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The dataset generation failed
Error code: DatasetGenerationError
Exception: ArrowInvalid
Message: JSON parse error: Missing a closing quotation mark in string. in row 26
Traceback: Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/packaged_modules/json/json.py", line 153, in _generate_tables
df = pd.read_json(f, dtype_backend="pyarrow")
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pandas/io/json/_json.py", line 815, in read_json
return json_reader.read()
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pandas/io/json/_json.py", line 1025, in read
obj = self._get_object_parser(self.data)
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pandas/io/json/_json.py", line 1051, in _get_object_parser
obj = FrameParser(json, **kwargs).parse()
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pandas/io/json/_json.py", line 1187, in parse
self._parse()
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pandas/io/json/_json.py", line 1403, in _parse
ujson_loads(json, precise_float=self.precise_float), dtype=None
ValueError: Trailing data
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/builder.py", line 1997, in _prepare_split_single
for _, table in generator:
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/packaged_modules/json/json.py", line 156, in _generate_tables
raise e
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/packaged_modules/json/json.py", line 130, in _generate_tables
pa_table = paj.read_json(
File "pyarrow/_json.pyx", line 308, in pyarrow._json.read_json
File "pyarrow/error.pxi", line 154, in pyarrow.lib.pyarrow_internal_check_status
File "pyarrow/error.pxi", line 91, in pyarrow.lib.check_status
pyarrow.lib.ArrowInvalid: JSON parse error: Missing a closing quotation mark in string. in row 26
The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/src/services/worker/src/worker/job_runners/config/parquet_and_info.py", line 1529, in compute_config_parquet_and_info_response
parquet_operations = convert_to_parquet(builder)
File "/src/services/worker/src/worker/job_runners/config/parquet_and_info.py", line 1154, in convert_to_parquet
builder.download_and_prepare(
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/builder.py", line 1029, in download_and_prepare
self._download_and_prepare(
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/builder.py", line 1124, in _download_and_prepare
self._prepare_split(split_generator, **prepare_split_kwargs)
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/builder.py", line 1884, in _prepare_split
for job_id, done, content in self._prepare_split_single(
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/builder.py", line 2040, in _prepare_split_single
raise DatasetGenerationError("An error occurred while generating the dataset") from e
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Review: Super Kiwi 64 - An N64-Style Platformer Ripe With Tricksy Energy
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Right first time—it was a bird
Version Reviewed: North American
review by Roland Ingram Sat 3rd Dec 2022
Super Kiwi 64 feels like it's up to something. There's a tricksy energy about it that's impossible to ignore. Players of Siactro's earlier games might be expecting that, but this isn't just more of the same. Super Kiwi 64 is weird in its own special way, presenting a fresh guided tour of this indie developer's mind.
Kiwi opens in a hub area that connects eight main levels for N64-style non-linear item-collection platforming. It looks like it's been perfectly preserved in glacial ice since the Silicon Graphics Reality Coprocessor era of the N64. It could have been released in 1999, copycatting equally Banjo-Kazooie and Donkey Kong 64. Even back then, though, we'd have been slightly wary, since the level of polish is not up with those titles. But despite that, it just feels like there is something going on - something weird.
From the very first level, messy edges were right in our face. The camera, for instance, has a laissez-faire attitude to solidity of objects in the environment and will happily just clip through any scenery you like... But is something going on with that? We naturally used the camera to spy through walls and see where we should be trying to get to. Was this by design? Are there game mechanics built out of apparently broken 3D fundamentals? Or is that actually an anarchic punk aesthetic where you need to just chill out about the camera and your bourgeois expectation that it should participate in the charade of a solid environment? Is the camera deliberately flawed as a parody of itself and an examination of player expectations of value in AAA game production? Or could it, maybe, just be a bit rubbish?
That last possibility doesn't hold up very far. Too much of Super Kiwi 64 is too polished for it all just to be a big mistake: the controls are responsive and fun, the movement gimmick of spiking your beak into the wall and jumping to climb up (a Mario Odyssey reference?) is satisfying. On the other hand, the level design is incredibly simple, with red-key-opens-red-door gating and a clear tally of collectibles that are rarely hidden well, if at all.
However, the defiant simplicity of everything is so controlled that Siactro must surely be doing it consciously. The microsecond celebratory pose of the kiwi as it collects a jewel is comically undersold compared to Mario's - now rather overblown - twirl when collecting a Power Moon. Blink and you'll miss it but, taken as a joke, it's pitch-perfect. And like the Toree games before it, the sparsity of Super Kiwi 64's levels is excused by their brevity and very low difficulty. That said, while you could finish the whole game in one-to-two hours, it does have a set of genuinely mysterious secrets buried in it. Without spoiling, let's just say they convinced us that the truly cursed vibe of the piece was not just in our heads.
Our experience of Super Kiwi 64 comes down to this: we were having a good time, but couldn't always tell if it was despite the game or because of it. Either we've found a gold coin in a muddy field or we've found the face of Elvis in our porridge. If you're giving this a go, be sure to bring your imagination along with your £2.69.
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Combatting Misinformation | Episode 90
By John W. Little in Podcast Episodes January 1, 2018
Andrew Trabulsi (entrepreneur, consultant, and co-editor of Warlords, Inc.: Black Markets, Broken States, and the Rise of the Warlord Entrepreneur) joins me to discuss misinformation, the technology and platforms facilitating it, and the challenges faced in combatting it.
Propaganda, Influence, and Disruption | Episode 79
By John W. Little in Podcast Episodes October 16, 2017
Andrew Trabulsi, a strategy, technology, and intelligence consultant and co-editor of Warlords, Inc.: Black Markets, Broken States, and the Rise of the Warlord Entrepreneur, joins me in episode 79 to look at recent developments in the social media space of the investigation into Russian meddling in the U.S. election and what the evidence says about our ability (or inability) to identify and address modern propaganda. The techniques used in the 2016 election are not new but the potential for disaster rises as awareness about how they can be leveraged and misused spreads and the technological and social changes that amplify their effects continue their rapid advance. Complete solutions will remain elusive so how do we, and the platforms we depend on, push back?
Understanding and Developing Resilience To Information Warfare | Episode 75
Dr. Clint Arizmendi, an Adjunct Senior Research Fellow for the Australian Graduate School of Policing & Security’s Terrorism Studies program at Charles Sturt University, joins me to discuss information warfare in episode 75.
Of course, we look at the subject primarily through the lens of current events. Russia is covered, as is the Trump administration, social media, and the role technology companies and their platforms play in facilitating propaganda networks and distribution.
This is an issue that, primarily thanks to technology, can feel a bit overwhelming at times. The volume of propaganda that can be directed at an adversary is unprecedented. The ways in which it can be finely tuned and targeted are new developments as well. But all is not lost and we offer reasons for hope. We also argue for slight changes in perspective that will help mitigate the impact of messaging that seeks only to create chaos and divide its targets.
Why Daesh’s Social Media Campaign is a Massive Failure | Episode 7
By John W. Little in Podcast Episodes November 4, 2014 0 Comment
In episode 7 I’m pushing back at the notion that Daesh’s social media visibility equals success. The group might have mastered trolling and they can shoot and edit passable HD video but are these activities going to help them achieve their goals or are they, in fact, undermining themselves with every tweet and every recorded act of brutality? You’ve read the title so I think you know where I’m going with this.
This episode ends with a message from Ambassador Lukman Faily. Iraq’s Ambassador to the United States is an engaging presence on Twitter and I’ve interviewed him twice for Blogs of War. The Ambassador argues that Daesh is a global problem, not just an Iraqi one, and comments on the changes his government is making to address critical internal political and social issues.
The State of Twitter, the Struggle to Understand, and The Perils of Technology for Terrorists | Episode 2
By John W. Little in Podcast Episodes October 15, 2014 0 Comment
This week, I’m offering my take on the notion than Twitter is broken. David Auerbach did a fine job of arguing just that in Slate recently, and I agree with much of what he wrote, but my conclusion might surprise you. I’m also offering some thoughts on our struggle to deeply understand terrorism and the people who engage in it. I’ll share some of my concerns about our progress in this area and recommend that you read an excellent piece by Lieutenant Colonel Jason Logue, an Australian Army Information Operations specialist, Fighting the Narrative: Understand to Effectively Engage in the War of Ideas. And then I’ll share some thoughts about terrorism and technology. ISIS stormed through Twitter just a few weeks ago and now many of them are paying the ultimate price for their trolling. I’ll explain why terrorism, social media, and apps aren’t the potent mix that many people fear they are and tell you who really stands to gain from these tools. A very thoughtful question from a listener follows.
Intelligence Failures, Agent Storm, and eDiplomacy Trolling | Episode 1
By John W. Little in Podcast Episodes October 6, 2014 0 Comment
Welcome to the launch of Covert Contact: The Blogs of War Podcast. In episode 1 I am looking at the notion of intelligence failures and why they’re often more complicated than they seem – or not failures at all. I’m also taking a look at the new biography of Murad Storm, the towering red-haired Danish agent who infiltrated al Qaeda. Agent Storm: My Life Inside al Qaeda and the CIA is a fascinating read that raises many questions about our ability to infiltrate radical Islamic groups. And then a discussion about the darker side of eDiplomacy. Do we really want world leaders trolling each other on Twitter?
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The series Need for Speed has amassed a loyal following of fans thanks to overall, an impressive catalogue of arcade racing games. Due to different companies constantly taking the reigns for development, fans are never quite sure how the final product will pan out – will it be a more serious racer like SHIFT, or will there be a lot more arcade-action like in Hot Pursuit. Developed by Black Box, Need for Speed: The Run falls nicely in between these two titles and brings to the table some exciting racing segments across very impressive environments. Unfortunately, the blockbuster story holding the game together is horrific at best and key issues prevent this installment from being anywhere near the best the series has to offer.
The story concentrates on the unfortunate Jack Rourke who gets involved with the wrong people, which forces him to partake in a cross-country race to buy back his freedom (because all problems are solved with cross-country races). Need for Speed: The Run’s Hollywood-like tone is cheesy, cringe-worthy and a serious waste of time. The narrative does very little to help the cast and for the most part, the story fails to make any sense at all. Luckily for you, apart from an opening cut-scene and occasional timed button-press segments, you don’t really have to pay attention or get involved with the story, allowing you to simply concentrate on the racing.
As bad as the story is, we’ve come for the racing and boy will you be doing plenty of that. Need for Speed: The Run offers beautiful and varied terrain to travel across using a whole host of different muscle, sports and luxury cars. The cars drive smoothly, the action is exhilarating and more often than not, the AI does a fairly decent job at keeping races from being too easy (although this could be due to the annoying rubber band feature where cars catch up or pull back to keep cars together offering the illusion of it being an even race).
Jack’s journey from San Francisco to New York will not only let you see lots of different environments, but you’ll also have the opportunity to compete in different challenges and race modes. As you travel across America you’ll be required to avoid mobsters, avoid natural disasters, take down police officers, increase your position, beat certain racers and play against the clock – Need for Speed: The Run does an excellent job at keeping you under pressure, which is probably the only emotion you might come to share with our lead protagonist.
As exciting as the racing is, even this suffers from key issues. Your journey across America is organised in stages, with each stage holding a number of events. You actually aren’t able to access individual events should you choose to replay them, rather you are forced to play the entire stage all the way through including watching and partaking in any cut scenes, until you eventually get to the segment you wanted to tackle again. Your racing experience is also separated by checkpoints, which is where you’ll respawn should you crash or sometimes even diverge from the race track. Finally, I have to emphasize one more time just how bad the on-foot timed segments really are, they simply don’t fit into the game and provide nothing but a distraction from what the game is actually good at.
Fortunately, there are some ok multiplayer aspects that are worth checking out in Need for Speed: The Run. Online racing is as good as it has always been in Need for Speed games, variation in game modes and car-specific races dominate the online experience. You also earn experience points by doing anything in the game, which is beneficial in the beginning but you find yourself running out of cool things to unlock pretty quickly. The absolutely fantastic Autolog experience also returns to keep track of every single thing you do, spurring some nice rivalry between you and your friends as you battle for leaderboard dominance. Again however, certain technical hitches crop up every once in a while, which don’t ruin the experience but you’d hope a series so well established would have removed these kinks by now.
Ultimately it’s just a shame that a series which seems to be constantly improving, is forced to take quite a dramatic step back. Beautiful visuals thanks to the Frostbite 2 engine and detailed tracks make travelling across America in Need for Speed: The Run, a really enjoyable experience. The average game content, completely unnecessary story and poor pacing overshadow what is a very impressive environment. A racing game has to race well and unfortunately, there are better racers out on the market – so pick up a copy if you dare but in all honesty, I’d go with FORZA 4 or Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit.
7.0 | Gameplay |
Need for Speed: The Run is a good arcade racer, but it does nothing outside the box and fails to deliver any substantial content. The cars are beautiful, handle well and the racetrack designs are very impressive. A decent variety in goals throughout the racing and a good sense of constant pressure are certainly highlights in this experience.
8.0 | Presentation |
The Frostbite 2 engine certainly makes Need for Speed: The Run a beautiful looking game. The cars are gorgeous and the environments are not only developed for good racing, but also look terrific. The same can’t be said for the story cut-scenes, with character models nowhere near to the same standard with improper lip synching and poor voice acting present throughout.
5.5 | Replay Value |
Multiplayer and the brilliant Autolog system will give you reason to come back and continue racing, but it’s difficult to justify a lot of time after you’ve gone through Need for Speed: The Run’s story. I can pretty much guarantee you won’t do story mode more than once.
6.5 | Final Thoughts |
Disappointing is unfortunately my final verdict for Need for Speed: The Run. This series has been going from height to height in recent years and after thoroughly enjoying Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit, I was pretty excited for this installment. From the moment I saw the first ever footage with this emphasis on a human character being able to do on-foot segments, I knew it was going to be a mess. Need for Speed: The Run does arcade racing well, but by no means the best on the market and everything else about the game is dull, unimaginative and not worth your time.
Igor Kharin.
Posted by Jonathan at 17:08
Labels: India, Ireland, UK, USA
Selling? Consumers' Association finds CeX Pays You More & rated by Yahoo!
CeX is the fastest, friendliest and fairest place to sell your unwanted games, movies and gadgets. This has been backed up by a pile of independent surveys CeX where has come out as the place that pays you more.
A survey published by Which, the UK Consumers' Association, found ‘it was CeX that made us the most money’ when selling a camera for cash. CeX paid more than anyone else on the High Street and more than time consuming auction sites too.
CeX was also named on Yahoo Finance, where expert Felicity Hannah states in an article "How to sell your stuff" that her avid gamer husband uses CeX too. Praise indeed.
CeX opens in Flatbush NYC
We’ve been expanding the reach of your stores in the US and are delighted to announce the first CeX in Brooklyn for your buying, selling and exchanging pleasure. Indulge yourself in CeX seven days a week at 865 Flatbush Ave, NY11226. We’ll more share photos soon.
Some of the fine folk that made CeX Flatbush happen.
Labels: USA
CeX in The Times of India
The Times of India reports on one of the first of many CeX stores opening in India. The CeX store count in India as of December 2011 stands at four, with many more to come.
"Mumbai finally gets a new shopping landmark with the launch of Phoenix Marketcity (PMC) spread across a retail space of about 2.1 million square feet. Located at LBS Marg, Kurla; the Phoenix Marketcity is all about its expanse, experience and exclusivity for serious shoppers. PMC will house 330 plus brands across categories like fashion apparel, footwear, jewellery, accessories, F&B, entertainment, and much more. The perfect destination for discerning shoppers and brand lovers, PMC brings the international standard hub of retail with domestic and international brands along with entertainment. Phoenix Marketcity will house 330 plus brands to the ranks of Zara (flagship store), CeX (first time in India), Nike (flagship store in India), L’Occitane, Luxury Boulevard (first time in India), BEBE (biggest Store in India), AND (biggest store — introducing menswear for the first time), Café Pico (first in India), Puma (flagship Store), Reliance Mart (biggest in India), Hush Puppies, Catwalk, Esbeda, Derby, Puma, Provogue, Denizen, Blackberry, Levis, Aldo, Promod, Charles & Keith, Clarks, Indian Terrain, John Players, Swarovski, Vero Moda, Jack and Jones, Only, Pieces, FCUK, UCB, Debenhams, Luxury Boulevard, Lavie, La Senza, Lifestyle, Nine West, Timberland, Diesel, Zingrin and many more.
We have to agree with The Times who state, "It doesn't get much better than this."
CeX Phoenix Marketcity, Kurla.
Labels: India, pressmention
CeX in India: 4 stores & counting!
UPDATE 13th December 2011
.....and Kurla makes 4 CeX stores in India this year!
We are ecstatic that our fourth Indian store has opened in Kurla today.
2011 marks the year CeX landed in India & we could not be happier.
We have a treasure trove of phones, games, movies and gadgets just waiting for you to buy, sell and exchange.
Come find us on the Ground Floor of the Phoenix Market City Mall, Kurla.
UPDATE 26th October 2011: CeX now open in Bangalore, India.
Here at CeX we are celebrating the opening of our 3rd Indian store in Bangalore. In perfect timing with Diwali, lots of fireworks & smiles going around.
Find CeX Bangalore in the shiny Phoenix Market City Mall.
CeX, 21 Phoenix Market City Mall Bangalore. (Click for map)
UPDATE: 5th October 2011: Vashi now joins Pune.
CeX stores in India take after London buses it seems. After waiting ages for one, they come along together, with a new CeX shop just opened in Vashi. Find CeX Vashi just outside CentreOne Mall at 15, Real Tech Park, Plot No. 39/2, Sector 30A, Vashi, Navi Mumbai 400 703. We've two floors of phones, games, movies and gadgets just waiting for you to buy, sell and exchange.
CeX Vashi, now open!
CeX opens in India!
A new day, a new Continent for CeX! We're overjoyed to announce the opening of the first of many CeX stores in India. CeX is now open in Pune, in the shiny Phoenix Market City Mall. Find this historic CeX on the second floor between Fun City and Pizza Hut to see just how much more cash we pay for your stuff.
We're ready seven days a week to help you buy, sell or exchange phones, games, DVDs, Blu-rays, electronics, iPods, cameras, computers, components and displays. Look out for more CeX stores opening in Banglore, Vashi and Mumbai very soon. A website with Indian pricing, stock levels and much more is coming very soon.
CeX Pune, some of the many that made it happen:)
We ♥ recycling.
www.webuy.com
Labels: India, new store
Order now and get FREE shipping on orders $50 and over to all lower 48 States until Jan 1 2012. We’ll brave the cold for you so you can stay snug & snap up those holiday gifts without even leaving your house. Toasty!
Order in time for CeXmas
Order by midnight on the 17th Dec (GMT) & we'll try our very hardest to make sure Santa's CeX sack gets to you by Xmas.
Merry CeXmas
CeX Opens in Portland, ME
CeX has opened in Portland, Maine. We've polished the iPhones and rolled out the red awnings. CeX Portland is open 7 days a week for you to buy, sell and exchange games, phones, DVDs, Blu-rays, computers and electronics. Check what we pay compared to the other guys, you'll be shocked just how much more you get at CeX.
Find CeX at 18 Exchange Street, Portland, ME 04101. We'll post photos very soon.
Win CeX Vouchers!
Win CeX Vouchers with the Stick 'n Snap Photo competition
For your chance to win CeX Vouchers head on over to our facebook. Open to all!
Get CeX snap happy!
Labels: competition, India, Ireland, UK, USA
As far as video game franchises go, does it really get any bigger than Super Mario? Our favourite iconic plumber returns in glorious fashion but this time, he has more to do on his agenda than simply rescue Princess Peach. Nintendo have stated in the past that the first Super Mario game to be released on Nintendo 3DS will be the first proper representation of what their 3D handheld is capable of. So inevitably Mario sets out on a new adventure in Super Mario 3D Land that encompasses everything we know and love about Mario, while at the same time adding a few fresh touches to keep this trip to the Mushroom Kingdom, another thoroughly entertaining one.
Super Mario 3D Land begins with yet another plot device as an excuse for Bowser to kidnap Princess Peach. After a wild storm hits the Mushroom Kingdom, Mario finds a letter next to a special tree standing on Princess Peach’s land. Not only has the Princess disappeared but also the magical leaves from the tree were blown away, granting Tanooki power to anyone lucky enough to touch these leaves. Of course Mario and his buddies aren’t best pleased with the situation and so begins your journey to rescue the Princess and save Mushroom Kingdom.
Your journey spans across a variety of themed worlds from Mario’s classical heritage, all the way through to modern environments. You will be required to travel to these locations and collect Star Coins to unlock new stages and progress to new worlds. Super Mario 3D Land does an excellent job at pacing your experience, with special stages and boss battles mixed nicely into the regular platforming action. The platforming itself has been designed remarkably well with Shigeru Miyamoto describing the game as a “mix between Super Mario Galaxy and Super Mario 64.” Your goal is to reach the flagpole at the end of each level before the timer runs out -- sounds simple doesn’t it? Unfortunately through the beginning levels it actually is relatively simple, but sticking with Super Mario 3D Land to the latter portion of the game reveals a thoroughly challenging and engaging set of levels that will make any fan of Mario or platforming in general, squeal with delight.
Despite modern elements of Super Mario Galaxy, Super Mario 3D Land plays predominately like classic Mario games. Fluid controls thanks to the 3DS’s circle pad makes moving Mario simple and fun. Throughout your adventure you will come across plenty of lovable bad guys, interesting puzzles and cool power-ups. What’s a Mario game without a few fire-flowers and mushrooms? Well Super Mario 3D Land adds a few other cool toys to play with, including the classic Tanooki Suit – allowing Mario to hover in mid-air and bash enemies with a cute tail. A hard-shelled suit is also available, giving players access to a boomerang, which can be used not only as a weapon, but a hook to grab hard-to-reach goodies. Even invincibility items have been included called The Invincibility Leaf and P-Wing for that extra hand in case you get seriously stuck. These along with other nifty surprises thrown into the mix make Super Mario 3D Land’s platforming feel fresh and exciting.
Inevitably we were going to discuss the 3D elements of Super Mario 3D Land. Claiming that this will be the title to make full and optimal usage of 3D technology was a brave statement from Nintendo, but for the most part it is fairly accurate. While Super Mario 3D Land can be played completely in 2D without any problems at all, the level design has been created with 3D in mind. Depth perception, aerial sections and Mario’s power-ups all look stunning with 3D turned on. The 3DS’s gyro technology is also implemented for binocular segments in the game, allowing Mario to locate Toads to earn additional goodies. With other Nintendo 3DS games you normally hear the same old line “the 3D does nothing to enhance the experience,” – Super Mario 3D Land is an example of a game built from the ground up with 3D at the heart of development. It’s such a fantastic game that you will enjoy it in 2D, but there are moments here, magical moments that you will miss, unless you have 3D turned on.
Super Mario 3D Land also ensures not to leave you by yourself and implements some level of player interaction. Since all levels are timed and recorded, you can battle it out for best completion in both normal levels and the various challenge rooms available. Street Pass is also enabled allowing players to exchange items in challenge cubes. All of this lets you engage with other 3DS owners and spurs on friendly competition, adding replay value to an already plentiful game.
Every single time a new Mario game comes out I always ask myself “how on earth are they going to make it different this time, surely they’ve run out of ideas by now?” Every single time, I’m wrong. Super Mario 3D Land takes the best from Mario’s past and modern exploits and rolls them into a specially designed, 3D package. This is everything you love about Nintendo’s iconic franchise, bundled in a beautiful, easy-to-use and refreshing manner – the gameplay is fun, the 3D is important and the replay value is high. Super Mario 3D Land is the staple platformer for any Nintendo 3DS owner this holiday period.
Super Mario 3D Land has a variety of different worlds to explore, each with their own unique stages, puzzles, challenges and boss battles. On top of this, the mirroring challenge worlds help step up the difficulty, giving hardcore Mario fans even more to obsess about. Lots of fantastic power-ups and clever level design makes you want to keep playing just to see the next thing you have to tackle.
Built with 3D in mind, Super Mario 3D Land is a beautiful game full of vibrant colours and fantastic characters. I keep going back to level design, but it’s truly what makes Mario games so unique, especially considering how well the 3D is implemented. To an extent, Super Mario 3D Land is its own worst enemy because the level design is so good, you could play with 3D turned off and still have a remarkable experience.
Plenty of replay value and it’s very easy to become obsessed with collecting all the Star Coins and getting everything out of this game, including a certain green-capped brother. Competitive elements also help keep you interacting with other 3DS console owners. Street Pass lets you get involved with people who don’t even own Super Mario 3D Land.
Super Mario 3D Land is the staple platformer for Nintendo 3DS – it is beautifully designed and executed with perfection. Everything about this game suggests care and attention to detail and you will feel the love and affection Nintendo have for Mario when you play every single level in Super Mario 3D Land. It’s an absolute testament to how a series can keep coming back feeling reinvigorated and fresh – Nintendo are simply the masters of taking the old and launching it into the modern era of gaming.
Labels: 3D gaming, India, Ireland, Nintendo 3DS, UK, USA
Weekend Site Maintenance
We hate any down time, but need to do some site maintenance on webuy.com from 10pm GMT (or if you're the US 5pm ET, 2pm PT) Saturday 3 December to 6am GMT Sunday 4 December. We hope to keep the offline time under 4 hours, but just wanted to inform you of this maintenance.
We'll keep the down time to a minimum, we know it sucks.
Labels: IE, India, UK, USA
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
Upon arriving to The Legend of Zelda’s 25th anniversary, fans of the series would inevitably be expecting a mesmerizing new title in the franchise. While The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword isn’t a total reinvention of the formula, it is certainly a nostalgic trip encompassing everything we know and love about Link and his adventures, sprinkled with enough modern elements to keep it feeling fresh. The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword is a great installment that continues the thrill of exploring dungeons, defeating giant bosses and engaging with a charming and beautiful world. Unfortunately, the experience is interrupted at times by occasional hitches in the control mechanics and some repetitive exploration segments. Nevertheless, The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword will engross fans of the series and fans of adventure games by doing the franchise utmost justice with another fantastic installment well deserving of being named one of the best The Legend of Zelda has to offer.
Skyward Sword acts as a prequel to Ocarina of Time and tells the tale of Link and Zelda’s life in Skyloft, the discovery of Hyrule, the forging of the Master Sword, the battle against Lord Ghirahim and Ganondorf’s origin. Naturally our silent protagonist is at the heart of the adventure, but Zelda plays a slightly more prevalent role than in prior games – their rapport is well developed throughout, so well actually that it makes other characters throughout seem quite empty in comparison. That’s not to say that the evil Ghirahim won’t pluck at your heart strings as he weaves darkness upon the land or Fi doesn’t add companionship in her own little way, but ultimately for the past 25 years we have been following this fictional couple and it’s a joy to see their interaction reach a more engaging level.
Traversing across Skyward Sword’s various environments is an absolute joy. The story encompasses numerous areas, towns and dungeons to explore as you travel between Skyloft and Hyrule. No game has looked better on the Nintendo Wii and you could go as far as to say that no game ever will. Beautiful artistic design and vibrant colours bring these locations to life as Nintendo opted for a nice middle ground between The Wind Waker’s cell shaded design and the more serious tone of Twilight Princess. Whether you’re travelling by foot or flying a Loftwing uncovering secret islands in the sky, Skyward Sword ensures to marvel with brilliant visuals and another wonderfully orchestrated sound track.
Naturally roaming these wonderful environments you will encounter a wide variety of enemies. Skyward Sword opts to use Wii Motion Plus that transforms your Wiimote into Link’s sword. I found the controls to be surprisingly responsive but the experience is really shaped depending on how seriously you choose to take the game. What I mean by this is enemies reveal weak points that require different types of hand movements from you to perform a particular sword attack – but unfortunately it is possible at times to simply parry and flail your controller like a mad man and chances are you will still get the job done. So the question is whether you’d like to play the game slowly and skillfully, engaging each enemy, finding and exploiting their weak point, or rather opt for the hyperactive swinging controller technique. There’s no question that Wii Motion Plus is used brilliantly here for all of Link’s tools and gadgets as well, but occasional awkward camera scenarios and frequent recalibration can lead to frustrating moments in your Skyward Sword experience.
The way you are forced to engage with these mechanics is a whole other story. Wii Motion Plus has allowed Skyward Sword to evolve the franchise in magnificent and entertaining ways. Although there’s plenty that is familiar about this game, the motion controls make Skyward Sword stand out above all other installments in the series. Clever puzzle design, engaging enemies and dangerous boss battles all try and get you to use the motion controls in fascinating ways, making it very difficult to justify going back and playing The Legend of Zelda with any other control scheme.
Another highlight in Skyward Sword is a slight overhaul of the traditional dungeon elements all The Legend of Zelda games are known for. Usually each dungeon rewards you with a new gadget and you use the gadget to complete the dungeon – things aren’t as linear anymore. While the pace of acquiring gadgets is still great, you will be required to use your entire tool bag to get through the various dungeons and caverns you find yourself in. Full to the brim with clever puzzles, twists and turns, Skyward Sword will you have scratching your head but with a very balanced difficulty curve you’ll rarely get frustrated, but prepare to grind to a halt from time to time.
Like all The Legend of Zelda games, your experience can be hampered somewhat by repetition. Skyward Sword is a large game that is set across a variety of environments but you will find that the game forces you to return to areas you have already explored on numerous occasions. While your objectives and goals change, sometimes if feels cumbersome running up and down the same grassy plain when you know you’ve already been there and done that. Thankfully plenty of side quests and hidden treasures are hidden and reward exploration so getting inside every nook and cranny is absolutely essential if you want to discover everything Skyward Sword has to offer.
A few other additions have been implemented to ensure Skyward Sword continues moving the franchise forward. An upgrade system for your tools is introduced to make collecting various items a worthwhile detour. These make significant changes to your items, upgrading their power or changing how they are used – finding the appropriate items to enhance your bag of goodies is a whole load of fun and will keep you busy while progressing through the main story.
It is never an easy task to create new installments into a series that for the most part, has seen nothing but critically acclaimed success. The Legend of Zelda knows nothing but glory and fortunately, Skyward Sword follows the franchises traditions to the letter while at the same time bringing in modern elements of gaming to ensure progression. Appeasing fans of the series while at the same time moving The Legend of Zelda forward is certainly no easy task but it is achieved in a spirited fashion here. The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword implements an excellent blend of nostalgic fun, coupled with a brilliant new control scheme while at the same time tidying and polishing up those little elements that were starting to get old and made them user friendly for the modern age of gaming. If you’re looking for an engrossing and enchanting adventure, The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword is the game for you this holiday period.
Classical The Legend of Zelda gameplay intertwines with modern Wii Motion Plus movement mechanics in seamless fashion. Newly designed dungeons helps make a traditional formula feel reinvigorated, in particular impressive puzzles are spread across your entire journey. Occasional issues with the motion controls and some camera issues hamper the experience somewhat.
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Stunning visuals and a beautiful orchestrated soundtrack makes Skyward Sword the best looking game you will ever see on the Nintendo Wii. Blending cartoon-like graphics from The Wind Waker and the more serious of Twilight Princess has created the most beautiful installment of The Legend of Zelda we have seen yet.
A 35 hour + story mixed with lots of side quests warrants your time and deserves more than one play-through. It truly is a magical journey taking from all of The Legend of Zelda’s history – with plenty to see and so much to experience; it’s difficult to leave once you’ve been sucked in.
When talking about The Legend of Zelda and any new installment in the series, everyone always asks one question – “Is it better than Ocarina of Time?” Each new game tries to bring something new and move the series forward – Skyward Sword’s use of Wii Motion Plus changes the whole dynamics of The Legend of Zelda. Once you interact with Link’s gadgets using the intuitive motions controls, you’ll find it difficult to ever play another The Legend of Zelda game without these new mechanics that really feel like they belong. The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword deserves its place on Ocarina of Time’s pedestal, but not as a superior, rather an equal with its impact on the gaming community similar to that of the Nintendo 64 classic.
Labels: game review, India, Ireland, UK, US, Wii
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16 reasons why Top Gear and SoA are the same programme, only different
One is a tale of rogues blasting rival gangs in violent street brawls and the other is Sons Of Anarchy. What are the other themes the two programmes got in common.
1. It’s about male bonding.
You can hug and you can hate and you get to fill the awkward silences in between with idle chatter about carburettors, torque and faulty manifold pressure sensors.
2. It’s about the road.
Not the actual road, not the A406 North Circular or the A629 Elland bypass. But the concept of The Road – being free, unfettered, aiming for the heat-haze horizon and never coming home till late, unless it’s a school night.
3. It’s about odd numbers.
The Top Gear Three, the First Nine. Odd numbers are vital because there has to be a majority and a minority. Three is perfect because one always needs to be Momentarily Ostracised. And nine is, like, three times three or something.
4. It’s about winning.
Because that’s all there is. So Charles Darwin said. Although there is losing. But that’s for losers.
5. It’s about facial hair.
It’s about men who want to be men but have a tough time growing a beard. So they compensate.
6. It’s about existential doubt.
Jax had his doubts early on. But a bit of chivvying from King Clay and he’s back in line. Same with James May. He ventures out into the world to see if he can make other things, with Meccano and sticky-backed plastic, but really he just likes the certainty that comes with Clarkson’s throaty laughter and contemptuous disapproval.
7. It’s about moral relativism.
Destroying things is good, cathartic, and what can be destroyed and what must remain intact is innately understood and tacitly agreed, based a system of values agreed by Men. Over beer.
8. It’s about knowing your place.
Hammond is No.2. That’s plain. Sergeant at Arms. Like Tig. Loyal, cutting, unlikely to provoke an internal rebellion. One day he may have to leave the Pride but that day is not this day.
9. It’s not about women.
Yes, everybody wants a bosom for a pillow but a woman’s presence is by invitation only. What they can’t do is shake their heads in pity or question the merit of their men’s lifestyle or discuss Call The Midwife.
10. It’s about growing old disgracefully.
Clay and Clarkson. They are one and the same. They had it once, now it’s fading. They see the rivals hitting the gas, coming up on the inside, making their play, fearless, lithe, but they’re clinging on, the old silverbacks summoning their strength to see off the feisty young ‘uns. Only they might need an arnica rub straight afterwards.
11. It’s about nostalgia.
Everything was better when they were boys. So they stay there, occasionally venturing to the marital bed in the hope their Old Ladies will have sons and formalise their playtimes.
12. It’s about living fast and dying young.
And then, amazingly, not dying young so you’re left with a crippling legacy of bad habits, poor teeth, helmet hair and saggy earlobes.
13. It’s about dodgy fashion choices.
Oil-stained jeans and creaking leather jackets and odd shaped helmets that never work and denim.
14. It’s about belonging.
Can I play? No. Oh but you *promised*.
15. It’s about death.
Clutching at straws, friends, rules, rituals and conventions to find meaning in a meaningless world.
16. It’s about an hour long.
The new series of Top Gear is on BBC2, 8pm, Sundays and Sons Of Anarchy is available on Netflix
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The Forum, London - 12 April 2016
"Playfully inspired by the clash between totalitarian and capitalist imagery and the subliminal indoctrination of both"
This was a gig I was looking forward to, but truly unsure of what to expect. Advertised as Sound of Music Tour, it was trailed as featuring some of the material performed in North Korea, together with a selection of their earlier material and songs from the 1965 musical film The Sound of Music. It certainly promised to be an intriguing prospect.
Typically of the band it was a case of expect the unexpected. The early opening set, no support act, started with a somewhat overly long intro of discordant piano, accompanied by synth effects and drums. Any doubts that were creeping into my mind as the intro progressed, were quickly dispelled when Milan Fras and vocal counterpoint Mina Spiler entered the stage and the band performed a series of glorious renditions of some of their earlier material such as Now You Will Pay.
Following a fifteen minute intermission, the second set opened with what I can only describe as wonderfully 'Brechtian' versions of the classic songs from The Sound of Music. While this may sound a twee and contrived idea, to be honest I was almost dreading it, it turned out to be a fabulous and captivating performance, accompanied by fantastic and relevant visual projections. Many playfully inspired by the clash between totalitarian and capitalist imagery and the subliminal indoctrination of both.
The imagery for My Favourite Things, being particularly effective, happy smiling party comrades surrounded by reassuringly familiar every day western treats and temptations, from Warhol style Campbell's noodle soup cans to fairy cakes, juicy steaks and My Little Pony dolls. The overall effect helping to impart the familiar lyrics with a darker and questioning hue. Fras's unmistakable growling, almost sub bass voice, menacingly intoning a list of the good things in life, as if providing a question mark to their very goodness and validity.
It would be interesting to know if the imagery and metphors were allowed for the North Korean performances, could they really have escaped the censor's attention? Among the highlights of this section for me, were both Edelweiss, Do-Re-Mi and the aforementioned My Favourite Things, all of the songs in this section however were engaging and unexpectedly thought provoking interpretations.
The band returned to more familiar territory before two encores closed the proceeding's,finishing with the band's classic and twisted version of Opus's 1984 Europop favourite, Live is Life. Laibach's Life is Life/Opus Dei, once again featuring those dark vocal tones imparting a cynicism and disdain to the vacuous feel good pop of the original song.
A wonderful evening enjoyed by a comfortably crowded and enthusiastic audience, highly recommended. 9/10
Setlist: Part 1: Olav Trygvason (Edvard Grieg cover), Smrt za smrt, Brat Moj, Now You Will Pay, The Great Divide, Eurovision, Walk With Me, No History, Resistance Is Futile Part 2: Do-Re-Mi, Edelweiss, The Sound of Music, Climb Ev'ry Mountain (Rodgers & Hammersteain covers) Warszawskie dzieci, We Are Millions and Millions Are One, The Whistleblowers, Ballad of A Thin Man (Bob Dylan cover), Bossanova Encore: My Favorite Things (Rodgers & Hammerstein cover), Anglia, Life Is Life (Opus cover) Encore 2: Each Man Kills The Thing He Loves
Review: Cliff Chapman
Photos: Arron Leslie
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Blazer Pride
Business Ed
Career and college integrated pathways
Driver Ed
Family & Consumer Ed
Learning Support Center
Physical Ed
Deans & Attendance
Social/Psych
Streaming of Athletic Events
Bell schedule 2022-23
Café Pay (cafeteria payment)
Parent & Community Groups
Staying connected with your alma mater
Tradition of Excellence
Addison Trail parent and community organizations
Parents/guardians, alumni and community members – are you looking for a way to get involved with and give back to Addison Trail?
There are several organizations you can join that benefit Addison Trail students. Below is general information about those groups.
The District 88 Foundation is a member of the Partnership for Inspired Education (PIE) Foundation, a 501(c)(3) charitable organization that serves public school students in District 88, Addison School District 4, District 45 and Salt Creek School District 48. Founded in 2009, PIE is designed to be the foundation that supports a long-term partnership with the community, businesses, schools and, most importantly, the children served. Funds raised by the foundations are used to support District 88 students. For more information, go to www.dupage88.net/foundation.
Citizens Advisory Council (CAC)
The CAC is an organization comprised of appointed parents/guardians and citizens of the Addison Trail community, along with Board of Education members and the Principal. The group meets to discuss current issues prevalent in the high school, and members are liaisons between the community and the Board of Education to share community feedback, questions and suggestions. For more information, contact Addison Trail Principal Jack Andrews at jmandrews@dupage88.net. To view a list of the CAC agendas, go to https://www.dupage88.net/site/page/11828.
Addison Trail Parent Organization (ATPO)
The Addison Trail Parent Organization (ATPO) helps build a connection between home and school. The ATPO is responsible for the Spaghetti Dinner and for giving scholarships to Addison Trail students. For more information, contact Addison Trail Principal Jack Andrews at jmandrews@dupage88.net.
The Athletic Booster Club cheers for all Blazers – in all sports, at all levels – who wear the Navy Blue and White of Addison Trail. The Athletic Booster Club runs the concession stands and is always in need of an extra set of hands to help. The club also sells Blazer Wear to promote Blazer Pride among students, parents/guardians, staff, alumni and community members. The club supports service projects throughout the community by Addison Trail student-athletes as well. In the spring, the club offers scholarships to senior varsity athletes who meet the criteria. For more information, e-mail ATHSAthleticboosters@gmail.com.
The Music Booster Club is comprised of parents/guardians of students who are involved in the Addison Trail Music Program. Addison Trail offers Band, Orchestra, Choir, Piano and Guitar classes, as well as several performance ensembles. Music Booster Club members help organize music trips and assist the music program. For more information, contact Addison Trail Assistant Principal Iridia Niewinski at iniewinski@dupage88.net.
Theatre Boosters
The Theatre Booster Club is comprised of parents/guardians of students involved in the Addison Trail Theatre Program. The club assists Theatre students during productions and helps organize meals during production week. Theatre Booster Club members also help organize the end-of-year banquet and give awards to thespians. For more information, go to www.addisontrailtheatre.com.
Padres Latinos en Acción
Through this group, Spanish-speaking parents/guardians are provided the opportunity to increase their knowledge of the school system to help their students achieve at the highest level. Meeting topics are driven by parent/guardian interest and include information on accessing college, financial aid, rigorous academic programming at Addison Trail, social-emotional concerns and community issues. For more information, contact Addison Trail Assistant Principal Iridia Niewinski at iniewinski@dupage88.net.
Special Education Parent Advisory
Parents/guardians of students with special needs are invited to participate in a series of educational sessions. Those sessions are focused on assisting students to develop needed skills – including academic, self-advocacy, vocational and life skills – to allow for a successful transition from school to adult life. Participants have the opportunity to give feedback and discuss current issues related to special education programming at Addison Trail. For more information, contact Addison Trail Special Education Department Head Julie Johnson at jjohnson@dupage88.net.
Addison Mentor Program
The Addison Mentor Program is looking for community members and business professionals to serve as mentors for students at Addison Trail and at Indian Trail Junior High School in Addison School District 4. The purpose of that program is to identify students “on the brink of success,” who will benefit from having a positive role model. Adults from the local business community are matched with students and meet for 30 minutes once a week. Make a difference in the life of a student – become a mentor. See details, and sign up to become a mentor, at www.dupage88.net/AddisonMentorProgram.
For questions or more information about the above groups, contact Addison Trail at 630-628-3300.
Addison Trail High School
213 N. Lombard Road Addison, IL 60101
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Dani (Danielle) Brink
The District 88 Foundation is a member of the Partnership for Inspired Education (PIE) Foundation, a 501(c)(3) charitable organization that serves public school students in District 88, Addison School District 4, School District 45 and Salt Creek School District 48.
Founded in 2009, PIE is designed to be the foundation that supports a long-term partnership with the community, businesses, schools and, most importantly, the children served. For more information about PIE, go to www.piefoundation.org.
Dani Brink, District 88 Director of Community Relations
Dbrink@dupage88.net, 630-209-2704
"Foundation for a Strong Education" column
The Foundation for a Strong Education column provides an inside look into mini-grants provided by the District 88 Foundation for staff members to implement instructional opportunities that benefit District 88 students. This feature shares how these mini-grants are making a positive difference at Addison Trail and Willowbrook to build futures for our students and help accomplish District 88’s mission of working for the continuous improvement of student achievement. To read the columns, click the link below.
The Grainger Foundation
TMA Education Foundation
Staff mini-grants
Consider donating today
To support the enrichment of students through the District 88 and PIE foundations, mail your tax-deductible contribution to:
PIE Foundation
Villa Park, IL 60181
Donations also may be made securely online by clicking here.
Matching Gifts: Your gift might be multiplied with a matching gift from your/your spouse’s employer. See the Human Resources Department for the appropriate form, and return it with your contribution. The PIE Foundation is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Funds raised by the foundations have been used to support students in the following areas
Supporting the Addison Trail Freshmen Future Focus Initiative Trip to Madison, Wis.
Buying microphones for SMART music labs at Addison Trail
Supporting the Mindprints Literary Magazine at Willowbrook
Subsidizing Advanced Placement (AP) tests
Supporting the Freshmen Cohort Team Building Camps
Providing financial support for textbooks and summer camps
Contributing to “Author in the House” district-wide program
Providing mini-grants for staff to develop instructional opportunities to benefit students
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Analysis //
Mischief, riot, or terrorism?
Considering the politics of identity and terror.
by Ariyana Hossain
The Capitol Hill insurgency was unprecedented in many respects. Historically speaking, the attack not only had the potential to be one of the deadliest right-wing terror attacks on American soil, but it was also an overt demonstration of white supremacy. While the actions of the mob on January the 7th were significantly propelled by the rhetoric of Donald Trump at his ‘Save the Steal’ rally, their frustrations were preceded by months of misinformation and rallying from a number of public officials to reject the results of November’s election. As developments unfold and we learn of the lethal possibilities of that Thursday morning, these figures have entirely evaded responsibility for their role in fostering dangerous ideologies.
While swift condemnation came from both sides of the aisle—Democrat and Republican alike—numerous conservative commentators failed to condemn the riot and acknowledge Trump’s role in inciting it. They all but missed the point, instead blaming Antifa and Black Lives Matter protestors, and stressing that no “true” supporters of Donald Trump would commit such violence.
The media discourse we notice in the United States is not unfamiliar within the Australian context. Conservative media pundits here drew direct links from Capitol Hill to the condoning of “leftist violence” earlier this year; maintaining that leftist politics normalised and contributed to the violence on Capitol Hill. Deputy PM Michael McCormack similarly equated the riots to BLM protests, suggesting that the two events were somehow equally insidious and dangerous.
What we recognise from this commentary is a persistent narrative of ‘both sides’ being equated as one. Whether it be Charlottesville or the Capitol Hill riots, attempting to lessen the culpability of perpetrators by shifting the blame to the other side serves little merit. And ultimately, these narratives refuse to recognise right-wing violence and the increasing threat it poses to society.
Reports published last year detail a considerable rise of right-wing activity in Australia across physical and online spaces. COVID-19 particularly has been utilised by numerous right-wing groups to recruit members and increase the scale of their operations—with groups such as The Proud Boys making appearances at anti-lockdown protests).
In spite of the growing threat of far-right terror, the term ‘terrorism’ itself has persistently been reserved for established perceptions of people of colour—particularly Muslims.
While offenders such as the Capitol Hill rioters are spared harsh labels in the coverage of their actions, non-white offenders are often branded terrorists before proven guilty. When Ashli Babbitt died during the riots, media coverage highlighted her status as a former-veteran, and her service to the United States. When Raghe Mohamad Abdi was shot dead by police in December, headlines centred upon his status as a terror suspect. Pointing out these discrepancies within media coverage does not serve to condone or legitimise any form of violence over the other. The intention is to simply emphasise the continued double standard present between coverage of white versus non-white individuals. Moreover, it is important to recognise the stereotypes pertaining to people of colour, as they equally play a part in fuelling right-wing ideologies akin to those we witnessed at Capitol Hill.
American scholar Khaled Beydoun remarked that white Americans have all but evaded responsibility over the Capitol Hill attack; emphasising rather that this “burden of collective guilt is only assigned to communities of color”. For people of colour, when acts of violence are committed by members of their ‘community’, they are tasked with the additional burden of demonstrating their allegiance to peace and non-violence.
Growing up as a Muslim in Australia, I’m familiar with the relief that is exercised by Muslims upon learning that an attack was not committed by an individual invoking Islam. Contrary to what Islamophobes may believe, the Muslim community experiences the same shock and sorrow as others when acts of terror are committed. In the aftermath however, there often comes an inevitable tide of backlash against Muslims, stoking resentment and hateful ideologies.
Tides of backlash are not unfamiliar to other minorities. One does not have to look far to confront the continued backlash against movements such as BLM, as well as the resurgence of hate crimes against East Asians post COVID-19. When it comes to events such as Capitol Hill, it does not do justice to merely notice these events and dismiss them as quickly as a week’s worth of headlines. Confronting the lingering threat of right-wing terrorism requires critical engagement and a shift in the discourse around terror; and this simply cannot be fulfilled without realising the link between harmful discourses and irresponsible media coverage.
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Seven-Year-Old Recovers from Rare Bone Disease After a Month of Practicing Falun Gong
February 03, 2016 | By a Dafa practitioner from Hubei Province, China
(Minghui.org) It was October 1996 when my husband handed me the book Zhuan Falun and I first set eyes on the words “Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance.” A wonderful sense of joy came over me and I believed that those are principles people should live by.
For the past 19 years, Falun Gong’s extraordinary power has constantly manifested in my household.
Soon after I started the practice, my seven-year-old son came home from school and complained that his right foot hurt.
I rubbed his foot gently and found no detectable problem with his bones. I presumed that he might have twisted his ankle a bit and the pain would pass soon enough.
Two days later, however, his right foot turned red and began to swell. From the lower leg, the swelling soon spread almost to his thigh. He developed a fever. Every night, he had to go to the toilet at least a dozen times.
So my husband and I took him to the Wuchang Guangzhou Military General Hospital. It was 8 o’clock in the morning. We waited outside the operating room.
The surgeon came in and asked us some general questions, then examined our son’s leg. He seemed very alarmed.
“Your son’s leg is oozing pus.” He informed us bluntly. “We need to perform surgery at once or his leg will be lost.”
We knew our son’s condition was very serious when the doctor bypassed the necessary registration and payment processes to proceed directly with our son’s surgery.
They made two 12-inch incisions on my child's leg and pus and blood spewed out, filling up half a washbasin.
I noticed the flesh between the leg bones was already rotten and the connective tissue had turned a green color. The whole leg was quite hollow inside. A big wad of gauze stuffed into the hollow practically disappeared out of sight.
The dressing needed to be changed every day. First, the big wad of gauze would have to be pulled out and thoroughly sterilized. A knife would be used to scrape away the green tissue from the bones. The decaying flesh would have to be exposed and cut off, little by little, with a pair of scissors until it bled. Then the rotten mass would be removed and the sterilized big wad of gauze would be stuffed back into the cavity.
Each time the dressing was changed, my son would have to undergo another tortuous ordeal, and his entire body would go limp as if paralyzed.
For the next two months, we spent more than 200 yuan each day for his treatment, but our son's leg did not improve. He was on an IV, but his fever continued to rage on, and the flesh in his leg continued to rot.
Finally, the hospital organized a consultation team of experts, each with about 30 years of experience.
Their preliminary diagnosis was osteomyelitis, but we would need to pay 4,000 yuan for bone marrow tests. If their diagnosis was correct, amputation would be in order or our son’s life would be seriously threatened.
The surgery fees and related medical costs were estimated at over 20,000 yuan. For our family, that amount was simply astronomical.
By that time, we had already exhausted all our savings, sold everything we could sell, and borrowed whatever we could borrow. We were at the brink of bankruptcy. How were we to come up with the money necessary for more tests, much less for surgery and treatment?
It was already five days before the New Year. With no money for the recommended treatment, we could only spend several hundred yuan on medicine and took our son home.
Our son continued to run a fever, so we took him to a well-known local private clinic every day for an IV and to have his dressing changed.
On the fifth day of the New Year, when we were at the clinic for another infusion, a female doctor noticed the Falun emblem on my husband’s necklace.
She asked with genuine curiosity, “Why is something turning around and around inside this thing? It feels so strange, but marvelous.”
We were impressed that she could see the spinning of the emblem in another dimension and told her, “This is a Falun emblem. Falun Dafa is the Buddha Fa, a universal Law that saves people. Dafa teaches us the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion- Forbearance, which are measures we live by to be truly good people. Only in cultivating ourselves to high levels can we raise our xinxing to return to our original true selves, and eventually to our real homes.”
She was very interested, so that evening, she came with her aunt to our house to listen to Master Li's recorded lectures.
That same evening, I saw in our backyard a big, transparent Falun with a purple hue revolving slowly. The srivatsa and the taiji design in the middle were both very clear and sharp, and were also revolving slowly.
I glanced behind me to where my son was, and noticed two small Faluns revolving quickly around my son’s hands. They were both emitting very strong light.
I shared what I saw with my husband. We decided that we would teach our son the Falun Gong exercises.
For more than three months, our son would scream in pain if his right leg was moved or even touched momentarily. Since he also couldn’t put weight on it, he couldn’t walk, so he had to be carried to use the toilet every time.
But as soon as he started doing the exercises, he was able to stand up. His fever left him, and he was able to limp outside to play. Every night, his leg would swell up, but during the day, the swelling just disappeared.
We believed Master was helping him eliminate his karma. So, every day, we would wash his wound with salt water, then wrap his leg up with gauze. We stopped his medicine, but we exercised together every day and listened to Master’s lectures.
About a month later, his wound slowly closed up and his leg was finally, completely healed.
My son had spent more than two months in the hospital and we had spent nearly 10,000 yuan for treatment but got no relief, much less a cure, for his osteomyelitis. We studied Falun Gong teachings and did the exercises together for a little over a month and our son completely recovered.
Our gratitude is beyond words.
“Podcast (Top Stories): Falun Dafa News from Around the World – February 1, 2016”
“Be Aware of Every Thought in Cultivation”
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CorCom sends out greeting on Patriots’ Day
IMPHAL, August 12: The Coordination Committee, CorCom, a conglomerate of several proscribed underground organisations KCP, KYKL, PREPAK, PREPAK (Pro), RPF & UNLF in statement handed out to the media signed by its media coordinator, H Poirei, has greeted the “oppressed people of Manipur” and has paid revolutionary salute to the martyrs who have laid down their lives while defending the sovereignty of the land from “Indian colonialism”.
It said from time immemorial, Manipur was an independent kingdom in Southeast Asia, and respected by other countries in spite of its small size and population. But in 1890 expansionist British started interfering in the affairs of the kingdom.
The existence of Manipur as a free kingdom surrounded by countries like India and Burma was a pain in the neck to the imperialist British, it said.
The statement continued that on March 24, 1891, the British along with its army attacked prince Koireng during the night in which so many innocent people including women and children were hurt. This was the imperialist’s attempt to keep Manipur under their grip. But the imperialist’s armies were defeated by the native army. As retaliation, JW Quinton along with 5 British officers were beheaded in front of Kangla Uttra.
Further it said the British attacked Manipur from three sides in the 1891 ‘Anglo-Manipuri war’ and Manipur was defeated. Thangal General and prince Koireng were convicted with false charge of ‘waging war against the Queen’, and they were hanged on August 13, 1891 at Pheidabung, along with Niranjan Subedar, Chirai Thangal and Pukhrambam Kajao at different places.
It said the day has been observed as ‘Athoubasinggi Ningsing Numit’ to give respect to those forefathers who laid down their lives with smile on their faces, without any fear even though the might of the enemy was overwhelming. It was a symbol of courage and strength of our people, who were small in number but resistant to any form of subjugation or oppression, and a belief that the love for sovereignty of one’s motherland was supreme,” the release further said.
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KIM RICEHomeBioSelected workCVPressContact
Studio Visit – Kim Rice
This summer, Alex Ebstein interviewed Kim Rice for Inertia. Studio Visits. His review begins:
Kim Rice is an artist who transforms everyday materials and personal imagery into intricate, often large-scale installations that explore systemic racism as it has affected physical geography and personal history. I met Kim through her residency at Goucher College as the Unobskey Visiting Artist in Modern and Contemporary Art and had the pleasure of learning more about her work and process through conversations both in her studio and on campus. Her labor-intensive pieces are impeccably crafted, drawing viewers from across a space with their beauty, and delivering their critical content on closer approach. I met up with Kim in her studio at School 33 in Federal Hill to continue our conversations for Inertia Studio Visits and check in on what this prolific artist is up to next.
Read the full interview on their web site .
Art Maryland 2022
Kim Rice will be exhibiting some of her pieces in this statewide exhibition at the HCAC Gallery
Link to web site
Form & Gesture II
Kim Rice is a part of a group exhibition at the Interloc Gallery in Thomaston, Maine.
Unveiling Resistance
Kim Rice is a part of a group exhibition curated by Thomas James. She is part of an artist panel to take place August 31.
Baltimore Fine Art Print Fair
Kim Rice was a guest speaker at the Baltimore Fine Art Print Fair.
Link to video
Nancy G. Unobsdkey ‘60 Visiting Artist in Modern and Contemporary Art
Kim Rice is the 2022 Nancy G. Unobsdkey Visiting Artist in Modern and Contemporary Art for Goucher College. Her lecture is in conjunction with an exhibition at the Silber Art Gallery.
Kim Rice Exhibition Inheritance 2020–2021 Catalogue
Kim Rice's exhibition catalog for the Inheritance show is now available for download (PDF).
Being Black / Being White, Chelsea NYC
Kim Rice is a part of a dual solo exhibition presented by Accomplished Art Services. Her work can be viewed alongside Jeffrey Kent’s at 246 W. 16th Street in Chelsea, NYC. Go to beingblackbeingwhite.com to schedule a viewing appointment.
Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, No Dead Artists
Kim Rice’s work is included in the 25th annual No Dead Artists exhibit at the Jonathan Ferrara Gallery in New Orleans. The show runs through October 2, 2021.
And Now For Something New, Vol. 3
Kim Rice’s redlining work will be a part of Le Mieux’s exhibition And Now For Something New, Vol. 3, opening July 6.
A Thousand Words, Vol. 3
Works from Kim Rice’s Inheritance series will be shown as part of A Thousand Words, Vol. 3, a virtual exhibition that explores text as a means of commentary and communication as well as a visual art form. A physical exhibition takes place at the Essex Gallery in Baltimore in the spring of 2021.
Solo show at the Peale Museum
Announcing a new show in October 2020 at the Peale Museum in Baltimore, Maryland. The solo exhibition will feature Kim Rice’s latest work and runs through January 2021.
With eyes that hear, and ears that see
The Butler Philharmonic played a new composition created by Paul John Stanbery for Kim Rice’s “The Safety Net – Baltimore.”
Virtual exhibition at the Peale Museum
You can view Kim Rice’s exhibition at the Peale Museum in virtual form this August. Details to come.
Redlining Ohio (solo show)
Announcing a new show in January 2020 at the Fitton Center for Creative Arts in Hamilton, Ohio. The solo exhibition will feature Kim Rice’s latest work.
New work at Artspace (solo show)
Kim Rice’s work will be featured at the Artspace gallery in Richmond, Virginia in the fall of 2019. The solo exhibition, which runs from September 27 through October 20, 2019, will include new work not previously shown.
Contemporary Art and Social Change
Kim Rice is teaching a graduate seminar entitled "Art and Social Change" at Oklahoma University as part of the 2019-2020 Oklahoma Scholar-Leadership Enrichment Program. The course runs October 2nd through October 6th and features guest presentations from several artists and other figures active in the Oklahoma art community.
Materials Hard and Soft – Fourth place
Kim Rice’s redlining work was awarded fourth place at the 32nd annual international juried craft exhibition put on by the Greater Denton Arts Council in Denton, Texas. Juried by Janet McCall, the show begins February 1st, 2019 and runs through March 4th.
Concrete and Adrift on the Poverty Line
Kim Rice’s work will be in the Alexandria Museum of Art in Alexandria, LA. The show, Concrete and Adrift on the Poverty Line, runs March 1st to June 22nd, 2019.
Data: BIG/-driven/Visualized…
The spring 2019 exhibition “Data: BIG/-driven/Visualized…” will include selections of Kim Rice’s work with redlining maps. Put on by North Illinois University Art Museum in DeKalb, Illinois, the show is guest curated by Richard Siegesmund, a professor of Art and Design Education with a focus on “the design of data reports that promote thoughtful public reflection and discussion.” The show dates are March 28 - May 17, 2019
Introductions 2019
Kim Rice’s work will be in the Trestle Gallery Applicant Exhibition, which is up December 21, 2018 through January 1, 2019 in concert with the gallery exhibit.
Finalist, Kalos Visual Art Prize
Kim Rice was a finalist for the 2019 Kalos Visual Art Prize, awarded annually by Ruminate magazine.
White Side and The Divide at the Delaware Art Museum
Kim Rice’s large works White Side and The Divide will be installed at the Delaware Art Museum throughout the fall and winter of this year. The museum's Juried Craft Exhibition opens October 20, 2018 and continues through January 27, 2019.
O’Donnell Heights mural
Kim is the lead artist for a community-wide mural celebrating O’Donnell in Baltimore, MD.
Torpedo Factory
Kim has created a Richmond redlining installation for the Torpedo Factory Art Center in Alexandria virginia being installed April 20th through September 14, 2018.
Foundry Art Centre, Micro/Macro
Work by Kim Rice will be at the Foundry Art Centre in St. Charles, Missouri as part of the exhibit Micro Macro, juried by metalsmith Peg Fetter. The show “will display two opposites: one half focusing on small works (micro) and the other half focusing on works larger than 48 inches (macro).” The opening reception on Friday, August 17 is free and open to the public.
And Now for Something New, White Linen Night
And Now for Something New, a new juried art exhibit hosted by LeMieux Galleries, will include work by Kim Rice. The show opens on Saturday, August 4 during the art district's annual White Linen Night. From their announcement: “This year's jurors are premier illustrator and classical realist painter, Michael Deas and interdisciplinary artist, curator and educator Jan Gilbert.” The show runs through the end of September, 2018.
Kim Rice’s latest redlining work has been selected for the 22nd annual NO DEAD ARTISTS exhibit, an “International Juried Exhibition of Contemporary Art” held at the Jonathan Ferrara gallery in downtown New Orleans. The show opens August 29 and runs through September 28, 2018.
Video courtesy of Jonathan Ferrara Gallery
Closing reception for The Divide
Closing reception for The Divide at CANO Creative Spaces will be held in September. Installed as part of Prospect.4 Satellite, the piece spans over fourteen 4' x 10' panels. Images and related work can be seen in the redlining section of this web site.
Interview with Crosstown Conversations
Kim Rice’s November 22 interview on “Crosstown Conversations” is now available online. From the studio of WBOK New Orleans she and host Jeanne Nathan discussed her work for Prospect.4 Satellite and the legacy of redlining in America. Listen to their conversation at SoundCloud.
National Juried Exhibit, Award
Illusion of Ordinary has won third place in the 2018 National Juried Exhibit at the Delaplaine Arts Center in Frederick, Maryland.
Prospect Satellite
This year’s Prospect New Orleans will include new work from Kim Rice—a 1000-square-foot fiber-art installation—as part of its triennial Satellite program. Prospect.4: The Lotus in Spite of the Swamp will feature works from a wide variety of artists exploring the creation of beauty from darkness and struggle. The show opens November 18th and runs through May 2018.
Red,White + Blue
Several of Kim Rice’s works will be showing this spring at Red,White + Blue a national exhibition juried by Camilo Alvarez. The selection will include work from both her magazine and redlining series. The show opens March 16, 2018 and runs through April 20. Opening reception Friday, March 16 at the Brookline Arts Center in Brookline, Massachusetts.
Kim Rice’s work “Redlining” will appear in the in the Jodee Harris Gallery at Seton Hill University in Greensburg, Pennsylvania as part of a collaboration with the Society for Contemporary Craft. The exhibit takes place October 26th through November 21st, 2017.
Kim Rice’s large-scale work White Side will be installed at the Yeiser Art Center in Paducah, Kentucky. Fantastic Fibers is “an international juried exhibition that seeks to showcase a wide range of outstanding works related to the fiber medium.” This catalog show is put on every April.
Fictive Selves of Color
Several works from Kim Rice’s series White issues will be on display at the OU Lightwell Gallery as part of the exhibit “Fictive Selves of Color.” The show, presented by the Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition, “explores how different colors and races contribute to Aesthetics and Ethics in society” and runs from March 6th – 24th.
Three of Kim Rice’s pieces will be on exhibit at the Mildred Cox Gallery in conjunction with the symposium “Equality Matters: Conversations on Gender and Race” at William Woods University in Fulton, Missouri. The show opens Thursday, March 3 and runs through April 3.
24 Works on Paper
A map from Kim Rice’s redlining series has been selected for the biennial “24 Works on Paper,” a travelling exhibition of paper-based work by contemporary artists. The show runs through the end of January 2018. See the web site for the schedule.
It Took A While
Kim Rice’s 11'×19' installation White Side will be exhibited this November at the Harry Wood Gallery in Tempe, Arizona, as part of the Fiber Arts Network's 2016 catalog show It Took A While. The opening reception is Tuesday, November 8.
On September 23, Kim Rice will be among the artists auctioning their work at this year’s 12×12, an annual event held by the Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition. Open to the public starting at 7pm.
Concept/Survey
Curator’s Choice Award
Kim Rice’s redlining installation won the Curator's Choice Award in the 2016 Concept/Survey show curated by Adam Welch. The exhibition is showing through through July 23rd at the Hardesty Art Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Kim Rice is a Finalist for the New Orleans Art Council Direct Purchase award. Her work will be shown during the Art+Architecture Forum in New Orleans on May 5th.
Noche Cubana!
Two of Kim Rice's pieces will be auctioned off at Noche Cubana!, a celebration of Cuban arts and culture, including music, dance, art, and comedy. The event takes place on Saturday, April 2, at Mainsite gallery in Norman, Oklahoma.
Public Narrative: Story of Self, us & Now
Kim Rice's work is being shown at Mainsite gallery in Norman, OK as part of the exhibition Public Narrative: Story of Self, Us, & Now, a show curated by the 2015 Oklahoma Art Writing and Curatorial Fellows to "highlight the complexity of our stories as we look inward, to the community, and finally, to the future." (source). February 12 — March 11, 2016
Concept/Focus Finalist
Kim Rice is a finalist in the upcoming Concept/Focus, a triennial curated group exhibition of new work by 4 Oklahoma artists and 4 artists from a partner city in the region.
No Dead Artists
Kim Rice's work is being shown at the Jonathan Ferrara Gallery in New Orleans as part of the 19th annual NO DEAD ARTISTS, an international juried exhibition of contemporary art. September 2 – 26, 2015
Kim Rice is featured in the September/October issue of Art Focus Magazine.
Seven-State Biennial Exhibition
Kim Rice's work will be shown at the Seven-States Biennial Exhibition, opening September 26 at USAO's Nesbitt Gallery. The show will travel to the Charles B. Goddard center in Ardmore and closes out in the Musesum of the Red River in Idabel, Oklahoma on November 4.
View Kim’s full artist CV
2015 MFA, Printmaking, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
2006 Teaching Certification K-12, Oklahoma City University, Oklahoma City, OK
2003 BFA, Sculpture, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
2001 Universidad Polytechnica, Valencia, Spain
Awards/Grants/Fellowships
2022 Nancy G. Unobsdkey Visiting Artist in Modern and Contemporary Art , Goucher College, Baltimore, MD
2021 Sondheim Prize semi-finalist
2020 Art in Suspended Animation: Ten Best Baltimore Exhibitions of 2020
2019 Fourth place, Materials Hard and Soft, Appleton Arts Center, Denton, TX (Curated by Janet McCall)
2018 Finalist, Kalos Visual Art Prize, Ruminate magazine
2018 Third Place, National Juried Exhibit, Deleplaine Arts Center, Frederick, MD
2018 Honorarium, Torpedo Factory, Alexandria VA
2016 Curator’s Choice Award, Concept/Survey (Curator Adam Welch), Hardesty Arts Center, Tulsa OK
2015 Artist INC Fellow, Contemporary Arts Center, Oklahoma City, OK
2015 Student Award of Excellence, Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition, Norman, OK
2014—15 Graduate Student Research Fellow, Center for Social Justice, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
2013—15 Graduate Teaching Assistantship, School of Art and Art History, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
2014 Art Fellowship and Honorarium, Norman Arts Council, Norman, OK
2014 McNeese Grant for socially engaged practice, Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition, Oklahoma City, OK 2014
2014 Museum Association Award, 100th Student Exhibition (Juror: Michael Ray Charles), Fred Jones Museum of Art, Norman, OK
2013 Merit Award, Container Show, Paseo Art Space, Oklahoma City, OK
2013 Honorable Mention, Seven State Biennial (regional show), Nesbitt Gallery, Chickasha, OK
2013 Best in Show, Edge Art Now, IAO Gallery, Oklahoma City, OK
2012 Juror’s Choice Award, 99th Student Exhibition, Fred Jones Museum of Art, Norman, OK
2011 Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition Professional Grant, Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition, Oklahoma City, OK
2023 Baltimore, On Top of the World Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2021 Being White, Accomplished Art Services Gallery, Chelsea NYC
2020—21 Inheritance, The Peale Museum, Baltimore, MD (Catalog)
2020 Redlining Ohio, Fitton Center for Creative Arts, Hamilton, OH
2019 Inheritance I, Artspace, Richmond VA
2018 The Safety Net — Richmond, Torpedo Factory, Alexandria VA
2017 The Divide, Prospect Satellite, CANO Creative Space, New Orleans, LA
2015 White Art, Mainsite Contemporary, Library Gallery, Norman, OK
2015 MFA Thesis Exhibit, Mainsite Contemporary, Norman, OK
2013 Structures, Marvin Embree Gallery Oklahoma City, OK
2011 Revolve, Individual Artists of Oklahoma Gallery, Oklahoma City, OK
2010 Kitchen Sink, Ring of Fire Gallery, Norman, OK
2005 Religious Iconography, Samson Smith and Stokes Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2025 Women's Exhibition, Garrett Museum of Art, Garrett IN
2022 Art Maryland 2022, HCAC Gallery, Ellicott City, MD
2022 Form & Gesture II, Interloc Gallery, Thomaston, ME
2022 Form & Gesture, Silber Art Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2022 Unveiling Resistance, The Galleries at CCBC, Baltimore, MD
2021 No Dead Artists, Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, New Orleans, LA (curated by CCH Pounder, Laura Lee Brown, Beth Rudin DeWoody)
2021 And Now For Something New, Vol. 3, Le Mieux Galleries, New Orleans, LA
2020 A Thousand Words, Vol 3., Essex Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2020 Women In the Arts, Latela Curatorial x Artsy, Washington, DC
2019 Concrete and Adrift on the Poverty Line, Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, LA (Catalog)
2019 DATA: BIG/-driven/Visualized, North Illinois University Art Museum, DeKalb, IL (Catalog)
2019 Introductions 2019 (online), Trestle Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2019 Materials Hard and Soft, Patterson Appleton Arts Center, Denton, TX (curated by Janet McCall) (Catalog)
2018 Juried Craft Exhibition, Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE
2018 No Dead Artists, Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, New Orleans, LA (curated by CCH Pounder, René Paul Barilleaux, Francis H. Williams) (on YouTube)
2018 And Now for Something New, Le Mieux Galleries, New Orleans, LA
2018 Micro/Macro, Foundry Art Centre, St Charles, MO
2018 National Juried Exhibit, Deleplaine Arts Center, Frederick, MD
2018 Red, White + Blue, Brookline Arts Center, Brookline, MA (curated by Camilo Alvarez)
2017 24 Works on Paper, 24 Works on Paper, Traveling Exhibit, OK (Catalog)
2017 Shelter, Jodee Harris Gallery, Greensburg, PA
2017 Fictive Selves of Color, Lightwell Gallery, Norman, OK
2017 Fantastic Fibers, Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, KY (Catalog)
2017 Equality Matters, Mildred M Cox Gallery, Fulton, MO
2016 It Took A While, Harry Wood Gallery, Tempe, AZ (Catalog)
2016 12×12, Science Museum of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, OK
2016 Art and Architecture Forum, New Orleans Art Council, New Orleans LA
2016 24 Works on Paper, Traveling Exhibit, OK (Catalog)
2016 Concept/Survey, Hardesty Art Center, Tulsa, OK (curated by Adam Welch) (catalog)
2016 Faculty Show, Melton Gallery, Edmond, OK
2016 Public Narrative: Story of Self, Us & Now, Mainsite Contemporary, Norman, OK
2015 Seven State Biennial, Traveling Exhibit, OK (curated by James Surls) (Catalog)
2015 No Dead Artists, Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, New Orleans, LA (curated by Max Fishko, Valerie Cassell Oliver, David Workman)
2014 Fiberworks, Individual Artist of Oklahoma Gallery, Oklahoma City, OK
2014 MFA Exhibition, Lightwell Gallery, Norman, OK
2014 100th Student Exhibition, Fred Jones Museum of Art, Norman, OK (curated by Michael Ray Charles)(catalog)
2013 Container Show, Paseo Art Space, Oklahoma City, OK
2013 Dissociative, ShiftSpace Gallery, Wichita, KS
2013 Seven State Biennial, Nesbitt Gallery, Chickasha, OK (Catalog)
2013 Edge Art Now, IAO Gallery, Oklahoma City, OK
2013 99th Student Exhibit, Fred Jones Museum of Art, Norman, OK
2009 Out of Sight, Individual Artists of Oklahoma Gallery, Oklahoma City, OK
2009 Birthday Bash, Individual Artists of Oklahoma Gallery, Oklahoma City, OK
2009 Biciclette, Dreamer Gallery, Norman, OK
2008 All City Art Show, Norman Performing Arts Center, Norman, OK
2007 Momentum, Oklahoma Arts Coalition, Oklahoma City, OK
2003 Capstone, Lightwell Gallery, Norman, OK
2003 Student Exhibition, Fred Jones Museum of Art, Norman, OK
2003 The War Show, Lightwell Gallery, Norman, OK
2002 Holiday Exhibition, Crucible Gallery, Norman, OK
2002 Biting The Apple, Individual Artists of Oklahoma Gallery, Oklahoma City, OK
2001 Cabanyal Puertos Abiertos, Cabanyal, Valencia, Spain (International Exhibition) (Catalog)
2001 Fer en Ferro, Museo del Cavos, Valencia, Spain (International Exhibition) (Catalog)
2020 “Art in Suspended Animation: Ten Best Baltimore Exhibitions of 2020,” BmoreArt (bmoreart.com)
2020 “Structural Flaws: Kim Rice’s “Inheritance” Visualizes Legacies of White Supremacy,” BmoreArt (bmoreart.com)
2017 Prospect Satellite interview. WBOK Radio, New Orleans, LA (on Soundcloud)
2015 Lauren Scarpello. “White Art,” Art Focus Oklahoma. Sept/Oct. 2015, Vol 30, No. 5
2022 Nancy G. Unobsdkey Visiting Artist in Modern and Contemporary Art Goucher College, Baltimore, MD
2019 Talent Enrichment Specialist, Hampstead Hill Academy, Baltimore MD
2019 Guest Scholar, Art and Social Change OSLEP course,University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
2015—17 Adjunct Professor, University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond, OK
Beginning Drawing II: Figure and Anatomy, ART 1043
Intro to Drawing/Non-Art Major, ART 1013
2015—16 Adjunct Professor, Oklahoma University, Norman, OK
Core Studio 1: Surface, ART 1033,
Core Studio 2: Space and Time, ART 1043
2013—15 Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK.
Intermediate Printmaking II ART 3753
Core Studio I: Surface ART-1033-900 [Instructor of Record]
Non-Majors: 2-Dimensional Art ARNM-1003-001 [Instructor of Record]
2014 Printmaking Technician, Oklahoma Fall Arts Institute, Altus, OK
2006—12 Fine Arts Teacher, Norman High School, Norman, OK (Drawing, Sculpture, Advanced Placement)
Lectures/Presentaions
2022 Artist panel, Unveiling Resistance , Galleries at CCBC, Essex, MD
2022 Guest speaker, Baltimore Fine Art Print Fair, Baltimore, MD , Goucher College, Baltimore, MD
2022 Nancy G. Unobsdkey Visiting Artist Lecture , Goucher College, Baltimore, MD
2021 BmoreArt Connect+Collect Speaker Series 3: Kim Rice at The Peale ,
2020 Gallery talk and virtual tour, Peale Museum, Baltimore, MD
2020 Panel discussion, Latela Curatorial x Artsy, Washington, DC
2019 Gallery talk, Artspace Gallery, Richmond, VA
2016 Gallery talk, Mainsite Contemporary, Norman, OK
2015 Artist lecture, Oklahoma City University, Oklahoma City, OK
2011 Gallery Talk, Individual Artists of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, OK
2022 Studio Visit / Exhibition for the American Craft Council
2018—20 Judge for Healing Arts Exhibition at the Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD
2018 Lead Artist for O'Donnell Heights Mural, Baltimore, MD
2015 Assisted Sarah Sense in an installation for Intertwined, Hardesty Arts Center, Tulsa, OK.
2014 Participant in the artist's Undoing Racism Workshop, People's Institute for Survival and Beyond, Brooklyn, NY
2014 Participated in the Installation of Orly Genger’s Red Dirt, Oklahoma City
2006—13 Participant in the Oklahoma Fall Arts Institute in Altus, OK
2011 Participant in Drive By Press workshop, Norman, OK
2008 Large scale outside mural for Second Wind Café, Norman, OK
2004 Large scale interior mural for Habitat ReStore, New Orleans, LA
2004 Facilitator for “Girls be Girls”, a non-profit organization that allows at-risk youth the opportunity to express themselves through the arts. Olympia, WA
2003 AmeriCorps, Habitat for Humanity, New Orleans, LA
2002 Three window paintings created for the Oklahoma Committee on Economic Development, Norman, OK
2002 Hand-manipulated photograph for the Norman Visitor’s Guide, Norman, OK
2002 Administrative Assistant and Sales Associate for the Crucible Art Gallery and Foundry. Norman, OK
©2022 Kim Rice
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Locație: Sibiu
Beneficiar: FITS Sibiu
Credite foto: Laurian Ghinițoiu
During the International Sibiu Theatre Festival 2019, the architecture office Manadelucru has proposed and conceived a pavilion / an architecture installation that would draw attention over the unexplored potential of some urban areas, which could have a public character and could make some hidden places of the town visible. The intervention took place in the three precincts of the building in Piata Mica 22, where one of the ThermeForum events took place. The setup consisted in accentuating the features of those three connected courtyards, as it follows: 1st courtyard became a “ceremonial courtyard”, foyer and gill of the town, 2nd courtyard – the “Eden garden”, space of passing towards the 3rd courtyard – the “mirror space”, a surface which symbolizes the gathering.
The spaces are not about architecture, about art or about the city, themselves. Each has its own self, but none of them has value without the man, without situating himself in a projection of expectives and places. Our position concerns the human common ground, it questions the others intellect and the perception of the places, from a corporeal perspective. Our common spaces unfold in the vague areas, uncontented or unformalized only by means of a profession, the reason for which this place was also a space for part of the FITS meetings.
The pavilion is a mirrored surface, that reflects the close image of the people and the architecture of the buildings of Sibiu, it captures the image of the sky and the mountains that pass over the roofs of the houses, it is a non-object, a view underneath and above, a fluid space placed in the dense built texture of the town. The mirroring shows another façade, that of the sky and mountains seen through, between and over the walls; it is an escape from the interior of the firm limits, potentiating meetings underneath it, a covered space whose limits are diluted to the irregular maintaining of the columns, as symbol of people’s presence.
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Bridging AZ Announces the Opening of GOT LEGS Furniture & Décor, a Charity Store for Gently Used Home Furniture and Decor Items
November 29 22:50 2022
GOT LEGS Furniture & Décor will provide residents in Arizona with a huge selection of home furniture and decor brands including Copenhagen, Ethan Allen, Howard Miller, and a host of others
Scottsdale, Ariz. – Bridging AZ, a local non-profit, Arizona’s first and largest furniture bank is announcing the opening of GOT LEGS Furniture & Décor Store in Central Scottsdale, Arizona. GOT LEGS Furniture & Décor Store is a unique furniture store selling gently used, designer-quality dining sets, bedroom furniture, sofas, tables, and other décor items. Residents will find name brands such as Copenhagen, La-Z-Boy, Kraus, Ethan Allen, Stiffel, Howard Miller clocks, and even some custom hand-crafted pieces. Online purchases of their inventory will also be available through eBay, Offer Up, and Facebook Marketplace as well. From interior designers looking for exceptional pieces, college students looking to up their furniture game, or people who are looking for a bargain on quality furnishings, GOT LEGS Furniture & Décor is the place to find it.
GOT LEGS opened with little fanfare during COVID. Purchases from the store are directed to support the non-profit Bridging AZ Furniture Bank and its mission to help people with disabilities and provide veterans transitioning from homelessness with the furnishings they need. This past year, Bridging AZ has provided over 200 new beds for veterans in the Valley, “proceeds from the store help Bridging AZ continue their mission and purchase new beds for previously homeless Veterans,” commented Donna Piscopo, co-founder of Bridging AZ.
Bridging AZ accepts tax-deductible donations of gently used furniture and decorator items from individuals, community organizations, and major retail partners. Certain items are selected for resale at GOT LEGS Furniture & Décor to continue providing a healthy home environment for needy families. GOT LEGS Furniture & Décor is conveniently located at 8421 E. McDonald Drive, Scottsdale AZ 85250, on the Southeast corner of Granite Reef and McDonald Drive in Scottsdale, right next to Bashes.
The store is open from Wednesday through Sunday from 12pm to 5pm. The store also accepts donations of gently used furnishings. Please visit www.bridgingaz.org for details on donation conditions. Monetary donations that qualify for the Arizona Charitable Tax Credit will be accepted at GOT LEGS Furniture & Décor too.
About Bridging AZ
Bridging AZ is a 501(c)(3) that partners with local social service agencies that identify and quality families in need. Bridging AZ serves as a clearinghouse for donated furniture and in the past 20 years, they have distributed over 280,000 items to 60,000+ individuals transitioning from temporary to permanent housing. They work with several agencies to support local and national housing initiatives. Most recipients were previously challenged by homelessness, domestic violence, chronic life-threatening disease, substance abuse, joblessness, or learning disabilities.
Company Name: GOT Legs Furniture & Décor
Contact Person: Jim Piscopo
Address:8421 E. McDonald Drive
State: AZ 85250
Website: http://www.gotlegs.org
ASCO Power Quick Connect Products Nominated for 2023 Product of the Year
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South Carolina's Natural Wildflower Communities —
THE MOUNTAINS:
The seepage communities
Cataract bogs
Cataract bogs are one of the most distinctive and aesthetically pleasing wildflower communities. They are somewhat boggy and share many of the species typical of bogs in the mountains and upper piedmont. The best examples of this community are along the margins of small streams that course over rather smooth rock surfaces (granitic dome). Since the water is sliding rather than falling vertically as in a typical waterfall, the term cataract is somewhat inaccurate. The community is primarily fed by seepage, although the stream margins sometimes are a significant water source. The community varies in elevation from about 1200 to 2400 feet and occurs on middle, upper, and occasionally lower slopes. Bog habitats are best developed where streams slide over a margin of rock outcrops that have a nearly level horizontal component and a slope of 5 to 20 degrees. These habitats are in many ways an ideal bog habitat because (1) light is abundant due to the adjacent rock outcrop, (2) moisture is abundant from seepage, and (3) plant succession is slowed because the bog is on shallow soil that overlays rock.
Cataract bogs form a narrow zone immediately adjacent to the associated stream and are shaded in part by trees and shrubs in the adjacent plant communities. Sometimes “bog” trees such as red maple (Acer rubrum) are present. Shrubs include
tag alder (Alnus serrulata),
red chokeberry (Aronia arbutifolia),
yellowroot (Xanthorhiza simplicissima),
mountain laurel (Kalmia latifolia),
great laurel (Rhododendron maximum),
and smooth azalea (R. arborescens).
Herbs tend to be more abundant than grasses and sedges. The distinctiveness of this community is derived from the presence of unusual herbs. Carnivorous plants are sometimes present in abundance, including
mountain sweet pitcherplant (Sarracenia jonesii),
frog's breeches (Sarracenia purpurea var. venosa),
a hybrid of S. purpurea and S. jonesii,
horned bladderwort (Utricularia cornuta),
and round-leaf sundew (Drosera rotundifolia).
Other rare or unusual species include
white fringeless orchid (Platanthera integrilabia)
and limeseep grass-of-Parnassus (Parnassia grandifolia)
and in drier margins, mountain witch-alder (Fothergilla major)
and Indian paint brush (Castilleja coccinea).
The presence of Parnassia suggests a high calcium or magnesium content for at least some of the rocks in these areas. Additional orchids that occur in this community include
small green wood-orchid (Platanthera clavellata),
yellow-fringed orchid (P. ciliaris),
rose pogonia (Pogonia ophioglossoides),
fragrant ladies'-tresses (Spiranthes cernua),
and common grass-pink (Calopogon tuberosus).
Other species of interest include
stiff cowbane (Oxypolis rigidior),
Appalachian bluet (Houstonia serpyllifolia),
several species of lobelia,
and northern sundrops (Oenothera tetragona).
Montane bogs
Montane bogs, sometimes called sphagnum bogs, upland bogs, or Southern Appalachian bogs, are distinguished from other wetland or bottomland forests in the mountains by the presence of sphagnum-dominated openings. These open areas are depressions or seepage channels in streamside flats. In addition to being dominated by a variety of species of sphagnum mosses, they have poor drainage, acid pH, and many grasses, sedges, ferns, and broadleaf herbs; The best examples of this community have boggy openings of more than one acre, but the only good example in South Carolina has long linear openings along seepage channels.
The canopy of the forested portions of this community may be sparse or heavy, and the shrub layer, as the term “forested thicket” suggests, is dense and difficult to traverse; Bamboo-vine (Smilax laurifolia) is often abundant at the margins of the openings and in the adjacent shrub thickets, making movement difficult anywhere but in the openings.
Since there is only one montane bog in South Carolina, Mathews Creek Bog, refer to the description of this bog [in A Guide to the Wildflowers of South Carolina ] for an account of species that dominate the herb, shrub, and tree strata. Montane bogs are rare and harbor rare species. The most spectacular of the rarities are swamp pink (Helonias bullata) and bog rose orchid (Arethusa bulbosa).
Bogs are rare in the mountains because of the scarcity of flat, wet sites and because they are successional plant communities that require some sort of disturbance to maintain the early successional status of the boggy openings. In the absence of disturbance, such as periodic fire, the boggy openings become filled in by shrubs and trees, and bog plants disappear.
Mathews Creek Bog was once a good example of a montane bog, but natural succession has degraded the site since 1979. The invasion of shrubs, mostly great laurel (Rhododendron maximum), has reduced the sphagnum-dominated areas by more than one-half. The population of swamp pink has declined and two rare orchids, Appalachian twayblade (Listera smallii) and bog rose orchid, have disappeared. Shrub diversity also appears to have declined, while species such as male-berry (Lyonia ligustrina) and clammy azalea (Rhododendron viscosum) seem to have increased. The herb layer also has decreased in diversity, while American climbing fern (Lygodium palmatum), northern long sedge (Carex folliculata), and galax (Galax urceolata) appear to have increased. Although the absence of fire is the likely culprit, the exact cause of this rapid natural succession is unknown. If appropriate active management is not initiated soon, this site may not be recoverable.
South Carolina's Natural Wildflower Communities is adapted from A Guide to the Wildflowers of South Carolina by Richard D. Porcher and Douglas A. Rayner. Used by permission.
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Gerald J. Ford Stadium, Dallas, Texas Attendance: 35,569
TCU provides Dykes happy "homecoming," defeats SMU 42-34
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DALLAS (AP) Max Duggan completed 22 of 29 passes for 278 yards and three touchdowns and Emari Demercado ran for two fourth-quarter touchdowns in TCU's 42-34 win over SMU on Saturday as coach Sonny Dykes' Frogs won the Iron Skillet rivalry game against the program that he coached the previous four seasons.
Dykes' return to the SMU campus, coaching a longtime backyard rival, led to a crowd of 35,569 - the largest for a regular-season game in 23-year-old Ford Stadium and the school's first sellout since 2015.
What was naturally seen by SMU fans as a disappointing departure, led to an exchange of words back and forth during the offseason. Mustangs receiver Rashee Rice, who went into Saturday's game ranked first in FBS receiving yardage per game (163.7) and second in catches (9.3), posted soon after Dykes' move that "No one comes to Texas to Fort Worth".
"I'm glad this is over," said Dykes, who faced a similar situation last year taking SMU to Louisiana Tech, where he coached from 2010-12. "I'm hopeful now we can go on and I coach my team and not have to deal with some this stuff you have to deal with."
Duggan threw 18 yards to Savion Williams in the first quarter, 8 yards to Jared Wiley in the second period and 80 yards on a shuffle-pass jet sweep to Derius Davis to give the Frogs a 28-7 lead.
Demercado scored from 1-yard out on a drive that began at TCU's 37 following an interception by Josh Newton to put the Frogs ahead 35-21 midway through the fourth. With SMU within eight points in the closing minutes, Demercado burst through the middle and raced 63 yards for another score with 2:31 to play.
Kendre Miller rushed for 142 yards for TCU (3-0).
Tre Siggers rushed for three short touchdowns for SMU (2-2), including a 2-yarder with 5:14 left to get within 35-27 but a two-point pass failed. SMU quarterback Tanner Mordecai threw a 35-yard scoring pass to Jake Bailey with 1:04 left to cap the scoring.
Mordecai passed for 372 yards with two touchdowns and two interceptions, and Rashee Rice caught six passes for 74 yards. Bailey, a senior who transferred this year from Rice and never played for Dykes, had eight catches for 163 yards.
SMU coach Rhett Lashlee said Mordecai and Rice both played hurt throughout the second half.
REMAIN CALM
Both coaches said they believed their players left potentially harmful emotions back in the locker room.
"There wasn't a lot of talking going on," Dykes said. "I thought it was a cleanly played, good, hotly contested football game. Just exactly what you'd want."
TCU: Dykes is the first Frogs football coach to win his first three games since Francis Schmidt did it in 1929. The team's previous 3-0 start was in 2017, when Dykes was a TCU offensive analyst under Gary Patterson and the Frogs reached the Big 12 championship game.
SMU: The Mustangs closed out their non-conference schedule, going 0-2 against Power Five teams (losing to Maryland 34-27 last week).
TCU: Will begin Big 12 play next Saturday hosting Oklahoma.
SMU: The Mustangs' AAC opener will be next Saturday at UCF. "It's without question the most difficult place to play in our league," Lashlee said. "They might be the most talented team in our league." Plus, Lashlee will coach against his mentor, Gus Malzahn.
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Alex Crawford had been in fully-involved rooms that frightened her less than the one she was currently facing. A fire she could fight, but a room full of one hundred and ten children under the age of eleven was something she could only survive. She knew that after five years she should have become used to the program, but she seemed to have selective amnesia when it came to this particular hell. In those five years, however, she’d come up with a pretty decent script.
“That pretty much covers everything about Halloween safety. I know that you think the day is supposed to be fun, and this is a lot of rules. But the rules help make sure everything stays fun and safe. As much as I would love to see everyone’s costumes, I’d much rather see you at my doorstep instead of when I answer a call. Okay? All right…” She stepped aside and gestured at the table. “Your teachers are going to hand out these reflective stickers and candy bags. There’s more than enough, so if you want to take some for younger brothers or sisters feel free.”
Jill Hood-Colby stepped forward. “Let’s all thank Chief Crawford for taking the time for us today.” She got the assembly to clap and coordinated each row to come up to get their supplies. As the fifth-graders filed by, Alex retreated to the far side of the folding table. Jill joined her. “Thank you for doing this again, Alex.”
“It’s my pleasure. I’d much rather do this than spend my Halloween answering a bunch of calls about jack-o-lanterns catching curtains on fire.”
“Well, the kids love you. They’ve been talking all week about ‘Firelady Alex’ coming to talk to them.”
Alex chuckled. “Sure.”
“Yeah! It’s true. You have quite a reputation around here.”
She sighed. “Well, if I have to be a celebrity to a bunch of kids, maybe they’ll be more likely to listen to me. We’ve had a drop in Halloween night calls since I started doing this, so who knows? Maybe it’s having an impact.”
“Patricia certainly thinks so. I remember her talking about it when she was considering the full-time department. She loves you, Alex. She loves what you’ve done for this town and the department.” She lowered her voice. “She’s afraid you’re going to leave.”
Alex was surprised. “Where would I go?”
Jill sighed. “She heard about Bothell.”
“How did she hear about that?” She tried to think about who she had told, or who Rachel might have told. The call had come in over the summer. The fire chief in Bothell, Washington, was retiring. The mayor was friends with Alex’s old chief from Shepherd, and he’d recommended her for the position. He’d given her some time to think it over and, even though it seemed like a no-brainer, she was taking the necessary time before making a final decision. “It was just an offer.”
“For a bigger department, bigger budget, and more money.”
Alex nodded slowly. “Yeah…”
“Look, I know it’s a great opportunity. I would be tempted in your shoes. I just want you to know that whatever you decide, Patricia will support you. She wants you to be happy. Even if that means she has to break in a new chief.”
Alex grinned. “I’d be sure to suggest someone good to take my place.” She picked up one of the reflective trick-or-treat bags. “Do you want one of these for your girl? Is she… she’s not old enough for it yet, right?”
“Oh, God no. No, she’s not even two until November.” She took the bag from Alex. “Huh. This might be our last Halloween where we don’t have to worry about costumes and going door-to-door begging for candy. I didn’t realize that.”
“They grow up fast,” Alex said. “Or so I’ve heard.”
“They do.” She folded the bag and handed it to the next student in line. “I saw it with Michael. One day he’s in my class, and the next minute he’s going to college and living with his father on the mainland. I don’t know how I’ll take it when Isabel is all grown up. Which may have happened since I left for school this morning. I haven’t checked in.”
Alex chuckled. “The kids are going to lunch after this, right? Do you have any plans? We could run down to the Spartan Café and get something to eat.”
“I’m brown-bagging it at my desk. Another time?”
“Sure. But for dinner. Rachel would love to have you and Patricia and Isabel come over. I can use the opportunity to put Patricia’s mind at ease about the job offer.” One of the kids thanked her for coming to do the presentation, and she paused to tell him it was her pleasure. “Remember to be safe,” she added. “If I do decide to take the job, I want Patricia to be absolutely certain it didn’t have anything to do with her. She’s been a fantastic mayor. I’ve loved working for her.”
“She’ll be glad to hear that. She knows, of course. She’s fond of you, too. But it’ll still be nice to hear. It’ll have to be a day when our schedules are all clear.”
Alex scoffed. “A mayor and a schoolteacher with a toddler? When aren’t you available? You have oodles of time, I’ll bet.”
“Oh, yeah. I’m thinking of taking up some sort of hobby.”
“Have you tried that new thing? What’s it called… oh, sleeping!”
“I used to do that. Got out of the habit around the time Isabel was born, though.”
Alex said, “Never too late to get back into it.”
The final student went through the line and got the stickers and bag, leaving a handful behind. Jill told Alex she could leave them for the afternoon assembly and told her to have a good lunch. Alex thanked her and left through the side entrance. Since she didn’t have to be back for the second assembly for at least an hour, she decided to have lunch at Chaplin’s. Rachel was in another practically-vegan phase and Alex wanted to be as supportive as possible in case this time she decided to stick with it. Alex could never be a full vegan or vegetarian, but she would do her best to show her support. She didn’t want Rachel to decide against it because it was too hard on her. Besides, Chaplin’s made an amazing sandwich with mushrooms and jack cheese on wheat.
It would be easier for Rachel to become vegan if they moved to Bothell. She’d looked it up, and the town had far more options than December Harbor’s single restaurant. There were places on the island that were vegan-friendly, of course. Gail’s offered substitutions and the Shipwreck actually had a small section of the menu devoted to meat-free dishes.
As she parked, she told herself that the answer to Bothell’s job offer was a no. It started as a firm no, and the delay was simply to make sure she was absolutely positive she would turn it down. She parked next to Chaplin’s and took out her phone to text Rachel. “Lunch? Meet at Chaplin’s or I can bring it to you.” She waited for the reply and looked out the back window at the harbor. She loved Squire’s Isle and December Harbor. The department felt like something she had helped build. She took it from a small volunteer operation to the full-fledged fire service it was now. Her work wasn’t finished. There was still a long way to go. But there were people who could take her place, pick up the ball, continue what she started.
Her phone rang and she looked down at the screen. “Another day. Bogged down w/ paperwork. You can have something meaty for lunch if you want. ::wink:: Dinner for sure. Free at 5:30.”
Alex smiled and stuck the phone back in her pocket. If they had dinner together, Alex would definitely get something vegan or vegetarian. So lunch would be her only opportunity to have any meat at all that day. She started the truck and pulled out of the spot and headed for Smooth Glass Grill.
“Charades was ruined for me forever when my mom had to act out…” Alex picked up the white card and smirked. “…a sad hand-job. I think we have a winner, folks.”
Abby Holt wrinkled her nose as Alex passed the black card to Richard. “I still think ‘Harry Potter erotica’ is the best. It wasn’t mine, but come on.”
“This is Cards Against Humanity,” Alex said. “The raunchier or more offensive, the better.”
They were seated around the station’s dinner table, the dishes waiting by the sink for Wallace to take care of later on. Alex didn’t remember who originally brought the game to the station, but Abby had quickly become the station champion. She blamed her current poor performance on the fact it was Halloween. The cards were gathered and the next round began, with Shireen playing the judge. She drew a black card and cleared her throat.
“What never fails to liven up a party?”
As Alex was shuffling, Paul shouted up from the apparatus bay. “Chief! Your wife is here!”
“I think that’s my answer.” Alex pushed back her chair and slipped her cards into a pocket. “You guys keep playing. I’ll take over for Paul and send him up to take my place.”
She went downstairs and saw Rachel sitting with Paul in the lawn chairs they’d set up in the station’s driveway. The candy bowl was on a stack of milk crates between the two chairs. Rachel was wearing a plaid shirt so large she seemed to be swimming in it, a floppy green hat, and when she turned Alex saw that she had a scarecrow’s stitches painted on her lips and two bright red spots on her cheeks. She fought the urge to laugh out loud as she whistled to get Paul’s attention.
“I’ll take an hour. Head up and play a while.”
“Sure thing. Nice seeing you again, Mrs. Crawford.”
“You too, Paul.”
Alex settled herself into the lawn chair Paul had just vacated. “Hi.”
“Hi yourself. I hope I didn’t pull you away from anything important.”
“Playing Cards Against Humanity.” She took the cards out of her pocket and handed them over. “I had a pretty good hand.”
Rachel took the cards and shuffled through them. “Sexy pillow fights, Wearing underwear inside out to avoid doing laundry, Cheating in the Special Olympics, 72 virgins? These are horrible.”
“That’s kind of the point. Besides, it could be worse. When I started out, the guys had playing cards with naked ladies on them.”
“And this is an improvement?”
“It’s cerebral.”
Rachel snorted and shook her head as she handed the cards back. “Well, whatever keeps you out of burning buildings, I guess. Just try not to be too offensive.”
“But then I’ll lose.”
Northeast of the parking lot, a group of five or six kids who looked to be in the ten-to-twelve age range rounded the corner. Alex was proud of the fact that at least half of them were carrying the reflective bags she’d handed out. One dressed as a cowboy had the safety stickers attached to his vest. They stopped under the streetlight to decide which direction to take when one of the girls pointed at the station. Alex waved and the kids started over.
“What the hell are those yellow things in the overalls? I’ve seen about twelve of them tonight.”
“Minions,” Rachel said. “It was a movie.”
Alex said, “Minions. I like that word.” The kids looped around the sidewalk and came up the driveway. Alex scooted to the edge of her seat and smiled as the kids prepared their bags.
“Trick-or-treat!” the Minion said.
“I guess I have to give you candy. I wouldn’t want you to… uh…”
Rachel whispered, “Take over the world.”
Alex looked at her. “Seriously? Wow. Kids movies have higher stakes than I remember.” She and the other firefighters had chipped in to give out full-sized candy bars. The kids were appropriately enthusiastic about their bounty and thanked her profusely as they filtered back out into the night. When everyone had gotten their bar, she slid back into her seat.
“Superheroes and princesses rule the day. No firefighter costumes yet. What has society come to?”
Rachel clucked her tongue and picked out a Snickers bar. “Any doctors?”
“I think Shireen had one at the beginning of the night.”
“Mm.” She draped one leg over the other and let a silence build between them. “So…”
“Bothell. You were supposed to give the Mayor an answer by the end of the month.”
Alex said, “Dodged a bullet. I called this morning to make an appointment and her secretary said she was busy all day. Pushed it until tomorrow.”
“What were you going to tell her?”
“I was kind of hoping the deadline would make the decision for me.”
Rachel sighed.
“I know what you’re going to say.”
“I should say it anyway.” She sucked a bit of chocolate off her thumb. “You know that I’m onboard with whatever you choose. There’s bound to be work for a doctor in Bothell, or somewhere nearby. I could commute to Seattle. I could work in a clinic. It doesn’t matter to me. I thought it was beautiful when we visited and drove around the neighborhoods. I can see myself living there if that’s where our lives take us. But honey, this isn’t a decision I can make lightly. I need to know if I should be planning for that.”
“I know.” She scuffed her foot across the concrete. “Part of me feels guilty for thinking about it. I came here to be with you. When you left Shepherd, I didn’t even think before I followed you. But since then, it’s become home. This department? It was nothing when I showed up. But the work I put into it means I can walk away without worrying it will collapse. But this is your safe place. It’s where you came after you were attacked…”
Rachel said, “No. This was a house. I lost my apartment and my family’s cabin was a place to sleep. My safe place is you, Alex. It always has been. Where you go, I’ll follow.” She reached out and took Alex’s hand. “I don’t want to force you into a decision. Take all the time you need. But you can take me out of the equation completely. I’m with whatever you decide.”
“Good to know.” She spotted another group coming from the direction of downtown, this time younger and accompanied by three adults. Still, one of the kids had a reflective bag. Alex resisted the urge to pump her fist in victory. “Incoming. What in the holy hell is that one dressed as?”
“I believe that is an Ant-Man.”
“How do you know all this stuff? You didn’t see any of these movies.”
“I have my finger on the pulse of pop culture crap. People come into the ER, sometimes they have their kids with them. We have coloring books in the waiting room. The kids bring their own toys. You learn to recognize the popular ones. You know Elsa and Anna, right?”
“Those are Lord of the Rings things, right?”
The group almost passed the firehouse before one of the chaperones caught up to the kids and pointed out that they had candy. Alex gestured at the bowl in her best game show model impression and the kids hurried across the street.
“Princesses and Ant-Men, oh my. I like the Ninja Turtle. Those are still popular? That’s so cool.”
When she was finished, one of the chaperones had remained behind with a pre-teen with a wild red wig and big buck teeth. “Excuse me,” the woman said, “but this is my daughter Melissa. She really loves firefighters, and she was wondering if she could take a look around the station.”
The girl looked like she was about to explode from humiliation, but Alex said, “Absolutely. I’d be happy to show her around.”
Rachel said, “I’ll monitor the candy.”
“Thanks, Rachel.” She stood up and offered her hand to the girl. “I’m Chief Crawford. You can call me Alex.”
“Hi,” Melissa said softly. “Sorry to bug you…”
Alex said, “Absolutely not. I love this stuff. In fact, if you ever want to come back up here to see what we do between calls, we’d be more than happy to have you around. Come on. We can start with the truck.” She bent down next to Rachel and added, “Bette Midler from Hocus Pocus. I do recognize some of them.”
“Yeah, the ones from twenty years ago.”
Alex stuck her tongue out and hurried to catch up with Melissa, who was already moving toward the engine like a moth attracted to a flame.
Rachel stayed until the end of Alex’s shift, helping her hand out candy while identifying the costumes. When they left, it had been nearly an hour since the last group of kids came by, so Alex told the team they could start divvying up the leftover chocolate. She hurried Rachel out of the station before the bloodbath began. They lived less than half a mile from the station so they walked. Alex would pick her truck up in the morning and take it to City Hall, where she would finally give Patricia an answer.
When they got home, Rachel went to the bedroom to change out of her costume. She only turned on the hall light, but it cast a wide enough glow for Alex to see her way to the sliding door of the deck. She got a beer from the fridge and took it out onto the chilly air of the deck. The harbor was still and silent even though there was one more ferry scheduled for the day.
Back in Shepherd she’d had a life she really loved. She loved everyone in her department, even those who drove her insane. Her apartment was great and the people who worked in the deli and convenience store knew her name. She had a great jogging route that she still sometimes missed using. She assumed that she was grown up enough to be where she would spend the rest of her life.
Then Rachel showed up. Rachel wanted to move to the island, and Alex followed her. In the seven years since, she hadn’t had a single regret about uprooting herself so abruptly. Her old life had been perfectly fine. So did her new life. Maybe there was a third life that would be even better, or just as good, or… maybe she was overthinking everything.
“Is it too early to just go to bed?” Rachel asked when she came back. “Close the door. It’s freezing.”
Alex went back inside and shut the door behind her before she noticed what Rachel was wearing. Her face had been scrubbed of makeup – both costume and her normal cosmetics – and she had changed into a button-down blue dress shirt over a pair of black shorts. Her hair was flat from being under the hat all night, but around her face it still had full-bodied curls. She smiled when she realized Alex was ogling her and she reached up to run her fingers through her hair.
“Stop. I had a five hour shift this morning, and I spent the entire night dressed as a scarecrow. I can’t possibly be sexy to you right now.”
“Okay. You’re not sexy.” She smiled as she crowded Rachel back toward the wall, hands on her thighs right where the shirt ended. “You’re actually looking kind of dreadful right now.”
Rachel smiled and worked her hands under Alex’s shirt. “Oh?”
Alex nodded. “Disgusting. This old shirt has got to go.”
“Now you’re a fashion maven?”
“I know what I don’t like.” She nipped at Rachel’s bottom lip. “And this shirt is absolute garbage. I may just tear it off you.”
They kissed as Alex undid the buttons. Rachel’s hands slid higher under Alex’s shirt before skimming down to the small of her back. The shirt was dropped and Alex pushed the shorts down as well. She cupped her hands to the curves of Rachel’s butt and squeezed as she let Rachel’s tongue slip into her mouth. They both moaned, and Alex smiled at the sound they made together. She nipped at Rachel’s bottom lip and pulled her away from the wall.
“I think it’s definitely time to just go to bed.”
“I meant to sleep,” Rachel said. “But you’ve changed my mind.”
Alex smiled. They left the light off and the bedroom door open, moving to the bed by the light coming in from the hall. Rachel took a moment to lose her bra before crawling onto the bed. Alex shed her shirt and stepped out of her shoes, watching Rachel stretch out across the comforter and stretch both arms over her head as she waited. Alex got her pants off and put a knee on the bed.
“Ah-ah,” Rachel said, then twirled a finger.
Alex grinned and repositioned herself with her legs up and her head down. She lay on her side and scooted closer, stroking Rachel’s hip and lifting her head to kiss the smooth skin. Rachel kissed Alex’s thighs and eased them apart, her lips brushing Alex’s thigh as she moved her hand to cover Alex’s sex. Alex bit back a groan – too early to start making those sorts of sounds, but damn it felt good – and wrapped her arms around Rachel’s waist. She bent her knee and planted her foot flat on the mattress to provide room for Rachel’s head.
Rachel started with fingers, keeping her lips free to kiss Alex’s thighs. She pushed herself up and bent over Alex’s body to leave a trail of kisses over her belly as she stroked with her middle two fingers. Alex rested her cheek on Rachel’s thigh and moved her hand over the other, pulling it down as Rachel curled her legs up toward her chest. Alex was pinned between her wife’s thighs, but there was nowhere she would rather be. She used the tip of her tongue to tease the folds apart, moving her hand up against her chin so she could use her fingers as well.
Alex was well-versed in the signs of approaching orgasm, and she used the information well. She eased up when Rachel’s thighs tensed, or when she stopped moving her hips and began to push down against Alex’s mouth. Focusing on that kept her from getting too caught up in what Rachel was doing to her. One of Rachel’s hands roamed the length of Alex’s body, pausing at her breast before moving back down her stomach.
When she felt Rachel had been to the edge and back enough, Alex freed herself and pushed away. “C’mere… sit up…”
“Want me to get the toy?” Rachel asked.
The toy… the idea of having Rachel between her legs with the harness and the dildo was very attractive, but she didn’t want to take the time necessary to retrieve it and put it on her. She shook her head as she sat up and pulled Rachel to her. They kissed and Rachel straddled Alex, settling on her lap with both arms around her neck. Alex looked up into Rachel’s eyes as she put a hand between them.
“Hi,” Alex whispered.
Rachel grinned. “Hi-i… oh…”
Their position meant that the hallway light fell over Alex’s shoulder and illuminated Rachel’s features. Her dark hair, currently worn long, cast shadows over her features, the angular lines of her cheek and the wide, thin-lipped mouth. She opened her mouth and bit her bottom lip, eyes open just wide enough to see Alex through her lashes. Alex smiled and Rachel rocked her head back, one hand flat on the back of Alex’s head while the other squeezed her shoulder. Alex kissed Rachel’s cheek and moved her lips to the curve of her neck, licking and sucking as Rachel moved against her hand.
“Sweetheart,” Rachel gasped, sagging forward to drag her lips across Alex’s, the tension fading from her body as she came. Alex kissed the slope of Rachel’s shoulder and eased her hand free. She wrapped both arms around Rachel, one hand covering the familiar terrain of burn scars in the small of Rachel’s back as she lowered them both to the mattress.
They lay face-to-face, Rachel’s legs still wrapped around Alex. Rachel brought a hand to her mouth and wet two fingers, never breaking eye contact as she moved her hand down. Alex tensed and closed her eyes as Rachel’s hand pressed against her and then pushed inside. She stroked in a slow rhythm that matched Alex’s breathing.
“Look at me, Alexandra.”
Alex whimpered, but she opened her eyes with great effort.
“Tomorrow, you’re going to go to the mayor and tell her your decision. You know I don’t care either way. I support going and staying. So I’m going to give you the answer and you know it’s unbiased.” She pressed her thumb against Alex’s clit and Alex struggled to focus on what was being said. “You’re going to stay. Because this is where you belong. It’s not about budget or opportunity. You’re going to stay because you love this town. You love the people here. This is your town, Alex, this is your department, and you’re not going to let anyone take it away from you. So why would you willingly give it up? No job is worth that. No paycheck is going to make that sacrifice worthwhile.”
Alex came in the middle of the speech, burrowing her face into the pillow as Rachel continued to speak in a low whisper. In the aftermath she scooted closer and put her head against Rachel’s chest. Rachel stroked her hair and kissed her temple.
“You feel that staying is like standing still,” Rachel said. “Success means moving on, climbing some invisible, arbitrary ladder. But success is knowing when you have everything you always wanted and holding onto it even in the face of temptation and great unknowns. Success is being right where you’re supposed to be and knowing it.”
“Thank you,” Alex said.
Rachel leaned back just far enough to find Alex’s lips. “You’re welcome. You would do the same for me.” She brushed Alex’s hair out of her face, and Alex turned her head to kiss Rachel’s wrist. “Are you convinced?”
“A hundred percent. I’m not going anywhere.” She kissed Rachel. “I love you.”
“I love you, too.”
They held each other as they fell asleep, and Alex felt a calmness settle over her as she let go of the stress and uncertainty she’d been clinging to since the Bothell job offer came in.
The next morning, Alex and Rachel had breakfast at Yolk Folks. Rachel had a shift at the hospital so she wished Alex luck and headed off. Alex lingered over her coffee long enough to be sure Mayor Hood-Colby would be in her office, then made her way to City Hall. It was a short walk, but she took the scenic route past the harbor. She hadn’t realized how much she’d been worrying until Rachel took the stress away from her. The answer was, of course, obvious. There was no way she could leave Squire’s Isle.
She took the long route back to City Hall, reminding herself of everything that made December Harbor home to her. It was more than just the geography and weather, it was the people. The sense of community that had cropped up in the past few years might be present in Bothell, but she doubted it would be the same. There was something magical about Squire’s Isle. It was a town where an openly gay teacher could be married to the mayor. Where the owner of the coffee shop could have a polyamorous relationship without being whispered about behind her back. It was the town where she truly started a life with Rachel, and almost lost her, and found her again. It was home.
Patricia Hood-Colby was in front of her office talking to her receptionist about something on his iPad. She glanced up as Alex approached, and Alex held up one hand in greeting.
“Hi. Don’t stop on my account. I can wait until you have a minute free.”
“Is this about…?”
Alex nodded. “Yeah.”
Patricia said, “Then I have time now. Simon, we’ll finish up with this later. Come on into my office, Alex.” She stepped through the door and Alex followed.
There was a painting of the Hood-Colby family behind the desk. Alex had seen it so many times that she almost didn’t notice, but something about it was different. She squinted and pointed.
“Has that… changed?”
Patricia chuckled. “It has. Jill got it for me as a gift… a living portrait. The artist lives on the island, and she updates it once a year as our family grows. The last couple are hanging at the house.”
“That’s an amazing gift.”
“It is,” Patricia agreed as she took her seat. “So… have you made a decision? Are you going to be around to see what changes in the painting next year?”
Alex said, “I’ve put together a list of people I think would be more than qualified to take my job.”
Patricia nodded slowly. “I see.”
“Yeah. I’ll forward it to Bothell so they can find a suitable candidate.”
Patricia’s head snapped back up. After a moment she smiled and shook her head. “Oh, you are a bitch, Alex Crawford.”
Alex said, “I couldn’t resist. Although I guess it was cruel, considering how long I put off giving you an answer.”
“It doesn’t matter, since you gave the right answer. I would’ve hated to lose you, Alex. And as for the pay bump you would’ve been getting in Bothell… I can try to match it, but it’s like butting against a concrete wall.”
Alex shook her head. “I don’t care about the money. I know a big chunk of the budget is going toward paying full-time firefighters to man my crew, and I appreciate that more than I would a raise. That’s what it came down to. The people here. The island. It’s my home.”
“I’m very glad to hear it. It’s a huge relief. I love working with you, Alex. You’re a great chief, and the things you’ve done for this department… it would have been a huge loss.”
Alex wasn’t sure what to do in the face of so much blunt praise, so she just nodded awkwardly. “I hope I can keep it up for a very long time.” She gestured at the door. “You have a busy day, I’m sure, so I’ll get out of your hair.”
“Yes, unfortunately. But thank you for taking one thing off my mind at least. Oh! Jill mentioned she spoke with you yesterday at the Halloween safety assembly. She invited you and Rachel to dinner.”
“Right. Just as soon as our copious free time allows the four of us to sit down on the same night. I’m free in 2020, I think.”
Patricia shook her head. “I’d have to check my calendar.”
Alex laughed. “Well, let us know. Even if it has to be lunch or breakfast.”
Patricia escorted her out with a promise they would find a night that worked for their dinner. She decided to walk back to the station so she could pick up her truck. She hadn’t gone far when she spotted a group of elementary-age students walking toward the school. One of them was carrying a reflective safety bag, the kind she’d passed out the day before. It was obviously loaded down with candy, which meant it had probably been used for trick-or-treating. She’d helped keep that kid safe. And yes, if she hadn’t been there, the program would have gone on. Shireen or Paul would have handed out the bags and stickers. But it was a program she started. She helped design those bags.
She stopped on the sidewalk and looked at the town around her. It was her town, now more than it had ever been. She’d been tempted away but, thanks to her beautiful wife, she’d been able to resist the call. Bothell was just a dot on a map. It was a town she and Rachel spent an afternoon driving around playing hypotheticals. It would never have been home to them. It would never have held a candle to Squire’s Isle and December Harbor.
Alex smiled and stuck her hands in her pockets as she started walking again. Maybe when she got to the station, she would stick around for a while. Make breakfast for the crew, clean up, play a round of Cards Against Humanity. Whatever they needed from her, she would be more than happy to do.
December Harbor was her town, and she would be sure she was always there to keep it safe.
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This page features my Wal fretless bass, serial number W3863. I ordered this instrument in January of 1994 from the now defunct Bass Center, in Ventura California. The instrument required 7 months to complete and the attention to detail in the design, construction and craftsmanship shows throughout. A work of art in wood!
Wal basses are hand made, beautifully constructed and individually unique instruments and the example presented here is no exception. The body is constructed of solid Mahogany with book-matched Hydua facings. The finger board is Indian Ebony and with inlaid Maple semitone markers. The six-piece laminated neck made of Rock Maple, Hornbeam and Amazonian Hardwood with a 34" scale is standard for this instrument.
Another unique feature of the Wal bass is the integrated XLR balanced output, which facilitates direct connection to a console or other balanced input. If only the balanced output is used, a plug must be inserted into the 1/4" output in order to activate the electronics. See the original 1994 brochure for a more detailed description of the electronics, including the parametric EQ tone controls and other available options.
After a long absence, Wal Basses is back in operation and taking new orders under the stewardship of luthier Paul Herman, who previously worked with the original founders Ian Waller and Pete Stevens. Check out their new website for more information.
Special note: the bassist who inspired my love for the Wal bass, Mick Karn, passed away on 4 January, 2011 after a battle with cancer. cancer. More information is available on the official website.
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Pagina principale newsitems EU Chair Slovenia Spokesman to EF: UNSC move V. Turkey abusing Cyprus=Big Topic=>Strong EU Reaction
EU Chair Slovenia Spokesman to EF: UNSC move V. Turkey abusing Cyprus=Big Topic=>Strong EU Reaction
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*Strasbourg/Angelo Marcopolo/(UPDATED)- The Press Spokesperson of the Incoming EU Presidency by Slovenia (July - December 2021), Domen Petelin, speaking to "Eurofora" on the latest UN Security Council's landmark Unanimous Oficial Statement against Turkey's recent Abuse on Cyprus' Issue, Shamelessly Refusing a Peaceful ReUnification of the Island under UN auspices, but pushing Secessionism for the Occupied Territories instead, at the Same Time that Ankara Notoriously Threatened Even Greek Cypriot Refugees' Family Homes and Prvate Properties in Famagusta/Varosha, Still Occupied by the Turkish Invasion Army, in Blatant Violation of many relevant UNSC Resolutions, stressed that this was "a Big Topic", on which EU should have "a Strong Reaction".
- "Definitively, this is a Huge Emerging Issue", and "should be Adressed in a Proper Manner", Petelin underlined from the outset, just After the UNSC in New York clearly "Condemned" "the Announcement in Cyprus by Turkish and Turkish Cypriot leaders on 20 July 2021 on the further reOpening of a part of the Fenced-off area of Varosha", expressing "Deep Regret regarding these Unilateral Actions that run Contrary to its (UNSC) previous Resolutions and Statements", while Also Calling "for the Immediate Reversal" of such Turkish "course of Action".
+ The UNSC, also Unanimously "Stressed", over the Week-End, "the Importance of Full Respect and Implementation of its Resolutions, including the Transfert of Varoshe to UN Administration, and UNFICYP's (the UN Peace-Keeping Force in Cyprus) Freedom of Movement" accross the Island. Because, at the Same Time, it "ReAffirmed its Commitment to an EnDuring, Comprehensive, and Just Settlement, in accordance with the Wishes of the Cypriot People, and Based on a bicommunal, bizonal Federation, with political equality, as set ou in Relevant (UN) Security Council Resolutions", (i.e. Contrary to Turkey's Demand for a Secessionist, "2 Equal and Sovereing States" outcome for Cyprus' Partition), "Support(ing the (UN) Secretary General's Efforts" for Negotiations in view of a Peaceful ReUnification of Cyprus, which have Not taken place 'for More than 4 Years", as Criticized the UN Secretary General's Envoy on Cyprus and UNFICYP, Miss Elisabeth Spehar, just after Briefing the UNSC in New York. - "These ae Difficult Times", with "Significant Challenges on Cyprus", But the UN "Secetary General remains Committed ... in Reaching a Comprehensive Settlement, ...Guided by the relevant UNSC Resolutions, which have Established the UN Parameters", she stressed too.
That landmark UNSC's Decision, Adopted Unanimously, was read as an Official Statement of its current UN President-in-Office for July 2021, French Ambassador/Permanent Represenative to the UN, Nicolas de Rivière, while ...China and India, reportedly had Strived Earlier for an Even More "Sharp" Statement versus Turkey's wrong-doings. (Both these 2 Big Countries notoriously have Territorial Integrity Issues, fuelled by Turkey's pal Pakistan). Interestingly, President Modi's India will Chair the UNSC Next Month : on August 2021, Followed by Friendly Ireland on September.
+ Meanwhile, Completing the Reminder of UNSC Decisions on Cyprus Issue by UNO's Highest Political Body, Greek Prime Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, during a subsequent Press Conference in Athens, Together with Cyprus' President Nicos Anastassiades, righfuly stressed the Fact that they ask for a Solution on the Basis of a Bicommunal and Bizonnal Federation, with 1 Sovereignity, 1 International Legal Personality, and 1 Citizenship", which even more clearly Reject Turkey's Secessionist and Partitionist aims. (UPDATED)-
=> Meanwhile, as the Ambassador/Permanent Represenative of Cyprus to the UN, Andreas HadjiChrysanthou, stressed in a TeleVised Statement from New York's UN HeadQuarters, just After UNSC's Decision, "what is Now Crucial is to see Compliance with the resolutions and decisions of the Council on Varosha, Before the Violations we now experience Escalate Further". For that purpose, "We rely on the active Support of the International Community to ensure that Alternative schemes, which are Not intended to serve the best interests of Cypriots, are Not imposed through the Creation of Facts on the Ground, like the ones we are witnessing in Varosha, or through the Refusal to negotiate reUnification in the Cyprus peace process", HadjiChrysanthous added, Pointing out also at "Internatinal Players, like the EU, for instance".
- In practice, particularly as far as EU Commission is concerned, "this is under the Responsibility of Mr. Borrell and EU's External Action Service", Petelin reminded to "Eurofora", pointing at EU's Diplomacy's Head, the Experienced former EU Parliament's President, Josep Borrell, (that "Eurofora"'s co-Founder has Met and worked with, Several Times in the Past, in Strasbourg), who has Just Slamed Turkey's Claims as "UnAcceptable", (triggering an Ankara's Provocative Reply that his Criticism would be "Nul and Void")...
- Meanwhile, "there was also an Attempt to convene an Extra-Ordinary EU Council on Foreign Affairs" Nowadays, revealed Petelin to "Eurofora", that the "Slovenian EU Presidency Supported, But there were some Different Opinions". However, "Various Other Options are Still on the Table", in one way or another, he added.
- At any case, Petelin did Not Exclude that this Issue Might Also be Discussed in the Forthcoming "Gymnish" Top Meeting between EU's Foreign Ministers, in Slovenia, Later on 2 September 2021, even it has Not Yet been Formaly Decided, "for the Moment".
=> -"Frankly, this" (EU Action for Timely Implementation of UNSC's Decisions : Comp. Supra), "is a Very Serious Issue", so that "the Slovenian EU Presidency Will Support to have a Strong (EU) Reaction !, its Head Spokesman vowed.
By a Coincidence, "Eurofora"'s Co-Founder had Already Published, during the Previous Slovenian EU Presidency, Back on 2008, (then at "The Cyprus Weekly" Newspaper), an almost Equivalent Warning to Turkey concerning Also Cyprus, then, in order to Respect Ankara's Commitments by Stopping Discriminating against Cyprus' Ships and Airplanes, Risking, Otherwise, to Compromise Ankara's prospects to Open several Negotiation Chapters in its Controversial and UnPopular EU bid, (See Attached Herewith "TCW" Publication). And this Really Happened, indeed, Soon Afterwards, Until Nowadays...
Doubling such Coincidences, the Former Head Press Spokesman of that Slovenian 2008 EU Presidency, Dr. Anze Logar, with whom We had exchanged then, Meanwhile, has Become, Today, the ...current Foreign Minister of the Country on 2021 ! Smiling, Now, his Present Successor, Domen Petelin, Modestly told "Eurofora" that such an Honour might Not concern him, since "I am Not involved in (National) Politics", as he said... Nevertheless, ..."You Never Know !", he cautiously Agreed, with a sens of humour...
At any case, an obvious Equivalent, Nowadays on 2021, of what was at Stake then, Back on 2008, would Probably be f.ex., among Others, (f.ex. a 3 Billions € EU Grant on Pretext of Syrian Refugees, in Fact Over-Exploited by the Turks, etc), Ankara's Prospect to ReNovate and Boost its "Customs Union" with the EU. (A very Controversial Issue when it had been UnExpectedly Allowed by an EU Parliament's last-Minute Majority's Flip-Flop, Back on December 1995 in Strasbourg, almost Immediately Followed by the First 2 Publications, by ECHR, of the landmark Cases of a Young Kurd handicaped by Torture in Turkish Prisons, and Afterwards Murdered by GunShots at his Head when he Refused to Drop a Legal Complain to Strasbourg's Human Rights Court, as well as of a Kurdish Family, whose Home and Livelihood had been Destroyed by Fire lit by the Turkish Army, Expulsing them to the Streets, until they Walked all the way to Smyrne/Izmir's Shanty-Towns, crippled by Provoked Extreme Poverty : The Famous "Aksoy" and "Akdivar" cases. + To All this was, Also, Even Added the Next Month, on January 1996, the Horrible Brutal Killing of Young Journalist "Goktepe", whose Head was Crushed by Turkish Policemen, while he was trying to cover the Burrial of Political Prisoners who had Died in Turkish Prisons after a long Hunger Strike)... Nowadays, earlier on June 2021, the EU has Notoriously Decided to Start a "Positive Agenda" of Cooperation with Turkey, while Also Clearly Warning Ankara that such moves were "Conditional and Reversible", According to the Turkish Behavior, (See : http://www.eurofora.net/newsflashes/news/eucooplinktoturkeynotacessbid.html, etc).
But, Now, on this July 2021, Defying Everything, Ankara reportedly Slamed Both the EU's and the UNSC's Calls on Cyprus, by Accusing the 1st to be ..."Nul and Void", while the 2nd would have made "Misleading" or "UnFounded Claims", with the Top UNO's Body standing "Below ... Sovereignity Rights" of the Invaded and Occupied Territories of the Island, according to the Turks...
(2008 + 2021 EU President-in-office, Slovenian Prime Minister Jansa, with EPP SG, MEP Isturiz, at EU Summit in Salzburg, Austria, 2018, smile to "Eurofora", after Winning Election)
Naturally, concerning the EU, a Key "Red Thread" Uniting the Past and the Future, on such International Rule of Law and Human Rights Values, extended at Europe's immediate Neighborhood, was and Still is the Past (2008) and Current (2021) Slovenian EU Presidency's Head, Prime Minister Janos Jansa, (that "Eurofora"s co-Founder has Met Several Times, Both during EU Summits in Brussels, and EU Parliament in Strasbourg, as well as in Austria, etc., Publishing various Press Articles, succesively at "TCWeekly", "MPAgency", or "Eurofora", about certain of his statements : Inter Alia, See, f.ex., also http://www.eurofora.net/newsflashes/news/eustrategyongreeceshengenmediterranean.html, + http://www.eurofora.net/newsflashes/news/eppheaddaulonvictororbanandeudevelopments.html,+ http://www.eurofora.net/newsflashes/news/jansawinssloveniaelection.html, + http://www.eurofora.net/newsflashes/news/eppsummitinsalzburgandorban.html,+ http://www.eurofora.net/newsflashes/news/euheadjansafordialogue.html, etc, as well as the Attached NewsPaper cuts).
Indeed, the Experienced, Twice EU-President-in-Office Jansa, had Already made it Clear, as Early as Since 2008, that, in fact, EU Negotiations with Turkey should Continue Only "in Compliance with the Commitments Undertaken on the Basis of Fundamental Principles" of the EU. I.e. he was "Not Advocating any Lowering of Criteria, or ShortCuts". So that, "If we (the EU) Continue, then Turkey will Have to Comply with its Obligations", as had afterwards Explained to "Eurofora"s co-Founder then, Slovenia's former Foreign Minister Janez Lenarcic, current EU Commissioner. (See Our Publication, then, at "TCWeekly", attached Herewith).
+ And Nowadays also, this July 2021, at EU Parliament's Plenary in Strasbourg, (See: http://www.eurofora.net/newsflashes/news/euheadjansafordialogue.html, etc), Jansa, after Rightfuly noting that USA and China had Just gone to Planet March, But Not the EU, (even if it had been Scheduled to do so, in Cooperation with Russia since 2010, But this was Postponed after Europe's Division by a provoked Ukranian Conflict), he Urged the EU to, at least, Become Strong enough to Act for Rule of Law and Human Rights in its close Neighbourhood :
- Indeed, Speaking as a matter of General Principle, Jansa Concluded by stressing his Support for "a Credible and Secure EU, Capable of Ensuring Security and Stability in its Neighbourhood as well", because "We (the Incoming Slovenian EU Presidency for 2021) Believe that it's Time for the EU to Become More Strategic in its Thinking and Actions in the World", "this being Particularly True for Our (Europe's) Immediate Neighbourhood", as he pointed out. And, Concluding also his 2nd Reply to MEPs' Observations, in the ensuing Debate, the Incoming 2021 EU President-in-Office also Vowed to "Continue to Fight for a Europe with More Freedom and Respect for Basic Human Rights and Fundamental Political Freedoms", "Strong Enough in order to Promote also in its Neighbourhood a Space of Freedom and Respect for Human Rights", Convinced that he Speaks "on Behalf of the Immense Majority of (our) Fellow Citizens", Jansa Vowed that "this Has to be one of the Goals for which We had Worked, so far, and We are Prepared to Do so (also) in the Future".
Inter alia, in this regard, Concerning Greek Cypriot Refugees from Famagusta/Varosha, still Occupied by Turkey's Army, at least, a Slovenian Prime Minister's 2008 Statement, unforunately, Still Remains Valid : Jansa had Thanked, then, the EU, for Helping to Overcome he "Humiliation", as he had Denounced, Suffered by the People, "Every Time they (were Oblige to) Cross a Border" in the Past, as Ankara seeks to Oblige, Nowadays (2021) Thousands of Varocha's Greek Cypriot Refugees to Suffer Also Humiliations if they Have to Cross the "Green Line", inside Their own Country, Cyprus, Submitting to Turkish Army's Controls etc., just to go to Their Family Homes, Even Despite ECHR Judgements...
From this Point of view, too, UNSC's above-mentioned, 7/2021 Repeated Call for Turkey to Return Varosha to its Lawful Owners "Under UN Administration", and with "UNFICYP" (Comp. Supra), looks Naturaly very Topical.
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They voted to "freeze" UK Government's draft to put People in jail for 42 Days on "anti-terrorist" suspicion without charge, or they abstained. Don't they look suspect ?
CoE's debate on UK controversy stirs PanEuropean check of anti-terror suspects' imprisonment
Former Leftists of the Sixties would boil in hot water if they heard PACE's debate on the controversial 42 days detention without charge, currently drafted by the British Government :
A "Socialist" Government, a Socialist PACE Rapporteur and a Socialist Chair of PACE's Legal Committee, opposed a .. "Conservative" amendment (supported by .. Liberals, Democrats, etc), to freeze the measure, in order to protect Citizens' Freedom, by "waiting" until CoE's Venice Committee checks its conformity with Human Rights' principles.
"Left"'s support to Conservative-Lib.Dem's criticism, wasn't enough to obtain a majority, nor to make things as they were back in the good old days, when "Left" and "Right" had a clear meaning, as "liberty" and "restrictions"...
Conservatives and most Democrats were joined by the Left in voting for the "freeze", as well as Liberal Paul Rowen, while Socialist MEP Ivan Popescu, an experienced MEP from Ukraine (PACE Member since 1996-2008) abstained. But most Socialists, added to a few Liberals and EPP's Right, voted against.
Fortunately, someone inside PACE had the wise idea to shorten the Debate for less than 1 Hour, and put it on the Agenda only at the end of an exceptionally busy day, towards the end of the Evening, when most MEPs had already gone to taste wins and foods at various Receptions all around Strasbourg's "European" area : As a result, not even 42 MEPs weren't present..
Socialist Lord Tomlinson accused the leaders of the PanEuropean Assembly, in its highest body : the "Bureau", to "lack wisdom" by deciding to hold a Debate on an issue that neither the Socialist Chair of the Legal Committee, nor its Socialist "reluctant Rapporteur", did "not want to do", ...
Finally, everybody (critics and supporters alike) was happy to agree, in substance, that the controversial measure "may" gravely violate Human Rights, and therefore, PACE asked Legal Experts of Venice Commission to check UK Government''s plans.
But this might take more than .. 42 Days to do, since PACE's Rapporteur asked the Experts to enlarge their study in a PanEuropean comparison of all that is happening on "anti-terrorism" legislation in 47 CoE Member Countries, including Russia, Turkey and Azerbaidjan..
Bad lack : "The existing 28 days’ detention without charge in the UK is, in comparison with other CoE member countries, one of the most extreme : In Turkey, the period is 7,5 days, in France 6 days, in Russia 5 days, and in .. the U.S. and Canada just 2 and 1 days respectively", denounced Democrat MEP Ms WOLDSETH from Norway..
"Numerous respected human rights organisations, including Liberty and Human Rights Watch, have expressed serious concern" "The proposed legislation ...could easily lead to extensive abuses. ...Detention for 42 days means six weeks in which one is taken away from one’s family, friends, home and livelihood only to be let off without being charged. That will destroy lives and isolate communities", she added.
- "3 years ago, the UK Government sought to increase the period of pre-charge detention from 14 days to 90 days. Not long before that, it had been only 7 days. There was a vigorous debate ...and a ...compromise was reached of 28 days. We have to ask whether there are proper safeguards in place to extend the period to 42 days. I suggest that there are fatal flaws", reminded British Conservative Clappison.
- "What sort of society holds someone in detention for 42 days and does not have to tell the person who is in prison why they are there, or explain the suspicions that arose and led to their detention? What sort of society believes that that is the way to treat its citizens? That is an appalling injustice, ...A 42-day detention period will not make the UK safer. Instead, it will be the first step to giving in to terrorists; it is saying that we are prepared to sacrifice our democratic rights and the principles for which we have stood for centuries", criticized British Liberal Michael Hanckock
"Comments made ...by Norwegian delegates are unfortunate", replied British Socialist MEP Ms.Curtis-Thomas, accusing them to "besmirch the reputation of our police force, which is one of the Best in the World", as she said, believing that "there are significant safeguards ...to ensure that individuals are not subjected to unlawful detention"
PACE "has serious doubts whether ...the draft legislation are in conformity with the ...case-law of the European Court of Human Rights. A lack of ..safeguards may lead to arbitrariness, resulting in breaches of ... liberty and ...right to a fair trial". PACE "is particularly concerned that: ..the judge ..may not be in a position to examine whether there exist reasonable grounds for suspecting that the arrested person has committed an offence;"; that "... representation by a lawyer may be inappropriately restricted or delayed;" that "information on the grounds for suspicion of a person ...may be unduly withheld.. ;" that this "may give rise to arrests without the intention to charge;", and; in general, that "prolonged detention without proper information on the grounds for arrest may constitute inhuman treatment", says Klaus De Vries' Report, adopted with 29 votes against zero.
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