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Characterization using XPS and XRD of Ti(C,N) coating properties for cutting tool applications
P. C. Siow, Jaharah A Ghani, R. J. Talib, Mariyam Jameelah Ghazali, Che Hassan Che Haron
The properties of titanium carbonitride (TiCN) are a result of its composition, which can be adjusted by controlling the material's C-N ratio to a precise level. An experimental study was conducted to vary the composition and properties of TiCN. The substrate used for cathodic arc physical vapour deposition (CAPVD) was tungsten carbide (WC-6Co), which was prepared in-house by a powder metallurgy process. Pure titanium (Ti) was used as a cathode and source of Ti. Methane (CH4) and nitrogen (N2) gases were used as sources of C and N to form the Ti(C,N) coating applied in the CAPVD process. Tests showed that the composition and properties of Ti(C,N) were successfully varied by controlling the CH4-N2 ratio. The surface microhardness of coated carbide samples improved and the coefficient of friction declined as the carbon content incorporated within the Ti(C,N) coating increased.
InterCeram: International Ceramic Review
X ray photoelectron spectroscopy
Physical vapor deposition
Microhardness
titanium carbonitride
Cathodic arc physical vapour deposition (CAPVD)
Cutting tool
TiCN coating
Siow, P. C., A Ghani, J., Talib, R. J., Ghazali, M. J., & Che Haron, C. H. (2015). Characterization using XPS and XRD of Ti(C,N) coating properties for cutting tool applications. InterCeram: International Ceramic Review, 64(6), 287-290.
Characterization using XPS and XRD of Ti(C,N) coating properties for cutting tool applications. / Siow, P. C.; A Ghani, Jaharah; Talib, R. J.; Ghazali, Mariyam Jameelah; Che Haron, Che Hassan.
In: InterCeram: International Ceramic Review, Vol. 64, No. 6, 01.10.2015, p. 287-290.
Siow, PC, A Ghani, J, Talib, RJ, Ghazali, MJ & Che Haron, CH 2015, 'Characterization using XPS and XRD of Ti(C,N) coating properties for cutting tool applications', InterCeram: International Ceramic Review, vol. 64, no. 6, pp. 287-290.
Siow PC, A Ghani J, Talib RJ, Ghazali MJ, Che Haron CH. Characterization using XPS and XRD of Ti(C,N) coating properties for cutting tool applications. InterCeram: International Ceramic Review. 2015 Oct 1;64(6):287-290.
Siow, P. C. ; A Ghani, Jaharah ; Talib, R. J. ; Ghazali, Mariyam Jameelah ; Che Haron, Che Hassan. / Characterization using XPS and XRD of Ti(C,N) coating properties for cutting tool applications. In: InterCeram: International Ceramic Review. 2015 ; Vol. 64, No. 6. pp. 287-290.
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What is a Eurogame? – Grasping an Elusive Term
January 16, 2020 October 6, 2019 by Vasilij
Eurogame is a term often heard in board games terminology. It is also often used incorrectly or people don’t even know what it means and use it because someone else speaks that way and it sounds cool. We’re going to have a look at what is a eurogame, what characteristics are typical for a eurogame and look at some examples.
History and Origins
Eurogames are also often called German-style board game, because, you guessed it, they originate from Germany. Legend implies that after the second world war, which in Germany was a time of rebuilding the country and economic development, the board games also took on a more peaceful note.
Agriculture, building and trading was more welcomed over fighting and destroying. It is the exact opposite of an American type board game (another vaguely used term), which focus on conflict, elimination, and (one) winner-takes-all play style.
Monopoly, a typical American style board game.
Genre began picking up the pace in the 60s, 70s and 80s, but it was in 1995, when it really took off: 1995 marks the publishement of Settlers of Catan. Even though it wasn’t the first eurogame in Germany or the first that made it out abroad, it was the first that became a mainstream hit, scored some big sales number and gained popularity among players all over the world.
That opened up the market for other popular games like Tigris and Euphrates (1997) Carcassonne (2000), Puerto Rico (2002), Power Grid (2004), Ticket to Ride (2004) and many others. These days the genre has really boomed and more eurogames are published every year that anyone can even count, let alone play or review.
Definition of the Term
One thing the eurogame is not: it’s not a geographical term. It was in the beginning, but in our era of globalization, such things do not exist anymore.
It’s not easy to define the term exactly, because eurogames often have very different game mechanics and themes from one to another. Even the “official” Wikipedia definition admits, that it’s an “imprecise label”.
But eurogames do have a lot of common characteristics, and I believe it is by these characteristics, that they are best described.
Characteristics of Eurogames
1. Designer games
Eurogames started the trend of exposing and branding the designer. (Although now everybody does it.) Some of them (you probably heard of Reiner Knizia, Uwe Rosenberg, Klaus Teuber, Jamey Stegmaier and Klaus-Jürgen Wrede among others) became quite famous and used their following to launch other games also designed by them.
2. Reliance on luck is minimal
Eurogames rely on skill rather than luck. Although there may still be some random factors involved (drawing of cards or tiles, setup of the board or victory conditions), these factors do not affect the outcome of the game, but diversify the gameplay and increase replay ability.
If there is a random factor, it usually happens before the player acts, so he has enough time to think and react. For example – in Carcassonne player draws a random terrain tile and then decides where to place it. In Catan, dice throw decides about resource distribution, but after that it’s player’s choice how to spend them.
3. Theme is very pronounced but not necessarily gameplay related
Theme in eurogames is often well-thought-out and executed to the detail (artistic style, quality wooden tokens and miniatures), but they are not essentially connected to the gameplay, but act as a tool to name abstract game elements (tiles, resources, meeples).
It is not unusual for games to be given a re-branding as a completely different theme (for example Catan: Star Trek uses outposts and Starbases as settlements and Dilithium, Tritanium, Oxygen and Food as resources), but the gameplay mechanics stay exactly the same.
4. Players do not get eliminated
Contrary to “American” type board games, in eurogames, all players remain in the game to the very end. Winner is determined by victory points and is often unknown until the very end, when the points are counted. Late twists, like hidden victory points, often turn the tables and one can never be sure in victory until the very end. Often, more paths to victory points are available.
Games can’t drag on forever, but are limited by either victory points or depletion of resources, turns or tiles. Therefore, they are easier to plan an evening around, because you always know how long it takes to finish a game. Most of eurogames try to hit the “movie-length” sweet spot of around 1-2 hours per game.
5. Game mechanics
Game mechanics follow the rule “easy to learn, but hard to master”. Single player is rare to find, games are designed around the 2-6 player limit, but 3-4 is most commonly the sweet spot. Combining this with their play time and no-player-elimination, eurogames are ideal family games or gateway games (board games with game mechanics and theme that appeal to wide audience – making them great for novice players).
Players do not interact directly on board (combat is almost unheard-of eurogames), but rather indirectly: competing for victory points, resources, tiles and trading (often with each other with free market rules).
Mechanics used are common, but often implemented in fresh and original variations, including:
engine building (upgrading your resource or points gathering ability),
controlling areas on the board (by placing tokens or meeples),
trading and auctioning (with bank or other players) and
collecting resources (and buying or upgrading with them).
As eurogames have made it big all around the globe, so have their distinct characteristics blurred and mixed. Board games, that are published nowadays, commonly feature many euro and non-euro characteristics (i.e. Scythe is a hybrid of an eurogame and wargame), trying to be original and stand out in a very densely populated market.
As a conclusion, a eurogame term today is not something that strictly defines a genre of board games, but rather a term that defines a group of board games of different genres, themes and game mechanics – which have a common philosophy on how a board game should look, be made and be played.
Both Kahuna and Santiago de Cuba are perfect examples of the eurogame genre, as is Small World.
If you’re new to board games, games like Ticket to Ride, Catan or Carcassonne are good gateway board games. I’ll try to make a list of best (gateway) eurogames in the future.
Have a question or an opinion? Post it in a comment below!
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6 thoughts on “What is a Eurogame? – Grasping an Elusive Term”
Andy Zeus Anderson
Sounds like Euro Games might offer a pleasant reprieve from my favorite games at least while playing with the kids who often fight over who is winning and who already lost. I can see where they would have their place in social gatherings like parties and can even be the subject of a budding small talk session. I am just wondering where it is best to find a selection that might improve our collection and be fun for the whole family? Thanks, for a great post.
My post about best games for couples already covers some eurogames like Kingdomino, Carcassonne, Akrotiri and Pandemic. Settlers of Catan is a great starting point, too.
Eurogames are becoming more and more popular within all sorts of different communities around the world which is really exciting for me. Until reading this article, I never realized the true meaning of eurogame. I learned something new today so thanks for that. Keep up the good work and I am looking forward to your next article.
I’m glad the post was helpful to you. Eurogames is a term many people throw around (in context with amerotrash) without knowing what either means.
This has been a great learning experience. That history of Euro games is quite enlightening. I love any game of skill as it keeps the mind busy and stimulated the entire time. I have never played this game before but I feel like I have all it takes to start playing if an opportunity arises. Will give a try on one pf your suggestions, probably the Catan. Thank you for a detailed explanation of the Eurogame. Great article.
You can’t go wrong with Catan. 🙂
You can even play it online on Colonist or AsoBrain.
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The Power of a Peer Community
January 15, 2016 /0 Comments/in James Madison, Regional Meetup /by Laurie Moore
University Innovation Fellows shared strategies for student-led change in higher education at the James Madison University Regional Meetup in November 2015.
At the James Madison University Regional Meetup, University Innovation Fellows share their insights and lessons learned from creating activities, events and spaces at their schools. Photo by Laurie Moore.
by Laurie Moore
Originally posted on epicenter.stanford.edu.
Students circulated the room, their voices echoing off concrete floors and high ceilings. They wandered from one rolling whiteboard to the next, where their peers presented what they’d learned from creating activities, events and spaces at their schools. The presenters wrote insights on the whiteboards as they talked — a live poster session without paper or graphs. Instead of rotating to the next whiteboard when instructed, some students remained at the same board, taking detailed notes on the topic and asking follow-up questions. Many of the discussions extended over lunch and throughout the day.
This showcase of activities was one of many highlights of the University Innovation Fellows Regional Meetup hosted by James Madison University (JMU) on November 14-15, 2015. Titled “Own It. Do It.” and held at JMU X-Labs, the meetup provided an opportunity for Fellows to connect in person and learn from one another about how to engage their peers around innovation, entrepreneurship, creativity and design thinking.
The event, designed by JMU Fellows and faculty sponsors, was attended by 40 students from 13 schools in addition to JMU: Clemson University, Dalhousie University, Furman University, George Mason University, Grand Valley State University, La Salle University, Morgan State University, North Dakota State University, University of Portland, University of Virginia, Villanova University, Virginia Commonwealth University, and William Jewell College.
Speakers and activities included a welcome from JMU President Jonathan Alger; an icebreaker with Outriggers, a student-led event facilitation group; a two-part design thinking challenge led by professor Justin Henriques and UIF program co-leader and Stanford d.school lecturer Leticia Britos Cavagnaro; a talk by Marty O’Neill of Corsum Consulting; and a tour of the Harrisonburg Printers Museum from museum owner and excavator Timothy Moore, a JMU University Innovation Fellow who helped design the meetup.
James Madison University President Jonathan Alger welcomes the Fellows. Photo by Daniel Stein/djsphotovideo.com.
To kick off the meetup, President Alger welcome the attendees on Saturday morning, accompanied by the Provost, Associate Provost, Dean of Engineering and other faculty leading the innovation movement on campus. Alger spoke of the importance of the Fellows’ work both at JMU and at other schools. “I was excited for JMU to host this event with student leaders from across North America because I believe that this sort of convening leads to the exchange of a wide variety of ideas and approaches,” Alger said later. “Our vision is that all students can learn how to be change agents in the university and in the world.”
Exchanging ideas was the thread that connected all of the activities during the event, as was discovering a community of like-minded individuals.
After President Alger’s introduction, participants talked with Presidential Innovation Fellows Emily Ianacone and Steven Babitch, who discussed projects that required them to work on “problems not yet defined.” One such project resulted in a platform to facilitate more dialogue between diabetes patients and their health care providers.
Presidential Innovation Fellows Emily Ianacone and Steven Babitch discuss their projects with the Fellows. Photo by Daniel Stein/djsphotovideo.com.
The connections between the University Innovation Fellows and the President Innovation Fellows seemed to go far beyond the names, with both groups working to create lasting change: one in higher education, and one in industry and the nonprofit sectors.
“The world around us is constantly evolving, and it’s important to have people who are creating change and evolution at large institutions like universities,” Emily Ianacone said.
“I think it’s hugely important for Fellows to engage in actual projects that they care about,” said Steven Babitch. “They’re working across different teams and bringing their collective experiences together. That’s how the real world works.”
As the first of many sessions designed to strengthen their relationships with one another, Fellows participated in a team design thinking exercise. With the campus bustling with activity from parents weekend, meetup participants set out on foot to interview JMU students about challenges they faced on campus or in the community. Later that afternoon, teams designed solutions and pitched their best ideas to faculty and administrators. This helped teams understand the different perspectives of all the stakeholders involved in creating change at a school.
Fellows took part in a design thinking exercise to explore challenges faced by students on campus. Photo by Laurie Moore.
Another session was the whiteboard presentation circuit, where students presented on activities they’d created including hack-a-thons, pop-up classes and makerspaces. Fellows noted the value of these opportunities to learn from one another and build strong relationships with other students who are just as passionate and motivated as themselves.
“I just learned how to host my own TEDx event in literally 15 minutes from one of the other Fellows,” said Iyanna Patterson, a Fellow from Morgan State University. “Everyone here is so welcoming and so quick to share information. We’re hearing success stories and learning from every single person.”
“It’s important for us to share the knowledge of what we’re all doing,” said Collier Apgar, a student at JMU. “Then you know you’re not the only one trying to create change.”
These personal connections lasted throughout the day as the participants explored three businesses that are redefining downtown Harrisonburg: the BlueHub coworking space, jewelry entrepreneur Hugo Kohl, and Pale Fire Brewing Company. Students who hadn’t known one another 48 hours earlier were discussing projects and how to implement what they’d learned at JMU back at their own schools.
“Every time students get together in groups, dynamic things start happening,” said Nick Swayne, Executive Director of the 4-Virginia program and coordinator for the program at James Madison University. “Whether it was in the whiteboard clusters or other parts of the meetup, they were really talking—not just about flowery stuff, but how they’ll go back to their schools and make something big happen.”
The community that the Fellows created at the meetup is one that will last despite the distance between them. “Being in a peer community like this is continuing to be of more and more value to me,” said Bradley Dice, a Fellow at William Jewell College. “We really care about one another’s ecosystems and about transforming the whole of higher education and not just our own schools.”
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Virginia is for Makers*
April 21, 2015 /2 Comments/in James Madison, UIF Roadtrip, University of Virginia /by Laurie Moore
*A play on Virginia’s state motto, “Virginia is for Lovers.”
We kicked off our roadtrip strong, driving 5 hours through 5 states – MA, CT, NY, NJ, and PA – before stopping in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania to get some Zzzs. Our biggest priority was to get to James Madison University to join their first-ever, student-led 24-hour hackathon, Bluestone Hacks. Participants of the hackathon had started innovating about the time we hit the road Friday night (6 p.m. on Friday, April 17) and were up all night developing their ideas, building working prototypes, and honing their final presentations.
On Saturday, we arrived at Memorial Hall eager to see the students present their ideas in one of three categories: food and agriculture, health and medicine, or consumer goods and products. Humera Fasihuddin (co-lead of the Fellows program) was invited to judge the food and agriculture category. We arrived to an open auditorium with roughly 60 participants and tables covered in prototyping materials, computers, food and red bull. The participants’ 24 hours was up, and it was time to present their final ideas.
Fourteen teams had formed and had 5 minutes to present with an additional 2 minutes of Q&A from the panel of judges. The teams had developed ideas from aiding local food producers market where they would be selling local produce to gym powered greenhouses to apps organizing medical emergency information to a mobile solution for HR companies on-boarding their new hires. The winner of Bluestone Hacks was Volterre, a mobile app designed to predict epidemics. The software monitors moods, social networks and google searches in a geo-targeted location to identify the spread of sickness in order to avoid epidemics. The winner was a senior at JMU studying physics.
Bluestone Hacks was an amazing event, and the fact that 5 Fellows organized the entire experience in less than one month and raised $8,000 from sponsors in two weeks is highly impressive.
Sunday was an entirely different atmosphere. We took hit the road an hour south to Charlottesville, VA, to meet up with our University of Virginia Fellows and their faculty sponsor, David Chen. After an amazing lunch and tour in beautiful downtown Charlottesville, after which we hit the infamous TomTom Festival. In short, the TomTom festival is a celebration of founders, named after one of our nation’s original founders Thomas Jefferson. A celebration of the startup, creative and innovative talent in Virginia, the TomTom Festival is a two-week shindig incorporating art, music, food and innovation in a fabulous outdoor neighborhood street-fair setting.
There, we attended the Genius Hour — an event for makers of all ages — and saw many K12 and collegiate-level projects. It was described as “…a celebration of tech enthusiasts, crafters, educators, tinkerers, hobbyists, engineers, artists, and students.” We had the opportunity to meet one of the organizers, Nate, a senior at UVa, who reached out to TomTom Fest organizers and pulled together the community to exhibit their creativity. As a program, we had heard we were making a difference (from both faculty sponsors and Fellows), but we were blown-away as community members recognized our University Innovation Fellows t-shirts at TomTom Fest.
After a wonderful afternoon at UVa, we headed back to JMU to have dinner and tour of the ICE House and ICE Maker House. The ICE House is a hub of resources providing students with access to resources for startups and small businesses, a maker space (ICE Maker House) and iterative learning experiences.
Fast forward to Monday afternoon. Humera and I were invited to attend our first pinning ceremony with the JMU Fellows, their faculty sponsor Nick Swayne, President Jonathan Alger and his wife, Mary Anne Alger. Fellows Chris Ashley, Timothy Moore, Emily Pratt and Jack O’Neil gave an amazing presentation on their work as Fellows. We were extremely proud of their ability to articulate their vision and describe the enhancements they wanted to see on JMU’s campus.
And now, we’re on our way to Kent State University to our Fellows Robin Bonatesta, Sravan Kumar, Tapti Saha and Matthew Allen. We have put nearly 800 miles behind us, with many more to go!
Humera and Katie
Pictured Below: James Madison University Fellows: Chris Ashley, Jack O’Neil, Emily Platt, and Timothy Moore; Nick Swayne, Faculty Sponsor; and Humera & Katie.
Pictured Below: University of Virginia Fellows: Ben Matthews, Angela Liu, Katie Kan, Rachel Smith, Anish Dalal, Dasha Tyshlek; David Chen, Faculty Sponsor, and his beautiful children Sofia and Austin; Katie and Humera, along with Humera’s children Noah, Aliya and Jeremiah.
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UIF Roadtrip April 2015
Virginia is for Makers
Just Kent Get Enough
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April 18, 2015 /1 Comment/in James Madison, Kent State, La Salle University, University of Pittsburgh, University of Virginia /by uifellows
7 Days. *5 Campuses. 25 Fellows.
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Humera and Katie are hitting the road, traveling through eight states to visit University Innovation Fellows, faculty sponsors and administrative leadership, to experience their spaces of innovation and hear stories of the way in which student engagement is expanding opportunities for peers and creating lasting institutional change.
First stop is James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia, where Fellows are holding Bluestone Hacks, the first-ever student led hackathon. Innovative students are prompted to hack solutions to real issues over 24 hours. We’re excited to judge ‘food and agricultural’ innovations, and view team projects in the ‘healthcare’ and ‘consumer devices & tools’ categories.
Next stop — Richmond, VA, to visit our University of Virginia Fellows. Our venue is the infamous Tom Tom Festival which we’ve heard about for years from Elliot Roth, a Fellow from Virginia Commonwealth University. There, we’ll be crashing the Genius Hour, “a showcase of interactive technology with all kinds of innovators, students, creators, tinkerers, hobbyists, engineers and enthusiasts.”
We’ll hit the road again, headed to Kent State in Kent, Ohio, for a walk-through of innovative spaces on campus including their TechStyleLAB, Blackstone Launchpad, Student Multimedia Studio and the Architecture Library. Afterwards, we’ll attend a meeting where Fellows present their experiences and plans to campus administration. We’ll end our time at Kent meeting the team at HacKSU, the masterminds behind the growing annual Kent Hack Enough, the Kent State Fashion/Tech Hackathon (which explores the growing wearables technology industry), and many other cool learning opportunities that get Kent-area students excited about making, tinkering and engineering new and creative innovations.
Heading back East, we’ll hit Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where Fellows at the University of Pittsburgh have a strong partnership with numerous innovative faculty. Our first Fellow, Karuna Relwani (who has since graduated), tells the story of the early days when she and her student colleagues worked to form the ESMD Club (Engineers for Sustainable Medical Development). Now, the program has grown substantially, has systematized its organizational structure (currently on its third President), expanded into a new space which is staffed by an Innovation Director, and has undertaken a beautiful rebranding with the name Pitt DesignHub.
Our trip may include some surprise stops along the way in PA, NY and CT, so be sure to stay tuned with LIVE tweets, photos and video right here on this page!
Hittin’ the road!
**Updated 5/5/15: Our surprise stop was to La Salle University in Philadelphia, Pa., making this a 5 campus-tour. (Posts coming soon)
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Filthy Macnasty / Bar/nightclub (Babyshambles)
Filthy Macnasty's is a bar situated on 68 Amwell Street in London, in which Peter Doherty once worked as a barman. The bar acted as a venue in which The Libertines regularly played during the band's early days.
In 1999, an Irishman called Rabbi booked the bands, and the Skint and Minted Cabaret started in 2002 as a free cabaret and open mike night occurring every Tuesday, in which the Libertines would often participate. The audience was usually small, but the majority was in bands, played instruments and similar. According to Alex Hannafiord, "Anyone could play at Filthy's and everyone was encouraged to play."
The Libertines also composed a song titled "Skint and Minted" (a demo of which appears on the "Don't Look Back Into the Sun" single), and one of the Books of Albion bears the same name.
Filthy Macnasty closed doors in June, 2013. A couple of articles were published telling The Libertines history at the venue: Anthony Thornton's blog, The Londonist
Live For Spanish TV (The Libertines)
Woodstower Festival (Peter Doherty)
Apples and Engines (Roses Kings Castles)
Glastonbury (Carl Barat)
Rock Werchter (Babyshambles)
Paradiso, Amsterdam (Babyshambles)
Bohemian Trinket (Wolfman)
A Message To You, Rudy (Covered songs)
No Signal No Battery (Dirty Pretty Things)
Holly Golightly (Dirty Pretty Things)
What Katie Did (The Libertines)
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Groups Concerned Over Arming Of Domestic Drones
By CBS News
With the use of domestic drones increasing, concern has not just come up over privacy issues, but also over the potential use of lethal force by the unmanned aircraft.
Drones have been used overseas to target and kill high-level terror leaders and are also being used along the U.S.-Mexico border in the battle against illegal immigration. But now, these drones are starting to be used domestically at an increasing rate.
The Federal Aviation Administration has allowed several police departments to use drones across the U.S. They are controlled from a remote location and use infrared sensors and high-resolution cameras.
Chief Deputy Randy McDaniel of the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office in Texas told The Daily that his department is considering using rubber bullets and tear gas on its drone.
“Those are things that law enforcement utilizes day in and day out and in certain situations it might be advantageous to have this type of system on the UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle),” McDaniel told The Daily.
The use of potential force from drones has raised the ire of the American Civil Liberties Union. “It’s simply not appropriate to use any of force, lethal or non-lethal, on a drone,” Catherine Crump, staff attorney for the ACLU, told CBSDC.
Crump feels one of the biggest problems with the use of drones is the remote location where they are operated from. “When the officer is on the scene, they have full access to info about what has transpired there,” Crump explained to CBSDC. “An officer at a remote location far away does not have the same level of access.”
The ACLU is also worried about potential drones malfunctioning and falling from the sky, adding that they are keeping a close eye on the use of these unmanned aircraft by police departments.
“We don’t need a situation where Americans feel there is in an invisible eye in the sky,” Jay Stanley, senior policy analyst at ACLU, told CBSDC. Joshua Foust, fellow at the American Security Project, feels domestic drones should not be armed.
“I think from a legal perspective, there is nothing problematic about floating a drone over a city,” Foust told CBSDC. “In terms of getting armed drones, I would be very nervous about that happening right now.” McDaniel says that his community should not be worried about the department using a drone.
“We’ve never gone into surveillance for sake of surveillance unless there is criminal activity afoot,” McDaniel told The Daily. “Just to see what you’re doing in your backyard pool — we don’t care.” But the concern for the ACLU is just too great that an American’s constitutional rights will be trampled with the use of drones.
“The prospect of people out in public being Tased or targeted by force by flying drones where no officers is physically present on the scene,” Crump says, “raises the prospect of unconstitutional force being used on individuals.”
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Texas Company Indicted for Wage Theft
Employer John Najera, of El Paso company Sun-City Roofing, was indicted and charged with criminal wage theft last Thursday, the Texas Observer reported. This specific type of case is the first of its kind to occur in El Paso and Austin is the only other city in Texas to see this type of case, according to the Texas Observer.
Najera allegedly pocketed over $2,000 that was supposed to go to worker Esteban Rangel. “John Najera promised to pay me over $2,000 to replace a roof,” said Rangel according to a press release from the Labor Justice Committee and Paso del Norte Civil Rights Project. A statistic released by the Texas Civil Rights Project (TCRP) indicates that one in eight workers do not receive their promised pay. Although this is El Paso’s first official case of criminal wage theft, employers stealing from already underpaid employees as one in five workers are illegally paid below minimum wage, has plagued the city for years.
It wasn’t until 2011 when El Paso city officials passed a bill that aggressively put wage thieves in the crosshairs. The Worker’s Defense Project (WDP), founded in 2002, succeeded in pressing Texas leaders to pass Senate Bill 1024. Before SB 1024, there was a loophole in Texas law that allowed employers to slip prosecution should they steal their workers’ pay. Employers would often resort to intimidation tactics to keep workers from coming forward about their severe mistreatment; threatening termination, notifying immigration authorities in cases of undocumented workers, lawsuits, etc.
One such example is Mexican immigrant Diego Gala, whom The New York Times reported on weeks before SB 1024 was passed. “I couldn’t say nothing because I did not have papers,” NYT quoted Gala. “So he (Gala’s employer) was like, ‘If you say something, you can just get deported. I can call immigration on you, or you can get fired.”
Rangel heralds the indictment on Sub-City Roofing saying in the press release “this arrest shows him (Najera), and all El Paso employers, that there are serious consequences to stealing from your workers.”
Workers advocate groups like the TCRP and WDP, despite reporting troubles with getting police to enforce wage theft laws and attorneys to prosecute wage thieves, remain steadfast in their pursuit of fair treatment of workers, national and undocumented alike. Incidents like these are proof-positive that companies like the ones that employed Diego Gala and Sun-City Roofing are criminals and not only violate securities and labor issues, but they also violate decent human rights, to which all are entitled.
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Trout River Log House
Paul Cutting, Decorah, IA, cuttingp(at)gmail.com, all photos copyright Paul Cutting unless otherwise noted
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Why Old Stuff Gets Torn Down: Property Taxes
Below are three abandoned houses in Winneshiek County. Two are log, one is framed, and all three are significant mid 19th century buildings anyone would be foolish to tear down. The first house is a huge Norwegian-built three room log house with attached entry sval. It was likely built sometime just before or just after the civil war. It’s the most materially intact and substantial 19th century Norwegian-built house I’ve ever located. Truly a gem! It was abandoned in 1922 and has sat empty since then, and today is used for storage (it sits on a working farm) and as a sheltered place to house an electric fencer for cows. The county classifies this building as a “20′ x 30′ agricultural shed” with an assessed value of $6,750. The yearly taxes on just this building (not talking land or anything else) is $380 a year! Holy shit, why wouldn’t you just get rid of it! Should a building like this be taxed at all, given it serves no value to its owner, other than perhaps a sentimental one? What about it being the most significant log building within the state, does that earn you any brownie points with the Winneshiek County Assessor? No. Totally stupid. Buildings such as this- old “sheds” as the county calls them- shouldn’t be taxed at all. Fortunately, its owner understands it has value and continues to pay annual taxes on it and has even gone to the extent of replacing its roof two years ago.
The second building was occupied until sometime during the late 1990s. Prior to its abandonment, the county assessed its value (minus credits and whatnot) at around $16,000 with annual taxes hovering in the $750-800 range. Instead of it falling off the tax roll when it went abandoned, the county now classifies this building as “salvage” with an assessed value of $2,500. A decade after this building went abandoned, its owner continues to pay somewhere between $220 and $250 a year in taxes! Exactly what is “salvage” anyway? The value of the building down, in other words, the value of its building components, I guess. Really? The county actually continues to tax something it admits has no value standing whole?
The third building is a very old abandoned farmhouse that sits north of Decorah in Pleasant Township. Its owner died about ten years ago and the property was transferred to their children who have since sold the farm. Despite having sat empty for nearly a decade, the county still assesses its value at $38,350, which amounts to a yearly payment of roughly $1,075! The county is very reluctant to take once-lived-in houses off the tax roll or reduce their assessment to “salvage” state for fear the assessor will return years later to find someone living there.
Abandoned ninety years ago, this gem of a log house is taxed $380 a year. Where's a match?
Instead of logically falling off the tax roll when it went abandoned fifteen years ago, the county instead claims this structure has a "salvage" value of $2,500 and taxes its owner $220-$250 a year.
The county refuses to take once-lived-in buildings off the tax roll for fear they'll be reoccupied given a lower assessment. This house was abandoned ten years ago and is still being taxed at a full assessed value of over $38,000, amounting to a yearly tax liability of $1,075. (photo courtesy Winneshiek County Assessor)
This entry was posted in Uncategorized on March 2, 2012 by Paul Cutting.
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Daredevil Teaser Trailer
“Marvel’s Daredevil” is a live action series that follows the journey of attorney Matt Murdock, who in a tragic accident was blinded as a boy but imbued with extraordinary senses. Murdock sets up practice in his old neighborhood of Hell’s Kitchen, New York where he now fights against injustice as a respected lawyer by day and masked vigilante at night.
I have an optimistic feeling about this series because only few people knows the story of Daredevil compared to that of Spider-man, The Avengers and the other grandeur character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Launching Daredevil’s own series will give us deeper understanding of the character, not only on his origins and how he evolves, but with the rise of his nemesis as well, from the looks of it, Marvel’s DD is giving us the different approach in the “superhero genre” storytelling, which the main character focus more on the human emotional level plus the dark gritty tone of Hell’s Kitchen captures my senses to look forward in this much awaited series this year.
The series stars Charlie Cox as Matt Murdock/Daredevil, Deborah Ann Woll as Karen Page, Elden Henson as Foggy Nelson with Rosario Dawson as Claire Temple and Vincent D’Onofrio as Wilson Fisk. Also starring are Ayelet Zurer as Vanessa Marianna, Bob Gunton as Leland Owlsley, Toby Leonard Moore as Wesley, Vondie Curtis-Hall as Ben Urich.
Daredevil premieres on Netflix in April 10 2015.
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Hladilkova J, Prokop Z, Chaloupkova R, Damborsky J, Jungwirth P. 2013. Release of halide ions from the buried active site of the haloalkane dehalogenase LinB revealed by stopped-flow fluorescence analysis and free energy calculations. Journal of Physical Chemistry Part B. 117(46):14329-14335. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp409040u
Pluhařová E, Mason PE, Jungwirth P. 2013. Ion pairing in aqueous lithium salt solutions with monovalent and divalent counter-anions. Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 117(46):11766-11773. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp402532e
Priimagi A, Cavallo G, Metrangolo P, Resnati G. 2013. The Halogen Bond in the Design of Functional Supramolecular Materials: Recent Advances. Accounts of Chemical Research. 46(11):2686-2695. https://doi.org/10.1021/ar400103r
Kalimeri M, Rahaman O, Melchionna S, Sterpone F. 2013. How conformational flexibility stabilizes the hyperthermophilic elongation factor G-domain. Journal of Physical Chemistry Part B. 117(44):13775-13785. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp407078z
Uhlig F, Jungwirth P. 2013. Embedded cluster models for reactivity of the hydrated electron. ZEITSCHRIFT FUR PHYSIKALISCHE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL PHYSICS. 227(11):1583-1593. https://doi.org/10.1524/zpch.2013.0402
Borah D, Simao CD, Senthamaraikannan R, Rasappa S, Francone A, Lorret O, Salaun M, Kosmala B, Kehagias N, Zelsmann M, Sotomayor-Torres CM, Morris MA. 2013. Soft-graphoepitaxy using nanoimprinted polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane substrates for the directed self-Assembly of PS-b-PDMS. European Polymer Jounal. 49(11):3512-3521. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2013.08.011
Niskanen M, Kuisma M, Cramariuc O, Golovanov V, Hukka TI, Tkachenko N, Rantala TT. 2013. Porphyrin adsorbed on the (1010) surface of the wurtzite structure of ZnO-conformation induced effects on the electron transfer characteristics. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 15(40):17408-17418. https://doi.org/10.1039/c3cp51685g
Pollheimer P, Taskinen B, Scherfler A, Gusenkov S, Creus M, Wiesauer P, Zauner D, Schöfberger W, Schwarzinger C, Ebner A, Tampé R, Stutz H, Hytönen VP, Gruber HJ. 2013. Reversible biofunctionalization of surfaces with a switchable mutant of avidin. Bioconjugate Chemistry. 24(10):1656-1668. https://doi.org/10.1021/bc400087e
Sterpone F, Nguyen PH, Kalimeri M, Derreumaux P. 2013. Importance of the ion-pair interactions in the OPEP coarse-grained force field: Parametrization and validation. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation. 9(10):4574-4584. https://doi.org/10.1021/ct4003493
Laitaoja M, Valjakka J, Jänis J. 2013. Zinc coordination spheres in protein structures. Inorganic Chemistry. 52(19):10983-10991. https://doi.org/10.1021/ic401072d
Khan MN, Tjong V, Chilkoti A, Zharnikov M. 2013. Spectroscopic study of a DNA brush synthesized in situ by surface initiated enzymatic polymerization. Journal of Physical Chemistry Part B. 117(34):9929-9938. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp404774x
Stirnemann G, Wernersson E, Jungwirth P, Laage D. 2013. Mechanisms of acceleration and retardation of water dynamics by ions. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 135(32):11824-11831. https://doi.org/10.1021/ja405201s
Khan MN, Zharnikov M. 2013. Irradiation promoted exchange reaction with disulfide substituents. Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 117(28):14534-14543. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp4006026
Borah D, Rasappa S, Senthamaraikannan R, Holmes JD, Morris MA. 2013. Tuning PDMS brush chemistry by UV-O3 exposure for PS-b-PDMS microphase separation and directed self-assembly. Langmuir. 29(28):8959-8968. https://doi.org/10.1021/la401561k
Paterová J, Rembert KB, Heyda J, Kurra Y, Okur HI, Liu WR, Hilty C, Cremer PS, Jungwirth P. 2013. Reversal of the hofmeister series: Specific ion effects on peptides. Journal of Physical Chemistry Part B. 117(27):8150-8158. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp405683s
Stumpel JE, Liu D, Broer DJ, Schenning APHJ. 2013. Photoswitchable hydrogel surface topographies by polymerisation-induced diffusion. Chemistry: A European Journal. 19(33):10922-10927. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201300852
Diban N, Haimi S, Bolhuis-Versteeg L, Teixeira S, Miettinen S, Poot A, Grijpma D, Stamatialis D. 2013. Development and characterization of poly(ε-caprolactone) hollow fiber membranes for vascular tissue engineering. Journal of Membrane Science. 438:29-37. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2013.03.024
Gordon TR, Paik T, Klein DR, Naik GV, Caglayan H, Boltasseva A, Murray CB. 2013. Shape-dependent plasmonic response and directed self-assembly in a new semiconductor building block, indium-doped cadmium oxide (ICO). Nano Letters. 13(6):2857-2863. https://doi.org/10.1021/nl4012003
Gerlofs-Nijland ME, Totlandsdal AI, Tzamkiozis T, Leseman DLAC, Samaras Z, Låg M, Schwarze P, Ntziachristos L, Cassee FR. 2013. Cell toxicity and oxidative potential of engine exhaust particles: Impact of using particulate filter or biodiesel fuel blend. Environmental Science and Technology. 47(11):5931-5938. https://doi.org/10.1021/es305330y
Štěpánková V, Paterová J, Damborský J, Jungwirth P, Chaloupková R, Heyda J. 2013. Cation-specific effects on enzymatic catalysis driven by interactions at the tunnel mouth. Journal of Physical Chemistry Part B. 117(21):6394-6402. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp401506v
Pelto JM, Haimi SP, Siljander AS, Miettinen SS, Tappura KM, Higgins MJ, Wallace GG. 2013. Surface properties and interaction forces of biopolymer-doped conductive polypyrrole surfaces by atomic force microscopy. Langmuir. 29(20):6099-6108. https://doi.org/10.1021/la4009366
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Bayr S, Kaparaju P, Rintala J. 2013. Screening pretreatment methods to enhance thermophilic anaerobic digestion of pulp and paper mill wastewater treatment secondary sludge. Chemical Engineering Journal. 223:479-486. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2013.02.119
Tan M, Feng Y, Wang H, Zhang L, Khan M, Guo J, Chen Q, Liu J. 2013. Immobilized bioactive agents onto polyurethane surface with heparin and phosphorylcholine group. Macromolecular Research. 21(5):541-549. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13233-013-1028-3
Vapaavuori J, Mahimwalla Z, Chromik RR, Kaivola M, Priimagi A, Barrett CJ. 2013. Nanoindentation study of light-induced softening of supramolecular and covalently functionalized azo polymers. Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 1(16):2806-2810. https://doi.org/10.1039/c3tc30246f
Rooj S, Das A, Stöckelhuber KW, Wang DY, Galiatsatos V, Heinrich G. 2013. Understanding the reinforcing behavior of expanded clay particles in natural rubber compounds. Soft Matter. 9(14):3798-3808. https://doi.org/10.1039/c3sm27519a
Pale V, Nikkonen T, Vapaavuori J, Kostiainen M, Kavakka J, Selin J, Tittonen I, Helaja J. 2013. Biomimetic zinc chlorin-poly(4-vinylpyridine) assemblies: Doping level dependent emission-absorption regimes. Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 1(11):2166-2173. https://doi.org/10.1039/c3tc00499f
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Borah D, Ozmen M, Rasappa S, Shaw MT, Holmes JD, Morris MA. 2013. Molecularly functionalized silicon substrates for orientation control of the microphase separation of PS-b-PMMA and PS-b-PDMS block copolymer systems. Langmuir. 29(9):2809-2820. https://doi.org/10.1021/la304140q
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Rasappa S, Borah D, Faulkner CC, Lutz T, Shaw MT, Holmes JD, Morris MA. 2013. Fabrication of a sub-10 nm silicon nanowire based ethanol sensor using block copolymer lithography. Nanotechnology. 24(6). https://doi.org/10.1088/0957-4484/24/6/065503
Vazdar M, Jungwirth P, Mason PE. 2013. Aqueous guanidinium-carbonate interactions by molecular dynamics and neutron scattering: Relevance to ion-protein interactions. Journal of Physical Chemistry Part B. 117(6):1844-1848. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp310719g
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Ma L, Wang J, Hao Y, Wang G. 2013. Density functional theory study of FePdn (n = 2-14) clusters and interactions with small molecules. Computational Materials Science. 68:166-173. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.commatsci.2012.10.014
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Kulig W, Agmon N. 2013. A 'clusters-in-liquid' method for calculating infrared spectra identifies the proton-transfer mode in acidic aqueous solutions. Nature Chemistry. 5(1):29-35. https://doi.org/10.1038/nchem.1503
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Buchholz M, Goletz CM, Grossmann F, Schmidt B, Heyda J, Jungwirth P. 2012. Semiclassical hybrid approach to condensed phase molecular dynamics: Application to the I2Kr17 cluster. Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 116(46):11199-11210. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp305084f
Pluhaová E, Marsalek O, Schmidt B, Jungwirth P. 2012. Peptide salt bridge stability: From gas phase via microhydration to bulk water simulations. Journal of Chemical Physics. 137(18). https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4765052
Ma L, Wang J, Wang G. 2012. Search for global minimum geometries of medium sized Cd nTe n clusters (n = 15, 16, 20, 24 and 28). Chemical Physics Letters. 552:73-77. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cplett.2012.09.036
Pluhařová E, Ončák M, Seidel R, Schroeder C, Schroeder W, Winter B, Bradforth SE, Jungwirth P, Slavíček P. 2012. Transforming anion instability into stability: Contrasting photoionization of three protonation forms of the phosphate ion upon moving into water. Journal of Physical Chemistry Part B. 116(44):13254-13264. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp306348b
Steinhauser D, Subramaniam K, Das A, Heinrich G, Klüppel M. 2012. Influence of ionic liquids on the dielectric relaxation behavior of CNT based elastomer nanocomposites. Express Polymer Letters. 6(11):927-936. https://doi.org/10.3144/expresspolymlett.2012.98
Mahimwalla Z, Yager KG, Mamiya JI, Shishido A, Priimagi A, Barrett CJ. 2012. Azobenzene photomechanics: Prospects and potential applications. Polymer Bulletin. 69(8):967-1006. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00289-012-0792-0
Lisitsyna ES, Lygo ON, Durandin NA, Dement'eva OV, Rudoi VM, Kuzmin VA. 2012. Superquenching of SYBRGreen dye fluorescence in complex with DNA by gold nanoparticles. HIGH ENERGY CHEMISTRY. 46(6):363-367. https://doi.org/10.1134/S0018143912060057
Khan MN, Tjong V, Chilkoti A, Zharnikov M. 2012. Fabrication of ssDNA/oligo(ethylene glycol) monolayers and complex nanostructures by an irradiation-promoted exchange reaction. Angewandte Chemie (International Edition). 51(41):10303-10306. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201204245
Le HH, Hoang XT, Das A, Gohs U, Stoeckelhuber KW, Boldt R, Heinrich G, Adhikari R, Radusch HJ. 2012. Kinetics of filler wetting and dispersion in carbon nanotube/rubber composites. Carbon. 50(12):4543-4556. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2012.05.039
Gao W, Feng Y, Lu J, Khan M, Guo J. 2012. Biomimetic surface modification of polycarbonateurethane film via phosphorylcholine-graft for resisting platelet adhesion. Macromolecular Research. 20(10):1063-1069. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13233-012-0152-9
Bardhan JP, Jungwirth P, Makowski L. 2012. Affine-response model of molecular solvation of ions: Accurate predictions of asymmetric charging free energies. Journal of Chemical Physics. 137(12). https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4752735
Kapgate BP, Das C, Das A, Basu D, Reuter U, Heinrich G. 2012. Effect of sol-gel derived in situ silica on the morphology and mechanical behavior of natural rubber and acrylonitrile butadiene rubber blends. JOURNAL OF SOL-GEL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY. 63(3):501-509. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10971-012-2812-9
Pegado L, Marsalek O, Jungwirth P, Wernersson E. 2012. Solvation and ion-pairing properties of the aqueous sulfate anion: Explicit versus effective electronic polarization. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 14(29):10248-10257. https://doi.org/10.1039/c2cp40711f
Kousoulidou M, Ntziachristos L, Fontaras G, Martini G, Dilara P, Samaras Z. 2012. Impact of biodiesel application at various blending ratios on passenger cars of different fueling technologies. Fuel. 98:88-94. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2012.03.038
Mason PE, Wernersson E, Jungwirth P. 2012. Accurate description of aqueous carbonate ions: An effective polarization model verified by neutron scattering. Journal of Physical Chemistry Part B. 116(28):8145-8153. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp3008267
Serak SV, Tabiryan NV, Assanto G. 2012. Nematicons in azobenzene liquid crystals. Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals. 559:202-213. https://doi.org/10.1080/15421406.2012.658710
Rembert KB, Paterová J, Heyda J, Hilty C, Jungwirth P, Cremer PS. 2012. Molecular mechanisms of ion-specific effects on proteins. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 134(24):10039-10046. https://doi.org/10.1021/ja301297g
Priimagi A, Cavallo G, Forni A, Gorynsztejn-Leben M, Kaivola M, Metrangolo P, Milani R, Shishido A, Pilati T, Resnati G, Terraneo G. 2012. Halogen bonding versus hydrogen bonding in driving self-assembly and performance of light-responsive supramolecular polymers. Advanced Functional Materials. 22(12):2572-2579. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201200135
Vazdar M, Jurkiewicz P, Hof M, Jungwirth P, Cwiklik L. 2012. Behavior of 4-hydroxynonenal in phospholipid membranes. Journal of Physical Chemistry Part B. 116(22):6411-6415. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp3044219
Ma L, Atta-Fynn R, Ray AK. 2012. Elemental and mixed actinide dioxides: An ab initio study. Journal of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry. 11(3):611-629. https://doi.org/10.1142/S021963361250040X
Wang DY, Das A, Leuteritz A, Mahaling RN, Jehnichen D, Wagenknecht U, Heinrich G. 2012. Structural characteristics and flammability of fire retarding EPDM/layered double hydroxide (LDH) nanocomposites. RSC Advances. 2(9):3927-3933. https://doi.org/10.1039/c2ra20189e
Rooj S, Das A, Stöckelhuber KW, Reuter U, Heinrich G. 2012. Highly exfoliated natural rubber/Clay composites by "propping-open procedure": The influence of fatty-acid chain length on exfoliation. Macromolecular Materials and Engineering. 297(4):369-383. https://doi.org/10.1002/mame.201100185
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UUCE Newsletter for 2015 December
On Sunday the 20th we are going to practice the Unitarian Universalist’s first principle: The inherent worth and dignity of every person.
(See http://www.uua.org/beliefs/what-we-believe/principles)
We are not going to hold a regular service, but instead we will do a white elephant gift exchange and a cookie swap. For the White Elephant gift exchange, bring some item from your home that is not being used (or appreciated) but you think might be useful to some other person. I’m still waiting for the day when someone brings an actual White Elephant. For the cookie exchange, bring 18 cookies and take home 18 cookies. The idea is that the set of 18 cookies that you take home do not include any the 18 that you brought.
We will also sing some holiday songs to keep everyone joyful.
Also: we will be passing the plate a second time to raise a donation to the Reynoldsburg Toys for Tots initiative for Christmas.
Finally, the week of Dec 10 to Dec 16 is National Human Rights Week as proclaimed by the President of the United States. When you want to celebrate the inherent worth and dignity of every person, it doesn’t get any better than an proclamation from the President.
A Proclamation
Sixty-seven years ago, the leaders of 48 countries from around the world
declared with one voice that progress depends on defending human rights,
and that a nation is strongest when the contributions of its whole citizenry
are valued. Today, we celebrate the Universal Declaration of Human Rights—
a milestone in our ongoing global march to uphold the inherent dignity
and worth of every person. To honor the legacy of this historic document
and to help ensure that its ideals endure for generations to come, we reaffirm
our commitment to upholding the freedoms it safeguards, which are the
birthright of all humanity.
When rights are suppressed, human potential is stifled. A nation draws
upon new talents and ideas when opposition parties are fairly represented
and those in power are accountable to their citizens at the ballot box.
A free and independent press and a vibrant civil society can inform the
public, expose corruption, and empower citizens to participate in self-governance.
And when institutions are built to protect rights and freedoms, rather
than serve the interests of those in power, those institutions can provide
the stable foundation for stability needed for future generations to thrive.
In too many places around the world we see rights and freedoms denied.
People are imprisoned for peaceful worship and girls are barred from attending
school. LGBT individuals are subject to abuse because of who they
are and who they love, and citizens are prevented from petitioning those
in power for change. The United States of America stands in solidarity
with those seeking to realize a brighter and freer future for themselves
and their families, whether in their home country or as immigrants in
a new land. We will continue to lift up the lives of all who yearn to
exercise their inherent human rights and to shine a light on those still
living in the darkest pockets of our world.
The strongmen of today will never extinguish the hope that persists around
the world. Dissenters may be jailed, but ideas can never be imprisoned.
Controlling access to information will not turn lies into truths, nor will
it deter the longing for justice that stirs in every human soul. And refusing
to recognize the basic dignity of every man, woman, and child—regardless
of gender, background, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or belief—will
only lend further momentum to the quest for equality that for generations
has stirred hearts and spurred action. On this day, and every day, let
us remember our roots as one human family, forever dedicated to upholding
the central tenets of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States
of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution
and the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim December 10, 2015,
as Human Rights Day and the week beginning December 10, 2015, as Human
Rights Week. I call upon the people of the United States to mark these
observances with appropriate ceremonies and activities.
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The Gods are Bastards
It was a world of sword and sorcery, but that was a thousand years ago.
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January 27, 2016 UncategorizedGravestone Weaver, Heywood Paxton, Joseph P. Jenkins, Lieutenant Khavouri, Lieutenant Taash, Longshot McGraw, Tinker BillieD. D. Webb
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“I can’t help feeling all this celebrating is premature,” Joe murmured.
“That’s ‘cos it ain’t for us,” said McGraw, gesturing around at the saloon with his pint. The front wall of Whiskey Pete’s was currently boarded up, but materials and tools had already been stacked outside preparatory to actual repairs. Pete himself, while appreciative of Joe’s Imperial contact funding the reconstruction, had expressed a preference for using local labor rather than the Army personnel currently swarming over the town.
“Nonsense!” Billie proclaimed. “We are the heroes of the hour! Well, Joe is, an’ the rest of us vicariously.”
“That’s what I mean,” said Joe. He glanced around, receiving a round of cheers and upraised mugs in response, to which he felt obliged to nod and smile. The festival atmosphere in Whiskey Pete’s was reflected in the rest of Desolation today, though it was more muted than yesterday’s initial celebrations, and somewhat more sober—outside the saloon, anyway. People had dried out and gone back to work, and in some cases, to work for the first time in weeks. “Everybody in town’s acting like everything’s settled. But we know…”
“Everything is settled, far as they’re concerned,” said McGraw. “Don’t pooh-pooh everybody’s parade, Joe. Don’t forget about the danger still out there, either, but let the people have their party. They deserve it.”
“I’m inclined to agree with the kid on this one,” Weaver grunted. “A party’s an excellent opportunity for all manner of destructive bullshit. You know how many conquerors have been assassinated at their victory feasts?”
“I reckon we’ve likely got the rest of today,” McGraw mused. “At least. Plans take time to put into effect, and that’s assuming they’ve already got plans formed.”
“Well, Mr. K may be the planner,” Weaver replied, “but after Hotshot’s little stunt this morning, the Jackal is gonna be the one out for blood. And frankly, he’s the one who worries me the most anyway.”
“I do appreciate you kickin’ his attention my way,” Billie said cheerfully. “Right neighborly of ye, not hoggin’ all the action fer yerself. Ye great wanker.”
“Anytime,” Weaver said, taking a gulp of his own drink.
“As I said,” McGraw repeated, “we’ve likely got today. I wouldn’t advise dawdlin’ past that point, though. It better serves us to go on the offensive—we’re the ones with a secured base of operations and superior forces.”
“What ‘appened ta my idea?” Billie asked. “Let ’em dig up the skull an’ just take it from ’em?”
“As explained,” Weaver said, rolling his eyes, “that’s ceding the initiative and control of the timetable to the enemy…”
“Not to mention,” Joe added, “it’s best for everybody if the skull never gets dug up in the first place. If we can drive them off before that happens, this whole thing may be moot.”
“Did ye miss the part about all the oracles goin’ tits up in th’rhubarb?”
“Uh…” He coughed. “That’s one way to put it, an’ no, I didn’t. But it seems to me the Big K company is the principal risk of the thing gettin’ found.”
“Kid’s got a point,” McGraw noted. “Prophecy’s a tricky beast. Sometimes there ain’t nothin’ you can do to avoid ’em, but sometimes you can. If we do manage to beat and scatter the dragon and his friends, it might be worth pausin’ to check with Darling and see if the oracles are still goin’ nuts over this thing. That may do the trick. If the possibility exists, I’d say it’s worth pursuing. Joe’s right—best for everybody is if that damn thing stays wherever it’s buried.”
“I’m just a little nervous,” Joe said, glancing around again. “Sittin’ around relaxing while people are out there plotting against us.”
“Drink your sasparilla,” Weaver snorted. “The shit will fly in its own good time. Better to be rested and fed before we go charging back out there.”
“It’s a good instinct, Joe,” McGraw added with a smile, “but don’t let your paranoia override your situational awareness. This here town’s full of soldiers right now, and we’ve got Raea and the others patrolling the area outside.”
“Elves have to sleep, too,” Joe pointed out.
“That they do, but elves are more alert in their sleep than you are on your best day. It’s as secure a place as we can reasonably ask for at the moment. Nothin’s gonna happen tonight.”
Weaver abruptly straightened up in his chair, turning his head in a slow arc to pan his gaze around the saloon, ignoring the good-natured greetings thrown his way from the other patrons.
“What?” Joe demanded. “You hear something? Your, uh, friend…?”
Weaver grunted, finally relaxing back into his customary slouch. “Guess not. I half expected something to blow up the second he said it wouldn’t.”
“Y’do realize the world ain’t one o’ yer bard stories, aye?” Billie said.
“And there’s also the matter that things are less likely to blow up since you’ve got both hands on your pint,” he shot back.
“Aye, there’s that,” the gnome agreed cheerfully, tipping her mug back and having another gulp of ale. It was absurdly oversized in her tiny hands.
“Here, now,” Joe said, frowning. “I hate to be a meddler, but—”
“Yes, Joe, I will be perfectly sober come mornin’, an’ probably come bedtime, too. Even fer a gnome, I can handle me liquor, an’ we don’t have constitutions as delicate as you tall folk. Me mum used ta give us stronger stuff than this fer a cough remedy when I was a wee biter.”
A man in sweat-stained flannel and denim came skittering through the open doorway, where the swinging doors had once hung, barely catching his hat in time to prevent it being hurled off by his abrupt stop.
“Fire!” he shouted. “Fire at th’sheriff’s! We need hands out here!”
There was a bare beat of startled silence before everyone rose with a great scraping of chairs and clatter of boots, rushing toward the exit.
“Okay, so my timing was off,” Weaver said, standing and pushing his own chair back more leisurely. “The principle still applies.”
“There are any number of reasons a fire could break out,” McGraw said, rising as well. “Don’t borrow trouble.”
“I think we all know better,” Joe muttered, following. Billie sighed dramatically, giving her half-emptied pint a mournful look, but hopped down from her chair and came after them as they made for the door.
The crowd was a lot easier to follow than it was to get through; despite the fact that much of Desolation was allegedly back at work today, there was no shortage of rubberneckers clogging the streets. In the early afternoon sunlight, the actual glow of the fire could barely be seen, but the column of smoke rising from the sheriff’s office must have been visible for miles around.
Onlookers aside, the townsfolk had organized themselves remarkably quickly. A bucket train was already working, passing water to the office from the nearest town well. As the adventurers arrived, having to push somewhat impolitely past the crowd (or in Billie’s case, slip between their legs), another bucket of water was hurled onto the flames, and quickly handed off to a boy who darted back toward the well with it.
Sheriff Decker knelt to one side next to his deputy, who was laid out on the ground, coughing violently. The sheriff’s expression was terrifyingly blank. In the near distance, a woman was leading the two resident horses away down the street, and having to devote as much attention to calming the animals as guiding them.
“How’s it look?” McGraw asked, bounding up to him with a speed that belied his age. “He gonna be okay? Any other casualties?”
“Here for your situation report, are you?” Decker asked coldly. “Obviously, nobody but the great Longshot McGraw an’ his friends can handle a crisis on the frontier.”
“Saul, when things are settled you an’ I can sit down over drinks and you can be as much of an asshole t’me as you like,” McGraw said with uncharacteristic curtness. “Right now, though, how can we help?”
The Sheriff sighed. “Best to keep out of it, Elias. This only just broke out; they’re keepin’ it from spreading with the water. Those Imperial types are scattered all over, surveying and whatnot, but I’ve got folk fetchin’ some. Healers and mages on the way to contain this an’ help Slim.”
“’m okay,” Slim wheezed unconvincingly before dissolving into another coughing fit.
“He ain’t burned,” Decker said grimly. “Got a good lungful o’ smoke, though. Could be bad if one o’ them healers doesn’t get here pronto.”
“Oy, laddie, can ye stifle it long enough ta swallow?” Billie asked, coming up beside Slim and producing a vial of red fluid. “Cram this down yer gob; healing potion’ll do fer any serious damage to yer lungs, though it won’t do shite fer the coughing reflex.”
“M-much obliged, ma’am,” Slim said weakly, reaching for it with trembling fingers. Decker snatched the potion from her hand and uncorked it, gently holding it to the deputy’s lips.
“There we go, partner—you were right, they’re good for a little somethin’ after all. Just try to get this down without coughin’ it back up…”
“Somethin’ about this ain’t right,” McGraw said, staring at the burning office through narrowed eyes.
“Rarely have the words ‘no shit’ been more apt,” Weaver replied.
“Not that, the nature of it. That’s elemental fire—it’s magical. You don’t feel it?”
The bard frowned. “Not really, but I’m nowhere near as attuned to magic as you. Kid?”
“Nothin’,” Joe said, shaking his head. “But…same goes. If you say it’s magic, McGraw, I believe you.”
“Witchcraft,” McGraw murmured. “Or, more correctly, shamanism…”
“All right, all right, let’s everybody keep yer pants on, I got this.” Billie swaggered forward, producing a fist-sized (human fist, anyway) object from another pouch. It bore an alarming resemblance to the sonic explosive with which she had blasted out the front wall of the saloon. “You lot in the front, there, may wanna clear back a bit! This won’t hurt ye any, but may not be good fer yer togs.”
“Oh, gods, she’s doing it again,” Weaver groaned. “You can’t bomb a fire out, you demented pocket monster!”
“Ain’t a thing under the sun I can’t bomb out, gobshite,” Billie replied with a manic grin, drawing back her arm to throw. “Fire in th’hole—but not fer long!”
The bucket train dissolved, the nearest townsfolk sensibly scattering as she hurled the canister straight into the flames pouring out of the office’s front door. McGraw gestured with a staff, conjuring up a translucent wall of blue light between the group and the fire.
Sure enough, there immediately came a sharp bang from within, followed by a loud and peculiar hissing noise.
Suddenly, instead of flames and smoke, the windows of the office were spewing a thick white foam. It blasted out of the open door in a wet spray, puddling in a thicker form on the ground that oozed out over the doorstep. The townsfolk continued shuffling backward, but McGraw let the shield collapse. Not only was the foam causing no further damage, but the fire itself appeared to be vanishing under it.
“Well, damn,” Weaver said, lifting his hat to scratch his head. “There’ll be no living with her now.”
“There was no livin’ with me before, peckerwood!” Billie crowed. “Behold the power o’ modern alchemy! Maybe next time ye’ll think twice before oh come on!”
A tongue of flame erupted out the door, propelling a gout of foam in front of it. Smoke again began to trickle out the windows; the fire was clearly heavily dampened, but just as clearly not out.
“Bullshit!” Billie roared, dancing up and down in agitation. “That’s cheatin’, that is! That there is foolproof fire-retardant foam, there’s no way that bastard’s still burning!”
“As I was sayin’,” McGraw drawled, “that ain’t natural fire. It’s pure elemental flame, put there by witchcraft. Which means it won’t quit till the spell’s canceled.”
“Can you do that?” Decker demanded.
The old wizard shook his head. “Not reliably. Best I can do with arcane magic is try to cut off the air flow, but that won’t stop elemental flame. I’m afraid your office is a loss, Saul,” he added ruefully. “That stuff’ll burn right through stone and brick. You’ll need a new floor, walls…everything.”
“Figures,” the sheriff muttered. Slim coughed again, but already seemed to be doing much better for having forced down a mouthful of potion.
“The Imps’ll have clerics,” said Joe. “If the fire’s fae in origin, just tell ’em to bless the space—”
“I know my Circles, thank you,” Decker said bitingly.
“That elf,” Weaver said, scowling. “The shaman, Vannae, Khadizroth’s friend. He wasn’t at the meeting.”
“Welp, that’s one thing that fits neatly together,” Billie said, also frowning. She seemed personally offended by her device’s failure to extinguish the fire. “But what the ‘ell was the point a’ this? It’s property damage an’ a ruddy inconvenience, but even if they’d nailed the sheriff, that wouldn’t stop the Empire. Hell, it’d probably just draw the Imps’ anger. Still will, most likely.”
“A distraction,” said McGraw, stroking his beard with the hand not holding his staff. “From what, is the question. K and company would seem to be most interested in us, but we weren’t targeted.”
“Speakin’ of that,” Joe said, looking around at the muttering onlookers, “this has been going for a few minutes, and no sign of troops. This is the Corps of Enchanters and the Surveyors out here, mostly. Aren’t they pretty on the ball in a crisis?”
The four of them stared at each other for a moment, then turned as one and sprinted back toward Terminus Station.
The crowd was less concentrated now and only slowed them momentarily; in fact, once away from the burning office, their speed was improved by the general lack of people everywhere else on the streets.
There was activity around the station, however, and all of it military. The four of them slowed upon drawing in range of the soldiers standing watch over the Rail platform, chiefly because said soldiers leveled staves at them. All four raised their hands peaceably, McGraw tucking his staff into the crook of his elbow to do so.
“That’s close enough, citizens,” the nearest soldier said. “Move along.”
“What, is the Rail platform closed?” Weaver demanded. “Who’s allegedly in charge of this—”
“Whoah, whoah,” McGraw said soothingly. “Let’s be polite to the nice boys an’ girls who’re just doin’ their jobs, which involves pointing weapons at us…”
“What happened?” Joe demanded. “Is everyone okay?”
“Move along,” the soldier repeated sharply. “The situation is being handled and is none of your concern.”
“Was there an attack?” Joe persisted. “We might know who’s responsible. He also set fire to the sheriff’s office in town; they could use some help down there. It’s an elemental fire that’s only partially contained. They need divine casters to stop it completely.”
The soldier, who wore a lieutenant’s bars on his collar, glanced aside at one of his fellows and nodded. “Go check it out.”
“Yessir.” The other man raised his staff to rest it over his shoulder and darted off toward the crowd down the street.
“Now, what do you know about this?” the lieutenant demanded, keeping his scowl—and his weapon—trained on Joe.
“If we’re right,” said the Kid, “it’s an elvish shaman—”
“Is that Joe?” called a familiar voice from behind the soldiers. “Joe? Ah, and the rest of you, too! Splendid, very good. At ease, men, let them through; these are friends and valuable allies.”
The troops relaxed and lowered their weapons on command, though none of their expressions grew any less tense. The group parted, though, revealing Heywood Paxton behind them. He was red-faced and the right side of his coat was liberally flecked with ash, but he beckoned Joe and his companions forward with a look of relief.
“Glad to see you, my boy—and the rest of you, of course. I had a feeling you’d be along soonish. Just too bad you weren’t here five minutes ago!”
“Heywood, what happened?” Joe asked, peering around as he stepped up onto the platform. There were no active fires, but the evidence of them was abundant. Aside from the ash marking Paxton’s sleeve, there were large scorch marks on the floor, the wall of the stationmaster’s hut, even the ceiling. Two of the folding tables that had been set up to serve as a makeshift field office were reduced to smoldering wreckage.
There were about a dozen soldiers on site, all looking tense and unhappy at the very least. Two were sitting in folding chairs against the office wall, being tended by a third wearing the white badge of an Army cleric. The injured, a man and a woman, both had scorched uniforms, and the man’s hair was singed partially away, but evidently the cleric had had time to work; neither evinced signs of active burns. That would have been any healer’s first priority, as burns could leave lifelong scars if not healed immediately. Both wore the glassy-eyed expression of people in a state of shock, though their healer, while attentive, did not seem alarmed about their condition. The matter was apparently in hand.
“It was the damnedest thing,” Paxton said with a shaky little laugh. “I was just tending to some of my very tedious paperwork, when an elf in a suit came streaking out of nowhere at me, brandishing a knife. He threw bottles of some kind of alchemy in all directions—you see the results around you. I daresay that would have been an ample distraction for most guardians; every one of these men and women is getting a personal commendation from me for how rapidly they pulled together, even with half the station on fire, that Jackal doing his best to kill me and my silly old self wallowing around in the wreckage of my desk.”
“Ye sure got the fire out quick-like,” Billie observed.
“Credit for that goes to Lieutenant Taash,” Paxton said, nodding gratefully at a soldier whose insignia was set over the blue badge of a battlemage; she gave him a tight smile before resuming her wary study of the perimeter. “That, and saving my rubbery hide. I do believe it was the most adroit use of magic I’ve ever had the privilege of watching! She was directing gouts of wind and water in all directions, putting out flames, and still managed to keep spurts aimed at the assailant to push him away. Needless to say, that’s the only reason I’m here to regret that second helping of dessert! A much more limber man that I wouldn’t have a prayer of outmaneuvering an elf unassisted.”
“That…probably wasn’t the Jackal,” McGraw said slowly.
“Well, I’ve never met the fellow,” Paxton admitted, carefully lowering himself into one of the surviving folding chairs. “I mean, he was a wood elf in a pinstriped suit. The description doesn’t match anyone else I’ve ever heard of. Though I suppose that’s not conclusive… Anyhow, once Taash had his distraction under control and he was facing a dozen good Tiraan soldiers with staves, he took off.”
“Mm.” Joe narrowed his eyes, glancing at the lieutenant who had accosted them at the edge of the station. “You fired on him?”
“We sure tried,” the man said in an aggrieved tone.
“Was it like…he wasn’t where he seemed to be? Like you shot right at the man, but the bolts went through empty space anyhow?”
“You’re familiar with this effect?” Taash said sharply, stepping over to join them.
“More and more it sounds like Vannae,” said Joe. “A shaman we’ve faced before. I managed to take a few shots at him myself and had the same problem.”
“Those look like enchanter wands,” said the lieutenant, nodding at the weapons holstered at Joe’s belt.
“That’s Joseph Jenkins, Khavouri,” Taash said with a faint smile.
“Yes, I know,” Lieutenant Khavouri said, giving her an annoyed glance. “One weakness of those otherwise superior weapons is they shoot in reliably straight lines. These are standard-issue Imperial Army battlestaves—they shoot lightning.”
“So I see,” Weaver remarked, examining some of the burns.
“Lightning arcs,” Khavouri continued doggedly. “You don’t dodge a lightning bolt, even if you’re an elf. Electricity will go right for the path of least resistance to the ground, which compared to the stone and wood construction here, would’ve been the man’s body.”
“Unless he’s got a good shielding charm, of course,” McGraw said. “As we’re not lookin’ at a friendly-fire incident here, I’m assumin’ all of you do.”
“Standard policy,” said Taash.
“I’ve seen the effects of grounding and shielding charms,” said Khavouri. “They’re distinctive; bolts are redirected or blocked. This was like Jenkins described: the shots just didn’t hit, and they should have.”
“That can be done by a shaman, too, against lightning,” said Weaver. “It’s the only reason the Cobalt Dawn did as well as they did when they invaded. Otherwise one good volley would’ve wiped them out.”
“Anybody can put on a suit,” said Joe, turning back to Paxton. “More and more this sounds like Vannae; the Jackal would’ve finished you off, Heywood. With all respect to you ladies and gentlemen, of course,” he added, tipping his hat to the nearby soldiers. “That…man…is utterly ruthless, and he’s killed people behind some of the best defenses in existence. Trust me, I’ve had cause to research his career in detail. The Jackal doesn’t get chased off.”
“Does Vannae, though?” McGraw mused. “I seem to recall the fellow givin’ us a fair amount o’ trouble previously.”
“A distraction, innit?” suggested Billie. “He dolls himself up like the Jackal, makes the Surveyor ‘ere think ‘e’s a target, an…” She trailed off and blinked. “An’ then what?”
“So he sets a big destructive distraction in order to commit…a big, destructive distraction?” Weaver wrinkled his nose. “That’s either one very bored knife-ear, or we’re missing something important.”
“Tell you what,” said McGraw, “you folks carry on this discussion, lemme know what you figure out. I better go catch Raea up on this.” He vanished with a soft crackle and a flash of blue light.
“Who’s Raea?” Paxton asked, blinking.
“His shaman friend,” said Weaver. “She and some other elves are helping scout the Big K base. They’re…I dunno, somewhere. Around the town, keeping watch.”
“You put plains elves around this town?” Khavouri said incredulously.
“We didn’t put them anywhere,” Weaver sneered. “They went where they chose, and we didn’t try to tell them they couldn’t. If you wanna have a go, knock yourself out.”
“Peace, please,” said Joe. “The immediate question is, what are we gonna do about this?”
“Who do you think ‘we’ is?” Khavouri demanded.
“We are,” Billie said helpfully.
He ignored her. “This is an Imperial matter. A rogue agent assaulted Imperial interests; the Empire will deal with it. You lot, whoever you are—”
Another soldier softly cleared her throat. In fact, it was the young woman who had been alone on duty in Terminus Station the first couple of times Joe and company had visited. She gave Khavouri a meaningful look; he broke off, snapping his jaw shut, and grimaced as if tasting something sour.
“…and, as per Imperial policy,” Khavouri continued in a calmer but not happier tone, “I am classifying your group as adventurers and invoking the necessary protocols. That means you get sent head-first into…whatever is going on. You can either succeed in thwarting it or serve as a distraction while the actual soldiers take coordinated action.”
“Pleasure doing business,” Weaver said sarcastically.
“It occurs t’me we’re havin’ a conversation with two lieutenants,” Billie noted. “Who’s actually s’pposed t’be in charge around ‘ere?”
“Ah, Captain Causewick is off supervising one of the surveying teams,” Paxton said almost apologetically. “Naturally, I have no actual rank as such, at least not with regard to the Army, but…it seems I’m the most senior Imperial officer present. And, for the record, I concur with Lieutenant Khavouri’s assessment. Though I’d perhaps have put it a trifle more diplomatically,” he added reproachfully to the lieutenant in question.
“I’m still stuck on what the point of all this might be,” said Billie. “It seems roundabout and…well, just plain weird. They risk a lot, cheesin’ off the Empire like this. None of ’em struck me as that dumb, ‘specially not Big K ‘imself. What’re we missin’?”
“Depends on what K an’ his crew do an’ don’t know,” Joe said grimly. “If they’re aware that Mr. Paxton is a friend of mine, threatening him is a tidy way to keep me pinned down here, an’ possibly the rest of you with me.”
“Here, now,” Paxton said, frowning and leaning forward in his chair, which creaked in protest. “I absolutely refuse to be the cause of you being hampered. The blaggard caught us off-guard before; now I’m surrounded by the Empire’s finest, all on high alert. You go and do what you need to out there.”
“Oh, I’m with you on that,” Joe said darkly. “In fact, I think Khadizroth and company have just launched themselves to a higher level of priority. If Raea and the others are on board,” he said, turning to include Billie and Weaver, “I do believe it’s time we group up and start moving. They won’t have had time to dig in their defenses yet. Let’s not give it to them.”
January 11, 2016 UncategorizedGravestone Weaver, Heywood Paxton, Joseph P. Jenkins, Longshot McGraw, Mayor Tweed, Shaeine, Sheriff Decker, Teal, Tinker Billie, VanessaD. D. Webb
“What the hell?” Weaver demanded.
Sound carried a long way over the Badlands; they had known something peculiar was afoot in Desolation long before reaching it. Once the weathered stone buildings of the town hove into view, the distant cacophony was compounded by the sight of people moving about in the streets, in greater numbers and with much greater energy than they had seen them do before. Though hints had begun to form as soon as they drew near enough to pick some meaning out of the noise, it wasn’t until nearly reaching the outskirts of the town itself that the three could be certain what was going on in Desolation.
It appeared to be a party.
Approaching the town from the same direction in which they had left, the group entered through the old streets leading past mostly abandoned buildings rather than the main avenue. As such, the citizens were a peripheral presence until they were well into the town itself, heard but glimpsed only in passing. From what little they could hear, everyone seemed to be in a good mood.
Now, finally emerging into the central avenue, the group had to stop and stare. The street was all but filled, and all the festival atmosphere lacked were decorations. Whatever was happening had apparently not been planned, but resulted in most of the town’s population milling about, laughing, talking, shouting and drinking. Two groups of musicians could be heard, both playing exuberantly in the same frontier style, but between their unpolished performances and the multiple tunes running it was impossible to tell what banjo was supposed to be harmonizing what fiddle. As McGraw, Billie and Weaver arrived, gaping, a great cheer went up near Terminus Station, where most of the crowd seemed to be centered, followed by a loud toast to the Emperor’s health and more cheering.
Mere moments later, they were spotted. A general hue and cry went up, people rushing forward toward the three. Unlike their previous encounter with Desolation’s agitated populace, though, everyone was smiling. In moments they were being cheerfully slapped on the back and possibly congratulated or thanked. Between the general noise and the fact that a good half the crowd had clearly been well into their whiskey, it was hard to tell.
Several townsfolk stumbled back as a great puff of wind burst out from beneath Billie, where she had dropped a small object. The gnome lifted upward on a levitation charm, grabbing McGraw’s sleeve and clambering up to seat herself precariously on his shoulder.
“Well, damn!” she shouted, grinning madly. “I should blow up towns more often!”
“Why is it,” Weaver demanded, “that once everyone’s smiling you’re willing to take—”
“All right, all right, everybody give ’em some air! Land’s sakes, you’re gonna drown ’em. C’mon, clear a path.”
Somewhat reluctantly, the still-shouting citizens shifted, creating an opening through which Joe approached, smiling and gently shooing people away.
“Kid, what the hell did you do?” Weaver demanded.
“Exactly what I said I was gonna do,” Joe replied, tucking his thumbs into his belt and grinning. “How was your trip? Any luck?”
“Good bit of luck, in fact,” said McGraw, having to raise his voice over the din. “Maybe we oughtta discuss it in a quieter environment. Care to bring us up to speed, here?”
“Better yet, I’ll show you.” Joe turned to head back toward the Rail station, grinning and beckoning. “C’mon, I think you’ll like this!”
They continued to be shouted at, backslapped and offered drinks all the way to the station. It wasn’t far, fortunately, and while some of the most earnest carousing seemed to be taking place in its immediate vicinity, the station itself was an island of order, watched over by Imperial soldiers. Easily a dozen of them, enforcing a perimeter between the station’s occupants and the crowd outside.
A caravan was resting on the tracks, its hatches open; more troops were unloading crates, while others carefully unpacked them and laid out an orderly selection of arcane equipment. Sheriff Decker stood off to the side with two portly older men; he gave the approaching group a long, unreadable look upon their arrival.
“The rest of the Imperial Surveyors are already spread out through the town,” Joe noted as he escorted the others toward Decker’s group. “The uniformed folks currently unpacking are with the Army Corps of Enchanters. Looks like there’ll be plenty of work for everyone pretty soon.”
“What work?” Billie demanded, still from her perch on McGraw’s shoulder. She was a little too wide in the bottom to make it a comfortable position, but held her balance well enough. The old wizard made no complaint, but moved rather more slowly and carefully than was his usual custom.
“You remember Sheriff Decker, of course,” Joe went on as they joined the three men. “Allow me to introduce Mayor Tweed, who’s in charge in this town, and my old friend Heywood Paxton, Imperial Surveyor.”
“Mornin’, Elias,” the slightly younger of the two overweight men said cheerfully. “Bout time you brought me somethin’ other than trouble! And these’ll be Gravestone and the Tinker. Lemme see if I can figure out which is which!”
“This is a real honor, all of you,” added Paxton, grinning. “A real honor! Upon my word, the older I get, the more fascinating people I get to meet! Perhaps I should blame Joe, eh? Seems every time I encounter a paladin or dryad or famous wandfighter, he’s lurking around somewhere!”
“Well, I’ll take the blame for this one,” Joe said easily, “since I did bring you out here, an’ all. Last time, though, you came to my town.”
“Indeed, indeed! And I do hope you won’t take this the wrong way, Joe, but so far I’m enjoying this one a lot more.”
“At the expense of repeating myself,” Weaver said flatly, “what the hell is happening here?!”
Paxton turned to look at Joe in surprise. “You didn’t tell them?”
“I told ’em what I was planning,” the Kid said with a shrug. “Maybe they didn’t believe me.”
“Uh, point of order,” said Billie, finally hopping down. Despite the drop being easily twice her height, she didn’t so much as grunt upon landing. “You told us you were gonna go try to get the Empire to come out and help here. Since you were talkin’ about moving a massive bureaucracy off its bum in the space o’ one day, we all ‘ad a laugh an’ ignored you. Because that’s stupid, Joe. Grumpypants has a valid question.”
“Well, Mr. Jenkins gets a good share of credit, here,” said Paxton, chuckling, “but not all of it. We didn’t just spin all of this out of thin air; the plans have been percolating for a good few years now. Joe got myself and Bishop Darling on board, though, and we were able to light a fire under the relevant Imperial departments, and…here we are!”
“Where?” Weaver exclaimed. “Where are we?”
“It’s the most miraculous thing!” Mayor Tweed enthused. Beside him, Decker folded his brawny arms, looking far more skeptical. “No less than three major Imperial projects being constructed in and around Desolation! Look here, we’ve got it all laid out.” He turned and gesticulated at the wall of the ticket office, which was plastered with maps, blueprints and documents. They made little sense at first glance, having been slapped into place rather haphazardly, but Tweed carried on explaining. “First, the Rail line’s being extended—they’re finally putting in lines to Puna Dara and Rodvenheim! About time, I’d say. And that will make Desolation a hub, not just the end o’ the line. An international hub, even! Plus!” He leaned over to slap a hasty diagram of what seemed to be some kind of tower. “Zeppelin docks!”
“Zeppelin docks?” McGraw frowned. “Here? Why?”
“A step forward in another long-envisioned project,” Paxton explained. “You see, my friends, the common theme of these projects is diversification. In terms of transport, the Empire is heavily depended on its Rail network to get anything around. The Rail freeze this spring was an object lesson in how risky that can be. Zeppelin transport is many times slower, of course—but it’s a lot safer.”
“Really says something about the Imperial Rail service that a conveyance which can fall thousands of feet is safer,” Weaver commented.
“And that ties right into the other big deal going here,” Paxton continued. “The biggest deal, in fact! You see, a major transport freeze has the potential to cause more than just economic harm. A disproportionate amount of food comes from the Tira Valley and Great Plains—that’s the lion’s share of the really good farmland on this continent. In the old days, of course, kingdoms grew only as much as they could manage to feed themselves, but now, there are entire provinces that have to import food just to break even. The Stalrange, the Wyrnrange, the Tidestrider Isles… Tiraas itself doesn’t grow so much as an apple. There are places that just couldn’t survive if not for Imperial produce. A famine could be caused not only by a transportation crisis, but any localized disaster affecting our crop-producing regions.”
“What, aren’t there storehouses?” Weaver demanded.
“You’re gonna farm in the Badlands?” Billie said skeptically.
“In the mines!” Mayor Tweed said, beaming.
They all stared at him.
“I’ve a few thoughts on that,” Weaver said finally, “but I’ve been asked not to express such things to people who hold Imperial office.”
“It’s about Tar’naris,” Paxton said. “We learned a lot from the terraforming project there. Underground farming isn’t innately easy, but with the right enchantments, equipment and upkeep, subterranean farms turn out to be a lot less vulnerable to certain problems than conventional ones. Weather, for example, is a non-issue. The Surveyor Corps has been kicking around the idea of doing something similar on a smaller scale for the Empire’s benefit for years. Desolation has numerous underground spaces that are already cut in usable shapes, even better than natural caves. Better yet, it’s got a huge underground aquifer—there’s a natural lake far below the bedrock. This will be our test case!”
“Construction!” Tweed enthused. “Lots and lots of construction! Commerce routed through the town from all over the Empire! And ultimately, we’ll become a food-exporting province! My friends, by bringing us to the Empire’s attention, I can say without exaggeration or embellishment that you have saved this dying town from the brink!”
“Huh,” Weaver mused, studying the wall of charts and plans.
“Step one is scouting the land, of course,” said Paxton. “My own colleagues are at work in the area, and the Aces are gearing up to follow suit, as you can see around you.”
“Aces?” Billie inquired.
“Army Corps of Enchanters,” Joe explained. “It’s an acronym. Anyway, gentlemen, my apologies for interrupting your planning. If I could borrow my friends for just a moment? We need to have a word in private.”
“Of course, of course!” said Mayor Tweed. “And you’ll have to be our guests afterward. Heroes like you deserve to be celebrated!”
“Feels odd to be arguing against that,” Weaver muttered as Joe led them a distance away, toward an end of the Rail platform not being used by the Army to offload their surveying equipment. “In honesty, though, all we’ve done here was blow up the saloon.”
“Excuse you, I blew up the saloon,” Billie said haughtily. “I’ll take yer share of celebratin’, if y’don’t want it.”
“Elias, can you arrange us a little privacy?” Joe asked.
McGraw glanced thoughtfully at the nearby soldiers. “Well…”
“Oh, don’t mind us,” said a passing woman wearing a lieutenant’s bars. “There’s no law against sound-dampening effects near Imperial personnel.”
“All righty, then,” the old man said with a grin, and tapped the butt of his staff twice against the ground.
The sphere that sprung up around them was only barely visible, rippling like heat waves off the desert; its primary effect was to cut off sound from outside the bubble.
“Thanks,” said Joe, his expression growing more serious. “I need to pass on word from Darling: this stroke of good fortune comes with a warning. These plans were all things that’ve been brewing for some years already, but havin’ ’em all put into effect now is the result of more intervention than he could muster. It was Lord Quentin Vex who added his weight to the initiative that got all this in motion.”
“Vex?” Weaver frowned. “The head of Imperial Intelligence.”
“We’ve been seein’ signs of his handiwork out here, too,” McGraw commented, extracting a cigarillo from his case. “Much smaller ones, though. This is a whole different animal. What do the Imps want out here?”
“Almost certainly the same thing we do,” said Weaver.
“The reality is,” Joe continued gravely, “some of these projects are…less feasible than others. It’s lucky the underground farming is gonna be the biggest, because that’s the one they’re most serious about. The bit with extending the Rail…”
“Way ahead o’ ye,” said Billie. “Rodvenheim an’ Puna Dara are sovereign states; y’can’t just build infrastructure to their gates. That’s gonna require diplomacy, and I know bugger all about international relations but it seems t’me if either o’ them wanted a Rail line they’d’ve had one long since.”
“The zeppelin thing may be premature, too,” Joe added. “Right now, zeps are strictly military transport. Expanding them to carry civilian passengers and freight is a good idea, I think, but the fact is we’re talkin’ about building an installation for an infrastructure network that doesn’t exist.”
“Well, the key to making something exist is to actually build it,” Weaver pointed out. “I don’t see how any of this affects us, anyway. We’ll be long gone before any of these grandiose plans can fall through.”
“That doesn’t mean we’re not responsible,” Joe retorted.
“No, the fact that we’re not responsible means we’re not responsible! Even you, kid, don’t have the power to make the Empire do this—the Empire does what it wants. And we aren’t even involved!”
“I helped!” Billie chimed. “I cleverly created a sense of urgency by blowin’ up th—”
“Will you button it, you sadistic crotch goblin!”
“Now, I might be mistaken,” McGraw commented, puffing on his cigarillo. “It wouldn’t be the first time. But the Tirasian Dynasty has always ruled by carefully managing people’s opinions—both powerful interests and the general public. Sharidan’s pretty damn good at that game. Lord Vex is a crafty old crow himself, an’ not about to undermine the Emperor. However it may look from our limited perspective, Joe, I can’t imagine the Empire would invite the kind of unrest they would be by making grand promises out here and then yankin’ the rug out from under the whole province. In the age o’ scrolltowers and newspapers, that kind of hanky-panky could have continent-wide repercussions.”
“I guess,” Joe said, frowning.
“I’m not much inclined to trust governments myself,” McGraw said with a grin. “But this one knows its best interests and is reasonably competent. Surprising as it is to see them actually workin’ out here…well, I think the odds are good they intend to see the work done.”
“On a more pertinent note,” said Weaver, “how does all this help us? It’s great for the town and all, but…”
“It’s about positioning,” said Joe. “Previously, it was us and Khadizroth’s group, head-to-head in the Badlands. He had a defensible position, forcing us to go on the attack, and we were both out of favor with the locals, making the population a big fat variable. Now, Desolation is not only crawling with Imperial interests, but the local folks think we’re the bee’s knees. We have a secure fallback position, one we can deny to his group. Thanks to all this, the advantage is ours.”
“It is very early in the game to be counting chickens,” McGraw cautioned. “Still, you’ve got a good point there, Joe. Our position looks a lot better than it did yesterday. Now, concerning the other allies I’ve found for us—”
“Uh, lads?” said Billie, pointing. “I can’t exactly read lips through this shimmery bit, but that crowd looks suddenly less celebratory than it did.”
They all turned to follow her finger. Indeed, the motions of the large knot of people that had formed on the outer edges of the Rail station were far more aggressive than previously. Tellingly, Tweed, Paxton, and Decker all looked alarmed by this, and the soldiers had stopped what they were doing and taken up weapons.
“Oh, this could get bad in a hurry,” Joe said worriedly, striding forward through the wall of the bubble. The others swiftly followed suit.
Outside the dampening bubble, the crowd was indeed angry. There was no more music; there were threats and insults. Joe had to raise his own voice considerably to get a path opened up toward the center of the cluster. “Hey, hey, hey! C’mon, now, I thought this was a party! Let’s all settle down, here. What’s all the fuss about?”
He fell silent as the crowd finally parted, their seething voices subsiding somewhat as he deflected their attention to himself. In the middle of what had been a knot of citizens clearly on the verge of serious aggression stood two dwarves, a man and a woman. They wore simple working clothes and seemed wary, but not particularly alarmed at the prospect of the mob trying to form around them.
“They don’t belong here!” shouted a woman from the back of the throng. A chorus of agreement rose around her.
“Job-stealin’ tunnel rats!”
“Go back under yer own mountain!”
“Whoah, whoah, whoah!” Joe exclaimed, holding up both hands. “People, please! C’mon. Look, I understand what’s been happenin’ here,, but you can’t just go blamin’ every dwarf you see for what the Big K company does.”
“They’re with Big K!” a man in the front shouted accusingly. “Ask ’em!”
“That’s true, in fact,” said the male dwarf. “Excuse me, Mr. Jenkins, isn’t it? My companion and I…”
Anything else he said was lost in a rising tide of imprecations from the surrounding crowd.
They fell quiet again when Joe drew his wand and fired it thrice into the sky. Rather than its usual quiet beams, he let loose several satisfyingly loud bolts of lightning.
“Okay,” Joe said into the relative quiet which ensued. “I take your meaning, folks. But let me pose you a hypothetical, all right? We all know the Five Kingdoms have been hit as hard as this region by the Narisian Treaty. Now, suppose some dwarven outfit came out here hirin’. Suppose they were lookin’ for experienced miners to take on work up in the mountains themselves. Payin’ well, so you could afford to send money back an’ take care of your families. Wouldn’t you folks jump on that?”
People muttered uncertainly; the dwarves simply watched Joe with speculative expressions. On the Rail platform, the soldiers stood ready, not going back to their work, but not moving to intervene yet.
“I think you’d have to be crazy not to,” Joe continued, grinning disarmingly. “But there you’d be, in dwarven country, takin’ jobs from the folk who live there an’ probably not makin’ any of them happy. But…well, you’ve gotta do what you’ve gotta, right? We all need to eat, an’ provide for our people. C’mon, we’ve had a big stroke of good luck in Desolation, today. Let’s not take out our frustrations on honest folk just tryin’ to make a living.”
“That Mr. K’s an asshole,” someone grumbled very loudly. “Pushin’ us around…” This brought another chorus of surly assent, but the general mood of the crowd had become much calmer.
“Well, now, let’s see a show of hands,” said Joe with a broad smile. “How many of you have never worked for an idiot or a jerk? Not once?”
Chuckles ran around the crowd now; only a few hands appeared in the air.
“Luke, you put your hand up this second!”
“Hey now, Pa, you run a good outfit, but remember that time you was sick an’ Uncle George had ta run the store fer a week?”
That brought outright laughter. People began to drift away, some looking abashed. In the next moments, a fiddle struck up a tune, joined quickly by a banjo and tambourine.
“Well, well, well,” Billie drawled quietly, jabbing her elbow into Joe’s thigh. “Talented, cute, earnest, and he knows how to work a crowd. You’re dangerous, boy.”
He coughed awkwardly, beckoning to the two dwarves, who stepped up onto the platform, McGraw and Weaver moving back to make room. The nearby soldiers stared very pointedly at the few remaining townsfolk who continued to watch the visitors with hostile expressions, but nothing further came of it.
“That was rather impressive,” said the woman, smiling up at Joe. “In fact, you remind me of Mr. K, somewhat.”
“I…have no idea how to take that,” he said frankly.
McGraw cleared his throat pointedly. “There somethin’ we can help you folks with?”
“Yes, in fact,” said the male dwarf, removing his hat and bowing politely to them. “I suppose there’s little need to ask who you are; the descriptions are quite distinctive. Mr. K would like to talk with you all, in a quiet and civil manner, at your earliest convenience.”
“I’m sorry I never manage to take you anywhere nice,” Teal said.
Shaeine turned her head, raising her chin so that Teal could see her smile even from the depths of her hood. “Everywhere is nice, so long as you are with me.”
The bard couldn’t repress a grin at that. “Hee… You are smooth, you know that?”
“Yes, I do.” Shaeine momentarily pressed the back of her hand against Teal’s. Much as she wanted to take Shaeine’s hand—or, to be honest, to take her in her arms—Teal respected her reserve as always. Spending time over the summer with Shaeine’s family had been very instructive. In any case, even if she had been tempted to doubt the drow’s affection, such nascent doubts were always swiftly washed away as soon as they found themselves in private.
“It bothers me, though,” she said more soberly as they continued to stroll. It was a quiet street, out of the way, but not deserted by any means. One wall of the entire block was formed by the exterior of the warehouse complex, beneath which was Malivette’s basement with its secret tunnel to Dufresne Manor. The rest was all shops, though—quiet, genteel shops, frequented by people who, one and all, had a suspicious stare for a figure in cowled robes walking alongside a short-haired girl in a man’s suit. “Having to hide you. You should be treated with more respect.”
“It would be one thing if I had to hide,” Shaeine pointed out. “There are no such laws, and frankly I doubt showing my face would lead to violence, or danger. We are simply acting to ward off misunderstandings. The initiative, the choice, are still ours.”
“Mm,” Teal mused. “You know what I mean, though.”
“Yes.” Again, that deft little hand pressed against her own. “I am proud to be seen with you, too. I get the better end of this deal; at least everyone can see how lucky I am.”
Teal couldn’t help grinning again. “Almost too smooth. How do you expect me to learn Narisian reserve if you won’t stop making me smile?”
“I am selfish. I’ll risk any hardship to enjoy your smile.”
After that comment, she couldn’t make herself withhold it.
They reached the end of the warehouse and turned around, heading back. Waiting for Trissiny to get back from the Imperial Army barracks, hopefully with the other two paladins in tow, was tedious business in the basement; Teal and Shaeine had volunteered to take the watch more for the chance at some fresh air than because they feared any kind of attack. Indeed, the street was peacefully quiet. It was a pleasant place, in truth, enough so that they could almost ignore the way people glared at them.
“Morning, dears,” said a flower seller as they neared; she had been turned around, rummaging in the back of her stall, on their previous passing. Now, the woman smiled, leaning forward and holding out a small bunch of violets. “I’ve just the thing to brighten your day!”
“Well, why not?” Teal said, coming to a stop and accepting the violets. “Oh, look how fresh these are! How much?”
“Nonsense, my lady,” the woman said warmly. “On the house, for you.”
“Oh!” Teal blinked in surprise. “Well, that’s very… I mean, I don’t want to put you out.”
“It is no hardship,” said the flower seller. “Merely a pittance. I think the three of you are more than due a spot of kindness.”
Muted sounds of activity continued up and down the street, but an island of total stillness fell around the flower stall.
“Excuse me,” Shaeine said evenly, “the three of us?”
“Some more hidden than others,” the woman said, still wearing that placid smile. She stepped to the side, moving with a pronounced limp, and began hanging bunches of wildflowers from the posts holding up her awning. “I know what it’s like, having to conceal who you are. Not, of course, in the way Lady Vadrieny must, but I’ve worn a cloak or two in my time. Rather stifling, aren’t they, Lady Shaeine? My apologies, I don’t actually know the right formal address in your culture.”
“I think you had better explain yourself,” Teal said quietly.
“Of course! My name’s Vanessa. Oof, sorry… You don’t mind if I sit down, I trust?” She pulled a wooden stool from the corner of her stall over to the front and perched on it with a soft sigh of relief. “Ahh… Getting better all the time. I’m afraid my leg just hasn’t been the same since I was in the Cathedral.”
“Your…” Teal narrowed her eyes. “The Cathedral?”
“The Grand Cathedral,” Vanessa said matter-of-factly, “in Tiraas. A broken femur is not a small thing, I’m afraid.”
“That is a fortuitous place to have it happen,” said Shaeine. “At least there were healers present, yes?”
“Oh, yes indeed,” Vanessa said, twisting her lips in an expression that was very nearly a sneer. “They healed it right up. Then broke it again. Then healed it, then broke it… Had this happened over a long stretch of time, I’m sure I’d have been able to count how many times. It was all back to back to back, though, on and on. Enough of that in one prolonged sitting, and strange things start to happen to your mind. You lose all sense of time, of place, of who you are… Eventually, there’s nothing but the pain. That’s the whole point, of course. As a side effect, the healings get less and less effective. The more repetitions, the more likely you’ll have lingering effects.”
“Y-you…” Teal stuttered. “Why would… Who are you?”
“I’m Vanessa,” she said with a patient smile. She produced a bundle of dark purple wildflowers from a drawer and laid them out on her stall’s counter. “You know very well who I represent, my lady. And I know what you’re here for. Tellwyrn’s little assignments aren’t generally of interest to us, but it’s a worthy thing you are doing. This poor city is in bad shape, and the authorities aren’t having any luck straightening it out.”
“What do you want?” Shaeine demanded.
“To help.” As she spoke, Vanessa deftly braided flowers together with a long strip of black ribbon, gradually forming a wreath. “In whatever way you need. Your group is a potent force, to be sure, but you are at a disadvantage in dealing with diffuse troubles such as Veilgrad’s. Dozens of issues are rising up in every corner of the city—of the province. You need more pairs of hands, the ability to cover more ground than the nine of you can alone. We stand ready to serve.”
“If you intend to threaten us,” Shaeine began.
“Threaten you?” Vanessa’s hands clenched on the forming wreath. She stared fiercely into Teal’s eyes. “The dark lady has countless warlocks, and can always get more. You are irreplaceable. Threaten you? I would spend the last drop of my blood protecting you, if that is what it required.”
“What…” Teal swallowed heavily, unable to tear her gaze away from the woman’s. “What did the Church… What did you tell them?”
“Tell them? Oh, please,” Vanessa smiled again, bitterly. “This is the twelfth century. No professional tortures anybody for information, that’s terribly counterproductive. No…you torture someone to get the attention of whoever cares about whoever you’re hurting. It’s not so bad, in the end. I’m getting help from a shaman; she says I should be mostly able to walk as normal after a couple of years of the right therapy, though I’ll always be able to feel when it’s about to rain. And they got my friends’ attention, all right,” she added darkly. “The Universal Church does not employ torturers at present. They haven’t any left.”
“I cannot believe the Church would do such a thing in the first place,” Teal said sharply. “And I certainly have no reason to trust you.”
“Of course,” Vanessa said agreeably. “Trust is earned; you hardly know me, after all. I am simply making the offer, my lady, because I hate to think of you not knowing the resources that exist at your disposal.” She smiled, warmly, holding Teal’s gaze with her own. “When you need help, call for us. We will come.”
“I don’t need that kind of help.”
“Right now, at this moment? No, you don’t. Far better to continue enjoying your day. I’d recommend against making assumptions about the future, though.” Vanessa shook her head. “Have you discovered anything about Veilgrad’s problems? Our working theory right now is that there is a chaos rift somewhere in the area. That can become a catastrophe the likes of which you can hardly imagine. Never turn down help.”
“I could call for the police,” Teal said. “Have you arrested.”
“For what?” Vanessa chuckled. “Don’t worry, my lady, I am not offended; you’ve had some unfortunate accidents of education. Experience is a good teacher. Just remember what I said, girls. When you need us, call.”
It was a shady street, but it was nonetheless shocking when the shadows swelled up around Vannessa, then receded, leaving nothing behind but the flower stall.
On the counter sat the small wreath of dark flowers, braided with black ribbon.
January 23, 2015 UncategorizedAndros Varanus, Basra Syrinx, Bishop Darling, Branwen Snowe, Gabriel, Heywood Paxton, Mary the Crow, Ruda, Toby, TrissinyD. D. Webb
They came to a stop in the middle of the street, hearing the crash. Trissiny and Gabriel exchanged a brief look, then turned and dashed back the way they had come, toward the barn. She smoothly drew her sword while in motion, eyes darting about in search of threats. Despite the ongoing noise from up ahead, in which they could now hear shouts and curses in addition to the continued ruckus of battle, the town itself remained eerily still. It was as if, improbable as that seemed, all the roughnecks and thugs hanging around had spontaneously gone elsewhere. For the moment, though, Trissiny was grateful enough to have only one apparent threat on which to concentrate.
Gabriel skidded as they rounded the corner, nearly overbalancing; she, being far more athletic, came to a smooth stop, taking in the scene.
Two men lay in the street, the same two who had been previously guarding the door. Another was in the process of stumbling down from the board sidewalk, limping heavily and clutching one arm. There was no sign of the Riders, and though the details weren’t exactly explicit, from their garb these were townsfolk rather than ruffians. Given the lack of apparent external threats, whatever was happening had begun inside the tavern.
That hypothesis gained weight as the front window exploded outward and a man flew through, striking the edge of the sidewalk painfully on his way to sprawling in the street.
Trissiny bounded to his side, kneeling to place a hand on his shoulder. He was bleeding from multiple cuts, thanks to the window, and though she couldn’t tell past his sturdy denim and flannel garb, it was very possible he’d broken something and inconceivable that he wasn’t heavily bruised. She drew on Avei’s light, sending a gentle wave of energy through him. Just enough to stop any bleeding, internal or otherwise, and prevent him from expiring from trauma. Too much divine magic was risky with an undiagnosed patient; healing a broken bone without setting it in the right position first could cripple a person for life.
“What happened?” she demanded as the man’s eyes swam back into focus. “Is it the Riders?”
His gaze locked on her face, and then his eyes widened as though he’d just remembered what was happening. He clutched her arm frantically.
“Gods, you’ve gotta do something! She’s insane!”
“Oh,” Trissiny growled, her expression collapsing in a scowl. “Ruda.”
One of the men in the street was already standing, the other being helped upright by Gabriel. She paused to touch the limping fellow on his apparently injured arm, giving him a soft boost of light to ease the trauma, then turned resolutely toward the saloon and marched in. This involved pushing past the broken doors, one of which was angled crazily across the doorway and somehow stuck. Luckily, kicking it down suited her mood.
The scene inside was utter chaos at a glance. The more than two dozen men present were either fighting or on the ground and injured; half of the light fixtures were knocked out, and ninety percent of the furniture had been smashed, some of that serving as makeshift cover for cowering townsfolk who’d apparently had enough. Sweeping her gaze around the room, however, Trissiny’s trained mind put the various pieces into place, and she realized that she was looking at one of the most flawlessly controlled battlefields she’d ever seen.
Heywood Paxton had retreated to a front corner, where he was clutching Ruda’s sheathed rapier in front of himself as if it would bar the brawl from reaching him. Oddly enough, it seemed to have worked; his suit wasn’t so much as rumpled and nobody had come within ten feet of the Surveyor. Toby was moving efficiently around the perimeter of the tavern, aglow with divine energy, helping men upright and healing injuries as he found them. It was the circular pattern that was impressive; the center of the room was mostly cleared, but knots of men had clumped together around the outside. Most were now lying or sitting amid the ruins of their tables, but two groups were still actively brawling.
Trissiny could see how it had been done. The original layout of the room had had Paxton, the students and the heads of the four families ensconced at the center table (now on its side with half its legs broken off), while their various sons and relatives had organized themselves by clan around the wall. Quickly identifying each of the men she’d seen sit down to parley and where they currently were—all but Wilcox now down—Trissiny could retrace the steps that had led to this. All Ruda had to do was get a fight going and then push each patriarch into the arms of a rival clan. Men would have crossed the center to get to their objectives, but the action would ultimately concentrate itself around those four men, swiftly turning the brawlers’ attention from Ruda to each other. Eventually the fighting would spill everywhere, as fighting invariably did, but that wouldn’t matter of someone were to systematically move around the edge of the room, taking advantage of the brawlers’ preoccupation with one another to beat down each group one at a time.
Grudgingly, she had to recognize the quick thinking, tactical savvy and martial skill it had taken to pull this off. Unless, of course, it was all the random outcome of a completely aimless act of aggression. Not long ago, Trissiny would have instantly made that assumption, but Gabriel’s recent question about Ruda’s intelligence made her wonder.
As she entered, the second-to last knot of struggling men was in the process of being dismantled. Ruda, armed with a table leg, circled the edge of the group, delivering methodical blows to legs that took fighters neatly out of the action, until she had whittled down their numbers and the remaining three men turned on her, finally realizing who the true threat here was. It was a bit dicier from there, but Ruda’s unique blend of deftness and savagery quickly put down the overmatched farmers. Trissiny noted, also, some of the skills she herself had drilled into the pirate during their morning practice sessions with Teal.
The last fellow actually backed away, raising his hands in surrender, and Ruda, grinning, tossed the table leg to him, then rolled her shoulders and cracked her knuckles before stalking over to the last group of fighting men, which included Mr. Wilcox. She was limping and bleeding from both the lip and forehead, but seemed no less energetic. Her target group was down to six men, Wilcox and two of his apparent relatives being backed against the wall and beset by a pair from one side and a particularly hulking fellow from another.
Ruda diverted her course toward the middle as she went, picking up the only two intact chairs within reach. One she hurled directly into the two on the left, then smashed the other across the big man’s back.
Gabriel shoved past Trissiny, coming to a stop just inside and taking in the scene as quickly as she had, though probably with less understanding of what he was seeing.
“Holy shit! Are…should we help her?”
He gave her a sidelong look. “Is this a warrior-culture thing where you don’t interfere in somebody else’s battle, or are you just pissed at her for starting a fight?”
“How do we even know she started it?”
Trissiny looked at him.
“Yeah, I know,” he muttered, sticking his hands in his pockets.
The two attackers were already down, as was one of the Wilcox boys. Ruda’s chair was reduced to two legs, with which she was hammering at the big man, using no stickfighting technique Trissiny knew, but holding her own. She feinted at his groin; like a lot of intimidatingly burly men in rural towns, he’d never bothered to learn an actual fighting style, and went for it in panic, hunching forward to protect his jewels with both thick forearms. Ruda neatly clocked him on both sides of the head with the chair legs, and he went down like a sack of flour. Trissiny winced; head trauma was always a serious matter. Fortunately, Toby was working on the last group to face the pirate’s wrath, and already looking ahead at the current fight between patients.
The Wilcox patriarch and his younger kinsman both raised their hands, backing against the wall.
“Miss,” Wilcox began, “I—”
Ruda jabbed them both viciously in the solar plexi, then dropped her improvised weapons, turned and was walking away before they had finished slumping to the floor.
“Damn,” Gabriel muttered.
“You with the hand!” Ruda barked, stomping up to a man lying on his own closer to the middle of the room than most. He was, in fact, cradling a hand to his chest; the position obscured it somewhat, but Trissiny could see a couple of fingers clearly bent the wrong way. Ruda prodded him in the shoulder with her boot, the force used just short of qualifying as a kick. He took this with a whimper.
“Bad. Fucking. Form.” Ruda growled, nudging him again. “You do not pull a wand in a bar fight, you little shit. There are rules. I see you doing anything like that again and next time I’m not gonna be so playful with you. Savvy?”
“My apologies, ma’am,” he gasped.
She grunted, then bent to pick up the wand lying a couple of feet from him, twirling it in her fingers. “Behave yourself and I’ll think about letting you have this back later.”
“Much obliged, ma’am.”
Ruda turned from him, limping over to the center of the room, where she swiveled slowly, dragging her gaze across all those present. A surprising number quailed back from her. Even as short as she was, even badly disheveled and obviously injured, her sheer presence commanded everyone’s attention.
“Listen up, fuckers!” she said, not yelling, but projecting as well as any actor on stage. Her voice boomed through the room, echoing off the stone walls. “You, the hard-working, hard-drinking, hard-fighting pride and manhood of the whole goddamn town of Sarasio, just got your collective asses kicked by a girl. There are two kinds of men among you right now: the bitterly ashamed, and utter fucking morons. There’s some overlap there. The question you need to be asking is this: Just how the hell did this happen?!”
Ruda paused, letting her words sink in. The silence was nearly total, broken only by soft scuffling and the occasional whimper, and the muted sound of Toby murmuring encouragement to the burly fellow he was in the process of healing from a head injury. Ruda slowly dragged her gaze across the assembled men again, curling her lip up in a sneer.
“What you’ve just experienced was the whole last goddamn year in miniature. Here comes an outside force, systematically moving across the room and beating each of your asses down one by one, and you fuckwits let it happen because you were too damn busy kicking the shit out of each other to do a thing about it!” Her voice began to slowly climb in volume. “Naphthene’s tits, people! One girl—one!—against two dozen, and there you all lie, looking stupid. Do you not comprehend the sheer, epic scale of your own dipshittery? Can you even wrap your heads around the scope of your failure? If anybody had told me last year I’d ever meet a whole town full of men who suck as hard as you assholes I’d have busted him in the lip for lying to me.”
“Now, hold on,” Jonas Hesse started.
Ruda, who was currently facing the other direction, flung out an arm to point at him without looking. “You get one pass because I feel sorry for you numbnuts. Next man who interrupts me, I’m gonna go over there and he can say his piece to my face.”
Silence fell again. Even the whimpering stopped.
“Well? Any takers?” She waited for a few seconds, but nobody offered comment. “Fine. This catastrophic ass-kicking is a lesson, boys. The White Riders have been doing this exact shit to you for months now, and you’ve let ’em get away with it because you let ’em turn you against each other. If just half of you witless fucksticks had quit trying to bash each other and turned on the person actually attacking you just now, I’d be the one lyin’ bleeding on the floor. If you’d put your tiny dicks back in your pants instead of waving ’em at each other and turned all this energy against the Riders back when they started being a problem, they wouldn’t fucking be one now!”
“That don’t change the facts!” Jacob Strickland piped up, leaning on a young man’s shoulder. “We got Riders and Rider sympathizers in our own ranks, ready to turn on us. How’re we supposed to fight ’em like that?”
He actually tried to back away as Ruda whirled and stomped toward him. She came to a stop two feet from him, grabbed a fistful of his long beard and yanked his head down till he was closer to her eye level.
“You wanna bitch and moan, that’s on you,” she said, her voice low but still echoing throughout the chamber. “But if you insult my intelligence again, I will stuff you head-first up your own ass and roll you from here to the Rail platform. Got it?” She released him and gave him a none-too-gentle shove in the chest, turning her back and stalking toward the center as the younger man barely managed to keep Strickland from falling. “Yeah, so you’ve got Riders in your midst. So what? So fucking goddamn what? What’re they gonna do, blow their cover the second you turn your back? Worst thing they can do is get in one good hit, and then you’d know who they are and could deal with ’em. You should be so fucking lucky as to hope they’re that fucking stupid—which, obviously, they aren’t, or we wouldn’t be having this conversation! I am sick of you dipshits and your excuses. The truth is, you just want to fight each other and you’ll grasp at any little pretext to do that instead of solving your own, actual fucking problems! Well?” She turned in a full circle, glaring furiously around the room. “Well?! Deny it!”
“You’re prisoners in your own homes,” she bellowed. “You families are one more bad week from starving. You can’t walk your own streets, can’t live your own lives. Your town is on the edge of annihilation. Everything you have worked for has been torn down and shat on by the White Riders. Haven’t you had enough?!”
To Trissiny’s amazement, there actually came a rumble of assent this time. Expressions were growing grim and angry again, but for a wonder, they weren’t turned on each other.
“Oh, I’m sorry,” Ruda said in a sneering mockery of contrition. “Here I thought I was addressing the men of Sarasio, when it turns out I’ve wandered into a rehearsal of the Tiraas Ladies’ Auxiliary Bake Sale Choir. I said: HAVE YOU HAD ENOUGH?!”
She finished on a roar that rattled the remaining windows in their frames, and this time, the men roared back, a wordless bellow of outrage and assent. Trissiny tightened her grip on her sword, keenly aware that she was in a room with a bunch of men being deliberately whipped into a frenzy.
“Are you going to let these bastards do this to you?”
“NO!” they bellowed in near unison.
“Are you going to take this any more?!”
“NO!!”
“Are you going to let your families, your whole town, just die because a bunch of assholes in bedsheets like feeling powerful?!”
This time, the roar of negation barely qualified as a word. Still, Ruda managed to raise her own voice above the noise.
“Or are you going to march out there, find those goddamn Riders, and PUT THEM IN THE GROUND?!”
Fists were shaken, faces twisted into animalistic snarls, weapons—both actual wands and hatchets and various pieces of furniture—brandished. Paxton had eased over and now placed himself behind Trissiny, ready to bolt through the door at an instant’s notice. Gabriel had also slipped backward and lurked now in the doorway, keeping an eye on the street.
“Are you victims?” Ruda thundered, wild-eyed, pumping a fist in the air, “OR ARE YOU MEN?”
The noise quite literally shook the floorboards, and this time it didn’t stop. The men kept up a continuous bellow of fury as Ruda made a circuit around the room, shouting incoherently and exchanging thumps and shoves with everyone she came close enough to touch.
Toby finally rejoined them, looking as tense and displeased at these events as Trissiny felt. She carefully eased backward, pushing Paxton and Gabriel a step closer to the door.
The men carried on shouting and gesticulating even after Ruda stopped riling them, now turning to each other, shaking hands, slapping backs, exchanging bellowed exhortations. Amazingly, they mingled without any regard for family affiliation. Even the four patriarchs had grouped themselves together, clasping arms with grim-faced determination. They seemed a bit more restrained than their kin, though, shooting glances at Ruda’s back as she strolled, grinning, over to rejoin her companions.
“Toby, my man,” she said, slugging him in the shoulder. She kept her voice at a normal conversational level, which, given the noise in the room, was as good as a whisper for ensuring their privacy. “No offense, but you don’t understand how the common man thinks.”
“There is a difference,” he said grimly, “between relating to common folk and inciting a riot.”
“Yep, there surely is,” she said easily, nodding. “But funny enough, you need the one to do the other. And cut that shit out,” she added with a scowl as he reached a glowing hand toward her. “I need those bruises for credibility. You can do your paladin thing after the big fight.”
“Ruda,” he said wearily, “I’ve been healing you the whole time. I don’t care how badass you are, one woman doesn’t take on a whole bar and walk away without help. You were stabbed twice. Remember when I grabbed your arm? That’s because it was broken.”
“What? Don’t be stupid, it was just a bruise.”
“Forearms aren’t supposed to bend in the middle!”
“Maybe yours aren’t.” She grinned insanely at him. “I’m Punaji. We don’t fuck around.”
“I don’t even know what that means,” he exclaimed.
“That’s okay, I still like you. Heywood, my sword?”
The Surveyor handed the weapon over, his eyes darting around the aggressive crowd. “Not to disparage your work, Princess, but, ah… Should you perhaps contain this? Or at least direct it? This kind of thing can go very bad, very quickly.”
“Yeah, I’m gonna.” Ruda finished buckling the rapier’s scabbard back to her belt and planted her fists on her hips, looking around the room at her handiwork. “Timing’s a factor. Don’t wanna let ’em tire themselves out or start brawling again, but I need to give the Riders in the audience a minute to slip out the back.”
“Wait, what?” Toby exclaimed. “Don’t we want to keep them pinned down where they can’t act?”
“No, she’s right,” Trissiny said grudgingly. “The whole point of this is to force the Riders to move, so we can hit them back. Now the ones in this group will know we’re coming for them with the whole town behind us. They’re pretty well forced; to take advantage of that, though, we need to give them a chance to warn their fellows.”
“See?” Ruda grinned. “She gets it.”
“That said,” Trissiny went on grimly, “we do need to control this quickly. A mob is like a rabid animal: if we can’t target them at the actual enemy, there’s no telling what they’ll destroy.”
“Yeah, about that.” Gabriel was leaning half-out the doorway, staring down the street outside. “That won’t be a problem.”
“You didn’t notice I was gone?” Darling asked, peeved in spite of himself.
“Oh, don’t get your bloomers in a twist,” Basra said. “That’s classic witchcraft. Redirecting attention, inducing emotional states… We really should’ve been on guard for that, though. Divine magic is a very good counter for it.”
“And so we must be, going forward,” said Andros firmly, scowling more than usual. “I do not like that this Crow woman is taking aggressive action against us. We had best be prepared to deal with her decisively.”
“Ah, granted I only know about her what was in Basra’s report,” Branwen said somewhat timidly, “but… I don’t think Mary the Crow is the kind of person who gets decisively dealt with.”
“She clearly has considerable sources of information to have learned what we are doing,” said Andros, turning his glower on Darling. “You are certain you told her no more than what you related to us?”
“Positive, but that may be beside the point,” he replied. “She clearly knew a lot going in. There’s no telling how much, or from what source.”
“Mm.” Basra was gazing into space, rubbing her lips absently with a thumb. “She was always one of my top suspects… Both in terms of the level of her power and her established patterns. Moving against us strongly supports that theory. From what Antonio’s told us, though, she seemed uncertain. As if she were trying to figure out who knew what, who had done what.”
“That could mean either that she’s not involved, or that she is,” Andros growled. “Either way, she’s used what amounts to mind control on a Bishop of the Church. That is an automatic death sentence.”
“Oh, come on,” Darling exclaimed, “she’s Mary the freakin’ Crow. An absurdly overpowered, self-declared enemy of the state. Her existence is an automatic death sentence; if the Empire were able to put her down it would’ve done so years ago.”
A tense, glum silence fell over the table.
They were meeting in one of the Cathedral’s smaller conference rooms, much less lavish than the one in the Archpope’s personal suite. It was late, well past midnight; most of the rest of the Church’s headquarters was asleep, like the city itself. It had taken considerable time for Darling’s messages to reach their recipients and bring them back here, Branwen having been the last to arrive by a wide margin. He wondered sourly how long it had taken her to do her hair; it had been uncomfortable sitting with Basra and Andros, both of them surly from the interrupted night’s sleep, without explaining the details of his adventure while they waited for her. They well understood his desire not to have to go over it twice, but the pair of them hardly needed a reason to be grouchy around each other to begin with.
The Archpope was secluded in prayer, according to the Holy Legion officer guarding his chambers, and could not be disturbed. They would have to settle for reporting in tomorrow. It was looking increasingly like it’d be a long night.
“Then,” Andros said finally, “the question is this: What are we going to do about the Crow?”
“The more immediate question is whether she’s responsible for the killings,” Basra shot back, rubbing irritably at her eyes with her fists. “That makes a difference in how we proceed.”
“No, it doesn’t,” Andros retorted. “She’s attacked Antonio. That makes her an enemy.”
“Whoah, whoah!” Darling held up his hands peaceably. “Not attacked! Here I am, fit as a fiddle; believe me, if I tangled with the Crow I wouldn’t have walked away. She wanted to talk. Frankly, I think we should encourage this. Fighting her is just plain not gonna be feasible.”
“You propose to let that woman walk all over us?” Andros snarled.
“I propose to investigate,” Basra chimed in, then stifled a yawn. “We need data before we act! Gods, it’s too late to have this conversation…”
“Maybe we should adjourn till tomorrow?” Branwen suggested. “Then we’ll be fresher, and we can include his Holiness in the discussion.”
“We should sleep while the Crow runs loose?” Andros’s sneer was visible even through his beard.
“Timing is, indeed, a factor,” Mary said solemnly, resting her chin on her interlaced fingers. “While you sit here talking, an opportunity is about to slip away.”
Dead silence fell, the four Bishops turning in their seats to stare at her. Mary the Crow sat at the head of the table, watching them with an aloof little smile.
“Okay,” Basra said at last. “Not gonna lie, I’m impressed.”
“Ah, ah,” Mary said firmly as Andros started to rise, reaching a hand toward his belt. “Sit, boy. There is no need for hostility.”
“You’ve been there the entire time, haven’t you,” Darling said resignedly. “Otherwise, Andros would’ve sat at the head.”
“Very good, Antonio,” she replied with a smile. “You continue to display a keen eye for details and personalities. That’s why you’re my favorite.”
“Whoopee,” he said sourly.
Branwen cleared her throat. “You mentioned an opportunity?”
“Quite so.” Mary straightened, separating her hands and resting one on the table. “There have been, to date, twenty-eight executions of high-profile priests in the city, all within the last few weeks.”
Darling managed not to react. Twenty-eight? That was off from Flora and Fauna’s count. The number should be lower. If they’d been going off on their own again…
“One of those has just been committed,” the Crow continued, “and will not be discovered, in all likelihood, until dawn. The person responsible is still in the city, and can still be confronted if you move quickly.”
“Who?” Basra demanded.
“You would know him as the Jackal.”
She grimaced, as did Darling. The Jackal was a fully non-magical foe, but several orders of magnitude more dangerous than Oz the Beater had been, by virtue of being an elf. Fast, agile, stealthy…and sadistic. So much for working gradually up the list.
“You claim he is responsible for all these murders?” Andros growled, so physically tense in his seat he seemed almost ready to erupt.
“For this most recent one, at least,” Mary replied with unflappable calm. “He is not expecting any kind of intervention; in fact, he has no reason to think he has been discovered.”
“And yet, you have?” Basra said wryly.
Mary nodded, smiling. “I rarely choose to announce my presence. Among other benefits, this often means I know a great deal more about my surroundings than anyone expects. In this case, I can tell you where the Jackal is. Apprehend him, and you may just learn how many of these assassinations are his doing.” Her smile widened. “And at whose behest.”
“Unless, of course, this is an obvious trap,” Andros snarled.
Mary held up her right hand, palm out. “By my totem spirit, may my bond with the earth be forsworn if I deceive thee, I swear that I have told you nothing but the truth, and intend to lead you toward enlightenment, and not harm.” She lowered her hand, leaning back slightly in her chair. “Of course, he is the jackal. Pursuing dangerous prey means that harm is more than possible.”
“What was that, exactly?” Basra asked, her eyes narrowed.
“An oath not lightly broken,” Andros rumbled. “…I am satisfied, at least, as to her intentions.”
“You are?” she said, visibly surprised.
“The Huntsmen are acquainted with the ways of the wild. We must deal regularly with elven witches.”
“She’s not hostile toward us,” Branwen added, watching the Crow carefully. Mary turned the smile on her, blinking her eyes languidly.
Darling sighed. “Are we in any shape to go chasing after someone like the Jackal right now?”
“As to that, I can offer you a little aid. A token of good faith.” Mary lifted her left hand from below the level of the table, opened it palm-up, then blew across it. Nothing visible flew outward from her hand, but a gentle scent like herbs and clean water flowed briefly through the room.
Darling unconsciously straightened in his chair, fatigue draining away, leaving him feeling alert and fresh as a daisy. Around the table, the others perked up visibly as well, then exchanged a round of uncertain glances.
“A little warning before you do witchcraft at us would be appreciated,” Basra said testily.
“Of course,” Mary said noncommittally. “Now, we had best move. I will guide you to your quarry, but it will be up to you to bring him down. Alive, remember, or he’s no use to us. I’ll find you outside.”
The black bird let out a hoarse caw, flapping across the room, then slipped out through the upper window which Darling was sure had not been left open when they came in.
“Well, what the hell.” Basra pushed back from the table, standing. “I’m going to swing by the Avenist shrine and arm myself. Meet you lot out front; don’t start without me.”
“Not how I expected to spend the evening,” Branwen murmured, also rising and following the others. Andros had stood and strode toward the door without further comment.
Darling trailed along in the rear, considering the situation and not liking the way it looked. More murders than his girls had committed? And now he was being sent off to confront the person responsible without having them there to watch his back—at the behest of the Crow, no less. He had thought her not guilty of any of the assassinations, knowing their source as he did, but if there were other parties getting in on the action, everything was thrown into doubt.
One thing was certain, though: Mary knew who had carried out the bulk of the killings, and knew that he had ordered them. Her say-so might not be enough to convict him, but it would certainly start the ball rolling, and she had every reason to think of him as a threat. Now, she was guiding him and the other three Bishops toward some revelation of her own design.
Whatever he was heading toward, it wasn’t likely to be good for him.
January 19, 2015 UncategorizedElilial, Gabriel, Heywood Paxton, Jenny Everywhere, Joseph P. Jenkins, Professor Tellwyrn, Robin, Ruda, Shaeine, Teal, Toby, TrissinyD. D. Webb
“I just wish you’d at least take somebody with you, ma’am. Believe me, I understand not wantin’ to be cooped up in here anymore, but that’s exactly why it ain’t safe to just take off, with the town the way it is.”
“You’re a sweet boy, Joe,” Lily said fondly, reaching out to ruffle his hair. “Much too good for the lady you’ve got your eye on. But don’t you worry about little ol’ me. If I were worried about my safety, you can bet I wouldn’t be going.”
“Seriously, she’ll be fine,” Tellwyrn said dryly. “If anything, her leaving just means we’ll miss out on the accidental hilarity of somebody trying to harm her. I’m a little perplexed, though, Lil. It’s not like you to take off in the middle of the action.”
“Oh, this is far from the middle, Arachne,” Lily said, smirking at her. “Anyway, it’s not that I’m not interested in seeing how your little field trip goes, but an old acquaintance of ours has started sniffing around. One I’d rather not have a confrontation with at this time.”
Tellwyrn narrowed her eyes. “Oh? Who?”
“Don’t you fret your pretty head about it, dear. He was always fond of you anyway.”
The Professor’s nostrils flared in irritation, but she didn’t rise to the bait. “Be that as it may, I meant that when you vanish, you usually do just that. It’s the bothering to say goodbye that’s out of character.”
“Really, Arachne. Just because you have no regard for the most basic social graces doesn’t mean nobody else does.”
Lily picked up her carpet bag and strolled toward the door with an entirely unnecessary sway to her movements that commanded everyone’s attention. To her customary scarlet dress she had added an old-fashioned traveling cloak in deep crimson, and now pulled up the hood over her dark hair as she reached the exit. Pausing at the threshold, she half-turned to look back at those assembled.
“Bit of advice, kids,” she said. “A little less enthusiasm, a little more finesse. Toodles!” Wiggling her fingers flirtatiously, she turned and departed, leaving a momentary silence behind her.
“Didn’t she say she was pregnant?” Gabriel asked finally. “Sure doesn’t look it.”
Tellwyrn snorted and stomped over toward the bar.
“I wonder just who that woman really was,” Trissiny said slowly.
“She’s either pretty badass or a fucking idiot, goin’ out there alone,” Ruda agreed. “I mean, what’s she gonna do? Just walk out into the prairie? Try to flag down a caravan? The speed those things travel, I doubt the enchanter driving could even see someone waving.”
“There’s that,” Trissiny said, still frowning at the door, “and the fact that Professor Tellwyrn allowed her to talk to her that way. That’s what throws me off.”
The students, as well as Joe and Jenny, glanced in unison over at the bar, where Tellwyrn was now nursing a whiskey and ostentatiously ignoring them.
“Well,” Toby said after a pause. “I guess there’s no use putting it off. Everything ready, Robin?”
The elf shrugged. “They all know the time and place. I can’t guarantee everyone will turn up, but it’s not like there’s much else for them to do in this town these days. Most of the families are as fortified as they can get inside their homes; even tending their kitchen gardens is risky. Of course, I asked their wives to lean on them a bit, too,” she added with a grin. “That should improve the turnout.”
“Okay,” he said, nodding. “We’d better move out, then.”
“Just a moment, if I may.”
They turned in surprise at the voice, beholding Heywood Paxton approaching from the stairs to the upper floor, where the private rooms were. He looked much better, with none of the reddened eyes and nose that indicated he’d been at the bottle again. The man had lost weight, and his suit hung on him somewhat loosely, but it looked clean and freshly pressed nonetheless, and the silver gryphon badge of his office gleamed with fresh polish.
“High time this old fool started doing his duty to his Emperor,” he said, head high. “My friends, I thank you not only for coming to the aid of this town, but also for jostling me out of my stupor. You may count on Heywood Paxton, Imperial Surveyor, to do his part.”
“I’m…not sure that’s such a great idea,” Joe said carefully. “You’re a big target, Mr. Paxton.”
“Less so that previously, my boy,” the Surveyor replied with a grin, patting his somewhat diminished paunch.
“You know what I mean,” replied the Kid, his expression growing drawn. “You’re a high priority for the Riders. They can’t have an official Imperial report getting back to Tiraas.”
“And that is precisely what I must accompany this expedition,” he replied, turning to face the students again. “Pardon me for eavesdropping, but there’s precious little else to do around here except drink, and I believe I’ve done far more than my share of that lately. As I grasp it, my friends, your plan is, in part, to provoke a response from the Riders Am I correct?”
“Yes,” Gabe said thoughtfully. “And…yes, you’re right that having you along would be even better bait…”
“I don’t like that at all,” Jenny said, eyes wide. “Heywood, no offense, but you’re no wandfighter. This is too risky. It’s crazy.”
“Ah, but I hardly expect to have to do my own wandfighting,” said Paxton with a grin. “I’ll be with a whole party of heroes! Paladins, clerics, dryads, wizards, even a bard! Safe as houses, I’m sure.”
“Having to look after a civilian does alter the equation somewhat,” said Shaeine. “I am confident that we can protect ourselves from attack, but… On this matter I defer to more tactical minds.”
“It’s doable,” Trissiny said immediately, then turned a sharp stare on Paxton. “Provided that the civilian in question strictly follows orders and stays far from the front lines when combat breaks out.”
“My word on it, Ms. Avelea,” he said, nodding firmly.
“Then it’s up to the healers; they’ll be the ones having to stretch their capacity by an extra head. Shaeine?”
“Ah, let me just cut in here,” said Gabriel. “It’d be better if he went with our group rather than Shaeine’s. An Imperial Surveyor has some official rank that may help us impress the townsfolk. The elves, on the other hand…”
“…may interpret an official Imperial presence as aggressive,” Shaeine finished. “That is a solid point.”
“I thought your whole plan for the grove was to try to agitate them out of their complacency,” said Robin. “That’d be a start.”
“I’d rather appeal to reason and higher virtues first,” said Teal. “If it does come to agitating, well, it’s probably better not to put them on the defensive the moment we walk in. They may already be annoyed with us for showing up a second day in a row. I think a lot of ’em were glad to see us leave the last time.”
“I will, of course, yield to your strategic expertise,” said Paxton, “but quite frankly I’m not sure I’d be much use in dealing with elves. Imperial citizens, now, those I know just how to motivate.”
“That’s settled, then. Right?” Teal looked around for objections. “Right. Okay, then, all we’ll have to do is try to jostle a bunch of hidebound immortals who don’t think our opinions are worth a squirrel’s fart. No problem.”
“You’ve been in this town too long,” Ruda said, grinning. “You’re picking up the vernacular.”
Teal rolled her eyes. “Robin, any guesses how many of the elves hate humans as much as your sister does? If they have a majority, this is pretty much hopeless.”
Robin barked a laugh. “If you mean how many of the elves are anti-human, it’s actually a pretty tiny minority. That’s not the problem. My sister, for your information, loves humans, in every conceivable sense of the word. She is throwing a sulk because her boyfriend’s family were rude to her—which, by the way, was entirely her own fault and has nothing to do with the Riders or anything else going on. That’s going to be the bigger part of the problem. Elves typically err on the side of caution and consistency. The current climate just exacerbates petty disagreements like that, gives leverage to the few who really don’t want to be involved in human affairs, and the whole thing is held down by our general tendency to stay put and wait for something to happen.” She shrugged expressively. “You’re not going to get all the elves behind you, no matter what you do. The trick will be getting enough to break with the group, which…isn’t something we like to do. Shake that complacency enough, though, and you just might walk out of there with some allies.”
“It is a start,” said Shaeine.
“It’ll have to do,” Teal agreed grimly.
“I’ll help,” Jenny said brightly. “I’m good at shaking things up.”
“Jenny,” Joe protested.
“Don’t you start with me, Mr. Jenkins,” she said, leveling a finger at him. “I told you I’m not one to just sit on my hands! I wasn’t about to go take on the White Riders myself, but if people are taking action, I’m in.” She turned back to the others, folding her arms. “And I know a thing or two about elves.”
“Well, we won’t turn down any help,” said Teal. “We’re not going to stop with the elves, though; the plan is to go after the Riders immediately after we finish whatever happens in the grove.” She sighed, glancing at Gabriel. “And, despite what I earnestly wish, I don’t think diplomacy is going to be in the cards, with them. You sure you’re up for that?”
Jenny cracked a lopsided grin. “I may have seen a little bit of action here and there. Don’t you worry about me.”
“Anybody else care to lend a hand?” Toby asked. “Joe? I don’t like the idea of fighting any more than Teal, here, but she’s right: it’s almost surely going to come down to that. An extra pair of wands would be helpful. Besides, you’re widely respected; you’d be a big help in getting people up off their butts.”
Joe shook his head. “My place is here.”
“He’s right,” said Gabriel. “Without him here, there’s nothing to stop the Riders from hitting the Lady as soon as we’re all gone. It’s the biggest holdout against them; burning it and scattering the people here would be their logical move if we left it undefended.” He nodded at Joe, who nodded back gravely.
“Very well, then,” said Trissiny, slinging her shield over her back with an air of finality. “Everyone knows their role. Let’s move out.”
Sunset made the streets of Sarasio positively spooky. It was a time when a town should ordinarily be winding down its business; subdued, but still alive, still active. In Sarasio, there was total silence. Orange light stained the pitted street and the dilapidated boards of the buildings lining it, but there was no one about, not so much as a horse or stray dog moving.
The total silence was made more ominous by what lay behind it. This was their third patrol in the streets surrounding the old barn, now converted to a tavern, in which the meeting was being held. On the first, they had been watched, carefully, from the shadows, but apparently word of Trissiny’s performance on their group’s first arrival in town had spread, and none had offered them a challenge. Now, even those dim shapes lurking in doorways and the mouths of alleys had vanished, leaving only the unnatural quiet.
And the prospect of a lightning bolt out of any window.
Gabriel froze as a clatter pierced the quiet, clutching his wand and pointing it first one way, then another, seeking the source of the disturbance. Seconds later, another soft sound followed it, this one clearly coming from a junk-filled alleyway nearby. Clutching the wand in both hands, he aimed it straight for the pile of broken furniture that clogged the narrow opening, then drew in a deep breath, steeling himself to call out a challenge.
He stumbled backward as a small heap of what looked to be barrel staves toppled, and a rabbit shot out of the alley, darting across the road and vanishing into the dried-out bushes opposite.
Gabe slowly let out the breath he’d drawn, some of the tension easing from his frame. He gave Trissiny a sour look.
“Don’t say a word.”
She shook her head. “Too easy.”
With a soft sigh on his part, they resumed their slow circuit.
“Relax,” she said in a low voice.
He gave her an irritated sidelong look. “How in the hell am I supposed to relax? We’re the worms on the end of a hook, here.”
“This was your plan, you know.”
“Yeah, well… It all sounds much less deadly from the comfort of a lavish…uh, brothel.”
“Anyway, I’m serious. You’re wasting energy by holding so much tension. You can most likely survive a wand shot, and I can shield myself.”
“Most likely,” he said sourly. “Could be better odds.”
“I should probably have said ‘almost certainly.’ Compared to what Vadrieny did to you, a bolt of lightning is nothing.”
The silence which ensued was even more strained. The pair of them walked, alone, down the center of the dusty street, eying their surroundings as much for the excuse of avoiding each other’s gaze as to keep watch for ambushers. They had managed, for the most part, not to discuss their brawl on campus and its aftermath; the subject was invariably awkward at the very least.
Turning a corner, they slowed slightly by unspoken consensus, passing the old barn. One of the few stone structures in a town mostly of wood, it, like the ruined one out behind the Shady Lady, had once been part of a farmstead before Sarasio had grown to encompass it. Lamplight blazed from its windows, now, along with the sound of voices. Specifically, the sound of arguing. Two men on either side of the broad front door, each holding staves, nodded at them. Trissiny nodded in return, Gabe saluting with his wand, and they continued along their route, gradually leaving behind the only sight ad sound of other life in the town, the oppressive silence falling around them again.
“They’ll be all right,” he said quietly, nodding at nothing. “Toby’s in there, and Mr. Paxton. If they can’t straighten those folks out, it can’t be done.”
“Ruda is also in there,” Trissiny said darkly. “She can create a fight out of thin air. I shudder to think was she can do from the middle of a whole web of petty vendettas.”
“I didn’t hear you nominating her to come on patrol with us.”
“Once again, you’re invulnerable, and I have defenses. Ruda would be felled instantly by a wandshot. She’s safer in there with the diplomats.” She grimaced, glancing around. “Though all this is for nothing if they can’t get at least most of those people working on the same page.”
“And Teal and Shaeine doing the same with the elves…” He kicked a stone out of the way, scowling after it. “And then we’re assuming the Riders will try something… And with the right timing, too… Augh, I’m an idiot. What was I thinking?”
“Don’t,” she said quietly, shaking her head. “Don’t second-guess yourself after the plan’s in motion. No strategy survives contact with the enemy. If it goes wrong, we’ll adapt.” He sighed, and they walked in silence for a while longer before she spoke again, even more quietly. “It is a good plan, Gabriel.”
He risked a glance at her; she was watching the road ahead. “You’re not just saying that?”
“Seriously? Have I ever gone out of my way to coddle your feelings? Can you imagine me doing that?”
“Fair enough,” he said sourly.
“We wouldn’t all have signed off on it if it weren’t solid. You’re not that persuasive a speaker. They Riders have to know what’s going on, and they have virtually no choice but to respond—and only one method they’re likely to use. The biggest risk is, as you said, the timing. If they strike before we can get in position… But then, most of this is getting these people to work together. An attack by an outside party is the best possible way to do that.” She nodded. “It’s a good plan.”
“What would you say,” he said thoughtfully, “if I told you Ruda’s smarter than any of us give her credit for?”
Trissiny raised her eyebrows, but still kept her attention on the street rather than on him. “I would ask what makes you think so.”
“I’m not sure I do.” He shook his head. “It’s just… A guy I met in the bordello said so.”
“Just…some guy? Someone who’s only seen us a few times, when we were mostly just squabbling?”
“Exactly. I’m not sure whether he was talking out of his ass, or if maybe his outsider opinion… That is, maybe he noticed something we’ve missed. She is royal. I mean, she has to have had training in politics and stuff.”
Trissiny shook her head. “What does it matter?”
“Just thinking out loud, I guess. The different kinds of intelligence. It’s been sort of on my mind, the last day or two, how a person can be really smart in one area and kind of an idiot in others.”
“You mean, the way you actually have a pretty strategic mind, apparently, but possess all the people skills of a billy goat?”
He grimaced. “Just for a completely random example, yeah, sure. Not that you’re one to criticize anybody’s people skills.”
She shrugged.
Gabe coughed softly. “You, uh…actually think I have a strategic mind, though?”
“Really?” She rolled her eyed. “Must we go over this again? I have no intention of stroking your ego, or anything else of yours.”
“Oh, ew. I just got the cold shivers. Don’t say things like that!”
“Yeah, that was ill-advised,” she agreed, twisting her lips in disgust.
“I just… Well, coming from you, ‘strategic’ is pretty high praise. I’m not used to high praise, uh… Coming from you.”
Trissiny shrugged again. “It’s fair. I’ve said your strategy was solid. And don’t forget, I’ve played you at chess, too.”
“Where you won two out of three games.”
“Do you really imagine I didn’t see what you were doing?” Finally, she glanced over at him, but only for a second. “The first two I won quickly, using two different strategies, while you played almost entirely reactive, defensive games. The last one you stretched out, using multiple, deep feints to counter the strategies you’d seen me use, and maneuvered me into exhausting my pieces while you set up a trap. That’s grand strategy, studying an opposing general’s patterns and thinking beyond the needs of the battle at hand. So yes, to my surprise, there does appear to be a highly functional brain lurking somewhere behind that mouth.”
“Ah, well, you know how it is,” he said modestly. “The way I was raised, it’s just good manners to let the lady win.”
She glanced at him again, eyes narrowed. “You are trying to make me stab you now, aren’t you?”
“Invulnerable, remember?”
“Specifically not against a blade crafted by Avei.”
“Well, that’s not really fair, then, is it? You’ve got all kinds of advantages over me in a fight. What say we move this back to the chessboard, next time we have a chance? Best three out of five?”
To her own surprise, Trissiny found herself grinning. “You’re on.”
It was out of the question, of course, if he was to keep any shred of control over this situation, but more and more, Toby wanted to plant his face in his hands and groan.
Well over two dozen men crowded the barn, coalesced into small clumps keeping a wary distance between each of them. Despite the palpable tension in the room, they were thankfully leaving one another alone, all their focus on the main table in the center, at which sat the heads of the four families, along with Toby, Ruda and Mr. Paxton. The Surveyor was doing his best to remain professional, but he had wisely left most of the talking to Toby, who actually had formal training in negotiation. Not in Shaeine’s league, of course, but diplomacy called heavily upon the virtues that Omnu sought to instill in his followers: patience, compassion, understanding, respect. Ruda leaned back in her chair, balancing it on its two back legs, her boots propped on the table. She was sipping intermittently from a bottle of whiskey, her hat pulled forward so that it mostly hid her eyes, and not contributing to the conversation. All things considered, Toby decided he was glad of that.
At least there was one thing to be glad of.
“All I’m sayin’ is, we need assurances,” Jonas Hesse said stridently. “Who knows what’ll get back to the Riders, all of us meetin’ like this? Nobody here’s exempt from suspicion!”
“Nobody ‘cept your boys, is what you mean,” snarled Jacob Strickland, the oldest of the four patriarchs at the table. His beard was short, but more gray than brown, and did little to add to his dignity. If anything, he did more shouting than any of the others. He did so now, thrusting a finger at Hesse. “Well? Ain’t it?”
“We all prob’ly suspect everybody else’s boys of bein’ in with the Riders,” said Lucas Wilcox, the youngest of the four, who was leaning back in his chair much like Ruda.
“Gentlemen,” Paxton tried for the third time in the last minute, but Hesse overrode him.
“Nobody calls my sons traitors!” he snarled, jerking to his feet and planting both fists on the table to glare at Wilcox.
“Oh, but you can say what you want about ours?” Ezekiel Conner snapped, folding his arms and glaring mulishly. “Just like a Hesse.”
“Oh, that’s it. You’re gonna eat them words, Ezekiel!”
“Yeah? I don’t see you makin’ me.”
“Gentlemen,” Toby said, much more loudly than Paxton—enough to grab their attention momentarily. “I know you all have issues to work out. Having everybody here at the table is an important first step. But with all due respect, this is not the time.” He held his arms out wide, as if to embrace the whole barn and the town beyond. “Look around you. Sarasio is dying. You—and your families—will die with it if you don’t do something about the White Riders! And to do that, you are going to have to put these vendettas aside and work together.” He leaned forward, trying to hold them still with the sheer intensity of his stare. “Peace takes time and effort to build. I’m not asking you all to suddenly forgive everything and embrace each other. But, just for a little while, please. Put it aside.”
“Ain’t that I don’t appreciate what you’re tryin’ to do, kid,” said Wilcox, nodding to him. “And it ain’t even that you’re wrong. Fact is, though, you’re askin’ us to ride into what’s sure to be a firefight with the very real possibility of bein’ shot in the back.”
“The Riders know too much, we’ve seen it in the way they maneuver,” added Conner, still glaring at Hesse. “Somebody’s tippin’ ’em off. Several somebodies, ‘less I miss my guess.”
“I ain’t puttin’ my life on the line, and sure as hell not any of my family’s, until we straighten out just who the traitors are an’ deal with ’em,” Strickland declared. “An’ until these three dumbasses admit they’ve got Riders among their own families, that don’t look like it’s about to happen.”
“You shut yer foul mouth, Strickland!” Hesse roared, shooting back to his feet. “Your whole brood o’ weasels’re probably in league with the Riders! Hell, I bet you’re leadin’ the bastards yourself! You always did want more’n you deserved outta this town!”
“That does it!” squawked Strickland, also jerking upright. “I’m gonna hear an apology outta you if it’s the last thing you ever—”
Toby slapped both hands down hard on the table, startling them into momentary silence. “Please,” he implored, silently pouring more power into the calming aura he was using to keep this whole thing from exploding into violence. Already, it was a strain to keep enough concentration on that task while also trying to keep the conversation on target. He’d never been in a room with so may deep-seated resentments.
Into the brief quiet, Ruda snorted a laugh. “Listen to you guys. Everybody’s so sure that all the other families are corrupted. First step to dealing with this is you each admitting you’ve all got traitors in your midst.” She lifted her head, meeting their incredulous stares. “Every one of you.”
“Young lady,” Wilcox began.
“It’s Princess, if you wanna be formal. Me, I don’t. Formal doesn’t look good on me.” She jerked her boots off the table and let her chair thump to the ground, leaning forward to stare intently at them. “Use your goddamn heads, boys. Why would the Riders only infiltrate some of the clans populating this town? They need intel on everybody’s movements, or they’d never have been able to head off every effort you made to move against them.”
“Now, look here,” Conner began.
“Furthermore,” Ruda said doggedly, “look around you at what is happening right here, right now. You’re all about to rip each others’ fucking throats out. Is that normal? Is this what life was always like in this town? Or, if you think back carefully, do you find that stuff started getting real bad between you after the Riders started being a big problem?”
“What are you suggesting?” Hesse demanded.
“I’m suggesting the Riders in your ranks aren’t just passing information—they’re pitting you against each other. Think from their perspective: they can’t have the whole town uniting against them, which is the logical thing for a town full of sane fucking people to do when they’re basically under siege. You’ve all got the same damn problem. Now quit pointing fingers and fucking do something about it!”
“That’s all fine an’ dandy,” Strickland growled, “but it don’t change the problem. You wanna round up a posse and take on the Riders? Fine by me. Ain’t a man by the name of Strickland who’ll hang back if that’s what it’s gonna take to save our town. But the fact remains, we got bad apples in the bunch. We ride out, and our men’ll be vulnerable to fire from their own ranks!”
“She ain’t wrong, though,” Wilcox noted. “It ain’t just any one family’s problem.”
“What difference does it make?” Hesse demanded.
“It makes a difference,” Toby said firmly, “because you will all face the same peril together. Do you really believe there’s any way to do this without putting men in danger?” He shook his head. “I wouldn’t lie to you, gentlemen, even if I thought you were naïve enough not to have realized the truth on your own: ride out to battle, and men will die. Right now, you are quibbling over the ways and means in which that might happen, and avoiding the larger truth.”
“You callin’ us yellow?” Strickland growled squinting at him.
“No!” He managed, barely, not to shout. Honestly, they were like children. “I’m pointing out that Ruda is right. You’ve been manipulated, gentlemen; someone has been trying to distract you, to focus your energies against each other.”
“Well, maybe our energies belong against each other!” Hesse shot back. “I ain’t seen one bit of evidence any man in my family’s sided with the Riders, and I’m not puttin’ any of ’em in harm’s way to save a bunch o’ chickenshit varmints who can’t keep order in their own clans!”
The whole table instantly dissolved into shouted pandemonium, the voices too loud and too rapid for any single thread to be clearly heard. All four men were on their feet, pointing and gesticulating at each other and growing increasingly red in the face. Now, other voices began contributing from all corners of the room, first shouting at the general mess at the round table, and then starting in on each other. Toby slumped back in his chair, rubbing his forehead; Paxton planted his elbows on the table, putting his face in his hands.
“Okay,” said Ruda, “this is bullshit.”
She stood up, tilted up the bottle of whiskey to gulp down the last of its contents, then hurled the empty bottle at Wilcox and punched Strickland in the jaw.
December 29, 2014 UncategorizedElilial, Fross, Gabriel, Heywood Paxton, Jenny Everywhere, Joseph P. Jenkins, Juniper, Professor Tellwyrn, Robin, Ruda, Shaeine, Teal, Toby, TrissinyD. D. Webb
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“Hi, Lily! I’m Fross!”
The others introduced themselves with a little less enthusiasm, still bemused by the situation. Lily greeted everyone politely, but with a grin that Trissiny couldn’t help feeling was rather predatory.
“And this,” Tellwyrn said loudly, “is Heywood Paxton, Imperial Surveyor.” Paxton simply stared at the center of the table; her brows drew together. “Hey!”
He jumped, finally raising his eyes; they were notably bloodshot. “Oh! I’m sorry, drifted off… Ah, yes, hello, everyone. New faces, how good to…” Paxton trailed off, catching sight of Trissiny. His eyes widened, and to her surprise, he looked downright crestfallen. “Why, Ms. Avelea, we meet again. I dearly wish it was under better circumstances.”
“I’m afraid I don’t quite know what the circumstances are,” she said carefully. Several things about this situation were giving her a very uneasy feeling.
The boy next to Tellwyrn had stood, and now bowed to them. “Joe Jenkins. Right pleased to make your acquaintance, all of you. And it is, of course, an honor to meet the great Professor Tellwyrn.”
“Oh, gods, don’t do that,” Ruda groaned. “Her head is swollen beyond capacity as it is; you’ll rupture her or something.”
“I assure you, Miss Punaji, my ego reached its maximum capacity long before your ancestors crawled out of the muck and hasn’t wavered since,” Tellwyrn said with one of her wolfish grins. “Now, we’ve some things to discuss; Mr. Paxton and…Lily…” She shot the woman a distinctly unfriendly look. “…have found themselves trapped by circumstance, but Joseph, here, is a longtime resident of the town, and has agreed to help fill you in on the situation. From there, we shall proceed to what I expect you to do.”
“Happy to oblige,” said Joe. He spoke with the drawling inflection common to prairie folk, but seemed both polite and articulate. There was a world-weary intelligence well beyond his years on his face.
“So,” Tellwyrn went on, “assuming our hosts don’t mind us rearranging a bit, everybody squeeze in. Pull over some chairs and let’s all have a sit down.”
“Hang on,” Gabriel said suddenly, staring at the boy. “Joe Jenkins? As in Joseph P. Jenkins?”
“The same,” he replied dryly. “I gather you’ve heard of me.”
“Holy shit,” Gabe breathed. “You’re the Sarasio Kid!”
“Let’s watch our language, shall we?” Joe said coolly. “There are ladies present.”
“Does he mean us?” Ruda stage-whispered to Trissiny. “Boy’s in for an epic letdown.”
“Oh, uh, sorry,” Gabriel said distractedly. “I just… I mean, I’m a little taken aback. You’re, uh… I pictured… You’re so…”
“Fifteen,” said Joe, now smiling faintly. “As of last month. And now you know why the bards don’t sing the legend of That Guy from Sarasio.”
“Oh… I just figured they called you that because you were twelve when you wiped out Hoss Calhoun and his gang.”
“Eleven, actually, but that is essentially the case. It was a little over three years ago.”
“Da—ang,” Gabriel caught himself, barely. Joe smiled, his dark eyes glittering with amusement. Truly, he only looked youthful until one looked into those eyes. “Seems like it’d take longer than that for a legend to spread.”
“Once upon a time, yeah,” said Teal. “But now we’ve got scrolltowers, newspapers, mass-printed novels and comics… Truly, we live in an age of wonders.”
“All of which is very fascinating,” Tellwyrn said in a bored tone, “but I note that none of you are pulling over chairs and sitting down. If you really want to stand around uncomfortably, that’s your lookout, but I’m not best pleased at my instructions being ignored.”
“You have such a way with people, Arachne,” Lily murmured, smiling coquettishly. Tellwyrn just stared at her through narrowed eyes.
“So…you two know each other?” Toby asked, pulling over a chair.
“Oh, we go way back,” Lily purred. “In fact, Arachne had just sent me a little note a few weeks ago suggesting we ought to catch up! I’m afraid I just haven’t had the time to sit down and arrange something—busy busy, you know how it is. But, fortuitously, here we all are! Isn’t it funny how life works, sometimes?”
“Funny,” Tellwyrn said, deadpan. “Fortuitous. In any case, Lily, I am here with my students on a matter relevant to their education. I will have to object in the strongest possible terms if they are in any way interfered with.”
Tension gathered around the table; Tellwyrn stared at the woman in red with a cold intensity that spoke of deep hidden meanings. Lily, however, seemed completely unaffected, waving a hand airily.
“Oh, honestly, you silly goose, why would I meddle with your students? I’m not one to enjoy being cooped up, but this really is a lovely place; I’m not nearly that bored. Since none of us is going anywhere immediately, surely we can find a moment to ourselves to chat.”
“We aren’t going anywhere?” Juniper tilted her head quizzically. “Why not?”
“Hey there, neighbors,” said a new arrival before anybody could answer her. They twisted in their chairs to behold a young woman with short dark hair approaching, carrying a large tray weighted down with glasses and two carafes of water. “Welcome to the Shady Lady! Drinks are on the house—I’m afraid food is strictly rationed, so if you want to graze socially all we’ve got is water and a prodigious collection of booze.” She sidled in between Toby and Ruda, laying the tray down on the table. “Joe, I know you don’t drink. Any other takers…?”
“Take note of the new faces,” said Tellwyrn. “They are not to have alcohol while they’re here.”
“Duly noted. Heywood? Lily?”
“I’ll spare you having to ask again every time, dear,” Lily said cheerily, patting her belly. “None of the hard stuff for me. I’m expecting.”
“Oh, by all the gods in heaven,” Tellwyrn groaned, covering her eyes with a hand and causing one earpiece of her spectacles to come loose and stick out at a crazy angle.
“Congratulations, Lil!” the girl said brightly, beaming. “I’m sorry you got stuck in this hole of a town at a time like this.”
“Not at all, dear. Believe me, I’ve been in worse places.”
“I’ll have the usual, please, Jenny,” Paxton said wearily. She gave him a concerned look, which he seemed not to notice.
“You’re, uh, the waitress?” Gabriel said hesitantly. “Wow, not what I’d have expected for a place like this. You look more like an adventurer, to be honest.”
“Thanks!” Jenny said brightly, winking at him. In fact, she wore a leather jacket over a sturdy ensemble of shirt, trousers and boots, with a long scarf wound about her neck and a pair of goggles perched atop her head. “I am an adventurer, truth be told. But, well…here we all are. I hate just twiddling my thumbs; serving drinks is something to do. Makes people happy, y’know?”
“Heh. Happy,” Paxton muttered, staring at the tablecloth.
“Okay, that’s the second time in two minutes,” said Ruda, scowling. “Why the hell does everyone act like this place is some kind of prison?”
“I’ll…just go get Heywood’s drink,” Jenny said, edging away.
“If we’re all settled, then?” Tellwyrn readjusted her spectacles and looked around at them. “Good. Joseph, if you would be so kind?”
“Ma’am,” he said politely, nodding to her. “I assume, neighbors, that Robin brought in in through one of her careful routes, so I couldn’t say how much of the town you’ve seen. But even a casual look should be enough to tell you this place has gone right to the dogs.”
“Actually, she took us right through the main streets!” said Fross. “Some men tried to rob us or something and Trissiny broke a guy’s hand.”
“Robin,” Tellwyrn exclaimed, exasperated. “Seriously?!”
The other elf hadn’t joined them in sitting; she leaned her hip against a nearby table, watching the group with her arms folded. At being addressed she shrugged, looking as unperturbed as ever. “Talk is fine, but nothing beats a visual demonstration. If you’re going to drop eight kids in a place like this, they deserve to see what they’re getting into. Also, I figured it’d help matters here if it was quickly understood that the new arrivals are not to be trifled with. That succeeded a bit more than I expected, actually. This one’s got quite a flair for the dramatic,” she added, nodding at Trissiny.
“These men who accosted you,” Joe said, his eyes sharp. “How were they dressed?”
“Uh…not very noticeably?” Gabriel said hesitantly. “Shirts, pants… A little scruffy, but nothing that caught my attention.”
“Good,” said Joe, nodding. “There’d be trouble if you’d run into… Well. We’ll get to that in a moment. The reason the food is being parceled out and we’re all drinking water is this town does not have any kind of functioning economy at the moment. Goods and services are effectively shut down; money is so much dead weight. We’re at the point of nothing but food and a few bare essentials being worth our notice. The Shady Lady is… Well, not so much a prison as a fortress. One of very few decent places left in Sarasio, and the only one that could be called remotely safe.”
“The bordello is the last decent place?” said Ruda, raising her eyebrows. “Damn. This place must be pretty fucked up.”
A fleeting expression flickered across Joe’s face, as if he wanted to wince but wouldn’t be so rude. “That’s…a fair assessment. Let me start at the beginning, then.” As he spoke, he began deftly shuffling the deck of cards under his hand. “As little as a year ago, Sarasio was a prosperous town with an adventurer-based economy, much like most of the more significant frontier outposts. You know the type, I’m sure, being from Last Rock. There were shops and amenities catering to those launching expeditions into the Golden Sea, and those returning from it.”
Paxton stirred himself as Jenny returned, reaching up to take a glass of amber liquid from her without even looking. “It was quite the boom town, in fact,” he said, then tossed back the drink. Jenny stood behind him, grimacing with obvious concern, but he paid her no mind. “That’s why the Rail platform is so infernally far away. It was meant to give the town room to expand, and also grant a measure of access to the nearby elf grove that wouldn’t make the inhabitants come into town if they’d rather not.” He fell silent abruptly, staring down at the now-empty glass in his fingers.
“All that aside,” Joe went on slowly, “Sarasio’s always been a little…corrupt. More or less harmlessly so, for most of its history. The Sheriff, the mayor and most of the richer folk were good ol’ boys, looking out for each other. It was inconvenient, but I’m told not much worse than that for some years. At least, until Hoss Calhoun and his gang set up shop in the area.”
His eyes narrowed and he glared down at the cards, now flashing through his fingers at blinding speed. “I don’t rightly know what manner of hold Calhoun had on the Sheriff and the powers that be, but a blind eye was turned to his activities, even when they started…crossing lines. This wasn’t a matter of waived fines and selective enforcement of tax laws anymore; they were robbing and worse, all across the area, and Sheriff Yates wouldn’t touch ’em. Well… To cut a long story short, I put a stop to all that.”
“That actually sounds like a pretty damn good story,” Ruda said.
“It’s been written down enough times,” Joe said almost curtly. “What matters for our purposes is that the immediate problem of the Calhoun gang was solved, but there was still a town run by a cozy cadre of backroom dealers, and after a few months of borderline terror, everybody had a lot less of a sense of humor about it. Yates decided to let me be and I returned the favor, provided he didn’t go overboard.”
“Why?” asked Toby.
Joe finally stopped shuffling, and began rapidly laying down a game of solitaire. He kept his eyes on this as he spoke. “If you only know how that question has hovered over me. I could’ve probably warded off a lot of what’s happened to this town if I’d been a bit more proactive… But things were simple, for a while. Never seemed to me that doing favors for your friends and leaning a bit too hard on the taxpayers were the kinds of offenses that warranted getting’ shot dead in the street. Conversely, the Sheriff wasn’t eager to start trouble up with the kid he’d just seen take down nine grown men with wands.”
“You did fucking what?” Ruda exclaimed. “How is that mathematically possible?!”
“Have you seriously never heard of the Sarasio Kid?” Gabriel asked her.
“Arquin, I’m Punaji. We have different heroes. Have you ever heard of Anjal the Sea Devil?”
“…okay, point taken.”
“It was a comfortable little truce,” Joe went on, ignoring the byplay. “I could’ve blasted him and his whole social circle to Hell—pardon my language, ladies—but on the other hand, he could’ve called down Imperial help, bein’ that I was technically an outlaw by virtue of multiple manslaughter.”
“Sounds like that was pretty obviously self-defense,” Toby noted.
“Oh, sure, I probably would’ve won that in court,” Joe said with a shrug. “My policy on court, though, is not to go if you don’t absolutely need to. So things continued much as they were…which was the problem. Yates never did get it through his head that folk just didn’t have the same patience for his games as they had before. If he’d been smart, he’d’ve backed off a bit and reined in his cronies. He wasn’t smart. And that’s what brought us the White Riders.”
Mr. Paxton heaved a heavy sigh and raised his glass. “Jenny? Another, if you please?”
“Heywood, don’t you think you’ve had enough?” she replied, placing her hands on his shoulders from behind.
He grunted a bitter little stump of a laugh. “That and more, long since. I may’s well do my part to hold down the floorboards, my girl. Seems all I’m good for, after all.”
“That’s enough of that kind of talk,” she said firmly. “C’mon, it’s barely past breakfast. Let that settle for a while. Look, we’ve got help finally! Stay and maybe you can help Joe lay out the details.”
Paxton grunted again, staring morosely at the tablecloth. The students exchanged a round of glances.
“You’d know ’em if you’d seen ’em,” Joe continued. “They dress in white, as the name suggests. Robes and hoods—they look almost ecclesiastical. They started interfering anonymously with the folks running the town, and… Well, you don’t really care about the whole story nor need to know. End of the day, we had a corrupt office of law run by a man who refused to back down, and now a gang of vigilantes who also wouldn’t back down. It came to shootin’, inevitably. This place starting going downhill fast when the Sheriff was killed. The mayor went not long after, and then they started in on the landowners and cattle barons, everybody who’d wielded influence in Sarasio. Even patrolled the Rail platform to make sure none of ’em could get away and report what was happening here to the Empire.”
“And the scrolltower?” Trissiny asked.
Joe nodded. “Yup, that was their work too. Only took ’em a couple months to eliminate everybody who’d been involved in oppressing Sarasio. Amazingly enough,” he added bitterly, “things did not get better at that point.”
“It’s the story of most political revolutions everywhere,” said Tellwyrn. “A corrupt system is still a system. It knows how to run things. People who rise up and kill the rulers don’t necessarily know anything about ruling and frequently acquire a taste for blood in the process. All they know how to do is destroy those who oppose them…”
“Which,” Joe finished, nodding, “was what they continued to do. The results are as you see them now. Sarasio’s crawlin’ with vermin, and decent folk—such of them as are left—are afraid to step foot outside their own doors.”
“Wait a second,” said Toby, frowning thoughtfully. “If those men who confronted us weren’t these White Riders, who were they?”
“They may have been, for all I could tell you,” Joe admitted. “Those hoods aren’t just a fashion statement. But it’s not just the Riders anymore. The only law in Sarasio is the law of the wand, now. The Shady Lady is a safe haven because we’ve got armed men lookin’ after is, and because I live here. Everywhere else…it’s survival of the strongest, period.”
“How long can this possibly go on?” Trissiny demanded. “I mean, the Empire has to know what’s happening here! Don’t they care?”
“I may have failed to emphasize how quickly all this went down,” Joe replied. “The Empire heard rumors, all right, and sent an Imperial Surveyor to check out the situation and report back.” He nodded at Paxton, who heaved a deep sigh. “Well, obviously, the Riders caught wind of this. Luckily we were able to get Mr. Paxton in here with us, but he’s now pinned down. Comings and goings from the Lady are observed very carefully. They’ve taken out the scrolltower and they make sure nobody gets on the Rails.”
“That’s not security,” Gabriel said, scowling. “The Rail conductors passing by have to know something’s going on. And there are other ways in and out of the town—the whole place is surrounded by prairie. People can hike through the wilderness with the right know-how, they do it all the time. How can these Riders possibly think they can get away with this?”
“People are dumb,” said Tellwyrn.
“That,” Trissiny replied coldly, “is dismissive and reductive.”
“You’re correct,” the Professor replied, nodding. “It is both of those things and a gross oversimplification besides, and I’m encouraged to see that you realize it. If you’re ever to sort out the tangle of other people’s motivations, you have to consider their perspectives carefully and take into account all kinds of information that may not seem relevant from your own point of view. All sentient beings take action for what seems to them like good reason; most pointless conflicts stem from people dismissing one another’s reasons and going mindlessly on the offensive. That is the main thrust of what I teach in your history class, kids: understanding. Tease out the meanings and motives behind the actions of other people, and you will be in a position to change the situation according to your own aims.”
She leaned her elbows on the table, interlacing her fingers in front of her mouth and slowly sweeping her gaze across the group as she continued. “However, there is a time and a place. In the thick of a tense situation, it is sometimes—in fact, it is often simply not possible to consider all these things. In order to protect yourself and accomplish anything in the immediate term, you will often have to dispense with deeper understanding and act, as best you can. In such moments of crisis, there are generalities you can usually rely on, shorthands for understanding the behavior of people that will warn you what they are likely to do and help you see at a glance what you must do in response. One of these is that people are fucking dumb, and frequently, also assholes.”
“Oh, Arachne,” Lily sighed. “Ever the sourpuss.”
“I’m comfortable with the conclusion that a lot of people around here have been exceedingly dumb over a long stretch of time,” Joe said with a grimace, “myself not excluded. I couldn’t tell you what the Riders are thinking at this point. Given what they’ve been up to lately, I can’t find it in me to believe they’re still trying to act for the greater good. Still… Those men you saw, and others like ’em, they’re a mixed bag. A lot are former adventurers who found the lawlessness here to their liking. Some are just folk, citizens of Sarasio who came to the same conclusion. I’m of the view that most folks are basically decent, but anywhere you go there’s always a few who’re only held in check by the rule of law. Take that away, and you see their true faces.”
“The problem,” said Tellwyrn, “is the specific nature of Sarasio’s ailments. These men have raised an organized militia, overthrown a legitimate civil authority, destroyed and denied access to Imperial communications and travel networks, killed and attempted to kill Imperial representatives and set themselves up as a savage puppet principality. This goes beyond anarchy, and into the legal criteria for rebellion.”
“And when the R word gets tossed around,” Joe said grimly, “the Empire starts getting a whole lot less understanding in general. Might be they’d listen to our side of the story. Maybe not. If not… They might simply relocate everyone and abandon Sarasio. On the other hand, it ain’t inconceivable the Empire will decide to make an example out here. There’s not been an open rebellion on this continent in decades. The Imperials can’t have people gettin’ the idea they can get away with it.”
“The Tirasian Dynasty isn’t so ham-fisted, as a rule,” Tellwyrn pointed out. “Also, you have Mr. Paxton here to vouch for you.”
Paxton let out another little half-grunt, half-laugh that held more bitterness than humor, still gazing blearily into the table as though it promised a solution to the dilemma of Sarasio.
“I am somewhat less comforted by these facts than I might be,” Joe said carefully. “And a lot of folk agree with me. You’re not wrong in that the town ain’t exactly secure, Gabriel. People’ve been slipping away…well, not in droves, but in as steady a trickle as they can manage. The Riders discourage it in the most brutal way possible, but it happens. It’s only a matter of time, and not much of that, before the Empire comes down on us. Then, only the gods know where the chips will fall.”
“They’ll come,” Paxton mumbled. “I’m weeks late making my report. Someone’ll be sent to find out what happened to useless old Heywood Paxton sooner or later.”
“And so there you have it,” said Tellwyrn, spreading her hands wide. “The town divided against itself, subjected to a reign of vigilante terror, and under severe strain in its relationship with the nearby elves.”
“Wait, what? There’s more?” Gabriel groaned. “What’s going on with the elves?”
“Robin can explain that in detail,” said Tellwyrn. “For now, you understand the basics of the situation. You have been brought here to perform a field exercise which will determine the bulk of your final grade for this semester. Your task: save Sarasio.”
Joe’s eyebrows shot up. “We’re an academic exercise?”
“There are much worse things you could be,” Tellwryn told him, “and likely will be if something isn’t done quickly. There are two reasons I have chosen this task for you, students. In the first place, your previous expedition put you in a series of brute-force situations, which you severely overcomplicated and thus outsmarted yourselves. Be assured, we will be working on that before you leave my University, but I am interested in seeing how you handle a more cerebral problem. Given the makeup of this group, it might be more in line with your various talents. The situation here won’t yield to such straightforward measures; you are going to have to make a solid plan and execute it carefully.”
“The hell are you talking about?” Ruda demanded. “This could not be simpler. We round up these White Riders, end them, and boom. Everything goes back the way it was.”
“Except it won’t,” said Gabriel, frowning into the distance. “They already tried that, Joe and the Sheriff both. There’s been too much bad blood…too much blood spilled. Everybody here’s at each other’s throats, and that’s just the ones we know about. Gods only know how the elves fit into this.”
“Poorly,” Robin commented from the sidelines.
“Gabriel’s right,” said Toby. “There are a whole chain of breaches that need to be healed. Getting rid of the Riders will have to be part of the solution, but that won’t do it by itself. Saving the town will mean…” He trailed off, then shook his head. “I don’t even know.”
“Which brings me to point two,” said Tellwyrn. “Sarasio is in a death spiral. One way or another, whether the White Riders manage to depopulate the town before the Empire does, within another half a year there’ll be nothing here but the coyotes.”
“The Lady looks pretty,” agreed Joe, “but that’s because it’s full of refugees who have nothing better to do than look after the place. It helps keep us sane. Nobody here is doing any kind of business; we’re low on food and all but out of all other kinds of resources.”
“The point being,” Tellwyrn said with a faint smirk, “you cannot possibly make this situation any worse. Even if you manage to botch it as enthusiastically as you did your last field assignment, it’ll only mean granting this town a clean beheading rather than a lingering death by infection. The Empire won’t care about saving Sarasio; if it’s not done before they get here, it won’t be done. It’s up to you now, kids.”
There was silence around the table for a moment. Then Toby stood, pushing back his chair. “Well, then… I guess we’d better start making plans.”
Once in motion, the students lost no time heading off to a corner with Robin to get the rundown on the local elven population; it took Jenny only slightly more effort to coax Mr. Paxton up and off to his room for a nap.
Joe glanced back and forth between Tellwyrn and Lily, who were watching each other far too intently, the elf as if planning to invade a fortress, the woman in red with amused detachment. He cleared his throat softly.
“I believe I’ll stretch my legs a bit. No doubt you’ll want some privacy to catch up.”
“Thank you, Joseph,” said Tellwyrn without taking her eyes off Lily.
“Ladies,” he said courteously, bowing once before backing away and heading off.
The faintest tingle across the skin was the only sign of a silencing spell going off, a subtle effect that would likely have gone unnoticed by anyone not looking for it. Lily’s smile widened till she was nearly laughing outright; she stood, paced around the table and dropped herself into Joe’s seat, next to he other woman.
“Still paranoid, I see. You really needn’t bother with such touches, Arachne. I am never overheard when I don’t wish to be. By definition.”
“Mm.” Tellwyrn just stared at her.
“Oh, don’t look at me like that. You wanted to talk, remember? You went to considerable trouble to send me that little message, you heartless ghoul, you. Don’t blame me for not being fool enough to approach you in your own nest. Anyhow, this is much more interesting! What an intriguing little town this is. Did you know the Shifter was here?”
“The Shifter’s always somewhere. You’d be a lot less impressed if you spent as much time on this plane as you claim to wish.”
Lily’s grin widened. “Well, we can’t all just do whatever we want, you know. On the other hand, look who I’m talking to.”
Tellwyrn looked at her in silence for a moment before answering. “I’ve been in communication with Quentin Vex. He doesn’t tell me much, but he did point me to the remaining possession sites. I know, now, Vadrieny was the only survivor.”
Lily’s smile vanished like a snuffed candle, replaced by an icy look of fury. “Straight to the point, is it? If you insist on sticking your nose into my business, Arachne, you should know better than to try to provoke me as your opening move. I have not come all this way to—”
Tellwyrn reached out and grasped Lily’s hand in one of her own, then simply held it, squeezing. Lily fell silent, looking down at their clasped hands in confusion, then up at the elf’s eyes.
Arachne simply held her in a white-knuckled grip, and said very softly, “I’ve seen four of my own buried.”
In the silence that followed, the rage melted from Lily’s face as though she simply didn’t have the strength to hold onto it. Her lips twitched, eyes squeezing shut; little slipped past her mastery of facial expression, only hints of the turmoil within. But she tightened her grip on Arachne’s fingers, squeezing till it hurt both of them. Neither let go.
It was long minutes before Tellwyrn spoke again. “I still need to know why. What possessed you to take such a risk?”
“It was perfect,” Lily whispered. “Flawless. It had been worked on for years, decades. Everything set up in advance, everything just so. Those girls were selected with the greatest possible care, each a perfect match. They’d have bonded fully, innocent mortal spirits with archdemons, and by the time the full plan had unfolded, the world would have changed its mind about me. The Church’s pillars knocked out from beneath it, the Pantheon’s lies held up to the light. And someone interfered.”
Her grip on Tellwyrn’s fingers tightened until their hands shook with the strain, but the elf didn’t so much as flinch. “Who?”
“Oh, who do you think?” she spat, finally releasing her. “I don’t know which of them did it, but I know it was more than one. To see through my fog of war, to alter those exquisitely designed spells so perfectly that neither my warlocks nor my demons, on either side of the dimensional barrier, saw anything… No one god could have done such a thing. If not the whole Pantheon in concert… Well. I will find out who it was. They will suffer unimaginably for this.”
“That kind of power and subtlety…” Tellwyrn shook her head. “An Elder could have done it unaided.”
Lily’s laugh dripped with scorn. “Oh, please. Scyllith is sealed away in her caverns, and if you’re going to try to pitch the idea that Naiya has decided to start taking an interest in divine politics now, after all this time…well, try harder.”
“I’m concerned by the lack of subtlety I see here,” Tellwyrn said. “You forget, I know your real face. It’s startling to see you wearing it openly. I’m playing a hunch, here, but would I be wrong in guessing that Sharidan would recognize that face, too? And then there’s your little trick outside my office. Writing messages on the wall really isn’t like you, Lil. You’re beginning to come unglued.”
“They killed. My. Children.” She didn’t raise her voice, but the lights in the room flickered, the temperature dropping a few degrees, and the entire building trembled faintly. The people around the room paused, looking up in alarm, the sounds of conversation and piano music faltering. Then Elilial’s aura reasserted itself and everyone present resumed not noticing that anything was or ever had been amiss. The goddess herself, however, met Tellwyrn’s eyes with a fierce glare. “All these years I’ve played the noble demon, never brought harm to their followers when I didn’t have to, never been more cruel in battle than I must. Even after everything they did to me. And now, they do this? No. I am done, Arachne. All these millennia I’ve wasted trying to win the point of principle when I should have just been destroying the bastards one by one. Well, lesson learned.”
“You know, one of the more reliable ways to outmaneuver someone smarter than yourself is to make them so angry they can’t think straight. I get excellent mileage out of that technique. Always have.” Tellwyrn’s eyes bored back into Lily’s, not giving an inch. “You are being played. What alarms me most is that you don’t even seem to see it. You’re better at this; this is your game, after all. You need to wake up before you’re goaded into making a mistake that will damn us all and the whole world with us, Lil.”
“Don’t talk to me about mistakes,” she snapped. “You really think I’m so dense I don’t see what’s happening here? I’m not about to go on a city-smashing rampage, that would be playing into the Pantheon’s hands. Those who think me less cunning because I’m angrier have made what will be their final and greatest mistake.”
“I’m not letting you wreck the world, Lil,” Tellwyrn said evenly. “I like the world. It’s where I keep most of my stuff.”
“You know very well I have no argument with you, Arachne, except when you stick yourself in where you don’t belong. Like this new idea you seem to have, that you’ve the right or the capacity to punish me for my transgressions.” A cold smile drifted across her face. “This is not a good idea, what with you having finally put down roots and all. Someone with as much to protect as you now have shouldn’t be shaking the coconut tree.”
Tellwyrn’s hand slapped down on the table. “I will tell you this once, and once only,” she hissed. “You do not come at me through my students. I’ve told you before, Lil, I don’t have an argument with you on principle. I’ll do what I think is best, but I am not your enemy. You mess with my kids, and that changes. Then it will be you and me, until only one of us is left. That is an oath. I don’t honestly know which of us would come out on top, but I do know the survivor would be reduced to almost nothing. And that is what will happen if you bring those students into this confict.”
Lily simply stared at her for a long moment, allowing naked surprise to show on her features. “My, my. You’re actually that confident you’re a match for me?”
“I don’t commonly go for the throat, with gods,” Tellwyrn said flatly. “Only twice. I won both times.”
Lily grinned. “I remember. The first, with my help.”
“And I couldn’t have done that without you,” she acknowledged, “nor you without me. You’re good, but you’re no Scyllith. Besides, that was then; this is now. I finished off Sorash without anybody’s help. And as I was recently telling my kids…” She raised an eyebrow, the faintest hint of an icy smile crossing her features. “When a god dies, all that power has to go somewhere.”
Lily regarded her thoughtfully. “Very well. You have my oath: I mean your students no harm and will do them none.”
Tellwyrn nodded, relaxing subtly. “Good. Then—”
“I have to tell you, Arachne, I’m rather offended that you thought I’d do such a thing in the first place. I was referring to the fact that you can’t just swagger through the world, not caring what it thinks of you anymore. Your University is an institution. You get away with so much because people aren’t willing to challenge you; you take advantage of so many systems and structures you’ve never bothered to appreciate. I wouldn’t need to do anything as barbaric as threaten your kids to rip the whole thing from under your feet. So let’s not start this, hmm? Just mind your business, Arachne. Raise up the next generation of heroes and villains and whatnots. By the time I’m done with my business, there’ll be plenty of work for them all.”
Tellwyrn rubbed her forefinger and thumb together as though fondling a coin. “Not good enough,” she said after a pause. “I’m serious, Lil. You doing your thing, as per your particular idiom, that doesn’t bother me. Frankly the world needs more people—and more gods—acting with care and a sense of balance. But I know the pain you’re in, and I see the slaughter behind your eyes. This is what brought me into this in the first place. That business, those poor girls you immolated: that’s not like you. You are making a mistake. You need to stop. Step back, see what’s happening and try something else.” She took in a deep breath and let it out slowly. “Something that doesn’t result in a great doom, preferably.”
Lily shook her head. “It’s just too late, Arachne. Time was close to up before they committed their final sin. It’s been all I can do to re-work my strategies without my girls to count on. I will not be stopped now.”
They stared at each other, the silence stretching out between them.
The goddess was the first to look away. “How is she?” she asked quietly.
Tellwyrn slowly eased back in her chair, suddenly weary. “As well as I can say, considering how rarely she comes out? Actually, quite well. Teal is a good influence on her, I think.”
Lily nodded. “Teal Falconer is only of the most exceptional people of this or any age. I’ll never be able to fully repay her.”
“No, you really won’t. But you can start by not dragging her into a war between you and the gods.”
“That hasn’t ever been an option,” Lily said with a sigh. “All seven of them? Maneuvering just right, that would have been a movement. More than cults: social change on a vast scale. But just one? She’d only be a target. She’s fierce and durable, but the gods and their Church would find a way to put her down. No… Just…” She swallowed. “Just…please look after my girl, Arachne. She’s all that’s left. Let her sit this out.”
“You are talking about two women in one body, one an idealist and the other a nearly literal fireball. They won’t be sitting anything out.” Tellwyrn shook her head, smiling ruefully. “If I do my job right, though, they’ll be ready for whatever comes by the time it does.”
“Do that, then.”
“Lil.”
The goddess met her eyes, and Arachne reached out to briefly squeeze her hand again. “When you have calmed enough to consider it, remember what I said. You haven’t seen everything going on here. You’re not the only player with a stake in this game; someone is pulling your strings. If you continue to let them, you won’t have a prayer of winning.”
“It’s been a very, very long time since I had a prayer,” she replied with a smile. “I tend to win anyway. And perhaps, Arachne, it’s not only I who don’t know as much as I think. Hm?”
She stood, raised one eyebrow sardonically, then turned and sashayed away without another word.
“Well, I know that,” Tellwyrn grumbled at the empty table. “Otherwise why would I bother?”
“The character of Jenny Everywhere is available for use by anyone, with only one condition. This paragraph must be included in any publication involving Jenny Everywhere, in order that others may use this property as they wish. All rights reversed.”
December 26, 2014 UncategorizedElilial, Fross, Gabriel, Heywood Paxton, Joseph P. Jenkins, Juniper, Professor Tellwyrn, Robin, Ruda, Shaeine, Teal, Toby, TrissinyD. D. Webb
Gabriel was first off the caravan. He stumbled to his hands and knees, gasping. Juniper practically threw herself out of the car to his side, looking distressed.
“I’m sorry! I don’t think I can do anything for… I mean, injuries, that’s another—”
“Excuse me,” Shaeine said politely, stepping around her to kneel at his other side.
Gabe lifted his head, eyes widening as a silver glow lit up around her. “Wait,” he said hoarsely.
She placed a hand on his shoulder, and like a ripple in a pond, silver washed across him. Gabriel blinked twice in surprise, then slowly straightened up. “Oh…wow,” he said, then cleared his throat. “Wow. That’s amazing. Is that what divine healing always feels like?”
“I’m afraid I have no basis for comparison,” Shaeine said, straightening. “Are you well?”
“Mostly just embarrassed,” he admitted, accepting a hand from Juniper to get to his feet.
“That dovetails nicely with a little history lesson,” Tellwyrn remarked, stepping down from her own car. The rest of the students had already assembled on the Rail platform and were clustered around Gabriel. “The divine energy we know was created by the Pantheon when they first organized. It is, basically, the collected corpses of the previous generation of gods.”
Ruda wrinkled her nose. “Fucking gross.”
“Yes, well, the good stuff in life usually is,” said the Professor with a grin. “Gods are beings of unfathomable power. When they die, that energy has to go somewhere. It was, in part, by killing off the Elder Gods that the future Pantheon rose to godhood. There was more to it, but I really couldn’t tell you what. Apotheosis is not well understood.”
“Sounds like they might not want anybody to know how,” Gabriel suggested, “if it’d mean someone doing to them what they did to the Elders.”
“You are flirting with blasphemy,” Trissiny warned.
“He’s not wrong, though,” Tellwyrn said. “In fairness it should be acknowledged that the Elder Gods were nightmarish things. They brutalized the mortal inhabitants of the world; the Pantheon’s rebellion didn’t just happen on a whim, and it wasn’t about seizing power. The gods acted to free their people. Anyhow, once all this was done, they gathered up as much of the remaining free energy of the slain Elders as they could and created the wellspring of divine light we know today, establishing certain rules in the process. One of those, of course, is that the light burns demons and their kindred. This was just after Elilial had been expelled to Hell, and they had every reason to expect she’d be out for vengeance.”
“And Themynra isn’t part of the Pantheon,” Toby said, nodding at Shaeine.
“Just so,” Tellwyrn replied. “She is, in fact, the goddess of judgment. When you call on power from the Pantheon gods, there’s something rather mechanistic about it; the light does what it does according to its established nature. Shaeine’s method is different. She is inviting her goddess’s attention and intervention, which means that rather than a simple exercise of energy, Themynra is passing judgment upon the situation.”
Gabriel blinked, then wrapped his arms around himself. “That’s… A little creepy.”
“Oh, relax,” Tellwyrn said wryly, “you just got a free healing, didn’t you? Honestly, Mr. Arquin, I can’t imagine Themynra is impressed with your judgment, but that evidently doesn’t mean she thinks you deserve to suffer. Anybody who believes you are in any way evil is suffering from a severe case of narrow-mindedness.”
Ruda and Juniper looked at Trissiny; the others very pointedly did not. Trissiny drew in a deep breath and let it out through her teeth, but said nothing.
“Anyway!” Tellwyrn said brightly. “Welcome to Sarasio, kids. Let’s unload our junk, we don’t want to keep the caravan waiting.”
They drifted toward the baggage car, belatedly studying their new surroundings. The first and most immediate thing the students noticed was that they were not in Sarasio. The Rail platform stood alone on the prairie, with subtly rolling land dotted with a patchier, more uneven sort of tallgrass than grew around Last Rock dusting the area. To the west, the ground smoothed out into the Golden Sea, and there were other interesting features in the near distance. A forest grew about a mile to the east, and the road north led to a huddle of buildings beneath a drifting cloud of firewood smoke, evidently Sarasio itself.
The platform itself was severely run down compared to its counterpart in Last Rock. There was no ticket office to be seen, just the flat stone platform and a small wooden frame over which a canvas awning had been stretched as meager protection from the elements. The wood had been painted at one point—blue, to judge by the flecks that still remained. The awning had holes and had fallen entirely on one end, waving dolorously in the faint breeze. Old cans, broken glass, scraps of wood and other miscellaneous trash littered the ground.
“Suddenly I’m glad we packed light,” said Gabriel. “Damn, never thought I’d find myself missing Rafe and his pants of holding.”
“I’ll be sure to mention to Professor Rafe how eager you are to get into his pants,” Ruda said cheerily.
Gabriel sighed. “You just had to, didn’t you?”
“I really, really did.”
Trissiny hefted her own knapsack, hoisting it over one shoulder so it left her hands free, keeping an eye on their surroundings. They weren’t alone. Sitting around a small, weak campfire were three men in denim and flannel, with scuffed boots and ten-gallon hats that had clearly seen better days. Though they were just sitting, their postured hunched and uninterested, two were clutching wands and the third had a staff in his hands, and all three were staring fixedly at the group on the platform, unease written plain on their faces.
“What’s their story, I wonder,?” Toby murmured, glancing at them.
“Oh, they’re probably just waiting there to rob anybody fool enough to ride the Rails to Sarasio,” Tellwyrn said brightly, loud enough to be plainly audible. “Of course, they probably weren’t expecting a paladin, a dryad and a drow. If they knew how dangerous the rest of you were, they’d already be running.”
Apparently the three men thought this was good advice; she hadn’t even finished speaking before they bolted to their feet and set off for the town at a run.
“Hey!” Trissiny shouted, grasping her sword and taking a step after them.
“Leave it, Avelea,” said Tellwyrn.
“They were actually going to—”
“Leave it. That is an order.”
“This is my—”
“Young lady, you are going to drop this and accompany the rest of us into town. You can do this under your own power, or be levitated and pushed ahead with a stick. Go for whatever you think best serves Avei’s dignity; I assure you, I have no preference.”
“Y’know, Professor, you could really stand to work on your social skills,” Gabriel commented.
“All my skills are at precisely the level I require, boy. Ah, here’s our escort, splendid.”
Another figure was rapidly approaching from the direction of the forest, this one mounted. She was, it quickly became clear, an elf astride a silver unicorn. She was dressed somewhat like Professor Tellwyrn, with a leather vest over a blousy-sleeved green shirt and trousers, but while Tellwyrn tended to wear simple pieces in fine fabrics, this elf was the opposite; her pants were coarse leather, but they and the vest were decorated with bright embroidery, and her blouse had been tie-died in shades of green and brown that would have made it effective forest camouflage. She had a short staff slung in a holster on her back, its end poking up over her blonde hair, which was tied back with a green bandana.
Drawing up adjacent to the platform, the elf hopped nimbly down from her mount before it had even stopped moving, landing lightly among them. This close, the small but beautifully engraved tomahawk hanging at her belt was visible.
“There you are,” Tellwyrn said in a satisfied tone. “I was beginning to think you’d forgotten.”
“No need to be insulting, Arachne,” the elf replied. “I try not to loiter close to humans obviously bent on mischief. I was watching for you.”
“Students, I’ll let you all introduce yourselves as the opportunity arises, but this is Robin. She’ll be escorting you into town, and hopefully helping us deal with the local tribe.”
“Deal with them how?” Ruda demanded. “What are we doing here?”
“All in good time,” Tellwyrn said, smiling with a hint of smugness. “Now, if you’ll excuse me, I need to go arrange quarters for us. You catch up at your own pace.” She vaulted neatly from the platform onto the unicorn’s back; the animal pranced nervously at the unfamiliar rider, but plunged into motion at the merest squeeze of her knees. It bounded away in a series of fluid horizontal leaps, like a deer, with Tellwyrn balanced skillfully on its back.
“Huh,” said Gabe. “For some reason it seems odd that she knows how to ride.”
“She knows how to do a great many things,” Robin said dryly.
“Not how to plan ahead, apparently,” Ruda grunted. “Who packs nine people off to a town without arranging things ahead of time?”
“Many of Professor Tellwyrn’s actions seem calculated to force us to adapt and learn,” Shaeine noted. “Perhaps this is more of the same.”
“That may be part of it,” Robin said, nodding, “but in any case it would have been hard for even her to make arrangements anyway. Communications in and out of Sarasio are difficult at the moment. I suspect that’s why you’ve come.”
“What’s going on in Sarasio?” Trissiny asked with a frown. On her Rail trip to the University, the Imperial Surveyor she’d met had indicated the town was a trouble spot. But that had been months ago; surely he’d been on the way there to deal with it?
“It’s a long story, which you’ll be told in due time,” Robin replied, hopping lightly down from the platform. “Come along, now, no need to dawdle. Arachne will have plenty of time to make arrangements without us dragging our feet.”
They followed her, picking up baggage as they went. Per Tellwyrn’s instructions, they had packed lightly, everyone carrying no more than basic toiletries and a change of clothes. Evidently this wasn’t expected to be a long trip. Still, that was more than they’d been allowed to bring into the Golden Sea, the aim of that excursion having been outdoor survival as much as anything.
“So, you’re a friend of Professor Tellwyrn’s?” Toby asked their guide, walking with her in the head of the group.
Robin was silent for a few moments before answering not taking her eyes from the town ahead. “To the extent that she has friends, yes, I would like to think that I am. Arachne is, as you have doubtless discovered, a person who goes her own way.”
“This one’s got a knack for understatement,” Ruda snorted.
“It is not something very widely discussed among elves. The individual is respected, of course, but our tribes live in harmony with one another and the world as a way of life. Persons who run out into the world to do their own thing are seen as…disruptive. Tauhanwe are not widely welcomed among most tribes. My acquaintance with Arachne is, at best, tolerated.”
“Ansheh used that word, too,” Teal said, frowning. “Remember, Rafe’s friend from the Golden Sea? I thought I’d heard wrong, though… It translates as something like ‘person who stirs a pot.’”
“Tauhanwe translates more directly as ‘adventurer,’ Robin said, turning her head to smile at Teal. “But you have a solid grasp of the etymology. You studied elvish in school?”
Teal shook her head. “One of my parents’ best friends is an elf. He sorta helped raise me, actually; they work a lot.”
Robin nodded. “To be quite precise, the ‘pot’ referred to is what you would call a chamber pot.”
For a moment, there was only the sound of their footsteps.
“Hold on,” Gabriel said. “So basically Tellwyrn is known among elves as a shit-stirrer? That may be the single most appropriate thing I’ve ever heard.”
Trissiny did not join in on the round of laughter that followed, frowning into the distance ahead. By Robin’s description, Principia would be tauhanwe, too. What did that make her? If anything…
“So how do you know Tellwyrn?” Ruda asked.
“It’s a long story.”
“We’ve got time!”
“Ruda,” Trissiny said patiently, “when someone tells you ‘it’s a long story,’ that usually means they don’t want to get into it.”
“Yeah? And when someone keeps picking it it, that usually means they wanna hear it anyway.”
“No harm meant,” Gabriel assured their guide somewhat hastily, though Robin seemed totally unperturbed. “It’s just hard not to be curious. For being such a straight-shooting in-your-face person, Tellwyrn is damn hard to figure out.”
“It’s tempting to conclude that she is simply mentally unbalanced or obstreperous,” Trissiny said. “But then out of nowhere she’ll do something…oddly kind. Or perceptive.”
“Wait, what?” Ruda said, frowning. “What’s she done that’s kind or perceptive?”
“You’ll know it if you see one,” Gabriel replied, “which is kinda the point. She’s so…cranky most of the time, it takes you by surprise.”
“Don’t judge Arachne too harshly,” Robin said, still watching the town. The monotonous nature of the prairie made perspective tricky and distance hard to judge; they hadn’t covered more than half the path. The Rail platform was a long way from the town…why? The elf went on before Trissiny could start considering it in any detail, however. “She has always been somewhat difficult, but she is generally reasonable. And she is devoted to her students, in her own way. Keep in mind that she is grieving; that will explain much of her behavior.”
“What?” Juniper looked shocked. “Grieving who? What happened?”
“I tell you this because knowing will help you understand her,” Robin said, “but I don’t advise raising the subject with her. Arachne lost her husband a little over a century ago.”
Gabriel let out an explosive sound of surprise that started as a laugh and finished as a gasp in reverse. “What, a century? I dunno how much that excuses. I mean, sure, it’s very sad, but that’s plenty of time to get over it.”
Robin glanced over at him. “You must be Gabriel.”
He turned to watch her warily, the levity fading from his face. “Yeeeaah. That’s me. For some reason, I suddenly feel offended and I’m not sure why.”
“That’s the little voice inside your head that tells you when you’re being a fucking dumbass,” Ruda informed him. “You might try listening to it before talking, just for a change of pace.”
“How would you like it, Gabriel,” Robin went on calmly, “if I pointed out in conversation that you are a snub-eared land ape with the lifespan of a prairie dog?”
Gabe actually stopped walking, staring at her in shock. “Excuse me?”
“No?” Robin glanced back at him, but did not slow her pace, forcing him to start moving again or be left behind. “Then let us not pick at one another’s racial traits. In a group such as this, I would expect you to have learned that lesson long since.”
“He ain’t the quickest learner,” Ruda said with a grin, thumping Gabe with her elbow.
“What the hell are you even talking about?” Gabriel demanded.
“Immortality is not without its drawbacks,” she explained. “Humans do not live shorter lives so much as faster lives. You mature faster, and you heal faster, both physically and emotionally. For an elf, a papercut is an inconvenience for several weeks or months. A broken bone means a year at least of inaction. Luckily we do not cut or break as easily as you. To an elf, however, a heartbreak dominates the mind for longer than the average human lives. I assure you, to an elf, the loss of a mate a century ago is a very raw wound indeed. So have a little patience with Arachne. She lives with a great deal of pain, and yet devotes her energies to educating people who will likely be dead before she herself is fully healed.”
Nobody found anything to say to that, and they walked on in silence for a while. At least until the edges of the town drew closer, and they came within viewing range of Sarasio’s scrolltower. It was harder to spot than most of its kind because this one was horizontal.
The metal framework of the tower itself was in pieces, bent and snapped in multiple places, forming a ragged line between the shattered crystal orb that now lay on the prairie and the burned out husk of the office that had been at its foot. Only the two largest pieces of the orb remained; they were probably the only two pieces too big to carry away. The larger of the two would have been difficult to fit into a wagon. Scrolltower crystal wasn’t high quality and would degrade quickly once separated into bits, but it was still laden with potent magic. There was value in such things.
“What the hell…” Gabriel whispered, frowning.
“Welcome to Sarasio,” Robin said dryly. “Keep your eyes open and your wits about you; this is not a friendly place.”
She wasn’t kidding.
The town wasn’t as badly repaired as the Rail platform had been; obviously people lived here and took at least some care of their environs. Next to Last Rock, however, it was a shambles. A number of windows were boarded up, and nearly every building had some small touch that was in need of repair—peeling paint, broken gutters, missing shingles. The streets were dirt, and in awful repair, marred by deep wheel ruts and potholes, with a liberal spattering of animal droppings, which added unpleasantly to the sharp smell of wood smoke hanging in the air.
Worst, though, were the people.
The only individuals out on the street were men. None were well-dressed, and all were armed. Most could have done with a bath and a shave. It wasn’t their general scruffiness that made the group draw closer together, though, but their behavior. At this time of day, townsfolk should be working, or possibly socializing, depending on their jobs, but the men of Sarasio—at least, those currently visible—seemed totally idle. They lounged against storefronts on the mouths of alleys, faces blank and eyes narrowed, staring—in many cases, glaring—at the new arrivals. Far too many hands crept toward holstered wands.
“Good gods,” Gabriel murmured. “Professor Tellwyrn just ran this gauntlet. I wonder if she killed anybody.”
“The body would still be here if so,” Robin said quietly. “These people are not quick to care for each other. But this is more hostility than they usually show, even accounting for my presence. I suspect she did something.”
“Your presence?” Shaeine asked softly. She had put her hood up as they approached the town, despite the early hour and her shaded glasses, and now kept her hands tucked into her sleeves. Without skin or hair showing, her race was hidden, which was doubtless to the good.
“Elves are not well thought of in Sarasio at the moment,” Robin replied dryly.
“Here we go,” Toby muttered as a cluster of four stepped out of an alley ahead of them, pacing to the center of the street. Two more men crossed from the other side to join them, placing themselves in a staggered formation to bar the whole road. One stepped forward, his thumbs tucked into the front of his belt.
“Morning, gentlemen,” Toby said more loudly as their group came to a stop. “Something we can help you with?”
The man in the lead eyed him up and down once, then twisted his mouth contemptuously and spat to the side before addressing Robin. “Get on outta here, elfie. Your kind ain’t wanted.”
“I have a simple errand to run,” Robin replied calmly. “I’ll be on my way then.”
“You’ll be on your way now,” he snapped, then grinned unpleasantly and took another step forward. “’less you wanna make yourself useful, first. Only one use I can see for an elf bitch that don’t involve stringin’ them ears on a necklace.” He dragged his eyes slowly down Robin’s figure, smirking, while his companions grinned and snickered.
“Boy, it’s like they want to get smote,” Gabriel muttered. Indeed, Trissiny dropped her pack in the street and stalked forward, pushing past Toby, and stepped right up into the man’s face until her nose was inches from his. She was very nearly his height. He reared back slightly in surprise, but didn’t give ground or move his feet.
“Move,” she said simply, her voice deadly quiet.
“Yeah?” he drawled. “Or what? This ain’t no place for a Legionnaire, girl. Or didn’t your mama ever teach you not to bring a sword to a wandfight?”
Another round of guffaws followed this, instantly cut off as light erupted from Trissiny. The man in the lead threw a hand up to shield his eyes, staggering back; with his other, he yanked his wand from its holster, but not before Trissiny slammed her shield into his chest.
Reeling, he nonetheless managed to bring the wand up and fired a lightning bolt directly at her torso at point blank range.
Sparks flew from the sphere of golden energy that had formed around her; those standing closest felt their hair rise from the static electricity.
“What the f—” He got no further as Trissiny stepped calmly forward, reversed her grip on her sword and slammed the pommel into his solar plexus. The man crumpled to the street with a wheeze, and she stomped hard on his wand hand. He emitted a strangled sound that didn’t quite manage to be a scream, the breath having been driven from him. It wasn’t loud enough to cover the crack of breaking fingers.
Trissiny pointed her sword at his head, the blade burning gold. From the nimbus of light around her, golden eagle wings coalesced, flaring open in a display of Avei’s attention.
“Never point your wand at a paladin, fool,” she said coldly, then lifted her gaze to the nearest of his allies. “Does anyone else want to try me?”
They broke and ran, vanishing back into the alleys. All up and down the street, figures shifted backward, sliding into doors and alleyways or just folding themselves into shadowed corners. Within a minute, they had the street to themselves.
“That was overly dramatic,” Robin said, her neutral tone giving no indication what she thought of it. “You very likely just bought yourself another visit from this poor fool’s friends, when they think they have the advantage.”
“What will be, will be,” Trissiny said, removing her boot from the fallen man’s hand. He gasped, cradling his crushed fingers against his chest and scuttling backward away from him.
“We could offer him a healing,” Shaeine said.
“We could,” Trissiny said coldly, “but we won’t. Right?” She gave Toby a sharp look. He returned her gaze, then looked back at the man who had now scrambled to his feet and was fleeing to the nearest alley, leaving his wand lying in the street. Toby’s mouth drew into a thin line, his eyebrows lowering, but he only shook his head and said nothing. Trissiny felt a sharp pang, but dismissed it. She had her duty. The light faded from around her.
“Well,” Robin said with a shrug, “on we go, then.”
They made no further conversation until they reached their goal. Down a couple of side streets, they came to a fairly large building in somewhat better repair than most of Sarasio seemed to be. The wooden sign above its doors proclaimed it to be the Shady Lady in a curly font. Two large men wearing grim expressions flanked the doors, ostentatiously carrying wands. Unlike most of the town’s inhabitants, though, they were clean-shaven and well-dressed in neat suits. They looked over the group but made no move to challenge their approach.
“What’s this?” Juniper asked curiously. “What makes you think Tellwyrn is here?”
“There are exactly two places in Sarasio where a party of this size can find room and board,” Robin said. “The other is neither clean nor safe. The Shady Lady is not my kind of place, but it is, in a sense, an island in a sea of squalor. In we go.”
So saying, she hopped lightly up the steps and pushed through the swinging doors. The two guards watched her enter, then returned their stares to the students, but held their peace. One by one, the nine of them stepped inside.
True to Robin’s word, the interior of the Shady Lady was a sharp contrast to the rest of Sarasio. The wide-open main room soared two stories tall and was well-lit and spotlessly clean. The furnishings and décor were of good quality and showed understated good taste, running toward highly polished wood and fabrics in dark jewel tones, with subtle brass accents. It had clearly all been decorated with an eye to theme; everything matched. A spiral staircase led to a second-floor balcony; a grand piano sat in one corner, being played right now—the music wasn’t audible from the street, suggesting a sound-dampening enchantment on the building—and a heavy wooden bar lined one side of the room, behind which were a huge assortment of gleaming bottles. Most of the floor area was taken up by round tables encircled by chairs.
More startling, though, were the people present. There were three more burly guards in suits, as well as a man with a handlebar mustache behind the bar, presently polishing a glass mug; he looked up at them and smiled. A lean young man was playing the piano, his attention fully focused on the keys. Several of the tables were occupied by customers. Most of those present, though, were young women, and most were in nothing more than lingerie. Perched on the bar—and on the piano—seated with customers and laughing flirtatiously, leaning over the balcony rail, they had scattered themselves around the area like merchandise on a showroom floor.
“Um,” Gabriel said hesitantly. “…never mind.”
“No, go on,” Ruda insisted, grinning from ear to ear. “What’s on your mind, Gabe?”
“I said never mind. I’m following our advice, Ruda. The little voice is telling me I’m about to say something dumb.”
“Is it telling you to ask if we’re in a brothel?” she asked, her grin stretching till it looked almost painful. “’Cos if so, your timing sucks, as usual. You picked the one moment when you’d have been right to start keeping your mouth shut. Because we are, in fact, in a brothel.”
“How?” Teal demanded, then lowered her voice. “I mean… I know brothels exist, but how could somebody run one this big, and this…fancy?”
“Supply and demand,” Toby murmured. “Can you really see someone setting up a temple of Izara in this town?”
“Okay, that’s a point.”
“What’s a brothel?” Juniper asked curiously. Shaeine leaned in close and stood on her tiptoes to whisper in her ear. The dryad’s eyes widened. “You can sell that?!”
A hush descended on the room, all eyes shifting to the party at the door. Then the pianist resumed his piece, and others gradually went back to what they’d been doing.
Juniper, meanwhile, shook her head slowly. “Man, humans are bonkers.”
“When you’re right, you’re right,” Trissiny agreed.
“Um. Well, yes. When I’m right, I by definition am right. I’m not sure why that needs to be said.”
“It’s one of those figures of speech,” Fross told her.
“Yoo hoo!” Professor Tellwyrn sang. She was seated at a large round table across the room with several other people, and now waved enthusiastically at them. “Over here, kids! Chop chop!”
They dutifully trooped over to join her, Robin falling to the rear as they crossed the room and arranged themselves in the empty space near her table.
Tellwyrn, uncharacteristically, seemed to have made friends. A teenage boy in an extremely well-tailored suit sat next to her. He looked a few years younger than the University students, certainly not old enough to be hanging out in a place like this. A deck of cards sat under his gently drumming fingers on the table; the huge piece of tigerseye set in his bolo tie flashed distractingly. He nodded politely to them at their approach.
On Tellwyrn’s other side, Trissiny was surprised to note, sat Heywood Paxton, the Imperial agent she had met and blessed several months ago on his way to Sarasio. He didn’t even look up, now, staring morosely at the center of the table, his mind clearly elsewhere. He had lost weight, and to judge by the bags under his eyes, sleep.
The fourth person present was seated with her back to them, but on their arrival she turned in her chair, draping her arm across the back to eye them over. She was a slim woman with a bronze complexion, with a long, sharp face that was subtly lovely though disqualified for true beauty by a slightly beakish nose. She wore a close-fitting red dress that showed a daring amount of cleavage, and had her black hair pinned up in an elaborate bun bedecked with scarlet feathers and rubies.
“Well, hello,” she purred. “So you’re Arachne’s students? What an absolute pleasure. You can call me Lily.”
August 22, 2014 UncategorizedEzekiel Jenkins, Heywood Paxton, Jebediah Jenkins, TrissinyD. D. Webb
Glad as she was to be off the caravan, Trissiny stepped into a scene of such chaos that she froze, unable to take it all in. The Rail station at Calderaas was bigger than the entire Abbey back home, but vastly open and apparently made of glass. She’d have thought the metal framework which supported it was some kind of empty cage, except that rain was pounding on it at the moment. Worse, the huge station was crammed with people; shouting, shoving people, dressed in a variety of costumes such as she had never seen. Barely a majority of them were even human.
She inhaled deeply, trying to orient herself. The Hand of Avei would not be paralyzed by indecision, nor peer about stupidly like some sort of bumpkin just in from the sticks. Truthfully, that might be a fair description and Trissiny had little in the way of personal ego, but she was terrified of being an embarrassment to her goddess. She could do this.
Behind her, someone cleared his throat loudly. Blushing, she mumbled an apology and quickly lugged herself and her trunk out of the path so everyone else could leave the caravan. Apparently the Hand of Avei could freeze like a spooked rabbit and hold up the entirety of Imperial commerce on this Rail line. Only the fear of making herself an even bigger spectacle stopped her from slapping her own face in frustration.
Judging by the level of pushing and general rudeness going on around her, that more gentle reminder had been very special treatment. Well, even if people didn’t know the significance of the silver finish of her armor, it was still recognizably the ceremonial gear of the Sisters of Avei; few would seek to irritate her. She took up a position to the side of the caravan steps, out of everyone’s way, and fished out her travel itinerary from her belt pouch to look it over again. Not that she hadn’t memorized the thing long since, and anyway it wasn’t that complicated, but it was a tiny bit of familiarity.
People back home weren’t all that homogenous, or so she’d thought. Viridill had been settled by humans from every part of the Empire, and even today was home to humans of every color, shape and description. But with the exception of the odd elven traveler and the lizardfolk up in the mountains, they were all humans, and dressed themselves mostly in the same, humble style. The people here in the station were a cross-section of the entire Empire, or so it seemed to her, and she didn’t know what to make of the variety of costumes she saw. Suits, waistcoats and coats with long tails seemed the custom for most men, often with stovepipe hats on the more elaborately dressed, or wider brimmed ten-gallon styles for those who worked for a living. Nearby, a knot of well-to-do ladies tittered amongst themselves, garbed in flowing pastel-toned gowns, a menagerie of preposterous hats and corsets. Trissiny forced herself not to gape. How could a woman even breathe in those things, much less move? Perhaps Mother Narny had been right about fashion being a weapon against all womankind.
Oddly dressed as they might be, though, humans were something Trissiny understood, and most of her attention was on the various others in the crowd. There were more elves than she’d ever imagined seeing in one place, mostly keeping to themselves and moving in small pockets in the crowd, as if their neighbors were reluctant to touch them even by accident. Dwarves she knew only by description, but the several who were presently trundling rapidly about their business on the platform were unmistakeable even so. A passing couple of very small people on a goat-pulled cart had to be gnomes of some kind. Through gaps in the crowd, Trissiny glimpsed a small family of lizardfolk seated against one wall, a battered hat set in front of them. That sight was troubling; she’d rarely dealt with the lizardfolk back home, but she thought of them as too proud to beg.
She was gathering stares of her own, as well; none hostile, but many awed and some rather fearful. Apparently quite a few people in Calderaas did know what silver armor meant. There might even be some present who could sense the aura of divine power that she had been told hovered over her. Trissiny schooled her expression, tucked away her itinerary and set off in search of Platform Ten. There hadn’t been a paladin of Avei in thirty years, and she surely hadn’t been called now to make a spectacle of herself in the Rail station.
Five minutes later she had to give up and reorient herself again. The layout of the station was confusing; platforms were interspersed with Rail lines, reached by collections of wrought-iron footbridges that arched over the Rails themselves. Her trunk had a handle and wheels, which she’d thought a great luxury when it was first given to her, but that was before she’d had to drag it up and down half a dozen sets of stairs. The platforms weren’t labeled in the most helpful manner, either. She ultimately had to stop in the middle of one of the footbridges and crane her neck around to find the signs, which revealed that she had been going in the wrong direction. With a sigh, Trissiny turned back and made her up-and-down way, gritting her teeth against the constant bumping of her trunk, to Platform Ten.
She was a good twenty minutes early to catch her next caravan, but made certain to consult the board posted by the stairs to verify that this would be the one going to Last Rock. With little else to do but wait, she tucked herself as out of the way as she could on the bustling platform and fell back to studying her environment.
Of the same iron construction as the footbridges, there were several small platforms extending over the Rails themselves, which were in use for a variety of purposes. Two were clearly for storage, piled high with crates and barrels. Another, otherwise empty, was being taken advantage of by several travelers as a respite from the pushing throng. On the nearest, a couple of elves had set up a tiny stand and were selling tea from beneath a hand-painted sign reading “Platform 9 ¾.” Trissiny appreciated the whimsy, but she was not tempted. Between her general nervousness, the roiling in her stomach from the Rail ride she’d just escaped and the anticipation of her next one, she couldn’t have kept a cup of tea down. Riding the Rails was one of the most romanticized experiences of the modern age; in practice, she found it rather like being sealed inside a barrel and rolled down a hill.
“Hey, Blondie! Yeah, you, girlie. I’m talkin’ to you!”
It took a couple of repetitions for Trissiny to realize she was being addressed. No one in her life had ever spoken to her that way, and since she had gained her sword and armor, most people possessed of any sense would not have dared.
Now, a man ambled up to her directly, grinning and eying her up and down as he came in a manner that nearly made her reach for her sword. He was garbed like something out of a penny novel, all dust-stained denim and flannel, with snakeskin boots and a ten-gallon hat. “Mighty pleased to meet you, missy,” he said in a prairie drawl, his grin becoming an outright leer. “If you got a bit before your car comes, mebbe we can find a shady spot to have a drink? My treat.”
Trissiny was too astonished by the sheer effrontery to react as she otherwise might. That bought her a moment to reconsider her first impulse; thrashing this fool would doubtless lead to trouble no matter how much he deserved it. At the very least, she’d miss her caravan.
“No, thank you,” she replied stiffly. A whipping with the flat of her blade would do him a world of good, but she could not go around smiting every idiot who lacked manners. She reminded herself forcefully of this as he leaned in close enough for her to smell the whiskey on his breath.
“Aw, don’t be like that, darlin’. Why, I bet you’ll find me the best company you ever—oof!”
A second cowboy, dressed similarly and strongly resembling her admirer in the face, shouldered him roughly aside, then turned to her and tugged the brim of his hat. “My apologies, ma’am. My brother ain’t been off the ranch in half a year, an’ sometimes he forgets he wasn’t raised by wolves.” He cut off the protest forming on the first man’s face by swatting him upside the back of the head, forcing him to catch his flying hat. “Won’t happen again. ‘Scuze us.”
“Turn loose a’ me, Ezekiel!” the first cowboy said furiously as his brother grabbed him by the arm and began dragging him toward the nearest set of steps. “I was just havin’ some—”
“You shut the hell up. Land’s sakes, boy, if you gotta be embarrassing, couldja at least not be suicidal? Don’t you know a paladin when you see one? You ain’t that shitheaded!”
They were halfway up the footbridge, but their loud conversation remained clearly audible on Platform Ten. “Paladin? That ain’t no paladin, dumbass. That girl ain’t more’n fifteen.”
“Jebediah Jenkins, if I weren’t such a good brother I’d send you back over there to finish what you started, an’ spare myself the trouble of whuppin’ your ass for botherin’ a girl you think is fifteen!”
Trissiny would have liked very much to sink into the platform and vanish. The brothers Jenkins were acquiring stares, which were quickly transferred to herself as people discerned the source of their quarrel. Against her will, her cheeks heated. Hopefully the onlookers would take it for righteous anger, selflessly suppressed. Yeah, and if hopes were coins, Avei would have a temple in every hamlet in the Empire.
A well-dressed man with the silver gryphon badge of an Imperial agent pinned to the breast of his coat, and another decorating his hat, shouldered quickly through the crowd, moving purposefully in the direction of the loud brothers. His wand remained holstered, though he held a hand conspicuously near it and kept his gaze fixed on the two cowboys. He paused before Trissiny to tilt his hat respectfully to her. “Blessings, ma’am.”
“And to you, Sheriff,” she replied gratefully, inclining her head. At least someone took her seriously without having to taste her blade. She did not look fifteen!
He proceeded after his quarry, and she fixed her gaze stiffly on a point above everyone’s head. It was funny how she could tell people were whispering about her, despite the ambient noise in the station.
She was unaccustomed to the crawling pace of time in a tense situation. Trissiny’s days were always full; there was never a lack of work to be done at the Abbey, and whenever she was not pitching in her fair share, she had more training and prayer to attend to than the other novice Sisters. On the very rare occasions when she wanted time to pass by faster, she would occupy herself in meditation, or in communing with the goddess.
There was simply nothing to do on the platform. Focusing inward was not an option as she did not feel remotely safe in this crowd of pushy strangers, especially after the encounter with the Jenkinses. She had her sword in its sheath at her belt and her shield on her back, but even had there been enough space to run through a combat drill without injuring someone, the sight would have caused turmoil in the bustling station. So she stood, for fifteen interminable minutes while the caravans roared by on their Rails and people gazed curiously at her, often pausing in their own business to do so. Trissiny practiced her situational awareness, keeping her gaze rigidly fixed on empty space but trying to maintain a knowledge of her surroundings through peripheral vision. It was the only thing she could think of to do aside from weltering in her own discomfort.
She was first to move when the caravan slowed to a stop next to Platform Ten. Trissiny watched the procedure with interest; she had seen it at the much smaller Rail depot in Trasio, but it remained impressive. The Rail itself, a single raised line on spokes like a bannister that extended into the distance in both directions, began to hum and glow arcane blue with the caravan’s approach. The train that arrived to take her on to Last Rock had eight passenger cars, twice the size of the one which had brought her here. They looked the same, though, tiny bits of glass and steel looking like a single squared tube with so many in a line. This caravan also had four larger, boxy cargo wagons affixed after the passenger cars, and another angular enchanter’s post behind that to match the one at the front. She wondered if the added weight meant it needed a second enchanter to keep it going.
Trissiny edged back from the Rail along with the other passengers as lightning sparked along the rim of the platform with the energy of the caravan halting itself. The tiny hairs on her arms and the back of her neck stood upright.
She stood back to let the passengers disembark, most of them looking as stiff and disoriented as she had after her previous Rail ride, then moved quickly to claim her seat in the frontmost car, just behind the enchanter’s post. Nobody complained or tried to slip in ahead of her. Trissiny supposed it was all right to benefit from a healthy respect for paladins, as long as she wasn’t intimidating people on purpose. If folks thought the Hand of Avei might smite them for pushing in line ahead of her, well, there wasn’t much she could do about that, aside from proving them wrong.
She stowed her trunk under the seat as she’d been shown on the last caravan, strapping it in tightly with the frayed arrangement of leather thongs and buckles provided, then unslung her shield and laid it on the bench beside her, before taking her seat. This car might have been a duplicate of the other, except that she had it to herself. The padded benches were wide enough to seat three without much discomfort; she took the one facing the front, reasoning that it would diminish the dizzying terror of the Rail ride not to have to do it backward. It was like being in a little glass bubble, and she enjoyed the solitude after the crowded platform.
People weren’t hurrying to join her, but that would probably only last until someone came along who hadn’t seen the paladin duck in here. She enjoyed the breather while it lasted, literally. Proper breathing was essential to both combat form and meditation, and Trissiny had been storing her gathering tension in her chest. The caravan was parked for several long minutes, presumably while the large cargo cars in the rear were loaded and/or unloaded, and she took full advantage of the time to breathe slowly and evenly, without slipping into full meditation.
Thus, she was calm enough not to be overly perturbed when a man entered her car.
“Good day!” he said cheerily, straightening. He was an older gentleman, well-dressed and very round about the middle, with a jowly face accentuated by bushy, steel-colored sideburns. “Ah, a Sister! Excellent, I was just wondering why a pretty girl was sitting alone in a car. Usually the lads would be all over you. Don’t mind if I share, do you? It’s filling up back there, and a man of my great physical fitness is less welcome where the seats must be squeezed into.” He chortled, patting his plump belly.
“The caravan is open to all,” she said politely, forcing a smile. “Please, be welcome.” It was so formal as to be stilted, but she couldn’t just up and say she didn’t mind his company. Avei frowned upon lies, even little social ones.
“Many thanks, my dear, many thanks.” He grunted as he lowered himself onto the bench opposite her, sliding over so as to grip the handhold bolted to the wall of the caravan. “Whoof! As often as I ride these things, you’d think I’d grow accustomed to the acrobatics it takes getting in and out of them. Heywood Paxton, Imperial Surveyor.” He extended a hand to her. “I’m the Emperor’s eyes on the frontier! Of course, the Emperor has more eyes than a nest of spiders, and do please remind me of that if I start to sound like I think I’m important.” His pale eyes twinkled with good humor.
“Trissiny Avelea,” she replied, shaking his hand. His eyes flicked over her and she tensed, but it was nothing like the gaze Jebediah Jenkins had dragged across her. In fact, Mr. Paxton seemed to be looking at her armor, not her body; his eyes darted from bracers to boots to divided leather skirt, without lingering on her breastplate the way too many men did. She saw the moment when he absorbed the fact that her Avenic armor was silver rather than bronze.
“Omnu’s breath,” he exclaimed, settling back in his own seat and regarding her wide-eyed. “Forgive if I’m impertinent, Ms. Avelea, but…would you be a paladin?”
“I am.” She forced a small smile. At least he knew the proper way to address a Sister of Avei. He was the first man she’d met on her journey who did.
“Bless my old soul!” he enthused. “I’d heard that Avei had called a new paladin, but… Well, this is a rare privilege, ma’am! An honor, it truly is. Wait’ll I tell the grandchildren I rode the Rail with a paladin!” He laughed aloud. “Now, you be sure to tell me if I’m bothering you, Ms. Avelea. I do tend to let the old mouth run away with me sometimes.”
“I don’t mind,” she replied, and found that she meant it. Trissiny was not used to men; obviously, she’d been around them before, as the Sisters of Avei were not a cloistered order. But briefly or at a distance, usually; those men who weren’t shy about being around Sisters had been strongly encouraged to keep away from the novices. Still, Heywood Paxton was one of the least menacing individuals she’d ever met.
“And would you be on quest, then?” he asked enthusiastically. “Not that you need pay any mind to old me, of course! I shall gladly shove off if told to. But I’m heading out to Sarasio on the Emperor’s business, and I should be glad of the company, I don’t mind telling you. If there’s any place that could benefit from a taste of Avei’s fist, that’s it for sure.”
“No,” she said with some hesitation, and a small twinge of guilt. “Actually, I’m going to college. At least for now; that was the goddess’s command. I’m sure she has good reason.” Why did she feel the need to explain herself to this stranger? It wasn’t his business; it wasn’t even hers. If Avei chose to send her paladin to university rather than to the battlefield, well, she was entitled. No matter how Trissiny chafed at what felt like a waste of her calling.
“Goodness me, to college? This line is heading straight out of the civilized territories! Nothing but the Golden Sea, tribes of wild elves and a few frontier towns where we’re…ohhh.” His expression cleared and he nodded sagely. “Last Rock, then?”
“Yes, to Professor Tellwyrn’s University. You’ve heard of it?”
“Indeed I have, Ms. Avelea, indeed I have. You don’t last long in my line of work without knowing who all the players in the Great Game are. Omnu’s breath, I should’ve put that together the moment I noticed you in that armor. My brains are getting as droopy as my jowls, I declare.” He grinned at her with such genuine good humor that she had to smile back.
A sharp retort like the crack of a whip resonanted through their little chamber, and the caravan lurched. Then it began smoothly moving forward; Trissiny found herself pressed back into her seat, while Mr. Paxton had to cling to the handbar and surreptitiously brace his leg against the bench beside her to keep from being poured out of his.
“My goodness, they don’t give us much time to get settled, do they?” He grinned cheerily. “I can’t imagine how ticket holders ever manage to get into their cars on time.”
“Ticket holders?”
“Oh, yes,” he explained, “most people must purchase a ticket to ride the Rail; it’s good for only one specific trip, and then you have to buy another to ride again. Laying these Rails isn’t cheap; the Empire has to fund it all somehow!”
“Nobody told me about tickets,” she said in some alarm. They had left the station behind in seconds, and just now were racing past the borders for Calderaas, fast enough that she could barely make out the difference between city and country scenery; it evolved from a grayish blur to a greenish one. And the caravan still accelerated. Paxton’s face was beginning to bead with sweat, from the effort of holding himself in his seat.
“Not to worry, my dear, the Rails are free to Imperial agents and officials of the Church. Which, clearly, includes you!”
“Oh. But…I didn’t even see anyone collecting…that is, none of the guards asked me about…”
“Well, obviously, Station officials know a bit more about the world than the average run of hayseeds who might be riding the Rails. One look at that armor and they’d let you hop into whatever caravan you pleased without so much as a word.”
“Oh,” she said again, now feeling rather guilty. “Oh…I hope I didn’t cheat somebody out of a seat.”
“Nonsense, they never sell enough tickets to fill out a caravan. It leaves some seats open for the likes of us, and if none such come along, well, these things run faster the less weighted down they are. Everybody wins!”
“Except the people who have to pay for passage.”
“Well, I suppose not,” he conceded, his smile fading somewhat, “but then again, if they weren’t paying for tickets, the Rails couldn’t run. Then nobody would have them!”
“It just seems unfair,” she murmured.
“Very little in this world is fair, Ms. Avelea,” he replied. For the first time, the cheer had fled his face, leaving a sober and faraway expression. “May you have better luck than I’ve had finding remedies for it.”
The silence that fell in the compartment was strained and awkward. Trissiny feared little, but was unpracticed at social subtleties; she couldn’t decide whether to avoid Paxton’s eyes or meet them, whether to leave the quiet alone or try to fill it.
He took the dilemma out of her hands moments later, when their acceleration finally leveled off. The Surveyor grunted, settling himself back into his seat now that he didn’t have to brace himself into it. “Whew! Every trip an adventure. You know, the Rail cars servicing the interior provinces have buckled belts on each seat for the passengers to strap themselves in. It seems there’s no budget for upgrading old frontier equipment just yet.”
Trissiny nodded, unsure whether she would prefer that. It would be nice not to be tossed around, but she wasn’t at all certain she’d care to be strapped in, either.
“Oh, here comes the wide arc around the Mirror Lakes,” Mr. Paxton said, peering out the window. “Best brace yourself, Ms. Avelea, we’re going to—”
And then the ground whipped out from under them. The caravan curved so sharply to the right that its left wall became the new de facto floor; Paxton was tossed against it with a grunt. Only Trissiny’s trained reflexes saved her from a pummeling. Spinning on the bench, she stuck one foot against the wall and the other on the seat opposite, while grabbing her shield as it tried to fly across the car. It was made to endure much more abuse than being dropped, but it had been a gift from the Goddess herself and Trissiny hated to see it handled disrespectfully.
“Almost!” her fellow traveler cried with a grin. “More than a dozen trips on this line; one day I’ll have that timing down exactly.” She grinned back. The man’s good humor really was infectious.
The car leveled out so abruptly that they were both tossed back in the opposite direction. Paxton slid along his bench, this time very nearly tumbling to the floor; Trissiny managed to pivot in midair, never releasing her hold on her shield, again bracing herself with a foot against the opposite seat.
They blinked and stared at each other, both pale, and then at her boot, which had struck down directly between his legs on the edge of the bench. Had he slid six inches farther, he’d have come to grief on her greave.
“I’m sorry!” she blurted, quickly folding herself back into her own bench.
“Hah, no harm done,” he reassured her, pulling a handkerchief from his waistcoat pocket and mopping his face. “Though that’s a nearer miss than I usually have before even getting off the caravan!”
“Are they always this bad?”
“Well, depends on the Rail you ride. They try to lay them in the straightest lines possible, but there are some things that cannot be carved through. It’s when the Rail has to dodge around obstacles that we have trouble! But that’s the price we pay for speed. You know, when I first started out in the Emperor’s service, the journey from Calderaas to Last Rock would have been weeks. Now, we should be there within another five minutes, and I’ll be safely to Sarasio not more than fifteen after that.”
“I believe,” Trissiny said, shifting on her seat, “I like that idea of belted seats very much, the more I think about it. Why didn’t they put those into the caravans in the first place?”
“Ah! You see, the enchantments that make these beauties run are still newfangled enough that much of the older generation doesn’t trust them, my dear. When this caravan was built, there was nobody to ride it but soldiers, Imperial agents and adventurers heading to the frontier. You know, the sort of folk who aren’t apt to put up a fuss about their safety or comfort.” He edged toward the opposite wall, getting a good grip on the handlebar and bracing both legs against her bench. “Common folks riding the Rails are a pretty new event, considering, and few enough of them take these outer lines. You’ll want to brace yourself, Ms. Avelea, we’re coming up on the worst stretch of this particular journey.”
She slid her shield against the wall opposite him, sat down on it, gripped the bar and placed a foot against the far bench. Not a moment too soon; the caravan changed course with a wrench that drew a grunt from her, even as it flattened Mr. Paxton against the other wall of the car.
What followed was even worse than her first trip down from the mountainous territory of Viridill. The Rail apparently dodged back and forth through some kind of obstacle course, yanking them first one way and then the other before they had time to compensate. She couldn’t spare the attention to try to study the passing scenery, keeping her arms and legs constantly tense against the forces seeking to toss her about the car. Paxton kept his grip on his handlebar, though at one point lost his seat and was flung full-length across the bench, still clinging to the wall, and only recovered his position upon being shoved back into it. Trissiny quickly lost track of the passage of time; her arms and legs were growing sore, and even her jaw started to ache from the effort of holding it closed. Letting it bounce was a sure way to bite off a chunk of her tongue.
As suddenly as the chaos had begun, it ended. The caravan sailed along in near silence and perfect balance, its two shaken passengers blinking at each other.
“Is it over?” she asked uncertainly.
“For the moment,” he replied, heaving himself back onto the bench with grunt; he’d not managed to avoid a tumble to the floor in the last few moments. “Whew! They really should post warnings; that’s one of the worst stretches in the entire Rail network, you know. Not much else is even half so bad.” He shifted about on his seat, straightening his rumpled clothes.
“What exactly were we dodging around?” She resettled herself, surreptitiously stretching tensed muscles. Trissiny felt a moment of envy for her trunk, safely lashed in below her seat.
“Why, that’s the Green Belt, so they call it. It’s a whole network of elven forests, separated by fairly small stretches of open grassland. Different tribes of elves, you see, and they’d worked out a solution to their border conflicts by making sure they weren’t even in the same forest. All this was long before the Empire, or even any humans living in this area.” He chuckled, dabbing sweat from his face again. “So when the first Surveyors came to find a route for the Rail, they ran into ill luck. Oh, the elves were very polite, as they always are, but dead set against letting the Rail come through any of their woodland. Finally, one poor fool lost patience and told them it would have to be done whether they liked it or not.” He laughed aloud, shaking his head. “As I heard it, they politely told him to invite the Emperor to try it.”
“I’m a little surprised he didn’t,” she replied. “The Empire conquered every other human nation on the continent, after all. Aren’t elves a bit…primitive?”
“Well, yes and no!” He smiled broadly, clearly enjoying his role as storyteller. “They’re not primitive in the sense of lacking magic and sophistication of their own; they just choose to live a little closer to nature than we do. It’s been a long time since Imperial agents chose to mistake the one for the other. For all our new magics and enchantments, the elves are something the Empire is wise not to provoke. Makes for a ghastly muddle, with them living in their own enclaves all across Imperial territory. The Surveyors finally chose to mark off the elven provinces as ‘reserves,’ and leave ’em alone.”
“Hm.” Absently, she ran a hand along the edge of her shield, pondering. “I seldom met any back home, and then only one or two at a time. They seemed rather standoffish, as a rule…”
“Anybody’ll act different traveling in foreign lands than they would at home, surrounded by kinsmen.”
“Professor Tellwyrn is an elf,” Trissiny mused.
“That she is!” Paxton nodded, grinning. “An old one, and one of the most notorious people alive of any race. Not had the pleasure of meeting her myself, and for that I can’t decide if I’m grateful or disappointed. Ah, we’re coming up on the last stretch of our run, Ms. Avelea. Hold tight now!”
She swiftly followed his instruction, but it was not nearly as bad as before. The Rail curved in another long sweep to her right, but this one much more shallow. Trissiny got a good grip on her handle and had no trouble staying seated, though the centrifugal force tried to tug her back across the bench.
“If you crane your neck a bit, Ms. Avelea, you can see your destination! I recommend it, Last Rock is quite a sight from a distance.”
Indeed it was. She had to press her cheek to the glass to manage a good view, but it was worth the minor discomfort. They were long past the hilly region surrounding Calderaas and even the elven forests; here was low, rolling scrubland, fading before her eyes into the Golden Sea up ahead, the huge and very magical stretch of prairie the occupied the heart of the continent. The Empire had encircled it entirely, but the Golden Sea was much larger within than without; some theorized one could travel into it forever, and never reach the other side. It was a territory that could not truly be explored, much less conquered, but the Emperor did the best he could, establishing a perimeter of forts and settlements along its frontier. One of these was the tiny town of Last Rock.
The town itself was a small and rather sad cluster of buildings dwarfed by the mountain from which it drew its name; rising straight up from the plain with not so much as a hill within sight, the Rock itself was tall enough to be taken seriously in most mountain ranges, and seemed utterly colossal in its flat environs. Wedge-shaped, it formed a rising prow cutting into the Golden Sea itself, falling sharply in rocky cliffs from its highest edges, but sloping up gently from the other side, in an incline that was no steeper than the average staircase. It resembled a long, narrow plateau tilted up with one edge sunk into the ground.
Now, a path ran from the town of Last Rock up toward its peak, and the upper quarter of the mountain was covered with the spires and terraces of the University. Her home for the next four years.
Trissiny eased back into her seat, against the force of the curve. They had already drawn too close for her to get a solid look at anything, and she didn’t care to look like an overeager child with her face mashed against the glass.
“Not bad, is it?” her seatmate said with a grin. “Ah, the things there are to see along this Frontier. And all over the Empire, for that matter…well, no rush. I expect you of all people will become plenty acquainted with it in time.”
“I expect so,” she murmured. As the curve of the Rail leveled out, she slid along her bench away from him, gripped her shield in one hand and braced both feet against the seat opposite. As if on cue, the caravan decelerated sharply, seeking to pitch her face-first against the front wall.
Trissiny didn’t let out her breath until the caravan finally came to a full stop with a muted squeal. Paxton sighed in unison with her, again straightening his coat. “Well, I believe this is your stop, ma’am. May I just say again that it has been an honor?”
“I appreciate your company,” she replied, this time with a genuine smile. “And the information.”
“Oh, pish tosh, just an old man’s ramblings about all the things he’s seen. Trust me, you’d find it much less interesting if you had to endure it more than once.”
She bent to unfasten her trunk and pull it out from under the seat, exchanging a grin with him one more time as she slung her shield onto her back.
“Still…it was a much better journey than the last one. May I offer you a blessing Mr. Paxton?”
His grin vanished at once into a nearly awestruck expression. “Oh! Well, that is…if—if you feel it’s… I mean, I’d be honored.”
Smiling, Trissiny reached across the narrow compartment to place a hand on his brow, not minding the sweat in his hair. A soft golden glow rose about them, seemingly from the air itself; she felt her own aches washing away in proximity to the divine power, though it was merely being channeled through her, and into the man beneath her palm.
“Peace and Justice be upon you, friend,” she intoned softly, hearing the resonance in her voice of the Goddess echoing, “and Avei watch your path.”
Trissiny let her hand fall, enjoying the serenity that always came in the aftermath of calling on Avei. Heywood Paxton’s face held an expression of almost childlike wonder.
“I…I swear you took ten years off me. Ms. Avelea, I don’t know how to…”
“Just be as kind to the next person you travel with, as well,” she replied.
“Oh, that I shall. This has been a real gift, ma’am… A very rare privilege.” He trailed off, seeming at a loss for words for once.
With a final smile at him, Trissiny pushed open the compartment door and stepped out onto the platform of Last Rock.
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What are the results of the Trump-Kim meeting? The so called booming economy? The draining of the ‘swamp’? Find out in News-Information Vacuum-Personality Cults-Propaganda-Podcast 731.
Trump Political Vacuum
Welcome to the Trump Political Vacuum. You’re either defending or attacking Trump. Everything else is fake news. Trump is the antichrist. Trump is under the protection of God. The president is a child, or playing “four dimensional chess“. Take your pick. There’s no in between.
Welcome To the Delusion
In conclusion people suffer in the vacuum. Finding a good source is almost impossible. Discerning what’s real and opinion is even more difficult.
So, we live in a dreamworld of delusion.
Finally without facts surrounding an event a free society cannot make informed political choices. I can identify two times in history when it was this bad. Neither ended well. Moreover, this kind of situation erodes the foundations of a free society.
(Editor’s Note: These days in these rambling podcasts sometimes I make confused references. This time I made a reference to the Berlin Wall falling ‘in 1983 or 1984’. Of course I know the fall of the Berlin Wall occurred on November 9th, 1989. Subsequently the Soviet Union collapsed in December of 1991.)
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Summer Doldrums-Surreal News-Truth-Podcasting In A Dream World-Podcast 726
These days it feels like we’re in the Summer Doldrums though Summer doesn’t start until June 21st. Find out why podcasters struggle with political and social commentary in today’s news flow in Summer Doldrums-Surreal News-Truth-Podcasting In A Dream World-Podcast 726.
I call it the ‘News-Flow’. The dream world where stories flip flop almost hourly.
News Story Flip Flops
We’re having a trade war. Then we’re not. North Korea is going to make a nuclear deal. News is the deal is off. Now suddenly it’s back. Robert Mueller’s investigation will soon yield explosive results! The FBI planted a mole in the Trump campaign. Roseanne’s new comedy is a hit! Oops. It’s been cancelled. We’ll talk about it in Summer Doldrums-Surreal News-Truth-Podcasting In A Dream World-Podcast 726.
Awash In Commentary and Outrage
Moreover every screaming headline comes with analysis and commentary, predictions and counter commentary from all quarters. They’re only to happy to tell us why everyone else is right or wrong.
Is It Real? Or Is it Social Media?
Especially relevant is the feeling that all of this nonsense is building to a serious crisis. Are we all going crazy? Maybe it’s the Ambien. Or maybe the antidepressants. The full moon anyone?
Journalism or Propaganda?
What’s more advancing story lines is not journalism, it’s propaganda. Do the executives, reporters, producers and presenters understand this? Seems like all they want to do is keep people watching and clicking.
Easier To Talk About Roseanne Than The War In Syria
In conclusion maybe it is easier to talk about Roseanne’s latest fiasco, or how the Press Secretary yelled at a reporter than it is to actually cover the war in Syria. Maybe its cheaper to talk about Hollywood’s latest scandal than it is to explain why gas prices are skyrocketing.
What if all their story lines are wrong? One podcaster’s thoughts on a moonlit night at the beginning of summer.
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The Most Incredible Hikes To Take Near Vancouver
Garibaldi Provincial Park offers several hikes with great views | © Dan Breckwoldt / Alamy Stock Photo
One thing that draws many people to Vancouver, both to live and to visit, is the city’s convenient access to nature. There are almost too many hikes and trails to enjoy in the city and beyond – more than enough to keep every hiking enthusiast busy. For inspiration, check out these incredible hikes near Vancouver.
Joffre Lakes Trail
The Joffre Lakes is one of the most beautiful places to hike in British Columbia | © Samuel Gendron / Alamy Stock Photo
The trail to the Joffre Lakes is one of BC’s most beautiful hikes. Joffre Lakes Provincial Park lies past Pemberton, which means it’s about a three-hour drive north of Vancouver. But with an early wake-up call and a straight journey up the Sea to Sky Highway, hiking all or a portion of the Joffre Lakes Trail in one day is doable. The trail takes hikers to three different lakes: the aptly named Lower, Middle and Upper Joffre Lakes. The round-trip from Upper Joffre Lake is 6.2 miles (10 kilometers) and takes an average of four hours to complete. The trail is very busy on weekends, but the glacier-fed turquoise lakes are undoubtedly worth the drive and the crowds.
Joffre Lakes Trail, Mount Currie, British Columbia, V0N 2K0, Canada
Lions Binkert Trail
This one is for experienced hikers, as the Lions Binkert Trail is one of the most difficult hikes near Vancouver. The Lions themselves are the North Shore mountain range’s two most recognizable peaks – any Vancouver local will be able to point them out to you. To hike up to these monstrosities and take in the incredible view of Vancouver and Howe Sound, it’s a round-trip of 10 miles (16 kilometers) and takes about eight hours. Read a detailed description of the hike, which begins in Lions Bay, on the Vancouver Trails website before deciding if you have what it takes to conquer the Lions.
45 Sunset Drive, Lions Bay, British Columbia, Canada
Stawamus Chief
Stawamus Chief Provincial Park Squamish British Columbia Canada | © Nalidsa / Alamy Stock Photo
The Stawamus Chief – known locally as just the Chief – is another popular hike near Vancouver. Located in Squamish, the Chief is a granite dome and is one of the largest granite monoliths in the world. The 6.8-mile (11-kilometer) round-trip hike offers incredible views of picturesque Howe Sound and is split into three peaks: First, Second and Third Peak. The Chief is classified as an intermediate hike, and there are chains and ladders throughout the trail to assist hikers in reaching the summit.
Squamish, British Columbia, V0N 1T0, Canada
Dog Mountain
Terminator Ridge Mountain Top Hiking Trail at Golden, British Columbia, Canada | © James Gabbert / Alamy Stock Photo
Dog Mountain is a short and easy hike on Mount Seymour, which is one of North Vancouver’s top attractions. The three-mile (five-kilometer) round-trip hike is well marked and has amazing views of Vancouver at the end – when the weather is cooperating, that is! The Dog Mountain Trail is only accessible from June to October, as snow begins to fall on Mount Seymour in November. But this means it transforms from an incredible hiking route to a top snowshoe trail instead.
Garibaldi Provincial Park
View from the top of Black Tusk, Garibaldi Provincial Park, British Columbia | © Erica Ellefsen / Alamy Stock Photo
There are several fantastic hikes to take within Garibaldi Provincial Park, which sits off the Sea to Sky Highway between Squamish and Whistler. Firstly, there’s the 5.6-mile (nine-kilometer) one-way hike to Garibaldi Lake, which is a beautiful glacier-fed lake surrounded by mountains. It’s an intermediate hike, with an elevation gain of nearly 3,000 feet (900 meters). Other options within the park include the Black Tusk and Panorama Ridge Trails, which both offer incredible views of Garibaldi Lake and the mountains.
British Columbia, V0N 0A0, Canada
St Mark's Summit
Beautiful View of Canadian Mountain Landscape covered in clouds during a vibrant summer sunset. Taken on top of St Mark's Summit, West Vancouver | © Edgar Bullon / Alamy Stock Photo
St. Mark’s Summit is a part of the Howe Sound Crest Trail in Cypress Provincial Park, home to Cypress Mountain, the most popular place to go skiing and snowboarding in winter. St. Mark’s Summit is a 6.8-mile (11-kilometer) round-trip trek, which offers stunning views of Howe Sound from the top. The trail is classified as intermediate, and many locals recommend enjoying a picnic at the peak on a warm summer’s day. Visitors can hike the trail from June until November; it then becomes accessible only by snowshoe.
British Columbia, V0N 1G0, Canada
Diez Vistas Trail
Named Diez Vistas Trail because of its 10 views, this path takes hikers around Buntzen Lake in Anmore. It overlooks the Indian Arm, North Vancouver and Burrard Inlet. It is one of the longest hikes near Vancouver – a loop totaling 9.3 miles (15 kilometers), which takes an average of six to seven hours to complete. It also hosts the annual Diez Vista 50- and 100-kilometer trail races. Although it’s categorized as intermediate, locals admit it’s closer to the difficult side of intermediate, due to the challenging and technical terrain.
Diez Vistas Trail, Anmore, British Columbia, V3H 4Y7, Canada
Crown Mountain
Canada Geese on the partly frozen water of Crown Lake, along Highway 99 in Marble Canyon Provincial Park in British Columbia, Canada | © hpbfotos / Alamy Stock Photo
One of the most difficult hikes near Vancouver, Crown Mountain offers up amazing views from its North Vancouver summit. It stands behind Grouse Mountain in Lynn Headwaters Provincial Park. The trail is six miles (9.8 kilometers) round-trip, which is best accessed by taking the Skyride to the top of the mountain and beginning from the Alpine Trail. Vancouver Trails admits that “what makes this trail so difficult is you have to hike down a very steep trail into Crown Pass before hiking up the steep side of Crown Mountain, then return the same route.”
British Columbia, V7K 1X8, Canada
Quarry Rock
A view of the Vaudreuil rock quarry in autumn. | © Bruce Corbett / Alamy Stock Photo
Located in Deep Cove, the easternmost part of North Vancouver, Quarry Rock is a heavily trafficked and easy Vancouver hike year-round. Compared to other treks on this list, the trail is short: just two and a half miles (four kilometers) round-trip. The reward at the end includes amazing views of Deep Cove. With its blue water and pine trees, it’s a very British Columbian vista. It’s best to visit in the early morning to avoid the crowds.
Baden Powell Trail, British Columbia, V7G 1V6, Canada
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[ January 28, 2019 ] Pogba Will Only Leave Manchester United for Madrid or Barca? Barcelona
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If Gareth Bale signs for Manchester United
June 6, 2018 Oliver D Manchester United, Manchester United Transfer Rumours Comments Off on If Gareth Bale signs for Manchester United
It’s going to take a monumental effort for Manchester United to prise Gareth Bale from the clutches of Real Madrid this summer, particularly with a new manager coming into the club after the recent resignation of Zinedine Zidane.
Because even a club like Madrid will struggle to sign a player of the quality of Bale. So, most managers would surely hedge their bets and give the player assurances that he will be central to their plans next season. It would be a huge gamble to let him go and may lead to early scrutiny if things go wrong on the field.
But we do know that Bale isn’t happy with the playing time that he got last term. Immediately after the Champions League final he said:
“I need to be playing week in, week out, and that has not happened this season,”
“I had an injury five, six weeks in but fit ever since. I have to sit down with my agent in the summer and discuss it.”
“It’s something that I’ve always wanted to do, something that I feel like I should be doing. If it’s not the case here, then it’s something I have to really consider and sit down and do.
“I’ll do that in the summer. I have plenty of time now to relax, to reflect on things and see where things go.”
And we also know that Ryan Giggs is one of the Welshman’s heroes.
“For me the greatest player is Ryan Giggs,”
“He was my hero growing up and is a legend in world football. It also helps he’s a fellow Welshman.”
A fellow left-footer Giggs trod the boards of the Theatre of Dreams for 20 spellbinding years and if Bale did return to England to see out his playing days, Manchester United would be one of the few clubs who could afford him.
TFF believes that if he did arrive at Manchester United it would be enough to tip the balance and bring the title back to Old Trafford after six fallow years.
Because Bale would crucially offer an extra prong to United’s attack. In the last couple of years the left flank has been United’s obvious threat. The likes of Martial, Rashford and Sanchez can terrorise apponents but it’s a predictable weapon and opposition teams know that if they can stop that threat they can silence United.
Because the more ponderous likes of Juan Mata are easier to cope with down the other side.
But if we saw the power, pace and panache of Bale down the right it would not only give Manchester United another attacking dimension but also free up Alexis Sanchez to show us what he can do.
Sanchez disappointed in his first six months at the club but a restful summer and a full pre-season will do him no end of good.
And if he could count Bale as a team mate, Manchester United fans may be about to see the glory years return.
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17) Ralph Waldo Emerson / Who might have influenced him – how he us – and his essay Nature
“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson
Think about Emerson in context… what occurred before him that influenced him… how he used the flow of universal thought to create New Thought and transcendentalism… and our world today. How Emerson changed who we are and yet to become in the universal sense of man’s role both in nature and our own.
How did Emerson become so influential and have such a lasting influence of American thought and ideals? His ideas that became known as transcendentalism not only changed the direction of budding “American” values and thought in the 1840’s and 50’s to ultimately change the world. His “New Thought” served as the confluence of understanding how the universe – and man’s ultimate role in it fit together as one. The idea of moving beyond what we think we know and freedom to enter into what I like to call “the spirit of wonder” … and what can take others there was his forte. For Emerson, the discovery or adding to the knowledge – the wisdom we each possess – seemed to strike directly into his core. What was the “innate nature of man”. What is it that defines us and more importantly when we have an idea of what that is, then how do we become this? Emerson was able to take the next step that few had the sense to go but would if they knew how.
When thinking about the times in which people live, I try to think about what influenced them in their own thinking and writing. What I would have been doing at the time. Who would have influenced my own writing had I been the ultimate storyteller of the day… the chronicler of events on behalf of the universe – so to speak. Opening both my conscious and unconscious (what we innately know without thinking) mind to universal thought that transcended what may have been taken for granted as the status quo, and my role in challenging authority that always seems present and so self-serving. It’s why I loved the writing of Patrick Henry of “Give me liberty or give me death” fame, or my dear friend Chuang Tzu of the famous butterfly dream who loved to challenge the structure, status quo, and authority embedded in Confucian thought in ancient China.
Even the character in the movie “Braveheart” who went to his death shouting FREEDOM, along with so many more throughout history who chose to brave the storm. I would have always been alongside shouting “ya me too”! It’s as if Emerson was there too.
All three would have been known and admired and had tremendous influence on Ralph Waldo Emerson as he became the premier writer, essayist, and orator of his time. Emerson knew that we shape our actions through our thoughts and most importantly how we share them with others, so why not know the role we are here to play.
Illustration of Emerson’s transparent eyeball metaphor in “Nature” by Christopher Pearse Cranch, 1836-1838. For Emerson the eyeball was to be absorbent not reflective, as if to absorb all one finds in nature.
What was he thinking? Who is it that influenced him and us as we move through our day? For myself, Emerson’s role in history was/continues to be to take us to places we would not otherwise go by discovering and knowing ourselves and deciding to stay present there within.
Emerson used spirituality as a major theme in his famous essay, Nature. Mainly to convey his thoughts of his day. He believed in re-imagining the divine as something large and visible, which he referred to as nature; such an idea is known as transcendentalism, in which one perceives both God and themselves as one as we become one with our surroundings.
Emerson exemplified what was to become known as transcendentalism, stating, “From the earth, as a shore, I look out into that silent sea. I seem to partake its rapid transformations: the active enchantment reaches my dust, and I dilate and conspire with the morning wind, postulating that humans and wind are one.” He seemed to always be asking… “Who is it that will take the next step with these principles I am here to relay going forward?”
I often think of the aspect of nature as our own involvement as to how we (each of us) evolve. I often see myself in meditation rising a thousand feet in the air as if prepared to travel on the breeze or wind asking only… where do I go today as if I have seen and done it all before returning to the places and companions I’ve always known and lived and loved. Seeing reflections of ourselves not only in the present, but as our eternal nature over time.
Dreaming the impossible dream
What was Emerson reading that influenced his thinking and writing as if he too was traveling on that wind as well. He devoured all philosophies, thoughts, and ideas that were available to him, as if there was a need to continue this flow of ideas – this wisdom and a freedom of thought that needed to be better understood, expanded on, and most importantly put into action.
Plato, Master Eckhardt, Kant, Confucius, the Bhagavad Gita, and so many more over time whose voices deserved to be repeated as a reminder of our collective responsibility to Nature… especially our own. That freedom, virtue and nature are one and the same. That freedom depends on the quality of attention that we bring to our interactions. Only to the extent that we can be fully engaged and present with ourselves, with our children, and with each other, are we free. It was as if Emerson had been designated by those before him to tell and convey universal truth. Giving us and others the comfort to go there. Permission to rise up as say – even to shout – there is a better way. He transformed us into what we could become by following the innate nature and virtue within who we have always been and that there is nothing to fear in going there. It was here – to this place – that we are destined to follow when we too rise up to become our true selves, to become present, and catch the winds of eternity.
It would be Emerson who provided the benchmark – the cornerstone for all who would follow in what would become known as “New Thought”. It was from his writing and ideas that Emilie Cady, a homeopathic physician and author would write Lessons in Truth, A Course of Twelve Lessons in Practical Christianity that is now considered one of the core texts of Unity teachings. It is the most widely read book in Unity and has sold over 1.6 million copies since its first publication.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau, was an Italian philosopher, writer and composer. His political philosophy influenced the progress of the Enlightenment throughout Europe, as well as aspects of the French Revolution and the development of modern political, economic and educational thought. Rousseau’s Discourse on Inequality and The Social Contract, written in the 1750’s, is a corner-stones in modern political and social thought.
It was Rousseau, Emerson was inspired by and thinking about, when expounding on Rousseau’s writings on “the inherent rights and responsibilities of Man” and his desire to express this idea to thousands in speeches he gave across early America. He was a master orator and spoke eloquently about this passion for man’s eternal intent to find himself. For me, to connect with Emerson I must go back to his take on human nature and thoughts of the undefined – of what becoming transcendental meant to him. Having freedom to be “undefined as such”, so that we may define ourselves in conformity with our essence, our true nature. First and foremost, Emerson was all about showing the way for others. With Emerson we could all aspire to become the sage, once we find our innate nature and go there.
What was it that took Gandhi, Robert F. Kennedy, and Martin Luther King Jr., to places they would not have otherwise gone as they inspired millions to seek freedom for themselves so that they too could find and nurture their eternal virtue and nature? It was by showing the way. It was the words of Ralph Waldo Emerson, New Thought, and transcendentalism that had taken them there. When we think and speak of Joseph Campbell and the “hero’s journey and discovering our bliss”, looking to our source and search of our soul – it begins with knowing our history of who we have always been but forgotten. It is as if Emerson was leaving a trail, he himself had found to follow and knew the way forward knowing our past would continue to evolve into something greater beyond who we are at the present moment. He spoke to the vibrations intoned by those who had preceded him that remains constant, never-ending, and resides in nature… as the natural rhythm – that our collective universal soul sings to.
I go back to Lao Tzu and the basic premise behind the Te Tao Ching that exemplified man’s connection to nature and our responsibility to it. I am drawn to something I wrote almost twenty years ago from a verse in my own published book about the Tao Te Ching that helps to expand on this idea of connection between universal nature we find in both our surroundings and innately within ourselves. From the book I wrote about the Tao Te Ching in 2000 that was published in China in 2006:
Verse 63 – Becoming a Sanctuary to all you meet
The sage acknowledges and understands that there is nothing that is not in keeping with the Tao.
Especially true is that the Tao resides in each of us. Thus, in showing the way the sage is good at saving and directing those around him, while abandoning no one. Since the sage in essence is simply the embodiment of the Tao, abandoning or leaving behind another person could or would never enter his mind.
The Sanctuary within Oneself TianHou Palace Temple Qingdao
The sage’s surroundings are illustrative of how he sees his place in the ten thousand things. As though he is seen creating a sanctuary that reflects his innermost sense of who he is yet to become. Kind and reflective, still yet expansive, he competes with no one and no one competes with him. His strengths and weaknesses have become razor sharp as he uses them to cut through what is perceived to be truth and falsehood. While he remains on the edge pushing others to places, they would not otherwise go, he leaves no foothold for those who would follow except by accepting and following the Tao.
When he himself becomes the sanctuary for others to take refuge and follow, finding the comfort only found in the expression of the Tao, he is reminded that he who searches will find it and those who don’t only escape to wait until another day. (written June 2000)
Emerson referred to nature as the “Universal Being”; he believed that there was a spiritual sense of the natural world around him. Depicting this sense of “Universal Being”, Emerson states, “The aspect of nature is devout. Like the figure of Jesus, she stands with bended head, and hands folded upon the breast. The happiest man is he who learns from nature the lesson of worship”. He was seen as a champion of individualism and a prescient critic of the countervailing pressures of society, and he disseminated his thoughts through dozens of published essays and more than 1,500 public lectures across the United States. Emerson gradually moved away from the religious and social beliefs of his contemporaries, formulating and expressing the philosophy of transcendentalism in his 1836 essay “Nature“. Excerpts are below.
Introduction of Nature
Our age is retrospective. It builds the sepulchres (the tombs containing relics of martyrs or even perhaps a structure or recess in some old church in which in Eucharist was deposited with ceremonies on Good Friday and taken out at Easter in commemoration of Christ’s entombment and Resurrection) of the fathers.
Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris (before the April 2019 fire)
It writes biographies, histories, and criticism. The foregoing generations beheld God and nature face to face; we, through their eyes. Why should not we also enjoy an original relation to the universe? Why should not we have a poetry and philosophy of insight and not of tradition, and a religion by revelation to us, and not the history of theirs? Embosomed for a season in nature, whose floods of life stream around and through us, and invite us by the powers they supply, to action proportioned to nature, why should we grope among the dry bones of the past, or put the living generation into masquerade out of its faded wardrobe? The sun shines to-day also. There is more wool and flax in the fields. There are new lands, new men, new thoughts. Let us demand our own works and laws and worship.
Undoubtedly we have no questions to ask which are unanswerable. We must trust the perfection of the creation so far, as to believe that whatever curiosity the order of things has awakened in our minds, the order of things can satisfy. Every man’s condition is a solution in hieroglyphic to those inquiries he would put. He acts it as life, before he apprehends it as truth. In like manner, nature is already, in its forms and tendencies, describing its own design. Let us interrogate the great apparition, that shines so peacefully around us. Let us inquire, to what end is nature?
To go into solitude, a man needs to retire as much from his chamber as from society. I am not solitary whilst I read and write, though nobody is with me. But if a man would be alone, let him look at the stars. The rays that come from those heavenly worlds, will separate between him and what he touches. One might think the atmosphere was made transparent with this design, to give man, in the heavenly bodies, the perpetual presence of the sublime. Seen in the streets of cities, how great they are! If the stars should appear one night in a thousand years, how would men believe and adore; and preserve for many generations the remembrance of the city of God which had been shown! But every night come out these envoys of beauty, and light the universe with their admonishing smile.
Libra Constellation
The stars awaken a certain reverence, because though always present, they are inaccessible; but all natural objects make a kindred impression, when the mind is open to their influence. Nature never wears a mean appearance. Neither does the wisest man extort her secret, and lose his curiosity by finding out all her perfection. Nature never became a toy to a wise spirit. The flowers, the animals, the mountains, reflected the wisdom of his best hour, as much as they had delighted the simplicity of his childhood. When we speak of nature in this manner, we have a distinct but most poetical sense in the mind. We mean the integrity of impression made by manifold natural objects.
Whoever considers the final cause of the world, will discern a multitude of uses that result. They all admit of being thrown into one of the following classes;
Commodity; Beauty; Language; and Discipline.
Monet’s Water Lilies
Under the general name of Commodity, I rank all those advantages which our senses owe to nature. This, of course, is a benefit which is temporary and mediate, not ultimate, like its service to the soul. Yet although low, it is perfect in its kind, and is the only use of nature which all men apprehend. The misery of man appears like childish petulance, when we explore the steady and prodigal provision that has been made for his support and delight on this green ball which floats him through the heavens. What angels invented these splendid ornaments, these rich conveniences, this ocean of air above, this ocean of water beneath, this firmament of earth between? this zodiac of lights, this tent of dropping clouds, this striped coat of climates, this fourfold year? Beasts, fire, water, stones, and corn serve him. The field is at once his floor, his work-yard, his play-ground, his garden, and his bed.
“More servants wait on man
Than he’ll take notice of.”
Nature, in its ministry to man, is not only the material, but is also the process and the result. All the parts incessantly work into each other’s hands for the profit of man. The wind sows the seed; the sun evaporates the sea; the wind blows the vapor to the field; the ice, on the other side of the planet, condenses rain on this; the rain feeds the plant; the plant feeds the animal; and thus the endless circulations of the divine charity nourish man. The useful arts are reproductions or new combinations by the wit of man, of the same natural benefactors.
A nobler want of man is served by nature, namely, the love of Beauty.
The ancient Greeks called the world cosmos (kosmos), beauty. Such is the constitution of all things, or such the plastic power of the human eye, that the primary forms, as the sky, the mountain, the tree, the animal, give us a delight in and for themselves; a pleasure arising from outline, color, motion, and grouping. This seems partly owing to the eye itself. The eye is the best of artists. By the mutual action of its structure and of the laws of light, perspective is produced, which integrates every mass of objects, of what character soever, into a well colored and shaded globe, so that where the particular objects are mean and unaffecting, the landscape which they compose, is round and symmetrical.
View from Yellow Mountain in Anhui Province in China
And as the eye is the best composer, so light is the first of painters. There is no object so foul that intense light will not make beautiful. And the stimulus it affords to the sense, and a sort of infinitude which it hath, like space and time, make all matter gay. Even the corpse has its own beauty. But besides this general grace diffused over nature, almost all the individual forms are agreeable to the eye, as is proved by our endless imitations of some of them, as the acorn, the grape, the pine-cone, the wheat-ear, the egg, the wings and forms of most birds, the lion’s claw, the serpent, the butterfly, sea-shells, flames, clouds, buds, leaves, and the forms of many trees, as the palm.
Language is a third use which Nature sub-serves to man. Nature is the vehicle, and threefold degree.
1. Words are signs of natural facts.
2. Particular natural facts are symbols of particular spiritual facts.
3. Nature is the symbol of spirit.
1. Words are signs of natural facts. The use of natural history is to give us aid in supernatural history: the use of the outer creation, to give us language for the beings and changes of the inward creation.
The I Ching – The beginnings of language in China
Every word which is used to express a moral or intellectual fact, if traced to its root, is found to be borrowed from some material appearance. Just as the ancient idea of the balance found on opposite sides of the ridge pole. In the end, nature taught that it was “complimentary opposites” that created the balance needed for all to prosper and survive.
Right means straight; wrong means twisted. Spirit primarily means wind; transgression, the crossing of a line; supercilious, the raising of the eyebrow. We say the heart to express emotion, the head to denote thought; and thought and emotion are words borrowed from sensible things, and now appropriated to spiritual nature.
Most of the process by which this transformation is made, is hidden from us in the remote time when language was framed; but the same tendency may be daily observed in children. Children and savages use only nouns or names of things, which they convert into verbs, and apply to analogous mental acts.
In view of the significance of nature, we arrive at once at a new fact, that nature is a discipline. This use of the world includes the preceding uses, as parts of itself.
Following the Path Qingyang Mountain
Space, time, society, labor, climate, food, locomotion, the animals, the mechanical forces, give us sincerest lessons, day by day, whose meaning is unlimited. They educate both the Understanding and the Reason. Every property of matter is a school for the understanding, — its solidity or resistance, its inertia, its extension, its figure, its divisibility. The understanding adds, divides, combines, measures, and finds nutriment and room for its activity in this worthy scene. Meantime, Reason transfers all these lessons into its own world of thought, by perceiving the analogy that marries Matter and Mind.
Nature is a discipline of the understanding in intellectual truths.Our dealing with sensible objects is a constant exercise in the necessary lessons of difference, of likeness, of order, of being and seeming, of progressive arrangement; of ascent from particular to general; of combination to one end of manifold forces. Proportioned to the importance of the organ to be formed, is the extreme care with which its tuition is provided, — a care pretermitted (neglected or omitted) in no single case. What tedious training, day after day, year after year, never ending, to form the common sense; what continual reproduction of annoyances, inconveniences, dilemmas; what rejoicing over us of little men; what disputing of prices, what reckonings of interest, — and all to form the Hand of the mind; — to instruct us that “good thoughts are no better than good dreams, unless they be executed!”
Heroic Idealism
Thus is the unspeakable but intelligible and practicable meaning of the world conveyed to man, the immortal pupil, in every object of sense. To this one end of Discipline, all parts of nature conspire.
A noble doubt perpetually suggests itself, whether this end be not the Final Cause of the Universe; and whether nature outwardly exists.
View of the sunrise Huashan Mtn
It is a sufficient account of that Appearance we call the World, that God will teach a human mind, and so makes it the receiver of a certain number of congruent sensations, which we call sun and moon, man and woman, house and trade. In my utter impotence to test the authenticity of the report of my senses, to know whether the impressions they make on me correspond with outlying objects, what difference does it make, whether Orion is up there in heaven, or some god paints the image in the firmament of the soul? The relations of parts and the end of the whole remaining the same, what is the difference, whether land and sea interact, and worlds revolve and intermingle without number or end, — deep yawning under deep, and galaxy balancing galaxy, throughout absolute space, — or, whether, without relations of time and space, the same appearances are inscribed in the constant faith of man? Whether nature enjoy a substantial existence without, or is only in the apocalypse of the mind, it is alike useful and alike venerable to me. Be it what it may, it is ideal to me, so long as I cannot try the accuracy of my senses.
It is essential to a true theory of nature and of man, that it should contain somewhat progressive. Uses that are exhausted or that may be, and facts that end in the statement, cannot be all that is true of this brave lodging wherein man is harbored, and wherein all his faculties find appropriate and endless exercise.
Raising Spirits Big Wild Goose Pagoda Xian
And all the uses of nature admit of being summed in one, which yields the activity of man an infinite scope. Through all its kingdoms, to the suburbs and outskirts of things, it is faithful to the cause whence it had its origin. It always speaks of Spirit. It suggests the absolute. It is a perpetual effect. It is a great shadow pointing always to the sun behind us.
The aspect of nature is devout. Like the figure of Jesus, she stands with bended head, and hands folded upon the breast. The happiest man is he who learns from nature the lesson of worship.
Of that ineffable essence which we call Spirit, he that thinks most, will say least. We can foresee God in the coarse, and, as it were, distant phenomena of matter; but when we try to define and describe himself, both language and thought desert us, and we are as helpless as fools and savages. That essence refuses to be recorded in propositions, but when man has worshiped him intellectually, the noblest ministry of nature is to stand as the apparition of God. It is the organ through which the universal spirit speaks to the individual, and strives to lead back the individual to it.
Man the Reformer / Prospects
In inquiries respecting the laws of the world and the frame of things, the highest reason is always the truest. That which seems faintly possible — it is so refined, is often faint and dim because it is deepest seated in the mind among the eternal verities. Empirical science is apt to cloud the sight, and, by the very knowledge of functions and processes, to bereave the student of the manly contemplation of the whole. The savant becomes unpoetic. But the best read naturalist who lends an entire and devout attention to truth, will see that there remains much to learn of his relation to the world, and that it is not to be learned by any addition or subtraction or other comparison of known quantities, but is arrived at by untaught sallies of the spirit, by a continual self-recovery, and by entire humility. He will perceive that there are far more excellent qualities in the student than preciseness and infallibility; that a guess is often more fruitful than an indisputable affirmation, and that a dream may let us deeper into the secret of nature than a hundred concerted experiments.
For, the problems to be solved are precisely those which the physiologist and the naturalist omit to state. It is not so pertinent to man to know all the individuals of the animal kingdom, as it is to know whence and whereto is this tyrannizing unity in his constitution, which evermore separates and classifies things, endeavoring to reduce the most diverse to one form. When I behold a rich landscape, it is less to my purpose to recite correctly the order and superposition of the strata, than to know why all thought of multitude is lost in a tranquil sense of unity
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2020 Grammy Awards Nominations: 5 Things That Made Us Go ‘Hmmmm’
The 2020 Grammy Awards nominees list brings some exciting country acts to the table. Still, of the acts that were chosen -- or not chosen -- left us a little puzzled after nominations were announced on Wednesday (Nov. 20).
The Grammy Awards are an all-genre show, so, naturally, not all of the artists you'd expect to see in the running at a country-centric awards show will turn up. Still, some pieces of the country lineup for 2020 had us doing a double-take. Read on to see if you were as shocked as we were by these five head-scratchers.
The 2020 Grammy Awards are set for Jan. 26 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, Calif. The event will air live on CBS, with Alicia Keys as host. Prior to the televised ceremony, a pre-telecast Premiere Ceremony takes place earlier in the day.
The Boot will be staying up late covering the most buzzed-about country winners, fashion and moments at the 2020 Grammy Awards. Readers can watch along with us by checking back to TheBoot.com for the latest Grammys headlines, liking The Boot on Facebook and following The Boot on Twitter.
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Names/Naming – The Global Language Monitor
HollyWord Name Game
Just plain Bill banned in Hollywood name game
Jun. 1, 2006 at 5:59 PM
If you have ever wondered what’s in a name, consider: Brooklyn, Moxie Crimefighter, Bluebell Madonna, Suri, Phinneaus, Apple and, debuting just last week, Shiloh.
All these are names that celebrities have bestowed upon their newborns in their quest for the unusual, outlandish or off-the-wall. Consider plain Bill boring and banned.
The experts say it is only a matter of time before the latest trendy new names spread to the general public. For example, ordinary people in the Bronx could start naming their children Brooklyn — a name British soccer star David Beckham and his ex-Spice Girl wife Victoria chose for their son.
Although some name experts think the public might embrace Brooklyn as a first name, they might not jump at the name another former Spice Girl, Geri Halliwell, gave her daughter — Bluebell Madonna.
Shortly before the birth, Halliwell told a British magazine she saw bluebells everywhere and took that as a sign. As for the name Madonna, she explained it this way: “No one else has the name except the Virgin and the singer, who I adore.”
It might take a few years to see if the name Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt gave their new daughter — Shiloh — when she was born on Saturday catches on with the general public.
A girl called MessiahPaul JJ Payack, the head of Global Language Monitor, which monitors word and name usage, says Shiloh is unusual in several ways: it is the site of one of the bloodiest battles in the Civil War, a male name and means Messiah.
“This is, indeed, a very unusual trend, where the baby’s name is seen as just another Hollywood adornment,” Payack said.
“Having children has become a fad, and as will any fad emanating from Hollywood, self-augmentation, adornment and going to the extreme are going to be present,” he said.
Pam Satran, co-author of the bestselling baby naming book “Beyond Jason & Jennifer,” says that for years bland names were the order of the day, but not any more. In fact, the next edition of her book will be titled, “Beyond Jason & Jennifer, Madison & Montana” to recognize the first name revolution.
“Twenty years ago celebrity baby names were pretty simple. It was Kate, Kate, Max, Max. Now celebrities are trying to outdo celebrities,” she said.
In the 1950s, if a celebrity had an unusual name he or she would change it something simple and socially acceptable like Ken or Debbie.
As the decades passed, new fads included using boys’ names for girls, like Drew, Cameron and Stockard. Then came the place names: Madison, Brooklyn, Paris and now, Shiloh.
“These days if you have an ordinary name in Hollywood you change it to a weird one. The more distinctive your name is the better. There’s a whole issue of image and branding out there,” Satran said.
She added, “Celebrities are very much aware of the power of their image.”
And with that in mind, here are some example of what celebrities have recently called their children: Julia Roberts, Hazel and Phinneaus; Gwyneth Paltrow, Moses and Apple; Jason Lee, Pilot Inspektor; Joely Fisher, True Harlow; and Nicolas Cage: Kal-el.
According to the Social Security Administration the 10 most popular male names of the 2000s so far are Jacob, Michael, Joshua, Matthew, Andrew, Christopher, Joseph, Daniel, Nicholas and Ethan.
For girls they are Emily, Madison, Hannah, Emma, Ashley, Abigail, Alexis, Olivia, Samantha and Sarah.
Or to sum up in a single word: BORING.
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A Changing Student Body, Changing Rules: Whites, Blacks and NonTrads
Sonny Whittington, Director of Recruiting and Admissions (Click photo to enlarge)
Excerpted from James F. Willis, Southern Arkansas University: The Mulerider School’s Centennial History, 1909-2009, pp. 304-05, 310-312).
Even with Director of Admissions and Recruitment Sonny Whittington’s best efforts, filling campus dorms was a continuing problem until the late 1980s. From its low point in 1974–75, enrollment grew and exceeded 2,000 by 1983. For several years thereafter, it stabilized, with variations from semester to semester. South Arkansas’s declining population created a permanent drag. The 1960s baby boomers as parents themselves produced a modest boomlet in the late 1980s that helped briefly swell enrollment over 2,500. Most students still came from the counties surrounding SAU, parishes in northwest Louisiana, and border counties in East Texas; but the campus had more diversity than in the past.
Nontraditional students’ enrollment, those twenty-four years or older, typically commuters, increased at SAU, as at universities across the country, to more than 40 percent of total enrollment by the end of the twentieth century. Black enrollment (discussed later) also increased. Female students, tracking national trends, grew to equal the number of men by 1974 and continued to increase until coeds constituted 58 percent of SAU’s student body in 1978, a percentage that stabilized for the next quarter century.
A majority of women students did not translate into greater gender influence. In a decade and a half after 1976, only one coed, Teresa Owen in 1982, was elected student government association president.
Georgia Johnson, SAU’s first black homecoming queen in 1981 (Click photo to enlarge)
Many of SAU’s greatest athletes were African Americans, reflecting a surge in black enrollment, which exceeded 20 percent in the 1980s. [SAU President] Dr.[Harold T.] Brinson worked to comply with the federal court–ordered higher education desegregation plan. Among his good faith measures were regular meetings with a local black leaders’ advisory committee. SAU hired more black employees in areas other than custodial positions. However, SAU and Arkansas higher education in general failed to satisfy the court, which in 1983 ordered more vigorous efforts. The black population in the counties that SAU served was 30 percent, and matching it in enrollment was the desegregation plan’s goal. This was difficult to achieve in the 1980s when student aid declined and was provided in more loans and fewer grants. Fierce national competition for black Ph.D.s meant much higher salaries in other states, which made hiring enough black faculty to reach the target goal of 16 percent virtually impossible. By the late 1980s, black faculty at SAU was only 5.7 percent, and black enrollment, 20–22 percent. Despite the shortfall, SAU had a higher percentage of black faculty and students than any state institution, with the exception of the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, the state’s historically black school.
Fred Coleman, SAU’s first student body president in 1986 (Click photo to enlarge)
There were indications of racial progress at SAU. The election of black students to prominent campus positions suggested a measure of social and cultural integration. Regina Collins in spring 1979 became the Bray’s first black editor; others followed. Georgia Johnson, the School of Business’s outstanding marketing major, also served as the first black homecoming queen in 1981; there were eight more during the next two decades. Fred Coleman, elected in 1986, was the first black student body president; three more followed during the 1990s. Many eminent speakers were brought to campus for Black History Month. These included the Reverend Ralph Abernathy, leader of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference; Dick Gregory, famous comedian and activist of the 1960s; Dr. Mary Frances Berry, Howard University professor and member of the U.S. Civil Rights Commission; and Susan L. Taylor, editor of the magazine Essence. There were repeat appearances by politicians Carl Stokes and Julian Bond, who had both spoken in the 1970s. The largest and most enthusiastic crowd for any speaker heard the Reverend Jesse Jackson speak on the mall during the 1988 presidential campaign.
Dick Gregory, comedian and activist, with SAU students (Click photo to enlarge)
In part to encourage more black and white students to live on campus, numerous housing changes were made. Increasingly important campus figures were RAs (residence assistants). A new name, residence hall, replaced dorm throughout the United States as policies changed. Traditional rules disappeared, including curfew hours for coeds as well as restrictions on room visitations by members of the opposite sex. The older women, usually widows, that [SSC President] Dr. [Imon E.] Bruce employed as “dorm mothers” were not replaced as they retired. Carefully trained residence assistants (RAs) helped halls toward becoming more student governed. J. B. Courson, a new assistant dean, helped bring about these changes that included replacing the men’s and women’s councils with a residence hall association.
J Courson, assistant dean and residence halls director (Click photo to enlarge)
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This article appeared in the May-June Issue of Access, Lift & Handlers and feeatures insight from WHECO company President David Wood. This article along with many others can be found at www.khl.com/alh.
As technology changes every aspect of our lives, we must be willing to adapt and change with the times.
Dave Wood, president of repair and restoration company Wheco Corp., says training and awareness of new technology will be the key to staying ahead of the times.
Wheco offers OEM-authorized repairs, service, parts and warranty support for Genie, Haulotte and JLG. The company can repair all models of telehandlers, diesel and electric booms and scissors and towables. Wood says the industry is currently undergoing major changes when it comes to parts and components.
“A trend is component failures due to new technologies and new regulations,” he says. “The current machines are equipped with software to meet current regulations and standards. The new DEF and emission standards have created a new cause of failures, or machine deratings.”
Wood says with boom lifts, Wheco often finds software issues to be at the forefront of problems.
“The lift’s limitations are set for safety and the protection of the operators,” Wood says. “The calibration and software can be corrupted in many ways. They are affected by limitations, weather and mechanical failure.”
Wheco says for scissor lifts, wiring harnesses and – and will be – the main problem.
“The constant up and down action will inevitably cause wear on the components,” Wood says. “The electrical harness is the lifeline between the lower and upper controls. The up and down and action/time/weather will deuterate the condition of the wires causing shorts in the system.”
The best way to prevent these issues from occurring is to perform all daily, weekly and monthly preventative maintenance that the manufacturer recommends. Wood says daily maintenance is the most overlooked problem the company sees daily. Following the manufacturer’s daily walkaround, covered in the machines operator manual, will help prevent major malfunctions. Machines will inevitably fail, but a thorough daily walkaround can help prevent the major failures.
“The aerial industry is changing just as all equipment related industries are,” Wood says. “The units are getting more safety systems integrated into them making them a little more technical to service and maintain.”
A properly maintained lift will last for years in a fleet.
Courtesy of Lindsey Anderson: Editor- Access, Lift & Handlers and David Wood: President of WHECO.
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MONSTER TRUCKS Comes To Blu-ray April 11th!
March 14th, 2017 by Brandon Peters
Get ready for “big, big fun” (Max Evry, Coming Soon) when the “perfect family film” (Mike Reyes, Cinemablend) MONSTER TRUCKS revs up on Blu-ray Combo Pack April 11, 2017 from Paramount Home Media Distribution. Get in the driver’s seat two weeks early with the Digital HD release on March 28.
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Tripp is a high school senior with a knack for building trucks who makes an incredible discovery – a gas-guzzling creature named Creech. To protect his mischievous new friend, Tripp hides Creech under the hood of his latest creation, turning it into a real-life super-powered Monster Truck. Together, this unlikely duo with a shared taste for speed team up on a wild and unforgettable journey to reunite Creech with his family. A fun-filled adventure that never slows down, MONSTER TRUCKS features a terrific ensemble cast including Lucas Till (X-Men: Apocalypse), Jane Levy (Don’t Breathe), Thomas Lennon (“The Odd Couple”), Danny Glover (Lethal Weapon), Amy Ryan (Central Intelligence) and Rob Lowe (“Parks and Recreation”).
A perfect family Easter gift, the MONSTER TRUCKS Blu-ray Combo Pack features over 40 minutes of action-packed behind-the-scenes bonus content. Take a look under the hood and discover the magic behind MONSTER TRUCKS with interviews from cast and crew, deleted scenes, a hilarious gag reel and much, much more! Plus, the Blu-ray Combo Pack includes collectible MONSTER TRUCKS wall decals, for a limited time while supplies last. The film also boasts a Dolby Atmos® soundtrack* remixed specifically for the home theater environment to place and move audio anywhere in the room, including overhead.
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7 Rigged Carnival Games
Why you won’t win at these popular games of skill
by Sid Kirchheimer, AARP Bulletin | Comments: 0
If you're heading to a carnival to play games, expect to get played yourself. Not all is fair at the fairgrounds, even if the stakes are just an oversized teddy bear.
"It's not that every carnival game is rigged, but any can be, and many are," says Bill L. Howard, who's been investigating carnival games since 1978 and wrote Carnival Fraud 101, a guidebook for law enforcement officers on tricks of the trade.
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"Even if you manage to win the big prize, what you usually get is a stuffed animal ... that's often filled with confetti, not stuffing. You're better off buying your grandkids something that's better quality at Walmart for a fraction of the money you'll lose to these guys."
Here's how you're kept from winning — even that bear — in seven common "games of skill."
1. The Milk Bottle Pyramid
Knock them all over and win a prize, promises the barker. The reality: Bottom pins can be filled with lead, making them as heavy as 10 pounds each. The softballs you throw may be filled with cork to make them lighter than regulation balls. And the bottles may be stacked against a backdrop curtain that helps prevent them from falling.
2. The Basketball Shoot
Carnival rims may be smaller than normal and oval-shaped, not round, and may be positioned higher than regulation to prevent a score other than with a difficult high-arching swish. Balls are overinflated to make them super-bouncy.
"And there may be netting or other items behind the rim designed to interfere with your depth perception," notes Glenn Hester, a Georgia police officer and magician who investigates carnival games fraud. He's got a book too, Carnival Cop.
3. The Balloon Dart Throw
Balloons are underinflated to deflect even well-thrown carnival darts, which are often lighter than store-bought types. Their tips may be dulled or broken off.
4. The Ring Toss
The rings are just a hair wider than the neck of the target bottle or spike, says Hester, and are made of hard plastic to facilitate extra bouncing. If the carny shows it can be done, you should suspect he's using a larger ring than you're given or that he scores by dropping it from directly overhead, a move that, like the Basketball Shoot, is virtually impossible from the player's position.
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5. Tubs of Fun
The goal is to toss two softballs into a large tub. You may remember this as the Bushel Basket Toss. But farming baskets have been replaced with plastic "muck" buckets from home improvement stores so that the ball gets extra bounce.
The real trick: "From inside the booth, the carny tosses a softball and from his vantage point, it stays inside the tub," says Howard. "Then he gives you the second softball for a practice throw — and it stays in for a win." Why? The carny's first ball remains inside the tub to deaden it and prevent your toss from bouncing out. But once you hand over your money, he removes both balls and hands them to you. Without a deadening ball, guess what? Your first toss bounces out.
"You might as well throw your second ball across the midway because no way it will stay inside the tub, either," says Howard.
6. Shoot the Star
With an air gun, you try to shoot a pattern around a paper-mounted star so that it falls free, but the real bull's eye is on you. To thwart your marksmanship, the provided ammo is smaller than traditional BBs and in short supply. Plus the rifle's sights may be tampered with and its air pressure reduced so that many shots simply bounce off the target paper, says Howard.
7. The Duck Pond
In this favorite among younger children, the goal is to retrieve a plastic duck with a fishing pole from a makeshift pond — and nearly everyone is a winner … sort of. "The ruse is to get you to keep playing for the better prize," says Howard. "But on the bottom of each duck is an indicator of the prize category and 99 percent are marked for a 'slum' prize — carny jargon for junk."
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New home-grown tech could cut data center power costs in half
By Kevin Robinson-Avila / Journal Staff Writer
Wednesday, October 12th, 2016 at 3:23pm
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A new homegrown technology that uses water to cool overheated data centers could hose down the competition by lowering power costs at those server farms worldwide.
Albuquerque-based engineering firm Aquila will publicly unveil its new “Aquarius” warm-water cooling system with an open house Thursday at its 25,000-square-foot manufacturing center near the Albuquerque International Balloon Park.
Aquila built the technology with California-based Clustered Systems Co., which specializes in cooling and switching technology for data centers and high-performance computing.
The partners say Aquarius could cut data-center power costs by up to 50 percent compared with today’s forced-air cooling systems, which undermine the economics of massive server farms that have spread at gigabyte-speed across the globe. Facebook, for example, just broke ground this week on such a data center in Los Lunas.
“We’ll sell fully-integrated solutions to customers around the world,” said Aquila President Judy Beckes Talcott. “We’ll take the servers and the whole computing system imbedded with Aquarius technology right to customer sites and install it.”
Aquarius addresses one of the largest operating costs at data-centers — the massive power required to run forced-air cooling systems that keep servers and equipment at stable temperatures. Those systems continuously heat up during operation. Cooling them eats up about 95 percent of all power consumed, said Aquila business development manager Bob Bolz.
Liquid cooling for servers is far more energy efficient, and it’s already being deployed in the industry. But most current technology only cools parts of the system and still relies on forced-air for other needs, such as fans and some individual power supplies, Bolz said. Those systems also occupy a lot of space and require power for pumps.
In contrast, the Aquarius system uses stainless steel cold plates designed by Clustered Systems. Indentations between the plates let water flow through, while a closed-loop pumping and filtering system continuously circulates and recycles the water. The plates sit flush against servers on storage racks, cooling them down.
Aquila redesigned servers for maximum contact with the plates, eliminating all fans and individual power supplies. Everything runs on direct, or DC current, eliminating power loss from conversion to alternate, or AC current. It’s all packaged into less space than forced-air systems, allowing more servers on each rack. And the system uses warm water to avoid power for cooling it.
“We custom-designed the servers to make it all work together,” Bolz said. “Clustered makes the plates and the pumping system and we do all the rest. It will cost customers a little more upfront than forced-air systems, but it will pay for itself within the first year.”
Aquila will make the systems at its 45-employee plant, ramping up the workforce as demand grows.
“We’ve come up with a new way of doing things,” said Clustered Systems CEO Phil Hughes. “We think there will be a big market for it.”
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Where to watch Serie A on US TV and streaming
If you’re trying to find where to watch Serie A on US TV, you’ve come to the right place.
Although the Serie A doesn’t have the amount of fans as England’s Premier League or Spain’s La Liga, there are still plenty of Italian soccer fans here in America. Clubs such as Juventus, AC Milan, Inter Milan, Napoli and AS Roma have a very significant following around the world. In fact, two Italian clubs (Juventus and Milan) rank in the top 10 of Facebook “likes” among soccer clubs worldwide. Here in the US, there are multiple ways to get your Italian soccer fix.
Where to watch Serie A on US TV
ESPN+ will stream an average of nine matches live each week (more than 340 matches in total) from August through May, while ESPN networks will televise a Serie A Match of the Week on ESPN, ESPN2 or ESPNEWS, while some 40 matches will also be televised in Spanish on ESPN Deportes.
Also, RAI International will have the games in Italian-language via DIRECTV and DISH.
In addition, approximately 3-4 games will be televised each weekend in Italian on RAI Italia, which is available through the streaming service fuboTV.
League: Serie A
Looking to watch Serie A matches online from your office, home or on the go? If you live in the USA, there are several options to catch all the action.
Meanwhile, select Serie B games are streamed live and on-demand via DAZN.
SEE MORE: Schedule of Serie A games on US TV and streaming
If you have questions about where to watch Serie A on US TV, let us know in the comments section below.
Avid radio listeners can tune into channel 85 on SiriusXM to find Serie A coverage, both for live matches and weekly commentary of the Italian league. AS Roma fans can also check out Roma Radio on the TuneIn app.
Finally, if you want to interact with fellow soccer fans while watching your favorite Italian club’s matches you could always find a local pub in or near your area. Many club websites provide a list of official sports bars here in America which show most, if not all, of that team’s matches (Note: If you happen to be in New York City, Smithfield Hall airs many Serie A games).
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Mike Cammarata August 7, 2018
Serie A. U.S. rights
As the domestic rights are up in air.
I am on Sling TV. Do you many games will be available on RAI international each weekend via DISH.
I can purchase this through Sling.
Great podcast BTW.
Mike Cammarata
Bianconero August 7, 2018
I’m pretty sure RAI Italia is only available on DISH and not Directv. It’s also worth noting that with the new contract RAI will only transmit 3 games per week.
Julio August 7, 2018
RAI Italia and Mediaset Italia are available on Verizon Fios too
Yespage August 7, 2018
Also through SlingTV’s Italy pack. $15 a month.
Francesco August 7, 2018
I’m thinking of getting the Italy pack…and ESPN+. I’m guessing that the RAI commentary will be much better than ESPN.
Too bad BeIn lost the rights. I think they did an okay job…and I only had to subscribe to one service.
Mino August 7, 2018
The IMG agency has confirmed it will launch Serie A Pass, a global OTT subscription service that will offer live coverage of every match from the top division of Italian football.
The service will be available from the start of the 2018-19 season on August 18.
https://www.seriea-pass.com
Christopher Harris August 7, 2018
The streaming service will only be available in Scandinavia.
I read that yesterday, but today their press release says: “Fans will be able to access live coverage, replays, magazine shows and archive programming in more than 20 territories worldwide.”
https://www.sportbusiness.com/sport-news/img-launch-serie-ott-service
The_TMangrove August 7, 2018
I think you may be confusing that with IMG’s Strive streaming service. According to the SportBusiness website the Serie A package will be available in more than 20 territories worldwide with monthly and season pass options.
The US will not be allowed to stream games from Serie A Pass.
If this is confirmed for the US, it’d be a horrible year for fútbol fans, with the leagues split in many different streaming services, the cost to watch the top European and South American tournaments will be ridiculous.
I can confirm that Serie A Pass will NOT be available in the United States.
Lea August 7, 2018
I don’t mind NOT watching a game live- How can I watch a Serie A game that’s played?
Serie A games will be available on-demand via ESPN+ if you don’t mind watching them later and not live.
Do I need to pay for ESPN+ ?
Thank you Christopher for responding so quickly!
It’s $4.99/month. They offer a free 7-day trial via http://plus.espn.com
Is ESPN+ only showing 1 Serie A game per week? Is that the best place to watch Serie A?
ESPN+ is showing 9 Serie A games per week. ESPN or ESPN2 will show 1 Serie A per weekend.
Martin Fernandez September 3, 2018
Are the games being shown on ESPN and ESPN2 also being shown on ESPN+. the only reason I have DIrectTV at this point is for ESPN. But would much rather just subscribe to ESPN +; thanks.
Christopher Harris September 3, 2018
The Serie A game of the week that’s shown on either ESPN, ESPN2 or ESPNEWS is not shown on ESPN+.
LAE September 16, 2018
ESPN DOES NOT HAVE A CLUE ABOUT FUTBOL THEY STATED THAT SERIE A DOS NOT HAVE AS MANY FANS AS THE ENGLISH PREMIERE WELL IT IS A BRILLIANT DEDUCTION FOR AN IGNORANT S RELUCTANT S TO ADMIT THAT FUTBOL IS THE NUMBER ONE SPORT IN THE PLANET SO WHEN YOU IQ IS LOWER YOU ARE LINGER TO YOUR IGNORANCE AND IT IS UNDERSTANDABLE .
NOW THE FACT THAT YOU ONLY HAVE ONE GAME PER WEEK SHOWS THE LACK OF COMMON SENSE . ON THE OTHER HAND.
NBC SHOWS ONLY FEW ENGLISH PREMIERE GAMES A WEEK
FINALLY THIS IS THE REASON WHY THE MLS OF FUTBOL IN USA IS CALLED THE
“THE RETIREMENT FUTBOL LEAGE
Henry Reichman September 16, 2018
It’s nice to see you too.
JP September 16, 2018
Also, the match of the week they show on TV is not always the best Serie A has to offer. Empoli v Lazio instead of Napoli/Fiorentina or Juve/Sassuolo this weekend. Next week it’s Torino v Napoli, pretty good….except the match is at 6:30 AM! Would be better choosing Samp/Inter 2:30 Saturday or Milan/Atalanta 12:00 Sunday.
Azer September 16, 2018
College Football is more important for ESPN than professional football. ESPN could have put the SERIE A on ESPN Deportes and installed the SAP option for the English speaking audience. They have the resources to do this, they’re one of the richest companies in the nation, but I guess greed always prevails. Yes, ESPN plus is cheap at the moment but I prefer watching the beautiful game on TV. Comcast in my area is offering RAI Italia for $10 a month, the channel has the SERIE A in Italian. I’m considering adding it to my bill. Football on TV in the USA is going back to the 1990’s.
As Gary Preston likes to say, keep the ball rolling, take care, bye bye.
Soccertvblog September 17, 2018
ESPN Plus streams their games in 720p and 60fps (frames per second). The picture quality is actually BETTER than most compressed digital video on satellite or cable. Saying you “prefer watching the beautiful game on TV” is a wonderful sentiment but all it does is limit your choices. As I pointed out, the video quality is comparable to your TV (and the audio used by ESPN Plus is Int’l commentary which again is a plus). Also, RAI Italia is in SD on Comcast (pretty sure) so talk about going back to 1990’s.
Finally, with a FireTV stick, which comes pre-loaded with the ESPN App, is available as low as $24.99, you can no longer use the excuse that ESPN+ would be on your computer nor not affordable.
Edwin September 17, 2018
This I totally agree I think alot of people that gripe about ESPN+ have no clue of how good it is as you stated. A New Gen Roku stick can be bought online for as low as $20 bucks the same as a FireTV stick. It’s simply a matter of plugging the stick up to your 40in. and connecting it to your internet. You can simply change HD modes from Roku channel your watching back to your regular cable with one button if you are channel surfing. It’s just like having a channel and channel surfing. The picture quality is good. It might buffer once every 2 hours but it doesn’t last long and can be fixed quickly by hitting pause and play.
Ali September 29, 2018
It would be appreciated if somebody can post the names of english commentators for the international feed for serie A. I am in Canada and watching on Telelatino.
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Jetsons: The Movie
Set in a time filled with family-sized spacecrafts and intergalactic travel, the movie focuses on George Jetson who is forced to uproot his family when Mr. Spacely promotes him to take charge of a new factory on a distant planet.
Genre: Comedy, Family, Animation
Actors: George OHanlon, Mel Blanc, Penny Singleton, Tiffany, Patric Zimmerman, Don Messick, Jean Vander Pyl, Ronnie Schell, Patti Deutsch, Dana Hill, Russi Taylor, ...»
Director: Joseph Barbera, William Hanna
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Actors of "Jetsons: The Movie"
George O'Hanlon
Birthdate: 23 November 1912, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Birthdate: 30 May 1908, San Francisco, California, USA
Penny Singleton
Birthdate: 15 September 1908, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Birthdate: 2 October 1971, Norwalk, California, USA
Patric Zimmerman
Birthdate: 10 October 1954, Los Angeles, California, USA
Birthdate: 7 September 1926, Buffalo, New York, USA
Jean Vander Pyl
Birthdate: 11 October 1919, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Ronnie Schell
Birthdate: 23 December 1931, Richmond, California, USA
Birthdate: 16 December 1945, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Birthdate: 6 May 1964, Los Angeles, California, USA
Birthdate: 4 May 1944, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Paul Kreppel
Birthdate: 20 June 1947, Kingston, New York, USA
Rick Dees
Birthdate: 14 March 1950, Jacksonville, Florida, USA
Birthdate: 30 July 1938, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Birthdate: 10 July 1960, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Birthdate: 4 March 1948, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA
Birthdate: 14 April 1960, Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
Birthdate: 11 March 1956, Detroit, Michigan, USA
Susan Silo
Birthdate: 27 July 1942, New York City, New York, USA
Janet Waldo
Birthdate: 4 February 1920, Yakima, Washington, USA
Birthdate: 16 September 1944, Wilmington, Delaware, USA
Birthdate: 19 May 1959, New York, New York, USA
Birthdate: 12 March 1946, Denver, Colorado, USA
Characters of "Jetsons: The Movie"
Played by: George O'Hanlon
Cosmo Spacely
Played by: Mel Blanc
Jane Jetson
Played by: Penny Singleton
Judy Jetson
Played by: Tiffany
Elroy Jetson
Played by: Patric Zimmerman
Played by: Don Messick
Rosie the Robot
Played by: Jean Vander Pyl
Directors of "Jetsons: The Movie"
Birthdate: 24 March 1911, Little Italy, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
William Hanna
Birthdate: 14 July 1910, Melrose, New Mexico, USA
Creators of "Jetsons: The Movie"
Dennis Marks
Birthdate: 2 August 1932, New York City, New York, USA
Carl Sautter
Birthdate: 29 April 1948, England, UK
Critic Reviews of "Jetsons: The Movie"
Top-notch computer graphics, star voices and a gaggle of gadgets cannot disguise the fact that this family of the future is stuck firmly in 1962.
The film isn't any more fascinating than the television cartoon series that inspired it. It's only longer.
Jetsons: The Movie is nothing less than a master plan for Utopia. Your children may never be the same.
Great visuals, lackluster characters and plot.
BrianOrndorf.com
A terribly featherweight movie, lacking a ripping sense of cinematic urgency to help understand why Universal would think this moderately amusing trifle needed a wide release and numerous marketing tie-ins.
Though by no means a great animated feature, Jetsons does offer unqualified family entertainment, and it even includes a socially responsive message.
Deserves to be shot into space
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In the end the children have learned that capitalism is all about spoiling the ecosystem and exploiting workers. This sure makes them want to grow up to become entrepreneurs and build healthy businesses. Sad.
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The Jetsons have hardly moved into the '90s, much less the 21st century.
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Incomplete, Locations, Love & Pet,
Love & Pet
Love & Pet is a shop introduced in Season 4.
At Love & Pet, the Winx give away Fairy Pets as a way to bring magic back to Earth. Love & Pet is where Fairy Pets are given away, cared for, played with, and performed with. Each girl has her own station that is part of the well-being of the Fairy Pets and the store.
There is a lounge where the Winx live during their stay on Earth.
Carmen: Co-Owner.
Cindy: Co-Owner.
Bloom: Co-Owner. She manages the front desk, sets appointments, and tends to customers.
Stella: Co-Owner. She manages the grooming station and keeps Fairy Pets groomed and fashionable.
Flora: Co-Owner. She manages the nursery and cares for Fairy Pets by providing them food and medicine.
Musa: Co-Owner. She teaches the Fairy Pets to sing, dance, perform, and play instruments.
Tecna: Co-Owner. She manages the shop's website and oversees its distribution of Fairy Pets.
Aisha: Co-Owner. She manages the obstacle course and keeps Fairy Pets fit and active with exercise and playtime.
In "The Last Fairy on Earth," after Flora brings Rooney's toys to life creating Fairy Pets, Bloom suggests opening up a Fairy Pet shop to bring magic back to Earth while looking for the last Earth Fairy. The Winx, Mike, and Vanessa find a loft for business and operations soon go underway. The Winx will give the pets to anyone who loves them and they will also sell them all animal care products. Later, outside the storefront, Bloom unveils the sign for the shop, much to the excitement of the Winx. The girls sleep over for the grand opening happening soon.
The girl and Ginger.
Flora notices the shop drawing attention but no one is really taking interest. The Winx are hoping that the Fairy Pets, magic, and the power of advertising will draw people in. Then, a girl comes to the store window and takes an interest in it, but Stella rejects her as the store is not open, and pulls a curtain between them. Nevertheless, Ginger and the girl extend hand and paw and match them up at the glass, creating a huge burst of energy. The Winx mistake this for the Wizards of the Black Circle and leave the shop to find them, leaving Kiko in charge. Chaos ensues in the shop and when the Winx return, they find the pets and Kiko in a soapy mess.
Talking with Faragonda.
In "Love & Pet," Tecna and Bloom converse about the former's game skills and technological prowess on Earth, and the Interdimensional Modem begins to ring. It is Faragonda, who Bloom wants to inform of the Fairy Pet idea. During this time, Kiko and the pets pursue some antics. Meanwhile, Faragonda wants to know if humans will accept magic, to which the girls reply hopefully as humans will be around magic on a daily basis and will learn to appreciate it. Bloom informs her that the shop opens tomorrow and she hopes many pets will be adopted soon.
Rounding up the pets.
Later, Flora and Musa round up the pets in a pen to get ready for the grand opening, as some other pets play with Kiko. He gets them all in line as the Winx put the finishing touches on the shop. Everything is ready, except for the outfits. Stella gives the Winx custom new work uniforms perfect for the job. Now, it is time to open. On behalf of the Winx Club, Bloom declares the shop open but finds no customers. The Winx wait a copious amount of time to find no customers in sight. To cheer them up, the pets and Kiko perform a dance number. Bloom apologizes to the Winx saying things do not always work out the way they want them to, but Tecna comes up with the idea to showcase the pets on a website for a more modern approach. Just then, Elena takes interest in the pets from outside the shop, but her mother disapproves.
Andy arrives.
Later, at home, Elena downloads her own pet with much joy; it is a gift from the Winx Club. The Winx are then bombarded with virtual adoptions and the business begins to boom. Soon, a girl enters to look around and she sees all the pets’ tricks and surprises. A line begins to form at the shop and it is soon crowded. During this busy time, Bloom reunites with Andy, her ex-boyfriend, and she takes the girls to the Frutti Music Bar to see his band perform.
Mike and Vanessa.
In "Mitzi's Present," as the Winx prepare to head back to the shop for a long day of work, the Wizards of the Black Circle infiltrate the shop and cast a spell on the Fairy Pets. Later, business is booming as spectators look on from the inside and Bloom shows customers around the place, displaying each station. As Milly is working out, she twirls into the arms of Mike who, with Vanessa, comes by to see how things are panning out. Bloom says business is going well, so well in fact that she is able to pay them for the loft. Mike and Vanessa thank and congratulate her.
Meanwhile, Tecna and the girls are working on the Winx Club Love & Pet website, and Tecna says someone is trying to adopt multiple pets, which is against the rules, using multiple usernames. Tecna says this rule was implemented to make sure there were enough puppies for everyone. As the Winx girls question who is making these adoptions and why, Tecna says they are all coming from the same address. Bloom suggests paying them a surprise visit as Mitzi enters the ship, much to Bloom's dismay. Mitzi says she has heard a lot about the shop and quickly takes to a pet, although it has not finished eating yet. Mitzi rejects this fact, as the pet will be the perfect present for her mom. She asks if gift wrapping can be done, but Bloom says that he is an animal and not a toy. Bloom and Musa emphasize that they are given away for free and there is no need to purchase them. Then, Mitzi leaves the shop.
Mitzi gets her pet.
Just then, the hungry Fairy Pets get anxious, much to the girls’ dismay, and transform into monsters. The Winx transform into Enchantix fairies to combat them, but after failed attempts they get them outside the shop so no one sees them and associates them with the shop. Later, back at the shop, the Winx and Ginger try to console Stella after she and Brandon have an argument.
In "A Fairy in Danger," the Winx are having breakfast with their pets in the upper loft. Stella wakes up notably later than the rest, just in time to eat the leftovers. She comments on the amount they still have to unpack, and Bloom tells her to eat up as they still have stuff to do; this day is the big cleanup day, much to Stella's dismay. Aisha says the boys are coming over so everything has to be spotless by this evening. Tecna hopes they will be speechless, but Bloom says tonight is their chance to straighten things out with them, with Stella adding in she has nothing to straighten out with Brandon. She is sure she saw him and Mitzi kissing, but she will still help cleanup with her best friends, and plans to load up on the calories. Aside, Aisha refills Musa's coffee as she reads about Believix in the Great Book of Fairies; a fairy can only reach this level when people truly start believing in magic. She also says a Believix fairy can choose from three different sets of wings. After finishing their breakfast, the girls start renovating the place. Their renovation is interrupted when Andy, Rio and Mark ring their doorbell. The two groups interact cordially as Andy and his friends help the Winx out. They are unaware that Mitzi (out of spite and jealousy towards Stella) is snooping around their loft in order to take pictures to show evidence that the girls are hanging out with other guys who are not their boyfriends. As a result, the Specialists come in knocking and after Andy and his friends are dismissed, another argument ensues leaving both sides angry and frustrated. Tecna then returns the girls' focus onto their mission: finding the Last Earth Fairy. As if on cue, Tecna's palmtop beeps to notify her that another pet had just been adopted by yet again, the same person. Bloom decides it is finally time to make a courtesy call and they all travel to the adopter's address.
As it turns out, the person making multiple adoptions was in fact, the fairy they had been looking for: Roxy, the Fairy of Animals. After they completed this part of the mission, they return home and inform Faragonda on their success.
A minor confrontation.
Over the course of the series, the girls continue to work at the store with most days being busy. Some notable events happened in the shop. After Brandon and Stella had reconciled Mitzi decides it is finally time to confront Stella on how Brandon is not hers. She heads on over with Darma and Sally, cutting the line outside the store and barging in despite the obvious "Closed" sign. Darma and Sally are intrigued to find the store doing well though Mitzi says that it is merely a novelty and its popularity will eventually die out. The three are then confronted by Bloom who reiterates that the shop is currently closed due to the high volume of customers. Mitzi explains that they are not customers making Bloom all the more firm on them leaving. Mitzi then tells her that she is looking for Stella and the moment her name is spoken, Stella comes into the store while embracing Brandon. This sight surprises Mitzi and irritates her friends. Stella remains professional and greets Mitzi asking if she wanted a pet. Mitzi answers no and that she wanted to speak to her. Brandon greets Mitzi but Stella, aware of Mitzi's real plan, asks to reschedule and pulls Brandon along, emphasizing that he is hers, to "see her pet." Mitzi gets very angry and stomps out of the store with her friends in tow. This revelation that Mitzi will never have Brandon facilitates her and her friends negative emotions, making them the perfect candidates for the Wizards to use to discredit magic.
The Circle is still theirs.
Then, when the Winx decide to hide the White Circle in Tecna's computer game, the Wizards trespass onto their loft and enter the video game while Duman guards it from the outside. The Winx eventually learn of this and also enter the game with Timmy's help. Their in-game battle destroys the virtual environment and reveals the Circle's hiding place. The Wizards try to take it but are overwhelmed by the Circle's strong positive force that it forces everyone out of the game, and luckily, the Circle is still safely in the Winx's hands.
By the end of the season, the Winx are unsure of what to do with the store as their mission on Earth has been completed; they will be returning to the Magic Dimension. As the question remain unanswered, the Winx wait on their rooftop for Aisha to return from Andros after delivering the now deceased Nabu home. Aisha tells the girls that her memories on Earth was special to her and Nabu because they had planned to live here. And to honor those memories, she chose to stay.
Love and Pet among the buildings.
In "The Unicorn's Secret," the store is seen among the other buildings in Gardenia.
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Issue 60: Future Adventures
Issue 68: Roxy the Seventh Fairy
Issue 85: Bad Dreams
Issue 87: Gregory's Fury
Issue 92: The Club of Vampires
Issue 93: Revenge of the Mummy
Issue 96: Fairy for a Day
Issue 97: The Dark Dimension
Issue 99: Star Shattered
Issue 118: Mitzi's Challenge
Issue 122: The Great Challenge
Issue 145: Winx Fairy Blog
156: The Talent Show
Although Aisha chose to stay on Earth at the end of Season 4, she is seen back in Magix by the start of Season 5.
Going by the comics, after the Winx had returned to Magix, the store was taken over by Carmen and Cindy.
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Aki Thomas weighs in on college hoops at UMBC
Posted on 03 November 2015 by WNST Staff
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Tags: Aki Thomas, Albany, America East, America East Tournament, Danes, Great Danes, retrievers, Rodney Elliott, SEFCU Arena, UMBC
UMBC opens America East Tournament Saturday against Albany
The fifth-seeded UMBC men’s basketball team opens competition in its 11th America East Men’s Basketball Championship when the Retrievers face No. 4 seed and host Albany on Saturday, March 8 at UA’s SEFCU Arena. The contest is the second quarterfinal game of four on the day, as top-seeded Vermont kicks off the afternoon by taking on No. 8 New Hampshire at noon. The No. 5 seed is UMBC’s highest since the 2007-08 team earned the No. 1 seed and went on to take the title. The two squads split a pair of thrilling contests this season, with Albany winning, 73-72, in double overtime at SEFCU on Jan. 8 and the Retrievers getting a last-second tip-in from Quentin Jones and triumphing, 71-69 at the RAC Arena on Feb. 12. Paul Mittermeier and Dan Levin have all the play-by-play action and video streaming is available via ESPN3.
RETRIEVER UPDATE: UMBC achieved its most victories (9) since the 2008-09 season, but its last victory came versus Albany on Feb. 12 and the Retrievers enter the tournament tying a season-high with four consecutive setbacks. Three of those losses occurred on the road, including a 67-56 loss at Hartford on March 2. FR G Rodney Elliott (14.9 ppg), selected as the AE Fans’ Choice Player of the Year, scored 21 points versus the Hawks, posting 20 or more for the seventh time in his initial campaign. The Retrievers have enjoyed great tournament success at SEFCU Arena, posting a 3-1 record in the 2009 and 2013 championships.
GREAT DANE UPDATE: Albany could have clinched the No. 3 seed in the tournament with a win at Stony Brook on March 2, but dropped a hard-fought 73-68 decision. The setback snapped a three-game win streak for the Danes, which started after their loss at UMBC. SO G Peter Hooley, who scored 21 second-half points in the Danes’ setback to the Retrievers, leads the squad with 14.8 points per game and is the league’s most-proficient free throw shooter (132/150, 88.0 percent). Three other Danes average in double figures, including JR F Sam Rowley (11.3), who leads the team with 6.8 caroms per game. UA is 9-3 on its home floor and 7-1 versus America East foes in 2013-14.
WHO’S UP NEXT: Should the Retrievers advance, they would face the winner of the No. 1 Vermont vs. No. 8 UNH contests in the first semifinal on Sunday, March 9 at 5:02 p.m.
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UMBC concludes regular season Sunday at Hartford
UMBC (9-19, 5-10 America East) plays its final game of the 2013-14 regular season when the Retrievers travel to West Hartford, Conn. to take on Hartford (15-15, 9-6) at the Chase Family Arena on Sunday, March 2.
A win would guarantee the Retrievers the fifth seed in next weekend’s America East Tournament, its highest seed since the championship season of 2007-08. UMBC could finish fifth, sixth or seventh with a setback. Tip-off time is set for 2:00 p.m. Gary Stein has all the play-by-play action on Q1370 AM (www.q1370.com) and video streaming is available via the America East digital network.
RETRIEVER UPDATE: UMBC played its seventh league game which was decided by six points or less versus Binghamton on Feb. 22 and dropped a 72-70 decision to the Bearcats. The Retrievers, now 3-4 in those close contests, rallied from an 18-point second half deficit and took a brief late lead, but two missed free throws and a pair of offline last-second attempts sent the squad to its third straight loss. FR G Rodney Elliott (14.7 ppg) became the third UMBC DI freshman to surpass the 400-point plateau as he led UMBC with 19 points.
HAWK UPDATE: Hartford (15-15, 9-6 AE) has won five of its last six games and is tied with Albany for third place in the conference. The Hawks had a great battle with Binghamton at Chase Family Arena on Thursday and ended up prevailing, 89-83, in overtime. Five Hawks scored in double figures, led by JR F Mark Nwakamma’s double-double of 19 points and 12 caroms. Nwakamma leads UH in scoring (15.3 ppg) and rebounding (5.8 rpg) and is shooting 52.9 percent from the floor. Classmate G Wes Cole leads America East with 75 treys and is shooting 44.4 percent from behind the arc.
WHO’S UP NEXT: UMBC will compete in its 11th America East Tournament at SEFCU Arena on the campus of the University at Albany, beginning with a quarterfinal game on Saturday, March 8.
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UMBC welcomes Binghamton to RAC Arena for Senior Night Saturday
Posted on 21 February 2014 by WNST Staff
SET THE SCENE: UMBC (9-18, 5-9 America East) plays its final home game of the 2013-14 season when the Retrievers host Binghamton (6-20, 3-10) at the RAC Arena on Saturday, Feb. 22. UMBC will honor its three seniors (Quentin Jones, Chase Plummer, Brett Roseboro) playing their final home games and another (Jamar Wertz), who was unable to compete this year due to injury. Tip-off time is set for 7:10 p.m. with pregame ceremonies beginning at 6:55 p.m. Gary Stein and Tory Green have all the play-by-play action, video streaming is available via the America East digital network.
RETRIEVER UPDATE: UMBC is coming off a tough stretch, playing back-to-back road games at Vermont and Stony Brook and dropping decisions to the league leaders. The Retrievers are 4-3 at home this season versus America East competition and are one-half game ahead of New Hampshire in the race for the fifth seed in the upcoming America East Tournament. Roseboro is coming off his best career outing, as the senior delivered 20 points and added nine rebounds in the 72-53 setback at SBU on Wednesday.
BEARCAT UPDATE: Binghamton had a two-game winning streak snapped on Wednesday, as the Bearcats dropped a tough 57-48 decision to Albany at the BU Events Center. SO G Jordan Reed has been hot of late, as he led BU with 13 points and a game-high 17 rebounds versus Albany. Reed averages 14.6 points and 8.7 rebounds per game for the young Bearcat squad.
WHO’S UP NEXT: UMBC has its bye in the league’s final week and will finish the regular season on Sunday, March 2, when they compete at Hartford.
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UMBC faces test at first place Vermont Saturday
Men’s Basketball Face First-Place Vermont in Burlington on Saturday Afternoon
SET THE SCENE: Coming off an emotional victory over Albany on Feb. 12, UMBC (9-16, 5-7 AE) enters the teeth of the home stretch of the regular season, as they face the top two teams in the conference on the road. For starters, the Retrievers face first-place Vermont (16-9, 10-1) at Patrick Gym on Saturday, Feb. 15. Tip-off time is set for 2:00 p.m. Gary Stein has all the play-by-play action and video streaming is available via Catamount TV at http://nsnsports.net/colleges/university-of-vermont/.
RETRIEVER UPDATE: UMBC snapped a nine-game losing streak to Albany with a last-second 71-69 over the Great Danes. SR G Quentin Jones’ improbable tip-in with 2.4 seconds remaining broke the seventh tie of the game and gave the Retrievers their most victories since the 2008-09 campaign. Jones and FR G Rodney Elliottshared team honors with 16 points apiece. Elliott has vaulted up to second place in the conference in scoring at 15.0 points per game.
CATAMOUNT UPDATE: Vermont has won five straight and 12 of its last 13 contests. They routed UMass Lowell, 83-58, on Wednesday evening behind 18 points from SO F Ethan O’Day (8/10 fg). SR G Sandro Carissimo leads a very balanced Catamount attack at 12.7 points per game and shoots over 45 percent from behind the arc. SR F Brian Voelkel leads America East in rebounds (8.2) and assists (5.9) per contest.
WHO’S UP NEXT: UMBC plays three of its last four games on the road. They will venture up to Stony Brook for a Feb. 19 date with the Seawolves.
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UMBC opens tough stretch of hoops Wednesday against Albany
The UMBC men’s basketball team (8-16, 4-7 AE) begins a stretch where they play the top three teams in the conference over the next eight days. The Retrievers complete this three-game homestand when they welcome defending league champion Albany on Wednesday, Feb. 12. Tip-off time is set for 7:00 p.m. The game will be streamed on ESPN3, with Eric Frede and Frank Sullivan on the call.
RETRIEVER UPDATE: UMBC is coming off a disappointing 71-61 home setback to UMass Lowell on Feb. 8. The Retrievers forced 25 UML turnovers, but the River Hawks hit 9-of-14 treys to key the road victory. FR G Rodney Elliott tied his season high with 26 points, but the Retrievers staggered with just 32.8 percent shooting from the floor. Elliott earned a school-record fifth America East Rookie of the Week honor, averaging 23.5 points per game and converting 15-of-17 free throw attempts in the two-game split. UMBC has only one home game remaining (three road) after the game vs. Albany.
GREAT DANE UPDATE: Albany will be looking to get back on track after a loss to conference opponent Hartford, 67-54, in Connecticut on Feb. 8. JR F Sam Rowley led the way with his fifth double-double of the season, posting 14 points and 11 rebounds. After shooting 34% from the field in that game, the Great Danes will look to SO G Peter Hooley who is averaging 14.9 points per game in conference play. They travel to UMBC for a second consecutive road game, where they are 5-9 on the season.
WHO’S UP NEXT: UMBC takes to the road this weekend, facing league leader Vermont in Burlington on Saturday, Feb. 15 at 2:00 p.m.
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UMBC continues America East play Saturday against UMass Lowell
The UMBC men’s basketball team (8-15, 4-6 AE) will try to avenge another early-season road setback and extend their home winning streak to three when they welcome America East newcomer UMass Lowell (7-15, 5-5) to the RAC Arena on Saturday, Feb. 8. Tip-off time is set for 2:00 p.m. Gary Stein and Paul Mittermeier have all the play-by-play action, live streaming is available on the America East digital network (www.umbcretrievers.tv). Streaming is available via most mobile devices.
RETRIEVER UPDATE: UMBC matched its win total from a year ago and erased the memory of an ugly loss in Durham last month with a 68-57 victory over UNH on Wednesday evening at the RAC Arena. For the sixth time in 2013-14, the Retrievers come back from a halftime deficit to rally for a win, as they outscored UNH, 44-28, in the final 20 minutes. FR G Rodney Elliott again led the way, scoring 21 points, while SR G Quentin Jones stayed hot from the floor, adding 16 points. Elliott is up to fifth in America East with a team-best 14.5 points per outing.
RIVER HAWK UPDATE: A red-hot shooting Albany team snapped UML’s two-game winning streak with a 73-56 triumph at SEFCU Arena on Wednesday. Albany hit 17-of-23 first half shots and led by 24 points at the half. Red-shirt senior forward Antonio Bivins led UML with 17 points and reached the 1,000-point plateau in his career. Bivins, who debuted this season with 14 points versus UMBC on Jan. 5, leads the River Hawks with 14.8 points per game and 5.7 caroms per outing. Senior guard Akeem Williams adds 14.3 points per contest.
WHO’S UP NEXT: UMBC completes the homestand by facing Albany on “RAC in Black” Night on Wednesday, Feb. 12. The game will be broadcast by ESPN3.
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UMBC opens homestand Wednesday against New Hampshire
Men’s Basketball Opens Three-Game Homestand Versus UNH on Wednesday
UNH at UMBC, 2-5-14
The UMBC Retrievers (7-15, 3-6 America East) open their second three-game America East home-stand when they welcome New Hampshire (5-16, 3-5) to the RAC Arena on Wednesday, Feb. 5. Tip-off time is set for 7:00 p.m. Gary Stein and Paul Mittermeier have the call, streaming is available on the America East digital network at www.americaeast.tv.
RETRIEVER UPDATE: UMBC’s furious rally from a 24-point deficit came up just short on Saturday, as the Retrievers dropped an 83-80 decision at Maine. The setback snapped a modest two-game winning streak for the Retrievers. Three of UMBC’s six AE losses have occured by a total nine points. FR G Rodney Elliott (14.3 ppg) earned his fourth America East Rookie of the Week honor, after averaging 17.0 ppg and 9.0 rpg last week. SR F Chase Plummer, who scored 23 points versus Maine, is now ninth on UMBC’s all-time lists in both scoring (1,266 pts.) and rebounding (643).
WILDCAT UPDATE: New Hampshire suffered a 68-60 home loss to conference opponent Maine on Wednesday, Jan. 29th, ending their two-game winning streak. They are led by red-shirt SR C Chris Pelcher, who was named America East Co-Player of the Week January 27th. Pelcher, who missed 11 games earlier this season due to injury, has averaged a double-double in New Hampshire’s previous three contests with 12.3 points and 10.0 caroms per game. Freshman forward Frank Okeke is coming off a clinical shooting performance, nailing 4-of-5 treys in New Hampshire’s last game.
Who’s Up Next: The Retrievers continue the homestand when they welcome UMass Lowell to the RAC Arena on Saturday afternoon (2:00 p.m.).
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UMBC pays visit to Maine Saturday afternoon
The UMBC Retrievers (7-14, 3-5) will try to extend their winning streak to three when they travel to meet the Maine Black Bears (4-16, 2-6) at Cross Insurance Center on Saturday, Feb. 1 for a 2:00 tip-off. Both teams are coming off road victories on Wednesday. UMBC won a tight battle, 79-76, in the first meeting on Jan. 11. Live streaming is available on the America East digital network at www.americaeast.tv.
RETRIEVER UPDATE: UMBC snapped a 14-game road losing streak with a 73-61 victory at Binghamton on Wednesday. The Retrievers shot 50 percent (22-of-44) from the floor and got huge performances from guards Rodney Elliott (14 pts.-11 reb.-8 ast.) and Quentin Jones (career high 16 points) and post Brett Roseboro (14 pts./12 rebounds). Elliott leads the squad with 13.9 points per outing.
BLACK BEAR UPDATE: Maine snapped a six-game losing streak with a 68-60 victory at rival UNH on Wednesday. The Black Bears outscored their hosts, 33-25, in the second half to prevail. SR G Xavier Pollard led UM with 20 points in the game and he added five steals. Pollard leads Maine and is second in America East with 15.5 points per game. Maine is second in America East in scoring (73.2 ppg), but last in scoring defense (83.8 ppg).
Who’s Up Next: The Retrievers start their second three-game America East homestand of the season on Wednesday, Feb. 5 when they welcome UNH to the RAC Arena.
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UMBC hosts Hartford for Hall of Fame Day Saturday
Posted on 24 January 2014 by WNST Staff
SET THE SCENE: The UMBC Retrievers (5-14, 1-5) try to salvage the final game of a three-game homestand when they face the Hartford Hawks (10-11, 4-2) on Hall of Fame Day at the RAC Arena. The Saturday, Jan. 25 nightcap of a hoops doubleheader gets underway at 3:30 p.m. Gary Stein and Troy Green have the call, live streaming is available on the America East digital network at www.americaeast.tv. Streaming is also now available on most mobile devices.
RETRIEVER UPDATE: UMBC played the two undefeated teams in America East, Vermont and Stony Brook, in a span of three days, and dropped both decisions. The Retrievers are mired in a shooting slump – the squad has not surpassed 40 percent shooting from the floor in the last five games. FR G Rodney Elliott (13.8 ppg) has scored in double figures in 11 of his last 12 games, while SR F Chase Plummer coming off a 21-point effort versus Stony Brook.
HAWK UPDATE: Taylor Dyson’s short baseline jumper as he fell to the floor with 2.3 seconds left boosted Hartford to a 56-54 victory over Binghamton on Thursday night. Wes Cole led the Hawks (10-11, 4-2 America East) with 24 points, and the junior guard has buried 18 treys in his last two outings. JR F Mark Nwakamma leads UH in scoring (15.2) and rebounding (6.0). Hartford has won three straight, two of which have been on the road and the Hawks are 5-6 in road games in 2013-14.
Who’s Up Next: UMBC hits the road next week for contests at Binghamton (Jan. 29) and at Maine (Feb .1).
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Sports Bars on the Jersey Shore
By woledit
The Jersey Shore impresses with 127 miles of glorious beachfront that manages to attract crowds from across the globe to enjoy delicious food, alcoholic drinks, and high energy music. The sports bars situated on the Jersey Shore are just as popular, providing everything from sports to live entertainment. With that said, let’s take a look at some of the ultimate sports bars that you need to visit when you ever find yourself on the Jersey Shore.
Leggett’s
Leggett’s has been around since 1937 and is considered a no-frills, inexpensive watering hole that is a mere stone’s throw away from the magnificent ocean. The sports bar is open year-round and comes with a mixed-age crowd. The bar is especially busy during the NFL football season, but you will also be able to catch a wide range of other sporting events, regardless of when you decide to visit. The bar offers 15 flat screens and offers live bands, DJ’s, and plenty of other attractions around the year.
Paul’s Tavern
This sports bar has been operated and owned by the Heaney family stretching back to 1979. It’s the perfect destination if you wish to have a few drinks with friends, take your partner out on a casual date, or to watch an array of sporting events on a Sunday afternoon. Paul’s Tavern provides an Irish Pub theme and is renowned as one of the largest bars on the Jersey Shore. You will also be pleased to know that its open 365 days of the year and comes with live music on most weekends.
Wharfside Bar and Patio Restaurant
This ultra-cool sports bar is neatly tucked away on Channel Drive situated in Pt. Pleasant Beach. The sports bar comes equipped with a wide range of mouth-watering cocktails along with an extensive range of local and international beers on tap. You will also be impressed to learn that the bar offers a plethora of flat screens where you’ll be able to enjoy an extraordinary selection of sporting events from around the world.
Beach Bar at Avenue
The Beach Bar at Avenue is located between the Atlantic Ocean and the boardwalk, providing a sophisticated and memorable haven for both visitors and locals to either recharge after a long day or to indulge in delicious food, a wide range of drinks, and obviously an extensive variety of sporting events thanks to a brilliant selection of televisions scattered across the property.
Brickwall Tavern and Dining Room
If you are starving for a massive meal, we strongly suggest that you visit the Brickwall Tavern and Dining Room as the portions are gigantic. You will also be introduced to over 30 different beers on tap, and you can enjoy your favourite sporting event as you munch away thanks to 20 different televisions. The foot menu is filled with delicious options, including frizzled onions, sweet potato fries, tater tots, burgers, ribs, pizza, chicken wings, and more.
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A National Coalition to End Wildlife Killing Contests
Posted on June 20, 2018 11:54 am by Rachel Tilseth
We are beyond killing animals for prizes and fun,” she told National Public Radio. “This should be part of our history books.” ~ Camila Fox, Project Coyote
The National Coalition to End Wildlife Killing Contests applies the combined expertise and experience of our member organizations to work toward ending wildlife killing contests, derbies, and tournaments in the United States.
Coalition Goals:
Expose the prevalence of wildlife killing contests (WKCs) across the US, which are organized events where participants compete for cash and prizes for killing a wide variety of wild animal species.
Raise public awareness about how WKCs disrupt ecological function and health, degrade the value of individual animals, teach disrespect for wildlife, and inflict and promote cruelty to animals.
Featured image of coyote by John E Marriott
Inspire and promote grassroots action to end WKCs through legislation, regulatory reform, and litigation.
Support efforts by organizations and individuals to prohibit and end WKCs nationwide, at every jurisdictional level.
Advocate for responsible, humane, and ecologically sound wildlife management practices, focused on coexistence and scientifically credible non‐lethal methods of conflict resolution.
Promote dialogue with WKC sponsors to encourage them to stop supporting these events, and to view wildlife as essential components of healthy ecosystems rather than as pests, vermin, or targets in competitive killing contests
“Scientific evidence does not support the notion that indiscriminately killing coyotes through events such as the Georgia Coyote Challenge is an effective wildlife management practice,” said Camilla Fox, executive director of Project Coyote, a national organization based in Marin County, California.
Wolves of Douglas County Wisconsin has joined this important effort to end wildlife killing contests along with 27 other member organizations.
The latest news on the effort to end wildlife killing contests was a Media Release from Project Coyote.
Coalition of scientists and more than 25 wildlife protection groups ask Georgia officials to cancel statewide coyote killing contest.
ATLANTA, Georgia—Today a coalition of scientists with Project Coyote and more than 25 wildlife and animal protection organizations that are part of the National Coalition to End Wildlife Killing Contests (“Coalition”) delivered two letters to Georgia Governor Nathan Deal, Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Commissioner Mark Williams, and Georgia Wildlife Resources Division Rusty Garrison, urging the cancellation of the controversial “Georgia Coyote Challenge.”
To view a copy of the National Coalition to End Wildlife Killing Contests’ letter, please click here.
To view a copy of Project Coyote’s science letter, click here.
To read Project Coyote’s Notes from the Field interview with Dr. Chris Mowry, click here.
Related: Project Coyote’s exposé about wildlife killing contests, KILLING GAMES: Wildlife In The Crosshairs, is now receiving excellent reviews in film festivals across the U.S. In early May, the Humane Society of the United States released a video of its undercover investigation revealing the callous and brutal reality of wildlife killing contests.
The National Coalition to End Wildlife Killing Contests applies the combined expertise and experience of its 27 member organizations to work toward ending wildlife killing contests, derbies, and tournaments in the United States.
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Sneak Peek at Project Coyote’s short film “Killing Games – Wildlife in the Crosshairs”
Posted on June 8, 2018 5:53 pm by Rachel Tilseth
On any given weekend, some of America’s most iconic wild animals are massacred in wildlife killing contests. Bloodied bodies are weighed and stacked like cords of wood, and prizes are awarded to the “hunters” who kill the largest or the most of a targeted species. More information.
Coyotes, bobcats, wolves and foxes are common victims of these contests; children as young as 10 are encouraged to participate. Fueled by anti-predator bias, these legally sanctioned but relatively unknown contests are cruel and foster ignorance about the critical role apex predators play in maintaining healthy ecosystems. These contests occur on both public and private lands in almost every state except California — where killing predators for prizes has been outlawed. In KILLING GAMES, a groundbreaking exposé, actor, conservationist and Project Coyote Advisory Board Member Peter Coyote — with environmentalists, ranchers, public officials and Native Americans — brings these shadowy contests to light and speaks out against this hidden war on wildlife. Project Coyote’s KILLING GAMES inspires viewers to call on their state and local legislators to bring an end to these brutal contests where wild animals become living targets. More information.
Director and Producer Camilla H. Fox is the founder and executive director of Project Coyote- a national non-profit organization based in northern California that promotes coexistence between people and wildlife and compassionate conservation through education, science, and advocacy. With more than 25 years of experience working on behalf of wildlife and wildlands and a master’s degree in wildlife ecology, policy, and conservation, Camilla’s work has been featured in several films, books and national media outlets. A frequent speaker on these issues, Camilla has authored more than 70 publications and is co-author of Coyotes in Our Midst, co-editor and lead author of the book, Cull of the Wild, producer of the award-winning documentary Cull of the Wild ~ The Truth Behind Trapping and most recently, producer and director of the film KILLING GAMES: Wildlife in the Crosshairs. Camilla has served as an appointed member on the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture’s National Wildlife Services Advisory Committee and currently serves on several national non-profit advisory boards. In 2006, Camilla received the Humanitarian of the Year Award from the Marin Humane Society and the Christine Stevens Wildlife Award from the Animal Welfare Institute. She was named one of the 100 Guardian Angels of the Planet in 2013 and the 2014 Conservationist of the Year Award by the John Muir Association. In 2015 she was honored with the Grassroots Activist of the Year Award by the Fund for Wild Nature. Read more here.
“Killing one, ten, twenty or more wild animals is most assuredly not a game—all animals deserve our deepest respect, regard, and compassion. KILLING GAMES ~ Wildlife In The Crosshairs exposes the barbaric practice of slaughtering coyotes, bobcats, wolves and other wild animals for prizes and “fun.” Thank you, Project Coyote, for bringing to the forefront this cruel and ineffective “wildlife management” method. We at Born Free, who work to conserve and protect wild animals and to end their exploitation, encourage everyone to watch this groundbreaking film, and to take action to end these shameful killing contests.”
~Will Travers & Virginia McKenna Born Free
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Emergence and Game Based Learning
By Malcolm
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In game design there is a commonly made distinction between “emergence” and “scripting”, but the distinction is often poorly explained. Emergence is often treated as some kind of ‘magic’ that just happens (or fails to happen) when a system is complicated enough. Or else is just a term used to explain anything unexpected in a game or unintended by the designer. We are only beginning to understand reliable ways to engineer emergence deliberately, with specific goals in mind.
Rather than speak of ’emergence’, I see a more useful distinction between ‘endogenous’ and ‘exogenous’ variables in economics. The exogenous variables are those whose value is imposed from outside the system, while the ‘endogenous’ variables arise from the system itself. So, for example, in an economics problem the supply and demand curves are often exogenous (externally imposed) but the price is endogenous (the outcome of balancing supply and demand).
Because these two words look so annoyingly similar, I prefer to use ‘intrinsic‘ (endogenous, internal) and ‘extrinsic‘ (exogenous, external) instead, which have roughly the same meaning.
Consider jumping in a platform game. How far does a jump take you? This may be intrinsic or extrinsic depending on the game. A simple platformer will have a discrete ‘jump’ action which will move you through a prescribed arc. In this case, the jump distance is extrinsic — it is a number externally imposed by the designer. A more complex platformer might have a richer physics model which is used to plot the jump. The result will then depend on a number of interacting variables in the system — i.e. it is intrinsic.
Two levels of interpretation
Often there is a layer of abstraction between the extrinsic and intrinsic variables of the game. The game simulates some aspect (eg physics) at a fine grained level (velocities, forces), but the player observes and interprets it at a more abstract level (character movement). We recognise patterns at the higher level, but these patterns are not explicitly represented in the game rules. We call this ’emergence’, but it is really a feature of our abilities as pattern recognisers than a feature of the game. When the game is too complex for us to grasp at both levels simultaneously, it can seem like magic.
Where these two-level of representation exist, the game can feel more ‘open‘ — that is it can provide a large possibility space for action with subtlety. The opposite it a ‘closed’ game, one where the outcomes of actions are extrinsic – press the jump button and you do the jump action, press the punch button and you punch. Many ‘street fighter’ games work this way, they have rich ‘combo’ sets, but each combo is extrinsically defined – you press this precise combination of buttons and it plays that scripted animation.
Some kinds of systems are more amenable to this kind of two-level representation. Physics, for example, is easy to simulate at a low-level but computer graphics enables us to observe the results at a much higher level. Notice that this is a property of both the simulation and the representation. The same calculations presented as a table of numbers would not feel ’emergent’ as the patterns would be obscured by the representation. Similarly, if the results were rendered as text (“The ball bounces off the table”) the patterns would be codified and made rigid, and the subtlety is lost. The important thing is that the graphical representation allows us to see both levels at once: the patterns and the detail.
One of the main failings of computer games has been representing social interaction without this two-level approach. Dialogue in games feels clunky because it is a single-layer system and our choices are all extrinsically defined. The failure is not for lack of effort, but we simply do not know the ‘equations’ that represent the low-level physics of social interaction, nor do we have the ability to input or output them with subtlety. Language is capable of subtle shades of meaning and a real dialogue game would be about playing with those details — an opportunity which current day dialogue trees completely lack.
Story sits in an interesting place in this discussion. Many games these days have extrinsic narratives – i.e. stories imposed on them by the designer, but often these narratives are at odds with the intrinsic narratives that arise out of the gameplay. For example, a character may tell you that a certain mission is desperately urgent, but the game does not apply any time limit to completing it and the result is the same if you take minutes, hours or days to do so. This doesn’t have to be the case. The game can create intrinsic urgency as well by varying the outcome based on the time the player takes.
Again the problem is one of levels. The extrinsic narrative is written at the high-level of “story events”. The intrinsic narrative is written at the lower level of game mechanics. We don’t yet know how to make these two levels mesh together, so they tend to sit side-by-side in our game and only coincide more-or-less by accident. Making these two levels talk to one another is, in my opinion, one of the key challenges of narrative AI.
Intrinsic outcomes in games are often considered more interesting than extrinsic ones. I believe this is because extrinsic outcomes betray the hand of the designer and break the suspension of disbelief.
Games based learning
How is this relevant to games-based learning? I believe that games are best suited for familiarising the learner with processes, rather than teaching them facts. A game allows the player to directly interact with a system, to play with it and observe the results. This allows the player to ‘get to know’ the system rather than just ‘learn about’ it. So, for example, playing with a market model and observing how and why prices go up and down can provide a better intuition for markets than a text-book description of supply and demand curves. The Kolb learning cycle starts first with concrete experience, which leads to reflection and abstract conceptualisation, which informs experimentation leading to new experience. A game can facilitate this cycle in learning by providing a space for concrete experience with a system.
This means that a learning game should be most effective when the concepts learnt about are intrinsic properties of the system. Otherwise the game is nothing more than a textbook in (poor) disguise. Contrast Trivial Pursuit and Monopoly. The gameplay in Trivial Pursuit teaches you nothing about its topic matter. It is just an arbitrary competition with extrinsic answers. The gameplay of Monopoly on the other hand, gives the player an intrinsic familiarity with wealth accumulation and bankruptcy, because these things are emergent properties of the system. It supports reflection and theorisation because there is a complex system on which a theory could be built. Trivial pursuit supports no theorisation because the answer is only ever right or wrong, and has no other foundation.
This creates a design problem for serious game designers: the level of representation. If the level of representation is too flat, if the abstract theory is extrinsically encoded in the rules, then there is no meat for the players to chew on. Such games can often feel like propaganda: they impose a certain point of view rather than presenting an argument for it based on first principles. But representing real low-level systems is hard. A bad approximation made yield to a completely different high-level representation, leading the player to false conclusions. When designing for emergence, the designer gives up some of their control over the result. Often this leads to unexpected high-level behaviours. In a game for entertainment, this may make the game more or less fun. In a game for learning it can be worse: it can completely mislead the learner.
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Piyush January 23, 2012
Very interesting Malcolm. As I was reading your thoughts on the difficulty in representing the low level mechanics of social interaction, The Sims came to mind. It seems to eschew concrete and well defined interaction for a series of hand gestures and squeaks, forcing the player to apply meaning to it and potentially change their play style. What do you think of the approach taken by The Sims.
Malcolm January 23, 2012
I haven’t played the latest version of the Sims but you’re right, what you describe is more like the low-level mechanics of social interaction that I am talking about. You lose a lot of precision in what is being said, but people are good at reading meaning into ambiguity. I wonder if there is a way for the player to interact meaningfully in this kind of system, as a character rather than as a director.
Randall January 24, 2012
Excellent article! I’m a designer of educational alternate reality games and this article gets to the heart about how educational ARGs can be more challenging to design that a traditional entertainment ARGs.
In traditional ARGs, emergent gameplay is easier to design for that in educational ARGs, which are forced to cover specific learning objectives. The statement, “When designing for emergence, the designer gives up some of their control over the result,” speaks to this point. It’s difficult for educational ARG designers to design for emergence because they cannot give up control over the learning objective goals.
However, maybe there are some clever ways that educational ARGs can be designed for emergence and still have control over the results. Maybe one way is to design for multiple learning objectives and let it be OK to not meet all of them. Any other ideas from anyone reading?
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Circle K is a great place to work! Here is why:
We know that you can work anywhere. However, working at Circle K is the start of something great! While you make it easy for our customers, we focus on you and your development! Our people make us who we are. We want to see you grow, so we put growing together at the forefront of everything we do. It is our duty to provide you with the tools and resources that you need to succeed. Joining Circle K means joining a team that is devoted to you!
High School diploma or GED preferred.
Experience in retail sales preferred.
Ability to work in the conditions described below.
Ability to perform essential duties and physical functions described below.
Ability to work as scheduled and arrives on time.
Posses a valid driver’s license and adequate transportation to/from bank.
Ability to communicate (orally and in writing) in English. Essential Duties
Provides prompt, courteous customer service and professionally resolves customer issues.
Performs shift supervision.
Performs and trains all duties of the Customer Service Representative and Lead CSR positions.
Prepares and transmits the daily bookkeeping, invoicing, and gasoline data.
Completes daily banking.
Troubleshoots daily close out and shift sales analysis.
Finalizes, transmits, and processes weekly time and attendance records and payroll.
Attends job-related meetings (may be required to work irregular hours).
Controls merchandise, cash shortages, and other selling expenses.
Assists in maintaining proper inventory levels and shift audits.
Assists new applicants with application process.
Performs all duties with minimal supervision.
Distinguish between acceptable and unacceptable employment applications, making recommendation for applicant interviews.
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Complete daily store reports and other duties as assigned by the Store Manager. Working Conditions
Perform approximately 95% of all work indoors, but will be required to work outside to clean parking lots, gas pumps, take out garbage, etc.
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Ousmane Sow: a Senegalese sculptor at the “Beaux Arts” Academy in Paris!
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Wednesday, December 11, Senegalese sculptor Ousmane Sow was installed at the Beaux Arts Academy in Paris . A beautiful dedication to the Senegalese sculptor known for his series of monumental sculptures devoted to African tribes ( Nuba , Fulani , Masai , Zulu ) .
“My election of 12 April 2011 has even more value to me as you’ve always had the wisdom not to introduce racial, ethnic or religious quota before someone gets admitted among you (…). As my colleague and fellow Senegalese Leopold Sedar Senghor, elected to the French Academy thirty years ago, I am Africanist. In this spirit, I dedicate this ceremony to the whole Africa , its diaspora , as well as the great man who has just left us, Nelson Mandela,« he said.
He was dressed by fashion designer Azzedine Alaïa, and he wore a sword which he had himself made the pommel.
Ousmane Sow was born in Dakar in 1935. He also was well known with his work dedicated to the great men such as Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther King, Mohamed Ali and Gandhi.
In 1957, Ousmane Sow left Senegal for France where she was compelled to abandon his plan to integrate the Beaux Arts Academy due to lack of means. He graduated nurse and physiotherapist doing his apprenticeship with Boris Dolto. He worked for twenty years at the Laennec Hospital in Paris.
When he has spare time, he pursues his artistic passion and his research on materials.
In 1965, he returned to Senegal and creates the physiotherapy department at the “Le Dantec” hospital.
In 1968, he got back again in France, where he opened a private department in Montreuil .
In 1984 he decided to return to Senegal and open a private physiotherapy department.
But at age 50, he decided to devote himself entirely to sculpture. He was able to live with a very personal technique that has taken years to develop and which he jealously guarded secretly.
In 1988 he exhibited for the first time at the French Cultural Center in Dakar. He then earned a quick fame first in France , Germany, Japan, America, Belgium .
In 1999, the exhibition of his works, including the series Little Big Horn, on the Pont des Arts, Paris attracted three million people !
On December 11, 2013, he became the first Black to join the Beaux Arts Academy in Paris, France.
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Swift F.7
BritainV Rank
Jet fighterClass
10.42 kg/sBurst mass
12 192 mCeiling
Rolls-Royce Avon Mk.116Engine
JetType
1167 km/hStructural
2 x 30 mm ADEN cannonWeapon 1
2 x Fireflash air-to-air missilesSetup 1
170 000 Research
30 000 / 40 710/12 330 / 16 731/3 600 / 4 885Repair
160 000 Crew training
2 000 Aces
440 % 330 % 150 %
This page is about the British jet fighter Swift F.7. For the other version, see Swift F.1.
3.2 Suspended armaments
The Swift F.7 is a rank V British jet fighter with a battle rating of 8.7 (AB/RB/SB). It was introduced in Update 1.91 "Night Vision".
The Swift F.7 was the last variant in the line of Swift fighters produced by Supermarine Aviation Works. This fighter was one of Britain’s fighters to come out of the early 1950s. Post-war England saw new leadership which made the faulty assumption that for the next ten years or so, no new major conflict would happen and therefore defence spending, research and development on new aircraft was reduced to a trickle, mostly experimental prototypes made for research purposes.
The early 1950s saw a change of leadership and Winston Churchill made sweeping changes which amped up research and development churning out Swift fighters as part of that. In the haste to research, develop and produce these fighters, problems crept up in the aircraft which happened so fast, it was difficult to stop the manufacturing process long enough to make the necessary updates, especially problems found during flight trials. These updates when made produced the different Swift variants which lead to the final production of the Swift F.7. By now a majority of the problems with the aircraft had been ironed out, however, the F.7 never entered active service, instead, the fourteen built acted as training aircraft which taught pilots how to get used to shooting off air-to-air missiles, namely the Firestreak.
Swift F.7 showing effective camouflage for the terrain it is flying in.
Though never seeing combat during its short career, the Swift F.7 has an opportunity to make a name for itself in War Thunder. Not as fancy or bristling with weapons like a Sabre or a MiG, the Swift F.7 has its place in the sky and can dance with the best, and even shoot them down. Armed with two 30 mm ADEN cannons and two Firestreak air-to-air missiles, while maintaining between 700 and 810 kph, this fighter can get the best of even superior aircraft it may go against. Its slower speeds may allow for an overshoot of an enemy aircraft which may place it in front of the Swift’s gun sights or even for the radar beam riding Firestreak, of which the enemy pilot will have no indication it was launched unless they are diligent about watching behind them. In the right hands, the Swift F.7 and its weapons have the ability to humble enemy pilots and their superior aircraft.
The sleek Swift F.7 searching for targets.
The Swift F.7 is a good fighter which excels in playing the interceptor role, however like the three bears from Goldilocks’ story; this jet has a sweet spot in speed where it does well. Like many jets, this one does not do so well when flying slow and when flying slowly; it becomes an easy target for others to attack. This jet was built to have the wind rushing over its wings. On the other hand, flying too fast causes the controls to lock up, preventing any real manoeuvring at all and if playing in realistic or simulator battles, ripping off the wing-tips is a very real problem when moving too fast.
The sweet spot or “just right” speed zone for the Swift F.7 is between 700 kph and 810 kph as here; the jet will have sufficient speed to properly manoeuvre. Diving either to shoot down another aircraft or to get away from someone on your tail can be a challenge as doing so can result in the aircraft superseding the 810 kph threshold (easily going into the mid 900s) and end up a sitting duck unable to maneuver or if close enough to the ground turning into a lawn dart because it could not pull up due to the control surfaces locking up.
For this aircraft, speed is key to survival, when going too slow, the afterburner can aid with increasing the aircraft’s speed, which enables this aircraft to have a really good climb rate enabling an increase of speed and gaining of altitude. However, slowing down to keep from going too fast is a major problem because this aircraft does not have an air brake and just reducing the throttle will help very much. To options are available to reduce speed in this aircraft and the first is to deploy landing flaps. The landing flaps have been reinforced and should not rip when used to slow the aircraft down and can be deployed and retracted as needed. Another option to help bleed off any unnecessary speed is to lift the nose of the aircraft (pull up or back on the control stick). Placing the fighter into a nose-high attitude will help with decreasing speed to a safe zone when the pilot can resume normal flight.
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12.7 mm steel plate behind pilot's seat
50 mm bulletproof glass in canopy windscreen
The simple armour setup on this fighter affords protection to the pilot, via the front windscreen having 50 mm bulletproof glass to help protect against head-on attacks. Behind the pilot's seat is a 12.7 mm steel plate which is in place to provide protection for the pilot if their aircraft is shot from behind. The fuel tanks and the engine should take most of the brunt of an attack from behind, but in the event, something gets through the steel plate is meant to be the last line of protection.
Main article: ADEN (30 mm)
The Swift F.7 is armed with:
2 x 30 mm ADEN cannons, nose-mounted at right side (135 + 185 = 320 total)
This aircraft has been outfitted with two 30 mm ADEN autocannons. Though they are mounted on the fuselage resulting in not having to configure for convergence the pilot will need to account for both autocannons being mounted on the right side of the aircraft fuselage near the right air intake. Pilots which are used to having balanced machine guns or autocannons (equal amounts on both left and right side) will need to slightly adjust their aim to ensure the bullets don’t miss just to the side of where they would normally aim. The ADEN cannons when they do hit their mark usually result in a critical hit or a destroyed aircraft with wings flying in one direction and tail sections going in another.
Suspended armaments
Main article: Fireflash
The Swift F.7 can be outfitted with the following ordnance:
2 x Fireflash air-to-air missiles
The Fireflash missile was the first air-to-air guided missile put into service with the United Kingdom’s Royal Air Force. Built by Fairey Aviation, the same company who built the Swordfish, this missile utilised radar beam riding guidance to get the missile onto a target. The odd-looking missile consists of a central dart attached to two boosters. The boosters spin-stabilize the missile in flight and propel the missile to speeds upwards of Mach 2. 1.5 seconds after launch, with fuel spent, the boosters separate and the missile would coast the rest of the way to the target, still receiving guidance from the controlling aircraft.
This missile has an effective range of about 4 km (2.4 mi) before it no longer has the kinetic energy to continue. This missile is best used in short-range encounters such as head-on attacks where the enemy fighter is closing the distance rather than flying away. This missile can be used during tail chases as long as you maintain close distance and can keep the radar on the enemy long enough for the missile to acquire its target. The Fireflash is a finicky missile which requires practice and patience, though not as simple to use as other missiles found in-game, it can be a surprise to enemy fighters they are not expecting resulting in them having to go back and watching replays in unbelief to see what took them out. Having only two of these missiles to rely on will require the pilot to exercise restraint and not launch one if the chances of a hit are marginal and instead maybe turn to the 30 mm cannons instead in that instance.
Unlike heat-seeking missiles, beam riding missiles will not trigger a missile launch warning for the enemy player.
Describe the tactics of playing in the aircraft, the features of using aircraft in a team and advice on tactics. Refrain from creating a "guide" - do not impose a single point of view, but instead, give the reader food for thought. Examine the most dangerous enemies and give recommendations on fighting them. If necessary, note the specifics of the game in different modes (AB, RB, SB).
I Fuselage repair Offensive 30 mm
II New boosters Compressor Airframe
III Wings repair Engine New 30 mm cannons
IV G-suit Cover
Excellent climb rate with afterburner
Access to excellent Fireflash short-range beam guided missiles
Fireflash missiles work against tanks in ground attack scenarios
Two powerful 30 mm ADEN autocannons
Can use slower speed to advantage forcing overshoots (allowing for autocannon or missile attack)
No dedicated air brake, must use landing flaps or pull up to bleed speed
Severe control surface locking above 820 kph
Wingtips will break around 800 kph in realistic or simulator battles
Both autocannons are on right side of the aircraft fuselage, requires slight adjustment when aiming
Slower than many contemporary fighters
In the years following the end of WW2, Great Britain focused their efforts on rebuilding their nation from the devastation caused by the war as the British government didn't consider a new war possible in the following ten years. Under these circumstances, developing new military technology wasn't considered a priority in most cases.
As a result, Great Britain found itself lagging behind in military aviation at the start of the 1950s by the outbreak of the Korean War. This prompted the RAF to hastily look for a new fighter aircraft to put into service, even if it meant taking into consideration an interim design.
One of the designs that sparked the RAF's interest was a new swept-wing aircraft developed by the Supermarine company - the Type 510. Being in essence just a modified Supermarine Attacker, development of this design continued, eventually maturing into the Type 541.
Soon, the Type 541 received the highest development priority and was hastily rushed through testing and into production as the Supermarine Swift. In fact, production was so rushed that it began before necessary design changes could even be applied from the results of the test flights conducted with the Type 541 prototypes.
Nonetheless, the Supermarine Swift F.1 entered service with the RAF in February 1954, followed shortly afterwards by the F.2 variant. However, many of the aircraft's teething problems weren't resolved as a result of being rushed into production. This resulted in a number of accidents happening early on involving the Swift , leading to the aircraft being grounded for a time.
Newer modifications were developed, which addressed most of the known issues. However, it was a case of too little too late for the Swift, as it quickly became replaced by the Hawker Hunter. In the end, just under 200 Supermarine Swifts were produced out of the close to 500 planned aircraft. The Swift was phased out of active service relatively quickly after its introduction, with the last fighter models being withdrawn by the RAF in the mid to late 1950s.
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University of Laughs (笑の大学, Warai no Daigaku) is certainly an apt name for a film which aims to teach the universal power of comedy. Based on a 1997 stage play by Japanese comedy master Koki Mitani and directed by Mamoru Hoshi, the film is set in 1940 at the height of Japan’s militaristic fervour. With the annexation of Manchuria only three years previously and the war in full swing, there is no room for such petty bourgeois pleasures as slapstick comedy shows. The censor’s stamp rules all and if the piece doesn’t exult the glorious nature of the empire, then what good is it?
Or so thinks recent Manchurian returnee Sakisaka (Koji Yakusho) – the newly appointed occupier of the censor’s chair. Sakisaka has been appointed because he has no sense of humour at all and very little in the way of human feeling. In fact, he even thinks this censorship business is a little pointless and it would be better to just ban everything outright. Then, one day, he encounters quite the stupidest piece of low comedy he’s ever come across in the form of the latest play by a company called “University of Laughs” written by their company director, Tsubaki (Goro Inagaki).
Tsubaki is a nervous, neurotic young man. “Don’t worry, we very rarely use torture” Sakisaka reassures him. Still, Tsubaki tries to talk him through his parodic play script called “The Tragedy of Juleo and Romiet”. However, Tsubaki’s play is no good at all! It’s full of foreigners! And there’s romance, and no one talks about how amazing Japan is, what the hell sort of play is this!? Sakisaka tells him to bring it back tomorrow with the requisite changes. However, tomorrow’s effort is only a little better. Maybe another day? Gradually over the course of a week the pair become uneasy collaborators as Sakisaka eventually rediscovers his sense of humour.
The central irony being that in trying to eliminate all subversive elements in the script, Sakisaka actually ends up in the position of editor – all of the changes he suggests only succeed in making the play funnier and more coherent. The more advice he receives from Sakisaka, the better a writer Tsubaki becomes. However, Sakisaka is the representative of everything the true artists abhors as the tool of an oppressive state which seeks to repress all independent thought. In going along with Sakisaka’s recommendations, isn’t Tsubaki becoming just another government lapdog? Is it better to compromise, go as far as you can go, and stay open or should you staunchly refuse and boycott the regime in its entirety?
For Tsubaki, comedy is a religion. He’s a comedy writer, if he can’t write comedies he may as well not exist at all and the way he sees it, this stuff is making the work better so who cares what it’s all about, really, so long as the work is good. His actors, though, feel differently and Tsubaki is paying a heavy price for his awkward quasi-friendship with the government stooge. Nevertheless, the two develop a strange bond with the previously stiff Sakisaka bucking his rigid adherence to government doublespeak in opening up to Tsubaki’s comedic education. However, their friendship may not be as deep as Tsubaki hopes when he unwisely reveals his real feelings about the regime causing Sakisaka to remind him where his loyalties lie. This is 1940 after all and the spectre of war lies all around. In the end, even if Tsubaki’s now near perfect work is passed for presentation, he may be unable to realise it in person.
Consciously old fashioned, University of Laughs has echoes of Fellini though perhaps filtered through mid period Woody Allen. The Nino Rota-esque score further enhances the association as does the idea of the fascist state as a mad circus where one is forced repeat the same actions over and over again until the ringmasters finally applaud. Warm, witty and surprisingly engaging for a film that is essentially two guys in a room for two hours, University of Laughs is another impressive effort from the pen of Mitani which offers both a cutting critique of oppressive censorship, a defence of the artist and an exultation of the universal power of laughter.
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will be portrayed in Sunday’s Canadian-themed episode of “The Simpsons,” which is titled “D’Oh Canada.” Toronto journalist Lucas Meyer tweeted on Monday that he got to guest-voice Trudeau for the segment after putting together an impressions video on YouTube. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-City TV)
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“The Simpsons” consulting producer Tim Long grew up in Ontario and has always sensed something secretly Canadian about Lisa, the middle child and most critically-minded member of the enduring American animated family.
“She’s the one who’s had the most barbed critiques of the United States,” Long, a writer-producer who was raised in Exeter, Ont., said in a recent phone interview.
“I thought Bart was sort of like America: brash, unreflective, much more sure of himself. And Lisa was sort of the intellectual, quiet, thoughtful, rational one. And I’ve always felt like that was sort of the relationship between America and Canada, too.”
So when it came to this Sunday’s Canadian-themed episode, it felt natural to make Lisa the one who spends time on this side of the border, said Long, who has won five Emmy Awards.
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It happens when the Simpsons visit Niagara Falls and, through a series of wacky mishaps, Lisa goes over the powerful flow of water that separates Ontario and New York.
She lands on the Canadian side and is admitted to hospital, where she realizes Canada is the place for her.
The episode, “D’Oh Canada,” airs on Citytv and Fox.
“She is not unscathed, but because of Canada’s incredibly generous health-care system, she ends up just fine,” said Long, who co-wrote the episode with his wife, screenwriter Miranda Thompson.
“The Simpsons, when they see her in the hospital, are fully prepared to go bankrupt, because that’s what would happen to them in America. But they’re stunned and amazed and delighted to find the health-care system takes care of them.”
Yes, much of the Simpsons clan also visits Canada in the episode, which Long said has “a shocking number of Canadian things” that “95 per cent of the American audience won’t get.”
“They’re briefly there but then Homer gets belligerent and they’re asked to leave, except for Lisa. Then much of the rest of the show features the Simpsons plotting to get her back and trying to convince Lisa that she should come back, because she’s at least initially very happy.”
Earlier this week, Toronto journalist Lucas Meyer revealed he voices Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in the episode.
While Meyer recorded his role in September, Long said they write episodes “until the very last second,” leaving room for current references.
One of those references on Sunday might be the SNC-Lavalin controversy, Long suggested when he said “there may be mention of a current scandal that” Trudeau is in.
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“But I know also that it’s serious and maybe not everyone has been forthcoming about what happened. I understand he’s behind in the polls, which I think would shock most Americans.”
Long was born in Brandon, Man., and moved to Exeter with his family when he was four. He got his big break as head writer of “Late Show with David Letterman” and joined “The Simpsons” in 1998.
He lives in Los Angeles but has found himself back on home soil lately, in Almonte, Ont., shooting the film “The Exchange.” Long wrote the comedy, which is set in Canada and loosely based on his experience with an exchange student as a teen.
On “The Simpsons,” he’s one of three Canadian writers, the others being Joel H. Cohen and Jeff Westbrook.
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“I remember the day when we taught them that the Canadian one-dollar coin was called a loonie and the two-dollar coin was called a toonie. Oh, that shut down work for several hours, because nobody could believe it.”
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Alexander Rybak in the Slovakian TV-show Chart Show 22.5.2019
The Eurovision winner Alexander Rybak in Slovakia.
Alexander took part in the TV-show “Chart Show” which this time had the topic the biggest hits in Eurovision. Alexander’s “Fairytale” was ranked as number one and here you can watch his performance and interview in the show:
You all remember his song.
Source for text and videos: Markize.sk. Translation by Peťa Pítý Hauserová .
The talented young man represented Norway at the prestigious competition twice.
In 2009 he won the prestigious competition Eurovision Song Contest. Alexander Rybak, who was born in Belarus but represented Norway, won in a sovereign way. He got until then the highest number of points ever awarded.
With his “Fairytale”, to which he himself accompanied on the violin, he convinced most of the voting countries, where the song eventually became number one on the hit lists.
Last year, the talented young man represented Norway at the prestigious competition again. With the song “That’s How You Write A Song”, he didn’t repeat the success from years ago. Recently, however, he came to the Chart Show, where they rank the song (Fairytale) among the the biggest hits of Eurovision.
An interview presented by Marzika TV before the show eas broadcast. Translation by Peťa Pítý Hauserová .
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Could NI’s AD industry be used as a pilot for nutrient management?
Oct 10, 2017, 6:30am
Anaerobic Digestion (AD) could allow farmers to more effectively manage nutrient loading if digestate is correctly applied, researchers told delegates at Northern Ireland’s first AD conference.
And the region could even have potential to become an exporter of phosphorous – should farmers begin to take steps to strip nutrients out of their digestate.
Dr. Gary Lyons, AFBI (Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute) spoke at the event in Belfast run by the Anaerobic Digestion and Bioresources Association (ADBA).
Export opportunities
He explained that stripping nutrients such as phosphorous and nitrogen would solve overloading problems but also had the potential to become an earner for the region.
The biogas industry is already worth more than £28.5 million a year to the region with digesters producing a combined 22.8MW of electricity each year.
Lyons said: “More than 50% of our intensive livestock sector has ‘high P’ soil indexes, which are continually being loaded with phosphorus and there are now environmental concerns around this.
Over 50% of the phosphorous that comes into the farm stays on the farm and this then needs to be managed in slurries, manures etc. A lot of this goes onto ‘high P’ index soils which don’t actually need the phosphorous.
Lyons explained how the phosphorous levels had dropped until 2014 when the use of bagged P fertiliser increased, but said there were opportunities in nutrient management for the region’s farmers.
AFBI has recently invested in a new nutrient management centre and AD plant in Hillsborough.
The organisation is in the process of installing two separators at the site.
‘Waste is an old-fashioned term’
He said: “The worry is that higher phosphorous in water bodies leads to lower water quality.
“We want to address this by removing phosphorous from our slurries and digestates, using separators, therefore sending out less slurry to our land.
“The overall aim is to reduce P-loading on our farms. I think ‘waste’ is an old-fashioned term – I think we are managing our resources here.
A farmer discusses best practice in Anaerobic Digestion with ADBA staff
“We have to identify cost-effective technologies for digestate management – are there technologies out there that we could employ? Can we create value chains around exporting our digestate or separated digestate fractions? This is going to be very important going forward.
“Could the local AD industry be used as a pilot for more effective nutrient management?”
Northern Ireland has become a key area of growth for the AD industry.
The North has more digesters per person than England, Scotland or Wales.
Uses for Anaerobic Digestate
Lyons said better application methods would also solve some of the problems.
“If we go down the route of mechanical separation of digestates we can separate out solid fibrous fraction and, for example, this could go back to arable land as a fertiliser,” he said.
“A lot of on-farm AD plants have excess heat which they don’t use so we could also look at drying and pelleting the material, that could be bagged and used as a soil conditioner.
“Having the correct amount of landbank available to spread diluted nutrients over is a big problem. If you have fields which are high in phosphorous, do you look at exporting that off the farm – it happens already but can we look at a more effective way of doing that?”
103 Anaerobic Digestion plants approved in Northern Ireland as AD sector booms
‘Renewable gas could supply a quarter of Irish natural gas needs’
ADBA Anaerobic digestion Diversification
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A Benedictine in her century: M. Mechtilde de Bar (1614-1698)
by Dom Jean Leclecq, OSB of the Abbey of Clervaux
From Catherine de Bar à l’écoute de Saint-Benoît, ed. by the Benedictines of the Blessed Sacrament, Rouen, 1979, Introduction. Italian translation ed. by the Benedictines of the Most Blessed Sacrament of Ronco-Ghiffa, by kind concession of the author, printed in Deus Absconditus: Primo Centenario dell’Istituto delle Benedettine dell’Adorazione Perpetua del SS. Sacramento in Italia, 1880-1980, Supplement to Deus Absonditus 71 (1980), pp. 72-81. English translation from the Italian by a Benedictine monk of Silverstream Priory.
A Benedictine in her century
Notwithstanding the particular conditioning of 17th-century France which is manifested in the general language of the time, Mechtilde formulates, with an inexorable lucidity, the fundamental demands of all Christian spirituality.
The stylistic archaisms proper to the era are found in Mother Mechtilde less frequently than one might expect, and certainly in a lesser proportion compared to other writings of the same time; rarely do they obscure her thought, rather, more often they add beauty to the exposition. The presence of these archaisms confirms nonetheless that Mechtilde is really part of her era.
What confers on her teaching a permanent and universal value is the intensity of the personal experience which it manages to express. Mechtilde is a nun, but, as she often repeats, the monastic life must first of all be Christian. Like Dom Marmion and Dom Delatte, she loves to refer to the Pauline texts which speak of what is essential in our participation in the Paschal Mystery.
With this as background, she has the right to be “Benedictine” and she is stupendously so. She refers incessantly to the Rule of St. Benedict: this could seem to be merely an artificial procedure, but instead one discovers in her a formation received from the entire monastic tradition of the West and from the same sources to which St. Benedict refers. The points of contact, the parallels, the possible dependences (on the Benedictine Rule) can be indicated for numerous points of her teaching. However, the closest similarities are those which exist between these and the teaching of the best masters of her time, which was in spirituality, as in other fields, a “great century.” Mechtilde thinks and writes in France—especially at Paris and in Normandy—and in Lorraine, in the regions where two Congregations, that of St. Maur and that of St. Vanne, issuing from the recent general reform of the Church, reached their full development and produced the most pure and living models of holiness and the best books. She received much especially from the Maurists, of whom Dom Guéranger himself would strive to declare himself the heir.[1]
Mechtilde is also a contemporary of a prominent spiritual figure: Rancé, who had to carry out his own reform himself rather than gathering its mature fruits, but whose long-lasting influence attests that he was the bearer of a message of great value, notwithstanding the personal stamp by which it is characterized. Happily, Mechtilde was not a person “converted,” like Rancé: she has neither his complexes, nor his eccentricities. She did not have to pass from a wordly existence to a very austere one; she has simply the features of a nun who became great in her own Christian life and in her religious vocation. In this way, she is able to help other persons—nuns or not—to grow in the same way in peace, without violence, but also without weakness. It is risky to introduce an order to her teaching, of which she herself did not indicate any part or plan; still, in reading her one notes right away that certain thoughts dominate her. She returns to them with an insistence which leaves no doubt about those convictions that are her priority. It is these which we must now seek to understand, while all the rest is purely their consequence and practical application.
Right from the beginning, Mechtilde perceived that the word “perfection” is a key term of St. Benedict’s language, and that it expresses not a result which can be reached once and for all, but a goal towards which one must never cease to strive. This effort implies that one relentlessly oppose every form of turning in on one’s self*, especially by being content with “little things” and “little graces,” doing “little actions.” How can we not call to mind Pascal in this regard? “Do the little things like great ones, for the majesty of Jesus Christ who does them in us and who lives our life; and [do] the great things like little and easy things on account of His omnipotence.” How can we not also think of the young nun from Normandy, close to our own era, who would again bring to light the “little way”? In Mechtilde as in Thérèse of Lisieux, all is “pure simplicity,” “simple abandonment,” work of the Holy Spirit, who “moves souls”; do not the Gospel and the liturgy call Him precisely the “Finger of God”?
With realism, Mechtilde starts from the experience which we have in our heart of flesh, of the “sinful depth which is in us” and of which temptation makes us aware. From this point of view, temptation is useful, as all ancient and medieval monasticism also taught with an insistence that surprises us; all this is rich with the monastic spirit*, while remaining particularly proper to the 17th century.
Henry Brémond, if he had been able to get to know the manuscripts of Mechtilde, would surely have rejoiced in expressions like this one: “to be crushed and turned into juice”* so that only the love of God may come forth from us. “To go out of oneself”: this is the sign of the vocation of Abraham, which Cassian considered as the symbol of the monk’s conversion, brought to its perfection. “To tend always towards God” is the means for maintaining confidence and guarding perseverance.
Mechtilde is as optimistic as she is realistic. In an already modern language which remains classical, she teaches us to “sacrifice this ‘ourselves’ (this “I,” as we say today)* which is the only thing opposed to God.” This is the task of the “crosses.” Rarely will Mechtilde use this term “crosses” in the plural, even as it was becoming so frequent at the time. What is important is the Cross: that of the Lord, which is the mystery of suffering and of victory to which we are associated, as “living members of Jesus Christ, incorporated into His deified Humanity, living from His life and His Spirit” by the grace of Baptism. “It is no longer I who live, it is Jesus Christ who lives in me.” It is necessary only “to be faithful to the movement of grace which draws us out of our nothingness…Let yourselves fall into nothingness.*” Then we will know the consolation of being “in this happy nothingness which frightens our nature”: the all and the nothing coincide—todo y nada—the all of God fills our void.
At this point, Mechtilde rises to level of the highest mystics. All is serious and demanding, adorned with a few archaisms and a few poetic touches. All remains centered on Jesus and on His Spirit, Who leads us to the Father. What Saint Benedict says about God is found stated with precision in Mechtilde and, one could say, personalized. The Virgin Mary, too, is always turned towards her Son and orients us to Him and prays to Him for us. The very idea, so traditional, of the fatherhood of Saint Benedict—a theme which also came to be applied to other founders of religious Orders—is put in relation not only with the Lord, but with the Eucharist. Indeed, according to Saint Gregory, the “Legislator” expired at the foot of the Altar, “carried to Himself” by Jesus, in order to be lifted up to Heaven. Adoration of the Most Holy Sacrament becomes in this regard the object of explicit mention, associated to the idea of “reparation,” in which renowned theologians recognize today a profound significance.[2] But no devotion is stressed in an exaggerated way. We find ourselves in the presence of what Dom Vonier called “classic Christianity,” and it is for this reason that such a message has value not only for the 17th century, for Benedictine nuns, but for Christians of all times and of our time.
The depth
One of Mechtilde’s most living convictions makes her speak often of what she calls “the depth,” “our depth,” and to use the term “deep,” “deeply.” This is an echo of what the Rheno-Flemish mystics—whose influence on the French School is well known—had called the Grund: that is, the center of ourselves, where our egoism is situated and which, emptied, purified, can become the place of the divine Presence. In this way our depth is returned to its true nature, to which it is necessary to arrive: this is what Mechtilde calls “the return to the depth.” In this consists the “knowledge of ourselves,” which occupies as much space in her doctrine as in that of Saint Bernard: “Let us return to our heart,” she* had written more than once, citing a psalm, Redire ad cor, or the words about the prodigal son, ad se reversus, “returning to himself.” “Enter again into yourselves, into your inmost part, keeping yourselves at the feet of the majesty of God; it is there that you will find Him.”* All this is in no way theoretical. Like Bernard, Mechtilde starts from “experience,” she loves this term as well as that of “experiment.”* She knows our delights—Pascal calls them “our diversions.” She knows that the opposite of “depth” is “elevation,” “the sense of one’s own excellence. Pride makes us elevate ourselves. We must descend.” And how? Replacing in the depth of ourselves this pole of attraction which is self-love with the other pole which is Jesus Christ, “the divine center, where we must return.” To substitute His “kingdom,” His “empire”—according to the vocabulary of the age of Louis XIV[3]—for the interest we have in ourselves. “The spirit of Jesus Christ,” “Our Lord and His divine Spirit” must establish themselves in us, and have dominion over all. We must “desire this kingdom,” then judge everything “in relation to Him.” Only once is there mention of the “Sacred Heart.” The style of Mechtilde, however, is different from that of Margaret Mary Alacoque, even if no less fervent. Some pages, very Pauline, betray the obsession of one in love with Jesus Christ.
The return to the Father in Christ and by His Spirit is only an effect of grace, the grace of faith deposited in us as a seed in Baptism and which does not cease to guide us. Hence the insistence on docility in everything to the movements—or more exactly, to the push—of grace: “God gives movement to the soul…pray under the impulse of grace.” “A tug of grace, of the mercy of God, the motion of the Holy Spirit…” Doing everything “in faith”: this leads first of all to prayer, conceived of as continual. Before talking about certain interior activities—although it is nonetheless aided by them*—prayer is an attitude of presence to God, “of adherence to God.” Mechtilde loved this play on words: “to adore and to adhere.” One of her most dense pages can be summed up in three words*: “Wait upon God.” From this life of prayer flow spontaneously, simply, that is, without complications, the activities of prayer. When Mechtilde speaks of these, she takes up the themes—and at times also the terminology—of the monastic tradition of the Fathers and of the Middle Ages and perhaps above all of the 17th century. This is what happens when she describes as “mute preachers” the texts which form the object of lectio divina;[4] when she describes the Divine Office as integral prayer, which involves our whole being, beginning from the senses; or when she shows in perpetual adoration a way of continuing the laus perennis. It is so above all when she comments in exquisite terms on the little which Saint Benedict said about “prayer” (oratio). To practice “simple prayer,” “leave the different methods…Avoid that way of praying which brings on a headache…” Prayer is like a mystical desert “where we meet with the Bridegroom.” One must remain faithful to the “remembrance of God,” to which P. Hausser* consecrated so many pages; one must preserve “the sweet habit of acting in a love which is not sensible, but in faith.” This teaching of hers is always in relation with the feasts and the mysteries which the liturgy celebrates. It reaches even to prayers in the form of aspirations, brief but frequent, as recommended by Saint Benedict, whose thought* finds in this phrase its pleasant equivalent: “Make a little loving return…”, “the spirit casts a glance towards God…” The pages which Mechtilde writes on prayer are without doubt the most beautiful of her work. She speaks of it as a specialist. Her competence is guaranteed especially by her own experience, but also by her conformity to the most ancient and constant spiritual tradition of the Church.
The way of littleness
To treat of humility, Mechtilde found a Gospel language which anticipates that of Thérèse of Lisieux. The vocabulary she prefers is that of littleness and all the shades to which this term lends itself. Like Saint Gregory and the holy Fathers, she knows of “compunction.” But for this Latin-sounding word she prefers to use terms of her own time, very expressive for the 17th century and for our own: “Let yourself be consumed, remain before the Blessed Sacrament, be engulfed in the abyss of God*”; and the image of the abyss recalls that of the “depth.” To be “in a complete, continual detachment.” Only once does she use the term “holy indifference,” but she speaks especially of a “simple glance” at God, and consequently without “seeking for oneself.” With Saint Paul she says, “to die to ourselves and to live to God.” “To disappropriate oneself” without a secret self-complacency; to live as in exile, in a foreign land, in poverty: to expect and desire everything from God, even when He remains silent. “If your depth is crucified…”, “be a capacity for God,” “He who loves the little souls, humble, low, brought to nothing,” and “profound littleness.” “Do not be possessors of anything, possess nothing with attachment.” Even more: “be a nothing*” (Saint Bernard would say annullari), “lose all,” in view of union, of presence to God, of “the possession of God.” Live “in a childlike simplicity,” so as to know the truth about oneself. Once again there is an impressive point of contact with the treatise of Saint Bernard on the Degrees of humility: remaining in “profound littleness,” and there, at the deepest depth, tasting God, His mercy… Being “invested with God even to an inexpressible penetration.”* Mary’s Magnificat is the song of her abasement and of her exaltation. This mosaic of vigorous formulas could be widely extended. All these citations receive their fullest meaning from their context: a mysticism of “being made nothing*,” characterized by patience and tranquility.
Patience, of which Jesus is the model and the wellspring, is a form of this “spirit of childhood,” which the 17th-century French devotion to the “Infant King” favored and expressed.[5] Mechtilde not only utilizes the formula “spirit of childhood,” but she associates the idea with Jesus, in a way which is not very habitual for us, although it has antecedents in the Patristic tradition and in the Rule of Saint Benedict: “Go to Our Lord like a little child. He is your Father who loves you in all truth.” It has always been proper to correct Christology to attribute to the Son of God the sentiments of a father who awaits the return of his sons.[6] Immediately after, Mechtilde shows that she possesses an exact vision of the Paschal mystery when she speaks of “being completely clothed with the Spirit of Jesus Christ, because completely annihilated in Him.”
Compared to these depths, the sufferings of every day are, so to speak, only superficial incidents, not because they are not really felt, but because they are never sought for their own sake or provoked.* In a certain commentary on the Rule, composed in the Baroque era in the form of “emblems,” each surmounted by a brief legend, the wounded heart is one of the most frequent symbols: one sees it crushed by an anvil and hammer, pierced by an arrow, crowned with thorns, afflicted in all possible ways.[7] [But] in Mechtilde there is no delight in suffering, but acceptance, silence, obedience and, as a result of this*, tranquility, affability, sweetness, joy, consolation, thanksgiving, happiness of the soul which “hurls itself towards God.” Being present to God, rather than voluntarism; and yet no trace of quietism, but a serene acceptance of all that God wants. Penance cannot be anything other than a participation in “the abandonment of Jesus” in His Passion. When one is “established in God” in a “generous dispossessing,” one can preserve in every circumstance the peace of the Risen Christ. “God is tranquil and makes all things tranquil,” Saint Bernard had declared. And Mechtilde, regarding “the soul who possesses this tranquility,” can write: “God contemplates Himself in the depth this soul.* * He imprints there His divine perfections.”
Two fundamental observances form the object of insistent, if not frequent, admonitions: silence and obedience.
About the first, Mechtilde underlines above all, as she always does in any case*, its “deep” meaning: it is a participation in the silence of Jesus, which He maintained in the womb of Mary, and then in the Passion. Like Bossuet she cites the phrase of the Gospel, “And Jesus was silent: Jesus autem tacebat.” Regarding the concept of obedience, this can raise today a problem which did not present itself at all back then. However, one must understand well what is meant by the formula of “blind obedience,” and a number of her texts help us. According to the teaching of Saint Benedict, taken up by Mechtilde, obedience is a gift of God: “It is God who gives you the strength to submit yourself.” Now, to submit oneself by an immediate suppression of one’s will** is an activity, not a passivity. When Mechtilde declares, “I no longer have a will,” the entire context proves on the contrary that she possesses much will; but by this Mechtilde means that her will acts now only “in relation to Jesus Christ.” The observances—she goes on to say—are “bearers of grace” not in themselves, but if they are practiced “in view of Jesus Christ.” The expressions of Mechtilde which praise “total liberty” are as energetic as those which incite to obedience. Mechtilde’s consideration is directed to the deep significance of the observances rather than to their superficial exactness.
Never neglect “the least reproof of your conscience”: this opens you to grace. “Make your intentions right.” In this work there are no limits to the demands of God and of her who counsels you in His sight.* Then let all the rest be done with moderation.
Mechtilde is frank and energetic in speaking when she finds herself faced with a lack of abnegation, to call to mind not only the goodness and mercy of God, but also His justice and His truth; she is equally ready to preach joy, security, and peace and to liberate her nuns and her friends from all excessive preoccupation with austerity. She has a sense for physical infirmity: “Do not deprive yourself of fruits, you need a little refreshment. Take also some wine with the water. Eat and keep yourself cheerful, because to serve God one needs a holy freedom, which proceed from a detached heart…” And she writes to a superior, regarding another religious: “Consult the doctors to see if the sister can bear the austerities of Lent: I don’t think her strength will permit it to her.”
Hand in hand with moderation goes mercy, indulgence, compassion: “Be tender faced with the suffering of your neighbor,” and again, “You will not win except in always yielding.” This acute sense of the limits of everyone and everything makes Mechtilde find a stupendous translation for the multorum servire moribus of Saint Benedict: “to adapt oneself to the humors” of each and all.
Her practical sense, her desire to serve appears in the effort which she undertook to eliminate dowries, at that time an indispensable condition for admitting a choir nun. She had a lively awareness that to deliver the Church from this unpleasant tradition “can only be a grace of God.” A grace now obtained, at least almost everywhere. Mechtilde had foreseen it three centuries before.
The large extracts of Mechtilde’s texts are worthy—at times—to figure in the Apophthegms which have been left to us not only by the Desert Fathers but also in the Middle Ages by Saint Bernard,[8] and later by the Maurists.
Mechtilde alludes at times to the texts of the Fathers which were read in Community and in the Office; let us not forget that underlying her writings one finds the erudition of the Maurists.[9] Rarely does she cite Saint Augustine and Condren, but she knew other Maurists, both by direct contact and by means of those who frequented the monastic circles of her time. Among the biblical models she turns first of all to those to whom the tradition had ascribed a special significance for monks and nuns: Abraham, Saint John, Saint Paul, the Magdalene.
In spiritual direction, which, like so many other female figures, she exercised in the Church, she excels in giving very practical counsels, full of psychological penetration and good sense.
But in her writings is revealed something much more than this: a profound spiritual teaching. What distinguishes her could be characterized in very few words: a mysticism of continual presence to God, owing to poverty of heart. Mechtilde possesses this style, not as something proper to her, but in common with the greatest figures of spiritual theology. To speak of it, however, she finds an accent of faith so intense that it makes her message useful to her contemporaries and at the same time valid for us. Her faith goes even to the point of “congratulating” a deceased person finally arrived: “having reached the Fatherland” as Saint Benedict says in the last sentence* of his Rule. This is the goal aimed at by the “conversion of manners,” which so many interpreters of the Rule have striven to explain in a comprehensible way. Mechtilde says with simplicity that Saint Benedict, especially in ch. IV, “On the instruments of good works,” teaches us to restrain our manners with the virtues. And regarding the last chapter of the Rule, she will bring together once again, in a magnificent synthesis, all the great realities which should penetrate our life: the Incarnation, the Gospel, the Spirit, the Church, the Eucharist (n. 2636).
“All want to be spiritual and of the most perfect spirituality.” Mechtilde attributes to this old term of Christian language its authentic meaning, according to which it designates that which is opposed, not to matter or to the “physical” (we have seen that Mechtilde has special care for health), but to life according to the flesh, that is, to nature insofar as it is inclined to sin. In the 17th century, at times, there was abuse of the terms “spirituality,” “mysticism,” “love,” to the point that some authors thought themselves obliged to have them preceded by qualifiers: “pure love,” “true mysticism.” Mechtilde smiles discreetly at this fashion, aware of the danger of such a way of expressing herself, and she almost never uses this vocabulary.*
For Mechtilde, “perfect spirituality,” consists in living according to the Spirit of Christ: this is what she demands from one end to the other of her texts, with a simplicity that leaves no doubts about the type of experience which her messages presupposes—no rhetoric: “humility does not consist in having humble thoughts, but in enduring the weight of the truth, which is the abyss of our extreme misery, when it please God to make it known to us…” This is Mechtilde’s true charism: “God has given me a tenderness and a particular inclination for souls tried and afflicted, such that I have them always present to my spirit…It seems to me that God has created me for these souls…” Is it not perhaps for this reason that we feel her even today so close to us?
[1] For the historical context in which Mother Mechtilde writes, for certain sources, and for other references to which it is not possible to refer here, I refer the reader to the article “Une école de spiritualité bénédictine datant du XVII siècle: les Bénédictines de l’Adoration Perpétuelle,” in Studia Monastica 18 (1977), pp. 433-53, and “Lumières nouvelles sur Catherine de Bar,” in Studia Monastica 20 (1978), pp. 397-409.
[2] For example, A Chapelle, S.J., “L’adoration eucharistique et la reparation,” in Vie consacrée 46 (1974), pp. 338-54.
[3] I have cited texts in the article “La royalité du Christ dans la spiritualité française du XVIIe siècle,” in the review La vie spirituelle, Supplement, I (1947), pp. 216-29 and 291-307.
[4] Cf. L. Gougaud, “Muta Praedicatio,” in Revue Bénédictine 42 (1930), pp. 170-71.
[5] Cf. “La royauté du Christ,” loc. cit.
[6] This has been highlighted by A. Borias, “Le Christ dans le Règle de Saint Benoît,” in Revue Bénédictine 82 (1972), pp. 109-132.
[7] B. Gallner, Regula emblematica S. Benedicti (Vienna, 1780).
[8] B. Ward, Apophetegemata Bernardi, in The influence of St. Bernard (Oxford, 1976), pp. 134-43, and J. Leclerq in Collectanea Cisterciensia 40 (1978), pp. 147-49.
[9] Dom Martène, La vie des Justes in Archives de la France Monastique, vols. XXVII-XXX (Ligugé, 1924-26).
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#HayamiLover
Location: Eastern Europe
Well, on the one hand it looks like a multimedia parody of Idolmaster, but on the other hand, I'm surprised that this show relies solely on the jokes and charisma of the characters, and not on any fanservice at all.
This has been my experience with the "This Week in Anime" articles lately:
(reads article title, "Is [show X] Worth Watching?") Hey, I've never seen [show X] and I'd like to know whether it's worth watching.
(sees spoiler warning) Well, I guess I'll never know.
Takkun4343
Location: Gahanna, Ohio
TWIA asked once if Inuyashiki was worth watching.
They said it wasn't.
I watched it anyways.
Don't trust TWIA when it comes to what anime you'll find worth the watch. Trust your own judgement.
meiam
Takkun4343 wrote:
You understand that for this to work, you need a ton of time and money. Most people don't have the time to watch everything that exist.
I think TWIA as a useful place between a spoiler free review and spoiler filled review (or maybe critique is a better word then). If you've already read the first episode review and weren't interested in the show then you won't watch the show anyway, so getting spoiled on a show you weren't going to watch isn't a problem. But if you do read it and it sparks your interest because the show went in a different direction than the first episode lead you to believe your only spoiled for the first couple of episodes which is rarely a big problem.
You can always wait for a proper review (although those usually end up spoiling the first few episode anyway. And review ultimately won't work for everyone, you need to read the critique itself to see if it's things that bother you. I though Inuyashiki was terrible, squandering an interesting premise on an uninteresting antagonist, but that's because that type of antagonist just bore me and he was a big part of the show. The episodic review of it were rather positive because the person doing them found that kind of antagonist interesting.
I_Drive_DSM
This is my favorite show for this season.
It has surprisingly superb animation quality - animation lacking in a lot of simulcasts being something that has been touched upon frequently as of late, has a tremendous amount of comedy that doesn't rely on any major cliche's or similar trickery (there's no fan-service, which it seems like EVERYTHING has nowadays), and seemingly never really has a dull moment. Some of the comedic elements can come off as predictable, but they're funny enough to overshadow any predictability.
I also like that it's kind of an unexpected genre. We usually associate zombie -anything with horror or similar despair genres. It's somewhat refreshing to see an idol/music series use a horror element without the horror.
jdnation
Please bring back the metal or the rap...
Or explore other genres... like, I don't know... Classical and Opera and the techno electronica clubbing scene.
Also something on an American Idol show please. Get dem audience votes.
And if that doesn't work, there's always rakugo...
Squidslinger
#HayamiLover wrote:
Zombie fanservice...
You do know that now someone will do it? Then we'll forever thank you for giving us panty shots of rotting flesh!
CatSword
#888772 wrote:
Spoiler-free consensus:
Steve: "So yeah, I dig the zombie idol anime."
Michelle: "So long as the show continues to be different, I think I'm on board with it."
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The show is cheesy, lame, and stupid but I think that is the point of the show and I think i might be self-ware of how stupid it is.
lossthief
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Please let me change your life for the better
Girls interact enough outside their zombie-look so that you can add it. Starting from the standard ecchi, and ending with any yuri-ish content. Not to mention the fact that they could turn the Producer into some expy of Rito.
Therefore, I am glad that the writers hold the level and at the time of the fourth episode it looks more like a funny comedy, and not any pervert entertainment.
Mhora
Bring the spoilers! I for one enjoy articles that actually discusses these shows in detail. Lovely discussions each week
rizuchan
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The problem is, "is ___ worth watching?" is a yes-or-no question that isn't really a yes-or-no question. Most of the time it is highly dependent on personal taste and tolerance for certain subjects and/or themes. And I feel like most of the time, TWIA does a pretty good job of exploring that. Like there are even a number of shows they've given a resounding "watch this!" to where I was like, "eh, still not really interested". It's more valuable to pay attention to their arguments for/against a show, than to take their opinions as a definite "watch this!" or "don't watch this!"
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I once saw an interview with a movie reviewer who said his job wasn't to be "right", but to be "consistent". So, if you ALWAYS disagree with a certain reviewer, those reviews are still useful.
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A finely tuned recruitment and onboarding process has assembled your quality team. Now, it is vital that the workplace develops and improves. A workforce where goals are achievable, meaningful careers created, top talent is tailored — and an organization’s mission is realized. This profile is elemental to performance management success.
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1. Empower through the self-appraisal process.
This process allows individuals to look that at their recent achievements and challenges. Are they preparing for future success by becoming a self-advocate? Is more training required for better career positioning? Was there an opportunity to highlight an untapped skill set, which allowed the team to meet its goals? Self-appraisal is an empowering process, enabling team members to look inward. Self-appraisal also provides insight for management to understand how its team members are communicating, completing tasks, and balancing work-life objectives. A team member may have been struggling with meeting a specific goal, perhaps time management. Self-appraisal is a place where the challenge can be positively analyzed, new procedures implemented, and future success realized.
2. Use constructive guidance to drive optimal performance.
Focus on ways to develop hidden talent and enhance current strengths to achieve success on both individual and organizational levels. The guidance that allows your team to perform at its best creates a more positive work environment. A growth mindset allows for optimal performance to be achieved. Your team needs to be allowed to develop and be challenged. In the early days of the space race, the challenge was to launch a rocket into space. Not all of them made it, but the team learned from their successes and their challenges to finally achieve the best launch possible.
3. Embrace challenging conversations to develop a mature and thoughtful process.
When it comes to weaknesses or shortcomings, conversations can be difficult. However, directing attention to these issues facilitates mature, thoughtful discussions. The ability to discuss them helps management and the employee focus on multiple goals for growth as it relates to the team, organization and individual. Specific conversations can elaborate on criteria that can be implemented to make the individual a better team player and the overall team and organization stronger. It is not about pointing out the failures, but rather using the guidance to help the employee develop into a more successful contributor.
4. Compliment progress to make a stronger impact.
Look at the review cycle as a continuous process, not just a once-a-year event. A yearly performance review is not the place to discover errors and challenges not met. To have true success, the individual must meet his or her challenges daily. Understanding the challenges and successes that occur throughout the year makes for significant impact on the performance of the individual and organization. By making the progress part of the review, management allows all parties to have a stake in the overall success.
5. Use employee surveys to create quality outcomes.
Properly worded, you can obtain more accurate responses from insightful employee survey questions. Workplace surveys can be a tool used throughout the performance management review process. Historically, employment surveys were conducted annually or when a team member departed. However, one can obtain a clearer picture of the workplace environment if the review process includes quality studies throughout the year. Responses should provide a window into the functionality of the team and the team’s cohesiveness.
6. Redesign and digitize systems to create efficient, holistic processes.
A quality performance management platform allows organizations to gather insight into creating the best team possible. The quantitative analysis gives the ability to compare an employee’s past skill set with new achievements. Streamlining the performance management process creates the opportunity to deepen the impact. By letting go of the traditional stacks of paper and instead record information online, data can be viewed and analyzed for more positive outcomes.
7. Shift from feedback to feed-forward.
Feedback is looking at the past and seeing what could be adapted or changed for a better outcome. During the performance management review process, one wants to look to the future and build momentum. Create an outline and process to move forward through goal setting. This helps your organization actively advance goals, cultivate creativity and careers, and tailor talent to a growth mindset.
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In-depth analysis and policy advice about important issues in Australian education, written by ACER’s thought leaders.
Is there another way to think about schooling?
There is a well-established way of thinking about schooling. It goes something like this. What students are expected to learn at school is spelled out in the school curriculum. The role of teachers is to teach the relevant year-level curriculum. The role of students is to learn what teachers teach. The role of assessment is to determine how much of what has been taught students have successfully learnt. Students are then graded on how well they have learnt what teachers have taught.
The alternative is to think differently about the nature of learning; the characteristics of learners; the school curriculum; what it means to ‘teach’; the role of assessment; and the nature of ‘reporting’ – in short, to think differently about schooling itself.
Unfinished business: PISA shows Indigenous youth are being left behind
The latest international assessment of students’ mathematical, scientific and reading literacy – the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) – shows that the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous students has remained the same for the last decade. In short, Indigenous 15-year-olds remain approximately two-and-a-half years behind their non-Indigenous peers in schooling. This essay provides a précis of the results and analysis of some of the issues; and discusses a range of implications for policy and practice. HTML | PDF
Towards a growth mindset in assessment
The approaches we take to assessing learning, the kinds of tasks we assign and the way we report success or failure at school send powerful messages to students not only about their own learning, but also about the nature of learning itself. Assessment and reporting processes shape student, parent and community beliefs about learning – sometimes in unintended ways. HTML | PDF
Deconstructing maths anxiety: Helping students to develop a positive attitude towards learning maths
Higher maths ability is often believed to go hand-in-hand with greater levels of general intelligence. At the same time, many students have a negative attitude towards maths. Maths anxiety is defined in the research literature as feelings of concern, tension or nervousness that are experienced in combination with maths. In 2005, researchers in the United States estimated that approximately 20 per cent of the US population were highly maths anxious. Given the cultural similarities between the US and Australia, we can assume that the percentage would be comparable here. HTML | PDF
Preparing 21st Century learners: The case for school-community collaborations
Highly effective schools have high levels of parent and community engagement.i ‘Community’ here includes parents, business and philanthropic organisations, and various services and not-for-profit groups. How ‘engagement’ is defined and what it looks like in practice will vary from school to school. But, as the growing body of research makes quite clear, support from those beyond the school gates is an essential part of preparing learners for the twenty-first century. HTML | PDF
The hard work of improvement
A common strategy for promoting improved employee or organisational performance is to place a strong focus on organisational results. For example, in commercial businesses, it is common to focus on results such as sales volumes, total business revenue, annual company profit or share price. With desired results clearly identified, results metrics are then established to measure existing performance levels, set targets for improvement, monitor improvement over time and hold employees accountable for achieving better results. HTML | PDF
Assessing student learning: Why reform is overdue
Advances in our understanding of human learning require new approaches to assessing and monitoring student learning. Much assessment thinking has changed little over the past fifty years. The field continues to be dominated by twentieth century introductory textbook concepts, including such dichotomies as formative versus summative assessment, criterion-referenced versus norm-referenced testing, quantitative versus qualitative assessment, informal versus formal assessment – distinctions that often hamper rather than promote clear thinking about assessment. HTML | PDF
The power of expectation
Success in most fields of endeavour depends on an ability to visualise success. It has long been known that elite athletes mentally rehearse each performance prior to its execution. Advances in neuroscience show why this may be so important: the neurological processes involved in visualising a performance are almost identical to those involved in the performance itself. Indeed, simply watching somebody else perform activates ‘mirror’ neurons in the observer paralleling neuronal activity in the performer. The ability to visualise success and an accompanying belief that success is possible appear to be prerequisites for most forms of human achievement. HTML | PDF
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A user’s view: How Akbank used Audience Builder to increase the use of personal loans and lower their unit price of sale
Stephanie Pilon
Global Head of Product Marketing
We recognize our business imperative behind connecting with diverse financial backgrounds – people who have different credit scores and financial statuses. Thanks to the Audience Builder, we understand and engage with our customers better than before and deliver them personalized experiences through our ads.
Oktay Kalem
Vice President, Digital Marketing and Sales,
We caught up with Tolga Kuzdere, Performance Marketing Lead at Akbank, Turkey’s leading bank, about his experience working with Adjust. Being one of the early adopters of Audience Builder, we were keen to find out how it’s helped them optimize the performance marketing of the products they offer on mobile.
Stephanie Pilon: Can you tell us a little bit about Akbank? Who do you serve - only Turkey or other regions as well? What kinds of products do you offer? What is your team responsible for?
Tolga Kuzdere: With a strong and extensive domestic distribution network of 840 branches and more than 14,000 employees, Akbank operates from its Head Office in Istanbul and 22 regional directorates across Turkey. In addition to providing services through branches, the Bank’s traditional delivery channel, Akbank also serves more than 15 million customers through the Akbank Direkt Internet Branches, Akbank Direkt Mobile, the Call Center, 4,200 ATMs and more than 460,000 POS terminals as well as other high-tech channels.
Akbank’s Performance Marketing team strives to deliver the right message at the right time to the right customer. Generating new traffic sources, then converting traffic into sales in a profitable way is our primary agenda. Our goal, for any digital marketing channel, is to drive sales and a higher return on ad spend than other media. Generating the exponential function for each product and service, we managed to identify the turning point that maximizes our sales while holding the cost per conversion at the minimum level. Having the ability to segment our customers based on their digital behaviors, we have built over 6000 dynamic lists.
SP: When did Akbank start working with Adjust?
TK: We started working with Adjust back in April 2015. We needed a way to measure our performance channels, especially Facebook, as this is a channel we use a lot. Before Adjust, performance marketing on Facebook didn’t really work because we weren’t tracking it, and we didn’t have any way to deep link users to specific parts of our app, meaning our conversion rates weren’t where they should have been. Also, without access to data, we didn’t have large audience lists to target, because there was no history to look at or segments at all.
Being integrated with Facebook in March 2017 meant that we could track all of our in-app events to a much more granular degree - for example, we could see each stage of a loan application and understand where users dropped from the funnel. We also implemented things like deep links. Since then, we’ve really seen an uptick on conversion vs not having them in place; it’s a much nicer user experience.
We have a pretty serious CRM setup in-house, and we didn’t want our mobile app to be a black box that lived separately from all of our other Akbank products - it needed to intersect with what the online bank and physical bank branches were doing. This included understanding the impact of all our advertising channels beyond mobile, and using data to influence the growth of the products we offer.
Another big benefit of our Adjust integration was the Facebook Partner module - we were able to sync all our event data directly to their platform and start running campaigns immediately. This allowed us to sell a lot more loan products than we had in the past, with a much higher success rate.
As marketers, we know there’s always room for improvement, to optimize the targeting even more. One thing we wanted to do was make sure that the users we were targeting with our products could actually use them. An example of this is our personal loan product - there’s no sense in targeting a user who would never qualify.
Audience Builder has been a game changer for us. We’re more efficient, our sales have increased and our costs have decreased. For the first time in the bank’s history, we’re outperforming the physical branches. I’d say this is a huge result.
Serhat Yildirim
Head of Digital Banking Division,
SP: How did your targeting change when you started working with Audience Builder?
TK: One example is with our personal loan products. Audience Builder gave us an extra layer of segmentation. We have our own internal definition of what qualifies as an active user - for us it’s a user who’s had a session in the last three months. And because we’re measuring each stage of the funnel, we want to make sure we’re not targeting users who are already in the middle of an application process. Audience Builder made this type of segmentation really easy for us. We’d download a list, and then we could use it to cross-check our CRM system to pinpoint the most creditworthy users. We’d then upload this direct to Facebook to start our retargeting campaigns.
So far, the results have been pretty incredible - we’ve increased the success rate of applications by 100 percent!
Thanks, Tolga! Interested in learning more about how to do retargeting? Check out our introductory ebook - we talk through how retargeting fits into your overall mobile marketing strategy, which KPIs to look out for, and the five steps to implement your first retargeting campaign.
About Akbank
Akbank’s core business is banking activities, consisting of corporate investment and private banking, commercial banking, SME banking, consumer banking, payment systems and treasury transactions, and international banking services.
Akbank was reaffirmed as the most valuable banking brand in Turkey for the fifth consecutive year in the international brand valuation company Brand Finance’s survey.
Widely known for anticipating changes in trends and customer dynamics to develop new products and channels for meeting the individual financial needs of clients, Akbank has introduced many innovations to the Turkish banking industry.
Akbank’s Direkt Mobile Application was the winner of its class in the 2014 Global Mobile Awards, it has been announced.
With over 60 years of experience in the industry, Akbank combines heritage, innovation and real care for its customers. It's no wonder the business was voted “Most valuable banking brand of Turkey” for the fifth consecutive time this year, and that it received the “Best Bank of Central and Eastern Europe” award from Euromoney in 2016.
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Auguring the near future at two-and-a-half minutes to midnight in Puppies Puppies’ mundane mass destruction at Berlin’s Oracle
Thomas Butler, 2 August 2017
Puppies Puppies prefers the gender-neutral pronoun ‘their’ or ‘they’ when referring to their work, which is intentionally confusing. The LA-based artist’s canine moniker — a droll reference to kitsch Internet clickbait — intersects with the critique of authorship and the market it feeds, as well as more recent discourses around identity politics and anonymity online. Puppies Puppies often asks their spouse to conduct interviews and studio visits in their place, further undermining authorial authority. This, like much of their practice, which is either performance in costume (such as the artist’s SpongeBob SquarePants and Statue of Liberty guises), or cheap readymades sourced from the Internet, plays with the absurd and tends to shy away from declarative statements.
Carlos (2017). Exhibition view. Courtesy the artist + Oracle, Berlin.
True to form, the first impression of their current show, Carlos, running at Berlin’s Oracle from June 4 to August 5, is that of ridiculousness. The space, a 20-meter shop front, is hidden down a nondescript arcade off Joachimstaler Straße in West Berlin. It looks more like an administrator’s office than an art gallery, with its stark fluorescent lighting, white walls, faux-tiled ceiling and basket weave-patterned floor.
On viewing the exhibition, the curator greets me at the door and takes me through the space, which is empty. My first thought is that the show has been de-installed, but he then presents the left-hand corner of the room where two identical keys — seven centimeters in length with round tops and strange-looking prongs — are nailed to the wall. Their duality is faintly reminiscent of Félix González-Torres’ twin clocks ‘Untitled (Perfect Lovers)’ from 1987; or odd stand-ins for the gender symbol for two females. The Torres reference, a modern memento mori, is not without irony. A booklet that accompanies the exhibition has an interview with Puppies Puppies’ father, also called Carlos, who served in the US Air Force as a commander in a nuclear silo. He explains in the transcript that the keys are believed to be replicas of the originals used by the Russians to launch a nuclear attack. Carlos found them while looking for similar Cold War memorabilia on eBay.
Carlos (2017). Installation detail. Courtesy the artist + Oracle, Berlin.
Immediately on the wall to the left, is the electrical fuse box for the space. The keys are in the spot where you would expect to find them in a regular office. What is both absurd and frightening is that these unremarkable looking keys in this banal space could have been used to cause mass nuclear destruction that would have meant certain death for both sides in a conflict. A collective complacency about this fact is echoed by the triviality of the artistic gesture, because clearly this threat is not something we can resign to history. In January of this year, the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists moved the Doomsday Clock forward to two minutes and 30 seconds before midnight. The clock is at its closest point to catastrophe since 1953.
The only other object in the show is a large image that hangs in the front window. It is of a blast-proof door to the nuclear facility that Carlos worked in. On it is painted an image of a large Domino’s Pizza box, rebranded as ‘Minuteman II’— a reference to the US nuclear missiles of the same name. Words in large, red letters scrawled above and below it read: ‘World-wide delivery, in 30 minutes or less. Or your next one is free.’ The reinforced door, which had been customized by military personnel, reveals that they, more than anyone, are keenly aware of the insanity of our present dilemma. **
Puppies Puppies’s Carlos solo exhibition is on at Berlin’s Oracle, running June 4 to August 5, 2017.
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'Carlos' Oracle Berlin Puppies Puppies
Ange Halliwell evokes pastoral memory & lucid dream melancholia with his futurist neo-classical ‘Summer Day & Autumn Day’
Rise of the nerd: Mary-Audrey Ramirez, LUKAS8K & Madalina Stanescu on gaming & the aesthetics of disappointment
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Club Late Music expands the Global URL Nation with Bungalovv & Kuthi Jin’s ‘Grove Fires’ for their GUN-X series
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Nick Malkin’s ‘Into The Light ’93’ contemplates the elegantly understated late night embers of a Los Angeles ambient noir
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Steve & Samantha work through the hurt & the humour of having feelings with the unstable anti-folk of ‘Painkiller’
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“Too bad it’s sinking”. (Self-) surveillance, climate dread & other existential terror at Miami’s Borscht Resurrected
Steph Kretowicz, 13 December 2019
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Motion sickness: Beirut-born producer Thoom talks the rhythm of Iowa’s industry while in the midst of Lebanon’s October Revolution
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Yre Den’s ‘Silk Evade’ presents a sleek & propulsive club number from a musician without a past on fledgling Cologne label SPA
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Alma mater: The ambiguous parental parentheses of art institutions from Jessie Bullivant’s pleas to be excused in ‘To Be Announced…’
Kim Modig, 3 December 2019
Accelerated logistics, Amazon’s doublethink & the unseen effects of ecommerce as explored in The Fulfillment Center group exhibition
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Archaeology News
Archaeology · 21. June 2017
Scientists Examine 3,000 Year Old Egyptian Prosthesis
Prosthetic toe. Credit: University of Basel, LHTT. Image: Matja Kačičnik
An international team of researchers has brought 21st century tech to one of the oldest prosthetic devices ever discovered. The prosthesis is an exquisitely crafted big toe, carved out of wood almost 3,000 years ago for the right foot of an Egyptian priest’s daughter.
Using computer tomography, microscopy, and X-rays, the team found the toe was refitted serval times to fit the foot of its owner. They also concluded that the sophistication of the toe and the strap to which it attached required the attention of a highly skilled individual well versed in foot anatomy.
The toe and strap, designed to let the artificial toe bend with the rest of the natural toes during walking, were found in a looted tomb in Sheikh Ábd el-Qurna, just west of Luxor. Sheikh Ábd el-Qurna is the burial ground of small group of Egyptian elites. Archaeologists from the University of Basel in Switzerland have been working at the site since 2015, and they, along with experts in geodesy and geology, are building a 3D map of the of the site and its features in an effort to reconstruct the cemetery and investigate its phases of use.
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Shetland Museum & Archives Memorial Lecture - Viking Genes with Professor Jim Wilson
Shetland Museum & Archives Auditorium, Lerwick 7-9pm
The Shetland Museum and Archives annual memorial lecture for 2020 is with Professor Jim Wilson of the University of Edinburgh where he will present some of the latest findings from the Orkney Complex Disease Study and the Viking Health Study - Shetland. Research has shown that 20% of Shetland DNA is traceable to Norwegian ancestors. Join to find out more about the research and the intriguing findings. This is a charged event and booking is essential. More information can be found here.
Old Scatness Broch & Iron Age Village
Sumburgh, 10am-4pm
Old Scatness Broch & Iron Age Village will be open for guided tours the Wednesday after Up Helly Aa so here's a chance to learn about its history and the people who dwelt here. There is an entrance fee and the last tour will commence at 3:30pm. Some additional information can be found here.
Fealy Dyke
Also known as a feely or feelie dyke from the Shetland word feal (turf), it is an earthen wall designed to separate the crofts from the common grazing areas. They are found extensively throughout Shetland.
But did you know that Fealy is also a surname, though only 1,110 people in the world share it? The most famous may have been Maude Fealy.
A bit of Archaeology Shetland fun!
Mainland Events
Scotland's Rock Art Project
Boyd Orr Building, University of Glasgow @ 7:30pm & 9pm
Around 5,000 years ago, people in Scotland carved mysterious symbols on rock surfaces across the landscape. There are thousands of these prehistoric carvings, known as ‘rock art’, across Scotland today and there may be many more waiting to be discovered.
At this lecture organised by the Glasgow Archaeological Society, Dr Tertia Barnett, Principal Investigator at Scotland’s Rock Art Project will discuss her work and the project’s findings. There is a free event, for more information visit here.
Living on Water: Early Iron Age Loch Dwelling on Loch Tay
Appleton Tower, 11 Crichton Street, Edinburgh @ 6pm & 8pm
Michael Stratigos from the Living on Water project will talk about the First Millennia Study Group's work developing a social history of Loch Tay, focused on the crannog dwellers. More Information on this free event can be found here.
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Hannover Re gets “long overdue price increases”, Jebi creep dents P&C
8th August 2019 - Author: Steve Evans
German headquartered global reinsurance player Hannover Re has reported yet another quarter of expansive premium growth, but the firms results were dented by continuing loss creep from typhoon Jebi, as well as weakness on the life & health side.
Hannover Re reported 17.1% growth in gross premiums (14.5% at constant exchange rates) across its business, but an expansive 21.3% across the property and casualty reinsurance business (18.4% adjusted) as the firm grew at the June and July renewals this year.
The reinsurance firm reported operating profit (EBIT) for the second-quarter of the year increasing 3.8% to EUR 942.1 million (up from EUR 907.3 million), while group net income reached EUR 662.5 million, up 19.3% compared to the previous year.
The quarter’s results were boosted by the investment return, without which Hannover Re could have fallen to a negative result, as the underwriting side of the business did not perform this quarter with the P&C underwriting result dented by loss creep from typhoon Jebi, while the life & health business fell to a net underwriting loss on the back of impacts from Australian disability business and UK mortality business.
However, the growth continues to be seen as positive and Hannover Re feels well positioned and is pleased to have finally seen some positive rate development.
“In the 1 June and 1 July treaty renewals in property and casualty reinsurance we were able to secure long overdue price increases,” commented Chief Executive Officer Jean-Jacques Henchoz. “In view of the business development to date we are well on track to achieve Group net income in the order of EUR 1.1 billion for 2019. In addition, the result will be positively influenced by a one-off effect to the tune of EUR 100 million associated with our participation in Viridium Group.”
The reinsurance firm said that it has been able to “substantially expand its portfolio in property and casualty reinsurance in the course of the year to date.”
However, the reinsurer also noted that, “Competition remained fierce because many markets and lines continued to see surplus capacities,” but Hannover Re saw overall market conditions as stable or slightly improved.
Large loss expenditure also dented the P&C reinsurance result slightly, with accident year net impacts of EUR 140.5 million being up on the prior year, although still well below (almost half) the budgeted levels.
The biggest two events for Hannover Re so far this year were the refinery explosion in Philadelphia in June, costing the firm EUR 45.7 million, and the Townsville floods in the Australian state of Queensland in January, costing EUR 25.9 million.
However, typhoon Jebi really dented the P&C result and drove Hannover Re’s net underwriting result in reinsurance down to EUR 71 million for Q2 (compared to EUR 121 million in the prior year), or EUR 196 million for the first-half (down from EUR 221 million in the prior year).
Typhoon Jebi loss creep cost Hannover Re EUR 58 million for the second-quarter and EUR 106 million year-to-date, without which both the quarter and half-year results would have beaten the prior year figures.
There’s a good chance some level of loss creep and also a share in the current accident year losses will have flowed to Hannover Re’s retrocession partners, including third-party capital and ILS fund investors backing the reinsurers KCessions sidecar vehicle.
Henchoz commented on the loss creep, “We also incurred – in common with many of our competitors – late reported claims from events in prior years. In particular, typhoon Jebi in Japan continues to prove more costly than originally anticipated for the entire industry.”
In addition, the current year combined ratio reached 96.7%, up slightly from the prior years 95.7%, but still in-line with targets. As a result, operating profit in P&C reinsurance slipped by 4.3% to EUR 656.9 million for the half-year.
Life and health reinsurance premiums written also rose, as Hannover Re was expansive on both sides of the business, increasing by 9.3% to EUR 3.8 billion.
However the net underwriting result was negative in life and health reinsurance, at EUR -89 million for Q2 2019 and EUR -138 million for the first-half, both much worse than the prior year.
Hannover Re had cited impacts to the technical underwriting result from Australian disability business and UK mortality business. Like its peers, Hannover Re is taking action in certain areas of the life and health book to improve performance right now,
The investment return saved the life and health side though, while the restructuring of Viridium boosted this side by EUR 99.5 million, enabling Hannover Re to report a 30.3% increase for the first-half to EUR 286 million.
“The stronger profitability of life and health reinsurance can be attributed in large measure to the one-off effect associated with our participation in Viridium Group,” Henchoz said. “As a further factor, the termination of loss-making treaties in US mortality business in the previous year – which had given rise to exceptional strains – continues to have a favourable effect on the result.”
Hannover Re’s growth story continues though, as the company continues to expand its P&C reinsurance book in particular.
The June and July renewals were seen as favourable, with price increases that the firm said were in some cases “appreciable.”
Reflecting the regions up for renewal, Hannover Re said, “The renewals in North America proved to be particularly successful for Hannover Re.”
“Based on the outcome of this year’s various rounds of treaty renewals and assuming constant exchange rates, Hannover Re continues to expect significant premium growth at broadly stable conditions for its total property and casualty reinsurance portfolio,” the company explains.
While the price increases were clearly welcomed, Hannover Re still does not feel they have improved significantly.
CEO Henchoz said, “In the most recent treaty renewals in property and casualty reinsurance – above all the renewals in June and July – we were able to push through price increases. These put us in a somewhat better position now than in 2017 or 2018, altough we still find ourselves below the pricing level of earlier years.”
Targets are maintained though, for profit and combined ratio, hence it will be interesting to see how the enlarged portfolio performs over the year ahead and whether further growth is the target at January 2020.
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Annie Pootoogook, Cape Dorset Freezer, 2005, pencil, ink and coloured pencil on paper. Reproduced with the permission of Dorset Fine Arts.
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When graphic artist Annie Pootoogook passed away last year, there was an outpouring of public grief. Numerous articles were also published in the popular press, primarily focusing on her artistic career as a rising star whose success was marred by a descent into poverty and struggles with addiction. Pootoogook first gained national attention by winning the Sobey Award in 2006, a fifty‑thousand‑dollar prize for a Canadian contemporary artist under forty years of age; a decade later she died, destitute and homeless, in Ottawa, Ontario. In Canada, we have been quick to scandalise her personal history as a tragic example of an Indigenous artist’s meteoric rise to fame and rapid fall into homelessness and substance abuse. Yet we are slower to connect her individual experiences, as reflected in her insightful works, to the history and ongoing colonisation of the Arctic, and slower still to understand that history in relation to the development of the modern and contemporary Inuit art industry. Pootoogook’s oeuvre draws these threads together. Her drawings provide shrewd and significant commentary on contemporary Inuit society in light of the lasting impacts of the colonisation and modernisation of the Arctic. Her work also reveals how she viewed her practice within the context of Inuit art history in relation to her remarkable artistic lineage, experiences with the Kinngait (Cape Dorset, Nunavut) art studio co‑operative, and even her own burgeoning celebrity.
The field of contemporary Inuit arts is characterised by the fascinating paradox of the relationship between the Canadian state, Inuit art history, and Inuit who live within today’s Canadian Arctic borders. Elsewhere I have written at length on the beginning of the modern Inuit art industry and its complicated relationship to Arctic colonisation.[1] In brief, in the mid‑twentieth century when the assimilative policies of the Canadian government—which aggressively sought to suppress and eradicate the entire pre‑contact Inuit way of life—were at their height, this same government began actively funding, collecting, promoting, and celebrating Inuit art, both domestically and abroad, as a quintessentially Canadian art form. Inuit art was admired in southern Canada and worldwide for its association with the primitive, untouched, and exotic, echoing the sentiment of modernist primitivism reverberating throughout Europe at the same time.
Annie Pootoogook, In The Summer Camp, 2002, pencil, ink and coloured pencil on paper. Reproduced with the permission of Dorset Fine Arts.
Yet in Canada, the same things that made Inuit art desirable to the modern art market were the practices, knowledge and belief systems that the Church and State were simultaneously working to destroy. In the 1950s and 1960s many Inuit artists, who had grown up on the land, were recording in their artworks the knowledge of their families and ancestors, passed down orally for countless generations but which had become abruptly threatened by a few decades of forced settlement and relocation, aggressive religious conversion, and the removal of Inuit children to residential schools.[2] And yet, in the face of the sudden and rapid industrialisation of the Arctic, artists were being praised for their stone sculptures and prints depicting life as it had been before the arrival of Qallunaat[3]; wearing skin clothing, travelling by dog team, and hunting traditionally. While angakkuit (Inuit shamans) were actively banned from practising traditional medicine and ceremony, images of shamanism and human–animal transformation were lauded by the art market. Many collectors, predominantly affluent, white and Western, still privilege the early works from this era, without acknowledging that the works they prize as authentic are the direct results of destructive assimilative policies. The irony is that the way of life depicted in these images, already one generation removed, is often lost in these discussions of taste, aesthetics and value. Because Inuit were eager to preserve knowledge of this era, they continued to produce this work for the art market; because southern buyers wanted access to another world, these images of pre‑contact life sold (and still sell) well.
Yet, while artists of the first and second generations of the modern Inuit art movement had also always created works that demonstrated their interest and engagement with the South and the industrial modernisation of the North, those works were not making their way to southern audiences. James Houston, the Qallunaat artist and entrepreneur who is often credited with instigating the modern Inuit art movement, noted that in the 1950s and 1960s, his method of encouraging Inuit to participate in the arts industry was to buy everything artists made, and to later destroy, or even throw into the ocean, those sculptures that did not fit within the prescribed idea of Eskimo modernism at the time.[4] This practice of destroying such works was widespread; Haudenosaunee curator Tom Hill Sr. has even recalled rescuing a bust of Elvis from destruction in the basement of the National Gallery of Canada.[5] Cultural brokers like Houston, in an effort to control the quality of the work (as they saw it), as well as to protect the growing market for Inuit art in the South, promoted the work that aligned with the market expectations. Houston, like his contemporaries in other communities, was a white, southern settler in a position that created taste among collectors and controlled the market. As a further example of this, works by two noted Kinngait (Cape Dorset) artists—Kananginak Pootoogook’s series of drawings on colonialism[6] and Napatchie Pootoogook’s critical look at the darker side of community life[7]—were not seen or published in southern Canada until decades later, when the transcultural ideals of the contemporary had firmly taken hold. Instead, both were famous for their depictions of Arctic wildlife and complex camp scenes from the land. Yet I believe it was in the context of that hidden body of work by these two artists, Annie Pootoogook’s uncle and mother, that her own daring stream of work would emerge.
Annie Pootoogook, Pitseolak Drawing With Two Girls on the Bed, 2006, coloured pencil on paper. Reproduced with the permission of Dorset Fine Arts.
Annie Pootoogook is the beneficiary of a significant lineage of Inuit graphic artists, including her aforementioned uncle and mother: her father, Eegyvadluk; her grandmother, Pitseolak Ashoona; and many others in her family. When Pitseolak—one of the first Inuit artists to experiment with drawing—was bedridden in her final years, her granddaughters (Annie and her cousin, the artist Shuvanai Ashoona) would sit on the edge of her bed and watch her draw. When Annie finally began drawing for the West Baffin Eskimo Cooperative in 1997, decades later, she deliberately positioned herself within this matrilineal history, recreating that scene from her youth in some images, or referencing her grandmother’s thick black glasses, which reappear in multiple works. Like her grandmother and mother, she also began to focus on drawing scenes out of her experiences and everyday life in Kinngait. This observational practice largely centred on smart, unpretentious interiors that expressed the personal, intimate, and mundane in the Arctic, featuring the elements of settlement houses with which all northerners are well familiar, yet which were completely foreign to the armchair Inuit art market when they suddenly appeared in galleries in the early 2000s. The houses, colloquially referred to as “matchboxes” or “512s” (for the square footage) feature bare rooms with linoleum flooring, the walls sparsely decorated with calendars, key holders, clocks, and, as in some of Annie’s works, signs that say “JESUS” or family photos.
Pootoogook’s works reveal the many imported late‑twentieth‑century Western comforts found in northern homes, like prefab kitchen cabinets, television sets and stereo towers, but the narrative that emerges is not one of a people subjugated by the encroachment of Western culture and accoutrements. Instead, these scenes reveal how Inuit have adapted these comforts to their lifestyle. Families sit on the floor in the traditional manner of sharing food, and cut up whale and char to dip in ketchup or soya sauce, eat seal meat or palauga (“fry bread” made of flour, salt and lard) and cook on a Coleman stove found in the living room or a nylon tent. A television set may show Inuit watching the distant Iraq War or trashy American daytime television, but is just as likely to depict Inuit watching Isuma Production’s seminal television series, Nunavut (Our Land) (1995–), wherein elders and others demonstrate such longstanding practices as hunting, cleaning and tanning hides, or fishing through a hole in the ice. Her many references to clocks and calendars serve as ironic reminders of the incommensurability of southern Euro‑Canadian and Inuit understandings of time and place. Colourful rows of men’s underwear, a bright red bra, or her many erotic scenes, also playfully defy paternalistic stereotypes of infantilised Inuit or hyper‑sexualised stereotypes of Indigenous women. In creating these works, Pootoogook challenges viewer beliefs of the North as pristine, pure, and authentic, or alternatively modernised, colonised and conquered.
Annie Pootoogook, The National, 2003, pencil, ink and coloured pencil on paper. Reproduced with the permission of Dorset Fine Arts.
Pootoogook’s scenes and skilful object studies are sometimes ironic, often humorous, always observational. Her images de‑exoticised the Arctic, while also highlighting the reality of how great the distance is between the daily lives of southern Canadians and their neighbours in Inuit Nunangat, and how little the South truly knows about the experience of life in the North. As Deborah Root has argued, Pootoogook’s work forces southerners to confront their assumptions about the North and its inhabitants: “If those of us who live in the South wish to imagine the North as an essentially natural world, we find it difficult to accept that Inuit societies are in fact modern. Yes, we might recognise that Northerners have Ski‑doos and perhaps some canned goods, but when we think of the unspoiled Arctic, Jerry Springer is not what we have in mind. I can’t help but feel that what is at stake is old, colonialist belief in the so‑called benefits of civilisation. Images of pure, unmediated space allow us to maintain that fiction.”[8]
Annie had her first solo exhibit in 2002 at Feheley Fine Arts, followed rapidly by several other high‑profile exhibitions leading to her winning the 2006 Sobey Award. She spent the summer of 2006 in Dufftown, Scotland, where she was artist‑in‑residence at the Glenfiddich Distillery “Spirit off Creativity” program, and went on to exhibit at the Basel Art Fair in Miami, Documenta 12 in Kassel Germany, and the Montreal Biennale in 2007. Soon, her work began to be collected by such major institutions as the National Gallery of Canada and the Art Gallery of Toronto. As I noted in my In Memorandum in Canadian Art soon after her death, I feel that Annie’s legacy lies not only in her works but also in what she has accomplished for the many contemporary Inuit artists who will come after her.[9] By captivating the attention of the international art world, however briefly, she held open a door for other Inuit artists. Her thoughtful, humorous, satirical, witty and brave works brought in new audiences, and new understandings of what contemporary Inuit art could be, while revealing the reality of life in the Arctic to southern audiences that had long admired, but never really known, the true North.
Annie Pootoogook at the Sobey Art Awards in 2006, Courtesy Art Gallery of Nova Scotia. Photo: Denis
Bernier.
^ See Igloliorte, Heather, ‘Arctic Culture / Global Indigeneity’ in Lynda Jessup, Erin Morton and Kirsty Robertson (eds) Negotiations in a Vacant Lot: Studying the Visual in Canada, Kingston: McGill, Queen’s University Press, 2014, pp. 150–170; and Heather Igliolorte, ‘The Inuit of Our Imagination’ in Gerald McMaster (ed) Inuit Modern, Toronto: Douglas and McIntrye Press, 2010. pp. 41–49
^ For an introduction to these histories of the colonisation of the Canadian Arctic, see Ipellie, Alootook, ‘The Colonization of the Arctic’, in Gerald McMaster and Lee-Ann Martin (eds), Indigena: Contemporary Native Perspectives, Vancouver: Douglas and McIntyre, 1992); Frank J. Tester and Peter Kulchyski, Tammarniit (Mistakes): Inuit Relocation in the Eastern Arctic 1939–63, Vancouver: UBC Press, 1994; Heather Igloliorte, ‘We Were So Far Away': The Inuit Experience of Residential Schools, Ottawa: The Legacy of Hope Foundation, 2010; and Kristen Norget, ‘The Hunt for Inuit Souls: Religion, Colonization, and the Politics of Memory’, in Gillian Robinson (ed), The Journals of Knud Rasmussen: A Sense of Memory and High-Definition Storytelling, Montreal: Isuma Productions, 2008
^ The word Qallunaat is the Inuktitut term that refers to Europeans and later to Euro-Canadians and other non-Inuit that came to the Arctic. Interestingly, Minnie Aodla Freeman has explained that this does not translate to “light-skinned people” or “strangers” as one might expect, but could mean either “people with beautiful eyebrows” or “people with beautiful manufactured material.” Odette Leroux, Marion E. Jackson and Minnie Aodla Freeman, Inuit Women Artists: Voices from Cape Dorset, Ottawa: Canadian Museum of Civilization, 2003, 15–16.
^ For more on the mid-century development of modern Inuit sculpture and the art market, particularly under James Houston, see H. H. Graburn Nelson, ‘The Discovery of Inuit Art: James A. Houston-Animateur’, Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 2, no. 2, Spring 1987, pp. 3–5; and Kristen K. Potter, ‘James Houston, Armchair Tourism, and the Marketing of Inuit Art’. In W. Jackson Rushing III (ed), Native American Art in the Twentieth Century: Makers, Meanings, Histories, Routledge, 1999, pp. 39–56, 2001, pp. 191–208
^ Tom HIll, ‘Indian Art in Canada: A Historical Perspective’ in Elizabeth McLuhan and Tom Hill (ed), Norval Morrisseau and the Image Makers, Toronto: Art Gallery of Ontario, 1984, p. 19
^ Robert Kardosh, ‘The Other Kananginak Pootoogook’, Inuit Art Quarterly, 22(1), 2007, pp. 10–18
^ In 2000, Leslie Boyd Ryan conducted interviews with the artist on her more than three hundred autobiographical drawings owned by the West Baffin Eskimo Co-operative. Janet Berlo has written about some of these works in detail. Janet Catherine Berlo, ‘Autobiographical Impulses and Female Identity in the Drawings of Napatchie Pootoogook’, Inuit Art Quarterly 8(4), 1993
^ Deborah Root, ‘Inuit Art and the Limits of Authenticity’, Inuit Art Quarterly 23, no.2, Summer 2008), pp. 25
^ Heather Igloliorte, ‘Annie Pootoogook: 1969–2016’, Canadian Art online, 27 September 2016: https://canadianart.ca/features/annie-pootoogook-1969-2016
Heather Igloliorte is an Inuk art historian and curator. She is from Nunatsiavut, Labrador, and currently resides in Montreal, Quebec, where she holds a Concordia University Research Chair in Indigenous Art History and Community Engagement.
Card image: detail from Annie Pootoogook, In The Summer Camp Tent, 2002, pencil, ink and coloured pencil on paper. Reproduced with the permission of Dorset Fine Arts.
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From sporting spectacles to edgy art exhibitions, these are the types of Australian events you can experience on a trip Down Under.
Join the party and celebrate Australia – whether it’s the adrenaline rush from the Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne, a chilled-out break soaking up the music at the Byron Bay Bluesfest or experiencing history and culture at the Cairns Indigenous Art Fair in Queensland, Australia has an event that’s sure to feed your passions.
Looking for what's on? Search the Events Calendar for hundreds of festivals and events taking place around the country.
What's on: Events and festivals calendar.
Arts and exhibitions
Our cities play host to a huge array of buzzing festivals, visual arts and design fairs. Stimulate your senses and wander through a million blooming flowers at Floriade, see large scale art along coastal sculpture walks or lose yourself in a field made of light. Australia is also fascinated with performing arts and social calendars are packed with comedy shows, film festivals and theatre. If your creative mind needs new inspiration, check out one of our vibrant festivals or exhibitions and meet some of the country’s best entertainers, storytellers, artists, gardeners and craftsmen.
Culture and community events
With a jam-packed calendar of culture and community celebrations, there’s an Australian event around every corner. These events bring everyone together to celebrate the weird, the wonderful, and of course, the uniquely Australian. The Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras festival culminates in a colourful and happily chaotic street parade, while Alice Spring's Henley-on-Todd embraces outback fun with a quirky sailing regatta on a dry river bed. Aboriginal culture comes alive through the celebrations and festivals of its people. Immerse yourself in the living cultural traditions of the Dreaming and experience the spirit and variety of Aboriginal Australia at its celebrations, like Garma in Arnhem Land and Yabun in Sydney.
Australia has more food festivals in absolute numbers than anywhere else, ranging from regional producer-style markets to internationally recognised events. The gourmet calendar is peppered with events that showcase the region’s best – such as the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival and South Australia’s Tasting Australia – or a locally prized product, like Tasmania’s Whisky Week and the Sydney BeerFest. Wine connoisseurs also have plenty of dedicated options, including Orange Wine Festival, Grampians Grape Escape and the Barossa Gourmet Weekend. These epicurean events entice locals and tourists alike.
Music festivals and live shows
Australian events are all about unforgettable experiences and easygoing atmospheres, and the country’s concerts and music festivals are no exception. Whether you’re into indie, pop, bass, blues, rock or classical, there’s an Australian music festival to fit your fancy. Head to WOMADelaide in Adelaide for seven stages of world music performances, or sway along at the Byron Bay Bluesfest, Australia’s largest blues and roots festival. No matter the time of year, there is sure to be a fantastic concert or music festival happening in a picture-perfect location.
Whether it’s riding a wave or racing camels, Australia has no shortage of riveting sports events. Australian sporting events are as much about fun and fresh air as they are about fierce competition and impressive athleticism. With Australia setting the stage for world-renowned events like the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race and the Australian Open, it’s no wonder sport-lovers come from all around to experience the adrenaline-inducing atmosphere and world-class athletes. If you’re looking for a laugh, Australia also plays host to less serious sports events, like Darwin’s Beer Can Regatta, which sees participants race in boats made of cans and bottles. There’s something for everyone on the Australian sports calendar.
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How MobileCo boosted customer retention with a holistic user-engagement strategy
When its large domestic market for mobile phones consolidated, one leading Asian phone maker faced a challenge in shifting its focus from customer acquisition to customer retention. Its retention rate, however, was weak compared with its major competitors. In response, the manufacturer worked with Bain to develop an organization that could create and support an ambitious user-engagement strategy.
20 key customer-retention responsibilities were mapped and assigned to corporate and regional offices
60% projected retention rate over the next 5 years
As overall market growth slowed from an annual increase of 50% to just 5%, MobileCo realized that its 35% customer-retention rate needed immediate attention. But it lacked a clear view of the reasons it lost customers, and what steps occurred along the customer-churn journey. And because each department within the company developed its own programs to retain customers, there was no unified view of its customers' issues, and no standardized way to design and implement effective customer-retention programs. The company's fragmented data management system prevented it from identifying and tracking customers or obtaining user feedback. The company also believed that relatively low brand awareness compared with its peers hurt its ability to win new customers in an increasingly competitive environment.
Diagnose: Working with Bain, the company determined the main causes of customer churn―which included product quality and lack of brand promotion or word of mouth―then identified user groups that could improve the overall retention rate, including high-influence users (opinion leaders), groups with a high tendency to churn (among target users), and groups with high loyalty among target users (community/club organizers, senior members of local fan clubs, etc.).
Engage: Bain helped the company define and assess six steps and 14 specific customer episodes along the user journey, from initial product consideration through purchase, after-purchase services, and referral to other potential customers. That enabled MobileCo to design initiatives that would improve the user experience along each step of that journey. The company also began to capture key metrics on user satisfaction and identify the root causes of any gaps in the user experience.
Restructure: The company created a new organizational structure to address four broad categories of customer engagement (user insights, user-engagement planning, user-engagement implementation, and results evaluation), which were then broken down into 20 specific responsibilities. Some of those were assigned to a central group at headquarters, including critical IT capabilities, while others were pushed out to user-engagement specialists at regional offices.
Working with Bain, MobileCo is poised to increase its customer-retention rate to 60% by 2022, almost double its current rate of 35%, and on par with its strongest competitors.
The new organizational structure helped the company overcome a fragmented, nonstandardized approach to engagement, and put in place the IT systems needed to support a unified view of the customer journey and to capture and report critical KPIs. MobileCo can now leverage its new IT capabilities to, among other things, develop a user-churn prediction model.
MobileCo identified 18 categories of improvement initiatives, spanning marketing, service, user engagement and other areas. As a result, it launched programs to address many customer pain points, including remote diagnosis and repair, an improved user app, enhanced user ID and registration, new product/trade promotions, the rollout of new cloud services, and many other improvements designed to improve virtually all aspects of the user experience.
The company also developed a sophisticated dashboard that provides executives with a clear look at user-churn data, customer satisfaction levels, dozens of operational indicators, verbatim comments from users, incentive plan performance and many other metrics, with most measures viewable by region, province and city.
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Carolina A. Alonso
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Carolina Alonso’s practice is focused on privacy and data protection. She has experience with children’s and student data, as well as biometric and genetic data. She is also skilled in a variety of coding languages, including Python and HTML. Innovative and forward-thinking, Carolina encourages companies to self-regulate and guides them in using best practices when creating privacy policies. Her experience includes positions related to policy-making, the government, and nonprofit and for-profit entities. She uses these perspectives to address issues from all sides and tailor the appropriate outcome for clients.
Carolina also has general experience in intellectual property issues, having advised companies and individuals on copyright infringement and fair use.
Before joining BakerHostetler, Carolina worked in law and policy at a number of technology-centric organizations, including the Future of Privacy Forum, Public Knowledge, Yahoo and Facebook. She also demonstrates basic reading and writing skills in Japanese.
Advises on general privacy-related compliance issues including the Federal Trade Commission Act’s enforcement against unfair and deceptive business practices and misrepresentations, drafting privacy policies (e.g., in line with privacy policy laws such as the California Shine the Light law and California Minor’s Privacy Right law), drafting online service terms of use, subscription terms, transaction terms, DMCA Agent registration and internal procedure, crowd privacy notices, and data service agreements for large, small, and emerging companies in various industries.
Represented a nonprofit organization focused on the rights of a group of disabled people in Federal Communications Commission (FCC) filings pertaining to media accessibility.
For a large media company, provided insight into advertising regulations surrounding social media influencers.
Advises on, drafts documents related to, and conducts compliance project plans for the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) privacy projects, including but not limited to policy gap assessments, EU Privacy Notices, Fair Processing Notices for Employees, EU data breach hotline, EU data breach notices and seeking guidance from EU regulators, EU Personal Data Breach Plans, vendor management procedure materials, EU Personal Data of children issues analysis, International Data Transfer materials (Privacy Shield/Model Clauses), Data Protection Impact Assessments, GDPR-specific contract language, and procedures for data subject requests.
Drafts employee training materials on privacy laws, regulations, best practices, and practical impacts (e.g., power points, internal procedures).
Supports projects related to biometric personal information (e.g., Biometric Information Privacy Act), including drafting application and practical advice memos and privacy notices. Has spoken on a podcast specifically about genetic privacy laws.
Advises on, drafts documents related to, and conducts compliance project plans for the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) including but not limited to practical application, enforcement risk, and best practice memos, implementation of parental verification, user interface recommendations, COPPA privacy policies, internal COPPA procedures, data flow assessments and recommendations, and participating in speaking events.
Advises on, drafts documents related to, and conducts compliance project plans for the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) including but not limited to CCPA privacy policy language, data flow assessments, internal checklists (e.g., consumer request procedures), memos explaining why a businesses does not sell personal information, and vendor contract remediation and negotiation.
Advises on various privacy and data security related laws including analysis of application of and drafting protected health information notices related to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA), analysis of application of and drafting of contract terms related to the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), analysis of, tracking of, and drafting contract language related to, state and federal employee and student privacy laws, analysis of the Fair Credit Reporting Act, analysis of the Gramm–Leach–Bliley Act, drafting of privacy policies for compliance with self-regulatory systems such as the Student Privacy Pledge, application of Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) for certain data practices, general privacy ethics analysis and public relations considerations, and social media laws and e-discovery social media issues.
Analyzes and advises on anti-discriminatory laws including the application, best practices, and practical solutions related to the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990’s user interface requirements and litigation threats, the California Unruh Civil Rights Act, the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, and the Robinson-Patman Act.
Counsels on data security incident issues, including drafting responses to incidents or breaches to those affected and to local regulators (i.e., through BakerHostetler’s Data Breach Hotline), vendor management and contract language such as data breach indemnification, and drafting Incident Response Plans.
Drafting of amicus briefs in litigation related to privacy such as in certain Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals lawsuits.
Counsels on privacy issues in business transactions (e.g., mergers and acquisitions) including drafting Due Diligence Reports, supplemental material requests, and business transition privacy consideration materials.
Advises on legal compliance and related privacy and cybersecurity risk issues relevant to various subject areas such as videogames, automated vehicles, connected devices, Internet of Things, interest-based advertising and other tailored advertising, and connected toys.
Co-authored filings with the United States International Trade Commission pertaining to the importation of mobile phone devices.
Provided insight on false and misleading advertising in app stores to a non-profit focused on children’s advertising.
Advises on issues related to substantiation, sweepstakes and contest terms including drafting of such, interest-based advertising, and advertising to children.
Recognitions and Memberships
Carolina Alonso Speaks on DACA Issues at Seminar
Carolina Alonso Speaking at Emerging Tech DC Conference
BakerHostetler Introduces Multidisciplinary Digital Assets and Data Management Practice Group to Help Clients With 'Everything Data'
Privacy and Data Protection Team Exclusively Pens U.S. Chapter of Legal 500 Guide
Hoping for a New Year's Resolution: Clarity on the Sale of Personal Information of California Minors
Children's Privacy Law Updates: Tricks or Treats?
FTC Takes a Peek at Loot Box Regulation
20 Years Young: The Maturing of COPPA in a Privacy-Conscious Age
What's In the Box? FTC Solicits Public Comments Regarding Video Game Loot Boxes Amidst Uncertainty
New FTC Provides Insights Into Its Plan for a Balanced Approach to Data Privacy and Security
Connecting the Dots Between Security Practices and Legal Obligations: California's Connected Devices Bill
Georgetown Gilbert & Sullivan Society
Lynbrook High School Mock Trial Team: Assistant Coach (2012 to 2015)
Commissioned Painter
Freelance Comic Artist, having published legal related comics in the Georgetown Law Weekly and an original story, The T.S. Skyline (no longer available online)
Drafted portions of an amicus brief, in conjunction with LatinoJustice, with a focus on enjoining the government from using personal information collected from DACA applicants and recipients for immigration purposes, such as deportation, contradictory to its privacy policies.
Represented a medical educational device startup regarding its sales agreements with educational institutions. Advised the client not to sign a template contract from a school and wrote a new contract from scratch, including intellectual property provisions that were more favorable to the client.
Counseled a popular virtual marathon startup in copyright law and online terms of service.
Worked with a judge in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia on felon and juvenile cases by drafting opinions and doing legal research.
Worked with a non-profit law firm representing music artists and recording companies on copyright, tax and trademark issues at an international level.
Lead full EU General Data Privacy Regulation compliance plan for international nonprofit focused on young professional education through hands-on travel and culture experiences.
Advised Spanish-speaking DACA recipients on immigration laws.
Privacy Governance and Technology Transactions
Prior Positions
The Future of Privacy Forum: Privacy Fellow (2016 to 2017)
Georgetown Law Institute for Public Representation: Communications & Technology Law Clinic: Student Attorney (2016)
Public Knowledge: Legal Intern (2015)
Yahoo: Public Policy Intern (2015)
Alliance of Artists and Recording Companies (2015)
Facebook: Global Policy Extern (2014)
Claro y Cia.: International Intellectual Property Legal Intern (2014)
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J.D., Georgetown University Law Center, 2016; Georgetown Entertainment and Media Alliance Law Division: Media Law Committee (2013 to 2014)
B.S., Political Science, University of California, Davis, 2012; UC Davis Mock Trial Team: Founding Member, Captain, Attorney, Witness (2009 to 2012); All-Region Outstanding Witness Award (2010)
In The Blogs
Data Privacy Monitor
By Carolina A. Alonso, Alan L. Friel
Those who keep an eye on privacy laws may be familiar with how monumental the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) was when it first became effective in 1998. COPPA requires online services that directly target children under...
By Carolina A. Alonso
It’s finally here! Halloween, the day every kid dreams of for months. It’s a scary time in the world of children’s privacy law – what with the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) lurking around the corner and the specter of FTC...
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How many times have you felt the thrill of buying a lottery ticket? What about the excitement before opening a sealed pack of baseball cards or the curiosity before diving for a mystery prize in a cereal box? Now imagine digitalized...
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We cover children’s privacy and advertising weekly. However, in light of COPPA’s recent 20th anniversary, and in the wake of CARU’s biggest-yet West Coast CARU conference, ADLaw has enlisted CARU super lawyer Katie Goldstein* to help us...
By Carolina A. Alonso, Melinda L. McLellan, Amy Ralph Mudge
Imagine you are playing golf, badly, and at the fourth hole a caddy appears out of nowhere with a large box and an offer. In exchange for $20, you can open the box, which may contain high-tech clubs to improve your game, fashionable new...
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Home » U.S. 2014 winter wheat crop seen down 9% from 2013
U.S. 2014 winter wheat crop seen down 9% from 2013
By Ron Sterk
WASHINGTON — U.S. 2014 winter wheat production was forecast at 1,402.5 million bus, down 132 million bus, or 9%, from 1,534 million bus in 2013, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said in its May 9 Crop Production report. U.S. wheat carryover on June 1, 2015, initially was projected at 540 million bus, down 7% from 583 million bus as the estimate for June 1, 2014, the U.S.D.A. said in its World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates, also released May 9.
The winter wheat production forecast was below the average trade expectation of 1,454 million bus. The 2015 carryover number matched the trade average near 540 million bus and the 2014 carryover estimate was slightly below the trade average of 586 million bus.
The U.S.D.A. forecast Kansas winter wheat production at 260.4 million bus, down 18% from 319.2 million bus in 2013 and compared with the recent Wheat Quality Council’s Kansas wheat tour forecast of 260.7 million bus. Oklahoma production was forecast at 62.7 million bus, down 41% from 105.4 million bus in 2013 and compared with the Oklahoma Grain and Feed Association’s tour forecast of 66.5 million bus. Texas outturn was forecast at 55.1 million bus, down 16% from 65.3 million bus last year.
Key numbers from the U.S.D.A.’s Crop Production and WASDE reports follow with average trade expectations as compiled by Dow Jones Newswires.
• U.S. 2014 all wheat production was projected at 1,963 million bus versus 2,130 million bus in 2013; trade average was 2,037 million bus.
• Hard red winter wheat production was forecast at 746 million bus versus 744 million in 2013; trade average was 766 million bus.
• Soft red winter wheat production was forecast at 447 million bus versus 565 million in 2013; trade average was 466 million bus.
• White winter wheat production was forecast at 209 million bus versus 225 million bus in 2013; trade average was 224 million bus. Of the total, soft white winter production was forecast at 198 million bus and hard white winter at 11 million bus.
• U.S. 2014 corn production was projected at a record 13,935 million bus, up slightly from 13,925 million bus in 2013 and above with the trade forecast near 13,736 million bus.
• U.S. 2014 soybean production was projected at a record 3,635 million bus, up 11% from 3,289 million bus in 2013 and above the average trade forecast near 3,551 million bus.
The U.S.D.A. 2014 all wheat, corn and soybean production projections were based on trend analysis, while the winter wheat forecast was based on farmer surveys as of May 1.
U.S. corn carryover on Sept. 1, 2015, was projected at 1,726 million bus, up 51% from 1,146 million bus forecast for Sept. 1, 2014. The U.S.D.A. 2015 projection was above the trade average forecast of 1,618 million bus, and the 2014 number was below the average trade expectation of 1,316 million bus.
U.S. soybean carryover on Sept. 1, 2015, was projected at 330 million bus, up 154% from 130 million bus forecast for Sept. 1, 2014. The U.S.D.A. 2015 projection was above the trade average forecast near 300 million bus, and the 2014 number was slightly below the average trade expectation of 132 million bus.
Futures prices traded lower for corn, mostly lower for the soy complex and mixed for wheat following the 11:00 a.m. Central Time reports.
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U.S.D.A. revises 2011 U.S. all wheat crop down 3% from August, down 9% from 2010
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Brett Story, USA, Canada 2019, 94’
Lillian The Plagiarists
Picture of a city in times of uncertainty, precise and insightful as the works of Frederick Wiseman, and with the surreal undertones, which resemble Chris Marker’s cinema. In August 2017 the film director Brett Story (One of the most captivating documentary filmmakers, according to Variety) records the lives of New Yorkers: blue-collar workers and yuppies, black people and white people, students and pensioner. In front of the offices, in pubs, on the beach. Abandoning the usual detachment, Story instead asks the people simple question: “Are you afraid of the future?” And even though her interviewees come from different backgrounds, there is an underlying fear in their answers—fear of senility, of situation on the job market or another hurricane. And there are things to be afraid of. No matter if you bury your head in the sand, you can’t escape from the news about climate change or neo-fascism movements. Out of this mosaic of personal fears and hopes arises an unsettling picture of the United States in Trump’s era, supplemented by excerpts from essays by Zadie Smith and Annie Dilard. Is there anything dependable left in the US? There is one principle: “We never talk politics in bar,” says one of the characters. And then he starts to make racists remarks...
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A filmmaker who holds PhD in geography, and the creator of acclaimed documentaries. Her movies were screened at festivals such as Dok Leipzig, True/False in Columbia, Missouri; Viennale, and Hot Docs. Her second feature documentary, The Prison in Twelve Landscape won the Special Jury Prize at the Hot Docs Festival. Her interests in critical theory, economics, politics and racial issues affect the language of her documentaries, in which she also tends to experiment with the narrative structure.
Selected filmography
2010 Land of Destiny (doc.)
2016 The Prison in Twelve Landscapes (doc.)
2017 CamperForce (short)
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cinematography Derek Howard
editing Nels Bangerter
music Troy Herion
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CD4 enriched mouse splenocytes were cultured with anti-CD3/CD28, IL-2, and IL-4 for 6 days. Cells were harvested and treated with 10 ng/mL IL-2+1 µg/mL colcemid for 4 (left) or 24 (right) hours and stained with the BD Cycletest™ Plus DNA reagent kit.
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BD Biosciences carries a series of antibodies and kits designed for the detection of proliferating cells by measurement of bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU), an analog of the DNA precursor thymidine used to measure de novo DNA synthesis.
During the S phase of the cell cycle (DNA synthesis) BrdU is incorporated into the newly synthesized DNA and can be readily detected by anti-BrdU specific antibodies. BD antibodies and kits designed for the detection of BrdU are available for both intracellular flow cytometry and immunohistochemistry and include BD Horizon™ V450 and PerCP-Cy™5.5 formats.
In addition to DNA increases, levels of certain proteins also rise as a result of cell proliferation. For example, Ki67 is an antigen that is expressed in the nucleus of dividing cells. However, during the G0 phase of the cell cycle it is not detected. Ki67 can be combined with other proliferation markers such as BrdU and VPD450 for added confidence. These markers can also be combined with cell surface and other types of markers to gain additional information about cell subsets and their signaling pathways.
CD4+ enriched mouse splenocytes were loaded with 1 µM VPD450 for 10 minutes. Cells were then stimulated with anti-CD3/CD28 and harvested at the indicated times. Approximately 4 to 6 hours prior to harvest, cells were stimulated with PMA/ionomycin in the presence of BD GolgiStop™ protein transport inhibitor. Cells were fixed and permeabilized, stained for IL-2, and analyzed on a BD™ LSR II flow cytometer.
Cell cycle analysis of HeLa cells treated with Aphidicolin
Cell cycle analysis of HeLa cells treated with Aphidicolin (DNA polymerase inhibitor) monitored by BrdU staining. The images were captured on a BD Pathway™ 855 bioimaging system with a 20x objective and merged using BD Attovision™ software.
The importance of tissue homeostasis
As cells become damaged or are no longer needed, they undergo apoptosis or programmed cell death, a normal physiological process that occurs during embryonic development and tissue homeostasis maintenance.
Apoptosis is an organized process that signals cells to self destruct for cell renewal or to control aberrant cell growth. Apoptosis controls the orderly death of damaged cells, whereas necrosis occurs as a result of tissue damage, causing the loss of both damaged and surrounding cells.
The apoptotic process is characterized by certain morphological features. These include changes in the plasma membrane (such as loss of membrane symmetry and loss of membrane attachment), a condensation of the cytoplasm and nucleus, protein cleavage, and internucleosomal cleavage of DNA. In the final stages of the process, dying cells become fragmented into "apoptotic bodies" and consequently are eliminated by phagocytic cells without significant inflammatory damage to surrounding cells.
However, some cell types do not display characteristic features of apoptosis. In those cases multiple aspects of apoptosis might need to be analyzed to confirm the mechanism of cell death.
To support this spectrum of requirements, BD Biosciences offers a full range of apoptosis detection tools and technologies for measuring indicators at different stages across the apoptotic process. BD Biosciences tools use multiple methodologies including flow cytometry, bioimaging, and microscopy (for live and fixed cell analysis) as well as ELISA, IHC, Western blot, and spectrofluorometry.
Annexin V–A Key Protein in Apoptosis Signaling
Changes in the plasma membrane are one of the first characteristics of the apoptotic process detected in living cells. Apoptosis can be detected by the presence of phosphatidylserine (PS), which is normally located on the cytoplasmic face of the plasma membrane. During apoptosis PS translocates to the outer leaflet of the plasma membrane and can be detected by flow cytometry and cell imaging through binding to fluorochrome-labeled Annexin V when calcium is present.
BD Biosciences offers Annexin V in several common formats such as FITC, PE, and BD Horizon™ V450 for the violet laser. With the addition of these new formats, more complex assays can be developed to look at apoptosis within heterogeneous cell subsets.
Since intracellular Annexin V is also exposed if the plasma membrane is compromised, a membrane-impermeant dye such as 7-AAD is commonly used to distinguish between apoptotic and dead cells to exclude the dead cells. The populations of cells that are stained with Annexin V only represent the apoptotic cell populations.
Radio frequency dose dependent apoptosis, necrosis, and cell death monitored by Annexin V-BD Horizon V450
Radio frequency dose dependent apoptosis, necrosis, and cell death monitored by Annexin V-BD Horizon V450 in pancreatic carcinoma cell lines treated with a low dose of cetuximab targeted gold nanoparticles. As the RF field power increases, the temperature increases, and a shift from apoptosis (lower right quadrant) to frank necrosis (upper left quadrant) is seen.
Tools to streamline apoptosis research
There are many apoptosis triggers including certain cytokines, protein-protein interactions, and chemicals. Once apoptosis starts, changes in the mitochondria membrane potential can be measured by flow cytometry using the BD™ MitoScreen (JC-1) flow cytometry kit.
Increases in mitochondrial membrane potential lead to increased mitochondrial membrane permeability and the release of soluble proteins such as cytochrome c and pro-caspases.
Caspases are a series of proteases activated upon cleavage at aspartate residues during earliest stages of apoptosis. Active caspases can then cleave many proteins including Poly-ADP ribose polymerase (PARP) and other caspases.
DNA fragmentation is one of the last phases in apoptosis resulting from the activation of endonucleases during the apoptotic process. There are several established methods for the study of DNA fragmentation including isolation and separation of DNA fragments by agarose gel electrophoresis and end labeling.
The BD™ APO-BrdU kit uses end labeling or the terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase (TdT) nick end labeling (TUNEL method) to support the study of DNA fragmentation. In this assay, TdT catalyzes a template-independent addition of bromolated deoxyuridine triphosphates (Br-dUTP) to the 3'-hydroxyl (OH) termini of double- and single-stranded DNA. After the Br-dUTP is incorporated, these terminal sites of double- and single-stranded DNA are identified using flow cytometry by staining cells with labeled anti-BrdU. In contrast, the BrdU proliferation assay incorporates BrdU into newly synthesized DNA, into sites of DNA strand breaks.
Feature Measured
Plasma Membrane Alterations
(Phosphatidylserine Exposure) Annexin binding assay
Single conjugates
Annexin V kits
Detects early apoptosis markers
Flow cytometry or immunofluorescence application
Mitochondrial Changes BD MitoScreen Kit Fast, easy, single cell resolution by flow cytometry or fluorescent microscopy
Caspase Activation Caspase Activity Assay Kits and Reagents Quick and easy, uses spectrofluorometry
Active Caspase-3 immunoassays ELISA, flow cytometry, or Western blot
APO-BrdU TUNEL Assay
APO-DIRECT TUNEL Assay
Works with adherent cells, single cell resolution in conjunction with cell cycle analysis by flow cytometry
With an overwhelming number of available techniques and products, selecting the most appropriate method is often difficult. To help make this choice easier, the overview above summarizes commercially available assays from a biological perspective.
Measurement of Cleaved Caspases and PARP
Caspases are important initiators of apoptosis. One of the earliest and most consistently observed characteristics of apoptosis is the activation of a series of cytosolic proteases, called caspases. When apoptosis is activated, caspases cleave multiple protein substrates en masse, which leads to the loss of cellular structure and function, and ultimately results in cell death. In particular, caspases -8, -9, and -3 have been implicated in apoptosis: caspase-9 in the mitochondrial pathway, caspase-8 in the Fas/CD95 pathway, and caspase-3 more downstream, activated by multiple pathways.
BD Biosciences carries a variety of reagents to measure caspases, particularly caspase-3. They include antibodies directed exclusively against the active form of the caspase. These antibodies are available in a variety of formats and can be used for flow cytometry, imaging, ELISA, and Western blot.
BD Biosciences offers a range of tools for caspase activity assays from individual fluorogenic peptide substrates and inhibitors, to kits, to ready-to-use assay plates. All are based on the use of synthetic tetrapeptide substrates that are designed such that proteolytic cleavage by active human or mouse caspases results in release of a fluorophore or chromophore. The individual synthetic tetrapeptide substrates, together with the caspase inhibitors and active caspase enzymes, offer flexibility in the experimental design of a caspase activity assay.
Caspase-3 cleavage/inhibition reactions
Active caspase-3 binds to the fluorogenic Ac-DEVD-AMC substrate and cleaves it between asparatic acid (D) and AMC, releasing the fluorescent AMC. AMC fluorescence is quantified by UV spectrofluorometry. The Ac-DEVD-CHO aldehyde inhibitor binds strongly to the caspase-3 active site and blocks substrate binding. Hence, Ac-DEVD-AMC is not cleaved and fluorescence is not emitted.
Flow cytometric analysis of apoptotic and non-apoptotic populations using anti-active caspase-3 antibodies.
Jurkat T cells (A, A1) or mouse thymocytes (B, B1) were left untreated (A, B) or treated for 4 h with camptothecin (A1) or a mouse Fas monoclonal antibody, clone Jo2 (Cat. No. 554254) to induce apoptosis (B1). Cells were permeabilized and then stained with PE-conjugated active caspase-3 antibodies (Cat. No. 557091). Untreated cells were primarily negative for the presence of active caspase-3, whereas about half of each population of cells induced to undergo apoptosis had detectable active caspase-3.
Obtain the complete picture
In addition to caspases and Annexin V, there are several other proteins important for the study of apoptosis, including the Bcl-2 family, tumor necrosis factor receptor (TNFR) family, PARP, and other signaling molecules.
Bcl-2 family members, identified by the presence of conserved BCL2 homology (BH3) domains, are versatile key regulators of apoptosis. Bcl-2, for example, protects cells from apoptosis by associating with the mitochondrial membrane and preventing the release of cytochrome c from the mitochondria. In contrast other Bcl-2 family members such as Bax promote apoptosis. Increased levels of Bcl-2 have been reported in cancer.
The TNFR family contains many members, including CD95, that can be divided into three major groups based on structure. Signaling through the TNFR pathway leads to apoptosis.
PARPs are DNA repair enzymes that are activated by DNA strand breaks. Cleavage of PARP by caspase-3 into 24- and 89-kDa fragments inactivates the PARP enzyme.
BD Biosciences carries antibodies specific for cleavage products of PARP that are useful markers of apoptosis. These antibodies are available in a variety of formats and can be combined with other markers to gain additional information about the cell.
Simultaneous Studies of Apoptosis, Cell Cycle, and DNA Damage
Apoptosis and cell proliferation assays are particularly useful for basic cancer research and drug discovery. Comparing data across different experiments can be challenging due to variability introduced by sample handling, timing, and variability within the sample.
Multicolor flow cytometry addresses these challenges and is an excellent tool to study apoptosis and cell proliferation. Relevant markers can be combined with cell phenotyping markers to look at events within subpopulations of cells. Antibodies to phosphoproteins can be used to examine phosphorylation events.
In this experiment, Jurkat cells were treated with camptothecin, a potent inhibitor of topoisomerase I and apoptosis inducer.
In this experiment, Jurkat cells were treated with camptothecin, a potent inhibitor of topoisomerase I and apoptosis inducer. Phosphorylation of H2AX, a protein important for maintaining genome integrity, has been shown to correlate with levels of DNA damage. Using multicolor flow cytometry, cell proliferation (BrdU), apoptosis (cleaved PARP), and DNA damage (histone H2AX pS140) were evaluated in the same experiment.
Immunofluorescence of cleaved PARP
HeLa cells grown were either left untreated (A) or treated with staurosporine (1.0 mM, 4 h) to induce apoptosis (B). Cells were then fixed with 3.7% formaldehyde (15 min on ice), then permeabilized in 0.25% Triton™ X-100/3% BSA/PBS (15 min on ice). Cells were then washed twice with 3% BSA/PBS and stained with 4 μL/mL of FITC-labeled anti-PARP in 3% BSA/PBS (1 h at RT). Cells were washed twice with 3% BSA/PBS and then visualized by immunofluorescence microscopy. A' and B' represent phase correlates of A and B, respectively. The results indicate that untreated cells were primarily negative for cleaved PARP (A), whereas a significant percentage of the staurosporine-treated population is positive for cleaved PARP.
Apoptosis Kits & Sets
Buffers and Ancillary Products
Cell Cycle and Proliferation Kits & Sets
Purified Antibodies
Substrates & Inhibitors
CD4-enriched mouse splenocytes were cultured with anti-CD3/CD28, IL-2, and IL-4
CD4-enriched mouse splenocytes were cultured with anti-CD3/CD28, IL-2, and IL-4 for 6 days. Cells were harvested and treated with 10 ng/mL IL-2 +1 µg/mL colcemid for 4 (left) or 24 (right) hours and stained with the BD Cycletest™ Plus DNA reagent kit.
Human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) were stimulated with anti-CD3/CD28 for 48 hours and re-stimulated with PMA + ionomycin for 4 hours, and BrdU was added for the final 1 hour. Cells were then harvested and stained using the BrdU staining protocol.
The use of VPD450 to correlate cell proliferation with IL-2 production.
CD4+ enriched mouse splenocytes were loaded with 1 µM of VPD450 for 10 minutes. Cells were then stimulated with anti-CD3/CD28 and harvested at the indicated times. Approximately 4 to 6 hours prior to harvest, cells were stimulated with PMA + ionomycin in the presence of BD GolgiStop™ protein transport inhibitor. Cells were fixed and permeabilized, stained for IL-2, and analyzed on a BD™ LSR II flow cytometer.
Cell cycle analysis of HeLa cells treated with aphidicolin.
Cell cycle analysis of HeLa cells treated with aphidicolin (a DNA polymerase inhibitor) monitored by BrdU staining. The images were captured on a BD Pathway™ 855 bioimaging system with a 20x objective and merged using BD Attovision™ software. Hoechst - Blue, BrdU - Red, Histone H3 (pS28) - Yellow, Tubulin - Green.
Radio frequency dose-dependent apoptosis, necrosis, and cell death monitored by Annexin V - BD Horizon V450.
Radio frequency dose-dependent apoptosis, necrosis, and cell death monitored by Annexin V - BD Horizon™ V450 in pancreatic carcinoma cell lines treated with a low dose of cetuximab-targeted gold nanoparticles. As the RF field power increases, the temperature increases, and a shift from apoptosis (lower right quadrant) to frank necrosis (upper left quadrant) is seen.
Jurkat T cells (A, A1) or mouse thymocytes (B, B1) were left untreated (A, B) or treated for 4 hours with camptothecin (A1) or a mouse Fas monoclonal antibody, clone Jo2 (Cat. No. 554254) to induce apoptosis (B1). Cells were permeabilized and then stained with PE-conjugated active caspase-3 antibodies (Cat. No. 557091). Untreated cells were primarily negative for the presence of active caspase-3, whereas about half of each population of cells induced to undergo apoptosis had detectable active caspase-3.
Cell Cycle Analysis Using the BD BrdU FITC Assay on the BD FACSVerse™ System
Detection of Apoptosis Using the BD Annexin V FITC Assay on the BD FACSVerse™ System
Multiple Methods for Detecting Apoptosis on the BD Accuri™ C6 Flow Cytometer
Technique for Loading Cells with BD Horizon™ Violet Proliferation Dye 450 (VPD450)
Apoptosis Brochure
Product Information Sheets
Annexin V Reagents
Apoptosis, DNA Damage, and Cell Proliferation Kit
BD Biosciences Nucleic Acid Dyes
BD FACS™ Pre-Sort Buffer
BD Horizon™ Cell Proliferation Dyes
BD Horizon™ Fixable Viability Stain 450
BD Horizon™ Fixable Viability Stain (FVS) Reagents
BD Pharmingen™ Proliferation Kits for cell cycle analysis
Apoptosis Product List
BD IMag™ Cell Separation System Product List
Annexin V with Cell Surface Antibody Staining for Suspension Cells
Annexin V Staining of Adherent Cells for Flow Cytometry
Annexin V Staining Protocol
APO-BRDU™ Procedure (TUNEL Assay for Flow)
APO-DIRECT™ Procedure (TUNEL Assay for Flow)
Cell Death Induced by Camptothecin
Cell Death Induced by Staurosporine
Induction of Apoptosis Using Anti-Human Fas (CD95), Clone DX2
Induction of Apoptosis Using Anti-Mouse Fas (CD95), Clone Jo2
Fast, Accurate Apoptosis and Cell Cycle Studies Using Kits & Templates on the BD Accuri™ C6
Apoptosis Detection Using the BD Accuri™ C6 Flow Cytometer
Cell Proliferation and Apoptosis: Two Sides of a Coin
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We were appointed by Cadogan Estates to demolish a Victorian mansion block in Sloane Square and build a new six-storey mixed-use building behind a series of retained facades on a site where the Circle and District Underground line runs diagonally underneath only 2m below ground level.
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PC Games > Hidden Object Games > Stormhill Mystery: Family Shadows
One of father’s stories was my favorite:
Once upon a time there lived a merchant and his wife. They lived happy lives and had never known grief. However, their maid, Julianne, grew jealous of their happiness and secretly dreamed of taking the wife’s place. Julianne learned of unholy powers hidden deep within the manor that could be summoned by ritual, although, there was a cost. She used these powers to curse the merchant's wife, banishing her to another world and unleash deadly powers into this world. Upon learning what transpired, the merchant vowed to find a way to release his beloved wife from her cursed world.
Years have passed. My father died, but he left me a message:
Your favorite fairy tale was the true story of our family. I tried to free your mother's spirit, but I failed. I beg you to finish what I could not. The solution is waiting in our old family home.
As a son, I must write a happy ending for my family’s story.
Stormhill Mystery: Family Shadows is a fantastic casual puzzle adventure game that follows a family’s tragic story and paranormal twist!
Pure puzzle adventure gameplay
Complete your family’s story
Plays like a hidden object game, but isn’t one
Discover morphing objects as you play
Open world locations to explore
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Stormhill Mystery: Family Shadows is rated 3.8 out of 5 by 34.
Rated 5 out of 5 by An0therW0rld from Very Good "Creepy" Factor Thanks to the clever makers of Stormhill Mystery: Family Shadows - a good old classic storyline type of game - and a most enjoyable play for many solid reasonings. What really got me smiling was the first time the game made me "jump" due to the awesome "wee" special effects sprinkled throughout the game so ...... be on your toes! I missed 3 of the 22 scene morphs from the main game despite thorough searching and there are no morphs to collect in the bonus chapter. As previous reviewers have commented there are no HOS but this does not impact on one's enjoyment of the game. There are many beautifully made scenes with clever tasks within ... have to think, think, think ... but if really stuck simply press the hint button and, I discovered the "hint system" is excellent - especially as there is no strategy guide if you are in a bind. Once you have many scenes open using the map all of the time is the way to work seamlessly through the game rather than darting here, there, and everywhere for your next task, or new task. On that note there are one or two areas you cannot go back to (if I recall correctly) so if you miss the morphing object, that's it. Finally, I found the music pleasant and accurately "married" with the awesome realistic sound effects and beautifully created scenes equalling a great atmosphere. Enjoy!
Rated 5 out of 5 by FORTUNATUS from Well done.....loved it Loved most everything about this game from plot to graphics and sound. Also the fact that during gameplay items could be used sensibly and for multiple uses without multitudes of crazy 'boxes, locks, etc. that are prevalent in so many games in recent years. Also there were no silly gadgets to use (personally loath and will not purchase games with gadgets and gimmicks!!#. Because of the sensible aspects to this great, spooky little game, it was fully immersive and it made my gaming time out very enjoyable #which is what it should be, afterall). Hope this developer offers more of same.
Rated 5 out of 5 by KosMalakhov from Very nice game to play. Darkness, witch, curse - I love all that things and also love games in such genre. Very pleasant art, spooky animations are just great. Storyline is pretty nice for such genre. It's not very hard game, but thanks to that you will constantly move forward, discovering new locations and puzzles and I think it's good. I can recommend it to all who loves ol' good casual adventures.
Rated 5 out of 5 by Alicun from Excellent adventure I beta tested this game and I loved it. So happy to see it finally released. It is a HO to the extent you have to find things to help you progress through the story. But the goal is to use your deductive reasoning skills. So it isn't meant to be a quick game. Nothing about it is "cookie cutter," and it will make you think. This is a great game for those not as experienced with adventure gaming.
Rated 5 out of 5 by brendavba from Love it! Thankyou for a SE game worthy of being a CE. Morphing objects, a jump map and a spooky atmosphere all add up to a fantastic game that is value for money. Thankyou again
Rated 5 out of 5 by marijkee123 from Another supprise from BF This is a tricky one for me. It is a good game. It is also an old-fashioned game. It is a slow game. Exhausting. But I think it's fantastic! There are no HOPs. It is adventure. And nothing for the people who don't like being sent back and forth between many locations. There are a number of things that are now only with a Collectors Edition, such as morphing objects and a bonus game. It is a good value for money. Try it, I would say.
Rated 5 out of 5 by cyndrap from Wow good and different This is an unusual game but a good one. I played the first half hour and bought. There is a lot going on. Good story, good graphics, lots of different types of things to do and achieve. Morphing objects, lost of awards/achievements. Voice overs are good the music is a little repetitive but not a major issue. I really liked the demo.
Rated 5 out of 5 by Majestyx12 from Hints and Skip is available in the Game Mode you choose I would call this a adventure game. You find things to help you advance. No traditional hops scenes. A few puzzles, really not many. Pictures are very detail and beautiful. It a ghost and witch story that kept me entertained. I won't spoil your discovery with more of the story but will said you play as a male. I'm pretty far as I found 17 morphs out of 22. I stopped to write the review. You have achievements and one of the achievements is finish the main game and another one is finish the bonus game. There is no indicator for the morphs so don't know which place I missed so far but I have a good idea. The map has all the locations and I counted them so I know I have a couple I need to find before I move on and open more locations. The tool bar has plus items. The first time I had to have three of the items before I put them on top of each other to combine them at the tool bar. So far I didn't have a hard time finding things and getting around. You just have to search a lot.
Rated 5 out of 5 by Boo1023 from THIS IS A MUST BUY.... This is by far the best SE game I have ever played!!! Great storyline, HOP's, and, 22 morphs scattered throughout the scenes...it is a very interactive game with great graphics. WELL WORTH THE $$$
Rated 5 out of 5 by pennmom36 from A SURPRISINGLY GOOD PUZZLE ADVENTURE WITH MORPHING OBJECTS! The beginning cutscenes were basically sketched pictures and it didn't look very promising, but once the actual game started, I was very impressed with this game's features and storyline, it even has 22 somewhat challenging Morphs! The graphics are "old-school" but in a good way. Clearly, they paid a lot of attention to the details, cracks in statues that make them look authentically aged, algae growing in stagnant fountain water, moss covering tree limbs, paver stones that have seen better days. Everything is decaying and falling apart, after all, the Mansion has been abandoned for years. The cutscenes (after the opening scene) are computer generated, crystal clear, and the characters are so life-like! This isn't Specialbits first time around the Adventure Game block, they have developed several games similar to this one. Their games can easily slip under the radar, the kind of games that once you discover them they are surprisingly good and I don't think they get enough credit for being able to stand toe-to-toe with some of the well-known big guys! I suspected Stormhill Mystery: Family Shadows was originally released as a CE version after reading some of the 10 available Achievements that eluded to Bonus Content, not to mention the fact that it has 22 Morphing Objects that are common in CE versions. Turns out my instincts were right! Now I'm scratching my head trying to figure out why on earth BF didn't offer this game in the CE version? Why did they opt for this Standard Edition version because it's a really good game, and certainly better than some of the HOPA games offered lately? With that being said, if you are looking for a Hidden Object Game, you may be disappointed because this is a Puzzle Adventure. There are still items that are somewhat hidden to pick up and use, as well as Mini-Games to play, but there are no actual Hidden Object Scenes. (at least during the 2 hours I've played so far) So far, the mini-games are quite good, they aren't difficult, but the kind of games you have to put some thought into, such as rotating and placing fragments that are very oddly shaped to make it more challenging, or sliding tiles until the tiles with gears align to create a path and opens a lock. I've only played this game for a little over 2 hours and the only buyer's remorse I have is that I wish it was a CE version! It has all the features I love, including an option to play in a Hard difficulty mode where Zoom Zones don't close automatically, a good Jump Map and Morphing Objects. I also love the Plus Items feature where you have to drag one plus item to another plus item logically, sometimes it requires 3 or 4 items to be combined! I also really loved the fact that several scenes remain unlocked which hasn't been the case in games of late. This makes the game more fun and more challenging because I can travel back in forth between scenes manually, searching for what needs to be done. When you can travel between 8-10 scenes versus 3 scenes only (within the newer games by the big guys) it's much more interesting! And the icing on the cake...so far I have had a Knife, a Crowbar, and Shovel the entire time and used them multiple times!
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Embark on a paranormal journey through a family’s past in this wonderfully crafted adventure game.
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The GoldFish Report No 425 : Political Theater - Trump & Iran: Sorting Out The Issues
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The Open University's Department for Public Leadership and Social Enterprise organised a series of seminars ('Growing Green: SME perspectives on sustainable growth in a low-carbon economy'). Blue Lotus Media were hired to conduct and film a number of interviews with the participants.
Autism Family Support Oxfordshire
Autism Family Support Oxfordshire helps young people with autism, and their families, cope with the many challenges that this condition presents.
AFSO commissioned Blue Lotus Media to produce a video showing examples of their work to help persuade potential sponsors to make contact with the charity as a first step to providing financial support to their projects.
Sylva Foundation
The Sylva Foundation is an environmental charity that aims to revive Britain’s wood culture by encouraging better and wiser use of our forests and woodlands.
Working closely with their Head of Fundraising and Development and with their Chief Executive, Blue Lotus Media helped to develop, then film and edit, a storyline that would showcase four main areas of Sylva’s activity through a series of location interviews with teachers, academics, foresters and commercial craftsmen who are collaborating with them.
Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals Charitable Funds
Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals Charitable Funds raises donations for Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
In November 2015, they launched the Hidden Heroes Appeal to raise funds for areas of their health care that are often hidden from public view, such as anaesthetists and radiologists, but which are none the less vital to looking after patients.
The appeal’s launch event was a concert by the Radcliffe Orchestra (the players are all members of staff at the University hospitals) featuring pieces by Schubert, Mozart and Mendelssohn.
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We interviewed teachers and parents about what the Junior Extension Course offers students, and showed current students practising at home and learning in class to give a flavour of what they could expect.
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Walz votes for GIVE Act; Paulsen joins MN Democrats in vote
The House passed the Generations Invigorating Volunteerism and Education (GIVE) Act, H.R. 1388 today by a vote of 321 to 105. Third Congressional District Republican Erik Paulsen joined all five DFLers in Congress in voting for the measure, which Republicans John Kline and Michele Bachmann voted against.
A press release from Congressman Walz's office:
Representative Walz Votes to Renew America's Commitment to Service
(Washington, DC) Today, Congressman Tim Walz joined a bipartisan majority in the House of Representatives in voting for a bill that will launch a new era of American service and volunteerism. The Generations Invigorating Volunteerism and Education (GIVE) Act, H.R. 1388, answers President Obama's call for Americans of all generations to help get the country through the economic crisis by serving and volunteering in their communities
The House passed the legislation, the Generations Invigorating Volunteerism and Education (GIVE) Act, H.R. 1388, by a vote of 321 to 105. The Senate is considering similar legislation.
"In his inaugural address, President Obama called for all Americans to dedicate themselves to serve in their communities," said Walz. "This bill will give southern Minnesotans the tools they need to rebuild their communities."
The GIVE Act would more than triple the number of volunteers currently engaged in Senior Corp, AmeriCorps, and Learn & Serve America, from the current 75,000 to 250,000, and increase the education reward they receive to $5,350 for next year, the same as the maximum Pell Grant scholarship award. The education award would also be linked to match future boosts in the Pell Grant scholarship in order to keep up with rising college costs.
It would create a new national Call to Service campaign to encourage all Americans to get involved in service and would encourage Americans to observe September 11th a National Day of Service and Remembrance.
The legislation provides new incentives for middle and high school students to volunteer in their communities. It would create a Summer of Service program to engage students in service and allows them to earn a $500 education award to be used for college costs.
In addition, the legislation would:
Strengthen existing service programs and create new innovative programs to help improve student achievement and graduation in low-income schools, expand health care access, provide seniors with help living independently, enhance services for veterans, and help build a green, energy-efficient economy;
Establish a Veterans Corp to meet the unique needs of veterans and military families;
Expand the focus of the National Civilian Community Corps to infrastructure improvement, environmental and energy conversation, and urban and rural development, in addition to disaster relief;
Create new opportunities for Baby Boomers and seniors to serve and volunteer;
Recruit scientists and engineers into service to keep America competitive; and
Build a nationwide community-based infrastructure to leverage investments in service.
For a more detailed fact sheet visit: http://edlabor.house.gov/documents/111/pdf/publications/GIVEActSummary20090311.pdf.
An article by David Hawley in today's MinnPost included a look back at the Civilian Conservation Corps, upon which the National Civilian Community Corps (a part of Americorps) is based, as in the Minnesota Conservation Corps mentioned in the article.
One of our uncles was a member of the CCC in Minnesota in the 1930s, working in the North Woods. MinnPost linked to a MSHS YouTube about the CCC in Minnesota, which btrought a number of his stories about work in the camps back.
Image: A poster for the Illinois CCC from the National Archives.
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Hrithiks close call
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The thrills behind the thriller that Anurag Basu is making for Rakesh Roshan with Hrithik in the lead are getting more thrilling than the film itself. The hunt for the leading lady for Hrithik is getting more intense. Several names had been put forward. Apparently Rakesh Roshan who is very close to Anil Kapoor and very fond of Sonam wanted to cast her. But Sonam, frightfully conscious of her conservative image begged off. The role requires the girl to get seriously sexy with Hrithik.
Says Hrithik, “I’d love to work with Sonam. But not on this project. The role doesn’t do justice to her. We’re looking at someone from abroad, someone Latin American or Brazilian. So yeah, in that sense this would be my first international project.” Director Anurag Basu says Sonam doesn’t suit the role. “We’ve looked at many names, known and unknown in Bollywood. But that ‘it’ factor eludes us. I am getting quite jittery. The girl’s role is extremely bold. Actually we’ve decided to cast someone international, preferably Brazilian, because that’s the personality and profile of the leading lady in my film.” According to reliable reports, the girl chosen for the part is the Channel V model Bruna Abdullah. Child of an Arabian mother and Brazilian father Bruna has been stationed in Mumbai waiting for Bollywood to happen. She performed an extremely bold item song for Anubhav Sinha‘s Cash recently.
Says a close friend of the Arabian-Brazilian veejay-dancer, “Bruna is extremely uninhibited before the camera. That is why she was brought into Channel V who needed a girl to rival the international looks, personality, and body language of MTV’s veejay Mia. Bruna has her eyes set on Bollywood. Anubhav’s item song was her stepping-stone. Anurag’s film with Hrithik is her next big move.” However the director denies Bruna has been penciled in for the Hrithik project. “I don’t deny meeting her, like we’ve met so many other girls for the part. But Bruna hasn’t been finalized. But it’ll surely be an international face.” Adds Rakesh Roshan, “It’ll be a Spanish -speaking girl. We want to show love has no barriers.”
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The Boy at the Back of the Class and The Colours of History win 2019 Blue Peter Book Awards
Uncovering the mysteries of colour and tales of finding your place in the world top the list for Best Book with Facts and Best Story prize.
The Boy at the Back of the Class by Onjali Q Raúf and The Colours of History by Clive Gifford, illustrated by Marc-Etienne Peintre, have been revealed as the 2019 Blue Peter Book Award winners.
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Managed by BookTrust, the immensely popular Blue Peter Book Awards honour amazing authors, imaginative illustrators and the best books for children published in the last 12 months. The winning titles were voted for by over 300 children from 12 schools across the UK.
Winner of Best Story is: The Boy at the Back of the Class by Onjali Q Raúf
Onjali Q Raúf's latest book tells the story of how four classmates have a massive impact on the life of Ahmet, a boy that comes to their school as a refugee from Syria. It's an inspiring tale that will help children be the best they can be and realise the power of kindness.
Discussing the award Onjali Q Raúf said:
'What a wonderful, surreal and truly epic honour it is to win this wonderful award! I can hardly believe that my childhood dream of owning a Blue Peter badge one day has come true in the most unexpected way possible! I am utterly bowled over by the love and support The Boy at the Back of the Class has received not just from the marvellous Blue Peter Judges, but all the children who voted for its place as a winning title this year – thank you.'
Winner of Best Book with Facts is: The Colours of History by Clive Gifford, illustrated by Marc-Etienne Peintre
Author Clive Gifford said:
'To be recognised by a show I watched and loved as a child (and still do as an adult) is a remarkable thing. I’m tickled pink! I want to thank all the children who voted for The Colours of History. And a big thank to BookTrust for the remarkable work they do. Awards like these are so important in getting across how books with facts can tell incredible and important stories and excite, inspire and entertain young minds as much as fiction.'
Illustrator Marc-Etienne Peintre commented:
'I was very lucky to get to work with Clive and the Quarto team on such an interesting subject. I am extremely honoured to have won this prize, and most of all, to know that the children the book is intended for have read and enjoyed The Colours of History.'
Two winning books for World Book Day
On Thursday 7 March, the winning two authors will appear on a special World Book Day edition of Blue Peter, the longest running children’s programme in the world. Also appearing on the show are our judges, award-winning author and illustrator Alex T Smith, and author and UK’s number one parenting vlogger Louise Pentland.
Alex T. Smith, Author, Illustrator and Blue Peter Book Awards judge said:
'It’s been an absolute pleasure to be part of the Blue Peter Book Award judging panel this year, and such a delight to work with the other judges. It was a very competitive shortlist with brilliant titles, and it was a very close call but we think the students have made a fantastic decision!'
Blue Peter editor Matthew Peacock said:
'We’ve had a fantastically strong selection of titles for the Blue Peter Book Awards 2019 and it’s great to see children from across the UK voting to decide the outcome.
Congratulations go to Best Story Book winner Onjali Q Rauf for The Boy at the Back of the Class which is such an informative and poignant tale about a subject that is very important to many children today. I’m also incredibly pleased we are able to present Clive Gifford with the award for Best Book with Facts. The Colours of History is such an original take on a history book, linking colours to amazing facts.'
Diana Gerald, CEO of BookTrust, commented:
'Each year the Blue Peter Book Awards is an excellent opportunity to celebrate talented authors and illustrators who create amazing books. This year was no different; the nail-biting school verdict was a very close competition, but we are delighted that Onjali and Clive took the top places – two very deserving winners who continue to encourage so many young children to read and love stories.'
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Finding where the bombs fell
Kirsty Grafton
At the end of October we went along to Where Bombs Fell – a talk at Sheffield Hallam University from Matthew Edgar, the course leader of Graphic Design at the university, as part of Sheffield Design Week.
It was fascinating to hear how the project was inspired by a rare print discovered in the now closed Rare and Racy book shop (a sad loss for the city), which plotted all the World War Two bomb sites on a map of Sheffield. The project took some of its visual style from the map, such as the colour palette and the circular mark used in the logo.
Other sources of reference for the project were wide-ranging. We touched on subjects like how Sheffield became an epicentre for industry, the massive underground river tunnel known as the Megatron and lyrics by Sheffield’s most poetic ‘common person’, Jarvis Cocker.
Here, beneath your feet, two rivers meet. The Porter and the Sheaf. Here lies the Megatron. Further ahead they will join the Don, where light industry turned heavy.
– Where Bombs Fell
A certain type of city
Determined to reflect Sheffield’s proud history of typography, the project naturally looked to the historic Stephenson Blake type foundry, and uses its Granby typeface across materials. The metalwork technicians at Sheffield Institute of Arts used their skills to create metal plaques that are being fixed to city centre bomb sites. These feature typography set in Granby that detail the date the bomb fell, what type of bomb it was, and a cryptic hint to a story surrounding the site.
An app has also been developed as part of the project which acts as a tour guide around the bomb sites. The app notifies you when you are near a site, and gives you the story of what happened there, including photographs of the sites before and after the bomb. The project’s organisers will also be running guided tours of the sites and providing much more fascinating knowledge as they do, so keep an eye on their website for the next dates to be released.
The talk certainly injected the audience with enthusiasm to learn more of the steel city’s history, and we will be downloading the app to learn more as we explore the area.
This is a journey through now. You will remember what was, see what is and imagine what will be.
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Stanton Drew Primary School
Find out how Stanton Drew Primary School rates compared to other primary schools in Bath and North East Somerset with our school ratings
Rank 13,206/14,749
Here Stanton Drew Primary School, Upper Stanton, Stanton Drew, Bristol, BS39 4EQ, is put into focus to show its scores in relation to other schools in the area.
Upper Stanton, Stanton Drew, Bristol, BS39 4EQ
The open date and status above indicate when Stanton Drew Primary School opened or when it changed to its most recent incarnation, with a number of schools converting to academies in recent years. Where schools have changed type recently, data for previous years covering their previous incarnation is included below as well - so a school may have a status of New due to converting to an academy but have data for previous years prior to conversion.
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How Stanton Drew Primary School scores on each indicator.
Stanton Drew Primary School has been rated as Outstanding at its most recent Ofsted inspection.
If table is blank, it means there are no recent inspections for this school. Prior to September 2012, where a school received a rating of 3 this indicated a Satisfactory grade. From after that date, it now indicates Requires Improvement.
How does Stanton Drew Primary School perform on each of the areas inspected by Ofsted? As of September 2012, a score of 3 changed from indicating Satisfactory to Requires Improvement.
In 2018, 63% of pupils at Stanton Drew Primary School reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.
How have pupils at Stanton Drew Primary School done in assessments at the end of Key Stage 2 and how does it compare to local authority and national averages?
While pupils are generally aiming to be working at the expected level in reading, writing and maths, what proportion of children at Stanton Drew Primary School had a high score in reading and maths and were working at greater depth in writing, and how does this compare to performance at local and national level?
How do children at Stanton Drew Primary School with different levels of attainment at Key Stage 1 and pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds perform in terms of reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths?
How does the % of boys and girls at Stanton Drew Primary School achieving the expected standard in reading, writing and maths compare to the national average?
What is the pupil:teacher ratio at Stanton Drew Primary School and how does it compare to the national average?
At Stanton Drew Primary School, pupils had an average progress score in maths in 2018 that was -3.2 compared to the national average of 0.
At Stanton Drew Primary School, pupils had an average progress score in reading in 2018 that was -0.7 compared to the national average of 0.
At Stanton Drew Primary School, pupils had an average progress score in writing in 2018 that was -2.9 compared to the national average of 0.
In 2016/17, the most recent full school year, 3.4% of half-day sessions were missed by pupils at Stanton Drew Primary School. Nationally, primary school pupils missed 4% of half-day sessions.
What is the total school spend per pupil at Stanton Drew Primary School compared to the local average? (school is in blue)
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What percentage of the budget at Stanton Drew Primary School is spent on supply staff?
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Other perceptions of China: Views from Africa, Europe, and Latin America
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The rise of China on the world stage has brought anxiety about the country’s geopolitical intentions, particularly among its Asian neighbors and in the United States. But in other regions of the world, China’s growth has elicited somewhat different responses. In Africa, China—which some have accused of behaving like a neo-colonial power—has helped finance critical infrastructure development; in Europe, politicians face the dilemma of attracting investors from a cash-rich country that also generates concerns from some interest groups; and in Latin America, China has become a major trading partner, undermining the special relationship of the United States with the continent.
On May 19, the John L. Thornton China Center at the Brookings Institution hosted an event focusing on three regions where Chinese economic presence has increased greatly over the past few years: Africa, Europe, and Latin America. First, Richard Wike, director of Global Attitudes Research at Pew Research Center, provided a keynote discussion of recent survey research on how publics in these regions see China, including how they view the balance of power between the United States and China. A panel discussion featuring Brookings experts on these three regions further explored these issues.
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Top Evangelical Leader Resigns After Voicing Support for Civil Unions
Richard Cizik, vice president of the National Association of Evangelicals, resigned today following widespread criticism from fellow evangelicals over his Dec 2. interview on National Public Radio’s “Fresh Air” program. Cizik drew outrage by saying that he is “shifting” on the issue of same-sex marriage, saying “I would willingly say that I believe in civil unions.”
Cizik also acknowledged that he voted for President-elect Barack Obama during the primaries, pointing out that younger evangelicals are more willing to support a pro-choice political candidate based on other issues such as health care. He also said he supported the government distributing contraceptives to bring down the number of unwanted pregnancies.
Following the interview, Lieth Anderson, president of the NEA responded to the predictable outcry by eliciting an apology from Cizik. Anderson wrote a letter to the NAE board of directors saying that Cizik had apologized for the remark and that “our NAE stand on marriage, abortion, and other biblical values is long, clear, and unchanged.” NAE executive director W.T. Bassett tried further to calm the waters with an e-mail to constitutents which quoted Cizik as backtracking:
“I categorically oppose ‘gay marriage’ and see now that my thoughts about ‘civil unions’ were misunderstood and misplaced,” Cizik said, according to the message. “I am now and always have been committed to work to pass laws that protect and foster family life, and to work against government attempts to interfere with the integrity of the family, including same-sex ‘marriage’ and civil unions.”
Meanwhile, Cizik drew further criticism from pro-LGBT advocates this past week for being a signatory to the misleading New York Times ad by the Becket Fund which falsely characterized the peaceful protests against Prop 8 as “mob violence.”
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a. mcewen
I wonder if Michelle Malkin and the rest will talk about how “intolerance forced Cizik out of his position?” Somehow I doubt it.
Jaft
I hope he didn’t backtrack. Listening to the interview, he sounded willing to be open to new ideas and correct himself when wrong. Especially on the point of gay marriage, he sounded quite like he literally was actually giving the issue thought. Oh well, we shall hope.
The article doesn’t explain when, exactly, Cizik made these backtracking comments. It claims they were made ‘after the FA interview,’ which is quite vague. ‘After’ as in, moments later or weeks later? Was he in the presence of others there in the studio or in the bathroom at home talking aloud to himself?. So, did Cizik actually say what Bassett claims he said? Or is Bassett speaking for him in order to achieve some damage control?
It’s unbearable that they would engage in such religious intolerance and force the resignation of those who spoke their conscience and supported civil unions.
/see how easy that was
So he tries to be a decent human being, and they force him out.
They claim to be for civil unions, except for actually being “for” them, and they force him out.
I wonder if he is actually going to think about the pond scum he has been associating with, or is he going to take those thoughts and force them out.
This mindset never ceases to amaze me. If i didn’t know better, I would think they are communists circa 1951
These bozos are the leaders of the fundamentalist Christians?
werdna
Gee, just a couple of posts ago ago Cizik was denounced for his “shameful anti-religious sputterings,” but now he’s apparently a thoughtful fellow who’s not completely bound to regressive politics? Maybe my suggestion that TWO’s use of his quote about Evangelicals and Mormons was less than completely honest wasn’t so off base…
It’s a shame that Cizik may be backing away from his comments on Fresh Air, but his resignation suggests that he might be as tired of the NEA as they are of him.
Ephilei
I hope you’re not implying young EVs are pro-choice. Cizik emphasizes that they are pro-life but are diverse regarding LGBT issues.
After listening to a local Christian radio on December 6, the host and his guest were ready to lead a tar and feathering party or worse for Cizik due to his comments. Apparently “true Christians”(tm) must believe that abortion and gays are evil and fomenting the down fall of “true American civilization”. With an attack like that, Cizik was doomed.
http://thechristianworldview.com/tcwblog/archives/1221
@Ephilei.
I implied no such thing. Which is why I wrote the sentence very carefully to reflect what Cizik said, that young people are more willing to support pro-choice candidates because of their stances on other issues.
For the record, I believe that as Cizik was a leading figure in a policy advocacy group, if his publicly expressed opinions indeed were not in line with the group that he purported to represent, then it was his obligation to step down and the group’s prerogative to fire him.
It’s just very sad that his publicly expressed opinions are not in line with the group that he represented.
Timothy Kincaid
Gosh,
And it’s only been two years since the last president of the National Association of Evangelicals resigned over his own – ahem – gay policy (for those who have forgotten).
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UPDATE: Shahrukh Khan latest Bollywood flick Fan becomes one of the top 20 overseas grossers of all time, rising to Rs 174.29 crore at the box office and beating the total amount of Kapoor & Sons at the overseas box office. Fan’s total overseas gross stood at approximately $9.2 mn (Rs 60.7 cr) at the end of weekend two.
SRK witnesses his latest movie fall from a height of Rs. 19.20 at the release say to Rs.2.65 crore low on Day 9 (Saturday). The bigger shock was the subsequent weekend which could not surpass the figures of Friday. The movie managed to reap Rs. 3.40 crore on Day 10 i.e. Sunday taking the Indian collection at Rs. 79.25 crore.
Fan managed to equal another one of SRK starrer Ra One’s overseas total of $9.2 mn.
As per the official numbers, Fan earned almost Rs 5 crore within three days of its release in Pakistan, creating a record at the Pakistani box office. The movie has been given positive reviews from the people across the border as well Pakistan.
Claims that the movie has almost crossed the 5 crore mark was made by a Geo Films official since GEO Films has the distribution rights of Fan. The official stated:
“The biggest generation of revenue has come in Karachi and Lahore and the fans have given the film a thumbs up as bookings for the next one week are sold out in most cineplexes and theaters.”
The cinema owner and film distributor, Nadeem Mandviwala said that Shahrukh Khan still holds that appeal that drives the masses towards cinema houses; “Shahrukh is a bankable star and his star power was visible at the first three days of the film’s release as all shows have been sold out in Karachi.”
“The Indian film industry now realizes that Pakistan is a strong market for their products that is why they now focus on promoting the film for Pakistanis as well,” pointed out Mandviwala.
5 Reasons FAN Movie Could Be SRK’s Best Performance Till Date
The SRK starrer ‘Fan’ did exceedingly well in India, Pakistan as well as the International markets. The movie earned Rs 19.20 crore in India on the first day; however, the earnings fell on the second and the third day. Total earnings over the course of two days were recorded at Rs 34.60 crores. The film is still getting mixed reviews from the public and critics alike.
In the international market, the movie fared decently well by collecting Rs 17.93 crores ($2.7 million) on the first two days of its release. Out of the 4600 plus screens where the movie had been released globally, 3600 plus were from India alone whereas the 1100 plus represent the International cinema screens.
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Jill Zarin on Husband Bobby's Cancer Battle: "He Is Not Going Down Without a Fight"
July 28, 2017, 10:30 AM ET
The #RHONY alum is staying strong amid her husband's recent hospitalization.
By Laura Rosenfeld
The Return of Jill Zarin!
Jill Zarin's husband, Bobby Zarin, is in the hospital recovering from a recent procedure as he continues his battle with cancer. But The Real Housewives of New York City alum is staying strong amid the setback. “His cancer took an unexpected turn,” Jill recently told PEOPLE. “But he is not going down without a fight.”
The news that Bobby's cancer had returned last November has, understandably, taken a toll on Jill. “I’m in shock,” Jill said. “I’m in physical shock. I’ve lost 8 lbs. already. He was doing well for a very, very long time. Then the cancer came back in his brain last fall and since then, it’s been one thing after another.”
Bobby was first diagnosed with thyroid cancer in 2009. The cancer spread to his lungs in 2013, and he was diagnosed with a brain tumor in 2016. When Bobby was hospitalized last week, they found out that his papillary thyroid disease had morphed into anaplastic thyroid cancer, which Jill previously told E! News is "very, very rare." “He is the most loving and caring person I have ever known besides my father. Sometimes life just isn’t fair," Jill told PEOPLE. "But we have such a great love story. He is the love of my life and I will do everything in my power to heal and care for him.”
Jill Zarin's Husband Hospitalized Amid Ongoing Cancer Battle
Jill gave E! News an update on Bobby's condition. "Right now Bobby's okay, he's stable," she said. "Our friends have been unbelievable in rallying around us."
The RHONY alum has been by her husband's side as he deals with his latest health issues, even though she is still busy prepping for her 5th Annual Luxury Luncheon set to take place in the Hamptons this Saturday. In addition to welcoming plenty of celebrities to the event, including Housewives like Cynthia Bailey, Dorinda Medley, Luann D'Agostino, Tinsley Mortimer, and Marysol Patton, Jill also opened tickets up to the public in an effort to raise as much money as possible for the International Thyroid Oncology Group to aid in its research for treatments for advanced thyroid cancer. “I want everybody to show up on Saturday happy to celebrate Bobby because he is still with us and he is fighting,” Jill said.
When it comes to her hubby and his health, Jill added, “We’re hoping for a miracle.”
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2019 US Insurance Awards: CyberCube Analytics, Insurtech Team of the Year (analytics, compliance, other risk management applications)
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Rebecca Bole
As the market for cyber insurance grows and matures, new tools such as CyberCube Analytics Inc.’s platform for cyber risk aggregation modeling are being deployed to help understand and manage the ever-changing and evolving risks.
CyberCube was founded in 2018 with significant funding from ForgePoint Capital and Symantec Ventures, with which CyberCube has a relationship to provide exclusive access to Symantec’s cybersecurity data collection and feeds a large part of the CyberCube model, said Rebecca Bole, head of industry engagement for CyberCube in London.
CyberCube also has access to Symantec’s threat intelligence and cybersecurity research teams, “helping us to identify trends and incorporate them into our model before they become claims,” she said.
Symantec started work on the CyberCube platform in 2015 as an internal research and development team, developing both proof of concept and a pilot product, which was brought to market as CyberCube Analytics in 2018, Ms. Bole said.
“The ability to gain a multidimensional, forward-looking view of cyber risk is imperative for insurers and reinsurers to grow their cyber portfolios in a controlled manner,” she said.
“The unique challenge with cyber risk is that it is changing all the time: The threat actors, methods of attack, end-points used to perpetrate attacks are constantly evolving. No two attacks are the same,” Ms. Bole said.
“CyberCube takes a different approach toward modeling,” she said.
“Many traditional catastrophe models rely on loss data to predict the future. You can’t do this with cyber: The past is not an indicator of the future. We have to use different data sources and combine these with threat intelligence and cybersecurity expertise to gain this forward-looking view of risk,” Ms. Bole said.
Publicly announced clients to this point include Munich Reinsurance Co., Chubb Ltd., Guy Carpenter & Co. LLC, CNA Financial Corp. and JLT Re Ltd., she said.
• Aclaimant Inc. — Aclaimant’s Resolution performance system helps companies see risk more clearly using workflow tools to streamline risk management, including workplace safety, incident and claims management and analytics all in one system.
• National Council on Compensation Insurance Inc. — NCCI’s team developed and released Aggregate Loss Factors on Demand — an online application designed to perform complex calculations regarding aggregate excess loss factors and basic premium factors used in retrospectively rated workers comp policies using actuarial models.
• Ventiv Technology Inc. — Ventiv teamed with key partners to develop an application programming interface initiative in the commercial insurance sector that provides real-time data exchange connecting disparate systems at multiple organizations.
• Verisk Analytics Inc. — Verisk’s Energy & Power Intelligence Xchange, a benchmarking and risk scoring platform, aims to support more informed decision-making in the energy insurance sector by providing energy underwriters, risk engineers and portfolio managers with information on an individual risk and portfolio basis.
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UK households feel the pinch as real earnings almost stagnate
Wed, Apr 12, 2017 - 6:31 PM
UK living standards are under more pressure than at any time in 2 1/2 years and the squeeze is getting tighter.
[LONDON] UK living standards are under more pressure than at any time in 2 1/2 years and the squeeze is getting tighter.
Adjusted for inflation, regular pay rose just 0.1 per cent in the three months through February, the weakest since the third quarter of 2014. That figure could turn negative in the coming months if forecasts for a further pickup in price growth - to three per cent or even higher - come to pass.
Inflation has jumped in the past year because of the pound's decline since the Brexit vote and that, coupled with lackluster wage growth, is eating into the spending power of consumers, the engine of the economy. But there was some hope for shoppers on Wednesday that the outlook might not be as bad as feared.
Tesco Plc, the UK supermarket leader, said it would absorb some of the sterling-induced cost bump and keep prices low, which could ramp up pressure on competitors to do the same.
There's still likely to be a squeeze on consumers, with the Bank of England predicting that wage growth will remain "modest".
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But some wage flexibility may actually be a good thing if economic growth slows as predicted, according to Tapan Datta, head of asset allocation at Aon Hewitt.
"Wages have been flexible, that's taken the strain," Mr Datta said on Bloomberg Television.
"At least the employment levels are not going to necessarily be jolted hugely."
The squeeze is "probably better than having a a lot people thrown out of work", he said.
In February alone, real earnings fell 0.4 per cent, the first single-month decline since August 2014. Three-month nominal incomes rose an annual 2.2 per cent, the weakest since July.
Earnings are slowing despite unemployment - at 4.7 per cent - being close to historic lows. In the latest three months, the number of people in work rose by 39,000 to a near-record 31.8 million. Vacancies in the first quarter rose to the highest ever.
While one Bank of England policy maker has responded to accelerating inflation and broken ranks to vote for a rate increase, the majority are focused on the wage metrics. They say the sluggish performance suggests there is slack in the labour market that could weigh on pay settlements for years, meaning there is no urgent need to tighten.
"Involuntary part-time and self-employed workers, the threat of future job losses due to automation, demographic changes, all work in the direction of leading to less upward wage pressure for a given level of unemployment," Gertjan Vlieghe of the BOE said last week.
The BOE says the jobless rate can fall as low as 4.5 per cent without fueling inflation, though that may not be tested anytime soon. Economists see unemployment edging up to 5.1 per cent by early next year as Brexit negotiations take their toll on demand and investment. The slowdown may already be happening, with the increase in employment in the latest period falling well short of forecasts.
"Households are being caught in a perfect storm of rising inflation and slowing labour income growth," said Samuel Tombs, an economist at Pantheon Macroeconomics in London.
"The continued weakness of core wage growth bolsters the view of the majority of MPC members that interest rates do not need to rise this year in order to combat inflation."
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Saco to open six new properties by 2020
24 Feb 2017 by Mark Caswell
Serviced accommodation provider Saco has announced plans for six new properties to open by 2020.
They include the group’s first operated and managed properties outside of the UK, in Amsterdam and Dublin.
Three properties will also be added in London, along with one in Manchester.
The additions will be marketed across several of Saco’s brand, as follows:
A 34-unit Saco Serviced Apartment in London’s Fitzrovia, set to open in April
A 114-unit Saco Aparthotel in Amsterdam, scheduled to open in the fourth quarter of 2017
A 150-unit Locke Aparthotel in Manchester, scheduled to open in first half of 2018
A 27-unit Saco Serviced Apartment in London’s Moorgate, slated to open in 2018
A 104-unit annexe to the existing Leman Locke in London’s Aldgate district, scheduled for mid-2019
A 146-unit Locke Aparthotel on the banks of Dublin’s River Liffey, due to open in late 2019
Saco said it had chosen the locations as “they are all in major UK and European hub cities which attract an ideal mix of transient business traveller stays, extended stays and demand from leisure travellers, all boosted by growing demand from a number of key sectors including tech, media and creative”.
A seventh new property is also set to be announced shortly, which along with the six above will almost double Saco’s footprint of managed units to 1,885.
Commenting on the plans Stephen Hanton, CEO Commercial of SACO, said:
“Our expansion reflects the marked and ongoing shift in consumer demand from traditional hotels to stays at serviced accommodation properties that allow greater flexibility, and more opportunities for social engagement with fellow guests and the surrounding community.”
The group launched the design-led Locke brand last year, with the first property situated on Leman Street in London’s Aldgate (pictured above).
Eden Locke – located on George Street in Edinburgh – will open in June and is now open for reservations. The property features 72 studios and suites, some with access to shared enclosed outdoor terraces, as well as Hyde and Son – a lobby bar and coffee lounge.
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Kim Kardashian Contouring Selfie Demonstrates How To Get The Look Like A Pro
By May Sofi
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Contouring is quickly becoming the most popular makeup trend of 2015. If you haven't gotten on board yet, have no fear. Kim Kardashian posted a contouring selfie on her Instagram that shows us all how to get her signature makeup look, so you can now attempt the technique on your own (it's easier than it looks!).
Walking into Sephora the other day, I was so overwhelmed by the hundreds of flesh-colored creams on display, while being bombarded by salespeople asking if I wanna to "get contoured". Clearly, this has become a huge deal, and who better to show us the ropes than the queen of contouring herself?
Kim captioned the close-up photo, "Kontour!!!! Not finished with my make up yet but wanted to share a pic of some contouring make up tricks!" Thanks for looking out Kimmy! With a quick glance at the picture, you can easily tell that she has got a lot of makeup on, but that's because the product hasn't been properly blended yet. Even so, you can see the intricate and laborious work that goes into the look. Yes, doing Kim's makeup really is an art form.
Don't believe me? Just take a look at how her face is transformed below.
Wow. Her nose is visibly longer and narrower, her cheekbones look elevated, and her eyes just pop. Imagine how she'll look once this is all blended in? This is the secret to looking youthful forever, people, so I suggest we all hop on the bandwagon.
According to The Daily Mail, Kim's makeup artist, Mario Dedivanovic, is the mastermind behind her face. To achieve this look at home he told Mail, "Always use a beauty blender sponge to blend in the layers of the product. I apply some along her cheek bones to give a dewy effect, on the bridge of her nose and Cupid's bow and I also sweep it along her decolletage, shoulders and arms."
Well there you have it folks, the secret to getting Kim's gorgeous contoured cheekbones is out, and you can totally do it yourself at home.
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Resilience and growth reflected as industry experiences economic ups and downs
The Red Deer Construction Association (RDCA), celebrating its sixtieth anniversary, has demonstrated resilience and growth as the local construction industry adapts to changing economic circumstances.
The association was born as the Red Deer Builders Exchange in 1957. As the post World War II boom continued into the late 1950s, the central Alberta city between Calgary and Edmonton had serious procurement management, budgeting and growth challenges, as it struggled to provide services to a surging population, compounded by periodic economic crashes when the economy would contract suddenly.
“There was a requirement for some standards in the way things were being done, and that required people to get together to develop the standards and help the city grow in a structured way,” says current RDCA executive director Gary Gies.
There was something of a wild west atmosphere in the city’s earlier years and these were reflected in a chaotic political and procurement environment in the 1950s.
“In the mid-1950s, there was a slight lull in the great boom,” a report on the city’s construction history said. “The value of new construction dropped 30 per cent in 1956 and would have dropped even further if the provincial government had not launched the massive construction of the new Deerhome Institution (now part of the Michener Centre).”
RDCA past-presidents gathered at the 60th anniversary celebration event
Late that year, two representatives of the Calgary Builders Exchange attended a meeting at Red Deer’s City Hall as guest speakers. “The contractors who attended were impressed with what they heard.” They formed a local committee to interview subtrades and proceed with establishing the new organization.
The association was an instant success, with 58 members, the third largest in the province.
Through negotiations with the city, procurement and bidding systems were established to ensure a fair and competitive industry environment, and the association, later renamed the RDCA, took on the traditional construction association responsibilities including a plans room and bid depository.
Gies says several of the RDCA’s earliest corporate members still belong to the association. Membership through the years, reflecting the industry’s boom and bust cycles, has “gone all over the map,” he said.
“It was down in the early 80s. In the 1990s there were more than 100 members, and it reached 200 members in the 2000s.” By the current decade, as the economy grew, membership surged above 300, reaching 373 last year.
The most recent oil industry economic downturn hasn’t caused a loss in membership, he said.
“Typically, with associations, when times are a bit harder, people need some of our services,” Gies said. “We offer the ability to network, create relationships, and we’re the hub of information for construction. Lots of people, during downturns in the economy, flock to us for the latest news, and for help in putting them touch with other people to help diversify their businesses.”
Like most construction associations, the physical plans room has recently been replaced by electronic resources (with other Alberta associations, the RDCA belongs to COOLNet Alberta), and members now visit the association more for training opportunities than to view blueprints.
“By far the number one service that has carried on through the years is the importance of information and the ability to bid, and the fairness through standard and best practices, with tendering procedures and contracts, and these are still the staple of the association and the industry,” he said.
However, safety standards are becoming more important year by year, and here the RDCA training helps members keep up-to-date with requirements.
The association also is focusing more on encouraging young people to consider trades careers, providing resources for secondary and post-secondary schools, and promoting apprenticeship.
Gies said the RDCA recognized its past presidents at its annual general meeting and Building Central Alberta Night February. There’ll be a golf tournament in June, a members’ barbeque in August, and a Christmas breakfast in December. “We’ll be incorporating our sixtieth anniversary through all of these events” and through the association’s website and communications.
Gies says members, “with so many ups and downs, good times and tough times, based on the economy, people stuck together and were committed to it, and that’s what has made the association what it is today.”
Indeed, there is reason for pride as the RDCA looks forward to its next 60 years.
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MJC student picked to visit NASA this June
Caden Cuevas - photo by Contributed to the Courier
Updated: April 19, 2017, 7:49 a.m.
Caden Cuevas, a Ceres student at Modesto Junior College, has been selected to travel to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Ames Research Center this spring to participate in the NASA Community College Aerospace Scholars project (NCAS).
Cuevas is one of 348 community college students selected from across the United States to be part of NCAS.
The five-week scholars program culminates with a four-day, on-site event at Ames Research Center and offers students the opportunity to interact with NASA engineers and others as they learn more about careers in science and engineering. While at NASA, students form teams and establish fictional companies interested in Mars exploration. Each team is responsible for developing and testing a prototype rover, forming a company infrastructure, managing a budget, and developing communications and outreach.
The on-site experience at NASA includes a tour of facilities and briefings by NASA subject matter experts.
"Being an astronomer is my dream, and working with NASA has always been my childhood dream and now I can proudly say I've achieved it," Cuevas said.
An alumnus of Ceres High School, Cuevas has attended MJC since 2014 and plans to graduate this summer with an Associate of Arts in general studies, emphasis in Social and Behavioral Science. He hopes to attend California State University, Stanislaus or CSU Sacramento to major in psychology and minor in astronomy.
"My career goal is to do something I love, because it's not just about the money," said Cuevas. "I'm thinking about joining the Peace Corps once I graduate and teach around the world. Helping those in need has always been a goal of mine."
Cuevas, who was born in Mexico and immigrated to the U.S. in 2003, is a first-generation college student. After being orphaned in 2006 he became determined to achieve a college education.
"Ever since that day I have tried my hardest to prove, not only to others but to myself, that I am capable of doing anything I put my heart into."
NASA Community College Aerospace Scholars is a project funded in part by the Minority University Research and Education Program, or MUREP, which is committed to the recruitment of underrepresented and underserved students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) to sustain a diverse workforce.
With this project, NASA continues the agency's tradition of investing in the nation's educational programs. It is directly tied to the agency's major education goal of attracting and retaining students in STEM disciplines critical to NASA's future missions, which include missions to Mars and beyond.
"NCAS not only inspires community college students to advance in STEM fields, but it also opens doors for future careers at NASA," said MUREP manager Tania B. Davis. "NCAS has a legacy of alumni moving from NASA internships to and ultimately entering the NASA workforce. It is rewarding to see the progression of a student from NCAS participant to NASA colleague."
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This petition is being brought to your attention in regard to serious concerns by the football public, especially supporters of the Collingwood Football Club who believe that certain umpiring decisions in the 2018 AFL Grand Final were either wrongly awarded, were missed entirely and eventually were what cost the Collingwood Football Club the premiership.
Three examples of this, which are clearly visible on the Channel 7 footage are as follows:
1) the video replay judgement of the goal given to West Coast in the first qtr clearly showed that the ball was touched as it crossed the line, not by the boot of the WCE player but came off another part of his body and was clearly a behind. The resultant score should then have read 1.3 instead of 2.2.
2) the video replay of a Collingwood behind at the same end in the last qtr clearly showed that no WCE player had deflected the flight of the ball, then the result should have been declared as a Collingwood goal. The resultant score would then be 12.7 instead of 11.8.
3) the illegal blocking shepherd on Brayden Maynard with 2 minutes to play should have been paid as a free kick to Maynard as it was considered an act of interference which allowed the West Coast player to goal. The decision should have then allowed Maynard possession to clear the ball and in so doing the goal to West Coast would not have eventuated, giving them a final score of 10.14 for the game.
There were numerous other decisions which affected the game including the whack to the ribs by Ryan of WCE on Maynard which was missed by the umpire standing 3 metres from the incident. Maynard should have received a free kick with a subsequent report for striking being given to Ryan.
We as Collingwood supporters, as well as most of the general public feel that a grand final should be allowed to be won on merit, and not be awarded as the result of poor umpiring and biases toward clubs and particular players held by the governing body. We DEMAND that the decisions made on Saturday the 29th Sept be overhauled and reviewed in their entirety, and that either the result reversed, or the game declared a no-result and replayed in its entirety at a future date. Failure to act on this will effect in a vote of no confidence in the AFL administration, the umpiring panel, and the competition in general.
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Like Father, Like Son (Soshite chichi ni naru)
Directed by: Hirokazu Kore-eda
Written by: Hirokazu Kore-eda
Starring: Masaharu Fukuyama, Machiko Ono, Yoko Maki, Lily Franky, Jun Fubuki, Shogen Hwang, Keita Ninomiya
Drama - 121 min
A little over a year ago, I would have seen Like Father, Like Son through completely different eyes. Parents, compared those without children, may be more likely to experience the film with both elevated emotions and a tendency to play the ‘what would I do in this situation’ game. I admit I consistently put myself in the lead character’s shoes and imagined my little boy throughout this predicament.
The problem is two babies were switched at birth six years ago in a Japanese hospital. Keita (Keita Ninomiya) went home with Ryota (Masaharu Fukuyama) and Midori (Machiko Ono), a well-off couple living in a tall, sterile glass tower in the city. Ryusei (Shogen Hwang) went home with Yudai (Lily Franky) and Yukari (Yoko Maki), a poor couple who live behind their meager electronic appliance shop.
Ryota is a no-nonsense, diligent taskmaster. As a successful architect, his long hours bring him home well past dinner, he works weekends, and his brief interactions with Keita involve instructions for more piano practicing, less Wii, and overriding discipline. Midori is in the background as the supportive wife and nurturing mother, a characteristic Ryota mocks her for; he believes Keita’s inherent kindness and tolerance of losing must come from her.
The top layer of Like Father, Like Son is structurally simple, but morally complex. What do you do when you learn your son is not your son? Do you exchange the children because blood comes first or is whatever child you happen to raise then your child? Dig a bit deeper though and you find director Hirokazu Kore-eda examines the culture of patriarchal Japan.
Ryota automatically assumes the decision maker role. Despite their many and long conversations about what to do, we never see Ryota ask his wife what she prefers. He knows what is best for the family and never expects a contrary opinion from Midori once he sets a course in action. The opinions of the children are never asked for either; they are just along for the ride at the mercy of the grown-ups. There are indications Ryota views his son as a status symbol or checkbox. Does he see Keita or does he see a small boy merely there to fulfill a role and therefore only logical for your true blood to assume that position.
Money and social status also play a role. Yudai frequently submits to Ryota’s opinion on what to do next, even if his inner self would rather run screaming in the other direction. Yudai believes being a father is the most important thing in life and notices his advice falls on Ryota’s deaf ears when he subtly critiques his lack of parenting. Why would Ryota listen to a shopkeeper? He earns far too much money to stoop so low.
Known for his examinations of various aspects of Japanese family life, Hirokazu Kore-eda notches another hole in his belt in this genre. His 2004 film, Nobody Knows, still feels fresh today about children abandoned in their apartment by their mother. Kore-eda is also noticeably adept at working with children. Keita has such wide and startling eyes it is hard not to over empathize with him in every scene.
Like Father, Like Son is a deceptively simple title for the subject matter. What could easily be an over-wrought and soap operatic tear-jerking melodrama in less capable hands, Kore-eda gently lets the audience observe the families and has us do the work. There is no hero or villain, nobody tells us who is wrong and who is right, that is for us to work out by ourselves. It boils down to one question, ‘what would you do?’
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Northwestern Mutual celebrates new building groundbreaking in downtown Milwaukee
Posted: Aug 26, 2014 2:46 PM CST | Updated: Nov 5, 2014 3:31 PM CST
MILWAUKEE -- Tuesday is the official kickoff but they joked that they couldn't do a groundbreaking because there's already a big hole in the ground. Beyond that - Northwestern Mutual officially kicked off construction of its new downtown building.
They pulled a lever and it released streamers into the air. The new tower ensures around 1,100 jobs stay downtown while also adding 1,900 new ones.
There were dozens of city and community leaders on hand. Northwestern Mutual also had hundreds of employees here.
NML released the plans almost a year ago.
Northwestern Mutual CEO John Schlifske said he's most excited about the open door policy with the Milwaukee community. He said the gardens, green space and other amenities will attract people downtown.
Schlifske says the new building will be a door to Lake Michigan too.
Mayor Tom Barrett talked about how challenging it was to get to this point. He and NML CEO John Schlifske had a big decision to make about the future of NML and Milwaukee.
\"He could have made a decision that this beautiful new building would have gone anywhere,\" Barrett said. \"But he made the decision, along with his board of directors that this building will be built right here. He made that decision, I believe, because he believes in this city.\"
The 32-story building will be done in 2017.
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Commercial Dispute Resolution > Dubai Arbitration Week: EMAC looks forward
Dubai Arbitration Week: EMAC looks forward
Published by: Ben Rigby at 22/11/2019
The Emirates Maritime Arbitration Centre has kept up a busy schedule of events and insight in the run-up...
The Emirates Maritime Arbitration Centre has kept up a busy schedule of events and insight in the run-up to Dubai Arbitration Week, with a refreshed board of trustees and an opening slot in proceedings.
These are changing times for the Emirates Maritime Arbitration Centre (EMAC), which had the honour of hosting one of the opening sessions for Dubai Arbitration Week 2019.
Gordon Blanke – now an independent arbitrator and founding partner of his own law firm, Blanke Arbitration –summarised the arbitral landscape in the United Arab Emirates, from the various institutions, to the differences between onshore and offshore arbitration, recent reforms to UAE federal arbitration law and award enforcement – the latter being a perennial theme across the week.
Blanke was well equipped to do so. He was once a partner with DWF in Dubai, having worked previously at Baker & McKenzie Habib Al Mulla’s Dubai and Abu Dhabi offices, giving him a keen insight into the trends in managing and controlling the arbitral process in the Middle East.
Majid Obaid bin Bashir, the chairman and secretary general of EMAC endorsed Blanke’s presentation, saying in a statement: “As arbitration increasingly becomes the preferred method of dispute resolution, we believe that these series of events are essential to further engage both the legal and commercial communities to emphasize the cost and time benefits of alternative, specialised dispute resolution.”
OUTREACH IS KEY
EMAC has continued its efforts in talking to, and liaising with, the maritime industry – a majority of trustees hail from that sector and CDR understands the centre will be due to hear its first arbitration in 2020. While competition with established arbitral centres remains keen, there is goodwill among local and international shipping lawyers to work with the new centre.
As Craig Neame of HFW told CDR, in launching that firm’s annual survey of the global maritime arbitration market in May that, while London “is still the clear market leader, and we see nothing to suggest that will change in the foreseeable future…” Dubai “will develop a larger arbitration caseload once EMAC [becomes more established”.
EMAC’s services, focused on the maritime, logistics and oil and gas industries, means it has focused and directed its efforts on building awareness among potential client groups – another recent seminar featured Joseph Campbell, the general counsel, compliance, of local oil company ADNOC, alongside Alex Bevan of Shearman & Sterling and Kagan Aktas of Secretariat International, speaking about the complexities of oil and gas disputes.
As Patrick Murphy of Clyde & Co told CDR in 2018, EMAC offers clients “the possibility of a DIFC seated maritime arbitration and therefore the relatively easy enforcement of an award onshore in the UAE”, although the same route is available through the DIFC-LCIA. That same organisation heard a shipping case, according to a recent report issued for Dubai Arbitration Week.
Alongside growing awareness of EMAC, there has been a changing of the guard of EMAC’s trustees. With the 14-member new board, there are both new and old faces.
Bashir was previously acting chairman following the untimely death of Sir Anthony Colman (the former Commercial Court judge and a former Deputy Chief Justice of the DIFC Court) in 2017. He was confirmed as chairman and secretary general, with Richard Briggs, the Dubai executive partner of Hadef & Partners, and a well-known dispute resolution figure locally, acting as vice chairman.
Also appointed to the trustees, and forming a four-person executive board, was Rania Tadros of Ince, who said in a statement she was “honoured” to join the board, saying: “EMAC is hugely important to the UAE for its role in making sure future maritime growth occurs in a fair and regulated environment.”
She added: “I hope to bring the knowledge and experience I have gained at Ince to further expand the exciting work EMAC is involved in”, adding “there’s huge opportunity for the maritime industry in the region and I look forward to being part of the continued growth of the Emirates as a maritime hub”.
Also joining the board was Essam Bella, the managing director of brokers Clarksons Platou, while Edward Newitt, of Stephenson Harwood who played an important role in EMAC’s development in the first three-year cycle, and Christopher Mills, head of MENA dispute resolution at Clyde & Co, also a veteran shipping litigator, left as trustees.
EMAC FOR ALL EMRIRATIS
In the meantime, building on previous links with the Dubai International Arbitration Centre, with which EMAC signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in 2017, EMAC has been forging other regional links.
Blanke spoke recently at a practitioner event in Abu Dhabi on behalf of EMAC, which recently signed a similar MOU with the Abu Dhabi Global Market Arbitration Centre (ADGMAC) in September.
Both Bashir and the ADGMAC registrar, Linda Fitz-Alan, who is also chief executive of ADGM Courts, said the move would be mutually beneficial.
For Bashir, it would “enhance the accessibility, efficiency and effectiveness” of services EMAC offers; while Fitz-Alan said, in the same statement, it would serve the “business requirements and developments of the growing maritime and commercial sector in the UAE and wider Middle East region”.
Fitz-Alan highlighted ADGM’s role as an “an effective, efficient and safe seat for the conduct of international arbitration”, while also pointing out that its hearing centre was “a neutral and inclusive venue, open to all arbitrations and mediations, regardless of sectors, industries and geographies”, a clear signal that they were as open for business as much as Dubai is, while implicitly also reinforcing the fact that EMAC is there to deliver services to all the Emirates, not just one.
Abu Dhabi enabled a MoU of its own between the ADGM courts last year and the Abu Dhabi Judicial Department, allowing for the direct enforcement of ADGM courts judgments and arbitral awards into onshore Abu Dhabi – making such an association more valuable.
Meanwhile, outreach continues. Richard Strub, of HFW, who spoke to CDR last year, recently spoke at a seminar about how to work with Chinese counterparties in the Middle East and vice versa, in bearing in mind how increased trade would have an impact on enforcing against assets in China as well as considerations to be made when arbitrating with Asian counterparties more generally.
Similar themes were explored at Dubai Arbitration Week, with Belt & Road opportunities and risks both discussed. Much as Blanke did, Strub explained the relationship between the DIFC Courts and subsequent enforcement onshore, and the alternative of direct onshore enforcement under UAE arbitration law in addition to enforcing foreign awards in the UAE and beyond, something that EMAC will also benefit from.
Emirates Maritime Arbitration Centre
Shanghai gives green light to arbitration institutions in free trade zone
China’s Ministry of Justice has allowed foreign arbitral institutions to set up shop in a Shanghai free trade zone.
Ben Rigby | 09 January, 2020
Disputes boards discussed
Herbert Smith Freehills’ construction partners recently hosted a round table dinner on the use of dispute adjudication boards in construction and infrastructure projects, attended by CDR’s Ben Rigby and Andrew Mizner.
Ben Rigby|Andrew Mizner | 08 January, 2020
Squire snaps up Stewart
Africa-focused arbitration lawyer Peter Stewart has left Clyde & Co to join Squire Patton Boggs, adding his strong practice in infrastructure and oil and gas projects to the firm.
Andrew Mizner | 20 December, 2019
Witness statement review takes balanced approach to reform
A high-profile judicial working group takes a careful approach to changes to the regime for the preparation of witness evidence in England & Wales’ commercial courts.
The tyranny of choice discussed
Paula Hodges QC, the current president of the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) and leader of Herbert Smith Freehills’ global arbitration practice, delivered the keynote address at CDR’s Autumn Arbitration Symposium in October 2019. The following is an abridged summary of her remarks.
Efficiency and arbitration in constructive harmony
Construction clients favour arbitration as their preferred means of dispute resolution, but there is plenty of room for improvement, as a study by Queen Mary University of London and Pinsent Masons reveals.
Arbitration’s current and future challenges
International politics and the courts are putting arbitration under increasing pressure, presenting it with problems, but also opportunities for change, according to speakers led by Lord Neuberger, at a Chartered Institute of Arbitrators event.
Korea wins free trade agreement arbitration
The Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre has administered a first Korean-seated arbitration under the Korea-US free trade agreement.
Shipping disputes
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This Canadian actor born in Toronto, Ontario on December 13, 1929, didn’t become widely known until the mid-60s after his role as Captain von Trapp in The Sound of Music. Plummer first began his acting career with Shakespearean theatre, where he seemed to feel most comfortable. He appeared in Canada’s Stratford Shakespeare Festival, and later came to New York to continue his Shakespearean acting.
He has yet to land a lead role in his film-acting career, yet his supporting actor roles have become more prominent and distinguished. He was cast in Stage Struck in 1958, which really began his career in film. He then landed roles in Oedipus the King, The Man Who Would Be King, The Fall of the Roman Empire, Return of the Pink Panther, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, Malcolm X, 12 Monkeys, The Lake House, International Velvet, Sound of Music, and many more. He most recently appears in 2015’s Danny Collins, a comedy-drama film alongside Al Pacino.
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As for television, Plummer has made appearances in almost 100 different television series, and has won two Emmy’s in this area. However, he is more widely recognized in Canada and the UK, where he was the recipient of the first Genie Award in 1980, and has won two Tony Awards, with seven nominations. In 2015, Christopher was awarded the Sam Wanamaker Award, given to those whose work increases the understanding and enjoyment of Shakespeare.
Plummer has been married three times—the first time being to a Tony Award-winning actress Tammy Grimes in 1956. Together, they had a daughter, Amanda Plummer, who has been involved with acting as well. After Plummer and Grimes’ 4-year long marriage ended, he remarried to a journalist named Patricia Lewis in 1962, which lasted 5 years. He is now currently married to a British dancer and actress, Elaine Regina Taylor. They have been happily married since 1970 and currently reside in a 100-year-old converted farmhouse in Connecticut. Christopher Plummer is available for speaking engagements, endorsements and personal appearances.
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Cloudy. A few flurries or snow showers possible. High 19F. Winds NW at 5 to 10 mph..
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Firefighters watch flames shoot out of the roof of Sather Family Dental on Friday, Jan. 3. An aerial ladder truck was spraying water from above.
Carl Cooley | Chetek Alert
Sather Family Dental, in Chetek, went up in flames Friday night, Jan. 3. Pictured above, area firefighters battle the flames with water.
Tyler Florczak | Chetek Alert
Flames can be seen shooting out of the roof of the rear of the building.
Sather Family Dental destroyed by fire
A fire destroyed Sather Family Dental and the clinic’s half completed expansion on Douglas Street in Chetek on Friday evening, Jan. 3.
Reports of the fire were received before 9 p.m. and Chetek, New Auburn, Cameron, Barron and Rice Lake fire departments were called to the scene. Rice Lake Fire Department deployed its aerial ladder to spray water from above.
Mayo Ambulance and Chetek Ambulance Service were called to stand by. It did not appear there were any injuries related to the fire. The dentist office was closed at the time.
Traffic down Second Street was detoured. Barron County Sheriff’s Department advised people to stay away from the area and give room to firefighters. Tanker trucks sped in and out of the area, bringing water to collapsible water tanks on Douglas Street. Water was pumped from city hydrants and the water tanks by fire engines and into the attack hoses of firefighters.
Dr. Nik Sather, owner and dentist, heard of the fire through his son, who received a message about it. He said he raced to the office, hoping it was just smoke and that he might be able to put out any fire with a fire extinguisher. But he arrived just as firefighters did, finding that the inferno had already overtaken the building. He didn’t know where the fire might have started.
Sather said firefighters went in through the back and retrieved the nitrous oxide tanks—laughing gas—from the building.
An addition on the east side of the building, started in November 2019, had been framed in and drywall was to be installed starting Monday, Jan. 6, Sather said.
Sather was just starting the process of figuring out what to do about his dental practice and the patients that had upcoming appointments. Patient records are backed up and secured off site every night, Sather said. He hoped to have more information to pass along by Monday, Jan. 6, in regards to setting up a temporary office and the status of patients' appointments.
His insurance agent had already been to the scene, Sather said.
In Step Dance Studio, which occupied space in the basement of the building, posted to Facebook saying they had heard about the fire and asked people to not send the business any messages.
“We are deeply saddened by the situation and are in the process of figuring things out,” the post for In Step Dance Studio stated.
Barron County Highway Department plow trucks were sanding and salting the roads. Water from firefighting was freezing on the streets, making things slick and slushy.
Firefighters were working to pump water from Lake Chetek near the Chetek Dam.
Neighboring buildings, including Sandals Spa, Chetek VFW Post 10331, U.S. Post Office, Hope & Anchor Coffeehouse, B and B Bar & Grill, Six Lakes Realty, Carpe Diem, apartments and residences appeared to be unharmed by the fire.
The fire appeared mostly under control by 10:30 p.m. Cameron Fire Department, which sent water tenders, left the scene around 12:30 a.m.
Firefighters went inside the building, reporting no more flames in the new addition by 12:36 a.m.
This story will be updated as more information is gathered. The full story and additional photos will be published in the Wednesday, Jan. 8, edition of The Chetek Alert.
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BACKGROUND TO THE PARTNERSHIP:
The Step by Step (SBS) project partnership has secured more than €2.6 million of European funding in its €4.3 million cross-border partnership involving 10 organisations from the UK, The Netherlands, France and Belgium (see below for partner details) including the University of Chichester.
The project was approved and funded by the EU Interreg 2 Seas Programme 2014-2020 (co-funded by the European Regional Development Fund) which will support the project over four years from 2017-2021.
PROJECT AIMS:
The aim of SBS is to empower men to move from poor health and or isolation to healthy social participation or active engagement in the labour market. It will promote a culture in which all citizens in all regions will have the confidence to make sustainable positive changes in their lives benefitting themselves and society.
The expected changes include:
reduced health costs related to physical & mental health issues
better health contributing to healthier individuals, families, communities and the workforce increased labour market activity
decreased number of work days lost to poor health.
The target group for SBS is specifically men and in particular those who may be socially isolated and suffering from poor mental health or poor wellbeing, however the project will also be open to women who will be very welcome to use the new SBS services.
BACKGROUND TO THE PROJECT:
There is consistent evidence to suggest that men access health services less frequently than women and experience poorer physical health outcomes. The suicide rates for men across Europe are increasing. Additionally, unemployment, non-participation, isolation and poor mental health are all contributing factors. Depression and other mental health problems are both under-detected and under-treated but men’s health is particularly poor. Studies have shown that the unemployed suffer more health problems, including mental health, than those in work and the longer people remain out of work when sick, the less likely they will return.
Currently health services (general practice, dentists, pharmacies etc) are under-used by men, which adversely impacts their health, their families and their communities, as well as on employers and the national health budget. Men are also less likely to make use of preventative health checks such as oral health and screening.
Outreach work by project partners has shown that men see a clear need for a different way of providing services to them within their local communities.
THE SBS PROJECT WILL DELIVER:
A model to improve men’s mental and physical health/wellbeing via a community space/workshop where men meet/learn new skills/engage in hands on activities. Video explaining the model can be found here
New model of community health service delivery for men and vulnerable groups.
94 new workshops implementing the model
A gaming-based virtual tool to connect people and indirectly to raise their awareness of their physical/mental health and wellbeing.
Training programme to create champions for health and wellbeing from within the workshop attendees.
Training programme for soft skills (motivational interviewing, empowerment etc)
The University of Chichester is one of ten project partners, the organisations involved are:
The Health and Europe Centre
Kent County Council (UK)
Hampshire County Council (UK)
Bolwerk (BE)
Wattrelos Association of Community Centres (FR)
ADICE – Association for the development of citizen and European initiatives (FR)
Community Centre Jean Ferrat Arques (FR)
Community Centre ‘De Mussen’ (NL)
Wellbeing People (UK)
There are also a number of observer partners:
The Department of Work and Pensions
UK Men’s Sheds Association
Maison de l’emploi de Valenciennois
Werkgevers Service Punt
Conseil Départemental du Nord
OUR CONTRIBUTION TO THE PROJECT
A team from the University of Chichester’s Institute of Sport are involved in running the evaluation of the SBS project. This involves a multi-level, multi-method assessment of the impact of the workshops and community groups across the life-course of the project, on participant’s physical and mental health, wellbeing, employability and place within their communities. In addition, the evaluation will capture the diversity of the workshops and groups in each of the countries to inform planning of future gender-based community projects.
Dr Ruth Lowry, Reader in the Psychology of Active Living, is leading the evaluation of the Step by Step project.
Andy Wood, Research Assistant in Health and Wellbeing, co-ordinates the day-to-day running of the evaluation.
Professor Mike Lauder, Project Management team and Director of the Institute of Sport
Alison Davis, Project Management team and Project Support Coordinator for the Institute of Sport
Other Research Collaborators
Chris Heaney, Senior Lecturer in Adventure Education, Institute of Sport
Dr Matthew Sitch, Research Assistant
Dr Sarah Edmunds, Senior Lecturer in Exercise Psychology, Institute of Sport
Dr Esther Burkitt, Reader in Developmental Psychology, Institute of Education, Health and Social Sciences
Dr Nicolas Farina, Research Fellow in Dementia, Brighton and Sussex Medical School
Lowry, R. G., Burkitt, E., Edmunds, S., & Farina, N. (December 2018). Men in the company of men: A scoping review of the effectiveness of Men’s Sheds. Division of Sport & Exercise Psychology, Belfast, Northern Ireland. http://eprints.chi.ac.uk/4655/
Lowry, R. G., Wood, A., Lefever, O. & Tollet, C. (June, 2019). Intervening in the community to increase the health, wellbeing, social inclusion and employability of Men: Step by Step Project Protocol and Logic Model. International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, Prague, Czech Republic. http://eprints.chi.ac.uk/4690/
Wood, A., Heaney, C., Sitch, M., Hooper, S., & Lowry, R. G. (September 2019) More than a tool shed: Piloting a multi-level, multi-method evaluation of the Step-By-Step Project. Public Health England, Warwick, UK
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Glenbrook N.,Deerfield fight to stay in race
By Patrick Z. McGavin
A moment of truth arrives for two teams seeking greater clarity when Glenbrook North travels to Deerfield for a big Central Suburban League North Division game Thursday night.
This is a crucial part of the year for teams, many of whom are fighting off fatigue and injuries, and looking to come together and show the kind of mark improvement coaches rigorously set in motion.
The Spartans have set the league standard the last two years with back-to-back division titles. Glenbrook North captured the conference championship game in a rout of Maine South two years ago. Last year they lost to New Trier in the conference title game.
Injuries and inexperience have created a ripple effect for the Spartans (4-5-2, 1-2-0). One month into the season, coach Paul Vignocchi is hoping the game with Deerfield marks a return to form.
“I feel like we have to get back to the basics,” Vignocchi said. “We have always been known for a strong defensive team. Teams may have been better than us, but they would have had a hard time beating us because we were strong defensively.
“We have to get back to that philosophy and get strong in the back.”
Glenbrook North allowed two goals against Maine West in the first 15 minutes in a 4-1 loss on Monday night. As Vignocchi acknowledged after that game, the short-handed
Spartans are not built to overcome early deficits.
The tools are there for a strong defensive effort. Ben Gordon and Patrick O’Brien are skilled center backs. In his first year playing keeper, Nick Washelesky has demonstrated good range and athleticism.
Glenbrook North suffered from a string of injuries at the start of the year that negatively impacted chemistry. As some players have returned, other key personnel are still recovering. Offensively, the Spartans have been a team in flux.
Senior midfielder Max Marquez, a dynamic and explosive talent in space, has been out since the Waukegan game in the first week of the season. His loss has been the most difficult for the Spartans to absorb. His playmaking and ability to generate pressure on the edge has been a missing component in the Glenbrook North attack.
“He played a significant role for us last year,” Vignocchi said. “He is expected back right before the playoffs. That will provide a huge boost for us.”
As Vignocchi has retooled his offense in the wake of heavy graduation losses the last two years, new players have emerged or shown considerable promise.
Getting his first significant time, junior midfielder Joey Martens has flashed tremendous potential. He combines excellent size with speed and quickness and an excellent first touch.
Junior midfielder George Luke, another talented player who suffered a slow start because of injury, is finding his stride. He scored the Spartans’ only goal against Maine West.
David Schueler, a 6-foot-5 midfielder, adds size and a compelling physical dimension.
“We have been encouraged by our offensive play,” Vignocchi said. “Joey Martens has been a handful for most teams. George Luke is really starting to come into form. As a team we are creating opportunities, but the consistent finishing is a work in progress.”
Deerfield is better than its record. The Warriors (3-6-1, 1-1-1) beat Maine East 2-1 Monday night for their first conference victory. Nicholas Compisi staked the Warriors to a 1-0 lead in the 23rd minute. Midfielder Jude Tatham converted a penalty kick early in the second half.
The game reiterated several key points coach Elliott Hurtig has made recently. The Warriors have done an admirable job of late playing possessive soccer and creating
strong scoring chances. The middle attack of Ari Wainer, Nicholas Prus and Nikita Bankevich has been especially impressive.
Wainer also has the capability of playing up-top. He is dynamite in space and has a great first touch. Prus and Bankevich have also excelled lately in creating more consistent and dangerous scoring chances.
“I think recently we have moved the ball really well and got into our shape,” Hurtig said. “Against Highland Park (on September 13), we were getting a lot of turnovers and then we were dangerous on the counter. We have been able to take advantage of some runs by our forwards and get some crosses.”
The defense has been solid with sophomore standout Ko Vandeneijkhoff and junior Jack Hammontree. The big news has been the return of star keeper Ryan Grady. He
missed the first three and a half weeks of the season after recovering from a broken bone under his right thumb. He performed with a cast on and played forward, where he scored one goal.
The senior is back in his natural element, patrolling the box for the Warriors. He played his first game there last Thursday against Highland Park.
He is getting his rhythm and timing back.
“It was definitely fun,” Grady said. “I did not play how I wanted to play, but it was my first game as a goalkeeper in two months and the first time I trained in probably six or seven weeks.
“As the keeper you are the anchor of the team. You are the quarterback essentially. The keeper has to have a high soccer IQ. You need to be able to read the game before it happens and make quick decisions.”
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