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I've always said that black metal was modern-day classical music. The complexity and richness of it matches the greatest works of Beethoven and Mozart. Once you've gotten over the shell-shock of the death-grunt vocals and the double-bass, the beauty and sophistication of it becomes gloriously clear.
And now I have proof that these genres go together like wine and chocolate:
Meet one of my new discoveries, a band named Haggard. Their total awesomeness can't be comprehended unless, like me, you love Dimmu Borgir and Rachmaninoff equally. Most black/death/doom metal bands haul around synthesizers to get their classical elements going. Haggard wins my adoration for hauling around actual classical instruments.
They prove that classical melodies and death grunts go quite well together. Have a listen:
I'm loving them. Where have they been all my life?
As you lot are my witnesses, if Chaos Lee tells me he's known about Haggard all along but never introduced me, I shall beat him soundly with a cello.


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News Release — Vermont Fish & Wildlife
June 11, 2013
RUTLAND — The Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department has been working with researchers at The Nature Conservancy and the Orianne Society to conserve a piece of Vermont's unique natural heritage, the timber rattlesnake. They have captured rattlesnakes from the wild and implanted radio transmitters under their skin as part of a two-year study of timber rattlesnake habitat and movements in western Rutland County.
The researchers have also been working to determine the extent and severity of a condition referred to as 'snake fungal disease' that has recently begun afflicting Vermont's timber rattlesnakes. Snake fungal disease causes blisters or brown, crusty lesions on the face and neck of infected individuals.
Biologist Doug Blodgett leads the timber rattlesnake project for the Fish & Wildlife Department. "We first documented the lesions on timber rattlesnakes in 2012," said Blodgett. "Since then, the condition has been observed in several species of snakes throughout Vermont. It's difficult to assess the effects of this disease on individuals, but it does appear to be associated with population declines in neighboring states."
Timber rattlesnakes are one of eleven species of native snakes in Vermont. They once ranged throughout the Champlain Valley, but are now found only in two isolated populations in western Rutland County.
The fate of timber rattlesnakes in Vermont is uncertain. The loss of critical habitat, collection for the black market pet trade, and indiscriminate killing have depressed populations to state-endangered status, and snake fungal disease may exacerbate these problems. Together with other snake species, timber rattlesnakes help control rodent populations, which would cause crop damage and spread diseases such as Lyme without limits from predators.
"There's always been a strong cultural bias against rattlesnakes due to sensationalized Hollywood depictions of these animals as highly aggressive, stalking menaces of the forest," said Blodgett. "Nothing could be further from the truth. In my dozen years of experience working with rattlesnakes in Vermont, I've been most impressed with how docile, tolerant and secretive these animals are. They do just about anything to avoid confrontation with people."
Public perception of rattlesnakes is changing as people gain a better understanding of this species. Fear and hatred are giving way to interest and curiosity, as people begin to appreciate the important role that rattlesnakes play in the ecosystem.
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"These animals are the original native Vermonters. They've been here for thousands of years and are an intergral part of our ecosystem and our wildlife heritage," said Blodgett. "I see them as a symbol of something still untamed and wild in a fairly tame landscape. They deserve our protection and stewardship."

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Driver of derailed Spanish train 'under investigation'
At least 80 people dead after high speed crash near Santiago de Compostela
A train derails in this series of still images from the video of a security camera near Santiago de Compostela, northwestern Spain, yesterday. Reuters
A train derails in this series of still images from the video of a security camera near Santiago de Compostela, northwestern Spain, yesterday. Reuters
A train derails in this series of still images from the video of a security camera near Santiago de Compostela, northwestern Spain, yesterday. Reuters
An injured passenger is helped by a policeman. Photograph: Oscar Corral/Reuters
Rescue workers pull victims the wreckage of yesterday's train crash near Santiago de Compostela in Spain. Photograph: Oscar Corral/Reuters
One of the drivers of a Spanish train which derailed yesterday killing at least 80 passengers is being formally investigated in connection with the incident.
Police in Spain tonight took the driver into custody in hospital and official sources have indicated the crash was caused by excessive speed.
The eight-carriage high velocity train came off the tracks just outside the pilgrimage centre of Santiago de Compostela in Spain's northwest. The incident ranks as one of Europe's worst ever rail disasters.
Santiago was preparing to celebrate one of Europe's biggest Christian festivals when the incident occurred and authorities have since cancelled festivities as the city went into mourning.
The Galicia region supreme court said in a statement that the judge investigating the accident had ordered police to put the driver in custody and take a statement from him. He was under formal investigation, the court said.
Video footage from a security camera shows the train, with 247 people on board, hurtling into a concrete wall at the side of the track as carriages jack-knifed and the engine overturned. One local official described the aftermath of the crash as like a scene from hell, with bodies strewn next to the tracks.
The impact was so big one carriage flew several metres into the air and landed on the other side of the high concrete barrier. Some 94 people were injured, of whom 35 were in a serious condition, including four children, the deputy head of the regional government said.
"We heard a massive noise and we went down the tracks. I helped get a few injured and bodies out of the train. I went into one of the cars but I'd rather not tell you what I saw there," Ricardo Martinez, a 47-year old baker from Santiago de Compostela, said.
Local newspaper accounts cited witnesses as saying one driver, Francisco Jose Garzon, who had helped rescue victims, shouted into a phone: "I've derailed! What do I do?". The 52-year-old had been a train driver for 30 years, a spokeswoman for rail firm Renfe said.
El Pais newspaper said one of the drivers told the railway station by radio after being trapped in his cabin that the train entered the bend at 190 km/h. An official source said the speed limit on that stretch of twin track, laid in 2011, was 80 km/h.
The train, operated by state-owned company Renfe, was built by Bombardier and Talgo and was around five years old. It had almost the maximum number of passengers onboard.
Spain's rail safety record is better than the European average, ranking 18th out of 27 countries in terms of railway deaths per kilometres travelled, the European Railway Agency said. There were 218 train accidents in Spain between 2008-2011, well below the European Union average of 426 for the same period, the agency said.
Firefighters called off a strike to help with the disaster, while hospital staff, many operating on reduced salaries because of spending cuts in recession-hit Spain, worked overtime to tend the injured.
Prime mminister Mariano Rajoy, who was born in Santiago de Compostela, visited the site and the main hospital today. He declared three days of official national mourning for the victims of the disaster. King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia also went to Santiago and visited the injured in hospital.
Passenger Ricardo Montesco told Cadena Ser radio station the train approached the curve at high speed, twisted and the carriages piled up one on top of the other.
"A lot of people were squashed on the bottom. We tried to squeeze out of the bottom of the wagons to get out and we realised the train was burning. ... I was in the second carriage and there was fire. ... I saw corpses," he said.
Both Renfe and state-owned Adif, which is in charge of the tracks, had opened an investigation into the cause of the derailment, Renfe said.
Clinics in Santiago de Compostela were overwhelmed with people flocking to give blood, while hotels organised free rooms for relatives. Madrid sent forensic scientists and hospital staff to the scene on special flights.
The train was travelling from Madrid to Ferrol on the Galician coast when it derailed, Renfe said in a statement. It left Madrid on time and was travelling on schedule, a spokeswoman said.


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Last week, I spotted Neil Patrick Harris at a ramen restaurant in D.C. and tweeted about it. I immediately felt a little twinge of guilt about ratting out the star's location to my Twitter followers... especially after he looked at his phone and started peering around the tiny restaurant, as if he'd spotted my tweet and was looking for the responsible party. This is one of the downsides of being a public figure in the age of instant public communication; their recognizability makes it harder for them to maintain location privacy. But it's not just the Neil Patrick Harrises of the world who have to worry about their whereabouts being disclosed to third parties by fans; your smartphone is your biggest fan and it's constantly telling apps where you are.
Our smartphone apps are increasingly sucking up information about where we are at any given time in order to improve their operations (to show us the closest ramen restaurant, for example); to support other operations (using aggregate location data from lots of phones to tell us how bad the traffic is to get there); or just to make some cold hard cash off your data (telling all the other businesses near the ramen restaurant that they should be sending you coupons). Free apps say this helps them stay free. But free apps aren't the only ones getting in on the location-data monetization party. Even services you pay for are starting to pass along your location info to interested advertisers. If Verizon is your phone provider of choice, your location data is currently being bundled and sold, unless you've opted out.
Senator Al Franken of Minnesota isn't the hugest fan of the fast and loose economy growing up around our location data, so he's pushing a location privacy bill that would require companies to get your permission to see where you are and then to get explicit permission to provide your whereabouts to third parties (instead of just slipping a clause into their privacy policies that gives them that right). They'd actually have to provide a list of the third parties getting the location lowdown. Franken's bill would also criminalize "cyberstalking apps" -- creepy apps that can be placed on mobile devices that surreptitiously report a phone user's location to another party. He originally presented the bill in 2011. On Thursday, it got the thumbs up from the Senate Judiciary Committee; while it's unlikely to be passed by the end of this session, Franken will be pushing for it to see the light of legislative day in 2013.
"Location information is extremely sensitive information," Franken said during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Thursday. "Parties with access to this information know what roads you take to work, the church you go to, where you drop your kids at school, and the doctors you go to."
Franken mentioned a recent Federal Trade Commission investigation into smartphone apps aimed at children that found that 12 of the apps were collecting precise geolocation information about the kiddies without getting parental consent. (As concerned as we are about kids' privacy, it's worth noting that one of the exceptions to criminal cyberstalking apps in the bill would be parental monitoring ones that protective adults can use to track their minor children. All other apps would need to give notice when relaying a person's location to another person.)
"If a company wants to give your location to third parties, they need your permission," said Franken.
Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa was a little warier of the crackdown on the location economy.
"The marketplace surrounding mobile apps ... is a complex industry that's still evolving," said Grassley. He expressed concern that the constant location notifications might cause "consumers to revolt" and might result in many free apps having to become fee-based.
He suggested that when apps say to which third parties they're providing your location information they include the categories of companies rather than a list of the actual companies -- many of which you probably wouldn't recognize.
"We don't want to take action too quickly that hurts industry," said Grassley. In other words, Grassley got lobbied really hard by advertising and mobile app representatives.
We'll see what 2013 holds for this bill. In the meantime, check out the WSJ's handy (but dated) guide to "what apps know about you" to see which apps on your phone are collecting your location information and which ones are passing it along to third parties. If you're not comfortable with your location being monetized, you might want to take Angry Birds off your phone.
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Celebrimbor32 wrote:Alright. I've read both chapters now and think that you have a very intriguing beginning thus far! You've allowed the four characters to sort of set the mood with plenty of dialogue, which I like very much. Me thinks I have a clue as to the identity of the 'pilgrim' The only thing I can think to suggest at this early stage is perhaps to reconsider the name of Celepharn's horse. 'Donner' is fine, but it also conjures up visions of reindeer.
Can't think of anything else to add right now. You've created a good aura of anticipation with the first 2 chapters. I look forward to following this tale as it progresses!
Also, I'm curious to see how you integrate the affairs of Cardolan into the plot!
In the center was another square, or courtyard, and just beyond it, and to the left and right, were three large structures. The one directly before them was symmetrical about the courtyard and was the most impressive of the three. It was the palace of the Ruling House of Arthedain. Built of stone, it stood three stories tall below its roof, and the roof inclined steeply up from both sides, adding nearly as much height as the three stories below, 24 rangar (76 feet) to the peak. The main entrance at one end faced south onto the square and two wings of equal length stretched east and west.
Celepharn led them up the same stair and through the same entrance that the royal procession had used, beside the fireplace. Then left along a passage into the royal palace, up one stair, then over to another stair and up two more levels, then down a hallway to a corner room...
Valandil3430 wrote:can I post an image here as well?
"Is it a… creature?" asked Celepharn.
"Yes – a living thing… a creature of frost and cold!" answered Elrohir.
Valandil3430 wrote:...Note that Celepharn didn't expect to see a lot of guardsment there - only a half dozen or so. Not enough to handle a major threat like an invasion. But enough to 'keep an eye on things' - and send word back to Fornost if there IS trouble of any kind.
The strong hands of Elrohir took hold of Celepharn, but he found that he could barely move. So Celepharn led him away, half-dragging him backward – away from where Helkaruth and Glorfindel faced one another, as if each were sizing up the other.
rowanberry wrote:Hope we don't have to wait for the next chapter for another six months.
I just believe that I noticed a typo near the end of the chapter:The strong hands of Elrohir took hold of Celepharn, but he found that he could barely move. So Celepharn led him away, half-dragging him backward – away from where Helkaruth and Glorfindel faced one another, as if each were sizing up the other.
I think that the second sentence should begin "So Elrohir led him away"?
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Nadine Fahoum and John Malbon Recognized As All-Americans By NSCA
By ODU Athletics
April 5, 2010
COLORADO SPRINGS, CO- The National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) recently awarded ODU senior baseball player John Malbon (Virginia Beach, Va.) and junior tennis player Nadine Fahoum with its annual All-American Strength and Conditioning Athlete of the Year award - recognizing the student athletes dedication to strength training and conditioning.
This year, the NSCAA awarded 232 collegiate athletes form 106 schools with this esteemed award. Malbon was selected by the strength coach Yaw Baidoo, MS, CSCS, who said" John brings a blue collar mentality when he comes to the weight room. His leadership on the team makes everyone around him better, and each yar he steps up and pushes himself to his maximal potential to make our program better."
"Nadine is a very special athlete. Her mental and physical toughness in the weightroom has helped her become a much better player. Her performance on and off the court hs given a spark to her teammates to become better as well. I'm very proud of her," said Baidoo.
Fahoum is currently 35-5 overall and 19-2 in singles. The native of Haifa, Israel is currently ranked 21st nationally in singles. Malbon is hitting .268 for the Monarchs this season.
Robert Jursnick, NSCA's Executive Director adds, "The advantages of strength training and conditioning cannot be denied in collegiate atletics. these student-athletes attest to this understanding, and are to be applauded for their hard work and dedication."
The NSCA All-American Athlete of the Year Award program is in its 32nd year, and is made possible by a grant from Power systems, Inc., a Knoxville, Tennesse fitness product leader. For a complete list of All-American Strength and Conditioning Athletes, contact the NSCAA at email@example.com.


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Choosing the optimal tools and techniques for parenchymal liver transection
J E J KrigeI; S R ThomsonII; P C BornmanIII
IDepartment of Surgery, University of Cape Town, and Surgical Gastroenterology Unit, Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town
IIDepartment of Medicine, University of Cape Town, and Medical Gastroenterology Unit, Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town
IIIDepartment of Surgery, University of Cape Town, and Surgical Gastroenterology Unit, Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town
The modern era of safe liver resection is based on notable advances in non-invasive solid organ imaging, improved anaesthetic management, enhanced knowledge of segmental liver anatomy as described by Couinaud,[1] better surgical technique, an appreciation of the functional reserve of the liver remnant, and the remarkable capacity of normal liver to regenerate[2-5] The evolution and development of the surgical techniques utilised during liver resection are largely an account of the efforts to minimise bleeding during hepatic parenchymal transection. Three decades ago, major liver resection was associated with mortality rates of up to 20%, and excessive bleeding was an important and common cause of operative mortality.[6] Liver resection can now be accomplished with mortality rates of less than 3% in most specialised hepato-pancreato-bilary (HPB) centres.[7] While better patient selection and improved assessment of intrinsic liver reserve are important factors,[8] reduced blood loss and the diminishing need for blood transfusion have been additional reasons for improved peri-operative outcome.[5,8,9] Other advances in operative technique, including improved delineation of the optimal transection plane with intra-operative ultrasound[10] and the benefit of intermittent inflow occlusion, have also contributed to a reduction in blood loss during major liver resections.[8]
The most significant operative hazard during major liver resection is uncontrolled bleeding.[4] Avoiding excessive blood loss is the most important factor affecting peri-operative outcome, and there is a close relationship between increasing blood loss during transection and an unfavourable result.[11] Significant bleeding may occur at any of three stages during a liver resection.[11] The first is during initial mobilisation of the lobe to be resected, especially if the patient is deep-chested and the tumour is bulky, posteriorly situated, adjacent to the right or middle hepatic veins and adherent to diaphragm or retrohepatic vena cava. The second is during transection of friable, steatotic or cirrhotic parenchyma in a liver in which parenchymal division is aggravated by distortion or displacement of intrahepatic veins by tumour. The third stage of bleeding may occur from parenchyma at the resection margin or from divided hepatic vein branches after completion of the transection.[11]
In an endeavour to make liver resection safer, a number of clinical studies have evaluated the efficacy of tools available for parenchymal transection. Among the earliest purpose-developed tools developed were a variety of liver clamps designed to fit snugly around a liver lobe, which could be tightened to compress parenchyma and vessels in order to minimise blood loss during liver resection. Pioneering liver clamp or tube tourniquet designs were assessed by Storm and Longmire,[12] Lin,[13] Kanematsu et al.m and Li and Mok.[15] In this issue of SAJS, investigators from Zhangzhou in China evaluate the effectiveness of a novel liver clamp.[16] Clinical data on 117 patients who had a hepatectomy between 2004 and 2009 were analysed retrospectively. Forty-two patients had a liver resection with the aid of a vascular clamp placed proximal to the resection margin, 35 had a resection with prior dissection and hilar vascular control, and 40 had a resection with intermittent inflow control using a Pringle manoeuvre. Blood loss, operative time, postoperative hepatic function and complications were compared. Mean blood loss, operative time and liver function were significantly better in the liver clamp group. Although the concept is appealing, liver clamps have not become widely used as most are cumbersome and do not combine the required robustness and stability with the flexibility and purchase necessary to avoid dislocation at critical junctures during parenchymal transection and manipulation of the liver.[15]
Various other methods have been used to decrease blood loss during liver parenchymal transection.[4] The ideal instrument for liver transection should be able to fragment and selectively divide hepatic parenchyma while preserving vital structures such as intrahepatic vessels and bile ducts.[17] Over the past 3 decades technological research has resulted in a number of tools, using different energy sources and each with varying advantages and disadvantages and degrees of sophistication and complexity. Equipment advances have led to the development of specific instruments for liver transection such as the ultrasonic dissector, water jet, harmonic scalpel, Ligasure and TissueLink dissecting sealer, as well as biological glues and stapling techniques.[2,18]
Finger fracture and subsequently the clamp-crush method were the first techniques used for transection of liver parenchyma.[19] Clamp crushing is a low-cost technique but does require substantial experience to be used effectively for liver transection, especially in patients with cirrhotic livers. The Cavitron Ultrasonic Surgical Aspirator (CUSA) was first evaluated experimentally in 1978[20] and used clinically thereafter.[21,22] In many centres worldwide, ultrasonic dissection using the CUSA has become the standard technique of liver transection. With this technology, liver parenchyma is fragmented with ultrasonic energy and aspirated, exposing vascular and ductal structures that can be ligated or clipped and divided. The CUSA can be used in both cirrhotic and non-cirrhotic livers, is associated with low blood loss, and is safe with a low risk of postoperative bile leakage.[8] The CUSA is particularly useful in major hepatic resections when dissection of the major branches of the hepatic veins is required or in cases where the tumour is in close proximity to major hepatic veins.[8]
A more recent development is the water jet dissector, which uses a pressurised jet of water instead of ultrasonic energy to fragment liver parenchyma and expose vascular and ductal structures.[2] High-pressure water-jet dissection technology was originally developed for application in the steel and glass industries, where ultra-precise cutting and engraving were desirable, and has now been adapted for medical applications, with favourable results (Hydro-Jet®; ERBE, Tuebingen, Germany).[2] The advantages of this thin, laminar liquid-jet effect include precise, controllable, tissue- selective dissection with excellent visualisation of, and minimal trauma to, surrounding fibrous structures.[2] As with the CUSA, water jet techniques are effective for dissecting out major hepatic veins when tumours are in close proximity.
More recently, new technologies that seal small vessels during transection of liver parenchyma have been developed to further reduce blood loss and transection time. These technologies include the harmonic scalpel, which uses ultrasonically activated shears to seal small vessels between the vibrating blades, and the Ligasure, which is designed to seal small vessels using a combination of compression and bipolar radiofrequency energy to cause shrinkage of collagen and elastin in vessel walls. The two newest devices are the TissueLink, which applies saline-linked radiofrequency energy to liver transection, and radiofrequency ablation, which uses thermocoagulation with parallel probes as devised by Habib.[23]
In order to identify the optimal transection tool, a Swiss trial randomised 100 patients without cirrhosis or cholestasis to undergo liver resection using one of four methods: crush-clamp, ultrasonic dissector, water jet or dissecting sealer.[9] The patients randomised to the crush-clamp technique underwent major hepatectomy with vascular inflow occlusion using a continuous Pringle manoeuvre, while in the other groups a routine Pringle manoeuvre was not used. The crush-clamp technique was associated with a shorter resection time, less blood loss and a lower frequency of blood transfusion, and proved to be the most effective method. The major criticism of this trial was that crush-clamp transection was always performed with total inflow control, while in the three comparator groups inflow was seldom used. Another trial[24] comparing the clamp-crush technique with CUSA did not employ routine vascular occlusion. This trial showed no difference in the blood transfusion requirements between the two groups.[24] A subsequent meta-analysis which included seven randomised controlled trials with more than 500 patients found no clinically significant benefit when the crush-clamp technique was compared with alternative transection methods in terms of blood loss, parenchymal injury response, transection time and hospital stay.[25] A 2009 Cochrane review of randomised data similarly did not show any significant difference with regard to mortality, morbidity, markers of liver parenchymal injury, or length of ICU and hospital stay when comparing crush-clamp with alternative methods.[26]
Surgical practice, as illustrated above by liver resection, is intimately related to advances in both surgical technique and understanding of anatomical and pathological principles.[27] The experienced liver surgeon today has a variety of options, and as available comparative data on the various liver transection techniques show no substantive differences, the choice of technique is often based on the individual surgeon's preference28 Newer instruments enhance the capability of haemostasis and may allow faster transection, but lack the precision provided by CUSA during dissection near major hepatic veins and may be associated with an increased risk of bile leakage.8 Ultrasonic dissection currently remains the most widely used technique of liver transection. However, some surgeons question the justification for the use of expensive tools and equipment when randomised studies show that simple crush-clamp transection, albeit using routine inflow occlusion, may be quicker and cheaper. Whatever transection tool is used, the fundamental principles of liver resection remain constant. The Pringle manoeuvre remains a useful technique to reduce bleeding from inflow vessels, and maintenance of a low central venous pressure is an important responsibility of the anaesthetist in assisting the surgeon to reduce blood loss during liver transection.[19]
Hepatic resection has been a surgical growth area, stimulated in particular by the proven benefits of resection of primary and metastatic hepatic malignancies, and the upsurge in the number of liver resections over recent years is testimony to this.[19,27] Minimally invasive liver resection now encompasses methods ranging from total laparoscopic, hand-assisted laparoscopic and hybrid techniques to more recent robotic assisted liver resections.[4,29] Laparoscopic liver resection in most major HPB centres has become a standard procedure for small and moderately sized resections, such as left lateral sectionectomy.[29] In addition, liver transplantation and laparoscopic resection have further merged in the performance of live-related liver transplantation and laparoscopic donor resection.[30] Because the quality of the donor segment in live-related liver transplantation is critical for subsequent optimal graft function, inflow control is seldom used during transection. This constraint puts the emphasis on precise parenchymal transection with initial preservation of major inflow and outflow vessels. These laparoscopic advances have further expanded the application of resection techniques and are the next evolving frontier in hepatic surgery.[31]
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He knew that no man had ever made it through the ordeal. Like an obstacle course through a desert, each hurdle, each almost insurmountable obstacle tested whether he would win the prize that held his heart spellbound. Each day the sun came up and each night it set brought him closer. Nothing could hold him back -- neither fire, nor water, nor test after test after test. Like a man in the twilight working feverishly to finish before nightfall, he raced on, drawn by his love for something more precious than life itself.
What was it? Wealth? Fame? Power? Pleasure? Were these what claimed his heart's energy? Or was it something deeper, longer lasting, something living and eternal? It had to be. For he knew, as men have always known, that once this brief life on earth is over, we face an age so long that no one, not even the wisest among us, can grasp more than a tiny piece of it. Here we live our few short years that make all the difference where we will be forever. If he could complete the ordeal, if he could run the course, then he would not be alone. Others would follow, ones like him who would be with him in that unending future.
On the last day he faced his final obstacle. Death himself had come to test him. Like a scapegoat thronged about by those eager to cast their sin upon it, he passed through a gauntlet of his own people, a crowd lining the streets, hurling abuse and scorn and curses. Beyond that came a second, more dreadful torture. All his spiritual enemies had gathered round and formed a gauntlet, too: two long rows of savage beasts armed with long rods, swinging at his back as he passed between them -- to break his spirit, to cause him to give up, to drive him to his knees, and into the ground, and down into death.
Like the scapegoat wandering around in the wilderness until thirst or hunger or wild animals killed it, he took the sins of the whole world far away into the fiery darkness in the core of the earth. In that wild landscape he finished the agonizing ordeal. In a tossing sea of volcanic sulfur and molten stone he received the storm of Heaven's full wrath against sin. Like a helpless victim drowning in the flood, he passed through a suffering too great for us to understand. A universe of hurt and shame, of unpayable injuries and ruined lives, of corruption and perversity was paid for, one crime at a time, in that brief three-day eternity. Finally it ended!
What had given him the strength to go on and on? Love, for certain; only love grants such strength to endure. But wasn't there something more? Something else that had captured his heart and was the center of all his attention? What could have fascinated him so? Who was it?
It could only have been those who would follow him and be like a bride married to him. They were the reason why he felt compelled to die. He wanted to save them from the horrible agony of unending death. He knew that once they heard what he had done for them, they would respond to his love with the same fascination he felt toward them. They would willingly give up everything for his sake -- family, career, wealth, ambitions, dreams, comforts, even their very own life and interests. This sacrifice, on their part, would come from their genuine response to his sacrifice, and would bring about a new nation of twelve tribes. Though his ordeal is over, hers is yet to come. Through all the labor that will take place, she won't lose heart, for he is her fascination.
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You're such an inspiration for the ways,
That I'll never ever choose to be,
Oh so many ways for me to show you,
How the savior has abandoned you, Fuck your God!
Dear B——,
Blasphemy is a bit of an acquired taste, and it's a lot like salt: in small doses it can bring flavor, in large doses it just leaves you dry and wanting desperately for water as you gag on it. For the record that last bit is actually true. I once emptied half a salt shaker on an egg roll when I was around five and after biting into it I went into a shock before trying to rub the salt off my tongue on the sleeve of my mother's dress. It's not a terribly fond memory since we were in a group and most of the other people in attendance got a little chuckle at my expense, but the visual metaphor I think retains its poignancy as I decided I would write to you about the graphic novel Preacher by Garth Ennis.
Before I continue B—- I just wanted to make sure that you and Charlie are okay. In your previous letter you sounded like you and Charlie were having some problems. Now it is my first philosophy in life to stay out of other people's relationships; people who offer advice freely about how to handle other people's relationship problems are suspect to me and tend to be emotional leeches. If you ever want to talk about it know that I'm here and that I'm a listener first when it comes to people's problems. Far too many people don't realize that, when it comes to shit like that, all you really need to be is a listener.
Getting back to Preacher though, I recommended it to you because the last graphic novel we discussed was Punk Rock Jesus. To be honest with you I feel that that book succeeds far better than Preacher in terms of understanding and exploring the complexity of the theology and philosophy of Christianity in society. Whereas that book had a point to make about the mixing of capitalism and religion, Preacher seems, for the most part, to be blasphemy for the sake of blasphemy.
Since you told me you haven't read it I'll give you a brief synopsis of the plot. A minister by the name of Jesse Custer is giving a sermon in his church the day after a drunken outburst at the bar and in the middle of the service a being of color and light bursts through the window, occupies Jeese's body, and creates an explosion that kills everyone in the church. The creature is called "Genesis" and it's revealed later that it is the love child conceived when an angel from heaven and a demon from hell fell in love and made love. Genesis gives Jesse the "power of god," allowing him to command people to perform actions against their own freewill. While he's wandering he runs into a vampire named Cassidy and a woman named Tulip. The first volume follows Jesse, Tulip, and Cassidy through the first part as they make their way to New York City to figure out what Genesis is, in the second half Jesse and Tulip are captured by Jesse's grandmother and her servants. Jesse's past is revealed as the reader observes that Jesse was raised in an emotionally, physically, and psychologically abusive household which is putting it mildly. Jesse watches his grandmother's servants shoot his father in the head, shoot his best friend, drag his mother away, and he himself is placed in a coffin which is sunk into a river and left there for weeks at a time. All the while Jesse is searching for god because, as it's revealed in the book, god has abandoned his position in heaven and Jesse wants to know why.
Just describing the plot, I recognize that it sounds outlandish or crazy, but so is the plot of Catch-22 and that book is not only required reading but also one of the most influential books in the American literary canon. Preacher is unlikely to ever attain such status for like I said above Blasphemy for the sake of blasphemy is like too much salt, and at times Preacher is like taking a deep swallow of it.
Now to be fair be I'm not immune to this impulse. While I detest anti-theism there is at times an impulse to roll my eyes and make easy pot-shots at religion when my Christian friends wax philosophical about their faith and their beliefs. There is the impulse when, after a friend has explained why they believe in god and the afterlife and heaven and why they're happy with the life they've chosen I do wish sometimes that I could yell:
"It's a bunch of self-absorbing bullshit. You believe in god because you still buy into the idea that the universe gives a shit about you, and the outdated geocentric, human centered reality that man is the center of ALL creation. If you weren't such a narcissist you might be able to get your head out of your ass and realize that human life, when set against the enormity of creation, basically amounts to the dick lint of infinity and no amount of ancient texts are going to change that."
I would like to say that sometimes, but what holds me back is the fact that responding like that only clouds up the discourse with nasty rhetoric and I would come across as self-righteous and, even worse, "the typical all-knowing egomaniacal atheist." I distrust the impulse to say these words B——, because they feel too cathartic. There's nothing wrong with releasing emotion from time to time, but in conversations, especially philosophical ones, emotions should be contained as much as possible lest you dissolve the conversation into pathos and ad hominem attacks. What matters most in discussing whether or not god exists is not the arguments themselves but the way people express the arguments.
Looking at Preacher then there is a real problem because Garth Ennis doesn't try to make a fair conversation about theism, he's just pushing religious buttons hoping somebody somewhere will crack and try to yell at him. It's shock value, and the problem with shock value is, over time, people become inured to it, and when they become inured they become bored. The reason why Marilyn Manson isn't shocking anymore, the reason while Alice Cooper is a cartoon character, the reason why Black Sabbath now has fans that span at least three generations is that people eventually stop being shocked. I would argue though that the difference between Marilyn Mansion, Alice Cooper, Black Sabbath, and Garth Ennis is that the previous three actually make art that's worth your time.
Also for the record B—— you should totally look up IOWA by Slipknot. It's their Death Metal record so it's going to be intense, but if you can survive through it you'll love Slipknot till the day you die. People = Shit and Disasterpeice and Left Behind. Listen to those first.
Ennis's book abounds with scene after scene of horrible people doing horrible things in the name of god or divine will and by the end if becomes difficult to find any sympathetic figure. By the end I did find myself liking the character of Jesse, but not because he was a good person, but because he was able to survive a living hell and find faith, not in god per say, but in himself. At this point though B—-, I imagine that I can predict your question.
The answer is yes Margot Robbie was a great Harley Quinn, and those lame critics on Rotten Tomatoes be damned, I fucking loved Suicide Squad. Definitely see it, if only to make fun of Charlie when Margot Robbie's bodacious bootie wiggles around in those ridiculous hotpants. Seriously after leaving the film even my sister said they should have called the film "Margot Robbie's Bodacious Ass Wiggles in Hot Pants…The Movie."
The answer to your second question B——, is how exactly does one find any kind of redeemable reason to read a book like Preacher? This is a conflict because I don't at first glance have an answer besides the fact that it is legitimately entertaining and does offer some opportunity for reflection about faith and blasphemy. For myself B——, the point of reading Preacher is about four pages in the book that allow the reader to be both shocked and reflective about the nature of faith.
Tulip is shot in the head in front of Jesse and is brought back to life by god who asks only that she have faith. She refuses, and reading this passage I think about my own position.
Here's the point B—–. Even if god exists I would not have faith. Some people are able to balance the idea of a god with the "problem of evil," but I cannot for that doesn't absolve a creator. The reason I'm an atheist is because I do not recognize any empirical evidence for the existence of a divine being or creator, and even if there was, all that would change is my belief that god exists. My high school biology teacher, still one of the smartest men I've ever met, once held a religious conversation with some of his students. Dr. Bradford held a doctorate in biology but also had a Master's in theology and so he asked them "What is faith?" a few of them began their arguments with "the belief in god," but he would interrupt them with a solid "no" and finally they got frustrated and asked him what faith was. His response has never left me: "faith is trust. You trust in god. Even if you believe in god that doesn't mean you trust him." This to me is and always shall be everything. Even if god exists, and proof appears to validate this possible fact, I cannot in good conscience trust this god.
Some might say that this is unfair or me, or claim that I simply cannot see the bigger picture. This may be true, but neither do my contesters. Like me they are limited by their humanity, their faults and bias, and so when they come to me speaking about the infinite wisdom of the creator and his unfailing love for them all I can do is roll my eyes. It's not out of condescension, it's more out of the recognition of cognitive dissonance. Man wants his god to be above him, to possess more wisdom than himself, but the opposite is true. Men make god after their own image and I have to fall back upon Lex Luthor for this in Batman vs Superman: Dawn of Justice:
Lex Luthor: The problem of you on top of everything else. You above all. Ah. 'Cause that's what God is. Horus. Apollo. Jehovah. Kal-El. Clark Joseph Kent. See. What we call God depends upon our tribe, Clark Jo. Because God is tribal. God take sides. No man in the sky intervened when I was a boy to deliver me from Daddy's fist and abominations. Mm mm. I've figured it out way back, if God is all powerful, he cannot be all good. And if he's all good then he cannot be all powerful. And neither can you be. They need to see the fraud you are. With their eyes. The blood on your hands.
The moment I referred to earlier in Preacher when god himself has appeared bathed in divine light after bringing Tulip back to light and he begs her to beseech Jesse to give him his trust and Tulips response is incredible, for it's the exact same response I've had to the notion of god in my own life:
Growing up in the environment I did I desperately wanted to say, actually scream out often to god to "cut the shit." In fairness, due mostly to retrospect, my problem was not with god but with Christians themselves. It was always a sell, it was always a dogma, it was always the call to blindly follow and wholly trust, and the problem was often that thus trust involved some sacrifice of my principles because "trust" meant bashing gay people, voting republican, being prejudiced against Mexicans and blacks (though this was always hinted at or suggested without ever being outright spoken, you know "those people"), and burning copies of Harry Potter.
That last one's important because you don't fuck with Harry Potter. Period.
If Preacher achieves any kind of artistic statement, it's in these two pages because it affords a new reality for readers and individual thinkers. I know this may sound like pathos B——, but reading does open up new worlds and often times I feel like I'm living in a different world now that I don't believe or trust in god. This doesn't always make life easy, in fact sometimes it makes it far more difficult. My life has become painfully shorter for the benefit of an afterlife is gone, but this only places me in a position in which I have to "cut the shit" and really recognize my problems because there isn't someone looking out for me. What I do with my time isn't just a sentence, it's a real reality. Living without god, or faith in god, is stepping out of narcissism because it reduces the ego. Once mankind steps away from god they step out of the center of all creation, and while life in this new space isn't always pleasant, as Preacher clearly demonstrates, it does make you see the world in a new way.
Reading Preacher is not easy if you are easily offended or unused to having your religious or moral convictions challenged. It's important to remember that challenges are different than outright assault, and being fair to the book, Preacher is a book designed to push buttons far more than it is about challenging the reader. Ennis's book is about showing all the negative sides to Christianity, while also squeezing in some blasphemy for fun, and the problem with this is that it doesn't really encourage reflection or growth. Reading this book becomes an exercise in "allright what blasphemous shit is he gonna write next?" The three pages cited earlier though do redeem the book B——, at least so far as to ask yourself: if there was a god, would you trust him?
You know where I stand.
Blasphemy for the sake of blasphemy becomes tiresome and repugnant, because long after the shock of blasphemy is over there's precious little, if any, art worth mentioning. The conflict then is that if an artist doesn't have anything better to do than shock his reader, then he really hasn't produced anything worth reading. But at least there's the spirit of John Wayne reminding Jesse to be strong, so it ain't all bad.
Sincerely, yours in the best of confidence and support,
Joshua "Jammer" Smith
You may have noted that I sound a little bitter. I can assure you that only appears when I listen to poor arguments, or spot a Joel Olsteen book in a pile of "Local Favorites" at Barnes & Noble. It's not that I'm a bitter man, I just can't stand Joel Olstean. And to be fair is there any thinking person who doesn't?
Waited till the end for this. I loved Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn but I hated those hot pants and those heels. Harley Quinn is a gymnast and she's expected to do all those crazy stunts in heels? Bullshit. I've tried running in boots with a one-inch heel and I damned near fell and busted my ass, and Harley Quinn is supposed to be able to flips and kicks in stiletto heels? I'm willing to suspend my disbelief in super hero films only so far.
Now as for the hot pants I have to say…say…
Never mind.


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In May, Dave Clutterbuck from No Limit UK traveled to the east coast of the US to participate in the Largescale Nationals held at Digger's Dungeon in North Carolina. Digger's Dungeon is the home of the Grave Digger monster truck, one of the original and most famous of all the monster trucks in history! This year Grave Digger celebrated its 30th anniversary with the help of largescale and Baja fans!
Sunday 6th May Driving practise with Dave's HPI Blitz at the OCP track (Orange County Paintball) just down the road from the Fascar speedway at Bithlow, Florida. The track was in a clearing in the middle of woodland, trees and hanging moss everywhere, and very hot – high 90's. They ran 2 rounds and finals. Dave finished 2nd in his final, which was good, as there were some experienced drivers at the meeting. On the Way to Digger's Dungeon Tuesday 15th May Travelled the 750+ miles to Grandy, NC with our friend Rick from Orlando. It's really easy driving in the States. We made the trip in 12.5 hours, including stops. We were staying at Barry's, Walnut Island, just a couple of miles from the race track. Wednesday 16th May collected the HPI Baja Trucks and Buggies from Eric and Angie Modlin at the Darc Hobbies store at Diggers Dungeon, Poplar Branch, NC. After seeing our photos and videos from the last few years and constantly telling him how awesome it is at the Nationals, Ashley decided it was time to see for himself, though he didn't need much persuading! He and his Dad Stu flew into Washington and arrived at the Dungeon on Wednesday afternoon. They spent a few hours checking the cars, ready for practise the next day. Practice Day Thursday 17th May Today was practise all day. The team used the day to see how the HPI buggies and trucks were handling on the off-road track. There was plenty of time to make any necessary adjustments to the cars. The layout of the track was really interesting, with rumble-bumps, tabletops, single jumps and straights. A lot of thought had gone into it and Henry Cross and his team had worked really hard to make it so good. The oval was the other side of the rostrum, which was a smooth, high-grip track when watered. Qualifying Friday 18th May First round of qualifying (the weather was really cold, but dry). There were 220 registered entries, making this the biggest Largescale event to date! The off-road qualifying started late morning followed by the oval qualifying. Saturday 19th May Second round of off-road and oval qualifying. Dave qualified 7th in off-road truck, 2nd in off-road buggy, 1st in the buggy oval and should have been in the 'A' main truck oval but a computer error put him second from last in the 'E' main. We didn't realise this had happened because after Dave and Ashley finished their qualifying, we went to Dennis Anderson's Muddy Motorsport Park to see the mud bog racing, especially his 2000hp King Sling truck. An awesome night was had by all! Ashley qualified 6th in the off-road truck, 3rd in the off-road buggy, 3rd in the truck oval and 3rd in the buggy oval.
Finals Time! Sunday 20th May – Finals The oval mains were on first, but it was only when we arrived that we found out about Dave's omission from the oval truck A main. The problem was eventually resolved. He was put in at 4th, where he originally qualified, and the laps were counted manually. Oval results – Dave finished 5th in the 5B class and 3rd in the 5T. Ashley finished 2nd in the 5B class and 5th in the 5T class. Off-Road Finals - Could Dave Pull it Off? There were showers during the oval finals, but it started to rain quite heavily for the off-road finals (just like the UK, except it was warmer!), which suited Dave and Ashley. It made the track very sticky and had a lot more grip than qualifying which was dry and dusty. During the truck finals especially, the cars collected so much mud in the side guards that the fuel caps were covered in mud which made the engine bog down. Dave's truck stopped on the run down lap. During the buggy final, Dave and Jady Baumgardner swapped first and second places several times until 5 minutes before the end of the race, when Dave started to pull away and eventually won by 6 seconds to become the US Largescale 5B champion! Off-road results – Dave finished 1st in the 5B's and 2nd in the 5T class. Ashley finished 5th in the 5B class and 3rd in the 5T class. Many Thanks! A big thank you to HPI Europe and HPI USA, also MMR Largescale and Uber RC. This would not have been possible without your help We all had a great time and the racing was awesome! Report by Jo Clutterbuck


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Post Sandy recovery efforts frustratingly slow
- U.S. death toll now at least 90
- Utility trucks being flown in from California to restore power
- Millions remain stuck in the dark
As floodwaters from massive storm Sandy continued to recede in the Northeast,
the hardest hit areas in its massive wake continue to struggle to get
power, get by and get around.
The U.S. death toll rose to at least 90 in nine states late Thursday. About 4.1
million residents and businesses in 15 states remain without electricity. The
Pentagon was airlifting 60 Southern California Edison utility trucks from
California Thursday and over 100 utility workers to help restore power in the
New York metropolitan area. But in some areas of New York and New Jersey, power may not be restored for at least a week.
Gasoline shortages were rampant in both states, causing long lines at the stations still able to pump and get re-supplied.
In the battered New York City borough of Staten Island, thousands of residents remain under siege. Some compared the carnage to a smaller scale version of 2004's tsunami damage in Sri Lanka. Of 38 deaths so far in New York City, at least 19 were in Staten Island. The bodies of brothers Brandon and Connor Moore, ages 2 and 4, were found in a marsh Thursday after
they were swept from mom Glenda Moore's arms as she tried to escape her stalled SUV Monday during the height of the storm.
Residents of the largely blue-collar community expressed growing frustration
that more help has yet to arrive. Deputy Federal Emergency Management Agency Richard Serino
will survey Staten Island today.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said 500 National
Guard members would start delivering food and water to seniors trapped without
power in New York City high rises, where thousands of elderly and disabled remain
stranded. With food and water shortages rising, about 1 million meals and
bottled water supplies are being shipped in FEMA, Cuomo
Fuel shortages continue to plague New York and New Jersey motorists. Just 35% to 40% of nearly 3,000 New Jersey gas stations are open and fewer than 40% of nearly 2,300 stations in New York City and Long Island are pumping gas, said AAA
spokesman Michael Green. Many stations cannot power pumps, others cannot get
supplies trucked from terminals. Yet millions of gallons of gasoline are sitting at the ready in storage tanks, pipelines and tankers that can't unload cargo.
"It's like a stopped up drain," said Tom Kloza, Chief Oil Analyst at the Oil
Price Information Service. Still, Patrick DeHaan of price tracker GasBuddy.com, said prices weren't spiking in New York and New Jersey on Thursday.
INTERACTIVE:Sandy's wrath exposes poor flood preparations
That was of little solice to frustrated motorists. Yellow police tape wound around empty pumps at an Exxon station in Montclair, N.J. Motorists paid them no mind, pulling
in to ask when the next gas delivery would arrive or the location of the
nearest open station. Station owner Abhishek
Soni, said he had closed at
one point before dawn Thursday after the crowd had gotten ugly. "People started
fights,'' he said. "They wanted to throw coffee on us.''
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said that meals and bottled water would be distributed to hard-hit neighborhoods, including Coney Island in Brooklyn, Manhattan's Chinatown area, the Rockaways in Queens and Staten Island's South Shore. He also stressed that city teachers should return to work Friday in preparation for reopening the public school system on Monday.
"New York's recovery is under way. New York is starting to build again," Bloomberg said.
But restoring New York and the surrounding metro area to its ordinarily frenetic pace could take days — and that recovery efforts to help strapped communities and rebuild transportation networks could take considerably longer.
Three of the region's main airports are now open, yet scores of flights were
still being canceled. Airlines scrapped nearly 8,000 flights on Monday and
another 6,500 Tuesday. Thursday's cancellations were about 1,000, according to
tracker FlightStats, bringing the total from Superstorm Sandy to more than
Amtrak's Northeast Corridor
service was scheduled to start service today. But frustration was mounting among car, bus and local train commuters
snarled by rush hour traffic. New York police peered into the window of every car trying to enter Manhattan Thursday to ensure drivers where following emergency carpool rules. It there weren't at
least three people in the car, they were ordered off bridges and highways. Once in the city, they faced massive gridlock. The city's subway, which carries 5.3 million passengers on a typical workday
wasn't running south of midtown or out to Brooklyn. They left many commuters
waiting for the few seats on temporary shuttle buses into Manhattan.
In Hoboken, N.J., just across the Hudson River
from Manhattan, nearly 20,000 residents remain stranded in their homes, amid
accusations that officials have been slow to deliver food and water. One man
blew up an air mattress and floated to City Hall, demanding to know why
supplies hadn't gotten out. At least one-fourth of the city's residents are
flooded and 90% are without power. Mayor Dawn Zimmer said it could take 7 to 10 days before power is restored.
Along New Jersey's battered Seaside Heights barrier island, state police
were adding troopers to patrol against looters. Residents won't be allowed on
the 18-mile island for some time, leading to frustration and short tempers.
Gov. Christie "said get the hell off the beach,'' said resident Jack Sauer. "Fine. Now we need to get the hell on the beach.
I understand they want to start rebuilding, but then they need to let us get
there and do it."
STORY:New York starts to get back to normal
The number of people in shelters increased by nearly 2,000 people, mostly in New Jersey, to 16,381 people on Wednesday night, FEMA reported Thursday.
There were still only hints of the economic impact of the storm, but total economic damage could run as high as $50 billion, according to new estimates from the forecasting firm Eqecat.
Eqecat said Thursday that its new estimate for economic losses is $30 billion to $50 billion, making Sandy the the second most expensive storm in U.S. history after 2005 Hurricane Katrina. The cost to insurance companies: up to $20 billion, Eqecat said. Katrina's overall costs were $108 billion.
Signs of the good life that had defined wealthy Jersey shorefront enclaves like Bayhead and Mantoloking lay scattered and broken: $3,000 barbecue grills buried beneath the sand and hot tubs cracked and filled with seawater. Nearly all the homes were seriously damaged, and many had entirely disappeared.
"This," said Harry Typaldos, who owns the Grenville Inn in Mantoloking, "I just can't comprehend."
Most of the state's mass transit systems remained shut down, leaving hundreds of thousands of commuters braving clogged highways. Atlantic City's casinos remained closed. Gov. Chris Christie postponed Halloween until Monday, saying trick-or-treating wasn't safe in towns with flooded and darkened streets, fallen trees and downed power lines.
In Connecticut, where thousands remain without power, dozens of people have been admitted to the state's hospitals for carbon monoxide poisoning.
Kelly Johnson-Arbor, medical director of Hartford Hospital's Wound Healing and Hyperbaric Medicine Center, says 41 patients with carbon monoxide symptoms have been referred to the Connecticut Poison Control Center since Sandy struck Monday. Most poisonings were from generators and charcoal grills.
Lacking power, people are putting generators in partially opened or closed garages, and bringing charcoal grills indoors, which can lead to carbon monoxide poisoning, Johnson-Arbor says.
During last year's October snowstorm, when many Connecticut residents were without power for seven or more days, five were killed by carbon monoxide poisoning, she said.
The Coast Guard halted its search Robin Walbridge, 63-year-old captain of the tall sailing ship HMS Bounty. The ship sank in Sandy-churned waters off the North Carolina coast near Cape Hatteras Monday. The Coast Guard rescued 14 crew, but 42-year-old Claudene Christian died. The ship was built for the 1962 film "Mutiny on the Bounty." and featured
in several other films.
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This is for those who enjoy the spooky: a repeat of Diana Manister's great cleave suite.
Dancing with Mary Shelley and Henry James
A Cleave Suite
the phantasmagoric audience – all of them having
strangely – the same face
takes the stage, – multiples of one man
acting all the parts – a replicating fantôme
in the dark – populating the nightscape
of dreaming's Cartesian theater – by morning melting away
withdrawing into daylight – uncovered by lightless night
The place, with its gray sky and withered garlands, its bared spaces and
scattered dead leaves, was like a theater after the performance — all strewn
with crumpled playbills …
the entity – I
the first person – me or mine
is it separate or – just a named hallucination
a wave in a sea of they – a drop of rain
Whisper Your Name Three Times Into the Wind and It Will Go
to that imaginary land of – signs
titles, drawings & stories – of love
songs alluding to – April's fragrance
facsimiles of – r e a l sun
showerless – showers
counterfeit flowers – bees in the buddleia
always a step away from sensations – feelings and real places
nothing is wonderful but the word – W O N D E R
leaving behind a sigh – a n e x h a l A t i o n
whose name blew away – on a windy day
a word as virtual as signified snow – let it rise as a whisper and go
I saw the master — nothing could be more evident — in the light of an intense
emotion,and I trembled, I remember, in every limb, while at the same time, by a
blest fortune, emotion produced no luminous blur, but left him shining indeed,
only shining with august particulars.
I busied myself with – concocting a tale
a story – that would speak to
mysterious – fears
awakening dread – quickening the blood
I saw a body – made of ghastly fragments
stolen from a graveyard – showing signs of animation
moving eerily – due to its creators skill
the pale student of unhallowed arts – making that progeny conscious
cackling in triumph – alive at last
I caught him, yes, I held him — it may be imagined with what a passion; but at
the end of a minute I began to feel what it truly was that I held.
seemingly normal – nodding responses
but hollow inside – cognizant, bright
having no lack of – emotional
affects yet not – conscious of being
a self – in a condition of
rather uncanny – I-less life
cloned with indifference or cloned with a difference
The story had held us, round the fire, sufficiently breathless, but except the
obvious remark that it was gruesome, as, on Christmas Eve in an old house, a
strange tale should essentially be.
despite disaster – this single thing
language remains – survives the damage
panic forms – phrases
sentences – take shape
writing alone escapes – from nothing's pure night
let us go then you and I – along with our alters
under the Titian-white sky
what is the nouveau siècle to its whyless wide
to its dumb sun
all of us subsequents – formed by the story
until the text ends
Wonderful was it thus to see, and thrilling inwardly to note, that since the
question was of personal values so great no faintest fraction of the whole could
succeed in not counting for interest.


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