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The shocking shooting and the painful, lingering death of the 20th president.
"Killed by a disappointed office seeker."ÃÂ Thus most history texts backhand the self-made James Garfield (1831–1881), notwithstanding his distinguished career as a college professor, lawyer, Civil War general, exceptional orator, congressman and all too briefly president. Millard follows up her impressive debut (The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey, 2005) by colorfully unpacking this summary dismissal, demonstrating the power of expert storytelling to wonderfully animate even the simplest facts. As she builds to the president's fatal encounter with his assassin, she details the intra-party struggle among Republicans that led to Garfield's surprise 1880 nomination. The Stalwarts, worshippers of Grant, defenders of the notorious spoils system, battled the Half-Breeds, reformers who took direction from Senators John Sherman and James G. Blaine. The scheming, delusional Charles J. Guiteau, failed author, lawyer and evangelist, listened to no one, except perhaps the voices in his head assuring him he was an important political player, instrumental in Garfield's election and deserving of the consulship to Paris. After repeated rebuffs, he determined that only "removing the president" would allow a grateful Vice President Chester A. Arthur to reward him. During the nearly three excruciating months Garfield lay dying, Alexander Graham Bell desperately scrambled to perfect his induction balance (a metal detector) in time to locate the lead bullet lodged in the stricken president's back. Meanwhile, Garfield's medical team persistently failed to observe British surgeon Joseph Lister's methods of antisepsis—the American medical establishment rejected the idea of invisible germs as ridiculous—a neglect that almost surely killed the president. Moving set pieces—theÃÂ 1876 U.S. Centennial Exhibition which Garfield attended and where both Lister and Bell presented, the deadlocked Republican Convention, the steamship explosion that almost killed Guiteau, the White House death watch—and sharply etched sketches of Blaine, the overwhelmed Arthur and larger portraits of the truly impressive Garfield and the thoroughly insane Guiteau make for compulsive reading.
Superb American history.Copyright Kirkus 2011 Kirkus/BPI Communications.All rights reserved.
Millard (The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey) presents a dual biography of the 20th U.S. President and his assassin. James A. Garfield and Charles Guiteau were both born into hardscrabble Midwestern circumstances. While Garfield made himself into a teacher, Union army general, congressman, and President, Guiteau, who was most likely insane, remained at the margins of life, convinced he was intended for greatness. When he failed to receive a position in Garfield's administration, he became convinced that God meant him to kill the President. At a railway station in the capital, Guiteau shot Garfield barely four months into his term. Garfield lingered through the summer of 1881, with the country hanging on the news of his condition. In September he died of infection, apparently due to inadequate medical care. Millard gives readers a sense of the political and social life of those times and provides more detail on Guiteau's life than is given in Ira Rutkow's James A. Garfield. The format is similar to that in The President and the Assassin, Scott Miller's book on President McKinley and Leon Czolgosz. VERDICT Recommended for presidential history buffs and students of Gilded Age America. [See Prepub Alert, 3/7/11.]--Stephen L. Hupp, West Virginia Univ. Lib., Parkersburg[Page 86]. (c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
This rendering of an oft-told tale brings to life a moment in the nation's history when access to the president was easy, politics bitter, and medical knowledge slight. James A. Garfield, little recalled today, gained the Republican nomination for president in 1880 as a dark-horse candidate and won. Then, breaking free of the sulfurous factional politics of his party, he governed honorably, if briefly, until shot by an aggrieved office seeker. Under Millard's (The River of Doubt) pen, Garfield's deranged assassin, his incompetent doctors (who, for example, ignored antisepsis, leading to a blood infection), and the bitter politics of the Republican Party come sparklingly alive through deft characterizations. Even Alexander Graham Bell, who hoped that one of his inventions might save the president's life, plays a role. Millard also lays the groundwork for a case that, had Garfield lived, he would have proved an effective and respected chief executive. Today, he would surely have survived, probably little harmed by the bullet that lodged in him, but unimpeded infection took his life. His death didn't greatly harm the nation, and Millard's story doesn't add much to previous understanding, but it's hard to imagine its being better told. Illus. (Sept.)[Page ]. Copyright 2010 PWxyz LLC

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Alex and Jaime Dilger announce the birth of their son, Case Ryker Dilger, Thursday, March 17, 2011, at The Women's Hospital in Newburgh.
The infant weighed 7 pounds, 11 ounces and was 20 inches long.
Mrs. Dilger is the former Jaime Rickenbaugh.
Grandparents are Dewey and Melanie Rickenbaugh of Bristow and Leon and Doris Dilger of Mariah Hill. Great-grandparents are Opal Rickenbaugh and Kenny Elverd.
LOUISVILLE, Ky.—Nathan Freeman finished sixth to lead Tell City to 85th among 111 teams in the National Archery in the Schools Program tourney May 13-14.
CAMPBELLSBURG—Errors hurt Cannelton in a doubleheader baseball loss to West Washington Saturday.
The Bulldogs committed five errors as they lost the first game 11-1. "We couldn't get out of an inning," said Cannelton Coach Mike Garrett.
West Washington outhit Cannelton 7-3, with all three Bulldog hits being singles.
Larry Holman pitched the first four innings for Cannelton to take the loss. He gave up six runs—four earned—on five hits and three walks and struck out three.
VINCENNES—Brandon Goodwin pitched a five-hitter as Vincennes Lincoln defeated Tell City 11-5 in baseball Saturday.
Goodwin struck out six and did not allow an earned run.
Tell City led 2-1 going into the bottom of the third inning, but the Alices scored four runs that inning and five the next to take control.
Jordan Heck pitched into the fourth inning for Tell City and took the loss.
LYNNVILLE—Cannelton had better success hitting against Tiffany Summers this time but still lost to Tecumseh 11-0 in the first round of the Class A girls softball sectional Tuesday.
TELL CITY—Logan Bolin shot a 3-over-par 35 for medalist honors as Tell City won the first Perry County boys golf tourney Tuesday.
By LARRY GOFFINET
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BRETZVILLE—Mater Dei pounded out 16 hits to beat Perry Central 9-1 in the first round of the Class 2A girls softball sectional Tuesday.
EVANSVILLE—Tell City freshman Logan Flannagan won the 300-meter low hurdles in the girls track regional Tuesday.
TELL CITY – The Perry County Chamber of Commerce will conduct a ribbon-cutting for Fiesta Grande at 11 a.m. Friday to celebrate completion of a new outdoor dining area.
Fiesta Grande is located at 27 Indiana 66 in Tell City and is open for lunch through dinner daily.
It also operates the Borderline Cantina that adjoins the restaurant.
The public is invited to attend and celebrate with Fiesta Grande. For more information, call the restaurant at 547-7110 or the Perry County Chamber of Commerce at 547-2385.
PERRY COUNTY – An Indianapolis man and his passenger were injured at approximately 9:35 p.m. Sunday when the motorcycle they were riding hit a deer.
State police reported Craig E. Marvel, 46, Indianapolis was traveling east on Parks Road near Magnet Valley Road on his 2005 Harley Davidson motorcycle when a deer entered the roadway. Marvel did not have time to react and hit the deer.
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I'm new at this bike thing, the last time I was on one was when I was a kid! Just got out of college, and this working in an office thing is for the birds- I gotta find some way to get outdoors a little in the evenings and on the weekends. Enter my decision to get a MTB and ride. Still looking around to decide what to get, but the choices are getting narrower and narrower with every one I ride.
I'm a total bike n00b, but I am ready to learn, so hit me with your best shot (informationally speaking), and I will love you for it.
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Emanuel "Manny" Genn, Einstein's former associate dean for finance and administration, and his wife Myra have established an endowment to support professional staff development at the College of Medicine. The Genn Prize, as this generous $100,000 gift will be known, provides financial assistance for the professional and career development of Einstein's career managers and administrators. The award's goal is to aid in developing skills, knowledge and other qualities that prepare career staff employees for career growth within the College of Medicine.
"Manny spent more than 36 years working tirelessly for the overall improvement and success of Einstein. We have seen firsthand how his professional commitment enhanced the learning and research environment at the College of Medicine," said Yvonne Ramirez, chief human resources officer at Yeshiva University and Einstein. "While here, Manny sought new and innovative methods for improving operations and administrative structures, often looking externally to identify ways in which to solve problems or develop solutions for new initiatives. The Genn Prize is an extension of Manny's commitment to Einstein, assuring its excellence going forward."
The Genn Prize will be awarded annually to a management staff employee who has demonstrated outstanding performance and commitment in improving the College of Medicine. To learn more about the prize, the level of support it will provide for professional development and how to apply, please visit the human resources website.
Einstein Reports on Competency Based Admissions
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Dr. Brian Currie Announces Retirement
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iPad 2: Gold History Edition July 27, 2011 5:44 PM
Between the systems, the accessories and the games themselves, gaming is a pretty pricey pastime. Most gamers are looking for bargains - but you won't find any here. Hope you saved up some gold coins, because if you plan on picking up any of these outrageously priced game goodies, you're gonna need 'em.


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Could Our Dog Be Jealous of the Baby?
We are having a baby soon, and I'm worried about our dog and if he might get jealous of this new family member?
We are having a baby soon, and I'm worried about our dog and if he might get jealous of this new family member?
Many new fathers -- not all, to be sure -- love their children enormously, but from a safe distance. We all know that it's important for a dad to help with the baby. But how do you accomplish that, especially if his idea of childcare is putting her in a motorized swing while he watches Sportscenter?
Most parents find a baby carrier to be invaluable during the first year of their baby's life. There are many types and styles to choose from. The different types of baby carriers fall into three main categories: slings, front packs and backpacks. Elizabeth helps you decide which is best for you and your baby.
The family bed, co-sleeping, shared sleep -- no matter what you call it, it means that your baby sleeps with you, or very close to you. The family bed is becoming more and more common (or perhaps it's always been common but more people are now talking about it.) There are as many different styles of family beds as there are families! Here are a few of the typical sleeping arrangements:
You've no doubt seen all the scary statistics on the costs of raising children -- numbers that may very well have you second-guessing your decision to toss your birth control pills in the trash! Starting a family doesn't have to lead to financial ruin. There are plenty of practical steps you can take to minimize the impact on your family's budget. Here are a few ideas.


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Batista Accepts ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, Lana Threatens Lesnar Again, Foley Comments
by Amish Patel - August 18, 2014
– Mick Foley is another Legend that had praise for the Brock Lesnar vs. John Cena WWE World Heavyweight Title match at SummerSlam. Foley tweeted:
"#Powerful #Memorable #CenavsLesnar #SummerSlam. The most impressive, dominant @WWE title win I've ever seen."
– Lana has once again made a threat to Lesnar on behalf of Rusev. She tweeted the following after his win last night:
"Congrats @HeymanHustle & @BrockLesnar for winning World Heavy Weight championship title. It will make it more fun to #CRUSH you! #SummerSlam"
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Christina, making her eighth Broncos Cheerleaders squad, has set a team record.
An inside look at Sunday night's finals for the 2016 Denver Broncos Cheerleaders.
Denver Broncos Cheerleader Christina set a team record Sunday night when she was tabbed for the squad for an eighth straight season.
Take an exclusive look at the first day of auditions for the 2016 Denver Broncos Cheerleaders.
The Broncos Cheerleaders will select their 2016 squad with a series of auditions over the next two weeks, finishing with a finals competition open to the public.
The Broncos Cheerleaders spent the day on Sit-Skis with the National Sport Center for the Disabled at Winter Park, CO
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Ripoux Contre Ripoux
|Release Date: September 24, 1997
|Running Time: 107 mins.
|MPAA Rating: None
|Genre: Comedy, Sequel
Philippe Noiret
Thierry Lhermitte
Grace DeCapitani
Line Renaud
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Summary:Rene is a cynical veteran of the Montmartre police department with a belief that everyone is guilty of something. He'll also take payoffs from anyone, including criminals in exchange for their freedom. His young partner, Francois, has begun to share Rene's less than upstanding practices, but really enjoys being a cop and hopes to someday become lieutenant. Everything is running smoothly until, one day, Rene and Francois perform a good deed. Responding to a robbery alarm, Rene anticipates the thief's route, and the culprit runs right into the detective's arms. Rene is prepared, as usual, to split the loot 50-50 with Francois and free the thief. But Francois insists on returning the cash. He r... Full Summary >>


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The festival is always looking for arts and crafts vendors with international fare and diverse cultural offerings to participate. More consideration will be given to crafters selling hand-made, unique, or unusual items. Participating vendors are required to commit to staying through the entirety of the festival. Thank you for your interest in the Mid-Ohio Valley Multi-Cultural Festival!
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Back in late 2004, an author named Xavier2 made this mod called [i]InSidious Plot[/i]. It was an added storyline for the first [i]Knights of the Old Republic[/i] game. The coolest feature was the
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altered robe model that the author did. He got Prime to do the skins for the new model and all of a sudden you had some new robes that looks very much like the prequel style tunics you saw in the Prequel Trilogy. The mod was lost when PCGM went offline for good. I talked to Prime on MSN about restoring at least the robe part of the mod and not only did he have plans for that, but he decided to make a huge robe mod out of it. It took a couple of months, but Prime was able to do it and now we got ourselves a realistic looking robe mod out there that really puts the BioWare style of robes to shame. This mod gives the male characters 23 new robes to use. Some of the textures will resemble robes seen in the movies such as Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi, and Mace Windu. There will be others robe textures that made brief Prequel appearances and there also are some original looking custom ones that the author came up with on his own. The author added some new UTI files for some of the new robes to make sure all 23 had support. Some you will get through game play while others you will have to use the cheat console. Prime has made sure that there is a very detailed readme file so you will know how to get access to them. Keep in mind that since the model was made for male characters only. Since Xavier2 only made a male version of the model and it was back in 2004, don't expect a female version to be made. Enjoy these sweet looking robes! :D [b]Note:[/b] Please leave the author feedback, especially if you download this mod and use it. It really helps encourage the author to make more mods in the future. -Shem
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Placer County's GOP Central Committee leader upbeat after election loss
By: Gus Thomson, Journal Staff Writer
Tom Hudson, Placer County Republican Central Committee chairman since early 2007, received his pink slip from voters during last week's primary – finishing last in District 4's election. Hudson, who will stay at his post until January, remains buoyant after the defeat, saying the loss has more to do with an anti-incumbency movement and his placement at the bottom of the ballot. Hudson added that his chances for reelection representing Roseville's District 1 on the Republican central committee were also hurt by a ruling from election authorities. That ruling required him to describe himself as a "tax attorney" in election documents when his actual job title is senior tax counsel, he said. On the other end of the ballot, former GOP Central Committee chairman Ken Campbell topped the polls in the Lincoln area's District 2 voting. Campbell said Tuesday that he was targeted in a slate campaign organized and led by Hudson, George Park Jr., another defeated central committee member, and Aaron Park, who won a return seat on the committee in Lincoln. But a movement by Tea Party activists unhappy with the established GOP central committee leadership proved strong enough to bring down both Hudson and George Park Jr., he said. Campbell stepped down as chairman in 2005 but remained on the central committee as a member. There has been lack of goal setting on key party growth mechanisms like voter registration and volunteer recruitment during Hudson's term, he said. "That's what we previously hung our hat on," Campbell said. "Tom doesn't have goals." Campbell said that the GOP remains strong in Placer County because the county has an entrenched conservative base. But leadership has been weak without stronger efforts to recruit and get out the vote, he said. Despite his own personal defeat, Hudson said the Republican Party in Placer County and the central committee will remain strong. "We're going to have the most conservative Republican activist committee in many years," Hudson said. Central committees provide leadership for parties on candidates and issues, while serving as organizational bases for campaigns within counties. Placer County's GOP Central Committee has 27 members – 21 who are elected and six others representing two state Senate districts, three Assembly districts and the 4th Congressional District. Hudson's Roseville district, six candidates vied for four positions. Hudson and another incumbent, Carole Vaillancourt, were ousted, according to a preliminary vote count from the county. The final count – including absentee ballots turned in at the polls – is expected in about a week. Republican voters elected incumbents Phil Ozenick, James D'Orso and newcomers Cheryl Bly-Chester and Jeffrey Allen. D'Orso and Allen joined Hudson on the slate, which earned the endorsement of the California Republican Assembly and Placer County Republican Assembly. District 4's Republican Assembly-supported slate was made up of Aaron Park, Ed Rowen, Angelo Andriani, David Patterson, Kathy Arts and Bob Backus. Campbell and Rowen were the only incumbents elected while Bob Backus, Patterson and Arts were voted out. The District 4 slate comprised George Park, Jeffrey Atteberry, Lynn Kyme and Joseph Dorr. Dorr, June Moore, Incumbents Atteberry and Dorr were elected with newcomers Moore and Karen England, while incumbents Kyme and George Park were not. Park finished last in the election. Bill Kirby, a GOP member and Auburn city councilman, said Hudson's removal by voters was an important step in improving the party leadership. "They could put a rabid dog in and it would do a better job," Kirby said. "What's needed is a Barry Goldwater-style of Republicanism, not rightwing social-conservative lunatics. We need fiscal conservatives who are socially and environmentally responsible."


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Purchase tix in advance for London attractions? / Bike tour
Four of us will be traveling to London April 1-7. Good idea to purchase tickets before we leave home for Tower, Parliament (Sat. tour), St. Paul's, Windsor, Hampton Court, etc.?? I like the fact the Tower tickets are good for seven days from date...but others will pigeon-hole us. I just wasn't sure how busy these sites will be since not summer (realizing Monday is a bank holiday). Also, thinking of doing a Fat Tire Bike tour on Monday to give us an overview of London, especially since thought many sites will be packed. Thoughts? Thanks! First time to London!


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Poll: No Buyer's Remorse In ColoradoFebruary 25, 2015
Nearly six out of ten Coloradans say that they support keeping retail marijuana production and sales legal, according to statewide polling data released by Quinnipiac University.
The figure is a five percent increase in support since voters approved the law in November 2012. A September 2014 statewide NBC News/Marist College poll previously reported that 55 percent of Coloradoans favored the law.
Men and younger voters were most likely to support legalization. Voters ages 18 to 34 overwhelmingly favored state law (86 percent to 16 percent) while 50 percent of those ages 55 and older opposed it.
Male voters supported the legalization by a margin of 63 percent to 33 percent, while women only favored the law by a margin of 53 percent to 44 percent.
The gender and age differences in support are not surprising. A just-published study in the February issue of the journal Drug Abuse and Alcohol Dependence reports that women are twice as likely as men to perceive significant risks associated with the use of cannabis. The study reported that those least likely to perceive significant harms associated with cannabis are those between the ages of 18 to 25, those who have completed high-school and/or college, and those with annual household incomes exceeding $75,000.
According to newly released figures by the Colorado Department of Revenue, retail sales of marijuana totaled just under $700 million in Colorado in 2014 – the first full year during which sales of marijuana for both medical and recreational purposes were allowed.
Who and Where: America's Ever-Growing Marijuana IndustryNovember 19, 2014
Last week in conjunction with the well attended Marijuana Business Conference & Expo was the launch of a new business-centric webpage created to highlight the women and men of America's nascent cannabis industry, as well as to foster needed B2B relationships and 'best of industry' practices among the many thousands of new cannabis-related businesses that have been founded in the last five years.
CannabisBusinessExecutive's launch demonstrates a basic and continuing need by cannabis entrepreneurs for community and kinship in the fast growing and challenging new domestic cannabis industry, notably in the states of Alaska, Colorado, Oregon and Washington (where voters since 2012 have approved binding ballot initiatives replacing failed cannabis prohibition policies in favor of tax-n-regulate policies that look similar to existing alcohol policies).
Of note regarding CannabisBusinessExecutive's unique content are three of it's main features:
Additionally, for citizens interested in cannabis-related business news and investing opportunities, other excellent sources include:
For the doubting Thomas that cannabis legalization is not gaining more and more cultural and commercial cachet in America (and the world), look no further than to the major corporate cannabis branding announcement EXCLUSIVE made yesterday morning on The Today Show during the show's prime time (7:35AM).
Because Women Are NORML Too – Part IIOctober 29, 2013
"There's an air of cognitive dissonance about it, that a woman, especially a nurturing, professional woman, could both smoke pot and not be Jim Breuer in Half Baked was, to many, a revelation." Emily Dufton, The Atlantic (10/28/13)
Emily Dufton does an excellent job identifying the cultural challenges and social setbacks that are experienced by female cannabis consumers on a regular basis. The issue of women and weed has become a hot topic recently, and being on the forefront of this push for female engagement has been nothing short of fascinating. The emergence of independent, mainstream professional women becoming more outspoken about their cannabis use has prominently challenged traditional stereotypes, and started the long-overdue process of reframing gender norms. As marijuana goes mainstream, its cultural connotations will continue to evolve. In return, more women will feel comfortable coming out of the cannabis closet.
A little over 4 years ago, I wrote an aptly named blog; Because Women are NORML Too, in response to the overwhelming interest to Marie Claire's famous Stiletto Stoners article. In that post, I noted, "The normalization of recreational cannabis consumption is not just happening with men, which is what most people think of when they think of pot smokers. Women, who are not necessarily left out of the movement, are rarely recognized as a major demographic that is essential for the reform effort to push forward in a truly legitimate fashion." It's amazing to see how far we've come.
Since then, there has been a major effort on behalf of NORML and the movement to identify and close the gender gap. Reformers are acutely aware that in order to succeed in ending blanket prohibition, female outreach has to be a key component to their advocacy work. Women, a significant demographic were largely responsible for bringing down California's Proposition 19, but were also a key factor in the passage of Washington and Colorado's legalization initiatives in 2012. In fact, campaigners in Colorado and Washington spent a significant amount of time and resources cultivating the female vote. Though a gender gap still exists nationwide, it is shrinking, fast.
While great strides have been made culturally and politically, there still remains a great deal of curiosity and intrigue surrounding female cannabis consumers. Many want to know, who are these women who smoke pot? Why do we smoke pot? Is it because we are sick or in pain, need a crutch or because we simply want to relax with a substance that has less side effects than alcohol? Why don't more of us speak out about it? Why aren't there more women leading the fight? Can a responsible mom still smoke pot? It's truly amazing how a single chromosome can alter the entire construct and perception of a certain behavior. One can write volumes on each of these questions, but the interest clearly comes from the disconnect of deeply rooted gender norms regarding women, intoxication, and our various roles in society. Many of these abstract components have been mulled over time and again by different authors and publications. But if we look at our current policies, some of these questions are answered in very real terms.
For example, a mother who chooses to unwind with a joint after her child has gone to bed is no more a danger to her child than one who chooses a glass of wine. Yet, our laws say otherwise. A mother who smokes pot is in constant danger of losing her children because child protective services maintain the false presumption that this behavior (or the mere presence of pot) poses a threat to the child's safety. This is just one example of how the culmination traditional gender norms and our current marijuana policies play a real and tragic role in our society. The proliferation of government agencies across the country removing children from safe, loving homes for the mere fact that a parent is a cannabis consumer, even in states with a legal medical marijuana program, or where marijuana possession is no longer a criminal offense is not just an abstract discussion, but a tangible, legal issue that requires immediate attention and an expedited solution. Support for marijuana legalization is higher than ever before, and as the political winds change, so too will the scope of the marijuana culture. Women, and our relationship with marijuana will have political and social implications for years to come, and it is therefore up to us to make sure we take a leading role in defining what those outcomes will be.
Fox News Poll: Nationwide Support For Medical Marijuana Legalization At All Time HighMay 1, 2013
Nearly nine out of ten Americans — including 80 percent of self-identified Republicans — now say that marijuana should be legal if its use is permitted by a physician, according to nationwide Fox News telephone poll of 1,010 registered voters. The poll, released today, was conducted by under the direction of Anderson Robbins Research (D) and Shaw & Company Research (R) and possesses margin of sampling error of ± 3 percentage points.
According to the poll, 85 percent of voters agree that adults ought to be allowed to use cannabis for therapeutic purposes if a physician authorizes it. The total marked an increase in support of four percent since Fox last polled the question in 2010 and is the highest level of public support for the issue ever reported in a scientific poll.
Although respondents were divided on whether they believed that "most people who smoke medical marijuana truly need it," the overwhelming majority of voters nonetheless agreed that consuming the plant should be legal if a doctor permits it.
To date, eighteen states and Washington, DC have enacted laws authorizing the physician-supervised use of cannabis therapy. Medical cannabis legalization measures are presently pending in a number of additional state legislatures, including Illinois, New Hampshire, and New York.
Voters in the Fox News poll were less supportive of the notion of legalizing the non-medical consumption of marijuana. The poll reported that only 46 percent of voters favored broader legalization, while 49 percent of respondents opposed the idea. Self-identified Democrats (57 percent) were far more likely to support legalizing cannabis than Republicans (33 percent) or Independents (47 percent). Men (51 percent) were more likely to support legalization than were women (41 percent). Those age 35 or under were most likely (62 percent) to back legalization while those age 65 and older were least likely (31 percent) to be supportive.
By contrast, in recent months national polls by The Pew Research Center, YouGov.com, Quinnipiac University, and Public Policy Polling have reported majority public support for legalizing and regulating the adult use of cannabis.
Despite the overwhelming public support for medical marijuana law reform, legislation in Congress to amend federal law to allow for its use it states which permit it — House Bill 689, the States' Medical Marijuana Patient Protection Act — only possess 16 co-sponsors (less than four percent of the entire US House of Representatives). The bill has been referred to both the House Energy and Commerce Committee, Subcommittee on Health and to the House Judiciary, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations — neither of which have scheduled the bill for a public hearing.
Teen Pot Use Stalls as States Continue to Regulate UseDecember 20, 2012
Despite several attempts by the media and policy makers to associate the rising number of state regulated medical marijuana programs (and popular legalization efforts) with a rise in use and a drop in associated risk, the 2012 Monitoring the Future Survey reports that there was no rise in daily or annual marijuana use among teens. According to the report, "annual marijuana use [among 8th, 10th and 12th graders] showed no further increase in any of the three grades surveyed in 2012… [And the] daily use of marijuana…remained essentially flat." Also of note, despite the sharp decline in perceived risk of marijuana use across all three grades, there was a statistically significant decline of use among 8th graders. These numbers are consistent with other recent studies showing that states with regulated marijuana programs have not seen an increase in teen use. Some have even seen a decrease in pot use among their youth population.
"This study suggests that exposure among teens to the concept of marijuana regulation policies (one third of whom live in such states) does not cause an increase in use. It is also important to consider that a drop in perceived risk is likely associated with their rejection of the overzealous scare tactics used in most schools' drug education programs" said Sabrina Fendrick, Director of Women's Outreach.
It is important to note, however, that marijuana use rates and availability nationwide remain at relatively high levels, while alcohol use rates remain historically low. This is most likely due to the fact that the former is illegal and thereby not subject to government controls, while the latter substance is legally restricted to adults only. The same goes for tobacco. We did not have to outlaw cigarettes to reduce the use among minors. A policy of education and regulation (not prohibition) has created an environment in which cigarette usage has fallen to an all time low. According to the principal investigator of the study, Lloyd Johnston, "[A] lowering teen smoking rates…likely…depend[s] on…changes such as raising cigarette taxes, further limiting where smoking is permitted, bringing back broad-based anti-smoking ad campaigns, and making quit-smoking programs more available." It has been proven that age restrictions, coupled with the imposition of government regulation and education are the most effective at reducing youth access to adult-only recreational substances. According to the 2011 MFS report, the drop in alcohol use can be attributed to a strict regulation scheme that include educational campaigns focusing on responsible use and age restrictions which, in turn, lowers availability.
The report concluded; "In the 1980's a number of states raised their minimum drinking age to twenty-one, which these researches were able to demonstrate reduced drinking." It goes on to say "the proportion of 8th and 10th graders who say they could get alcohol 'fairly easily' or 'very easily' had been declining since 1996 and continued to drop in all three grades in 2011. Various other factors of likely importance include…higher beer taxes and restrictions on alcohol promotion to youth." The 2012 survey reported that again, "there was no increase in perceived availability of alcohol."
One can therefore conclude that the only sensible answer to restricting marijuana access to [as well as use among] minors is through state and local government regulation and a message of moderation.


text: In celebration of National School Nurse Day on May 12, the California School Nurse Organization commends school nurses throughout our state for their numerous efforts to help keep kids healthy and ready to learn. As part of those efforts, California school nurses have joined the National Association of School Nurses' Voices of Meningitis campaign to raise awareness of the dangers of meningococcal disease and importance of vaccination in our communities. Although rare, meningococcal disease is a serious bacterial infection that can cause meningitis and take the life of a child in a single day. Health officials recommend vaccination for preteens and teens aged 11-18 and college freshmen living in dormitories. Yet, only 48 percent of teens aged 13-17 in California received the recommended meningococcal vaccine, which is why the California School Nurse Organization has committed to raising awareness among our community. Parents with children who have not yet been immunized against meningococcal disease should schedule a vaccination appointment as soon as possible. School nurses are on the front line with students every day and National School Nurse Day is an opportunity to recognize all the contributions school nurses make to improve the health and success of our state's children. Heidi Roome, School Nurse Folsom Cordova Unified School District Sacramento, CA


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Each year our group of 50 industry experts select the ten best indie games in regard to gameplay and overall fun-factor.
The results are in and the 2015 PAX 10 have been announced. Check them out!
Oh no! Princess Adeline has been kidnapped by Queen DeRezzia! The only one able to stand up to her is a single pixel hero named Pip!
Adventures of Pip revitalizes the classic side-scrolling action platform genre. Pip—the ultimate digital underdog – is a lowly single pixel in a 32-bit world who proves that you can't judge a hero by the fidelity of his shaders!
During the game, Pip gains the ability to evolve and grow by absorbing pixels from his fallen foes. Those same pixels can then be used to blast through environment puzzles and enemies, devolving Pip back to a single pixel.
Players will explore five stylized worlds and experience up to 10 hours of epic adventure saving Pip's village from the evil Queen DeRezzia.
Inspired by classic platformers, Adventures of Pip basks in a world where players can defeat a huge 32-bit boss as a single pixel or even as an 8-bit character.
With three different forms, evolve and devolve Pip to solve puzzles and defeat enemies; each with their own weakness and strength that must be unraveled throughout the campaign.
Assault Android Cactus is an arena style twin stick shooter with one to four player local co-op, combining arcade style bullet hell with screen-fulls of enemies, transforming environments and a colorful cast of synthetic heroines.
Junior Constable Cactus is outside her pay grade when she answers a distress call and finds herself stranded on a crippled space freighter under attack by it's own robot workers. But Cactus doesn't know the meaning of impossible so with help from a few fellow androids she conscripts along the way, she will save the ship or run down her battery trying!
Using a battery timer mechanic in place of lives, Assault Android Cactus is built around high speed gameplay and skillful chaining of enemy kills. Set across five decks of a massive spaceship, robot opponents slash, shoot, launch missiles from their backs, fire screen sweeping lasers and spawn new enemies to attack, while the giant enemy bosses fight with everything they've got across multiple phases.
Play as a magical chef! Hunt monsters and cook them into exquisite dishes to wow the judges and crush your opponents!
Trapped in darkness, you must use visualized sound to guide your way through threatening environments. The sounds you create will bounce off obstacles revealing the shape of the surrounding world. It won't be long before your only way of sensing the world attracts a horrifying evil that devours both sound and souls.
Darkest Dungeon is a challenging gothic roguelike turn-based RPG about the psychological stresses of adventuring. Recruit, train, and lead a team of flawed heroes through twisted forests, forgotten warrens, ruined crypts, and beyond. Along the way, you'll battle not only unimaginable foes, but stress, famine, disease, and the ever-encroaching dark.
The game features the signature Affliction System, a striking hand-drawn gothic art style, innovative turn-based combat, and meaningful decisions with lasting consequences.
Can you stem the tide of eldritch horrors erupting across your family's ancestral estate?
From Light is a 2D puzzle platformer where the player must use mechanics based on long-exposure photography to guide a fallen star back to the moon.
Grapple is a 3D puzzle platformer. You can fling, swing and climb across everything in Grapple. Different surfaces react uniquely to your gooball. Grapple is as fast paced as you want to play it. With multiple checkpoints and unlimited lives your skill is the only thing slowing you down.
Ninja Tag is a murderous local multiplayer stealth game where up to 4 ninjas have to rely on trickery and deceit to be the last one standing. Blending single screen hidden information with lightning-fast twitch actions, Ninja Tag is a yell-inducing ninja brawler where being within elbow distance to your friends is more than encouraged!
Be efficient and sneak like a pro, only the ones that can swiftly outsmart their friends right under their noses will be crowned as the ninjaest ninja!
Tumblestone is a casual puzzle and competitive multiplayer game from the creators of The Bridge. Tumblestone's beautiful, hand-drawn artwork will captivate you while the maddeningly addictive gameplay will keep you playing "just one more round" with your friends. At first glance Tumblestone may resemble other Match-3 games, but it completely reinvents the genre into a deep and cerebral puzzle solving experience that you won't forget.
Cube friends fight in a stunningly stylish voxel world for glory, bragging rights, and tomato rights. Zarvot is a local multiplayer shooty game where players fight each other on a huge variety of destructible levels.
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Israeli Refusal to Yield Control of West Bank Water Forces Deferral of Issue
Collins, Frank, Washington Report on Middle East Affairs
Israeli Refusal to Yield Control of West Bank Water Forces Deferral of Issue
By Frank Collins
The unyielding Israeli position on water very quickly led to one of the initial deadlocks in the conference on the extension of limited Palestinian autonomy in the West Bank beyond the Jericho area. The Israeli edict delivered at the conference, "Any increases in water supply for Palestinians are not to come out of the Israeli share of the water," only hardened the deadlock. The Palestinians could by no means accept that condition.
The 1995 negotiations, dubbed "Oslo II," were to reach agreement on the conditions of the Palestinian autonomy for the remainder of the five-year interim period provided for in the Oslo Declaration of Principles (DOP). The West Bank water issue generally was acknowledged to be the most intractable, next to Hebron, of the more than two dozen major issues under negotiation in Oslo II.
More than a year after the signing of the Cairo agreement implementing Palestinian autonomy in the Gaza Strip and the Jericho area, the protracted negotiations were concluded with the signing of Oslo II on Sept. 28 in Washington, DC.
To get around the failure of the negotiations on the management of West Bank water during the interim period, the Israelis insisted that further negotiations on the question be abandoned and the subject be pushed over into the final status negotiations. Therefore, any agreements reached would not take effect until after the five-year interim period is over. In conformity with the provisions of the Oslo Declaration of Principles of Peace, the final status negotiations will begin no later than May 1996. There is little likelihood that an earlier start will be made on them in view of the glacial rate of the most recent ones.
Elimination of the water question from the Oslo II negotiations means that the status quo now will continue for another four years. That status quo of limited and diminishing water rations for Palestinians in the West Bank constitutes an almost intolerable situation.
Recognizing the seriousness of the Palestinian water crisis, the Israeli negotiators offered to raise the Palestinian allotment by 28 million cubic meters (25 percent) but only over a four-year period, with the major increments to take place only in the third and fourth years. This will do little to remedy the immediate water shortages. It is not clear where this water is to come from in view of the Israeli refusal to grant water increases to the Palestinians out of Israel's current supplies. Most likely is an Israeli plan to develop the eastern aquifer in the West Bank running down into the Jordan valley and not yet fully pumped. The time required to develop this aquifer would account for the delay in offering the Palestinians the promised increase of 25 percent.
Immediately after their 1967 conquest of the West Bank and Gaza, Israeli military occupation authorities issued orders to the effect that no new wells were to be drilled to supply water to the Palestinian population. All new wells drilled in the ensuing 28 years provide water only for Israel and for the Jewish settlements in the West Bank.
Israeli wells have proliferated to the point that 80 percent of the water pumped from West Bank acquifers now is diverted to Israeli usage, reducing the Palestinian portion to only 20 percent. The total pumping rate has reached the maximum, or average annual rainfall replacement rate of the aquifer, and is possibly beyond the safe point, given the highly variable rainfall of this semi-desert region.
The drilling of new and deeper wells by the Israelis has diminished the output of the Palestinian wells. Many of the latter have dried up completely because Israeli authorities will not issue permits to deepen them, even where the water table has dropped. The water from the remaining wells now has to serve the needs of a vastly increased Palestinian population.
When the drilling of new wells by the Palestinians was forbidden at the beginning of the military occupation, West Bank population was 940,000 (World Bank figures based on the Israeli census taken immediately after the conquest). …


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Ramon Ramirez has this week's cover story with a lengthy profile of Fat Trel, D.C.'s fastest-rising hip-hop star. Michael J. West leads the arts section with a look into The Enterprise jazz club's somewhat bizarre lawsuit against its landlord. Lydia DePillis reviews Freedom's Cap, Guy Gugliotta's book chronicling the design and construction of the U.S. Capitol, and the political arguments that nearly derailed the project. Tricia Olszewski reviews Jeff, Who Lives at Home, an uneven departure from the mumblecore genre that gets plenty right, and 21 Jump Street, a useless comedic remake of the early-'90s police procedural. Rebecca J. Ritzel reviews Keegan Theatre's Twelve Angry Men, but only has kind words for 10 of them. And in One Track Mind, Steve Kiviat talks with Ivorian-American combo Zieti about its new album.


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Saucony x David Z. "Run Away" Pack
David Z's resident buyer Ronnie Fieg used the Saucony Courageous to design the Run Away pack that will be limited to 144 pairs per colorway. It will be exclusively available at the David Z. flagship store as well as 24 pairs allocated for Davidz.com. Ronnie created the "Run Away" theme so Saucony can take these designs and run away from their normalcy, they were created for sneaker heads to take a second look at Saucony as a brand and help give respect to a company with a strong history and renowned heritage.
Features on both sneakers include different kinds of premium leathers, embroideries, sprinkled mid sole and more. You can expect more sneaker boutiques to collaborate with Saucony this year, just a heads up already.
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Pentagon Scandals Mentioned in Nigeran Scam Emails Are True
The "Nigerian" get-rich-quick emails are comically fake. But the Pentagon's lost, stolen, and squandered money is very real.
This story first appeared on the TomDispatch website.
Note to Readers: Who hasn't received one—or 100—of those "Nigerian" letters offering you, in florid prose, millions of potential dollars and with nary a catch in sight? But who knew that the highest officials in Washington have been receiving them as well—and from our war zones rather than Africa.
We investigated each of the letters that follow and now believe that Hamid Karzai, the Afghan president, was never trapped in a Kabul airport bathroom, that "Iraqi parliamentarian" Sami Malouf does not exist, and that the letter writer who calls herself Serena Massoud could not be the lost granddaughter of the Afghan leader Ahmad Shah Massoud whom al-Qaeda operatives assassinated two days before the 9/11 attacks. Curiously enough, however, all the Washington or Pentagon scandals the letter writers mention involving lost, squandered, or stolen money turn out to be perfectly real. In fact, they represent one of the true scams of our time.
Below, then, are three of the letters we have chosen as representative from the enormous archive that ScamiLeaks will soon release to the world. We have touched none of them, not even to correct various obvious grammatical errors and misspellings. We have only added a small number of links not in the originals, so that readers can explore the corruption scandals the letter writers refer to. We do not know whether any of the Washington officials addressed responded to these letters or were taken in by them (as they evidently were by scam after scam in our war zones these last ten years).
Whatever you make of the three letters below, consider them collectively a little parable about the fallout from our now decade-old set of wars in the Greater Middle East.
To My Closest of Friends President and Professor Barack Obama,
I send this missive to you with deepest urgency. My embarrassment at importuning you in any way in your busy life is beyond expression. Please excuse my rushedness, but I, your friend and associate, Hamid Karzai, President of Afghanistan, have lost my wallet, passport, and Kabul Bank deposit book in the men's room of Kabul International Airport.
It is to my dismay to discover, in addition, that the $31 billion in small bills I had secured within the sleeves of my chapan, thanks to your most generous heart and the reconstruction abilities of the American contractor, is now gone as well. Without it, I cannot return to the presidential palace.
Please let me ask whether you can at moment soonest respond at this email address and let me know that you are willing to deposit a new $33 billion in the Kabul Bank for me. I will then, of course, provide you with the necessary account numbers and transmission information. (Lest you would think me in any way dishonest, my dear friend, I hasten to point out that Kabul Bank is the shining light of Afghan Banking and the extra $2 billion above and beyond the lost $31 billion, are deeply necessary if I am to present alms on my way from the airport to the Palace.)
As we are the closest of companions, I reassure you immediately and in no uncertain terms that this money of yours, a mere pittance compared to what is surely available to the President of the United States, is Absolutely Safe in the Kabul Bank (whose small troubles will soon be straightened out) and will in no way be lost to you. If you remit the said sum to me with all due speed, I will return it to you with $2 billion in interest within the month. You have my sincerest promise of that.
Act with great haste, my erstwhile companion!
Your Friend and Associate in Need,
Hamid Karzai, President of Afghanistan
Attention: Secretary of the Treasury Timothy Gythner, Washington CD
From: Barrister Hammad al-Saad, First Assistant and Secretary to Parliamentarian Sami Malouf, Baghdad, Iraq
With due respect, Good News!
Thanks to a dead business associate who lacks all heirs, an accountant for my lawerly firm, Al-Azawi & Sons, has discovered an abandoned sum of $6.6 billion (SIX BILLION SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS) in US bills in a deserted warehouse on the outskirts of Baghdad owned by said dead associate. They are all shrink-wrapped $100 (ONE HUNDRED DOLLAR) bills with your Benjamin on the front cover. No one has claimed this money.
It has come to our attention that one of your Predecessors also lost $6.6 billion (SIX BILLION SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS) in shrink-wrapped $100 (ONE HUNDRD DOLLAR) bills with same Benjamin on cover, which were shipped to my country by C-130 cargo plane in 2003. In the discrepitude of Iraq at that moment, such a misplacement is not strange.
However, your loss of such moneys must weigh deeply on you. We wish to alleviate that weight and return to you the rightful sums. This can happen almost immediately. In order to ship Benjamin to you, we must, of course, avoid Iraqi customs, which is sorrowfully corrupt.
To do this we need a few small fees from you, esteemed Gythner, to grease other palms with friendship and hire such a plane as to return your sums. I, Barrister Hammad Al-Saad, will personally fly this money to you. This is 100% (ONE HUNDRED PERCENT) risk free!
Do not worry. You are in our thoughts momentarily. Please contact us to firm up details and to exchange pleasantries on necessary fees!
Yours Most Fully Sincerely and Honorably,
Hammad Al-Saad
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Karols 1 million dollars?
Hey everyone, i know someone asked a similar question before but i didnt quite understand it. I wanted to ask, when you give Karol the 1 million dollars, are ALL CARS, ALL PARTS for free and you can get them UNLIMITED times for free (up to the maximium garage space of 30 cars)?
Also, at what percentage do you get Karols phone call for this? I know its straight after the city champ, just wanted to know what percentage KAROL rings you up at!?
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Thanks alot rx54!!
That was a very detailed answer thank you, it was exactly what i was looking for!
Anyone else have some input ontop of the post above? Like for example, does anyone have the exact percentage in which you vs Booke for city champ and when this situation appears?
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All the cars and All the parts are free, to put it this way, it is IMPOSSIBLE to spend a penny in the garages once you do the deal with Karol, you can have 30 lamborghinis if you want. I believe you get to beat Booke at around %68-&75 (Not Very Accurate) The easiest way to get the 1 mil is to sell all your cars buy the Kawasaki Ninja and max it out in the performance and go to the hills (Very easy races, little traffic) do the Wager races on the hardest difficulty which will get you $21,000+ (Note that if you have a Murcielago or a Saleen S7, Ford GT etc. you will get quite amount of money PLUS the money you already have). For Example when i sold all my supercars i had $800,000+ and i just did Wager Races in the hills on the Kawasaki Ninja until i had the 1 mil
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Excerpted from my book Her Unwelcome Inheritance, a story about Faerie, going off to school, family tensions, and what to do when people you respect reveal that they believe in something absurd and impossible.
She was burning
Burning behind walls of ice
Grey was on her lips, on her bare throat, on her exposed arms. Her eyes were glassy, the pupils fallen as if grown weary of staring straight ahead, and had, as the centuries passed, slid imperceptibly downward.
Her hands rested in her lap, grey with grey nails. Nothing set her apart from the hundreds on hundreds of other figures sitting in that crowded room, grey and still, clad in clothes deteriorated to hints of ancient splendor in all that room only the gold shone unmuted beneath a fine breading of dust. They sat, row upon row, rank succeeding rank, gazing into the dark recession of the vast unlit room before them, empty eyes reflecting an empty future. Chairs devoid of occupants stretched on into the shadows before her, testament to an aborted legacy.
Nothing set her apart, save that she was foremost in the room, most forward-facing in a long hall peopled with forward-facing figures, entombed in silence. No-one would come to sit beside her.
But she was not as they, the others she had succeeded, for she was, far within herself in the darkest crack of her innermost being, Awake.
Horribly, inescapably, awake.
Burning behind walls of ice. Trapped in an unmoved, unmoving ark that festered on the still mummifying waters of the Deplorable Word, in which all her world was wrapped, awake amidst a frozen agony so thorough that even the agents of decay had not survived it. Drinker of the draught of living death.
Lilith had foreseen this fate for her descendants, foreseen the slow inevitable implosion of an empire ruled by demonspawn and built by willing slaves seduced away from the daughters of Eve. Lilith had recorded her secret despair during her last days, admitting in the final throws of self-torture the truth of her essential being, and that of her children. And that was how she, She Who Waited, had understood how to defeat her sister's armies, how to rise above the despair of Lilith and so, perhaps, to escape.
Having done all, she was waiting. Nothing else was left to her.
A stirring, a mere glimmer in the antechamber, announced the visitor's arrival. She had minutes, perhaps.
Her heart beat, one cant, an event she normally reserved to mark the melding of one century into another. It flushed the grey first from her lips, then from her hands. She drew breath, one shallow intake, and her bosom swelled with stale air. There was pallor and color now in her cheeks, snow-white and rose-red, beauty to snare a traveler from beyond the stars.
Then the bell sounded, swelling louder and louder in defiance and desecration of the holy stillness, and now she could move. Yet she did not. Her gaze was now directly ahead, in her eyes a betraying hint of life. Behind her, the seated images of her many ancestors did not murmur, or glance, or rustle in answer to the footstep that sounded on the carpeted aisle. It belonged, she felt instinctively, to a man. Her heart beat a second time.
"Arise," intoned the deep masculine voice, its tone accustomed to rulership. He had halted some few paces behind her chair. The sound of his voice brightened her dim and forgotten appetite, ever so slightly, and yet its note of command rankled her more powerfully.
"Come where I can see you," she answered; only her jaw moved.
He stepped into view, boots, riding breeches, dark crimson shirt, long elegant navy coat sweeping from broad shoulders. Fit, aged past prime, short silver hair. Not quite... human. Still out of reach.
Nevertheless, she knew his name; names had always come easily to her. "There is no welcome for you here, James Oberon le Fay, Fifth of that name, Oberon the Dispossessed. There is no welcome in all this world to anyone, unless he prove worthy of my embrace." She shifted position in the chair, knowing her form and figure to be exquisitely alluring under the cobwebs of her gown. Her lips, now purpled and turgid with desire, scarcely moved when she spoke. "For what have you come? Have you descried my beauty from afar in some magic mirror or divining pool?"
"Indeed I have," Oberon replied, that deep voice thrilling her spine. "I have come seeking your counsel."
"And what," she returned, brazenly looking him in the eye and willing him to step nearer, "do you offer me in return for my counsel?"
"Can that not be discussed when the manner of my need is known?"
Oh, but he was beautifully maddening! "It can," she answered. "Then come, Oberon, kneel and kiss my hand, tell me of your errand and receive my blessing." She lifted a limp, elegant hand towards him, displaying the slender muscle of her bare arm, the smooth skin, the fine-boned wrist.
He frowned, slightly; his dark brow compressed imperfectly. "It is not fitting, Lady, that one king should kneel to another. Also, this room with its host of still figures disquiets me. May we not rather walk in the streets above?"
"There is nothing here worth seeing," except me, she said, dully.
"It is my earnest wish, I must insist."
She regarded him with a single eyebrow arched high, in a query implying deserved contempt. But she had to go with him, she knew she had to; what other choice had she?
And so, one image of Jadis, last empress of Charn, rose from its chair in the Hall of Graven Images. And one image of Jadis, last empress of Charn, remained seated in that chair, for she would never be able to truly leave self-bound and self-preserved until the end of Time, the end of all worlds.
"After you, milady," James Oberon murmured, maintaining a polite distance. Her dress swirled about her ankles as she walked the aisle out of the dark.
Above, through the dead open air that seemed to hang like tatters of cobweb ribbons from the sky, air that almost had weight of its own, the huge cool red sun, forever partway down the horizon, gave the impression of an everlasting autumn. The effect was not dispelled by the brown leaves drooping from ragged trees all along the avenue, clinging to their wooden skeletons in the absence of wind or microbe to wear away the stem's fibers.
Around them, as they paced the cobblestones, lay or sat or slumped the dead. Soldiers had died in the middle of a charge, falling over onto their weapons face-first into the dust. Civilians had died while taking shelter behind doors and bits of rubble, slumped over in a heap of limbs. Errand-runners had died, messages undelivered in hand, fallen into the gutters. Horses knelt before halted chariots, their drivers sprawled against the sides of the cars. Here and there birds had died, falling from the sky or from trees to impact on the ground in pitiful little puddles of feathers. A cat had died spread-eagled on a walltop. No note of decay, no movement of rain or wind had been introduced into the endless symphony of unmitigated death.
Her rule of Charn had been, and was, gorgeously absolute.
Except, now, for him.
Oberon paced beside her, surveying the grand silent city without comment, without reaction. His gaze was one of appraisal, that of a man bred to be accustomed to the splendor of imperial cities and palatial monuments, and to the glories of war. He would not ask what had happened.
"My errand, Lady, concerns my need for a skilled medium. There is a question I must ask of a woman who died in my in the world in which I presently live, fifteen years ago."
She crooked an eyebrow at him. "That is a small matter. The dead of all worlds share the same waiting place, and may be called back to any. Are there no mediums in your world?"
Oberon shook his head. "None that have the skill. The woman I seek is not fully human, but part fay."
Jadis nodded. "This I can do for you. What can you do for me?"
Oberon turned to her fiercely, his brown eyes shot with intensity. "Do it, and name your price. I, and my sons, and the sons of my sons, shall be bound to it for a hundred generations if it is within our power."
She led him to the top of a divining tower, its flat cylindrical chamber open to the sky above and to the eight directions, kindled blue fire beneath the stone pool of brackish water that dominated the center of the tower. In the old days, before the Deplorable Word, a thunderhead would have gathered around the tower; now there was nothing to disturb.
Thrusting her left arm up to the elbow into the pool, she began to stir up the cloudy waters, slowly. Faces, the eyes wide and unseeing, coagulated and dispersed. "For whom do I seek?" Jadis asked, her voice cracking in the blue heat.
"For Christina Godfellow," Oberon answered, shielding his face from the scorching heat. "Ask her if she had any children, or siblings, and what their names are."
Jadis murmured into the pool, and the faces darted, one this way, one that, like frightened fish, unwelcome as unnamed.
Hours passed. Oberon slumped against the wall of the tower, faint with dehydration. He drank, sparingly, from a canteen slung beneath his coat. And she stared into the pool, unblinking, calling, calling, always calling. The faces appeared and fled.
"Surely it has been more than a day," Oberon said, breaking the silence, "yet the sun does not move."
Jadis did not look up. "This planet is dead, and no longer turns. Sleep, Oberon."
He slept.
For a hundred days he slept, and all that time she called, and fed the blue fire, but no face appeared to which the name he had named belonged. At last the pool went dark.
"Wake up, Oberon," she commanded curtly. "Christina Godfellow yet lives."
He started up, and seized her hand. "What? You lie! You are sure?"
Jadis shook him off. "She lives, and the waters of death cannot descry her. Where she is now, I cannot say."
"This news is beyond my hope," Oberon answered, swaying against the arch of the tower with his fist clenched to his brow. "What price do you ask?"
She smiled, coquettish, showing her teeth, reaching for his hand. "Stay with me, liege-lord; I desire that you desire me, forever and always."
"Nay Lady, that is not within my power to grant; for I am a king, and my son is not old enough to rule in my stead."
"Then," she said, taking half a step closer, the sweetness of her breath in his nostrils and the passion of her gaze in his eyes, "take me with you. Make me your Queen."
He wavered, troubled, uncertain, half within her power, desperate to surrender. Softly he said, "Lady, I have seen what you did to your world. How could I bring you to mine?" She flushed, dark with anger, and her spell faltered. His expression hinted at pity.
"Then kill me!" She clutched at him now, pressing his fingers between her palms, scarcely knowing who she was or what she did, her voice ragged and terrible and catching in her throat. "Kill me! Draw sword and cut me down, then go to my figure in the Hall of Images and strike the head from its shoulders! Let the trickle of my ashen blood defile that wretched hall." She was on her knees now, gasping, but she had sold her tears long ago. Only one other time had she been awakened by the bell, in eleven thousand years of waiting. Of burning.
"Lady," said Oberon, raising her to her feet, "by what power can your life be ended?"
Wordless, she shook her head. "To discover it, and use it, shall be your price, James Oberon. You, or your sons, or the sons of your sons, unto a hundred generations."
Oberon bowed. "Let it be so."
And she lunged for him, like a viper, teeth bared, hands seeking his throat but he was gone, a shimmer in the eternal afternoon, gone across the eons, gone behind the stars. Jadis stood alone atop the divining tower above the dead streets of Charn, and sat alone in the Hall of Images, beneath the dead streets of Charn. Awake, waiting.
Jadis (excerpt) by MrWoottonWatch
©2012-2016 MrWootton
This was a great scene, very vivid! Quite poignant, too. The whole book is very good indeed.
I'm blown away, and I'd love to get a copy of the book soon.
Good work, keep it up!
Raise your teacup,
Raise your teacup,
Thanks! If you want to read more, follow the link in the description to the facebook page...
Its very much like The Magician's Nephew.
A good thing, I hope?
Its a well written piece of writing and I'd be interested to read the rest it. Your use of words and the images they conjured made this a joy to read.
I liked the expansion on C.S. Lewis' character and world. Is your Oberon any relation to the fairy king?
I liked the expansion on C.S. Lewis' character and world. Is your Oberon any relation to the fairy king?
Thank you! I'm glad it's piqued your interest
If you want more, there's other excerpts posted on the facebook page.
The full novel will be coming out as an ebook though Amazon and Barnes&Noble in a couple months!
If you want more, there's other excerpts posted on the facebook page.
The full novel will be coming out as an ebook though Amazon and Barnes&Noble in a couple months!
I was wondering when I read the title if it had anything to do with Narnia. Congrats on the DD!
I'm always surprised when people don't know/remember the White Witch's name. Oh well, I guess we can't all be nerds, eh?
I thought of Charn the second it mentioned rows of entranced royals... I read the books of Narnia so many times as a kid. XD
Me too! Well spotted.
this is good
Awesome, I love it.
you know, I really didn't expect to like this when I first saw that picture xD and I was a bit rude and even skipped a few words and sentences in the beginning and didnät even plan on finish reading it. Until I actually read a whole sentence and was totally taken by your writing!! Of course I went back to the beginning and read it all again - for real this time. And then again, and again xD
I absolutely love it!!! <3 You are a fantastic writer!
I absolutely love it!!! <3 You are a fantastic writer!
does this take place before or after the events of the chronicles of narnia?
It easy to easily judge this submission as "amateur" upon looking at the picture.
I think you would get far better reception if you removed it.
However, this is certainly not the case after reading the entire thing. In fact, the first paragraph will testify of the skill and quality of your writing.
Your descriptions are thorough and your ideas are mysterious and alluring.
There is little to criticize but the mystery of it all. We got answers for nothing but I suppose that's what happens when you read an excerpt.
Here at DA we are used to reading the first chapter of things in the DD suggestion but I can see why couldn't resist.
You deserved this, and your story seems exceptional.
I think you would get far better reception if you removed it.
However, this is certainly not the case after reading the entire thing. In fact, the first paragraph will testify of the skill and quality of your writing.
Your descriptions are thorough and your ideas are mysterious and alluring.
There is little to criticize but the mystery of it all. We got answers for nothing but I suppose that's what happens when you read an excerpt.
Here at DA we are used to reading the first chapter of things in the DD suggestion but I can see why couldn't resist.
You deserved this, and your story seems exceptional.
Thank you very much. Based on the feedback, I think I will remove the preview image - it seems to cause confusion, at best.
I'm glad you enjoyed the story!
I'm glad you enjoyed the story!
I lol'ed at first, when I saw a picutre in DA
wow, really amazing!
That was really interesting
What a marvelous read. Your command of words is a delight to behold.
Thank you so much! You've made me blush
There's more coming soon - see its facebook page if you're interested
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I know this is a bit off topic but how many of you single moms would ever purchase or rent a home or an apartment that you knew someone had died or been killed in? Just curious to know if you would ask your realtor these things or would you rather not know at all? And have you ever witnessed a haunting? I am looking to buy a home soon and was just curious if anyone else thinks about these things and how they feel about them also.
Owning or renting with possible paranormal
I never thought about asking thosew questions.
My great grand mother's house was her mother's before her. Her mother died there, her father died there & she & my great grand father died there. As a small child I used to play on the thrid floor, in what used to be Nana's room (Nana was what they called my great grandmother's mother) I can remember and have also been told that I used to have conversations w/ Nana & I'd stay up there all day long, just playing & gabbering away. I never felt scared or anything. As a matter of fact I always felt safe. I only felt scared when I got older and had an understanding of what I'd experienced as a child. It just freaked me out as a teenager that I may have been talking to a ghost when I was younger. There were other areas of the house that I would not go in alone, though bc they were so cold & felt malevolent. I can't explain it but my great grand used to say it was just spirits, like it was no big deal.
Single Mom
"A woman needs a man, like a fish needs a bicycle." - Irina Dunn
i lived in a house that the owner had died in. i really needed a place and i wasn't afraid of it being haunted. BUT i would NEVER EVER live in a place that was reportedly haunted because that freaks me out BIG TIME. i am wicked afraid of stuff like that even though i've never experienced anything paranormal.
Ruth married to Justin
DS13, DSS16, DSS18, RCS it's a girl DD 11/6/13!
I only live in a house that was "haunted" once. i put in quotations because i cant really prove it was haunted. but i always had the feeling iw as being watched, or when i'd have a bad day and bawl my eyes out that someone would give me a hug or something. at the time i was living with my ex and things were not so good in anyway. Sometimes when hed go into the basement the lights would go out or things would fall off of shelves or tables. and the dogs would bark at things down there. My ex always seemed to have a bad experience but mine were always good. i think it had to do with the way my ex treated me. one day after a huge fight we had i turned around in the kitchen and i SWEAR i saw a guy standing in the doorway. He was about 6' with redish hair and a light green shit and kaki's on. i turned so fast i didnt stop when i saw him,but when i looked back he was gone.
not all hauntings are bad. i definately wouldnt make it a point to research the houses previous owners and their deaths, just because some died there doesnt make it haunted. i do think about it, but i try not to make a huge deal about it because even if no on has died there and nothing bad has happened there you never know it could still be 'haunted'
PA with MAPCA's & VSD, ToF
I know how to clean out a house, metaphysically speaking. Even if someone doesn't die in a house, if their personality is strong enough they can leave a very nasty presence behind them.
I use a lot of sage and sea salt water when I move into a new place. My homes are always warm and inviting feeling, according to most of my guests. I use sage regularly to clear out stagnant energy that even I leave behind, like if I get in an argument with someone. There is an icky residue left behind from that and it clears up easily by smudging.
Hey, even priests do it.
Just doing my best. What more is there?
I personally would not. I believe by law the realtor must inform you that there was a killing in the house.
There was a shooting down the block from my parent's house and the guy ended up dying and a year and a half later its for sale. It just skeeved me out seeing that sign..
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Leilani Skye = 2/15/08
I watch Paranormal State and if I knew beforehand the house was haunted I would have to say no. There is some scary stuff that happens that some people just can't make up.
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personally i think spirits are just people who are confused.
i live at home still. my dad passed away 5 yrs ago. not 5 ft from where im sitting right now! yes we turned the sick room into erics playroom.
ive seen some very odd things but i feel loved and im not scared by it. lights coming off and on by themselves, balls of lights in a hallway, shadows that appeared human like, once even a light came on at 3 am show a man form in shadowy form right by my bed! eric talks to someone at night in his room and sometimes i can hear a man voice from in there and if i go in its really cold for 5 secs then its warm again. ive felt cold spots and seen light bulbs explode.
call me crazy but since oct we have 2 ghosts hanging around. my dad and my dog! our yorkie of 15 yrs passed away in oct and since then ive seen a doggie shaped close to floor fog and heard her bark.
its really odd but same time nice to know they are still around in a way.
In my pre-Jamie days I lived in an apartment that was haunted. Well, technically, I lived in the upstairs portion to an old farmhouse (the downstairs is an animal shelter and there was a family graveyard in front of the building). My roommate and I experienced everything from banging in the walls (really freaky when we were both sitting on the sofa in front of the wall), to a door that we just deadbolted being wide open when we went back in the room, to a coffee table being upturned when there was no one in the room. I never believed in this stuff before, but some things there were just too freaky to ignore! I didn't have a problem with it though, since it seemed more like whatever spirit was there just wanted to be recognized.
Terri~Proud Single Mama to Jamie~GO HOKIES
I am a licensed Real Estate agent and in my state it is illegal to give up information on if there was a death that occured on any properties. the only thing we can do if they ask the questions is refer them to go cjeck public records on the property.
I also have a real estate license and it's just the opposite - we must disclose everything about the property that we know about.
I figure unless you're buying a brand new home, then you're going to be buying a house where alot of history has happened - good and bad. What is worse? Buying a house where a grandmother passed away in her sleep - or buying a house where no one died but the father abused the family the entire time they lived there? I guess what I'm getting at is even if a death or horrible event happened in a house, I'd consider that the negative was about the people involved and who are gone for whateve reason...and not the fault of the house.
Ghosts? Jeez, I dunno how I feel about that. It's never been something I've considered when buying a place.