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Things I Will Never Tell You, by Ashley KaineFriday, August 28th, 2009
The following is a fiction excerpt from issue 33.1 (Spring 2009) of the cream city review. It appears on page 24.
Ashley Kaine
I know this makes no sense. You—a British accent attached to a pale skinned body, hovering, dishing out blows. You, a whip, and me screaming in pain, I know. No sense. But the mind is a funny thing and some dreams should never be revealed.
And not in a million years would I tell you sometimes I wish I had cancer because if I were to survive people would say, "You're so strong. You're a fighter. How amazing you are! How miraculous your body!" And then I could say, "Yes. My miraculous body. All the bones and blood and hair that makes me up. It is all quite a tough lovely little thing." And who does not want to believe that their body is a tough lovely thing?
The flesh opened and a man—another man—short with a thick Boston accent, dark hair that curls at the temples and blue collar hands that fumble over skin, leaves
impressions of the body pressed down on a floor, on linoleum that acts like a suction cup to the small of a back, releases the skin with a suck and the smack of lips that are not yours. You see, I could never tell you that I carry this man with me. I search for him on the streets at bus stops, lounging in store doorways, a cigarette pressed to the mouth, something you would never do.
Because you see, I could never tell you at hospitals before surgery they cover you up. They pile blankets upon blankets over a body that is draped in a sheath of gown. And they check on you, they check on your body. They say, "Are you okay? Are you warm enough?" and what a wonderful thing to be asked. And in the O.R., if you happen to be awake—which I was once—they talk to you in soothing tones. They call you "Sweetie" or "Baby." They say, "It's going to be all right" and who doesn't want to be told things such as this?
You tall. You and your charming accent. You and your librarian hands that touches softly the spines of books could never understand, could never say these things. And this is why in a trillion hours all lined up behind each other, I could never tell you that sometimes I tell people in stores when they ask, "How are you?" that "I'm having a baby," (knowing that I cannot) as if this answer implies that I don't feel well, but I'm content and overjoyed with my own good news. I'm so bloody joyous that there is life growing inside of me and that makes me more than something. And they say, "How wonderful. How far along are you?" as if we share the deep secret of motherhood, as if we are now bonded together through some deep connection that can be traced back through all the mothers, in all of time, in all the world and they smile. They smile deep and wide. They grin and who doesn't want to bring joy to people? Who does not want to feel bonded to someone? I will never tell you this because you do not yet know the nature of my insides or a longing to share secrets with a stranger, with a tough, lovely little thing.
Me as you know her: A waif, you say. A darling. A woman who kisses like a dream, you say of me as you know her. And me, being her, this other her, smiles with teeth and kisses you deep and presses her hip bones against yours. You all slenderness in a blue crew sweater with your librarian hands that know how to traipse down the spines of books of bodies, will never know even in the ten seconds before my death, which I'm convinced will end in twisted metal and streets, that I look at other men, as if they are the answer to what you are not.
Ashley Kaine currently teaches at Bowling Green State University and serves
as the Fiction Editor of Mid-American Review.


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The world is not always as civilized as people might think. There are still those who would follow the blackest paths of magic and become corrupted by the darker powers that flow through Runeterra. Shauna Vayne knows this fact well. As a young privileged girl in the heart of Demacia's elite, her father tried to convince her of the constabulary's ever-vigilant eye. Young and naive, she truly believed that her world was one of perfect safety, until one night, when a twisted witch took interest in her father. The malevolent woman overcame her father's conciliar guard, then tortured her family before murdering them. The young Shauna escaped only by hiding herself and then fleeing once the hag had departed, plagued by the screams of her loved ones as she ran. A burning hatred was born in her that day, one that could never be denied.
Vayne was able to take care of herself using her father's money, and she began to train as soon as an instructor would have her as a student. By the time she was a fully grown woman, she had become a grim warrior. However, the fields of battle were not to be her home. Demacia needed a protector, one who hunted those lost to the darkness. Shauna used her family's contacts to become the first Night Hunter, and now her prowess is the stuff of legends. It is said that those who practice the black arts quake when they hear that the Night Hunter is on the prowl. Despite her crusade, Shauna has looked at the League of Legends in horror. There are champions who have clearly lost themselves to the blackest of magics, and who have been embraced within the League even though they should be put down for the safety of all. The time has come for the Night Hunter to execute her secret mission - to purge the League of Legends.
Not all shadows are to be feared. At least, if Vayne has her way.
Aka. vayne is good..
Vayne's abilities:
Night Hunter: Vayne ruthlessly hunts evil-doers. She gains 40 Movement Speed when moving towards an enemy champion.
Tumble: Vayne tumbles, maneuvering to carefully place her next shot. She rolls toward the cursor and her next attack deals 55/60/65/70/75% bonus damage.
Silver Bolts: Vayne tips her bolts with a rare metal, toxic to evil things. The third consecutive attack or ability against the same target will deal 30/40/50/60/70 additional damage plus 4/5/6/7/8% of the target's maximum health as bonus true damage. (Max damage vs. monsters is capped at 200)
Condemn: Vayne draws a heavy crossbow from her back, and fires a huge bolt at her target, dealing 60/100/140/180/220(+0.5 per bonus attack damage) physical damage and knocking them back. If they collide with terrain, they are impaled, dealing 60/100/140/180/220(+0.5 per bonus attack damage) bonus damage and stunning them for 1.5 seconds.
Final Hour: Readying herself for an epic confrontation, Vayne gains 35/55/75 increased attack damage, 1.5 second stealth during Tumble, and quadruple the bonus movement speed from Night Hunter lasting 8/10/12 seconds.
Pros and Cons
-Fast with passive
+Amazing Burst damage
+Great DPS
+Good Mobility with tumble
+Has a stun
+Has a stealth
+Amazing steroid ult
+es #1 lady gaga
-Casters like Malazahar, and Leblanc can give her trouble
-She dies fast once stunned or silenced
-Stealth only lasts 1 second
-Can get focused in team fights
How to gank
Ganking is key to helping your team and making sure everyone is caught up as well as you. You don't want anyone feeding the enemies and you want to maintain a balanced. To gank just push your lane (Best if your lane opponent is not currently in the lane) and head down the river to one of the lanes. Wait in the bush, pop your ult and stealth for a surprise, knock enemy back with your E and take care of them. Also you can push a turret too if open.
Team fights
Team fights can sometimes be hard with Vayne, do your best to stay in the back and snipe people using tumble, make sure not to tumble into the enemies by accident because you will most likely die, try to tumble backwards and move back up to take the shot. Use condemn whenever possible but try to hit enemies into walls DO NOT EVER HIT AN ENEMY AWAY FROM THE FIGHT WHILE THEY ARE GETTING ATTACKED UNLESS THEY ARE VERY LOW ON HP, YOUR TEAM WILL GET MAD what you should do though is use this to knock out the tanks and supports while your team brings down the squishies, you can also use this to save allies. If you have very good tanks you can probably stay in battle constantly and attack, when your not focused your DPS can be pretty insane and it's easy to get triples and quads. Remember to use your ult in the beginning of every fight, it will help...A LOT.
Getting First kill
Once you hit 6 if you haven't gotten a kill already your about to. Make sure you harass them down to at least half health, then walk a little back, pop your ult and hit tumble you will stealth for a little so they won't know your coming. Then hit them with a few attacks run towards them with your quadrupled movespeed and use exhaust. Go around them and use Condemn thus knocking them back closer to your turret. Use tumble every time it comes off cooldown and if you have to take a couple turret hits just flash out and enjoy your wonderful kill, your DPS should be more than enough to quickly take down anyone with ease.
Vayne is an amazing harasser and can close gaps between opponents using the key ability tumble. You can use this to stay back, then roll in a get a quick poke on your enemy, against squishies this move will deal crazy damage even at level 1. Make sure to not be stupid and harass them when there are a bunch of minions nearby because they will all attack you and end up dealing more damage to you then you did to them, especially if they harass you back, it just won't turn out good so don't try. Wait until there are 1-3 minions left then tumble in hit them a few times and if there slow enough the cooldown on tumble is short enough that you could hit them twice. Just don't get too carried away with harassing, you still need to farm minions and you won't get money unless you actually kill them, so know when to play defensive too.
Ability Order
For Vayne I max out tumble first followed by Silver Bolts, then Condemn. Of course taking my ultimate whenever I can.
The reason I do this order is because tumble gains great benefits when leveling it and it's important to get it maxed at level 9 so that you can have the very short cooldown. Silver Bolts is good to max out second because early on you build mostly attack speed which enhances the skill. Condemn is mostly used for the CC/Stun and leveling it up doesn't increase the effect, only damage.


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Tashi Bista dreams to install a makeshift wind turbine in Namdok, a remote village nestled high amongst the Himalayas of Nepal. Namdok, battered by wind and cold has been in darkness for centuries. Wearing Ray Bans to shield his eyes from the dust and just a leather jacket to insulate him from the bitter cold he surveys the village. He grew up in this region without electrical power. He is determined to bring lights to Namdok in an effort to prove himself to the skeptical village community. Tashi's Turbine is a character driven film that shows the impact of one man's dream for light, in a village waiting for development.
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Smart Enough?: Metering Potential And Limitations For Smart Grid Design
A smart grid uses sensing, embedded processing, digital communications and software to integrate grid-derived information into utility processes and systems, thus making it observable (able to measure the states of all grid elements), controllable (able to affect the state of any grid element) and automated (able to adapt, self-adjust and correct). A smart grid supports the three main pillars of utility function:1) delivery of reliable, high-quality, sustainable energy: 2) asset utilization optimization and asset life-cycle management; and 3) advanced customer services and choice enablement.
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Napoleon learned an army marches on its stomach. Cut off from supplies, he struggled to survive the Russian campaign as he found the Russians destroyed anything of value the invading army could have exploited. As a result, his army suffered a crippling loss and the return trek to France claimed many lives from malnourishment and hypothermia. Resupply while in the field was difficult and largely impossible for Napoleon but it doesn't have to be for you. Learning how to create practical caches and discreet drops will ensure you have critical supplies in hard times.The key to this survival plan is foresight and proper prior planning.
My parents taught me never to put all my eggs in one basket. Therefore, I don't keep all my emergency equipment, provisions and gear in a single location. I have spread them out in a couple homes (these locations need not be your own as long as you coordinate your cache's with your friends/family) as well as other undisclosed places. Have more than one cache, a sizeable collection of equipment and supplies, and make at least one a mobile "disaster box" you can grab and go with. Should a major catastrophe occur, don't run the risk of losing all your gear. A spare change of clothes, some cash, a toiletry kit, some psychologically comforting EDC items, all can be placed in this practical cache. Think of where you can leave a disaster box like this with a reliable person in case your worst-case scenario becomes your reality. Ask yourself who you can count on and who is within a practical distance from you based on the scenario you have in mind.
Think about the type of most likely scenario when determining how a practical cache or discrete drop will help you.The scenario you create in your head will largely dictate the contents of each of these caches. Sometimes, a large cache is not the best answer when smaller discrete drops are a better plan. If you anticipate needing to get home but don't know how you will carry enough water, gallon containers are easily hidden along your travel route ahead of time. Considering a gallon of water is approximately 8 pounds, having 8 pounds off your back for each gallon strategically placed is a welcomed relief. If you have a favorite hunting or fishing location, think about leaving a waterproof container concealed in a natural hollow with creature comforts to help extend your day and limit the need to return home. This container can hold extra batteries, energy bars, repair kit items or other frequently used supplies. A discrete drop like this is a game changer reducing travel, fuel or energy used and the need to return to a location that might not be safe. Geocacher's already train this habit albeit for recreation instead of survival. Lessons can be learned from their pastime.
Learning how to store extra gear in the woods or in the open when not needed helps improve overall woodsmanship and situational awareness. Of utmost importance to the success of creating caches and drops is remaining inconspicuous. On a few long hiking trips, I've stowed equipment in my rucksack off the trail with markers only known to my hiking party as I've hiked summits with just my modular daypack. Flagging tape, reflective tabs and a trail of breadcrumbs are not advised as they are easily spotted and recognized as trail markers. In the process of learning your environment, you will discover places others would not likely look, travel and hide as well. You'll begin to see these features as resources in the field and will find ways of stretching their utility. Should your drop be discovered and looted by a fellow outdoorsman or group of kids, the contents are generally inexpensive and not much of a loss. This is why you should not leave irreplaceable items somewhere they can be taken. Furthermore, there are issues with having a known resupply point in a hostile environment. Find the safest location and as always, adhere to local laws not trespassing where you should not.
Consider also how a practical cache or discrete drop affects the idea of a "Bug Out Bag" or "Get Home Bag" framed by a finite timespan. These premade kits are designed for leaving a problematic location for a period of time and hopefully returning when the home, workspace or location is safe again. 72 hours is a general standard for most kits and some will feature provisions for a week or more. Many of these kits are built well and address the need of the survivor while others are constructed with fantasy needs in mind as people ignore the truth in favor of drama. Assuming your kit is well stocked, you can resupply some of your gear extending the amount of time you are afield. With a practical cache in a safe rally point, you can carry less allowing you to move faster with only what you need to navigate safely. This will set you apart from those with heavier unwieldy bug out bags.
Caches and drops should be known by as few people as possible. Just as the ill-prepared and naive shake their head to pocket carried items like multi-tools, lighters and emergency kits, they will respond with even more criticism to the added layer of preparedness you are creating. There is no sense in alerting others to your actions if they do not have the same mentality as you. When you are living well they will be scraping by and their problems do not have to be yours if you have prepared ahead of time.
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Kevin Estela is the Founder and Head Instructor of Estela Wilderness Education. He conducts private and semi-private wilderness and urban/suburban survival courses, tests and evaluates knives and equipment for various companies, is a Mountain Khakis Professional Ambassador, and is a life-long outdoors enthusiast with additional pastimes in canoeing/kayaking, fishing and cooking. Kevin's work has taken him from Los Angeles, CA to the United Kingdom and many points in between. Kevin is ranked in both Sayoc Kali and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and is a shooting enthusiast. Kevin is formerly the Lead Instructor for the Wilderness Learning Center. When not teaching outdoor skills, he is a full-time High School History Teacher and Track and Field Coach who lives in Connecticut.


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Dave Grohl: 'New Nirvana Will F--king Happen'
Frontman talks future of rock, while Foo Fighters get ranked as No. 1 artist in Billboard Alternative chart history.
Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl discussed the success of his original band Nirvana, saying that there's a band out there who will repeat such major rock impact once again.
"We meant a lot of different things to a lot of different people," he told the Guardian. "That's one of the great things about music. You can sing a song to 85,000 people and they'll sing it back for 85,000 different reasons."
Grohl explained further, "We were real and visceral, f--ked-up and ugly. That was what people were craving. And that will never go away," he said. "There's a band in a garage right now writing songs for an album that will do the same thing 'Nevermind' did some 20 years ago. We don't know who and where, but it will f--king happen again. All it takes is for that storm to break."
Meanwhile, the Foos were officially named No. 1 artist in the history of Billboard Alternative chart, claiming the top ahead of Red Hot Chili Peppers at No. 2, Linkin Park at No. 3 and Green Day at No. 4. Nirvana claimed spot No. 19, you can check out the full Top 10 below or head over to Billboard for the entire Top 50.
In related news, Nirvana guitarist Pat Smear recently commented that Nirvana should get back to performing without late frontman Kurt Cobain. "Why the f--k wouldn't we play Nirvana songs?!" he said. "That's my attitude. I get it, y'know, but I don't know ... for me it's like, 'Why wouldn't we?'"
Top 10 Artists in Billboard Alternative Chart History:
01. Foo Fighters 02. Red Hot Chili Peppers 03. Linkin Park 04. Green Day 05. U2 06. R.E.M. 07. Incubus 08. Pearl Jam 09. The Offspring 10. Bush
Do you agree with Dave on this one? Could there be another Nirvana in a garage somewhere just waiting to be unleashed? Let us know in the comments.


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Having seen numerous female family members be sucked into the void that is crafting-for-others, I made it a firm rule when I started knitting and crocheting to make nothing that was not for family or very close friends. And even they usually reciprocate with something they can do that I can't. For example, I've gotten two excellent tattoos from my best friend for the price of pizza, beer, and a hooded shrug. All about the barter system.
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N'western rolls past Bombers
Nancy Scholz/TIMES NEWS Palmerton's Mark Quinn heads back to first base ahead of a pickoff attempt. Northwestern first baseman Tyler Schreiner takes the late throw.
What are the two crucial components to a successful ball club? Most coaches agree the answer to that very question is pitching and defense.
Considering, it's now April 1st and mother nature still hasn't made up her mind what season it is, most teams are going to have to rely heavily on their pitching and defense.
A strong pitching performance by Northwestern's Josh Williamson and solid defense by the Tigers was the winning combination in the Tigers' 10-0 Colonial League victory over Palmerton.
Williamson pitched a very strong, efficient five innings; yielding just two hits and striking out six Bombers.
"Having a guy like Williamson throw the way he did today takes a burden off of the rest of the staff," said Northwestern coach Len Smith. "We're looking for Josh and Eden (Brandon) to lead the way for our pitching staff this year."
The Tigers had some early offense from Brady Mengel and Isaac Fatzinger whom combined for three RBIs in the first four innings.
The game was a manageable 5-0 Northwestern lead after four innings of play.
Palmerton coach Mike Svetik liked what he saw from his starting pitcher Ty Achtermann early in the ball game.
"He kept the ball down low and I thought he pitched well today," said Palmerton coach Mike Svetik. "He only got taken out because he's on a pitch count this early in the season. Our upcoming schedule is packed with games and we need to keep the guys fresh early on."
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To have left this party early? (Long, sorry!)(77 Posts)
We went to a family party tonight that SIL had organised which was held at her house. When we were first invited it was addressed to the whole family so me, dh, DSS and dd. DSS is 7 and dd is 9 months. The invite said the party started at 6 so we asked if we could bring a travel cot to put dd in as she normally struggles with staying awake past 6:30ish. SIL said yes of course and she thought it was a good idea as it'd mean we could stay later. She has a DS who is 1.5 so would also be putting him to bed early.
Fast forward to yesterday when I got a text to say that the party had been moved to 7:30. I said that it may be an issue with dd's sleep as there's no way she'd stay awake until then especially as we have to drive there - she'd fall asleep on the way there and would be a nightmare. I then said "oh but as long as we're still ok to bring the travel cot I may be able to settle her as soon as we get there". SIL then said "oh I thought I told you, we've decided there's no room for a travel cot, sorry." I then said that it'd probably be best if I didn't bring dd then and stayed at home with her but that dh and DSS would still go. SIL asked if we could get a babysitter - we couldn't as MiL wasn't free and everyone else we trust would be at the party. She then said that she thought DSS would find the party boring so why couldn't dh stay at home with both kids and I come on my own? I said that I wouldn't be comfortable with that as dd is teething pretty badly and has had some horrible nights recently where she won't settle for anyone but me. I know this sounds really precious and pfb but as DSS doesn't live with us we are not happy about getting a babysitter when he's with us. I said I was sorry but it didn't look like it'd work so I'd drop a card/pressie round during the day and I hoped the party would go well.
Anyway, SIL got all upset and said she really wanted us all there so why didn't we go at 6 and see them and then the party would start properly at 7ish. I said yes as I felt that she was really trying to accommodate us at that point but I made it clear that if dd was struggling then we'd have to leave. Dd is normally great at settling herself to sleep as long as she's in a quiet dark room, in a bed. If there's anything going on in the same room, she's a nightmare!
I also asked if we should feed DSS before we got there and was told definitely no, there would be buffet food and they didn't want DSS to spoil his appetite. Anyway to cut a long story short, dd suddenly found some stamina from somewhere cos she was still fine by 7:30, and all the guests had arrived at 6 so I guess the start time was changed for everyone. But DSS was really hungry - he hasn't eaten since lunch. The food was out on a table under some cling film, so dh sent DSS to ask SIL if he could have some food. He was really polite but SIL said no - he'd have to wait. DSS came back and was quite upset but we were sure he wouldn't have to wait long. At 8pm dh went and asked and was told yes but in a few minutes. My db was also asking SIL if DSS could have some food but was also told no. It got to 8:30 and we decided that DSS couldn't wait any longer so we went home. We got DSS some food after we got back and then he went straight to bed.
I know this is really petty but we then got a snotty text from SIL asking why we'd gone so early and that if something was wrong then why didn't we say something at the time? I replied saying that DSS was really hungry and we didn't want him to get upset and ruin the party and that we thought it was best to get him fed as soon as we could. It just feels like SIL didn't want him there and was trying to make the point that it was an adults' party therefore the food doesn't get served until much later. But if that was the case then why tell us not to feed him beforehand? My dad stayed at the party and said the food was finally opened at just after 9 so was IBU to go and also to be honest about why we left?
Jesus, what a prize tit.
Anyone who has ever come to my house: child is hungry, can I give them some food?
Me: yes, shit, yes, sorry, are they hungry, let me over compensate with a giant plate of food.
Bad, bad hosting...
The thing is Wilson that's exactly what she's normally like. I can't put into words how surprised I am at how she was tonight
Who denies a 7yo a plate of food?!
Has anything happened to make her act weirdly? YANBU - she was being strange. Wilson is spot on - that is the normal reaction.
I wouldnt be going near her on Boxing Day until you speak to her about what has happened - as somethingonce said, seriously who denies a child some food just because they have decided its not "time" to serve food? !
if I were at my brother's house I would have fucked off to the kitchen to make dss some dinner!
Well breathe there is quite a lot going on at the moment to be honest. I don't want to say too much in case it's too identifying but there are some issues in terms of her DS and his speech/social development which have only recently come to light, they are pretty severe and are currently being investigated by consultants etc but potentially leading to an ASD-type diagnosis. And...the reason they were picked up recently was family members comparing her DS to my dd who is 9 months younger and more socially developed than her cousin. So ever since then I have noticed she's had a kind of reluctance to have her DS and my dd in the same room together when family are around, they have stopped attending family events when we are there but are totally fine when we are on our own. She has talked about how stressed she is about it all and I know that watching dd develop is upsetting her even more and she doesn't want to witness her progress despite the fact she loves dd very much.
When she invited us over tonight I'd hoped that maybe this was her way of saying that she was ok with everything - maybe she suddenly decided she wasn't ok and wanted us to go home. I don't know.
She certainly wasn't acting as she normally does in terms of the decisions she made regarding DSS but seemed perfectly normal otherwise tonight.
She sounds like a shit host. All that stressing about timings and changing her mind about the cot and the food madness. She really shouldn't be givin parties if it gets her so uptight. I'd have shown my face, made an excuse and left by 7.30 so you did well I reckon. She only texted in a huff because she knows deep down her party was not very good but she can't face it so is finding fault wherever else she can.
Ps: I know this because I am a shit host, so I don't give parties, but I can imagine how wound up she was inside. Don't worry, she didn't have your interests at heart at all.
It sounds like a terrible party for all concerned. It started at 6 but no food appeared until 9? Even if the food was more formal than party nibbles most people have crisps and nuts and stuff before the main food.
And even if she hadn't, why couldn't she have let you take the boy into the kitchen and given a sandwich or cornflakes or beans on toast or a piece of fruit.
If she didn't want you all there then there was no need to change the time back to 6 o'clock so that you all could go when you'd said you were happy to wish them well and give it a miss this time.
There is no link, in my mind, between her understandable emotion as she struggles to come to terms with her DS's development issues, and your DSS's need for food. I'd be nonplussed too.
Given that you say your SIL's behaviour is totally out of the ordinary, then I'd wait and see whether there is a good calm time, during normal conversation to have chat with her about the party. I would still plan to go for Boxing Day but with a secret stash of emergency food just in case. I have taken cool bag of goodies to relatives' homes before (and sometimes had to use it). Needn't be pointed and gives everyone time to return to previous predictable and good natured behaviour.
I suspect your DB will deal. Good luck.
You had already said you would leave early so I don't see why she got so upset.
Refusing a child food is awful, but maybe she thought if he had something everyone would want to start. But surely buffet food left out for a few hours in plain view is going to get people wanting some?
I would just text back and say, " we did say we would have to go early, hope the party went well, see you Boxing Day"
But I would probably phone than get into a text war. Or send the above text then call and say, look, did you see my text? And refuse to be made to argue.
And have a massive full English before you go Boxing Day. And ensure you have something that just needs heating up for when you get home.
For me the worst bit of this is that they made your poor hungry boy look at food for 2.5 hours that he wasn't 'allowed' to eat. Especially having told you he wasn't allowed to eat before. Disgraceful. I'm a stickler for table manners and politeness but even so, in this situation by 7.30 if no food forthcoming I'd have gone myself and made up a small plate from him and given it to him to eat. This is what you do next time. What is she going to do about it - seriously?
Actually if you go there for boxing day which frankly I'd be reconsidering, do take some food for the children. But at any hint of pulling this sort of stunt again I'd be making some very loud and pointed comments to the assembled company. Don't put up with this.
Is she one of those people who thinks any child older than her own is virtually grown up and shouldn't be 'pandered to'? Or does she think stepchildren aren't really part of a family?
Cos she sounds very rude and if on purpose, seems to be deliberately making some kind of point about poor DSS... Not on the invite, trying to disinvite later, then denying him food... It sort of feels like she's letting some prejudice show under pressure.
Maybe she would be shocked at how her behaviour looks, but even more reason for her to pull herself together. I would have a word with your brother and hope he addresses it... And hope he can offer some kind of explanation which makes her behaviour understandable.
Also I'd make it clear to him that you can't have a repeat performance on boxing day, and get him to be responsible for checking that it's not happening again. I get the reason why he didn't help at this party, but he does need to take joint responsibility at the next. And then baking your own food as back up and perhaps have an excuse ready to leave early as well - you hopefully won't have to use either but better safe than sorry.
Definately take a picnic in your handbag on Boxing Day for your DSS.
There are some odd people around!
Double I think you may be spot on with both of your suggestions. DSS has historically been quite immature for his age but over the last year has become a lot more grown up so that now he's pretty much comparable to any other 7yo emotionally. Dh and I see it as him catching up, maybe SIL sees it as him growing up?
And yes I think there is a bit of resentment there as normally us two couples are really close and see a lot of each other socially but for various reasons (DSS' mum being less flexible on dates than usual as she got married recently, DSS being older and therefore allowed to stay up later) we have not been able to stick to our usual social arrangements so maybe she resents DSS for that? She is very much of the opinion that we should get babysitters when we have him (which we don't want to do - we don't see him much as it is so why give up another evening?) and tends to organise things at the last minute and always suggests things like cancelling/cutting short DSS' visit.
To be honest I've always seen it as her just getting over-excited at organising a social thing and just grasping at inappropriate solutions because she's so desperate for the social event to happen. Maybe she is a bit funny about DSS? She's always nice to his face (apart from last night) and I know that she gets angry about the fact that we get constrained by dh's ex and her arrangements, which is just par for the course of dh having a previous wife and child I guess. But maybe she doesn't see it like that...not that it's really her business anyway?!
So ever since then I have noticed she's had a kind of reluctance to have her DS and my dd in the same room together when family are around
That's mad.
What's she saying: that it's your daughter's fault that her son is potentially having some issues, and if only your daughter would stop displaying NT behaviour no-one would notice?
Find somewhere else to go for Boxing Day, and wait for the drama to die down. It sounds like she was hoping to provoke a scene so that she could criticise your children.
Even if she didn't want the party food touched couldn't she have made him a sandwich or a piece of toast? If I have a friend or family member round even not at a meal time and the child is hungry I'll make them something small!
Even if she didn't want the party food touched
Maybe it's just me, but I can't stand all this sort of controlling behaviour.
If you're cooking a meal, people can't eat until it's ready. Inviting people around hours in advance and/or eating atypically late is poor manners (for adults) and stupid (if there are small children around), but if the problem is that the 3kg joint of beef is still at 45 degrees in the middle
even though I'd be happy to eat it then the die is cast and there's little choice but to wait. And walking out of a dinner party because the food's very late would be a social nuclear weapon, and not only the host would think you toxic.
But if it's a party for a larger group of people, there's trays of buffet food under clingfilm and the only reason why people are waiting for three hours is because the host is doing something else slash being controlling slash being a loon, and nine o'clock rolls around, I'd have left already. In fact, I'd have left long before, particularly if I had my children with me.
And have done so, in fact, on several occasions. I've left a wedding where the invitation had said "service at 12 then lunch" and four o'clock rolled around with no sign of food or even nibbles. We'd left home at eight and were hungry, bored and tired. We left and got food on the way home. I gather that by the time "lunch" was served at five-thirty (and that must have been planned, because no wedding venue is going to delay food for that long without some prior agreement) most of thge people with children had left, leaving them about twenty empty seats. Had we stayed we'd have been lucky to be home much before midnight, I suspect. The bride was apparently quite upset: I'm not sure I care over-much.
I've also made excuses and left a family buffet where, with children aged four-ish, the hosts suddenly announced that before dinner (it was already seven) we would watch the DVD of their daughter's wedding ("about an hour"). I'm not the extras for other people's dramas, and I can't be bothered to feign politeness to people who have already made it clear that they don't care about being rude. To be fair, they did call the following day and half-apologise.
Well dh and I have talked about it and have made a plan for Boxing Day - we are going to have lunch at ours where we'll fill DSS up with as much as he can eat and then we're going to take some food round which we'll say is to add to the buffet in the evening but which we won't feel rude about starting if we need to as it's what we will have brought round.
I'm still not sure what's causing sil's behaviour, whether it's about dd and her DS or resentment over us being more constrained by arrangements for DSS or even something else - I don't know. But I won't be putting up with any of it, like I said before I'll drive us all home if needed.
By the way, what's NT behaviour? Never heard that one before!
Neuro-typical. It's a way of distinguishing between types of behaviour which are typical and non-typical behaviours, eg behaviours which may be attributable to autism type disorders.
If this is really out of character for her and she's under a lot of stress. I'd give her the benefit of the doubt.
YANBU to leave and to tell her why but I think she deserves some slack.
I've recently had a difficult time and having to tell people about it has been exhausting. People are shocked and want to express it and sympathise but it means I've had near on the exact same conversation half a dozen times and will have to have a few more when I see family over Christmas. And quite frankly I wish I could just be blunt, tell them and then refuse to discuss it. But I think that's unfair and rude when they'll just want to support me.
If quite a few people have now noticed the developmental delay in her son, she may well be
fed up exhausted from talking and worrying about it.
She may genuinely have meant to get DSS some food in a minute but wasn't handling the hosting too well and time was flying away from her.
I think your plan for Boxing Day sounds good and don't worry about being assertive on DSS behalf.
I don't know about a 7 yo but I would be ordering take out if I'd turned up at 6 and wasn't fed until after 9 - how ridiculous.
Besides that, who wants food sitting on tables for 3 hours? Hardly the height of hygiene is it? Ugh.
I think the only possible thing wrong you did was to send dss to ask sil for some food the first time. I think that would have been better handled as adult to adult in a quiet way. It could have come across as him wingeing and you giving way because he was wingeing, rather than because he was genuinely hungry.
But if she's worried about her ds and is having family members compare her to your dd, then that is going to strain your relationship.
My dd2 was born without a hand. It's not a big problem, and it's not an unknown in the way developmental delay is, which puts a huge cloud over you as you come to terms with it. But I can remember coming home in tears the first time I saw a child younger than her passing things from hand to hand. And now shes age 10yo, I feel a pang when I see peers playing the piano-one of the few things she will never be able to do on an even semi-even basis, and she would love to be able to do.
I would ask family members to make sure they don't compare your dc. Compliment her on her ds. Doesn't he look lovely? He does that quickly! He's got the best smile!
She may also see you as having two normal children, while she has only one who is delayed. If you put it that way, do you see how it may seem unfair to her?
Waiting for a diagnosis (and it could be months, or possibly "unknown" in the end) puts a huge strain on the whole family.
Yanbu at all, your SIL was not a good host, and was very rude. You were very right to go, but I would have told her we were going as dss is hungry and were getting him food and putting him to bed, and left. Your SIL sounds very controlling and qute thick skinned. Your going round on boxing day, make sure kids are fed beforehand as lunch could be at 4pm!
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Log.info("exception thrown");
If I have to replace with something like below:
using NewLog;
Class A
NewLog.info("exception thrown");
Here, NewLog is contained in another library say NewLog.dll. Can I import this assembly in A.dll and modify all refernces of Log to NewLog.
I was looking at codebase and seems like I have to load external library using
var logAssemblyRef =
new Microsoft.Cci.Immutable.AssemblyReference(host,
new AssemblyIdentity(host.NameTable.GetNameFor("NewLog"), "", new Version("220.127.116.11"), null, @"K:\NewLog\bin\Debug\NewLog.dll"));
and then create types using this logAssemblyRef. Is it the right direction? please confirm.
This seems to be the right direction. Perhaps the easiest way to do this is just to load NewLog.dll, find the NewLog.info method in it (using the various helper methods in MetadataHelper), and then rewrite A.dll, systematically replacing any reference to
Log.info with NewLog.Info. You may even be able to get away without having to make a copy of NewLog.info.
Thanks for the reply. I have tried sth like this:
var logAssemblyRef = new Microsoft.Cci.Immutable.AssemblyReference(host,
new AssemblyIdentity(host.NameTable.GetNameFor("NewLog"), "", new Version("0.0.0.0"), new byte[] { }, @"G:\projects\utility\NewLog.dll"));
var nameTable = host.NameTable;
var newLogType = new Microsoft.Cci.Immutable.NamespaceTypeReference(host,
new Microsoft.Cci.Immutable.RootUnitNamespaceReference(logAssemblyRef),
0, false, false,
Then in my mutator I have:
public override Operation Mutate(Operation operation)
if (operation.OperationCode == OperationCode.Call)
if (operation.Value is IMethodReference)
IMethodReference m = operation.Value as IMethodReference;
if (m != null)
// this is dirty method
if (m.IsStatic && m.Name.Value.Contains("info"))
IMethodReference consoleDotWriteLine = new Microsoft.Cci.MethodReference(
host, newLogType , CallingConvention.Default,
host.PlatformType.SystemVoid, host.NameTable.GetNameFor("Info"),
0, host.PlatformType.SystemString);
operation.Value = consoleDotWriteLine;
return operation;
When I run the exe produced by this, I get following error:
Unhandled Exception: System.TypeLoadException: Could not load type 'NewLog.Log2' from assembly 'Log2, Version=0.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null'.
Seems like there is sth wrong in the way I have reference the external assembly and the way I created the new Type. Specially I was confused regarding how to load and specify namespace for new type (in this case "NewLog" which is in namespace "Log2").
I'm afraid that it is difficult to figure things out from your description. One good way to debug these things is to run peverify over the rewritten assembly. Another way to proceed is to construct a very simple test case for your idea, possibly by cutting
down your current code to the bare minimum. Hopefully, at some point things will either start working (and then you can concentrate on finding the single change that turns things from working to not working) or you'll end up with an example that is so simple
that you can post it here and get a definitive answer.
Thanks for the reply. It seems like I have found the problem in above code:
The problem was in following code:
var newLogType = new Microsoft.Cci.Immutable.NamespaceTypeReference(
new Microsoft.Cci.Immutable.RootUnitNamespaceReference(logAssemblyRef),
0, false, false,
var newLogType = new Microsoft.Cci.Immutable.NamespaceTypeReference(
new Microsoft.Cci.Immutable.RootUnitNamespaceReference(logAssemblyRef),
0, false, false,
I did not create the namespaces properly. Since the new Log class lies in "NewLog" namespace, I have to create
NestedUnitNamespaceReference in a loop as done in "PlatformType.cs".
I had to derived a new class from PlatfromType.cs and add a method to create new NamespaceTypeRef as below:
this.CreateRefrence(logAssemblyRef, false, 0, PrimitiveTypeCode.NotPrimitive, new string[] { "MyLog", "Log2" });
Now I can execute my mutated exe.
I have another small question. In the code below:
var logAssemblyRef =
new Microsoft.Cci.Immutable.AssemblyReference(host,
new AssemblyIdentity(host.NameTable.GetNameFor("MyLog"), "", new Version("188.8.131.52"), new byte[] { }, @"G:\kiran\projects\Guide\StaticAnalysis\MyLog\bin\Debug\MyLog.dll"));
It seems like the last parameter (which is location) is not verified. I gave invalid location and still my program was executing without any error. Is it because the application
finds the dll at runtime.
I am not sure what you mean by "is not verified". To put it another way, what did you expect to happen?
Well what I meant was, when we create AssemblyReference, the parameters are not checked for consistencies. I tried tinkering with location and version and it seems like they are not checked at runtime
whether they are valid or not. For example, the same above can be replaced as
var logAssemblyRef =
new Microsoft.Cci.Immutable.AssemblyReference(host,
ew AssemblyIdentity(host.NameTable.GetNameFor("MyLog"), "", new Version("18.104.22.168"), new byte[] { }, @"G:\kiran\projects\Guide\StaticAnalysis\MyLog\bin\Debug\MyLogZZZ.dll"));
Both the version and location are incorrect with respect to location and version of MyLog.dll. But still no warning is shown at runtime and final mutated code still runs.
I was just surprise to see this behavior. I expected CCI to cross check these parameters for consistencies.
The object model does little more than provide structure. Semantic consistency checks are in the domain of visitors over the object model. MetadataHelper has a partial implementation of a visitor that walks an object model and reports semantic errors for
it. But unfortunately it is far from complete and not in a critical path for me. Nevertheless, it may be useful to incorporate it.
Ultimately, however, peverify is your friend. But even it is not going to complain about the path of an assembly reference not being valid. In fact, the path is not even persisted in the to PE file.
Thanks for quick reply. I was just a bit curious.
As u said this is not that critical. If I need I should be able to add few lines to verify the assembly.
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Culinary icon Anne Willan has just released "Secrets From the La Varenne Kitchen," a brief compendium of "50 Essential Recipes Every Cook Needs To Know." This amazing book includes the recipes that are the backbone course for professional chefs and that Willan's legendary school Ecole de Cuisine La Varenne in Paris has been creating since 1975.
Among the dishes are fish aspic, exquisitely specific details on puff pastry and 10 types of sorbet. But one recipe caught my eye: Court Bouillon — or in rough English translation: "Quick Broth." As a mom who doesn't have the time for more intricate recipes and whose two young girls don't have the palates for aspic yet, I liked the sound of that. I called Anne Willan to get her thoughts.
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"It's very interesting that you've chosen court bouillon," Willan said from her home in Santa Monica, California, "because it's not something anybody thinks of using nowadays. It really is right in sync with contemporary cooking," she continued. "It's very useful because today people always want to cook things healthfully and simply."
Willan's definition of court bouillon is simple and clear: "It's a meatless and fatless broth, so very simple, but something that just adds flavor to whatever's cooked in it." The recipe, which is included below, is easy, but I was hoping to get some insider secrets. Willan was happy to comply, although clearly none of this seemed like a big secret to her: "Thinly slice the carrots," she told me, "so that they give up their flavor in 15 or 20 minutes. Slice the onions fairly thinly, but not to worry about it. The green herbs you just drop in, keep the stems, they have lots of taste."
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The real secret of court bouillon is properly pairing the food being cooked in the broth with a sympathetic acidic ingredient. Traditionally, the acid used in court bouillon would be vinegar, wine or lemon juice. Willan provided more nuanced distinctions: "For whitefish, I'd probably go for wine, because you don't want too strong a flavor. For darker fish, possibly lemon juice or vinegar because it balances the stronger flavor of the fish."
In traditional French cuisine, court bouillon is a liquid used for simmering, and then it's tossed out. But as we discussed using the broth as a part of the meal, Willan became intrigued, because that's simply part of her cooking ethos. "Never throw anything away," she said. "When you've got lovely cooking liquid from something like a big salmon, do something with it — fish soup with the leftover."
I could hear her brain begin to click as she explored the Culinary Thought Experiment: "The liquid will have acquired the flavor of what's been cooking in it," she said. "So what I would like to do is boil it down, and make a little sauce with it, mount it with butter or something."
Then her brain went into high gear: "You could do lovely experiments with it. I certainly haven't gone into it myself, but you could do an Asian court bouillon, or a hot court bouillon. You'd use chili peppers, wouldn't you? It's got to be something pure, hasn't it?"
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This was more intriguing than interview questions: Willan was asking and answering herself, giving me a view into a creative culinary mind that has long fascinated me as I've gobbled up her writings and her recipes from the classic "From My Château Kitchen" to her dish-y memoir "One Soufflé at a Time." As she brainstormed the possibilities for court bouillon, her encyclopedic knowledge of cooking became clear, as did her passion for food and good eating.
"Perhaps I'd use coriander instead of parsley. And then, what would you use it for? If you push it a little bit, you could use it for a risotto or cooking quinoa. Or even grits or corn meal."
By the time we were done, Willan had improvised a court bouillon for down-home Southern cooking and an Asian-influenced broth with the addition of soy sauce, cilantro and rice wine vinegar. She cautioned me against using too much chili pepper if I wanted to try a hot version because the flavor of the pepper would concentrate as the broth cooked down. It was an invigorating conversation — an insight into a culinary mind-set deeply rooted in the basics, but excited to jump in and experiment.
I love my copy of "Secrets from the La Varenne Kitchen," and I intend to use it to build those basic skills that every cook needs to know — whether they're a chef at a high-end restaurant or a mom with kids to feed. And court bouillon seems to be an inspired place for me to start. Check out the slideshow that includes Willan's secrets and two dishes that riff on the recipe.
Court Bouillon
By Anne Willan, courtesy Spring House Press
Prep time: 10 minutes
Cook time: 15 minutes
Total time: 25 minutes
Yield: 1 quart
1 quart water
1 carrot, sliced
1 small onion, sliced
1 bouquet garni
6 peppercorns
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup white wine or 1/3 cup vinegar or 1/4 cup lemon juice
1. Combine all the ingredients in a pan (not aluminum), cover and bring to a boil. Simmer uncovered 15 to 20 minutes and strain.
Main photo: Court Bouillon is tap water with a little bit of salt, peppercorn, sliced onion, parsley, bay leaf, sliced carrot and something acidic — often lemon juice, but equally often white wine and occasionally vinegar. Credit: Copyright 2015 Susan Lutz


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Paprika - movie by Satoshi Kon, adapted from novel by Yasutaka Tsutsui
Anyone really looking forward to this? I have so far enjoyed Satoshi Kon's films very very much, and while I"m too dead tired to make out the plot and story by looking it up or looking at this Newtype scan by a person called Manuloz, I am expecting this to be a pretty good show. Some might say that Satoshi Kon is better with his own original stories, but I'm not qualified to comment really...
The music and character designs are done by the same people who did that for Kon's Paranoia Agent.
edit: and I did use the search button!
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I loved every Kon's movies, I just watched "tokikake" from the tsutsui's novel, which I enjoyed very much, so there's no way I wouldn't be watching this film.
Plus, Madhouse happens to be the studio that created "tokikake" too, so this all sounds very very good.
And I don't agree with wao on the fact Kon is less good at adaptations. Perfect Blue is still one of the best animated movie of the 90's, despite some technical fails.
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This movie is already licensed by Sony. It has a R1 release date of October 31st.
Isn't that alittle too fast?
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Oh, right, Advent Children. Sony promised that pretty fast too, hell, they had a release date planned... Only to delay it, and delay it, and delay it...
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I really really hope that won't happen with Paprika; seeing that Advent Children was more of a potential moneymaker I'm wondering though... unless AC was held up due to licensing issues or pricing arguments or something (I think it's safe to assume Paprika would be less concerned with such things)
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Just found teh thread.
I watched Paprika at a film festival in Greece one month ago, and I pretty much enjoyed it. I don't think it was as special as other shows by Satoshi Kon were, it was something more 'light' I guess.... It seemed rather humorous to me and even the 'sad' moments were humorous as well. It was like a mix of crazy action (FLCL style), an idea very similar to Serial Experiments Lain and some very pretentious philosophy.
The movie was very well-made, with pretty good animation (well, it's a movie), not anything really special though. The direction was pretty solid even though there these confusing scenes every Satoshi Kon film has... Yes, the 'dream-reality confusion' thing is there as well... The character designs were... the usual, the music was awesome though.
I guess it follows a similar tone with Tokyo Godfathers, even though I haven't watched it. It's 'lighter' in comparison with other Satoshi Kon's works like Paranoia Agent or Perfect Blue.
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Seen it yesterday. (and I wil probably go see it again this week)
I am bit disappointed. I was expecting more from Satoshi Kon who is my favorite director.
It's a wonder that this movie is an adaption of a novel NOT written by Satoshi Kon, as the universe of this movie is truly his.
This movie is like a crossover between Millenium Actress and Total Recall. It has not the same scent of novelty as Millenium Actress had, and the dream/reality plot is a bit cliché now. And if Hirasawa's music is a little more acceptable than usual (I HATE THAT GUY, but the main theme is ok), it's also very repetitive and tiring.
Still, the animation is solid. The plot is decent, and there are those amazing chasing scenes from different realities that made Millenium Actress that great.
Probably the best animated movie of the year, but it's below Kon's average. If you have not seen Millenium Actress, you'll probably find it absolutely awesome.
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You can download the theme here. There's also an outtake that sounds pretty cool.
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i noticed a trailer for this a while back on the apple trailers site, and since then, have been looking forward to it (i particularly enjoyed the brief monkey king sequence). unfortunately, i missed it when it showed at the santa barbara international film festival, but it'll be opening in new york on may 25th and los angeles on june 1st. if it does well, we may see it in other cities.
the japanese dvd release date is may 23rd.
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There's a screener torrent floating around so I finally got a chance to see this. Overall it was pretty good but it's a bit lighter than I expected considering Satoshi Kun's previous stuff.
One thing that annoyed me was the ending.
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I had the privilege of seeing Paprika at the New York Film Festival back in October. After watching it I absolutely fell in love with its surrealistic visual style. It was highly influential as a artist and every time I see a new movie from Satoshi Kon I start to idolize him more and more.
I am looking forward to seeing it again once it comes out in local theaters(fingers crossed). I managed to get my hands on the soundtrack as well. The music is definitely worth having as it's own entity, separate from movie.
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The Member of Parliament for Crawley, Laura
Moffatt, has kindly brought to the Council's attention the Sub
Committee's enquiry into "The New Towns, Their Problems and
Future". She has discussed this informally with the Council's
Executive. I have been asked to make a submission on behalf of
the Borough Council.
My comments are divided into issues generally
affecting Crawley and, more specifically, the Borough Council's
relationship with English Partnerships and its landholdings in
Crawley, and finally some points are made about social deprivation.
The points I make are specifically in respect
of Crawley, but they would be applicable to the other New Towns,
particularly the original towns surrounding London. Crawley and
the other New Towns should be encouraged and enabled to fulfil
a strong role in their regions. I list below a number of key points.
New Town boundaries should be adjusted so that
the community can decide how and where to grow. Present boundaries
at Crawley mean that other bodies, such as the West Sussex County
Council, are taking decisions on the strategic location of new
development on the west or east of Crawley. On the other hand,
decisions on the detailed form and content of developments (notwithstanding
that some of these problems may be ameliorated by joint working)
are being taken by other District Councils.
New Towns were grafted onto existing settlement
patterns and were in many cases "self contained". As
they mature, their role within the surrounding area is changing;
and they become centres of employment, of shopping and of community
activity. This needs to be reflected in the attitudes and thinking
of government and other agencies at all levels, if New Towns are
to realise their full potential. As an example, Crawley's town
centre may need to grow in order to provide a sustainable regional
shopping destination.
Crawley (and possibly other New Towns) face
particular problems as a consequence of their history; skills
patterns which might not reflect the character of the surrounding
area, a population structure which has (or will have) particular
needs, a mix of affordable housing needs, which would be different
from surrounding areas. These special characteristics should be
recognised in the decisions made by outside agencies.
Chief Executive's Directorate
New Towns grew rapidly and were planned in the
context of society as it was at a particular timethis creates
a mix of problems, which need to be recognised as the towns reach
maturity. Examples would include an ageing social infrastructure
(schools, community facilities, etc), roads and other transport
infrastructure, which might not meet modern standards, widespread
areas where parking is inadequate for modern needs and where roadside
parking results in a degraded environment.
In common with many, if not most, New Towns,
this authority had enjoyed mixed relationships with the Commission
for New Towns. They were often challenging to deal with and invariably
seemed primarily interested in realising land value from their
ownerships, with the consequence that the interests of the community
were often insufficiently promoted.
The Council therefore became somewhat pessimistic
about the role of the Commission, and similarly with its successor
body, English Partnerships (EP). The Council had always perceived
there to be some opportunity to be provided by EP's significant
land ownership in the Borough, particularly as a means of facilitating
the continued growth of the town, and meeting the needs of the
local community. The Council has been working with EP to achieve
a better understanding, so that positive benefits can be achieved
for the Town from their land ownerships. This would not only have
the advantage of recognising their community responsibility but
also contribute significantly to enhancing the value of their
More recently, this growing partnership has
borne significant benefits by EP's supporting this Council's campaign
to market the town and the town centre. Beyond this most constructive
result, the partnership is at early stages, and members of this
Council would wish to observe continued and substantial evidence
of the sincerity of EP's commitment to partnership with the Council
to secure continued commitment to working with them. There is
no reason now to believe this should not be forthcoming.
In the closing stages of 2001 there was a Government
review on the role and remit of EP, to which this Council was
invited to contribute. I now reiterate some of the points this
Council made at that time. With regard to the Government's wider
policies eg town centre regeneration, there have been cases where
it is considered that EP have promoted short term commercial interests
at the expense of town centre regeneration/development objectives.
There has been particular difficulty in securing satisfactory
outcomes in relation to a substantial development in the centre
of Crawley, Queen's Square, including land part-owned by EP and
part-owned by the West Sussex County Council. It is not possible
to determine whether the extent to which the difficulties encountered
were initiated by West Sussex County Council and/or EP.
With regard to EP's landholdings, if the review
should determine that EP should be wound up and their landholdings
dispersed this authority would expect all EP-owned land in the
Borough and EP-owned adjacent to, but outside the Borough, to
be transferred to Crawley Borough Council ownership. This is particularly
important in respect of EP land adjacent to, but outside, the
Borough, most notably their substantial landholding in the Horsham
District. The original purpose of this acquisition was to facilitate
the continued growth of this town; it would seem most appropriate
that this objective could be realised through Crawley Borough
Council ownership, given the Council's commitment to the community
and its continued growth.
The West Sussex County Council has just published
a draft of its new Structure Plan, which the Borough Council has
considered. Substantial housing growth around Crawley is envisaged
and therefore control by the Borough Council of such strategic
land as described immediately above would seem indispensable.
The Council is delighted that the Sub-Committee
is going to look into the question of whether social exclusion
in the New Towns is being exacerbated by the current Government
approach to regeneration and neighbourhood renewal, which appears
not to take cognisance of small pockets of deprivation.
The 2000 DETR Index of Multiple Deprivation
shows that Crawley has three or four wards that have significant
levels of deprivation, enough for Sure Start funding to be agreed
for the neighbourhood of Broadfield. The Urban Renewal Programme
potentially overlooks these pockets and yet, for some domains
like education, Crawley can feature in the top 10 per cent of
the most deprived wards in the country. The Council would welcome
the opportunity for its Local Strategic Partnership to be formally
accredited, as this would at least recognise that the local authority
had before it a serious task in addressing inequalities and narrowing
the gap between the rich and poor in Crawley.
I hope that you find these comments helpful,
if you feel I can help you further, please do not hesitate to
contact me.