I loved its brilliant mix of drama and humour set among the seedy backstreets of London.
Even in its final few years, when Terry went to Australia, to be replaced by Gary Webster as Arthur’s nephew Ray, I would tune in to see what scam was being perpetrated this week.
A few years back I picked up the first series on Australian DVD, complete with a couple of George Cole commentaries, and admired the grit of the series and the clever plots, as well as the interaction between the leads.
Sadly it all ended in 1994, Arthur hanging his hat up for good and perhaps spending a few more evenings with ‘er indoors as he grew old disgracefully.
I have mixed feelings about the new show, even though I’ve not seen it yet (it’s due to start in February I believe). A review on the Guardian website this week was pretty evenhanded about the first episode, though they couldn’t quite work out who the audience is going to be for the series: the fans will think it’s a bad idea while the kids won’t think its cool enough.
I’ve read that the Winchester Club will make an appearance and it would be great to see the return of Arthur for a one-off appearance, or even Mr Chisholm (Patrick Malahide).
The makers have said they’d love to get Waterman or Cole back for series two, but we’ll have to wait and see whether this can run for as many years as the original or if it’ll be a flash in the pan. I truly hope this can do some justice to the classic series and that they don’t spoil the memory.
I’ll add a review to the blog following the first episode, in the meantime here’s a short trailer for Channel Five with some Minder clips followed by the revamped theme tune from Glasgow band the Attic Lights – I really hope that Richie’s annoying tie straightening gimmick seen in the music video isn’t going to be his “trademark” in the series:
Photo copyright Channel Five
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Roger Moore in person!
Posted on July 22, 2008 by Jonathan Melville
A simple post title there for a simple enough post – Sir Roger Moore will be live at the National Theatre on October 16 2008 and I’m going to be in the audience!
Out and about to promote his new book, My Word is My Bond, Roger will be interviewed on stage before signing copies for the masses. I can’t wait.
Although Roger isn’t my favourite Bond, I can appreciate what he did for the film series when he took over from Sir Sean. He was also in one of my favourite series, Maverick, back in the 50s and he’s been in so many great/cheesy TV shows and films that he’s a genuine national treasure.
I read his diaries written on the set of Live and Let Die a few years back and they are superb – if the new book is as funny it’ll be worth the trip alone.
I was also lucky enough to tour the Forbidden City in Beijing in 2001, and decided to use one of those pre-recorded cassette thingies with the voice of a tour guide pointing out areas of interest. I was stunned to discover that the English language version was by none other than Roger himself! I had the joy of a 2 hour visit to the Forbidden City with James Bond!
I’ll tell him that fascinating fact on the day. Maybe.
If you’re going, drop me a line and I’ll see you at the bar for a swift Dry Martini before the show…for Queen and Country.
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Sofie Jürs
Postmortem Architecture
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“Postmortem Architecture” challenges the societal relation to death in the late modernity, using architecture as a tool to reinstate death as a visible, wondrous phenomenon in contrast to the current discourse as being distant and frightening. Through the new hypermodern way of dying, one takes full control of when and how, as seen today in the assisted dying facilities in Switzerland. Through this facility, the terminally ill can receive euthanasia to die with dignity. This project proposes such a facility, challenging how death is hidden from the public, suggesting how the building can become part of the civic architecture within its context.
Set along the canal of the medieval town of Amersfoort in the Netherlands, the project draws upon the historical context in which it inscribes itself. A thorough analysis of the historical background of architecture framing death, is used as an active tool to reflect on the new hypermodern death, posing the question of how to engage with life post mortem, taking into account the entity of the transition seen from the perspective of both the dying and their relatives. The project proposes a new typology, challenging the domestic frame imitated by existing assisted death facilities. I seek to investigate the potential of architecture in dealing with death today, as well as in the future.
The project is an assisted death facility in the small, medieval town of Amersfoort, where the programs of minimal dwellings to die in, a morgue, a crematorium and a public bar coexist, benefitting from each other.
Mette Freund Asger Skov Rasmussen
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Australian Crime and Violence Prevention Awards
2017 Australian Crime and Violence Prevention Awards
The Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC) manages the annual Australian Crime and Violence Prevention Awards (ACVPA) every year, with the Director of the AIC chairing the Selection Board. On 19 October 2017, 11 projects were recognised at an award ceremony at Parliament House in Canberra. The Hon. Michael Keenan, Minister for Justice and Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Counter-Terrorism, announced the winners.
ACVPA Gold winners joint video
ACVPA police-led winners
Enhancing Police Responses to Family Violence Project, Victoria
This project is three year collaboration between law enforcement, a primary health network, forensic mental health and academia that is leading to improved risk assessment and management by police of family violence in Victoria.
By working with police, researchers have been able to use existing data to generate new, evidence-based solutions. The involvement of specialist senior psychologists from the state’s forensic mental health service has allowed for formal and informal training of specialist police. This has had an immediate impact on their understanding of family violence and led to substantially better outcomes for victims of family violence.
View the video.
Queensland Fixated Threat Assessment Centre, Queensland
Queensland Fixated Threat Assessment Centre (QFTAC) is a joint Queensland Police Service and Forensic Mental Health Service early intervention initiative, developed to respond to the risk fixated individuals pose to public office holders, the community and themselves. QFTAC is the first service of its kind in Australia or anywhere outside Europe. It provides risk assessment and intervention for fixated persons, many of whom have untreated or undiagnosed mental disorders.
In 2016, the remit of QFTAC expanded to respond to mentally disordered persons in the national security environment who are at risk of committing grievance-fuelled violence.
Western Australia Government’s response to graffiti vandalism, Western Australia
The State Graffiti Taskforce is the over-arching body that drives the Tough on Graffiti Strategy 2011–2017. The WA Police Graffiti Team implements the projects within the strategy, contributing to a significant reduction of graffiti vandalism across the state.
An independent evaluation found it had achieved a marked and non-displaced reduction in graffiti offences, improvements in offence clear-up rates and a reduction in the number of active offenders. The strategy is easily adaptable to any other area with graffiti problems.
St George Youth Engagement Program, Queensland
The St George Youth Engagement Program is a resilience and personal development program targeted at at-risk youth in St George and the surrounding area. The program engages with at-risk youth to improve self-esteem, create a sense of purpose and generate a learning culture by providing life skills and exercises for personal development. Conducted during school holidays, it is designed to improve self-esteem and to provide pathways for learning for youth, with the intention of improving school attendance and reducing youth crime.
ACVPA community-led winners
BackTrack YouthWorks, New South Wales
BackTrack is a non-government youth organisation working to address risk factors recognised as contributing to juvenile crime, including family dysfunction, disengagement from education, poverty, substance abuse and psychological distress. BackTrack provides youth with diversionary activities, case management, education, training and personal security to interrupt these key risk factors which result in youth coming into contact with the legal system. The BackTrack model has been proven to be effective in multiple NSW communities, with 87 percent of youth who complete the program moving into training or some form of employment, and maintaining positive life relationships.
Prisoners’ Kids: The Invisible Victims of Crime, South Australia
The Prisoners’ Kids Family Care Team works with children who have a parent in prison and their families. Referrals come from imprisoned parents, school teachers and others. The team comprises qualified and experienced social workers who make home visits and put strengthening factors around the children and their families so they continue to attend school. The team links prisoners’ kids who require more intensive support to community support programs such as counselling and social/recreation programs. The team works with prisoners’ kids to write individual goal plans for their futures and refers them to mentoring camps where they are taught positive values and how to make good choices.
The NSW Health Education Centre Against Violence, Aboriginal Qualification Pathway, New South Wales
The NSW Health Education Centre Against Violence is a specialised registered training organisation providing training and support in relation to interpersonal violence. Its Aboriginal team delivers a range of community development programs including Strong Aboriginal Women, Strong Aboriginal Men and Weaving the Net, a child protection program.
It also offers two courses nationally accredited by the Australian Skills Quality Authority:
Certificate IV Aboriginal Family Health (Family Violence, Sexual Assault & Child Protection); and
Advanced Diploma in Aboriginal Specialist Trauma Counselling. The Aboriginal Qualification Pathway works to reduce violence in Aboriginal communities by training and retaining a skilled Aboriginal workforce.
Take Kare Safe Spaces and Ambassador Program, New South Wales
The Take Kare Safe Space program operates year round from 10 pm to 4 am on Friday and Saturday nights in the Sydney City CBD, Kings Cross and Darling Harbour. This innovative program saves lives every shift it operates. A ‘sliding door moment’ occurs for all youth who find themselves alone and vulnerable— a fun night out could turn out to be anything but. Our Take Kare Ambassadors have completed over 9,000 hours of volunteering to keep our youth safe through interventions that minimise the risk of physical and sexual assault, theft and injury.
Braking the Cycle, Queensland
Learner Driver Mentor Programs help learner drivers who have difficulty complying with the graduated driver licensing system, which in Queensland requires them to obtain 100 hours of supervised on-road driving experience in order to graduate from their learner licence to their provisional licence. These learners may not have access to an appropriate supervisor or an appropriate vehicle, or they may be unable to afford professional driving lessons. Learner Driver Mentor Programs provide a safe vehicle and pair learner drivers with volunteer mentors who help them to get the required hours of driving experience.
Braking the Cycle provides disadvantaged learner drivers with the opportunity to obtain safe driver education through the support of a volunteer mentor network. Using existing Police Citizen Youth Club (PCYC) infrastructure, the program matches learner drivers and volunteer mentors who use PCYC vehicles to provide safe driver supervision.
Initially Braking the Cycle had a strong focus on driving hours, licences and employment outcomes; however, it quickly became evident that crime prevention and diversion from unlicensed driving was an essential cornerstone of the program. As a result, training safe and competent provisional drivers became one of the program’s core aims.
Neighbourhood Watch Australasia Remote and Vulnerable Communities Project, Queensland—Bronze award winner
Neighbourhood Watch Australasia aims to empower remote community members by working together with local police to share responsibility for addressing local crime and antisocial behaviour. The project was implemented following broad community consultation, and used an engagement model focusing on localised problem solving, education and awareness.
The project also developed Speak Up, a culturally appropriate, highly visual educational resource for members of remote communities to increase awareness of antisocial behaviour and how community members can safely report crime. Confidence, language, distance, culture and understanding of the process are a few of the barriers identified and addressed in this educational resource, which is appropriate for all ages.
Encounter Youth’s Party Safe Education™, South Australia
Encounter Youth’s Party Safe Education™ program equips young Australians from years 9 to 12, parents and community members to prevent and reduce alcohol-related crime in young people. An early intervention crime prevention approach is adopted to educate people about alcohol-fuelled violence, sexual assault, drink driving and antisocial behaviour. Young people are empowered to reduce risk factors and strengthen protective factors. Encounter Youth aim to increase the safety of young Australians engaging in celebrations and improve their understanding of social responsibility, thereby reducing risk-taking and offending and making the Australian community safer to live in.
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Ivorienne Entrepreneur’s Triumph and Innovations in Agriculture
May 16, 2017 / Anzisha Team / Entrepreneur Stories
N’Guessan Koffi Jacques Olivier
N’Guessan Koffi Jacques Olivier, who was born to a farming family in Dabouyo, Ivory Coast, has a naturally strong love of the soil. He has a knack for achieving rich and prosperous harvests. He couldn’t imagine only being a farmer however. As the SRC president of his school, N’Guessan ran a fundraising drive build three new classrooms for his school. Then, he started a vegetable garden at school for learners to look after and harvest. He had a flair for initiating projects and for making them grow. Thus, his destiny was found in combining his two greatest loves and talents: agriculture and entrepreneurship, initiating the start-up “Yaletite”.
Yaletite specialises in the growing, production and selling of cocoa, and, the processing of cocoa into products like chocolate. N’Guessan noted that the Ivory Coast, while one of the largest cocoa-producing countries in the world, wasn’t reaping the benefits of the sort-after raw material and its products, like chocolate. This is because the country had focused only on growing cocoa crops and not entering into manufacturing of it into chocolate.
N’Guessan wanted to change this practice, namely so that the local, mostly poor community would reap more benefits. With this aim in mind, he set up Yaletite to employ young people as well as students with disabilities to work as farmers. Not only is cocoa farmed, but peanuts, bananas, cassava and maze are grown too. The success of his initiative means N’Guessan has been able to sustain 32 employees, with more views to expand.
The excitement of becoming an Anzisha Fellow in 2016 , at the tender age of 22, has brought N’Guessan’s ambitious dreams into focus. It was here that N’Guessan opened his eyes to new agricultural technology: the creation of high-grade “leather” from the tough fibers of pineapple crowns. The technology has been developed in Spain, and N’Guessan aims to replicate it specifically for Ivorian conditions. “This has huge implications in terms of moving away from the use of animal hides for leather,” he said. N’Guessan has thus started Tyegro to focus on this newfound challenge. The start-up was recently selected to be incubated by Hub Africa. N’Guessan is like a bullet train and is an inspiring entrepreneur to keep an eye on.
In terms of the Anzisha Prize, competition is tough. Twelve finalists are selected annually out of 500 applicants. Apart from the cash prize money which is shared amongst them, they each take part in amazing ongoing programs of support and training. These include the chance to receive expert advice sessions from experienced business folk, a two week intensive training and networking camp, regional Indabas with Anzisha fellows and ALA alumni, a global speaker circuit in which fellows are able to travel and represent Africa as well as polish their speaking skills, an opulent Anzisha Prize Night where the most impressive fellows are rewarded, and most importantly the Youth Entrepreneur Support Unit (YES-U). The latter is a collaboration between leading business incubators on the continent for the purpose of offering customised business support for Fellows.
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Shoujo Demographic
Taiyou no Ie
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Taiyou no Ie is a 2010 Shoujo Manga series by Taamo.
Mao Motamiya spends most of her time with her neighbors, the Nakamura family, rather than at her own home, as her parents are constantly working for her sake and are rarely home. When her parents get a divorce and she is conflicted with choosing between them, the eldest son of the Nakamura family, Hiro, suggests for her to live with them. Though secretly glad, Mao rejects the offer and chooses to stay with her father. In spite of moving two stations over, Mao continues to visit the Nakamura family until the death of Hiro's parents; Hiro's younger siblings are taken in by relatives and only Hiro remains in the Nakamura house.
Several years pass, and Mao, now seventeen-years-old, is in high school and lives with her father, her stepmother, and the latter's daughter. She continues to check up on Hiro, who is now twenty-three and has a job as an entry level programmer, every now and then, but the stress of adjusting to her new family life causes Hiro to ask again if she'd like to move in with him. This time, Mao agrees.
This series contains the following tropes:
Alliterative Name: Mao Motamiya.
Childhood Friends: Hiro and Mao.
Dogged Nice Guy: Oda.
In-Series Nickname: Hiro calls Mao "Magyo" because it's cuter.
Innocent Cohabitation: Hiro and Mao.
Ladykiller in Love: According to Chii, Oda was a ladies' man. After falling for Mao, he changes.
Like Brother and Sister: This is how Hiro sees his relationship with Mao, who felt mutually until she developed feelings for Hiro.
Love Dodecahedron: Chii likes Oda, who likes Mao, who likes Hiro, who likes Sugimoto, who likes him back.
Megane: Daiki.
No Sense of Personal Space: Oda.
Oblivious to Love
Parental Abandonment
Three Amigos: Mao, Chii, and Oda.
Title Drop: Taiyou no Ie, meaning "House of the Sun," is the name of Mao's cell phone novel.
Tsundere: Both Hiro and Mao can be this.
Write What You Know: Mao's cell phone novel "House of the Sun" (under the penname "Kuukai") is basically her living with Hiro, but changing their names (e.g. Mao to Kaoru, Hiro to Takeshi). Hiro doesn't realize this, mistakes the kanji for "Kuukai" as "Sorami," and thinks the novel is by his co-worker Sugimoto because she is rumored to writes novels and he feels as though "Kaoru" is similar to Sugimoto; in reality, Sugimoto is merely a fan of Mao's novel.
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The State Department tells the Benghazi story — devoid of mobs angry at that video.
ABC reports:
Asked about the initial reports of the protests, the official said that while "others" in the administration may have said there were protests, the State Department did not.
"That was not our conclusion," the official said. "I'm not saying that we had a conclusion."
ADDED: Lots of links at Instapundit (which sounds like the most generic teaser ever, but specifically on this story, check it out).
Posted by Ann Althouse at 9:53 AM
Tags: Chris Stevens, Innocence of Muslims video, Libya, Obama and foreign policy, Obama's war on terror
RichardS said...
Stevens died. Obama lied . . .
Bushman of the Kohlrabi said...
I wonder, which MSM news source will be the first to use the term Benghazi-gate?
Another fascinating glimpse into Obama and his administration...
Shouting Thomas said...
I just took a look around the NY Times site and did a couple of searches.
Appears to be a non-story, in the view of the Times.
Via Ace, Ben Howe has a video timeline.
Fprawl said...
I am very dissapointed that we have been lied to about this event.
There is one CBS female reporter that has been covering this, all the other reporters have been covering this up.
On the other hand, I don't want to go to war in Libya, I am sick of wars and I think OBama is on the right track pulling out everywhere.
If Romney and Issa get the country roiling about this, are we headed to another war, or can we be appalled by a 9-11 attack and do something other than send troops.
AllenS said...
Hillary and Barry are meeting at the White House. Probably to get their stories straight. I wouldn't be surprised to find out that Barry doesn't have a clue as to what happened. The only person in custody remains the film maker.
Why would we go to war with Libya ? "The wicked flee when no man pursueth."
How are things under your bed ?
Brennan said...
BOOM! *crickets*
Seems like an explosive story no?
Can the State Dept throw the president under the bus? Is that even allowed?
Paddy O said...
What's weird is that there was no reason to lie. We're used to terrorist and jihadis in other countries. If it was just stated as what it was, and Obama stood strongly against it, then it would have been an important, but not necessarily political issue.
The coverup makes it so, so much more curious.
Obama went to bed when the embassy was under attack and the ambassador was missing.
He woke up, made a statement about Ambassador Stevens and the video, and then went to a fundraiser in Las Vegas.
What about that seems right to anybody?
X said...
allie, don't you have anything stupid to say?
Heh, AJ Lynch.
Sorun said...
"Can the State Dept throw the president under the bus? Is that even allowed?"
Hillary certainly can. She's got nothing to lose. And right now, Obama is probably trying to figure out how to throw her under the bus.
CYA time.
"X said...
allie, don't you have anything stupid to say?"
It's "Inga" this month, and HAHAHA!
ndspinelli said...
The bigger question here is what will Inga fka: Allie Oops, Allie say?
All these people screeching that "Romney lied" in the debate are all upset about the Obama Administration's lies on this, right?
*GIGGLE*
Bryan C said...
"In fact, we never reach conclusions. We haven't even concluded that 'Benghazi' is a real place. Now, let's talk about Big Bird."
The coverup is almost always worse than the crime. You would think Obama would know this.
@Paddy O
There was a very good reason to lie. It's the reason everyone lies: to not be exposed.
The State Department refused to defend the consulate adequately despite many documented pleas for better security. Obama's administration and the State Department failed and people died because of it.
Jay Carney can't be found. Ditto for Hillary. The White House is trying to bury this story with silence. POTUS isn't taking questions.
Surely the NY Times Editorial Board will slam the White House for this.
My what a tangled web we weave when we practice to deceive.. especially if the lies are taped for everyone to see.
Hope for change in 2012 (fire Hillary first and then fire Obama in Nov.)
Mary Beth (the commenter) said...
They could watch the video feeds of people attacking them. I can't decide whether knowing or not knowing exactly what is going on is more horrifying.
Meanwhile the other agents in the compound had gone to Building B to get helmets, body armor and their "long guns."
I'm trying to figure out why "long guns" is in quotations.
Paddy O- Obama is campaigning on the idea that he has AlQaeda on its heels. He said it on Monday at a campaign event.
That's hard to say when your ambassador has just been killed by an alQ affiliate. Better to think of another reason for the attack.
"the State Department did not."
Only the head of the State Department, the Secretary of State did. Apparently she does not speak for the State Department.
On the under the bus theme, I think Insta said it first.
Watching this Administration self-destruct is almost more fun than sex.
test said...
You must be doing it wrong.
I'm also interested in hearing more from Lara Logan. She, after all, is personally acclimated with the savagery of the enemy. Is she working a story for 60 Minutes about the White House covering up the situation in Afghanistan?
When we adopted our son from Colombia in 1987[Pablo Escobar, narco terrorist's peak of power]the American Embassy in Bogota was a fortress. I realize this was a consulate, but the security was inadequate to anyone w/ a fucking brain
Maybee,
"What about that seems right to anybody?"
Can you please say that in a way that is not so repulsive?
The agent in the TOC looked at one of the camera feeds monitoring the perimeter and saw a large group of armed men entering the compound.
Ambassador Stevens didn't even have a "Little Friend" he could ask the terrorists to say "Hello" to.
Seems like only yesterday that a few of our resident lefties were uttering such nonsense as "Mitt's Lehman Brothers Moment," and more. Recently I watched some video clip of the President saying how he likes to know what he's talking about before he speaks. It would be a joke if it weren't so disgusting and tragic.
It was a "Lehman Brothers" moment, but not how they thought.
now Barack "The Future Must Not Belong To Those Who Insult The Prophet of Islam" Obama can back to the real business of the American people; enforcing probation violations of those who insult the prophet of islam.
Marshal said...
I said 'almost'.
EDH said...
A lot of diplomats don't even like the Marines having loaded weapons.
Larry J said...
This was about the time when Samuel Jackson was making that commercial saying, "Wake the Fuck Up!"
Instead, they just let him sleep. Perhaps it was for the best. Obama does less damage to the country when he's asleep.
What's weird is that there was no reason to lie.
That's the whole maddening thing about this. With this administration is the lying pathelogical? Or are they simply incredibly inept?
Either way they don't belong in position of power. They are clearly out of their depth.
Ignorance is Bliss said...
I didn't know there was a wrong way to watch this administration self-destruct.
So shocked the media is reporting this.
The reason for the lie is simple enough. Hillary (and likely Obama, though we have no direct information there) have been studiously ignoring the difficult security situation in Benghazi, even in the face of mounting cries for more support from the people on the spot. Now that the whole thing has blown up, and we have several corpses (including an ambassador), this policy has obviously failed rather spectacularly. For Obama (who is trying to find something in his record worth defending) this is a disaster, as it undermines his ability to claim success in foreign policy, while Hillary is now looking at a blot on her escutcheon that even the vaunted Clinton spin cycle is unlikely to be able to remove.
Since they both face disgrace if their role in this becomes evident, it isn't difficult to imagine why they at least tried to steer the storyline elsewhere. If they could convince everyone that it was just a mob of crazy muslims (and we all know that they are subhuman barbarians with poor impulse control anyway, right?), then nobody would ask any uncomfortable questions about why a planned attack wasn't foiled or at least responded to with enhanced security...
Levi Starks said...
The ministry of truth will clean up all the messy details in a few days, and it will all go away, and no one will ever know it happened.
Darcy, for sure. That explains the lie. But it still seems so utterly weird to me.
If they had been honest about the events, questions about security would have been asked but nothing really would have come under it. By attempting to change the metanarrative, the details now get much more discussed.
Nothing new here--it's Nixon and Clinton all over again--but it's weird. Their first instinct was to tell a big lie.
It would be fun if they weren't taking the whole country down the drain with them.
I do not know how it happened that we went to war in Libya in the first place, nor who exactly authorized it, or why, or exactly what did we do there, and I still do not understand what this was about nor our government's reaction(s) to the mess.
This is even murkier than the "Fast & Furious" saga, and I hope there will continue to be intense pressure to find out just what has been going on here.
Meant to put this in the cafe thread last night, never did. This story is well worth the read. Bravery beyond what most of us can comprehend, followed by the kind of forgiveness we can only hope we are never called to give. Redemption for the sins of the father.
Eric Lomax
Chip S. said...
This is shaping up as Romney's biggest gaffe evah.
"We're gonna need a bigger bus"
SteveR said...
This is easy. The submission of Al Qaeda is a "success" story for the Obama administration, spiking the football. That not being the case, as demonstrated by the Benghazi incident, doesn't fit into the re-election campaign timeline. Thus politicians and political appointees lie while the career State and Intelligence folks say otherwise.
"Paddy O said...
What's weird is that there was no reason to lie."
The total failure of the administration to protect our people, as well as the truth that AQ is not under control, is plenty of reason to lie. Obama has been shielded for any recriminations of is lies for years. Of course he thought this would continue. So why not lie?
I partly agree with you. It would be very hard for most people to admit responsibility for deaths. If the facts coming out are true, I don't know how anyone comes to the conclusion that this administration didn't let these people down. Powerful stuff in an election year.
I think they believed they could hide the facts until after the election and possibly for a time beyond that where it wouldn't be such an explosive story. And I think they almost succeeded.
NYT new motto: "All The News That Fits The Narrative."
KCFleming said...
US citizens are bumps in the road for Obama.
Libya, Benghazi, Medicare, unemployment.
The list grows.
TWM said...
"There were so angry mobs, there were so." Barry and his cronies . . .
paminwi said...
There was a conference call about this story last night so the State Department could set the stage for the hearings today.
Guess what news organization was left out of the conference call?
Maybe because they have been hammering the administration over this story?
http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/special-report-bret-baier/videos#p/86927/v/1889721066001
"Obama has been shielded for any recriminations of is lies for years"
Precisely because Obama has been shielded from any recriminations of his truths as well.
Had they not made such a huge stinking deal about some an alternative, false narrative, it would not be getting such news. They could have stated the incident exactly as it happened and easily dodged any further examination.
Had the news been: the ambassador was attacked and killed, there would have been questions for a time but they would have been brushed aside. Much like Fast and Furious is.
"On the other hand, I don't want to go to war in Libya, I am sick of wars and I think OBama is on the right track pulling out everywhere."
Does it seem to anyone else that Obama is making his supporters dumber every day?
"I think they believed they could hide the facts until after the election and possibly for a time beyond that where it wouldn't be such an explosive story. And I think they almost succeeded."
And they would have succeeded too if not for those meddling kids!
What you said here is exactly true, I think. That's what makes it weird to me. Had they told the truth about the basics, it would have taken an intrepid reporter a long time to piece through what did and did not happen, probably also a congressional investigation. Would have taken months, if the issue was just about the security.
By making up the overall story, however, it becomes big news and quickly news that the administration lied about what is relatively pretty easily discoverable stuff.
Maybe it's not so much weird as utterly inept approach to a coverup.
Colonel Angus said...
Of course there is. Remember the liberal argument that there was no al Quaeda in Iraq before Bush toppled Saddam? Well there weren't any in Libya before Obama toppled Quadaffi.
So Obama followed the Bush Doctrine of regime change against a country that didn't attack us, posed no imminent threat and had no post Quadaffi contingency plan. Sound familiar?
That war of choice and his lack of involvement in its aftermath should alone sink his re election but evidently Code Pink and Cindy Sheehan could not be reached for comment.
Well, they had a willing media for a time pushing their coverup. And it got that filmmaker arrested. On top of the deaths, the arrest is abominable.
But look here, Big Bird might be saved.
I'm very proud of my congressman, Darrell Issa, doing the heavy lifting here and on F & F. I could easily picture him climbing even higher or switching to the Senate to displace a retiring liberal.
"What's weird is that there was no reason to lie."
The whole "mistakes were made" response might have worked if the Administration had been seen to have taken the situation seriously.
Instead, Obama goes to bed while his Ambassador and other Americans are being slaughtered, gets up the next morning, jets out to Vegas for a fundraiser and (if memory serves) some more golf.
The optics are bad, bad, bad. (Hillary's "3 a.m. wakeup call" commercial comes to mind.) And I think someone in the Whitehouse (I don't think it was Obama, I think he's out of those kinds of loops) tried to spin some preemptive damage control. And then the damage control spun out of control.
So now the tactic is to point in a different direction and say "Look! A Big Bird!"
That is an awesome avatar, Darcy. Maybe your best ever?
Bruce Hayden said...
I think having Hillary! involved just brings back how badly her husband handled terrorism during his tenure as President. They tried to view terrorist attacks against us as criminal matters, having little, if any, relationship to geopolitical realities. And, as a result, we got the Goerlich "wall" (the creator of which went on to make millions in a Fannie May sincecure) which helped prevent the FBI and CIA from communicating prior to 9/11/01, along with major cuts to our intelligence budgets and capabilities.
And, we now have almost the same people involved this time around it seems, showing again why it is physically dangerous to trust Democrats in the White House to protect us from Islamic terrorists. They just don't seem to get the fact that these people are willing and seemingly eager to die to destroy us, in order to impose their 7th Century vision on the rest of the world. And that treating them with respect, and not with a show of overwhelming power, just emboldens them.
Wasn't Zero hesitant about getting involved in Libya, and Clinton and others [+ other countries who actually have interests there] pushed him into it?
Tank- that's the story, but Obama wasn't hesitant enough to wait to get Congressional support for going.
LordSomber said...
Hillary certainly can. She's got nothing to lose.
Nothing except 2016.
now Barack "The Future Must Not Belong To Those Who Insult The Prophet of Islam" Obama can back to the real business...
...we need a "The Future Does Not Belong to Those who Murder Our Ambassadors" President instead.
Obama knows that bumps in the road kill American heroes all of the time. So What? Nobody lives forever.
That 12 year war in Afghanistan was a hell of a bumpy road that Obama doubled down on for political cover while he arranged the defeat of our military next summer and pulled them 100% out of Iraq after they dared a victory.
Obama hates the American military for real. He only pretends to hate rich guys, but he secretly loves them.
grackle said...
Actually the reporters at FoxNews have been hammering away at Bengazigate from the start.
Allowed? We are seeing it as it happens in real time.
If it was just stated as what it was, and Obama stood strongly against it, then it would have been an important, but not necessarily political issue.
Everything is a political issue.
They haven't failed yet. See any MSM outlet(other than FoxNews) using the words "scandal," "cover up" or "incompetence?" No, just that the incident was generically "tragic." Like a hurricane or an earthquake.
I predict Obama will use some sort of military action in an attempt to regain the narrative. Navy Seal team? Multiple "surgical" drone strikes? A joint US/Israeli strike on Iran's nuclear facilities would make this story go away in a heartbeat. But I think perhaps the Israelis want to wait until after the election in order to deal with a President who is on their side. Also, they probably do not want to help Obama get reelected.
...and BenghaziTroofers C4 and Allie pushing the "al-Quaeda-as-co-Producer" laugh line.
Were the demonstrations in Egypt related to the film? There WERE demonstrations in Egypt, no?
The Libya story would have taken down a Republican Presidency.... But not Obama , the media will piece meal this until after the election.... But if the President had been a Republican it would be feeding frenzy, no day light... Evey day....
That's one of the reasons a can't wait to see the back of the Obama ' s get some accountabilty back in the the executive branch...
This incestiuos relationship between the media and the left in the country is disastrous for America.
WHY was the Benghazi consulate attacked?
In the annals of doubling down, Inga has no peer.
Inga- Benghazi was attacked because they wanted to kill the Ambassador of the United States.
Get'em under oath, and on the record...
First Witnesses Called for House Hearings on Benghazi...
Wonderful thing, a subpoenee.
Seeing Red said...
Benghazi was attacked for intel and probably impunity.
ChipS, Inga fka: Allie Oops, Allie, is doubling down w/ 15 showing. Stupid, crazy, or a hybrid?
Inga said...
Next question.
My point, which I forgot to make, was that the above, along with Clinton being the head of the State Dept, makes it sort of awkward for her to "throw him under the bus" without getting run over herself.
When have Muslim terrorists needed a reason to murder?
caseym54 said...
Say, has anyone in the media apologized for the way they jumped on Romney's criticism of the Administration's apologies and video-blaming?
Oh, look, Egypt SQUIRREL!
They went in for the intel.
Jay said...
Your link is to Benghazi, which is in Libya, not Egypt. You remember there were two events that day, right? A little less typing and a little more thinking might be in order.
No kidding Marshal, I'm talking about EGYPT not Benghazi, in my first comment.
Or are you addressing Jay?
you answered my question
Inga, they were lying then or they're lying now.
Doesn't change the fact they knew things were coming and they did nothing.
How's that "flexibility" working for you now?
Joe Biden: "bin Laden is dead and General Motors is alive."
Angry Muslims in Cairo: "Obama, Obama, we are all Osama!"
It's not really doubling down on stoo-pid until C4 shows up with his 'sacred parchment' rap.
And Jews.
The events in Egypt were, most likely, part of a concerted effort to create a smokescreen in the hopes the administration would lose track of what was important and waste days of investigation.
It worked. We will probably never truly know what happened in Libya at this point because people were worried about a video instead of dead bodies.
inga, are you mad obama duped you into carrying his bullshit water?
Inga- the protestors in Egypt said they were there because of the film, because Osama Bin Laden was dead, and because Ayman al-Zawarhi's brother called for protests against his brother's killing (and he attended the protests).
Seeing Red, if you want Inga fka: Allie Oops/Allie to understand you then you'll have to take a Berlitz course on "How To Speak Crazy in 2 Weeks." You can get it on Amazon.
Conveniently on the anniversary of the day the West pushed the Muslims back in Vienna.
These aren't the droids you're looking for, move along.
Inga, of how many reasons can you think that would be both plausible and acceptable for what the terrorists did?
X, I never carried his water, why would I be mad? I stated from day one that it was a very real possibility that Benghazi was an attack. There were demonstrations against the film in Egypt however. Who knows why the attack occured in Benghazi? They don't need excuses , but they've shown that they damn well will act on any excuse, because it helps them recruit and makes them look justified in their actions to the Islamic world.
If anyone should have picked up on the con, it should have been Inga with her family background.
The 60s boomer mentality did a real job on Inga & The Professor.
Patrick, why would you ask me such a question? Have I stated their actions were justified?
Benghazi had something they wanted.
Tunisia was weak or they also had something they wanted.
Quick! Quick! Change the subject to a straw man so lame liberal logic can maintain its "reality"-based bullshit!
Inga, are you saying you never said that the video caused the deaths? did you delete all those comments?
Inga, Rantburg or The Belmont Club might answer the questions you have.
Whether you agree with or like the answers, that's up to you.
"Who knows why the attack occured in Benghazi?"
-- Because after multiple probing attacks, including an IED attack in June, they saw that security was actually lowered, they saw that the hired mercenaries were going unpaid and hungry, and they knew the armed Americans were not allowed to be as heavily armed as they could be.
So, they saw a soft target get softer with a ready and able bribe-able mercenary crew waiting for an excuse to look the other way.
In short, Benghazi was attacked because the administration screwed up.
Consider this a question in choosing your questions carefully.
Yes. Repeatedly and forcefully.
jille said...
Hillary better throw Obama under the bus soon or 2016 isn't looking so good!
No, you haven't at all. I'm curious why the reason they attacked would matter. Maybe my question wasn't clear, or maybe it was unfair, but my point is nothing could justify what they did, so why does it matter what they tell themselves? And really, how would we know anyway? That's all.
And they leave out FoxNews in the talking points. After giving the wife of Univision's head a UN job so Univision would shut up about F&F, I wonder if Univision was included?
Nice party you have there, Inga.
You're wrong, Patrick. Inga has stated repeatedly and forcefully that the attacks were justified because the jihadi's feelings were hurt by the video.
Why else would she support the jailing of the video-maker?
Inga is something of an expert in hurt feelings. It's the subject of almost every one of her posts.
In her defense, I don't think she's saying it is justified. She's saying that, say, wearing provocative clothing is a bad idea. Men shouldn't rape the woman, obviously they are still the guilty party, but really, women should just cover up so as not to tempt men into rape. That general line of reasoning: The actor doing bad is -bad-, but the person who had something bad done to them could have acted differently to avoid it.
Basically, it is victim shaming on a national level.
X, I said the attack on Benghazi and the demonstrations in Egypt on the SAME day, could've been a direct result of the film, I'm not saying anything new here. If new info proving the attack wasn't related to the film is uncovered, I have no reason to believe otherwise. You ALL are guessing that the film had nothing to do with either Benghzi or Egypt, we ALL are guessing, none of us know for sure...yet.
...at least the Administration provided Marines as pallbearers for the Americans killed in Benghazi.
TrooferAllie: Who knows why the attack occured in Benghazi?
The Administration is all over it, three weeks after CNN, al Quaeda, local looters and curiosity seekers have had a go at the unsecured premisis.
TrooferAllie: They don't need excuses...
Yet here you are providing one for them.
TrooferAllie: ...they've shown that they damn well will act on any excuse...
...and you've shown you'll be happy to echo-echo-echo-echo-echo it.
@Inga: Your statements and feelings on the Benghazi attack are a matter of record here if you'd care to check it.
You lost many friends and allies that day. I respect many of your opinions, but not that one on that day.
Shouting Thomas, so now you're a mind reader, huh? Such talent.
Shouting Thomas, so now you're a mind reader, huh?
Why do I need to read your mind when I've got your direct statements to work with?
Chickelit, you seem to think that I state my opinions with keeping or losing Internet "friends" in mind? Strangers on the Internet are neither my friends or my enemies, they are commenters o a political blog. You need to quit getting so personal.
The SAME day in 1683?
If you want to believe it's about the video.....
ST, feel free to go look for a comment in which I stated the attack and deaths were justified.
You need to quit getting so personal.
Jesus Christ, that is hilarious.
Pouting, hurt feelings, constantly running to the boss to tattle...
I would attempt to instill a bit of self-awareness in you, Inga, but it's hopeless.
garage mahal said...
Boston’s local NBC affiliate WHDH reported this morning that Doherty’s mother objected to Romney using the story in a campaign speech. “I don’t trust Romney. He shouldn’t make my son’s death part of his political agenda. It’s wrong to use these brave young men, who wanted freedom for all, to degrade Obama,” said Barbara Doherty. WHDH even suggested that it reached out to Romney’s campaign for comment, reporting that “there was no response from the Romney camp.”
Yet Romney used the same story in stump speech today in Ohio. Watch it
Romney is such an epic douchebag. Almost no words.
English has this very intricate code whereby we put a series of letters at the front of a comment which, when deciphered, identify the person we are addressing. I only mention it because last week you started a comment with a series of letters which in this code identify me, but then later claimed not to be addressing me. So I thought maybe there's some different practice among lefties that explains your confusion.
. Inga has stated repeatedly and forcefully that the attacks were justified because the jihadi's feelings were hurt by the video.
Well she may have, I don't know. I don't recall it, but I don't read every comment on these threads. But saying that the jihadi's feelings were hurt by the video is a long way from saying that the attacks were justified.
As I noted, I asked her that question because I don't understand why the answer to her question matters. Like Mr. Sablan says, choose your questions carefully.
Romney tells a story: Is a douchebag.
This is brought up in a thread detailing how Obama's administration (note: Maybe not him specifically) let four Americans die. Why do I feel like Romney telling a story isn't that big of a deal?
Inga, you really need to retire from commenting.
This is just too stupid.
You spent several days arguing that the attacks were justified, and that the U.S. should alter the First Amendment to satisfy the attackers.
You've moved into new territory with the "deaths" bit. Nobody said that you justified the deaths.
This strategy you are using now is too lunk headed to take seriously. Go back and read your own comments. They're too stupid for me to wade through again. It was bad enough the first time.
Garage: SQUIRRELL
Also: another terrific insult added to his repertoire. I think he may have peaked at "douchrocket."
But saying that the jihadi's feelings were hurt by the video is a long way from saying that the attacks were justified.
Inga did say that the attacks were justified.
She was willing to concede to the jihadis the goal of the attacks... which is to impose anti-blasphemy laws in the U.S.
She not only justified the attacks. She agrees with the goals of the attackers.
ST, you need to wipe the spittle off of your chin, it's making you look demented....again.
Huh. Romney's a douchebag for recalling the story of having met the SEAL who died and remembering him as one who died running into battle greatly outnumbered.
I don't think you watched the video, Garage.
In any case, if it distresses the mom that Romney spoke so highly of her son, he definitely should not share that story anymore. I can agree on that.
Right, because it's not related to this post in any way.
ST, you really ARE a whore, as you called YOURSELF in a argument with Crack a few days ago. You will LIE, you will do anything low and base to make a point, won't you? Crack was right about you, you have no morals at all.
Inga, I don't recall you defending the 1st Amendment.
They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.
B. Franklin
Really, what qualifies a candidate as a douchebag these days...well, I do get confused!
I won't be confused in November, though.
Tsunami.
You've been so stupid here, Inga. Massively stupid.
Got to be embarrassing.
You were willing to concede to one of the Jihadi's demands for imposition of Sharia law, and you were wrong on the details of what happened.
And, now you're back to your one stupid defense tactic.
I'd suggest you retire from commenting and find something to do that you are capable of doing.
GM - Barry also got called on using a story someone didn't want him to use.
Can you post that one, to be fair?
No, she was calling for the imposition of one of the tenet's of Sharia law.
Anti-blasphemy laws.
She not only justified the attacks... she approved of the ultimate goal of the attacks.
Matthew Sablan said...
Before we accept either that Romney is a douchebag (not saying you do accept that) or that the mother's comments are accurately characterized we should consider the likelihood that her belief Romney is using her son's death politically was likely fed to her by a reporter creating his desired story, not her independent assessment. I read a blurb on this the other day, and Romney's comments seemed more intended to recognize the deceased's contribution. It was an opening recognition, moved on from quickly.
Screaming Thomas, are you capeable of being a human being, Why do you revert to being a snarling dog so easily?
You are another one of Althouse's conservatives that repel and disgust liberals and moderates.
Which of the other tenets of Sharia will you agree to impose upon the U.S. in order not to offend the Jihadis, Allie?
Have you learned anything from this?
Have you learned why the First Amendment functions as it does?
ST, you're going to be very busy all day finding my comments that prove your despicable lies, what a pathetic person you are. Don't EVER attempt to address me in any other thread on any subject, I won't acknowledge you anymore.
You're right about Romney's words, Marshal. I watched the video this morning. He did end his comments with regard to that recollection with something like "That's what Americans do!"
Very moving, but not particularly political as far as pointing to any issue in the campaign. I'll bet you're right and the comments were mischaracterized to the mother. Or it could just be that she feels any mention of her son on the campaign trail is inappropriate, I don't know.
He should refrain from mentioning him again regardless. But it really is a sad state of affairs that this is deemed offensive on Romney's
But hey, Big Bird. :P
Getting kind of personal, Inga.
Yes Darcy, isn't it?
--You are another one of Althouse's conservatives that repel and disgust liberals and moderates.--
4 dead, 1 ambassador and a cover-up isn't repelling & disgusting?
Seeing Red, yes that IS disgusting.
Yea I'm sure it's the mother's fault. She's too stupid to know the words coming out of her mouth.
Well, Althouse got a shout-out by Rush this morning so her street cred just went up a little more. The leftards around her will start throwing their hate her way and label her a war-mongering, xenophobic, right winger, conservative kook-bag. It'll happen.
@Inga
Just sayin'. You keep telling chick to stop being so personal while you attack a lot of people personally.
And you did think that we should limit free speech due to what you thought was the fallout from it. You were not "wait and seeing". And you DID think the government should turn over every rock of this filmmaker's life to see if they could find something he'd done wrong. Well, they did, and he was arrested.
Such a mischaracterization, garage. Beneath you. I hope.
The long term goal of the Jihadis is the imposition of Sharia law. The cornerstone of Sharia law is anti-blasphemy law.
Inga caved in completely, and now she's pissed off at me for pointing out that she did.
The issue is not whether she knows what she said, but rather whether the question she responded to accurately reflected what Romney said about her son. Note how slyly - and dishonestly - garage mischaracterized what I wrote as an attack on the mother.
You can see how garage misspent his eduation. He learned how to mischaracterize and misdirect rather than learning something productive. Probably why he believes unproductive people should run the country.
Darcy, that was beneath YOU. Why would I be happy?
He learned how to mischaracterize and misdirect rather than learning something productive.
It's either that or his wonderful insults!
Still waiting on Benghazi Troofers C4 and AllieOops' blockbuster revelations of aQ's Byzantine conspiracy to incite the riots by co-producing the Copt perp's video.
...and Jews, of course.
Your link is to Benghazi, which is in Libya, not Egypt. You remember there were two events that day, right?
Oh, my error. There were protests in Egypt. Which is of course irrelevant.
Because this is the result you wanted.
You wanted to limit or shut down the First Amendment to please the Jihadis.
You are very confused. Take some time to read the First Amendment and try to understand why it exists and why it is virtually absolute in the U.S.
Hey fatshit, has anyone in the military every criticized Obama? Any military families?
Where were you then, dumbass?
Here's an unsettling thought.
Biden might actually be the smart one.
I can't speak for ST, but you have a documented history of abandoning responsibility for your own words. When called on things you actually typed, you call the messenger a liar.
Or, in this case, a snarling dog.
You act as if your opinion is objective, as if your own deception/denial of your own recorded words is not far uglier than anything you feel disgusted about.
Your rhetorical combat tactics have been exposed, repeatedly.
Face up to what you said. Learn to say, "I was wrong" and/or "I'm sorry for calling you names for holding me accountable for my words."
I'm sure that's too much to hope for...if you had any integrity or accountability, you'd already be a conservative.
The issue is not whether she knows what she said, but rather whether the question she responded to accurately reflected what Romney said about her son
Ah, the issue here is this mother doesn't trust Romney and she wants him to shut the fuck up about her kid.
Don't get in the way of Obama's outreach to the Muslim on the street, even if it's just more incompetence and lack of leadership. They acted on the intelligence they had.
Even if the Muslim on the street can't conceive of freedom of speech, and is spitting mad and demanding an apology for any perceived slight and militantly upset at our way of life, he doesn't know what's best for him! They're so melodramatic!
Slowly, if we show that our power is not a threat, that there's a 'family of nations' welcoming the Muslim on the street away from the embrace of unreformed, unenlightened Islam and its moral absolutism, its tribal, militaristic and usually autocratic and backward societies...
...wait...check that...all of those Muslims are 'moderate' and civilized (like Americans waiting to jump out) and only the extremists post a threat...
then we win! Peace is next! The seas have stopped rising and Prince Barry the healer has bridged the divide.
***DISCLAIMER, Gitmo, the Afghanistan surge, drone strikes and "kinetic military action" will be used in selected countries to protect our citizens, not to be discussed during this or any other election season.
Barry's slowly guiding the 'narrative' folks. In a few generations, we'll have world peace, social justice, and equality for all.
Look folks, trying to shove Inga's words in her defense of not insulting Islam as a function of what occurred in Libya and Egypt as a means to get her to admit that she in fact and repeatedly has stated that she believes that the 1st Amendment shouldn't come into effect in insulting Islam and that we should all not offend Islam will simply not work. She will lie, twist, parse, obfuscate, conflate, prevaricate, and use any means necessary to hide, if she can, any and all references to what she said when these attacks first occurred. We know it, we saw her say it, she defended it multiple times that the film maker (even though it wasn't his fault) shouldn't be afforded 1st amendment protections in offending a religion, in this case Islam.
You will be subjected to her nonsense over and over again, she will carpet bomb the entire thread to make it so that she will appear the victim while the attackers (you) will be be busy defended your attacks against her while her original intent goes unchallenged and hidden.
We all know that the attacks were terrorist attacks, we know that the administration lied about it for nearly 10 days, they are still lying about it contrary to evidence. The MSM wishes it would go away by not reporting it and running cover for the administration and Inga is just another unwitting tool in that struggle to squelch the truth while the 1st amendment gets the life choked out of it so she and her other comrades in the left, liberal, and progressive movements can continue the assaults on The Constitution overall. This is the goal, this is the endgame, this is what they want. They/she will tell you otherwise, but her/they're very nature condemns them for what they are. 5th column enemies of this country.
Inga is defending, in her own special way, a religion that has no moderation in it, sees everyone, even it's own as infidels, has precepts that allows for it's worshipers and agents to use any form of subterfuge for it's dissemination and infiltration to any other society and religion to use whatever means necessary to bring about that collapse so that Islam will prevail. She is in essence, through sheer ignorance that Islam and jihadism is nothing more than the ongoing wing of Nazism except instead of a swastika, it's replaced with a crescent. There is more than ample proof and evidence that Islam and the Nazi Party were fellow travelers and collaborators and even though one is replaced with another. The Muslim Brotherhood found a much larger purchase and legitimacy through that alliance which was largely funded by the 3rd Reich. The Mufti of Jerusalm, Amin al-Husseini, The head of the Supreme Muslim Council worked directly with Hitler to conscript Arab jihadists at the time to become Waffen SS. It is still going on today and has expanded beyond the brotherhood and the 'Arab' spring.
This is what Inga and her ilk defend, wittingly or unwittingly. Anyone, in my opinion, who defends this repulsive woman is in effect is defending Nazism and Islamic Jihad, which is what all of Islam is. Period.
I will admit that this far down the thread I no longer recall the original topic. Isn't Inga v. S Thomas?
Wow, just wow. You Methadras, truly are amoral. Or you are insane.
Ah, the issue here is this mother doesn't trust Romney and she wants him to shut the fuck up about her kid
If you want to get really specific the issue is that you're a partisan hack who can't debate anything honestly and should be ignored or ridiculed.
"Romney is such an epic douchebag. Almost no words."
President Obama gets her son murdered and goes to bed, offhandedly refers to the deaths as a "bump in the road" in a campaign speech in Vegas, uses those deaths as a pretext to arrest a guy for posting a YouTube video, and repeatedly lies about the circumstances of these deaths for weeks. Epic.
(But, in fairness to mom, if she's getting her news from the usual sources all of that may new to her.)
And then this Romney dude comes out and says her son was stand-up guy, and that he's proud to even have briefly met him.
Yeah, get a load o' that Romney bastard. What a douchebag.
So says your left wing Web site.
It is cute when you stupids pretend to care about military families.
Really, we believe you.
Please re-elect this man. Give early and often. Give with or without ulterior motives and proof of ownership of your credit card.
Prince Barry and Jumpin' Joe Biden call on YOU to make that shared sacrifice.
Call the number on the screen today, fellow passengers, fellow Americans, black and white, living and dead, gay or straight, married or unmarried, employed or unemployed...
Hear the call of brother Ezra, and sister Hilary and lay your wedding gifts upon the altar that belongs to us all.
Come, COME into this family of nations, and brotherhood of peace.
Please re-elect this man.
Not sure what gave you the idea that I ever gave a shit what you believe. But, now you know.
Truth hurts that which is evil, namely you. You know you said it, you know you defended it. It's all there. You're credibility is less than zero. You are too busy defending yourself and portraying yourself again as the victim in all of this, again, and you are simply a liar. You can deflect it any way you want, but the facts are there to name you as such. You are a shameless saboteur of the truth.
Your pointless characterizations of anyone who calls you out is meaningless. You're words mean and hold no sway in attempting to deflect that you are a repulsive, evil human being who defended a religion that would kill you while you tried to pacify it. You are born and bred of a society that embraced and help to shape it's goals of today. You are an agent of an ideology that promotes death and immorality while trying to paint yourself as an arbiter of an ideology that sees itself as the rescuer of mankind through dissemination of authoritarian control of a citizens life via government sanction. Oh, you may not articulate it that way, but thinking instead a little honey is better than a bitter herb to forward the cause. Right, comrade?
Stop trying to hide it and claim you are the oh, so poor innocent little woman living somewhere in Wisconsin taking care of the needy, the poor, the downtrodden, the ill, the maimed. I know what you are and others here do too. You can never hide from the light of that truth, lady. You've been unveiled for a long time.
See? Confusing! ;-)
Methadras, cool it.
Inga is not evil. She's afraid. She's afraid for her daughter. She's caving in our of fear.
That doesn't entirely account for her stupidity, but it does ameliorate it, somewhat.
Another fine specimen of Althouse's conservatives that repel and disgust liberals and moderates.
Almost no words.
Well, that's just because you are to fucking dumb to even think that deep. You're thinking is about as deep as a children play pool. I won't disgrace this Seals mothers opinion by bashing her since she has earned every right to say whatever she wants without repercussion. But I knew both of those guys that died in Benghazi and they were both hero's for what they did and what they did to save many lives hasn't even been reported by the MSM and never will.
You are just a retarded scumbag.
"Ah, the issue here is this mother doesn't trust Romney and she wants him to shut the fuck up about her kid."
I don't care either way, frankly. Her son was a grown man, a soldier. I'm sorry his mother is forced to deal with the grief resulting from her son's senseless death. Right now, however, we're in the midst of a public discussion of national security, and she has no special moral authority to demand anyone be silent.
Hang on. I will not call Inga evil. I think that's wrong. Just like I think it's wrong to call someone "good".
I think people can choose to do evil, and we can choose to do good. I think we've all done both. I know that I have.
We're going to be going through this back and forth over whether the Jihadis are really serious about imposing Sharia law in the U.S. for quite a while.
Get used to it.
There will always be a contingent that claims that we can avoid this war if we only concede a little here and a little there to the Jihadis.
I think they are wrong. But, only time will tell.
nga said...
And you repeat that repugnant line again as if it has meaning in any way, shape or form. Liberals aren't worthy of any of the legacy this country has to offer. They should seek refuge elsewhere. Moderates are just simpletons in liberal form. Murky in their thinking and timid in their actions. For you to try and non-sequitor your way out of this is laughable. You are the enemy of this country and what it stands for. You may not say it directly, but we know what you are. Deal with it.
Pass the popcorn!!!
Supporting and promoting lies like this regime' routinely does is tiring and ultimately impossible even with a fawning press.
Watergate??? Bwahahaha!!!!
Baby shit.
Stop trying to hide it and claim you are the oh, so poor innocent little woman living somewhere in Wisconsin taking care of the needy, the poor, the downtrodden, the ill, the maimed
Don't forget that inga/allie has a bunch of conservative friends who never ever mention social issues!
Those friends won't vote for Romney because Ryan wants to ban abortions and stuff!
What silly inga/allie can't seem to grasp is when the jihadists whom she continually apologizes for are going to do a hell of a lot more than ban abortions if they take over.
Then don't call her evil. Let her continue to co-opt the narrative and set the tone, once again for the flailing she does. Evil has many forms and many shades, from overt to subtle, but it's still evil. Maybe you don't have the stomach for it, and that's fine. But frankly, I see her for what she is.
This is the greatest country on earth that has ever been produced by any group of people anywhere at any time. There is none like it, there will be none like it again. This is the only one and it harbors people like her because it's values and laws allow for it. She and others like her shit on it daily. I won't have it.
Inga, I really do understand your fear.
My mother has, in a certain way, been a wreck for 60 years because her brother was killed in the Korean War.
And, he was killed in a training exercise! The ultimate insanity. He didn't even get to the war theater.
My mother is sort of a nut about all things and the U.S. military because it is personal to her. She doesn't give a shit about the bigger issue of why the U.S. was in Korean.
All she cares about is that her brother died for no apparent fucking reason.
So, you see, I understand your point of view.
Romney will no longer tell the story honoring her son because she wanted Romney to stop:
http://hotair.com/archives/2012/10/10/romney-wont-tell-story-of-meeting-former-seal-killed-in-benghazi-after-seals-mom-objects/
So is he still a douchebag?
After all, the mom has absolute moral authority because her son died. Remember Cindy Sheehan?
Of course, this woman has no such moral authority, because she doesn't abhor Republicans.
Via Vodkapundit:
Conceding that he failed to deliver at last week’s debate, President Obama says he was “just too polite” and that voters should expect “a little more activity” next week in round two.
Barry was "too polite?"
LOLOLOLOL
There is a precedent of sorts, where the CIA threw then-Speaker Pelosi under the bus over who-knew-what-when about waterboarding aQ detainees.
Looks like the undercard is State v. CIA:
Five days after the attack, citing the best information she had at the time, United Nations ambassador Susan Rice tied the violence to the video protests, in line with a CIA memo that said the Benghazi crowds "were spontaneously inspired by the protests at the U.S. Embassy in Cairo"
But in a briefing yesterday, Hillary Clinton's State Department said they never believed such accounts, with officials blaming "others" in the executive branch for those conclusions.
...or maybe it's State v. State:
Deputy Secretary of State Charlene Lamb told the panel, quote, "We had the correct number of assets in Benghazi at the time of 9/11."
One scheduled witness Wednesday, Eric Nordstrom, is the former chief security officer for U.S. diplomats in Libya, who told the committee his pleas for more security were ignored.
Via Insty:
On Tuesday, anonymous state department officials told reporters that the US government had never concluded the sacking of the Benghazi mission was motivated by a US-made video ridiculing Muslims.
They said it was instead a co-ordinated assault involving several groups of men armed with machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades over an expanse of more than a mile.
The 11 September Benghazi assault, in which Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three others died, was unprecedented in recent diplomatic history, officials added.
However, in the days after the attack Mr Obama’s ambassador to the United Nations, Susan Rice, initially described it as a “spontaneous” one that arose out of a protest against the film.
Remember, per the Obama campaign, talking about things that are normally news during other times must not be mentioned during election season, because that would be politicization. Er, at least they may not be mentioned if they hurt Obama's campaign. You can talk about things that hurt Romney all you want, like how he was asked by the mother of the deceased to stop honoring the life/sacrifice of a man who died in service to the nation, because calling Romney a douchebag for that isn't politicization, at all, in any way.
A United States Ambassador was shot and killed, and dragged through the streets. Upon hearing this, our President went to sleep. He then went to party in Vegas, where he referred to the death of the Ambassador as a "bump in the road." He then went to visit his buddies JayZ and Beyonce and their $350,000 champagne fountain. Then he went on Letterman (but couldn't come within 6 trillion dollars of guessing the US Debt. He went to visit his friends on "The View," instead of visiting with US Allies who were in town at the time, because he was too busy.
And the main topic here is Inga?
The new cruel civility.
Well, of course the outrage of the day is that Romney dared to praise and honor the memory of a Seal who died.
Just like the outrage of the day(s) after the Benghazi attack was that Romney dared to make a forceful statement denouncing the attacks and dared to criticize the admin statements of implicit apology to/for the "protesters" (re video).
Outrage! What a douchebag. Got that MSM, let's lead with that. The day of the hearings into Benghazi debacle and cover-up, the story is: Romney "gaffe"! Garage is always sure to inform us of the talking point of the day, very helpful.
Like god, if Romney gaffes didn't exist (even when they don't), it would still be necessary (and is necessary) for the MSM to invent them.
He's going to come out in a Fro and give the black power sign.
That will go swell.
What has President Obama done in response to the death of our Ambassador?
Does anyone really want to re-elect a President that blows off* the murder of an Ambassador?
*until I get some evidence to the contrary, yes, that is the most accurate description of President Obama's demonstrated attitude to date. He went to sleep with the Ambassador missing, went to a fundraiser in Las Vegas the same day as receiving the news of the Ambassador's death, sent in an FBI team (treated it as a crime, rather than an attack on the US), and is talking more about his debate and Big Bird than the sacrifice these people gave for the nation.
A United States Ambassador was shot and killed, and dragged through the streets. Upon hearing this, our President went to sleep. He then went to party in Vegas,
And garagie, who is like all super duper upset because one of the fallen's mother is upset, was completely outraged by Obama's behavior.
Really, he was.
For fiscal 2013, the GOP-controlled House proposed spending $1.934 billion for the State Department’s Worldwide Security Protection program — well below the $2.15 billion requested by the Obama administration. House Republicans cut the administration’s request for embassy security funding by $128 million in fiscal 2011 and $331 million in fiscal 2012. (Negotiations with the Democrat-controlled Senate restored about $88 million of the administration’s request.) Last year, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned that Republicans’ proposed cuts to her department would be “detrimental to America’s national security” — a charge Republicans rejected.
[GOP vice presidential nominee Paul] Ryan, [Rep. Darrell] Issa and other House Republicans voted for an amendment in 2009 to cut $1.2 billion from State operations, including funds for 300 more diplomatic security positions. Under Ryan’s budget, non-defense discretionary spending, which includes State Department funding, would be slashed nearly 20 percent in 2014, which would translate to more than $400 million in additional cuts to embassy security. Link
Allie stated "Conservatives [on this blog] that disgust and repel liberals and moderates".
Since when is it in my internets surfing job description to treat innumerate idiots like you with respect Allie/ Inga?
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Susan Ann Calhoun, 82, of Terra Alta, died Monday May 27, 2019 at Ruby Memorial Hospital, Morgantown, WV. The daughter of the late Dewey S. and Birthel Madeline Burke Stone, she was born December 17, 1936 in Kingwood. She is survived by a son and spouse, Albert D. Calhoun, Jr. and Catherine; two brothers, Ronald E. Stone and Thomas C. Stone; three grandchildren, Donald W. Goff, Jr., Albert D. (Felecia) Calhoun III and Chantel L. Calhoun; 5 great grandchildren, Robert Goff, Madalynn, Wyatt and Waverly Calhoun and Skylar Santos. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Albert D. Calhoun, Sr.; a daughter, Marsha Goff; a grandson, Scottie Lee Goff; four brothers, William, Virgil, Howard and Leroy; four sisters, Louretta, Hazel, Louise and Mable. Family and friends will be received at the Arthur H. Wright Funeral Home, Terra Alta on Thursday from 2-4 and 6-8 and from 10:00 on Friday, May 31, 2019 until the 11:00 a.m. time of service with Pastor Dave Marsh officiating. Burial will follow in the Terra Alta Cemetery.
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TaitMail The local enterprise partnership that isn’t an LEP
Written on 10 May 2018 .
The John Hansard Gallery opens on Saturday in its splendid new city centre premises, just over a year late.
It’s awkward, it's meant rejigging the exhibition programme and the show that should have been a triumphant valedictory to the outgoing director, Stephen Foster, is not happening till later on in the cycle and Foster has now been retired a year. There is, I’m assured, no particular reason for the slippage, except that different designers for the interiors and exteriors are inclined not always to see eye to eye, and the bureaucracies involved suggest they’ve done well to calibrate their different agendas to get it open by now.
But it doesn’t matter. It's a triumph that no-one dared believe could happen till a couple of years ago, having had a decade of talk, meetings in private houses, phone calls to old friends, all shored up by a political will that seems glaringly lacking on the national scale.
Studio 144 as the whole development is called – the university campus’s Basil Spence designed Nuffield Theatre is still there but now has a separate venue next to the gallery in Guildhall Square that opened ahead of it in February at NST2 – is a model of that new thing in the arts, partnership. In this case it’s an extraordinary mix, all aimed at creating a cultural quarter around the rather sedate square. The cultural quarter already partly existed, with the City Art Gallery in a corner of Guildhall Square, the SeaCity Museum which opened in 2012, the Showcase Gallery, the O2 Guildhall performance venue opposite Studio 144 that is part of the civic suite, and the 2,300-seater commercial Mayflower Theatre, all nearby.
The Studio 144 deal has been brokered by the Southampton Cultural Development Trust, set up to steer a cultural shift in the city and through the arts develop Southampton’s potential for economic and social progression. They knitted together Southampton City Council, the University of Southampton, Arts Council England and the developer, Grosvenor plc, to bring the thing about.
But the idea goes back all those years to when it first sparked in the university which had effectively left the city centre in 1919 and wanted to get back, with sympathetic noises coming from some councillors. The fact that there were seven different administrations for the city in that time could, perhaps should, have meant the thing being long dead by now, but it was kept alive with the positive response of the developers when they set about a £40m redevelopment on the square opposite the Guildhall.
The lesson is that here is a local enterprise partnership that isn’t a Local Enterprise Partnership – there are 38 LEPs now around the country, alliances of local and regional businesses and the public sector. LEPs are about getting new homes built, levering private investment, supporting small businesses, job creation and education support, but few have much to do with the fastest growing sector in the country, the creative and cultural one. The network has a management board and a small staff, no members of which appear to have any cultural background.
Southampton has proved that cultural enterprise partnerships can work, and the winding in of a university into the partnership is becoming a familiar factor – in Middlesbrough, to give one other example.
So despite the John Hansard Gallery being late, it’s showing that it is time for the creation of a national network of cultural enterprise partnerships that combine the expertise and resources of different elements of local and regional life, not just for single projects but, like Southampton Cultural Development Trust has, a rolling programme.
This lets local authorities scale down their traditional funding of the arts without looking like philistines and still growing the cultural economy, and the Arts Council to step in its preferred role these days, broker rather than core funder.
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<a href="http://archiveofourown.org/works/20476217"><strong>Moments In Time</strong></a> (23956 words) by <a href="http://archiveofourown.org/users/toomanyunfinishedfics"><strong>toomanyunfinishedfics</strong></a><br />Chapters: 8/8<br />Fandom: <a href="http://archiveofourown.org/tags/Persona%205">Persona 5</a><br />Rating: Teen And Up Audiences<br />Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply<br />Relationships: Persona 5 Protagonist/Sakamoto Ryuji, Kurusu Akira/Sakamoto Ryuji, Amamiya Ren/Sakamoto Ryuji<br />Characters: Persona 5 Protagonist, Kurusu Akira, Sakamoto Ryuji<br />Additional Tags: Spoilers, For both Time Marches Forward and the game, Pegoryu Week 2019, New Game Plus, Hurt/Comfort, Fluff, Angst, Party, Healing, Sickfic, Panic Attacks, Leap of Faith, far far away, implied suicide, Temporary Character Death, Implied ryuann, (All three of those tags are for Day 4/Far Far Away), Thank You Next, Implied Suicide Attempt, (For Day 5/Thank You Next), Study Date, glow - Freeform, All the Phantom Thieves have appearances in the first prompt, but they're not really in the rest of them so I won't clutter the tags lol, I'll add any other tags I forgot later but I think that should be everything, Update: Added tags for Day 4, I knew I forgot to add tags for something lol, Valentine's Day Fluff, I love that that's a tag lmao<br />Series: Part 3 of <a href="http://archiveofourown.org/series/1088169">New Game+</a><br />Summary: <p>A few looks into Akira’s attempts to adjust to this new, perfect timeline that he’s worked so hard to create, as well as a few times when things weren't so perfect.<br />(A collection of side stories for Time Marches Forward)</p>
Persona 5 Protagonist/Sakamoto Ryuji
Kurusu Akira/Sakamoto Ryuji
Amamiya Ren/Sakamoto Ryuji
Persona 5 Protagonist
Kurusu Akira
Sakamoto Ryuji
For both Time Marches Forward and the game
Pegoryu Week 2019
New Game Plus
implied suicide
Temporary Character Death
Implied ryuann
(All three of those tags are for Day 4/Far Far Away)
Thank You Next
Implied Suicide Attempt
(For Day 5/Thank You Next)
glow - Freeform
All the Phantom Thieves have appearances in the first prompt
but they're not really in the rest of them so I won't clutter the tags lol
I'll add any other tags I forgot later but I think that should be everything
Update: Added tags for Day 4
I knew I forgot to add tags for something lol
Valentine's Day Fluff
I love that that's a tag lmao
← Previous Work Part 3 of the New Game+ series
Pegoryu Week 2019!
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A few looks into Akira’s attempts to adjust to this new, perfect timeline that he’s worked so hard to create, as well as a few times when things weren't so perfect.
(A collection of side stories for Time Marches Forward)
Written for Pegoryu Week 2019!
So basically, this is a combination of “I want to participate in Pegoryu week but I'm burnt out from rl stuff and exhausted and my brain is too fried to think of anything original for the prompts” and “I love my NG+ universe and want to expand on it but I don’t want to do another full fic” lmao;; I already had some of these ideas that happened to fit with a few of the prompts (some of which I already had written, even), which is why I decided to just toss them all together in this one compilation fic as my contribution to Pegoryu week, which I’ll mark as complete after the week is up but if I decide to do any other things with this fic universe I’ll probably just dump them in here unless I feel like they work as standalone fics lol.
Most of these are ideas that take place in the middle of Time Marches Forward but that I couldn’t actually fit in to the main fic itself (either because they just didn’t fit in or because I was too lazy to write them pfft), so I’ll try to give a general idea of where each one takes place relative to the fic in case anyone’s curious.
Alright, enough of my rambling lmao;; Enjoy! ^^
Chapter 1: Day One: Party (Timeline #100, 11/20/2016)
I know my timeline in Time Marches Forward can get a little confusing lmao so just as a reminder, Sae's Palace and the interrogation room (and the fight with Akechi) all take place in October in my fic, so this takes place in between Chapters 17 & 18, after Shido's change of heart but before any of the stuff with Yaldabaoth! ^^
(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)
Chapter Text
It was embarrassing to admit, but despite Ryuji being Akira’s boyfriend, it was Futaba who first thought to question when exactly Akira’s birthday was--and it was Futaba who went digging around to find the date when Akira brushed off both her’s and Ryuji’s attempts to wheedle it out of him.
His uncomfortable expression as he dodged the subject was most likely because he was so used to no one celebrating his birthday that he didn’t want to bother anyone this timeline as well--but Ryuji wasn’t having none of that, and thankfully Futaba and the rest of the Phantom Thieves were all on board with his plan to throw a surprise party for their hardworking, selfless leader who was always doing so much for them.
Sojiro was kind enough to let them use LeBlanc for the party--a familiar setting upon Ryuji’s insistence, since he knew that Akira didn’t tend to take unexpected happenings very well, and hopefully a familiar place would at least soften the blow of the surprise--and even offered to provide curry for everyone, which took care of the food. Ann offered to bring the cake, Makoto would bring some snacks and soda, and Haru and Yusuke were in charge of decorations, which left Futaba and Ryuji to plan out how to keep Akira distracted while everyone prepared the cafe for the party.
(Morgana wanted to participate as well, but was unfortunately limited in what he could do, and it was only Ann suggesting that he could oversee the preparations and make sure everything looked good that stopped Morgana from going off and sulking.)
By the time the day rolled around, Ryuji was jittery with excitement, and didn’t bother to hide it as he swung by LeBlanc to meet up with Akira, who came out without any glasses on and dressed in a hoodie that obscured his face just enough that anyone working for Shido wouldn’t be able to get a good look at him.
Ryuji wasted no time in greeting him with a bright grin and a kiss that was happily received.
“Happy birthday,” Ryuji said after pulling out of the kiss. “Ready to head out?”
It was hard to tell whether or not Akira suspected anything, but at the very least his smile was genuine as he took Ryuji’s hand in his own. “I told you that you don’t have to do anything special for my birthday,” he protested weakly--the same protest that he’d given for the past few days, ever since Ryuji confirmed that Akira had no plans for the day and insisted on taking him out.
Ryuji rolled his eyes in fond amusement. “Dude, you can say that ‘til you’re blue in the face, but it ain’t gonna change the fact that I wanna do something nice for you today--and c’mon, it ain’t like I’ve got a bajillion yen to throw around like you do,” he added with a teasing nudge. “So at least you know that it’s not gonna be anything too fancy.”
That at least pulled a small laugh from Akira, who relaxed as he leaned against Ryuji’s side lightly. “Honestly, just getting to spend my birthday with you is already making it the best birthday I’ve ever had, regardless of where we’re going or what we’re doing.”
Ryuji’s expression softened as he gave Akira’s hand a light squeeze. “C’mon, let’s go--and remember, I’m paying for everything today, so none ‘a that paying people behind my back shit that you always pull, got it?”
Akira blushed lightly and gave Ryuji a sheepish smile. “I wasn’t going to do that this time, I promise.”
“Good.” Ryuji grinned as he began to tug Akira along. “Now c’mon, we’ve got a full day ahead of us!”
Ryuji and Futaba’s plan was both simple in theory and complicated in execution: in order to keep Akira out of LeBlanc for a long period of time on Ryuji’s limited budget, they decided to get in contact with some of the other people that Akira had befriended during his stay in Tokyo, and arrange for them to “coincidentally” bump into Ryuji and Akira while the two of them wandered around, killing time while also allowing Akira to be lavished with more attention and birthday wishes.
It didn’t take long to catch sight of Mishima, followed shortly after by Kawakami, and by the time they bumped into Iwai, Ryuji had a feeling that Akira was starting to catch on--though honestly, Ryuji would’ve been more surprised if Akira didn’t suspect anything eventually. After all, Akira was the smartest guy he knew, even without adding in his knowledge from the repeating timelines, and it was rare for anyone to be able to pull the wool over his eyes.
Still, at the very least he only seemed to be suspicious that Ryuji was taking him around so everyone could wish him a happy birthday. He didn’t seem to have any idea about the surprise party that was waiting for him back at LeBlanc, and as long as Ryuji could keep it that way, then he could consider today a success.
Futaba kept sending him locations, and Ryuji continued to think on his feet and come up with excuses to drag Akira around as the day passed by, inwardly feeling grateful (and endeared) that Akira was more than happy to follow him anywhere and everywhere without question, so long as he could hold Ryuji’s hand and remain glued to his side the entire time.
Not that Ryuji would have denied him that, of course, and certainly not on his birthday. If Akira wanted to walk around the busiest area of Tokyo while holding his hand or hugging his arm or with Ryuji’s arm around his shoulders, then Ryuji would gladly indulge him as much as he wanted.
They took a break in a small diner, eating a light lunch and some dessert that Ryuji--to Akira’s flustered yet pleased surprise--shamelessly fed him one forkful at a time while watching him with an affectionate grin the whole way through, before heading out once Akira was full and Ryuji had paid for their meal (with some money to spare, thankfully).
“You’re spoiling me,” Akira remarked as Ryuji led him back out onto the streets with his arm around Akira’s shoulders, allowing him to nestle up against Ryuji as they walked.
“Course I am, it’s your birthday,” Ryuji replied with a laugh. He moved a hand to lightly tilt Akira’s head up to look at him, giving him a toothy smirk as he added, “What’s it you always tell me? ‘Only the best for you, my darling’?”
The small bit of embarrassment from repeating Akira’s words was well worth it as he saw Akira’s eyes widen as his face flooded with color, a small squeak slipping out as Akira hastily hid his face back against Ryuji’s chest and kept it there even as Ryuji began to laugh.
“So you can dish it out but you can’t handle getting served, huh,” Ryuji teased, leaning over a bit so his lips were by Akira’s ear before adding, “ darling? ”
Akira looked like he was seconds away from passing out from all of the blood in his body pooling in his face, yet his wobbly grin clearly said that he was on cloud nine.
Ryuji would have to keep Akira’s weakness to pet names in mind--but for another time, not now. For now, he focused on guiding Akira along at a slow pace until Akira regained enough of his motor functions to be able to walk without his legs turning to jelly.
He led Akira around Tokyo for a few hours longer before getting the okay from Futaba to come back to LeBlanc, which came at the perfect time: his leg was starting to act up a bit from all the walking around they were doing, and Akira looked a bit tired himself, so he had no complaints when Ryuji said he wanted to head back to LeBlanc and relax together for the rest for the night.
It was only when they were just a few minutes away from LeBlanc that Akira lightly tugged on Ryuji’s arm to pull him to a stop, giving him a quick kiss to ease the concerned expression off of Ryuji’s face as he looked over at him.
“Sorry, I just… I just wanted to thank you for today, and to apologize for trying to hide my birthday from you to begin with.”
Akira took Ryuji’s hand in his own, lacing their fingers together as he spoke and drawing comfort from the way Ryuji immediately gave his hand a light squeeze, as if knowing that Akira needed support to continue even without knowing what Akira was going to say.
“Every year--or every timeline, rather--my birthday… it always falls on a day where… bad things happen, to say the least. I’ve stopped looking forward to it as a day to celebrate, provided I even made it far enough into the year to reach it at all.” Before Ryuji could say anything, Akira hastily pushed onward. “And even before the time loop--before I came to Tokyo--my parents never cared enough to celebrate my birthday; they were always too busy with work to do anything more than leave a card out for me whenever they remembered. So honestly, I never had any intentions of making a big deal of my birthday to begin with, and the fact that you not only took me out and spoiled me all day, but guided me around to see all the rest of the friends that I’ve made so they could wish me a happy birthday as well….”
Ryuji blushed and rubbed the back of his head sheepishly. “Was it that obvious?”
Akira laughed softly, leaning over to kiss Ryuji’s cheek. “You’re not exactly the definition of subtle, but it’s part of your charm. I’m guessing everyone else is going to stop by once we’re in LeBlanc?”
Ryuji stuck his tongue out. “You’re no fun. Can’t you just let things be a surprise?”
“Trust me, this whole timeline has been nothing but surprises,” Akira replied wryly. “Though I can’t say that’s a bad thing.”
“Course not. Surprises ain’t always bad.” Ryuji smiled and gave Akira’s hand another light squeeze, as if to say case in point , before gently nudging him into walking the rest of the way back to LeBlanc.
Akira returned Ryuji’s smile with a soft one of his own, leaning against Ryuji’s side as they walked. “No, I suppose they’re not.”
Ryuji continued to hold Akira’s hand even as they approached the front door to LeBlanc, trying not to laugh as he saw the confused expression on Akira’s face as he found the door locked and the lights off.
“Think Boss went out for a smoke or something?” Ryuji asked, the suggestion seeming to ease some of the lines of tension from Akira’s face.
“Maybe,” Akira agreed, reaching into his pocket with his free hand so he could take out his keys and unlock the door before stepping inside just enough to turn on the lights.
“ Surprise!!! ”
Ryuji keeping hold of Akira’s hand was the only thing that prevented Akira from hitting the ceiling in startled panic as everyone jumped out of hiding, though he was quick to calm down once he realized it was just his friends.
“Well," Akira began as soon as his heart rate slowed back down to something close to normal, "I honestly can’t say I was expecting this… I did think it was weird that we didn’t run into any of you guys today, but I thought you were just going to come over later tonight.”
He couldn't help but laugh as he was nearly tackled with hugs in response and tugged away from Ryuji so he could go and sit down at one of the booths.
“‘Operation: Surprise Akira’ was a complete success!” Futaba declared, grinning and high-fiving Ryuji.
“I hope we didn’t startle you too badly,” Haru said with an apologetic smile, approaching the table with a cup of coffee from Sojiro and setting it down in front of Akira.
Akira waved her concern off with a smile that widened as Ryuji slipped into the seat right next to him, despite Ann and Futaba’s complaints that he was hogging the birthday boy. “It’s fine, I’m alright. It was a good surprise, so I’m not complaining.”
"We were considering using party poppers for the surprise, but then we realized that would probably be a bit too much," Ann said with a sheepish laugh.
Akira laughed nervously at the thought of being greeted with a loud, gunshot-like noise on today of all days. "Yeah, that... definitely would've been too much. Thanks for not doing that."
The rest of the group settled in around the booth (or in Futaba's case, climbed over the back of the booth so she could squeeze herself in on Akira's other side, sandwiching him between her and Ryuji), grabbing a few chairs so they could share a single table as Sojiro served up some curry and coffee for everyone--save for Ryuji, who (endearingly enough) still refused to drink any coffee other than what Akira would make for him, and instead helped himself to some soda.
There was a relaxed, joyful air that filled the cafe as everyone chatted while eating Sojiro’s delicious cooking, and Akira soaked up every last second of it gratefully, his heart already swelled to the point of being ready to burst even before they moved on to cutting the cake that Ann had brought and breaking out the presents as soon as the table was cleaned up.
“You guys really didn’t have to get me anything…,” Akira protested weakly, even as he eyed the gifts in a mixture of excitement and curiosity.
“Nonsense,” Yusuke replied with a smile, passing his gift to Akira first. “You do so much for us all; isn’t it only natural to want to do the same for you?”
Akira was about to open his mouth to respond, but was stopped by Futaba shoving a finger in his face. “Nuh-uh, none of that selfless stuff today, mister! Today’s the one day we get to spoil you for a change, and you don’t get a say in it, got it?”
With a soft laugh, Akira gently pushed Futaba’s finger away from his face. “Alright, alright, I give,” he relented, before turning his attention down to the present in his hands.
Even without feeling it or observing the shape, just knowing that it was from Yusuke made it fairly obvious that it was an original piece of artwork--not that Akira minded, of course. He loved Yusuke’s art, and the thought that his friend took time out of his day to create something while thinking of him was already enough to make him love whatever piece of artwork he’d been gifted, even without seeing it.
Of course, when Akira pulled off the wrapping paper to reveal a portrait of Ryuji, his love for the gift immediately skyrocketed as an awed grin spread across his face.
“And we’ve got a winner on the first try!” Futaba declared, leaning over to give Yusuke a high-five. “Nice one, Inari!”
Yusuke chuckled, humoring Futaba as he lifted his hand and let her high-five him. “Really, it was an obvious choice, and I’d been planning on giving it to Akira as soon as I finished regardless.” At Akira’s inquisitive gaze, he added, “Oh, did Ryuji not tell you? He’s been an excellent model and a wonderful inspiration these past few months. That portrait was merely the one I felt captured his essence best out of all the ones I’ve drawn.”
“Ryuji, you’ve been modeling for Yusuke??” Ann asked, at the same time that Morgana exclaimed, “You’re actually capable of staying still long enough to be a model?!”
Ryuji blushed and huffed. “Why’s it that big of a deal? Yusuke asked, and I had no reason to say no is all--and for your information, I’m totally able to stay still long enough to be a model. Sometimes.”
Akira kissed Ryuji’s cheek, easing him down from his flustered, defensive state. “I’m glad you two have been spending time with each other, and I’m sure you’re a wonderful model.”
“He’s certainly a unique model, and an engaging challenge to work with,” Yusuke said, continuing to speak even as Ryuji shot him a look, “but his range of emotions and expressions is incredible. It’s been an overall enriching and stimulating experience, and I’m grateful for each and every opportunity we’ve had to work together.”
Ryuji’s blush darkened heavily as he dropped his gaze and rubbed the back of his neck modestly. “Dude, you’re making it out to be a way bigger deal than it was… all I did was let you draw me a couple of times.”
Akira gave Yusuke a smile. “Any chance I could see all the other drawings you’ve done of Ryuji too?”
“Of course. Sadly, they aren’t up to the same standards as the portrait I’ve given you, but I would be more than happy to share them with you if you’d like.”
“ Anyway ,” Ryuji interrupted, before Yusuke could provide Akira with enough pictures of Ryuji to decorate his entire bedroom wall with (which Akira would shamelessly do, no doubt), “why don’t we move on to everyone else’s gifts?”
Futaba grinned mischievously. “Great idea! I’m gonna go next!” She reached over to the booth behind her to grab her laptop off of the seat, typing a few things and starting up a program before setting the laptop down in front of Akira with a dramatic flourish. “For my dearest friend, I bequeath to you this gift of the highest caliber: a Ryuji dating sim, in which all the dating options are Ryuji.”
Ryuji choked on air and scrambled to lean over and look at the screen, which was indeed showing a title screen with “Ryuji Dating Sim” in big letters above a picture of him that had him fearing Futaba’s hacking abilities.
“For real?! Why-- how did you--”
“Shhhh, it’s Akira’s birthday, that means you’re not allowed to ask questions.”
Akira couldn’t help it: even knowing that Ryuji was embarrassed, he couldn’t stop the bright grin that tugged at the corners of his lips as everyone moved to crowd around him and watch in a mixture of curiosity and amusement as he started the game--nor could he stop the laughter that slipped out as soon as he heard the first edited voice clip that played from the game, most likely taken from either the bugs in LeBlanc or from Futaba tapping his phone.
“Oh come on, I’ve never said anything even close to that before!” Ryuji protested, though even he couldn’t help but find amusement in the game despite his embarrassment as a smile worked its way onto his face.
(That, and it was hard to stay annoyed when he saw Akira so genuinely happy, laughing to the point of being close to tears as he went through the cheesy--yet admittedly pretty well-made for what was obviously supposed to be a gag gift--dating simulator.)
Futaba snickered. “Now you all know my true power! I could whip up fake audio of you all in my sleep if I wanted to~”
“I’m pretty sure that’s illegal,” Makoto replied wryly.
“Only if you get caught!” Futaba and Akira replied in unison, sharing a grin and laughing as Makoto sighed and shook her head.
Akira wiped the tears of mirth from the corners of his eyes as he closed Futaba’s laptop upon reaching one of the game’s endings (he successfully dated Ryuji #1, but also sadly had to turn down Ryuji #4’s offer, and he was pretty sure Ryuji #2 was also showing some interest in him), and he passed it back over to her before pulling her into a hug.
“Thank you, Futaba. I don’t think I’ve laughed that hard in a long time.”
“Ehehe~ I knew you’d like it--but don’t thank me just yet!”
Futaba grinned as she took advantage of being pulled close to Akira, slipping her hand into his pocket and pulling out his phone with a mischievous “ yoink! ” before pulling out of the hug and beginning to fiddle with the device.
“The dating sim was just something I threw together for laughs--but this one’s the real gift.”
She passed the phone back to Akira, who watched curiously as she leaned over to point to an app that she’d installed.
“I made that app for myself, back when I was… well, back before you guys helped me. Y’know, when I was having, um… bad thoughts, and stuff.” She tapped on the app button to open it and hastily continued, not wanting to dwell on anything negative on Akira’s birthday of all days. “When you start feeling anxious and need a distraction to help calm you down, you can load up the app and it’ll pull up cute pictures of baby animals and stuff--though you can change the settings if you want it to go through the photos on your phone instead, if that would help better. Also I set it so you can double tap any button on your phone and the app will auto-open, in case you’re doing really bad and need the app to open quickly without having to pull it up yourself.”
“Oh….” Akira looked down at the app in startled awe, watching as she changed the settings for him and smiling softly as a picture of him and Ryuji popped up. “Futaba, this is incredible; I had no idea you made an app like this. Thank you so much.”
Futaba smiled and ducked her head as she shrugged modestly. “‘s nothing much, really. I’m glad you like it, though, and I hope it’ll help you out.”
“It definitely will, thank you.”
Akira gave Futaba another hug, which Futaba gladly returned before pulling back with a grin and turning to face the rest of the group.
“Alright, who’s giving Akira their present next?”
“It’s going to be a bit hard to follow that,” Makoto said with a touch of amusement as she picked up a box off of the floor and set it down in front of Akira. “My gift isn’t quite as interesting or entertaining, but I hope you’ll find it useful nonetheless.”
Akira unwrapped the box curiously and opened it to find a few neatly-stacked notebooks, all labeled with different subjects and organized by month.
“I’m not entirely sure what sort of curriculum your old school will have for third-year students compared to Shujin’s, but I figured having some notes to go by would at least help put your mind at ease, even if the material covered isn’t exactly the same,” Makoto explained. “Of course, don’t take this to mean that I’m encouraging you to rely entirely on my notes to get you through next year. You still have to pay attention in class and take your own notes, and--”
Makoto cut off with a startled noise as Akira stood up from his seat and leaned across the table to pull her into a hug, her face flushing lightly as she gave his back a hesitant pat.
“I’m… going to take that to mean you like the gift?”
Akira nodded, his throat tight with restrained emotion even as he let out a quiet laugh. “Just liking it doesn’t even begin to cover it--I think this is one of the best gifts anyone ever could’ve given me. I honestly had no idea how I was going to get through this next year, and I know this doesn’t solve everything, but… even just having an idea of what to expect is going to help me more than I could ever say. Thank you.”
“And you said Futaba’s gift would be hard to follow,” Ann teased as she lightly nudged Makoto, who grew more flustered even as a smile worked its way onto her face.
“I honestly didn’t think my gift would be this well-received, but… I’m glad.”
“So who’s next? Ann? Haru?” Futaba questioned after Akira sat back down and Ryuji helped move the box off the table, looking even more excited to see what the next gift would be than Akira himself. “I know Ryuji’s gonna wanna give his last so he and Akira can be gross and make out and stuff afterwards.”
Ryuji blushed heavily, but couldn’t exactly deny it--not that he was planning on kissing Akira, but he had a feeling things would end up going in that direction as they usually did whenever they started getting sappy and emotional around each other.
“Actually, mine and Haru’s gifts are kinda related, so I’ll let Haru go first,” Ann said, sharing a look and a smile with Haru.
Haru took out an envelope and passed it to Akira, who opened it to find two passes for an all-expenses paid spa resort.
“For you and Ryuji,” she explained with a smile. “My father knows the owner of the resort, so I arranged everything with him personally. You two can pick a weekend at your leisure to go and enjoy some time to yourselves, and neither of you will have to pay for anything.”
She directed a pointed look at Akira as she said this, and Akira smiled sheepishly in response.
“Since it’s a birthday gift, I guess I can’t argue with that,” Akira conceded. “Thank you, Haru.”
“Wait, but ain’t this one of those really fancy, expensive resorts that you’ve gotta book, like, months in advance?” Ryuji asked with a bewildered expression. “And we can just pick a day whenever and go?”
“That’s right! I’ve instructed the owner to have his staff accommodate you two as soon as you give the word that you’ll be coming, so you won’t have to worry about a thing.”
Ryuji blinked dazedly as he leaned back in his seat. “Man, the power of being rich… it’s crazy.”
Akira chuckled and gave Ryuji a kiss on the cheek. “If you’re not used to it by now, then that means I haven’t been spoiling you enough.”
Ryuji rolled his eyes in amusement. “Like you could spoil me any more than you already do--and don’t take that as a challenge,” he hastily added, immediately catching the glint in Akira’s eye.
Akira pouted but relented (for the moment, anyway) and instead turned his attention over to Ann, who rose to her feet with an excited grin.
“Guess it’s my turn, now! Ryuji, get up and come with me, you’re part of the gift.”
“Wait, I’m what now--”
Ryuji barely had a chance to wrap his mind around Ann’s statement before she was dragging him out of the booth and up to the attic, grabbing a few bags off of the floor along the way.
There was some muffled noises and a distant “ For real?! ” that could only be a sign of good things to come, before Ann came back downstairs with a mischievous smile.
“Okay, so I know you’re capable of dressing yourself, but since Ryuji has absolutely no fashion sense whatsoever, I figured what better gift to give than buying Ryuji some new clothes for your weekend getaway?”
“That doesn’t even make any sense! ”
Ryuji’s distant protest went completely ignored as Ann focused her attention on Akira, her grin widening triumphantly as she saw the excitement on his face.
“Fashion show?” he asked.
“Fashion show,” Ann confirmed with a nod. “Alright Ryuji, you can come down now!”
“Ann, this is ridiculous, I--” Ryuji’s blush darkened heavily as he came downstairs to find Akira with his phone out and ready, and he let out a long sigh, knowing that there was no way he could continue to protest if Akira was this excited to see him in some new outfits.
“Seriously, what’s with all you guys?” he instead asked with an embarrassed huff. “Practically everyone gave him gifts that had to do with me.”
“No offense to Akira, but he’s kinda…,” Ann trailed off.
“Predictable?” Futaba supplied.
“Basically,” Ann agreed with a laugh. “I mean, giving him any kind of gift that has anything to do with you is automatically guaranteed to make him happy. The only other safe bet is giving him something to help with his anxiety.”
Akira shrugged, an amused smile tugging at the corners of his lips even as he snapped a few pictures of Ryuji in one of his new outfits. “I mean, you’re not wrong. I’m a simple person: I’m an anxious mess, and I love Ryuji.”
Yusuke paused in the middle of sketching Ryuji descending the stairs in order to look up at Akira with a frown. “I believe that’s a vast understatement of your qualities and characteristics--”
“Inari, he was joking,” Futaba said, cutting Yusuke off as she rolled her eyes.
“Can I put my regular clothes back on yet?” Ryuji interrupted.
“Nope~” Ann cheerfully shot him down as she pushed him back upstairs. “C’mon, you’ve still got a few more outfits to try on!”
Despite his embarrassment, Ryuji dutifully tried on and showed off each outfit that Ann picked out for him (which honestly were pretty comfortable and looked more than halfway decent on him, at least judging by Akira’s reaction to each outfit), before finally plopping himself back down next to Akira in the booth with an exhausted sigh.
“Now I remember why I never go shopping with you,” Ryuji commented as he shot Ann a look, only to be met with a completely unapologetic grin in response.
“Oh c’mon, it wasn’t that bad--and look, Akira’s happy with all the outfits, which means the gift was a success!”
Ryuji sighed and shook his head slightly, though he couldn’t deny that Ann was right, not when Akira was scrolling through all the pictures he’d taken on his phone with a bright, lovestruck grin still on his face.
As long as Akira was happy, then that’s all that mattered in the end.
The group lingered in LeBlanc for a bit longer as they fell back into lighthearted conversation over some more of Sojiro’s coffee and some snacks, and after Sojiro gave them all refills (along with another can of soda for Ryuji), he presented Akira with the birthday gift that he’d gotten for him: a portable heater for the attic, and some money to buy some heavier blankets for the upcoming winter, the latter of which Akira didn’t really need (he had plenty of money to buy however many blankets he wanted, after all) but appreciated the gesture for regardless.
As it got later, the group slowly began to file out of LeBlanc, giving Akira plenty of hugs and wishing him a happy birthday once more as they began heading home, until only Akira and Ryuji were left.
A brief wave of melancholy washed over Akira as he took in the silence of the cafe that had been filled with so much friendly chatter and warm laughter until hardly a few minutes ago, but the feeling was gone as quickly as it came as soon as his gaze came to rest on Ryuji, who gave him a smile as soon as he noticed Akira looking at him.
“Wanna bring everything upstairs and get ready for bed? I already told my ma that I’m sleeping over.”
Akira smiled and nodded, the two of them gathering all of the gifts and bringing them upstairs a few at a time--the box of notebooks and the portable heater in particular needed a separate trip upstairs, but between the two of them they brought everything up to the attic quickly.
Ryuji used the minute or two that Akira needed to set up the portable heater to grab his gift--that he’d thankfully thought to give Futaba in advance, so she could bring it to LeBlanc for him while he was busy keeping Akira distracted--and he took a seat on the bed, waiting for Akira to join him before handing him the smaller of the two packages in his hands first.
“It’s nothing fancy, and it might not be your style, but… I hope you like it,” Ryuji said nervously, watching as Akira pulled the wrapping paper off to reveal a necklace. “It’s, um… well, I know you like matching stuff, so I got you a necklace to match mine.”
He pulled the chain out from under his shirt to show Akira, matching them up against one another as he continued to nervously ramble. “I mean, you don’t have to wear it if you don’t wanna, or if you don’t like it, but--”
Akira cut Ryuji off with a kiss, before pulling back to give him a bright grin. “Ryuji, do you really think I wouldn’t love anything that makes me think of you?”
Ryuji smiled sheepishly. “That’s kinda what I was hoping you’d say, to be honest, but I’m glad to hear it.” He handed the second gift over to Akira as he added, “But I also made you this, just in case you didn’t like the necklace--though I guess since you ended up liking it, this is just a second gift instead of a backup.”
Akira’s interest was immediately piqued as soon as Ryuji mentioned having made this second gift himself, and he eagerly unwrapped it only for his breath to hitch as he slowly lifted the hand-knit scarf inside.
“It was my ma’s idea,” Ryuji explained, blushing lightly and ducking his head in embarrassment. “I know it ain’t as good as any of the ones you could get for yourself, and I had to have my ma help me fix some parts, but… I figured you’d prolly like something like this better than something store-bought--and I know it’s a bit early for scarves, but I was kinda planning on giving this to you for Christmas until I found out your birthday was coming up, so I put a rush on finishing it up to give to you now instead. I hope it doesn’t look too sloppy or nothing.”
Akira ran his fingers along the scarf reverently, his heart swelling with love and gratitude as he looked at every single stitch and imagined how much patience and dedication Ryuji must have put in to make something like this for him from scratch.
Before Ryuji could so much as open his mouth to apologize if Akira didn’t like it, he found himself being pulled into another kiss that he was more than happy to return, relief quickly taking the place of his nervousness as he realized that Akira had been quiet because he was overwhelmed with emotion and not because he didn’t like the gift.
“I love you so much,” Akira breathed out as soon as they broke the kiss, wrapping his arms around Ryuji and hugging him tightly as he buried his flushed face in the crook of Ryuji’s neck. “Thank you so much.”
Ryuji smiled and hugged Akira back, turning his head just enough to press a kiss to Akira’s temple. “I love you too, and I’m glad you like it.”
“Of course I do, you made it for me,” Akira replied, nuzzling against him with a smile. “Seriously, I can’t thank you enough. This has been the best birthday I’ve ever had in my entire life.”
“For now, at least. Just wait until next year; I’m sure we’ll all find a way to top this year’s birthday,” Ryuji replied with a grin, prompting a soft laugh from Akira as he gently pushed Ryuji down on the bed so they could lie down together.
Despite all the uncertainties that the future held, and despite all the fears and worries he had about what would happen, Akira’s smile was genuine as he allowed himself to imagine even more birthdays like this one, filled with joy and laughter and the love and support of his friends.
“I’m looking forward to it already.”
Honestly I was planning on including a small bit when Ryuji & Akira were walking around where they bump into Akechi, but then I realized the best birthday gift Akechi could possibly give Akira would be to stay as far away from him as humanly possible for a full twenty-four hours lmao
(Also I kept forgetting to include Morgana so I had to go back and squeeze him in asldfjk I'm sorry Morgana)
Chapter 2: Day Two: Healing (Timeline #100, 08/2016)
Me @ me: Why are there no scenes with Ryuji taking care of a sick Akira in Time Marches Forward, come on OP get with the program
This takes place somewhere in the vague period between Chapters 7 and 10 in TMF, which is essentially the beginning/middle of August when they're working on getting through Okumura's Palace before the Medjed deadline (8/21) lol
Don't feel bad if you can't keep up with when everything takes place, I had to re-read my own chapters and look up Palace deadlines to try and remember what happened when alsdfj that's what happens when you mess with the original timeline of events lmao
Akira was no stranger to getting sick: unfortunately, it was impossible to not get sick at least once throughout the course of the year each time around, if not more.
Fortunately, however, he’d gotten good at hiding it whenever he started feeling himself get a bit under the weather--especially since he couldn’t risk letting anyone get too close, not while he was too worn down to keep his guard up and his memories straight.
Though he knew in the back of his mind that this timeline wasn’t like all the others, he still couldn’t help the reflexive need to hide his fever and exhaustion, brought about by overexertion and the beginnings of a summer cold. Waiting it out and letting it work itself out of his system was just a more practical option, if only because he didn't want to risk a visit with Takemi and have both her and Sojiro (and Morgana) breathing down his neck and confining him to his room for bedrest.
He didn’t have time to be confined to a bed. There was still way too much he needed to do in order to set this timeline on the right path: too many people to befriend and help, too many requests to fulfill in Mementos, too many preparations to make to get through the rest of the Palace--
Akira reflexively jerked backwards, his gaze unfocused, as he became aware of someone reaching out to touch his forehead, before wincing guiltily as he saw the worried expression on Ryuji’s face as he lowered his hand.
“I-- sorry, I was spacing out, I didn’t mean to…,” Akira trailed off, before forcing a weak smile. “I’m fine. Sorry, what were you saying?”
Ryuji frowned, and Akira immediately knew that he wasn’t buying it--and while Akira would normally feel happy that Ryuji could see through him like no one else could, right now he couldn’t afford to distract Ryuji and make him worry, not when there was so much that needed to be done.
“I was saying that you’re looking kinda flushed,” Ryuji said with a frown. “Are you sure you’re alright?”
Akira shrugged lightly. “It’s warm out, and I didn’t sleep well last night. I’m just a bit tired is all.”
Ryuji looked like he was going to argue, before reluctantly deciding to give in with a sigh.
“Alright, just… don’t push yourself, okay? I’m here to help you.”
Akira’s expression softened into a genuine, grateful smile. “I know.”
Ryuji knew that, for all Akira promised that he would be honest with him, there were certain things that he stubbornly continued to hide.
Like the fact that he was obviously coming down with a cold, and even more obviously denying that he was anything less than in perfect health.
Ryuji had backed off the first time he noticed Akira zoning out, but when he saw him stumbling towards their meetup spot with Morgana yelping and shouting at him to be careful, Ryuji knew he had to step forward and do something before Akira got any worse.
It didn’t take much to convince Morgana to hop out of Akira’s bag and wander off--one look shared between the two of them was enough to convince Morgana that Ryuji would be able to handle this on his own--which left Akira glancing between them with a confused expression, his face flushed even worse than last time and his eyes glassy as he obviously struggled to focus on what was going on.
“Akira,” Ryuji began with a frown, “dude, it doesn’t take a genius to see that you’re not feeling well. Why didn’t you just stay home?”
Akira faltered, caught off-guard, before glancing away guiltily. “I’m fine, really. It’s not that bad, and there’s more important things to focus on.”
Ryuji’s frown deepened as he took a step closer to Akira, this time reaching out more slowly to make sure Akira was aware of his action as he pressed a hand to his forehead, before immediately retracting his hand with a grimace.
“You’re burning up!” Ryuji forced himself to dial down his volume as he saw Akira wince, though his disapproving expression remained. “Dude, we are not going to Mementos today, not while you’re like this--and there’s no way I’m letting you stay in that dusty old attic while you’re sick either. C’mon, you’re gonna spend the night at my place; I’m pretty sure ma’s got some medicine you can take, and I can make you some soup or something to eat.”
Akira’s eyes widened slightly in a mixture of alarm and guilt. “Ryuji, I can’t-- I’m not going to impose like that; I’m fine. ”
Ryuji frowned, eyeing Akira for a moment--and just when Akira thought he was going to back down, Ryuji suddenly reached out and pulled him into a kiss that left him dazed and weak-kneed, his face even more flushed than before.
“You’re staying the night with me,” Ryuji repeated firmly, and Akira could do nothing but nod in response, his heart pounding in his chest.
Ryuji’s expression softened into a satisfied smile, and he took Akira’s hand in his own, hardly even caring about anyone watching as he half-led, half-dragged Akira along towards the train back to his apartment.
“R… Ryuji, wait, what about Sojiro, I can’t--”
“I’ll text Futaba and have her tell Boss for you.”
“... And Morgana, I have to find him and let him know--”
“Mona’s smart, he knows how to get back to LeBlanc on his own.”
Akira let out a weak sigh, leaning slightly against Ryuji’s side once they came to a stop at the train platform. “You’re not letting me get out of this, are you?”
“Nope.” Ryuji smiled, lightly squeezing Akira’s hand and enjoying the way Akira’s blush darkened in response. “What kind’a boyfriend would I be if I didn’t look after you when you’re not feeling well?”
Akira swore he physically felt his heart skip a beat at the reminder that Ryuji was his boyfriend , that he wanted to look after him and help him even if Akira was perfectly capable of nursing himself back to health.
He ducked his head in embarrassment, a small smile on his face as he allowed some of the tension to gradually ease out of his body.
Akira knew he shouldn’t let his guard down, he shouldn’t let anyone get too close while he was in such a vulnerable state--but if it was Ryuji… well, Ryuji was always an exception.
By the time they made it off the train, Akira appeared to be in even worse shape than he was before--though Ryuji quickly realized it wasn’t that Akira had gotten worse, but that he just wasn’t bothering to hide how bad he really was anymore: stiff posture slackened in exhaustion, small gasps and hitches in his breath had turned to full-blown coughs, and he’d apparently given up on navigating entirely in favor of blindly letting Ryuji lead the way, his eyes only open enough to keep Ryuji in view as he held his hand and trailed a step or two behind him.
“Almost there,” Ryuji reassured him, giving his hand a squeeze when Akira fell into another small coughing fit followed by a miserable groan.
“ ‘m fine,” he mumbled, before bumping into Ryuji when he suddenly came to a stop and blinking in confusion. “ ‘yuji?”
Ryuji frowned as he turned to face him. “Akira… y’ know it’s alright for you to not be fine… right?”
Akira blinked slowly, his expression confused. “... ‘s not, though. I’m the leader, I--” He cut off with a cough, grimacing and swaying slightly as he gripped his head, trying to force his mind to clear up enough to focus. “I’ve gotta be fine. Don’t got time to be not fine. Too much to do, gotta… prepare for the Palace, and stuff.”
Ryuji’s frown deepened. “And which Palace are we going through now?”
“We, uh… Kaneshiro? No, Futaba-- wait….”
“Yeah, that’s what I thought.” Ryuji sighed quietly before pulling Akira into a hug and kissing the top of his head. “Dude, you need rest--and more important, you need to let yourself not be fine. That’s what I’m here for, to help you out when things get to be too much. Okay?”
Akira took a soft, shuddering breath as he buried his flushed face against Ryuji’s blessedly cooler skin, nodding and closing his eyes as he felt them begin to burn with unshed tears.
“Good.” Ryuji smiled softly, pressing a kiss to Akira’s temple before pulling away. “C’mon, just a bit more and we’ll be at my place.”
“You shouldn’t be getting so close,” Akira protested weakly, as if he hadn’t been glued to Ryuji’s side and on the receiving end of Ryuji’s kisses the entire way to Ryuji’s apartment. “You’ll get sick.”
Ryuji rolled his eyes. “You really think I care? As long as I’m helping you, it’s worth it.”
The flushed color already filling Akira’s cheeks darkened in embarrassment, a smile tugging at the corners of his lips even as he moved a hand to dry the corners of his eyes, and he murmured a quiet “thank you” before taking Ryuji’s hand once more, letting him lead the rest of the way to the apartment.
Once inside, Ryuji wasted no time in guiding Akira to his bedroom and sitting him down on the bed before going and digging through his drawers.
“Here,” he said, taking out a pair of pajamas and setting them down on Akira’s lap. “Get changed and make yourself comfortable. I let Futaba know you’ll be sleeping here already, so you’re all set.”
Akira blushed as he glanced between Ryuji and the pajamas as he picked them up off his lap. “You… want me to wear your clothes?”
“Dude, I’ve borrowed your clothes like a million times, what’s the big deal?” One look at the smile on Akira’s face had Ryuji rolling his eyes again in fond amusement. “You get so happy over the weirdest things, I swear,” he teased lightly, leaning forward to kiss Akira’s forehead and feeling his heart swell as Akira’s smile widened in response. “I’m gonna go grab you some medicine real quick; I’ll be right back.”
Akira couldn’t help but make a face at the mention of medicine, prompting laughter from Ryuji as he straightened up.
“Don’t give me that look, man. I know it sucks, but if you wanna get better quick then just deal with it and take the medicine.”
Akira let out a dramatic groan that turned into a cough halfway through, and he plopped himself backwards on the bed, Ryuji’s pajamas still in his arms. “ Fine , but you’re lucky I love you.”
Shaking his head in amusement, Ryuji left the room, and Akira took that opportunity to pull off his clothes and put on Ryuji’s pajamas, a giddy smile on his face as he pulled up the shirt a bit and pressed his face into it before letting out a soft, content sigh.
The pajamas smelled like Ryuji, the bed smelled like Ryuji… Akira couldn’t bring himself to care how weird it was to be getting so giddy over being surrounded by a smell of all things--it was warm, and comforting, and the fuzzy, feverish parts of his mind that were having trouble keeping his memories straight were soothed by the concrete reminder of when and where he was.
Everything about Ryuji was his anchor, and god Akira adored him for it.
By the time Ryuji returned to the bedroom, pills in one hand and a glass of water in the other, Akira had shifted to lie down under the covers with his flushed face buried in Ryuji’s pillow.
“You still awake?” Ryuji checked, receiving a grunt in response followed by a cough. “Gonna take that as a yes. C’mon, sit up a bit so you can take the medicine, and then you can sleep.”
Akira groaned as he reluctantly pushed himself up, his gaze hazy, and he blindly took the pills from Ryuji, popping them both into his mouth before downing them with the water that Ryuji pushed into his hand.
“Good.” Ryuji took the glass from Akira, his expression sympathetic as he watched Akira plop himself back down, and he reached out to run his free hand through Akira’s hair. “I’m gonna make you some soup, okay? Just get some sleep in the meanwhile.”
Akira leaned into the touch with a soft noise, his eyes drifting closed, and Ryuji was about to move away when Akira’s hand blindly reached out for him with a displeased whine.
Smiling softly, Ryuji took Akira’s hand in his own, giving it a gentle squeeze and feeling his smile widen as he watched Akira’s expression relax slightly in response.
“ Sleep , you dork,” Ryuji murmured affectionately, kissing Akira’s flushed forehead. “I’m not leaving you, I promise.”
That seemed to be the right thing to say, as the last bit of tension immediately drained from Akira’s body, a smile returning to Akira’s face as he drifted off to sleep.
Akira was forcefully jerked out of his dreamless sleep by a sudden coughing fit, and immediately he was hit with a wave of disorientation strong enough to nearly make him throw up.
Different (familiar?) clothes. Different (familiar?) bed. Different (familiar?) room.
Alone . (Wasn’t someone supposed to be here? Wasn’t he always alone?)
He was flushed, sweating, his thoughts muddled and his head pounding, his chest feeling tight--
Was his head pounding because of the cough? Was he having trouble breathing because of the panic that was beginning to rush through him? Maybe it was a combination of the two: a cycle of one thing feeding into the other and making everything unbearably worse, his mind unable to focus with the fever and medicine both filling his head with cotton and the inability to take a proper breath making him feel even more lightheaded.
He was hardly even aware of someone else rushing into the room, so when he felt hands coming to rest on his shoulders, he reflexively jerked away before his mind managed to distantly process that the person in front of him was familiar.
Ryuji--right, it was Ryuji; Ryuji had seen that he hadn’t been feeling well, so he’d….
Forced him to go home? No, this wasn’t LeBlanc, this was somewhere else; but where…?
And why was Ryuji here with him, anyway? He shouldn’t be burdening Ryuji like this; he should be taking care of himself; it was his own fault that he got sick in the first place; he--
Akira blinked slowly, confused when Ryuji suddenly pulled him into a hug, though he couldn’t help but shiver and relax slightly as Ryuji rubbed his back, his breathing gradually steadying as he listened to Ryuji’s voice murmuring reassurances.
Ryuji had such a nice voice, especially when he kept his volume down--it was soothing, almost hypnotic to listen to. He was pretty sure Ryuji could read him the phone book and he’d be completely entranced the entire way through.
Or maybe that was just Akira’s feverish, lovestruck brain talking.
Regardless, both Ryuji’s voice and his touch were something to latch onto, melting away his panic until only the slightest hints of confusion remained--confusion that was quickly ebbed when Ryuji pulled back enough to press his lips against Akira’s.
Oh, right. Good timeline. Boyfriends. That cleared that up, at least.
“You good?” Ryuji questioned softly, his expression concerned as he watched Akira carefully for any more signs of panicking or disorientation. “I’m really sorry, I shouldn’t’ve left the room; I just wasn’t expecting you to wake up so soon.”
“... ‘m okay, head just hurts,” Akira mumbled, his gaze unfocused. “Sorry.”
Ryuji gently eased Akira back down on the bed. “You don’t have to apologize. Just close your eyes ‘n’ relax, okay?”
Akira did as told, his eyes drifting closed, and he let out a quiet, shuddering sigh as he suddenly felt cool fingers against his flushed skin, massaging the tension from his temples and gradually easing the pounding in his head.
“There you go, just like that…,” Ryuji murmured, pressing a light kiss to Akira’s forehead before pulling back slightly with a worried expression as he saw tears beginning to trail down Akira’s face. “Shit, I’m sorry, I-- was I hurting you? Should I stop?”
Akira shook his head with a soft whimper, hardly even caring how the motion made his headache worse. “Please… please don’t stop….”
Ryuji’s heart clenched in realization: Akira had probably gotten so used to keeping everyone at arm’s length that he hadn’t even had anyone to do something as simple as take care of him whenever he’d gotten sick in any of the other timelines.
And knowing just how hard of a time Akira had keeping his memories from overwhelming him on a normal day, let alone while his body was run down and his mind was feverish….
Ryuji leaned forward, knowing fully well that he’d probably end up catching whatever cold Akira had as he pressed a kiss to his lips for the umpteenth time today--but he couldn’t bring himself to care, not when Akira needed this.
Not when Akira needed him .
Akira let out a soft, muffled noise as he weakly leaned into the kiss, his tears falling in earnest as he felt Ryuji’s fingers continuing to massage his pounding head until all his mind could focus on was his touches and kisses.
When Ryuji pulled back to take a breath, he was relieved to see that Akira looked much more relaxed than before, and he wiped away Akira’s tears before pressing another kiss to his forehead. “Better now?”
Akira kept his eyes closed as he nodded, leaning into the hand that continued resting against the side of his face.
“Thank you,” Akira murmured, his voice rough from his fitful sleep and his earlier coughing fits. “Sorry. ‘m fine now, promise. Just forgot where I was for a bit; couldn’t think straight.”
“D’you remember where you are now, though?” Ryuji asked.
Akira hesitated before shaking his head. “Doesn’t matter. I’m with you, that’s all I need to know.”
“I brought you to my place after we met up,” Ryuji explained, moving his hand to run through Akira’s hair and smiling as he leaned into the touch. “Gave you some clothes to change into and some medicine to take, and I was making you some soup when I heard-- shit the soup! ”
Akira opened his eyes, blinking blearily as Ryuji suddenly jumped up and rushed out of the room, and it took him a bit longer than normal to process what just happened--but once he did, he grimaced in guilt.
“I’ll buy you another pot if yours got ruined,” Akira offered weakly once Ryuji returned to the room with a bowl and spoon in hand, his face flushed in shame. “I didn’t mean to distract you, I’m sorry.”
Ryuji couldn’t help but laugh as he made his way back over to the bed and pressed a kiss to Akira’s cheek, carefully setting the bowl down on his lap as he sat on the edge of the bed. “Dude, relax, it’s fine. I had the flame on low anyway, thankfully.”
Akira eyed Ryuji warily, making sure that he wasn’t actually upset or angry with him before allowing himself to relax a bit. “If you’re sure.”
“I am.” Ryuji carefully balanced the bowl on his lap as he took a spoonful of the soup and lifted it to Akira’s mouth. “Now open.”
Akira considered protesting that he could feed himself, but… honestly, if Ryuji was offering to take care of him like this, as guilty as he felt for taking advantage of his kindness, he couldn’t stop himself from wanting to indulge at least a little bit.
Just one night couldn’t hurt, right? After all, if Ryuji was really opposed, he wouldn’t be going out of his way like this in the first place (or at least Akira hoped so).
Akira blew on the soup to cool it before letting Ryuji feed him, humming in contentment as the warm liquid soothed his aching throat.
“Is it alright? I mean, I just made the boxed stuff since I don’t really know how to make it from scratch like my ma, but if it’s no good I can try ‘n’ manage something else or maybe order something--”
“Ryuji.” Akira gently cut him off and gave him a smile. “It’s perfect, thank you.”
Ryuji’s expression relaxed into a sheepish smile. “Alright, if you’re sure.”
He lifted another spoonful of the soup to Akira’s lips, pleased that Akira was letting him take care of him without a fuss, and before they both knew it half the bowl was emptied and Akira’s eyelids were drooping once more.
“You full?” Ryuji checked, his expression softening as Akira nodded, his yawn fading into a light cough. “Alright, I’m gonna bring this inside ‘n’ clean up a bit, and then I’ll be back. You should get some sleep.”
Akira shook his head. “ ‘m not tired.”
Ryuji rolled his eyes in fond amusement. “Course you’re not.” He kissed Akira’s forehead before standing up with the bowl in his hands. “Be right back.”
“Mmkay.”
Akira watched Ryuji leave the room, his eyelids feeling heavy--but he couldn’t sleep, not yet, even if Ryuji said he would be right back.
(He didn’t want to sleep without Ryuji here; he was scared that he’d lose himself again and forget where he was, forget when he was, forget that he was safe--)
Ryuji returned to the room a few minutes later to find Akira’s head bobbing as he obviously struggled to stay awake, and his expression immediately fell in concern as he moved over to the bedside.
“Akira, dude, I told ya you should go to sleep,” he reprimanded gently, sitting at the edge of the bed and running his hand through Akira’s hair. “You didn’t have to wait for me to get back.”
Akira shook his head and leaned into the touch with a soft noise. “Need you here.”
Ryuji’s concerned expression softened as he shifted to lie down next to Akira, pulling him against his chest and pressing a kiss to the top of his head. “Well I’m here now, and I’m not going nowhere.”
“Good,” Akira mumbled, burying his face against Ryuji’s chest with a content sigh, and he felt himself beginning to drift off as soon as Ryuji’s fingers resumed their motions against his head. “Mmh… ‘yuji…?”
Ryuji pressed another light kiss to the top of Akira’s head as he looked down at him. “Yeah?”
“Love you.” Akira nuzzled against Ryuji’s chest with a smile. “Thank you.”
Ryuji blushed lightly, his own smile widening in response. “You don’t gotta thank me. Just get some rest, and hopefully you’ll feel good as new in the morning.”
Akira nodded and relaxed against Ryuji with a soft sigh, the last of his restraint slipping away as he allowed himself to drift off into a peaceful, dreamless sleep.
Good news: Just as Ryuji had hoped, Akira was almost completely recovered, the medicine combined with a proper full night’s rest doing wonders for his worn-down body and helping to break his fever, leaving him with only a small cough.
As for the bad news, well….
Akira smiled weakly, his expression a mixture of sympathy and amusement as he rubbed Ryuji’s back, listening as his boyfriend let out a miserable groan.
“I told you you’d get sick if you kept kissing me like that,” Akira pointed out.
Ryuji huffed, ignoring the way the room seemed to swim around him as he shot Akira a grin. “Still worth it.”
With the way Akira blushed in response, his expression completely lovestruck and filled with so much gratitude as he looked at Ryuji, he could safely say that it really was worth it.
Unfortunately this is the last of the long-ish chapters, the rest of the week's chapters are only around 1-2k each because squeezing out writing with little to no free time when your brain is running on fumes sucks ;_; Hopefully the quality will at least be good enough to make up for the lack of quantity lol;;
Chapter 3: Day Three: Leap of Faith (Timeline #100, 05/09/2016)
This one takes place literally the day after Chapter 1 of Time Marches Forward ends lol
Ryuji and thinking were never a good combination on a good day, let alone after the past day and a half.
After splitting up immediately after getting crepes with Ann--since Ryuji hadn’t let his mother know he wouldn’t be going home the previous night, and had to go straight home today to make it up to her (which Akira apologized profusely for, though Ryuji assured him that it wasn’t his fault)--Ryuji had nothing else to do for the night without Akira around except to lay in bed and let everything sink in.
How was he supposed to act around Akira now? Would Akira expect him to be more physically affectionate with him all the time? Granted, he’d acted pretty normal around Ann and Morgana, but… honestly, this was all so new to Ryuji that he wasn’t even sure what normal was anymore.
Yet to his surprise the next day at school, Akira had continued acting like his usual self, as if none of the hugging and kissing and confessions had happened, and it made it that much easier to just fall back into old routines of laughing and joking around like all the talk about time loops had been just one long dream.
(In the back of his mind, Ryuji couldn’t help but feel the slightest bit disappointed--though about what, he wasn’t entirely sure, so it was much easier to just ignore the feeling and carry on as usual instead of trying to bring it up.)
It was only when the two of them made their way up to the roof together for lunch after grabbing some food from the school's convenience store, Ann staying behind in the classroom to work on a group project with some classmates and Morgana wandering off on his own to stretch his legs, that Ryuji began to see hints of cracks in the mask that Akira carefully kept on while in public: the exhaustion in his posture as they sat down and leaned back against the wall, the way he sat just a bit closer to Ryuji than normal….
It took Ryuji a moment to push past his own embarrassment, but once he did, he scooted closer to Akira with a light blush on his face and wrapped an arm around his shoulders, grinning as Akira’s eyes widened behind his glasses and his face immediately flooded with color.
“No one comes up to the roof, it’s fine,” Ryuji said, both to reassure Akira and to reassure himself, and he used his free hand to take out his yakisoba bread as he ate it while keeping Akira held close to him.
Akira tentatively leaned against Ryuji’s side, the tension gradually draining from his frame as he let out a soft, content sigh, and he took out his own bread with a small smile on his face as he began to eat.
Ryuji felt a burst of pride as he saw the clear happiness in Akira’s face, a far cry from his usual polite, impassive expression-- he was making Akira happy, he was making Akira relax, he was the one Akira trusted to let his guard down around….
It was still so hard to wrap his mind around, but damn did it make him feel like he was on top of the world.
He pulled Akira a bit closer, and Akira made a soft noise of contentment as he leaned against Ryuji further in return, nuzzling against him and nearly forgetting entirely about his lunch.
God, he was so cute --he’d never thought guys could be cute, he’d never thought Akira could be cute, but there was no other word that could properly express Akira’s flushed face, his happy smile, the way he curled himself up against Ryuji’s side… it was all so adorable that Ryuji couldn’t help but set his lunch aside in favor of pressing a kiss to Akira’s lips, thoroughly enjoying the muffled, surprised noise that Akira let out in response before melting into it.
By the time Ryuji pulled back, Akira’s gaze was completely unfocused, a small, dazed smile on his lips as he murmured Ryuji’s name reverently.
Ryuji blushed heavily and grinned, already feeling near-addicted to the knowledge that he was the only who had the privilege of seeing Akira like this, of making Akira like this.
He took Akira’s bread from his slackened grip and held it up to Akira’s lips, just barely stopping himself from laughing as Akira took a bite of the bread without a fuss.
(At least now he could say he got payback for Akira embarrassing him with the curry--though really, with how blissful Akira looked as Ryuji fed him, he wasn’t exactly sure how much of this was really payback and how much of it was just continuing to spoil Akira like he deserved.)
Ryuji had no idea what he’d been so worried about--they could easily continue acting like their usual selves in front of everyone, and when it was just the two of them, it felt almost as natural as breathing to switch to being affectionate, which Akira seemed to appreciate immensely if his cuddling up against Ryuji while letting Ryuji feed him was anything to go by.
Everything was going to be fine. Ryuji could more than handle it.
Helping Akira was worth dealing with all the awkwardness and all the embarrassment in the world and more.
Akira had grown so used to Ryuji being out of his reach that it was simple to fall back into the same old dynamics that he had with him in the presence of the rest of their friends, to the point where the past day and previous night felt like one long, pleasant dream.
It was only when Ryuji suddenly swung an arm around him and pulled him close, the two of them sitting on the school roof during lunch, that Akira suddenly remembered--his eyes wide with startled shock and a heavy blush heating up his face as his heart pounded in his chest--that Ryuji wasn't so out of his reach anymore.
Not only was he within Akira's reach, but he was willingly taking the first step despite his own clear embarrassment--holding him close, assuring him that this was okay, acting like all of this was perfectly normal....
Akira couldn't help but let out a soft, content sigh as he smiled to himself, gradually allowing himself to relax against Ryuji's side. He picked up his bread and unwrapped it before beginning to take small, absentminded bites, his mind more focused on soaking up every last second of his closeness to Ryuji than on filling his stomach--despite Ryuji's assurance that he would find a way to break Akira free from the time loop, he couldn't help the doubts that continued to float around in the back of his mind, making him all the more desperate to commit every last second of this perfect timeline to memory in case he never got to experience it again.
He was pulled from his thoughts by the feeling of Ryuji pulling him even closer, his heart speeding up as he nuzzled against Ryuji in return with a soft, content noise. He could feel his mind going hazy and quiet for the first time in decades, just from the sheer bliss of finally being held in Ryuji's arms--
And suddenly Ryuji's lips were pressing against his own in a kiss that left him breathless and dazed.
" Ryuji ...."
Akira was hardly even aware of Ryuji's name slipping out, his tone as reverent as his gaze as he looked up at his savior, the love of his life--
Ryuji suddenly took the bread that Akira had honestly forgotten he'd been holding in the first place, and Akira was more than happy to open his mouth and take a bite as Ryuji held it up to him, feeling as if he'd finally died and been granted passage into heaven after being trapped in a living hell for so long.
Akira remained curled up against Ryuji's chest, obediently opening his mouth to continue eating the bread until there was none left and letting out a soft, content noise as Ryuji's lips moved to press against his own once more. The fingers that moved to run through his hair sapped any remaining tension from his body, leaving him to rest limply against Ryuji's chest in dazed bliss as his heart continued its attempts to fly out of his chest.
"You good?"
The sudden breath near his ear caused a shiver to run down his spine, his face flushing even more as he hid against Ryuji's chest and nodded, feeling almost overwhelmed with love and a happiness that he hadn't felt for decades.
He felt like he was on cloud nine, his mind (peaceful, calm, quiet ) drifting in and out of consciousness as he soaked up the gentle affection and the feeling of safety that came with being held in Ryuji's arms, where all the horrible memories and all the dangers ahead of them couldn't reach him.
Akira didn't even realize that he'd dozed off until he distantly felt Ryuji's lips on his own, gently pulling him from his sleep in a way that--for a brief, heart-clenching moment--made him feel as if he were back in the very first timeline, and everything had just been one long, painful nightmare.
Yet when Akira opened his eyes, he found himself not in his bedroom, but on the roof of his school--and Ryuji's gaze, while caring, didn't quite match the gaze that he'd carried with him in his heart, memories of Ryuji looking at him with unmistakable love and affection.
The small sting to his heart was easily overpowered by the gentle feeling of Ryuji's fingers running through his hair and the soft, sheepish smile on Ryuji's face as he pulled back to speak to him.
"Sorry--I would've let you keep sleeping, but the bell's gonna ring soon, and I figured I'd try 'n' wake you up now so you'd have a few minutes to straighten yourself out first."
Akira's expression softened in gratitude as he gave Ryuji a quick kiss on the cheek. "Thank you," he murmured, enjoying the sight of Ryuji's face heating up in response to the small gesture as he reluctantly pulled back and forced himself to focus on snapping out of his relaxed daze.
He might not have what he had with Ryuji in the first timeline anymore, and maybe he never would--but as long as Ryuji was willing to indulge him like this, chasing away all the stress and anxiety and bad thoughts with each affectionate gesture, that's all Akira could ever ask for.
Ryuji takes a leap of faith and makes the choice to continue being openly affectionate with Akira even after things return to normalcy, and Akira takes a leap of faith and decides it's okay to keep letting his guard down with Ryuji instead of it just being a one-time occurrence
I swear I didn't just take something I had already written and try to fit it to the prompt so I could post it here
Chapter 4: Day Four: Far Far Away (Timeline #4, ???)
Of course I had to write at least one side story from one of the previous, not-so-great timelines lol
Enjoy! ^^
Akira thought that the worst pain had already passed: waking up a year in the past, Ryuji looking at him like a stranger, getting killed, waking up in the past again , trying to tell Ryuji everything to jog his memory, Ryuji backing away from him before running off--
Ryuji’s disappearance. Knowing what happened, knowing where Ryuji had ended up all by himself, knowing he hadn’t been there to protect him….
His dagger hadn’t been quick nor painless, but honestly, he deserved to suffer just as much as Ryuji had no doubt suffered all by himself by Shadow Kamoshida’s hand.
And now, here he was, watching as Ryuji approached yet again--as Ryuji looked at him like a stranger yet again--and all Akira could do was force himself to play along even as he felt his heart constricting in his chest.
He was careful, this time, to try and follow the first year as best as he could remember, out of fear of doing something or saying something that would accidentally get Ryuji (or any of his friends) killed. Yet even still, there were differences here and there that Akira supposed were unavoidable.
The biggest of which was Ryuji.
He was still Akira’s best friend, thankfully, but it felt like there was a wall between them that had never been there--and it was with a mixture of guilt and dread that Akira realized that he himself had been the one to put it there from the very beginning.
How could he possibly let his guard down with Ryuji like he used to when the memory of Ryuji looking at him like he was crazy and running away was still so fresh in his mind? What if he drove Ryuji away again by saying too much, or even just being too familiar with him?
So even if it hurt, he knew it was for the best to keep Ryuji--and all of his friends--at arm’s length. Maybe once this horrible year was finally over for good, then he would tell them everything, and maybe he would even work up the nerve to confess his feelings to Ryuji once more.
He just had to survive the next few months. Sure, they would be the hardest, most dangerous, most physically, mentally, and emotionally taxing months of his entire life, but… hey, if he did it once, then he could do it again--and this time, he could even fix some of the mistakes he’d made the first time around! Everything would be even better than it was before, and all of Akira’s struggling and inner turmoil would be worth it in the end when he could finally--
“Hey, so, uh… I think-- I think I’m gonna do it. I’m gonna ask Ann out.”
In an instant, Akira felt his entire world shatter.
By some miracle, he managed to keep his expression neutral as he watched Ryuji nervously fidgeting, clearly looking to his best friend for support as he continued rambling in the wake of Akira’s silence.
“I know, I know, she’s way out of my league, and I’d be lucky if she even takes me seriously, but like-- I don’t think I’ve ever clicked with anyone faster, y’know?”
Like a knife, Ryuji’s words pierced straight through his heart--
“And I know we argue a lot, but sometimes… I dunno, I catch her looking at me, and… ugh, I’m gonna feel like such an ass if I’m wrong about this.”
--cutting deeper--
“But I just-- I just feel like she’s the one , y’know?”
--and deeper--
“I can’t picture myself with anyone but her.”
--until there was nothing left inside his chest but broken shards of what had once been, and what Akira was beginning to realize would never be.
He’d deluded himself into thinking that everything would work out just fine if he could make it through this year, that all he would need to do was tell Ryuji he loved him and they would somehow magically regain what they’d lost--but that was never true, nor would it ever be.
His Ryuji was gone, and this Ryuji would never be his.
No matter how close they got, no matter how badly Akira wanted to reach out--to close the small distance between them, mere inches that may as well have been miles--he knew that he could never be with Ryuji the way he wanted to be. Honestly, part of him had known that from the beginning, from the very moment Ryuji looked at him without a single trace of warmth or recognition.
Akira forced a smile, just barely passable enough to not raise any concerns. “I’m sure you two will be great together.”
He wished he could say that knowing Ryuji wasn’t interested in him beyond friendship would make it easier for him to let go of his feelings and move on--yet as he saw Ryuji’s bright, hopeful grin and flushed face, he knew it was a lost cause.
It was impossible for him to not be hopelessly in love with his best friend. Even now--when he wanted nothing more than to find somewhere to hide so he could scream and cry and curse the world for taking away what was once his--his fractured heart still swelled simply from the sight of Ryuji’s sweet smile being directed at him.
So he continued to stay by Ryuji’s side, continued to support Ryuji and encourage him as his relationship with Ann grew serious, all while pathetically clinging to whatever scraps of affection Ryuji threw his way as his time with Akira was gradually traded with spending time with his girlfriend.
Which was normal, Akira tried to remind himself. They had limited free time as it was, and it was completely normal for Ryuji to turn down his requests to hang out because he already had plans to go out with Ann.
He’d done the same thing with his friends back when he was dating Ryuji, after all. He couldn’t fault Ryuji for wanting private time with someone that he had feelings for.
Even if that someone wasn’t him anymore.
(Even if that someone had never been him to begin with--not in this timeline, at least.)
By the time the next timeline began, Akira had perfected his fake smile, and he justified stepping away from Ryuji’s friendly pat on the shoulder by explaining that he wasn’t comfortable with people touching him, which Ryuji--being the kindhearted person he was--completely respected as he kept his hands to himself.
Things would be easier this way. The further he pushed Ryuji away, the less it would hurt when he had to watch Ryuji fall in love with someone else over and over again.
After all, Ryuji was no longer his, and would never be.
All he could do was watch over him by his side, so close yet so far away.
Chapter 5: Day Five: Thank You, Next (Timeline #100, 11/2016)
Takes place during chapter 17 of TMF, directly after the first scene in the chapter
I alluded to them intending on having a discussion about what happened at the end of chapter 16, but then I just... never did it because I was excited to write Destinyland PT fluff and I figured there'd already been more than enough angst in the last chapter lmao;;
Akira watched as everyone quietly left the attic of LeBlanc, one and two at a time, until there was no one left but himself and Ryuji, who was still fast asleep in his arms.
Saying that last night had been exhausting was the understatement of the century: seeing Ryuji nearly die, thinking that he did die, his own breakdown as he mentally relived every last time he’d been in that very same position as he watched the love of his life sacrifice himself for them--
Akira shook his head slightly as he felt the memories beginning to creep up on him once more, pulling Ryuji closer and focusing on the sound of his breathing and the sight of his rising and falling chest to help calm himself down.
Ryuji was fine. Ryuji was alive. Everything was okay.
Akira let out a shuddering sigh and buried his face in Ryuji’s hair. He had to try and compose himself before Ryuji woke up--it was bad enough that he’d broken down so badly on Ryuji last night, when Ryuji was the one that had put his life on the line and nearly died; he couldn’t let Ryuji feel like he needed to be the one to comfort Akira again.
Ryuji had been doing nothing but supporting Akira for so many months now, without asking for anything in return. The least Akira could do was get his emotions under control and be the one to support Ryuji for a change.
As if sensing his struggle--which he probably did, knowing Ryuji and his sixth sense when it came to Akira--Ryuji’s eyes cracked open, a yawn slipping out as he blinked up at Akira blearily.
“Hey,” Akira greeted with a soft smile, kissing the top of his head. “Everyone already left. Why don’t we move to the bed?”
“Mhmm.”
Despite the noise of agreement, Ryuji made no move to get up and instead nuzzled against Akira and closed his eyes once more, much to Akira’s amusement.
Not that he minded, of course.
Akira moved to slip one arm under Ryuji’s knees as he kept the other one behind Ryuji’s back, hefting him up and letting out a breathy laugh as Ryuji’s eyes shot open with a startled yelp.
“You weren’t moving, so I took matters into my own hands,” Akira teased as he carried Ryuji over to the bed, setting him down before smirking and adding, “Consider it payback for the times you’ve carried me.”
Ryuji rolled his eyes, his face flushing lightly in embarrassment. “You say that like you didn’t love every second of it.”
“True,” Akira admitted, his expression softening as he laid down next to Ryuji on the bed. “How could I not?”
Ryuji’s blush darkened, obviously not having expected the honest response, though he couldn’t help but return Akira’s soft smile with one of his own. “Good.”
He shifted closer to Akira, who wrapped his arms around him in turn and pulled him closer--and it was almost embarrassing how much of a relief it was to rest his head back against Akira, where he could hear Akira’s heartbeat and feel the steady rise and fall of his chest.
Still, Ryuji couldn’t let himself fall back asleep, not yet. Not when he could feel in his gut that something was wrong.
“Akira…,” Ryuji began hesitantly, keeping his face buried against Akira’s chest and his arms wrapped around Akira as he spoke, “I think… I think we should really talk about what happened. I know it’s still bothering you, and it’s still bothering me too.”
Akira tensed--a small, subtle motion that Ryuji might not have noticed had he not been pressed up against him--but before he could say anything, Ryuji continued to speak.
“I know you prolly don’t wanna talk about it, and honestly? I kinda don’t wanna talk about it either, but we can’t just pretend none of that happened.”
“There’s….” Akira swallowed thickly and pulled Ryuji closer to him. “There’s nothing to talk about. I’m sorry I reacted the way I did; it won’t happen again--”
“Akira, no, that’s not what I’m trying to do.” Ryuji squirmed in Akira’s tight hold, pushing himself up until he was properly face to face with Akira. “I ain’t blaming you or accusing you of nothing. I don’t even need an apology, really--I just wanna talk , so I can try ‘n’ get what was going on in your head. Why….” He paused, trailing off for a moment before forcing himself to continue. “Why’d you think to try and… hurt yourself, instead of looking for me?”
Akira squeezed his eyes shut and shook his head, his voice hoarse with restrained emotion. “Ryuji… please, I don’t want to do this, I don’t want to think about it--”
“ Akira. ”
Akira whimpered and buried his face in the crook of Ryuji’s neck, all semblance of composure that he’d worked so hard to scrape together immediately crumbling away. “I can’t live without you,” he breathed out shakily. “I just-- I can’t, not anymore, not now ….”
Ryuji kissed the top of Akira’s head, moving a hand down to rub Akira’s back soothingly. “Shouldn’t that have been more of a reason for you to look for me?”
Akira shook his head. “I was scared,” he replied quietly. “If… if we found you, and you were… I just--” His breath hitched in a sob from the thought alone, a shudder running through his body as he pressed himself closer to Ryuji. “I didn’t want to see it. I couldn’t see you like that again, not you .”
Ryuji took a shaky breath, tears stinging his eyes even as he continued to reassuringly run his hand along Akira’s spine. He understood what Akira meant: out of any Ryuji in any timeline that Akira had to see die, having to see him dead… Ryuji knew without Akira having to say that it would have completely broken him beyond repair.
Suddenly, regardless of whether or not it was wrong of him to do so, Ryuji could at least understand why it had been so easy for Akira to give up.
“You trust me, right?” Ryuji asked, holding Akira’s gaze when Akira moved to look at him in alarm.
“Of course I do! Why--”
“If you trust me,” Ryuji cut him off, resting his forehead against Akira’s as he spoke, “then never do something like that again. No matter how scared you are, I need you to trust that I’m not gonna die on you no matter what--I’ll fight tooth ‘n’ nail to stay alive for you, so don’t you dare give up like that ever again. Got it?”
Akira’s eyes clouded over with fresh tears as he shakily gripped Ryuji. “You promise?”
“Course I do, without a doubt,” Ryuji replied firmly. “Do you?”
Akira nodded, his breath hitching and his eyes drifting shut as Ryuji pressed a kiss to his lips. The tension began to drain from his body as Ryuji continued peppering him with light kisses, the feeling of Ryuji’s hands moving up to dry his tears before gently cupping the sides of his face relaxing him even further until he could hardly even remember what he’d been so upset about in the first place.
He opened his eyes to find Ryuji smiling down at him and looking significantly more relaxed himself, as if just seeing Akira calm and content was enough to calm him as well. The thought made his heart swell, and he reached up without thinking to pull Ryuji down into another kiss, laughing lightly against his lips as Ryuji made a surprised noise before melting into the kiss just as easily as Akira had into his.
Even if he wasn’t as obvious about his need for comfort, Akira knew Ryuji arguably even better than Ryuji knew himself--and it was clear, as Akira shifted to gently push Ryuji down under him on the bed and kiss him again, that Ryuji was still shaken over his near-death experience despite his best efforts to hide it and focus on helping Akira.
“Akira--” Ryuji breathed out as soon as they broke the kiss, moving his hands to rest against Akira’s shoulders, “Akira, I’m fine, you don’t have to--”
Akira cut Ryuji off with another kiss, before pulling back to look down at him with a soft, understanding expression.
“It’s okay to not be fine, Ryuji--aren’t you the one that always tells me that?” He kissed Ryuji’s forehead before adding, “You’ve supported me for so long… let me support you for a change.”
Ryuji took a shaky breath, blinking away tears as he moved his arms up to wrap around Akira. “I… honestly, it freaked me the hell out, hearing all the ways I could’ve died--all the ways I did die, in other timelines,” he admitted, before adding, “I know it was prolly a hell of a lot worse for you though, having to see all that yourself, so… I’m just grateful. Even if it was just luck, I’m still alive and I’m not hurt or nothing, so there really ain’t no point in dwelling on what could’ve happened.”
Akira moved a hand to gently brush away the tears from the corners of Ryuji’s eyes. “I’m sorry for scaring you, and I can’t blame you for wanting to just put it all out of your head. None of you should ever have had to know the things I’ve seen.”
“I don’t regret it.” When Akira’s expression shifted to surprised confusion, Ryuji added, “The only thing more terrifying than hearing all of that was the thought of losing you to your memories. If having to listen to all of the horrible things you’ve experienced was what I needed to do to bring you back to me, then I’d do it a hundred times over.”
“Ryuji….” Akira pulled Ryuji close, hugging him tightly as his vision clouded over with tears once more. “Have I ever told you how much I love you?”
Ryuji chuckled as he hugged Akira back. “Once or twice, yeah,” he teased, before pressing a kiss to the top of Akira’s head. “I love you too.”
Akira nuzzled his face into the crook of Ryuji’s neck, smiling as Ryuji laughed in response. “I don’t know about you, but I think I’ve had enough serious discussions for one night. Can we just cuddle and kiss until we fall asleep?”
Ryuji grinned. “No arguments here,” he replied, pulling back enough to press a kiss to Akira’s lips.
Though they both knew that brushing the subject under the rug wasn’t the healthiest way of dealing with what had happened, they also knew that nothing more would come from talking about events that had only happened in another time, traumatizing as they may have been for Akira to see and for Ryuji to imagine.
For now, the best thing they could do was help each other move forward, lending their strength to one another and providing the comfort that they needed from each other with every last gentle touch and every last display of affection until they began to doze off in each other’s arms.
Chapter 6: Day Six: Free Day (Study Date) (Timeline #100, 12/2016)
This one takes place in between Chapters 17 & 18 of TMF, and was a scene that I was originally planning on including at the end of Chapter 17 before deciding it wouldn't really fit lol;; So I figured I could just use the idea for the free day prompt instead!
Ryuji let out a long groan as he plopped himself backwards onto the floor, his textbook covering his face.
“I give up. I’m never gonna pass. I’m doomed to fail.”
Akira rolled his eyes in fond amusement as he watched his boyfriend bemoaning his fate. “I think my dramatics are rubbing off on you,” he commented wryly.
“Prolly, but that’s not the point.” Ryuji forced himself back up and set his textbook aside with a frown. “I seriously can’t get none of this stuff to stick.”
“Ryuji, as much as I love you, it is at least partially your fault for waiting until the last minute to start studying for finals,” Akira replied with a touch of mirth in his tone. “Maybe you’d be having an easier time if you’d spent more time these past few months studying and less time playing video games with Futaba.”
Ryuji pouted. “Dude, who actually spends time studying when there’s no tests to take?”
Akira raised an eyebrow. “Makoto, Haru… even Yusuke takes time out to study, for the sake of his art if nothing else.” He hummed in thought for a moment before adding, “Actually, I think you and Ann are the only ones that I know that attend school and don’t regularly study. Or at least semi-regularly.”
“Ugh… okay, fine , maybe I brought this on myself.” Ryuji leaned towards Akira, fixing him with his best puppy-eyed stare as he asked, “Can’t you take pity on a guy and help me out?”
Akira pretended to think for a moment, before laughing as Ryuji leaned even closer until he was practically in Akira’s face. “Alright, alright. What parts do you need help with?”
Ryuji sat back with a victorious grin, before grabbing his textbook. “Lessee… I need help with… uhhh… everything from here”--he gestured to the cover of the textbook, before flipping it over and gesturing to the back cover--”to here.”
Akira let out a quiet snort of laughter as he shook his head. “This is going to be a long night, then.”
“Y’know,” Ryuji began, his grin turning slightly mischievous as he leaned against Akira’s side, “since there’s so much to cover, we could just… oh, I dunno, skip to the parts that are actually gonna be on the test?”
Akira shot Ryuji a flat look that was belied by the twitching in the corners of his lips. “Ryuji, I am not helping you cheat on the finals.”
“C’mooon, it’s not cheating , it’s just… studying all the important parts. That’ll just happen to be on the tests. Totally coincidentally.” When Akira continued to give him a flat stare, Ryuji let out a whine and leaned against Akira’s side even more, until Akira was nearly tipping over from the added weight. “It’s not fair! You know all the answers; you could totally just tell me like, even just half of them so I don’t gotta study, and we could have fun playing games and stuff instead of staring at boring textbooks all night.”
Akira rolled his eyes in amusement and reached up to run his fingers through Ryuji’s hair. “Trust me, I would love nothing more than to spend the night having fun, but I’m not willing to take any more risks this late in the year.”
“Dude, I really doubt you giving me a few answers is gonna ruin anything.” When Akira refused to budge, Ryuji finally relented with a disappointed sigh. “Fiiiine, fine, I’ll study.”
“I’m sorry.” Akira’s expression fell in genuine guilt. “If I knew for sure that it really wouldn’t change anything, I would give you all the answers in a heartbeat--but I just… I can’t know for sure, and it terrifies me to think of changing anything more than I already have, even something as little as this.”
Ryuji pressed a quick kiss to Akira’s lips before giving him a reassuring smile. “It’s fine, Akira, don’t worry. Sorry for acting like a brat, I just….” He trailed off, his lips turning downward into a light pout. “I just wanna have fun spending time with you before all that crazy shit goes down. Studying just feels like a total waste of time when we’re gonna be fighting a god in a few weeks, y’know?”
Akira’s expression relaxed as he laughed softly. “I understand what you mean, yeah. Exams do feel insignificant compared to something huge like that--but try telling that to any of our teachers.”
“Have you?” Ryuji asked curiously. “Tried telling that to our teachers, I mean.”
“Not exactly, but I have gotten bored and walked out of exams before,” Akira replied with a touch of wry amusement. “Though that was mainly when I started feeling like there was no point in putting any effort into anything, not when everything would reset regardless of what I did.”
Ryuji’s expression fell. “Akira….”
Akira kissed Ryuji’s cheek. “It’s fine, it’s all in the past. I know now that I was wrong for giving up, and I’ll never give up again--not when I know I have you and everyone else by my side.”
“Good.” Ryuji grinned and took Akira’s hand in his own, giving it a light squeeze before lacing their fingers together. “‘Cause I won’t let you even think about giving up.”
“And I won’t let you think about giving up on passing our final exams,” Akira replied, chuckling as Ryuji groaned. “Okay, how about this: let’s study for a little bit, and then we can take a break and play a round or two of whatever game you want--within reason,” he quickly added upon seeing the look on Ryuji’s face. “Not a game that’s going to take hours to play.”
Akira shook his head in fond amusement and pressed a quick kiss to Ryuji's lips before reluctantly pulling away from him so he could pick up Ryuji’s abandoned textbook.
He was firm in his stance about not giving Ryuji any answers or helping him cheat on their final exams despite having every last question memorized, and he appreciated that Ryuji understood and respected his decision enough to not push the issue beyond his playful griping--enough so that Akira figured it wouldn’t hurt to at least guide Ryuji onto the right path, focusing more on the subjects he knew were more prominent in their exams and less on the ones that weren’t.
It wasn’t necessarily cheating that way, right? It was just… acting as a very specific study guide for Ryuji. If Ryuji didn’t know exactly what was going to be on the test, and if he had to memorize all of the information and recall it himself, then everything would be fine.
Akira let out a rueful sigh, kissing Ryuji’s cheek when he glanced over at him inquisitively.
So much for being careful--not that he was surprised, really. At the end of the day, there was no way he could ever deny Ryuji anything.
Chapter 7: Day Seven: Glow (Timeline #???, ???)
This one is just more of a general previous timelines mini fic that I free wrote for the prompt, ending with the 100th timeline
Akira loved Ryuji.
That was as simple of a fact as the sky being blue and the grass being green: no matter how many timelines Akira lived through, no matter how many times Akira watched Ryuji fall for other people, no matter how many other people Akira tried to date to distract himself from the futility of everything, no matter how many times Akira watched the life drain from Ryuji’s eyes in the wake of cruel, traumatic events--he still found himself drawn to Ryuji, his heart thudding painfully in his chest from even the smallest of smiles directed his way, his chest constricting in agony each time he had to pull away from the casual, affectionate touches that Ryuji gave so freely.
Ryuji was warmth and light given physical form, and though Akira knew he needed to keep his distance to avoid the inevitable heartbreak--Ryuji rejecting him, Ryuji dying, or even worse, the impossible probability of Ryuji accepting and returning his feelings only for the timeline to reset on him once more--it was as if he was a moth drawn to a flame, knowing fully well that he would get burned if he went too close yet unable to stop himself regardless.
How could anyone possibly cut the person they love completely out of their life? Akira found it hard enough just keeping him at arm’s length.
Each reset he told himself that he would stay away from Ryuji for Ryuji’s own sake--and sometimes he managed to show enough restraint to not interact with Ryuji at all, no matter how badly it hurt. Other times he managed to keep their interactions to a bare minimum, and somehow that hurt even more.
It was so cold without the warmth of Ryuji’s friendly affections.
It was so dark without Ryuji’s smile lighting up the room.
It was so hard to be selfless, when all Akira wanted was to be by Ryuji’s side.
Yet he knew that in exchange for being selfish, Ryuji’s life would most likely become forfeit: either in Shido’s Palace, or--the few times they managed to avoid Shido’s Palace collapsing--in the Velvet Room, trapped in a prison cell completely unresponsive to Akira’s desperate attempts to bring the light back to his eyes.
Either way, it seemed that fate was determined to keep Akira’s light, his heart, his hope, his everything just out of his reach.
What, then, was he even still fighting for?
What was the point of continuing to try and see these timelines through to the end? What was he getting out of it?
His perfect timeline--or at least, as perfect as the universe would apparently allow--had already come and gone the very first time he’d lived through this year, and no matter how hard he tried, he was never getting it back.
At this point, all he could ask for was a timeline where Ryuji remained alive and thought of him as a friend, and even those were slowly but surely dwindling away as Akira found it harder and harder to so much as be in his presence without the image of his broken, bloodied body and his blank, lifeless gaze haunting him.
Still, something inside him told him to keep trying--and so, with nothing else to do and nothing more to lose, he continued onward through the year.
And again--
And finally, something changed.
Akira would have loved to say that he knew from the very beginning that this would be the one , but he started it off like any other: merely acting on a whim, making a split-second decision to allow himself some time in Ryuji’s company as he followed the script that he’d gone through dozens upon dozens of times already.
It had been a few timelines since he’d followed the script to the letter. Might as well just let things run their course this time.
The awed look on Ryuji’s face as he summoned Arsene for the hundredth time (or to be more exact, the ninety-sixth time, given the few times he died before entering the Metaverse or chose to not enter at all--but really, who was counting) filled his heart with a warmth that he was quick to stifle, just as he was quick to turn his gaze away from Ryuji’s bright, grateful grin as they fled the cell together with Akira protecting him along the way.
Akira had grown so used to distancing himself that Ryuji’s presence alone was almost too bright for him to handle.
(A part of him loved it anyway, no matter how much it hurt, no matter how much the light of Ryuji’s smile blinded him, no matter how much the warmth of his trust burned him.)
He kept following the script, day after day, week after week, making small changes here and there on a whim--no one would care if he took care of a few targets in Mementos early out of boredom, no one would know that it was him that convinced Shiho to transfer schools early--until that one fateful day that Ryuji took everything he knew and turned it completely on its head.
Ryuji was a blaze of emotion--he always had been, but now more than ever Akira could feel it searing into him, burning down his walls faster than Akira could build them back up, until he was wrapped up in that warmth and light that he missed so badly, that he’d convinced himself for so long could never be his again.
Ryuji had taken him back home, listened with an open mind to everything Akira had to say about the timelines, helped him get the rest that he so desperately needed, provided him with the affection he’d been so starved for… and Akira found himself falling even harder for him than ever before.
Just as the sky was blue and the grass was green, it was a fact of life that Akira loved Ryuji with all his body, mind, heart, and soul--and now that he knew that Ryuji accepted his feelings with open arms, Akira was going to do everything in his power to make sure nothing and no one ever took his light away again.
Ending on an optimistic note so there's not too much angst in this side fic collection lol
Thank you so much to everyone who's read, commented, kudo'd, bookmarked, or even just popped in to take a look at this fic! <333 I'm so glad I managed to put together something to upload for Pegoryu week, and hopefully later down the line after TMF is finished and I have some free time, I can try and work on more side fics to add to this collection ;u;
Chapter 8: Extra Story: Valentine’s Day (Timeline #100, 02/14/2017)
Surprise! I know I marked this as complete, but I really wanted to write a fluffy Pegoryu Valentine's Day date, and I alluded to it in chapter 19 briefly but I avoided writing it in the actual chapter because gestures to chapter word count I knew it would end up getting way too long askldfj
Plus I needed to cleanse myself with fluff after my Halloween Pegoryu fic lmao
Enjoy almost 7k of pure pointless sappy Pegoryu fluff in which Akira falls for Ryuji five million more times because he is Weak for his loving boyfriend
The morning started off with one firm rule:
“You’re. Not. Paying. For. Nothing.”
Akira crossed his eyes to look at the finger emphatically poking his nose with each word, before trailing his gaze up to Ryuji’s determined expression.
“So that means I can pay for something?” Akira responded cheekily, laughing at the unamused stare he received in response. “Alright, alright, I won’t pay for anything, I promise.”
“Good.” Ryuji grinned, pleased that Akira had given in so easily. “Today’s about me spoiling you for a change, and I’m gonna go all-out--so you just sit back ‘n’ enjoy, and let me handle everything.”
Akira’s expression softened. “You really don’t have to, but… thank you. I’m looking forward to it already.”
“Course I do,” Ryuji replied, taking Akira’s hand and giving it a light squeeze. “You’re my boyfriend, and it’s Valentine’s Day. If there was any day for me to spoil you, it’s today, ‘specially after the… y’know. Rough month you had, ‘n’ stuff.”
Akira laughed weakly--”rough month” was an understatement, though he understood why Ryuji avoided saying anything more than that. No need to bring down the mood on what was supposed to be a happy, lighthearted day, after all.
“So, what’s the plan?” he asked, steering the conversation back on track.
Ryuji grinned. “You’re just gonna have to wait ‘n’ see,” he replied smugly, prompting a more genuine laugh from Akira.
“Fiiiine,” Akira replied with an overdramatic, drawn-out sigh as he moved to lean against Ryuji. “I guess I have no choice but to live in suspense.”
Ryuji rolled his eyes and gently tugged Akira along. “If you wanna know so bad, then let’s just head out already so you can see for yourself, you drama queen.”
With a smile, Akira let himself be led along to wherever Ryuji was planning on taking him--and despite his theatrics (and despite his stomach reflexively beginning to turn at the thought of not knowing what was going to happen, especially so soon after he’d managed to get his memories in order), he trusted Ryuji enough to follow him with no questions asked.
After all, Ryuji only ever had his best interest at heart, so if he was going through all of this effort to plan a day for them and to keep it a surprise from Akira, then Akira knew without a doubt that today would be a fun, memorable day for them both.
Akira let out an awed, almost giddy breath as he looked around in surprise.
“You managed to get tickets to come to Dome Town on Valentine’s Day? ” Akira asked incredulously, looking at the brightly-decorated park packed with other couples walking around.
Of course, it wasn’t like he’d never come to Dome Town before--he’d been there plenty of times in other timelines, with other people and sometimes even with Ryuji (as friends, always as friends, as Ryuji would pointedly complain about how he’d rather come to a place like this with a girl instead of with a guy that he just saw as a friend and nothing more, and let’s not think about that right now )--but coming here on Valentine’s Day was a first, if only because the park was always so crowded that he never thought it would be worth the effort when every other relationship he was in over the past hundred years was faked in a poor attempt to keep himself from falling to pieces.
Ryuji was the only one he would ever want to go to a place like this with on Valentine’s Day, and now here they were, and Ryuji had put this all together probably without even having the slightest idea.
God, Akira loved him so much.
“Heh. Surprised?” Ryuji grinned, clearly pleased as he puffed out his chest in smug pride. “I have my ways.”
Akira tried his best to stifle his laughter, clearly able to tell that Ryuji had been looking forward to using Akira’s own line against him--and even though Akira could make an educated guess that he’d gotten Haru’s help with securing two tickets for them, he decided to let Ryuji have his moment and not ruin his boyfriend’s fun.
“I’m impressed,” Akira replied, his smile softening as he gave Ryuji’s hand a light squeeze and added, “I’m glad I get to make another brand new first memory with you: my first Valentine’s Day at Dome Town.”
“For real?” Ryuji’s grin somehow managed to light up his face even more, and Akira found that he could stare at the sight all day long--it was like staring at sunlight in physical form, pure and bright and filled with so much warmth. “Man, then I’m really glad I decided on this!”
“I’m glad you did too.” Akira leaned over and pressed a kiss to Ryuji’s cheek, before continuing wryly, “We should really get moving before we spend all day in line, though.”
“Ah, crap, you’re right--c’mon, let’s hurry!”
Akira didn’t bother to stifle his laughter this time as Ryuji pulled him along, excitement clear in each step--and Akira in turn felt giddiness swelling up in him as he thought back to Ryuji’s slight self-consciousness on their very first date compared to now, where Ryuji felt comfortable enough to walk through crowds of couples hand-in-hand with him without even batting an eye.
The day had only just begun, yet it was already hands-down the best Valentine’s Day Akira had ever lived through.
Though they spent a bit more of the morning standing in line for rides than actually riding them, it was still a thrilling, enjoyable experience for them both--in fact, Akira would go so far as to say that he enjoyed standing in line even more than he enjoyed the rides, if only because he got to spend the entire time shamelessly cuddled up against Ryuji’s side as the two of them talked about everything and nothing.
Honestly, Akira would have been more than happy if that trip had been the entirety of their day, but apparently Ryuji still had more planned as he led him back on the train to their next stop: Inokashira Park.
“Figured it’d be nice to unwind for a bit ‘n’ go somewhere more quiet after all those crowds, even if it’s a bit cold out,” Ryuji explained, leading the way with obvious purpose towards a particular location in the park. “Glad it ain’t snowing, at least.”
Akira nodded in agreement, content to follow Ryuji, though he was admittedly curious where in the park his boyfriend was taking him.
He had a few guesses, but the last thing Akira expected was to follow Ryuji a bit deeper into the park only to find Ann sitting on a large blanket on the grass, with a picnic basket by her side.
Ann pulled her attention away from the phone in her hands, her lovestruck smile making it clear who she had been talking to--and said expression quickly fell into fond exasperation as she rose to her feet.
“It’s about time you two got here!”
“Sorry, sorry, we ended up heading out a bit later than I thought we would,” Ryuji apologized sheepishly. “I’ll make it up to you, I promise.”
“You’d better,” Ann threatened, though her statement was softened by the amused look on her face and the light tap to Ryuji’s chest with her knuckles. “Seriously though, I hope you two had a great time.”
“We did, thank you,” Akira replied, though he couldn’t quite hide his confusion as he glanced between the two of them.
Ryuji and Ann shared a glance before starting to laugh, causing Akira to flush lightly in embarrassment--he wasn’t used to being left so far out of the loop, and though he knew that he would have to get used to the feeling of not knowing everything now that the time loop was (hopefully) almost at an end for good, that didn’t mean he had to enjoy not knowing what was going on.
“Don’t worry, I’m not staying,” Ann assured Akira, giving him a friendly pat on the shoulder. “Ryuji just asked me to save you guys a spot and bring the food over so he wouldn’t have to bring it with him to Dome Town.”
“... Oh.”
Akira ducked his head, trying in vain to hide both his embarrassment and his relief--not that he didn’t enjoy spending time with Ann, but he’d been looking forward to spending the entire day alone with Ryuji.
Ryuji snickered, swinging an arm around Akira’s shoulders and kissing his head. “You’re too cute, I swear.”
“Shut up,” Akira muttered, though he couldn’t stop his lips from twitching upward as he leaned into Ryuji’s one-armed embrace.
Ann rolled her eyes, a fondly amused smile on her face as she observed her two friends. “Alright, now that my job here is done, I’ll leave you two be--I have a video call to make and a beautiful girlfriend of my own to spend the day with~”
With that, Ann took her phone back out as she began to walk away, giving Akira and Ryuji a wave over her shoulder when they called out their goodbyes to her.
“I have to say, I genuinely wasn’t expecting any of that,” Akira said sheepishly once Ann was gone.
“I could tell,” Ryuji replied wryly, laughing as Akira shot him a look. “Hey, at least you’re getting better at handling unexpected stuff, right?”
Akira sighed ruefully as he followed Ryuji over to the picnic blanket, sitting down and immediately leaning against Ryuji’s side once he was seated as well. “I guess, but it’s still going to take some getting used to.” At Ryuji’s confused glance, he added, “Being out of the loop and not knowing everything, I mean.”
Ryuji’s smile died down slightly in concern. “Sorry, maybe I should’ve--”
Akira put a finger over Ryuji’s lips to silence him and gave him a reassuring look. “No, this was good. If I can get used to surprises and unexpected happenings through positive things like today, then hopefully I’ll be at least a bit better equipped to handle whatever less-than-pleasant surprises life throws at me in the future… if that makes any sense.”
“Yeah, I get’cha,” Ryuji replied after Akira moved his finger. “Like easing yourself into it, or building a tolerance for it, right?” As Akira nodded, Ryuji couldn’t help but add worriedly, “So… all this was fine, right?”
Akira took Ryuji’s hand in his own, lifting it to press a kiss to the back before replying with a smile, “I promise, everything is fine. I’m honestly looking forward to whatever other surprises you have in store for today.”
Ryuji relaxed, returning Akira’s smile with a sheepish smile of his own and giving his hand a light squeeze before letting go. “Glad to hear it, but… well, I honestly don’t got that much planned after this, so don’t get your hopes up too much.”
“Still, I can’t wait.”
Ryuji’s smile widened into a grin, pleased by the genuine excitement that he could see in Akira’s gaze, and he leaned over to press a kiss to Akira’s lips before pulling back and reaching out to grab the picnic basket so he could begin to unpack it.
Akira was both flattered and overjoyed to see the home-cooked food that Ryuji was taking out, the light blush coloring Ryuji’s cheeks making it clear who had prepared the food that was being set before him.
“My ma helped,” Ryuji began, avoiding Akira’s gaze out of embarrassment, “but… well, knowing you, I’m sure you already figured out that I, uh. Well, I tried making the food; not sure how good it actually came out, but my ma said it was good and I don’t think she was lying so--”
Akira cut Ryuji off with a kiss, before pulling back with a bright smile as he replied, “I’m sure it tastes delicious. I love it already.”
Ryuji huffed, though he couldn’t quite stop the corners of his lips from twitching upward. “You didn’t even taste the food yet, you sap. It could taste like shit for all you know.”
“Doesn’t matter. I’d love it and eat it all anyway, because you made it for me.”
Ryuji’s blush darkened as he paused in his motions, setting the container in his hands down so he could reach out to pull Akira into a kiss that Akira was more than happy to reciprocate.
“Thank you,” Ryuji murmured, before grinning and poking Akira’s sides as he added, “you dork.”
Akira laughed, squirming and batting Ryuji’s hands away before they both accidentally ended up knocking over the food. “I’m not just a dork, I’m your incredibly handsome, kind, loving, talented dork.”
Ryuji rolled his eyes and went back to emptying out the rest of the picnic basket. “Don’t forget modest,” he added wryly, grabbing two cans of soda out of the basket.
“Oh of course, how could I forget that?” Akira replied with a smirk, before yelping and jumping away as Ryuji suddenly shoved one of the cold cans under his jacket collar and against the back of his neck.
Ryuji grinned impishly. “That cool your ego down a bit?”
Akira huffed and rubbed the back of his neck to try and warm it back up. “I can’t believe this--betrayed, by my own beloved, on Valentine’s Day of all days.”
Ryuji let out an amused snort. “I’m sure you’ll live,” he replied dryly.
“No, I’m dying, I’ll never recover from this heartbreak,” Akira declared, dramatically flopping over onto Ryuji and grinning as Ryuji yelped and nearly lost his balance in response. “Only true love’s kiss will make the pain of betrayal fade away.”
“Drama queen,” Ryuji groused, though there was clear fondness in his expression as he shifted and wrapped his arms around Akira, pulling him closer and pressing a kiss to the back of Akira’s neck. “There, better?”
Akira blushed heavily and shivered, startled by the feeling of warm lips on his cold neck. “I-I, uh… I meant on the lips, but-- I mean, that’s-- that works too.”
Ryuji let out a quiet snort that grew into full-fledged laughter, his head leaning forward to rest against Akira’s shoulder as he hugged him closer--and Akira, despite his embarrassment, couldn’t help but join in on Ryuji’s laughter as he melted into Ryuji’s embrace.
After everything they’d been through, it felt so good to just relax and laugh freely, to play around and tease one another like they were just two normal teenagers in love.
(Akira knew that he, at least, would never be normal--but in moments like these, he could almost pretend that he was, and it was such a liberating feeling to be able to shed his fears and his trauma for just a few small moments in time.)
“Alright, c’mon, let’s start eating,” Ryuji said after their laughter died down. “I dunno about you, but I’m starved.”
Akira made a quiet hum of agreement, basking in the warmth of Ryuji’s embrace for a moment longer before reluctantly pulling away so he and Ryuji could begin opening the containers of food.
There was no need for plates as they merely shared the food straight out of the containers, picking a bit of this and that as they sat huddled side by side with Akira complimenting each and every dish that Ryuji had prepared for him.
As payback for embarrassing him with his extensive praise--or perhaps merely because he wanted to spoil Akira, or maybe it was just a combination of the two--Ryuji held some of his food up to Akira’s lips, thoroughly enjoying the blush that colored Akira’s cheeks even as he opened his mouth to let himself be fed without a fuss.
Akira let out a pleased sigh once they finished off the last of the food, leaning against Ryuji more heavily as his eyes drifted shut.
“You full?” Ryuji asked, slipping an arm around Akira so he could better rest against him.
“Mmhm.” Unwilling to move from his warm, comfortable position, Akira lifted his head just enough to press a light kiss to Ryuji’s throat as he murmured, “Everything was delicious, thank you.”
Ryuji blushed, the kiss briefly distracting him before he remembered what he wanted to say. “Think you’ve got room for dessert?”
“Hm?” Akira blinked, looking momentarily confused before realization set in. “You made me chocolate, too?”
“W-well, I mean, it is Valentine’s Day, so….” Ryuji smiled sheepishly. “I wasn’t gonna set all this up and not give you chocolates--I wanted to get you flowers too, but I’ve honestly got no clue what kinda flowers to give someone ‘sides roses, which were, uh… more expensive than I realized.”
Akira laughed softly. “It’s alright, I appreciate the thought.” He shifted a bit so he was sitting back up, smiling excitedly. “So, chocolates?”
“Well, someone’s suddenly excited,” Ryuji teased lightly, reaching out to grab the picnic basket and rummaging around under the empty containers before pulling out a carefully-wrapped package.
Akira took the package as it was handed to him, looking like a kid on Christmas as he unwrapped it to reveal a large chocolate heart, decorated with a gorgeous replica of both Joker and Skull’s masks drawn in colored chocolate garnish.
“Oh….” Akira swore he felt his heart physically swelling as he stared at the homemade chocolate, before turning his gaze over to Ryuji.
Ryuji glanced away in embarrassment, rubbing the back of his neck sheepishly as he said, “I, um… might’ve gotten Yusuke to help with the decorating, in exchange for all the botched chocolates I was gonna toss out. I was gonna just make plain chocolate, but… I know you really like all that sappy stuff, so… I figured you’d enjoy something a bit more personal--a-and I, uh… I know you’re not really a fan of super-sweet stuff so I used dark chocolate instead, not sure about the taste but I hope it came out alr--!!”
His rambling was cut off by a hand grabbing the front of his jacket and lips pressing against his own, and despite his blush darkening, Ryuji returned the kiss before pulling back to find--as he’d partially expected--tears welling up in Akira’s eyes and a wobbly smile on Akira’s face.
“God I love you so much,” Akira breathed out, moving to rest his head against Ryuji’s shoulder.
Ryuji chuckled softly, lifting a hand to run through Akira’s hair and smiling as he felt Akira immediately melt under the touch with a soft sigh. “I love you too, you sap,” he teased, pressing a light kiss to the top of Akira’s head before adding, “but seriously, I’m really glad you like it.”
“Of course I like it, you made it for me.”
Ryuji huffed and lightly tapped the top of Akira’s head with his knuckles. “Yeah, with Yusuke’s help.”
Akira laughed softly. “And you think that’s going to make me love it any less? The fact that you wanted it to be so perfect for me that you were willing to ask someone for help just makes me love it even more.”
“Oh… I didn’t even think about it like that.” Ryuji gave Akira a small, sheepish smile. “Guess that makes sense. I’m glad, then.”
“I almost feel bad to eat it, though,” Akira said, looking back down at the chocolate and shifting just enough to pull out his phone so he could take a picture of it. “You and Yusuke both did an incredible job.”
Ryuji shrugged modestly. “Yusuke did most of the work, really. I just made the chocolate in some kinda vague heart-like shape; Yusuke even helped me with carving it so it actually looked like a heart in the end.”
Akira kissed Ryuji again before replying, “You can say all of that until you’re blue in the face, but my opinion isn’t going to change: you and Yusuke both did an incredible job, and I appreciate it more than I could ever say.”
“Let’s see if you can still say that after you taste it,” Ryuji said wryly. “I don’t like dark chocolate, so I’ve honestly got no clue whether or not it came out good.”
Akira took one last picture of the chocolate before carefully breaking off a piece and popping it into his mouth, humming in pleased satisfaction from the taste. “Not too bitter, but not too sweet--it’s perfect.”
Ryuji let out a relieved sigh, smiling as he watched Akira break off another piece and eat it. “Glad to hear it.”
Akira ate the chocolate heart one piece at a time, leaning against Ryuji contentedly and smiling as he felt Ryuji continuing to toy with his hair.
“You sure you don’t want a taste?” Akira asked once he was down to the last bit of the chocolate heart, holding up a piece towards him. “I know it’s not as sweet as you’re used to, but it really is good.”
Ryuji hummed in thought, eyeing the chocolate for a moment before smirking mischievously. “Yeah, I think I’ll take a small taste.”
Akira’s brows furrowed in confusion as Ryuji gently pushed his hand down--but before he could question him, Ryuji’s lips were suddenly pressing against his own in a deep kiss that left Akira lightheaded and dazed by the time he pulled back.
Ryuji licked his lips, grinning as he saw Akira’s eyes following the motion as if in a trance. “Whaddya know, you were right--it did taste good.”
Akira blinked, the sound of Ryuji’s voice pulling him out of his stupor, and Ryuji couldn’t help but laugh as Akira immediately moved to hide his bright-red face against his chest.
“That wasn’t fair,” Akira muttered petulantly, his voice muffled and barely reaching Ryuji’s ears. “You caught me off-guard.”
“Just admit that you can dish it out but you can’t handle getting served,” Ryuji teased, poking Akira’s sides and chuckling as Akira squirmed and swatted his hands away.
“Only thing I’m admitting is you’re a cheater,” Akira huffed, though he couldn’t quite keep a smile from tugging at the corners of his lips, nor could he prevent a pleased sigh from slipping out as Ryuji hugged him close and went back to playing with his hair.
Ryuji rolled his eyes in fond amusement. “Yeah, yeah, whatever you say.” Grinning impishly, he leaned over so his lips could brush against Akira’s ear as he added, “ Darling .”
He straightened up with another laugh as Akira squeaked and blushed heavily in response, continuing to laugh even as Akira shot a weak glare up at him.
“If I have to go to the hospital for heart failure, I’m making you pay the bill.”
“Nah, you wouldn’t make me pay a single yen,” Ryuji replied with a cheeky grin.
Akira groaned, though he couldn’t quite hide his smile as he relaxed against his boyfriend.
“You know me too well.”
Ryuji kissed the top of Akira’s head, his grin softening into an affectionate smile. “Yep, and you love it.”
Finally, Akira gave in with a soft laugh as he nuzzled against Ryuji.
“I do, more than I could ever say.”
After relaxing for a little while longer, Ryuji gently eased Akira off of him with the reminder that he still had a little more planned for today, and the promise that Akira would have plenty of time to keep cuddling with him later.
Ryuji took a minute to text Ann and let her know they were done--apparently she’d been kind enough to not only bring the basket and blanket for them, but to offer to come and pick everything up when they finished; Akira was determined to do at least a little something for her to thank her for her kindness, even if he’d had no idea about Ryuji’s plans until today--before rising to his feet and helping Akira up so he could lead him to their next stop.
Which apparently wasn’t very far--in fact, it only took about five minutes or so of walking before Ryuji stopped him and directed him inside a small shack.
“Boat rentals?” Akira questioned, moments before his expression lit up.
Ryuji was taking him on a romantic boat ride on the Inokashira Pond, on Valentine’s Day.
Even better yet was getting to watch as Ryuji, despite his clear embarrassment, strode towards the counter with purpose and rented a boat while clearly declaring it was for him and his boyfriend.
Akira knew it was silly of him to get so giddy over such little things, but Ryuji seemed to be going out of his way to push each and every one of his buttons to reduce him to a lovestruck, swooning mess.
He’d even gotten them a swan boat. It was so ridiculously cliche as far as romantic scenarios went, and Akira loved it.
Ryuji’s blush darkened as he saw Akira’s expression, but he couldn’t help but grin as Akira immediately latched onto him as soon as they went outside.
“Have I mentioned how much I love you?” Akira said, prompting a laugh from Ryuji as he leaned over to kiss the side of Akira’s head.
“Once or twice, yeah,” Ryuji replied wryly, leading the way over to where their boat was waiting for them at the edge of the dock.
Akira chuckled, a soft smile tugging at the corners of his lips as Ryuji got on first before taking his hand and helping him into the boat. “So chivalrous,” he teased lightly.
“For you? Course I am.”
Ryuji lifted their joined hands and pressed a kiss to Akira’s knuckles, thoroughly enjoying the startled squeak that Akira let out and the heavy blush that colored his face.
He knew he was probably going overboard with the cheesiness, but he also knew that Akira loved it--no, more than just that, Akira needed it. He’d gone for so many years-- decades --without the love and affection he was so obviously craving, and especially after the month of solitary confinement he’d suffered through, Ryuji was determined to make Akira feel as loved as humanly possible.
Ryuji sat down next to Akira in the boat, wasting no time in slipping an arm around Akira’s waist and pulling him close as he kissed the top of Akira’s head. “You ready?”
Akira buried his face against Ryuji’s chest as he clung to him and nodded, and for a moment Ryuji was worried that the small confines combined with the fact that they were on a boat were getting to him--but one glance at Akira’s face showed a peaceful smile that immediately put Ryuji’s concerns to rest. He’d been banking on the fact that the small space would force them closer together to help Akira relax and ease his fears, and he was glad to see that he’d been right in his assumption.
Ryuji pedaled the boat out into the middle of the pond, going at a leisurely pace as he kept one hand on the steering handle and the other on Akira’s head, absentmindedly running his fingers through Akira’s hair and listening with a smile to the content sigh that Akira let out in response.
“You don’t wanna look at the view?” Ryuji asked, keeping his voice just above a whisper so as not to disturb the tranquility of the moment.
Akira looked up at him with an adoring smile. “I’ve got the best view right here in front of me.”
Ryuji blushed lightly and grinned, his heart swelling as he leaned over just enough to press his lips to Akira’s in a soft kiss.
“You’re such a sap, I swear,” he teased, pressing another kiss to Akira’s forehead and relishing the noise of contentment Akira made in response as he snuggled closer to Ryuji.
“Can’t help it,” Akira murmured. “I love you so much.”
Ryuji’s expression softened as he pressed one more kiss to the top of Akira’s head. “I love you too.”
Akira let out a quiet, pleased sigh in response, a feeling of peace and calm settling over him as he continued to rest his head against Ryuji’s chest, keeping his eyes open half-lidded to observe the scenery around them.
This was everything he could have ever asked for and more, wrapped up in a single moment: the two of them, all alone and surrounded by a serene, romantic view of the park at sunset; Ryuji’s warmth seeping into him, chasing away the slight chill of winter; the feeling of Ryuji’s fingers in his hair and the occasional press of his lips against his head pulling quiet, relaxed sighs from him with each touch; the feeling of Ryuji’s arm holding him close, providing a feeling of security and safety; the steady beating of his heart and the sound of his soft breaths, providing just enough noise to break the silence without disturbing the peace….
It was perfect, and Akira found himself fighting back tears just from the sheer bliss and overwhelming love that swelled inside him.
And to think, he would be able to spend the rest of his life (provided he really did break free of the time loop--which he would, he couldn’t bear to think otherwise at the moment) indulging in this sweet euphoria whenever he wanted…. Even after spending the past few months practically glued to Ryuji’s side, it was still so hard to wrap his mind around the thought of the universe actually allowing him this happiness, after spending so many years keeping his distance and watching Ryuji find happiness in other people or--in most cases--losing his life before he could find happiness in anyone at all.
As if hearing his thoughts, Ryuji shifted just enough to move his hands down to Akira’s face, cupping his cheeks as he leaned in to press a gentle, languid kiss to his lips.
Akira could only stare at his perfect godsend of a boyfriend once he pulled back from the kiss, feeling dazed, breathless, and so, so in love.
Ryuji grinned as he saw Akira’s expression. “Falling for me all over again?” he teased lightly.
“Always,” Akira replied without hesitation, a soft smile of his own working its way onto his face as he saw Ryuji blush.
“Well, then I guess I’m doing today right then, huh?” Ryuji chuckled before adding, “And to think, there’s still one more stop left on the list.”
“You still have more planned?” Akira asked, looking up at Ryuji in both surprise and excitement.
“Course I do! We’ve still got all night, don’t we?”
Akira laughed softly. “You’ve got a point.” He shot Ryuji an innocent smile as he added, “Any chance you’ll tell me what’s next?”
“Nope, you’ll just have to wait ‘n’ see,” Ryuji replied, rolling his eyes in amusement as Akira deflated with a pout. “Don’t give me that look, man. I told you everything was gonna be a surprise today and I meant it.”
“Fine, fine,” Akira said with a sigh, though he couldn’t quite hide his smile despite his petulant act.
Honestly, he didn’t care where they were going next so long as he could be by Ryuji’s side the whole time--and he had a feeling Ryuji knew this as well, since he shot Akira one more amused glance before pulling him back against his chest and kissing the top of his head, as if to say give up the act and just go back to relaxing, you dork .
Far be it from Akira to say no to that.
With a content sigh, Akira nuzzled closer to Ryuji as the two of them went back to watching the sunset in peaceful silence.
It was with great reluctance--both on Akira’s part and his own--that Ryuji pedaled the boat back to the dock once the sun disappeared beyond the horizon, disentangling himself from Akira so the two of them could get off of the boat and make their way towards their next destination.
“Honestly, I’ve only ever been to the next spot once before,” Ryuji confessed sheepishly as they made their way towards the train, “so I kinda had to ask Futaba to help out with looking up directions and stuff. Hopefully she found the right spot, or this night’s gonna be a bust.”
Akira chuckled. “Don’t worry--even if it’s not the right place, there’s no way that any part of today could possibly be a ‘bust’.” He leaned against Ryuji and added, “This is already, by far, the best and most romantic Valentine’s Day I’ve ever lived through. We could be going home right now and I’d still be completely content with how today went.”
“Glad to hear it,” Ryuji replied, wrapping an arm around Akira as they waited for their train and smiling as Akira immediately melted against him in response.
At one point in his life, Ryuji might have been embarrassed to be seen on a train with a guy cuddled up to him, but now he couldn’t care less as long as Akira was happy--and the few people that gave them looks were met with a challenging glare that had them quickly averting their gazes.
(Much to Akira’s pleasure, not that Ryuji realized Akira was watching him as he wordlessly told anyone who had a problem with them to fuck off.)
Having Akira cuddled up to him also worked well to keep his last surprise from being ruined, since if Akira had been paying attention to the stops that were being announced, he probably would have realized right away where Ryuji was planning on bringing him.
Even when they got off the train, Akira barely spared a glance at their surroundings as he let Ryuji lead the way--and the reminder that Akira trusted Ryuji enough that he would follow him without question wherever he went brought a smile to Ryuji’s face, his heart swelling with a wave of affection and appreciation for his boyfriend who had been through so much, yet was still capable of trusting and loving so wholly and unconditionally.
It was only when they finally approached their destination that Akira’s eyes widened in recognition, his breath hitching for a moment before a soft laugh slipped out.
“And you call me a sap…,” Akira teased weakly, looking out at the starry sky from atop the hill he’d taken Ryuji to back on their very first date.
“Heh. Figured it’d be a good way to end the night, y’know?” Ryuji ducked his head, rubbing the back of his neck sheepishly as he said, “The view’s great, and… well, it’s a special spot, at least for me.”
“Because of our date?” Akira asked, looking over at Ryuji with a curious yet soft smile.
“Yeah, but also… it was the place where it finally hit me that I was in love with you,” Ryuji confessed. “I missed my chance to say it that night, but even just being able to admit it to myself made me feel like-- I dunno, like my heart was lighter or something. I’m still sorry that I never actually said it out loud for so long, though.”
“Don’t be,” Akira replied, leaning over to press a kiss to Ryuji’s cheek. “Honestly, I was prepared to wait the rest of my life to hear how you felt, so the fact that you managed to figure everything out in just a few months and confess that you loved me was nothing short of a miracle in my eyes.”
“‘Just a few months’, huh…,” Ryuji murmured, chuckling weakly when Akira looked at him in concern. “A few months is a long time, at least to me--but you say it like it was nothing.”
“Ah… well, to me it was nothing--the amount of time, I mean; not everything that happened in the duration of that time, of course,” Akira hastily amended, before continuing. “You’re right, though. I guess after living through so many years, my perception of time became a bit skewed--even this one year felt like it passed in the blink of an eye.”
“Well, let’s try not to rush through the rest of our lives, alright?” Ryuji teased lightly, relieved when he saw a smile return to Akira’s face.
“Of course,” Akira replied, taking Ryuji’s hand in his own and entwining their fingers together. “I’ve had more than enough of getting swept away in the flow of time--I want to take my time and live each day, to experience each hour and minute and second to the fullest, no matter what the future throws at us.”
Ryuji’s heart swelled with love and pride as he pulled Akira into a kiss, before pulling back to give him a grin.
“Sounds like a plan to me.”
Akira matched Ryuji’s grin with a bright smile of his own, pressing closer and wrapping his arms around the love of his life with a pleased sigh.
Ryuji gently guided Akira to sit down, uncaring of the cold seeping into him from the ground--it wouldn’t last for long, not with how Akira was practically sitting on his lap as he cuddled up against him.
“It’s a beautiful night,” Akira murmured, his head lifted just enough to be able to observe the nighttime sky without moving away from the comfort of Ryuji’s chest. “This was the perfect way to end the day.”
“Glad you think so,” Ryuji replied, pressing a kiss to the top of Akira’s head. “I wasn’t really sure if I’d be able to match all the over-the-top stuff you always put together for me, but I did my best.”
Akira chuckled. “You know you don’t have to try that hard to make me happy. Even just being with you is more than enough to make my day.”
“I know, but… I wanted today to be special,” Ryuji murmured, moving just enough to bury his face in Akira’s hair in embarrassment. “It was our first Valentine’s Day, and I wanted to spoil you like you’re always spoiling me.”
“And you did,” Akira replied reassuringly, pressing back against Ryuji and nuzzling against him. “I can’t thank you enough for today. This was the best Valentine’s Day I’ve ever experienced in my life.”
Ryuji moved his head just enough to tentatively glance down at Akira. “For real?”
“Ryuji, I promise you,” Akira began, glancing up at Ryuji with a slightly teasing smile, “I am being one-hundred percent for real.”
Ryuji huffed and poked Akira’s sides, a smile of his own tugging at the corners of his lips as Akira squirmed and laughed in response. “Jerk. I’m being serious.”
“So am I,” Akira replied as his laughter died down, his expression completely enamored as he held Ryuji’s gaze. “It was everything I’d ever dreamed of and more.”
Though his face flushed in embarrassment, Ryuji couldn’t help the bright, pleased grin that worked its way onto his face in response.
“If you’re sure, then… I’m glad.” There was only the slightest hint of wry amusement in his tone as he added, “No clue how I’m gonna top this next year, though--but I guess I’ve got a whole year to figure that out, huh?”
“And who says you’re going to be the one taking the next Valentine’s Day?” Akira challenged. “Maybe I’m going to be the one to surprise you next year.”
“Oh no you don’t,” Ryuji immediately replied, just barely restraining his laughter as he frowned down at Akira. “I’m not budging on this one--I need at least one other holiday to spoil you on ‘sides your birthday, or you’re just gonna take ‘em all.”
Akira huffed and pouted. “That’s not fair, I want to spoil you on all the holidays.”
Ryuji gave the oh-so mature response of sticking his tongue out. “Too bad, I called dibs first!”
“Fine, then I call dibs on spoiling you for the other 364 days of the year.”
“Wh-- that’s not how it works!!”
“Too bad, it is now.”
Ryuji and Akira stubbornly locked gazes for a moment, the corners of their lips twitching--and Ryuji was the first to cave once Akira stuck his tongue out, prompting a snort of laughter that devolved into a laughing fit that Akira quickly joined in on.
“Man, you’re really something else,” Ryuji teased lightly once they caught their breath, leaning back on the grassy hill and pulling Akira down with him.
Akira took a moment to get the last few chuckles out of his system before letting out a content sigh and leaning against Ryuji as he replied, “I could say the same about you. Who turns down an offer of being spoiled for 364 days out of the year?”
“Who offers to spoil someone for 364 days out of the year?” Ryuji retorted.
“I do, obviously--but only for you,” Akira replied, prompting another quiet snort of laughter from Ryuji as he shook his head in amusement.
“Dork.”
“Yes, but I’m your incredibly handsome, charming, amazinmmph --”
Ryuji cut Akira’s reply off with a kiss that he was more than happy to melt into as his eyes drifted shut, and by the time they broke the kiss, Akira had already forgotten what he was in the middle of saying.
“What’s wrong, nothing else to add to the list?” Ryuji teased lightly.
Akira blinked dazedly, before saying the only thing that was on his mind. “I love you.”
Ryuji eyed Akira in a mixture of tenderness and amusement, moving a hand to cup Akira’s cheek and leaning forward to capture Akira’s lips once more as he murmured, “I love you too.”
As Akira leaned into the kiss, he allowed himself to get swept away in the feeling of love emanating off of the most important person in his life, with only one coherent thought flitting through his mind:
As terrifying as the thought of the future was at times, if it was anything like the surprises he’d gotten today, then he couldn’t wait to see what was in store for them in the years to come.
Since I didn't get a chance to explicitly say it in the chapter, Ryuji actually got all of the PT (plus his mom) to help him out with setting up the date ;u; Makoto and Futaba helped with narrowing down his options and planning out a schedule and a route for the day, Ann brought the picnic stuff for them, Yusuke helped with the chocolate decorations, Haru got him the Dome Town tickets, his mom helped with walking Ryuji through making the food, and Morgana stole Akira's wallet before he left so he wouldn't be able to pay for anything even if he wanted to try lmao
I hope everyone enjoyed this fluffy not-so-little interlude while I work on the final chapter of TMF! ^^
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Raaj on Chapter 1 Sun 01 Sep 2019 11:31AM EDT
I already found this cute (and funny with the Ryuji dating simulator) but then I read the note about Akechi's greatest birthday gift and laughed. It's not wrong...
toomanyunfinishedfics on Chapter 1 Sun 01 Sep 2019 11:48AM EDT
Lmao I'm glad you agree, and I'm glad you enjoyed the chapter! ;u;
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Ankaan on Chapter 1 Sun 01 Sep 2019 02:04PM EDT
Hhhh this was soooo sweet and funny, I love everyones friendship so much + that little addendum about Akechi made me chuckle. He should give Akira a late b-day gift from all those past timelines and stay away as long as possible lol
toomanyunfinishedfics on Chapter 1 Sun 01 Sep 2019 02:20PM EDT
Thank you so much, I'm glad you enjoyed it! ;u; And yeah, that's definitely a gift that Akira would appreciate lmao
Fumei on Chapter 1 Mon 02 Sep 2019 01:32PM EDT
Aw that was super cute!!! Also fantastic present ideas lol. I especially liked how you tied in that bit of information about Ryuji being a model for Yusuke from 'Marching Forward'. After Ryuji told Yusuke that he'd be okay being a model once in a while, I was wondering how that was going lol. Really great side story! Thanks for writing!
toomanyunfinishedfics on Chapter 1 Mon 02 Sep 2019 01:45PM EDT
Thank you so much, I'm glad you enjoyed it!! ;u; Yeah I had fun thinking up what sort of gifts they would give Akira, and honestly it wasn't even intentional that they were practically all centered around Ryuji, I only realized when I was actually putting the chapter together that they were lmao;; And I'd been wanting to try and squeeze a little aside in about Ryuji and Yusuke hanging out more often after that bit in chapter 2 where Ryuji agreed to model for him, so I'm glad I got to work it in here and that you liked how I tied it in! ;u; Thanks again for your kind words and support! <3
sailormary on Chapter 1 Fri 06 Sep 2019 01:32PM EDT
This is awesome. I was going to ask you if there was going to be a follow-up to Ryuji agreeing to model for Yusuke and here it is ! So glad you decided to do this, I love your NG+ world so much.
toomanyunfinishedfics on Chapter 1 Fri 06 Sep 2019 01:44PM EDT
Yeah, I've been wanting to squeeze in something referencing that for the longest time now, I just couldn't figure out where or how until now lmao. I'm so glad you're enjoying these side fics, and that you love my NG+ world ;///; I have such a soft spot for this universe, and it makes me so happy to know that people are enjoying reading it as much as I'm enjoying expanding on it <3
Queenofdragons6 on Chapter 1 Sun 22 Sep 2019 06:54PM EDT
And plus Akechi's not supposed to know that Akira is alive at this point (I think).
How did I not notice this fic until today?
Actually I double-checked this when I was writing the chapter, but in TMF's timeline, he would know that Akira's alive at this point! ^^ The interrogation room and the fight against Akechi in the engine room in Shido's palace all takes place in October instead of November, though I can understand the confusion lmao like I said, I had to double-check it myself when I was considering adding Akechi into the chapter;; That's what happens when you mess with the timeline pfft it gets confusing and hard to remember when things happened lmao
Yeah I think some people missed this fic since I uploaded it during Pegoryu week, but I'm glad you found it and I hope you enjoy it! ;u;
Annon on Chapter 1 Tue 22 Oct 2019 11:50PM EDT
I just realized you have Akira's birthday on the day he was arrested. 11/20 is the interigation day in a normal timeline, why do you gotta hurt me this way?
That aside, this was super good and fluffy! The Akechi bit at the end was great XD
toomanyunfinishedfics on Chapter 1 Wed 23 Oct 2019 03:39PM EDT
asfdjk honestly I didn't even come up with that headcanon, it's one that I borrowed because the pain was too good to pass up on especially in this AU lmao
Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed it!! ;u;
Shoeshine on Chapter 2 Tue 03 Sep 2019 01:33AM EDT
Aahhh very cute!!
toomanyunfinishedfics on Chapter 2 Tue 03 Sep 2019 10:44AM EDT
Thank you!! ;u;
sailormary on Chapter 2 Sat 07 Sep 2019 09:34AM EDT
This is just so sweet, you are already forgiven for the length of the next chapters before I even read them
toomanyunfinishedfics on Chapter 2 Sat 07 Sep 2019 11:25AM EDT
Ahhh thank you!! ;///;
Sweetness overload!!!!!! I don't care if you already wrote it somewhere else, it fits perfectly. Plus more is better when it comes to 'yuji cuddles.
Thank you! ;u; I agree, there could never be enough Ryuji cuddles <3
Fumei on Chapter 4 Wed 04 Sep 2019 10:53PM EDT
Awww thats so sad! Poor Akira! Like im happy for Ann and Ryuji in that timeline, but its still so sad! Id love to read more about the other timelines if you have any more stories about them. But dont feel pressured to write any, just thought the idea and possibilities seem interesting. Also I'm curious to know what happens when Akira leaves those timelines, do they reset with Akira but only he remembers, or do the timelines continue but with him dead?
Goodness I'm so invested in the AU you've created, I'm going to be so sad when it ends lol. Also I wanted to comment on chapter 2 to thank you for writing it, I love sickfics and it was super cute! Anyway, once again thanks so much for writing!
toomanyunfinishedfics on Chapter 4 Wed 04 Sep 2019 11:13PM EDT
I have one more previous timeline fic lined up for Pegoryu week, but that one's going to be more of a general "before the 100th timeline" fic instead of a fic focusing on a specific timeline like this one :( I'd definitely like to try expanding on some of the previous timelines at some point in the future if I have the chance, though ;u; Honestly that's a good question, I'd been trying to figure out which way I want to go with that for a while now lol because on the one hand it would make the most sense for it to just be a complete reset (just like how when you do a NG+ run you're technically loading up an old save file that has NG+ data, rather than starting a fresh new game), but at the same time... the angst potential for the timelines continuing with him dead is just so good lsfjd so I'll just leave it as a Schrodinger's cat situation for now lmao
askdfjl thank you so much omg, it means so much to hear that you're invested in my AU ;///; And I'm glad you liked the sickfic!! I love sickfics myself so I had to write at least one for this AU ;u; Thank you again for your kind words and your support! <333
I could feel my heart break for him. Gods above that hurt. You write it so well the pain is so real.
;_; It broke my heart to write this so I'm glad to hear that the feelings got across as well as I hoped, thank you <3
Queenofdragons6 on Chapter 4 Tue 24 Sep 2019 04:13PM EDT
Ouch... Did Akira ever tell Ryuji about this timeline?
toomanyunfinishedfics on Chapter 4 Tue 24 Sep 2019 04:22PM EDT
Nope :') There's just some things Akira prefers not to think about anymore, and he never saw the need to tell Ryuji since it would just make him feel guilty for something that was out of his control ;_;
Ankann on Chapter 5 Fri 25 Oct 2019 02:57PM EDT
Ah ;-;....my heart
toomanyunfinishedfics on Chapter 5 Fri 25 Oct 2019 06:06PM EDT
;_; Writing Akira's pain always hurts, but at least he gets to be happy in the end lol
Thanks for the comment! ^^
sailormary on Chapter 6 Sat 07 Sep 2019 04:14PM EDT
He is definitely weak to Ryuji
toomanyunfinishedfics on Chapter 6 Sat 07 Sep 2019 04:24PM EDT
Yep ;u; Ryuji is and will forever be Akira's greatest weakness lmao
Perfect way to end the week. Absolutely love love love this. Sending you a huge stack of kudos
Thank you so much for all your comments and support, it made my day ;u; <333
hellodenihere on Chapter 7 Mon 09 Sep 2019 02:21PM EDT
how can i leave more kudos please i really need to know. i can't believe this. i was dying at all the fluff from the first three chapters, loving every bit of it (the way akira just surrenders and nuzzles closer to ryuji every. single. time. killed me completely. it's so full of love and affection that my heart was literally going to burst from the wholesomeness of it all ohmygod), then ch4 came in?? how dare u. it hurt?? i don't even have anything against ryuann, but still?? i've convinced myself that ryuji and akira are practically soulmates because of your wonderful series, and then i have to read akira's heart breaking??
aside from that though, as if your story isn't amazing on its own already, it's really refreshing to see sidestories like these?? it compliments the whole thing more as much as it gives more context to the other timelines (even though it's v v angsty) and i couldn't be more thankful. you're doing god's work for writing this and i am v happy about it.
also?? that last chapter?? damn. somehow you managed to summarized the past timelines through a single chapter of how much akira love ryuji as he tried his damn best to stay away?? (now i'm tempted to just read the oneshot that started it all. again. and i won't regret it) god, i love it. thank u @ pegoryu week
Last Edited Mon 09 Sep 2019 02:23PM EDT
adsfljk thank you so much omg, your comment made my day ;u; I'm glad that you loved all the fluff, especially since I was being really self-indulgent with a lot of it lmao <3 Writing chapter 4 after all that fluff killed me though so I'm glad that pain got across asdkflj lmao, I have absolutely nothing against RyuuAnn either though, even if it hurt to write Ryuji with someone other than Akira ;_;
Ahhhh thank you, that means so much to hear ;u; <333 Honestly I wasn't sure if anyone would even be interested in reading a bunch of side stories for a fic that was already self-indulgent as it was, so I'm really happy that it's been getting positive feedback and that people have been enjoying all these little extra looks into the NG+ universe and the different timelines! ^^
dfskjl I'm so glad you think the last chapter came out well ;u; I wasn't too sure about it when I first wrote it, but when I read it over again before posting it I was really happy with how I managed to condense all the pain and all the feelings from all the other timelines while still ending on a happy note <3
Thank you again for all your kind words and support, I really appreciate it ;u; <333
friend on Chapter 7 Tue 10 Sep 2019 12:27AM EDT
The only thing that makes me upset is that it won't let me leave kudos on every chapter. Also that one chapter where Ryuji went for Ann but I think that was intentional
Lmao yes that was intentional but I promise it hurt me to write it as much as it hurt to read it
I'm glad you enjoyed the fic, thank you! ;u;
demoncow97 on Chapter 7 Tue 10 Sep 2019 12:50AM EDT
These side stories have added 10 years to my life. Your New Game + fic is my absolute fave, so any extra content is a blessing from the gods. Thank you so much for writing!!!!
slkdf thank you so much omg, I'm flattered that you like my NG+ fic that much and that you enjoyed these side stories ;u; <3
sailormary on Chapter 8 Sat 02 Nov 2019 02:18PM EDT
It says I already left kudos so just going to have to use my words to express how delightful this was. Might have to find my thesaurus because it was just so good mere everyday adjectives are inadequate. Superberb, excellent, satisfyingly heartwarming.
toomanyunfinishedfics on Chapter 8 Sat 02 Nov 2019 02:48PM EDT
Thank you so much, I'm glad you enjoyed it!! ;u;
Anubis (fatiguedmona) on Chapter 8 Mon 04 Nov 2019 07:44AM EST
My heart...this is...too pure
toomanyunfinishedfics on Chapter 8 Mon 04 Nov 2019 09:49AM EST
I made my own heart melt writing this chapter lmao so I'm glad you enjoyed it ;u; <3
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Volume 13, Issue 3 (December, 2012)
1. GLOBAL HYBRID METHOD FOR COMPUTING THE MINIMUM DISTANCE BETWEEN A POINT AND A PLANE PARAMETRIC CURVE
by Zhinan Wu
Global convergent hybrid method is presented for computing the minimum distance between a point and a plane parametric curve. First, It uses a first order geometric iteration method. If iterative parametric value satisfied local Newton convergence condition and convergence in appropriate area, then turning to Newton iteration method. This hybrid method’s sensitivity to the choice of initial values is nonexistence. Experimental results show that the algorithms under consideration are robust and efficient.
2. NUMERICAL SOLUTION OF PRICING OF EUROPEAN CALL OPTION WITH STOCHASTIC VOLATILITY
by Freddy H. Marín Sánchez & Manuela Bastidas Olivares
We propose a transformation that allows to build an explicit finite difference scheme for option pricing in stochastic volatility models. The scheme is second order in space and first order in time. We present conditions of positivity and monotonicity of the scheme. To test conditional stability results in the sense of von Neumann performing a Fourier analysis of the problem and follows the convergence of our scheme. We present some numerical experimental results for European call option pricing.
3. CREATING A DISRUPTIVE GAP IN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT MANUFACTURING THROUGH SUPPORTIVE R&D ACTIVITIES
by Pao-Long Chang, Chao-Jung Chang, Ying-Chyi Chou & Ching-Hua Lu
The concept of supportive R&D activities is derived from major R&D activities, which would help semiconductor manufacturers to launch the revision and development of process equipment and achieve the ultimate benefit for solving problems with process interface. This study provides a discussion on implementation and processes of supported R&D activities, followed by a case description and ways to accelerate or improve the semiconductor process.
4. THE ROLE OF CHARGE ORDERING IN GALVANOMAGNETIC PROPERTIES OF THE LAYERED CRYSTALS
by Peter V. Gorskyi
The overwhelming majority of theoretic and experimental works are devoted to physical characteristics of layered crystals with highly open Fermi surfaces (FS). Thus the majority of researchers believe that the layered structure of the crystal does not manifest itself if the FS is closed. In present work it has been shown that effects of layered structure in charge ordered crystals manifest themselves in galvanomagnetic phenomena not only for open FS, but for closed one. For this purpose the calculation of the longitudinal conductivity of the layered crystal is performed for two models of relaxation time: constant relaxation time and relaxation time proportional to the longitudinal velocity of the charge carriers. The role of topological transition from open FS to closed one in quantizing magnetic field is considered. The charge ordering in the longitudinal conductivity of the layered crystals in quantizing magnetic field manifests itself in the arise of new frequencies of the Shubnikov-de-Haas (SdH) oscillations, growth of the comparative contribution of the SdH oscillations into total longitudinal conductivity and the decrease of the total conductivity of the charge-ordered layered crystal in comparison with the disordered layered crystal. In both cases namely for charge-ordered and disordered layered crystals effects of layered structure manifest themselves in local maximum of the longitudinal conductivity for closed FS.
5. ON THE BASIC QUALITATIVE ASPECTS OF ARITHMETIC
by Jorge Carrera-Bolaños
In a world of computing, the question of the limits of computability takes grear importance and there have been a lot of attention to it. But no attention has been given to the theoretical origins of calculating. In this paper it is shown that there can be an Arithmetic (even if very restricted) without a calculating structure (the semigroup structure given by addition). This is done showing that there is a semantically closed proper subset of Peano’s axiom system that does not include addition but even so gives rise to what can be called a pre-arithmetical structure in the set of natural numbers. That means that the set of axioms defining the successor function builds a semantic entity independent of the axioms for addition; this concept is defined. Even if this is not a historical analysis, this situation implies that “counting” can be defined independent of “adding”. This discussion allows some interesting speculations concerning the possibility that human beings began “counting” as a qualitative process.
6. A BEAM ANALOGY PROCEDURE FOR STRENGTH OF INTERIOR SLAB-COLUMN CONNECTIONS OF UNBONDED POST-TENSIONED FLAT PLATES - PART B: COMPARISON WITH TEST RESULTS
by Shodolapo Oluyemi Franklin & Solomon Olukunle Ajayi
In an earlier study the authors proposed a beam analogy procedure to assess the unbalanced bending moment strength of unbonded post-tensioned interior slab-column connections without shear reinforcement. In the present investigation the proposed approach is applied to a number of test results on post-tensioned slab connections reported in the literature. It is found that for connections subjected to pure shear or gravity loading, good predictions of the punching capacity are obtained; the mean value of test to calculated punching capacity is 0.98 with a standard deviation of 0.17. For the case of the relatively few slab-column connections subjected to shear and unbalanced moment loading, the predictions are quite conservative in most cases. The mean value of test to calculated unbalanced moment strength is 1.09, however a higher standard deviation of 0.39 is obtained. It is concluded that more realistic tests on post-tensioned slab-column connections are needed in order to verify the general applicability of the beam analogy approach. In addition it is suggested that the method should be refined to account for the influence of cracking on the torsion-shear interaction, in order to yield more consistent results.
7. ESTIMATION OF AIR-FUEL RATIO (AFR) IN A SPARK-IGNITION (SI) ENGINE FROM CYLINDER PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS
by Raghuram Pradhan, P. Ramkumar & Sukumar Suhan
This develops a method to estimate the Air/Fuel Ratio in a Spark-Ignition Engine from Cylinder Pressure Measurements. The method is developed from a well established empirical model for the dependence of laminar flame speed on temperature, pressure and air-fuel ratio and relates this model to the heat release rate during the rapid burn phase, which is obtained from the cylinder pressure, based net heat release profile. The net heat release profile is computed from the cylinder pressure trace and quantifies the conversion of chemical energy of the reactants in the charge into thermal energy. The net heat release profile does not take heat- or mass transfer into account. Cycle-averaged air/fuel ratio estimates over a range of engine speeds and loads show an RMS error of 4.1% compared to measurements in the exhaust.
8. EFFECTIVENESS FACTOR FOR POROUS CATALYSTS WITH SPECIFIC EXOTHERMIC AND ENDOTHERMIC REACTIONS UNDER LANGMUIR-HINSHELWOOD KINETICS
by Gabriel Ateiza Adagiri, Gutti Babagana & Alfred Akpoveta Susu
The effectiveness factors of non-isothermal specific reactions of Langmuir-Hinshelwood expressions of real reacting systems were modeled through the specification of concentration and temperature profiles in the spherical catalyst pellet. The data obtained from Windes et al. [13] on the oxidation of formaldehyde over iron-oxide/molybdenum-oxide catalyst was used for the exothermic reaction, while vinyl acetate synthesis from the reaction of acetylene and acetic acid over palladium on alumina, as presented by Valstar et al. [14] was used for the endothermic reaction. The developed models were solved using orthogonal collocation numerical technique with third order semi-implicit Runge-Kutta method through FORTRAN programming. The results of the simulation of the experimental conditions for the exothermic reaction showed clearly that the effectiveness factor was at no point higher than unity, the same hold true for the endothermic reaction. However, as the temperature is reduced in the modeling effort, the exothermic effectiveness factors indicated an increasing maximum, as high as 98 for a Thiele modulus of about 0.06 where the reaction is diffusion free. This could be attributed to the opposing effects of the temperature and concentration profiles for the exothermic reaction where the concentration profile increased with increasing radius and the temperature profile showed the opposite effect.
9. QUALITY EVALUATION OF NOODLES PRODUCED FROM UNRIPE PLANTAIN FLOUR USING XANTHAN GUM
byOjure M.A & Quadri J.A
This study was conducted in Ogun State, Nigeria to evaluate the quality of noodles produced from unripe plantain flour using xanthan gum. About 25kg of unripe (green) plantain (Musa paradisiacal normalis) variety was obtained. The fruits chosen were of grade 1 maturity stage (unripe) and with acceptable appearance for consumption and Xanthan gum were purchased from Chemicals’ market. Plantain noodles have ash content (2.40%), moisture content (8.20%), fat content (1.72%), crude fibre (1.62%), carbohydrate content (88.20%), protein content (3.60%), energy value of 345.2 kJ/g and Ph to be 5.8. Mean cooking time for PN3 was 7.62minutes, while that of PN2 is 7.10minutes, PN1 was cooked for 5.10minutes and PNO for 4.5minutes but the branded commercial noodles were cooked for 8.21 and 8.29minutes. Percentage cooking losses for the noodles were 6.60, 7.60, 8.40, 10.40, 6.52 and 6.39 for PN3(Plantain flour with 3.5xantham gum), PN2(Plantain flour with 2.5xantham gum), PN1(Plantain flour with 1.5xantham gum), PN0(Plantain flour without xantham gum), BN1(branded noodles 1) and BN2(branded noodles 2) respectively. PN3, PN2, PN1, PN0, BN1 and BN2 had 124.20, 115.25, 113.50, 105.50, 112.58, 111.30 rate of water absorption respectively. There was significant difference (p<0.05) in the colour, starchy mouth coating, stickiness, firmness and smoothness of the cooked samples of noodles. In colour, both branded noodles 1 and 2 were found to have light yellow colour while noodles produced from plantain flour with or without xanthan gum (PNO) had the least colour grey (1.2). In terms of smoothness, the range was 1.5-4.2 but PN3 was found to be very smooth. The range of firmness values was (2.2-4.1) and PN3 was adjudged to be very firm among the noodle samples from plantain flour. The range of values for stickiness was (1.4-4.3), also PN3 was found not to be as sticky as other noodle samples produced from plantain flour. The range of values for starchy mouth feel was (1.6-4.2), moreover, PN3 was found to have the least starch mouth feel. The result showed that there was no significant difference (p>0.05) in all the sensory attributes (appearance, flavour, taste, texture and colour) examined among the noodles produced from plantain flours but significant difference (p<0.05) existed between the plantain noodle samples and the commercial branded noodles. The range of mean scores for taste was (1.0-4.7), flavour (1.5-4.6), texture (2.0-4.4), colour (1.2-4.2) and acceptability (2.0-4.6). It can therefore be concluded that plantain noodles using 3.5% of xantham gum stand a good product at the end if other products can be incorporated (wheat, soya bean etc), so that attributes like flavor and taste will not only be improved but the product also will be nutritionally balanced.
10. A MODIFICATION IN PLITT´S FOR HYDROCYCLONES SIMULATION
by André Carlos Silva, Elenice Maria Schons Silva & Jainer Diogo Vieira Matos
Hydrocyclones are devices worldwide used in mineral processing and used for desliming, classification, selective classification, thickening and pre-concentration. Versatile in application, the hydrocyclone is the standard classifier used in closed circuit milling in mineral processing plants. A hydrocyclone is composed by a cylindrical and a conical section joint together, without any moving parts and it is capable of perform granular material separation in pulp. The pulp is feed under pressure tangentially to the cylindrical section. The granular separation mechanism is complex and its mathematical modelling is empirical. The most used model for hydrocyclone dimensioning was proposed by Plitt (1976). Combining the first industrial database on cyclones generated at JKMRC with his own laboratory data, Plitt developed an alternative general- purpose cyclone model. Over the years many revisions and corrections to Plitt´s model were proposed. The present paper shows a modification in the Plitt´s model constant, obtained by exponential regression of simulated data for three different hydrocyclones geometries (Rietema, Bradley and Krebs). The proposed model validation used literature data obtained from phosphate ore using fifteen different hydrocyclones geometries. The proposed model shows a correlation equals to 88.2% between experimental and calculated corrected cut size, while the correlation obtained using Plitt´s model was 11.5%.
11. AN OVERVIEW ON THE BOX-PIERCE PORTMANTEAU TEST
by Dakhmouche Meghlaoui & Dakhmouche Farida Rosa
The computation of the power of the portmanteau test and of its derivatives is not easy to perform because the distributions of the residuals are not available under the alternative hypothesis. In order to quantify the effectiveness of this test, some specialists propose the computation of the expectation and of the variance of the statistic used. But this approach is not sufficient enough to have a clear idea about the power of the test. Therefore, the effectiveness of the portmanteau test and of its derivatives remains an unsolved problem. In this contribution, we propose to use the approximation of Toeplitz-Szegö of the likelihood of a process and to extend it to hypotheses testing problems. Thereby, we have attempted to resume some contributions on the continuous case that we have tried to innovate with the introduction of the Toeplitz-Szegö approximation. If we can determine the Neyman-Pearson test in exponential situations, then this test will be equivalent to the conventional tests such as the portmanteau test. Our main aim is to implement a definite form of Szegö’s theorem to obtain some approximation of the Wiener-Hopf equations which are easy to handle in the continuous case, and to extend the results of Dzaparidze and Pisarenko to this case.
12. QUASI-AROMATIC NATURE OF THE TAUTOMERIC UNITS OF SOME MALEIC ANHYDRIDE COPOLYMERS
by A.G. Filimoshkin, A.S. Kuchevskaya & O. Kh. Poleshchuk
As a result of simultaneous joint transformations of repeating succinic anhydride (an) and adjacent vinyl chloride (or vinyl acetate) units the tautomeric enol (еn) and dienol (den) derivatives having quasi-aromatic character are formed. The еn and den units include high-energy ensembles С–О–Н∙∙∙Cl (or С–О–Н∙∙∙O) which take part in the cooperative interactions with nucleophilic reagents such as dimethyl formamide, NaNO2, NaN3 and others. Experimental assessment of the structure and reactivity of tautomeric units (IR, electron, 1Н and 13С NMR spectroscopy) is found to be consistent with the results of quantum-chemical (GAUSSIAN, B3LYP/6-31G(d); ADF, BP86/TZ2P) calculations. High energy transition state ensembles [d+С–О–Н∙∙∙Cl]# (or [d+С–О–Н∙∙∙O]#) appear to be the reaction centers of their interactions with DMF, NaNO2, NaN3 while reactions with the cyclic ethers (tetrahydrofuran, 1,4- dioxane) proceed via oxonium compounds.
13. EFFECT OF BATCHING METHODS ON THE FRESH AND HARDENED PROPERTIES OF CONCRETE
by Kolapo O. Olusola, Adewumi J. Babafemi, Akaninyene A. Umoh & Babatunde J. Olawuyi
This paper investigated the effect of batching by mass and volume on concrete’s compressive strength and workability. Influence of mix proportion at five levels and various water-cement ratios were also studied. All samples were cured by complete immersion in water and tested up to 28 days. The results indicated higher workabilities for concrete batched by mass than concrete batched by volume at all w/c ratios and mix proportions investigated. The workability increased with increase in w/c ratios in both methods. The compressive strength results showed that for rich structural mixes (1:1:2 and 1:1.5:3), concrete batched by mass had 20 % and 6 % strength increases respectively over the concrete batched by volume. Ordinary structural mix (1:2:4) had 14 % increase while non-structural mixes (1:3:6 and 1:4:8) had 8 % and 6 % increases respectively. In all cases, concrete batched by mass had better fresh and hardened properties of concrete.
14. A NEW APPROACH ON SLOPE DATA ACQUISITION USING UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE
by Khairul Nizam Tahar
This study proposes a generic approach for photogrammetric survey using unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). UAV is one of the powerful equipment that can be used to obtain the earth surface images from certain altitude. UAV can provide a high quality data for GIS analysis. In this study, two persons are needed; UAV operator and ground crew station. A complete set of fixed wing UAV with autonomous flight was used to capture image from certain altitude at the study area.UAV operator is responsible to operate UAV during flight mission especially during launching and landing while ground crew station is responsible to monitor UAV attitude during flight mission. All acquired images were processed using photogrammetric software which applied all photogrammetric stages. Two primary results were produced such as digital elevation model and digital orthophoto. Digital elevation model and digital orthophoto was generated after the aerial triangulation process based on tie point measurement and ground control points. In this study, we have generated three dimensional model based on the UAV images. It was found that, UAV images were able to provide an accurate three dimensional model for GIS presentation. This study has successfully represented the result for GIS data using UAV images. UAV can be used as one of GIS data source in the future.
15. THE PHOTO – THERMAL THE UNIFIED THEORY OF COHERENT PHENOMENON OF ELECTRICITY AND HEAT
by Besnik Duriqi & Armend Salihu
In this paper we will explain the coherent phenomenon of electricity and heat in the bodies. We will try to explain step by step what causes electricity and what causes heat in any body (metallic) radiated by light. Based on the law of conversation of energy, we will try to explain how the energy of any source of light gets transformed.
16. STUDY THE BEHAVIOR OF THE SOLUTION AND ASYMPTOTIC BEHAVIORS OF EIGENVALUES OF A SIX ORDER BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEM
by Karwan H.F. Jwamer & Aryan Ali. M.
In this paper we study the behavior of the solution and asymptotic behavior of eigenvalues of a six order boundary value problem
17. BIANCHI TYPE I DUST FILLED UNIVERSE WITH DECAYING VACUUM ENERGY IN C-FIELD COSMOLOGY
by Raj Bali & Seema Saraf
Bianchi Type I dust filled universe (p = 0) with time dependent vacuum energy density (L) in the presence of creation field (C-field) is investigated.
18. NEW TECHNIQUE TO DEAL WITH DYNAMIC DATA MINING IN THE DATABASE
by Hebah H.O. Nasereddin
Data mining is a part of a process called KDD-Knowledge Discovery in Databases. This process consists basically of steps that are performed before carrying out data mining, such as data selection, data cleaning, pre-processing, and data transformation [1, 2]. There may be thousands or millions of records that have to be read and to extract the rules for, but the question is what will happen if there is new data, or there is a need to modify or delete some or all the existing set of data during the process of data mining. Also real-world databases are highly susceptible to noise, missing, and inconsistent data due to their typically huge size, often several gigabytes or more. The questions here are; how can the data be preprocessed in order to help improve the quality of the data, and consequently the mining results? How can the new updated data be preprocessed in order to help improve the quality of the data, efficiency, and simplify of the mining process? Therefore the purpose of this study is to find solutions (Item-summation) for dynamic data mining process that is able to take into considerations all updates (insert, update, and delete problems) into account.
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The market in Sydney is well supplied, and is held in a large commodious building, superior to most provincial market-houses at home. The display of fruit in the grape season is very beautiful. Peaches also are most abundant, and very cheap; apples very dear, being chiefly imported from Van Diemen's Land, and frequently selling at sixpence each. The smaller English fruits, such as strawberries, etc. only succeed in a few situations in the colony, and are far from plentiful. Cucumbers and all descriptions of melon abound. The large green water-melon, rose-coloured within, is a very favourite fruit, but I thought it insipid. One approved method of eating it is, after cutting a sufficiently large hole, to pour in a bottle of Madeira or sherry, and mix it with the cold watery pulp. These melons grow to an enormous size (an ordinary one is from twelve to eighteen inches in diameter), and may be seen piled up like huge cannonballs at all the fruit-shop doors, being universally admired in this hot, thirsty climate.
There are some excellent fish to be procured here, but I know them only by the common Colonial names, which are frequently misnomers. The snapper, or schnapper, is the largest with which I am acquainted, and is very nice, though not esteemed a proper dish for a dinner-party - why, I am at a loss to guess; but I never saw any native fish at a Sydney dinner-table - the preserved or cured cod and Salmon from England being served instead, at a considerable expense, and, to my taste, it is not comparable with the cheap fresh fish, but being expensive, it has become "fashionable", and that circumstance reconciles all things. [222] The guardfish is long and narrow, about the size of a herring, with a very singular head, the mouth opening at the top, as it were, and the lower jaw, or nose, projecting two-thirds of an inch beyond it. I imagine it must live chiefly at the bottom, and this formation enables it more readily to seize the food above it. They are most delicate little fish. The bream, a handsome fish, not unlike a perch in shape (but much larger, often weighing four or five pounds), and the mullet, but especially the latter, are excellent. The whiting, much larger than its English namesake, is perhaps the best of all; but I pretend to no great judgment as a gastronome. I thought the rock-oysters particularly nice, and they are plentiful and cheap; so are the crayfish, which are very similar to lobsters, when small, but the large ones rather coarse. I must not end my list of fish that we eat without mentioning one that is always ready to return the compliment when an opportunity offers, namely, the shark, many of whom are habitants of the bright tempting waters of Port Jackson. Provisions vary much in price from many circumstances. Everything was very dear when we landed in New South Wales, and at the present time prices are much too low to pay the producers.
The dust is one main source of annoyance in Sydney. Unless after very heavy rain, it is always dusty; and sometimes, when the wind is in one particular point, the whirlwinds of thick fine powder that fill every street and house are positive miseries. These dust-winds are locally named "brickfielders", from the direction in which they come; and no sooner is the approach of one perceived than the streets are instantly deserted, windows and doors closely shut, and everyone who can remains within till the plague has passed over, when you ring for the servant with a duster, and collect enough fine earth for a small garden off your chairs and tables.
Flies are another nuisance; they swarm in every room in tens of thousands, and blacken the breakfast or dinner table as soon as the viands appear, tumbling into the cream, tea, wine, and gravy with the most disgusting familiarity. But worse than these are the mosquitoes, nearly as numerous, and infinitely more detestable to those for whose luckless bodies they form an attachment, as they do to most newcomers; a kind of initiatory compliment which I would gladly dispense with, for most intolerable is the torment they cause in the violent irritation of their mountainous bites. All houses are furnished with a due attention to these indefatigable gentry, and the beds have consequently a curious aspect to an English eye accustomed to solid four-posters, with voluminous hangings of chintz or damask, and a pile of feather-beds which would annihilate a sleeper in this climate. Here you have usually a neat thin skeleton-looking frame of brass or iron, over which is thrown a gauze garment, consisting of curtains, head, and tester, all sewn together; the former full, and resting on the floor when let down, but during the day tied up in festoons. [223] Some of these materials are very pretty, being silk, with satin stripes of white or other delicate tints on the green gauze ground. At night, after the curtains are lowered, a grand hunt takes place to kill or drive out the mosquitoes from within; having effected which somewhat wearisome task, you tuck the net in all round, leaving one small bit which you carefully raise, and nimbly pop through the aperture into bed, closing the curtain after you. This certainly postpones the ingress of the enemy, but no precaution that my often-tasked ingenuity could invent will prevent it effectually. They are terrible pests, and very frequently aided in their nocturnal invasions of one's rest by the still worse and thrice-disgusting creatures familiar to most dwellers in London lodgings or seaport inns, to say nothing of fleas, which seem to pervade this colony in one universal swarm. The thickest part of a town, or the most secluded spot in the wild bush, is alike replete with these small but active annoyances.
One day we drove out to the lighthouse on the South Head, about eight miles from Sydney. Soon after leaving the town the road passes the new courthouse and gaol, and its handsome front, in the Doric or Ionic style (I forget which), is the only architectural building the "city" could boast when I was there, though I suppose that ere this the new Government House, a mansion in the Elizabethan-Gothic style, is completed. We began shortly to ascend a hill, the road being all sea-sand apparently, and nothing but sand was visible all around. Great green mat-like plats of the pretty Mesembrianthemum aequilaterale, or fig-marigold, adorned the hot sandy banks by the roadside. It bears a bright purple flower, and a five-sided fruit, called by children "pig-faces". A very prickly species of solanum also grew here, with large green spiky leaves, more difficult to gather even than holly, and pretty bluish potato-like blossoms. The universal ti-tree, and numberless shrubs which I knew not, adorned the sandy wastes in all directions. As we continued to ascend, the road became very rough, huge masses of rock protruding like gigantic steps, over which the wheels scraped and grated and jumped in a way that made me draw rather strong comparisons between the character of roads at home and abroad. As we approached the summit, the hollow formed by the road was suddenly filled by a background (forgive the paradox) of deep blue water; it was the open sea that gradually rose before us, seen over the rocks, and spreading out bright and blue, with small waves sparkling in the fervid sunshine, and the white diamond-crested spray dashing high against the iron-bound coast, here broken into a low craggy amphitheatre into which the rolling Waves came surging on, breaking over the groups of rocks, and forming bright little basins among them. On either side the rocks rose again in large masses, presenting a precipitous face to the sea, being part of the dark formidable cliffs we had seen in approaching the Heads by sea. [224] The road, after descending the hill, turned to the left, through some sandy scrub, crowded with such exquisite flowers that to me it appeared one continued garden, and I walked for some distance, gathering handfuls of them - of the same plants that I had cherished in pots at home, or begged small sprays of in conservatories or greenhouses! I had whole boughs of the splendid metrosideros, a tall handsome shrub, bearing flowers of the richest crimson, like a large bottle-brush; several varieties of the delicate epacris; different species of acacia, ti-tree, and corraea, the brilliant "Botany-Bay lily", and very many yet more lovely denizens of this interesting country, of which I know not even the name. One, most beautiful, was something like a small iris, of a pure ultra-marine blue, with smaller petals in the centre, most delicately pencilled; but ere I had gathered it five minutes, it had withered away, and I never could bring one home to make a drawing from. Surely it must have been some sensitive little fay, who, charmed into the form of a flower, might not bear the touch of a mortal hand!
Numbers of parrots, those
Strange bright birds, that on starry wings
Bear the rich hues of all glorious things,
were flying from tree to tree, or crossing the road in chattering, screaming parties, all as gay and happy as splendid colours and glad freedom could make them. Often they rose close before us from the road, like living gems and gold, so vividly bright they shone in the sun; and then a party of them would assemble in a tree, with such fluttering, and flying in and out, and under and over; such genteel-looking flirtations going on, as they sidled up and down the branches, with their droll sly-looking faces peering about, and inspecting us first with one eye, then with the other, that they seemed quite the monkeys of the feathered tribes.
On nearing the lighthouse, after ascending one or two slight hills, we passed several small houses, and others were building; the views from thence are doubtlessly very grand, but it must be a most exposed situation, with nothing to break the force of the strong sea-breezes, and but little vegetation to moderate the glare of the sun.
The view from the cliffs is indeed grand,
O'er the glad waters of the dark-blue sea;
and looking down over the dizzy height, the eye glances from crag to crag, till it catches the snowy puffs of foam flung up from the breakers that roar and dash in the cavernous chasms below, booming among them like subterranean thunder. As I fearfully gazed down, something leaped between me and the dark water - it was a goat, and there were some half-dozen of the agile creatures far down the slippery precipitous crags, leaping, jumping, and frolicking about, with scarcely an inch of foot-room, and only the boiling surf below. [225]
Opposite to us rose the corresponding cliff, called the North Head, bluff and bare, and wearing on its hoary front the hues with which thousands of storms have dyed it. Myriads of sea-fowl were soaring and screaming around, and several vessels in the offing, and nearer shore, were apparently shaping their course to the port, but too distant for us to wait their entrance through these most grand and stupendous gates. The lighthouse itself is not in any way remarkable; close by is the signal-staff, by means of which the intelligence of vessels arriving is speedily transmitted to Sydney and Paramatta.
We drove back by a different road, nearer to the port, and less hilly, but equally beautiful with that by which we came. It led us through a moister-looking region, with more large trees, greener shrubs, and more luxuriant herbage, and commanding most lovely views, that appeared in succession like pictures seen through a natural framework of high white-stemmed gum-trees and tall acacias. Here and there peeped forth a prettily situated residence, with its shady garden and cool piazza, looking down into one of the small bays I have before mentioned, and beyond that to the estuary.
On one large dead gum-tree a whole council of black cockatoos was assembled in animated debate, sidling up and down the branches, erecting and lowering their handsome gold-tipped top-knots, as if bowing to each other with the politest gestures imaginable; and accompanying the dumb show with such varied intonations of voice as made it impossible to doubt that a most interesting discussion was going on, all conducted in the most courteous manner: perhaps a reform of the grub laws was in agitation, for the business was evidently one of grave importance, and we respectfully remained attentive spectators of the ceremony until "the House" adjourned, and the honourable members flew away. These birds are by no means common in the neighbourhood of Sydney, nor did I see any more during my stay in the colony.
The same deep sandy road continued: it appeared to me that this part of the country must have been gradually elevated from the sea, and a long succession of beaches consequently formed, and left inland by the retreating waters; for the prodigious accumulation of true sea-sand here seems difficult to account for in any other way. In the Domain, too, and many other situations, are raised beaches, consisting wholly of sea-sand and shells (recent ones, so far as I examined them), above which, in a thin stratum of soil, great trees are growing; so that, although these beaches have formed part of the dry land long enough for a body of soil to be deposited upon them, and for aged trees to have grown in that, they are still of modern elevation.
Sydney boasts her "Hyde Park"; but a park utterly destitute of trees seems rather an anomaly. It is merely a large piece of brown ground fenced in, where is a well of good water, from which most of the houses are supplied by means of water-carts. [226] There is also a racecourse between the town and Botany Bay, racing being a favourite amusement among the gentlemen of the colony, and sometimes among the ladies, for I was told of a race somewhere "up the country", in which two "young ladies" were the riders, the prize being a new side-saddle and bridle, which was won in good style by one of the fair damsels; the horse of the other receiving a severe castigation from his gentle mistress, for having swerved and lost the race.
Most of the country gentlemen near Sydney, and for many miles round, are members of the "Cumberland Hunt"; they have a tolerable pack of hounds, and the destructive native dog, or dingo, serves them for a fox. So long as they hunt the really wild ones, the sport is certainly useful; but when, as frequently happens, a bagged dog furnishes the day's amusement, I cannot but think the field of mounted red-coats as something less than children. Dinners and balls of course form a part of the arrangements for the races and hunts, and everything is conducted in as English a manner as can be attained by a young country imitating an old one.
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Mark Martin continues roll with Cup pole at Kansas
Al Pearce
Mark Martin's seemingly-eternal spring once again came up sunshine and roses on Friday, when he won the pole for Sunday afternoon's Price Chopper 400 at Kansas Speedway. It was the latest chapter in what's become an ever-more unbelievable and improbable run toward the first NASCAR championship in his 25-year career.
Martin, the oldest driver on the grid at 50, watched patiently as two-time champion Tony Stewart, then fan-favorite Dale Earnhardt Jr., held the pole at the 1.5-mile track. Then, after 28 others qualified, Martin went out and knocked Junior from what would have been his first pole since Texas in April 2008.
His best lap of 175.758 mph compared favorably to Earnhardt's 175.279, Brad Keselowski's 175.205, Jamie McMurray's 175.200 and Stewart's 175.041. Stewart was the first driver to post a speed, and it held up until Junior went out 25th. But Earnhardt enjoyed the pole only for a few minutes until his Hendrick Motorsports teammate went out 29th in the order.
The rest of the top-10 were Kasey Kahne, Joe Nemechek (a former Kansas winner and the fastest of the “go-or-go-home” drivers), Clint Bowyer, Jeff Gordon (a two-time track winner) and rookie Scott Speed, making his first-ever Kansas appearance.
STARTING LINEUP:
1. Mark Martin, Chevrolet, 175.758 mph
2. Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 175.279 mph
3. Brad Keselowski, Chevrolet, 175.205 mph
4. Jamie McMurray, Ford, 175.200 mph
5. Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 175.041 mph
6. Kasey Kahne, Dodge, 174.984 mph
7. Joe Nemechek, Toyota, 174.786 mph
8. Clint Bowyer, Chevrolet, 174.746 mph
9. Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 174.712 mph
10. Scott Speed, Toyota, 174.656 mph
11. Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 174.627 mph
12. Brian Vickers, Toyota, 174.610 mph
13. David Reutimann, Toyota, 174.576 mph
14. Juan Pablo Montoya, Chevrolet, 174.565 mph
15. A.J. Allmendinger, Dodge, 174.514 mph
16. Bill Elliott, Ford, 174.216 mph
17. Carl Edwards, Ford, 174.109 mph
18. Joey Logano, Toyota, 174.109 mph
19. Mike Bliss, Dodge, 173.857 mph
20. Paul Menard, Ford, 173.796 mph
21. Martin Truex Jr., Chevrolet, 173.768 mph
22. Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 173.723 mph
23. Matt Kenseth, Ford, 173.522 mph
24. Dave Blaney, Toyota, 173.472 mph
25. David Ragan, Ford, 173.377 mph
26. Bobby Labonte, Chevrolet, 173.349 mph
27. Marcos Ambrose, Toyota, 173.282 mph
28. Reed Sorenson, Dodge, 173.277 mph
29. Michael Waltrip, Toyota, 173.121 mph
30. Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 173.099 mph
31. Greg Biffle, Ford, 173.060 mph
32. David Stremme, Dodge, 172.999 mph
33. Sam Hornish Jr., Dodge, 172.695 mph
34. Kyle Busch, Toyota, 172.469 mph
35. Jeff Burton, Chevrolet, 172.425 mph
36. Casey Mears, Chevrolet, 172.150 mph
37. Robby Gordon, Toyota, 172.040 mph
38. Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 171.931 mph
39. Kurt Busch, Dodge, 171.135 mph
40. John Andretti, Chevrolet, 170.670 mph
41. Erik Darnell, Ford, 170.326 mph
42. Elliott Sadler, Dodge, 170.181 mph
43. Max Papis, Toyota, 172.629 mph
DID NOT QUALIFY: Kevin Hamlin, David Gilliland, Michael McDowell
Source URL: https://autoweek.com/article/nascar/mark-martin-continues-roll-cup-pole-kansas
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The Angel Esmeralda
Nine Stories
From one of the greatest writers of our time, a collection of short stories, written between 1979 and 2011; chronicling--and foretelling--three decades of American culture.
From one of the greatest writers of our time, his first collection of short stories, written between 1979 and 2011, chronicling--and foretelling--three decades of American life
Set in Greece, the Caribbean, Manhattan, a white-collar prison and outer space, these nine stories are a mesmerizing introduction to Don DeLillo's iconic voice, from the rich, startling, jazz-infused rhythms of his early work to the spare, distilled, monastic language of the later stories.
In "Creation," a couple at the end of a cruise somewhere in the West Indies can't get off the island--flights canceled, unconfirmed reservations, a dysfunctional economy. In "Human Moments in World War III," two men orbiting the earth, charged with gathering intelligence and reporting to Colorado Command, hear the voices of American radio, from a half century earlier. In the title story, Sisters Edgar and Grace, nuns working the violent streets of the South Bronx, confirm the neighborhood's miracle, the apparition of a dead child, Esmeralda.
Nuns, astronauts, athletes, terrorists and travelers, the characters in The Angel Esmeralda propel themselves into the world and define it. DeLillo's sentences are instantly recognizable, as original as the splatter of Jackson Pollock or the luminous rectangles of Mark Rothko. These nine stories describe an extraordinary journey of one great writer whose prescience about world events and ear for American language changed the literary landscape.
Publisher: New York : Scribner, 2011.
Edition: 1st Scribner hardcover ed.
Read more reviews of The Angel Esmeralda at iDreamBooks.com
stewh Jun 29, 2019
Obviously not for everyone. Stories written over many years are (almost) all masterpieces. They are wise, sparse and unpredictable.
PearlyBaker Dec 06, 2016
There was an aggressive, snarky, fat, psychopathic, burned out, smarmy, math teacher in St. Joseph in the early 80's whom I hated with a true passion. She would sarcastically and loudly screech, "I don't get it, I don't understand," if you happened not to phrase your question the "correct" way. Well this one's for you Mrs. Trump. (Thankfully I was able to block out her real name but Trump seems to fit her wretched personality.) I don't get Don DeLillo. I don't understand him whatsoever and cannot tell if he's above my reading level or more likely he's just contrived, self-indulgent and probably kin to my math teacher.
rowanquincy Jan 06, 2012
What a boring book. Only made it through one story.
richnew Dec 16, 2011
Not all of the stories succeed, but DeLillo knows how to slay us with the incredibly beautiful use of the English language,
Birdwell, Cleo
Ocean Travel — Fiction
Manned Space Flight — Fiction
Nuns — Fiction
Prisons — Fiction
Greece — Fiction
Caribbean Area — Fiction
Bronx (New York, N.Y.) — Fiction
Outer Space — Fiction
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Forget Lungu, KK and the rest of them! The King of Barotseland does not make personal decisions for the nation like an elected official!
Author Editor General, Barotseland Post
FILE: Lubosi Imwiko II, King of Barotseland
It is a total lie to allege that to resolve matters arising out of the 1964 agreement, the Zambian government must only deal with the Litunga because it is his signature on it. In fact, even if they made Kenneth Kaunda and Lubosi Imwiko II sign an agreement today, it would not constitute a legitimate national agreement as long as the people were sidelined prior to signing it.
Barotse people must, therefore, not be deceived by the Zambian government officials when they claim that the Litunga is the ‘only authority’ they recognize in Barotseland and that he wields such immense powers as to act and make critical national decisions over Barotseland unilaterally! They only use this claim to blackmail Barotse people into accepting the government schemes over Barotseland using the Litunga’s ascribed sovereign powers!
Actually, they do not mean it! If they did, why would they want to spend nearly a million kwacha of taxpayers’ money to try and bribe some BRE officials and their cohorts, to constitute a sham of a dialogue process that has set predetermined outcomes, if they could simply make that decision with the Litunga as the sole and only authority in Barotseland?
The same Zambian government has even permitted some disgruntled Lozi individuals to drag their so-called immense Litunga to their courts of law in litigation, only because such embarrassment momentarily suits the government agenda, meanwhile, they continue to protect and offer their own Republican President immunity from prosecution!
So, who is fooling who here? On one hand, the Zambian government wishes to claim that our Litunga is above the law in Barotseland and can act unilaterally, and yet, on the other hand, they have permitted the Litunga to be dragged before Zambian courts in Mongu where he has been made to submit before their own court officials!
When it suits them, they claim the Litunga is above the law, and yet at other times, they have been quick to mock the Litunga as ‘just like any other chief’ in Zambia without any real powers!
When we say the Litunga in Barotseland does not make personal decisions on behalf of the nation, we are not implying that he is a powerless figure or that he does not wield any such immense powers over the nation! Far from it! The Litunga’s powers are in fact so immense that in Barotseland, he is considered above the law! Except he, as King, must always regulate and limit his conduct to the same national laws and cultural norms which he reigns over, whether these laws and norms are codified or not!
It is sometimes very hard to explain Kingdom Principles to non-kingdom people around Zambia and the world! So, for the sake of illustration, allow us to briefly draw parallels with the concept of the ‘Sovereignty’ of God as King and supreme ruler!
God is King and rules over His kingdom we call the Kingdom of God or the kingdom of Heaven, and the earth is a part of this Kingdom! He is supreme, all powerful and all knowing! No one could really instruct him or control Him! He can do anything at any time and to anyone in any situation!
However, when it comes to His interaction with His creation, especially in the realm of the earth and over the affairs of mortals, God has given His dominion to mankind, his most treasured possession and subjects He created in His own image!
Aside from granting man, male and female, dominion over the earth, He gave them a ‘free-will’, to the extent that mankind could freely choose to not only rebel but also deny the existence of God as creator and supreme ruler! In this way, mankind could also freely choose to yield to His reign as King!
In this concept of ‘kingship’ and ‘kingdom’, God as the sovereign ruler and King could overrule man at any given time! In reality, however, God must not and will not overrule mankind because He, as God, is also bound to His own word and honor when he said;
“Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” Genesis 1:26 [ESV]
So, in spite of God being supreme and sovereign, He is also ‘bound’ by His own word through which has delegated His power to mankind - literally making God ‘illegal’ on earth and over earthly affairs!
For God to act and be ‘legal’ on earth, He almost always must work in consultation with and through mankind! Is it any wonder that mankind must always pray and petition or invite God before he could act on their behalf? Even to execute mankind’s redemption plan, God had to come as and through the man Jesus, even when He, as God could simply have done it arbitrarily! In this act, although above any laws, God submitted Himself to earthly laws in order to fulfil the plan of redemption!
In fact, it is almost as though God, despite being a Sovereign ruler over the earth and universe, needs our permission or the instrumentality of mankind to be able to intervene or act in our affairs!
Could God act without our co-operation? Certainly, yes! He could, but He will not! Not because he is a powerless or uncaring figurehead, but because He must operate within earthly laws and only through mankind, the only visible ruler and owner of the earth, otherwise His well-intentioned actions may be challenged as illegitimate in the Earthrealm! And there are plenty of scriptural references to prove the above analogy which we will not get into at this moment!
The above illustration may sound nearly sacrilegious or blasphemous because the Litunga is only a King but not GOD! However, it is here used to merely explain a ‘kingdom’ principle to an audience that is largely Christian and may be living under a republic system of government!
In fact, we can even dare to say that governance in the Kingdom of Barotseland is actually closer to God’s governance than the governance in the Republic of Zambia!
People ignorant of these obvious differences between governance in the Kingdom of Barotseland and the Republic of Zambia, must be made to understand that whereas the president in Zambia, as an elected state official, is delegated or mandated by the popular vote to ‘act’ on behalf of citizens, the King in Barotseland is never voted into his kingly office, and could not possibly ‘act’ on the people’s behalf, but rather the people themselves must make their own national decisions, which the King must then endorse using his immense and sovereign authority into kingdom law!
Therefore, the Litunga will always exercise his sovereignty through the people and the various laws that govern Barotseland, even when he is above them!
So, anyone who says the Litunga is the ‘only and final’ authority must also know that by implication he is saying the people are really the ‘only and final’ authority because the word Litunga actually means nation or land, AND the people OWN the Litunga!
For instance, the Litunga’s signature might be the one visible on the Barotseland Agreement 1964, but in reality, it embodies the aspirations and decisions of the entire nation and people, not the person occupying the throne. The Litunga is an enduring and long-lasting institution while the occupants will come and go!
Great power demands great responsibility! So, the Litunga’s immense powers must be exercised with even greater responsibility!
In explaining Barotse governance, we have often tended to also make references to the governance of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland because of how similar the two are!
We are not British governance experts, but from the little we know, in Britain, like in Barotseland, the Queen’s powers are so immense that she is above all laws; owns everything and everyone, including her subject’s very souls as Queen and Head of the Church respectively!
Her powers are so immense that she could even overrule her people in a national election or referendum or on matters of faith and religion!
She could make laws, change laws as she is above all laws! She can overrule people’s votes and appoint her own Prime Minister, dissolve parliament, arrest or imprison anyone at will, kill anyone for no reason, declare war against any other country on earth without consultation!
She is simply above any national and natural laws!
However, in spite of all this immense power the British monarch wields, it is simply amazing that Her Majesty’s office will be the first to advise and guide you that Her Majesty does not act except at the advice and recommendations of the people through line ministries and parliament!
In fact, it will take extraordinary circumstances for her to use her powers unilaterally! Neither does she break British laws or commit any crime merely because she could! This is because as Queen, she is the custodian of the laws that she signed into existence! She will not violate these laws! This is what makes the monarchy in Barotseland and the United Kingdom to be called ‘limited’ democratic constitutional monarchies, different from a totalitarian or unlimited absolute monarchy!
So, ignore Zambians with their ignorance! As much as we know that the visible signature on the defunct Barotseland Agreement of 1964 is that of the King and his Ngambela (Prime Minister), we also know that they only signed because the people made the decision prior to signing, that the king should sign on behalf of himself, his heirs, his chiefs, and the people!
A Barotseland Post Commentary for Saturday, 8th September 2018
Editor General, Barotseland Post
Latest from Editor General, Barotseland Post
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NKOYA BEAUTY Saturday, 08 September 2018
Read carefully...
This Agreement is made this eighteenth day of May, 1964 between KENNETH DAVID KAUNDA, Prime Minister of Northern Rhodesia of the one part and SIR MWANAWINA LEWANIKA THE THIRD ,K.B.E., Litunga of Barotseland, acting on behalf of himself, his heirs and successors, his council, and the chiefs and people of Barotseland of the other party is signed by the Right Honourable Duncan Sandys, M.P Her Majesty's principal secretary of state for common wealth relations and for the colonies, to signify the approval of her majesty's government in the united kingdom of the arrangements entered into between the parties to this agreement and recorded therein.
KK signed on behalf of Northen rhodesia. Litunga signed on behalf of himself as the one on the Litungaship that year, his heirs and succesoryrs( the entire barotse royal family) , His council ( the officials who made the Executive, Judiciary and legislature of Barotseland) and the Chiefs( all the administrative leaders of barotseland including indunas, headmen) and the people of barotseland... This means that a whole nation was involved. its corruption for GRZ only to sneak in and talk to the LITUNGA as if he rules in isolation of the Royal family, the Ngambela, the Chiefs and indunas and the people from village level to Namuso.
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Bay Nikah - Articles
Islam & Marriage
Allah, most Gracious says about spouses in Quran:
Among His signs is [the fact] that He has created spouses for you among yourselves so that you may dwell in tranquillity with them, and He has planted love and mercy between you; In that are signs for people who reflect.
Qur'an [30 : 21]
... they are a garment for you and you are a garment to them ...
Qur'an [2 : 187]
Consider this in conjunction with the following verse:
... the best garment is the garment of God-consciousness ...
Qur'an [7 : 26]
It requires that a husband and wife should be as garments for each other. Just as garments are for protection, comfort, show and concealment for human beings, Allah expects husbands and wives to be for one another.
And the believers, men and women, are protecting friends of one another; they enjoin the right and forbid the wrong, and they establish worship and they pay the poor-due, and they obey Allah and His messenger; as for those, Allah will have mercy on them; Lo! Allah is Mighty, Wise. Allah hath promised to believers - men and women - gardens underwhich rivers flow, to dwell therein, and beautiful mansions in gardens of everlasting bliss; but the greatest bliss is the good pleasure of Allah: This is the supreme felicity.
Qur'an [9 : 71 - 72]
Whom to marry
Allah also gives us freedom and urges us to:
...Marry the women of your choice...
Qur'an [4 : 3]
Similarly, for the women:
"A girl came to the Prophet (peace be upon him) and informed him that her father had married her to her cousin against her wishes, whereupon the Prophet allowed her to exercise her choice. She then said, 'I am reconciled to what my father did but I wanted to make it known to women that fathers have no say in this matter'".
[Ibn Majah]
Narrated Abdullah: "We were with the Prophet, peace be upon him, while we were young and had no wealth whatever. So Allah's Apostle, peace be upon him, said, `O young people! Whoever among you can marry, should marry, because it helps him lower his gaze and guard his modesty, and whoever is not able to marry, should fast, as fasting diminishes his sexual power.'"
[Bukhari]
Narrated Abu Huraira: "The Prophet, peace be upon him, said, `A woman is married for four things, i.e., her wealth, her family status, her beauty, and her religion. So you should marry the religious woman [otherwise] you will be a loser.'"
Mahr is the gift that is given by the husband to his wife at wedding. It can be anything in any amount, as agreed by the bride and bride-groom. Allah says about Mahr in the Chapter 'Woman' in Quran:
And give the women (on marriage) their Mahr as a free gift ...
Mahr is the gift that is given by the husband to his wife at wedding. It can be anything in any amount, as agreed by the bride and bride-groom. Allah says about Mahr in the Chapter `Woman' in Quran:
Narrated Sahl bin Sa`d: " A woman came to the Prophet,, and presented herself to him (for marriage). He said, 'I am not in need of women these days.' Then a man said, 'O Allah's Apostle! Marry her to me." The Prophet asked him, 'What have you got?' He said, 'I have got nothing.' The Prophet said, 'Give her something, even an iron ring.' He said, 'I have got nothing.' The Prophet asked (him), "How much of the Quran do you know (by heart)?' He said, 'So much and so much.' The Prophet said, 'I have married her to you for what you know of the Quran.' '"
Sex is seen as an act of procreation. An eye for the what is about to come is kept open in this respect as well. The following prayer reminds us of God, results of our actions, and reminds us of our commitment to train our offsprings.
Narrated Ibn Abbas: "The Prophet, peace be upon him, said, `If anyone of you, when having a sexual intercourse with his wife says:
In the name of Allah! O Allah! Protect me from Satan and protect what you bestow upon us (i.e. an offspring) from Satan.
and if it is destined that they should have a child, then Satan will never be able to harm him.'"
Walima is the wedding reception given to friends and family after the consummation of marriage. It is given by the husband on this auspicious occassion, showing his happiness and sharing it with the friends and family.
Narrated Anas: When 'Abdur-Rahman came to us, the Prophet established a bond of brotherhood between him and Sa'd bin Ar-Rabi'. Once the Prophet said, "As you (O 'Abdur-Rahman) have married, give a wedding banquet even if with one sheep." '"
Narrated Abu Musa: "The Prophet, peace be upon him, said, `Set the captives free, accept the invitation (including to a wedding banquet), and pay a visit to the patients.'"
By this saying of the Prophet, peace be upon him, it is also enjoined upon us to join in the happiness of our brothers.
Duties and Rights of Husband and Wife after marriage
Allah informs us about the just rights of each other on us:
... the wife's rights (with regard to their husbands) are equal to the (husband's) rights with regard to them, although men are a degree above them; and Allah is Almighty, Wise.
The statement that men are a degree above women means that authority within the household has been give to the husband in preference to the wife because a heavier burden has been placed on his shoulders by another verse of the Quran which says: Men shall take full care of women, because Allah has given the one more strength than the other, and because they support them from their means.Therefore the righteous women are devoutly obedient, and guard in (the husband's) absence what Allah would have them guard ...
Advice to Husbands
Jabir Narrated that the Prophet, peace be upon him, gave these instructions in his sermon during Farewell Pilgrimage: "Fear God regarding women; for you have taken them [in marriage] with the trust of God."
[Mishkat]
Narrated Aisha, God's messenger said: "Among the believers who show most perfect faith are those who have the best disposition, and are kindest to their families."
[Tirmidhi]
Narrated Abu Huraira, God's messenger said: "The believers who show the most perfect faith are those who have the best disposition and the best of you are those who are best to their wives."
Aisha has related that the Holy Prophet, peace be upon him, would enter the house with a pleasing disposition and a smile on his lips.
[Uswa-i-Hasana]
Narrated Al-Aswad: "I asked Aisha, `What did the Prophet, peace be upon him, do at home?' She said, `He used to work for his family and when he heard the call for the prayer, he would go out.'"
Narrated Abu Huraira: "Allah's Apostle, peace be upon him, said, `The woman is like a rib; if you try to straighten her, she will break. So if you want to get benefit from her, do so while she still has some bent.'"
Narrated Abu Huraira: "The Prophet, peace be upon him, said, `Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day should not hurt (trouble) his neighbor. And I advise you to take care of women, for they are created from a rib and the most crooked portion of the rib is its upper part; if you try to straighten it, it will break, and if you leave it, it will reamin crooked, so I urge you to take care of women.
Narrated Abdullah bin Amr bin Al-As: "Allah's Apostle, peace be upon him, said, `O Abdullah! Have I not been informed that you fast all the day and stand in prayer all night?' I said, `Yes, O Allah's Apostle!' He said, `Do not do that! Observe the fast sometimes and also leave them at other times; stand up for the prayer at night and also sleep at night. Your body has a right over you and your eyes have right over you and your wife has a right over you.'"
Narrated Ibn Umar: "The Prophet, peace be upon him, said, `All of you are guardians and are responsible for your wards. The ruler is a guardian and the man is a guardian of his family; the lady is a guardian who is responsible for her husband's house and his offspring; and so all of you are guardians and are responsible for your wards.'"
Men should forbear any shortcomings of women in view of the following verse of Quran:
Live with them in kindness; even if you dislike them, perhaps you dislike something in which God has placed much good.
Advice to Wives
Anas reported God's messenger as saying, "When a woman observes the five times of prayer, fasts during Ramadan, preserves her chastity and obeys her husband, she may enter by any of the gates of paradise she wishes (in other words nothing will prevent her from entering paradise)."
Um Salama reported God's messenger as saying, "Any woman who dies when her husband is pleased with her will enter Paradise."
Abu Huraira told that when God's messenger was asked which woman was best, he replied, "The one who fills [her husband] with joy when he sees her, obeys him when he directs and does not oppose him by displeasing him regarding her person or property."
Providing for wife and family
Quran teaches us to be reasonable and fair to our wives and family.
House women wherever you reside, accoding to your circumstances, and do not harass them in order to make life difficult for them ...
Qur'an [65 : 6]
The statement of Allah in the chapter `Woman':
`Men are protectors and maintainers of women ...'
Bukhari quotes the following verse under the heading: .. the superiority of providing for one's family:
(O Mohammed!) They ask you what they ought to spend. Say: That which is beyond your needs. Thus Allah make clear to you His Signs in order that you may give thought (to it) in this worldly life and the Hereafter ...
Qur'an [2 : 219-220]
Narrated Abu Masud Al-Ansari: "The Prophet, peace be upon him, said, `When a Muslim spends something on his family intending to receive Allah's reward, it is regarded as Sadqa (spending in the name of God) for him.'"
We should always remember that Allah is the one who gives us, we are mere trustees of the funds.
Narrated Abu Huraira: "Allah's Apostle, peace be upon him, said, `Allah said, O the son of Adam! Spend, and I shall spend on you.'"
Narrated Abu Huraira: "Allah's Apostle, peace be upon him, said, `The best alms is that which you give when you are rich, and you should support your dependants first.'"
Abu Huraira reported God's messenger, peace be upon him, as saying: "Of the dinar (unit of currency) that you spend as a contribution in God's path, or to set free a slave, or as charity given to a needy, or to support your family, the one yielding the greatest reward is that which you spent on your family.
[Muslim]
Some General Tips for a Muslim Wedding
There are plenty of things to consider in wedding planning and arrangement. These are a few things which are either unknown or forgotten:
Invite the poor
According to one Hadith, the worst meal is the feast of a Walima in which rich people are invited and poor people are left out.
Don't let your Walima be a class-based affair. Make sure that all guests are welcome, regardless of their economic situation.
Invite a multiethnic audience
Make your wedding party more representative of the Ummah (the worldwide Muslim community) by inviting Muslims of different ethnic backgrounds, whether it's the local Imam and his family who are Turkish, the African-American Muslima who accepted Islam recently or the Lebanese family in your neighborhood.
Practice gender privacy at your wedding
This means providing women-only space where sisters who observe different levels and types of Hijab feel comfortable.
Most sisters like to dress up for a wedding, but they want to enjoy themselves without being watched by strange men. Also remember that your other guests have nothing to lose with this kind of set up so in the end, providing for women-only space works out for the best for everyone.
There are different ways to accommodate women-only space in a hall.
You can have separate rooms for men and women. This is the ideal solution for maximum privacy.
You can have a room in which there is a curtain or a row of tall plants.
In larger halls, you can make two distinct areas.
If your family tradition is not to have weddings arranged in this way, consider this: you will Insha Allah (if Allah wills) receive Allah's blessings if you do so for seeking to accommodate your guests and trying to observe an Islamic practice which has been in place for about 1400 years.
In programs where women-only space is provided, children need to be divided up between parents. Older boys should stay with their dads. Older girls stay with mom. Young girls who are toilet trained can also go with dad.
It should also be remembered that professional photographers can violate the privacy of individuals by taking photos or videos without their consent. If you are taking photos or videos make sure not to include non-relatives or those who do not want their picture taken.
Set up a hospitality line
This is a line of hosts who will welcome guests when they arrive at the wedding.
Those who will be included in the hospitality line need to be told in advance that they will be part of it. They should not be told once they reach the hall for the wedding.
Have the hosts make rounds during dinner
When guests are digging into dinner, hosts should go around, making sure everyone has what they need and inviting those who are finished to take more.
It should be decided by the hall committee who will sit on stage at the wedding and exactly where. This has to be done carefully. The feelings of relatives and close family friends are important to consider when making decisions about this.
Make sure to set up a gift table
Where are you going to put all those goodies? Set up a specific gift table near the stage with a sign saying "Please put gifts here. Thank you."
Mind the bathrooms
Take into account how many guests are coming and see if the washrooms at the hall are big enough. If it's a large gathering, request hall administrators to have a cleaning person come in every half hour or so to clean up quickly in between.
Also, if one of the prayers occurs during the wedding, that means the washrooms will be used for Wudu (ablution before prayer). Ask the hall administrators to accommodate this by providing extra paper towels.
Avoid making unnecessary announcements
Avoid making unnecessary announcements of any sort during the program and keep the microphone close by so children do not mess around with it.
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There's a lot we can learn from Daniel's response to King Nebuchadnezzar as we consider how to deal with bullies in our lives. We see that Daniel sought God's help through praying with his godly friends. As we pray for God's help, we also need to pray specifically for the bully. Sometimes it seems that earnestly praying blessings upon someone who torments us is more difficult than confronting the bully. But the power of love will enable us to respond in a godly way. Daniel's prayers with his friends gave him boldness to go before the bullying king.
If you seek to resolve your problems through prayer and loving action, then God will stand with you in your fight.
As you seek boldness, examine your motives before you speak or act. Pure motives and a clear conscience will give you strength. Proverbs tells us that, "the righteous are as bold as a lion" (28:1). When we pray for boldness, our motives must be more about others and less about ourselves. Humility will keep our motives pure: "Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves" (Philippians 2:3). Each of you should look not only to your own interests but also to the interests of others.
In his humility and with the right motives, the next thing Daniel did was serve the bully. Through God's insight, Daniel was able to share the detailed interpretation of the dream with Nebuchadnezzar. Daniel helped the very man who threatened his life. Romans 12:14 tells us to "Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse."
Daniel's plan produced dramatic results. The king was so grateful and impressed that he "fell prostrate before Daniel and paid him honor" (Daniel 2:46), and Daniel and his friends were given great leadership within Babylon (see vv. 48-49).
Your situation may not end as remarkably, but if you seek to resolve your problems through prayer and loving action, then God will stand with you in your fight.
Prayer: God, help me pray for my enemies and respond to them in love. I pray in the name of Jesus. Amen.
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Dad reveals heartbreak as 'evil' mum sentenced for killing 'inconvenient' baby daughters
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The father of two little girls has told a court of his emotional anguish after their mother was convicted of killing the girls because they were interfering with her x-rated social life.
British woman Louise Porton, was convicted on Friday of the murder of her three-year-old daughter Lexi Draper, and 16-month-old Scarlett Vaughan. The two died 18 days apart in early 2018.
While doctors were initially unable to identify a cause of death, both were said to be consistent with “airway obstruction”.
Ms Porton posed for fetish photo shoots with strangers on the internet (left). The daughters during a recent Christmas (right). Source: PA
The 23-year-old denied killing the girls but the prosecution “successfully proved that Ms Porton squeezed the life out of them” because they were getting in the way of her sex life.
Mr Porton, a self-described model, would meet men online and charge them for fetish-related photo shoots and sexual acts.
She continued to contact and engage multiple men on dating sites in the days following the deaths of her daughters, accepting 41 friend requests on a dating app a day after the first death.
On the night Lexi died, Ms Porton searched for information about the period that resuscitation was still effective as well as information on the time it takes for a body to go cold.
During sentencing, judge Mrs Justice Yip described Ms Porton’s internet browsing as “sinister” and labelled the crimes as “calculated” and “evil”.
"One way or another you squeezed the life out of each of your daughters, only calling the emergency services when you knew they were dead,” she said.
"These were blameless young children who were plainly vulnerable and ought to have been able to rely on their mother to protect and nurture them.
"Instead you took their young lives away."
Ms Porton will serve a minimum 32 years in prison.
The final moments of the girls were caught on CCTV. Source: Crown Prosecution Service
Father tells court of heartbreak in scathing statement
The Birmingham Crown Court heard an emotional victim impact statement from the children's father, Chris Draper, who said he was a "broken" man and was left wondering how Ms Porton could do something so horrible.
"Why did Louise do something so evil to our beautiful daughters? You are their mother, the person supposed to care for them, protect and love them,” he said.
"They were just an inconvenience to you; how could you do this?
"I sit and think day and night and I can't understand why my two little girls were taken away because Louise wanted to sleep around."
Mr Draper said he’ll never get to do the normal things a father looks forward to.
“Because of Louise I will never hear them, I will never hold their hands or take them to school like a normal dad,” Mr Draper told the court.
Police said the mother was calm and emotionless after the deaths. Source: Warkwickshire Police
Mum was planning a holiday before killing the girls
According to one anonymous friend, Ms Porton was intending to go on a holiday to the Greek island of Magaluf - a renowned party destination for British holiday-makers.
“She had been talking about it for ages. This was before she killed her kids,” the female friend reportedly told The Sun.
“She said she’d been [to Magaluf] when she wasn’t a mother and slept with loads of blokes,” the friend said.
“She was looking to go in the summer of 2018 but by that time the police were already on to her.”
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As tempting as it is to brand Portishead’s debut as the definitive trip-hop record, Dummy is really a genre in itself. It took the dance foundations of Massive Attack and applied a greater sense of songwriting to the equation, resulting in one of the major landmarks of the ’90s. Spooking as much as it satisfies, Dummy is defined by a few aspects, not least its spectacularly bleak atmosphere, but hanging over its ominous backdrop is the somber voice of Beth Gibbons. Her chilling vocals are as eerie as they are beautiful, conjoining organically with the instrumentation to achieve one of the slickest combinations found in contemporary music. I have no hesitancy in branding the vocal performance on Dummy as one of the best on any record, of any time. Throughout the album Gibbons sounds ghostly, angelic, sometimes frightening, and on “Roads” — the album’s centerpiece — her expression is heart achingly beautiful. Still, for all its despair, Dummy remains strangely irresistible. It’s a record that is as sexy as it is sad, with its outlawed desires seeping through the dark web that only partially covers the shadowy tones of “Mysterons” and “Numb”. By the time we reach “Glory Box”, the only love/lust song of ‘94 to rival “Closer” in sheer sincerity, the secret is out. Dummy is a wonderful record that is undoubtedly of its time, yet continues to thrive in the headspace of the modern listener.
Favourite tracks // Roads
Mysterons
Sour Times
Sensuous and glum, Dummy is all you can reasonably ask of a debut album. It announces itself as something new and distinct, and manages to do so with the wry, measured air of a veteran. Portishead’s murky, submerged sound provides a near-perfect accompaniment for Beth Gibbons’ near-perfect voice. It seems unfair for a human to be able to sound as beautiful as she does, but Dummy doesn’t waste the privilege. The work hits on a seriously sombre verve in the opener “Mysterons” and barely lets up all the way through. From the clunking groove of “Strangers” to the tender melodies and swelling souls of “It’s A Fire” and “Roads”, there is no shortage of wistful flair on show. It’s clear to see why the album’s blue, gloomy shadow looms so large, although I do think some of its sharpness has been lost in the years since its release. As meticulously produced as the songs are in sound, in composition they do occasionally scramble to keep up with the majesty of the voice guiding them. Dummy’s murkiness is part of what makes it so emblematic of the ‘90s, but I also think that quality cuts the record off from being iconic in its own right.
Favourite tracks // It’s A Fire
Glory Box
Strangers
Portishead’s debut, Dummy, may be over two decades old, but their distinctively ’90s, trip-hop sound hasn’t aged a bit. From the opener, “Mysterons”, the album is immediately shrouded in eerie, ominous atmosphere. Melding orchestral and jazz samples with beats that often surge tracks forward, and melody lines that manage to remain intense and effective despite their minimal construction, Dummy remains intriguing for the listener throughout its tracklist. Floating effortlessly above these layers of sampled and effected instrumentation, vocalist Beth Gibbons provides one of the most distinctive elements of Portishead’s music. Always delicately yet firmly delivered, Gibbons proves her versatility, especially when comparing tracks like “It’s a Fire” and “Glory Box”, and often commands the whole character of the track with her vocals. With its sample punctured, jazz-infused, sulky, and sometimes sultry aesthetic, Dummy flows for close to an hour without ever outstaying its welcome, and has provided me with some of the most memorable moments in music. Spooky, smooth, and sensational.
Favourite tracks // Glory Box
“Melding orchestral and jazz samples with beats that often surge tracks forward, and melody lines that manage to remain intense and effective as necessary despite their minimal construction, Dummy remains intriguing for the listener throughout.”
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Japan is one of the most sought out countries for travel. Who wouldn’t want to go there after all? It has great food, polite locals, and great infrastructure. While the country never stops striving to develop their society for the modern age, Japan also respects its past through the maintenance of old structures and upholding long-standing traditions. Despite these benefits, tourists still need the best travel WiFi hotspot in Japan. Because very few Japanese people are fluent in English, most, if not all travelers there need an internet connection if they ever feel lost or are facing other problems. These are the reasons why every tourist in Japan needs a WiFi hotspot:
A Reliable Connection Even in Ancient Towns and Mountainous Areas
Japan may have suffered through natural disasters such as earthquakes and tsunamis and lived through brutal wars, but the country was able to preserve districts and towns that represent their history. These also act as museums because most of these structures have preserved items of the past.
Historic Samurai Towns
One of the most important figures of bloodier times in Japanese history is the samurai. Samurai were revered warriors whose era lasted the Heian Period until 1868. These fierce fighters used to settle in the districts outside of castles which powerful lords used to own. Around 12 unreconstructed castles remain and these are few of those:
Matsumoto Castle in Nagano
Kochi Castle in Shikoku
Bitchu-Matsuyama Castle in Okayama
You can also visit samurai districts and explore the amenities they have to offer, such as gardens, stunning sceneries, and even merchant shops. These places were inhabited past families of samurais and lot of their former houses are open to visitors. These are a few of the place local and foreign tourists visit:
Kakunodate Samurai District
Usuki Samurai District
Matsue Samurai District
Other places to encounter the history of Japan are the many towns of Kyoto city. This city is the historical capital of Japan and it was one of the few locations untouched by World War 2. Here, you can tour ancient Japanese architecture including Buddhist temples. Temples are also a great testimony to history and Nara City has around seven with the most popular, being Todai-ji.
Lastly, the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park was built to remind local and foreign visitors about the atomic bombing that happened in August 1945. Many people visit this place every year to pay their respects. The visit will stir you emotionally because of both the darkness and hope this site radiates. It not only serves to remind you of the horrors through buildings that survived the attack, but also the importance of standing against nuclear war weapons through the Eternal Flame and Children of Peace Monument.
The Various Mountains of Japan
Another great way to appreciate a country is by exploring places that are untouched by city life. When you visit the country, you should also try to visit the mountains to appreciate nature and see the natural beauty before your very eyes, with it covering around ⅔ of Japan. These high mounts are also surrounded by other beautiful features such as lakes and seas.
Akita City in Northern Japan is well-known for its mountains and bodies of water. Shirakami Sanchi is a popular hiking spot for tourists, while the Hachimantai region has volcano mud baths and an active volcano valley open for viewing. Lastly, tourists can experience a natural jacuzzi in the form of hot springs in Tamagawa Onsen
Since all of these places haven’t developed as fast as other cities, or even at all, it is important to bring the best travel WiFi hotspot in Japan. You can easily lose touch with your friends and family in a place where internet connection is not an assurance.
Translate the Japanese Language On-the-Go
Japan is a very homogeneous country with barely any citizens that are from foreign countries. Therefore, tourists shouldn’t expect to meet a lot of locals who can speak English. Even if they can speak English words, a lot of the words may mean something else to the Japanese. In fact, it is usually recommended for tourists to have an interpreter with them. Unlike when traveling to a country like the USA, this is where the best travel WiFi hotspot is going to come in handy.
With the best travel WiFi hotspot in Japan, you will have an easier time understanding Japanese even if you are traveling without knowing the language. There are a lot of translation tools and websites that can help you as long you have an internet connection. You need to carry a mobile hotspot everywhere because not all places will have public WiFi.
These are the cases where you might need the best travel WiFi hotspot in Japan to translate English to Japanese and vice versa:
Taking a cab to places without any landmarks
Taxi drivers can never memorize everything in Japan; it is simply impossible thanks to the vague addresses system in the country. If you were going to a popular district or museum for tourists, it will most likely be familiar to the driver and so you would not need to know to the address. If you will be going to an unknown place or a faraway house, however, you will need to write the address in Japanese in your phone or piece of paper.
Asking people for directions
There is actually a tourist information center for travelers whenever you need help with local sites or you need a copy of important maps. More importantly, there is always a person who speaks English there, but of course, not every area has them. This is why you need to learn some basic Japanese words you can use to speak to locals. They can tell you the ways to common sights if you ever get lost!
Post Your Interactions With Cute Animals Right Away
Japan really prioritizes caring for nature, as part of their Confucian philosophy. This can be seen in the way the citizens care about their animals.
In Japan, you don’t only get to see and meet animals in zoos. A lot of animals are protected and cared for in secure areas where they are given freedom to roam around. These wonderful creatures inhabit islands, forests, and other natural reserves. You have to bring your best travel WiFi hotspot in Japan because you never know when these adorable animals might come to you!
Nara Island Deer
In Nara Island, 1200 deer roam about freely. They are treasured by Japan which is why these animals readily approach tourists for a good petting and a handful of food. People can buy deer crackers on the spot and feed these cute animals with those snacks. If you want to see bunnies hopping everywhere, Okunoshima Island is the place to go. Unlike Nara Island, there are no places for humans to inhabit because this area was abandoned by chemical weapon manufacturers.
Japanese Flying Squirrels
One cute animal that you might have seen everywhere in social media using the best travel WiFi hotspot in Japan, is probably the Japanese flying squirrel. This type of squirrel is unique to the country and can be found in Hokkaido Island. If you are lucky enough to visit Japan during the Christmas season, you can see this one of a kind animal and experience the special snow festival along with it.
Who can resist looking at the endearing fox? Foxes are revered in Japan, with them being popular characters in the nation’s mythology and folklore. Luckily, people can visit the Zao fox village in Shirosoi and catch roaming foxes. It’s more of a forest and animal sanctuary than an actual village though, where the owners take responsibility and caring for them.
Animal Cafes
You can also meet animals through animal cafes in Tokyo. Most of these establishments keep the usual pets, particularly dogs and cats, but some even host unusual animals like owls. These cafes are an especially good site for the animal lover who does not have time to stop by islands and forests. A good tourist should make sure also that the place they stop by takes care of the animals very well. These are some examples of good cafes to visit in the city of Tokyo:
Temari no Ouchi — a fairy tale themed restaurant with cats
Mame Shiba Inu Cafe — A coffee shop holding the ever so popular Shiba Inu
Owl no Mori — If you want to see how an owl acts indoors
Lastly, stop by the Hachiko Statue in Shibuya Station — a commemoration of the most loyal dog ever in Japan.
Show Off Your Selfies With the Locals
Japan’s culture is equally modern and traditional. This is especially reflected by the country’s various locals.
If you were or are still an avid anime watcher, you will know that Japan has certain personalities that greatly differ from your own countries’. For a lot of foreigners, these animated shows are one of the first few glimpses about the country’s unique people. For example, anime that are set in a historical period usually have characters that are geishas and monks. If you watch more modern anime, a lot of characters work in maid cafes or frequently dress up in weird yet stylish outfits. All of them represent a piece of Japanese culture, and they are who every good traveler should visit and take selfies with.
If you want to take pictures with people who represent Japanese’s past, you may want to try visiting geishas in historical cities or districts. These places haven’t adapted much to the technological advancements because of their commitment to history, therefore you will definitely need the best travel WiFi hotspot in Japan.
Geishas are one probably one of the most beautiful yet enigmatic people you could probably meet. Their perfectly painted white faces, luscious hair, and detailed kimonos give a hint of their grace and skill. From the 1800s to the 1920s, they were in charge of providing entertainment by hosting, pouring tea, and making patrons generally feel at home. All of these talents came from difficult training that started when they were young meikos.
Their numbers have greatly decreased, however, with only around 1000 women practicing the art. Most inhabit Kyoto, particularly the district of Gion. To take a picture with them, you’d have to be willing to pay for their performance as well as dinner and tea ceremony services. If you want to see them perform, you can go to the Gion corner for one hour and watch them dance. Geishas host monthly tea ceremonies where you can get personally served tea by one. Lastly, your group can hire geishas to host dinners at restaurants or hotels called ryokan.
Buddhism is one of the most popular religions in Japan. Tourists can visit Buddhist monks in their monasteries up in the mountains through a monastery stay. You get to sleep there and experience their lifestyle for a certain period, such as eating their food, meditating and bathing in their public bathhouses.
If you want to take pictures of modern life and culture in the city with the locals, maid cafes and Harajuku station are the places to go!
Maid cafes do not really hire maids, but rather people cosplay as one because a lot of Japanese people love cuteness or “moe” as a whole. They not only like to look cute, but they also love to act the part.
Most foreigners think of maids as people who clean your house, but in Japan, they represent youthful femininity. They serve men and women food and are dedicated to making their customers feel very welcome. You should go here if you want a restaurant that goes beyond just providing something to eat. These servers talk to you as friends, let you take pictures with them, and make sure that your experience is also fun by providing games and other forms of entertainment.
Modern, stylish youth
Fashion is one the best ways for the youth to express their feelings. Harajuku fashion is a phenomenon that has become popular since the 1990s. Harajuku station is situated in Tokyo and between Sendagaya and Jingumae-machi. These chic Japanese girls and boys dress up in loud bright colors and wear them with pride on the street. They are easy to take pictures with, and in fact, their outfits used to be common in magazines. You can easily post your selfies with them online using your best travel WiFi hotspot in Japan.
If you want to dress up like them, Takeshita street is the place to go. It is composed of trendy fashion shops that are filled with accessories, toys, pants, skirts, and so much more.
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Scientists blow up their lab after creating strongest magnet ever
It's a record magnetic field, but... yeah. That didn't last long.
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Photo: The University of Tokyo.
Scientists knew that it would probably explode, but they did not expect to reach such a record magnetic field.
Magnetic fields are measured in teslas, after Nikola Tesla.
This one reached a record 1,200 teslas, 400 times stronger than an MRI; watch it explode in the video
"With magnetic fields above 1,000 teslas, you open up some interesting possibilities," lead researcher Takeyama explained. "You can observe the motion of electrons outside the material environments they are normally within. So we can study them in a whole new light and explore new kinds of electronic devices. This research could also be useful to those working on fusion power generation."
The study, published in Review of Scientific Instruments, was released on September 17.
To achieve the record, the team used a technique known as electromagnetic flux-compression (EMFC). The instrument, which generates a low-strength magnetic field of 3.2 teslas, was attached to a row of capacitors that generate 3.2 megajoules, which is a huge amount of energy.
This compresses the magnetic field into a tiny area extremely quickly. But, as the team predicted, it can't be compressed for long, eventually creating a shock wave that rips the instrument apart. They expected this to happen after about 700 teslas, as that's what it was built to withstand. But incredibly, it reached 1,200 before exploding.
1,200 teslas later... a huge white light engulfs the lab. Video below!
Another view of the magnetic explosion
This image explains it a bit better, from the IEEE institute. "The University of Tokyo's 1,200-Tesla magnetic field generator is powered by a bank of capacitors [on left, white] capable of storing 5 megajoules. The capacitors' energy flows into the primary coil [bottom left, gray] and induces a counteracting current and magnetic field in the liner [orange]. This implodes the liner in 40 microseconds, compressing the magnetic field [bottom right]."
Graphic illustration of how the scientists hit the record.
Image by University of Tokyo.
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How much does it cost to save a life?
Our personal choices can help to effectively combat poverty, says Peter Singer.
For the amount it costs to save one life in the United States, several hundred or a thousand lives could be saved in developing countries.
You can make small sacrifices to fuel your personal philanthropy. Instead of giving, "we're buying ourselves things that we don't really need," says philosopher Peter Singer. "Things that might range from expensive cars to simply buying bottled water when we can drink the water out of the tap."
Peter Singer is the founder of The Life You Can Save, an organization that aims to help change the culture of giving in affluent countries and increase donations to reputable and effective nonprofits.
A free download of the 10th anniversary edition of The Life You Can Save: How to Do Your Part to End World Poverty is available here.
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College education is still a class luxury in America. PeerForward is changing that.
Like it or not, most jobs still require some kind of secondary degree. PeerForward is working with low-income communities to ensure that students aren't excluded based on their zip code.
Aloysia Jean
More than two-thirds of American jobs require some kind of secondary education. Unfortunately, kids growing up in a low-income area simply do not have the same resources as wealthier areas when it comes to applying for college or making it to graduation.
PeerForward works with students in low-income areas to get them into college by helping them identify their target college, find and apply for financial aid, and consider how their choice of major connects to their future career.
PeerForward now is expanding onto college campuses to help students persist to earning a degree. The organization hopes to reach 10,000 college students by 2024.
PeerForward is a winner of the Lumina Prize. Discover what they're about here.
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Is granting children's wishes cost-effective? A new study looks at Make-A-Wish.
Donating to the right charities can save lives.
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Make-A-Wish stories are heartwarming, but are they worth the cost?
Effective donations to the right charities can save lives, even if they don't make for good reading.
A recent study into the value of wishes on health care costs gives good news for everybody.
Effective Altruism is the downer who gets things done
<span style="display:block;position:relative;padding-top:56.25%;" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="VKOS1H1579612931"><iframe type="lazy-iframe" data-runner-src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/iwdYkF8fRL4?rel=0" width="100%" height="auto" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" style="position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;"></iframe></span><p>While it might seem that only the most miserly or calloused individual could object to what Make-A-Wish does, Singer brings up an important point: our charity dollars can also save countless lives. As a utilitarian philosopher, Singer has <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGczdp0SE0c" target="_blank">argued</a> that we have an obligation to donate what we can to help others — and he puts his <a href="https://www.thelifeyoucansave.org/" target="_blank">money where his mouth his</a>. He's the founder of the nonprofit The Life You Can Save, which helps fight extreme poverty and its effects. </p><p>How we invest our donations is a vital question that costs lives when it is answered incorrectly. As he puts it in his Op-ed:</p><p><em>"The average cost of realizing the wish of a child with a life-threatening illness is $7,500. That sum, if donated to the Against Malaria Foundation and used to provide bed nets to families in malaria-prone regions, could save the lives of at least two or three children (and that's a conservative estimate). If donated to the Fistula Foundation, it could pay for surgeries for approximately 17 young mothers who, without that assistance, will be unable to prevent their bodily wastes from leaking through their vaginas and hence are likely to be outcasts for the rest of their lives. If donated to the Seva Foundation to treat trachoma and other common causes of blindness in developing countries, it could protect 100 children from losing their sight as they grow older."</em></p><p>The cost has gone up since Singer's article and is now <a href="http://wish.org/content/faq#How-much-does-granting-a-wish-cost" target="_blank">$10,130</a>. So, the question is even more pressing. </p>
So, is Make A Wish worth the cost?
<span style="display:block;position:relative;padding-top:56.25%;" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="KD9C6J1579612931"><iframe type="lazy-iframe" data-runner-src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/4-ZGb2IJhfk?rel=0" width="100%" height="auto" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" style="position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;"></iframe></span><p>As it happens, a study diving into that very question was published in <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41390-018-0207-5" target="_blank">Pediatric Research</a> in October of 2018. Four hundred and ninety-six patients who got their wishes granted were compared to 496 "control" patients who weren't involved with the program. The two groups had similar age and gender demographics and all the patients had similar diseases. The researchers followed the patients for two years and measured the "hospital utilization," in this case defined as "visits to primary, urgent, emergent care, and planned/unplanned inpatient hospitalizations," of every patient.</p><p>The results were surprisingly good. Patients who received wishes used fewer hospital services than those who did not. The savings as a result of this were determined to be higher than the cost of a wish, making the program cost-effective.</p><p>Now, the study isn't without issues. For starters, it isn't randomized. Secondly, it doesn't directly approach the question of hospital admissions but rather plays around with a binary variable of "has fewer admissions" and "does not have fewer admissions" and then works from there. Similarly, the study doesn't directly estimate if the total cost of wishes is more or less than the expected savings.</p><p>Speaking to <a href="https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2019/1/2/18143964/make-a-wish-foundation-batkid-study?fbclid=IwAR0buVk4ojIuDb356YxNHGu5qf_338l6pBN03ZO-DbVaYKOInm9q5HdO_as" target="_blank">Vox</a>, Professor <a href="http://www.stat.columbia.edu/~gelman/" target="_blank">Andrew Gelman </a>of Columbia University took issue with some of the researchers' methods and explained, "The practice of discretizing variables is common in medical statistics, and I think it's generally a bad idea."</p><p>Lastly, while it demonstrates that the events are good for more than just fun outings and feel-good news stories, this study does not answer the question posed by Peter Singer and others on if we should donate to Make-A-Wish before some other charity, though it does provide data for use in the discussion. </p><p>There you have it, wishes work. While the question of if the effectiveness of the wishes outweighs the value of donating to a charity that will directly save lives at a much lower cost remains to be settled, we can know that the heartwarming stories of ill children having a day of unrivaled fun aren't without medical benefit.</p>
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Why social design is a north star for entrepreneurs
Why this $600 million business isn't about money.
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Problem solving doesn't have to involve numbers. Sometimes it just involves connecting dots between markets, and simple experiments based on data.
These tweaks can make huge differences in people's lives. And anyone can do it, as social design can life entire communities.
People who participate in social design learn how to apply it in the future, making social design a learnable and transferable skill.
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Preserving truth: How to confront and correct fake news
Journalism got a big wake up call in 2016. Can we be optimistic about the future of media?
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"[T]o have a democracy that thrives and actually that manages to stay alive at all, you need regular citizens being able to get good, solid information," says Craig Newmark.
The only constructive way to deal with fake news? Support trustworthy media. In 2018, Newmark was announced as a major donor of two new media organizations, The City, which will report on New York City-area stories which may have otherwise gone unreported, and The Markup, which will report on technology.
Greater transparency of fact-checking within media organizations could help confront and correct fake news. Organizations already exist to make media more trustworthy — are we using them? There's The Trust Project, International Fact-Checkers Network, and Tech & Check.
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Berlin: Palestinian Terrorist Invited to Hold Speech
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By Imanuel Marcus Last updated Mar 13, 2019
Photo: Rasmea Odeh, source: Youtube
The convicted Palestinian terrorist Rasmea Odeh is scheduled to hold a speech in Berlin on Friday. She was invited by the BDS movement, which is considered antisemitic. Several German cities have banned it from organizing events on their turf.
Odeh will supposedly talk about “Palestinian women in the struggle for liberation” at the Alevist Dersim religious community in Berlin’s Kreuzberg borough. Dareen Tatour, a poet who was convicted of inciment and support of terrorist organizations, will join her. Both Odeh and Tatour were announced as “liberated female Palestinian inmates from occupied Palestine”.
In 1970, Odeh was convicted of participating in a bomb attack on a supermarket in Jerusalem and given a life sentence. Two Israeli students were murdered in the attack which took place in 1969. Nine people were injured. In 1980, Odeh was freed as part of a prisoner exchange.
The convicted terrorist was also part of an attack on a British consulate and is a member of the ‘People’s Front for the Liberation of Palestine’ (PFLP). Both the United States of America and Europe consider the PFLP a terrorist organization.
In 2017, Rasmea Odeh, who had even been part of the organizing committee of the Women’s March, along with other women known for antisemitic rhetoric, was deported from the United States to her native Jordan because she had lied in her application for a U.S. visa.
While applying, she failed to say that she was convicted for two terrorist attacks in which two Israelis were murdered. Exactly two years ago, on March 23rd, 2017, she was stripped of her U.S. citizenship and deported.
In Germany, Odeh’s invitation to speak in Berlin has triggered sharp criticism. For the Jewish Forum, Lala Süsskind said it was intolerable that a Palestinian terrorist was supposed to be celebrated in Berlin. “Events like this one show how the BDS movement and similar organizations sympathize with antisemitic terrorists”, she was quoted saying in German-language media.
“There has to be a way to prevent this flagrant glorification of an antisemitic murderess”, Lala Süsskind said.
On Twitter, Volker Beck, a prominent member of the German Greens, asked the Berlin Ministry of the Interior why Rasmea Oleh had not been blocked from entering the Schengen area through the so-called Schengen Information System (SiS). The Residence Act said that hate speech would lead to entry bans, Beck stressed. “Why is this law not being applied?”
He also blasted the organizers of the Berlin event. “When the BDS supports this event, this should not be called criticizing the Israeli government, but rather propagandistic support for anti-Israeli terrorism”, Beck stated.
Recently, a similar dispute developed in Amsterdam, when Oleh was invited to hold a speech there. The organizers of the terrorist’s Berlin speech this Friday reportedly said they would organize a “tour” with more speeches in Germany.
The BDS is a global movement which has been trying to delegitimize and boycott Israel and Israeli Jews for years. One of the most prominent members is the former Pink Floyd member Roger Waters. He and others keep on trying to make bands and artists cancel performances in Israel.
In Germany, the nationwide radio and TV network ARD recently cancelled a cooperation with Waters due to his BDS activities, after the activist Malca Goldstein-Wolf had demanded that step in a letter.
The BDS keeps on denying ties to terrorist organizations. But the event scheduled in Berlin proves the opposite.
Just days ago, five BDS members protested against the participation of Israel in the travel trade fair ITB. In front of Berlin’s fairground, they handed out leaflets with conspiracy theories about Israel to visitors of the event.
Related article: Senator Behrendt: Berlin to Improve Protection for Jews
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Imanuel Marcus is 54 years old and the founder and editor-in-chief of The Berlin Spectator. Originally from Hamburg, he has lived in several countries and returned to Germany in early 2019.
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As a catch up for all new visitors to Beyond the Bunker, we’ll be representing the original Practitioners series 1-55 (Simon Bisley – Chris Bachalo and featuring the most influential comic creatives in history). Thoroughly incomplete but featuring legends like Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Frank Miller and Alan Moore already more will be hitting the site every two alternate weeks. For now though, sit back every Tuesday for a run-down of the men and women who created the comic industry we know today. (Or check the full list in the menus above). This week: Global comics megastar and frustrated visionary; Grant Morrison.
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Grant Morrison is a scottish comic book writer and playwright born 31 January 1960 who harnesses and embraces the full power of literature, psychology, history, science and mixes it all with an acute awareness of readership and popular culture. Sending Frankenstein to a land at the end of human experience and standing Wolverine and Sabretooth at the urinals of the Hellfire Club in the pursuit of perfect storytelling in comic books, drawing on a bewildering array of sources to bring forth writing that elevates and encourages its readership with rich language and deep, irony laced ideas of impossible futures and near unrecognisable presents, outer dimensions and the end of many worlds. Due to leave comic books at the end of his run with Batman, Morrison’s legacy will be one that lasts.
All Star Superman
Never scared of the poignant or the difficult Morrison has the canny knack of shifting seamlessly from the scientific explanation of a Voyager Titan mentally preparing to be launched into deep space for centuries in All Star Superman to the very real failure of Scott Summers to retain his marriage in the wake of post traumatic stress he is unable to express in New X-Men. It his acknowledgment of the need to ground – at least to the degree required for a readers’ mind if not in real terms – absurd statements and events with less abstract and more concise human situations and scenarios, underpinning everything with realistic and recognisable reactions.
He achieves this while still understanding the bare bones of comic book storytelling – still revelling in the idea of superheroes and extreme science fiction and (occasionally) magic. Elevating the subject matters though he does, he knows at all time who he is speaking to – and speaks as one of them, only with greater authority and verve.
He recognises, as all great writers perhaps do – no matter how many stars and space cannons are exploding around the main characters – that it is the individual humanity carefully identified by the writer that each character demonstrates that pins the story to the ground and allows it to resonate with the reader. In the same way that horror relies on the reactions of the participants, Morrison crafts insane worlds that are either (mostly) wholly accepted by its participants or accepted begrudgingly by them. The level of disbelief is relieved most of all by Morrison’s dialogue in which central, authoritative figures matter of factly describe high end science fiction ideas in lyrical and poetic language that causes the reader to wish it were so and, more subtly, believe it is possible. Using real science, meticulously applied and expanded upon, Morrison creates ephemeral worlds on solid foundations, allowing a degree of believability. The idea that Lex Luthor keeps a trained Baboon dressed as Superman in his cell for instance relies on the idea that reinforces Luthor as a genius, capable of manipulating his environment and the malign patience required to train a baboon and the influence to get the materials required. This falls into Morrison’s third greatest trick; an astonishing array of subtext and context to all of his characters. This is demonstrated beautifully, with the realisation that Luthor has a cavernous escape route available at any time through a trap door in his cell. His character is yet further reinforced as Kent is met at the base of stone stairs by an ambiguously aged girl in mild S&M uniform, piloting a Gondola on an underground lake. The iconography involved draws in sexual ambiguity (what is Luthor’s relationship to the girl – later uncovered as his niece, possibly for matters of taste), themes of power and influence and the mythology of the river Styx, as the innocent Kent is slowly taken back out to the living world. This may seem overly detailed and analytical but Morrison is at least that referential. His notes to his artists perhaps second only to the great Alan Moore.
His pacing and use of character is impeccable as he inhabits the mindset and responses of all of his characters – no matter how peripheral. It is in these reactions as Lex Luthor remains steadfastly oblivious to the possibility that Clark Kent has saved him as a prison riot rages around them in All Star Superman – assuming, naturally, that he has the situation well under control when in fact Kent continues to use an array of powers beyond his notice to ease his passage and even save him from a blundering Parasite. Kent remaining true to the honest and unassuming character of Superman to great comic effect.
Arcadia Byron of the Invisibles (Vertigo)
Morrison’s first published works were Gideon Stargrave for the brilliantly titled Near Myths in 1978 at the age of 17. Soon followed Captain Clyde, an out of work superhero for the Govan Press, a local newspaper in Glasgow, plus various issues of DC Thomson’s Starblazer, the sister title to the companies Commando title and the New Adventures of Hitler. He spent much of the early 80s touring with his band The Mixers, putting out the odd Starblazer and Zoids strip for DC Thomson.
In 1982 he submitted a proposal for a storyline involving the Justice League of America and Jack Kirby’s New Gods entitled Second Coming to DC. It was dismissed but his fascination of the New Gods no doubt formed the skeleton of the enormous Final Crisis saga in which Darkseid launches armageddon on an unsuspecting world in a second age of the New Gods using Earth and its inhabitants as hosts and demonic incubators. His desire to write DC’s primary superhero group was no doubt sated with his long run on JLA in 1996 to revamp the team and bring it up to date which he pulled off with Rock of Ages, Earth 2 and World War 3 (in no particular order).
At every stage he proved time and time again that he expanded the material handed to him – writing for 2000AD with Big Dave, Future Shocks and the unusually superhuman for 2000AD – Zenith under his wing before his tenure at DC.
The Filth with Grant Morrison and Gary Erskine (2003)
Upon crossing the Atlantic he demonstrated immediately his capacity for reinventing fringe characters and enhancing them beyond the original idea – taking the near unknown fringe character Animal Man and not only imbuing his character with the real reactions of a man who could channel the powers and thoughts of animals nearby to him but forced him to look through the fourth wall at the reader – breaking the indefinable rules of the medium in the process to brilliant effect.
Morrison is known for treating mainstream established titles in the same way as fringe titles and this has earned him a status as the great re-inventor in Modern comics. He was the man to make Scott Summer’s cool again as he took hold of the X-men universe and rang the life out of it – a process he tried to make un-reconnable – Killing 16 Million Mutants and giving Professor Xavier an unborn, evil sister who returns as a mind slug and unleashes the Shi’ar navy all over the mansion. Introducing a cavalcade of new Mutants some as hilariously and poignantly useless as ‘Beaky’ the featherless, beaked bird boy who batters in the head of the newly uber-feline and faux gay Beast. Jean Grey dies but for once is given no reason to return – as psychic hyper-bitch and new headmistress of Xavier’s Emma Frost sways Scott Summer’s exhausted heart, filling the emotional vacancy usually left by Phoenix every time she summarily carks it. Magneto is beheaded after destroying half of Manhattan and Xavier’s approaches an actual curriculum and focusses on its students for the first time in its history.
Jean and the Beast (New X-Men, 2002)
Morrison often – whether intentionally or not – represents the discussion boards and blogs of the fans – testing theories that are discussed hypothetically on public pages that no one expected to see them on. Batman is killed and returned and given a son in Morrison’s watch. Jason Todd effectively returns breaking the almighty unwritten rule of comic books – partly you suspect out of sheer bloody mindedness. Morrison finally being characteristically brave to investigate the reality of Dick Grayson under the cowl.
Dick Grayson as Batman (Batman, 2009)
The content of his independent titles have become mainstream – for good or ill – leaving many readers of Final Crisis utterly confused as to what was taking place – an abstract Superman tale in which he passes through multiverses in order to combat an abstract thought form made real in storytelling in an ephemeral world populated by reality vampires via a limbo championed by an indifferent Woody Allen-alike in a jesters outfit in order to save Lois Lane in between her penultimate and final heartbeat borders on the lunatic – but is incredibly detailed and worth the three reads it takes to fully grasp the deliberately overlapping realities thrown at it.
Morrison clearly found a like mind in penciller Frank Quitely, bringing to life the inner workings of Professor X’s mind in New X-Men, the gnarled and diseased but lithely libidoed geriatric in Lust for Life from Jamie Delano’s 2020 Visions (Speakeasy comics, 2005), scraping by each other by two volumes of the Authority – Morrison on Volume 4 with Gene Ha and Quitely on Volume 2 with Mark Millar, empowered the new JLA with a little much-needed modern sheen in the book of the same name in the early naughties and reinvented the greatest super hero of them all in All-Star Superman.
But it was WE-3, the story of three prototype ‘animal weapons’ as they flee the project that ‘enhanced’ them encapsulates the creative partnership. Morrison was meticulous as ever with his descriptions and insisted on consistent and protracted revisions of minute details from Quitely in order to produce a work of rare and fine quality. This certainly was achieved as it was released via Vertigo imprint in 2004 to public and critical acclaim. Morrison’s subtlety and nuance of character supplied each of the fleeing and desperate central characters; a rabbit; a cat and a dog a bewilderingly believable character each recognisable as an individual and the drives and psychology of the animal in question. Morrison’s capacity for invention supplied the narrative with a relatively basic speech pattern simulator for each of the animals allowing them to emote through limited cognitive language in a way not human but beyond its species. The effect is a dizzying, gripping and poignant story of extreme science inflicting havoc and chaos on three innocents’ lives – each reacting in their own very specific way. In many ways WE3 is exceptional and as near perfect as a comic book can get because it uses – perhaps most transparently and as such to best effect – Morrison’s greatest creative methodology – to recognise inherent and recognisable characteristics in vulnerable and capable beings and then inflict seven hells of pseudo lunacy on them – in whatever form seems most fun!
We3 (2004, Vertigo) by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely
Most recently, Morrison has become devoutly lambasted for his incredible work in the Batman titles; killing Batman himself, replacing him with Dick Grayson, who struggles with the responsibility of the cowl. The hardened purists in the DC readership continued to make life harder and harder for Morrison to ply his trade. That, combined with his increasingly bizarre statements about his influence and involvement in the comics industry have begun to slow the genius down. His ideas were beginning to outgrow a perhaps more commercially minded DC as it tries to keep up with it’s Red banner rival, Marvel. Increasingly limited in the titles he has been permitted to write, Morrison announced recently that he will be leaving the comics industry behind, citing specifically the antagonising nature of the hardened fan – who actively denounce any major creative changes in the writing of any major character – irrespective of sales or popularity among the general public. This is an enormous loss to the industry and should not be underestimated. Wild card though he was, Morrison was a comic book loving wild card, determined to bring innovation and broad ideas to a fairly staid and unchanging medium. This is the man who finally killed Batman, deified Superman and killed 6 million mutants in 1 issue. Let his comics epitaph read; ‘went down fighting, but took a lot of characters with him.’
X-Men: First Class: Meet the Class 2
June 16, 2011 by Steve Penfold in Film and Comics News, Movies and tagged Alex Summers, Angel Salvadore, Azazel, Beast, Charles Xavier, Emma Frost, Frasier, Hank McCoy, Havok, Jean Grey, Kelsey Grammer, Magneto, Professor Xavier, Scott Summers, Shinobi Shaw, Wolverine, X-Men First Class, X-men: Last Stand | Leave a comment
Hank McCoy is the Beast. Probably the most prominent character from the books to appear in the film – after Prof X and Magneto) and present in X-Men: Last Stand (played by Kelsey Grammar (Frasier) and introduced as an old friend of Professor X). He presents difficulties in that his CGI / Make up is intensive stuff but is a welcome addition to what is a unnecesarily attractive cast for mutated misfits. However will always be the most difficult character of the X-Men to bring fully to life on the big screen. This trailer suggests that Matthew Vaughn might’ve puled it off but without a full reveal who can say.
Emma Frost is / was one of the most challenging characters in the X-Men canon (unprecedented student death toll under her tutelage, unofficial psychic sex therapist to the team, former enemy and the only girl who could take Scott Summers way from Jean Grey – before she died – again) but looks like she’s been reduced to that of a bit player in this trailer. Emma Frost is in alliance with Shinobi Shaw as White Queen to his Black King of the Hellfire Club in the books. Simplified here, Frost looks like she’s a minion. Though to waste a character like Frost seems unlikely – particularly given her introduction in Origins: Wolverine.
This still leaves the familiar Professor X, Magneto, Shinobi Shaw, Angel and (below) Azazel. Plenty more to take a look at then if you haven’t managed to see the film yet.
X-Men First Class: Meet the Class 1
June 15, 2011 by Steve Penfold in Film and Comics News, Movies and tagged Alex Summers, Angel Salvadore, Banshee, Cyclops, Frnacis Xavier, Generation X, Giant Sized X-Men 1, Havok, Magneto, Meet the Class, Mystique, Phalanx, Professor X, Sabretooth, Scott Summers, Sean Cassidy, Students, X-men, X-Men First Class, Xavier | Leave a comment
Banshee: Sean Cassidy in X-Men (introduced as part of the second gen X-Men in Giant Size X-Men 1 along with Wolverine, Colossus, Nightcrawler, Warpath and Storm). Banshee lived on in the comic books for some time, a stable, reliable side character and came into his own as leader of Generation X (alongside Emma Frost) in which he, Frost and Sabretooth kept the next generation of kids out of the way of the Phalanx. In X-Men: New Class he’s almost the only character placed pretty much in line with continuity in the books as his age in the sixties reflects the age he’d be now (relative to Prof X). A mainstay of the books for some time Banshee was killed trying to stop a plane crash.
Havok has occupied most of the theories surrounding the decision to start at the beginning. Havok’s most notable feature in X-Men is that he is brother to Scott Summers (Cyclops) and has always lived slightly in the shadow of his brother. That clearly isn’t the case here as Cyclops is part of the modern day canon of the previous movies. At the X-Men: First Class panel at MCM it was a question aimed squarely at the writers. All they could say was that Havok is related in someway to Scott. Hard to figure out where they’re going with this but if a franchise is built hopefully all will be revealed.
The inclusion of Mystique is an interesting choice. Most viewers of previous X-Movies’d be aware that Mystique has a very clear resolution to her plot line. Her association with Erik Lensherr in this adds a neat reference point to both sets of movies (with the Wolverine Origins franchise sandwiched in the middle).
Practitioners 24: John Romita Jr
March 29, 2011 by Steve Penfold in Practitioners p-t, The Practitioners and tagged 367 Park Avenue South, Acolytes, Al Williamson, Ann Nocenti, Asteroid M, Bishop, Black Panther, Bob Layton, Colossus, Daredevil, David Michelinie, Dazzler, Ditko, Eisner award, Fantastic Four, Glen Brunswick, Gray Area, Green Goblin, Hulk, Icon Imprint, Image Comics, Iron Man, Ironman, John Romita, John Romita Jr, John Romita Sr, Kick Ass, Magneto, Marvel, Marvel Uk, orld War Hulk, Planet Hulk, Pofessor X, Pop Art, Punisher/Batman, Roger Stern, Sentry, Spider-man, The Eternals, The Hulk, Thor, traitor, Ultimate Vision, Uncanny X-Meb, Uncanny X-men, Wolverine, X-men, x-traitor | 1 Comment
John Salvatore Romita Jr or JRJR (born August 17, 1956) is an American comic book artist best known for his extensive work with solely with Marvel comics from the 1970s to present day.
Born and still living in New York city, Romita Jr is influenced heavily by the city around him and that he grew up in. Fittingly he has remained at the company that calls New York home, 367 Park Avenue South or Marvel Comics throughout his professional career and his work has become synonomous with its most famous characters. He was born to John Romita Sr, co-creator of several notable Spider-man stories in the 1960s and 1970s. In true New York style it could be said that drawing Marvel comics is the family business.
Oddly Romita Jr began his career at Marvel UK, doing sketches for covers of reprints. His American debut was with a six part story entitled ‘Chaos at the Coffee Bean!’ in Amazing Spider-man Annual 11 in 1977. At this point Romita Jr’s artwork represented the time it was being produced with clean linework and animation standard (simplified) detailing. But his characterisation and simple adjustments to the panel by panel and simple visual storytelling that was taking place then won him a lot of fans. His characters weightier and more rounded than others, his line work curvaceous and bold when necessary Romita Jr’s style was bold and easily digestible. Romita Jr is a commercial artist, offering bold and brash imagery that feeds the eye more for the same price as other artists.
Romita’s early popularity began however with his run on Iron Man with David Michelinie and artist Bob Layton which began in 1978. He was eventually offered his first regular run on Spider-man in the early 80s and was the artist that launched the Dazzler series. In this period Romita Jr co created the character of the Hobgoblin with writer Roger Stern – a kind of Green Goblin light with his own good / evil morality in play, Hobgoblin represented a genuinely unrestricted and unfamiliar goblin for Spider-man to play with.
Uncanny X-Men 304
From 1983 to 1986 he had a popular run on Uncanny X-Men, introducing the future X-man Bishop in his tenure in a brutal and distinct storyline that battered the edges of what was being done in comics at the time. Romita Jr returned to Uncanny X-Men in 1993 in which he pencilled the Fathers and Son’s crossover Uncanny issue in which Prof X and Magneto collide and Magneto has his mind removed. He depicted the turning of Colossus and his joining of the Acolytes and the showdown between Xavier and his X-Men and Magneto and his Acolytes on Asteroid M in the Fathers and Sons X-over that made history with the release of X-Men 25. Romita Jr’s work was bold, reminiscent of 50s and 60s pop art and exploded from the page in a way nobody else’s did at the time.
But prior to his second stint on Uncanny X-Men Romita was granted an extended stint on Daredevil with writer Ann Nocenti and Eisner award winning inker Al Williamson. In this period he began to develop the Romita Jr style we see now. Shoulders and shape became more developed and something significant happened… Romita Jr broke the rules…
Most artists use a series of bubbles in place of parts of the body in order to decide placement, perspective and shape. The leg would be perhaps five parts (the longer larger upper leg, the smaller oval knee joint, the slightly bannister like lower leg / shin, perhaps a round joint at the ankle joint to indicate a change of angle and an uneven tear drop shape to form the foot). You can achieve this easily with every body part and build an entire Human frame using these bags. You then pencil over it, define the shape clearly and subsume it in ink – hiding your working underneath all that.
Romita Jr doesn’t. His characters are effectively the same set of shapes inflated and deflated according to the size and shape of the character. The sawn off frame of Wolverine is the same as the tall powerful frame as Colossus. The Punisher from Romita Jr’s very cool run in Punisher: War Journal is the same shape as Wolverine. Art law says this is bad practice. That by showing your working and working from such a clear template is not art. Romita Jr has made one thing clear in the nicest possible way. He simply doesn’t give a shit. And neither should he.
Romita Jr’s success is built on these parameters. The characters represent mannequins on which Romita Jr applies the feelings and the events that are taking place around them. He applies garish, squared and diametrically even surroundings that draw in the eye and hold it there. He isn’t a naturalist or a life artist, Romita Jr is a comic artist and a purist and never an apologist.
He has built an incredible career with the same company (even his other company credits are Kick Ass – printed through Marvel’s Icon Imprint, Punisher/Batman in association with Marvel as well as DC and admittedly 1 credit with the Gray Area 1-3 in 2004 with Glen Brunswick for Image Comics). He is a class act and no freelancer – he has a job with a reputable company which he is doing well and there is no reason he should stop doing it.
Rolling out Spider-man, Avengers (most recently the new Avengers series), Black Panther, Daredevil, Iron Man, Cable, Punisher, The Eternals, The Hulk, Fantastic Four, Thor, X-Men, Ultimate Vision, Wolverine, Sentry and pretty much the only thing worth picking up World War Hulk for by ingraining it with such force and mind-bending power on each that it was a joy to behold.
The fact is with Romita Jr, you can see the workings but you can also see the most basic rules of comic book art. Clean lines reminiscent of the 60s era in comic books, graphic and bold line work that still belongs on an Andy Warhol Pop art wall hanging. Romita Jr is keeping historic conventions alive and kicking in his work. If you look at his work you can still see the influence of Ditko and his dad, Romita Jr and the reason that everything we see in comic books today comes from it. I hope Romita Jr remains at Marvel for a great many years.
He’ll be attending the Kapow Comicon in London on April 9-10th and I hope to catch him there. My work isn’t much like his but frankly I think that’s because I’m not sure I’ve fully learned how to draw comics.
Jonathan Ross gets a movie offer without writing the book!!
February 18, 2011 by Steve Penfold in Film and Comics News and tagged Bastard!, Clint Eastwood, Jack Nicholson, Jane Goldman, Jonathan Ross, Kick Ass, Magneto, Matthew Vaughn, Professor X, Turf, Warren Beatty, X-Men First Class, Xavier | Leave a comment
Horse faced television presenter Jonathan Ross has grabbed an accolade formerly only the most seasoned or lucky comic creatives enjoy. A stone cold offer to make his material into a film from one of the most powerful directors in Hollywood.
According to movie source website Deadline, Matthew Vaughn, Director of Kick Ass and currently putting the finishing touches on Marvel Cuban Missile Crisis and Professor X and Magneto Biopic X-Men: First Class is interested in a third super-hero film ‘The Golden Age.’
The comic book tells the tale of retired superheroes who are forced to don their costumes and help their grandchildren after their middle-aged parents “screw up the world”.
And Vaughn is certainly thinking massive when it comes to his cast for the film. His wish-list includes Clint Eastwood, Jack Nicholson and Warren Beatty – which frankly make it incredible to watch.
Vaughn said, “You have these great star names and they’re mainly playing supporting roles now. I want to give them the lead again and let them have some fun.”
Still it’s no massive surprise that the J Ross (television celebrity) has managed to skip the queue with his follow up to ‘Turf’ on this one as Vaughn’s regular writing partner is Jane Goldman, Jonathan’s wife. So it’s not what you know but… hey, we already knew that…
Class Half Full? First Class Trailer Hits The Net!
February 11, 2011 by Dan Thompson in Movies and tagged Cold War, Magneto, Marvel, Matthew Vaughn, Nerd-Rage, Trailer, X-men, X-Men First Class | 4 Comments
The first trailer for X-Men First Class went live last night and the nerd rage reaction has been predictably explosive. Some people are really REALLY angry about this movie. To be fair on Fox, this trailer looks kinda ok but with the buzz surrounding some of the other superhero films this year ‘kinda ok’ may not be enough to cut it. As I’ve said before, I really love Matthew Vaughn’s work and I have a suspicion that this film could end up falling into that odd category of films that have nothing to do with the source material but are still pretty good as films…films like *ducks* Constantine.
I’m so far on the fence about this film right now that I’ll need an forklift to get me down, but some of the stuff in this trailer has at least made me feel that the film may not be the train wreck that it was looking like a few months ago. Time will tell, X-lovers, time will tell.
First Look at First Class?
January 19, 2011 by Dan Thompson in Movies and tagged Charles Xavier, Costumes, Film, Magneto, Matthew Vaughn, X-men, X-Men First Class | 4 Comments
Afternoon chaps,
Several web outlets are reporting the following photo as being the first official shot of the cast of the upcoming Matthew Vaughn directed “X-Men: First Class”. It’s hard to say right now whether it’s real or not as the studio aren’t commenting but it certainly looks convincing. A number of sites including MSN and MTV have pulled the photo since it’s release yesterday but this could either be because they don’t buy it as real or that the studio got the lawyers on to them. Personally, I think it’s probably the real Hank McCoy but with the power of photoshop these days it’s always hard to say for 100% so just keep that in mind.
Left to right: Michael Fassbender as Magneto; Rose Byrne as Moira MacTaggert; January Jones as Emma Frost; Jason Flemyng as Azazel ; Nicholas Hoult as Beast; Lucas Till as Havok; Zoe Kravitz as Angel; Jennifer Lawrence as Mystique; James McAvoy as Xavier.
So assuming this is genuine, what can we learn from it? Well first up it’s clear that they’re not going for continuity here. Of the actual X-Men team that featured in the First Class comic, the only one who makes an appearance is Beast and even then it’s in his more familiar fuzzy look rather than the way he looked in the book. Angel gets a wee nod in the inclusion of Angel Salvator (nope, me neither. Apparently she’s from New Warriors) but there’s no sign of Jean Grey or Cyclops anywhere.
On the surface it smacks to me of the kind of random menagerie casting that they employed in Wolverine and X3. Take a tonne of B list comic characters who are well known enough to make comic fans go see the film but obscure enough that you can largely ignore everything about them. That said, this is Matthew “Kick-Ass” Vaughn that we’re talking about here so a degree of patience is perhaps required. I’m still pretty confident that my love of Cyclops will eventually overcome my enthusiasm for new takes on old ideas and this blog will wind up hosting a “Why is Hollywood so scared of boy scout heroes?!” rant, but for the time being I shall hold my peace and see where it goes. After all the costumes do look very cool.
That said, if this is the look they’re going with for Professor X, then he sure as hell better have a very close encounter with a set of hair clippers within ten minutes of the film starting. Seriously, some heads are meant to be bald.
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19 Responses to India’s sub-optimal nuclear weapons capability
Vishnugupt says:
Prof. what is you take on “vela Incident”? Can Indian MI and R&AW pull of something like that if they want to?
Bharat Karnad says:
No. Vela was the flash picked up by US satellite in Fall 1979 at the South African testing site and is attributed by some to an Israeli/Pretoria N-device. It had Washington’s blessings. What India has to do is in the face of US/West European/Chinese opposition.
manav (@manavjivan) says:
US adversary Putin’s Russia would sell thermonuclear design blue prints for the right amount of dollars. Modi needs to start on this, one or the other way.
Russia is the only nation which leases nuclear subs to India and one who provided full consultancy to make INS Arihant at home. Russia & Korea del Norte are 2 best sources for India to procure its needs on its Hydrogen bomb albeit clandestinely through diplomatic pouches.
“But the project was still not getting anywhere,” says V. Koithara in the book Managing India’s Nuclear Forces. “India then sought and got much more substantial Russian help than had been envisaged earlier. The construction of the submarine’s hull began in 1998, and a basically Russian-designed 83 megawatt pressurised-water reactor was fitted in the hull nine years later.”
Ashok Parthasarthi, a former science and technology adviser to the late Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, sums up the extent of Russian assistance: “India’s first indigenous nuclear submarine, INS Arihant…would have just been impossible to realise without Russia’s massive all-round consultancy, technology transfer, technical services and training, technical ‘know-how’ and ‘show-how,’ design of the submarine as a whole, and above all numerous operational ‘tips’ based on 50 years of experience in designing, building and operating nuclear submarines.”
According to Bidwai, “Scores of Russian engineers were sent to India to aid the DAE and DRDO….It was the Russians who supplied the vital designs, precision equipment based on their VM-5 reactor, and the technology of miniaturising the reactor.”
India has the ingredients in the form of Uranium/Plutonium/Tritium/deuterium. All it needs is a pure design/building blocks or know-how know-why and show-how.
Where there’s a will there’s a way – or the highway in this case.
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~!@#$%^&*()_+ says:
Even if Putin is ready to sell designs, how will you be sure about those designs without testing? The same holds true of the indigenous efforts on this front, presuming there are any. And what would you gain by having these designs? You won’t be able to extrapolate anything into your own designs without needing further tests.
There is no alternative to testing. You cannot seriously expect a nation of 130 crore to rely on untested designs received from elsewhere.
Even a small neta of a mere 2.5 crore north koreans (equal to Delhi NCR) ensured his equipment is tested. How much more pitiable can the whole situation get for us.
This small neta is net-net equivalent to Kejriwal in terms of his people power. You can hate him you can rant against him but he is a true patriot who has stood up and gotten counted for his country.
Kim did it because he had nothing to loose. His country men are already eating and smoking grass.
They can’t hold a candle light vigil or protest in front of Jantar Mantar like we do. Remember “Tienanmen square”?
People’s immediate demand comes first to an Indian PM’s agenda.
Perils of democracy my friend.
Tests can not be done without abrogating 1-2-3 nuclear agreement and thereby suffering damages as India must return the Uranium imported.besides other serious stuff as per article 14 (4) of the “right to return” which reads:
{{{Following the cessation of cooperation under this Agreement, either Party shall have the right to require the return by the other Party of any nuclear material, equipment, non-nuclear material or components transferred under this Agreement and any special fissionable material produced through their use.}}}
India can, by doling out cash to Russia, ask for actual innards/cutout of hydrogen bomb design beside blue prints and Russian computer nuclear explosion simulation tests records.
By not testing India would remain at the same level with an “impotent bomb” (as said by Brahma Chellaney) anyway. But the BARC community would have learned much more for the future or actually building weapons on those devices. The deterrence factor for India would remain at the same level.
Supercomputer simulates nuclear explosion down to the molecular level << Read this:
https://io9.gizmodo.com/5916320/supercomputer-simulates-nuclear-explosion-down-to-the-molecular-level
{{{Sequoia (supercomputer) will simulate nuclear explosions to a degree that was previously impossible, but it will also give researchers insight into what's happening to weapons in the country's weapons stockpile without actually testing nuclear bombs}}}
https://www.wired.com/2012/06/top500-llnl/
On Kejriwal I found you to be 100% right though.
The 123 Ag is no big deal — the country would have been better without it. A country can do only so much with simulation as basis for N-weapons. Moreover, the country doesn’t have the quality computing at scale and with speeds required for the stuff you are referring to. So, that’s no go. Russia will not sell India any remotely relevant tech considering the Modi government is over-tilting to the US side. Conclusion: there’s no escaping resumption of testing for credible and reliable hydrogen weapons.
&^%$#@! says:
The living conditions of many if not most Indians in the hinterlands is about the same level as those in NoKo (or perhaps even worse). India has quite a few designs. All this GDP BS doesn’t affect them. BTW, I would discount Koithara here,
Global hunger index 2017:
India 100th (out of 119) on global hunger index, trails North Korea, Bangladesh …
http://idrw.org/agni-vi-indias-next-missile-all-set-to-surprise-the-world/
Agni-VI with 6,000-7,500 km range and ability to carry a larger multiple independently targetable re-entry vehicles (MIRVs) payload capability over Agni-V will send shockwaves not only in Bejing but also in all European countries which will be put them under Agni-VI range. Speculation is also there that Upgraded lighter Agni-V might be tested with MIRV Capability with under reported range to pass it off as just an improved Agni-V to keep nerves calm in many countries with whom India is working in trying to secure its entry in the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG).
IDRW blog has lot of sensationalism and is full of jingoism.
The real situation regarding the Indian capitulation is even more shameful.
Re. manav
@manav,
I don't doubt if somebody else is willing and capable of doing it. I do doubt if BARC is capable of doing it.
Molecular level predictability (for a secondary) being built into a model will require data of that kind. Secondary predictability is doubted.
You can sure source equipment from anywhere but without testing it is neither deployable nor does it enter into deterrence perceptions. People test out rifles and ammo which has hardly changed in last 100 years. A secondary working at extremes of conditions, conditions that are not available except through destructive testing, will require testing even to gather test data that will feed into the models to be predicted.
There is an alternative too in that the Shakti TN test was itself a result of received wisdom, meant to be tested only once. But personally I would regard it a fantasy.
Today we have at least 2 nuke powers (China and Pakistan) needling India. No other nuke power does that to any other nuke power.
{{{Conclusion: there’s no escaping resumption of testing for credible and reliably hydrogen weapons.}}}
Not gonna happen in foreseeable future.
Writing is on the wall.
Its not Modi’s cup of tea aka Jumlebaaz.
As Gen. Sundarji would put it “the blind men of Hindoostan” dropped the ball……again.
Having said that, i can’t see why the blind men in Delhi are shying away from testing & inducting agni-6 with MIRVs. And doing away with the so called “no first use” policy.
There a lot a country can do with 20KT warheads, assuming the planners know what to do with it. Like the saying go in hindi “Tezi goli me nahi, chalane wale me hoti hai”
You are whining over thermo nuclear weapons and on the other hand the army doesn’t even have a reliable assault rifle & basic BPJs, the navy don’t even have mine sweepers, and lets not talk about the state of submarines. The situation is dire my friend.
The 20KT ones are enough to scare the Paki sissys, but even a 50MT thermo nuclear device won’t deter the Chines mark my word.
You know why? That is because the Chinese are ” the masters of weiqi “, they are playing the game of encirclement, and eating away our territory and sphere of influence inch by inch.
Their strategy is way too sophisticated for thermo nuclear devices to act as a deterrent.
Computer simulation somewhat over-rated. It may be absolute truth to pseudo-scientists and charlatans like RC and KS,…When China was preparing for s first A -bomb test it needed to test the Monte Carlo simulations given by the Russians. They used a huge abacus – a 3 ton monster which today resides in a museum.
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Sir can Our Country conduct an underwater N-Test ? i watched some videos of it & countries have done it,so can India do that or we can improve our Thermonucelar designs via testing done by Vietnam ?
India has more incentive to test after India has thorium based reactors (stage 3). When India will test is speculation, but there is an upper bound in the later half of this century.
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Complaint to God (Alasdair Gray’s Lanark)
December 29, 2019 BibliokleptLeave a comment
The more he worked the more the furious figure of God kept popping in and having to be removed: God driving out Adam and Eve for learning to tell right from wrong, God preferring meat to vegetables and making the first planter hate the first herdsman, God wiping the slate of the world clean with water and leaving only enough numbers to start multiplying again, God fouling up language to prevent the united nations reaching him at Babel, God telling a people to invade, exterminate and enslave for him, then letting other people do the same back. Disaster followed disaster to the horizon until Thaw wanted to block it with the hill and gibbet where God, sick to death of his own violent nature, tried to let divine mercy into the world by getting hung as the criminal he was. It was comical to think he achieved that by telling folk to love and not hurt each other. Thaw groaned aloud and said, “I don’t enjoy hounding you like this, but I refuse to gloss the facts. I admire most of your work. I don’t even resent the ice ages, even if they did make my ancestors carnivorous. I’m astonished by your way of leading fertility into disaster, then repairing the disaster with more fertility. If you were a busy dung beetle pushing the sun above the skyline, if you had the head of a hawk or the horns and legs of a goat I would understand and sympathize. If you headed a squabbling committee of Greek departmental chiefs I would sympathize. But your book claims you are a man, the one perfect man of whom we are imperfect copies. And then you have the bad taste to put yourself in it. Only the miracle of my genius stops me feeling depressed about this, and even so my brushes are clogged by theology, that bastard of the sciences. Let me remember that a painting, before it is anything else, is a surface on which colours are arranged in a certain order.
From Alasdair Gray’s novel Lanark.
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A review of Ishmael Reed’s Christmas satire, The Terrible Twos
Christmas is here, so let me recommend a Christmas novel for you: Ishmael Reed’s The Terrible Twos (1982). I read it back in unChristmasy August and dipped into it a bit again today, looking for a passage or two to share. Maybe the bit where Santa Claus starts an anti-capitalist riot in Times Square?, or where the First Lady is electrocuted while lighting the White House Christmas tree?, or where the idiot U.S. President meets Harry Truman in A Christmas Carol tour of hell? I scrounged for a big fat citation that works on its own, but I kept wanting to build a frame, set a stage, and ended up with this instead, a “review,” a recommendation. A stage setting. Of course, Ishmael Reed’s novels create their own stages, their own contexts and rhythms, and each paragraph, each sentence, each note fits into that context, blaring or humming or blasting the reader. Reed’s satire is simultaneously bitter and salty and sweet and sharp sharp sharp, the sort of strange rich dish you gobble up too fast and then, Hell!, it gives you weird dreams. For months.
But nice fat slices of Reed’s prose can be served on their own, as John Leonard’s 1982 NYT review of The Terrible Twos shows. Leonard’s review is ten paragraphs long and he quotes Reed in full for two of those paragraphs, including this one, the longest paragraph in the piece:
Two-year-olds are what the id would look like if the id could ride a tricycle. That’s the innocent side of 2, but the terrible side as well. A terrible world the world of 2-year-olds. The world of the witch’s door you knock on when your mother told you not to go near the forest in the first place. Pigs building houses of straw. Vain and egotistic gingerbread men who end up riding on the nose of a fox. Nightmares in the closet. Someone is constantly trying to eat them up. The gods of winter crave them – the gods of winter who, some say, are represented by the white horse that St. Nicholas, or St. Nick, rides as he enters Amsterdam, his blackamoor servant, Peter, following with his bag of switches and candy. Two-year-olds are constantly looking over their shoulders for the man in the shadows carrying the bag. Black Peter used to carry them across the border into Spain.
Leonard (who describes the paragraph as “a kind of jive transcendence”— I’ll settle for “transcendence”) offers up this nugget as a condensation of Reed’s themes and mythologies. The paragraph neatly conveys the central idea of Reed’s novel, that American capitalism refuses to allow its subjects to Grow Up. It’s a tidyish paragraph. Tidyish. Reed always sprawls into some new mumbo jumbo. The anarchic energy of his prose digs up old mythologies, boots skeletons out closets, and makes all the old ghosts of Western history sing and dance.
So there’s a lot going in The Terrible Twos’ not-quite 200 pages. Should I take a stab at unjumbling the plot? Okay, so: Reagan is elected president. Things are bad. Rough for, like, the people. Fast forward a few terms, to the early/mid-nineties (Reed’s future…this is a sci-fi fantasy). Former fashion model Dean Clift ascends to the Presidency. Only he’s just a puppet for his cabinet, a cabal of war-profiteering zealots secretly planning a genocidal operation that would not only destroy a nuclear-armed African nation, but also “rid America of surplus people.” Surplus = poor. After Clift’s wife dies in a freak (not-really-freak) Christmas-tree-lighting accident, his life changes, and Saint Nicholas (like, the real Santa) comes to visit him. Santa takes the President on a Dantean-cum-Dickensian trip through the hell of American past. The poor dumb idiot President transforms his soul. Hearing Truman lament the bombing of Hiroshima might do that (not that that’s the only horror that haunts this novel—but a nuclear winter is not a winter wonderland, and Reed’s characters, despite their verve, are all suffering from Cold War Blues). Clift goes on TV and advocates a Christmas Change—but too late. The conspiracy cabinet hits him with the 25th Amendment to the United States Constitution. Reed gives a history lesson to the highest office of the land, changes the man’s life, and then imprisons him in a sanatorium. Satire at its cruelest.
But hell, what am I doing here, foregrounding President Clift? Or even Santa? There’s so much more going on in The Terrible Twos: the secret sect of Nicolites who worship Saint Nick; devotees of Black Peter (a version of the Dutch tradition of “Zwarte Piet”); the North Pole syndicate; secret agents, thugs, and sundry assassins; punk rioters; a rasta dwarf (um, Black Peter). And somehow I’ve left out the novel’s semi-hapless hero, Nance Saturday…
Look, the plot—the picaresque, mumbo-jumbo, always-mutating plot of The Terrible Twos is, yes, fun—but it’s the prose, the energy, the commentary, and, yes, the prescience of the novel that makes it so engrossing and fun and terrifying. This is a book that begins: “By Christmas, 1980, the earth had had enough and was beginning to send out hints,” a book that has the American President meeting with the American Nazi Party in the Oval Office, a book that has one character comment to another, on the election of Reagan, that “It feels good to be a white man again with him in office.” The satire’s prescience is painful, but Reed’s wisdom—the ballast of this ever-shifting picaresque—anchors the commentary in a deeper condemnation: It has always been this way. Ishmael Reed seems so prescient because we keep failing the past. Same as it ever was. Thus The Terrible Twos plays out in a series of plots and schemes, retaliations and riots—but also wry comments and righteous resistance. And so if Reed’s analysis of American history is unbearably heavy, it also points towards a negation of that heavy history, towards a vision of something better.
I shall give the last words to Reed’s Santa:
Two years old, that’s what we are, emotionally—America, always wanting someone to hand us some ice cream, always complaining, Santa didn’t bring me this and why didn’t Santa bring me that…Nobody can reason with us. Nobody can tell us anything. Millions of people are staggering about and passing out in the snow and we say that’s tough. We say too bad to the children who don’t have milk….I say it’s time to pull these naughty people off their high chairs and get them to clean up their own shit. Let’s hit them where it hurts, ladies and gentlemen. In their pockets. Let’s stop buying their war toys, their teddy bears, their dolls, tractors, wagons, their video games, their trees. Trees belong in the forest.
A riot ensues.
Very highly recommended.
[Editorial note: Biblioklept ran a version of this review in December, 2017].
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Nervous and excitable persons need to talk a great deal, by way of letting off their steam | Nathaniel Hawthorne’s journal entry for December 13th, 1853
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December 13th.—Chill, frosty weather; such an atmosphere as forebodes snow in New England, and there has been a little here. Yet I saw a barefooted young woman yesterday. The feet of these poor creatures have exactly the red complexion of their hands, acquired by constant exposure to the cold air.
At the ferry-room, this morning, was a small, thin, anxious-looking woman, with a bundle, seeming in rather poor circumstances, but decently dressed, and eying other women, I thought, with an expression of slight ill-will and distrust; also, an elderly, stout, gray-haired woman, of respectable aspect, and two young lady-like persons, quite pretty, one of whom was reading a shilling volume of James’s “Arabella Stuart.” They talked to one another with that up-and-down intonation which English ladies practise, and which strikes an unaccustomed ear as rather affected, especially in women of size and mass. It is very different from an American lady’s mode of talking: there is the difference between color and no color; the tone variegates it. One of these young ladies spoke to me, making some remark about the weather,—the first instance I have met with of a gentlewoman’s speaking to an unintroduced gentleman. Besides these, a middle-aged man of the lower class, and also a gentleman’s out-door servant, clad in a drab great-coat, corduroy breeches, and drab cloth gaiters buttoned from the knee to the ankle. He complained to the other man of the cold weather; said that a glass of whiskey, every half-hour, would keep a man comfortable; and, accidentally hitting his coarse foot against one of the young lady’s feet, said, “Beg pardon, ma’am,”—which she acknowledged with a slight movement of the head. Somehow or other, different classes seem to encounter one another in an easier manner than with us; the shock is less palpable. I suppose the reason is that the distinctions are real, and therefore need not be continually asserted.
Nervous and excitable persons need to talk a great deal, by way of letting off their steam.
On board the Rock Ferry steamer, a gentleman coming into the cabin, a voice addresses him from a dark corner, “How do you do, sir?”—”Speak again!” says the gentleman. No answer from the dark corner; and the gentleman repeats, “Speak again!” The speaker now comes out of the dark corner, and sits down in a place where he can be seen. “Ah!” cries the gentleman, “very well, I thank you. How do you do? I did not recognize your voice.” Observable, the English caution, shown in the gentleman’s not vouchsafing to say, “Very well, thank you!” till he knew his man.
What was the after life of the young man, whom Jesus, looking on, “loved,” and bade him sell all that he had, and give to the poor, and take up his cross and follow him? Something very deep and beautiful might be made out of this.
Nathaniel Hawthorne’s journal entry for December 13th, 1853. From Passages from the English Note-Books.
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On the Halloween chapter of William Gaddis’s novel Carpenter’s Gothic
October 31, 2019 October 29, 2019 BibliokleptLeave a comment
Mischief Night, Jamie Wyeth
The fourth of seven unnumbered chapters in William Gaddis’s Carpenter’s Gothic is set over the course of Halloween, moving from morning, into afternoon, and then night. Halloween is an appropriately Gothic setting for the midpoint of Gaddis’s postmodern Gothic novel, and there are some fascinating turns in this central chapter.
A summary with spoilers is not necessary here. Suffice to say that our heroine Elizabeth Booth is left alone on Halloween in the dilapidated Rural Gothic style house she and her awful husband Paul rent from mysterious Mr. McCandless. As Paul exits the house to go on one his many fruitless business trips, he notices that some neighborhood kids have already played their Halloween tricks:
He had the front door open but he stood there, looking out, looking up, —little bastards look at that, not even Halloween till tonight but they couldn’t wait… Toilet paper hung in disconsolate streamers from the telephone lines, arched and drooped in the bared maple branches reaching over the windows of the frame garage beyond the fence palings where shaving cream spelled fuck. —Look keep the doors locked, did this last night Christ knows what you’re in for tonight… and the weight of his hand fell away from her shoulder, —Liz? just try and be patient? and he pulled the door hard enough for the snap of the lock to startle her less with threats locked out than herself locked in, to leave her steadying a hand on the newel…
The kids’ Halloween antics take on a particularly sinister aspect here, set against the stark New England background Gaddis conjures. We get gloomy streamers, desolate trees, and the bald, ugly signification of one lone word: fuck. (Fuck and its iterations, along with Gaddis’s old favorite God damn, are bywords in Carpenter’s Gothic). Paul’s reading of this scene is also sinister; he underscores the Gothic motif in telling Elizabeth to “keep the doors locked” because she doesn’t know what she’s “in for tonight.” Tellingly, the aural snap of Paul’s exit shows us that Elizabeth is ultimately more paranoid about being locked in. Indeed, by the middle of the novel, we see her increasingly trapped in her (haunted) house. The staircase newel, an image that Gaddis uses repeatedly in the novel, becomes her literal support. Elizabeth spends the rest of the morning avoiding chores before eventually vomiting and taking a nap.
Then, Gaddis propels us forward a few hours with two remarkable paragraphs (or, I should say, two paragraphs upon which I wish to remark). Here is the first post-nap paragraph:
She woke abruptly to a black rage of crows in the heights of those limbs rising over the road below and lay still, the rise and fall of her breath a bare echo of the light and shadow stirred through the bedroom by winds flurrying the limbs out there till she turned sharply for the phone and dialed slowly for the time, up handling herself with the same fragile care to search the mirror, search the world outside from the commotion in the trees on down the road to the straggle of boys faces streaked with blacking and this one, that one in an oversize hat, sharing kicks and punches up the hill where in one anxious glimpse the mailman turned the corner and was gone.
What a fantastic sentence. Gaddis’s prose here reverberates with sinister force, capturing (and to an extent, replicating) Elizabeth’s disorientation. Dreadful crows and flittering shadows shake Elizabeth, and searching for stability she telephones for the time. (If you are a young person perhaps bewildered by this detail: This is something we used to do. We used to call a number for the time. Like, the time of day. You can actually still do this. Call the US Naval Observatory at 202-762-1069 if you’re curious what this aesthetic experience is like). The house’s only clock is broken, further alienating Elizabeth from any sense of normalcy. In a mode of “fragile care,” anxious Elizabeth glances in the mirror, another Gothic symbol that repeats throughout this chapter. She then spies the “straggle of boys” (a neat parallel to the “black rage of crows” at the sentence’s beginning) already dressed up in horrorshow gear for mischief night and rumbling with violence. The mailman—another connection to the outside world, to some kind of external and steadying authority—simply disappears.
Here is the next paragraph:
Through the festoons drifting gently from the wires and branches a crow dropped like shot, and another, stabbing at a squirrel crushed on the road there, vaunting black wings and taking to them as a car bore down, as a boy rushed the road right down to the mailbox in the whirl of yellowed rust spotted leaves, shouts and laughter behind the fence palings, pieces of pumpkin flung through the air and the crows came back all fierce alarm, stabbing and tearing, bridling at movement anywhere till finally, when she came out to the mailbox, stillness enveloped her reaching it at arm’s length and pulling it open. It looked empty; but then there came sounds of hoarded laughter behind the fence palings and she was standing there holding the page, staring at the picture of a blonde bared to the margin, a full tumid penis squeezed stiff in her hand and pink as the tip of her tongue drawing the beading at its engorged head off in a fine thread. For that moment the blonde’s eyes, turned to her in forthright complicity, held her in their steady stare; then her tremble was lost in a turn to be plainly seen crumpling it, going back in and dropping it crumpled on the kitchen table.
The paragraph begins with the Gothic violence of the crows “stabbing and tearing” at a squirrel. Gaddis fills Carpenter’s Gothic with birds—in fact, the first words of the novel are “The bird”—a motif that underscores the possibility of flight, of escape (and entails its opposite–confinement, imprisonment). These crows are pure Halloween, shredding small mammals as the wild boys smash pumpkins. Elizabeth exits the house (a rare vignette in Carpenter’s Gothic, which keeps her primarily confined inside it) to check the mail. The only message that has been delivered to her though is from the Halloween tricksters, who cruelly laugh at their prank. The pornographic image, ripped from a magazine, is described in such a way that the blonde woman trapped within it comes to life, “in forthright complicity,” making eye contact with Elizabeth. There’s an intimation of aggressive sexual violence underlying the prank, whether the boys understand this or not. The scrap of paper doubles their earlier signal, the shaving creamed fuck written on the garage door.
Elizabeth recovers herself to signify steadiness in return, demonstratively crumpling the pornographic scrap—but she takes it with her, back into the house, where it joins the other heaps of papers, scraps, detritus of media and writing that make so much of the content of the novel. Here, the pornographic scrap takes on its own sinister force. Initially, Elizabeth sets out to compose herself anew; the next paragraph finds her descending the stairs, “differently dressed now, eyeliner streaked on her lids and the
colour unevenly matched on her paled cheeks,” where she answers the ringing phone with “a quaver in her hand.” The scene that follows is an extraordinary displacement in which the phone takes on a phallic dimension, and Elizabeth imaginatively correlates herself with the blonde woman in the pornographic picture. She stares at this image the whole time she is on the phone while a disembodied male voice demands answers she cannot provide:
The voice burst at her from the phone and she held it away, staring down close at the picture as though something, some detail, might have changed in her absence, as though what was promised there in minutes, or moments, might have come in a sudden burst on the wet lips as the voice broke from the phone in a pitch of invective, in a harried staccato, broke off in a wail and she held it close enough to say —I’m sorry Mister Mullins, I don’t know what to… and she held it away again bursting with spleen, her own fingertip smoothing the still fingers hoarding the roothairs of the inflexible surge before her with polished nails, tracing the delicate vein engorged up the curve of its glistening rise to the crown cleft fierce with colour where that glint of beading led off in its fine thread to the still tongue, mouth opened without appetite and the mascaraed eyes unwavering on hers without a gleam of hope or even expectation, —I don’t know I can’t tell you!
Gaddis’s triple repetition of the verb burst links the phone to the phallus and links Elizabeth to the blonde woman. This link is reinforced by the notation of the woman’s “mascaraed eyes,” a detail echoing the paragraph’s initial image of Elizabeth descending the stairs with streaked eyeliner. The final identification between the two is the most horrific—Elizabeth reads those eyes, that image, that scrap of paper, as a work “without a gleam of hope or even expectation.” Doom.
Elizabeth is “saved,” if only temporarily, by the unexpected arrival of the mysterious Mr. McCandless, who quickly stabilizes the poor woman. Gaddis notes that McCandless “caught the newel with her hand…He had her arm, had her hand in fact firm in one of his.” When he asks why she is so upset, she replies, “It’s the, just the mess out there, Halloween out there…” McCandless chalks the mess up to “kids with nothing to do,” but Elizabeth reads in it something more sinister: “there’s a meanness.” McCandless counters that “it’s plain stupidity…There’s much more stupidity than there is malice in the world.” This phrase “Halloween out there” repeats three times in the chapter, suggesting a larger signification—it isn’t just Halloween tonight, but rather, as McCandless puts it, the night is “Like the whole damned world isn’t it.” It’s always Halloween out there in Carpenter’s Gothic, and this adds up to mostly malice of mostly stupidity in this world—depending on how you read it.
The second half of the chapter gives over to McCandless, who comes to unexpectedly inhabit the novel’s center. Elizabeth departs, if only for a few hours, leaving McCandless alone, if only momentarily. A shifty interlocutor soon arrives on the thresh hold of his Carpenter Gothic home, and we learn some of his fascinating background. It’s a strange moment in a novel that has focused so intently on the consciousness of Elizabeth, but coming in the novel’s center, it acts as a stabilizing force. I won’t go into great detail here—I think much of what happens when McCandless is the center of the narrative is best experienced without any kind of spoiler—but we get at times from him a sustained howl against the meanness and stupidity of the world. He finally ushers his surprise interlocutor out of his home with the following admonition: “It’s Halloween out there too.”
[Ed. note–Biblioklept first published this post in October of 2018.]
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Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah, lujah, lujah, lujah, hallelujah, lujah, hallelujah.| From Alfred Döblin’s Berlin Alexanderplatz
October 23, 2019 BibliokleptLeave a comment
And there are mountains, and the old man gets up and says to his son: come with me. Come with me, says the old man to his son, and he goes and his son goes with him, and they walk together into the mountains, up and down, mountains and valleys. How much further, Father? I don’t know, we are walking uphill, downhill, into the mountains, come with me. Are you tired, son, don’t you want to come with me. Oh, I’m not tired, if you want me to come, I’ll come. Yes, come. Up, down, valleys, it’s a long way, it’s midday, we’ve arrived. Look about you, son, is that an altar. Father, I am afraid. Why are you afraid, son? You woke me, we went out early, and we forgot the sheep we meant to sacrifice. Yes, we forgot it. Up and down, the long valleys, we forgot it, the sheep is not with us, there is the altar, I am afraid. I must take off my coat, are you afraid, my son. Yes, Father, I am afraid. I am afraid too, son, come closer, don’t be afraid, we must do it. What must we do? Up and down, the long valleys, I got up so early. Fear not, son, do it willingly, come closer to me, I have taken off my coat, so as not to bloody the sleeves. I am afraid, because you have the knife. Yes, I have the knife, I must slaughter you, I must sacrifice you, the Lord commands it, do it gladly, my son.
No, I cannot do it, I will scream, don’t touch me, I don’t want to be slaughtered. Now you are on your knees, do not scream, my son. Yes, I am screaming. Do not scream; if you don’t want, then I can’t do it, you must want it. Up and down, why should I not go home again. What will you do at home, is not the Lord more than a home. I cannot, yes I can, no I cannot. Move closer, see, I have the knife here, look at it, it is very sharp, it will touch your throat. Will it cut my throat? Yes. Then the blood will bubble forth? Yes. The Lord wills it. Do you want it? I cannot yet, Father. Come quickly, I must not slay you; if I do it, then it must be as though you did it unto yourself. I unto myself? Ah. Yes, and be not afraid. Ah. And not live life, not live your life, because you will give it unto the Lord. Move closer. The Lord our God wills it? Up, down, I got up so early. You surely will not be cowardly. I know, I know, I know! What do you know, my son? Apply the knife to me, wait, let me turn down my collar so that my neck is open. You seem to know something. You must only will it, and I must will it, we will both do it, then the Lord will call, we will both hear Him call: yes, come here, give me your throat. There. I am not afraid, I do it willingly. Up and down, the long valleys, there put the knife to me, and cut, I will not scream.
And the son throws his head back, his father steps behind him, clasps his forehead, and shows him the butcher’s knife in his right hand. The son wills it. The Lord calls. They both fall on their faces.
What calls the voice of the Lord. Hallelujah. Through the mountains, through the valleys. You are obedient unto me, hallelujah. You shall live. Hallelujah. Stop, throw the knife away. Hallelujah. I am the Lord whom you obey, and whom alone you always must obey. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah, lujah, lujah, lujah, hallelujah, lujah, hallelujah.
From Berlin Alexanderplatz by Alfred Döblin. English translation by Michael Hoffmann. (NRYB trade paperback, 2018).
Posted in LiteratureTagged Abraham, Alfred Doblin, Berlin Alexanderplatz, Literature, Literature in translation, Story of Isaac
The authentic American apocalyptic novel | Harold Bloom and Blood Meridian
The Triumph of Death, Pieter Bruegel the Elder, c. 1562
Harold Bloom’s esteem for Blood Meridian may have done much to advance the novel’s reputation since its publication, especially in pre-social media outlets, like Goodreads, Twitter, or Facebook. His essay on the book, first published in his 2000 collection How to Read and Why and later included as the preface to Random House’s Modern Library edition, makes a strong case for Blood Meridian’s canonical status. Bloom begins, in typical Bloomian fashion–the anxiety of influence is always at work–by situating McCarthy’s book against other heavies:
Blood Meridian (1985) seems to me the authentic American apocalyptic novel, more relevant even in 2000 than it was fifteen years ago. The fulfilled renown of Moby-Dick and of As I Lay Dying is augmented by Blood Meridian, since Cormac McCarthy is the worthy disciple both of Melville and of Faulkner. I venture that no other living American novelist, not even Pynchon, has given us a book as strong and memorable as Blood Meridian . . .
The Garden of Earthly Delights — Hell, Hieronymus Bosch, 1503-1504
Bloom goes on to rate Blood Meridian over DeLillo’s Underworld, several books by Philip Roth, and even McCarthy’s own All the Pretty Horses. Indeed, Bloom proclaims Blood Meridian “the ultimate Western, not to be surpassed.” This doesn’t mean that Bloom is at home with the book’s violence; he confesses that it took him two attempts to read through its “overwhelming carnage.” Still, he makes a case for reading it in spite of its gore:
Nevertheless, I urge the reader to persevere, because Blood Meridian is a canonical imaginative achievement, both an American and a universal tragedy of blood. Judge Holden is a villain worthy of Shakespeare, Iago-like and demoniac, a theoretician of war everlasting. And the book’s magnificence–its language, landscape, persons, conceptions–at last transcends the violence, and converts goriness into terrifying art, an art comparable to Melville’s and to Faulkner’s.
Bloom repeatedly invokes Melville and Faulkner in his essay, arguing that Blood Meridian’s “high style” is one of its key strengths (unlike fellow aesthetic critic James Wood, who seems to think that McCarthy is a windbag). The trajectory of Bloom’s essay follows Melville and Shakespeare, finding in Judge Holden both a white whale (and not so much an Ahab) and an Iago. He writes:
Since Blood Meridian, like the much longer Moby-Dick, is more prose epic than novel, the Glanton foray can seem a post-Homeric quest, where the various heroes (or thugs) have a disguised god among them, which appears to be the Judge’s Herculean role. The Glanton gang passes into a sinister aesthetic glory at the close of chapter 13, when they progress from murdering and scalping Indians to butchering the Mexicans who have hired them.
I think that Bloom’s great insight here is to read the book as a prose epic as opposed to a linear novel. Bloom intuits that Blood Meridian foregrounds a deeply tragic and ironic reworking of the great American myth of Manifest Destiny. While hardly a pastiche, the book is somehow a collage—a massive, deafening collage that numbs, stuns, and overwhelms with its layers of thick, bloody prose. The effect is akin to the apocalyptic paintings of Hieronymus Bosch and Pieter Bruegel. Dense and full of allusion, paintings like The Triumph of Death and The Garden of Earthly Delights surge over the senses, destabilizing narrative logic. Like Blood Meridian, these paintings employ a graphic grammar that disorients and then reorients. They are apocalyptic in all senses of the word: both revelatory and portentously conclusive. And like Blood Meridian, they showcase “a sinister aesthetic glory” (to use Bloom’s term), a terrible, awful, awesome ugliness that haunts us with repulsive beauty.
[Ed. note–Biblioklept originally published a version of this post in September of 2010].
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I saw only one tower standing to the south, and that one ringed with fire | Denis Johnson
September 11, 2019 BibliokleptLeave a comment
At the moment, I was heading anywhere at all for breakfast, but when I heard the desk clerk’s radio playing news that an aircraft, I assumed a sightseeing plane, had struck Tower Two of the World Trade Center, I decided to jump on the number 3 subway half a block west, and go have a look.
As I headed toward Eighth Avenue I tried calling Mark Ahearn about lunch, but my cellphone only hammered out a rapid-fire beep. Please don’t ask me how this can be true: I traveled through the busy lobby and walked for half a long block on a crowded Manhattan street and then boarded the World Trade Center subway completely unaware that I was participating in a citywide disaster, and moving toward its center.
The World Trade Center station came a few stops south of Twenty-Third Street, but we didn’t get there. After Christopher Street the train halted in the tunnel and waited, humming. It gave a screech, lurched backward slightly, and stopped again. Somehow the general news had infiltrated the sealed subterranean environment that something historically enormous was happening very nearby, and it got quiet in our compartment, and almost everybody entered into a small, desperate battle with a worthless cellphone. The train moved forward and gained speed, but began braking long before Houston Street, the next station, where it halted with several rear cars sticking out behind into the tunnel. For a tense minute, whoever spoke only whispered. Then came a shout—“Tell us what’s going on!” and others raised the same cry until we heard the conductor’s PA saying something about the tracks, the tracks…“Due to the catastrophe, this train will not go farther. Please exit out the forward cars onto the platform. Do not go onto the tracks.” We were all on our feet, maneuvering selfishly, angling for the doors. But the doors didn’t open. The engine stopped. “Open the doors! Open the doors!” The engine started. A man shouted, “Just everybody stand still!” People from the car behind had pried their way into ours, and somebody almost went down. A woman said, “Stop that, you fool!” A man in front of me pushed a teenage boy beside him. With the meat of his fist he began beating the back of the boy’s head. And I jumped into the fray, didn’t you, Harrington, like a monkey, yes you did, and got yourself an elbow in the eye. The doors to the compartment flew open and people clambered out onto the station’s platform, where a dreadlocked man in a crimson athletic suit jumped up and down on a bench as if it were a trampoline, screaming “God, see what we’re doing to each other down here.” When I came up into the street, dizzy and one-eyed, I couldn’t get my bearings. I saw only one tower standing to the south, and that one ringed with fire. I asked a man nearby—“Where are we? I can’t see the other tower.” He said, “It fell” and I said, “No it didn’t.” He didn’t argue. We stood in the middle of the street with thousands of other people, all of us motionless, like a frozen parade, all silent. I began to believe the man. We watched the flames spreading through the building’s upper stories over the course of about twenty minutes, and then the eighteen-hundred-foot structure seemed to curtsy and dip left, and then it went down.
I turned around and looked at the people behind me. I saw shocked laughter, weeping, horror, bewilderment. The young man next to me bawled at the top of his lungs. I was afraid to ask him if he had a loved one in the buildings afraid to talk to him at all, but he raised his agonized, Christly face to me and suddenly laughed, saying, “Buddy, you are working on one heck of a black eye.” We stood far from the buildings—at least a mile, I’d say—far enough that we didn’t feel the ground shake, and we heard nothing but sirens, and official-sounding voices screaming, “Get out of the street! Stay out of the street!” and others too—“They’re attacking the Capitol!—the Pentagon!—the White House!”
Cop cars and ambulances heaped with dust and chunks of concrete came at us out of the south. I started walking that direction, I don’t know why, but I soon realized I was the only person heading downtown, and then the tide of panic pressing toward me was too heavy to go against, and I turned around and let it take me north.
From Denis Johnson’s short story “Doppelgänger, Poltergeist.” Collected in The Largesse of the Sea Maiden, 2017.
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Seven story ideas from Nathaniel Hawthorne’s journal entry for August 22nd, 1838
August 22, 2019 Biblioklept1 Comment
A young man and girl meet together, each in search of a person to be known by some particular sign. They watch and wait a great while for that person to pass. At last some casual circumstance discloses that each is the one that the other is waiting for. Moral,–that what we need for our happiness is often close at hand, if we knew but how to seek for it.
The journal of a human heart for a single day in ordinary circumstances. The lights and shadows that flit across it; its internal vicissitudes.
Distrust to be thus exemplified: Various good and desirable things to be presented to a young man, and offered to his acceptance,–as a friend, a wife, a fortune; but he to refuse them all, suspecting that it is merely a delusion. Yet all to be real, and he to be told so, when too late.
A man tries to be happy in love; he cannot sincerely give his heart, and the affair seems all a dream. In domestic life, the same; in politics, a seeming patriot; but still he is sincere, and all seems like a theatre.
An old man, on a summer day, sits on a hill-top, or on the observatory of his house, and sees the sun’s light pass from one object to another connected with the events of his past life,–as the school-house, the place where his wife lived in her maidenhood,–its setting beams falling on the churchyard.
An idle man’s pleasures and occupations and thoughts during a day spent by the seashore: among them, that of sitting on the top of a cliff, and throwing stones at his own shadow, far below.
A blind man to set forth on a walk through ways unknown to him, and to trust to the guidance of anybody who will take the trouble; the different characters who would undertake it: some mischievous, some well-meaning, but incapable; perhaps one blind man undertakes to lead another. At last, possibly, he rejects all guidance, and blunders on by himself.
From Nathaniel Hawthorne’s journal entry for August 22nd, 1837. From Passages from the American Note-Books. The full journal entry contains a description of a walk, a note on Hawthorne’s ancestors, and a description of a portrait gallery in the Essex Historical Society.
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We proceeded through wood-paths to Walden Pond | Nathaniel Hawthorne’s journal entry for August 15th, 1842
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August 15th.–George Hillard and his wife arrived from Boston in the dusk of Saturday evening, to spend Sunday with us. It was a pleasant sensation, when the coach rumbled up our avenue, and wheeled round at the door; for I felt that I was regarded as a man with a household,–a man having a tangible existence and locality in the world,–when friends came to avail themselves of our hospitality. It was a sort of acknowledgment and reception of us into the corps of married people,–a sanction by no means essential to our peace and well-being, but yet agreeable enough to receive. So we welcomed them cordially at the door, and ushered them into our parlor, and soon into the supper-room. . . . The night flitted over us all, and passed away, and up rose a gray and sullen morning, . . . and we had a splendid breakfast of flapjacks, or slapjacks, and whortleberries, which I gathered on a neighboring hill, and perch, bream, and pout, which I hooked out of the river the evening before. About nine o’clock, Hillard and I set out for a walk to Walden Pond, calling by the way at Mr. Emerson’s, to obtain his guidance or directions, and he accompanied us in his own illustrious person. We turned aside a little from our way, to visit Mr. —-, a yeoman, of whose homely and self-acquired wisdom Mr. Emerson has a very high opinion. We found him walking in his fields, a short and stalwart and sturdy personage of middle age, with a face of shrewd and kind expression, and manners of natural courtesy. He had a very free flow of talk; for, with a little induction from Mr. Emerson, he began to discourse about the state of the nation, agriculture, and business in general, uttering thoughts that had come to him at the plough, and which had a sortof flavor of the fresh earth about them. His views were sensible and characteristic, and had grown in the soil where we found them; . . . and he is certainly a man of intellectual and moral substance, a sturdy fact, a reality, something to be felt and touched, whose ideas seem to be dug out of his mind as he digs potatoes, beets, carrots, and turnips out of the ground.
After leaving Mr. —-, we proceeded through wood-paths to Walden Pond, picking blackberries of enormous size along the way. The pond itself was beautiful and refreshing to my soul, after such long and exclusive familiarity with our tawny and sluggish river. It lies embosomed among wooded hills,–it is not very extensive, but large enough for waves to dance upon its surface, and to look like a piece of blue firmament, earth-encircled. The shore has a narrow, pebbly strand, which it was worth a day’s journey to look at, for the sake of the contrast between it and the weedy, oozy margin of the river. Farther within its depths, you perceive a bottom of pure white sand, sparkling through the transparent water, which, methought, was the very purest liquid in the world. After Mr. Emerson left us, Hillard and I bathed in the pond, and it does really seem as if my spirit, as well as corporeal person, were refreshed by that bath. A good deal of mud and river slime had accumulated on my soul; but these bright waters washed them all away.
We returned home in due season for dinner, . . . To my misfortune, however, a box of Mediterranean wine proved to have undergone the acetous fermentation; so that the splendor of the festival suffered some diminution. Nevertheless, we ate our dinner with a good appetite, and afterwards went universally to takeour several siestas. Meantime there came a shower, which so besprinkled the grass and shrubbery as to make it rather wet for our after-tea ramble. The chief result of the walk was the bringing home of an immense burden of the trailing clematis-vine, now just in blossom, and with which all our flower-stands and vases are this morning decorated. On our return we found Mr. and Mrs. S—- , and E. H—-, who shortly took their leave, and we sat up late, telling ghost-stories. This morning, at seven, our friends left us. We were both pleased with the visit, and so, I think, were our guests.
From Nathaniel Hawthorne’s American Note-Books.
Posted in LiteratureTagged Journals, Literature, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Note-Books, Ralph Waldo Emerson
Master among these queer magicians | Nathaniel Hawthorne’s journal entry for August 9th, 1857
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Chorlton Road, August 9th.–We have changed our lodgings since my last date, those at Old Trafford being inconvenient, and the landlady a sharp, peremptory housewife, better fitted to deal with her own family than to be complaisant to guests. We are now a little farther from the Exhibition, and not much better off as regards accommodation, but the housekeeper is a pleasant, civil sort of a woman, auspiciously named Mrs. Honey. The house is a specimen of the poorer middle-class dwellings as built nowadays,–narrow staircase, thin walls, and, being constructed for sale, very ill put together indeed,–the floors with wide cracks between the boards, and wide crevices admitting both air and light over the doors, so that the house is full of draughts. The outer walls, it seems to me, are but of one brick in thickness, and the partition walls certainly no thicker; and the movements, and sometimes the voices, of people in the contiguous house are audible to us. The Exhibition has temporarily so raised the value of lodgings here that we have to pay a high price for even such a house as this.
Mr. Wilding having gone on a tour to Scotland, I had to be at the Consulate every day last week till yesterday; when I absented myself from duty, and went to the Exhibition. U– and I spent an hour together, looking principally at the old Dutch masters, who seem to me the most wonderful set of men that ever handled a brush. Such lifelike representations of cabbages, onions, brass kettles, and kitchen crockery; such blankets, with the woollen fuzz upon them; such everything I never thought that the skill of man could produce! Even the photograph cannot equal their miracles. The closer you look, the more minutely true the picture is found to be, and I doubt if even the microscope could see beyond the painter’s touch. Gerard Dow seems to be the master among these queer magicians. A straw mat, in one of his pictures, is the most miraculous thing that human art has yet accomplished; and there is a metal vase, with a dent in it, that is absolutely more real than reality. These painters accomplish all they aim at,–a praise, methinks, which can be given to no other men since the world began. They must have laid down their brushes with perfect satisfaction, knowing that each one of their million touches had been necessary to the effect, and that there was not one too few nor too many. And it is strange how spiritual and suggestive the commonest household article–an earthen pitcher, for example–becomes, when represented with entire accuracy. These Dutchmen got at the soul of common things, and so made them types and interpreters of the spiritual world.
Afterwards I looked at many of the pictures of the old masters, and found myself gradually getting a taste for them; at least they give me more and more pleasure the oftener I come to see them. Doubtless, I shall be able to pass for a man of taste by the time I return to America. It is an acquired taste, like that for wines; and I question whether a man is really any truer, wiser, or better for possessing it. From the old masters, I went among the English painters, and found myself more favorably inclined towards some of them than at my previous visits; seeing something wonderful even in Turner’s lights and mists and yeasty waves, although I should like him still better if his pictures looked in the least like what they typify. The most disagreeable of English painters is Etty, who had a diseased appetite for woman’s flesh, and spent his whole life, apparently, in painting them with enormously developed busts. I do not mind nudity in a modest and natural way; but Etty’s women really thrust their nudity upon you with malice aforethought. . . . and the worst of it is they are not beautiful.
Among the last pictures that I looked at was Hogarth’s March to Finchley; and surely nothing can be covered more thick and deep with English nature than that piece of canvas. The face of the tall grenadier in the centre, between two women, both of whom have claims on him, wonderfully expresses trouble and perplexity; and every touch in the picture meant something and expresses what it meant.
The price of admission, after two o’clock, being six-pence, the Exhibition was thronged with a class of people who do not usually come in such large numbers. It was both pleasant and touching to see how earnestly some of them sought to get instruction from what they beheld. The English are a good and simple people, and take life in earnest.
Nathaniel Hawthorne’s journal entry for August 9th, 1857. From Passages from the English Note-Books.
Artist in His Studio, 1632 by Gerrit Dou (Gerard Dow; 1613-1675)
The Three Graces by William Etty (1787–1849)
The March of the Guards to Finchley, 1750 by William Hogarth (1697-1764)
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The moral here is wonderfully fine | Melville annotates Hawthorne
August 1, 2019 August 2, 2019 Biblioklept3 Comments
Herman Melville’s markings and annotations on the last page of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s short story “The Birth-mark.” From Melville’s Marginalia Online.
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No writer has produced such inconsistent characters as nature herself has (From Melville’s The Confidence-Man)
August 1, 2019 BibliokleptLeave a comment
…it may be urged that there is nothing a writer of fiction should more carefully see to, as there is nothing a sensible reader will more carefully look for, than that, in the depiction of any character, its consistency should be preserved. But this, though at first blush, seeming reasonable enough, may, upon a closer view, prove not so much so. For how does it couple with another requirement—equally insisted upon, perhaps—that, while to all fiction is allowed some play of invention, yet, fiction based on fact should never be contradictory to it; and is it not a fact, that, in real life, a consistent character is a rara avis? Which being so, the distaste of readers to the contrary sort in books, can hardly arise from any sense of their untrueness. It may rather be from perplexity as to understanding them. But if the acutest sage be often at his wits’ ends to understand living character, shall those who are not sages expect to run and read character in those mere phantoms which flit along a page, like shadows along a wall? That fiction, where every character can, by reason of its consistency, be comprehended at a glance, either exhibits but sections of character, making them appear for wholes, or else is very untrue to reality; while, on the other hand, that author who draws a character, even though to common view incongruous in its parts, as the flying-squirrel, and, at different periods, as much at variance with itself as the butterfly is with the caterpillar into which it changes, may yet, in so doing, be not false but faithful to facts.
If reason be judge, no writer has produced such inconsistent characters as nature herself has. It must call for no small sagacity in a reader unerringly to discriminate in a novel between the inconsistencies of conception and those of life as elsewhere. Experience is the only guide here; but as no one man can be coextensive with what is, it may be unwise in every ease to rest upon it. When the duck-billed beaver of Australia was first brought stuffed to England, the naturalists, appealing to their classifications, maintained that there was, in reality, no such creature; the bill in the specimen must needs be, in some way, artificially stuck on.
But let nature, to the perplexity of the naturalists, produce her duck-billed beavers as she may, lesser authors some may hold, have no business to be perplexing readers with duck-billed characters. Always, they should represent human nature not in obscurity, but transparency, which, indeed, is the practice with most novelists, and is, perhaps, in certain cases, someway felt to be a kind of honor rendered by them to their kind. But, whether it involve honor or otherwise might be mooted, considering that, if these waters of human nature can be so readily seen through, it may be either that they are very pure or very shallow. Upon the whole, it might rather be thought, that he, who, in view of its inconsistencies, says of human nature the same that, in view of its contrasts, is said of the divine nature, that it is past finding out, thereby evinces a better appreciation of it than he who, by always representing it in a clear light, leaves it to be inferred that he clearly knows all about it.
But though there is a prejudice against inconsistent characters in books, yet the prejudice bears the other way, when what seemed at first their inconsistency, afterwards, by the skill of the writer, turns out to be their good keeping. The great masters excel in nothing so much as in this very particular. They challenge astonishment at the tangled web of some character, and then raise admiration still greater at their satisfactory unraveling of it; in this way throwing open, sometimes to the understanding even of school misses, the last complications of that spirit which is affirmed by its Creator to be fearfully and wonderfully made.
At least, something like this is claimed for certain psychological novelists; nor will the claim be here disputed. Yet, as touching this point, it may prove suggestive, that all those sallies of ingenuity, having for their end the revelation of human nature on fixed principles, have, by the best judges, been excluded with contempt from the ranks of the sciences—palmistry, physiognomy, phrenology, psychology. Likewise, the fact, that in all ages such conflicting views have, by the most eminent minds, been taken of mankind, would, as with other topics, seem some presumption of a pretty general and pretty thorough ignorance of it. Which may appear the less improbable if it be considered that, after poring over the best novels professing to portray human nature, the studious youth will still run risk of being too often at fault upon actually entering the world; whereas, had he been furnished with a true delineation, it ought to fare with him something as with a stranger entering, map in hand, Boston town; the streets may be very crooked, he may often pause; but, thanks to his true map, he does not hopelessly lose his way. Nor, to this comparison, can it be an adequate objection, that the twistings of the town are always the same, and those of human nature subject to variation. The grand points of human nature are the same to-day they were a thousand years ago. The only variability in them is in expression, not in feature.
But as, in spite of seeming discouragement, some mathematicians are yet in hopes of hitting upon an exact method of determining the longitude, the more earnest psychologists may, in the face of previous failures, still cherish expectations with regard to some mode of infallibly discovering the heart of man.
From Herman Melville’s novel The Confidence-Man.
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“Herman Melville” — Jorge Luis Borges
August 1, 2019 August 1, 2019 BibliokleptLeave a comment
He was always surrounded by the sea of his elders,
The Saxons, who named the ocean
The Whale-Road, thereby uniting
The two immense things, the whale
And the seas it endlessly ploughs.
The sea was always his. By the time his eyes
First took in the great waters of the high seas
He had already longed for and possessed it
On that other ocean, which is Writing,
And in the outline of the archetypes.
A man, he gave himself to the earth’s oceans
And to the exhausting days at sea
And he came to know the harpoon reddened
By Leviathan and he rippled sand
And the smells of nights and mornings
And chance on the horizon waiting in ambush
And the happiness of being brave
And the pleasure, at last, of spying Ithaca.
The ocean’s conqueror, he strode the solid
Earth out of which mountains grow
And on which he charts an imprecise course
As with a sleeping compass, motionless in time.
In the inherited shadows of the gardens
Melville moves through New England evenings,
But the sea possesses him. It is the shame
Of the Pequod’s mutilated captain,
The unreadable ocean with its furious squalls
And the abomination of the whiteness.
It is the great book. It is blue Proteus.
(English translation by Stephen Kessler)
Posted in Art, PoetryTagged Herman Melville, Jorge Luis Borges, Literature, Moby-Dick, Poetry
Selections from One-Star Amazon Reviews of Melville’s Moby-Dick
[Ed. note: The following citations come from one-star Amazon reviews of Herman Melville’s novel Moby-Dick. To be very clear, I think Moby-Dick is fantastic—but I also enjoy seeing what people compelled to write negative reviews of the book on Amazon had to say. What follows are selections of one-star Amazon reviews; I’ve preserved the reviewers’ unique styles of punctuation and spelling].
Yechh.
It made for a smashing movie.
If you want to read lots of meaningless whale trivia read the book.
Boy gets whale. Boy loses whale. Boy gets whale. Spawns yawns
I think if you made it into a short comic strip, you would have liked it.
I bought this book for a friend in jail. Alas, he was unable to read it because the font was too small.
Ray Bradbury, who wrote the screenplay for this novel, (a la Gregory Peck) couldn’t even finish the damn thing!
If you like a story with nonessential information and an author that is entirely to verbose, then this book is for you.
I am quite the fan of stories which involve man eating sea creatures, such as Jaws. Moby Dick is nothing compared to such classics, I fear.
Throughout the book, you may read one chapter with some action only to be followed by 5 or 6 chapters of tangents that are not necessary to understand the story.
Moby Dick, was a horrible waiste of time. Along with its wordy paragraphs, it also talked about uninteresting issues. It is also to long, and you don’t hear of them encountering the whale until the end of the book.
The only people who like this book are english teachers who derive a feeling of moral superiority from forcing others to read this incredibly bad novel.
First of all, classiflying it as fiction is a mistake. Probably a good 60% of the book is non-fiction – chapter after chapter dedicated to every imaginable detail of the biology of the whale and every imaginable nuance of whaling.
I love literatur just as much as the next guy but we must face it 100 years or so ago American literature was reall weak and lagging from the rest of the world, perhaps now they’re starting to catch up with writers like Ann Rice and them.
I have seen better writing in a Hallmark card! Boring! Give me a good ole copy of Elvis and Me! A true story that really tugs at your heart strings! I sleep with that one under my pillow! Keep Moby Dick away from my bed!
Those chapters about Ishmael sleeping with whatever his name was and Ishamel had such a good time with the other guy’s arm over him and leg over him that he didn’t know if he was straight or gay any more.
i personally didn’t enjoy the philosophical or deep side of the book, i have read much much better books in that regard.
There is no suspense, and I find the idea of people hunting whales offensive. Offensive with a capital O.
Honestly, Over 400 pages devoted to killing a whale because it ate your hand? Come on.
It is hard to read. like work. Doubt he could get published today.
What is the whales motivation? You dont know.
It is 540somepages of boring whaling details.
No wonder Melville flopped as a writter.
OMG, this is tedious and torture to read.
I HATE this book. Why? It’s BORING!
Moby Ick’s more like it.
Posted in Books, Literature, Reviews, WritersTagged Amazon, Books, God, Gregory Peck, Herman Melville, Literature, Melville, Moby, Moby-Dick, negative reviews, Ray Bradbury
Let me recommend Antonio di Benedetto’s overlooked novel Zama
July 26, 2019 July 23, 2019 Biblioklept2 Comments
Let me recommend a novel for you.
The novel is Antonio di Benedetto’s Zama.
Zama was first published in Argentina in 1956.
NYRB published Esther Allen’s English translation in 2016. It is excellent.
What is Zama about?
Zama tells the brutally funny and often sad story of Don Diego de Zama, a bored and horny americano wasting away in the provincial backwaters of Paraguay. It’s the end of the world at the end of the 18th century, and there’s not a lot to do. Zama fills his time with schemes of lust and petty pride, shirking his job as a nominal governmental authority. He longs to be reunited with his wife and family in Buenos Aires, but seems to sabotage every opportunity to get back to them. He also longs for his glory days as a corregidor, putting down “the native rebellion” in the service of Spain’s imperial project. Zama is a confusing and confused character, frequently frustrating but also oddly sympathetic. He is a loser who does not seem to see that he is a loser, although life gives him every opportunity to come to this conclusion. As South African novelist J.M. Coetzee’s puts it in his excellent in-depth review of the novel:
[Zama] is vain, maladroit, narcissistic, and morbidly suspicious; he is prone to accesses of lust and fits of violence, and endowed with an endless capacity for self-deception.
He is also the author of himself, in a double sense. First, everything we hear about him comes from his own mouth, including such derogatory epithets as “swaggering” and “dogslayer,” which suggest a certain ironic self-awareness. Second, his day-to-day actions are dictated by the promptings of his unconscious, or at least his inner self, over which he makes no effort to assert conscious control. His narcissistic pleasure in himself includes the pleasure of never knowing what he will get up to next, and thus of being free to invent himself as he goes along.
Coetzee captures the joy of reading Zama in those last few lines: It’s the joy in watching a first-person perspective invent itself in shambling picaresque adventures born of sheer boredom. It’s the pleasure of seeing an asshole who refuses to acknowledge that he is an asshole try to pretend that he is not an asshole—all in a kind of language that is simultaneously romantic and flat.
Let me give you a taste of that language, reader. Here are the opening bars of the novel:
I left the city and made my way downriver alone, to meet the ship I awaited without knowing when it would come.
I reached the old wharf, that inexplicable structure. The city and its harbor have always been where they are, a quarter-league farther upriver.
I observed, among its pilings, the writhing patch of water that ebbs between them.
A dead monkey, still whole, still undecomposed, drifted back and forth with a certain precision upon those ripples and eddies without exit. All his life the water at forest’s edge had beckoned him to a journey, a journey he did not take until he was no longer a monkey but only a monkey’s corpse. The water that bore him up tried to bear him away, but he was caught among the posts of the decrepit wharf and there he was, ready to go and not going. And there we were.
There we were: Ready to go and not going.
The ship that won’t come in, the floating dead monkey, the state of unknowing—these abject and negative motifs are the paradoxical genesis of the novel. The clipped repetitions, culminating in “Ready to go and not going” recall Samuel Beckett, whom translator Esther Allen acknowledges as “a perfect counterpoint to the prose voice of Zama” in her introduction.
In addition to Beckett, easy points of comparison are Dostoevsky, Camus, Borges, and especially Kafka. In his perceptive analysis of Zama, critic Benjamin Kunkel points out the novel’s existential core, absurdist peripheries, and realistic contours:
As with novels by Kafka, Camus, Sartre, and Beckett, the story’s preoccupation is the tension between human freedom and constraining circumstance. Zama, a man as impetuous as he is stuck, resembles other existentialist antiheroes as he swings between spellbound passivity and sudden lunges into action. But Don Diego never seems like a figure in an allegory, like K. in The Castle; or an ambulatory philosophical argument, like Roquentin in Nausea. Zama induces a rare feeling—to put it as naïvely as possible—of the main character’s realness. Don Diego is consistently surprised by his own behavior, but not as much as he would like. His abrupt acts and swerving meditations have an air of unplotted inevitability about them. He is a character more convincing than coherent, and more persuasive than intelligible.
These lifelike moments of “unplotted inevitability” are enthralling. Di Benedetto doesn’t just show us Zama seeing, he shows us Zama seeing what he is seeing. He shows us consciousness at work—or rather, consciousness in distress. In a representative passage which can stand alone as a bizarre parable in search of a moral, Zama, having lost all his money betting on horses, awakes from a drunken stupor to witness a spider crawling on a fellow drunkard:
The spider approached the drunk. From a quarter vara away, these spiders can leap and bite so that if taken by surprise, even a man who’s awake has no time to defend himself. I had no wish to move. I could crush it with my boot but would postpone until the last.
The spider moved toward the sleeping head and I watched to see whether anything out of the ordinary would transpire. Would the man—obedient to some mysterious warning instinct—suddenly awaken and kill it? He did not. Now the insect was crawling in his hair. I didn’t see it climb up; I saw it there on him and then I was quite certain I should do nothing.
The episode continues in this way, building in tension as the large spider crawls over the man’s face while Zama remains inert and fascinated by his own inertia—until the drunken man absently bats the spider from his face. Zama is paradoxically stunned by this anticlimax:
I reviewed the episode. At no point had I felt any emotion, except when I imagined the man had wakened and was about to deliver himself of an entirely justified diatribe against me.
The passage is representative of Di Benedetto’s rhetorical skill—he gives us a deceptively lucid first-person narrator who articulately elides key information, both from the reader and himself. Zama refuses to name his intense desire to see the spider bite the man. Additionally, his emotional identification is bound to righteous anger, the righteous anger appropriate to the would-be-bitten drunkard. Instead of genuine pathos, Zama would usurp this man’s self-righteous anger, the anger that he feels all the time at his (literal and figurative) position in life. But the spider bite that would license self-righteousness never comes. Basically, Zama just wants something to happen.
And that’s the plot of Zama, more or less. Our (anti-)hero’s picaresque jabs at adventure and romance are sent awry or thwarted, usually by his own loutish passions. Zama’s would-be escapades unravel, that is, until the book’s final section, 1799—
–Okay, let me digress momentarily: Zama, a slim 200 pages, is structured into three sections: 1790, 1794, and 1799. The connective tissue between these sections hangs transparent, nearly invisible, but nevertheless accessible via small clues, motifs, scant threads. Di Benedetto gives us modernism in the last decade of the 18th century, boredom that tiptoes around the abyss of insanity. Rereading the three sections is a joy. But let me return to the central thread—
Zama’s would-be adventures unravel or collapse until the book’s final section, 1799, when Di Benedetto puts our hero in genuine harm’s way (and cunningly exfiltrates any opportunity for overt heroism on Zama’s part). The novel earns its drive toward what I take to be its central question: “Do you want to live?”
Di Benedetto hides his answer to this question not so much in the central figure Zama, but rather in Zama’s put-upon secretary, his mozo Manuel Fernández. Fernández is, at least for me, the secret star of the novel. When we first meet Fernández, Zama joins in gently mocking him at the lead of their boss, the governor. They tease Fernández when he tells them that he is writing a novel. “Make sons, Manuel, not books,” admonishes the governor, but the clerk replies: “I want to realize myself in myself…Children realize themselves, but whether for good or ill we don’t know. Books are made only for truth and beauty.” Later, Zama, in more of a ruse than in good faith, asks Fernández to read some of his book. He finds the “entangled” prose “incomprehensible,” to which Fernández replies: “the first man and the first lizard were each incomprehensible, as well, to all those who surrounded them.” Fernández declares that he writes for “no master.” If he has no audience today, his pages will be understood by his “grandchildren’s grandchildren…Things will be different then.” Later, Fernández reveals that he’s given away his manuscript to an old man, a stranger suffering boredom while waiting for a delayed ship to take him somewhere other than the end of the world.
Fernández sees himself as an author doomed to obscurity in the present, an author who awaits a future that will catch up to his originary vision. Perhaps it’s a bit much to suggest he’s a stand-in for Di Benedetto, but there are traces here. Above, I cited Benjamin Kunkel’s essay on Zama, “A Neglected South American Masterpiece,” and J.M. Coetzee’s review, “A Great Writer We Should Know.” Those titles point to the novel’s obscurity, an obscurity which I sense is now being (if in increments) reversed. Esther Allen’s English translation obviously opens Zama to an even wider audience, and Argentine director Lucrecia Martel is apparently adapting the novel to film. But it’s perhaps Roberto Bolaño, a writer who time caught up to, however too late, who helped guide new readers—however obscurely—to Zama. In Bolaño’s 1997 short story “Sensini,” the titular character is a clear transposition of Di Benedetto, a cult author, a writer’s writer:
The novel was the kind of book that circulates by word of mouth. Entitled Ugarte, it was about a series of moments in the life of Juan de Ugarte, a bureaucrat in the Viceroyalty of the Rio de la Plata at the end of the eighteenth century. Some (mainly Spanish) critics had dismissed it as Kafka in the colonies, but gradually the novel had made its way, and by the time I came across Sensini’s name in the Alcoy anthology, Ugarte had recruited a small group of devoted readers, scattered around Latin America and Spain, most of whom knew each other, either as friends or as gratuitously bitter enemies.
Thank goodness, or thank evil, or thank boredom: thanks for word of mouth, for friends and enemies alike (as long as they have good taste); thanks for writer’s writers (and writer’s writer’s writers) and the cult books they transmit to us—like Zama.
Zama is a cult novel that deserves a larger cult. After two false starts (I admit I misread the voice, missing the humor), I read Di Benedetto’s novel in a kind of hunger. Then I read it again. Then I wrote this thing, to tell you, dear reader, that you should read it too. Very highly recommended.
[Ed. note–Biblioklept originally ran this review in April, 2017.]
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Blog about Anna Burns’s maybe-horror/maybe-comedy novel Milkman
July 22, 2019 July 23, 2019 Edwin Turner2 Comments
Anna Burns’s third novel Milkman won the 2018 Man Booker Prize and was reviewed in a number of prominent publications. It hardly needs my recommendation at this point, but I do recommend it: It’s artful, horrific, endearing, and troubling, a claustrophobic, unrelenting depiction of terror and paranoia. It’s also really funny.
Scattershot snippets I’d heard about Milkman indicated that the novel was “difficult” and even “confusing” or “challenging,” in large part because of the novel’s major stylistic trope—the first-person narrator refuses to ascribe clear, “stable” names to the characters in the book.
Our narrator, an eighteen-year-old woman in Northern Ireland, is referred to variously as “daughter,” “middle sister,” and “maybe-girlfriend” (among other titles) depending on whom she is interacting with. Similarly, most other characters are referred to in such terms: “oldest friend,” “third brother-in-law,” or simply “neighbour,” a nebulous catchall. (There are “named’ characters of a sort though: “chef,” “tablets girl,” “nuclear boy,” “real milkman,” and, of course, the horrific titular character “milkman.”) This narrative device might disarm some readers initially, but I found it easy to sink into our first-person narrator’s distinctive, brave, funny voice, a voice that emerges into new states of knowing and new states of consciousness as the novel unfolds.
Naming, or rather not naming is especially rhetorically significant given the setting and context of Milkman. It is the late 1970s, and the strange hot cold silent loud civil war in Northern Ireland has been going on for the entirety of our narrator’s lifetime. It has fully colonized her consciousness, shaped her language. Significantly, the conflict itself cannot be named except obliquely, nebulously. When our narrator tries to describe this zeitgeist, she employs the vague term “political problems”; her third brother-in-law replies, “Are you referring to the sorrows, the losses, the troubles, the sadnesses?”
Similarly, phrases like Protestant or Catholic are never employed, let alone anything as specific as the British army and the IRA, or unionists and nationalists. There’s just “their side” and “our side.” The sides don’t ultimately matter in Milkman. Rather this is a novel about what a constant state of their side-our side does to a person.
Our narrator, bound since birth in this state of their side-our side, has difficulty clearly communicating the central conflict of Milkman. She finds herself the strange victim of the milkman, an older married man who is a top level operative of the renouncers, anti-government paramilitaries who essentially run her district. (To be clear, he is not a real milkman. There is a real milkman though, and he’s a good guy.) Milkman stalks the narrator, creeping up next to her in his white van as she walks home reading 19th-century novels (a habit that marks her as “beyond the pale,” an outsider in her community) or waylaying her as she runs in the park. He’s a nightmare force of patriarchal ideology, a creeper at the edge, but utterly empowered.
Milkman isn’t the narrator’s only stalker. No, there’s also Somebody McSomebody, who we meet, sort of, in the novel’s astonishing opening sentence: “The day Somebody McSomebody put a gun to my breast and called me a cat and threatened to shoot me was the same day the milkman died.” Somebody McSomebody is a poseur though. He’s a pretend renouncer, a would-be hardman also inscribed in the violent ideology of the the Troubles. The narrator calls him her “amateur stalker.”
The narrator uses variations of the word “stalk” in Milkman, but this word is meant to convey meaning to us, to a readership that might now better understand the term. (This effect of an older voice imposing its wisdom on a younger perceiver persists in Milkman.) What’s clear though is that nobody, or at least nobody in authority, can help the narrator from her stalkers:
That was the way it worked. Hard to define, this stalking, this predation, because it was piecemeal. A bit here, a bit there, maybe, maybe not, perhaps, don’t know. It was constant hints, symbolisms, representations, metaphors. He could have meant what I thought he’d meant, but equally, he might not have meant anything.
Our narrator lives in a constant state of maybe, a trope underscored by her relationship with “maybe-boyfriend” (himself something of an oddball). Maybe-boyfriend is a compelling character in Milkman, and perhaps something of tragic-absurd one as well. (One of the strangest details in the novel: maybe-boyfriend and his brothers are abandoned by his parents so that they can become world champion ballroom dancers—which they do (become world champion ballroom dancers, that is.)) In a particularly strong section of the book, maybe-boyfriend, a mechanic and car enthusiast, brings home the supercharger of a Bentley and shows it off to his neighbors. The jovial atmosphere slowly slides into a tense then paranoid exchange—Bentleys are English after all—which eventually erupts into violence. It’s a remarkably controlled episode that describes the ideology of the Troubles in a way that a historical textbook never could.
Even though our narrator lives in a perpetual maybe, she still understands her community and can describe it for us. She is intelligent and perceptive, and much of the humor in Milkman evinces from moments where she gets on a rhetorical roll, as when she describes her home as “our intricately coiled, overly secretive, hyper-gossipy, puritanical yet indecent, totalitarian district.” Horror and comedy conjoin in her absurd description of a run-in with the milkman as “talking to a sinister man while holding the head of a cat that had been bombed to death by Nazis.”
Radical horror, violence, and uncertainty percolate in Milkman. Paranoia rules on all levels, but by focusing primarily on the narrator’s being stalked by milkman, Burns offers a concrete portrait of a malevolent force that might otherwise be too sinister and abstract to properly convey in a fictional novel. At the same time, our narrator is able to extrapolate beyond her concrete circumstances to other injustices—
those big ones, the famous ones, the international ones – witch-burnings, footbindings, suttee, honour killings, female circumcision, rape, child marriages, retributions by stoning, female infanticide, gynaecological practices, maternal mortality, domestic servitude, treatment as chattels, as breeding stock, as possessions, girls going missing, girls being sold and all those other worldwide cultural, tribal and religious socialisations and scandalisations, also the warnings given against things throughout patriarchal history that were seen as uncommon for a woman to do or think or say.
Milkman is full of moments like this, rhetorical flights that help weave a richer picture of our narrator’s psychic state.
Milkman also shows us how that psychic state deteriorates. Our narrator was always an outsider, reading novels while walking or going on long runs as a way to tune out reality. Our narrator is aware of this tuning-out; indeed, it is her primary practice. However, as gossip and lies spread about her and the milkman, her consciousness begins to crumble–
Thing was though, before I’d gained the understanding of what was happening, my seemingly flattened approach to life became less a pretence and more and more real as time went on. At first an emotional numbness set in. Then my head, which initially had reassured with, ‘Excellent. Well done. Successfully am I fooling them in that they do not know who I am or what I’m thinking or what I’m feeling,’ now began itself to doubt I was even there. ‘Just a minute,’ it said. ‘Where is our reaction? We were having a privately expressed reaction but now we’re not having it. Where is it?’ Thus my feelings stopped expressing. Then they stopped existing. And now this numbance from nowhere had come so far on in its development that along with others in the area finding me inaccessible, I, too, came to find me inaccessible. My inner world, it seemed, had gone away.
This is a sad, remarkable, and genuinely horrifying passage. We get the horror of un-becoming, a kind of un-becoming that we might find in many other horror-tinged feminist works, from Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s “The Yellow Wallpaper” to Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale to Anna Kavan’s Ice to Marge Piercy’s Woman on the Edge of Time.
Not only is our heroine emotionally and psychologically drained, she also finds herself physically exhausted by the duress of being stalked—stalked now not only by the milkman, but also by the whispering community. No longer able to take the walks and runs that replenished her, she languishes. The horror and absurdity culminates when she is poisoned, for no real reason, by tablets girl, “our district poisoner” and must recover without the aid of professional medical care. (Nobody in the district can go to the hospital without fear of being thought an informant.)
After a serious bout of purging, the narrator recovers. While recovering, her triumvirate of “wee sisters” asks her to read them a story. Tellingly, they purloin their ma’s copy of The Exorcist. Milkman is a novel of possession and purging, of being inscribed in a preexisting symbolic order and forging a consciousness strong enough to resist and endure that order.
Milkman is a maybe-horror, but also a maybe-comedy (it even ends in a maybe-laugh), and like many strong works that showcase the intense relationship between horror and comedy (Kafka, Brazil, The King of Comedy, “Young Goodman Brown,” Twin Peaks, Goya, Bolaño, Get Out, Candide, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Funny Games, etc.)—like many strong works that showcase the intense relationship between horror and comedy, Milkman exists in a weird maybe-space, a queasy wonderful freaky upsetting maybe-space that, in its finest moments, makes us look at something we thought we might have understood in a wholly new way. Highly recommended.
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We cooked our fish on a rock named Satan | From Nathaniel Hawthorne’s journal entry for July 10th, 1838
July 10, 2019 BibliokleptLeave a comment
July 10th.–A fishing excursion, last Saturday afternoon, eight or ten miles out in the harbor. A fine wind out, which died away towards evening, and finally became quite calm. We cooked our fish on a rock named “Satan,” about forty feet long and twenty broad, irregular in its shape, and of uneven surface, with pools of water here and there, left by the tide,–dark brown rock, or whitish; there was the excrement of sea-fowl scattered on it, and a few feathers. The water was deep around the rock, and swelling up and downward, waving the seaweed. We built two fires, which, as the dusk deepened, cast a red gleam over the rock and the waves, and made the sea, on the side away from the sunset, look dismal; but by and by up came the moon, red as a house afire, and, as it rose, it grew silvery bright, and threw a line of silver across the calm sea. Beneath the moon and the horizon, the commencement of its track of brightness, there was a cone of blackness, or of very black blue. It was after nine before we finished our supper, which we ate by firelight and moonshine, and then went aboard our decked boat again,–no safe achievement in our ticklish little dory. To those remaining in the boat, we had looked very picturesque around our fires, and on the rock above them,–our statues being apparently increased to the size of the sons of Anak. The tide, now coming up, gradually dashed over the fires we had left, and so the rock again became a desert. The wind had now entirely died away, leaving the sea smooth as glass, except a quiet swell, and we could only float along, as the tide bore us, almost imperceptibly. It was as beautiful a night as ever shone,–calm, warm, bright, the moon being at full. On one side of us was Marblehead light-house, on the other, Baker’s Island; and both, by the influence of the moonlight, had a silvery hue, unlike their ruddy beacon tinge in dark nights. They threw long reflections across the sea, like the moon. There we floated slowly with the tide till about midnight, and then, the tide turning, we fastened our vessel to a pole, which marked a rock, so as to prevent being carried back by the reflux. Some of the passengers turned in below; some stretched themselves on deck; some walked about, smoking cigars. I kept the deck all night. Once there was a little cat’s-paw of a breeze, whereupon we untied ourselves from the pole; but it almost immediately died away, and we were compelled to make fast again. At about two o’clock, up rose the morning-star, a round, red, fiery ball, very comparable to the moon at its rising, and, getting upward, it shone marvelously bright, and threw its long reflection into the sea, like the moon and the two light-houses. It was Venus, and the brightest star I ever beheld; it was in the northeast. The moon made but a very small circuit in the sky, though it shone all night. The aurora borealis shot upwards to the zenith, and between two and three o’clock the first streak of dawn appeared, stretching far along the edge of the eastern horizon,–a faint streak of light; then it gradually broadened and deepened, and became a rich saffron tint, with violet above, and then an ethereal and transparent blue. The saffron became intermixed with splendor, kindling and kindling, Baker’s Island lights being in the centre of the brightness, so that they were extinguished by it, or at least grew invisible. On the other side of the boat, the Marblehead light-house still threw out its silvery gleam, and the moon shone brightly too; and its light looked very singularly, mingling with the growing daylight. It was not like the moonshine, brightening as the evening twilight deepens; for now it threw its radiance over the landscape, the green and other tints of which were displayed by the daylight, whereas at evening all those tints are obscured. It looked like a milder sunshine,–a dreamy sunshine,–the sunshine of a world not quite so real and material as this. All night we had heard the Marblehead clocks telling the hour. Anon, up came the sun, without any bustle, but quietly, his antecedent splendors having gilded the sea for some time before. It had been cold towards morning, but now grew warm, and gradually burning hot in the sun. A breeze sprang up, but our first use of it was to get aground on Coney Island about five o’clock, where we lay till nine or thereabout, and then floated slowly up to the wharf. The roar of distant surf, the rolling of porpoises, the passing of shoals of fish, a steamboat smoking along at a distance, were the scene on my watch. I fished during the night, and, feeling something on the line, I drew up with great eagerness and vigor. It was two of those broad-leaved sea-weeds, with stems like snakes, both rooted on a stone,–all which came up together. Often these sea-weeds root themselves on mussels. In the morning, our pilot killed a flounder with the boat-hook, the poor fish thinking himself secure on the bottom.
From Nathaniel Hawthorne’s journal entry for July 10th, 1838. From Passages from the American Note-Books.
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Once upon a time there was a girl who was raised to believe she was the center of the universe and that the world spun, time rolled, and people existed solely for her. One day that girl met a boy who was raised to believe that everything he said was funny and that the world was his willing audience. Together they combined their insecurities, their desperate need for attention, and their misguided assessment of how the world viewed them, so confident that everyone would find them as endearing as they found themselves.
And then one day those dumb little fuckers wound up in my section. She was making weird whiny baby sex noises as she nuzzled his neck. He was giggling "STOP IT!" loudly as everyone around them glared daggers, no one more so than me when I first approached them.
"Sorrrrrry," she said in a grating vocal fry that made Kim Kardashian sound like an elocution coach. "We haven't seen each other all day. Awww!"
"Oh, no worries, I wasn't even paying attention to you," I smiled. "To drink?"
Her tone grew a little less pleasant when she realized I couldn't give two small shits about her obnoxious co-dependency. "I actually had a really tough day?" she said defensively, "so we'll need lots of alcohol. Babe, how about a martini?"
"What ever you want, babe," he said, needing to punctuate his agreement with a loud kiss on her cheek. She smirked, then turned her gaze to me. "I was almost killed on the 405 today," she said, no doubt expecting me to repent of my bitchiness and shower her with attention.
"Vodka or gin?" I responded.
"Vodka, right babe? Anyway I had the right of way on the on-ramp and this asshole in a Range Rover wouldn't let me over," she whined.
I raised an eyebrow. "And how did you almost die from this?" I asked.
"I had to pull over and wait to merge! On the ramp that's, like, really high up where the 10 and 405 meet!"
"And do you have any preference on the vodka?" I asked.
They downed their first round of martinis quickly (as did I, hiding behind the to-go supplies while also trying to hit my weed vape pen). They ordered two more martinis each before ordering any food, at which point they were pretty drunk.
And that's when the real feels started to crack the surface. They began to argue. When one would raise their voice, the other would try to console.
Finally the food arrived, a smattering of appetizers that she ordered preciously and with many modifications. By this point they were in full confrontation mode, and from what little I could overhear, not over anything important ("Yes but did he have a better butt than me?" he asked her heatedly). After 15 minutes, the food went untouched, and when I asked if I could bring the bill, he shouted that they weren't ready. He ordered a bottle of wine to prove it.
And yet right after the bottle arrived, they were back to deep-tonguing at the table. He paid with cash, undoubtedly not intending to leave a 30% tip, but I wasn't going to say anything.
As an even better reward for babysitting the drunken love birds, I took my vape pen, their untouched food, and their full bottle of wine to the back and had myself a lovely date night, party of one.
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Part of the Editor's Choice series.
#150 Issue
(RVNG Intl., 2019)
The life of mutant-pop songwriter Peter Ivers was really something. He is perhaps most famous for penning Eraserhead’s “In Heaven” and for hosting the cable-access LA-punk showcase New Wave Theatre. But the Harvard-educated blues harmonica prodigy (he played with Little Walter in the ’60s) tried on many masks over the course of his life in showbiz, cycling through identities like so many feather boas. He worked frequently with his college buddy Doug Kenney and Harold “Egon” Ramis, the comedy overlords behind low-brow cultural high points like National Lampoon, Caddyshack, and Animal House. He was also tight with John Belushi and apparently responsible for introducing Bluto to the LA punk scene, leading to Fear’s now-infamous (and incredibly annoying) 1981 performance of “Beef Boloney” on Saturday Night Live. When Ivers was tragically found dead in his Koreatown loft in 1983, the victim of a still-unsolved murder, the crime scene was overrun with producers, punks, friends, associates, and mourners from all walks of life, eager to pay their respects to a man who bridged disparate worlds.
Though Fear and Animal House both draw from the same well of testosterone-fueled idiocy, Ivers himself was by all accounts a gentle and peaceful soul, more inclined to yoga than toga. And though all of his associations are enough to earn him footnotes in various oral histories of 1970s Hollywood, Ivers’s real lasting achievement was not as a greaser of wheels but as the creator of a handful of singular, offbeat glam-pop albums. Records like 1974’s Terminal Love have more in common with the outer-space jazz-funk of Annette Peacock’s I’m the One and the cracked-mirror intensity of early Andy Pratt than they do with Lindsey Buckingham’s National Lampoon’s Vacation theme song, “Holiday Road.” Ivers’s songs are compact and precise—cut gems of songcraft punctuated by sudden shifts of mood, flashes of harmonica, and flowering bursts of vocal harmonies courtesy of collaborators like Asha Puthli (known for her contributions to Ornette Coleman’s Science Fiction, as well her own freaky disco-funk records). Ivers’s own gender-bending vocals communicate a range of extreme emotion, from anxiety and pain to a strutting confidence.
Becoming Peter Ivers, RVNG Intl.’s new compilation of archival outtakes and demos, strips these songs down even further, with skeletal versions of “Eighteen and Dreaming” and “Audience of One” laying bare both the structural integrity and sentiment underlying Ivers’s compositions. The compilation also foregrounds his often brilliant lyrics—witty but also direct and relatable, recalling the pointedness and humor of The Roches or Loudon Wainwright III. “Conference Call at Four,” for example, details the mounting and somehow overwhelming anxiety of an office worker preparing for, yes, a conference call at four: “Bert will be there on the mark / that’s certain, that’s a fact.” On “Audience of One,” Ivers sets a folksy tale of spiritual and sexual salvation on the prairie to an insanely funky glam beat: “If it’s true, Lord, we’re your children / Help us through another season / Bless us too, and those who love us / Bring us to another harvest.” Lyrics like these hint at how Ivers’s music, while nodding heavily toward Bowie and glam, is also deeply American, not least when he breaks out the harmonica. Gleaming like a futuristic dragon, this music simultaneously looks back, or rather down, at the singer’s here and now, that post-’60s America described so eloquently by both National Lampoon’s Vacation and the Minutemen’s What Makes a Man Start Fires?. The alien beauty of these songs is born out of this specificity of place and time, their depiction of the lived experience of individuals—whether an office worker, farmer, or artist/musician/TV host on the make in Hollywood.
Clinton Krute is a writer, archivist, and digital editor at Film Comment.
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Stephin Merritt by Franklin Bruno
The prolific New York lyricist digs into songcraft on the occasion of his new autobiographical album, 50 Song Memoir.
Cold Beat by Gary Canino
“A big part of music for me has always been advocacy, and about having a space where people who feel marginalized by society can do things together.”
Peacers by Meg Remy
Meg Remy of US Girls talks to the former Sic Alp about anger, publicity, lyrics, and Roald Dahl.
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For our 150th issue, we have redesigned our flagship print magazine. This design reaffirms our mandate to deliver the artist’s voice, supporting the vital discourse that appears in BOMB with vivid imagery and innovative juxtapositions that encourage dialogue across the arts—from conversations between artists, writers, and performers to exciting literature. We present exchanges in their formative state: revelatory, fluid, and iconoclastic.
This issue features interviews with Bruce Pearson, Anthony Roth Costanzo, Jacolby Satterwhite, Cathy Park Hong, Christiane Jatahy, and Seth Price, as well as fiction from Amelia Gray, Deb Olin Unferth, and Jenny Wu, and poetry from Sawako Nakayasu, Andrei Monastyrski, and Bob Holman.
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Vans honor David Bowie with sneakers designed after his album covers
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Vans released a line of shoes themed to commemorate the late David Bowie and his artful genius. Each of the four designs in The Vans x David Bowie collection mimic the artist’s album covers, including Blackstar and Aladdin Sane from his earlier glam era.
You can read more about the special collection here.
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The obsession with Kate Bush, explained
I first heard of artist Kate Bush on Tricky’s Back to Mine album in 2003. The former Massive Attack frontman also had this to say about the singer:
“I don’t believe in god, but if I did, [Kate Bush’s] music would be my Bible.”
Watch any of her iconic music videos. Her unique fashion sense and dances inspired the likes of Bjork and Tori Amos. Like David Bowie, she interpreted music as an act and sang and danced in a way that befitted the character of the song. So why wasn’t she a star like Bowie? One of her biggest admirers, Andre 3000 of Outkast, once explained:
“Kate Bush’s music opened my mind up. She was so bugged-out, man, but I felt her. She’s so f*ckin’ dope, so underrated and so off the radar.”
Before Bush became a recluse, she made 50 demo tapes by the age of fifteen, got signed, and eventually went on tour in 1979 to promote her first album The Kick Inside. As Emmanuel Happsis writes for KQED writes:
“And then she stopped touring completely, as if to say, I don’t need your validation. I will release life-changing music on my own schedule whenever I want and you will flake on your friends to stay home and cry to it.”
Like the release of any new iPhone, her life secrecy inspired ever more interest. She even made fans wait 12 years between album releases — she released Aerial in 2005 after 1993’s The Red Shoes. And finally, 35 years later, she’s back on tour in London.
Bush took an unusual, slow route to making music – making her fanbase beg for her reappearance. After a long wait, it is a relief to have her back.
Do yourself a favor and catch up on everything in ‘Kate Bush: A Crash Course for the Non-Believer.’
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The gift of Elton John, the piano man 🎹
When advertising is done right, it doesn’t feel like advertising. Take a look back at the life of Elton John in this beautiful life montage. The video reminds me of Nike’s nostalgic commercial showcasing the home video archives of Serena Williams.
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Adventures in record collecting
Photographer and blogger Eilon Paz has put together a book Dust & Grooves: Adventures in Record Collecting, which features more than 130 vinyl collectors across the world.
The images are amazing and diverse, ranging from the Italian man who owns the world’s largest collection of colored vinyl records to an owner who collects only Beatles’ White Album records.
Says Paz in an interview with Slate Magazine on capturing the vinyl enthusiasts:
It’s just me and the camera and that’s it. It’s like two friends hanging out listening to records and then I shoot some photos. It builds a very intimate moment between me and my subjects. When they talk about music they lose all their inhibitions. They just really enjoy it.
Vinyl has been having a resurgence the last few years as a reaction to the digitization of everything. As the most famous rock DJ John Peel promptly noted: “Somebody was trying to tell me that CDs are better than vinyl because they don’t have any surface noise. I said, ‘Listen, mate, life has surface noise.”
You can buy the 436-page book on the Dust & Grooves website or Amazon.
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Photographer Alex Bartsch retraces reggae record sleeves in London
3 new vinyls p/mo based on your music tastes 💕
Alex Bartsch spent the last ten years photographing the original locations of some of his favorite UK reggae vinyl covers from 1967 to 1987. Holding each sleeve up to arm’s length, he meshes the past and present of London’s surroundings.
While Googling came handy, what he found in his research was that most of the shoots took place outside the record label offices themselves. He told Huck Magazine:
“It often starts with the information on the record sleeve but many of them don’t offer much to go on. I have learned through doing this project that a good place to start is the area where the label was based. Sometimes it was just outside the door of the record label.”
Some of the artists included in his book Covers: Retracing Reggae Record Sleeves in London include Bob Marley & The Wailers, Alton Ellis, Peter Tosh, Delroy Wilson, and more.
Snag a copy on One Love Books here or on Amazon UK.
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Mezzanine: ‘The album that still sounds like tomorrow’
Music writer Michael A. Gonzales penned a dynamite article celebrating the 20th-anniversary release of [easyazon_link identifier=”B00FMF3R76″ locale=”US” tag=”wells01-20″]Mezzanine[/easyazon_link] from UK band Massive Attack.
Mezzanine is an album best listened to loud, preferably on earphones, to properly hear the layers of weirdness and rhythms, a soulful sound collage that was miles away from the “Parklifes” and “Champagne Supernovas” of their Brit-pop contemporaries Blur and Oasis.
Along with the likes of fellow Bristol-based artists Portishead and Tricky, the band helped usher in an era of trip-hop. The trip-hop genre mashed hip-hop and electronica, adding layers of rock, soul, and dub. Mezzanine was therefore fresh and original, contrary to the DJ sampling on the group’s previous two albums [easyazon_link identifier=”B01L388UBI” locale=”US” tag=”wells01-20″]Blue Lines[/easyazon_link] and [easyazon_link identifier=”B000TEVJYS” locale=”US” tag=”wells01-20″]Protection[/easyazon_link].
The trip-hop label was bestowed on the group by the Brit journalist Jonathan Taylor to describe the trippy music that was simultaneously street and psychedelic. Trip-hop was a tag that, like jazz, was often rejected by the practitioners, but it fit perfectly.
Mezzanine contained 4 singles, each matched by a dark and intriguing music video (see below). It’s also worth mentioning that one of the three key band members, Robert Del Naja, is rumored to be street artist Banksy.
To celebrate the album’s 20th anniversary, the band decided to release the album in DNA format. 920,000 DNA strands make it the second-largest file ever stored in DNA. This is sure to make it forever timeless.
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Jon Bernstein: Why ITV’s micropayment plan is unlikely to make the Grade
ITV management had better hope Ben Bradshaw’s deeds are as good as his words, because its faith in an another revenue-generating scheme looks misplaced.
Bradshaw, the recently appointed Culture Secretary, told the Financial Times earlier this week that the BBC’s refusal to relinquish licence fee money to aid other broadcasters with a public service remit was ‘wrong-headed’. He said the corporation’s hierarchy would have to come to its senses sooner or later.
While the BBC fights the good fight against ‘ideological’ forces such as these, part of the network gave airtime to a would-be recipient of top-slicing: ITV’s executive chairman, Michael Grade.
On BBC Five Live last Thursday, Simon Mayo asked Grade about the YouTube Susan Boyle affair (some 200 million video views to date).
After describing YouTube’s proposed revenue-share for the Boyle clips as ‘derisory’, Grade insisted ITV wouldn’t get caught out again:
“We are working on it and watch this space, but we’re all going to crack it, either when the advertising market recovers or a combination of advertising and micropayments which is 50p a time or 25p a time to watch it.
“We may move in time, in the medium term, to micropayments, the same way you pay for stuff on your mobile phone. I think we can make that work extremely well.”
(You can listen to the interview on the iPlayer until midnight Wednesday 15 July. Grade interviews starts around 1 hour, 22 minutes.)
Despite Grade’s confidence there are grave doubts that paying per clip is going to work. Here are four reasons to worry:
1. Micropayments don’t work for perishable goods
It’s an argument that has been made against charging for news stories, but it is equally applicable when you are talking about clips from a reality TV programme.
Quality drama may have a shelf-life and an audience willing to pay for it, but a water cooler moment from reality TV? Not likely.
The Susan Boyle phenomenon still feels vaguely current, but it is a passing fad.
If you’re unconvinced take this quick, highly unscientific test: would you pay 50p to watch the machinations of ‘Nasty’ Nick Bateman from the first series of Big Brother?
The correct answer: who’s ‘Nasty’ Nick Bateman?
2. Micropayments put people off
Writing back in 1996, social scientist Nick Szabo introduced the idea of mental transaction costs. He argued that no matter how small the payment, it still incurs effort on behalf of the potential buyer to work out if he or she is getting a good deal.
He wrote:
“The reason we don’t do the things is that they’re not worth the brain cycles: we have reached the mental accounting barrier.”
And that in a nutshell is why micropayments are doomed to failure.
It’s a theme Chris Anderson touched on in his recently released book ‘Free: The Future of a Radical Price‘. He wrote:
“It’s the worst of both worlds – the mental tax of a larger price without the commensurate cash. (Szabo was right: Micropayments have largerly failed to take off.)”
Unsurprisingly, Anderson advocates free as a preferable alternative to micro, but he’s not alone. New York professor Clay Shirky is with him.
In fact Shirky has been saying much the same thing since the beginning of the decade and his 2003 essay ‘Fame vs Fortune: Micropayments and Free Content‘ has become something of a set text.
3. Micropayments only work if you control distribution
ITV’s Grade rightly cites mobile phones as a great platform for micropayments.
The network operator controls what is available via the handset, limiting availability and ensuring prices won’t be undercut.
Further, the operator offers a simple and largely pain-free way of paying for goods by adding the cost to a monthly bill or subtracting it from a top-up on a pay-as-you-go phone.
But the web is different – it’s anarchic, open, a free-for-all.
Nobody controls distribution and despite efforts to chase down copyright abusers, there will always be someone ready to undercut your micropayment with an even smaller charge – free.
Opponents of this reading cite Apple’s iTunes Music Store as proof that micropayments can work on the net. But, as Shirky argued earlier this year, the fee-per-track model works because this is a rare example where no alternative exists.
“Everything from Napster to online radio has been crippled or killed by fiat; small payments survive in the absence of a market for other legal options.”
Further, Apple does control part of the distribution, successfully creating a market for the must-have iPod.
So despite Grade’s assertion, it’s unlikely any micropayment system on the internet will turn out ‘the same way you pay for stuff on mobile phones’.
Incidentally, it will be worth watching to see how the smartphone redefines this divide between the largely ordered phone network and the web.
4. YouTube clips drive traffic first, revenues second
If you think about a clip on YouTube as a direct money maker, you’ve got your priorities wrong.
It’s about reach, exposure and promotion. It’s about creating a buzz and driving traffic back to the core.
Did the Susan Boyle clip achieve this? No question.
For starters, video views at ITV.com were up 528 per cent year-on-year and advertising slots for the duration of the ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ season sold out.
Meanwhile, such was the interest around the show, the final was seen by 19.2 million people – ITV’s highest audience since England vs. Sweden in the 2006 World Cup. More eyeballs this year promises high advertising yields next.
In short YouTube kept its part of the bargain.
Would all that have happened had ITV charged 25p a clip? Would 200 million people have checked it out? Will a pay-per-clip Britain’s Got Talent be a winner?
The twist in the tale is that Grade, who steps down as executive chairman at the end of the year, won’t be around to find out.
Jon Bernstein is former multimedia editor of Channel 4 News. This is part of a series of regular columns for Journalism.co.uk. You can read his personal blog at this link.
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Because you don’t have enough anxiety in your life already…
Freak out!
Sources tell me the Falcons have reached out to the agent of Georgia defensive coordinator Todd Grantham. http://t.co/DoqqQMzo
— Pete Roussel (@coachingsearch) January 11, 2012
(h/t Bryant Denny)
UPDATE: Somewhat remarkably, Grantham (more likely the school in response to panicked inquiries) felt the need to issue a formal response to the rumors.
“This time of year there are a lot of rumors involving coaching openings. Because of the terrific recruiting class we are assembling and the juniors that have communicated to me their desire to come back to Georgia I felt it important to address some of these current and any future rumors. I’ve had discussions with Coach Richt and (AD) Greg McGarity and we are on track to finalizing details on a contract extension. My family enjoys Athens very much. I love the passion and excitement of our fans. We have the program headed in the right direction and I want to be a part of bringing Georgia a championship. My desire is to be at UGA for a very long time. Go Dawgs!”
81 responses to “Because you don’t have enough anxiety in your life already…”
I hope Van Gorder woke up with a horse’s head next to him this morning.
GShock
OMG NO NO NO NO NO!
I already hate the Falcons because they are terrible and Matt Ryan is not the answer but now they are going to send the UGA season down the drain!
Not cool, Atlanta. Did a Tech grad take over their franchise or something while I was away?
Gee, couldn’t see that one coming.
Looks like I picked the wrong week to stop huffing glue.
Yep, back on my cocktail of Prozac and Oxycontin with a martini chaser until this is all over!
I hope they are reaching out for advice on who to hire.
Meaning other than tg
I hear Willie Martinez is tanned, rested and ready!
Yeah this sounds about right. The Barn & flarda doing good…and now this…
On the upside tho, if I ever needed a reason to totally dismiss the falcons and stop pretending and maybe even hate them or pull against them, this would just about take care of it.
Let’s blame Bobo.
FIREMARKRICHT!!1!
It’s all the bloggers fault. (My personal favorite.)
Believe me, if I thought I COULD blame Bobo I would. Wait a minute, CTG would NEVER leave Athens willingly. I mean, who would? If he goes, it MUST be because of something Bobo did. I just know it.
If the Falcons want to generate even more ill will, this will do it.
Someone needs to get in Mr. Blank’s face and tell him this is baaaad business.
+ infinity
Seriously, Bama puts on one of the best defensive clinics EVER (with the help of some seriously poor planning on LSU’s part) and you decide to pass on Kirby Smart? WTF?!
I think Grantham is fantastic, but you would think Smart would at least get a feeler, regardless of if it really is Saban’s D.
I think he’d have to step down to position coach before an NFL team would give a D-Co job.
sportsdawg
Kirby wouldn’t go unless the Falcons hired Saban. He can’t function w/o Nick. Buy into it or not, he’s really a co-coordinator at ‘Bama with the head coach being the other head on the monster.
yurdle
If he goes, we should hire Saban as DC.
It’s highly unlikely that the Falcons would want to switch from the 4-3 to the 3-4 with the personnel in place. That would not lead back to the playoffs next year. Just because someone decided to tweet it doesn’t make it true.
Good Point. Grantham is a 3-4 guy. Not a good fit for Atlanta at this stage. Perhaps this is his agent doing what agents do.
Falcon’s AJC beat writer points out that Falcon’s HC Mike Smith has said the same thing. To quote:
“One thing to keep in mind is that coach Mike Smith pointed out the team has drafted for a 4-3 defense so you can rule out 3-4 guys.”
Thank you for posting this. I was about to flip out.
I thought this too until I saw something TD said about a new system.
But even then… Mike Nolan is much more likely than TG.
The Falcons just paid Ray Edwards a lot of money and he’s a 4-3 DE. Our Defensive line is deep and our only real strength. We barely have 3 LB who can drop into coverage, and with so many FA on the defense and no 1st or 4th round draft picks, it would be a 2 plus year rebuild to change schemes.
Whoever the Falcons hire he almost has to be a 4 – 3 guy.
Grantham’s agent floating rumor to help in current UGA negotiation.
Other SEC schools floating rumor to screw up recruiting at UGA.
Very true. Notice where the h/t comes from.
Yep. That is likely.
Why don’t we all call the Falcons and Blank and tell them we’ll cancel our season ticket packages if they take Grantham from GA. Don’t tell him none of us have season tickets, though.
Well, guess I’ll go ahead and unlock the liquor cabinet.
And put a hit out on BVG: he’s just a gift that keeps on taking.
pantslesspatdye
After reflecting upon my personal interaction with this website over the past 20 minutes, methinks the Senator is simply fishing for page hits.
Someone, please, please, please tell me the Senator is simply a page-hit greedy *******.
This is not H2H
CoastToCoast
Seriously. I wish The Dawgbone would cut them off already.
Amen, plus Sports and Grits.
Amen Again. To/ For both of them.
GreenDawg
I think the Senator creates enough page hits on his own. Plus anyone wanting to link to the tweet would just link straight to twitter, not here.
Irishdawg
I think the Falcons will most likely go with an established 4-3 NFL guy; hopefully Jack Del Rio. I can’t see them reshaking the whole defense. (crosses self and whispers prayers)
Just because they may have contacted his agent, it doesn’t mean they’re focused on him or haven’t sent feelers out to other candidates. Point being, this doesn’t mean an offer from the Falcons is imminent, as some of you seem to be concerned about above.
From Grantham’s point of view, he’s shown he can be a fantastic college D coordinator, but he hasn’t shown that he can be a great pro D coordinator (although I think he may have been a victim of bad teams/personnel while at that position in the pros). If his goal is truly to become a head coach, I’d stick with the college gig… but that’s my $.02.
Thank you. Get some perspective people. Who is Pete Roussel anyway?
I asked myself the same thing. Apparently he use to coach. “Those that can’t do teach”. Not everyone can teach though.
http://www.coachingsearch.com/bio.html
Same can be said about BVG
I like Grantham. And I understand the lure of perhaps being a DC in the pros
But, if he convinced Jarvis to stay, and Jordan to come, and then bolted … douchebag near the likes of Junior. Personally, not believing this at all.
Do agree it’s likely his agent is doing his job very well.
This is probably not a real thing, since Grantham’s a proponent of a completely different scheme than Atlanta’s personnel would seem to fit as noted by other commenters. However, if it IS true, then this is solely the Senator’s fault for jinxing us with a “this offseason sure is going to be quiet” post on January 7th.
Sources tell me the Falcons have reached out to the agent of Georgia defensive coordinator Todd Grantham.
Dissect that. Sources? Uh, the agent himself.
Now, why on earth would an agent say something like that right in the middle of an ongoing negotiation? Oh, right. Negotiating 101. I forgot.
Two reasons that this is silly.
1. The Falcons have 4-3 personnel. No real DT’s, two 4-3 prototype DE’s (one of which they just inked last year), practically invisible LB’s and midget CB’s complemented by run-stopping/WR chasing into the endzone safeties. An overhaul would be required.
2. As stated before, it’s bad business. One thing Arthur Blank ain’t is bad at business. Steal Grantham and lose your entire fan base. I don’t think so.
The linebackers are actually pretty good and there are a bunch of them. Lofton, Nicholas, and Spoon are really good. A few other guys still developing.
Atlanta probably could make the 3-4 switch more easily than people think. Abe is a FA now. If the new DC is a 34 guy, letting Abe go frees up a lot of money. Sidbury looks like a prototypical 34 OLB and Kroy Biermann could play that position too. . Lofton and Nicholas (or Dent even) would be ILBs and Spoon could go play OLB. The dlinemen they have can play 34 DE. Babineaux, Cliff Matthews, Peria Jerry, and Corey Peters could figure that out. Babs might even be able to play the nose. There’d have to be a few big signings though. And Ray Edwards probably wouldn’t fit in anywhere.
But… Even then. Grantham has to be behind Mike Nolan, Steve Spagnulo, Jack Del Rio, Mike Zimmer, Mel Tucker, and Eric Mangini anyway. Those guys have better resumes and more experience/success as a pro DC.
Plus, if they were looking a college coaches (they probably aren’t) they’d look at Kirby Smart first.
I’m not a Falcons fan, so I can’t speak much to their personnel, but I wonder if they’re willing to undergo a scheme change if they have to rebuild on personell anyway? I’m not sure a scheme change is as painful for a pro team as it is for a college team, anyway. More opportunities to practice, study, etc.
Plus, Atlanta has 17 players that are FAs. Some of them are players that they could lose/replace in a scheme change. Still think Grantham isn’t in their top 10, though.
From everything I’ve been reading, the Falcons are going hard after Steve Spagnuolo. It’s been said before, but I just can’t see the Falcons making the switch to the 3-4…their personnel doesn’t fit it, it wouldn’t work for their linebackers they’ve drafted, and it sure wouldn’t work with Ray Edwards.
On top of all that, Grantham has made it known that he wants to be a head coach. He seems to like recruiting (he’s said as much from the get-go, and with the Jenkins commit, seems to be good at it), so I have a feeling he stays and parlays the solid defense into a head coaching position somewhere in college, as opposed to a coordinator position in the NFL.
Given their performance in the playoffs, the Falcons should be reaching out to UGA for an offensive coordinator.
That would be too good to be true.
I love the Falcons but would gladly see their O fail for a few years to get Georgia a new OC. That’s a sacrifice I would make to get us headed in the right direction haha.
Other than the gory crime scene that was his stint at the Rams, what’s Spagnuolo’s resume like? I honestly never heard of him before he got a HC gig. What teams’ defenses has he run?
DC for the Jints and worked for 8 years under Jim Johnson, DC for the Iggles.
Has a very solid reputation.
PLEASE SAY IT AINT SO, TODD!
There’s every reason for Grantham and the Atlanta Falcons to immediatly put an end to this if it’s only a rumor. They have to know it will hurt recruiting. I also suspect that this serves many people’s purposes (Grantham’s negotiations, every college in the SE USA for recruiting, news outlets for interest, etc), while it can only hurt UGA.
I hope the rumor is killed very quickly, or we will have to suspect that maybe it IS so, Todd.
Bruce Lauriault Rugby79
Grantham is not going anywhere-no way he would have Jarvis stay then bolt himself–would ruin his credibility for ever as a college coach–what is really better than making close to a million a year and living in Athens ?
Ever hear of Pitino? I would never hope to compare TG to him, but some people don’t know the meaning of loyaty or honor.
Until he denies it, which he needs to do RIGHT NOW, I’m holding my breath.
(loyalty…sp from above post)…
Point is…..For those who have the “mojo” of success sticking to them, lack of past loyalty doesn’t count. Hungry teams and programs will line up to bid for their services. That’s my point above.
Help me out here….yes I’ve heard of PItino. What does Pitino’s knocking up of the equipment managers wife have to do with Coach TG being courted by the Falcons?
( And a “I beg your pardon” to all the lady/wo-person posters here who might take exception to the phase “knocking up”)
I was using Pitino as an example of a coach who never seems to let the fear of losing his credibilty his decisions.
BLR79 was making the point that TG would be risking his credibility if he left Georgia (esp after just signing JJ).
Two completely different individuals and a personal equivalancy is not intended…I’m just saying it happens.
(Was it not Pitino who tried to weasle into Auburn behind TT’s back, then went to the Falcons for a week or so, then left ATL for Arkansas…am I leaving anything out? I wouldn’t let him in my henhouse.
I think that was Bobby Petrino, not Rick Pitino, hence the confusion.
My bad!! My goofy mistake. It is Petrino…. I was wondering about the equipment managers wife remark.
Sorry. I’m sitting here red faced
As if I didn’t already dislike the Falcons enough..
From Coachingsearch.com;
Atlanta Falcons: Sources with knowledge of the situation tell me that a member of the Falcons’ organization has been in contact with Michael Harris, the agent representing University of Georgia defensive coordinator Todd Grantham. Georgia has been working on a new contract with Grantham’s agent, but don’t be surprised if the new contract is signed in the next few days. With the departure of Brian VanGorder, the Falcons are looking for a new defensive coordinator.
[url]http://coachingsearch.com/coaching-search-ticker.html[/url]
Doesn’t seem like a very reliable source.
I think I see the fine hand of Kirby Smart in this anonymous tip. Anything to derail recruiting momentum for UGA as Grantham gets a commitment from a 5 star anchor for this year’s class. Of course, it could be Chin Gizik or SOD or Spurrier, or Dabo or Flahduh or a host of others. It’s just life in the shark tank known as the SEC.
The Falcons arent a 3-4 team, dont have 3-4 personnel, and dont seem likely to want to wait a couple of years while a new guy comes in and scraps their entire system. Mike Smith worked for Jack Del Rio, you’d think JDR, or any number of 4-3 guys who can tweak a system Smith already knows would be the way the Falcons are going.
Stop posting this stuff. I’m trying to get some work done around here.
Chopper Reid
My sources are telling me that James Franklin just took the Head Coaching position for the Raiders.
Also…Dunwoody’s proudest son, Ryan Seacrest, finally came out of the closet on air this morning.
Matt Chernoff
“Dunwoody’s proudest son”
The hell you say!
Guys — Grantham was…uh….not good as an NFL DC. #BeingNice
That’s kind of being overlooked as a reason this is unlikely to be true. That and the fact that he coaches the wrong system for the Falcons personnel. And Blank isn’t going to hire UGA’s DC. Oh…and it’s not going to happen.
I keep hearing people say Grantham was a DC in the pros. Correct me if I’m wrong, but I thought he was the D line coach in Dallas, not the DC.
You are correct. But he was DC at Cleveland prior to that. I think he was on butch davis’ staff without checking.
Would not have these issues if we had an Athletic Board and Athletic Department worth a damn. Understand recruting is in full swing, but that is pretty much year round anyway. So when you hear McGarity’s comments last week about extensions, we will sit down after recruiting period, and etc. In essence we have a bunch of over paid idiots, people who can not make decisions, and people who piss away time like it is there forever. Time is money or did they not get any degree in business administration. When the alums demand an Athletic Board and Athletic Department that is more than your local community recreation department…well, just maybe our men’s big three will be men’s programs at the top in the SEC. You can not recruit top players unless you have top coaches. Just maybe McGarity is not the AD we thought along with Adams as president of the University.
He should fire himself and everyone else.
Just maybe you’re not as smart as you think you are, Will Trane.
Orson Charles is gone.
But Rambo is staying!
Saw that NRBQ. I’ve already received emails from friends where the general theme is “BOBO WASTED HIS TALENT”, etc. He certainly didn’t maximize it but I’m curious, has Bobo ever moved a player from a position he wasn’t familiar with and HAD success?
ie- Donnan moving Robert Edwards from D to RB or Richt putting Pollack at DE.
Wasn’t sure where else to put that question?
I have everything you need.
I love Todd Grantham. That is all.
Er….I don’t think I would have told that brother. (Todd is already married anyway. But I hear that Ryan Seacrest may be available.)
Initially, I thought Grantham said, “My desire is to beat UGA for a very long time.”
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Alex, I’ll take “we certainly hope so” for $200. →
Not one of those recruiting posts
In case you haven’t heard, Georgia picked up its eleventh commitment for the class of 2019, defensive lineman Zion Logue. I don’t really have any interest in delving into the kid’s tapes, how he projects or anything else like that. Instead, I’d like to turn your attention to what really gives me pleasure here: how it burns, even if just in the short term, two other programs.
First, Logue is yet another kid from Tennessee spurning the home state Vols. This apparently is being noticed.
Where are the in-state players?
Perhaps the question will be phrased more delicately, but Pruitt can expect to be asked in some fashion about his approach to recruiting talent from the Volunteer State.
The reason is simple. Only one of the 13 players committed to the Vols’ 2019 recruiting class is a high school senior in Tennessee, and the state’s top prospects in the class continue pledging to other schools.
Top prospects such as Nashville receiver Lance Wilhoite (Oregon), Murfreesboro cornerback Woodi Washington (Oklahoma), Nashville linebacker Kane Patterson (Ohio State) and Memphis running back Eric Gray (Michigan) have announced their commitments to other schools this month. Just one of the state’s top eight high school seniors remains uncommitted.
The Vols’ only in-state high school commitment is from Nashville offensive guard Jackson Lampley. Two other commitments in the class have ties to the state. East Mississippi Community College defensive lineman Darel Middleton is originally from Oak Ridge, while IMG Academy (Bradenton, Florida) offensive lineman Chris Akporoghene previously played high school football in east Tennessee.
Not to worry, Urnge Nation. Jeremy Pruitt has taken a page out of SOD’s recruiting manual (see “Dooleyland” in the Lexicon) and redefined geography.
Instead, their focus to this point has been on talent-rich Georgia. They have five commitments from the Peach State. Pruitt said during a Big Orange Caravan stop in Atlanta this summer that he considers the Atlanta area as “in state.”
Cool beans, man. Does that mean we get to take your water… I mean, it’s really our water, amirite?
Meanwhile, even folks who swallowed the “Fulmer knew what he was doing when he hired Pruitt” line are getting a wee bit concerned. Check out Rocky Top Talk’s reaction to Logue’s commitment.
Tonight he has committed to Georgia, meaning Tennessee has missed on yet another top prospect from inside its own borders. In recent weeks, the Vols have seen receiver Lance Wilhoite commit to Oregon, defensive back Woodi Washington commit to Oklahoma and linebacker Kane Patterson commit to Ohio State.
Tennessee currently holds just one commitment from an in-state player (two if you want to count Chris Akporoghene), coming from Jackson Lampley. That’s a trend that Jeremy Pruitt and his staff are going to have to fix quickly.
Unless Pruitt and company are planning on flipping a bunch of kids, that seems like a horse is already out of the barn suggestion. Guess we’ll just have to settle for angst for the moment.
Meanwhile, this example of ‘Cock strutting (“It’s the middle of July and we are all in the same range of commitments and we are ahead of them. Pressure is all on them.”) is not aging well, as the Logue commitment bumps Georgia five spots ahead of South Carolina in the latest version of 247Sports’ recruiting ratings … and that’s with Kirby holding five less commitments than Boom.
Not to say it’ll last (who knows?), but it’s certainly good for a few shits and giggles for now.
Filed under 'Cock Envy, Because Nothing Sucks Like A Big Orange, Georgia Football, Recruiting
40 responses to “Not one of those recruiting posts”
Agreed. This will get me thru the day..
The average rating for our 11 (I believe the lowest number in the top 20) commitments is the highest in the top 50. Cocks, Vols and Gators, once again, we’re going to separate even further from you when this cycle is done.
It’s amazing to watch what is happening from a talent standpoint. Kirby continues to build the monster.
From all the buzz about this kid, he is a rapid riser with the services. If he can keep the speed of an end with the size of a tackle, he could be a great find.
Someone correct me if I am wrong.
I read that he camped at UGA in June and was offered at camp; he was probably impressive. So that leaves me to guess that perhaps he has not been to a great deal of camps and just hasn’t had the exposure.
He camped or worked out at UGA, UTk and Bama this summer and all three offered afterward. That says all I need to know.
My like button doesn’t like me….but I like it…and I like it anytime the orangeclad squirms
He gained about 40 pounds of muscle between the end of the season and summer camps. I’ll trust CKS and staff when they evaluate in person and offer on the spot. This kid will be a mid to high 4* before the end of 2018.
The kid is 6’5 287. Has put on 40 lbs of good weight since last season and is still 16. He is going to be a full grown man
Volnation has a recruitment thread on both Drob and Logue. It’s good bathroom reading. Basically it boils down to they are either overhyped or prima donnas. I love reading their material over there…
I’ve registered over there twice…I usually last about a week before I’m banned. And all I did was speak the truth. I guess it’s time to go register again.
Sounds like us in the late 90s with all of those guys from North Georgia going to Tennessee … maybe that means we about to win 9 or 10 in a row over them.
*we’re
And please keep in mind that, with three star Logue, this is a situation where coaches strongly are at odds the recruiting services rankings, as Bama was heavily pursuing him along with other top programs. He’s also put on 50 lbs of good weight in the last year as well, and I’ll be shocked if he isn’t upgraded to a 4 star this fall.
UF and UT both are not doing well at all right now with their respective coaches’ first full class, and fans at both schools are really gripping. Baring horrid coaching or luck in the next few years, the talent descrepancy is such that I just don’t see us losing to either anytime soon. For ex, UGA currently has seventeen 5 star recruits on their roster. UF: two. And after this year that number for UF will go to zero, while UGA’s will hit 20-21 for 2019. Good luck overcoming that.
I get a lot of positive thoughts by reading your posts about how successful Kirby has been in recruiting, especially when it makes our competition feel heat. I also fear the day where we get numb to it and don’t embrace the “let’s see results on the field” attitude. Last season was great but the ability to back it up by a strong showing this season keeps me from swimming in the clouds all the time.
At this point I do believe Atlanta would allow itself to be annexed by Tennessee if it meant access to water from the Tennessee river.
Pruitt probably hasn’t spent much time recruiting in Tenn so why start now hoss?
These b-holes forgot about Bill Norton, right Wes?
Pruitt may end up being a fine coach – but I expect ooor results at UT – partially because of the fan base – partially because of Fuller and then Pruitt’s over bearing personality kicking in.
Then add to the massive jump georgia has in talent – the improvement in Kentucky and South Carolina and the talent advantage UF has and with a Missouri team that actually is more talented than the Bols right now – shake well – add a little salt – and his goose will be cooked in two years.
Anybody know how we’re sitting with regard to DT’s? I’m worried about the D line.
Khari Vion Jr.
4 deep at each position. From a pure numbers perspective, we should be ok.
https://www.bulldawgillustrated.com/hucks-fall-camp-defense-depth-chart-prediction/
Thorn Dawg
We should be okay. We have commitments from Norton and Logue, and we should land the 5 star Georgia kid, Travon Walker. All three could play both DE or DT. I really wish the staff would offer the local kid, Logan Cash. If you haven’t seen his tape, it’s mighty impressive for a 3star recruit.
David Chadwick
UGA is in an all-out fight for Walker. Some believe he’s leaning to Boom at this moment. I’d have to think that if he doesn’t sign with UGA that Scott is on the hot seat. DT/NT is the only spot where UGA is missing on the 4-5 star kids. The pressure is squarely on Scott to deliver.
On the SC insider boards, they’ve all but given up on landing Walker and think he’s headed to Athens.
We need a 0 or 1 Technique to play over center/guard. They tend to be a little shorter and stouter. Atkins was perfect for it. He would eat up two gaps on running plays. I am not sure Rochester is up to that challenge this year. We haven’t really signed anyone who fits that bill lately. You have to be flat nasty to play that spot. Not a lot of glory
Many of these other SEC schools are doing what Georgia used to do…accept commitments from 3 or mid-ling 4 stars when the kids want to because the old “a bird in hand.” This coaching staff doesn’t do that…they have their prime targets and they are locked in and not taking commitments at this time from the lower guys. I would imagine after the big west endzone unveiling we will be jumping up the rankings. A lot of the elite guys like to play it out till Dec. or there are some flips the staff sees as preferable to just filling spots. Our average player ranking on 247 is totally insane right now. DT is definitely a bit of a concern right now, but I’m telling myself to just trust Kirby and co. We are in the midst of being spoiled by riches and I’m just trying to enjoy the ride!
If there isn’t a LOLCOCKS website devoted to Sakerlina “football,” there oughta be. I mean, I’m not Googling that to find out, but some of you more adventurous types might be so inclined.
I’m guessing lots and lots of foreskins are on that site.
LOL..instead of “Fighting Cocks”…”Fighting Foreskins”…..whoooboy!
This is what I’m talking about. 👆
Neither utk nor scu has a commitment from a player the Dawgs want. They are fighting over Kirby’s table scraps. Kirby’s only serious competition is named saban, and everyone can see how that battle is turning.
Kirby is a recruiting machine. Landing Hayes and DRob this summer were masterful. Not sure if we land the #1 class for 2019, as we probably don’t have 20 slots to fill. But every player we sign will be a stud.
willypmd
Yeah that 2018 class was the second best class of all time and Kirby goes and adds the best JUCO DT and WE in the country to it.
He is incredible
Picking up on the water comment, how can the state of Georgia ignore the facts about the boundary issue? I understand not redrawing the line and changing the addresses/taxes of involved residents in that area, but should GA force TN to offer the water rights as a way of avoiding the court fight, which would almost certainly favor Georgia’s position That could be a compromise position for TN which would help Georgia’s issue with Atlanta’s growth straining the resource capacity, and it wouldn’t hurt TN a bit as that water has already passed Chattanooga and heading into Alabama at that point. Seems chicken shitted on the part of Georgia’s government officials.
It really “burns” when the state does not produce a whole lot of HS talent. Looks as though this kid has plenty of upside….his offers were from some pretty dang good schools.
Annnd Warren McClendon just committed to Georgia over South Carolina. Keep strutting, Cocks.
https://247sports.com/college/georgia/Article/Four-Star-OT-Warren-McClendon-commits-to-Georgia-Bulldogs-over-South-Carolina-Gamecocks-119841412/
Whoop there it is! Whoop there it is! [Insert mailroom scene from Elf]
Is it just me but does all of this seem to coincide with the clucking from the eastern border about closing the gap?
‘Big’ commit for Coach Pittman, especially considering Warren’s uncle is on the South Carolina coaching staff.
It’s going to take some serious effort to get the Vols back on track.
Seems like every time you turn around some former Vol is taking a shot at UT on social media. That cant help.
Helps us…
Don’t look now, but Tenn just lost a Soph or Jr to the Poelice. Dang, Pruitt, you need to suggest that Fulmer hits the recruiting road to make up for impending loss of players. Anyway, better luck next time you are featured here with SC. I think you just ended up keel-hauled by the Commodores if things stay on this attrition road.
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Trends of blood pressure and heart rate in normal pregnancies: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Lise Loerup1,
Rebecca M. Pullon1,
Jacqueline Birks2,
Susannah Fleming3,
Lucy H. Mackillop4,
Stephen Gerry5 &
Peter J. Watkinson ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0003-1023-39276
BMC Medicine volume 17, Article number: 167 (2019) Cite this article
Current reference ranges for blood pressure and heart rate throughout pregnancy have a poor evidence base.
This is a systematic review and meta-analysis. We included studies measuring blood pressure or heart rate from healthy pregnant women within defined gestational periods of 16 weeks or less. We analysed systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure and heart rate by gestational age. We assessed effects of measurement year and method.
We included 39 studies undertaken in 1967–2017, containing 124,349 systolic measurements from 36,239 women, 124,291 diastolic measurements from 36,181 women and 10,948 heart rate measurements from 8317 women. Mean (95% CI) systolic blood pressure was lowest at 10 weeks gestation, 110.4 (108.5, 112.3) mmHg, rising to 116.0 (113.6, 118.4) mmHg at 40 weeks, mean (95% CI) change 5.6 (4.0, 7.2) mmHg. Mean (95% CI) diastolic blood pressure was lowest at 21 weeks gestation, 65.9 (64.2, 67.7) mmHg; rising to 72.8 (71.0, 74.6) mmHg at 40 weeks, mean (95% CI) change 6.9 (6.2, 7.5) mmHg. Mean (95% CI) heart rate rose from 79.3 (75.5, 83.1) beats/min at 10 weeks to 86.9 (82.2, 91.6) beats/min at 40 weeks gestation, mean (95% CI) change 7.6 (1.8, 13.4) beats/min. Studies using manual measurement reported higher diastolic blood pressures than studies using automated measurement, mean (95 CI) difference 4.9 (0.8, 8.9) mmHg. Diastolic blood pressure increased by 0.26 (95% CI 0.10–0.43) mmHg/year. Including only higher-quality studies had little effect on findings, with heterogeneity remaining high (I2 statistic > 50%).
Significant gestational blood pressure and heart rate changes occur that should be taken into account when assessing pregnant women. Commonly taught substantial decreases in blood pressure mid-pregnancy were not seen and heart rate increases were lower than previously thought. Manual and automated blood pressure measurement cannot be used interchangeably. Increases in diastolic blood pressure over the last half-century and differences between published studies show contemporary data are required to define current normal ranges.
PROSPERO CRD42014009673
Heart rate and blood pressure are key vital signs for the assessment of pregnant women [1, 2]. Our understanding of the normal thresholds for these vital signs underpins their use. Many modern clinical guidelines do not reference the sources of their normal vital sign ranges [3,4,5]. Others refer to an obstetric physiology textbook, which references data from small individual studies published between 1970 and the mid-1990s [6]. Core textbooks commonly suggest a mid-pregnancy dip of around 5 mmHg for systolic and 10–15 mmHg for diastolic blood pressure along with a progressive rise in heart rate ranging from 10 to 20 beats/min [7,8,9]. Where referenced, these texts rely on the same physiology textbook [6] or small individual studies from over 30 years ago [10]. The changes in vital signs that occur in pregnancy are known to complicate the recognition of deterioration [11]. However, we could not identify a clinical guideline or Modified Early Obstetric Warning Score (MEOWS) [2] that took account of expected gestational changes in vital sign physiology. MEOWS use the perceived normal thresholds to determine whether a woman requires review. However, the thresholds used are based on clinical consensus [4, 12]. Small changes in thresholds make substantial differences to the ability of clinical scores to identify physiological deterioration [13, 14]. Evidence-based normal values that take into account changes during pregnancy are therefore required. We carried out a systematic review and meta-analysis to establish whether gestation-specific normal ranges for heart rate and systolic and diastolic blood pressure can be produced from available studies of participants that were “healthy” at recruitment. We planned to investigate the effects of year of measurement, method of measurement (for blood pressure) and parity on vital signs.
This systematic review follows the Meta-analysis Of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (MOOSE) [15] and Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) [16] guidelines (Additional file 1). We registered the review (PROSPERO: CRD42014009673) and published the protocol [17].
We included cross-sectional, case-control or longitudinal studies containing at least fifty participants and where measurements were taken by a healthcare professional.
We included studies containing blood pressure or heart rate measurements from pregnant women recruited as “healthy”. We defined “healthy” as women not known to have conditions likely to affect blood pressure or heart rate at the point of first measurement, according to inclusion and exclusion criteria described in Table 1. We included studies where participants recruited as healthy subsequently developed conditions potentially affecting blood pressure or heart rate. In studies where these participants’ data were presented separately, we extracted vital sign measurements for both groups. We excluded data where an intervention potentially affecting these vital signs was studied. We included baseline measurements prior to an intervention. We excluded data from subgroups selected at recruitment on the basis of characteristics or medical diagnoses (Additional file 2: List S1); we extracted data from control groups of “healthy” pregnant women in these studies. We excluded studies where the gestational age at which measurements were taken was not defined to 16 weeks or less.
Table 1 Inclusion and exclusion criteria
We set out to include measurements of all six vital signs recommended for clinical assessment (systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, heart rate, oxygen saturation, respiratory rate and/or temperature), made antepartum, intrapartum or postpartum [17]. We have restricted this report to blood pressure and heart rate data measured in the antepartum period, as we found little data for other vital signs or time periods.
Search strategy
With a trained librarian, we searched MEDLINE, Embase and CINAHL, from inception until February 2018. We also searched reference lists and contacted field experts. Where required data were not presented or were presented in a form we could not extract, we contacted the original authors by e-mail. We used both MeSH and free-text terms. We did not restrict the year or language of publication. The complete search strategy has been described previously [17]. Additional file 2: Table S1 details the MEDLINE search strategy.
Two reviewers (LL and RP) independently screened retrieved titles and abstracts to exclude studies that clearly fell outside the scope of the review, such as foetal or animal studies. Two reviewers (PW and LM) independently screened the remaining studies by title, then by abstract and finally by full text against the inclusion and exclusion criteria (Table 1). Where reviewers disagreed, the study proceeded to the next screening stage.
Two reviewers (LL and RP) independently extracted study data onto a piloted spreadsheet (Microsoft Excel). Disagreements were automatically highlighted and resolved by recourse to the original papers or in consultation with a medical statistician (JB), intensive care specialist (PW) or obstetric physician (LM), as required.
For each study, we extracted information about the study (year of data collection and publication, study setting, country of study, data collection schedule), measurements (method, subject position, details of measurement device) and participants (age, weight, body mass index (BMI), ethnicity, reason for measurements, parity, number of gestations, pregnancy dating method). For each period of pregnancy defined in a paper, we extracted information about the sample size and minimum and maximum gestational age, together with reported summary statistics for blood pressure and heart rate. We used Engauge Digitizer, https://sourceforge.net/projects/digitizer/works (open source software) to extract data from graphs if the underlying data were not presented and we could not obtain it from the authors.
Assessment of bias
Two reviewers (LL and RP) independently undertook quality assessment in line with QUADAS (Quality Assessment of Diagnostic Accuracy Studies)-2 [18], adapted from the methodology of Ioannou et al. [19] following pre-determined rules (Additional file 2: Table S2). We assessed studies over two domains: study design and reporting methods. We scored statistical methods within these two domains, taking account of differing study designs. Each methodological criterion was scored as either “high” or “low” risk of bias. For each of the two domains, the overall quality score for each study was defined as the percentage of “low risk of bias” marks over the total number of criteria. We assessed the effects of only including studies scoring 50% or more on mean estimates of heart rate and blood pressure and on heterogeneity between studies.
Summary measures
Principal summary statistics were mean and standard deviation for each measure of heart rate and blood pressure, along with sample size. Where mean and standard deviation for blood pressure and heart rate were not reported, we approximated these assuming a normal distribution (with no skewness), in line with previous descriptions of vital sign measurement distributions [20]. Where multiple measurements were reported on the same day for the same participants (e.g. blood pressure measured in the sitting and lying positions), we selected a single data point using pre-specified rules [17]. We assigned the development status of a study country using the Human Development Index (2015) [21].
Where the gestational age associated with each data point was reported as a mean or median gestational age, we used this for the analysis. Where the gestational age associated with each data point was reported as a range, we used the mid-point of the range. Gestational age measured using ultrasound measurement of the foetal crown-rump length before 14 weeks gestation was our preferred assessment method [22].
Where the sample size associated with each data point was reported, we used this for the analysis. For studies where the sample size was reported only at baseline, we took the sample size associated with each data point to be the baseline sample size, assuming no dropouts or loss-to-follow-up.
Where characteristics of women (weight, BMI, age, parity) were reported at multiple time points (e.g. pre-pregnancy, at recruitment and/or at delivery), we used the value closest to recruitment. Where the mean values of the characteristics of the sample of women associated with each data point were reported, we used this for analysis. For studies where the characteristics of women were only reported for the entire sample of women recruited, and not for the sample at each time point, we used entire sample values, assuming no dropouts or loss to follow-up. Where only median values were reported, we used these instead of the mean values, assuming normal distributions of characteristics (with no skewness).
The study year was taken to be the last year of recruitment to the study or the year of publication where this was not reported.
Synthesis of results
To analyse trajectories of changes in blood pressure and heart rate, we adapted the method for meta-analysis of longitudinal studies proposed by Ishak et al. [23, 24] Ishak conducted a meta-analysis of longitudinal studies reporting data at a series of fixed time points, using study summary statistics. Linear mixed effects models were used to take account of correlations in longitudinal data. We adapted Ishak’s general multivariate model to conduct a meta-analysis of studies which report data at different time points, whilst still accounting for correlations between data points within studies and between studies (our “longitudinal model”). The time points in our analysis are the different values of gestational age. All data points from an individual study were included. We used a random coefficients model that allows for an arithmetic description of the relationship between the measurement of interest and gestational age [25]. The models were built up based on polynomials of gestational age by adding higher order polynomials, first as fixed effects, and then as random coefficients. Decisions on which terms to include were based on AIC and BIC (Akaike and Bayesian Information Criterion)—measures of assessing model fit whilst accounting for the number of parameters [26, 27]. To assess the additional benefit of higher order fixed effects terms, we fitted models based on maximum likelihood (ML) estimation; whereas to assess the benefit of higher-order random effect terms, and to fit the final model, we undertook restricted maximum likelihood estimation (REML). Each observation was weighted according to the study reported standard error. To account for the correlation of observations within a study, a spatial power covariance structure was used, which allows for the irregular nature of time between measurements [28].
We undertook pre-specified secondary analyses to investigate the effects of method of measurement (manual vs. automated), year of data collection and parity on systolic and diastolic blood pressure. We added these covariates to the model as fixed effects. We added method of measurement and year of measurement simultaneously as we expected them to be related. To assess the effect of parity, where possible, we separated data into nulliparous and multiparous groups. Otherwise, we entered parity into the model as the proportion of multiparous mothers. We did not undertake secondary analyses of heart rate, as the limited study numbers would have resulted in imprecise results.
Additionally, we pooled data for each trimester from each included study in a random effects analysis to generate Forest plots for each vital sign. Trimesters were defined as trimester 1 from 0+ 0 to 12+ 6 weeks; trimester 2 from 13+ 0 to 25+ 6 weeks; trimester 3 from 26+ 0 to 36+ 6 weeks and full term from 37+ 0 weeks to delivery [29]. Where data were reported for subgroups within a single study, for example for nulliparous and multiparous women, a weighted mean and standard error of the mean were calculated. Where more than two data points for a single trimester within a study were reported, the same women would be included in both data points, so the mean of the data points was calculated. The standard error of the mean was calculated assuming a correlation between measurements on the same patient of 0.7. This was considered reasonable considering how close in time the measurements were. The weighted mean of the gestational age for the data points was calculated.
We estimated the pooled weighted mean and 95% confidence intervals where the weight of an individual study was inversely proportional to the sum of the variance (SE2) of the study mean and the between-study variance. To estimate the spread of vital sign data in an individual study setting, we computed 95% prediction intervals from the random effects analysis, according to the methodology presented by Riley et al. [30] We determined heterogeneity using the I2 statistic (range 0–100%).
We performed a pre-specified sensitivity analysis excluding outlying studies (with means lying outside of the predictive interval). We also performed an additional sensitivity analysis excluding studies scoring less than 50% on quality assessment.
As the studies included in the review did not have a comparative design, we could not assess publication bias. However, selective reporting was assessed as part of the quality assessment.
Statistical analyses were undertaken using StataCorp. 2015 (Stata Statistical Software: Release 14. College Station, TX: StataCorp LP) or SAS software (Version 9.3, SAS Institute Inc. SAS).
Database screening identified 1897 publications. We identified a further 14 publications from reference lists or expert knowledge. We included 39 studies from 20 countries meeting our pre-specified criteria, Fig. 1. Detailed reasons for exclusion are shown in Additional file 2: Table S3.
Study identification and selection
The included studies are summarised in Additional file 2: Table S4. We extracted blood pressure data from 34 studies. We extracted heart rate data from 13 studies. Studies came from 20 different countries, 17 high-development countries and three middle- or low-development countries. One (Russian) study was not reported in English [31].
We included 394 summary measurements of blood pressure, representing 124,349 systolic measurements from 36,239 women and 124,291 diastolic measurements from 36,181 women. The 23 longitudinal studies reported measurements of blood pressure from 33 separate groups of women [32,33,34,35,36,37,38,39,40,41,42,43,44,45,46,47,48,49,50,51,52,53,54]. Longitudinal studies varied in the number of time points at which a group had blood pressure measured (median 4 time points, range 2 to 35). A further 11 studies reported cross-sectional measurements [31, 55,56,57,58,59,60,61,62,63,64]. Two of these studies reported multiple cross-sectional measurements [56, 61]. The remaining studies reported measurements at a single time. A manual sphygmomanometer was used in fifteen studies [34, 35, 37,38,39, 41, 44, 45, 47, 49, 53, 57, 58, 62, 64]. An automated blood pressure monitor was used in thirteen studies [32, 33, 42, 43, 48, 50,51,52, 54,55,56, 59, 61]. Six studies did not report the measurement methodology [31, 36, 40, 46, 60, 63].
We included 34 summary measurements of heart rate, representing 10,948 heart rate measurements from 8317 women. The five longitudinal studies reported measurements from seven separate groups of women [32, 42, 48, 65, 66]. Summary measurements were reported at between 3 and 8 (median 4) time points per group. A further eight studies reported cross-sectional measurements of heart rate at a single time point [31, 57, 59, 63, 64, 67,68,69]. The method of heart rate measurement was reported as electrocardiography (ECG; 5 studies, 8 time points) [57, 64, 66,67,68], echocardiography (echo; 1 study, 2 time points) [69], finger arterial pressure sensor (1 study, 4 time points) [48], radioulnar pulse wave monitoring (1 study, 8 time points) [65], reading from an automated blood pressure (BP) monitor (2 studies, 4 time points) [42, 59] or not specified (3 studies, 16 time points) [31, 32, 63].
Quality assessment scores ranged from 5.6 to 84.2% (median 44.4%, where 100% is a good score). Additional file 2: Figure S1 summarises the score per assessment criterion. Individual paper scores are shown in Additional file 2: Table S4. Common reasons for scoring poorly included not sufficiently defining the population under study (28 studies), not defining gestational age using ultrasound measurement of crown-rump length before 14 weeks (26 studies) and not describing/using measurement devices ratified for use in pregnancy (30 studies). Of the 13 studies that used automated methods of blood pressure measurement, three stated that they used machines validated for use in pregnancy [42, 48, 59]. Five studies reported that the measurement device was calibrated prior to the study taking place (all manual sphygmomanometer methods) [37, 39, 44, 62, 64]. The method of blood pressure measurement was not specified in six studies [31, 35, 36, 40, 46, 69]. Use of an appropriately sized BP cuff was reported in 13 studies [33, 37, 38, 42,43,44,45, 47, 49, 54, 58, 61, 62].
Both systolic and diastolic blood pressure changed significantly across pregnancy (for combined manual and automatic readings) when modelled using our longitudinal model (Fig. 2). Systolic blood pressure was lowest at 10 weeks gestation, mean (95% confidence intervals, CI) 110.4 (108.5, 112.3) mmHg, rising to 116.0 (113.6, 118.4) mmHg at 40 weeks gestation; a change of 5.6 (95% CI 4.0, 7.2) mmHg from 10 to 40 weeks (p < 0.001). Mean (95% CI) diastolic blood pressure was 67.1 (65.4, 68.7) mmHg at 10 weeks gestation. Mean (95% CI) diastolic blood pressure was lowest at 21 weeks 65.9 (64.2, 67.7) mmHg, rising to 72.8 (71.0, 74.6) mmHg at 40 weeks; a change of 6.9 (95% CI 6.2, 7.5) mmHg from 21 to 40 weeks (p < 0.001). Mean (95% CI) heart rate rose from 79.3 (75.5, 83.1) beats/min at 10 weeks to 86.9 (82.2, 91.6) beats/min at 40 weeks; a change of 7.6 (1.8, 13.4) beats/min from 10 to 40 weeks (p = 0.014), Fig. 3. Though all longitudinal studies showed heart rate to increase across pregnancy, three relatively small studies showed a small drop in heart rate at the end of pregnancy [32, 48, 65].
Mean BP (solid black line), with 95% CI (red band) by gestational age (longitudinal model). Trajectories of individual studies are also shown (thin lines)
Mean heart rate (solid black line), with 95% CI (red band) by gestational age (longitudinal model). Trajectories of individual studies are also shown (thin lines)
Forest plots of systolic, diastolic and heart rate data (one plot per trimester) are shown (Additional file 2: Figure S2). Significant heterogeneity was present for all measures in all trimesters. Blood pressure and heart rate mean trimester estimates were similar whether estimated using our longitudinal model or random effects meta-analyses (Additional file 2: Table S5).
Subgroup analyses
Studies that used a manual measurement reported higher mean diastolic blood pressures than studies using an automated technique, difference (95% CI) in mean intercept of 4.9 (0.8, 8.9) mmHg (p = 0.020). Mean manual systolic blood pressure measurements did not differ from those in studies that used an automated measurement, difference (95% CI) in mean intercept of 2.8 (− 2.3, 7.9), p = 0.274 (Additional file 2: Figure S3).
Studies of automated measures commenced in 2002 becoming more common over time. We therefore analysed the effect of time on blood pressure for manual measurements only. Each year from 1969 to 2017, diastolic blood pressure increased by 0.26 (95% CI 0.10–0.43) mmHg, p = 0.003. Systolic blood pressure rose by 0.12 (95% CI − 0.09, 0.33) mmHg per annum, but the rise was not statistically significant (p = 0.256). Differences were not affected by gestational age.
Data was available from studies to allow us to assess the effects of parity on systolic and diastolic blood pressure. Nulliparous and parous women did not differ in either systolic blood pressure, mean (95% CI) difference − 0.32 (− 7.7, 7.1) mmHg, p = 0.927, or diastolic blood pressure, mean (95% CI) difference 1.30 (− 5.2, 7.8) mmHg, p = 0.671, (Additional file 2: Figure S4).
We could not adjust for maternal characteristics, such as age and weight, as such data were often missing or reported using different summary measures at different gestational ages.
Sensitivity analyses
Excluding outlying studies (with means lying outside of the predictive interval) reduced the number of studies by a maximum of five studies for studies of blood pressure. As all the outlying studies were “high outliers”, the mean estimates of systolic and diastolic blood pressure were decreased by about 1 mmHg, but the pattern across gestational ages remained the same (Additional file 2: Table S5b). This analysis also removed the one relatively small study where blood pressure appeared to decrease toward the end of pregnancy [49]. No studies of heart rate had means outlying the predictive interval.
Analysing only studies with a quality score above 50% reduced the number of studies for analysis from 34 to 12 for blood pressure and from 13 to 7 for heart rate. We found little change in mean estimates of blood pressure (though systolic blood pressure fell marginally in trimester 2), or heart rate, and measures of heterogeneity remained above 95% (Additional file 2: Table S5c).
Our study synthesises the available evidence to describe changes in blood pressure and heart rate during pregnancy. As far as we are aware, this has not previously been done. We show that systolic blood pressure rises by 5.6 (95% CI 4.0, 7.2) mmHg between 10 and 40 weeks gestation (with a possible slight drop of around 1 mmHg in trimester 2 when only higher-quality studies were included). Unlike systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure is lowest at 21 weeks gestation, rising by 6.9 (CI 6.2, 7.5) mmHg by 40 weeks. Mean diastolic blood pressures were on average 4.9 (0.8, 8.9) mmHg lower when measured using automated techniques than when using manual methods. There is no difference in either systolic or diastolic blood pressure between nulliparous and parous women. Over 48 years, average diastolic blood pressures rose by 0.26 (95% CI 0.10–0.43) mmHg per year. Heart rate rises by 7.6 (95% CI 1.8–13.4) beats per minute through pregnancy.
Our synthesis brings together more blood pressure and heart rate data from more pregnant women than has previously been done. This increases our understanding of the trends that occur during pregnancy. It also shows the large between-study heterogeneity, emphasising the importance of not simply taking results from a single study. Consequently, our mean estimates were imprecise (95% CI width was around 5 mmHg for blood pressure and 9 beats per minute for heart rate). We did not meta-analyse other centile estimates for blood pressure and heart rate (for example 5th or 95th). As most studies did not report centiles of the distributions, approximations would need to be made, using assumptions about data distributions. The precision would likely have been lower than at the means, resulting in wide confidence intervals, with little clinical value. Such an analysis would have been imprecise and potentially misleading.
As with many meta-analyses, combining these data is complex. Included studies were of mixed methodological quality. We identified three aspects of particular concern: Firstly, a lack of accuracy in measuring and reporting of gestational age. Secondly, only a minority of studies reported using automated blood pressure measurement devices ratified for use in pregnancy. This means that we cannot ascertain whether the differences between blood pressures measured with manual sphygmomanometers and automatic methods would have been present if automatic methods ratified for use in pregnancy had been used. Thirdly, many studies insufficiently defined the population studied. These methodological weaknesses may have contributed to the range of possible mean blood pressures for any gestational age in our analyses. They may also partly account for the heterogeneity we found. Sensitivity analyses to account for quality and outlying studies had little effect in reducing heterogeneity. Further exploration of the sources of the heterogeneity was prevented by a lack of consistent reporting of the additional variables that would be required. The substantial between-study difference in blood pressure and heart rates at all gestational ages creates uncertainty around our mean values, but is less of a problem when analysing trends across pregnancy and time and when considering differences between measurement methods.
We investigated the effect of methodological quality in two ways, by undertaking a pre-specified analysis excluding outlying studies and by excluding studies scoring less than 50% on quality assessment. As all the outlying studies were “high outliers”, the mean estimates of systolic and diastolic blood pressure were decreased by about 1 mmHg, but the pattern across gestational ages remained the same (Additional file 2: Table S5b). Excluding studies with a quality assessment score of less than 50% had little change in mean estimates of blood pressure (though systolic blood pressure fell marginally in trimester 2), or heart rate (Additional file 2: Table S5c).
We planned to estimate blood pressure and heart rate trends for normal pregnancies, accepting that definitions of normal pregnancy vary. Where participants subsequently developed complications, we included their readings. As a consequence, we kept in women who developed pre-eclampsia or gestational hypertension whilst in the original study. As most studies did not present data excluding these participants, we could not derive mean values for populations who remained “normal” at delivery.
We combined longitudinal and cross-sectional study data. Blood pressures from longitudinal studies are not independent, in contrast to cross-sectional studies where blood pressures from different women at different points in pregnancy are independent. To avoid underestimating the precision of our estimates by ignoring the longitudinal correlations, we used the random time-effects method proposed by Ishak et al. for the meta-analysis of summary data. This model addresses the dependencies between longitudinal data points through the inclusion of random time effects between studies. Additionally, the random time-effects method accounts for the exact measurement time points of the included studies. We could not include within-study correlations as none of the included studies reported these. Maternal age and weight were often not presented, and where presented, the gestational age at which they were reported was inconsistent, preventing exploration of their effect on the temporal increase in diastolic blood pressure. The included studies came from a wide range of countries (Additional file 2: Table S4), including a wide range of ethnicities. However, our results may not be generalisable across all ethnic groups. Given the large number of included patients, it appears unlikely that our pre-specified plan to exclude studies with less than 50 participants significantly affected our findings.
Our findings remain compatible with the known increase in myocardial alpha receptors (resulting in increased heart rate), increased plasma volume and decreased systemic vascular resistance that occur in pregnancy [9]. However, in comparison to the 5-mmHg mid-pregnancy drop for systolic blood pressure and 10–15-mmHg drop for diastolic blood pressure previously suggested [7,8,9], the changes we found were small (with little change in systolic blood pressure and a 2–3-mmHg drop in diastolic blood pressure). It is possible that blood pressure drops in pregnancy before most of the included studies took measurements [42, 70]. However, our lowest mean systolic and diastolic blood pressures were similar to those reported for normal young, non-pregnant female populations [71] and a study used as evidence of an early drop is included in our model [42]. Heart rate rose by 7.6 (95% CI 1.8, 13.4) beats/min rather than the 10–20 beats/min core texts commonly suggest [7,8,9]. Taken with other work showing smaller changes than previously though [38, 43, 51], these findings should alter current teaching, allowing more reliable assessment of pregnant women. Previous work in adult early warning scores shows that relatively small changes in thresholds have large changes in the ability of a score to detect deterioration [13, 14]. Published maternal early warning scores commonly have ranges for alerting thresholds of 10 mmHg for blood pressure and 10 beats per minute for heart rate [11, 72]. Our study shows that the normal changes in pregnancy account for over half these ranges. It seems likely that detection of acute deterioration in pregnancy could be improved by taking account of gestation. Equally, recognition of women at risk of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy may be improved by taking account of these patterns [73]. Prior to our study, possibly the best evidence for blood pressure patterns in pregnancy came from a single-centre study undertaken over 20 years ago [38]. Data from this work contributes to our study. The evidence for patterns in heart rate was even more limited. Blood pressure differences between nulliparous and parous women were small, in line with previous findings [38], and did not reach statistical significance.
Our finding of increasing diastolic blood pressure over the 48 years in which these studies have been undertaken is previously unknown. We did not find a study with data over a sufficient period to add to this finding. Increasing average maternal age [74,75,76] and/or weight [38, 77] may provide part of the explanation. These changes contribute to the uncertainty of our overall estimates.
The mean diastolic blood pressure was lower when measured using automated methods than when measured manually. Previously, several automated monitors have been found to underestimate diastolic blood pressure in pre-eclampsia [78,79,80]. Although we included women who subsequently developed pre-eclampsia, their contribution to our overall effect will be small as they form a small proportion of the total cohort and contributed readings prior to developing pre-eclampsia. Importantly, the mean difference is just lower than the minimum validation requirement for automated devices, suggesting that many of the devices used would not achieve this criteria [81]. The difference between manual and automated measurement could commonly change the weight applied to a blood pressure measurement in early warning scores. As many of the automated techniques were not known to be certified for use in pregnancy and several automated devices have been validated for use in pregnancy [82,83,84,85], it may be that the problem could be resolved by only using certified devices. Alternatively, the difference may in part be explained by use of the fourth rather than fifth phase to determine diastolic pressure manually.
Future studies should define gestational age precisely, recruit well-defined populations and for blood pressure only use devices ratified for use in pregnancy. For blood pressure, the differences between automated and manual methods across pregnancy need exploring with automated methods approved for use in pregnancy. The changes in diastolic blood pressure across five decades suggest normal ranges should be regularly revisited. Finally, the impact of using gestation-specific centiles to allow earlier detection of the unwell mother requires investigation.
Gestational changes in blood pressure and heart rate should be taken into account when assessing pregnant women, but heterogeneity between studies prevents the production of gestation-specific evidence-based normal ranges. Assessment of blood pressure need not differ between nulliparous and parous women. Automatically measured diastolic blood pressures are lower than those measured manually. A consistent measurement system should be used through pregnancy. Decreases in blood pressure mid-pregnancy and increases in heart rate through pregnancy are smaller than previously thought. Taken with other work, these findings should contribute to more reliable assessment of pregnant women. Increases in diastolic blood pressures recorded over the last half century show contemporary data is required to define normal ranges for current practice.
All data generated or analysed during this study are included in this published article (and its supplementary information files).
AIC:
Akaike Information Criterion
Bayesian Information Criterion
ECG:
MEOWS:
Modified Early Obstetric Warning Score
ML:
Maximum likelihood
MOOSE:
Meta-analysis Of Observational Studies in Epidemiology
PRISMA:
Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses
QUADAS-2:
Quality Assessment of Diagnostic Accuracy Studies 2
REML:
Restricted maximum likelihood estimation
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We wish to thank Inessa Walker for her help with translation (Russian) and Tatjana Petrinic for her help designing and undertaking the searches.
This work was supported by the NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish or preparation of the manuscript.
Department of Engineering Science, Oxford Institute of Biomedical Engineering, University of Oxford, Old Road Campus Research Building, Oxford, OX3 7DQ, UK
Lise Loerup
& Rebecca M. Pullon
Centre for Statistics in Medicine, University of Oxford, Botnar Research Centre, Windmill Road, Oxford, OX3 7LD, UK
Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, Radcliffe Primary Care Building, Radcliffe Observatory Quarter, Woodstock Rd, Oxford, OX2 6GG, UK
Susannah Fleming
Nuffield Department of Women’s and Reproductive Health, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Headley Way, Oxford, OX3 9DU, UK
Lucy H. Mackillop
Kadoorie Centre for Critical Care Research and Education, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, OX3 9DU, UK
Peter J. Watkinson
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All authors were involved in the initial scoping of the idea and drafting the protocol. LL extracted data and wrote the first draft of the manuscript. RP extracted data and corrected the manuscript. SG and JB reviewed the data, undertook data analysis and reviewed the manuscript. SF provided content expertise and reviewed the manuscript. LM provided content expertise, with PW provided clinical expertise to facilitate accurate extraction and co-wrote the manuscript. PW conceived the idea, provided clinical expertise to facilitate accurate extraction and took the manuscript from initial draft to completion. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
Correspondence to Peter J. Watkinson.
PW, JB, SM and SF report significant grants from the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR), UK. PW, JB, SM, LM and SF report significant grants from the NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford, during the conduct of the study. PW and LM report modest grants and personal fees from Sensyne Health, outside the submitted work. LL and RP report significant grants from the RCUK Digital Economy Programme. LL reports significant grants from the Clarendon Fund. LL now works for the Boston Consulting Group, whose clients include medical technology and health analytics companies. PW and LM work part-time for Sensyne Health. PW and LM hold shares in Sensyne Health.
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Loerup, L., Pullon, R.M., Birks, J. et al. Trends of blood pressure and heart rate in normal pregnancies: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Med 17, 167 (2019) doi:10.1186/s12916-019-1399-1
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RMUColonials
http://www.uscho.com/stats/attendance/division-i-men/2010-2011/
not very impressive, except for Bobby Mo which is at 125% capacity.
And where the he!! are the USCHO posters from these schools?!?!? I went looking for their team threads to see what their fans were saying, and I couldn't even find any team threads. The only Atlantic Hockey talk was happening on the Bently thread....
There are only a few RMU fans on the board. We had a thread during the season, but even now, there's not much to talk about, even with the possible realignment.
5hole
And where the he!! are the USCHO posters from these schools?!?!? I went looking for their team threads to see what their fans were saying, and I couldn't even find any team threads. The only Atlantic Hockey talk was happening on the Bently thread....I never understand how Niagara comes up with such a low attendance count. I do not get to many games (living in GA) but when I do it often looks like at least 75% and official attendance comes out at about half capacity.
There are not many Niagara posters on USCHO ... I am probably the closest to a "regular." The Purps have two talk boards that do not get along at all.
This is the good board: http://www.niagarasports.net/forum/viewforum.php?f=17 :cool:
You can find the other board on Voy Forums but they really only care about bball there ... you can go at your own risk and "enjoy" both posters there. :p
sm2pk
Where ever the Lakers end up,the bottom line will be the same . They have to win to bring fans back and they need to get back to making it to the final 16 . The problem seems to be this coaching staff doesn't have the ability to make it happen.
Lakerblue
Just a tidbit from the Evening News:
http://www.sooeveningnews.com/sports/x1009565282/CCHA-Atlantic-Hockey-plan-exploratory-meeting
LSSULaker889294
What Roque must do if he wants to coach in 12/13: Finish over .500 and finish 5th or higher. If not, then make it to the Joe. If neither of those things happens, he's probably toast.
FRICKER
sm2pk....you say "the problem seems to be this coaching staff doesn't have the ability to make it happen". I agree with you, but it has nothing to do with the coaching abilities and talents of Coach Roque or his staff. Give them a Brian Rolston or a Doug Weight or a Keith Aldridge or the number of blue chippers who made the NCAA championships possible, and you'd be pleasantly surprised just how good a coach Jim Roques & staff would become. The bottom line is that you can't make a Formula One race car out of a VW bus!!!!! Recruiting the blue chip quality players needed to be a Frozen Four type club to go to college and play in the Soo is a very, very, tough putt. I can't say that it can't be done, cuz we all know that it happened, but the circumstances were all in alignment and that may never happen again. The sooner that you and the Laker faithful accept that and stop trashing coach after coach who bleed yelloe & blue, the sooner you might be able to enjoy your team again for what it is, not what you wish it could be...........think about it. I've watched for over ten years including the four my son played there and over and over again you trashed each and every coach and assistant that followed after God, oooops, Jeff Jackson. I've personally known and worked with several of them and they are quality and qualified D1 college coaches. Isn't it time for the game to be fun again?????
Fricker,does this go along with how good a coach Borek really was ?
PerkyforPrez
Inconsistent play of the team is not a sign of good coaching. The team the last two years had more talent then we have had in quite a while and should have finnished in better possition both years but they seem as though they would play down to the lesser teams level.
I was guilty of bashing the head coach in the past and even during the season but i have sinse quit because it is not constructive and i know the players read this site. The latter reason is why i never cut down a player bye name on here they are all good kids and they do represent the University well and they are amatures after all. But when last season was over i think he would have been gone if it were not for the winds of change that were bearing down on ncaa hockey, that in hindsight i believe is true. I hold nothing against him with the big MSU scandle when he got a suspension no one truly knows what all took place that night.
I think Roque did do a lot for LSSU before he became head coach. I think it is time for a change after his contract runs out because the best way to get bigger crowds and better recruits to come is to WIN. And he has had long enough time to try and get his system and players in without much to show for it. I have nothing against the man but the coach if he showed more success we might have been included in the move to the WCAA with Northern.
I do not consider this a bash but rather the truth ( oh god ) and my honest oppinion.
The bottom line is that you can't make a Formula One race car out of a VW bus!!!!! Put a bus driver in a Ferarri (or just a decent sports car), and you have a sports car at a slow speed stopping every other mile.
Put "Brian Rolston or a Doug Weight or a Keith Aldridge" and you will get the same result, unless they take over the leadership, as a skilled passenger taking the wheel (like Schofield and Acton during the last play-offs).
I know the players read this siteYou are right, but don't worry, whatever you say wouldn't do any harm. The coach has lost any credibility for many many years as the inconsistency noticed on the ice starts everyday in the locker room.
I like fans standing up and writing to the administration (I did it, unfortunately to no avail), but shouldn't that have been done before it was too late.
We can have the nostalgic approach and regret that "if and if we would have had that" 20 years ago, or have a pragmatic stance, and start by correcting obvious lacks or mistakes.
A decent leadership (a proper driver) would absolutely transform the dynamics of the team we have.
Whether you consider it as a VW bus (which it is not) or a Ferrari (probably not more), you would get an immediate improvement.
Roque's personality was an acknowledged fact already when he was assistant at Clarkson. He became head coach at lssu when the administration was looking for peace rather than leadership, and he hasn't gained respectability after 7 years.
Today or in ten years time, Roque won't be able to do it. Call it bashing if you want, but it won't be less true.
As it is too late to replace the coach, fans and players should volunteer to mobilize the campus and the town for next season, whatever the future brings (look at how much is done by the hockey department to promote and mobilize, as compared to any other school). Those who are reluctant because of the coach should be told "let's get ready for when he leaves".
When the administration will receive your emails, they will see that something positive is going on and all they have to do is give the team a chance by removing the only obstacle they control.
Some people are excellent college hockey coaches. And then there is everybody else. I agree that replacing the Coach is often times the best and only tonic a school has for its program. I have to say, this recent conference reallignment can be an exciting time for our Lakers and LSSU . . . and it appears I'm not the only person who caught this bug. A new direction, a new coach, new ideas? Sometimes its not always Xs and Os. Great story on Mike Babcock in the Free Press a few weeks ago, how he is re-evaluating his coacing techniques because he knows that his message, even the sound of his voice, if going to get stale and old on the players. Short of something that profound, a new coach can breathe fresh air. Look at how pumped they are at Tech -- and their new coach has never lead even a pee-wee team behind the bench before.
Roque is a better coach than I will ever be. He knows more about recruiting than I will ever know. He has spent more time in dank little rinks in the middle of Alberta than I could probably guess.
And as with all coaches and top-level athletes, he wants to win badly. He wants to win every game. He works hard every practice. He demands incredible athletic efforts from his young men. He must monitor, mother, father, and teach a collection of 30 young college kids -- all the while attempting to keep blowhards like myself happy. He must attend nauseating meetings with academic leaders who neither understand his job, understand his game, nor understand his passion. He must slap backs and shake hands with boosters, trying to pry a check out of their tight little hands. He must keep his eyes, and his assistant coaches eyes, always towards the future -- 2-3 years, looking at Junior players who are 16. Tracking players who can play D-I hockey, can get into college, who aren't pyschotic head cases, and who just might want to spend four years in Sault Ste. Marie. While he is at it, he had better find ways to fill the stadium. And at LSSU, he must do all of this in the face of a recession in a city that is, ahem, not exactly a town that prides itself on high academics nor gives much credence to college kids.
Oh, and the LSSU coach must also do all of this while 50+ other coaches are doing exactly the same thing, all over the country. And he must fight a rear guard action against the CHL (although this is absurdly overblown by the NCAA people).
And the point?
Some men can do all of this and have great success. Dean Blais. George Gwozdecky. Jerry York. Jack Parker. Jeff Jackson.
Most men can do all of this and have some success. This includes most every other college coach.
They are hoping and praying for a national title at St. Lawrence University as much as we are at LSSU.
And this is why I don't engage in coach bashing. Except once: Scott Borek. He just had to go. He fit in the small but distinct catagory of men who are D-I coaches who are simply in way, way, way over their heads. (Tim Waters, at Tech, for example).
So there are a few schools of thought with regard to the coach. Either fire Roque and hope you land the next young Dean Blais (every school hopes this when they make a new hire), or ride it out with the current coach. Do you gamble, and keep gambling every 5-6 years? Or do you stick with one guy who, although not brilliant, is also bringing in enough talent that maybe -- just maybe -- he can snag that ONE random kid (Jim Dowd, anyone?) who prefers LSSU (for whatever reason), and can bring the whole program together. I don't know the answer. I DO know that Jim Roque is better than Scott Borek, and better than Frank Anzalne Part II. But he is less than Jeff Jackson and Frank Anzalone Part I.
sm2pk....first, up front, I consider myself a "friend" of Scott Borek. I worked VERY closely with him when he was with Brown & Colby. Also, he did the Frick's a huge favor by helping Matt select a prep school. My personal opinion of his performance as the Laker's Head Coach is that he tried too hard and too long to coach in the mold of Jeff jackson's system when the Lakers no longer had the type of players that made that system work. Had he coached his style after his second year as head coach, things might have been different. He had proven that he could be a good head coach at DIII Colby College before coming to the Soo. He turned the "White Mules" program around and even beat D1 Princeton. Over his Head in D1? I don't think so. In a different place with smaller shoes to fill, he could be at least an average D1 coach. Let's leave it as "we agree to disagree" on Bo as a HC. However, you can't say that he isn't a very effective assistant coach/recruiter. He and Brian McCloskey (now HC for UNH's women's program) helped Bob Gaudet turn Brown's program around and he's done a good job at UNH since leaving Lake State. IMO, you really shouldn't judge a HC alone, but judge the HC and his two assistants as a staff. It's very rare that a HC alone can excel at all aspects of coaching a D1 team. If you have three guys whose skill sets compliment each other in such areas as recruitiing, PP & PK, discipline, etc. it builds into a successful staff. A number of Laker followers forget that behind Jeff Jackson were Jim Roque & Ron Rolston, who combined to make the Lakers program rise to the top after Crazy Frank built the foundation. Having Rolston's little brother become a Laker didn't hurt either. I was with the compuware Junior "A" club when Brian was heavily recruited by Michigan & Michigan State. I was at Yost a Friday afternoon when Compuware played a pregame against the Wexford Raiders before a Wolverine
vs. Spartans game. The rink was electric!!!! That weekend Brian committed to Lake State. How tempting it must have been to go to Michigan or Michigan State after that exciting weekend!!!
Frick,where does it say he was head coach at Colby ? After he left the Soo,he took over New England College and they were a pre-season top 10 pick and finished out of the top 15 . The next coach at New England wins 20 games his fist year there. Frick,remember what they said about UNH during this past season play-offs ? It was anemic and guess who the power play coach was ? yep,Scott Borek . Frick,I had a Bowling Green player tell me with Borek gone and Anzalone in,the team will still be a bottom team but at least now it will be well conditioned and he said that was something they were not under Borek. Frick,Borek did a poor job at the Soo and that is why he was let loose.
You can show some respect and call me Bob. For the record, Scott Borek was and assistant at Brown University with Brian McCloskey before becoming the Head Coach at Colby. That was BEFORE taking the Laker HC job. I have never defended his coaching style at Lake State. He was and is recognized by people who know college hockey as a premier recruiter. That's his forte. He may not have what it takes to be a HC at D1. I don't contest that. He was the HC at Colby from 1991 through the 1994-95 season and was credited with being instrumental in turning bothe the Brown & Colby programs around. Google "Scott Borek Colby College" to get more details. I wasn't able to find his record at Colby, but I remember that overall it wasn't sparkling, but was good the last few seasons. Over his head at LSSU? Yes. He will admit that he felt the pressure to follow in Jeff Jackson's big shoes and could have handled it better. OK?
The truth is out there . . . regarding Scott Borek???? I gotta say, I never expected THAT.
Borek was a D-III coach he behaved as such. The difference between Scott Borek and Anzalone (the First Tour) was that Frank refused to use the size of the school, the size of the Soo, or the relative isolation of the UP, as an excuse. Frank's greatest asset (in his first tour) was refusing to give any respect to UM or MSU . . . . or any other allegedly big-time school. As noted, Frank fought a full-time battle to convince everyone that LSSU can do anything in college hockey, if they just work hard enough and put their mind and efforts into the program. Scott Borek probably wanted to win as badly as Frank . . . but Borek all-too quickly resigned himself, and our program, to the belief that we are a small school, in a small town, with a small budget. That was Borek's biggest failure, and as a result of this readiness to cede major recruiting points to every other college, LSSU's program suffered.
The Truth is out there. Frank's second tour was a disaster because he was a shell of the coach he once was. Borek's entire tenure was a program-killing disaster. Thats not speculation, thats just fact.
Could a different coach done better than Borek in that time and place? I don't know. I am not entirely sure how a difference coach could have done worse. Scott Borek was a bad fit for the Soo. He is a great D-III coach, where he can live in a nice quiet New England town, at a nice quiet private liberal arts college, and coach .500 hockey for 20 years (This is very common -- click over to USCHO's D-III team pages, click on team history, and you will see coaches in many of these colleges for 10-15-20 years, winning notwithstanding). But he was a poor D-I head coach. It was LSSU's leadership that failed to recognize this after 2 years and move for a replacement.
The leadership then went back to the dry well of Anzalone, and this was a mistake. Instead of a young, hungry coach with new ideas, new dreams . . . a man able to sell those dreams to recruits . . . LSSU brought back a man who was ten years out of step with college hockey. The school brought back a guy who had NO established in-roads in recruiting. He was also a man who burned a LOT of bridges (recall my realier paragraph wherein I mentioned Frank refused to give respect to the other schools).
In my opnion, LSSU compounded the mistake of Borek's regime with hiring Frank.
I thought Jim Roque was a great choice when he was hired. But he, too, has found the sledding tough.
And the point of all this? Nothing.
We can snip and snipe at each other all summer. But for me, and for those who believe as I do that the Lakers should head West, we all need to link arms and stop crying about the coach and for ancient history. I know many here have contacted the administration. I have also contacted the administration. Tell your friends, tell your family.
Tooth Squid
Know what we need... Frank to come play for LSSU... Not coach... PLAY... He could be a sniper... OH MY!!! I peed in my pants a little just thinking about it...
The Tooth is out there...
davyd83
So are the same people who are mad because because Michigan, Michigan State and Miami don't wanna play with them because they aren't big enough and don't offer enough glitz and glam trying to say they don't want to play with Canisius and Mercyhurst and Robert Morris because they aren't big enough and don't off enough glitz and glam?
So you like to put words in peoples mouths huh.
I think you need your buddy boot walt kyle to come back, you just seem to bored.
jnacc
So you'd be OK in a conference with Robert Morris and felt that NMU made a mistake in bolting to what remains of the WCHA??
Give me a break. You waltz on here a few weeks ago, pretending to be all concerned and rooting for LSSU to get a good break. The sad part is a few people took the bait, and thought you were anything more than an unemployed Wildcat fan looking to stir up some sh**.
Well, now the truth comes out.
Go back to your "Welcome Wildcats" thread, and keep pretending the WCHA would have cared less if you came back if a program like Western or ND wanted in.
Drunk and stupid is the way to spend your college years, not the years after. For some reason, Marquette never quite figured that out.
stuckinwi
Seeing as how the WHCA was only at 5... someone NEEDED to join. I don't think there is a school that makes more sense than Northern to move to the WCHA... Maybe Fairbanks, but that may be coming. And with that said. I'd like to see LSSU and UAF be 7 and 8.
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Tag Archives: Deborah Ireland
Hail To Christ, The King
On Sunday we came to the last Sunday of the church’s year. It goes out with a bang, celebrating Christ as King. The evening brought a quieter more reflective time when we could think about just what sort of king Jesus is.
Using some of the liturgy from Liturgies for High Days by Dorothy McRae-McMahon, we thought about a different kind of royalty, one bereft of privilege and wealth, whose power lies in truth, faithfulness and grace for all people. We also remembered Jesus’ faithfulness to his calling, entering into the pain of our lives and yet able to leap free of all its bondages.
The cross that frees us from bondage
Our reading for the evening was one of those ones that lends itself naturally into a meditative retelling. Here is my version of Luke 23:32-43:
The journey through the streets had been tortuous, the crowd pressing in on either side. The sounds of jeering and weeping had mingled together to form a cacophony that heralded their progress. Now they had left the city gate and slowly climbed the skull-shaped hill called Golgotha. Three condemned men, each bearing the burden of a death sentence, brought out to this seemingly god-forsaken place to be nailed to a cross and hoisted high so that all might see that justice had been done.
Few people had made the effort to ascend the incline; there was a perfectly good view from the shaded city walls, and they were even more grateful for that distance as the midday sun rose to its zenith, its heat intensifying the stench of decay that hung in the sultry air over the place.
Jesus’ thoughts, however, were not for his own physical discomfort but that God might show mercy to those who had condemned him, and he cried aloud, ‘Father, forgive them; for they do not realise what they are doing’. Some of those who heard these words felt a pang of guilt sweep over them and turned away, ashamed.
Are there times when we too turn away in shame?…
But beneath the crosses the guards, who had seen it all before, bickered over who should have his redundant clothing before drawing straws; the winner triumphant that he had obtained such a seamless tunic so cheaply. Whilst the representatives of the Jewish leaders, perhaps sensing the remorseful sentiments of the woman who had gathered there, tried to add justification of their part in the proceedings by scoffing at Jesus, pointing out that this man who claimed to be the chosen Messiah of God seemed incapable of saving himself despite his claim to have saved others. Hearing this, the soldiers joined in, offering a toast to the ‘King of the Jews’ with a sponge soaked in sour wine. Even so, they could see no glorious death of a king in battle, no pomp and ceremony, and soon grew tired of mocking this inaptly titled monarch.
When might our desire for ritual and symbols blind us from the simple truth?…
One of the criminals, hearing these things, turned and spoke in derisory tones to the man who hung beside him in silent sufferance, ‘Are you not the Messiah? Save yourself and us!’ His thoughts were, that if this was the hope of Israel then surely he could save not only himself from this punishment but them also, however unlikely that was… and it was a slim hope that he would not die today.
However, the other rebuked him harshly; pointing out that self-preservation was not necessarily the main reason to call on God in these circumstances, particularly when they were both there for being condemned justly for their actions. It was clear to him that Jesus was a victim of a miscarriage of justice; what’s more he had recognised the holiness of this innocent man. Perhaps, he told the other, they should fear God’s ultimate punishment more.
Where does it leave us if we only call on God in times of crisis?
Turning to Jesus, an honest and heartfelt plea came to his lips, ‘Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.’ As the figure at his side turned to look at him with a full gaze, he saw not a broken and bloodied man but a saviour in all his resplendent majesty who spoke immeasurable words of reassurance, ‘Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in Paradise.’
Back to the service then, as we sang ‘Jesus remember me, when you come into your kingdom’ as a prayerful chant and thought about our ‘king’ who calls us to have a more generous love for the world; to bravely dream of the future where we might be a new hope for better things to come and to remain steadfast in our faith in the possibility of Christ’s reign of love.
Hail to Christ, the King,
ruler who lays down the power to destroy,
leader who treads through the costly journey
and into the shadow places of life,
that we might find the rising of life before us:
born to be first witness to God’s truth,
whose might lies in mercy,
whose throne is placed in the midst of humble people.
Some material has been reproduced from Liturgies for High Days, Dorothy McRae-McMahon ©SPCK. The meditation is my own.
The purple stole used in the service as a focal point was created by Deborah Ireland. See here for more information about her work
This entry was posted in Ministry and tagged Christ, Cross, Deborah Ireland, Dorothy McRae-McMahon, faith, Golgotha, Grace, King, King of the Jews, Luke 23:32-43, majesty, meditation, Messiah, power, reflective, Sunday on November 24, 2015 by lindasgalvin.
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