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Error code: DatasetGenerationError
Exception: ArrowInvalid
Message: JSON parse error: Missing a closing quotation mark in string. in row 15
Traceback: Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/packaged_modules/json/json.py", line 145, in _generate_tables
dataset = json.load(f)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/json/__init__.py", line 293, in load
return loads(fp.read(),
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/json/__init__.py", line 346, in loads
return _default_decoder.decode(s)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/json/decoder.py", line 340, in decode
raise JSONDecodeError("Extra data", s, end)
json.decoder.JSONDecodeError: Extra data: line 2 column 1 (char 12440)
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/builder.py", line 1995, in _prepare_split_single
for _, table in generator:
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/packaged_modules/json/json.py", line 148, in _generate_tables
raise e
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/packaged_modules/json/json.py", line 122, in _generate_tables
pa_table = paj.read_json(
File "pyarrow/_json.pyx", line 308, in pyarrow._json.read_json
File "pyarrow/error.pxi", line 154, in pyarrow.lib.pyarrow_internal_check_status
File "pyarrow/error.pxi", line 91, in pyarrow.lib.check_status
pyarrow.lib.ArrowInvalid: JSON parse error: Missing a closing quotation mark in string. in row 15
The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/src/services/worker/src/worker/job_runners/config/parquet_and_info.py", line 1529, in compute_config_parquet_and_info_response
parquet_operations = convert_to_parquet(builder)
File "/src/services/worker/src/worker/job_runners/config/parquet_and_info.py", line 1154, in convert_to_parquet
builder.download_and_prepare(
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/builder.py", line 1027, in download_and_prepare
self._download_and_prepare(
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/builder.py", line 1122, in _download_and_prepare
self._prepare_split(split_generator, **prepare_split_kwargs)
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/builder.py", line 1882, in _prepare_split
for job_id, done, content in self._prepare_split_single(
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/builder.py", line 2038, in _prepare_split_single
raise DatasetGenerationError("An error occurred while generating the dataset") from e
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#FridayFlash - Cara Vs The Rabids
The lift lurched to a halt between the 28th and 29th floors, pitching Cara to the floor. The impact caused her watch to stop at exactly 11:53pm.
She swore, but a stopped watch was the least of her worries. In a normal lift in a normal building, she'd try to contact someone, and wait for help. She call a friend to pass the time. But this was a lift in Coleridge House, a notorious tower block at the centre of a strip of no man's land between the affluent Shelley Vale and the derelict slums of Pelling. The area lost all mobile coverage months ago when a group of Ferals brought down the mast to sell for scrap metal. The cable for the lift’s emergency phone dangled out of the wall, its receiver long since gone. Cara pressed buttons but nothing happened. The only comfort was the emergency lighting - if the Rabids had cut the power to keep the lift dangling, she'd be in total darkness. This must be a power cut.
Cara paced inside the lift, suddenly sensitive to the acrid tang of urine in the warm air. She tried reading the graffiti scrawled on the walls but the incoherent threats made her more nervous. Her eyes returned to the roof hatch. In her mind, Rabids emerged from the sub-basement, skittering through the underground car park. They'd swarm up stained and stinking staircases, drawn by the scent of fear in the south-west elevator shaft.
Cara cursed her sister. If Penn hadn't met that waster at college, she never would have bounced down the social ladder. She'd never have landed in the cesspool that was Coleridge House and Cara wouldn't be stuck in a lift at seven minutes to midnight like a sacrificial lamb waiting for the priest to arrive.
Unwilling to wait for Death, Cara scrabbled at the tiny gap between the doors. Being a badly maintained lift in a crumbling tower block, the doors didn’t close fully before the lift moved, and Cara managed to wiggle her fingers into the space. She threw her weight backwards, heaving on the right hand door.
The doors parted with a protesting whine, and she eased them apart by a foot. The lift was stopped directly between the floors, too high for her to clamber up to crawl out onto the 29th floor. She’d have to go the other way. She tossed her bag out of the lift, and sat down, inching across the lift until her legs dangled into the gap. Cara wriggled forward, bending backwards to get her body between the 28th floor ceiling and the lift floor.
She slithered free, jarring her right knee as she landed. Cara snatched up her bag and looked around the corridor. More graffiti adorned the walls, and the air smelled of stale weed. A row of battered security doors faced her, barring access to the cramped and badly lit flats of the block. No inhabitants opened their doors – the whole floor had a peculiar, abandoned feel.
Cara walked towards the stairwell, and froze. Growling came from the darkness below, accompanied by a scent of old blood mixed with filth. The Rabids were loose. There was no way she could go downstairs.
Cara bolted up the stairs, taking them three at a time. She paused on her sister’s floor and heard snarling around the corner of the stairwell. The Rabids had swarmed up the four staircases and were now prowling the block looking for easy pickings, only the inhabitants were locked in their homes.
Which just leaves me.
Only one option remained, and Cara threw herself upwards with new speed. Frenzied snarls erupted below her, and the sound of talons on concrete made her blood run cold. They’d either heard or smelled her, and they were on their way.
She emerged on the top floor landing. Her muscles burned, screaming for rest, but her body refused, hypnotised by the growling behind her. A narrow ladder rested against the wall, and Cara clambered up. She threw open the door to the roof and pushed herself out into the open air.
The roof was a maze of TV aerials, ventilation shafts and broken tiles. White fingers topped by vicious talons closed around her right ankle, and the growl below turned to crazed laughter. Cara kicked down at her attacker, and the Rabid released its grip. Cara seized her opportunity and ran into the roof maze. She grabbed a broken aerial as she passed, determined to arm herself.
She found a solitary patch of moonlight between three air ducts. Her heart hammered as the Rabids swarmed across the roof. They prowled the perimeter of her space, snarling and snapping at each other. Cara clutched the aerial, her hands slick with sweat. Moonlight was only a weak reflection of sunlight, but she hoped it would be enough to deter the pack.
Over the next few hours, the Rabids maintained their distance, lunging whenever a cloud covered the moon. She lashed out with the aerial, sending them back to the pack where other Rabids would fight to lick the blood. An idea formed as the first flames of dawn licked at the eastern horizon.
Cara threw down the aerial and shouted a challenge. The need for blood outweighed their need to find shelter, and they continued to snarl. Rabids at the back fled, whooping as they raced down the stairs, eager to beat the coming sunrise.
Fires broke out among the pack on the roof as sunlight fell on the hunters. Soon Cara couldn’t see for the smoke, or hear anything besides the roar of the flames and the screams of the dying Rabids.
The smoke cleared at 7am, when a distant church tolled the hour. Cara stood surrounded by charred corpses and piles of ash. She picked her way across the roof, and clambered down the ladder. She paused by the south eastern lift and shook her head.
This time, she would take the stairs.
(Elevator photograph by Idac, graffiti added by me)
Terry Deary wants to abolish libraries
Newcastle City Library
Last week, I spotted a tweet from Neil Gaiman, calling Terry Deary selfish and avaricious for his attitude towards libraries. He'd included a link to the Guardian's website, so I clicked through to have a look. What I saw shocked me. Deary appears to have a thing against libraries because they're losing him money. According to the article, his books were borrowed more than half a million times during 2011/12, and due to the Public Lending Right scheme, he only made £6,600 from those books. Had he sold them, he'd have made over £180,000. According to him, "The libraries are doing nothing for the book industry. They give nothing back, whereas bookshops are selling the book, and the author and the publisher get paid, which is as it should be. What other entertainment do we expect to get for free?"
His main gripes with libraries seem to revolve around cost - both the cost to the tax payer in keeping libraries open, and the cost to the authors and publishers who lose money when books are borrowed, not bought. It seems he puts his right to be paid above public access to information. To put it bluntly, what an arsehole attitude. I originally planned a post that would have potentially blistered paint, but I thought I'd break down his argument that libraries are bad, and explain what he's clearly missing.
1) Books as entertainment.
At one point, Deary makes the point that people wouldn't expect to go to the cinema for free, so why should we let them borrow books for free? The key thing that he's missing is that you cannot equate books with cinema. Books straddle both education and entertainment, and just as many people borrow non-fiction as they do fiction books. One wonders where he finds the books to do the research for his Horrible Histories series. But given the vast number of people who use services like Lovefilm or Netflix to watch films at home at a much lower price than the cinema, it seems Deary is a little behind the times regarding how people spend. Bottom line is, people just don't have that much money. Which leads me on to...
2) The cost of books.
In and of themselves, books are not expensive. However, if you're from a low income family, or you're a student, paying for all the books you want/need is going to get very expensive very quickly. Everyone knows I'm working on my PhD at the moment, and my current chapter is an overview of the horror film from 1897-1978. Just as an example, if I'd bought all the books I needed for a 1000 word section in that chapter on the giallo film, it would have cost me, at a minimum, £136.10. That's just for one small section of a single chapter. I can't afford that! But I can easily borrow the books from the library as and when required. Furthermore, Deary seems to believe that libraries are putting bookshops out of business but I'm sorry, both co-existed quite peacefully until the rise of online shopping. Stores like Amazon are putting bookshops out of business, simply because their product is cheaper. (Incidentally, I've found that the online prices at Waterstones match, and in some cases are lower than, Amazon's, so I've switched from buying at Amazon to buying at Waterstones).
3) Marketing.
Due to the cost of books, people might be put off buying, say, the first in a series in case they don't like it. But how many people might borrow the book from a library, discover they like it, and then go on to buy another book by that author? Allowing people to borrow books is a good way of 'hooking' readers and getting them to buy new books as they're released. I've sometimes borrowed books from libraries and enjoyed them so much that I've bought my own copy. After all, in an interview with the Evening Standard back in April 2012, he was backing a literacy campaign, saying he preferred children to discover his books themselves without being forced to read them by schools. Without libraries, how can children discover these books then? (As a side issue, he also backed a literacy campaign by saying children have never been more literate because they text and use Facebook. Has he ever actually seen a student's work? I suspect not.)
4) What about the other services?
Libraries don't just offer books any more - at our main City Library, they offer genealogy services, advice for small businesses, education facilities, conference space and a means of getting online. Deary needs to remember that not everyone has a computer at home, or they may not have an internet connection, and the only way for such people to get online is to use computers in a public space. Libraries are far nicer than internet cafes, and they can provide a lifeline to older people, giving them somewhere warm and welcoming to go to get them out of the house. Besides, if you need to get online and you have children, you can safely leave them in the children's section while you do your online errands. Without libraries, what would you do?
5) Other methods of obtaining books.
Really, if Deary is going to complain about libraries, then I'm assuming he also wants to see an end to secondhand bookshops, or books being sold in charity shops to raise money for good causes. Does he also want people to stop lending books to their friends? At least if people borrow from a library, he earns 6.2p every time they do so. If I bought one of his books at an Oxfam shop, he'd get nothing for it. In Deary World, do all people only buy their books from established bookshops? In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if Deary's favourite historical event was the destruction of the library at Alexandria.
Hundreds of authors have rallied behind the cause to save libraries, recognising the universal need for access to information - if the comments section is anything to go by, then so do most readers of the Guardian. Yes, authors and publishers need to make money but I really don't think that books being available in libraries is going to cause enough of a dent in earnings to make it necessary to abolish libraries altogether. I seem to be quoting this more often than not lately but Deary needs to remember that "The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few, or the one", and as long as we live in a society where the have-nots outnumber the haves, then we need to provide education and information in an accessible, affordable way. If Deary doesn't like that, then I might suggest a change of career to one that will bring him into contact with as few people as possible.
Posted by Icy Sedgwick at 12:36 pm 5 comments
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“Israel to attack Iran” is a hardy if never-blooming perennial. I rerun this post (originally written on the occasion of Israel’s bombing of an alleged nuclear facility in Syria in 2007) every year as a reminder of the rather daunting technical issues involved in flying from Israel to Iran and blowing things up in a truly convincing fashion, even as the same threats are put forward again and again.
Blowing things up in a truly convincing fashion involves a) flying there b) getting refueled in mid-air c) getting rearmed d) going back and do it again and again against Iran’s dispersed and hardened nuclear facilities.
So it won’t be an orgasmic one-off like the Osiraq reactor strike against Iraq, a nice quasi-surgical demonstration of civilized Israeli warfare. It would be a grinding, prolonged assault, presumably with plenty of Iranian casualties, and with the unmistakable, sustained assistance of a local ally to keep the planes in the air.
Iran’s nuclear facilities are beyond the combat range of Israel’s fighter bombers. So Israeli planes would not only need to overfly Iraq or Saudi Arabia and/or Turkey with or without permission; they would have need to get refueled over Iraq or Saudi Arabia as well on the return trip.
It doesn’t look like the US is going to provide refueling facilities, leaving it up to local partners (unlikely/infeasible) or Israel itself.
This year, the presence of a pro-Iranian government in Iraq would make it necessary for Israel to cross Iraqi airspace without permission, and defy the Iraqi government in prolonged fashion by having Israel’s tankers hovering over Iraq for multiple bouts of mid-air refueling.
And I don’t think Turkey’s going to be keen about permitting overflight, since they aren’t even signing on to the proposed bilateral sanctions against Iran.
That leaves the Saudis. Saudi Arabia is in the midst of an aggressive rollback against Iran in particular and Shi’ites in general, and the London Times quoted an anonymous Saudi source as saying Israeli jets attacking Iran would be waved through Saudi airspace.
Doesn’t quite pass the smell test for me, though. I don’t think the Saudi government is happy to harass the Iranians, but I don’t think they have the stomach for taking the Israeli side in a full-blown war.
On the record comments in December from Turki al-Faisal, Saudi Arabia’s top security honcho, will undoubtedly be dismissed as disinformation by Western observers because he’s calling for a nuclear-free Middle East (a slap at Israel!), but I think his statement more closely reflect Saudi reality:
Replying to a question about the possibility of an attack on Iran to force it to roll back its nuclear program and the impact of such an action, Prince Turki reiterated that the impact will be “calamitous … cataclysmic, not just catastrophic.”
He said that Iranian actions have provoked worldwide opposition but at the same time suggests that Iran's nuclear program is being singled out, while Israel is being given a clean chit. Any unilateral decision to launch a military attack aimed at halting the nuclear program of Iran could have huge consequences, he warned.
As to the technical issues of refueling, the IDF has made a big deal of demonstrating that it does not need US refueling services, as this report indicates:
In the last days of May and first week of June, 2008, Israel staged an impressive and well-reported exercise over Crete with the participation of the Greek air force. More than 100 Israeli F-16 and F-15 fighter jets, as well as Israeli rescue helicopters and mid-air refueling planes flew a massive number of mock strikes. Israeli planes reportedly never landed but were continuously refueled from airborne platforms. Israel demonstrated that a 1400 km distance could be negotiated with Israeli aircraft remaining aloft and effective. Iran’s Natanz nuclear enrichment facility is 1400 km from Israel.
Early in 2011, the Jersusalem Post reported Israel took delivery of a 707 for conversion into a tanker for refueling its F15-I fighter bombers coming back for Iran. How many additional tankers Israel has is “classified”, but an unsourced thread puts the total number of converted 707s to eight.
The JPost article went on to say:
The air force has conducted a major upgrade of its tanker fleet in recent years and now plans to wait for the US Air Force to choose its future tanker before buying additional aircraft.
Reading between the lines, maybe the United States is not particularly keen on delivering tankers and enhancing Israel’s capability to conduct unilateral air operations against Iran.
Accordingto Karl Vick at Time magazine, Israel doesn’t have the tanker capacity or, for that matter the ordnance, to devastate Iran for weeks:
What everyone agrees, however, is that as formidable as the Israeli Air Force is, it simply lacks the capacity to mount the kind of sustained, weeks-long aerial bombardment required to knock down Iran’s nuclear program, with the requisite pauses for damage assessments followed by fresh waves of bombing. Without forward platforms like air craft carriers, Israel’s air armada must rely on mid-air refueling to reach targets more than 1,000 miles away, and anyone who reads Israel’s order of battle sees it simply doesn’t have but a half dozen or so. Another drawback noted by analysts is Israel’s inventory of bunker-busting bombs, the sort that penetrate deep into concrete or rock that shield the centrifuge arrays at Natanz and now Fordow, near Qum. Israel has loads of GBU-28s, which might penetrate Natanz. But only the U.S. Air Force has the 30,000-pound Massive Ordnance Penetrator that could take on Fordow, the mountainside redoubt where critics suspect Iran would enrich uranium to military levels.
So, why do we keep talking about Israel’s threats to attack Iran?
I’ve frequently commented that the main purpose of the attack-Iran threat is to yank America’s chain, and forestall possible rapprochement between the United States and Iran.
The Obama administration knows this, I think, and I find its politically-motivated willingness to continue with the sanctions charade, and the low level but cruel and destabilizing program of assassination, sabotage, and economic warfare against Iran rather shameful.
The Mystery of the Dropped Fuel Tanks
An e-mail from a reader concerning the Israeli raid on a purported North-Korea-linked military facility in Syria stated:
FYI, the combat radius of an F-15 in deep strike mode is 1800km
The distance to the Syrian target is ~ 700 km.
No need for drop tanks........
Hmmm. Too interesting to pass up.
The Internet is a treasure trove for armchair commanders and aviation and weapons enthusiasts. Industrious googling yielded the following information:
During the raid, some Israeli aircraft jettisoned two external fuel tanks up by the Turkish border.
The tanks were from an F-15I fighter bomber , called the “Ra’am” or “Thunder”, itself the Israeli variant of the F-15E Strike Eagle.
In agreement with my correspondent, the Observer states the Ra’am is:
...the newest generation of Israeli long-range bomber, which has a combat range of over 2,000km when equipped with the drop tanks.
But I think the Observer (and perhaps *gasp* a loyal reader) got it wrong. Either they confused cruising range with combat range, or confused the current F15I with its previous incarnations (for instance the F15C does have a combat radius of 2000 km).
The F-15E is a completely different animal from previous F-15s, which were sleek interceptors, designed “without a pound for the ground” i.e. no air to ground armament, for those days of air-to-air combat with the parfait knights of the Soviet bloc.
The F-15E is a big, fat hog of a plane, sometimes nicknamed the Flying Tennis Court, or Rodan for its resemblance to the ungainly but murderous superpterodactyl featured in the Godzilla movies.
It’s meant to carry big bombs and missiles to blow up stuff on the ground and the people standing in it or next to it, and fight its way out if necessary.
So it’s got bigger engines and less range than previous F15s.
According to the data I dug up, the F-15E has a combat radius—the distance it can be expected to fly for a mission assuming high speed, fuel-consuming maneuvers--of 790 miles (see here and here ).
To achieve this radius, it needs its internal fuel plus external fuel.
Internal fuel capacity is 5,952 kg.
External fuel consists of two components:
Conforming fuel tanks or CFTs with a total capacity of 4500 kg. They are integral parts of the plane—one report I read said the plane isn’t really designed to fly without them—and can’t be jettisoned.
Then there’s another 5500 kg in conventional external fuel tanks—the kind that were dropped during the mission.
With a fistful of caveats, the combat radius for an F-15I without the external fuel tanks would be around 500+ miles.
Distance from the Hatzerim airbase (home of the F-15I-equipped 69th Squadron) near Beersheba to Dayr az Zawr: 420 miles.
So you might think that the conventional external fuel tanks weren’t needed for this particular mission, and the only reason to carry them was for road-testing prior to some Iran-related hanky-panky.
Maybe yes, maybe no.
If the Israelis really did bomb Dayr az Zawr, it’s unclear why they went barnstorming up to the Turkish border a hundred miles away.
But they certainly did go, and to fly that kind of mission including a flyby of the Turkish border, I think they would need the external fuel tanks.
Maybe the Turkey excursion was to test some fancy new electronic countermeasures equipment mounted on another plane, called “Suter”, to disrupt Russian air defense hardware recently supplied to Syria—and Iran, for Israel’s benefit and our own.
Aviation Week put out the story courtesy of “U.S. officials”:
A Kuwaiti newspaper wrote that "Russian experts are studying why the two state-of-the art Russian-built radar systems in Syria did not detect the Israeli jets entering Syrian territory. Iran reportedly has asked the same question, since it is buying the same systems and might have paid for the Syrian acquisitions."
We got a certain amount of military chest-thumping about how cool this new gear is, but these planes only jettison their fuel tanks if they’ve been engaged and need extra speed and mobility, which leads one to believe it couldn’t have worked too great.
As to Israeli insistence that they’ll take out Iran if we can’t get off our collective rears, I found this analysis interesting and persuasive.
It argues that the Israeli air force simply doesn’t have the horses to haul the armament needed to make a terminal dent in the hardened and dispersed Iranian facilities on a 1200-mile mission—remember, more fuel means fewer weapons carried--unless the U.S. either assists in the refueling of the Israeli planes or allows them to stage the assault U.S. from bases in Iraq.
And maybe not even then.
Theoretically, the Israelis could do this, but at great risk of failure. If they decide to attack Natanz, they will have to inflict sufficient damage the first time - they probably will not be able to mount follow-on strikes at other facilities.
When all the analyses are done, there is only one military capable of the sustained widespread air operations required to eliminate Iran's nuclear weapons research program - the United States.
So it looks like the Israelis could start something—but it would be up to Uncle Sam to finish the job.
I take this as support for my thesis that a key data point for Israel from the Syria raid was the nature of the U.S. support it did—or did not—elicit, and what that would mean for Israel if it conducted a dramatic but less than conclusive raid on Natanz with the hope that the U.S. could be dragged into the campaign.
So: War with Iran—it’s up to us. Don’t know whether that’s reassuring or disturbing.
Labels: F15I, iran, Israel, nuclear weapons
If you want your ex-girlfriend or ex-boyfriend to come crawling back to you on their knees (even if they're dating somebody else now) you gotta watch this video
(VIDEO) Have your ex CRAWLING back to you...?
Movers and Packers in CBD Belapur
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Cynthia White’s 1982 Testimony
The SUMMARY OF CASE facts
Summary of the Eyewitness Evidence
The Jury Selection Process
The Months Preceding the Trial
The Selection of a Defense Attorney
The Case Against Mumia Abu-Jamal
Eyewitnesses
Robert Chobert’s 1982 Testimony
Michael Scanlan’s 1982 Testimony
Albert Magilton’s 1982 Testimony:
Cynthia White testified for nearly two full days in 1982, much of it consisting of lengthy cross-examination by Anthony Jackson. Hour after hour, Jackson questioned White about hair splitting minutiae concerning her statements and her testimony. Jackson was especially interested in attacking White’s character, highlighting her many past arrests for prostitution, and striving to imply that she must have made some kind of “deal” with the prosecutor or the police. White repeatedly denied having accepted any such deal. The jury had the last word on Ms. White’s credibility, and the mesh between the details of her account and those of the other eyewitnesses, as well as the physical evidence, was irrefutable.
Cynthia White testified:
The policeman got out of the car and walked over — started walking over towards the Volkswagen. The driver of the Volkswagen got out of the car. A few words passed. They both walked between the police car and the Volkswagen up to the sidewalk. A few words passes again between them. The driver of the Volkswagen then struck the police officer with a closed fist to his cheek, and the police turned the driver of the Volkswagen around in a position to handcuff him.
I looked across the street in the parking lot and I noticed he [Jamal] was running out of the parking lot and he was practically on the curb when he shot two times at the Police Officer. It was in the back. The Police Officer turned around and staggered and seemed like he was grabbing for something. Then he fell. Then he [Jamal] came on top of the Police Officer and shot some more times. After that he went over and he slouched down and he sat on the curb.
N. T. 6/25/82, 8.75-7
White also said that Officer Faulkner had his back turned as Jamal approached, and that Jamal was very close to Faulkner when he first shot him in the back:
McGill: How many times did you see him shoot at the police officer?
White: Two.
McGill: And then at that time, where was the police officer’s back in relation to the man who was running across the street?
White: His back was facing him.
McGill: Indicating for the record pointing to the defendant, Mr. Jamal. And how close did he get to the defendant — how close did the defendant get to the police officer when you heard those shots or saw those shots?
White: I’m not good at feet, but it wasn’t too far away. It was very close.
N. T. 6/21/82, 4.99
As in her original statement, and as did Robert Chobert, Cynthia White told the jury that she watched Mumia Abu-Jamal slump down on the curb after he shot Officer Faulkner in the face.
McGill: Now Miss White, after the defendant shot the Police Officer when he was on the ground, what did he do then?
White: He went over and slumped down on the curb.
Cynthia White unequivocally identified Mumia Abu-Jamal as the man she saw shoot Officer Daniel Faulkner, explaining that, immediately after the shooting, she had walked towards the two men and had come within a few feet of them (N. T. 6/21/82, 4.105-108).
As did the other eyewitness, Cynthia White further confirmed that Jamal violently resisted as the police attempted to take him into custody.
White: They took him to the wagon. When they approached him and they went over to him he was swinging his arms and kicking, and they was trying to get him under control to handcuff him.
Jackson: Before we get back to the specifics of your statement — did you see Mr. Jamal beaten that night?
White: What I seen was Jamal sitting on the curb, swinging his arms with closed fists and kicking, and the police swinging back and trying to get him under control to handcuff him.
Albert Magilton
Albert Magilton was a pedestrian who was walking across 13th and Locust Street. Mr. Magilton was standing near Michael Scanlan’s car, roughly 100 feet from the shooting. Magilton stated that he watched the entire scene unfold before him, and noted Jamal “running from the parking lot towards Officer Faulkner with one arm raised in a shooting fashion.” He looked away only for a moment to avoid an oncoming car. While his head was turned he heard shots. When he looked again, Officer Faulkner was no longer standing. Within minutes Magilton had identified Jamal to police on the scene as “the man he had seen running from the parking lot with his arm raised.”
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Gem Theatre – c.1915
Photo courtesy Ryland Collection, Gardner Family Collection
James H. Gow, the locally-educated master who had designed Golden’s Methodist and Presbyterian churches, was hired by Seig to design the new building to house the Gem. As usual, Gow did not disappoint in coming up with an interesting design. Built of brick atop a high Morrison sandstone veneer foundation, the building featured a lower floor of segmental arched windows and an upper floor of flat-topped windows arranged largely in pairs across the facade. Projecting brickwork of cornices and pilasters abounded. A central entrance with an enclosed grand arch on the west wall on the Avenue led into the new Gem Theatre, where 300 seats sat angled towards the screen at the northeast corner of the decorative motif auditorium.
Earliest motif of the Gem Theatre
Photo courtesy Gardner Family Collection
The tiny Golden Tailor Shop adjoined the lobby in the southern front. On the north side, a doorway at the far eastern end of the building led to the Golden Athletic Club upstairs. The Athletic Club’s quarters were impressive, featuring a maple wood gymnasium floor with cloak, locker and shower rooms, and a balcony seating over 150 overlooking it all. The building took awhile to build, the east wall being particularly troublesome, but it was finally completed, and the Gem showed its first picture there on June 1, 1912. Quickly the proprietors added “a couple of clean Vaudeville acts” on Wednesday evenings. The Athletic Club moved in on June 11, and patrons were serenaded by their new Nicholls Bros. piano and Lohmann’s orchestra.
Despite such a promising start, the Golden Athletic Club went out of existence in January 1913, leaving the Gem alone as the building’s primary occupant. Over time the upper floor came to be called Seig Hall and was rented out for various temporary uses including the local Republican party headquarters, while the tailor shop’s spot became a small cafe for the theater. Meanwhile, the Gem did such a flourishing business that its entrance was quickly changed to a cutoff corner rounded arch. In a planned 1916 renovation by Gow, the Gem was to eliminate the restaurant, put in a new ticket booth and ladies cloak room and restroom, and switch the screen to the center of the east wall. However, aside from the screen nothing appears to have been changed from the original, outside of eliminating the central metal support posts late in 1912. 1916 plans also called for expansion into Seig Hall, but this would have to wait for the future. In the meantime, the Gem battled competition from the Star Theatre, which resurrected itself in the Belle Vista after the Gem left, attracting noteworthy movies and acts. However, around 1913 it finally gave up the ghost, leaving the Gem alone in the field. In 1921 Oscar Goetze and his wife opened Golden’s fourth movie theater, the Pixie, inside the Odd Fellows Hall at 1106 Washington Avenue. Lasting into 1922, it was not as state-of-the-art as the Gem but it sure gave it lively competition.
By 1926 longtime partner M.W. McFarland had acquired all of the Gem and its building. Immediately he resolved to make it one of the finest showhouses around, starting with installing a new theater organ to accompany the films. It was a Photoplayer, described well by the Transcript. This fabulous instrument “consists of pipe and traps for the following effects: Treble, vox mystica, cornet, flute, flute d’Ahour, viol d’orchastra, bass ciol d’orchestra, violincello, quintoton, reed organ and pipes 65-note range, set of orchestra bells, xylophone, bass drum, pistol shots, double cymbal, tom-tom, thunder, snare drum, bird whistle, chinese wood drum, triangle, fire gong, cathedral chimes, tambourine, castanets, horses hoofs, klaxon, sleigh bells, chinese crash cymbal, steamboat whistle, wind siren, locomotive exhaust, automobile exhaust.” The Photoplayer was the perfect companion for silent films. McFarland resolved to go much further and fulfill the previous renovation plans, hiring architect Herbert Tracy Quick and contractor Charles J. Buckman to transform the upper floor into a new 12-row 250-seat balcony, build a handsome new modernistic marquee, return the entrance to the center of the Avenue facade, and take out the lower floor east wall to build a new popout alcove stage. These renovations expanded the theater’s capacity and enhanced its live entertainment. Soon renovations were underway in 1926.
From the front page of the Colorado Transcript, 1926
Disaster struck on July 23, 1926. While workers were engaged in punching holes in the east wall of the theater, a huge portion of it fell, taking carpenter D.D. Branch down with it from atop a scaffold 17 feet high. The other workers, who had just left the scaffolding only minutes before, rushed to his aid, extricating him from the bricks that had buried him. Branch was rushed to a Denver hospital with a skull fracture and severe lacerations, but in time, he would recover. Townsfolk recalled how the wall had been built with difficulty 15 years before and that rumors had persisted since then that the wall was unsafe. Unwilling to risk anything further, McFarland ordered the entire wall destroyed and replaced like new.
Golden Gem Theatre, 1932
From advertisement in the Colorado School of Mines Prospector Yearbook, 1932
The Gem reopened on September 25. It was a neat new little movie palace, featuring new decoration in day-glo Art Deco motif, fitting in well with the style of its times.
Day glo deco theater walls
Its premiere movie was “The Strong Man” starring Harry Langdon. By the time all was said and done, McFarland had spent $40,000 on the Gem since taking fully over earlier that year.
1st advertisement of the Golden Gem Theatre, Colorado Transcript 1928
The fine movie palace attracted attention, and not just for the films of local Hollywood western star Pete Morrison that it showed. In 1928 Richard A. Preuss bought the theater. Preuss had recently been the proprietor of the Arvada Theatre, and he renamed the venue in Golden the Golden Gem Theatre. From there onward it was primarily a movie house, with popular organist Rose Schmidt accompanying the films. In 1929 talkie films were introduced at the Golden Gem, starting with “The Donovan Affair”. Preuss pressed forward with continued success, facing the challenge of the Great Depression by giving away groceries to needy people and letting his theater be a stabilizing economic force for downtown as well as a chance for people to escape their grim reality. But soon Preuss wished to retreat to a more relaxing life.
Charles U. Yeager, President of the Atlas Theatre Company
In 1935 Preuss leased the Golden Gem to the Denver-based Atlas Theatre Company chain led by Charles U. Yeager. This prosperous chain possessed a number of popular movie houses, including the Oriental, Gothic, Federal, Holiday and Ritz. Atlas brought prosperity, a stunning new neon gemstone marquee, and quality first-run films to the Golden Gem, and as the theater industry evolved towards larger and grander movie palaces, Atlas wanted to take Golden’s theater along with it.
Golden Gem Theatre, c. 1935
Photo courtesy Golden Transcript, 1978
In 1948 the historic stone Wells Fargo stable next door to the east was purchased and destroyed, to make way for a grand new renovation that started with doubling the theater’s size. Yeager sought to take the theater to a whole new level of moviegoing experience: the Theatre Beautiful.
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Shaping Vancouver 2016: Conversation 1
What Is A Neighbourhood?
As part of the Shaping Vancouver 2016 series, this panel discussion focused on what features are necessary to have vibrant neighbourhoods and communities as well discussed what should be kept in mind as we manage change in Vancouver’s neighbourhoods.
Many things make a desirable neighbourhood, such as how well it accommodates day-to-day life, the existence of visually and spatially interesting architectural and physical features, how social, community activities and human interaction are encouraged, pedestrian oriented retail commercial areas, distinguishable area character, green spaces, and accommodation for multiple modes of transportation.
Marianne Amodio
Registered architect and principal at Marianne Amodio Architecture Studio, guest instructor at Arts Umbrella, and guest critic and thesis advisor at UBC’s School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture.
Michael Kluckner
Artist and author of illustrated books of history and cultural geography, including Vanishing Vancouver, and Vanishing British Columbia. Volunteer on Vancouver’s Heritage Commission and president of the Vancouver Historical Society.
Neal LaMontagne
Vancouver-based city planner, urbanist and educator. Former planner with the cities of Vancouver and North Vancouver and works as an instructor in the Langara Applied Planning Program, the UBC Master of Urban Design Program and the School of Community and Regionnal Planning; completing his PhD in Urban Planning at UCLA. Vice-chair of the Vancouver City Planning Commission and the Vancouver Urban Design Panel.
Donald Luxton
Principal of Donald Luxton & Associates Inc., principal consultant for the City of Vancouver Heritage Action Plan, founding director of the Victoria Heritage Foundation and recipient of the British Columbia Heritage Award in 2009.
Tara McDonald
Executive director of the Vancouver Farmer’s Markets, overseeing the organization’s strategic expansion which has doubled the weekly neighbourhood markets, tripled the number of citizens it serves and quadrupled sales to BC farms and artisan food and craft vendors.
Donald Luxton began the evening by providing an update to the Heritage Action Plan, including details on the the Character Home Component, which will be presented to Vancouver City Council in spring 2016. Luxton outlined the origins of Vancouver Heritage Register, which was established in 1986 and was created with the intent of recognizing the unique heritage within Vancouver’s neighbourhoods. The Heritage Register now seeks to move forward with more reference and care to the cultural heritage of an area, not just the architectural history in an area. Luxton noted that many community heritage details in Vancouver’s neighbourhoods have emerged through research which has morphed and made the project evolve, consequently making the project difficult to wrap up. Luxton noted that architecture is only a part of a neighbourhood’s character, and that many expressed concern for the trees, parks, and urban realm of their communities.
Amodio noted the role that markets play in shaping communities and asked panelists what else makes or contributes to a vibrant neighbourhood. Kluckner noted many vibrant neighbourhoods incorporate mixed, allowing commercial to be integrated within residential areas. Kluckner added that former city plans which sought to eliminate retail out of residential areas has made it difficult to re-introduce commercial and residential spaces in the same area without proposing projects that massively increase an areas density. Luxton agreed, adding that many Vancouver neighbourhood general stores have been zoned out of existence, but were important aspects of the community’s vitality. LaMontagne stated that while these corner stores are valuable, it is important to note that the way in which people shop today is very different. He concluded by adding that these neighbourhood stores should return but host businesses that the neighbourhood is likely to adopt and support. Amodio questioned what specific characters of a corner general store possesses that makes it an important neighbourhood attribute, and what neighbourhood attributes are lost when the stores leave. Klucker explained that the corner grocery stores are a nostalgic reminder of the former live/work spaces in Vancouver neighbourhoods and often add unique architecture to a neighbourhood. Luxton responded that many of these buildings are typically unique because they were allowed to change and evolve over time. Luxton warned that preserving neighbourhood buildings for nostalgia’s sake could limit a community’s growth.
Panelists agreed that Vancouver neighbourhoods are in need of “third places”, which are places that allows neighbours to casually meet and socialize. McDonald suggested that markets have become a social gathering place for communities and provide a regular change to connect and check in with community members. Kluckner noted that while it is important to discuss how to retain community attributes it is also crucial to discuss how to design for vibrant communities in the future. Kluckner suggested that communities need to build to be more reflective of it’s members. Amodio asked panelists how important it is to maintain specific neighbourhood identities within Vancouver. LaMontagne responded that distinctive neighbourhood characteristics create a sense of place within a neighbourhood. Kluckner suggested that developers are currently stuck in commercial uniformity, which is leading to homogenous street cultures in Vancouver neighbourhoods. Kluckner suggested that developers need to be encouraged to incorporate neighbourhood traits and quirks into future developments. Luxton noted that Vancouver currently struggles to even define its neighbourhoods – suggesting that many are created by the variety of businesses. He added that if buildings are changed and small businesses are forced to move it could damage neighbourhood character.
Discussion moved towards how a neighbourhood’s identity could be created by drawing from its history. Kluckner noted that an areas buildings are not creating its identity but adding architectural value. Luxton agreed and added that many new developments are not being built to last for a long period of time, and built without considering how it will add to the future of a community. Panelists agreed that new developments are not a negative aspect in a neighbourhood, as community identity morphes and changes over time. However, all panelists expressed concern about dead-end developments which do not add to the existing community and often lead to demolition.
We acknowledge the financial assistance of the Province of British Columbia. Thank you to SFU’s Vancity Office of Community Engagement for co-presenting the series.
All photo credits go to roaming-the-planet.
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Book Tour (Review): How I Fall by Anne Eliot
ELLEN LIKES CAM * CAM LIKES ELLEN *
What if the one person you can’t stop thinking
…can’t stop thinking about you?
*CAM LIKES ELLEN *
What if during one long day you failed at
everything because you met this glitter-crazed new girl who practically ruins
your life? Worse, she insists you and your secret crush become best
friends—with her?!! Only you don’t have time to be friends with insane people,
and you think your crush might need to stay the way it’s always been: Distant.
Impossible. In your head. This is because you have problems and secrets a crush
would never understand.
*ELLEN LIKES CAM *
But what if the three of you wind up assigned to
a group photography project, and rumors are already circling about the new girl
being ridiculous? You know she’s nice but alone, so you convince your crush to
help protect the new girl. Working on the project suddenly makes hanging out,
texting, talking—and even high school—seem completely normal when it’s anything
What if you fall for each other just enough to
kiss…and it’s perfect? You tell secrets and make the kind of promises that
might be impossible to keep when you’re only sixteen. Which is why, long before
it all falls apart, you already knew nothing this beautiful could have been
meant to be yours for long.
But what if…
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B&N (paperback): http://bit.ly/1r6mOgt
Goodreads: http://bit.ly/1r6nimP
Maybe, loving someone secretly for so long and discovering that he/she felt the same way is the best feeling in the world. Knowing that despite of your condition and differences to other people, he/she cares and stands up for you and he/she is not shy to whatever you are.
I am grateful because I got to read this book with a very pretty and catchy cover. I am fascinated with the cover of the book, every time I look at it, I can feel the strong love and beauty of the book, when I first saw it on Facebook, I was like “I must read this!” – that’s where I decided to join in this tour. The title of the book confused me because “How I Fall” can have two meanings, it can be how a person fall in love with someone or it can also be, how a person experienced his/her downtime in life. With those thoughts, it pursue me to read and finish this pretty book. What I found out is that, it is inspiring, lovely, fun to read and also a heartbreaking one. Every time I decided to read and get my tablet, I can’t stop myself from reading anymore. I kept smiling every time I read the book because Camden Campbell is just so lovely! With my experience with this book? I think it’s the best book I’ve read for the month and I don’t remember smiling that much while reading. I simply fall in love with every part of this book.
Camden Campbell and Ellen Foster are both inspiring characters. Ellen has a cerebral palsy and half of her body wobbles when she is stressed, despite her cp it didn’t bother her to do anything. No matter how hard it is for her to go to school, she still do it without anyone’s help, She doesn’t like pity or anyone’s help as long as she can do things on her own she will do it. What I like her most is that she is so good at photography, the way the author describe her works, I wish there is a photo of it because I’m imagining a very good photo. Camden Campbell as well, a quarterback (wow!), I like him so much though. He is the shy-type-funny-guy kind. He is good at football (obviously that’s why he is a quarterback) and also photography. Like Ellen’s works I wanna see his works too! It’s just that, I feel sad for Cam’s parents because they have issues when it comes to Ellen (I won’t go in to details, figure out what happened okay?). Both of them are an example of a perfect couple. Their love and commitment, their trust and sweetness makes me smile so much while reading. I even wish I have my own Camden Campbell.
“I’m completely in love with you and I hope you’re going to be okay with that, because there is no way I can change my mind or take back one word or any second of how I feel, not to mention how I think I’m always going to feel about you.”
These words.. these are too much! coming from a guy you really love? I think I will be the happiest girl living on earth! I fangirled right away when I saw those words! It’s just that… all the love was poured in to that statement. My heart melts then and there. The way Camden Campbell said it, it’s not a demand type of approach but it is a kind one. It’s like saying this to Ellen makes him shy or something. I like these lines so much!
“Please don’t… don’t let any of this be a dream”
When Ellen said these words, I was like “Oh please don’t”, I don’t like it if all of what happened is just a dream for Ellen, it’ll break my heart so much (and her heart).
I do LOVE this book and I wish.. I could read the next one, it’s just that.. I can’t believe in everything! I wanted to know more. The ending of the book is full of hope despite the heartache. I wanna read what will happen next.
The book has so much emotions on it. It brings me to a world full of love. It is so lovely in a way that you will have to just read it and forget everything around you. I like the story and like I said before it is very inspiring. I wanted to read it over and over.
Anne Eliot writes sweet, first-love stories. She
was raised in the mountains of Colorado, but says she really learned about
life, love and friendships from summers spent with her large, Italian immigrant
family in Ontario, Canada.
Anne is grateful to have had schools with
inspiring teachers and librarians who directed her to worlds she would not have
found on her own. To this day, she adores school visits, teaching writing to
teens, and is dedicated to making sure kids in need have access to books that
will fuel their hopes and dreams.
While growing up, Anne hid her own anxieties by
hiding and reading book after book. She developed an addiction to first love,
first kisses and her favorite: the happy-ever-after story. This is what she
writes today. Now she’s a mom of two and happily married to her own first love.
Anne works hard to juggle being a wife and parent while writing, but fails at
cooking because she is still trying to read book, after book of love stories on
the side.
Anne Eliot’s first book, Almost, became a top 100
best selling Kindle book, and was a Readers Choice, Top 12 of 2012 book for
Amazon.com at #11, and will be translated and released in Germany and Turkey
fall 2013. Her second book, Unmaking Hunter Kennedy, is a also a Kindle, top
100 best selling book in Teen Romance for 2013. She’s hard at work on her third
novel, another sweet teen romance releasing fall/winter, 2013. She loves to
hear from readers. Please look for her on Facebook or tweet her @yaromance.
Goodreads: http://bit.ly/1r6nTF4
Website: http://www.anneeliot.com/
Facebook Fanpage: http://on.fb.me/1r6nItz
Twitter: @yaromance
Tumblr: http://anneeliot.tumblr.com/
Inspiration for the story :
The character of Ellen Foster is fictional, but
her Cerebral Palsy symptoms and hemiparesis/balance issues loosely match what
an amazing teen (and I girl I’m proud to call my friend) named Allison Winn,
faces every single day. Her condition was not brought on by CP, but was brought
about due to complications Allison suffered after the removal of a childhood
brain tumor which resulted in side effects that will be with her for the rest
of her life.
Despite all that sadness, with the help of her
mom, Dianna, dad Brian, the patience of her sister, Emily, and the inspiration
from a tiny rescued dog named Coco, Allison was inspired to help other kids by
baking dog biscuits (thousands of them) so she could raise money to help other
kids like her. These biscuits were hand sold by Allison for months (and now
years) so other sick kids and sad families could afford to adopt a fully
trained dog from a very special program into their lives.
At age nine, Allison’s goal was to raise enough
money so one special trained dog could be placed with a kid who had life
threatening issues. She met that goal, and that same year adopted out 10 dogs
with the sales of her dog treats! Now she’s fourteen and her project has a
name: The Stinkbug Project. Stinkbug has now adopted out 40+ dogs to kids who
live around the Rocky Mountain Region all because Allison never gives up
baking. Now so many people help to raise awareness while others donate baking
and packaging supplies and volunteer to help Allison bake and sell the treats.
This girl, who soon will be an amazing woman, is
now cancer free but she still works tirelessly at baking and selling biscuits
for what has become a thriving community charity effort. The trained dogs are
all rescued dogs who come from the very special, Colorado based, K-9
correctional dog training program. Adoptions and applications for a dog are now
handled via the Rocky Mountain Children’s Health Foundation. More information
about The Stinkbug Project, Allison, and RMHF can be found at:
http://www.rmchildren.org/programs/stink-bug-project/
Every year, a donation will be sent by me to
support this amazing project, and at all book signings I will be accepting
donations on behalf of this wonderful project and donating them to Allison’s
efforts as well.
One winner will win a signed copy of HOW I FALL!
Be sure to enter!
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Podcast 468 – “Investigating Life – Part 2”
Guest speaker: Peter Gorman
“I have never gone to bed in Peru without having learned something new that day.” -Peter Gorman
Today’s podcast features the second part of an interview with Peter Gorman, one of the larger-than-life figures to be found among our psychedelic elders. The program begins by picking up with a story about river pirates in the Amazon, migrates to tales of running a bar in the jungle town of Iquitos, Peru that was frequented by DEA agents, and continues with Peter talking about his interactions with luminaries such as Albert Hofmann, Alan Ginsberg, Ken Kesey, Timothy Leary, and Terence McKenna. Also, Peter talks about his new book “Sapo In My Soul”, which is the first book to be published about this interesting medicine. Of interest to our younger saloners will be his telling of how, as a young man himself, he financed his trips to the Amazon and the methods he used to search for medicinal plants in the jungle.
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Sapo In My Soul: The Matsés Frog Medicine
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Ayahuasca in My Blood: 25 Years of Medicine Dreaming
September 14, 2015 · Filed under Ayahuasca, Books, Cannabis, Consciousness, Culture, Family, Kambo, Medicine, Peter Gorman, Psychedelic Research, Psychedelics, War on Drugs
Today’s podcast features an interview of Peter Groman by Tom Huckabee. The interview took place at Peter’s home in August 2015. In this, the first part of Peter’s story, we learn that Peter was one of the first American’s to take ayahuasca. At the time, Burroughs’ “Yage Letters” hadn’t yet made it around to him. He wrote a freelance story about the experience, which became a front page story in High Times Magazine. Many twists and turns later, Peter became the Editor in Chief of High Times and was instramental in entering the discussion of medical marijuana into the mainstream media. This is the first part of this interview, and it ends with Peter and his wife deep in the Amazon and being acosted by river pirates.
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Podcast 127 – Leary: “The Cooper Union Speech”
September 8, 2015 · Filed under Ayahuasca, Culture, LSD, Peter Gorman, Psychedelic Research, Psychedelics, Science & Technology, Shamanism
Guest speakers: Dr. Albert Hofmann and Peter Gorman
[NOTE: All quotations are by Albert Hofmann.]
“I reported about this bicycle ride because I had the feeling that time would stand still. It was a very strange feeling that I had never had before, this change in the experience of time.”
“It [my first LSD experience] became such a strange experience that I feared to have become insane.”
“At the climax I had the feeling to be already out of my body.”
“It [LSD] works on the very center of our psychic existence.”
“Nobody has died from toxic doses of LSD, not one case. All of the fatal cases were by accidents due to the disturbances of the consciousness of the senses.”
“They did not see any special effect on animals, because LSD works only on very high spiritual centers, on consciousness, which animals don’t have.”
“[Research with morning glory seeds] shows us that LSD is not just a laboratory product. It is closely related chemically, and pharmalogically, psychologically with [morning glory seeds], with this old Indian magic drug. That means that LSD belongs, pharmalogically chemically, with a group of the sacred magic plants of Mexico. That’s a very important finding.”
“I never believed it [LSD] would become a pleasure drug on the streets.”
“I think, of course, the story of LSD is not yet finished at all. If we learn to use it with respect and under the right conditions I am sure the beneficial effects are enormous.”
“In antiquity they had institutions where people who liked to have a [psychedelic initiation] could go and have a very well elaborated condition to have a beneficial effect. But we have not this. We have not. Doesn’t exist.”
“I think the next thing that can be reasonably asked is that LSD and the psychedelics should be legally available in psychiatry. As doctors have access to morphine, they have access to cocaine, they have no access to LSD. This must be changed. This should be changed.”
“That is also important, that LSD produces no addiction.”
Peter Gorman, Writer, Explorer, Naturalist
LSD Testing on British Troops
September 2, 2011 · Filed under Albert Hofmann, Consciousness, Creativity, Culture, LSD, Peter Gorman, Psilocybin, Psychedelic Research, Psychedelics, War on Drugs
Guest speakers: Allen Ginsberg, Ram Das, Laura Huxley, Peter Gorman
As us Monty Python fans love to hear, “Now for something completely different.” Well, not really. But today’s program is a little different in that instead of featuring just one speaker we have an audio collage that includes Allen Ginsberg, Ram Das, and Laura Huxley. A finer collection of psychedelic elders you would be hard-pressed to find.
First of all is a rare recording of a telephone interview of Allen Ginsberg by then “High Times” editor, Peter Gorman. When Gorman asked for a story about Timothy Leary, Ginsberg tells of the time that Leary came to his New York apartment to meet Jack Kerouac and they took psilocybin together Next is a brief conversation that Peter has with Ram Das during which we learn some more of the background of the early days at Millbrook and the interesting series of events that led up to going there. The last segment is another Peter Gorman interview, this time with Laura Huxley in which she tells of some of her own experiences with LSD. It’s a short program but packed with interesting historical ancetdotes.
Timothy Leary
Tripping the Bardo with Timothy Leary
A Kickstarter campaign for Joanna Harcourt-Smith
August 24, 2011 · Filed under Allen Ginsberg, Culture, Huxley, LSD, Oscar Janiger, Peter Gorman, Psilocybin, Psychedelics, Ram Das, Timothy Leary
Guest speakers: Oscar Janiger and Peter Gorman
[NOTE: All quotations are by Oscar Janiger.]
[In regards to the dangers of taking LSD]
“Not everybody is committed to go to Everest. Not everybody is going to go to the Serengeti and shoot lions or whatever you want. These are risk-taking adventures. There are people courageous and adventuresome enough who are willing to do it, and when you do it you study your risks.”
“You can die of over taking aspirin and drinking too much water, but [not] LSD, and by the way, there is no evidence of physical death from marijuana either.”
“It’s just the same as we go back to Everest, you can fall of the fuckin’ mountain. That’s all there is to it. I’m not going to make any apologies for that. You’ve got to be prepared. You know that old adage that LSD favors the prepared mind.”
“[The Sixties was] a time when people began to see that what was laid down for them as obligatory reality was not obligatory.”
Wikipedia article about Dr. Oscar Janiger
Peter Gorman’s 1993 interview with Dr. Albert Hofmann
Albert Hofmann.org (online Hofmann Foundation papers)
August 19, 2011 · Filed under Albert Hofmann, Consciousness, Culture, Humphry Osmond, LSD, Oscar Janiger, Peter Gorman, Psychedelic Research, Psychedelics
Guest speakers: Dennis McKenna and Peter Gorman
ROBERT VENOSA
January 21, 1936 – August 9, 2011
Dear Friends and Community,
A great soul has completed his earthly journey and graduated to the next level.
The great Venosa left his body on Tuesday August 9, 2011 at 6:56 PM.
His transition was graceful and accomplished in the same composed and calm manner that he exuded throughout his life.
I feel honored to have been able to accompany him to the gate, having walked 30 beautiful years together in this life.
Robert had a long and brave healing journey with cancer and showed incredible strength on this path as well as tremendous courage in facing this great dragon.
He believed in the natural healing ability of the human body and proved the doctors wrong time and again, who only gave him a few month’s to live upon his diagnosis over eight years ago.
He was a powerful human being. Together he and I, held the piece of his physical struggle safely tucked away from the eyes of the world like a precious pearl.
It is with great sadness that I’m sharing this news today but also with
deep gratitude, for his magical and special life; fully lived.
Even in death he gave those surrounding him a powerful initiation into the scared mysteries of the unknown.
We will carry him in our hearts forever, remembering the light he shone on so many. He so appreciated the light that others shone upon him.
In loving memory of my great love, compañero, best friend and artistic accomplice.
Martina Hoffmann and family
[NOTE: All quotations are by Dennis McKenna.]
“I think that ayahuasca is actually much more controllable than mushrooms. . . . I think that it is quite an amazing tool for self-understanding and for exploration. I think that it’s good for you, actually physically and psychologically good for you.”
“It’s no different than it ever was. When the Jesuits and the missionaries came to meso-America the first things to go, the first things to be stamped out was the knowledge of the sacred plants and the practice of using the sacred plants.”
“I think that Christianity linked with Calvinism has a hard time dealing with what you might call facts of biology, which in another phrase is sex, drugs, and rock ‘n roll. In some ways, life is about sex, drugs, and rock ‘n roll. Biology is about those things.”
“All experience is a drug experience. Whether it’s mediated by our own [endogenous] drugs, or whether it’s mediated by substances that we ingest that are found in plants, cognition, consciousness, the working of the brain, it’s all a chemically mediated process. Life itself is a drug experience.”
“He [Terence McKenna] will never let a fact get in the way of making a provocative statement. He’s a good story teller, but I think it’s important to remember that they are stories, and that he often makes mistakes in his lectures.”
“In that position, a guy who can pack the houses every time, I feel has a larger responsibility to the psychedelic community to refrain from making these completely off-the-wall comments, and to actually tell it like it is, not how he imagines it to be.”
“I’m sure that Terence views it as theater. I can’t believe that he takes what he says seriously. I mean, I can tell you that he doesn’t. Much of what he says he says it because it’s going to get a rise out of somebody. He’s always been that way.”
Peter Gorman
Writer, Explorer, Naturalist
August 12, 2011 · Filed under Ayahuasca, Consciousness, Creativity, Culture, Dennis McKenna, DMT, LSD, Peter Gorman, Psychedelic Research, Psychedelics, Religion, Science & Technology, Shamanism, Terence McKenna, War on Drugs
Guest speakers: Peter Gorman and Dennis McKenna
“The idea that you could use these to actually explore other dimensions, real worlds that were outside the cognizance of our ordinary world, is really what I think fascinated me about psychedelics.”
“More than anything else, it [DMT] seemed to be not an experience, not a drug, but a place, an actual other dimension that you were plunged into.”
“In order to understand its limitations, I almost had to become the ‘enemy’. I had to become a scientist in order to understand the limitations of science.”
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field thistle
(Cirsium discolor)
Conservation • Wetland • Description • Habitat • Biology • Use • Distribution • Taxonomy
N5? - Secure
Field thistle is a 36″ to 84″ tall, erect, biennial or short-lived perennial forb that rises on a single stem from a slightly thickened taproot and fibrous roots.
The stems are erect with few to many ascending branches. They are covered with long, white, spreading, unmatted, soft hairs when young, becoming almost hairless as they age. They are not winged and do not have spines.
In the first year the plant appears as a rosette of basal leaves. In the second year it sends up a flowering stem.
Basal leaves are firm, broadly lance-shaped to egg-shaped or elliptic in outline, 4″ to 20″ long, and 1½″ to 9″ wide, but usually no more than 10″ long and 5″ wide. They are bluntly angled or sometimes rounded at the tip and taper at the base to a winged leaf stalk. They are deeply lobed (pinnatifid), the lobes cut more than halfway to the midrib. The upper surface is green and hairless or moderately covered with stiff, straight hairs. The lower surface is white and densely covered with felty hairs. The margins are coarsely toothed, spiny, and rolled under. Basal leaves are usually absent at flowering time.
Stem leaves are similar, alternate, stalkless, 1½″ to 10″ long, and ⅜″ to 5″ wide, becoming smaller as they ascend the stem. The leaf bases are sometimes somewhat clasping but do not extend down along the stem. The leaves at the branch tips are smaller. The upper leaves are well developed.
The inflorescence is usually a single flower head, sometimes a few flower heads, at each branch tip. The flower heads are stalkless or on short stalks (peduncles). The peduncles are leafy, up to 2″ long, and are not overtopped by upper stem leaves. Each head is subtended by a ring of spiny, leaf-like bracts. These bracts arch upward and encage the developing flower head at first, spreading gradually as the head matures.
The whorl of bracts at the base of the flower head (involucre) is egg-shaped to broadly cylinder- or bell-shaped, ¾″ to 1⅜″ long, and ⅝″ to 13 ⁄16″ wide, as long or longer than wide. It usually has a few cobwebby hairs. The bracts of the involucre have a 1 ⁄16″ to 3 ⁄16″ long, straw-colored spine at the tip.
The flower heads are 1½″ to 2″ wide. There are numerous pale, pinkish-purple, tubular flowers.
The fruit is a tan to brownish, ⅛″ to 3 ⁄16″ long achene (cypsela). The cypsela has a straw-colored collar near the tip and a tuft of white hairs at the tip.
Pale pinkish-purple
Bull thistle (Cirsium vulgare) stems have wings with spiny margins. The leaf bases extend down along the stem. The underside of the leaf is green.
Flodman’s thistle (Cirsium flodmanii) is a shorter plant, usually no more than 32″ in height. The stems remain densely white tomentose with age. The upper leaf surface is tomentose when young. The flower head is not subtended by a ring of spiny bracts. The flower head is smaller, no more than 1″ wide. The collar on the cypsela is yellow and conspicuous.
Tall thistle (Cirsium altissimum) leaves are shallowly lobed, the lobes cut less than ⅓ of the way to the midrib.
Dry to moderate moisture. Prairies, fields, forest openings, river bottoms, roadsides, disturbed areas. Full sun.
July to October
2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 22, 24, 28, 30.
Subfamily Carduoideae (thistles and allies)
Tribe Cynareae (= Cardueae)
Subtribe Carduinae (thistles and burdocks)
Genus Cirsium (thistle)
Cardueae is a synonym of the tribe name. Cynareae was published first and has precedence. Nevertheless, most sources use the name Cardueae for the tribe.
Carduus discolor
pasture thistle
Achene
A dry, one-chambered, single-seeded fruit, formed from a single carpel, with the seed attached to the membranous outer layer (wall) only by the seed stalk; the wall, formed entirely from the wall of the superior ovary, does not split open at maturity, but relies on decay or predation to release the contents.
Peduncle
The stalk of a single flower or flower cluster.
Pinnatifid
Deeply cut, more than half way to the midrib but not to the midrib, into lobes that are spaced out along the midrib; the lobes do not form separate leaflets.
Tomentose
Densely covered with short, soft, matted or tangled, woolly, usually white or silvery hairs.
A thin, flat, membranous, usually transparent appendage on the margin of a structure.
The Native Thistle Test
Thistles native to Minnesota do not have spiny stems. Grasp the stem near the base of any native thistle loosely in your fist, then slide your fist upwards to just below the inflorescence. If the plant is a native thistle, you will not get a single prickle – it will be “ouchless”. If the thistle in question is thought to be an exotic (non-native) species, this test is not recommended. Field thistle is native.
Leaf upper side
Leaf underside
Cirsium discolor (Pasture Thistle)
Cirsium discolor PASTURE THISTLE
Georgia State Undergraduate Reseach Conference - Thistle
Published on Apr 8, 2014
These undergrads are among nearly 150 students whose work will be highlighted at the Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference on Thursday, April 10 at the University Center. Students will share their findings through oral presentations, posters, artistic displays, and performances. The event is free and open to the public.
RANDI ALLEN, AMALIA GRAELL AND ADANI PUJADA
Year: Seniors
Major: Biology, College of Arts and Sciences
Title of Research Project: "Antimicrobial Activity of Cirsium discolor Flower Extract against Staphylococcus aureus and Acinetobacter baummannii"
The Project:
When it comes to fighting bacterial infections, modern medicine is starting to lose the war. Bacteria are becoming increasingly resistant to every antibiotic that's in a doctor's arsenal, and scientists are working to find new ways to fight infections as the old medicines fail.
Allen, Graell and Pujada looked to see if Cirsium discolor, a type of field thistle, could fight two different bacteria. One, Staphylococcus aureus is the source of staph infections that can cause numerous diseases: pneumonia, heart failure and severe bone inflammation. Acinetobacter baummannii is a stubborn organism that often makes its home in hospitals, causing infections that are incredibly difficult to treat with existing antibiotics.
While this particular thistle is known to help lower blood pressure, scientists have never investigated whether it could fight bacteria -- until now. Through their research, this undergraduate team found that there is a chemical compound in the thistle's extract that fights both species of bacteria.
Choosing the Research Subject:
For Pujada, the possibility of new discoveries in medicine in nature was exciting. She, Allen and Graell took a class on medicinal plants, taught by their research faculty sponsor, Maria Nagy.
"I liked the idea of picking out our own plants, then going back to use those plants to help find new antibiotics," she said.
When not busy in the lab, Allen likes to try her hand in the kitchen.
"I enjoy Cake Boss and shows like that, and I play and mimic like I'm on the show," she said. "I have my family members try out the disasters -- and sometimes they taste good, sometimes not so much."
Location: Fairview Twp, Cass County
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Byline: Kat Kulke
The Separation of Church and Church
When unarmed black teenager Michael Brown was fatally shot by white police officer Darren Wilson this past August, Americans of all colors raised their voices in sorrow and outrage.
by Kat Kulke on February 7, 2015 May 11, 2015
Suicide Music
A teenage girl is found dead in her bedroom. The culprit? Emo, a death-obsessed youth subculture. But while some teens claim emo romanticizes mental illness, others call it therapy.
by Kat Kulke on August 11, 2015 August 11, 2015
You are a brand. The sun-drenched, chrome-filtered frames of your Instagram feed; the captioned albums on your Facebook profile. Your six-word Twitter bio, clever without pretension.
by Kat Kulke on November 14, 2015 November 15, 2015
You’re Not OCD
You are eight years old, and your world is made of numbers. Your friends do not know.
by Kat Kulke on April 18, 2015 April 18, 2015
Survival of the Fitness Myth
When I walked into the women’s locker room at Dillon gym earlier this week, I noticed a poster that made me bite my lip. Tacked up between weekly fitness schedules, the sign grabbed my attention with the headline: “The weight is over.” The line, I thought, could have been pulled from a diet product ad—Sensa, maybe, or Alli. It was the sort of cheesy slogan you see on caffeine-and-diuretic “supplements” at CVS.
by Kat Kulke on April 6, 2014 April 6, 2014
The Pressure to Strive, Etched in Stone
“Always be happy, never be content.” Etched in pavement just a few steps from my dorm, the inscription never fails to draw my attention. I’ve always read it as a testament to Princeton’s hard-driving academic ethos: a reminder to students to always keep striving, never to cease pushing themselves to achieve.
Meet the Brand
By the end of her sophomore year at Princeton, Alexandra Cerf had thousands of condoms underneath her bed.
by Kat Kulke on December 6, 2015 July 21, 2017
Sugar and Spice and Nicotine
“What is that thing?” I watched in confusion as Anna exhaled a thin stream of what looked like smoke into the cramped air of her bedroom. With only a few weeks left in our senior year, we had spent the afternoon trading high school reflections and speculating about the mysteries of college, now only months away. Real schoolwork and the anxieties of the application process now behind us, these last months of spring had begun to feel like a sort of limbo, a time of licensed aimlessness before the fall brought new routines.
by Kat Kulke on July 5, 2014 July 5, 2014
Where Are the Mothers’ Voices?
Fact-checking pro-life arguments.
by Kat Kulke on November 13, 2016 December 3, 2016
Two Voices in the Night
And as the yelling continued, it became clear to me that we had done nothing — nothing, that is, except for being female and alone on a Saturday night.
by Kat Kulke on March 27, 2016 December 9, 2017
Selling Feminism
“If corporate feminism is the end of feminism, then it is the end of a movement that has been ending for generations—and continues to thrive, most indebted to its harshest critics.”
by Kat Kulke on April 23, 2017 July 22, 2017
Ever since the giddy, popcorn and T. Swift-fueled “Truth” games of seventh grade slumber parties, those two words have become a default response to countless puzzled male faces. From Sex and the City to Gossip Girl, generations of chick flicks and girl-power soap operas reinforce the idea that no crush, no kiss, and no hook up, no matter how “casual” or “on the D-L,” is to be withheld from a girl’s close circle.
by Kat Kulke on February 15, 2014 February 15, 2014
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Paraguay Puts 2023 Bond Sale Plans on Hold Due to Higher Rates
Ken Parks, Bloomberg News
A money changer counts guarani bills in Asuncion, Paraguay, on Thursday, Dec. 23, 2021. Paraguay's central bank hiked its benchmark interest rate by 125 basis points for a third straight month to 5.25% with inflation still running at its fastest pace in a decade. , Bloomberg
(Bloomberg) -- Paraguay plans to stay away from global bond markets for the time being due to the increase in interest rates, seeking to finance its spending needs with loans from multilateral lenders early next year, Deputy Finance Minister Ivan Haas said.
The government is likely to postpone the sale of as much as $548 million in bonds it had anticipated for early 2023 until it has more visibility on the direction of rates, Hass said in an interview.
Emerging market borrowers like Paraguay will pay more to sell dollar debt in the months ahead after the Federal Reserve raised its key rate by 375 basis points to 4% this year, with another increase of half a point expected in December. Paraguay would have to pay 7% now to sell the 2033 global bond it issued in January 2021 at 2.7%, Haas said.
“We want to be very cautious in choosing when we go to market,” Haas said from Asuncion. “We are going to wait a little bit. We don’t want to go to market at peak rates.”
Read More: Emerging-Market Bond Laggard Asia Is Primed for Rebound in 2023
The 2023 budget bill currently in the Senate would authorize the government to borrow about $548 million from debt markets or multilateral lenders. The budget also includes loans for $250 million from the Inter-American Development Bank and about $287 million from CAF, Haas said.
Read More: Paraguay Ditches Local Bonds, Pivots to Multilaterals on Rates
Higher benchmark rates also mean Paraguay is in no rush to refinance its global bonds due next year, Haas said. The government will pay the $238 million outstanding balance on the bond that matures next January using money from a World Bank loan, he said.
“I don’t think we will do any liability management operations if rates continue at these levels,” Haas said. “The next major maturity of one of our bonds is in 2026.”
Recovery Year
The government sees growth accelerating from almost zero to 4.5% next year on expectations the farm sector will recover from a deep drought that slashed soy production more than 50% to about 4 million metric tons in 2022.
“The agriculture season is off to a very good start,” Haas said. “Planting was done in September and October with good rain, something that didn’t happen the previous season.”
Read More: Paraguay Farmers Finish Soy Planting After Rains
The outlook for the economy may also be affected by presidential primary elections next month and general elections in April that will see Paraguayans elect lawmakers and a new president. President Mario Abdo Benitez, whose five-year term ends in August, is barred by law from seeking re-election.
“None of the candidates that might have a chance of winning imply a change in the economic model. That risk doesn’t exist,” Haas said. “I think that creates a certain peace of mind related to this electoral process.”
Other key points from the interview:
The two-year Policy Coordination Instrument with the IMF seeks to revitalize Paraguay’s reform agenda, address institutional shortcomings flagged by credit rating companies
Under the PCI, the government agreed to sponsor several reform bills including an overhaul of civil servant pensions and the creation of a pension system regulator
Self-regulated pension funds could represent a source of “systemic risk,” Haas said.
Housing costs, and Canada’s unique way of capturing them in inflation, suggest that consumer price gains may slow rapidly in coming months.
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Bed Bath & Beyond's efforts to find a buyer in bankruptcy have stalled, potentially putting the retailer on a path toward liquidation as it faces a Chapter 11 filing, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
This week’s pause in the Bank of Canada's rate hike campaign puts long-term retirement investors in a sweet spot; nestled between growth and security.
The continuously high inflation Canada has been experiencing in the past two years has many Canadians reconsidering the way they get around.
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6-The Journal, Thursday, January 27, 1977 THIRD GRADERS COMPOSE OWN TEXTBOOKS When the third graders returned to school after the Christmas holidays, they found that their room had been flooded and all of their books had been ruined by the water. This didn't "dampen" the spirits of these kids; they pitched right in and wrote, illustrated, and bound story books of. their own. Here are a few stories from their books. Kermit, the Frog by Kathryn Ross One day a mother frog was about to have a baby. Her husband named him Fred. Fred was well trained and had very good manners, so his dad bought him a motorcycle. But one day he was speeding. A policeman stopped him and he got a ticket. But that was the last thing he ever did wrong. Then, after that he became President of the frogs, and. the people of the town named him Kermit, the Frog. The Fat Woman and The Thin Man by Cheri Duffle Once upon a time there was a fat woman and a thin man. They lived in a big brown house. One day the thin man brought home a dog and a cat. The fat woman was allergic to them. She yelled at him and then sneezed. They had a problem. So they thought and thought. Finally the thin man had an idea. He took the dog and the cat back and they lived happily ever after. p The Mouse's Hole by Lisa Shingleton Once there was a mouse named Tim. He had a family and their names were Sue, the Mother, Bob, the Baby, Fuzzy, the Baby's Brother, and Wuzzy, Fuzz's brother. One day when it was warm, Fuzzy and Wuzzy went to the woods to gather berries for supper. They went farther, and farther into the woods, but they didn't find any berries. When they went a little farther, they saw a hole. It looked like theirs at home, but they didn't know that the hole was their home. While Fuzzy and Wuzzy were at the hole, Bob, the baby, was in bed thinking of what he might do when he woke up. Finally he thought of something he would do. "I will play with my toys." Meanwhile back at the hole, Fuzzy and Wukzy decided to go in and there were Mamma Mouse, Daddy Mouse, and Baby Mouse. The Bouncing Spot by Todd Kucko Once there was a blue ball. It was always getting into trouble. Once he was bouncing and cracked a window. He said, "Oh, Oh." A man got a gun and almost shot him. Then he went into a restaurant and broke some glasses and plates and bowls and spilled soup all over the place. A policeman chased him. The ball got his gun and shot the policeman in the back. He got on his motorcycle and wrecked it. He had plastic surgery. When he got out of bed he was a bionic watermelon and was faster, stronger, and better than he was before. A Dog Without A Tail by Teresa Lile Once upon a time there was a dog. He had no tail. He was sad because all the other dogs had tails. He asked his mother if he could get a tail. His mother said, "Ask Old Owl." So the dog went to Old Owl. When he got there the owl said, "I don't know, ask Mr. Bear." So he went to Mr. Bear. When the got there Mr. Bear said, "I don't know; ask Rabbit. So he went to Rabbit. When he got there the Rabbit said, "I don't know. Ask the King of the Jungle. So he went to the King of the Jungle. The King of the Jungle said, "I know, go to the wishing well. So he went to the wishing well. He wished for a tail, and he got his tail. He lived happily ever after. The Little Star by John Vogt Once upon a time there was a little Star. He was called a comet. The other stars called him names until one day he vanished to Mars. And nobody ever called him names again. And he lived happily ever after. My Friend The Cat by Jamie Cundiff Once upon a time I went to my great, great grand- father's. He had some baby kittens. I took the cutest one home. I named him Elvis because he sang all .the time. One day we got a new puppy. He was a cute puppy. He started chasing and hurting Elvis and made him run away. I whipped the puppy because it was his fault that Elvis left me. Another cat came and she had kittens. Now I will have cats all the time. Get That Hot Rod by Jeff Watts Once there was a hot rod and a man who lived his hot rod. The man said, "My Hot Girls: [left to right] Ist row: Donna Dry, gim Dean, Cindy Fie Julie Payne, [2nd row] Gabrielle Sine, Karen Branstetter, Kristi Houck. Diana Herring, Kelle Scott, [3rd row] Mrs. Mitchell, Sherry Warden Brenda Elson, Carla Higgins, Loretts Savory, Tracey Field. 5th & 6th GRADE PLAY BASKETBALL AT TRYON The 5th and 6th grade classes enjoyed an exciting afternoon of basketball when they journed to Tryon to watch the 5th and 6th grade play. The girls won 19-12 with Final score Tryon 38, i%rkins Diana Herring scoring 8 37. High scorers with 10 points, Carla Higgins, 4 points each were Harlan points; Kelle Scott, 2 points; McKosato and Steve Shi- Julie Payne, 2 points; and nault. Craig Bradley scored 8 Tracey Field, 1 point, points. John Hoover, 3 The boys came within one points; Steve McDaniel, I point of winning their first point. game. The boys scored 13 by Mrs. Mitchell peinu in the feurth euner. Boys: [left to right] 1st row: Harlen McKosato, Mike Grass, Steve McDanieL Van Hawby, [2nd row] Victor Wall, Craig Bradley, Ryan Wilson, Randy Matt. Happy Smith. [3rd row] Jane Mitchell, Coach: Steve Wood, John Riley, John Hoover, Steve Shinault. Rod ought to have a name." So he named his car Jamie. It was the fastest car in Texas. The man who owned the car was a robber and he went to a bank and stole "$3,000. He took off and the police got him cornered and threw him in jail. The lucky policeman is Hubert and he gets the hot rod for a police car. The Ice Cream Island by Kim Berger A long long time ago there was a girl named Kathryn and she was stranded on an island. She liked to swim except she couldn't because the water was ice cream. She didn't have anything to eat so she ate the ice cream. She loved it, to, but if a plane came she couldn't get out deep enough to write S.O.S. because the ice cream was cold and if she got in the shallow ice cream she couldn't write S.O.S. One day a helicopter came by and she got out deep enough so theygot her. The Spoiled Hippo by Kathryn Ross Once there was a hippo and her name was Mary. She always made faces at the teachers. One day Mary and her brother, Pete, went to the zoo. They saw all kinds of animals. Then Mary said, "let's go see the alligators. "O.K." said Pete, and they went. But Mary got too close and fell in. The alligator ate her and didn't feel good for a week. Bubble Gum Kid by Colt Ferrell There is a town way down in the mountains. This is a small town. Once there was a kid. I did not know his name. He loves bubble gum. That explains everything. He was the Bubble Gum Kid. His real name was Bobby, and of course his mother called him Bobby, but everybody else called him Bubble Gum. He never liked gum. 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The class may also have their chosen colors. Everyone got into the spirit to be graduated as seniors picked out their style of announcements and Sen- ior Keys. Some students ordered Memory Books, Thank You notes and Appreciation gifts. Paper should be put out on porches at 12:30 p.m., Sunday, January 30, and the seniors will be by to pick them up at 1:00 p.m. Cimarron Laundromat 128 N. MAIN PERKINS Open 24 Hours A. R. Karnes 547.2692 Mrs. McGee's class received a January surprise from Mrs. Hallman's 3rd graders. The 3rd graders wrote January stories for Mrs. McGehee's children. Most of the stories were about snowmen, and the class enjoyed listening to them. Thank you 3rd graders/Left to right: Kerrie Shipley, Darrell Spears, Shauna Shirey, David Foster, and Johnny Hall. GRADE Mrs. Hallman Since the books we were using got wet when our room was flooded everyone had to move up to the next workbook in reading. Th- rough extra word drills we hope to make satisfactory progress. By sharing the materials we have left and making worksheets we are continuing our educational program. We appreciate the materials that the other teachers have shared with us. We had a language worksheet asking the stu- dents when they would like to go and what they would like to do in 1977. Their response was as follows: Wendell Hawxby would like to go to Texas and go swimming. He would like to learn to play baseball better. Bruce Moore would like to learn to read better and go to Texas. He'd like to visit his cousin. Scott Walker wants to learn to swim. He'd like to go to Arkansas. Burr Berger would like to go to Red River and ski. He wants to learn to play better football. Steve Gay would like to learn to fly. He would like to visit his uncle. Becky McCurley wants to play and travel in Oklahoma. She wants to make better grades. Louvenia Scott would like to go to Alaska and work. She was in Alaska when she was a baby. Brandon Hise and Johnny Bowyer would like to go to Alaska, also. 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SECOND & THIRD GRADES Mrs. Ewing We just finished an art lesson using circles and have them on the back bulletin board. We like it very much. We put a caption on it that says "Going in Circles", as that is what we've been I'd like to go to grandpa's house and ride horses. I'd like to learn to ride better. I'll be 8 in 1977. Melissa Strain I'll be 9--I would like to go to school and work and learn to write better. Jolinda Bostian I'll be eight. I'd like to go to Oklahoma City and visit my brother and his wife. I'd like to learn math better. Jean Manke I will be 9. I'd like to go to Filday, January 21, Silver Dollar City and ride xm. for Orval the rides. I'd like to learn to drive nails better. Derek Herring I'II be 8. I'd like to go to Disney World and go to the spookhouse. I'd like to learn to do my spelling better. Suzann Casey I'll be 8 and l'd like to go to Hollywood and go fishing. I'd like to do better in math. Robin Matheson I'm going to be 9. 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Home / Orienteering News / World Cup Qualification: Sweden and Switzerland dominate
World Cup Qualification: Sweden and Switzerland dominate
Jan Kocbach February 28, 2014 Orienteering News Comments Off on World Cup Qualification: Sweden and Switzerland dominate
[Updated with map] Lena Eliasson (Sweden) and Matthias Kyburz (Switzerland) won the Qualification in the first World Cup race in Turkey today. A fast middle distance with less than 25 minutes winning time was on the program. With only 30 runners qualifying for the A-final, some top runners missed the cut.
– A great experience, it was such a challenge today
Like in the World Cup opening in New Zealand in 2013, the Swiss and Swedish runners dominate the qualification. In the men’s class 9 of the 10 best are from either Switzerland or Sweden – with Matthias Kyburz winning 19 seconds ahead of Martin Hubmann (Switzerland) with William Lind (Sweden) in third.
In the women’s class double Sweden: Lena Eliasson ahead of Helena Jansson – with Russian Svatlana Mironova in third.
– A great experience, it was such a challenge today, Helena Jansson said after her race. Jansson is back in the World Cup circuit after injury problems last year.
Map from today’s course (from Gustav Bergman)
Route choice challenge: Which variant is the fastest on the route choice leg?
(The article continues below the map)
Boström, Föhr, Kerschbaumer out
With only 30 runners qualifying for the A-final and up to 6 runners from each country, some top runners did not manage the cut for the A-final. Notably outside the Top 30 in the men’s class were Mårten Boström (DSQ, see his Tweet below), Pasi Ikonen (DSQ), Tero Föhr, Gernot Kerschbaumer, Raffael Huber, Øystein Kvaal Østerbø, Rasmus Thrane Hansen, Timo Sild, Pavlo Ushkvarok.
@martenbostrom No backup card??
— Teppo Salmia (@TeppoSalmia) February 28, 2014
@HannuVarkoi @worldofo Roommate Pasi had a traditional mispunch at wrong control
— Mårten Boström (@martenbostrom) February 28, 2014
In the women’s class Celine Dodin, Emma Klingenberg, Julia Gross, Ines Brodmann, Emma Johansson did not qualify for the A-final.
Below you find the results of all qualified runners (note that these are based on unofficial results).
Unofficial live results
Official results will be available at the organizers website
Article will be updated with maps when they are available.
Results men
1 (58) Kyburz, Matthias Switzerland 21:31 11:15:31
2 (27) Hubmann, Martin Switzerland 21:50 +00:19 10:13:50
3 (51) Lind, William Sweden 21:58 +00:27 11:01:58
4 (73) Adamski, Philippe France 22:36 +01:05 11:46:36
4 (24) Öberg, Peter Sweden 22:36 +01:05 10:08:36
6 (55) Hubmann, Daniel Switzerland 22:42 +01:11 11:10:42
7 (60) Bergman, Gustav Sweden 22:43 +01:12 11:20:43
8 (13) Runesson, Johan Sweden 22:52 +01:21 09:46:52
9 (29) Johansson, Fredrik Sweden 23:06 +01:35 10:19:06
10 (4) Rollier, Baptiste Switzerland 23:15 +01:44 09:29:15
11 (39) Kyburz, Andreas Switzerland 23:17 +01:46 10:39:17
12 (40) Kratov, Oleksandr Ukraine 23:22 +01:51 10:41:22
12 (42) Tranchand, Frederic France 23:22 +01:51 10:45:22
14 (69) Bertuks, Edgars Latvia 23:23 +01:52 11:39:23
15 (44) Howald, Florian Switzerland 23:24 +01:53 10:49:24
16 (68) Hertner, Fabian Switzerland 23:29 +01:58 11:37:29
17 (57) Leandersson, Jonas Sweden 23:30 +01:59 11:15:30
18 (54) Lakanen, Jani Finland 23:33 +02:02 11:09:33
19 (25) Asikainen, Aaro Finland 23:34 +02:03 10:11:34
20 (9) Dahlgren, Filip Sweden 23:35 +02:04 09:39:35
20 (36) Ekeberg, Bjørn Norway 23:35 +02:04 10:33:35
20 (47) Merl, Robert Austria 23:35 +02:04 10:55:35
23 (74) Nikolov, Kiril Bulgaria 23:37 +02:06 11:49:37
24 (1) Siren, Mikko Finland 23:41 +02:10 09:23:41
25 (48) Novikov, Valentin Russia 23:48 +02:17 10:57:48
26 (72) Sirakov, Ivan Bulgaria 23:57 +02:26 11:45:57
27 (20) Lysell, Jerker Sweden 24:04 +02:33 10:02:04
28 (50) Sidorov, Alexey Russia 24:05 +02:34 11:02:05
29 (77) Lassen, Tue Denmark 24:11 +02:40 11:56:11
29 (23) Portin, Fredric Finland 24:11 +02:40 10:08:11
(Interesting fact: Last starter Tue Lassen qualified with 2 seconds margin)
Results women
Plass St.nr Navn Klubb Sluttid Differanse
1 (152) Eliasson, Lena Sweden 22:28 11:05:28
2 (113) Jansson, Helena Sweden 22:32 +00:04 09:47:32
3 (143) Mironova, Svetlana Russia 23:12 +00:44 10:48:12
4 (137) Alm, Maja Denmark 23:13 +00:45 10:36:13
5 (123) Forsgren, Lilian Sweden 23:18 +00:50 10:08:18
6 (127) Ohlsson, Karolin Sweden 23:27 +00:59 10:16:27
7 (154) Chataing, Amelie France 23:33 +01:05 11:10:33
8 (138) Bjørgul, Ida Marie Norway 23:52 +01:24 10:38:52
9 (158) Volynska, Nadiya Ukraine 24:02 +01:34 11:19:02
10 (155) Vinogradova, Galina Russia 24:10 +01:42 11:13:10
11 (153) Fincke, Anni-Maija Finland 24:11 +01:43 11:09:11
12 (106) Luescher, Sara Switzerland 24:13 +01:45 09:35:13
13 (147) Alexandersson, Tove Sweden 24:17 +01:49 10:57:17
13 (126) Jenzer, Sarina Switzerland 24:17 +01:49 10:15:17
15 (115) Haajanen, Sofia Finland 24:19 +01:51 09:53:19
16 (132) Temyakova, Nina Russia 24:21 +01:53 10:27:21
17 (148) Friederich, Rahel Switzerland 24:26 +01:58 10:59:26
18 (151) Niemi, Venla Finland 24:31 +02:03 11:05:31
18 (128) Novikova, Julia Russia 24:31 +02:03 10:19:31
20 (156) Wyder, Judith Switzerland 24:34 +02:06 11:15:34
21 (146) Kadan, Ursula Austria 24:43 +02:15 10:55:43
22 (157) Strand, Lina Sweden 24:46 +02:18 11:17:46
23 (141) Kinni, Saila Finland 24:47 +02:19 10:45:47
24 (107) Olsson, Alva Sweden 24:52 +02:24 09:37:52
25 (139) Panchenko, Olga Ukraine 24:56 +02:28 10:41:56
26 (145) Kutkaite, Ausrine Lithuania 25:10 +02:42 10:54:10
27 (159) Hauswirth, Sabine Switzerland 25:12 +02:44 11:22:12
28 (142) Orr, Hollie Great Britain 25:23 +02:55 10:48:23
29 (136) Basset, Isia France 25:25 +02:57 10:36:25
30 (149) Tikhonova, Anastasiya Russia 25:31 +03:03 11:02:31
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Happy one-year anniversary of keeping the toll road out of San Onofre State Beach!
It was exactly one year ago today that the Federal government ruled to shut down the ‘highway from hell’. This morning, the Union Tribune ran a front-page story examining some of the steps toll road developers have taken since the Dept of Commerce decision last year.
Surfrider has received several inquiries about what is transpiring. At this point, it appears there is no “new plan” A toll road Director is quoted as saying: “We are looking at a host of concepts. I don’t even call them options at this point”.
Regardless, Surfrider continues to keep an eye our Park and surrounding watershed. We are steadfast in our belief that a toll road doesn’t belong in a watershed that contains a popular park, sacred Native American sites, and some of the last open space we have in Southern California!
We continue to attend the TCA’s public board meetings and we are present at any regulatory meetings the TCA goes to. Rest assured, Surfrider and our Coalition partners (CA State Parks Foundation, NRDC, Sierra Club, Endangered Habitat League and others) will make sure our Park and watershed remains intact.
Read the article here and please leave comments if you have time.
Speaking of Park Protection….
For those of you who follow California politics you still might be cringing from the threat to close 80% of our State Parks and Beaches. While that death sentence didn’t fully come to fruition, California Parks and Beaches are facing some closures and major cutbacks-- and it will become painfully obvious next spring and summer when people show up at State Parks to realize half of the lifeguards are gone, Park amenities (bathroom, kiosks, etc) are shabby-shape, and a few Parks have a padlock around the gates.
The current State of our State Parks can be described like this:
"Sort of closed, sort of open." That's how Greg Retsinas, an editor at the Santa Rosa Press Democrat, summed up the cutbacks to California's state park system. Our friends at the California State Parks Foundation are spearheading a statewide ballot measure, slated for November 2010, which would create a stable source of funding for the state park system, wildlife conservation, and to provide increased and equitable access to those resources for all Californians.
Funding would come from an annual State Park Access Pass surcharge of $18 per vehicle. The surcharge would apply California vehicles and they would receive FREE DAY USE ADMISSION throughout the year. Voters need to approve the measure.
The Surfrider Foundation has singed on as an official supporter of this effort because we believe our State Parks need protection. If you would like to learn more about the State Park Access Pass and how you can gather signatures to qualify it for the ballot please visit
See a recent blog post about why Surfrider is supporting this initiative (hint: 8 of the ‘top 10’ Parks are located on our coastline!!).
Thank you for your continuing support! Surfrider is an all grassroots organization and we would not be able to do our work without your support!
Toll Road Debate Coming up in San Clemente
Last night the SC City Council discussed the 241 toll road and a possible letter opposing any future routes through the city and supporting a route just south of San Onofre State Beach through Camp Pendleton. Watch for a possible debate at an upcoming Council meeting in January.
D.C. trip rekindles San Clemente toll-road debate
A year after the U.S. secretary of commerce killed a controversial plan to run a toll road south of San Clemente through a state park, San Clemente City Council members are concerned about the alternative suggested by the Commerce Department – a toll road through San Clemente.
On Tuesday night, council members said they expect to vote in January on a resolution opposing a toll road into San Clemente.
The topic is back on the table following a trip that now-Mayor Jim Dahl, who represents San Clemente on the Transportation Corridor Agencies – which runs Orange County's toll roads – took to Washington, D.C., with a TCA delegation two weeks ago.
Dahl's colleagues asked him Tuesday what the TCA had talked about and how federal officials responded. Dahl said there was nothing concrete – TCA delegates discussed last year's rejection of the TCA's plan to route a 16-mile extension of the 241 Toll Road from Oso Parkway to south of San Clemente. It would have merged with I-5 at Basilone Road. Dahl said the group also talked about alternative routes that would cut through San Clemente.
Read the rest at OC Register
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Well, it passed. Leet World ended just a little over a year ago. A nutty show, and a nutty ride. You guys are nuts, too.
I’d write a big thing about my thoughts about the year since, but I’d rather hear more of what you guys think. What are some of the highlights and lowlights of you for TLW? I’ve got a few of my own.
Highlights: Mendoza’s arc. Both season finales. The “can of worms / Council of Elrond” episode, S2E11, where most of the mysteries were spilled (still feel like we pulled that off decently). S1E7, because I feel like it was the first episode where we “got it” and the formula and quality for all subsequent episodes clicked.
Lowlights: I know a lot of people will boo me for this, but S1E1. The fact that we introduced Mendoza so late. Probably the only true “filler” episode we did, S1E6. The faceposing in Season 1. Not having the time to utilize the comrades/SWAT Bras more fully.
Go ahead and share yours.
In other news, we’ve been told from a Canadian friend that Day in the Life of a Turret was shown/referenced on TV there. While we’re unsure of the network (though it might have been G4), it seems the context wasn’t entirely positive. Still, we’re curious if anyone saw this?
Also, if you were planning on checking out Daniel’s panel appearance on Rooster Teeth’s Best of Machinima Panel this weekend at Fantastic Fest, that has been officially moved to Sunday at 2:30 PM. This is a bummer for me, because I was going to drive down for it on Saturday, but now I can’t. Sad. Face.
This entry was posted in Maintenance, News, TheLeetWorld and tagged day in the life of a turret, fantastic fest austin, g4, leet world, rooster teeth machinima on September 24, 2010 by Eddy.
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15 thoughts on “One Year Later”
- Anonymous - September 24, 2010 at 5:18 pm
Already a year…wow.
Highlights:dust 2 dust, wrong side, attack of teh noob, both finales, fight nubs, tempest, wake me up, deaths dungeon….basically the ones with the most story development and action 😛
Cortez, Player, Chet, Ellis, Leeroy, Ahmad, Mendoza.
Loved the voice acting. The overall story was amazing
Lowlights: Montrose (not enough of him in the story), faceposing in S1….cant really think of much else. Oh. Its been a year 🙁
I happened to see on G4 )not the full video but parts) of the day in the life of a turret. It was a repeat so i dunno.
Thx for the update.. laterz braa
starkill September 24, 2010 at 5:54 pm
A HUUUGE highlight of mine was the cliffhanger with Dr.Soun ( i guess that’s how you spell it) talking about the prototype, me and my friends were so tense for the second season to start. And my one Lowlight (sorry guys) was the very very end of the Series Finale, with the stuff about Ahmad being alive for ever and the sappy jokes made. But never the less it was a great show and a great series!
Viconaz September 24, 2010 at 8:06 pm
“In other news, we’ve been told from a Canadian friend that Day in the Life of a Turret was shown/referenced on TV there. While we’re unsure of the network (though it might have been G4)”
Yeah i saw this like a year or two ago on G4’s The Lab With Leo when they were talking about machinima, and they showed the video and were sayin that it was little kids who did this (prolly because of the voices)if i remember correctly, idk about episode or season but im pretty sure it was either The Lab With Leo Laporte or Call for Help.
aiknx999 September 25, 2010 at 2:23 am
Highlights for me was the ending of S1 (epic stuff), beginning of S2 (its just impossible to make a better introduction to new season than S2E1), second challenge in S2 (episodes with rainy night, i love how it ended) and then the rest of the season (wake me up before you go especially) until the very ending of E13…
And here the lowlights start- S2E14 was a disaster. Because of your lack of time you’ve pulled of everything in the easiest way- Producer is dead, Ahmad is live again because of a “glitched deathroom”, Player is backuped and in the end everyone makes those stupid jokes. When I saw a new that you’re might creating TLW movie I thought that in S2 finale Ahmad will remain dead, Producer somehow slips away, Player arrested/killed and in the movie remaining heroes will try to hunt down Producer and avenge for fallen friends. I believe most of us thought that this will end something like that…
Last lowlight for me is lack of epic Player jokes in S2, but thats kinda ok
rac91790 September 25, 2010 at 7:45 am
I particularly enjoyed Ahmad and the Producer’s plot arcs. I also really liked how Asher fit in and manipulated everything in a logical way to keep the plot moving without things turning ridiculous.
In relation to what I enjoyed, I most enjoyed that you could keep the show fresh, with new twists, turns, and developments, all the while managing to make everything ‘fit.’ For instance, even in a lot of movies today, people do things to advance the plot and break character for just a short time. It might be a sentence, or action, or idea, but it just doesn’t really quite seem to flow.
In the Leet World though, everyone manages to fill their archetypes and the plot keeps moving. Ahmad saving the day from Asher, for instance was a big plus in my book. Leeroy siding with the Terrorists and his experiments. Westheimer’s slipping control over his team as he has to deal with the facts that he’s on the wrong side.
All in all, I thought it was a really fantastic series. Were there mistakes? Yeah, some face poser issues, some beginning season episode ideas, but you know what? A lot of that’s technical, and once you dug in a little deeper, you guys found a gold mine of untapped ideas that you brought out for us.
Thanks for all of them. Leet World, Yeeaaahhh. Leet World!
Eddy September 25, 2010 at 9:38 am
@aiknx999
You pretty much nailed on all the plot things we tweaked to end the series on a high note, rather than the awesome cliffhangers S2 was designed to end on. Still though, I think it’s a tad unfair to label it a disaster. I thought it had a few of the series’ best moments, awesome music and managed to give each character their due. Finales are tricky things and while it wasn’t the one we hoped to do, I still feel like we stuck the landing as best we could given our situation. We were pulling 30-40 hour weeks back then on WZ/TLW in addition to our jobs and worried we wouldn’t have time to even do the finale at one point.
Thanks for the comments, guys. Funny that all of us pretty much have the same high and lowlights. I forgot to include the “Producer has been dead for five years” ending in the 2nd challenge of 2. Loved that moment.
Bobzer77 September 26, 2010 at 11:03 am
“it seems the context wasn’t entirely positive.”
WAAAAAAR!
Constantine September 26, 2010 at 4:21 pm
S1E13 – The “Flaw and Disorder” episode, as you guys called it, was one I loved. Mendoza and Mr. Domination’s conversation, Cortez explaining the Ocho Muertos to Westy, and the ending all set up the season finale perfectly.
The S1 story in hindsight – Daniel’s short movie about S1 leading up to the season finale struck me as awesome. That’s all I have to say about that.
S2E7 – The ending was, in my opinion, the best cliffhanger in TLW and among the best in recent storytelling. Also, the “bitchz dun know bout my beadshotz” scene.
S2E10 – I have a story about this one – I left for a vacation to a place with no internet on a monday. I remember that it was the wednesday two days later that S2E10 came out. When I finally got to watch it, it was 3 in the morning, in an NYC airport, with crappy res. on my itouch. But Ahmad’s and Asher’s fight was probably my number #1 scene in TLW. Jace’s music there helped quite a bit (the theme from the fight outside is some of the most epic music I’ve ever heard).
S2E13 – Once again, the ending was my favorite part, what with “Give ’em hell soldier, try to come back in one piece” and the third lifeline made it pretty awesome.
The first half of S2E14 – Epic fight, epic music, and a great end (player’s “I learned father”).
The Christmas specials: I don’t know, these were just that special blend of relevant and Roflicious.
The opening of S2 – I’m not sure, I just found this part (i consider it Eps 1 and 2) a little less than funny or dramatic. Cortez’s burns of Westy at the end of E2 was the exception to the rule, though.
The second half of S2E14 – I’m pretty sure that this has been covered. Once again, the rap edition of TLW theme at the end was an exception.
Dunnerski September 27, 2010 at 4:58 pm
High Lights:
When Player went boom. I almost Cried at the epicness
When Ahmad Died, epic speech by Cortez, almost cried again.
Cooking with Player!
The office getting set on fire.
Chets line after the office was ablaze.
Low lights:
The Ending. A little anti-climatic IMO.
“K THX BAI” Funny, but not the epic ending I was anticipating SFF could produce.
Season 2 Finale song: “Leet worlds dead motha fuckers, ya’ll wanted this”
No one wanted TLW to die.. :'(
hagefade September 27, 2010 at 6:38 pm
The fact that the show ended
That the movie wasn’t made :'(
BigK September 27, 2010 at 11:45 pm
My personal favorite highpoint was the story arch between Cortez and Mendoza, one thing I’ve always felt made for better one on one rivalries is when it’s personal; a brother who both betrayed his older bro, usurped his place in his gang, and left him a blind cripple, leaving him with nothing but his hatred, can’t get more personal than that, right?
Your overall story following the first season, you went straight into the money, while I loved Season 1, I always felt it took a little longer to break into the real feel of the story, but Season 2 was straight into it; Asher the new teachers’ pet, Cortez out for the Producers blood, and Cortez v Weissheimer, all of it came together perfectly.
And each confrontation. Cortez v Domination Man, Cortez v Mendoza, Ahmad v Asher, and Players’ last stand, for the gaming engine you had to work with, I was beyond impressed.
The end of the series; I feel the same way about this as the series finale to Lost, *don’t worry, won’t spoil anything folks, hehe* in the end, even if things played out almost TOO conveniently, after everything these characters have been through since the series premiere, they deserve to be rewarded for their efforts. Even if it does seem too perfect, really after taking on the Ocho Muertos, having their friendships tested, taking on turbo charged terminator Asher, and The Producers’ ultimatum to the cast, it’s only fair these guys catch a break in the end, right? And for that, I applaud you guys.
Downpoints:
It took a little longer to get into knowing what each character is about, and some of the earlier episodes took a little longer to break into the Cortez and Mendoza plot.
The Comrades basically hijacked Asher, but you kind of figure they’d have more in store after he failed, but we never hear any closure on their story, which seems to leave too many loose ends.
Before Asher took on Ahmad, he told Ahmad he was apparently The Producers’ ace in the hole, and it’s never exactly explained how, other than the chip in the back of his head made him see Adam Sizzler, which’d be fine, but we never know for sure how that happened.
All in all though, everything was solid, one of the most memorable Machinima series’ I’ve ever followed, one that thoroughly captivated me and made me care for these lovable CT’s and Ahmad’s.
Randomhero September 29, 2010 at 2:05 am
one of my favourite short little moments from the entire series was during the player asher fight. “LEAVE, MY, FRIENDS, ALONE”
always gave me chills for some reason.
Willt41 September 30, 2010 at 4:35 pm
Highlights : Everything player did, ever.
Lowpoints : The ending seemed a bit everything wrapped its self up in a neat happy package it was like an anti lost.
Also not seeing what you would of done with the characters if you had kept the series on you totally made some real characters here sure they fit into the standard archetypes and exaggerations of one personality trait but at the same time they were given a depth making them seem more real and less 2d than just “lol one is bad ass other is Frat boy ect”
Robie February 15, 2011 at 12:17 am
I kind a hate you guys for creating TLW because it’s such a pain to the heart knowing that such fantastic show will never keep going.
TLW was not random machinima crap, it was perfect.. 21th century style. I’ve showed it to at least 10 friends, they all have loved this show.
Even mentioning TLW is like opening the old wounds. And yes with your abilities making a shows, you could easly make some popular show that people actually would watch. I know… easier said that done, but for you it’s possible.
J-English February 15, 2011 at 7:52 am
Love leet world.Im from the UK ,wish there was a british guy in there lol.
Anyways….please let there be a season 3!
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The Realities of the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster
Attack of the Nuclear Apologists
By HELEN CALDICOTT
Soon after the Fukushima accident last month, I stated publicly that a nuclear event of this size and catastrophic potential could present a medical problem of very large dimensions. Events have proven this observation to be true despite the nuclear industry's campaign about the "minimal" health effects of so-called low-level radiation. That billions of its dollars are at stake if the Fukushima event causes the "nuclear renaissance" to slow down appears to be evident from the industry's attacks on its critics, even in the face of an unresolved and escalating disaster at the reactor complex at Fukushima.
Proponents of nuclear power – including George Monbiot, who has had a mysterious road-to-Damascus conversion to its supposedly benign effects – accuse me and others who call attention to the potential serious medical consequences of the accident of "cherry-picking" data and overstating the health effects of radiation from the radioactive fuel in the destroyed reactors and their cooling pools. Yet by reassuring the public that things aren't too bad, Monbiot and others at best misinform, and at worst misrepresent or distort, the scientific evidence of the harmful effects of radiation exposure – and they play a predictable shoot-the-messenger game in the process.
1) Mr Monbiot, who is a journalist not a scientist, appears unaware of the difference between external and internal radiation
Let me educate him.
The former is what populations were exposed to when the atomic bombs were detonated over Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945; their profound and on-going medical effects are well documented. [1]
Internal radiation, on the other hand, emanates from radioactive elements which enter the body by inhalation, ingestion, or skin absorption. Hazardous radionuclides such as iodine-131, caesium 137, and other isotopes currently being released in the sea and air around Fukushima bio-concentrate at each step of various food chains (for example into algae, crustaceans, small fish, bigger fish, then humans; or soil, grass, cow's meat and milk, then humans). [2]
After they enter the body, these elements – called internal emitters – migrate to specific organs such as the thyroid, liver, bone, and brain, where they continuously irradiate small volumes of cells with high doses of alpha, beta and/or gamma radiation, and over many years, can induce uncontrolled cell replication – that is, cancer. Further, many of the nuclides remain radioactive in the environment for generations, and ultimately will cause increased incidences of cancer and genetic diseases over time.
The grave effects of internal emitters are of the most profound concern at Fukushima. It is inaccurate and misleading to use the term "acceptable levels of external radiation" in assessing internal radiation exposures. To do so, as Monbiot has done, is to propagate inaccuracies and to mislead the public worldwide (not to mention other journalists) who are seeking the truth about radiation's hazards.
2) Nuclear industry proponents often assert that low doses of radiation (eg below 100mSV) produce no ill effects and are therefore safe. But , as the US National Academy of Sciences BEIR VII report has concluded, no dose of radiation is safe, however small, including background radiation; exposure is cumulative and adds to an individual's risk of developing cancer.
3) Now let's turn to Chernobyl. Various seemingly reputable groups have issued differing reports on the morbidity and mortalities resulting from the 1986 radiation catastrophe. The World Health Organisation (WHO) in 2005 issued a report attributing only 43 human deaths directly to the Chernobyl disaster and estimating an additional 4,000 fatal cancers. In contrast, the 2009 report, "Chernobyl: Consequences of the Catastrophe for People and the Environment", published by the New York Academy of Sciences, comes to a very different conclusion. The three scientist authors – Alexey V Yablokov, Vassily B. Nesterenko, and Alexey V Nesterenko – provide in its pages a translated synthesis and compilation of hundreds of scientific articles on the effects of the Chernobyl disaster that have appeared in Slavic language publications over the past 20 years. They estimate the number of deaths attributable to the Chernobyl meltdown at about 980,000.
Monbiot dismisses the report as worthless, but to do so – to ignore and denigrate an entire body of literature, collectively hundreds of studies that provide evidence of large and significant impacts on human health and the environment – is arrogant and irresponsible. Scientists can and should argue over such things, for example, as confidence intervals around individual estimates (which signal the reliability of estimates), but to consign out of hand the entire report into a metaphorical dustbin is shameful.
Further, as Prof Dimitro Godzinsky, of the Ukranian National Academy of Sciences, states in his introduction to the report: "Against this background of such persuasive data some defenders of atomic energy look specious as they deny the obvious negative effects of radiation upon populations. In fact, their reactions include almost complete refusal to fund medical and biological studies, even liquidating government bodies that were in charge of the 'affairs of Chernobyl'. Under pressure from the nuclear lobby, officials have also diverted scientific personnel away from studying the problems caused by Chernobyl."
4) Monbiot expresses surprise that a UN-affiliated body such as WHO might be under the influence of the nuclear power industry, causing its reporting on nuclear power matters to be biased. And yet that is precisely the case.
In the early days of nuclear power, WHO issued forthright statements on radiation risks such as its 1956 warning: "Genetic heritage is the most precious property for human beings. It determines the lives of our progeny, health and harmonious development of future generations. As experts, we affirm that the health of future generations is threatened by increasing development of the atomic industry and sources of radiation … We also believe that new mutations that occur in humans are harmful to them and their offspring."
After 1959, WHO made no more statements on health and radioactivity. What happened? On 28 May 1959, at the 12th World Health Assembly, WHO drew up an agreement with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); clause 12.40 of this agreement says: "Whenever either organisation [the WHO or the IAEA] proposes to initiate a programme or activity on a subject in which the other organisation has or may have a substantial interest, the first party shall consult the other with a view to adjusting the matter by mutual agreement." In other words, the WHO grants the right of prior approval over any research it might undertake or report on to the IAEA – a group that many people, including journalists, think is a neutral watchdog, but which is, in fact, an advocate for the nuclear power industry. The IAEA's founding papers state: "The agency shall seek to accelerate and enlarge the contribution of atomic energy to peace, health and prosperity through the world."
Monbiot appears ignorant about the WHO's subjugation to the IAEA, yet this is widely known within the scientific radiation community. But it is clearly not the only matter on which he is ignorant after his apparent three-day perusal of the vast body of scientific information on radiation and radioactivity. As we have seen, he and other nuclear industry apologists sow confusion about radiation risks, and, in my view, in much the same way that the tobacco industry did in previous decades about the risks of smoking. Despite their claims, it is they, not the "anti-nuclear movement" who are "misleading the world about the impacts of radiation on human health."
Helen Caldicott is president of the Helen Caldicott Foundation for a Nuclear-Free Planet and the author of Nuclear Power is Not the Answer
[1] See, for example, WJ Schull, Effects of Atomic Radiation: A Half-Century of Studies from Hiroshima and Nagasaki (New York: Wiley-Lis, 1995) and DE Thompson, K Mabuchi, E Ron, M Soda, M Tokunaga, S Ochikubo, S Sugimoto, T Ikeda, M Terasaki, S Izumi et al. "Cancer incidence in atomic bomb survivors, Part I: Solid tumors, 1958-1987" in Radiat Res 137:S17-S67 (1994).
[2] This process is called bioaccumulation and comes in two subtypes as well, bioconcentration and biomagnification. For more information see: J.U. Clark and V.A. McFarland, Assessing Bioaccumulation in Aquatic Organisms Exposed to Contaminated Sediments, Miscellaneous Paper D-91-2 (1991), Environmental Laboratory, Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg, MS and H.A. Vanderplog, D.C. Parzyck, W.H. Wilcox, J.R. Kercher, and S.V. Kaye, Bioaccumulation Factors for Radionuclides in Freshwater Biota, ORNL-5002 (1975), Environmental Sciences Division Publication, Number 783, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN.
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Roots of Wood and Stone by Amanda Wen
A complimentary review copy was provided to me.
With the cold days of winter holding us firmly in its grip, it has been so nice to head to bed a little early each night and snuggle up under my covers to read. The book that I most recently read was the new Roots of Wood and Stone by Amanda Wen. The format of this book was differnt than most I have read in the past, the author calls it "inspirational split-time women’s fiction". The story was told within two separate time lines: a current and contemporary story, told alongside a historical story.
Sloane is a historical museum curator. When Garrett comes by to drop off what Sloane perceiveds to be an ordinary satchel and other trinkets, she expects it is a bunch of things that she has no use for but soon discovers tucked into the satchel is a 19th century diary written by a young girl. It is this first found diary, and others that start to surface, that provide the storyline and narration about Annabelle, who lived in Sedgwick County, Kansas starting in the 1870s as a young girl and growing into a woman. It is the ongoing discovery of diaries and pictures that Garrett and his sister find at his grandma's house that begins to intertwine the stories of Sloane and Garrett. With each new discovery, he is excited to share the new find with her and finds himself pulled into the story, intrigued and wanting to help uncover more about Annabelle and how her story is connected to his grandma and her house.
One thing that I find interesting is that my newsfeed over the past week has had many posts and new stories about found pictures, diaries, documents, uncovered as people are remodeling their homes or found tucked away in an attic or basement. I've always been intrigued by the past and so I find those stories to be interesting on their own and certainly hope that those items find a family connection. However, coupling those stories with the book that I was reading, I found it strangely coincidental the timing of seeing those stories, given the pictures, the diaries and the history that they are discovering in the book as Garrett and his sister are cleaning out his grandma's house.
I enjoyed how the present day characters come to learn more about themselves through the discovery of the history of their community and family and the connections that they discovered and developed through this exploration. The interweaving of the two timelines is smoothly executed and really kept the story moving and the reader wanting to learn more. The story was filled with beautifully descriptive language delivering real-feeling details about the characters and the house that ties the stories together. I really enjoyed getting to know Sloane, Garrett, Annabelle and Jack, and appreciated the development of each of the love stories. Genearlly, the character development was good but there were many threads left unexplored that had me wanting to learn more about the characters, both past and present.
After I finished reading, I immediately went to look for what else the author had written and was surprised to discover that this story was Wen's debut novel. The cover references Sedgwick County Chronicles, so I am hopeful that there will be more stories to come in the series. And, as is always my hope when I discover friends in a book, I hope that when there are more books in the series that some of the same characters will be present, even as an adjacent character to the main story, just to remain connected and perhaps learn a little bit more about them too.
This historic home holds the keys to their destiny . . . and their hearts
Abandoned at birth, her family roots a mystery, historical museum curator Sloane Kelley has dedicated her life to making sure others know theirs. When a donor drops off a dusty old satchel, she doesn't expect much from the common artifact . . .until she finds real treasure inside: a nineteenth-century diary. Now she's on the hunt to find out more.
Garrett Anderson just wanted to clean out his grandmother's historic but tumbledown farmhouse before selling it to fund her medical care. With her advancing Alzheimer's, he can't afford to be sentimental about the family home. But his carefully ordered plan runs up against two formidable obstacles: Sloane, who's fallen in love with both the diaries and the house, and his own heart, which is irresistibly drawn to Sloane.
A century and a half earlier, motherless Annabelle Collins embarks with her aunt and uncle on the adventure of a lifetime: settling the prairies of Sedgwick County, Kansas. The diaries she left behind paint a portrait of life, loss, and love--and a God who faithfully carries her through it all. Paging through the diaries together takes Sloane and Garrett on a journey they never could have planned, which will change them in ways they never imagined.
This warm, beautifully written split-time novel will resonate with readers looking for stories that reveal the beauty of God's plan for our lives, and how our actions ripple for generations.
Amanda Wen is an award-winning writer of inspirational romance and split-time women’s fiction. She has placed first in multiple writing contests, including the 2017 Indiana Golden Opportunity, the 2017 Phoenix Rattler, and the 2016 ACFW First Impressions contests. She was also a 2018 ACFW Genesis Contest finalist.
Wen is a member of American Christian Fiction Writers (ACFW) and regularly contributes author interviews for their Fiction Finder feature. She also frequently interviews authors for her blog and is a contributor to the God Is Love blog. Her debut novel, Roots of Wood and Stone, releases from Kregel Publications on February 2, 2021.
In addition to her writing, Wen is an accomplished professional cellist and pianist who frequently performs with orchestras, chamber groups, and her church’s worship team. She serves as a choral accompanist as well. A lifelong denizen of the flatlands, Wen lives in Kansas with her patient, loving, and hilarious husband, their three adorable Wenlets, and a snuggly Siamese cat.
To find Amanda Wen’s blog and short stories, visit www.amandawen.com. Readers can also follower her on Facebook (@AuthorAmandaWen), Twitter (@AuthorAmandaWen), and Instagram (@authoramandawen).
Labels: book review, Christian fiction, contemporary fiction, historic fiction, love story
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Chapter Forty-Eight
Khushi floated into LaANK an hour later completely elevated. She felt as though the huge weight that had been pressing down on her ever since the fateful night in Sheesh-Mahal had finally lifted allowing her to breathe wholly again. She pranced around the empty office, not even realizing that something was amiss with the scene in front of her. She skipped happily about between the desks in the D-Squats and looked up towards the glass windows of Arnav’s office. As soon as she saw his office she jumped up from her chintz and crossed the office space, up the stairs and into his cabin, wanting to desperately see him, to share the good news of her happy reunion. After all, he was the one who had pushed her to go, the previous night and then this morning when he had offered to drop her to the mandir on his way to Crown-Plaza, even though she knew that would be completely out of the way for the two places were on opposite ends of the Delhi. Thus she had declined saying that this was something she had to do on her own. He hadn’t argued although she wished he had for at that moment she wanted nothing more then to have him ride with her to the mandir. Instead he had gazed at her for good measure and then when he finally stood up to leave had come next to her, crouched down and said something she never would have expected him to say.
‘This is very brave of you Khushi, what you are on your way to do. I’m…I’m proud of the strength you are showing, to take on this task all by yourself, as you should.’ With that he got up and left, stopping only for a moment at the door to look back at her as she gaped at him from the couch, completely astounded by the fact that Arnav Singh Raizada had not only complimented her but had said that he was proud of her. With the glow from his words set in her heart she had made her solitary way to the mandir, not feeling alone anymore.
As soon as she entered his deserted cabin, something gnawed at the back of her mind, but she ignored it, instead walked in and sat down in one of the two chairs that were opposite to his, waiting for him, still not realizing that it wasn’t right for the office to be this empty on a show day. As she waited for him, the mischeivious Khushi inside of her (who had been away for too long) crawled out - fuelled from the events of this morning - she got up, walked around the table and sat in his chair, taking his stance.
There in his chair she began mimicking him, the way he sat at the desktop. The way he glared at anyone who was sitting opposite him, intimidating them; her on many of their first encounters. The way he spoke on the phone, barking orders rather than asking nicely. The saying you catch more flies with honey than vinegar was one he had never clearly heard of.
She was in the middle of one such converstation with an imaginary Aman, when someone joined her without her realization, as her back was towards the door for she now sat on his table next to the desk-phone that was in her hand, while her feet swirled his swivel chair around. ‘Yes Aman. What the-? Don’t you even know this much….you are so in-incom-incompy-incompy….uffo….Laad Governor kahinke…saying such annoyingly long English words….nevermind…. scene change, ah yes….Aman! Just because I didn’t call you doesn’t mean you’re fired!! You-‘
‘What the-?’ Arnav’s sudden voice startled her and she went completely rigid. ‘Khushi, what are you doing?!’ he asked in exasperation. Here he had been worried sick as to what was taking her so long in getting to the auditorium, making him curse himself for giving into her insistence of going alone instead of driving her there as he had desperately wanted to, and all the while she had been sitting in his office role-playing. That too quite well if he may say so, he hadn’t realized she had observed him that well, mimicking his voice and mannerisms perfectly….but that was not the point!
Khushi turned cautiously around to take a peek at him, as if hoping that somehow she had imagined his husky voice, but of course she hadn’t for there he stood in the door way, glaring at her, the glare she had been trying to mimick moments earlier. She shut her eyes and opened it again, just to make sure, while he stared at her incredulously.
‘Yes Khushi, no matter how many times you open and close your eyes, you will still find me standing here, because I am here!’ he stated as he walked towards her. Seeing and hearing him say the words finally drove the point across that he was in the room with her and had been for god only knew how long. Forgetting that her feet were resting on his chair she started to stand, only to find herself slip horribly and land flat on his office floor, with the desk phone tumbling down after her, because of course in her hurry to get up she had forgotten she was still holding onto the phone.
‘Hunh!’ THUD. ‘Arrgh….ouch…ugh!!’ she whined from the floor, as Arnav stepped around the table and came to stand next to her fallen form.
‘Khushi! When will you….never mind. Here.’ He thrust his hand towards her, to help her up, but in her horror of being caught, instead of taking his hand to get up she handed him the phone. ‘What-? Grr…’ he growled under his breath as he took the desk phone and slammed it on his glass desk and then went back to giving her his hand. She took it hesitantly. Once he had a good grip over her hand, he yanked her up hard, but for some reason she hadn’t been prepared for the pull, therefore slammed right into his chest as he pulled her up.
‘Ah—ouch’ he winced, as her head knocked up against the side of his chin. She stood for a moment up against his well-formed body, feeling every minute curve of his well toned muscles, until the shock of it washed away and she stumbled back awkwardly, keeping her eyes firmly on the ground.
‘You ok? Did you hurt yourself?’ he enquired, as he cupped her shoulders and looked her over.
‘Fine. Fine.’ She mumbled, shifting away from his hands as she rubbed her back, embarrassed by the situation and then suddenly she burst on him. ‘Ugh, where were you Arnav ji? Do you know how long I have been waiting for you? None of this,’ she gestured towards the table and floor, ‘would have happened if you had just been here, like you were supposed to be. Since when is Arnav Singh Raizada not in his office?!!’ she cried haughtily.
‘Excuse me? How is this,’ his voice rising an octave as he too waved at the desk and floor, ‘my fault?’
‘It…it just is! Where were you?!!’ she asked again, angrily.
‘At Crown-Plaza, where you were supposed to be too!’ He reminded her.
‘Crown-Plaza? What were you doing there? And why on earth would I go there?! I- HUNH.’ Her hands shot up to her face as her lips formed into a circle emphasizing her shock. She finally realized what the gnawing at the back of her mind had been for and why the office was so completely empty, because everyone was at the hall, preparing for the show in a few hours. ‘OH MY GOD!! THE FASHION SHOW!!! EEEE!!! WHAT ARE WE DOING HERE WAISTING OUR TIME, LET’S GO, THE SHOW WILL BE STARTING IN A FEW HOURS!!!’ she shouted, as she fixed her dupatta and started walking towards the door, completely infuriated with herself for forgetting.
‘Khushi. Khushi…wait.’ Arnav called behind her as she descended the steps.
‘What?’ she asked pivoting on the last one, causing herself to trip over it yet again, but Arnav caught her wrist before she fell.
‘Gaawd, Khushi slow down.’ He huffed.
‘How can you ask me to slow down? The show is in a few hours.’ She said, batting away his hand as she turned and began walking towards the exit.
‘Urgh. Khushi wait.’ He leaped after her yet again.
‘What?!’ she rounded on him annoyed for delaying her further.
‘I just….I wanted to ask how did things go at the puja? Are you….I mean, you being here….is everything ok?’ he asked tentatively.
‘Oh.’ She stopped tapping her feet and dropped her arms which had been bound around her chest out of annoyance. Then let a huge grin spread across her face as she recalled the events of the morning, letting it fill her up with happiness yet again and making her forget the anxiety she had felt moments before regarding the fashion show. ‘Oh. That. It went perfectly. Absolutely perfectly. Just like you said it would. You know my Bau ji even knew about it,’ she gushed out, unable to stop herself from telling him everything. ‘We all thought he didn’t and I was so scared as to how he would react when he would finally find out and how that would affect his condition. But he already knew!’ she bounded in front of him happily. ‘He over heard it all when my Amma and Bua ji found out in Lucknow…and he wasn’t angry, not one bit….ok well initially he said he was but later when he thought about it he understood….he actually understood Arnav ji and forgave me. And so did my Amma and Bua ji. We’re all one happy family again. I am part of the family again.’ She said bouncing up down, holding his hand, completely ecstatic with the good luck that had fallen upon her today.
Her happiness infused into him too, he was over joyed for how everything had worked out for her. And for the first time that morning he sighed in relief, glad that it had worked out between her family and her. He knew how important it was for one to have their family’s support, he couldn’t rest one bit if Nani or Anjali were angry with him and so understood the happiness that sparkled in her eyes very well and was thrilled to finally see it in her eyes. The darkness he had witnessed in Lucknow was now nowhere to be seen. Her eyes were bright, clear and pure, just like her, glistening with the bliss in her heart.
‘That is why I actually came here. To look for you and share this incredible news with you, because if it weren’t for you none of it would have happened.’ She beamed at him, still keeping hold of his hand.
‘Khushi…what did I do? It was all you…’ he said a little dryly, over come with emotion that she had wanted to share this with him.
‘No. Seriously Arnav ji. I mean it. If it weren’t for you and your encouraging words I probably wouldn’t even have gone, would have cowarded out of it. But you supported me, had my back, have had my back these last few days….and for that I could…I could actually kiss you…’ she said as she did without even thinking. The ecstacy bubbling inside of her made her lose sight of her inhibitions and before she knew it she had jumped onto her tip-toes, pressed one hand against his heart, placed the other on his shoulder and had laid a sweet peck of thank you on his freshly shaven cheek.
It was only when she moved out of the embrace and saw the shock etched on his face did the horror of her act reflect upon hers’, causing her to jerk her hand away from him, that had slid down from his shoulder back into the smooth curve of his palm. She clapped her mouth with her hands, as her eyes stared wide at him, in terror of what she had just done. She only managed a muffled sorry from behind her hands and then scampered out of the office and into a rickshaw before he could even move a muscle, for they had all been paralysed by the unanticipated onslaught he had just encountered.
Long after she had left, or maybe they were mere seconds, he didn’t know, time wasn’t something he was aware of in that moment. He slowly lifted his fingers to the place where her sweet lips had left an impression on his cheeks. He felt the spot; it still tingled, leaving him with a new feeling in the pit of his stomache. One he had never felt before: one that felt remarkably good.
When he finally came too his surroundings, brought out of his reverie by a phonecall from his ever bubble-burster PA, Aman, he flew towards the door in order to catch Khushi, but she was long gone by then. Annoyed with himself for missing her and at Aman for ruining the beautiful memory he had been in, he plugged himself in his jeep and was about to rev the engine when he remembered the reason why he had come into LaANK in the first place, to get a file that NK had left in his cabin the day before instead of keeping it with him like he was supposed to.
When he got to the ball-room at the Plaza (where the ramp had been set up for the models) Khushi was right in front him in a deep discussion with Mike, the male wardrobe designer. He tried to catch her attention but as soon as she caught sight of him she blushed deeply and turned away. He was about to walk over to her when someone called out to him telling him one of the sponsors was asking for him, not wanting to but knowing he had no choice he turned and walked in the other direction from Khushi, mentally rebuking himself for the time he had readily made NK the back stage manager while appointing himself to the task of dealing with the delegates. At that time he had never thought he would ever envy NK’s job, dealing with designers and models was not Arnav’s cup of tea, but today he wished he could some how swap, although he knew he couldn’t and so heavy heartidly he trudged away from Khushi to do what he was great at and left NK in charge of the only thing he knew NK could manage in an event like this.
It was not until hours later when Arnav finally found a moment to be with Khushi. She was alone in the dressing rooms, the models having all gone into the make-up section. She too was about to leave when he walked in. As soon as she saw him she crawled under the first dressing table and shut her eyes.
‘What the-?’ he voiced in bewilderment. ‘Are you hiding from me, Khushi?’
‘What?! Of course not.’ She squealed, not looking at him. ‘I’m just umm…very busy…’
‘Really? Doing what? Counting the dust bunnies at the Plaza?’ he asked amused with her childish behavior.
‘No. I’m….I’m looking for something.’ She amended.
‘What? You’re reason for hiding from me?’ he smirked, as he folded his arms, enjoying her embarrassment.
‘I’m not hiding from you.’ She said indignantly.
‘You do realize I can see you Khushi. Just because you have shut your eyes and cannot see me doesn’t mean I can’t either.’ He reminded to her.
Her cheeks turned darker as what he said registered to her. She hadn’t realized that, like a two-year old who thought just because their eyes were covered that meant that no one could see them just the same way they couldn’t. Yet she still kept her eyes shut, not wanting to look at him, still too embarrassed by what had taken place in LaANK earlier that day.
‘Khushi, why are you hiding from me?’ he asked, gently as he neared her.
‘I’m not hiding from you!’ she huffed as she finally opened her eyes.
‘Really, then what are you doing?’ he quirked his eyebrows in question.
‘I’m…I’m just chosing to avoid you.’
‘So you’re hiding.’ He stated, now at eye level with her, for he had crouched down next to her, much to her alarm.
‘No!’
‘Khushi….fine ok, you’re not hiding.’ He surrendered.
‘Yes. I’m not hiding.’ She maintained, though she clearly was.
‘Fine. Considering you’re choosing to act like a two year old, I’ll just get this over with until you decide to behave like an adult again.’ He changed track, seeing that he wasn’t going to be able to get a serious conversation out her at this moment. ‘I just came here to tell you that Mahainder has brought over your red sari, from the audition days, from LaANK, I want you to wear that when you walk out on the ramp.’ He related as he got up.
‘Ok. Wait, what?!!’ Khushi jumped up as she realized what he asked her, only forgetting that she was still crouching under the table and therefore hit herself hard on the head. ‘Arrgh.’ She moaned just as Arnav cried, ‘Watch it! You ok?’ he asked as he pulled her out from under the table.
‘Yeah fine…wait no! What do you mean me walk on the ramp?!!’ she asked.
‘Just that. What’s there not to understand?’ he asked confused at her inability to grasp it, while concernedly looking at the place where she was rubbing her head.
‘Why will I walk on the ramp?’
‘Because you’re the designer Khushi.’ Arnav said as if it was the most obvious thing, only she still didn’t understand.
‘Yes, so I dress the models in my works, who then walk out on the ramp, not me. I only did that in the auditions, because you left me no choice, what with providing me with the five grown brothers I never asked for!’ she iterated as she slapped away his hand that wanted to get a closer inspection of her head.
‘Khushi, you being the designer, will walk at the end of the show, once all of the models have modeled your clothes, so the world can see who designed the attire.’ Arnav spelled it out for her, a little annoyed now that she wasn’t grasping it and more importantly wasn’t letting him see her wound.
‘What?!! No way!’she suddenly shouted shocking him.
‘Uh. Yes way!’ he re-stated, taken aback by her sudden outburst.
‘No!’ she crossed her arms in defiance.
‘Khushi. This isn’t a debate. You have to walk out there.’ Arnav related calmly, wishing to calm her down too, but she continued to be distressed for some reason.
‘I can’t. Not in front all of those people. Have you forgotten the last time I was on a ramp in front of such a huge crowd. I ended up in your arms!!’ she pointed towards his chest where her body had nestled on their first meeting. ‘I am not walking out there! Find someone else.’ She crossed her arms again, definitively.
‘Khushi.’ Arnav smiled, as he now understood what this was really about. She, the loudest person he knew had stage fright. ‘Khushi don’t worry, you’ll be fine. If you want, someone can walk out with you, to avoid any of the accidents that generally seem to find you.’ He suggested as he lousily hid the amusement in his voice. ‘If you want I-‘
‘I’ll walk out with you Khushi.’ NK’s voice boomed out from behind, startling the two of them. When had he come in?!! Arnav stared at him angrily. ‘Don’t worry Khushi I won’t let you fall.’ He smiled charmingly as he came to her side, only he slipped a little over a stray cloth making Arnav snort aloud. ‘I swear. I’ll have you’re back, I’ll fall myself but won’t let you, promise.’ He amended, after having demonstrated his own lack of vigilance.
‘Erm…’ Khushi stared at him, not convinced and then at Arnav, she hadn’t planned on walking out at all and now she was to walk out with NK? ‘Umm….ok.’ she said, all the while staring at Arnav, hoping he may offer instead. She trusted him to keep her on her two feet better than NK, but considering he didn’t offer, she had to take up NK’s, causing him to clap his hands in excitement, startling her yet again.
‘Great than we’ll walk down the aisle together.’ NK chided, enthusiastically.
‘Ramp! It’s a ramp!’ Arnav corrected angrily, not at all liking the insinuation of the “aisle”. ‘You sure?’ he now turned to ask Khushi directly.
‘Umm….’ Khushi stared at him, completely unsure. She wanted him to ask, but he wasn’t! Why wasn’t he asking her?!!
‘Of course!’ NK beamed, as he stared between the two of them, not understanding why one seemed to look as though they were about to burst into flames and the other about to perish in those said flames.
‘Fine. Whatever. Just be ready in that red sari….’ Arnav said roughly, as he pivoted around and marched out of the room, shoulders puffed and nose flared.
Chapter Forty-Seven
Chapter Forty-Nine
Loved the update so cute Khushi wanting ti share her joy with Arnav and loved ow he walked in on her mimicking him loved that he was very happy she wanted to share her joy with him and so cute she kissed him loved how she ran out after and started to avoid him loved that he realized she had sage fright some time i just wants to punch nk he is such a pest Khuhsi really wanted to walk with Asr awesome update beautifully done thanks for the pm.
aww thank you....Im glad you guys enjoyed...felt that their needed to be a light crazy-adorable khushi chapter after all the emotional ones for sooooo long....glad you guys loved it....n NK...well someone needs to kindle the fire of love between these two...n bichara NK has to bear the burden without realising it....I hope you won't hate him soo much later...:)
sanamsky
awesome update love it
thank you....glad you liked :)
..Anita..
Loved how you portrayed all the emotions and everything...very cute updated....loved the update
YAY!! Im glad you used the word "cute" to describe this chapter....as that was my intention for this chapter...to make it a cute one...so glad I managed to in your eyes...:D
seeta
crap if not Aman, NK always come in between them
Damn I want them to walk the ramp together
haha....well yes they both are 'kebab mein hadi's' but they serve their purpose well of making these two love birds realise their love for each other...:P
piya sahay link
such a beautifull chapter...
full of arnav khushi....
loved it when khushi tried to act like asr....
then her nervousness...
then her cuteness....
aww she kissed his cheeks... and he was lost....
then khushi's reaction...
she was hiding from him...
she is just a 2 year old child...
if you close ur eyes doesn't mean that the world can't see you...
lovely...
then the memory.. that she fell in his arms last time...
uh oh... NK's enrty was totally wrong...
arnav's planning gone totally wrong...
haha... loved the update
thank you....glad you loved all my favourites bits in the chapter...n cute-innocent Khushi was long over due...glad you guys loved her child side...n Arnav;s reaction to it :)
N hehe yes NK and Aman have a way of interrupting but benefiting the two in the long term :)
pakpearl
Shona...Shona...Shona...
I m grinning ear to ear...
Such an Arshilicious update... :D
Khushi acting like ASR reminded me of Madhuri from DTPH..
Arnav's concern for her family matter was so genuine..
And the style of thanking ,Khushi chose,was breathtaking..
She kissed him..omg..
And once again...Aman called n Arnav couldn't catch his Lukhnow Express...
Awww....
Khushi hiding under table..shoooo cuteeeee:)
Arnav bitwa wanna see her in that red sari...
Hmmmmm.....
Once again... NK is there...
I love NK...
His presence always makes the situation more spicy n exciting...
The next update should be on its way...
Rabba ve...
hahaha...u said it....Arshilicious....love that title...well an Arshilicious chapter was loooooong over due as you all had been telling me...but I needed to time to find the right place for it.....glad you had a laugh reading it....
n Lucknow Express....ahahaha love that title...
n hehe the red sari....well Arnav can't help himself....yup he fanatsizes about that red sari aaaaaalllllll the time ;p after all it was in that moment she stole his heart and replaced it with hers' :D
N yup MR NandKishore is all set to spice things up between these two...the heat is ON!!! :p
snoopy84
awesome update cant believe NK has now got in between hopefully Arnav walks her down the runway
well you all can hate NK for coming in between but he has done something...he has made both of them realise that they want each other's company more than anyone else's....esp for Khushi he has made her clue into the fact that she wants Arnav and trusts him even though she doesn't understand it or knows how to fully express it :)
Namendra
That was so nice to see both on such equal terms, especially Khushi who is getting back to her chulbulli self. The only problem is NK the kabaab me haddi!
YaSha0512
Brilliant...too funny
first khushi is caught taking the mickey outta Arnav
n then the peck on his cheek
n to top it off the hide n seek...couldn't stop laughing
god NK uve got worst timing ever though
was hoping Arnav would walk with her but hey ho maybe he can catch her again lol
thanks for pm plz keep em comin
this is such a beautiful story Iam waiting for it since so long please post the next parts please........................ Iam madly in love with the story please............... u write so well i start imagining the whole story happening infront of my eyes please update
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