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The Legendary Zhuge Liang - XIV:
Southland Palace, Wuchang, Capital of the Southland
Liu Bei (
courtesy name: Xuande
), accompanied only by his loyal and brave General Zhou Yun, comes to the Southland Palace in order to meet Sun Quan (
courtesy name: Zhongmou
), Lord of the Southland, and Zhou Yu (
courtesy name: Gongjin
), Grand Commander of the Southland, and talk with them about his marriage with Sun Quan's sister Sun Shangxiang. When Liu Bei arrives at the entrance of the huge and magnificent Southland Palace, which is made by very fine marble, he is met by twenty Southland soldiers, all armed with swords and every fifth of them holding a Southland banner. The Palace is indeed magnificent. Around the Palace, there is a wall, inclosing a compass of 16 miles, and inside the Palace there is a Park, in which there are fountains and rivers and brooks, and beautiful meadows, with all kinds of wild animals. Moreover at a spot in the Park, Sun Quan has another Palace built of cane. It is gilt all over, and most elaborately finished inside. It is stayed on gilt and lacquered columns, on each of which is a dragon all gilt, the tail of which is attached to the column whilst the head supports the architrave, and the claws likewise are stretched out right and left to support the architrave.
A Southland soldier approaches Liu Bei and says
"Please, follow us."
"Of course."
Liu Bei replies.
As Liu Bei, Zhou Yun and the Southland soldiers walk towards the Throne Room through the long marble stairs of the Palace, which are on the entrance and lead directly to the Throne Room, Liu Bei thinks about the woman he met yesterday night at Mao's inn. He cannot stop thinking of her. That lady was honorable, beautiful, with great character and bravery and outstanding martial arts. If only he could marry her instead of Sun Shangxiang. But, he knows that this is impossible. He also knows that the restoration of the Han Dynasty to it's former glory is far more important than any woman. He cannot let down his ancestors. He cannot let down his people. He cannot let down his Emperor. He prefers to suffer and live an unhappy life than give up his quest of restoring the Han Dynasty. He must free the Emperor from the tyrant, usurper and traitor Cao Cao. And in order to do this, he must marry Sun Shangxiang, so he can maintain the crucial alliance with Sun Quan.
When Liu Bei and Zhou Yun arrive at the Throne Room, they find Sun Quan, dressed with a yellow robe made of silver and decorated with gems, sitting on his Golden Throne. Besides him, there is Zhou Yu and other five Southland Generals. The Room is guarded by more than sixty Southland soldiers, all armed with swords and with every tenth of them holding a Southland banner. When Sun Quan sees Liu Bei, he gets up and rushes towards him.
"Brother Xuande!"
Sun Quan, smiling, shouts.
"I have long heard of you, but never had the honor to meet you until now. Now, that I have met you, I feel very honored."
"Brother Zhongmou!"
Liu Bei replies.
"It is also my honor to meet such an outstanding man like you."
"Good. Let us talk about your marriage to my sister."
Sun Shangxiang's room
Princess Sun Shangxiang is waiting in her room for her maid to inform her when Liu Bei will come. She has made an agreement with her brother that she will watch Liu Bei in secret while he talks with him and play her flute if she likes him. If not, Sun Quan will cancel the marriage. As Sun Shangxiang waits for her maid, she cannot stop thinking about the man she had met yesterday in Mao's inn.
"Could such a man really exist?"
she thinks.
"A man so loyal to his Emperor and the people, so willing to die in order to restore the Han Dynasty to it's former glory, so good orator, so handsome."
Sun Shangxiang had not stopped thinking about that man since yesterday night. She feels a love for him that he has not ever felt for an other man. If only he could marry him instead of Liu Bei. Suddenly, a young maid enters the room and says
"My Lady, Liu Bei has arrived."
Sun Shangxiang leaves her room and heads, along with her maid, towards a small room that is beside the Southland Throne Room and allows them to see what is happening in the Throne Room. When they arrive, the maid looks at what is happening at the Throne Room and is amazed with Liu Bei.
"My Lady!"
the maid shouts.
"Liu Bei does not look at all like he is at his mid-fifties. He looks like he is in his thirties and is very handsome."
Sun Shangxiang, surprised, asks and takes a look herself. But when she sees Liu Bei, she is ever more surprised. Liu Bei is in fact the man she had met in Mao's inn and had fallen in love with. She cannot believe it.
Meanwhile, in the Throne Room, Sun Quan and Liu Bei discuss about the marriage.
"Brother Xuande!"
Sun Quan says.
"My sister is a very outstanding woman and I believe that she will be a great match with you."
"Brother, I hope that this marriage will solidify our alliance and make it everlasting. For we must be united in order to restore the Han Dynasty to it's former glory. The Han Emperor is imprisoned and humiliated, the common people know no peace and are bullied by the rich and strong, the lands of the Han Dynasty have become personal feuds of Warlords. What sorrow! What sorrow to see the 400 years old Han Dynasty collapsing and no one even caring! What sorrow to see traitors prevailing over patriots! What sorrow to see treachery defeating loyalism! What sorrow! What sorrow! What sorrow! Brother, for years your family has been rewarded by the Han Emperor. You must not forget that! We should be united like real brothers in our war against the traitor and usurper Cao Cao!"
Although Sun Quan wants to assassinate Liu Bei, he is still impressed and moved by his words. Liu Bei has a loyalty to his Emperor and his people that Sun Quan is envious of.
Outside the Walls of the Southland Palace
Meanwhile, Chan and Kuang try to find a way to sneak into the Palace and protect Liu Bei from Sun Quan and Zhou Yu. Chan must not fail his friend, Zhuge Liang. As they see the huge walls surrounding the Palace, the two friends do not know what to do.
Kuang curses.
"How will we be able to sneak into the Palace?"
"We must find a way to get past the walls!"
Chan shouts.
"But what way?"
As the two men try to find a way to sneak into the Palace, they see two Southland soldiers, one of them a lieutenant, walking towards the Palace. While no one is near, Chan says
"I've found a way!"
and charges at the two men. Kuang, understanding Chan's plans, also charges.
The Southland lieutenant, seeing Chan charging towards him, pulls out his sword and tries to kill Chan, but he dodges the attacks and kicks the man's chest, pushing him back and causing him to let his sword fall down. The lieutenant quickly gets up and fly kicks Chan's stomach. He then punches his fists twice on Chan's face, but when he tries to punch a third time his fists, Chan avoids the man's fists and back kicks the man's face with such a powerful kick that the man is killed.
At the same time, Kuang battles the other Southland soldier. The soldier tries to cut off Kuang's head with his sword, but Kuang dodges the attack, grabs the man's head by the hair and breaks it on his right knee. With the two soldiers dead, Chan and Kuang take off their clothes and disguise themselves as Southland soldiers. They then rush towards the Gate of the Palace Walls, which is guarded by three Southland soldiers. One of them approaches the two heroes and says
"What do you want?"
"We have been requested by our Lord, His Excellency Sun Quan, to go to the Throne Room."
Chan replies.
"For what reason?"
"To help him in his plans about Liu Bei."
"Alright. You can go inside the Palace!"
Chan and Kuang enter the Palace Gate and then run as fast as they can towards the Throne Room. After a few minutes, they arrive at the Throne Room. Seeing them, Sun Quan stops talking with Liu Bei and approaches them.
"What are you doing?!"
Sun Quan, angry, asks.
Kuang replies, while he and Chan kowtow before Sun Quan.
"We have been asked to come here to make sure that you and your honored guest are safe."
"Alright. Go and take your positions along with the other soldiers!"
Sun Quan then talks once again with Liu Bei.
"I am sorry that I have such idiots for my soldiers."
Sun Quan says.
"You are underestimating your brave soldiers, Brother."
Liu Bei replies.
At the same time, Sun Shangxiang is able to get over her shock of realizing that the man she had fallen in love in Mao's inn was Liu Bei. So, she starts playing her flute. The sound of her flute is magical and bewitches even the most uninterested in music men. The sound of her flute just cannot be described in words. Liu Bei, hearing the flute, shouts
"What a magnificent flute play! What beautiful sound!"
Sun Quan, knowing that this means that Sun Shangxiang has agreed to marry Liu Bei, thus ruining his plans, is devastated. He will have to give his sister to Liu Bei. But, Zhou Yu is not willing to let his plan fail because of his Lord's sister. So, he approaches a fat Southland General called Bin Lao and says to him
"Order the men to attack!"
Zhou Yu does this so, in case something goes wrong or Sun Quan decides to agree to the marriage, he will not be blamed but Bin Lao. Indeed, Bin Lao shouts
"Men, attack!"
and more than forty Southland soldiers surround Liu Bei and charge at him with their swords. Liu Bei shouts
"Sun Quan, what is happening?!"
Sun Quan replies.
"I did not plan this! Stop, everyone!"
But the soldiers are ignoring their Lord and Bin Lao bows before Sun Quan and says
"Sorry, my Lord, but for your own good, we will kill this bastard!"
Sun Shangxiang, seeing the soldiers attacking the man she loves, pulls out her long
sword and charges at the Southland soldiers. Seeing her, Liu Bei shouts
. He just cannot believe that the woman he had fallen in love with suddenly appears in the Southland Throne Room.
Sun Quan, worrying over his sister's safety, shouts.
"So, you are Lady Sun Shangxiang?"
Liu Bei, surprised, asks.
Sun Shangxiang replies.
"It is my honor that I can marry such a chivalrous man like you."
"It is also my honor that I can marry such a chivalrous Lady like you!"
As the two lovers talk, Zhou Yun pulls out his sword and starts killing Southland soldiers who charge. He dismembers them, cuts off their heads, their chests, their legs, stabs them in the heart and even kills them with his kicks. He kills them with every way possible. Meanwhile, with Sun Shangxiang's appearance, Sun Quan shouts
. His soldiers, realizing that if anything happens to their Lord's sister, he will not forgive them, stop. Sun Quan then approaches Zhou Yu and orders
"Brother Gongjin, take this Bin Lao, who had such stupid ideas and tried to kill my Brother, and behead him!"
"Yes, sir!"
Zhou Yu replies and orders his men to grab Bin Lao and take him for execution. Chan and Kuang, who were ready to charge against the Southland soldiers and save Liu Bei, seeing that the attack stopped, walk slowly outside the Throne Room, taking advantage of the chaos that the attack caused.
Sun Quan approaches Liu Bei and says
"Brother, please forgive me for this."
"I know that you have good intentions and did not plan this. So, there is not need to ask for forgiveness. You are my brother in law now. So, we are family and we will have to be united."
A few hours later, in Mao's inn
Chan and Kuang, having done their duty, come to Mao's inn to drink some wine and chat. They sit on a wooden table at the back side of the inn and chat while drinking good Southland wine.
"Brother Kuang!"
Chan says.
"Now that I have repaid Liu Bei's kindness and helped my friend, Zhuge Liang, I can at last return to my carefree life."
"Good! We should go back to our teacher as soon as possible. He may teach us his 'Crane and Tiger' Kung Fu style."
As the two men talk, three thugs, all muscular, enter the inn and one of them says to Mao, the innkeeper,
"We've heard that someone wants to destroy your inn. If you pay us, we can offer you protection."
"I have no need for protection."
Mao replies.
"Then, we shall burn this place to the ground!"
Chan, seeing this, gets up and says to Kuang
"Our teacher said that we should use our Kung Fu to fight injustice and help the poor and the weak."
Kuang understands what Chan means and also gets up, and the two men approach the thugs. The leader of the thugs says
"What do you want?!"
"I want you to stop bullying the weak!"
Chan shouts.
"Then, I shall bully you!"
The man tries to punch his fist on Chan, but Chan blocks the man's attack, kicks twice the stomach of the man and then punches his right elbow on the man's face killing him. At the same time, the other two men attack Kuang. Kuang kills the first man with a powerful kick on the lungs and the second by punching his fists fifty times on the man's stomach. Seeing the two heroes' excellent Kung Fu, a man, clapping and smiling, approaches them. The man is tall, with long black hair, an aristocratic look and wears a black silk robe.
"Excellent Kung Fu!"
the man says.
"I, Wong, would like to sit with you and drink some wine."
"We would be more than happy to have you in our company!"
Chan replies.
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Here is the latest installment of the Comic Critics strip, courtesy of Sean Whitmore (writer) and Brandon Hanvey (artist)! You can check out the first hundred and forty-eight strips at the archive here and you can read more about Sean and Brandon at the Comic Critics blog.
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It looks like the Galactus figure is talking.
I'm rather surprised that Josh knows about Sanford and Son to reference it. Pleasantly surprised, but still.
Comics Critics #150 should be about how AWFUL the new All Star Superman animated feature is.
My God, what a catastrophe of an "adaptation" (read: mangling) that was.
You know if Warner Bros doesn't want to do these movies right, then they just shouldn't do them at all.
The movie felt very disjointed moving from one situation to the next. The Voice acting was very stilted – it felt like some hostage being forced to read a prepared statement. THAT'S HOW BAD IT WAS.
The humor from the original story was completely mangled. The characterization of Lois Lane from the original All Star Superman totally went over the head of McDuffie. Lois Lane REALLY COULD NOT DEAL with the fact that Superman may actually be Clark Kent and the humor of that was completely lost in the film.
Why is Galactus harping on Josh?
It's amusing, but I think this strip shows that the "talking heads"/comics review aspect of the strip was rightly pushed to the side. Visually unexciting and none of the individual jokes are particularly laugh out loud funny.
But hey, they can't all be winners. Hope 150 is going to follow up on some of the teasers from the start of the year.
It's funny, I haven't watched All Star Superman but the moment I heard McDuffie was behind it I instantly lost interest. McDuffie has the power to make any story feel like it takes place in the modern, in-continuity DC Universe, with lots of cynicism, snarling, fanwanks and continuity easter eggs. And I hate the modern, in-continuty DC Universe. That's why I hated what JLU turned into under his pen. The non-McDuffie episodes were all quite good, but the ones written by him were not IMO.
To me the great thing about books like All Star Superman is how they don't feel like they take place in the modern day DCU at all, they are very lacking in cynicism and have incredible earnestness and sincerity. McDuffie's never been great at earnestness and sincerity.
Yes, let's do spend the whole thread bitching about something that isn't even mentioned in the comic.
All Star Superman the Movie came out already?
I like the part where he falls asleep but he is supposed to be working. Because if you are not working you are lazy and he is not working and it is lazy to fall asleep.
These bits are good, but I think they work better in the actual Comic Critics twitter feeds, like @Joshcritic. Those are funny.
ok, lost me in the 6 &7th panels, but won me back with the 8th.
So All Star Superman doesn't appear to be coming out for another week…why are people complaining about it now?
The third panel is 3.5 words too long.
Dude, these movies are always out early in certain LCSs. It also happens to be available online (Divx), not that I'd know anything about that. That's why people are complaining. I think I'll WATCH it tonight or tomorrow, but if it's anything like I'm guessing, based on the trailers and based on the kind of animated movies DC puts out these days, I can see why people would complain.
The day we have to actually experience something to hate it is the day we no longer deserve to call ourselves an online community.
"The day we have to actually experience something to hate it is the day we no longer deserve to call ourselves an online community."
Couldn't have said it better myself.
Weak one this week.
Oh an I didn't look close enough to realise it was Galactus and thought it was that imaginary Iron Man character talking.
I keep forgetting not everyone uses torrents to see things in advance.
Should change it´s name for I hate comics.
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Running Time: 90
Director: Skye Blue
Company: Big Top Video
Cast: Talon (I), Kianna Dior, Carolyn Monroe, John West, Anthony Hardwood, Honey (I)
Critical Rating: AAA
Genre: Specialty
Average offering with only three scenes, but pretty girls and a fun setting make it passable; has a touch of femdom so might be enjoyed by fans of that genre.
The setting of this film is a prison for men staffed by big titted scantily clad women. What a horrible sentence for these poor men to endure. It could even be considered cruel and unusual punishment!
Unfortunately, the action doesn't really live up to the nifty setting - it's garden variety, uninspiring, all-sex fare with only three scenes, the best of which features Carolyn Monroe and Anthony Hardwood, where the fucking actually looks and sounds the closest to real. Decent production values make this effort watchable and amusing, if nothing else. Fans expecting any girl/girl women in prison type action will be sorely disappointed.


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OLYMPIA, Greece -- I stand beneath a blinding sun so intense that never again will I wonder how and why Greek women dressed as goddesses ignite the Olympic flame here every two years and send it on its journey to the Games.
Seeking shade, I find instead the sacred remains of the Temple of Zeus, enormous columns scattered like toothpicks by a sixth century earthquake. In its day the massive structure contained a statue of Zeus on his throne 42 feet tall. It was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
Not far from the temple and other ruins that were once populated by an all-male training center for nude Greek athletes, a winding road intersects a narrow path. At the end of it is erected a simple monument surrounded by trees. Beneath this stone tower, the heart of Frenchman and modern Olympic Games founder Baron Pierre de Coubertin is buried.
Olympia is Greek mythology's homeland and an Olympic mecca, birthplace of amateur sport and organized, multi-event competition, a site were the Games slowly evolved over more than 1,000 years before Theodosius I ruled them illegal.
As I bake fully clothed on one of the gentle grassy inclines surrounding a narrow, rectangular "field" of parched soil -- the only defining characteristics of the famed "stadium" where the original ancient Olympic Games were born in 776 B.C. -- something other than history catches my eye. It is a G.E. Energy Rentals "Showpower" light tower high above one corner of the stadium, about 20 feet tall.
The Olympic Games, and progress, have come back to Olympia, a placid, remote village in western Peloponnesian Greece along the coast of the Gulf of Patras, more than 200 miles, or a four-hour drive from Olympic host city Athens.
The arrival of a G.E. light source (to assist television production) in this unspoiled, spiritual oasis might yet anger Zeus and his fellow gods, but it has the townsfolk of Olympia, not to mention the International Olympic Committee and American television rights holder NBC pulsing with anticipation of Wednesday's event that was moved here last year (from the Athens Olympic Stadium) in a stroke of wisdom: the men's and women's shot put.
Moving the event was a symbolic no-brainer -- the Games come home to Greece and then some -- but the decision was not without consequences. Olympia has no commercial air service, and even charters land about an hour's drive on a perilous roadway from the site. About 100 official Olympic family members (IOC and Athens organizers) will fly in and out of the area for the day. They will join athletes, event officials, 15,000 spectators and 300 credentialed print media and broadcasters making the journey.
Olympia has a population of about 11,100. It has one main street lined by shops (Athens 2004 licensed merchandise is displayed in a store front) and cafes. The immediate vicinity offers 17 hotels and inns, according to a tourism brochure, but the largest has only 147 rooms.
This, despite the fact that the arrival of the Games will more than double Olympia's population for at least 48 hours.
In keeping with the spirit of the ancient Games, 15,000 tickets will be given away -- 7,500 to people who purchased track and field tickets for Aug. 20 and 24 in Athens; 2,500 to Olympic sponsors and national Olympic committees combined; and 5,000 to the public at large across Greece.
"We have a [ticket] waiting list," said Sophia Hassapis, deputy venue manager for the event.
But Athens organizers insist they are not throwing the grounds of ancient Olympia up for grabs.
"We will not use any kind of decoration inside the stadium," Hassapis said. "It will be very plain. This is not a [sports] venue. This is an archaeological site, perhaps one of the most important in the world."
Although there are no banners to hang or bleachers to erect, more than 700 locals signed up to volunteer, and there will be plenty to do. Above the famous site is the International Olympic Academy, which has been adapted to house the shot put athletes and a media center for reporters and photographers.
Margarita Papadopoulos, the Olympia venue manager, stood in the midday heat last week pointing to the buildings where the Olympians will sleep, and to a pristine practice site surrounded by pine trees where they will train.
"And back there," she says, shrugging, "is the athletes' lounge, but it's not ready yet."
A week before the Games start, Olympia, in fact, is not ready to be a Games site because it is wide open to tourists and their buses. It will be a difficult area to secure in a modern-day sense, but organizers have created a perimeter with three checkpoints that as of last weekend, were not operational.
The ancient stadium was not to be "locked down" for the event until Monday, two days before the competition.
Even with bag searches and vehicle bans, it should be more audience friendly than in 776 B.C. It is recorded that women were forbidden to compete in the original Games. They also were forbidden to watch. Those that dared sneak a peak were sentenced to death.
Today, men and women are attracted to Olympia's stadium -- an earthy field of dreams -- to toe the enduring marble start line and stride over the sandy soil in an environment that is largely as it was 2,780 years ago minus the encouraged nudity.
On Wednesday, shot put medal winners will be awarded branches from Olympia's olive trees and, for a moment, the Games will be connected to their roots as even Baron de Coubertin might not have envisioned.
The 15,000 will surround the venue, seated on the grass, although Hassapis reveals that "a very modest and discrete place" will be constructed for the IOC members and other dignitaries to sit.
With Zeus already on edge, let us hope mobile phones and bottled water remain aboard the airport shuttle.


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This sequel to 2012's Winter Palace begins with an aging and ailing Catherine the Great recalling her difficult, stifled life as daughter-in-law to Empress Elizabeth. After Elizabeth's death, Catherine organizes a coup that leads to the death of her husband, Peter, and her ascension to the Russian throne. In expanding her empire she also broadens cultural influences both within and outside of Russia. As she slips in and out of consciousness, the dying ruler reflects on her many lovers and advisers, her years in power, and her complicated relationships with her family. As Catherine faces her own death, she balances the sacrifices and privileges of her extraordinary life and seeks solace in the small moments when she experienced love and tenderness. VERDICT Stachniak's insight into the opulent lives of Russia's rulers continues in this reflective second novel. Though the story wanders through time and memory, historical fiction fans will appreciate this personal account of a formidable and, indeed, infamous ruler. [See Prepub Alert, 9/16/13.]—Catherine Lantz, Univ. of Illinois at Chicago Lib.
Empress of the Night: A Novel of Catherine the Greatby Eva Stachniak
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Perfect for readers of Hilary Mantel, Alison Weir, and Philippa Gregory, Empress of the Night is Eva Stachniak's engrossing new novel, told in the voice of Catherine the Great as the Romanov monarch reflects on her ascension to the throne, her rule over the world's greatest power, and the sacrifices that made her the most feared and commanding woman of her time.
A critically acclaimed historical drama and instant #1 international bestseller, The Winter Palace brilliantly reimagined the rise of Catherine the Great through the watchful eyes of her clever servant Varvara. Now, in Eva Stachniak's enthralling new novel, Catherine takes center stage as she relives her astonishing ascension to the throne, her rule over an empire, and the sacrifices that made her the most feared and commanding woman of her time.
As the book opens, the charismatic monarch is in her final hours. From the fevered depths of her mind, Catherine recalls the fateful trajectory of her turbulent life: her precarious apprenticeship as Russia's Grand Duchess, the usurpers who seek to deprive her of a crown, the friends who beg more of her than she was willing to give, and her struggle to know whom to trust and whom to deceive to ensure her survival.
"We quarrel about power, not about love," Catherine would write to the great love of her life, Grigory Potemkin, but her days were balanced on the razor's edge of choosing her head over her heart. Power, she learns, is about resolve, strategy, and direction; love must sometimes be secondary as she marshals all her strengths to steer her volatile country into a new century and beyond—to grow the Romanov empire, to amass a vast fortune, and to control a scheming court in order to become one of history's greatest rulers.
Gorgeously written with vivid detail and lyrical prose, Empress of the Night is an intensely intimate novel of a woman in charge of her fortunes, who must navigate the sorrows, triumphs, and hopes of both her soul and a nation.
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"[Eva] Stachniak's absorbing novel opens readers' hearts to an extraordinary and misunderstood woman. . . . Wonderfully, lyrically written, Stachniak's story vibrates with passion, drama and intrigue. This is a feast for fans."—RT Book Reviews
"Stachniak's insight into the opulent lives of Russia's rulers continues in this reflective second novel. . . . Historical fiction fans will appreciate this personal account of a formidable and, indeed, infamous ruler."—Library Journal
"The book takes on a dreamlike quality. . . . Ambitious . . . moving . . . structurally complex and psychologically intense . . . vivid descriptions."—Quill & Quire
"Stachniak brings to life one of the most fascinating—and controversial—female rulers of all time."—DuJour
"Empress of the Night casts light on Catherine's life with unflinching honesty and intimacy. This fun novel of lovers, intrigue, and malicious and manipulative nobility keeps readers enthralled with every page."—Virtuoso Life
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This sequel to 2012's Winter Palace begins with an aging and ailing Catherine the Great recalling her difficult, stifled life as daughter-in-law to Empress Elizabeth. After Elizabeth's death, Catherine organizes a coup that leads to the death of her husband, Peter, and her ascension to the Russian throne. In expanding her empire she also broadens cultural influences both within and outside of Russia. As she slips in and out of consciousness, the dying ruler reflects on her many lovers and advisers, her years in power, and her complicated relationships with her family. As Catherine faces her own death, she balances the sacrifices and privileges of her extraordinary life and seeks solace in the small moments when she experienced love and tenderness. VERDICT Stachniak's insight into the opulent lives of Russia's rulers continues in this reflective second novel. Though the story wanders through time and memory, historical fiction fans will appreciate this personal account of a formidable and, indeed, infamous ruler. [See Prepub Alert, 9/16/13.]—Catherine Lantz, Univ. of Illinois at Chicago Lib.
"Stachniak's insight into the opulent lives of Russia's rulers continues in this reflective second novel. . . . Historical fiction fans will appreciate this personal account of a formidable and, indeed, infamous ruler."—Library Journal
"The book takes on a dreamlike quality. . . . Ambitious . . . moving . . . structurally complex and psychologically intense . . . vivid descriptions."—Quill & Quire
"Stachniak brings to life one of the most fascinating—and controversial—female rulers of all time."—DuJour
"Empress of the Night casts light on Catherine's life with unflinching honesty and intimacy. This fun novel of lovers, intrigue, and malicious and manipulative nobility keeps readers enthralled with every page."—Virtuoso Life
Catherine the Great suffers a debilitating stroke and reflects back on her life, loves and country in Stachniak's second in her series (The Winter Palace, 2012, etc.) about the Russian empress. Unbeknownst to those holding vigil, Catherine is still in control of her mental faculties and aware of the activities around her in the hours before she dies. Although she is paralyzed and appears lifeless, she retains her ability to remember her rise from humble beginnings in Prussia as Sophie, the princess of Anhalt-Zerbst, to be the powerful ruler Catherine of Russia. Betrothed at a young age to her second cousin, Peter, the heir to the Russian throne, Sophie is taken under the wing of Empress Elizabeth, renamed Catherine Alekseyevna, and diligently studies the language and acclimates to her new country. However, she soon realizes Peter would rather play with his toy soldiers and spend time with his mistress than be with her. And Elizabeth's initial support has turned into open hostility. Saved from a collapsing house by a palace guard, Serge Saltykov, Catherine takes him as a lover. Their affair produces a son, Paul, who's immediately swept away and raised by Empress Elizabeth until her death. (Catherine bears two more children with other lovers, although one dies, and the other is delivered in secret.) As Catherine wrests power from Peter III and ascends to the throne, she has affairs with several more suitors, including Grigory Potemkin, who's devoted to her and with whom she shares a singular love. While expanding the Russian Empire, quelling uprisings and amassing wealth, Catherine also tries to ensure her grandson's succession—but even she cannot guarantee the course of events from beyond the grave. Although Stachniak creates a noteworthy representation of life at the Russian court during Catherine's rule, she fails to draw readers into the political and personal intrigues. Rather than a vibrant, earthy, intelligent woman, Catherine seems disappointingly mundane, and her court contains an endless succession of names and nicknames with few distinguishing features. An unremarkable account of a remarkable reign.
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9:00 a.m.
The pain is sharp, piercing, a burning dagger's thrust inside her skull, somewhere behind the right eye. It hits just as she lifts her quill out of an inkwell. Her hand freezes. The quill, dropped, stains the letter she was just about to sign.
The mantel clock begins to chime. She recalls being frightened as a child to see the hands of a clock turned back, believing time itself might go back and she would be forced to live again through everything she had already lived through, depriving her of the adventure of the future.
The pain doesn't stop or diminish. It is already nine o'clock and she is still behind with the reading she must finish before her secretary arrives. She considers calling Zotov, her valet, but dismisses the thought quickly. The headache will go away by itself, but once her old servant begins to fuss, she won't be able to send him away.
Pani, her Italian greyhound, sniffs her mistress's hand with fierce concentration, licking the skin of her palm. The dog is slender and fine-boned, a direct descendant of beloved Zemira, who lies buried in the Tsarskoye Selo gardens.
"I've nothing for you there," she mutters. She tries to pat Pani's head, but her right hand is strangely wooden, stiff and unwieldy, so she settles for an awkward caress, noting thick drops of pus in the corners of her dog's eyes. Just like Zemira, Pani is prone to lingering infections.
Outside her study, pattering feet and muted voices dissolve into furtive silence: The Empress is working. The Empress must not be disturbed.
She stands. With her left hand she grips the edge of her desk, clumsily, sending the papers flying. How intriguing, she thinks, watching the vellum pages glide on invisible currents, hover in the air, silent like birds of prey. Pani, too, watches, head cocked to the side. A wagging tail thumps at the floor.
The cup of coffee on the desk must be cold by now, but a drink will do her good. Her right hand is still heavy and stiff, so she picks up the cup with her left. The first bitter sip is refreshing, but the second one makes her choke.
She spits the coffee out. On the encrusted wood, on her papers. Brown, watery splashes she should wipe right away, but instead she lets her tongue probe the inside of her mouth, the soft, ribbed folds of her palate. Like calf's brain, she thinks, her mother's favorite dish.
She tries to put the cup back on the desk, but her hand refuses to obey, and it shatters on the floor.
If she walks a bit, will the headache dissolve?
Her first step is wobbly, unsure, making her clutch whatever is within her reach. The corner of her desk, the chair.
Behind her something falls down. Something big and heavy.
Her right knee is still sore. It's been like this ever since that dreadful fall three years ago, when she toppled down the stairs on her way to the banya. Zotov had heard the noise and rushed after her. Made her sit on the marble step for a while. Only when she assured him the dizzy spell had passed did he help her stand up, slowly. She didn't think she had been truly hurt, bruised and frightened as she was, but the knee is not letting her forget the fall.
9:01 a.m.
Each step, unsteady as it is, is a marvel. The muscles contracting and releasing. The feet shuffling forward, one after another. Like the mechanical doll her granddaughters loved to play with, before Constantine, her grandson, cut it open to see what was hidden inside.
The steps take her out of her study, past the small alcove where her pelisses hang beside the silver-framed mirror, toward the door that leads to her privy.
In the alcove mirror, her body is reflected as if in quivering water, broken into uneven, ill-fitting parts, each wrinkled and malformed. Her face fares no better, the sagging flesh, the neck that resembles a turkey's throat. Her eyes are bloodshot, watery, blinking. I've never been beautiful, she thinks. But what did Helen of Troy have to show for her looks? The ravages of war and the pursuit of men she had not chosen?
The privy smells, faintly, of wet animal fur and rotting roots. The door closes behind her with a thump. The squeak of the hinges is oddly sharp, circling around her like the sound of a tuning fork. As if time looped, refusing to unravel.
Her fingers gripping the edge of the water closet resemble claws of some ancient bird, not quite accustomed to such feats of agility. And yet they hold on, help her balance. How magnificent, she thinks, this effort of muscles and bones, sinew and blood.
Slowly she lifts the fingertips to her nostrils and sniffs at the sweet, sharp smell of ink. Something from the past floats by—images of a race, frothy waves crashing against the shore, stretching over tawny sand. Seagulls shriek out of jealousy or greed. In the shallow water a horse's head lies entangled in a tattered fishnet and tufts of seaweed, baring its teeth. A swarm of eels wiggles out of its eye sockets, slithers through its open jaws.
A memory, she thinks, not a dream.
9:04 a.m.
With the headache pounding in her temples, voices bubble inside her. Phrases echo in her mind: I am Minerva. I am armed.
Something odd is happening.
A thought is not just a thought. A word is not a mere word.
She thinks of an apple and an apple appears. It is slightly greasy to the touch. It has plump, sunburnt sides and a splash of green around the stem bowl. Its skin is freckled with darker spots.
She stares at it for a while before setting her teeth on the skin and pressing hard. The apple snaps off with a cracking sound, then shatters, filling her mouth with juice.
The joy she feels is ancient, the joy of crushing through living tissue, life nourishing life.
Why am I thinking about an apple?
There is no apple. Her hand is empty. The word apple that rattles in her mind means temptation.
Is this what she should be thinking of?
The question intrigues her for a while, until another agonizing throb shoots up the right side of her skull and a flash of light stings her eyes.
9:05 a.m.
In the vestibule, servants talk.
"Are you sure Her Majesty hasn't called for me yet?" Gribovsky asks. Her secretary's voice is anxious, thin with unease.
"Quite sure, Adrian Moseyevich."
"But it's past the usual time."
"Her Majesty has her reasons."
Something is happening to her, but she has little time to think what it might be. Each movement demands her utmost attention, angles to calculate and adjust, muscles to flex and to steady. She listens to each breath that enters or leaves her nostrils.
Her heart, a traitor drummer, pounds its own rhythm. Or is it like a frantic courtier sent to warn her of some approaching calamity? Fire? Flood? The mob armed with scythes, marching on the palace doors?
Her lips are parched. The blue porcelain jug in the privy is too heavy to lift, so she dips her fingers inside and sucks on the drops that cling to them. The water is stale. She should ring for Queenie, who must be outside, with the others.
Why is there no bell in the privy?
The headache has diminished, but the inside of her skull feels fragile and exposed, as if an ax has split her open. Is this how Jupiter felt giving birth to Minerva?
"What time is it?"
"Still early, Adrian Moseyevich," someone answers curtly. A woman laughs. A door opens and closes. Footsteps grow fainter. A dog barks. Something rattles against the windowpane; there is a loud bang followed by a thump.
"You know who he is. His father ran a bookstore off the Great Perspective Road. By the Fontanka. Then it got flooded."
"What are you scribbling there, Adrian Moseyevich? Have some hot tea. It's a chilly morning."
"The dog is still missing. Do you think someone stole it?"
"A thief would've brought it back, already, for the reward."
"The poor beastie must be dead by now."
The voices outside the privy door float back and forth; whispers fade away. Rumbles quicken like wooden carts on the ice mountain, right before they pick up real speed and become unstoppable.
9:09 a.m.
In the privy, she manages to hike up her petticoats and lower herself on the commode seat. Like a big hen settling onto a nest. The seat is cold and sticky, giving way under her weight with a squeak.
The voices in the vestibule swirl, punctuated by moments of soothing silence. The world around her slows. The pain is still there, but it, too, feels distant, easier to bear. Time is sluggish. There is no need to rush.
Inside her belly, muscles let go, release the hot stream of urine. For a while, all she wants to do is sit and absorb the profound pleasure of relief. Sink into silence. Just be.
Out of this silence comes another memory. A monkey, Plaisir, was the French Ambassador's gift. A mere baby when he came, dressed in a velvet jacket, breeches, and a feathered hat. His tiny paws clutched at her finger when she held him, and he buried his pink face in the folds of her dress. His eyes were big, beseeching.
Cebus capucinus. White-headed capuchin.
The two keepers ordered to mind Plaisir at all times had scars on their hands and arms from bites and scratches, all the way up to their elbows. No chain was enough to restrain the little rascal. Once free, the monkey always found a way to her study. He opened every drawer in her desk, tore papers, spilled ink, chewed at her quills, peed on her chair. He put his finger up his anus and then smeared excrement on the walls. When she screamed at him, he covered his ears and made a grimace of such relentless misery that she laughed.
On one of his mischievous sprees, Plaisir smashed a jar of her face cream and ate its contents. A few hours later, he crept under a chair in her bedroom and wouldn't come out. No treats, none of his favorite toys would tempt him. "Leave him," she ordered the servants. "He'll come out when he gets hungry." Only he didn't. He just shrank and died.
9:10 a.m.
To stand up, many muscles have to be kept taut, many bones lifted. In the meantime, every heartbeat calls for her attention.
The memory of Platon's hoarse voice interrupts her concentration. "Why are you hurting me, Katinka? You are all I've got. Without you, I'm dust."
The voice of her lover is insistent, pleading. She pictures Platon standing next to her, so crushingly beautiful in his charcoal-colored ensemble, his features pure. Nose, jawline, lips. If she could draw, she would sketch him in black ink. Then smudge the edges to soften him.
Have I hurt you, Platon? How? And when?
This is a problem she could solve. Unravel the puzzling configuration of cause and effect, if only she thought about it long enough. She has always been good with ciphers. Numbers that turn into letters. Words that stand for other words. To solve a puzzle one needs to look for patterns, the rhythm of repetitions.
But why does Platon begin to whistle, and then sing?
Russia reaches farther-higher
Over mountain peaks and seas.
How can she solve a puzzle that shifts its shape, flickers like a firefly, and then disappears into the dark? How can she solve a puzzle when all she can be certain of is the searing pain in his voice?
9:11 a.m.
"Crying all night . . . again . . . poor child . . . this is not the end of the world, Her Majesty told her so many times . . . but the young never listen . . ."
The voices in the antechamber veer off, like nervous horses bent on flight. Sometimes whole phrases come through the walls, sometimes only words.
"It hurts more when you are young."
"Such a shame."
"How could he . . ."
She should try to hear more, learn what the servants are talking about. It's useful to know what is not meant for your ears.
But the headache is not going away. Each pang is a blow, enclosing her in a roaring fog. Voices, groans, a loud drumming sound. Her palms moisten with sweat.
Such headaches have plagued her before. The bursts of blinding light are not new, either. It's not surprising. She has been working too much, too hard. But what looks done one day disintegrates on the next. No wonder that the weight in her chest gets heavier.
The Polish campaign is over, but the Polish partition treaty is still not finished, her last objections still not resolved. The Prussians want to keep Warsaw, but won't yield anything of value in return. As always, they want Russia to get their chestnuts out of the fire for them!
Nations are like merchants. They form and break alliances according to the rules of costs and profits. A country that wishes no expansion will wither. Stillness is an illusion. Empires need to grow or face defeat. This is why she has taxed her body beyond its strength. In the service of her empire. Are other monarchs working as hard as she is? Without stopping?
She needs a good long rest.
The Earth hides many secrets.
This is a good thought. Useful and pleasant.
In Siberia, serfs dig out giant bones buried several fathoms underground. "Fossilized ivory, Your Majesty," scholars tell her. "Brought here by the current of an ancient river." But ivory does not grow in the shape of bones. Elephants must have once lived where now there is nothing but snow. If one is patient, the strangest transformations are possible.
Remember these words, she orders herself. Write them down as soon as you are back at your desk. Use them when you talk to Alexandrine.
Outside her privy, noises grow and diminish. Feet clatter. Something metallic bangs, then rolls away. The dog's nails are scratching the wooden floor. Voices she hears are too loud, or sound hollow, as if coming from inside a deep well.
Her servants are jostling among themselves. Queenie is asserting her position. Vishka opposes her, slowly, with measured, relentless cadences. It matters little what they are talking about. Prices of silk, salt, Crimean wines. The likelihood of the Neva freezing soon. Predictions—even those professed by experts—are hardly ever accurate. Conviction is merely a sign of the speaker's self-assurance.
A telltale sign of arrogance.
9:13 a.m.
The commode has a soft leather seat. When she moves, the leather creaks. Back and forth. Slowly, gently. The swaying of the body soothes. This is how being in a cradle must feel to an infant.
Inside her belly a throb, a mounting pressure of blood. As if her menses have returned. Which cannot be.
The flashes of light are gone now, replaced by elongated floating shapes that drift through her field of vision. Glowing against the ray of pale morning sun that comes through the small window up high. Sometimes blurry, sometimes transparent. Sinking to the bottom when she tries to look at them closer.
Meet the Author
Eva Stachniak was born in Wrocław, Poland. She moved to Canada in 1981 and has worked for Radio Canada International and Sheridan College, where she taught English and humanities. Her debut novel, Necessary Lies, won the Books in Canada First Novel Award in 2000. Her first novel of Catherine the Great, The Winter Palace, was included in The Washington Post's 2011 list of most notable fiction. Stachniak lives in Toronto, where she is at work on her next novel.
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I read Winter Palace first and it should be read before reading the Empress of the Night. I am from Russian decent and could familiarize myself with some of the food and customs. Thoroughly enjoyed both books.
Author Eva Stachniak has written a sequel to The Winter Palace, her first novel about Catherine the Great. The novel is told in present tense in Catherine's own point of view as the great empress lays dying and reflects upon her life. She has suffered a massive stroke and death is imminent and near. The author did a wonderful job of getting deep into Catherine's head - her thoughts, her desires, her emotions. There is a strong focus on her relatioships with her children and grandchildren, what brought her joy, and what she regrets. As always, the research is thorough, along with wonderful descriptions of the era's clothing, sights, and smells. The story is presented in flashback mode, flitting back and forth between various points in her life in no chronological order. As a reader, I found this novel's focus challenging to understand and follow. Because of this, I highly recommend readers read The Winter Palace first to get a stronger grip on the storyline. For lovers of Catherine the Great and her impact on history, Eva Stachniak's novels are a great way to begin learning about this fascinating woman of history.
Catherine the Great arrived to begin her training as Grand Duchess, naïve and much maligned by her future mother-in-law, Elizabeth Romanov. The pattern was set: she would appear to be a cooperative, willing wife to a future Emperor, ensure that her devout attitude was appropriately noticed, and at the same time learned about the internal and external politics, treaties, battles, finance and more that would be part and parcel of Russian government. Empress of the Night… is written in an unusual style, reflecting Catherine's thoughts, emotions, and spirit for all that occurred throughout her training and actual rule of Russia. Catherine and others as well see her husband as a spineless man incapable of ruling, obviously created so by his imperious mother who trusted no one, feared everyone, and therefore ruled with an iron fist smothering all disagreement and conspiracies, real or imagined. Catherine rules after the Empress' death. But surprisingly, she spends more time reflecting on the slew of lovers who coveted not only her body but her power as well. Her fiercest passion is depicted as a love that could never survive so much intensity with Grigory Potemkin. Unfortunately for him, her foremost dedication was for her country and this decision was the cause of much hurt for him. Catherine never boasts of her power but does frequently state that she was gifted at discerning between those who wanted the best for Russia and those who wanted the best for themselves and manifested that in scheming, traitorous ways. We read about her anxiety when dealing with the Poles, Prussians, French, and later on in the story the Turks. At the same time, she is interested in lavish spending on the one hand for her home and gardens but frugality meant to help promote the Russian economy. Her reflections on her children and grandchildren are carefully charted because she must make a decision as to who will take over the Crown of Russia after her death. The thoughts on this topic are scathingly truthful and pragmatic. Disappointment is described as almost apathy and pleasure is clearly connected to her delight and favor. As her health declines, Catherine's mind rages with both hatred of her ailments and haunting, torturous reflections on the past relationships that have so often denied her opinions and provoking disagreement and dissension within her most loyal servants and administrators. Empress of the Night… is a wonderful read. Surprisingly, it is highly effective historical fiction because it refuses to only catalog lists of events and what others thought of them. It is a mental and emotional exploration of what is true and false about Catherine's decisions on pivotal issues and concerning her relationships with multiple lovers and friends. One truly gets to know and trust this intelligent, passionate, and careful ruler, lover and friend; and the reader wants to know even more by the time the story ends with Catherine's untimely but spiritually connected death forever. Very smartly crafted, engaging and intriguing historical fiction – a great read! Congratulations, Eva Stachniak, for writing a brilliant story in such a stylish, literate, and robust manner!
I have not yet read The Winter Palance, but I just added it to my Amazon cart to pick up with my next batch of books. Eva Stachniak just may be getting added to my "but everything she writes" list. Her writing was caprivating and very descriptive without going too far and giving too much. The court and life of Catherine the Great was very different from many of the European courts I have read about during that time. Stachniak captured the grandoise lifestyle and obsession with impressing Russia's European counterparts and need for expansion. There was so much I never realized about Catherine the Great - such as she wasn't really Russian and her name wasn't originally Catherine. Her story was amazing, told as a memory she has after a fall towards the end of her life. She had many enemies, but many people also truly loved her and relied on her rule to make life in Russia better. I can't wait to see what The While Palace is like - told from the point of view of a close servant instead of Catherine. It's amazing how the same story can be completely different when told from two perspectives. *This book was received in exchange for an honest review*


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What "TRITON CHARGER" would charge a 10s a123 pack?
No triton charger is 10s capable a123 or lipo battery
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What "TRITON CHARGER" would charge a 10s a123 pack?
No triton charger is 10s capable a123 or lipo battery
Great job Greg! the Predator seems to be the best designed of all the glass nitroplanes EDF models.
glad the Medusa worked! did you get any motor temp readings?
I see the motor avail is holding you up
this MIGHT be an option
Greg any news yet?
what diameter is the end of the exhaust tube?
also is ther an intake ring you can fit on the front of the fan>?
might help scare the dog less!
Do you have any intake ducting? or maybe an intake ring from the fan you can fit on there? it will help alot
also what fan is that, what size
last question, have you put the batteries in...
I learned along time ago, go flying wind or no wind, sometimes even in the light rain
use floats for the snow, if you let the weather stop you , you will never get to fly!
Nice jet, I have some of the ammo motors you were mentioning if your feagio doesnt work out
36-56-1200 and I think 36-56-1800
a 4s setup is best/ light good power not to expensive
use 4s2500s or 4s3200s
use 60a esc with switching bec
13x10 prop, motor outrunner around 7 or so oz with a kv of 800 or so
yup 900 watts does nice , its a 5s plane
use axi 4120/18
70 amp controller
5s1p 3700 to 4350ma packs (short brick style)
14x10 to 15x10e prop
5.5 lbs great performance
you will...
the motor I am using on my yak is a Z5025/22 B back mount version with fan, I use 10s1p hyperion 3700ma packs
I have been flying on a 20x10e and the motor runs quite warm
I agree the motor...
Marc, I am using a z5045/18 B motor in a 15lb 12s setup (to big for the Genesis)
also using a z5025/22 B in an 11lb yak on 10s , spins a 20x10e but runs a bit warm (19x10e might be better) 2500...
seems like a good match
use 4s or 5s setup
what will you use to recharge a 10s2p a123 pack at the field
think about charger capacity and pack makeup
and think about charger power supply,
If you are killing spin99s, why would you want to step down to a 77 ??
Excellent Kris, I am still flying mine on 4120/18 5s with a 15x10
very fun, lots of power and speed
Malcom, have you had any problems with your ripmax PS dropping voltage when charging this way?
After the charge pauses, when it restarts,?
Thanks, Kevin
Anyone have a link to the guy here on rcu selling carbon wing tubes?
I cant find the ad , he had em for the AW 260
Id rather get it from airwild but they dont have em yet
How about this for a field charging system: its a small 4 stroke 2.5 hp motor linked to a 55amp bosch alt. with reg and amp meter ,, hook it to a small field battery
small , quiet, up to 55 amps...
pics from todays flying ... 4 great flights
I didnt even have to break out the generator!
WHAT prop and batteries are you using?
i HAVE NEVER SEEN A 4120/16 they have a 14 and an 18 avail now, was the 16 wind an early motor?
I am not sure what the problem is but I do know its a bad idea to run an edf on the bench for 2/3 minutes
you will cook your motor
12x8 apcE 60 amps ~ 1,100 watts
on the ragged edge for that motor with rpms and amps
didnt use it long
a really strong 4s pack with a 15x8e would be better on that plane
will need...
I have 3 sets of batteries and 3 chargers. So how long,?? I arrive at the field all betteries charged/ flying in 10 minutes(plane assembly)
let motor cool 5/10 minutes , setup just flown...


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I rooted my HTC One X just to get FM and other AT&T blocked apps installed in /system/app directory. Now there is an OTA update and I'm sure it will unroot the phone. My question is will the FM app stay and work after the OTA? Thanks.
As eldarerathis already said in his comment, this very much depends on how the OTA is performed. First, some OTAs might even fail to execute, as rooting modified the
If they don't care about CRC, the answer still is "yes and no": Some OTAs are just "incremental" (replacing/adding single files); those wouldn't touch your root-apps, and root would be retained. However, full updates (and this includes most "version bumps", e.g. from Android 2.2 to 2.3 to 4.0) are completely "replacing" the


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