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__label__wiki	0.874572	0.874572	Tag: &#039hellbent&#039 Trump reportedly 'hell-bent' on imposing steel tariff despite objections from most advisors President Donald Trump's White House is "hell-bent" on imposing tariffs on steel and other imports, Axios reported FridayThe plan — which was pushed by Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and was supported by National Trade Council Peter Navarro and policy adviser Stephen Miller — would potentially impose tariffs in the 20 percent range, according to the report.During a "tense" meeting Monday, the president made clear he favors tariffs, yet the plan was met with heavy opposition by most officials in the room, with one telling Axios about 22 were against it and only three in favor, including Trump.The White House did not immediately respond to CNBC's request for comment, but White House Principal Deputy Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Trump hadn't made a final decision on steel tarif...	cc/2023-06/en_middle_0041.json.gz/line4
__label__cc	0.749355	0.250645	Tag Archives: International School academics, adaptation, Anthropology, comment-fishing, culture, humor, nostalgia, personal, ramblings, shameless plug Third Culture Humor February 21, 2008 dispar 2 Comments Speaking of Third Culture people sharing some traits, Jordan Weeks’s Blogger profile links to the following page: American Embassy School / American International School New Delhi, India, AIS/AES Alumni News It’s one of those Jeff Foxworthy-type humorous lists of traits which might be shared by some group of people. In this case, the list is adapted from a Facebook group about Third Culture children. As it happens to be a group which I joined a while ago, those connections also work for the Small World Effect. Anyhoo, I kind of like the list itself. Not because it’s unbelievably funny. But because I can relate to many of these things. For instance, the following traits are quite relevant in my case: You flew before you could walk. First airplane trip at six months. You have a passport, but no driver’s license. Actually, I have two passports. And the fact that I don’t have a driver’s license is a matter of much discussion with people who are “unlike me” in this Third Culture sense. Because I dreamt just last night about getting a driver’s license, this item is probably the one which caught my eye and incited me to blog the list. You feel that multiple passports would be appropriate. I do think multiple passports are appropriate in the current situation. But I do look forward to a post-national world in which citizenships and passports are irrelevant. Your life story uses the phrase “Then we went to…” five times (or six, or seven times…). Technically, 21 times since December 2000, and several times before that. But I mostly moved alone and during my adult life. Living out of a suitcase, you find, has it pros. Yeah, I kinda like living in boxes. I also enjoy the fact that this move to Austin might be my last one. Still, I do enjoy the lifestyle of the semi-nomad. You realize it really is a small world, after all. Many people realize this but I keep mentioning it. You can’t answer the question: “Where are you from?” Well, I can, and my answer doesn’t need to be too complex. But it does get complicated when people actually try to understand who I am. Once you get home you miss your adopted home and vice versa Oh, yes! It gets silly, actually. The curse of living in different places is that you always miss the other places. This one seems to be a big one for a lot of people. National Geographic (OR THE TRAVEL CHANNEL) makes you homesick. Maybe not those specific examples, but still. I get homesick about Mali, even though I didn’t spend that much time there. And Mali does get on “exotic tv” fairly often. Rain on a tile patio – or a corrugated metal roof – is one of the most wonderful sounds in the world. Again, because of Mali. You got to go home twice a year …that’s if you’re lucky. This one might be very common but it still has been quite true of my life during the past 14 years. When something unusual happens and it just doesn’t seem to phase you as being something unordinary. This one might just have to do with being an anthropologist. But it was pretty much true when I was a kid (and I associated it with being a “stateless person” («apatride»). You sort your friends by continent. This one is technically true and kind of funny. But it’s not as relevant as some of the other ones because it’s more of a practical issue. You don’t think it’s strange that you haven’t talked to your best friend in a while because you know you will always have a unique bond. I don’t even think you need to travel for this to happen but it’s certainly true for me. Though, it does influence my conception of who my BFF might be. Half of your phone calls are unintelligible to those around you. This one is rather easy as a French-speaker living in Austin. But still. You are a pro packer, or at least have done it many times. I was thinking about this a little while ago. Not only in terms of moving from one place to the other but also through being a child of divorce going to see his father every other weekend… The following items are probably less relevant but they do fit, to a certain extent. You start to keep your experiences overseas to yourself because people look at you as though you are spoiled for having the opportunity to indulge in a new culture… sad. The anthro’s curse. A friend talks about their dreams of traveling to across the world to a secluded country and you can give them all the best restaurants and places to visit. You’re like the traveler guidebook. I enjoy doing it when I can, even just for the jetsetter factor, but I don’t do it much (because of the jetsetter factor). You have little or no contact with the locals but are best friends with people across the globe. Pretty true in Austin so far, but it doesn’t look like it’ll remain the case for very long. You wake up in one country thinking you are in another. Less frequent, nowadays. It tended to happen more frequently, earlier in life, because I wasn’t as used to moving. You don’t know where home is. Not really accurate but there is this sense of disenfranchisement on the way back. You don’t feel at home at home anymore. Sure. But temporary. When you start introducing yourself followed by your country of origin…. Because of my accent in English, this one is a given. And vice-versa: because of this “quirk,” I enjoy keeping my accent intact. You literally have real friends (not facebook friends) from different schools all over the nation on your friends list. Depends which nation and it has more to do with being an academic. You have best friends in 5 different countries. See BFF issue above but it’s still kind of true. At least for four countries on three continents. When you return to the States you are overwhelmed with the number of choices in a grocery store. A Midwesterner friend of mine alerted me about this one, a few years ago and I did experience it in Canada on my way back from Mali or even from Canada to the United States. But it’s not that durable. You live at school, work in the tropics, and go home for vacation. One of those common things for academics. You speak two (or more) languages but can’t spell in any of them. I’m not too bad a speller, actually. You automatically take off your shoes as soon as you get home. Is that supposed to be unusual? You think VISA is a document stamped in your passport, and not a plastic card you carry in your wallet. In many contexts, sure. You hate subtitles because you know there is someone that can make an accurate translation.. you! Any bilingual feels this, I’m sure. And it does spill over to languages you don’t in fact know, as you know the feeling too strongly not to get it elsewhere. For instance, in this interview with Larry Lessig on Danish TV. You watch a movie set in a ‘foreign country’, and you know what the nationals are really saying into the camera. Pretty much the same idea, but with the added exoticism of the “National Geographic eye.” You have a time zone map next to your telephone. Not really but, like many others, I do have to memorize some timezones. Your second major is in a foreign language you already speak. Not really the case for me. But I did end up using English as one of my foreign language requirements in graduate school and the other one is also related to my Ph.D. minor. Your wardrobe can only handle two seasons: wet and dry. This one might happen here in Austin, actually. But I might just end up wearing the same clothes yearlong. You speak with authority on the quality of airline travel. Kind of similar to the jetsetter factor above. Although, I do enjoy talking about differences in airplane food. When you carry converters because you actually realize there are different types of outlets. Don’t we all realize this? You don’t even bother to change your watch when traveling. Well, I do bother changing it but I wish there were more devices which automatically switch. When you were in middle school you could walk into a bar and order a drink without being questioned. France was like that when I spent time there but I’ve never really lived there for an extended period of time. You are afraid to go back to visit your school because you know no one will be there whom you used to know, they all moved. Actually, in my case, it was more about being surprized that people still lived there. You have the opportunity to intern at your Embassy/High Commission without any qualifications. Not really close but I did think about doing it and it seemed like there might be ways to make it work. You got sick a lot and often had food poisoning. Actually, I might have avoided food poisoning because of a diverse diet. But I did get sick for months while in Mali. Not really sure what it was, though. Might not have been the food after all. So… I can somehow relate to about half of the 83 traits listed in the “International School” I’m taking these from. Yet my life hasn’t been that of an International School student. Or, really, that of a typical “Third Culture kid.” But as a “stateless person” («apatride») since childhood, as someone who did get to travel intercontinentally early on, as an anthropologist, and as an academic, I can relate to many of these traits. I guess there’s a few I might add (though not phrased as elegantly): You often thought you might have recognized someone until you realized that this person is unlikely to have travelled along with you. You start a casual conversation with someone you knew years ago to realize after ten minutes that the last time you met was in a completely different part of the world. You actually don’t mind being told that you have an accent (including in your native language). You’ve had conversations in three languages or more, including situations in which you only understood one of the languages spoken. (Corollary of previous item) You’re fine with not understanding what people around you are saying. You don’t remember exactly where some aspect of your behavior might have been deemed normal. Members of a local community you just entered find you more “normal” than local people. You’re surprized when a flight takes less than six hours. You find National Geographic too exoticizing but you find mainstream media quite foreign. While moving to a new city, you get multiple “flashbacks” from very disparate places. You don’t really know what’s exotic to whom, anymore. You can’t remember what was the main language of a dream you’ve just had. You know exactly that feeling described in L’auberge espagnole of the unfamiliar rapidly becoming familiar when you move to a new place. (You know, the Urquinaona and Mandelieu section.) You don’t get impressed by well-traveled people. You never need to take on an act because you’re never completely sure who you are anyway. You’ve made friends in places where newcomers aren’t welcome. You actually don’t care so much about where you live but you do care quite a bit about how you live. You have a hard time acting like a tourist. Except in your hometown. You prefer meeting new people to seeing well-known landmarks. You can quickly find your way around any city, sometimes more easily than locals would. You spent your honeymoon visiting half a dozen places yet you didn’t spend a single night in a hotel room or in a campground. You get a Chowhound’s sense of what’s the best thing to eat at almost any place you visit. You don’t need a garage but you do need a guest room. You’ve presented the wrong passport to a border officer. You’re fluent in a number of varieties of your native language and this “quirk” carries on to your second or third language. You make a point not to spend too much time with people who “come from the same place” as you yet you do enjoy their company on occasion. You wonder why people around you find unacceptable something you thought was pretty commonplace. You’ve been back-and-forth enough that you’ve noticed a lot of changes in places wherre you’ve been yet you’re actually pretty neutral about these changes. Homesickness, nostalgia, saudade, “sweet sorrow” all refer to things you know so well that you’re sure you’d miss them. Yup, you might get nostalgic about nostalgia. You feel at home just about anywhere. Everywhere you go, you just fit. But, in a way, you don’t exactly remember what it feels like to be home. If other people can relate to the same set of things, maybe I’m not as weird as I’ve been told I am. One thing I feel weird about is that some of these traits sound self-aggrandizing. I kind of “left my humility at the door when I came in” but I still feel that associating myself with some of these things may make me sound like a self-serving snob. Ah, well… AadaptationDaniela AvitabilediplomacyEmbassy Schoolglobe-trottershomesickesshumorInternational SchoolJeff FoxworthyjetsettersJordan WeeksThird CultureThird Culture kids	cc/2023-06/en_middle_0041.json.gz/line14
__label__cc	0.616895	0.383105	BON VIVANT COMMUNICATIONS CULINARY FILMS DINING IMPOSSIBLE MICHELIN STARS SELECTED PARTNERSHIPS TALES FROM THE KITCHEN THE STORYTELLING ERIC VILDGAARD OF JORDNÆR IN COPENHAGEN COOKS WITH CHRISTIAN BAU AT VICTOR’S FINE DINING IN GERMANY Two of Europe’s finest chefs team up and cook a dinner extraordinaire in an enchanting ensemble of a Roman villa and Renaissance château in the very heart of the border triangle where Germany, Luxembourg and France meet. _________________________ Christian Bau of 3Michelin establishment Victor’s Fine Dining cooks with Eric Vildgaard from 2Michelin Jordnær for one night exclusively. Sunday November 1st at Victor’s Fine Dining in Perl-Nennig, Germany. Reservations: Fully booked. CHRISTIAN BAU A dedicated team. An exclusive ambience. Unique culinary creations. These are the hallmarks of Victor’s Fine Dining by Christian Bau, who was awarded his three Michelin stars in 2005 and has retained them ever since. Bau’s menus read like a map of the world, with unique dishes created from exquisite ingredients, from exotic shellfish and seafood, to meat-based dishes to stunning desserts. Accompanied, of course, by matching wines selected for you by Nina Mann, Gault & Millau’s ‘Sommelière of the Year 2020’. Victor’s Fine Dining is located in the beautiful castle Schloss Berg, which is part of the Victor’s Residenz-Hotel Schloss Berg. The Renaissance castle at the top Mosel in Perl-Nennig stands on the edge of Saarland and is very close to France, Luxemburg and Belgium. Behind the castle façade, one will discover the quite unique fine-dining experience of 3*Michelin Victor’s Fine Dining. Creativity and the intensity of the flavours brought this restaurant to what it is today; one of the best haute cuisine restaurants in Germany. Christian Bau firstly became a master of the French cuisine and was recognised for it before he completely changed the concept of the cuisine into a highly creative, contemporary cooking with massive influences from Asia. This demands enormous skills as well as bravery. Christian Bau is one of the few chefs in the world who successfully managed to make this change and combine these kitchens into a high-end fine dining experience. Christian Bau is a specialist for fish and seafood, and by using elements of the Japanese dining culture, he creates taste patterns that are equally sophisticated and harmoniously stimulating. This includes his exceptional sense for top quality and freshness. Many products are prepared to be consumed raw. No other but Christian Bau himself stands at the stove and lends a hand on each plate. The same applies for purchasing the ingredients. A dish is only prepared if all ingredients are available in the highest quality. The same high standard is being used when it comes to wine. The fantastic selection of 780 types of wine and, recently, sake are stored within the castle’s historical vaulted cellar. You will be surprised at the big armada of dishes which will come your way. Prepare yourself for deep and intense flavours in a castle environment you never will forget. Victor’s Fine Dining Schloss Berg is a must in Germany. ERIC VILDGAARD “Jordnær – a love story.” A former gang enforcer found the right path in life through unconditional love toward his wife and gastronomy, and created a two-starred Michelin restaurant in a historic but humble hotel within three years, while looking after six kids. Jordnær took everyone in and outside Denmark by surprise when Michelin awarded the then unknown restaurant in the northern suburbs of Copenhagen a star during its first year of opening. Since then, it has been full throttle on flavours — creating picturesque plates and mouth-watering creations of Nordic, French and Asian ingredients cooked with remarkable harmony. Amongst critics and global diners Jordnær quickly became a darling, and the restaurant was awarded a second Michelin star in February 2020, less than three years after opening. The passionately run Jordnær (translation; Down to Earth) is housed in the northern suburbs of the city, on the ground floor of an unassuming looking hotel. Once inside, it’s a different story; the building dates from 1666 and the appealingly rustic modern restaurant comes with well-spaced tables, grey-painted timbers and superb mood lighting. Seasonal ingredients are foraged by the talented, generous and largely self-taught chef, Eric Kragh Vildgaard, whose precise, skilfully prepared dishes have pure and harmonious flavours. His wife Tina is in charge of the service, which is performed with genuine warmth and knowledge. Duo Tina & Eric Kragh Vildgaard bring forth new tones rooted in French, Nordic and Japanese traditions based mostly on Danish ingredients. The atmosphere is very warm in the modernised “inn” with attractive plank floors, Nordic designer furniture and the impressive beam ceiling, with the service being both professional and personal. Jordnær is a modern, sophisticated gem that suddenly popped up in the middle of the slightly old fashioned, bourgeoisie Gentofte-suburb of Copenhagen. It’s the story of the ugly duckling that turned into a beautiful swan in no time. Nobody saw it coming. They do now. DETAILS IN SHORT Who: Christian Bau & Eric Vildgaard When: Sunday, November 1st 2020 Where: Victor’s Fine Dining, Perl-Nennig Reservations: Fully booked Bon Vivant Communications is a culinary embassy representing star chefs and restaurants, chateaux and high-end wineries as well as working close together with various luxury hotels, gourmets festivals and bespoke concierges services. The diplomacy speaks to a strong network of 600 journalists, bloggers and writers, as well as 5000+ global diners around the world. Hungry for more? Have a look Behind the Scenes. © BON VIVANT COMMUNICATIONS.	cc/2023-06/en_middle_0041.json.gz/line19
__label__wiki	0.613788	0.613788	Kane, PA (16735) Variable clouds with snow showers. Temps nearly steady in the low to mid 30s. Winds W at 10 to 20 mph. Chance of snow 50%.. Variable clouds with snow showers. Low 26F. Winds WNW at 10 to 15 mph. Chance of snow 50%. Aroundtown Announces Publication of Offer Document for Public Delisting Tender Offer to Shareholders of TLG IMMOBILIEN AG By: Aroundtown SA via AccessWire November 05, 2021 at 08:05 AM EDT Press Release to the Announcement pursuant to Section 14 para. 3 sentence 1 no. 2 of the German Securities Acquisition and Takeover Act (Wertpapiererwerbs- und Übernahmegesetz - WpÜG) in conjunction with Section 39 para. 2 sentence 3 no. 1 German Stock Exchange Act (Börsengesetz - BörsG) NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION (IN WHOLE OR IN PART) IN, INTO OR FROM ANY JURISDICTION WHERE SUCH RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION WOULD CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION OF THE RELEVANT LAWS OF SUCH JURISDICTION. 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__label__wiki	0.624367	0.624367	"The Friend Zone Quiz" (quiz may take up to 10 seconds to load) Take this short quiz to discover if you're in the friend zone, or if she is waiting for you to make your move... Contact Us - Terms & Conditions - Privacy Policy © 2015- Nice Guy Mistakes (TSB Magazine LLC) We guard your privacy very seriously, please review our privacy policy. Any use of this website constitutes acceptance of our Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy. You must be 18 or older to use this website. Results can vary, this information is not a substitute for specific or personal help from a licensed or certified professional. All Rights Reserved. Some of the details in the stories shared have been changed to protect the privacy of Bobby Rio and his clients. Likewise, the stories shared may also be amalgamations of multiple teaching experiences.	cc/2023-06/en_middle_0041.json.gz/line28
__label__wiki	0.850021	0.850021	Pretending Not to Hear Me: Belvoir’s Kill the Messenger Nakkiah Lui’s Kill the Messenger has been billed as a “game changer” for black theatre. The show centres around three stories which constitute a direct attack on institutional racism and its agents – including the Belvoir audience. Paul hangs himself to escape cancer, after being profiled and turned away from hospital on suspicion of… by Honi Soit Nakkiah Lui’s Kill the Messenger has been billed as a “game changer” for black theatre. The show centres around three stories which constitute a direct attack on institutional racism and its agents – including the Belvoir audience. Paul hangs himself to escape cancer, after being profiled and turned away from hospital on suspicion of morphine addiction; Lui’s grandmother dies from lethal injuries arising from a fall through rotten floorboards—the result of the Aboriginal Housing Company’s unwillingness to make good on promised maintenance; Nakkiah herself struggles to move the people in her life, and audiences, to be affected by these injustices. But does she manage it? Laura Webster, Riki Scanlan, Patrick Morrow, Elle Triantafillou and Angela Colins discuss. LW: I really like the roughness of the show. Rather than a 90 minute, neat and tidy piece of theatre, Lui gives you a glimpse into our world, our suffering, our pain…and asks what are you going to do with it? RS: Mainstream society believes that the traumas of Indigenous history lie in the past. In light of that, the “unfinished” nature of Kill the Messenger recognises that Australia, white and black, is not done with wounds inflicted on the Aboriginal people. Lui recognises that the crux of Indigenous oppression lies in institutional racism, not the acts of individuals. She does not excuse those individuals—they are interrogated and their answers never seem sufficient—but we sympathise. LW: The commoditisation and fetishisation of stories of oppression, suffering and racism permeate Lui’s writing. That was clearest in lines like “You can’t keep pretending not to hear me” – I think it was the most poignant line the show, for me, and it highlights the most frustrating and demeaning cornerstone of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander suffering. PM: All that said, an orthodoxly staged piece of contemporary theatre at Belvoir can only be so affecting. Everything from its aisles and seating to the foyer and box office have been ritualised by patrons. While you might expect the standard post-show motions after the latest rehash of Chekhov or Brecht, to watch the audience mill around the very same way after Kill The Messenger – an open provocation and call to action – suggests that the play broadly failed in its demands. I don’t think people listened. ET: But Lui knows her audience is sensitive to indigenous issues in a way that is both empathetic and voyeuristic, and with the closing lines “You wanted this. You paid for this. And I’m giving it to you. Please take it” Kill The Messenger came together for me and I understood what Lui was trying to do all along. RS: Lighting Designer Katie Sfetkidis works with those degrees of voyeurism and creates clear distinctions between the narratives: at the core is the story of Paul, which exists within a simple square of light cast on the stage, while brighter and larger lit spaces denote each degree of distance until we are almost under full house lights. Here, we are removed from Paul’s narrative, but Nakkiah addresses the audience directly. AC: I don’t know that I liked those addresses – the monologues and scenes between she and her boyfriend seemed indulgent (albeit humorous and enjoyable). The weaving of her grandmother’s story, Paul’s story and her own experiences elevated her own status to that of a principal character, rather than storyteller. I heard the play being billed as “Mt. Druitt’s response to Lena Dunham” and, like Dunham’s character in Girls, Lui writes about herself, and stars in her own scenes, a little too much for comfort. I think her scenes detracted from the revolutionary quality she tried to instil in the play. It comes off as a muddle of highly affecting scenes hindered by another, fluffier, domestic narrative. LW: That left me unsure with what to do with this play – I was drawn in by the narrative events, but was cut off by Lui’s narrative interjections. It disjoints the explorations of institutionalised racism that were meant to tie the piece together. This is an attempt at provocative theatre, but it seems premature, as if the narrative and structure were still being fleshed out on stage, to the detriment of her message. PM: The degree to which this play was about Nakkiah really reached an obnoxious crescendo in that sickening, final gesture of anointing the dying Paul. It left me feeling angry, sure, but it was as much at an egotistical playwright as it was at the story of institutional racism she persistently intervened in, which is probably an indictment of me. ET: Lui admits she’s an unreliable narrator, discussing things that she’s on the one hand been shown and on the other, actually experienced. We might not know what to do with the stories we’ve been given but, then again, neither does she. nakkiah lui	cc/2023-06/en_middle_0041.json.gz/line29
__label__cc	0.621307	0.378693	Category: Audio Tour Transcript Page Posted on February 1, 2021 by Kerry Hood In the shady corner of the Park View of park from the memorial bench Stop 12 – Of a peaceful oasis. Previous Stop – Back to Beginning St Luke’s church behind frosty trees in the Shady Corner Narrator: Originally the park had a small pavilion, the site of which is under part of where the nursery is now. It was built for football players, and the park was used for training by Millwall FC. Felix: “Bromley’s new oasis … what was an ugly brick works and later a tip for the local Gas Board, has now been converted by Bromley Council in to an attractive stretch of grassland which, during the long summer weeks of school holidays, should be a boon for mothers in the Bromley Common area” – the Bromley Times, on the 9th August 1953. Girls in rain-shower at our Hoedown event Fiona’s memory from 2015, read by Rebecca: “I remember playing here as a child, just to run around or play ball games with friends/siblings. Once, I actually ran away from home and packed my tiny suitcase and went down and hid in the dip at the end. It only lasted for about half an hour, until I got cold and decided to go back home again. I moved back into the area in the mid-90s and both my children have enjoyed playing on the wide open field, building snowmen and sledging, and they both learned to ride their bikes and fly kites there.” Narrator: To return to the start point at the Havelock Road entrance, continue along the front of the nursery past the two benches – then the entrance is on your left. Rain clouds from Havelock Rec We hope you have enjoyed our tour and walking around the park. Thank you for listening. There is more local history and information on our website, the Friends of Havelock Rec. We also thank all the local people who gave us their recollections of the park in yesteryear. 1857 1865 survey published 1871 Tinted maps from 1857, 1865, 1898, 1903 and 1933 of the Brick-pit and surrounding area, where Havelock Rec is now. Final image is a Google Satellite picture of 2020. Posted in Audio Tour Transcript Page Virtual & Audio Memory Tour \| Tagged Audio-tour-transcript-page Virtual-Audio-Tour-With-Memories Halfway down the Bourne Road side of the park. Stop 11 – Of Football practise, Milwall FC, and the Scouts . Previous Stop – Next Stop Sunset from Havelock Rec Narrator: This part of the field is behind Bourne Road, and the space in front of you is the best spot in Bromley to capture a good sunset on your camera! Narrator: In the first decade or so after being grassed over, our park was used for football club training, by Millwall FC. This had to be abandoned, when a piece of glass worked it’s way up from the landfill, and injured a player. Until the last few years, Millwall FC would still hold an annual dinner at one of the restaurants on Homesdale road. GASP football club practise on Saturday mornings Read by Andrew: “Tony, my friend, a retired butcher was telling me that during WW2, they used the pits to dump the debris from bombed houses, things like bricks, wood, house fittings etc. After the war the area was grassed over and used as a football pitch. Problem was that even when things are buried, the lighter materials come to the surface, and this includes the broken glass from all the house windows, which resulted in some pretty horrific injuries. Imagine the consequences of a slide tackle over broken glass . . .” Daniel Bentley writing as Chatterton Road History Society, in 2017 Narrator: The local scout group, 3rd Bromley, regularly use the park for their activities, and have done so for a long time…. 3rd Bromley scouts and parents playing ball games on the park Lilian’s memory from 2015, read by Sandra: “The Queens Silver Jubilee celebration was A Big Do, and the community got together on the Brickfield. Like most of the marquees, the Scout’s pavilion did games for the kids. I believe there was also a Tea Tent, nowadays you’d probably call that a refreshment tent. Mostly everyone put on games and sporty things for the kids. At the time Jean New was the Akela, and she lived in Mornington avenue, at number 4 – opposite me at number 5a – which is how I got involved in the first place. She used to use the Brickfield for cubs. The Brickfield is the only open space that the scouts can do the parts of their organisation’s programme, including: ball games, compass work and teaching tent pitching.” Narrator: Continue down the side of the park to the shady corner with the large trees, next to the Nursery. At the Green lane entrance to the Park, by the Large Oak in the Neighbour’s garden. Stop 10 – Of Podger’s Laundry, Raglan School sports day and Seagull Roost . 1925 St Lukes Bromley-Common thanks to Chatterton Road History Society Narrator: Look towards the opposite side of the park, where you can see the spire of St Luke’s church, Bromley Common – behind the trees in the corner. The park is in the parish of St Luke’s. Henry Podger’s Laundry, rebuilt 1884. Phone 2020-11-07. Homesdale Road in 1910, with Henry Podger’s laundry in the centre. Narrator: On Homesdale Road, just past the Gas Works, is a brick industrial building. It is not a coincidence that this is over where the Blackbrook, or Ravensbourne West ‘river’ crosses Homesdale Road. It was built by Henry Podger, who was the son of a farmer, who, on hard times, was convicted of thieving from his employer in 1842. In Henry’s early years, he worked at Woolwich Arsenal, and then set up a laundry business here in 1864, using the stream’s water until mains water arrived. Henry Podger is described as a real “Rags to Riches” story, and was so successful that he opened 3 shops in Bromley, and specialised in difficult items such as hat plumes and furniture, using machinery that he designed himself – including the first collar ironing machine, which was shown at the International Health Exhibition in 1884. The current building was rebuilt after a fire in 1886. The laundry employed many local people until the 1920s. Until the 1980s, the field was used by the local School, Raglan Road Primary. Marissa’s memory, narrated by Jo: “The brickfield was already a grassed playing field when I moved here in 1959, but the lady down the road, who had moved in 8 years earlier remembered it being grassed over. The work was done by the contractors, the Macintoshes. I was told that in the war there were two big guns (anti-aircraft) in there as it was a very big pit. And, there was half a house left (from the WW2 bombing) at number 43 (Havelock Road) with all the children playing in it. Every year at the end of the year, Raglan school would have a sports day on the brickfield, and my Maurizia was the champion running one year. At the weekend, the Raglan boys used to come and play football with the teacher. We used to go there in the evening as a family and play tennis and badminton. My Maurice would never allow us to picnic on the other side of the field, it had to be in our corner. The Brickfield was left to the children of Raglan Road School, and the council was to look after it on their behalf.” Gulls roost on Havelock Rec Narrator: In recent years – since about 2016 – the park has been used, as a roost for the Herring gulls and Black headed gulls, who forage at the waste transfer station at Waldo Road. Before the gulls arrived, there had been a large flock of hundreds of carrion crows, who had supplemented their rubbish diet with the local song birds. As the Herring gulls have moved the crows on, song birds have recovered in the park and local gardens. Continue along the edge of the park, round the corner, and down the side. This part of the park is over the deepest part of the pits; the map shows 3 tiers of slopes to the bottom of the pit. Though trees have trouble growing along this side, the wildflowers do well and at the right time of year you can have yellow drifts of birds-foot trefoil or pink drifts of field bindweed. Pink field bindweed drifts on Havelock Rec Posted in Audio Tour Transcript Page documents Virtual & Audio Memory Tour \| Tagged Audio-tour-transcript-page Virtual-Audio-Tour-With-Memories At the first small bench along the chain-link fence. Stop 9 – Of Gas works, and selling coke & Bonfire competition. View Havelock Rec from a little bench by the chain linked fence Narrator: The green lane behind the fence goes through to Waldo Road, and dates from when this was the brickworks. Retort House at the Town Gas works on Old Kent Road. From Getty Images. 1879 Robinson Latter, clerk to the Local Board, holding brick foundation stone for the new Retort House Peter’s memory read by Tony: “In one place was a large mound where the lorries from the gasworks sometimes used to come and tip the clinker and by-products from the gas works. Often the local lads used to go and collect bits of coal and coke. It earned quite a few of us a fair bit of pocket money. And then they would tip a tanker of a creosote like product from the local gas works. It lay in the ground like tar. Many a kid had a good hiding after going home with it on your boots, since, after a couple of days the soles of your boots just fell off.” Jo: The Gas Works were further up Homesdale road and produced Town Gas. This was quite a large site, part of which is now occupied by Tesco, though the site went all the way back to Liddon Road. Until 2018 it contained two huge gas monitors, and when the central European starlings migrate here in the winter to join the local starlings, the monitors provided a huge roost of them. Peter’s memory read by Tony: “The coke from the gas works? It was regular pocket money for a lot of us. My dad made me a purpose-built barrow that took 28lbs of broken coke (that is what you had to ask for when queuing at the window in the gas works). From memory you could get: a small coke; or a broken coke which was larger lumps; and then boiler nuts (they were a form of compressed coal dust and something else) they were the most expensive and burned very hot. A Lister truck as used at the Gas Works 1920s constructing newer gas monitor on Homesdale Road The Gas Works was I believe run by a Mr Skudder who lived in a house just inside the Main Gate and the ticket windows were further along on the left. You bought your ticket and one of the prisoners of war would take you with your barrow under the hopper and dispensed your measured amount. They, the POWs, would be all over the place driving low trucks called Lister trucks.” 1960s children and bonfire “Among the rubble there was a constant supply of asbestos sheets that when thrown on any of the numerous bonfires resulted in loud explosions. Be assured I am in no way fantasising or exaggerating.” Anonymous ladies’ memory, ready by Sandra: We used to have a big bonfire and fireworks on the field for a number of years… Peter’s memory read by Tony: “Every November the competition to build the largest bonfire caused many a fight as it was almost a nightly job to nick stuff from anywhere you could find. There was always a large one near the Walwyn road entrance.” Narrator: Continue along the edge of the park to the next entrance to the Green Lane where our neighbours have a large oak tree. At the Walwyn Road entrance to the Park. Stop 8 – Of a watchman and kids hitching a lift on the back of the dustcarts. Sledgers on Havelock Rec, thanks to Andy Narrator: The slope at this end of the dip is the best sledging slope for a long way, and safe enough for small children to enjoy. On snow days, the park is busy, with long queues to take a turn on sledging down! Narrator: Here are some more recollections about the rubbish being dumped in the pit here. Locals say it was 60 feet deep (that’s about twice the height of house) so it took a few years to fill up: Peter’s memories: “There were large Horses and their tip Up two wheeled carts that used to tip in to the brickfield. They were stabled in Old Homesdale Road at Mackintosh’s Yard, where there was a Night Watchman during the war, he was Mr Jerry Hodder from Waldo Road. He would sometimes roast a potato for us in his fire.” Horse drawn two wheeled dustcart. Narrated by Phil: At that time, most pupils attended Raglan Road until they were 14, and some of their lessons, were in one of the school extensions, down a track behind the Hayes Lane Baptist chapel (now a pupil referral centre). Children were not given much time to loiter before having to be back to the main buildings for their next lesson (or registration at 4pm), and one local resident, Reg, told us that if one of the horse-drawn rubbish carts was coming up the hill, he and his friend would run out – without the driver spotting them – and hang on the back of the cart. Reg continued: Reg’s memory read by David: “Sometimes, when they got to the main road, a public-spirited soul would tell the driver that the poor horse had two hangers-on at the back and they would have to jump off. Other times they would get a lift all the way to the Havelock Road entrance to the dump and then they only had one road to walk back down.” Reg in 2018. Narrator: Continue round the park perimeter, parallel along the line of the chain link fence to the green lane. At the south end of the Dip. Stop 7 – Of the rubbish-dump adventure playground. The dip in Havelock Rec in sunset light Narrator: Our older residents remember that there was a model railway manufacturer on Homesdale Road: Reg’s memory read by David: “I would look through the rubbish, with the other lads, that was discarded from the little model railway factory – it was where Excel house now stands by the railway, on the corner between Homesdale and Godwin Roads – in the hopes of adding to their own railway sets (or selling re-usable parts).” 1948 Graham Farish stand at exhibition 1952 Graham Farish model railway advert Peter’s memory read by Tony: “The Model Railway Factory was located at the top of Homesdale but on the Main Road and was called Graham Farish. They are still in production and are at the top end both in quality and price. There is a stockist near me in East Grinstead called Martells.” .Jane’s memory read by Jo: “My husband’s family sold the brickfield – we think late 1920s – have papers from buying not selling. Have some anecdotal stuff – not least mires with cart horses dead in them…” Jane in 2015. Narrator: Continue along the edge of the vegetation and you will reach another entrance to the park at the end of a wire fence and green lane. Cow Parsley flowers in the Dip Havelock Rec At the north end of the Dip. Frosty Havelock Rec at Walwyn Road entrance Narrator: The lower ground to our north is what we call ‘The Dip’. This part of the park was, in the pre-1860s, a smaller brick pit. In those days, clay for brick making was dug from the nearest suitable field, dotting the landscape around here with little pits. Jo: Although war time was a traumatic experience for the grown-ups, children have better memories of the playtime opportunities of a rubbish dump in the pre-health and safety era… Boys Making a ‘den’ amid the rubble of war, London, from YesterdayRemembered post by D.Shotifield Boys playing on Havelock Rec in the evening light (2020-11-24) Reg’s memory read by David: “When I was a boy, I used to cut across the brickfield and through all the piles of dumped rubbish, as my family lived in Cannon Road, and I attended Raglan Road school.” Peter’s memory read by Tony: “To younger kids it was the most fantastic playground you could ever imagine, with new material being tipped there on a daily basis! Many of the kids camps were either in the huge patches of Burdock, that used to grow there, or the older ones made quite large more permanent structures out of the abundance of water tanks. And, “God Help You” if you ever went near or touched a camp belonging to another street.” Phil narrates: The “Last Input” from the Gas Board was in 1950, and their licence was to use the Brick-pit as a landfill site for “Inert, Industrial and Household waste”. Narrator: Now follow the edge of the vegetation, around the park to the next stop (about half way along). Posted on January 30, 2021 by Kerry Hood At the large Sycamore Tree Stop 5 – Of the Crooked Billet, memories of Seeding Grass and steaming hot tip 1940 tinted photo of bomb damage in Havelock Road Narrator: If you look to your left, between the houses, you can see the spire of St George’s church; the 1865 extravagant and classy centrepiece of the villa park, created in Bickley, by a George Wythes Esq. He was an eminent railway constructor who had made a fortune, in Essex and India, and then bought part of the manor of Bromley. He laid out an estate of high-quality suburban villas for the well-to-do city workers. Another mile beyond that is a pub called the Crooked Billet. St Georges church, Bickley, built for George Wythes. View in the evening light, of St Georges Bickley, across frosty Havelock Rec Narrator: The smaller of these two trees is an Aspen, often called quaking Aspen because their leaves tremble in the slightest breeze. This is because the stalks are long and flattened. Trembling leaves on the Aspen Tree in Havelock Rec A pile of rafter and debris is all that remained of the Crooked Billet public house Rebecca: Bromley (and surrounding areas), were in the direct line to London for V1 and V2 rockets. The Crooked Billet was rebuilt on the site of one of the earliest V2 rocket explosions, on the 19th November, 1944. V2 rockets were launched into space and fell silently and vertically on their targets, so the pub and it’s customers – the pub was full at the time – had no warning. There was only wreckage left of the pub, and neighbouring houses were left gutted. 27 people were killed outright, and many others injured. Jo, reading the memories of Mrs T Coombes, daughter of J. Pepper (Headmaster of Raglan Road Junior School 1941-59 and previously master in Senior Boys) in Raglan School’s Centenary 1889-1989. Something I shall always associate with wartime is seeding grass – it grew along every pavement and at the bottom of every fence. This contributed to the general air of shabbiness in the streets. The houses mostly had peeling paint, gates leaned on their hinges or were propped open, and windows were obscured by sticky netting or replacement parchment, or were blacked out with old lino or impenetrable dark air raid curtains. Jo, continuing: . The disused brickfield behind Havelock Road, which was used as a tip for industrial and household rubbish, was an irresistible adventure playground. We called it the Brickie and would sometimes wander there at lunch break and scramble about through the rubbish via little pathways, having to take care to avoid the more unpleasant patches. Raglan Road Senior Boys school in 1902 Andrew, reading a memory from an Anonymous gentleman: Beneath the park is rubbish from derelict bomb sites during the war. It was always steaming hot. Some parts of the Rec sink (because of this) so it was deemed unfit to build on – I don’t know if the powers that be still know about this – heaven help us if they built on this ground and it started to sink! I thought I should tell you the history of this land as there are not many of us left in the road to tell this story Narrator: Continue clock-wise along the perimeter of the park, but stay on the level without going down the slope. At the Homesdale Road entrance to the park. Stop 4 – Of WW2, Thornet Wood, Arthur’s Incendiary and the Johnson Road crash. View of the rear of Havelock Road from the park (2020-01-20) Narrator: If you turn and look back at the rear of the houses along Havelock road, you can see the terrace is interrupted by a block of flats. Rebecca: In WW2 this area suffered badly from the bombing. Each of the two blocks of flats in Havelock Road mark the sites of houses destroyed by German bombs. The houses from 25 to 41 Havelock Road was demolished by an Aerial Mine, which was more destructive as it detonated above the ground. Jo: In Jubilee Country Park, you can see the concrete circles marking the site of the Thornet Wood Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery. It was one of a defensive ring of gun sites encircling London during the War. There were 8 big guns and rows of huts for the reserve unit 71st London Regiment that manned the battery. Thornet Wood Heavy Battery gun emplacements in 1941, thanks to Friends of Jubilee Country Park. ARP warden with Incendiary Bomb in WW2 Narrator: ‘One day, when we were playing in the Brickie, one of the ARP wardens approached us boys. He told us “For God’s sake don’t do what I’m going to do” and he took an incendiary bomb he was carrying and lobbed it into the pit. It exploded with a blinding flash of white light, and the warden told us “that could have been you”. I can tell you, it fair put the wind up us…!’ Arthur Sheppeck in 2015. Narrator: Bromley is not far, as the crow flies, from the ww2 fighter station of RAF Biggin Hill, and with the anti-aircraft stationed locally as well, so it didn’t just suffer from not the bombs… Sandra: On November 9th, 1940, a German Heinkel bomber was shot down by anti-aircraft fire, and it crashed on Johnson Road (half a mile to the south of here), demolishing 2 houses and killing one of the residents. Removing unexploded bombs, Johnson Road. Thanks to Brinley Hawkins. November 10th 1940 Heinkel bomber shot down on Johnson Rd The bomber still had 30 live bombs on board, which had to be removed carefully by hand to the open space of Bromley Common and defused, by three service men who were awarded George Medals for their bravery. Jo: From the bombers crew, only the navigator survived; he was arrested when his parachuted into a field near Sundridge Park. If you’re interested, there’s lots more detail on the Chatterton History Society website. Tony reads Peter’s memory: “One particular occasion was when a large general store in the market square was bombed, much of the rubble was also tipped over there (the brick pit). Some of the local Mums soon spent some time over there recovering molten bars of soap and other items.” April 16th, 1941. The bombed out Dunns furniture store Narrator: Continue clockwise around the edge of the park until you reach a large Sycamore tree on your left. Misty view down Raglan Avenue from the Homesdale Road entrance to the Park. Down Raglan Avenue, just before the bend. Stop 3 – Of brick-workers houses, and the brick-pit of J.J. Peill. Peills Pit in 1924 when it was being worked. Note geologist J. Rhodes, and wheelbarrow. At the top is the chalk pile along where Bourne Road is now. Narrator: You might have noticed the long grass on the left as you came down the path. This is our meadow area, where the grass is only cut once a year, to encourage weeds – no I mean wild flowers – to grow. Even in the first summer, we noticed butterflies that had never been there before. Essex skipper in the meadow area of the park Small white butterfly on a dandelion in the park’s meadow Meadow Brown Butterfly in the meadow area Male Gatekeeper butterfly on bindweed Phil: Now look back the way you came, and you can see the rear of the Victorian terrace houses of Havelock Road. When you get to stop 9 you can look back and see how similar they all are. The houses on Havelock road are older than the surrounding streets, and they were built for the brick workers. You can see the supervisor’s house, with the extra storey at the top (on the right-hand side of the Havelock Road entrance). View of the terraced houses of Havelock Road Jo: It is unlikely that these houses were built with the pit’s more expensive kiln-fired bricks. Normally workers housing had cheaper bricks make in a clamp in the middle of the road; This process produces a large number of over-cooked burnt bricks and under-fired bricks, which were then used for interior walls. Houses in Havelock Road have these over-fired and fragmentary bricks for the inside walls. Overfired bricks in a local wall on Masons Hill, fashionable in the early part of C20. Victorian brickmakers building a clamp to fire bricks Narrator: The photos in the British Geologic Survey’s archive, taken in 1924, noted that the pit produced ‘white’ bricks from a huge pile of chalk at the Bourne Road side of the site. The white bricks can be seen fronting the more up-market terraces along Southlands Road. Tinted photo of Peill’s Brick pit now Havelock Rec with the houses on the SE end of Bourne Road in the background. Peills Pit in 1924 when it was being worked. Note geologist J. Rhodes, and wheelbarrow. Sand Martin nesting holes in the Blackheath beds Even bedded sands and gravels of the Blackheath beds Sandra: Eventually they had dug all the clay out of the pit, and then started extracting the sands and gravels of the Blackheath beds underneath. Narrator: Brick workers were known as a rough bunch, and apparently no Friday night was complete without a hullabaloo and fight on Havelock Road ! Narrator: Continue down the made path until you reach the Homesdale Road entrance way and the next stop. Misty view of Raglan Avenue	cc/2023-06/en_middle_0041.json.gz/line33
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__label__cc	0.500963	0.499037	Octoling !hpSHZaglII Generically-titled Fire Emblem(...) 09/22/15(Tue)18:59:46 No.42671474 File: ITCONTINUES.jpg (236 KB, 1135x704) Generically-titled Fire Emblem Quest #36 Octoling !hpSHZaglII 09/22/15(Tue)18:59:46 No.42671474 >You are a villager girl named Ellen from a small village in the nation of Neir, on the continent of Teege. As a member of the local militia/guard, you were trained in swordplay. Your fighting style is best compared to the hero class, though you're officially considered a knight of Neir. >Your particular goal in a given thread changes often, but at the moment the overarching plot involves the impending war with Dain, as it and its allies start to take action. >The questmasters are Octoling (myself), and Grandflaw. There's no particular rhyme or reason to who posts when, and sometimes one of us might not appear all. >Character Death is always a possibility (this is Fire Emblem after all), but your actions can very easily influence who lives and who dies. >Voting periods will last an average of ten to fifteen minutes, but this may be increased, decreased, or generally changed at any given moment based on voter turnout. >The previous threads are archived on suptg. A link to the most recent (coupled with summary and a list of characters) is pasted http://pastebin.com/jwWMAU7C >Our update twitter is https://twitter.com/qmgrandflocto and you can shoot us questions at http://ask.fm/qmgrandflocto >An up-to-date link to all threads currently archived: http://pastebin.com/Q77ts75m 09/22/15(Tue)19:05:22 No.42671567 Octoling !hpSHZaglII 09/22/15(Tue)19:05:22 No.42671567 Your perspective returns to the wretched seas of Ulir, where a betrayal is afoot on the very ship that was supposed to transport the Great Miles and Mage General into the archipelago proper. Captain Nalon, a trusted subleader of Arvo's pirate-mercenaries, has had a change of heart and taken to aiding Durvan alongside a significant fraction of her boss' fleet. The Great Miles, Mage General, and her aides are stuck on a boat no one expected to be hostile towards them, and Arvo sent aid too late to prevent violence from ensuing. Asra was wounded, thankfully nonfatally, by the captain herself, interrupting a duel between her and the Mage General. Who are you in this conflict, though? >A. You are Miles, the eponymous leader of the mercenary company in question. (Sage) >B. You are Bryce, a member of the Great Miles known for his bravado and odd hairstyle. (Bard) >C. You are Yancy, an aide of the Mage General and the brother of the knight Biff. (Shaman) >D. You are Maria, an aide of the Mage General and occasional diplomat with a history with Noban nobility. (Bishop) >E. You are Michalis, a young (by dragon standards) manakete grateful to the Great Miles and unofficial member. (Fire Dragon) >F. You are Lyra, having been called back to the homeland you fled in order to fulfill a debt with the ones who got you out to begin with (not with the rest of the B-plot team at the moment, but will meet up with them shortly). (Bard) >G. You are none of these people! You're Ellen, all the way back in Cord! You have no way of influencing this! (skip/put off the subplot) Also, er. 20 minutes because big opening decision. Anonymous 09/22/15(Tue)19:24:02 No.42671829 I've been waiting for this Fuck all that, let's go myrmidon. You run your hands along your sick pomp, and the sage and bishop you've dedicated your life to feel invigorated as a discordant noise fills the air. You decide to that this scene is best accompanied by a bit of music, using your inherent magical abilities to this very important use. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APmHVQQh7S0 At the very least, the pirates are momentarily distracted by the impromptu appearance of music, while your friends are used to this sort of thing happening by now. A pirate is blasted to his demise by a rather weak wind spell from a very skilled sage. Michalis, not wanting to risk sinking this thing by breathing death upon it, simply flies above everyone else, trying to stay out of the way. >A. This is fine >B. Encourage him to transform anyway >C. Take a more physical approach to things (you currently have no weapons) >D. Write-in Dragons are scary. He can hang around abd intimidate people. Also burn other pirate ships File: FireDragonDSIcon.png (4 KB, 72x71) 4 KB PNG "Look, Mike! Dragons scare the shit outta people! Just don't do anything that'll take the ship down!" You can vaguely see the manakete nod, shifting in midair and landing on the deck with a thud. He shoots some fire in the air at nothing in particular to continue intimidating the pirates without actually burning anything important. One fellow's knee-jerk reaction is to aim his bow at your companion, confident that Miles and Devon are too distracted. He also doesn't pay you mind, a mistake he pays for when you grab him and toss him overboard. You figure he's dead by the time he hits the water, by the way he hits the outside of the ship on the way down. "Anyone ELSE wanna try anything?" You shout as you crack your knuckles, standing next to the roaring Michalis as he steps on the one myrmidon that felt like she should try anything. The rest handily drop their weapons, morale effectively killed in an instant. "Now that that's taken care of," Miles says, "I think Michalis and I can keep track of things up here. The rest of our allies are still belowdecks, so would you two be willing to help secure things down there?" >A. Right away >B. Have Miles go down while you wait up here >C. You can handle it alone >D. Michalis has got this. Miles, come with us >E. Write-in You agree and head down with your friend. Devon looks about ready to wretch again for a moment, prompting you to stop your descent and ask, "you sure you've got this?" She gulps and nods, standing up again. "Yeah, just... Been really weird-feeling the last few days. Nothing's wrong with me, though. I can handle slinging some spells and healing!" >A. If you say so >B. Gonna have to stop you >C. Reluctantly agree. You're not that helpful alone >D. Write-in dialogue? >Go send Miles down instead. Actually switchin to If one of our allies is hurt she might be needed "Urgh... Fine, but don't push yourself or get hurt or anything. You know I'm like a brick wall, so don't try any heroic sacrifice crap. 'specially not when there's two of you." "What're you saying, Bryce?" Devon sounds curious. "C'mon, not like you to be dense. You of all people should know what the deal is." Devon sighs. "I know, but... I would rather people not know just yet. Now really isn't the time to be worrying about that. If word gets to Miles, he'd probably get so protective we couldn't get anything else done, especially after Tordo. Just... Keep this quiet until I'm ready to tell everyone." "Your call, Devon. Just... Take care of yourself, even just for your own sake." Shortly afterwards, you and Devon come across Yancy and Maria, apparently cornered by pirates. You overhear the voice of that, uh... Maple, you think that pirate girl with the sisters' name was, shouting orders from the front of the crowd closing in. >A. Go around them and look for the Mage General/Asra >B. Be loud and distract the crowd >C. Attack! >D. Write-in? Laaaadies Octo what spells/songs do we have? Or do we just play music Music, reinvigorating, and straight intimidating/attacking/impressing people with Bryce's rippling physique. File: bandittwin2.gif (1 KB, 96x74) 1 KB GIF "Hey!" You cry out, catching the attention of the crowd as you indicate that Devon ought move back a ways. You make sure to show off your muscles to the crowd, a few enough of whom were caught off-guard that, as Maple shouts out, "Dammit, Cough, you and Honey ruined the Triangle attack! Was the eye candy worth it?" Most of the people distracted by your move just straight-up started running for you with intent to quite literally chisel your physique. You're light enough on your feet and able to make a big enough scene to keep their attention off of Devon, however, and you overhear Maple in particular crying out before being silenced, collapsing to the ground in an unconscious state. As you glance over, you see a sphere of Dark Magic quite literally flying out of her and into Yancy. "Nosferatu, if only I'd have brought you when I lost my arm..." "M-Maple?!" The younger sisters of the fallen pirate cry out in shock before rushing at Yancy... And being pretty handily blasted by an apologetic Maria's light magic. Meanwhile, your assailants are kept from being too hot to handle by Devon, and soon enough the four of you are able to turn things around. "Wait, wait, on everyone's behalf... Uncle!" One of the chefs (Eli, right?) cries out. The others seem to respect his declaration. >A. Ask him something (specify) >B. Let someone else do the talking >C. Write-in? Bah, forgot to mention that Bryce started this before going full distraction mode. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7UeuCGCBOA&feature=youtu.be Also, chain them up if there's anything to restrain them with You let the woman with actual diplomatic experience to do the talking, allowing Maria to talk things out. "There's... Not all that many of us dead," Eli says, "but a lot of us are hurt, and those who've been lost... Look, we're all doing this on Captain Nalon's order. She's the one who decided Durvan would be a better bet!" "Sorry to do this, but... Aside from those of you necessary to operate the ship, we'll need to at least capture you." Eli nods. "I understand, just. Arvo's probably found out what we've done by now, so we're as good as dead anyway. We're not going back to his side." >A. Seek out the Captain >B. Stick around and help secure the traitors Come Devon "You two got this?" Yancy nods as most of the surviving pirates are disarmed and led to the brig. Devon was kind enough to heal up those of them who were nonfatally wounded in the meantime, an action which led to Maria following suit. "Then, uh, since word is the Captain's still not gotten the memo that she's lost..." You and Devon hurry over to Nalon's quarters/office, and you throw open the door to the sight of so much upturned furniture, some of which is very slightly scorched by the few fireballs the Mage General was willing to toss. a bow lies broken on the floor near a sword embedded in it. Behind a desk, Asra is lying unconscious (and looking like she's just been bruised up something fierce, perhaps barely saved?), and on the other side of the room, Nalon keeps taking swings with her axe at the Mage General, who clutches a bloody arm as she keeps throwing wind blasts. The pirate captain is looking... Significantly worse for wear by now, and yet she keeps going. You get the feeling Corneria could have ended this long ago if she wasn't so overly-cautious about the boat, but she can't exactly terrify people by turning into a dragon. >A. Attack Nalon >B. Get Asra out of there >C. Let Corneria handle this. She'll finish up eventually >>B. Get Asra out of there You waste no time hauling ass over to Asra, pulling her out of there to find a lack of Devon where you left her. Predictably, she ran in to heal the Mage General, but at the very least, this leaves Nalon good and distracted now that yet another healer has entered the midst... Causing Corneria to throw a well-aimed Fire spell at her feet. "Hrg... Why are you guys supporting them, anyway? Durvan's right, the Dory family is an evil lot!" "You clearly know nothing of the Dain Empire your own leader allies with. They've made an enemy of Heim, and as its leader, it would be foolish of me to allow them to have such sway over this archipelago." "Heh... See, this is why I'm a pirate, not a politician. I really don't give a shit." Corneria sighs. "Thank you for healing me." With some effort, she pulls her sword from the floor, sheathing it. "The rest of her guys have surrendered." "What? Those yellow-bellies! Look how we outnumber you!" Nalon bellows. "Then it's safe for us to take some time to talk, then? Go on, get Asra somewhere she can more comfortably rest. I'm going to have a bit of a conversation with Captain Nalon." >A. Bring Asra to Miles >B. Bring Asra to the quarters you were shown earlier >D. Refuse? >>A. Bring Asra to Miles "Alright, Devon, think you can keep healing while we're walking? Asra's in alright condition right now, but could be way better." "Of course." Devon puts her mend staff to work as you walk, fending off probable morning sickness once more in the meantime. Asra wakes up soon afterwards, somewhat surprised she's still alive, but not at all displeased by this fact, and in time you happen across a boat much larger, better-equipped than that of Nalon's. At this point, most of the crew of Nalon's ship has been captured safely, and upon sighting a ship thought to belong to Captain Arvo, your own ride slowed down. True enough, the ship's apparent captain, a tall, pale, burly bald fellow who, bar his complete lack of hair, also looks exceptionally "archetypical pirate captain." "Captain Arvo's mercenary forces are the top enforcers for the Dory family," Miles reiterated slightly earlier, "so unlike his subordinate, I doubt he'll turn on us." You're all welcomed aboard relatively quickly as some of his own pirates look around Nalon's ship. >A. Say something to this captain >B. Silently observe the situation >C. Get some goddamn rest >>B. Silently observe the situation File: PirateGBAIcon.gif (2 KB, 76x71) You simply stand around and look imposing. "So, Miles, I don't see Laurina around? She bite the dust?" Miles shakes his head. "She wasn't all too willing to fight against her father, so she respectfully left the company. "Ah.So you say they're all bein' held belowdeck?" Arvo asks the mage general, presumably about Nalon's treacherous crew. Corneria nods. "Most of them, the captain included, are still alive." "I... See. Well, it's within my rights to address my own underlings, ain't it? Even if they've turned coat, I think I would like a moment to find out why, hear it from 'erself." Nobody has much reason to object, of course, and so Arvo heads onto Nalon's ship with a few of his own men. >A. Talk to one of your friends (specify) >B. Talk to the Mage General >C. Speak to Yancy and/or Maria >D. Follow Arvo. No harm in it, right? >>C. Speak to Yancy and/or Maria Let's see how they're holding up. Sounds good to me. You check up on Corneria's aides. "Do you think you'll visit Noba when the Great Miles return?" "I... Don't know. It's been years, and... I honestly don't feel right seeing Phia again after I got her brother killed." Yancy frowns, taking her hand with his one remaining one. "That wasn't your fault. He's the one who insisted on leading you all on that suicide mission." "I know, but..." "Listen, dear, I'm not pressuring you. I was simply asking, telling you that Phia wouldn't even need to forgive you in the first place." Maria nods. "Regardless, we... Have our duties to General Corneria, and I wouldn't be able to do it without you. We can't just... Take off after we've finished here." >A. Stay out of this >B. Call it diplomacy >C. Yeah, just stay with your boss >D. Write-in dialogue >>B. Call it diplomacy "Call it diplomacy, then. Miles is gonna try to work Noba when he's back with his birthright, and having representatives of Heim at the ready could make it all the easier to keep 'em from truly falling into the hands of the empire." "That is... Certainly a way to look at it," Yancy says with a grin. "Should we ask the Mage General about it, Maria?" Maria closes her eyes in thought for a moment before responding, "I... suppose so. As long as we were allowed to, it might actually be a very good idea, in fact." "Alright, then. What say you we go and figure out a way to word it?" Maria nods, and she and Yancy walk off, still discussing things. A short while later, you spot Asra running off of Nalon's ship, followed a few moments later by Arvo and some more of his guys, carrying several things around. "We found this really ornate lance onboard... This you guys'?" "Sort of," you say, "it belongs to the house of Phile in Noba, but we've been holding onto it since recovering it." "Ah," Arvo says, "so this 'ere's the Dveand lance..." "Yeah, so be careful with it." Arvo nods. "We should... Probably be settin' sail soon. Make it to the Central Island in no time flat, we will." >A. What about Nalon's crew? >B. Don't say anything >C. Write-in dialogue >>A. What about Nalon's crew? >A. What about Nalon's crew You'd better not steal it Arvo File: BerserkerGBAIcon.gif (2 KB, 76x71) "Hey, none of Nalon's crew's been brought onboard. What're you planning on doin' about them?" Asra looks pensive for a moment before Arvo responds, "don't ya worry, mate. I've arranged for somethin' already. Ya don't get to be this big without bein' thorough. Havin' a buncha prisoners onboard who used to be our mates just kills morale, you see, so someone else should be around for 'em in a bit." Before much more can be said, Nalon's ship is unboarded, and Arvo's continues Southward. >A. Ask Asra what's wrong >B. Get some freakin' rest >C. Be somebody else? (any member of Corneria's party or a return to Ellen) >>C. Be somebody else? (any member of Corneria's party or a return to Ellen) Asra, we've been robbed of being her for a while. I really like playing Asra. I'll back that The perspective shifts to Asra as Bryce pulls you aside. No longer under the control of compelling voices from sources unknown, he still asks, "hey, Asra, what's the problem? I've never seen you... Outwardly emote." Whispering, you tell your large friend, "Captain Arvo is... a vile man. I would like to kill him." >character limit, continued in next post You don't normally care either way about whether you have to kill someone or not, whatever your personal opinion on them was, so Bryce is naturally shocked to hear you express bloodlust. "Yo, what the hell's that about?" He whispers, trying to keep things quiet. You sigh and explain just some of what you saw, being bad enough at words when it isn't a sight that leaves even you fazed. In short, you tell Bryce that most of Arvo's time onboard was spent rather cruelly torturing captain Nalon and her higher-ranking subordinates, sparing the details about how he got certain answers out of the crew. After that, he and his men made very special effort to leave them painfully and helplessly dying, citing to one of them that "another boatload of traitors is bound to find them eventually." (as a coincidence you would only find out awhile after you arrived on one of the islands, the ship was discovered by one of Arvo's number that had defected to Durvan-coincidentally transporting a band of mercenaries who were once rivals of the Great Miles, in the early years of the company. Also onboard was a woman who had only gotten out of the archipelago in the first place due to Captain Nalon, who felt she owed it to her friend to at least help coordinate the arrival of this one group. As for whether or not any of Nalon's crew survived... Not TOO much can be given away in these "you would later learns") "That is... The short version. I could go into detail if-" Bryce whispers back, more than just somewhat shocked, "look, though, that's... horrific, and I'm sure the long version's even worse, but... First off, we can't be whisperin' like this out in the open, and second off... what'd killin' him do?" >A. He's right >B. You still want to >C. Remain silent >D. Slip off like you always do >>A. He's right "I... know, but I would still like to." Without another word, you slip away from Bryce, finding an isolated-enough spot on the deck to look back towards Nalon's ship, staring silently for awhile. You wonder just what sort of people the Dory family are if they're employing this sort of monster. You miss Laurina a great deal, and wonder if she knew just what sort of person Arvo is. Could that have been another reason she was hesitant to come along? >A. Talk to Miles >B. Talk to Devon >C. Be alone with your thoughts >D. Talk to someone else (specify) >E. Explore Arvo's ship with no apparent aim >F. Write-in I don't trust this. What about this in particular? Not that anon, but what does he think of the Dories? Do they strike him as reputable people? This whole thing with miles family, arvon everything >>A. Talk to Miles Wanting to be certain you can be kept in check, and that he knows exactly what he's dealing with, you seek out Miles. "Asra, is... Everything alright? You look like you're on the verge of tears," with particular emphasis on "you." "I am... Facing a dilemma. Do you... Consider the Dory family reputable, first off." Miles sighs. "So even you were shaken by the darker side of the captain's dealings... The Dory family is... Well, you know the dealings of those with their hands deep in organized crime. It is... Ugly business, and they do not take kindly to betrayal, but the family treats their allies well, and securing their alliance, giving them a reason to depend on Neir and Heim, as opposed to continuing to leave the archipelago be could still be a first step in lessening their atrocity. If you're asking if we were set up or something of the sort... Well, we were, but I swear to you that Captain Arvo and his bosses had nothing to do with it. This is for the good of everyone who would otherwise be hurt by the Dain Empire making an ally of Ulir." >A. Tell him what you told Bryce >B. You need to lay down >D. Remain silent 09/23/15(Wed)00:04:17 No.42676997 Anonymous 09/23/15(Wed)00:04:17 No.42676997 Octoling !hpSHZaglII 09/23/15(Wed)00:14:49 No.42677218 You wind up pretty much repeating yourself about the incident you mentioned to Bryce, though Miles seems privy enough to the unsavory nature of your allies that you feel less of a need to spare him the details. "That is... A new low point for Captain Arvo, I admit, but... Please, moreso than ever, stay your blade in this context. Were Arvo to perish on his own ship... He's bound to wind up in a fight sometime while we're at sea, he's renowned for his violence, and odds are we'll still be close by when that occurs. Be... tasteful, in your timing." You blink. "Did you just." Miles sighs. "There have been... rumors about him for a long time, and you've confirmed them to me." You're fairly certain you've been granted permission to arrange for Captain Arvo's death next time he personally gets involved in a fight with an ally of Dain and Durvan, so long as it doesn't completely screw over the efforts of the Dories. >A. Thank him for his time >B. Go and lay down awhile >C. Slip away to silently wander >D. Speak to someone else? >E. Write-in action >>A. Thank him for his time Being very sneaky is fun! >>C. Slip away to silently wander A good assassin knows the value of rest. "Thank you for your time." Miles nods and you slip away again. By now, everyone is just used to this sort of behavior from you. You wander the ship awhile, wondering if there's anyone/anything interesting, but all of Arvo's crew seems so... Devoid of personality, compared to Nalon's. You ultimately just opt to call it a night, finding a nice, secluded spot to comfortably contort yourself into as opposed to actually laying down in bed. Though nothing comes of your paranoia, you don't trust the intended quarters provided by Arvo. You don't like being conflicted. The last time you were was when you left the Peshkatz Group. It was... Difficult, leaving the order that had raised you since before your birth (and even moreso with staying out and alive), but you couldn't bear to be a part of their number. >A. You didn't have anybody there anyway. Not like here and now. >B. You had to leave behind some people close to you. >C. You're not thinking about this. That's not your life. >>B. You had to leave behind some people close to you. Even then, where you came from, there were people you cared very much about. Bad people, you've increasingly had to remind yourself. People who didn't really care about you, merely pretended to value you while valuing you little more than as a disposable weapon and income source, raising you as such. To this day, you have difficulty actually... Growing as a person. You barely have any hobbies, unless you count creeping around, remnants of your training. You tell yourself you're most useful that way, that distracting yourself would put people more important than yourself at risk. It genuinely shocked you when, captured in the desert by one of your former faction, you weren't simply left to die. It would have made things much easier for your friends, and you had accepted that you would be killed for your failure to spot the man who captured you. After the incident with the door, you're surprised to be alive now. You struggle with self-worth, and from that, you show a general lack of fear of death. You'll avoid it while you can, of course, but you don't fear it. You wonder if anyone else can relate to this lack of self-regard, this concern only that your death would involve failing others. If anyone could think like that without an early lifetime of grooming. >A. Maybe... >B. You highly doubt that >C. You shouldn't be thinking about yourself this much Asra's kinda like Ellen in that regard huh? >>A. Maybe... Agreed? There... Must be someone, right? Yeah, you're certain you and fellow Peshkatz aren't the only ones with such disregard for themselves. You hope that they can foresee a future of anything besides dying for the good of others, after their purpose as an ally has been fulfilled. You recognize that this is not a good way to think, but this revelation just... Wholly dissociates from you. You keep thinking of yourself as lesser, you ACCEPT this unhealthy viewpoint. Regardless, you haven't felt so powerless since before you left your old life, as the ship of one of the vilest human beings you've ever met continues its travels, with the express intent of silencing a cause you've heard little bad about beyond "they're who we're fighting." >A. Put these thoughts out of your head and lay down >B. Perhaps it's time you reconsider your allegiances >C. No, you trust your friends more than anything >D. Berate yourself for these thoughts >>C. No, you trust your friends more than anything We got rescued! No, no, no, stop right there. The Great Miles company is... Everything you have. Betraying them like you almost entertained, that would be... You are completely certain you wouldn't be able to live with yourself. They're the reason you had... ANYTHING after you left the Peshkatz. You don't feel particularly up to punishing yourself for these thoughts, so you instead decide of your own accord to counter them as quickly as possible. You get up out of your spot and wander around awhile, looking for the woman you called your first ever genuine friend. You find Devon clutching herself, staring thoughtfully out to the sea. You stand by her side for awhile until she turns and notices you. "Oh, Asra! Is there something you-" You throw your arms around Devon suddenly. She's... Surprised at first, but returns the gesture, obviously aware that something is grievously the matter. "It's okay..." Devon whispers maternally, "whatever is wrong, it's... Going to be okay. You're a good person, you're an important person, and it's okay to be upset... You're valid, Asra." She is... A better judge of character than she lets on. >A. Ask what she thinks about everything going on >B. Remain silent >C. Slip away again >>B. Remain silent After you part, you don't say anything. Devon closes her eyes, speaking despite this. "I just... Want this chapter of our lives to be over. After this, we can... Return to Noba, help out without throwing everyone in danger, Miles and I can start a family... And you won't have to keep killing people. You can heal, Asra. We just... Have to make it through this last thing, and all of our lives can improve." You continue to remain silent, unable to really... Comprehend the idea of doing anything else. Maybe, though, when you all make it through this... Maybe you'll understand when this is all over. The campaign over the next few days is a horrifically unpleasant affair, though Captain Arvo falls in battle in the middle of a bit of Urban Warfare on the Western island, considered the stronghold for Durvan's resistance. The finer details of these fights, if told at all, will be told in the future, however. >To be continued next thread Thanks for playing, everyone. Wasn't expecting this one to get all contemplative and stuff, but it was a hell of a time to write. In my mind, better than the Bryce section, anyway (is it just me or did it fall really flat?). As always, update twitter is @qmgrandflocto. I'll be around to talk for awhile in-thread, but if I happen to miss your question/you neglect to ask it, feel free to send it through http://ask.fm/qmgrandflocto Thanks for running. I like Bryce but I am not a good Bryce. Asra is always fun though, and she's probably my third favorite under Ellen and Zoe Thanks for running as always. I did like seeing him fight in his own way but he doesn't seem to have much of a personality beyond 'flamboyant bard who likes his pompadour'. That's probably why it felt flat. Like the others had said. Thanks for running! Yeah, Bryce is cool, but he's not really the easiest character to be in an action-oriented chapter like his segment was. I'm rather fond of how every member of the Great Miles has turned out, really exceeded my expectations for them as supporting characters. Here's hoping that nothing bad happens to them. He's also supposed to have a really wary side/be fantastic under pressure, but it's not easy to highlight that when he's the POV character. Thanks for playing. This applies to the first two, too. DEATH FLAGS ABOUND~ So, what's going on with Ellen right now? More like "plot armor removal flags," but the essence is still there. No new developments of note with Ellen. Spending a lot of time with Zoe and the usual friend group as per... usual. That being said, the Cord Campaign as a whole is probably going to reach its climax soon. Prince Lars' current base of operations is in a place called Barst, and they probably all know that by now. Some extra preparations are being made now that they know there's a Paula around, though.	cc/2023-06/en_middle_0041.json.gz/line39
__label__wiki	0.84025	0.84025	Gabriel X. Michael/Chicago Patterns Before Edward Brennan developed the comprehensive 8 blocks-to-a-mile address system in 1909, Chicago street addresses were disorganized and confusing, being based on three distinct divisions of the city created by its surrounding waterways of the Chicago River, its branches, and Lake Michigan. Lake Street (the first street platted in the village of Chicago) was the city’s original dividing line between north and south but east and west designations depended on which side of the Chicago River and Lake Michigan you were located. Map of Chicago depicting pre-1909 numbering system based on divisions (Image courtesy of Forgotten Chicago) Chicago’s Address Numbering System Prior to 1909 Many of these pre-1909 original addresses still exist, preserved in stone or stained glass ornamentation on 19th-Century residential and industrial structures. I recently began discovering and recording these former addresses while biking through the West and Southwest sides of the city. Compared to speeding through neighborhoods in a car, this intimate method of traversing the city allowed me to notice these curious, overlooked artifacts of Chicago’s history. This article presents a portrait of these extant pre-1909 addresses and these beautiful historic buildings in their neighborhoods. Presented below are photographs of many pre-1909 examples, along with details of the building’s architectural style and any additional information recorded through the City of Chicago’s Historic Resources Survey (CHRS), completed in 1995. East Garfield Park 2743 West Warren Boulevard, formerly 742. A two-story two-flat Queen Anne greystone with original leaded-glass on first-story front window, constructed in 1889. Listed in the CHRS as a yellow-rated structure, indicating it is too altered for historical significance. 2754-2758 West Washington Boulevard, formerly 1149 – 1151. A three-story six-flat greystone with Romanesque and Neoclassical details, constructed in 1889. Listed in the CHRS as an orange-rated historically significant structure, with architects denoted as La Pointe & Hickok. Interestingly, the only other La Pointe and Hickok structure recorded in the CHRS is a few blocks east at 2545 West Washington, but has no remaining pre-1909 address. 2334 West Washington Boulevard, formerly 875. A single-family frame house with siding and original stained glass above front entrance and front window, constructed in 1889. Not listed in the CHRS. 3132 West Washington Boulevard, formerly 1371. A two-flat two-story greystone with Romanesque details, constructed in 1894. Not listed in the CHRS. A two-story two-flat greystone rowhouse with Romanesque and Gothic details, constructed in 1899. Listed in the CHRS as a yellow-rated structure, indicating it is too altered for historical significance. 3231 West Fulton Boulevard, formerly 1543. A three-story four-flat building with strong Gothic and Islamic/Middle Eastern details, constructed in 1894, demolished September 2013. Listed in CHRS as orange-rated historically-significant structure. 2750 West Wilcox Street, formerly 1199 A three-story three-flat greystone building with Queen Anne and Romanesque details, constructed in 1909. Not listed in the CHRS. Tri-Taylor 2308-2310 West Harrison Street, formerly 1077-1079 Entrance at 2310 West Harrison Street, formerly “1079.” Gabriel X. Michael/Chicago Patterns A two-story brick industrial building with Romanesque details, constructed in 1887. Not listed in the CHRS. Entrance at 2310 West Harrison Street, formerly “1079” 720 South Oakley Boulevard, formerly 367 A two-story two-flat brick Queen Anne rowhouse with original stained glass detail and decorative bracketed cornice, constructed in 1886. Listed in the CHRS as an “orange-rated” historically significant structure. West Town/Humboldt Park 2609 West Division Street, formerly 791 A three-story three-flat building with strong Gothic and Islamic/Middle Eastern details, constructed in 1894. Listed in CHRS as “orange-rated” historically-significant structure. North Lawndale and Little Village 1217 – 1219 South Fairfield Avenue, formerly 592 – 594. A three-story six-flat greystone with Romanesque and Neoclassical details, constructed in 1889. Listed in the CHRS as an “orange-rated” historically significant structure. 2702 West 24th Street, formerly 1145. A three-story three-flat Italianate building with stained glass transom above the original second-story double-door entrance, constructed in 1909. Not listed in the CHRS. City of Chicago Plan of Re-Numbering, 1909 [PDF] (Chicago History Museum) Old Addresses (Forgotten Chicago) Chicago Historic Resources Survey Posted in Garfield Park, Humboldt Park, North Lawndale, Pilsen, Tri-Taylor 3 responses to “19th-Century Chicago Addresses on the West Side” This story about the old address system is amazing! The yellow brick castle-like house was demolished on 9/11/13. It has a twin at 2609 W Division street, though the twin doesn’t appear to have an old address carved in the limestone. robert zavala says: great interesting story…I am at 2831 w.washington blvd and 2840 w.fulton st..was trying to get ideas for the front of the 2 greystones that would fit into their past Little Giant of Groveland Park Art Deco Treasure Chest: Daily News Building	cc/2023-06/en_middle_0041.json.gz/line40
__label__cc	0.577151	0.422849	Pilgrim Baptist Church and Kehilath Anshe Ma’ariv Synagogue Andi Marie Andi Marie/Chicago Patterns In order to learn about this landmark, we must first look back at the beginning of Kehilath Anshe Ma’ariv (K.A.M.). Founded in 1847, Congregation of the Men of the West K.A.M. Isaiah Israel is the oldest Jewish Congregation in Chicago. Photograph by Richard Nickel, image courtesy of School of the Art Institute of Chicago In 1890 Dankmar Adler & Louis Sullivan built K.A.M. Isaiah Temple at 3301 S. Indiana. The draftsman who prepared the drawings for this structure was a young Frank Lloyd Wright. The massive structure commanded attention as it stood on the corner of 33rd and Indiana. Photograph by Richard Nickel, image courtesy of School of the Art Institute of Chicago Adler Family Connection Dankmar Adler was a member of K.A.M. and his father Liebman Adler was the Rabbi of what was a large congregation. Involvement in synagogue brought the Adlers to Chicago: After Liebman Adler was named rabbi of Kehilath Anshe Ma’ariv Synagogue in Chicago in May 1861, the Adlers moved there. Dankmar Adler started to look for an architect’s job but this was cut short in July 1862, when he enlisted in Company M, First Regiment, of the Illinois Light Artillery to fight in the Civil War. He was involved in many battles from 1862 through 1864 and was also wounded. — Jewish Virtual Library In 1922, K.A.M. moved from Bronzeville to Kenwood. Pilgrim Baptist on Easter Sunday in 1941, photograph by Russell Lee That same year Pilgrim Baptist Church moved into the vacant structure. Under the direction of Thomas Dorsey, in a short time this church would become the birthplace of Gospel Music. Aretha Franklin, Reverend James Cleveland, Edwin Hawkins, Mahalia Jackson, Albertina Walker and The Staple Singers all came here to sing. A safe haven for African Americans migrating from the South to Chicago, Pilgrim Baptist was a pillar of hope for the community. Dr. Martin Luther King gave numerous sermons right here during the Civil Rights Movement. Photo from Jack Johnson’s funeral at Pilgrim Baptist Church, from 1994 issue of Ebony magazine Pilgrim also hosted the funeral of legendary heavyweight boxing champion Jack Johnson. After suffering in a car crash and later dying in a hospital in Raleigh, he was remembered at Pilgrim Baptist. He is now buried at Graceland Cemetery. Pilgrim Baptist today. John Morris/Chicago Patterns On Jan 6, 2006 there was a fire that destroyed much of the church. Roofers were doing repair work when a fire broke out. Many historical records and murals inside the church which were lost that day. John Morris/Chicago Patterns Today, there is a fence that surrounds the remaining three walls, and two of the sides are reinforced. There is no roof or back to this structure. Open for me the gates of righteousness, that I may enter through them to praise the Lord The words that remain over the front entrance still speak volumes. Interior photo, courtesy of School of the Art Institute of Chicago It’s hard to imagine what it may have looked like back in 1890, standing tall among a newly developing area. Rendering of how the rebuilt Pilgrim Baptist would look There seemed to be movement in 2011, when church leaders announced that they were going to begin the first phase of reconstruction. Unfortunately, the effort has not yet started, though there is an ongoing campaign to rebuild this historic landmark. The congregation is still working to raise resources and rebuild this historic landmark. References and further reading: The Music of Pilgrim Baptist Church (npr) Pilgrim Baptist Church – A Photo Tribute Pilgrim Baptist to be born again (Chicago Tribune) Posted in Bronzeville 11 responses to “Pilgrim Baptist Church and Kehilath Anshe Ma’ariv Synagogue” David Daruszka says: “Ousted Gov. Rod Blagojevich provoked controversy in 2006 when he promised to give a $1 million state grant to the historic Pilgrim Baptist Church in Chicago after a major fire. A politically connected private school housed at the church ended up getting the money, and Blagojevich’s attempt to spend more state money on the church’s office was held up by a lawsuit.” From the Chicago Tribune Cat Ellington says: Great Piece. Beautiful & Vivid Photos. Historical Facts; Well Researched. Professionalism Worthy Of Admiration. I Am A Native Southsider & Am Proud Of This Projection Of It. Good Job Chicago Patterns, Andi Marie & John Morris! Damn Good Work. – CE Thank you for your support Cat! Very much appreciated. Abena says: Love the story and images. Great work. Looking forward to more. My grandmother went to that church and knew Mahalia Jackson. I can only imagine being there listening to such gospel giants. How cool is that. Thank you Abena! I absolutely love your photography & reading your articles on Chicago Patterns! You’ve got an amazing eye for stunning photos & I love the historical background/ interpretation that you give with each article. I look forward to more breathtaking photos and historical tidbits! Keep up the good work! Thank you Allison for the awesome feedback. We at Chicago Patterns truly appreciate this! We also love bringing these little tidbits to life. Teneil says: The photo of the inscription on the church is absolutely breathtaking. It reminds me that although the building is incomplete the message from a higher power & those that believe is still very much intact. Thank you so much for capturing this for all of us to see! Teneil, I thought the same thing when I was there reading it. Such powerful heart tugging words. There is still a campaign to restore and rebuild Pilgrim Baptist Church. Thank you again for your kind words! Made my day. :D Janeen says: The photos are simply amazing!!!! Such detail. I’ve seen the church plenty of times, but what you capture in the photographer is breathtaking!!!!! Thank you J! From a Time Before the City: the ca. 1858 James Von Natta Farmhouse (UPDATED) Under Demolition: 2821 North Avers Avenue	cc/2023-06/en_middle_0041.json.gz/line41
__label__wiki	0.731491	0.731491	Photodissociation dynamics of halogenated aromatic... Formative period in the x-ray-induced photodissociation of organic molecules by: Kukk, E. Published: (2021) Selenium– and tellurium–halogen reagents by: Chivers, Tristram Published: (2019) Fragmentation of methanol molecules after core excitation and core ionization studied by negative-ion/positive-ion coincidence experiments by: Kivimäki, Antti Published: (2018) Air oxidized activated carbon catalyst for aerobic oxidative aromatizations of N-heterocycles by: Enders, Lukas Published: (2021) Aromatic borate anions and thiophene derivatives for sensor applications by: Alaviuhkola, Terhi Published: (2007) Pihlava, L., Niskanen, J., Kooser, K., Stråhlman, C., Maclot, S., Kivimäki, A., & Kukk, E. (2021). Photodissociation dynamics of halogenated aromatic molecules: The case of core-ionized tetrabromothiophene. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 23(37), 21249–21261. https://doi.org/10.1039/D1CP03097C Photodissociation dynamics of halogenated aromatic molecules : the case of core-ionized tetrabromothiophene Pihlava, Lassi1; Niskanen, Johannes1; Kooser, Kuno1,2; Stråhlman, Christian3; Maclot, Sylvain4; Kivimäki, Antti5,6; Kukk, Edwin1 1Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Turku, FI-20014 Turku, Finland 2Institute of Physics, University of Tartu, W. Ostwaldi 1, EE-50411 Tartu, Estonia 3Department of Materials Science and Applied Mathematics, Malmö University, SE-20506 Malmö, Sweden 4Department of Physics, Gothenburg University, Box 100, SE-40530 Gothenburg, Sweden 5MAX IV Laboratory, Lund University, SE-22100 Lund, Sweden 6Nano and Molecular Systems Research Unit, University of Oulu, FI-90570 Oulu, Finland http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi-fe202301112320 Royal Society of Chemistry, 2021 We studied the gas-phase photodissociation of a fully halogenated aromatic molecule, tetrabromothiophene, upon core–shell ionization by using synchrotron radiation and energy-resolved multiparticle coincidence spectroscopy. Photodynamics was initiated by the selective soft X-ray ionization of three elements — C, S, and Br — leading to the formation of dicationic states by Auger decay. From a detailed study of photodissociation upon Br 3d ionization, we formulate a general fragmentation scheme, where dissociation into neutral fragments and a pair of cations prevails, but dicationic species are also produced. We conclude that dicationic tetrabromothiophene typically undergoes deferred charge separation (with one of the ions being often Br⁺) that may be followed by secondary dissociation steps, depending on the available internal energy of the parent dication. Observations suggest that the ejection of neutral bromine atoms as the first step of deferred charge separation is a prevailing feature in dicationic dissociation, although sometimes in this step the C—Br bonds appear to remain intact and the thiophene ring is broken instead. Ionization-site-specific effects are observed particularly in doubly charged fragments and as large differences in the yields of the intact parent dication. We interpret these effects, using first-principles calculations and molecular dynamics simulations of core-hole states, as likely caused by the geometry changes during the core-hole lifetime. PCCP. Physical chemistry chemical physics ISSN-E: ISSN-L: 10.1039/d1cp03097c OADOI: https://oadoi.org/10.1039/d1cp03097c A1 Journal article – refereed 114 Physical sciences LP acknowledges financial support from The Vilho, Yrjö and Kalle Väisälä Foundation of the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters. JN acknowledges the Academy of Finland for funding via project 331234. SM acknowledges financial support from the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation and the COST Action CA18212 – Molecular Dynamics in the GAS phase (MD-GAS), supported by COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology). EK acknowledges funding by the Academy of Finland via project 295551. We acknowledge the MAX IV Laboratory for time on Beamline FinEstBeAMS under proposal 20190446. Research conducted at MAX IV, a Swedish national user facility, is supported by the Swedish Research Council under contract 2018-07152, the Swedish Governmental Agency for Innovation Systems under contract 2018-04969, and Formas under contract 2019-02496. © the Owner Societies 2021	cc/2023-06/en_middle_0041.json.gz/line47
__label__wiki	0.795902	0.795902	How Latitudes Become Forms Overview Exhibition Translocations: Online Work Translocal Channel: Streaming Media 24x7 ------------------------------------------- Performing Arts: Dance, Theater, Music Film + Video Lectures, Readings + Conversations New Ideas on Globalization Conference: Connecting Stories Forums ------------------------------------------- conTexts: the Catalog Bush Global Advisory Committee Credits spider!spider!spider!spider!spider!spider!spider!spider!spider!spider!spider!spider! TRANSLOCATIONS http://translocations.walkerart.org An online exhibition of network-based art from Brazil, China, Croatia, India, Japan, Mexico, Singapore, South Africa, Turkey, and the United States. . . . sarais were the typical spaces for a concrete translocality, with their own culture of custodial care, conviviality, and refuge. They also contributed to syncretic languages and ways of being. We would do well to emulate even in part aspects of this tradition in the new-media culture of today. --Shuddha Sengupta, Raqs Media Collective, Translocations "Think locally, act globally," artist and theorist Tetsuo Kogawa exhorts. Translocations explores notions of what constitutes the local in a globally networked environment. This is not simply a question of where the "trans-there" lies. If the nonspace of cyberspace can create the possibility of a diasporic community, united not by geography but by shared interests, what precisely is held in common? How do similarly worded ideas translate across cultures? Do the same mixes sound different depending upon where they are sampled? Is there the possibility of transcultures that are neither isolationist nor imperialistic? What is the public commons of digital intercourse? Translocations is a series of platforms--the physical, networked exhibition installation of Architecture for Temporary Autonomous Sarai; the streaming media platform of the Translocal Channel, which is programmed by a number of artist groups from around the world; and the platforms of individual artworks such as OPUS and Translation Map, which require the participation of viewers to establish the possibility of translocal communities over the network. These projects and others in Translocations envision and promote an open, participatory culture that is translocal, interconnected, hybrid, and in flux. Translocations is organized by Steve Dietz, Curator of New Media, Walker Art Center. It is made possible with funding from the Rockefeller Foundation and The Daniel Langlois Foundation. Translocation Conversation Select Page ----------------- Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Page 18 MARCH 11-22, 2002, Steve Dietz (Minneapolis, Minnesota), Gunalan Nadarajan (Singapore), Jeebesh Bagchi, Monica Narula, and Shuddhabrata Sengupta of Raqs Media Collective (New Delhi, India), and Yukiko Shikata (Tokyo, Japan) engaged in an online conversation that started from the idea of translocations and ranged widely across the terrain of global net art practice and philosophy. Following is an edited version of that conversation.[1] From: Steve Dietz <steve.dietz@walkerart.org> Date: Mon Mar 11, 2002 0:48am Subject: Why "translocations"? Dear Guna, Jeebesh, Monica, Shuddha (Raqs), and Yukiko, I first came across the term "translocal" in the writings of Andreas Broeckmann.[2] For me, one of the ways the term resonated most strongly was the flip from terms such as transnational, transglobal, and global. If McDonald's and Starbucks are the poster children for such corporations--the near hegemonic presence of a single brand globally--then translocal foregrounds the aspect of "situatedness" (sometimes geographically local and sometimes psychogeographically?) while acknowledging that we live and practice in a (potentially) networked context. Tetsuo Kogawa, who also uses the term translocal--and said in a conversation that he had coined/used the term independently--suggests a similar flip in "The Global Transformation of Books and Reading" when he states that the goal is not, in fact, to "think globally, act locally," as the popular refrain goes, but to "think locally, act globally."[3] In other words, focus on the local, but allow the networks to propagate the action globally. Anyway, my interest is not in the term per se, and I recognize that there is a complicated dynamic involved. Raqs, if I'm not off base, it is precisely the complexity of this dynamic--of not being "Indian," even though what Note: Except for the Web site provided in footnote 1, which was posted on February 7, 2003, all sites referenced below were visited by the author on June 12, 2002. 1 Steve Dietz is curator of new media at the Walker Art Center; Gunalan Nadarajan is dean in the faculty of visual arts, Lasalle-SIA College of Arts, Singapore; Jeebesh Bagchi, Monica Narula, and Shuddhabrata Sengupta are founding members of Raqs Media Collective and participants in How Latitudes Become Forms: Art in a Global Age; Yukiko Shikata is a curator at the new Mori Art Center in Tokyo. The full version of this conversation is available online at http://translocations.walkerart.org/conversation. 2 See Andreas Broeckmann, "Networked Agencies," at http://www.v2.nl/~andreas/texts/1998/networkedagency-en.html; "Sociable Machinists of Culture," at http://www.v2.nl/~andreas/texts/2000/networkers.html; "Minor Media--Heterogenic Art," at http://www.nettime.org/nettime.w3archive/199811/msg00029.html; and http://www.translocation.at/d/broeckmann.htm. 3 See http://www.honco.net/archive/980801.html. Translocations: Online Work Fran Ilich, organizer Big [b]Other Takuji KOGO Fox 9 News: Non Broadcasting Time @ Twin Cities Andreja Kuluncic Distributive Justice: America Julie Mehretu + entropy8zuper! Minneapolis and St. Paul are East African cities. Raqs Media Collective Architecture for Temporary Autonomous Sarai Re:combo Translocal Mixer Warren Sack and Sawad Brooks Translation Map Translocal Programmers Translocal Channel tsunamii.net This element utilizes the flash 6 plugin. 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__label__cc	0.608829	0.391171	MurphGuide: NYC Bar Guide Connecting the fun to the fun people Be social with MurphGuide... Sunday Specials Tuesday Specials Wednesday Specials Thursday Specials Friday Specials Saturday Specials Midtown – East 30s Midtown – West 30s Live this week Traditional Irish Sessions Karaoke Nights in NYC Spotlight artist Comedy Nights twitter list The Bars of the Upper West Side neighborhood, Upper West Side \| February 11, 2020 by murph \| Comments Off on The Bars of the Upper West Side The Upper West Side of New York City is a Manhattan neighborhood that lies between Central Park and the Hudson River goes from W. 59th St. to W. 110th St. Points of interest include Central Park and Riverside Park, Lincoln Center, The Museum of Natural History, The Hayden Planetarium, The Beacon Theatre, Symphony Space. In our continuous efforts to “connect the fun to the fun people”, we present our MurphGuide Directory of the top bars on the upper west side. Directory of the Bars of the Upper West Side: [W. 60s] [W. 70s] [W. 80s] [W. 90s] [W. 100s] = link to website W. 60s: Atlantic Grill: 49 W. 64th St. (between Broadway & CPW) (212) 472-2050 seafood brasserie with nautical décor, featuring a raw bar and sushi Bluebird London: 10 Columbus Circle (Broadway & W. 60th St.) (347) 682 2100 All-day café and wine bar, cocktail lounge, and international brasserie located at the shops at Columbus Circle on the 3rd floor.overlooking Central Park. Cafe Fiorello: 1900 Broadway (W. 63rd St.) (212) 595-5330 Italian restaurant & bar across from Lincoln Center Empire Hotel Lobby Bar: 44 W. 63rd St. (between Columbus Ave. & Broadway) (212) 265-7400 Lobby bar at the Empire Hotel Empire Rooftop: 44 W. 63rd St. (between Columbus Ave. & Broadway) (212) 265-2600 Indoor & outdoor rooftop cocktail lounge with two terraces featuring panoramic views, located on the 12th floor of the Empire Hotel Nougatine at Jean Georges Café: 1 Central Park West (Columbus Circle) (212) 299-3900 Naugatine is the more casual sister of Jean‑Georges, with a very lively bar. P J Clarke’s at Lincoln Center: 40 W. 63rd St. (Columbus Ave.) (212) 957-9700 Restaurant & bar across from Lincoln Center. West side location of the famous NYC institution Rosa Mexicano: 61 Columbus Ave. (W. 62nd St.) (212) 977-7700 famous Mexican restaurant near Lincoln Center serving authentic Mexican cuisine The Smith: 1900 Broadway (63rd St.) New York, NY. (212) 496-5700 casual American brasserie & bar in Lincoln Square Vanguard: 189 Amsterdam Ave. (between 68th & 69th St.) New York, NY (212) 799-WINE [9463] Wine bar serving small plates of American food with French influence. Amsterdam Ale House: 340 Amsterdam Ave. (between 76th & 77th St.) New York, NY (212) 362-7260 Neighborhood restaurant & craft beer bar featuring 30 drafts, over 40 bottles & cask conditioned ale Arthouse Wine Bar: 2178 Broadway (77th St.) (212) 362-1100 wine bar in the lobby of Arthouse Hotel, inspired by speakeasies and Harlem music clubs of the 1920s Blondie’s: 212 W. 79th St. (between Amsterdam & Broadway) New York, NY (212) 579-9777 Sports bar that hosts many college alumni clubs for game watch parties. Café Luxembourg: 200 W. 70th St. (between Amsterdam & West End) (212) 873-7411 Neighborhood bistro & bar Dakota Bar: 53 W. 72nd St. (Columbus Ave.) (212)787-0700 neighborhood cocktail bar named for the nearby landmark Dakota building, with an extensive wine list. Dark Bullet: 154 W. 72nd St. (between Columbus Ave. & Broadway) (212) 235-6788 Sake & oyster bar Dive 75: 101 W. 75th St. (bet. Amsterdam & Columbus Ave.) New York, NY (212) 362-7518 Neighborhood sports bar. Dublin House: 225 W. 79th St. (between Broadway & Amsterdam Ave.) New York, NY. (212) 874-9528 Old-school neighborhood Irish pub. Ella Kitchen & Bar: 249 Columbus Ave. (between 71st & 72nd St.) (212) 579-9929 Kitchen & bar featuring Mediterranean and Latin inspired shared plates and serving hand crafted cocktails Emerald Inn: 250 W. 72nd St. (between Broadway & West End) (212) 874-8840 4-generation family owned Irish pub and restaurant (relocated in 2013 after 70 years on Columbus Ave.) Gebhard’s Beer Culture: 228 W. 72nd St. (between Broadway & West End) (917) 639-3420 Beer bar, bottle shop and kitchen catering to the beer lover, from the novice to the connoisseur. Le Pif: 2058 Broadway (between 70th & 71st St.) (212) 799-2253 French wine bar featuring 65 bottles of French wine and 40 by the glass Malachy’s: 103 W. 72nd St. (between Columbus & Amsterdam Ave.) (212) 874-4268 Neighborhood dive bar & Irish pub. Pier i Café: 500 W. 70th St. (Riverside Park South) (212) 362-4450 [closed for the season, re-opening Spring 2020] Seasonal outdoor bar & grill in Riverside Park on the Hudson River. (enter W. 68th St & Riverside Blvd.) Playa Betty’s: 320 Amsterdam Ave. (75th St.) (212) 712-0777 California style beach restaurant & bar Santa Fe: 73 W. 71st St. (Columbus Ave.) (212) 724-0822 Family owned, neighborhood Mexican restaurant known for their margaritas Shalal: 65 1/2 W. 70th St. (between Columbus & CPW) (212) 799-9030 romantic subterranean Moroccan lounge Stand-Up NY: 236 W. 78th St. (Broadway) (212) 595-0850 one of New York City’s premiere comedy clubs Sugar Bar: 254 W. 72nd St. (between Broadway & West End Ave.) (212) 579-0100 Ashford & Simpson’s Sugar Bar Tessa: 349 Amsterdam Ave. (between 77th & 78th St.) (212) 390-1974 modern Mediterranean tavern blending southern French and Italian cuisines. Amelie: 566 Amsterdam Ave. (between 87th & 88th St.) (646) 422-7167 French wine bar with sidewalk seating Bodega 88: 573 Columbus Ave. (between 87th & 88th St.) (212) 799-1602 Neighborhood tapas and sports bar Café Lalo: 201 W. 83rd St. (between Amsterdam & Broadway) (212) 496-6031 famous European-style cafe & bar Cilantro: 485 Columbus Ave. (W. 83rd St.) New York, NY (212) 712-9090 Neighborhood Tex-Mex restaurant serving southwestern cuisine. The Dead Poet: 450 Amsterdam Ave. (between 81st & 82nd St.) New York, NY (212) 966-4225 Irish pub with a literary theme E’s Bar: 511 Amsterdam Ave. (between 84th & 85th St.) New York, NY (212) 877-0961 Neighborhood bar & restaurant with an extensive beer selection Frank Mac’s Pub: 425 Amsterdam Ave. (between 80th & 81st St.) New York, NY (646) 850-3888 Family-owned Irish pub & restaurant Fred’s: 476 Amsterdam Ave. (83rd St.) New York, NY (212) 579-3076 Dog-themed neighborhood bar & restaurant George Keeley’s: 485 Amsterdam Ave. (bet. 83rd & 84th St.) New York, NY (212) 873-5810 Craft beer bar that has earned the Good Beer Seal The Gin Mill: 442 Amsterdam Ave. (between 81st & 82nd St.) New York, NY (212) 580-9080 Sports bar & grill with 28 large screen and projector HDTVs, sidewalk seating, and a private party room Hi Life Bar & Grill: 477 Amsterdam Ave. (83rd St.) New York, NY (212) 787-7199 Retro cocktail bar & restaurant with a raw bar Jake’s Dilemma: 430 Amsterdam Ave. (between 80th & 81st St.) New York, NY (212) 580-0556 craft beer bar featuring over 50 different beers from across the USA and a private party room Osteria Cotta: 513 Columbus Ave. (between 84th & 85th St.) New York, NY (212) 873-8500 Italian wine bar & osteria serving artisanal pizza from a wood burning oven The Parlour: 250 W. 86th St. (bet. Broadway & West End) New York, NY (212) 580-8923 Neighborhood Irish pub and restaurant Prohibition: 503 Columbus Ave. (between 84th & 85th St.) New York, NY (212) 579-3100 upscale bar and lounge with live music nightly St. James Gate: 441 Amsterdam (81st St.) New York, NY (212) 362-6202 Irish pub Vin Sur Vingt: 66 W. 84th St. (Columbus Ave.) (646) 895-9944 Authentic French wine bar serving 50 wines by-the-glass and classic bistro fare Bar Thalia: 2537 Broadway (95th St.) New York, NY (646) 597-7340 Bar at Symphony Space serving quality wines, craft beers, and signature cocktails. Carmine’s 2450 Broadway (between 90th & 91st St.) New York, NY (212) 579-3194 family style restaurant offering Southern Italian cuisine. Dive Bar: 732 Amsterdam Ave. (96th St.) New York, NY (212) 749-4358 Neighborhood sports bar & grill specializing in whiskey and craft beer. Flagship location of the Dive Bar family of bars Talia’s: 668 Amsterdam Ave. (between 92nd & 93rd St.) New York, NY (212) 580-3770 Upscale Glatt kosher steakhouse W. 100s: Amity Hall: 982 Amsterdam Ave. (between 108th & 109th St.) New York, NY (646) 930-2501 modern American craft beer and sports bar Bob’s Your Uncle: 929 Columbus Ave. (between 105th & 106th St.) New York, NY (646) 791-5942 classic neighborhood bar Broadway Dive: 2262 Broadway (between 101st & 102nd St.) New York, NY. (212) 856-2662 Classic neighborhood bar with an extensive selection of craft beer & ciders The Calaveras 949 Columbus Ave. (between 106th & 107th St.) New York, NY (646) 484-6533 small Mexican kitchen & café Dive 106: 938 Amsterdam Ave. (106th St.) New York, NY. The fourth member of the UWS Dive Bar family The Ellington: 936 Amsterdam Ave. (106th St.) New York, NY (212) 222-4050 Neighborhood restaurant & bar named for the the jazz legend The Hamilton: 998 Amsterdam Ave. (between 109th & 110th St.) New York, NY (212) 866-7200 American whiskey bar The Heights: 2867 Broadway (between 110th & 111th St.) (212) 866-7035 Neighborhood bar & grill with a rooftop Lion’s Head Tavern: 995 Amsterdam Ave. (109th St.) New York, NY (212) 866-1030 neighborhood sports tavern serving wings & burgers. Mel’s Burger Bar: 2850 Broadway (between 110th & 111th St.) New York, NY (212) 865-7100 specializing in burgers and beers Smoke: 2751 Broadway (between 105th & 106th St.) New York, NY (212) 864-6662 Jazz & supper club presenting world-class jazz seven nights a week. Suite: 992 Amsterdam Ave. (109th St.) New York, NY (212) 222-4600 a gay pub with a local feel Tap a Keg: 2731 Broadway (between 104th & 105th St.) New York, NY (212) 749-1734 dive bar with a pool table 1020 Bar: 1020 Amsterdam Ave. (110th St.) New York, NY (212) 961-9224 No frills neighborhood bar popular with Columbia students. « Chicken & Waffles for Charity East Side Bars: The E. 50s » Adv: Drizly MurphGuide on Twitter Tweets by @murphguide Adv: Wine.com Affiliate Ad: GameStop MurphGuide Entertainment. All Rights Reserved More fun from MurphGuide: NYC Happy Hour Group \| The Irish in NY \| Karaoke-NY.com \| PubQuizNYC.com \| HalloweenPartyNYC.com \| MurphGuideNYE.com BallDropNYC.com SuperBowlPartyNYC.com \|CincodeMayoNYC.com \| ValentinesDayNYC.com \| NYMardiGras.com \| SaintPatricksDayNYC.com	cc/2023-06/en_middle_0041.json.gz/line51
__label__cc	0.604442	0.395558	PRISCILLA D About PRISCILLA D Nashville, GA I am a 32 year old female, born in Hahira, Ga. June 11, 1976 to the proud parents of Jackie Shaw and Willie Everette. I have two wonderful kids. My son name is Kentavious Lamar Clowers and my daughter's name is Mercedes Alexus Clowers. I currently reside in Nashville, Ga. working as an Admission's Clerk at Berrien County Hospital. I am currently an unsigned Artist who has been performing and writting my own songs since 2003. I have successfully recorded three songs that are currently being played on Lyx 96.7. I released my first maxi-single underground in Oct. of 2003 entitled OOH WEE. I am currently in the process of releasing my first collab mixtape entitled Southern Heat-Live from the 229 with Big Will from Horsemen Records. The mixtape is hosted by DJ Gutta Beats affilliate of The Gatekeepers DJ Pool. I look forward to my career as a new aspiring artist in the genre of rap, hip hop and r&b.I have currently started my new independent label Kuntroversy Records. It's gonna take a lot of hard work and dedication but, I am in it to win it.http://www.songcastmusic.com/affiliate/sc.php?id=1397 Follow PRISCILLA D on WWW.MYXER.COM/... www.wemix.com/...	cc/2023-06/en_middle_0041.json.gz/line53
__label__cc	0.518569	0.481431	« Like A Dream It’s Only Getting Better » A Night of Nights "Fluffhead" Opener of 3.0 (J.Tilden) What a difference a day makes. After performing a dreamlike four-hour marathon for their return, Phish came back with a second set that has started a new “best-ever” list for 3.0. With another four hours of “Recession Phish,” people had plenty of time to forget about their problems, as they lost their minds to the one of the most magnificent sets in memory- while pointing to the sunny pastures of summer and making plenty of people “re-assess” their plans for June. While the second set was of another universe, the first might as well have been from the early ’90s. The three big jams, “Split,” “Reba,” and “Antelope,” all hallmarks of Lawn Boy, highlighted the set, while other compositions of the era were strewn through it. “Runaway Jim,” “Punch You in the Eye,” “Gumbo,”- with its original Ragtime ending supplanting a funk jam for the first time since 1997-, “Halley’s,” ‘Guelah Papyrus,” “Lawn Boy,” and “It’s Ice”- with a supremely psychedelic subterranean section of the song. With a setlist that again boasted some of the band’s most difficult compositions, the band made a seconded their own motion that they were back and meant business. The Mothership (J.Tilden) The “Split” carried a distinctly ’94 feel, with abstract, dark improv that at times left many gazing at the stage, in awe of what they were hearing. There wasn’t much hardcore groove going on when the jam got underway, more like psychedelic debauchery, in the piece that brought yet more 3.old school to the table. Listening to the “Reba” fugue played so cleanly again was a thing of beauty; wrapped in the precision awaiting the plunge. And when that plunge came, it was like diving back into a crystalline pool that had sat still for years, awaiting our arrival. Taking the lead right away, Trey built the jam with gorgeous and deliberate licks that pushed the groove rather than let it settle. The band was swimming in the those waters with us, channeling the energy they felt in their favorite room into their blissful groove. The classic jam concluded with another tongue-in-cheek Phish joke as they dropped “Mexican Cousin” in place of the end of the song- mixing in a bit of new-school humor in with the old. Everyone in the arena could see oncoming “Antelope” from a mile a way, aligning directly with the vibe of the set. The band tore apart their classic set closer in what was easily the most ferocious improv of the first two nights- up to that point. "Pre-show" 3.6.09 (J.Tilden) Setbreak took on a distinctly different character this evening- people were back in the flow of things, as the band would soon show us that they were too. There were no nerves, only excitement at how sick everything had become. Almost six hours of Phish in three sets-all without any long, flowing, out-of-structure jamming, it seemed like the second set was heading for something big- but how big? We had no idea. Yet, as all enjoyed a setbreak of relative normalcy, the feel of Phish tour had returned- just like that- almost like we had never left. Almost. When lights dropped for frame four, people held their hats tightly, but unless they were crazy glued to their heads, those hats are now gone. "Harry Hood" 3.6.09 (J. Tilden) If everything up to this set reminded us of how amazing Phish could be, this set proved to be a magical slap across the face. Reminding us of why Phish are Phish, and why we are who we are, the band unleashed a set that will undoubtedly go down in their illustrious history as the set jump-started Version 3.0. It would be clear to all after this set that it’s on as it’s ever been for Phish- if not more. Using the lyrically poignant “Rock and Roll” to kick off the set that certainly reminded each and every one of us of how our lives have been saved by rock n roll, Phish also worked in an obvious self-reference. Taking the rock textures of the song far beyond, the band entered a far darker psychedelic piece of improv, signaling that the band’s jam engines had been sparked in earnest. Taking the improv to places only the soul could describe, the band took the settled their fascinating journey in a “Limb By Limb” that as the kidz say-“Blew the fuck up.” Bringing unbridled inspiration to the table, the band crafted a tale with other-worldy interplay, bringing the song to heights approached by few versions. Coupled with the dark jam out of “Rock n Roll” the band formed a psychedelic journey from start to finish with only two songs- and the best was yet to come. "Tweezer" 3.6.09 (J.Tilden) Following the climactic opening portion of the set, the band decided to wake up the spirits in the rafters of Hampton using the first incarnation of “Ghost 3.0.” In a dance odyssey turned melodic geyser, this “Ghost” redefined what a Phish jam could be for 2009. In one of the most stunning performances of the song, Phish took us right away on another magnificent tour of their renewed improvisational dimension, and it had never looked so gorgeous. Peaking the jam with every bit of of fervor and intensity that we have ever known from the band, Phish scratched another line on the wall of Hampton’s Green Room under the list entitled “Defining Jams Played In This Building.” And just as the magical dust was about to fall to the floor, a small breeze swept it up and transformed into the beginning of “Piper.” Placing the always-emotional piece of improv after such a monster jam was a decision of mastery. As the band blew out the jam of the song with an intention that is quickly coming to characterize the new Phish, the band entered some high paced rock, eventually fusing in some distinctly other rhythms that slowly unfolded into a seamless segue into a frantic “Birds of a Feather.” Finalizing a triumvirate that will forever read “Ghost > Piper > Birds,” Phish absolutely crushed the the jam, capping an hour-plus of divine playing. Taking some time for everyone to revel in the musical acrobatics, the band responded to their own silence with the piano intro to “Wolfman’s Brother,” ushering in one of the funkiest jams in recent memory. The band showered The Mothership with an array of dance grooves that kept everyone going on full-tilt, basking in the glow of IT once again. "Suzy" 3.6.09 (J.Tilden) Following the funk escapade, the band brought us on a phenomenal late-set ride through “Prince Caspian,” whose regal nature matched all the music that preceded it. Listening to Trey take a “Caspian” solo again was, in itself, something to behold as the entire band complimented his heroics with some of their own. As if running on Energizer batteries, instead of dropping a set closing song, the band decided to rev up the next-in-line of historic Hampton “Mike’s Grooves.” The song and venue that were made for each other had quite a raunchy reunion as Trey tore apart the jam with a distinctly uncompressed tone that lent a beautifully evil vibe to the already dark jam. Annihilating the first “Mike’s” back on the scene, the entire band seemed enthralled to dig into the menacing improv once again. Hampton From Embassy Suites (R.Phelps) Using the classic form of “Mike’s Groove” to re-inaugurate, “Hydrogen” felt like a breath of the freshest air flowing through the venue, linking up to an all-out “Weekapaug.” This put a lid on what was certain to be a quasi-succinct set-ending “Groove.” Yet, seeming like a joke, Phish dropped into what would be the set closer in earnest in “Character Zero.” Keeping the entire arena raging for the completion of almost the eighth hour of Phish in two days, the venue swayed as one organism to the currents of the Phish. Having to play one more song for an encore, the band couldn’t have made a classier choice than The Beatles’ “A Day In the Life.” Putting the cap on evening of psychedelic sorcery with a nod to the sonic, and mind, experimentation of the original Fab Four, Phish showed, yet again, why they are the greatest band on the planet. 3.6.09 (M.Hutchinson) With playing that flowed organically, the band scripted a piece of Hampton history last night, while giving us glimpse not only into ourselves, but into a new world of musical possibility. Reestablishing what Phish is truly all about, the band stepped to the plate in the second set and hit a towering shot, reminding us of why we all spent some part of the ’90s doing nothing but following Phish. In a building synonymous with the band, Phish awakened the spirits of lore with a set that will not soon be forgotten. Reacquainting themselves with IT on only their second show back, the course is now set for a sparkling summer of musical mayhem. Home at last; and it feels so good. In what was a touching side note to the show, Phish debuted Page’s song “Beauty of a Broken Heart.” This is a song he wrote for his 2007 solo album, about the break-up of Phish. And with an obvious meaning to the band, it seems that this song may be Page’s first solo contribution to the catalog. (Thanks Lanser!) NO SPOILERS UPDATE (M. Hutchinson) Everything went smooth for No Spoliers night two, I believe we got both sets up faster, and there were no hitches whatsoever. I hope you enjoyed them for the second go-round, and stay tuned for night three! Thanks a million to the No Spoilers crew, making this all happen! Tags: 2009, Comeback, Hampton This entry was posted on Sunday, March 8th, 2009 at 9:07 am and is filed under Uncategorized. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed. 118 Responses to “A Night of Nights” « Previous12345Next » Big E Says: mini minor= Mrs Minor? Ha Ha Ha Says: The No Spoilers made my weekend. Stuck down here in the ATL, we had some friends over yesterday afternoon and cranked the PA system outside by the pool to listen to Friday nights show. It was as close to being there without being there as we could get. Having no idea what was coming up next is the way to listen to Phish. You and your crew should win a lifetime achievement award at the Jammys next year. Respect. P.S. I hope my neighbors enjoyed it as much as we did. Ha ha ha! Carl Sagan Says: Obviously very pumped to hear the band I love. But the more I listen and look at these sets, the more I start to get this weird impression that they are some kind of tribute band…it will get better, but imho Trey is way behind. Page is sensational. Mike seems very alive. And Fish is kinda being held back by Trey…I hope Trey can get his form back, or else this is going to be a different band. By hope, I mean when. Just my $.02 Matso Says: Page so far is the man of the hour imo, but Trey totally came alive set II last night. The Ghost is sick sick sick and the rest of the set is excellent – short versions, but some incredible solos. I love this set already and that includes the Prince and Zero, so it must be something special!! Thanks again Miner! I’m thinking Gamehenge tonight. Cavern tonight. 2001, Tube, Disease, Bathtub, Llama, Harpua (WOULD BE SICK, think of the narration Trey would give?!!!!), and very possibly something from Green Sparrow. I have to agree with previous people, LEO is on like Donkey Kong. Billy Breathes Says: ^^you’ll get your 2001, Cavern, Tube, Gin, Llama. But that’s about it. Given the phlow of these shows….they boyz are all about laying down a ton of tracks and playing them loud. Summer Tour is just around the corner….one can only wonder. thats what im talking about, maybe more gamehendge, chillies, cant fuckin wait!! japgar Says: Big thanks to Mr. Miner and everyone involved with the ‘No Spoilers’! Night one I followed the whole setlist and it was pretty cool. Night two I didn’t check out the setlist at all, downloaded the ‘No Spoilers’ mp3s this morning, and thoroughly enjoyed listening to night two unfold. Definitely excited for summer tour! Russell Says: I think they definitely play Wilson and Disease as well. Maybe a Guyute mixed in there as well. Only 24 of the 80 songs left. Should be interesting. Nice start to the first set! WOW shocker opener!!!! No doubt–Trey can’t mess that one up 😉 I kid gills Says: how bout some long jams 2 nite i wann get away from my computer fo a bit, but i somehow cant……………… hangman, knife that does it for me. Great looking set. wonder how long the bottle was. prob get a Forbin’s in II. e: Forbin’s would be nice. Any idea who did the lighting for this show??? slave2traffic Says: only about 12 songs left… how sick would 2001 > harpua be to open the set? ^^ I hope that was sarcasm. KURODAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA lol…of course it was. Phish.com is really lagging behind. dyda Says: page on keytar. ha ha! is that the uber-80s device i think it is? that’d be great. yet another unexpected opening number No doubt, from listening to the first two nights Phish is showing a return to form of the quality not seen since the ’98 New Years run. But the hyperbole of this post is just too much to stomach. I’m happy you’ve caught a case of post-show bliss but do us a favor and recognize it for what it is. I am guessing they are at break? (:{> Says: I think, despite some of the missteps, the band sounds really good. WWWAY ballsy-er and more soulful than any 2.0’s I’ve heard Page, I can’t say enough. Possibly the best I’ve ever heard him…And I’ve heard him tickle a few keys in my day. Trey’s a little rusty…but his soul and passion are coming through loud and clear… It’s what was missing before IMO. The lights look eeeefffing sick. Me want a Knoxville ticket. contact420 Says: They are stumbling more than I would like to see though	cc/2023-06/en_middle_0041.json.gz/line59
__label__cc	0.721041	0.278959	Machu Picchu, the Royal Inca's Estate With an elevation of 2600 meters and a relentless tour guide, a visit to Machu Picchu can be disorienting. And yet the whole area is only 400x100 meters; a mere 20th of a sq km. This page expands on my own experience and orients you to better enjoy your visit. Almost everything about Machu Picchu is speculation, although I will use the most common terms. It seems likely that the estate was a summer retreat for the Inca, that is, for the god-ruler himself. The agricultural areas seem insufficient to feed a fully occupied village throughout a year. The bus from Aguas Calientes to Machu Picchu runs whenever there is a full bus. The direct distance is about two and a half kilometers, but the bus has to travel about nine kilometers to ascend the mountain. The switchbacks in the image at the right run from Aguas Calientes in the upper right to Machu Picchu at the middle left. (Click for larger image.) The map below is interactive. The layers can be turned on and off. The first four tabs below the map turn on selected layers. The fifth tab lets you turn them on and off yourself. Image adapted from greatbuildings.com Overview Geography Landmarks Routes Map Toggles Upon entering Machu Picchu, your guide will take a sharp left into the woods and UP a steepish path. You climb about 50 meters, the only strenuous uphill part of the tour. The climb is worth it. You emerge from the woods to a spectacular view. You are near the lone "Guard Hut" high on the agricultural terraces. As you look at the estate, there is a grassy area in the middle; the "Main Lawn." To its left is the "Religious area," having "temples" and little housing. Closer to you is the "Royal Area" with some housing. To the right of the lawn is the "worker area," with lots of housing. Beyond the estate is two humps of Huayna Picchu; behind you is Machu Picchu summit. To keep oriented as you walk around, remember: main lawn in the middle religious area is west side worker area is east side Huayna Picchu is north Machu Picchu summit is south View from the Guard Hut, with Huayna Picchu as backdrop. The stone village lies along a mountain ridge running roughly north/south. The ridge tails off almost vertically to the east and west. The usual view in pictures is from the south, looking north with Huayna Picchu on the right in the background. (And the smaller Wayna Huayna Picchu on the left. The mountain called Machu Picchu is behind the camera.) Beyond the city on the right is a large hill called Huayna Picchu. To its left is a small hump known as Wayna Huayna Picchu. Behind you and far above is the summit of the mountain Machu Picchu from which the city gets its name. From the Guard Hut the contours are obvious, and help in keeping you oriented. Clikcing the Contour button lays a color coded schematic of the contours. Ridges to left and right are above the main lawn. They peak at yellow, with green as the level of the main lawn and tailing off blue and purple down the cliffsides. The agricultural area ascends above and to the south of the guardian hut and then slopes steeply down to the east. View from the north end. Machu Picchu peak rises in the background. Guard Hut prominent below it and above the agricultural area. The religious area is on the right, dominated by the observatory. On the map, a T' is my shorthand for "Temple of." Some of the main sights on the site are these: City gate. End of the Inca Trail Temple of the Sun. Distinctive rounded shape. You look down or up at it. Temple Plaza: Main Temple & Temple of the Three windows (yes, it has three windows) Observatory. The highest point on the estate. Lone Tree. All alone in the middle of the southern part of the main lawn. Temple of the condor. Your guide will show you its parts. Sacred rock. Big slab-like affair. Plaza in front has an open hut on each side. Trail to Huayna Picchu starts here. Intiwana or Observatory. Hitching post to tie the sun and reverse its course at the solstice. Day 1. Anna led us up to the Guard Hut. Then down through the City Gate and past the Quarry. We looked down on the Sun Temple and Proceded to the Temple Plaza to view the Main Temple and the Temple of the Three Windows. Then we climbed up to the observatory. After that we walked along the west side of the Main Lawn and then cut over to the Temple of the Condor. Returning to the west side, we visited the fountains in the Royal Area. Finally back along the west of the Main Lawn and across the Agricultural Zone to the entrance. Day 2. On my own, I decided to visit the east side and its Worker Zone. I traversed the lowest edge I could and took photos in three general directions: down the hill, toward Huayna Picchu, and towarrd Machu Picchu. I once again encountered the Temple of the Condor. Then I arrived at the entrance to the Huayna Picchu trail and had to be told that the Sacred Rock I was looking for was directly behind me where I stood. I returned along the upper edge of the east side. Click to toggle map overlays: At M-P we walked upward to the "Guardian Hut" on the southern end of the site. From the vantage of the guardian hut, the mass of the settlement stretches north below ones feet. The left, or west, side is the "religious zone" and the right is a "dwelling zone." Between and lower than both is a courtyard with llamas grazing. On either side, scaling the slopes are terraced farming areas. Guarding the other end of the complex are the small Wayna Huayna Piccchu on the left and the larger Huayna Picchu on the right. The actual mountain called Machu Picchu is to the south of the guardian hut, behind us as we look upon the site. From the guardian hut we walked down and into the religious zone: temple of three windows; sacrifice stones; sun temple below on the right; platform with hitching post to which the priests tied the sun to make it return after the solstice. Finally we walked back to the starting point by traversing the west side of the courtyard. With a detour to the lower east side to see the "temple of the condor". Bus back up to M-P. Most of our group chose a hike on the Inca trail or a climb up Huayna Picchu. Today we split in the opposite direction. S went upward to the guardian hut and I along the lower east side. S had her picture taken on the Inca trail by Joann Davis, who has kindly sent a copy. In my walk I shot the condor from one side and found the picture of a dog in one of the wings. Anna promised to call it "La Perro del Fredo." Then I carried on all the way to the sacred rock and portal to climbing Huayna Picchu. Returned along upper east side. Eddie took camera and ran upward to photgraph the city gate. More web links Here is a great annotated picture of Machu Picchu, looking south from Huayna Picchu. It does a good job of showing the slopes of the various areas. This is the best map of Machu Picchu that I found. This travel guide details a trip through M-P much like the one I took, and it is accompanied with another good map. This map links to cool 360º panoramas This site describes Machu Picchu in French and includes a semi-topgraphic map. The "Intihuatana" or observatory is a feature of every Incan religious site. It is supposed to be a hitching post to which the priests tied the sun to reverse its course at the solstices. The "Intimachy" noted on some maps has an alignment with the December solstice. The temple of the Sun has an alignment with the June solstice. http://www.waterhistory.org/histories/machupicchu/ Extol the virtues of Incan engineering, especially hydrological. has contour map of the area surrounding M-P, which includes the location of the Inca spring and aqueduct (both still operating). Mountain close on east is Putukusi. (2500 m) interactive model uses PolyWorks/IMView Map showing the landslide areas.	cc/2023-06/en_middle_0041.json.gz/line60
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Even though the decision in Tennessee v. Garner, 471 U.S. 1, (1985) held it “unconstitutional” for a police officer to shoot a “fleeing felon,” in the back, a jury of eleven whites and one black foreman were not disposed to “convict’ a white police officer, Michael Slager, for shooting Scott in the back. It was “video-taped.” Scott’s estate had already received “hush money.” If a black police officer had shot a “white felon” in the back, a black jury would have summarily convicted the black police officer for murder. Blacks believe in a “Bill of Rites,” for blacks, because they have lost their “humanity” amid slavery. No “orientation” happened in 1863. This was a” benefit” to chattel slavery. Blacks had to use the “last names” of their slavemasters. This was not self-determination. No one can explain to Donald Trump how a “people” can justify sacrificing their children. Trump does have “white,” family values. He agrees with Taney that “rights are commensurate with responsibilities.” The United States is a “conglomerate” with fifty subsidiaries. There are no “free rides” or pro bonorepresentation under capitalism. Whites practice “Ujima.” I have done virtually everything for blacks to defend their children over the next four years. The missing ingredients are “basic training” and a “war chest.” So far, blacks have refused to make any “investments” in their children or in the defense of children. They “beg for what they need” and “buy what they want.” This means that blacks and their children will get everything that is coming to them from Trump. No one, with intelligence, is going to the nation’s capital with a “magic wand” to march around the “Mulberry Bush” and expect Donald Trump to get the “African Holy Ghost.” It is even worse when an “ecclesiastical pimp” is leading the “flock” and especially when the “pimp” is a “tenant” in Trump Towers and is “living large.” Donald Trump’s strong suit is “ethics.” He considers our children as “waste.” An “incinerator” is needed for waste. Under natural law, “predators” are authorized to track down its “prey.” Natural law provides the “basis” for the adult prosecution of children under eighteen years of age. This, nonetheless, is a “human rights violation.” It should be of “grave concern” to all activists. Robert Morgenthau, in the presence of C. Vernon Mason, Rev. Calvin O. Butts and, now, Brooklyn Federal Judge Sterling Johnson stated that Negroes, in New York, were “comfortable” with the adult prosecution of children until I came to New York. His “admission” was surprising. It meant, to me that blacks, in New York, were afraid of fighting for human rights. In 1994, the Freedom Party was formed to fight for children. I have received “scant support” but dogged opposition in New York for standing up for black and Latino children. A political party is necessary to combat “unjust laws” and enact “remedial legislation.” I am also the “architect” of Freedom Retreat for Boys and Girls. If blacks, in New York, were “politically conscious” P.O. Richard Haste of the New York Police Department, would already be imprisoned for breaking into the Bronx home of Ramarley Graham, an unarmed, teen-ager, without a warrant, and “murdering him.” Unfortunately, a political party must be a conglomeration of persons.” Wolves, dressed in sheep’s clothing, maintain that their job is to keep me in check. Haste has gotten away with murder. I am not proud to mix with “Negroes.” It would be “false pride” and not “racial pride.” Like in playing cards, I must play the “hand” that I was dealt or go AWOL. To be certain, the Creator has a “master plan.” I am elated to be given the challenge. It defines “Who I Am.” It should be observed that I am a “risk-taker.” When it comes to “risk-takers,” blacks, historically, have been “unethical” to them. “White fear” which arises out of the slave codes, has super-glued “King Kongs” with gorilla glue. This “fear” arose out of the slave codes and was exploited by Hollywood. The goal, of all blacks, should be to promote “ethics” and “erase” all racial stereotypes. Trump expects blacks to maintain the “status quo.” This is a “strategic move” like my pre-emptive strike in “Central Park 7.” Being a student of history, my role is to preserve the “Civil Rights Movement” and expand the mission to “human rights.” Visit: UNIVERSITYOFALTONMADDOX.COM for my political and legal writings. Your contributions to a free and educational press will be greatly appreciated. Please send check or money order made payable to “Alton H. Maddox, Jr.” and mail to the address listed below. Thank you. Friends of Alton Maddox There was an issue loading your timed LeadBox™. Please check plugin settings. There was an issue loading your exit LeadBox™. Please check plugin settings. Next post: Next » The Poor Understands Late Fees Meeting with Attorney General Jeff Sessions on MLK Day New York: “Pimps, Queens and Whores” © Black Philosophy Matters A Black “Gunslinger” in New York Copyright 2016. Attorney Alton Maddox. All Rights Reserved.	cc/2023-06/en_middle_0041.json.gz/line71
__label__cc	0.709476	0.290524	Team: Golden State Height: 6-7 Born: 2/23/1995 Position: F Weight: 202 Birthplace: Toronto, Canada College: Kansas Draft: 1st Round 1st pick by Cavaliers (2014) Jan. 30 6:58 PM PT7:58 PM MT8:58 PM CT9:58 PM ET2:58 GMT10:58 7:58 PM MST8:58 PM CST9:58 PM EST6:58 UAE (+1)03:5821:58 ET8:58 PM CTNaN:� - Andrew Wiggins scored 15 points Monday on 7-of-13 shooting as the Golden State Warriors topped the Oklahoma City Thunder 128-120. Wiggins grabbed four rebounds and added an assist, tallying a plus-minus of +10 in his 32:15 of playing time. He added two blocks and one steal. Wiggins went 1 of 4 from behind the arc. Jan. 25 2:46 PM PT3:46 PM MT4:46 PM CT5:46 PM ET22:46 GMT6:46 3:46 PM MST4:46 PM CST5:46 PM EST2:46 UAE (+1)23:4617:46 ET4:46 PM CTNaN:� - Wiggins (illness) is off the injury report ahead of Monday's game at Oklahoma City. Analysis: Wiggins, who has missed Golden State's last two games, had just returned last Sunday against the Nets after sitting out Friday's win at Cleveland due to an injured foot. He struggled in that one, finishing with four points on 2-of-9 shooting in 27 minutes. Jonathan Kuminga moved into the starting lineup Wednesday, finishing with 13 points in 24 minutes, and Kevon Looney was back in the starting five in Friday's victory over the Raptors. Jan. 22 7:35 PM PT8:35 PM MT9:35 PM CT10:35 PM ET3:35 GMT11:35 8:35 PM MST9:35 PM CST10:35 PM EST7:35 UAE (+1)04:3522:35 ET9:35 PM CTNaN:� - Andrew Wiggins scored four points Sunday on 2-of-9 shooting as the Golden State Warriors fell to the Brooklyn Nets 120-116. Wiggins grabbed two rebounds and added an assist, tallying a plus-minus of -4 in his 26:48 on the floor. He tacked on one steal. Jan. 20 10:14 AM PT11:14 AM MT12:14 PM CT1:14 PM ET18:14 GMT2:14 11:14 AM MST12:14 PM CST1:14 PM EST22:14 UAE19:1413:14 ET12:14 PM CTNaN:� - Wiggins (foot) is sitting out Friday against the Cavaliers as the Warriors play on back-to-back days. Analysis: Wiggins played 40 minutes in Thursday's overtime loss to the Celtics, and the Warriors are giving most of their veterans Friday off. Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, Draymond Green, and Andre Iguodala are also sitting out on the tail end of a back-to-back. Jan. 19 6:23 PM PT7:23 PM MT8:23 PM CT9:23 PM ET2:23 GMT10:23 7:23 PM MST8:23 PM CST9:23 PM EST6:23 UAE (+1)03:2321:23 ET8:23 PM CTNaN:� - Andrew Wiggins scored 20 points Thursday on 6-of-18 shooting as the Golden State Warriors lost to the Boston Celtics 121-118 in overtime. Wiggins pulled down four rebounds and had three assists, tallying a plus-minus of -7 in his 39:46 of playing time. He added four blocks and one steal. Wiggins went 3 of 8 from behind the arc. Jan. 16 1:48 PM PT2:48 PM MT3:48 PM CT4:48 PM ET21:48 GMT5:48 2:48 PM MST3:48 PM CST4:48 PM EST1:48 UAE (+1)22:4816:48 ET3:48 PM CTNaN:� - Andrew Wiggins scored 14 points Monday on 6-of-15 shooting as the Golden State Warriors defeated the Washington Wizards 127-118. Wiggins grabbed three rebounds and dished out four assists, accumulating a plus-minus of -12 in his 31:45 on the floor. Wiggins went 1 of 6 from 3-point range. Jan. 15 2:24 PM PT3:24 PM MT4:24 PM CT5:24 PM ET22:24 GMT6:24 3:24 PM MST4:24 PM CST5:24 PM EST2:24 UAE (+1)23:2417:24 ET4:24 PM CTNaN:� - Andrew Wiggins scored 11 points Sunday on 4-of-13 shooting as the Golden State Warriors fell to the Chicago Bulls 132-118. Wiggins grabbed five rebounds and dished out three assists, tallying a plus-minus of -4 in his 28:52 of playing time. Wiggins went 2 of 8 from behind the arc. Jan. 13 6:32 PM PT7:32 PM MT8:32 PM CT9:32 PM ET2:32 GMT10:32 7:32 PM MST8:32 PM CST9:32 PM EST6:32 UAE (+1)03:3221:32 ET8:32 PM CTNaN:� - Andrew Wiggins scored 16 points Friday, going 7 of 17 from the field, as the Golden State Warriors defeated the San Antonio Spurs 144-113. Wiggins grabbed five rebounds and had two assists, accumulating a plus-minus of +18 in his 27:29 on the floor. He added two blocks and one steal. Wiggins went 2 of 8 from behind the arc. Jan. 11 9:07 PM PT10:07 PM MT11:07 PM CT12:07 AM ET5:07 GMT13:07 10:07 PM MST11:07 PM CST12:07 AM EST9:07 UAE06:070:07 ET11:07 PM CTNaN:� - Andrew Wiggins scored 10 points Tuesday, going 5 of 16 from the field, as the Golden State Warriors fell to the Phoenix Suns 125-113. Wiggins pulled down five rebounds and had two assists, accumulating a plus-minus of -15 in his 28:36 on the floor. He added two blocks and five steals. Jan. 7 7:22 PM PT8:22 PM MT9:22 PM CT10:22 PM ET3:22 GMT11:22 8:22 PM MST9:22 PM CST10:22 PM EST7:22 UAE (+1)04:2222:22 ET9:22 PM CTNaN:� - Andrew Wiggins scored 12 points Saturday on 4-of-12 shooting as the Golden State Warriors lost to the Orlando Magic 115-101. Wiggins grabbed three rebounds and had two assists, accumulating a plus-minus of -22 in his 19:05 of playing time. He tacked on one steal. Wiggins went 2 of 7 from 3-point range. Year Team G MPG PPG RPG APG SPG BPG TOPG FG% 3P% FT% 14-15 Min 82 36.2 16.9 4.6 2.1 1.0 0.6 2.2 .437 .310 .760 19-20 GS 12 33.6 19.4 4.6 3.6 1.3 1.4 2.1 .457 .339 .672 19-20 Total 54 34.4 21.8 5.1 3.7 0.8 1.0 2.4 .447 .332 .709 21-22 GSW 73 31.9 17.2 4.5 2.2 1.0 0.7 1.5 .466 .393 .634 Career 628 34.9 19.2 4.4 2.3 1.0 0.7 2.0 .449 .353 .721 Year Team G Min FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA OR TR A Stl Blk TO Pts 14-15 Min 82 2969 497 1137 39 126 354 466 134 374 170 86 50 177 1387 16-17 Min 82 3048 709 1570 103 289 412 542 102 328 189 82 30 187 1933 17-18 Min 82 2979 569 1300 112 338 202 314 82 358 160 91 51 138 1452 19-20 Min 42 1455 351 790 91 275 149 207 48 219 155 29 36 107 942 19-20 GS 12 403 86 188 20 59 41 61 18 55 43 16 17 25 233 19-20 Total 54 1858 437 978 111 334 190 268 66 274 198 45 53 132 1175 20-21 GS 71 2364 505 1058 140 368 170 238 82 347 167 67 70 126 1320 21-22 GSW 73 2330 475 1019 157 399 149 235 85 325 161 76 51 111 1256 22-23 GSW 30 957 204 432 78 197 36 59 46 144 66 40 27 38 522 Career 628 21893 4488 9997 915 2589 2150 2983 785 2793 1459 635 426 1229 12041 17-18 Min 5 32.8 15.8 5.2 2.0 0.4 0.4 1.8 .441 .333 .600 Career 27 34.5 16.4 7.1 1.9 0.9 0.9 1.4 .464 .333 .635 17-18 Min 5 164 30 68 7 21 12 20 5 26 10 2 2 9 79 Career 27 931 173 373 42 126 54 85 59 191 50 24 25 39 442 G Games MPG Minutes Per Game RPG Rebounds Per Game APG Assists per game SPG Steals Per Game BPG Blocks Per Game TOPG Turnovers Per Game FG% Field Goal Percentage 3P% 3-point field goal percentage FT% Free Throw Percentage 3PM 3-pointers made 3PA 3-pointers attempted OR Offensive Rebounds TR Total Rebounds A Assists Stl Steals Blk Blocks Pts Points	cc/2023-06/en_middle_0041.json.gz/line77
__label__wiki	0.539996	0.539996	RMZ Foundation and LabourNet Services inaugurated the Mini Skill Development Center for Construction Published: 06th February 2017 Bangalore 05/Aug/2015: RMZ Foundation and LabourNet Services inaugurated the Mini Skill Development Centre today, at the construction site of RMZ in Eco World, Bangalore. The center will provide training in trades like carpentry, bar bending and basic masonry to the construction workers of RMZ. The training is structured in the RPL (Recognition of Prior Learning) format initiated by the government for the assessment, training and certification of workers. The center was officially inaugurated by A.N Venugopal, President, RMZ Foundation, Arjun Menda, Group Chairman, RMZ Corporation. Manoj Menda, Corporate Vice Chairman, RMZ Corporation, Anu Menda, Trustee, RMZ Foundation, Gayathri Vasudevan, Co-Founder & CEO of LabourNet and other key officials. The program aims to create a dedicated resource pool of skilled and certified construction workforce for nation building. LabourNet started today with a batch of close to 100 workers and plans to train 1200 workers in the span of one year through this center. Gayathri Vasudevan, Co-Founder and CEO of LabourNet on the occasion of inauguration, said “It is an irony that in India, we associate both poverty and prosperity with construction workers. Poverty can be addressed to a large extent through education. Our goal is to take the education to the people who do not have privilege to our education system, through RPL (Recognition of Prior Learning). With a shared vision, RMZ Foundation and LabourNet will work towards providing sustainable livelihood to the construction workers”. A.N Venugopal, President of RMZ Foundation, opines “RMZ foundation aims to contribute to the society and economic development of the sector. We see a huge skill gap in construction sector apart from other challenges such as absenteeism, low productivity, etc. As a part of our sustainable program we encourage skill development of construction workers to make environmental, economical & social impact on the community”. Babu, a construction worker aged 22 from West Bengal enrolled in the first batch strongly believes that, “This training will help me understand my trade better, correct my shortcomings and eventually lead to increase in my income”. Biswajit another worker enrolled in the batch has 6 years of industry experience and excited about the training and certification states, “I am confident that this training will add value to my experience and the certification will help me get better job contract in future”. LabourNet has impacted the lives of close to 100000 construction workers across India through skill development, skills up gradation and skills recognition, it also trains workers on work place health & safety and assist them with social security and financial inclusion. About RMZ Foundation: RMZ Foundation initiatives, strives and continues by being the change to create value in the society and in the community in which it operates. The activities of RMZ Foundation are aimed to promote sustained growth for the society and community at large. The RMZ Foundation has been established to promote the well-being of humanity throughout the country. To achieve these goals, the Foundation works at the intersection of four focus areas; Advanced Education, Securing Livelihoods, Urban Development and Revalue ecosystems About LabourNet: LabourNet Services is a social enterprise working towards making the informal workforce of India ‘Skill Ready’ in association with the government and with the co-operation of Corporates in nearly 40 skill segments. It began largely as an effort to provide a one-stop platform for unorganized sector workers to obtain services which are currently available and accessible by formal sector workers. Today, LabourNet, today, has revamped itself into a Social Enterprise to make it more sustainable and provides required benefits for workers in the informal sector through a holistic platform. Its sustainable model is an end-to-end solution through a built-in 4E – Empowerment by blending Education, Employability and Employment. With more than 100 livelihood centres and 90+ onsite centres, LabourNet has impacted the lives of more than a lakh workers in India and aims to reach to a million in the next 5 years. It is structured and in synchronization with the National Skill Qualification Framework (NSQF) and the mandate set up by the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC). LabourNet’s solution won ‘Sankalp’ Award for ‘highly scalable social models’, ‘Best Upcoming Partner’ by NSDC for 2012-13, Best Practice Recognition for ‘Assessment Tools’ 2013 by NSDC. For more details on LabourNet, please visit, www.labournet.in Media Contact: Srisha Srinivasan, +919916463111, srisha@prhub.com This article is copyright <!- END OF TAG FOR SLOT Businesstopbanner --> by Tanuja Learning About Shoes Is Easy With This Article In Need Of Shoe Advice? 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__label__cc	0.56425	0.43575	Chaléwood Rob Riggle & Dave Franco – 21 Jump Street Next up were co-stars Rob Riggle and Dave Franco. Franco plays Eric Molson, a popular kid and drug dealer who befriends Jonah Hill’s character, while Riggle plays Mr. Walters, a brash, loudmouth coach. True to his character, Riggle started on me right away. Rob Riggle: Jerrod, you look very serious. Don’t be fooled, it’s a thrift store coat. First off, were you guys fans of the original show? RR: Uh, I wasn’t a hardcore fan. I didn’t watch it, like, every night, but I caught my share of episodes. I don’t think it was on every night, was it? RR: No, I mean every Friday night. Weekly. Dave Franco: I did not ever see the show until I found out about the movie, went back and watched a few episodes, saw that it was a completely different thing and felt like I didn’t really need to watch more. Even though it was a cool show. I had the first season on DVD and I…don’t have it anymore. DF: Where’d it go? RR: Yeah… It may have been re-gifted. Both: [Laughs] It’s fair to say you’re different ages, right? RR: Yes. Barely. I mean, just barely. It’s like an older brother situation. RR: Just barely. Were the cool kids in charge when you both were in high school, or was it like the movie? DF: (To Rob) What was your experience like? RR: You know, Hollywood paints a picture and stereotypes and all this. You know, my high school…yes, sports and stuff like that, that was a big thing. But nobody was mean to each other. I don’t remember any of us being mean to each other. So, like, I played football but I also did drama. Everybody kind of cross-pollinated. I guess you could say there were some cliques, but it wasn’t as hardcore as people make it out to be. DF: I had a very similar experience where there weren’t necessarily “the cool kids” or anybody. Everyone–and maybe this is fortunate—but like everyone got along decently well, considering. My group of friends were pretty social and got along with everyone. But at the same time we were the kids playing Ultimate Frisbee at lunch. We weren’t cool, you know? But everyone got along. I don’t know. RR: That was my experience. We had cowboys at my school. DF: What do you mean? Like, people that wore cowboy hats… DF: Oh, okay.. RR: Belt buckles… They raised pigs and goats on campus. DF: On campus? On campus. We had a barn. DF: Come on. RR: That’s…interesting. RR: Really? Well, this is Texas. RR: I guess… DF: Wait, they would go have a period to tend to their animals? DF: Come on. That’s a class? I assume. I wasn’t in it. DF: That’s awesome. RR: Might be an FFA thing or something… Yeah, it was an FFA thing. RR: That’s probably what it was. DF: (Laughs) Rob, you’re a bit of a jock, safe to say… RR: Yeah, yeah. Here’s the thing, though: 8th and 9th grade, I was pre-pubescent. And everybody else grew and was huge and I was small and scared. I spent those two years running for my life, in fact, hiding in the boys’ bathroom after lunch on many occasions. RR: Fact. And then in 10th grade it hit like a thunderbolt. And I grew and got big– DF: You got back at those kids? RR: No, never did, ’cause I remember what it felt like to hide in that bathroom. So it was weird. I had two experiences. The latter half of my high school experience was fun. I played sports. It gave me self-confidence, self-esteem. And then I did drama. I was on the radio and TV station. I kind of came out of my cave a little bit and it was awesome. DF: I never quite had that second experience. (Laughs) You never hit puberty? DF: Well…I’ll get back to you on that. RR: (Laughs) Was there a coach you drew inspiration from? RR: Without naming names. For this character? For Mr. Walters? Right. You’re a big enough star, you can name names now. RR: No, I would never want to do that. But I did draw from a specific coach that I had. Actually, it was an amalgamation. I shouldn’t say that. He was one guy, I had another gym teacher, and I think a driver’s ed teacher, and I just pulled from all of them. Maybe one drill sergeant in there, too. So were there any actual teenagers in this movie? DF: Yeah, this is actually a really bad story. Um…we…this isn’t in the movie… Do we need to stop taping? DF: Actually, should I say this? RR: No. DF: This actually might get me in trouble. RR: Yeah, don’t say it. DF: I’m not gonna say it. RR: All right. We’ll talk afterward. DF: It was bad though. Tagged 21 Jump StreetDave FrancoRob RIggle	cc/2023-06/en_middle_0041.json.gz/line99
__label__cc	0.692832	0.307168	"Absurdity on steroids" "The legislative fight continuing into the session’s final week is over a fund known as the low income pool, or $2 billion in federal money used to reimburse hospitals for care they provide to those who can’t pay. This year, federal officials have said they will not provide the money unless Florida expands Medicaid under Obamacare." "The Obama administration is using similar tactics in Texas, Tennessee and Kansas, threatening to withhold the indigent care money unless those states get on board with expanding Medicaid, part of the president’s plan to provide health care coverage to more people. The Florida Senate supports the idea, but House Republicans and Gov. Rick Scott oppose it." "Health care money divides Legislature." See also "House and Senate Far Apart on Budget as Health Care For Poor Becomes Bargaining Chip." Scott Maxwell explains that "last week, absurdity went on steroids when Republicans realized that all their screaming about how they don't want no stinkin' federal money might end up with them getting their wish." This was something they never really expected. Yes, they want to rant about Obamacare. But they also wanted to keep sucking up federal health-care dollars. So when the feds finally said: Fine, if you don't want our health dollars, we won't give you our health dollars, they flipped out. "Gov. Rick Scott vowed to sue. Suddenly, he was no longer ranting about federal health-care money ... he was desperate for it." House Republicans weren't sure what to do. So they staged a secret meeting where they passed out talking points for members to parrot. This way, if a pesky constituent asked why they were making such a mess, they could respond with prattle like: "We will continue to listen to new ideas . . ." But House Republicans simply cannot get past the fact that this is "Obamacare" money. So they want to refuse insurance for others — even while enjoying taxpayer-subsidized plans of their own. And now things are getting even messier. See, the federal June 30 deadline for accepting Medicaid money is approaching. And if Florida doesn't take it, we'll also lose existing federal money that subsidizes hospitals around the state — more than $1 billion a year. Much more here: "Secret meetings, threats, lawsuits — a Florida meltdown." "Term limits have shown limited success" "Term limits, popular among Florida voters, have shown limited success in breaking the cycle of career politicians. Nowhere is that clearer than in Hillsborough County, where one county commissioner is giving some thought to a first-of-its-kind move that could lengthen his total time in office to 20 years." "Hillsborough commissioners exploiting term limits loophole." "Political pensions" As folks whine about first responder pensions, perhaps they should consider the"legacy of Miami’s political pensions." "Unclear why state leaders continued course of inaction for so long" "There is no arguing, however, that the delay [in resolving the health care funding issue] is holding hostage the fate of health care for hundreds of thousands of working poor Floridians. They make too much money for traditional Medicaid but not enough to take advantage of tax credits under the Affordable Care Act, the 2010 federal health care law championed by President Barack Obama. The stalemate is rooted in ideology." "The federal government is eager to have states implement provisions under the Affordable Care Act, but the state House and Gov. Rick Scott are resisting what he calls this 'Sopranos'-like coercion. The state Senate, meanwhile, is on board with expanding access to Medicaid. Still unclear is why state leaders continued this course of inaction for so long, knowing as they did that the feds had promised to reduce their contribution to the state’s coffers." "Documents: Many players contribute to standoff on Medicaid expansion." State Elections Office Tosses Cases Against Flagler Commissioners "Specious and Speculative: State Elections Office Tosses Out Kim Weeks Cases Against 3 Flagler Commissioners." "Trying to save the state from Scott's failures" The Sun Sentinel editors: "Gov. Rick Scott went to war last week — on the wrong side." The governor should have been strong-arming House leaders, demanding that they expand health care coverage to nearly 1 million Floridians. Instead, Scott was threatening members of the Senate, which wants more Floridians to have insurance and is trying to save the state from Scott's failures. "Scott on wrong side on health care."	cc/2023-06/en_middle_0041.json.gz/line113
__label__cc	0.717735	0.282265	Home CEO Speak “Leadership Is Not About The Number Of People Who Follow You Rather... “Leadership Is Not About The Number Of People Who Follow You Rather Its About How Many Lives You Have Been Able To Inspire” Charulata Ravi Kumar, CEO Razorfish (India) in a vibrant interaction with B&E says she believes in giving everything her 300% ! What makes a great leader ? Charulata Ravi Kumar, (CR): a Leadership is a combination of instinct, skill and art. And underlying all of this is discipline. A combination of all this makes you an inspiration for others. I personally have used my instincts a lot more than techniques. I share four very important ones that have always guided me. 1) Be an extremely good listener. This isn’t about just listening but about listening between the words, going beyond the words and understanding the deeper emotions and always looking for the core thought while sieving through the words spoken. 2) Show strength of character and control. Not flapping during the most adverse situations and empowering the team with strength and guidance to see it as a new challenge and opportunity to find the best solutions. 3) Lead from the front, from the middle and the sides. I like to be there for my team in every way that’s apt for the situation at hand. It’s not about acting the boss but leading them to discover their best and beyond. 4) Be unbiased, fair and just at all times. An honest relationship demands it and is important to place the organization and its people collectively before the individual. Aristotle once said -the hardest victory is the victory over self. What are the self-mastery secrets that make you the world-class leader that you are? (CR): OMG! This is the tough one. I would like to hire Aristotle to mentor my teams and me! The hardest thing is to look within and acknowledge your gaps – both capability and leadership skills. There is not a single person who says they do acknowledge but many in the hearts don’t really believe it. And again we tend to reach a certain level of excellence and get ourselves waylaid by praises and accolades to believe we are the cat’s whiskers. This is our doom and it’s the point when Peter Principle starts setting in. There are three simple things I do to keep my humility in check. A) Keep interacting with people who are better that you. There’s no point being the king (or queen) amongst fools! B) Stay in a student frame of mind. That means read a lot and write a lot. C) Expand boundaries to meet people from all walks of life from the industry and many more from unrelated quarters. What’s important here is to remain non-judgmental and appreciate and absorb the difference this brings. Leadership should not be about the number of people who follow you but rather how many lives have you been able to inspire and change for the better. What according to you is the one most important quality of a leader? (CR): It can never be one quality. This responsibility is about dealing with a multitude of situations and vast diversity of humans. A one-quality leader will remain a one- trick pony that will fail when the hurdle it knows how to jump changes to a pit it has to cross. Sourav Ganguly, a leader I have always admired went through the peaks and troughs of his life with equal grace. At times displaying determination, at times courage, at times humility and above all resilience. Taking decisions, which positively impact the larger good, is also an important trait. Can we teach people to become better leaders? (Is it an inborn skill or can it be taught) (CR): When I was pushing my son, who is passionate about sports and excels in many, to work towards becoming the captain, with one knock he taught me a very important lesson. He said, “Mamma, But I don’t want to be a leader. I want to play well.” A new lesson in leadership that I learnt.Sachin Tendulkar, a failed captain, has led by inspiring millions around the world to aim for excellence. Leadership can be both an inborn skill that must be polished to shine and yet like in case of Mahatma Gandhi, it can be taught. But in both instances, the passion and drive must come from within… to strive for excellence and to inspire others towards it. Leadership cannot be a status you ask for. It happens because others choose you to be so. How important is team work in achieving success? The secret to building a strong and efficient team? (CR): It is indispensible. In today’s world collaboration is the only way, between individuals and between businesses. But collaboration without strong relationships will be futile. From a leadership pov, it is important to trust and empower your team on the one hand, but also never allow a compromise on a strong performance-based culture. Building and demonstrating a culture that is unique to the organization will bind its people together firmly and the common purpose will be a joy to work towards. Not to forget that individual needs and dreams are just as important as the collective goals. For us, integrity, passion, collaboration, innovation and speed underlie strong performance. But hey, lets not forget to have fun while doing all this! The secret to getting more done in a day as compared to others. (What are the most important day to day habits that help you get the maximum out of the day? Your secret of effective time management) (CR): Multitasking is a skill one must acquire and train towards if you wish to make your day rich with experiences. While I accompany my son to all his sports training and matches, I write my columns and interviews such as this. a) One also needs a fantastic assistant and in my case I have RajuTarange, who more than doubles up in any role you put him in. Some good techniques are,a) learning the art of speed-reading and being able to quickly grasp the key points. Learning to connect dots from life experiences to apply the learnings quicker and more efficiently. b) Waking up at 4am to be able to do all the things you want to before the phone pings you to madness!Its important not to become a slave to the phone specially irrelevant social media chatter. c) The urge to peek into the phone every 20 seconds must be avoided. d) Stress leads to loss of productivity. One must learn to control stress with suitable exercise and following a passion to immerse in. e) Above all, it’s the inner drive and energy, and strong will to explore the new, that will always make time for you. The motivation secrets of a leader-how do you inspire and sustain motivation? (CR): I don’t have an “inspiration strategy”. And I seem to remain forever motivated by life. I find inspiring people to connect with and I find inspiration in all I meet. The inspiration you draw from those around you will emanate as your positivity. The secret to handling failure effectively ? (CR): To see failure as a success. Because only those who dare to try, can ever fail. It is important to be proud of your failures, learn from them and become stronger than be arrogant about your success. How do you prioritize work and life? (CR): I don’t. Both have equal priority in my life. And both run simultaneously! No day is perfectly balanced. But I have learnt to improvise as we go along. Leaders you admire? (CR): My parents – for coming from humble beginings to becoming inspiring leaders in their respective societies and yet remaining humble all their lives. Aung San SuuKyi – for the power of gentle that forced the world to come together and a nation to change. The Dalai Lama – For the Spiritual leadership he brings to our world Mahatma Gandhi – For his determination to become the leader the world needed and, his astute sense of strategy and human understanding. Lionel Messi – For showing us new heights of excellence and exhilaration we did not know existed. SouravGanguly – For bringing fire in the bellies of the Indian team Your views on the leadership skills of the next generation of leaders? (CR): Each generation likes to undermine the next and vice-versa without a consideration of the era’s evolution status. Assuming that the next generation of leaders is all flawed will be our folly. Each generation brings with it a new wave and a new way of doing things. But learning from the past is equally important. The new generation is bringing a lot of dynamism, innovation and a spirit of entrepreneurial leadership. This of course with its share of impulsiveness and frequent focus shifts. If they can learn to channelize their restlessness in the right direction, then they can well be the torchbearers of the new exciting future that awaits us. Best advice you can give to the future leaders (CR): Become the inspiration. Don’t chase power or fame. Embrace failure as much as you would success – yours’ and others’. Give everything in life your 300%. Charulata Ravi Kumar Razorfish India Previous article“Be honest, be candid, walk-the-talk to truly put the ‘lead’ in the leader! Next article“The Best Leaders Are Also The Best Listeners” A Good Leader Is One Who Has The Ability To Work With A Diverse Set Of People	cc/2023-06/en_middle_0041.json.gz/line119

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