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Author: derogatory
Characters: Lithuania, Poland, Austria, Prussia and Russia. (cameos by US and Hungary)
Rating: R, some violence (no rape! wow)
Warnings: i cannot separate humor from drama. Silly and sad? Really long (8pgs). Extensive historical footnotes at the end.
Summary: The Partitions of Poland took place in the second half of the 18th century and ended the existence of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. The partitions were carried out by Prussia, Russia and Habsburg Austria dividing up the Commonwealth lands among themselves.
Lithuania woke up to the house shaking. It was a little hard to notice at first, because it was such a large house. But after several minutes lying in the dark, Leit realized it wasn't Poland's kicking in his sleep that was making the bed quake. He sat up fast, squinting through the shadows.
"What's going on?" he demanded, loud enough to start his friend awake.
"Nothing," Poland assured him in a groggy voice, rolling away from Lithuania's restless fidgeting. Leit listened in silence for a while longer before he saw the dresser in the corner give an involuntary shudder. Blood pumping in his ears, he shook Poland's shoulder. "UGH! What?"
"I think somebody's outside," he ventured slowly, sliding his legs over the side of the bed. "We might be under attack. If we can pin-point their location from the source of the shaking, we can catch them unaw-" he could already hear Poland snoring. Grumbling to himself, Leit tugged on some shoes and fished his sword off the wall, when a knock at the front door reverberated through the whole house. Startled, he hurried downstairs, wrenching open the door to meet their late night visitors. His blood ran cold- he had half expected it to be somebody harmless like Sweden.
"Sorry about this," Austria began, looking strange as one of the Black Eagles. "I promise we're not going to take away too much." The soldiers behind them shifted anxiously. The marching was what had shook the house on its ancient foundation.
"Don't look so shocked," Prussia snickered, an imposing figure leaning on the doorframe. "It's not like you weren't letting this guy decide everything for you anyway." He jerked a thumb at Russia, standing apart from them. Panic gripped Lithuania's heart when he remembered their last fight against the man. Poland couldn't keep his mouth shut around Russia, and the man wouldn't put up with Poland's spoiled attitude. The idea of another grueling battle in the cold over their petty disagreements about religion already left Leit exhausted.
But they could fight off the other two. Lithuania quickly began running a possible line of attack in his mind. He could take Austria out with a few swipes, except Prussia would definitely knock the wind out of him before he finished. Prussia seemed to catch that thought as it fluttered through Leit's mind, and a large hand wrapped around his own sword's hilt.
"You don't want to do that," Prussia smirked, inching past Austria to come further into the house. Leit steeled his reserve, falling back into stance when Russia's voice rang out as well.
"I wonder." The entire time they'd been on these front steps, Russia had never looked once to the brunette or into the house. He was staring off at the fields, and the moon behind him made his expression unreadable. "What if your sword has rusted over?"
"You know it hasn't!" Lithuania made a motion to draw.
"Hey guys," Poland chirped, hopping down the last few steps and using his pajama sleeve to wipe the sleep from his eyes. "Are we having a sleepover?"
Lithuania and Poland sat underneath the window, listening to the men outside draw up new border lines. Leit wrapped his arms around his knees, letting the guilt set in. Maybe they should have put up a fight like he had been prepared to do. They'd won lots of battles before, after all. But then again, those fights were so much smaller than what was happening now. These three were so big, especially when they fought together, and the victories of the past seemed so long ago. We have become different people since then, he thought hopelessly.
Lithuania sighed, glancing at the blond next to him. Of course, Poland had such pride- he would take this so hard.
"I guess," he ventured at last. "It could be worse."
"What could?" Poland yawned.
"Aren't you listening!" Lithuania gaped. "They're not gonna just leave. Prussia just said he gets the beach. And Russia took Latvia!" ("Who?" Poland blinked.) "LATVIA!! Oh, and Austria is taking our stables."
"NO! THE PONIES!" Poland shrieked.
A rock smashed through the window. "YOU LOSERS SHUT UP WHEN WE'RE TALKING!" Prussia howled through the broken glass.
It was after the first partition that Austria started spending weekends at their house. Lithuania felt he couldn't really complain, as Austria had protected them from the greed of those other two even while he had participated. Poland didn't seem to like Austria much at first (and even now), but Hungary usually came to visit too. Strangely enough, the pair were just noisy enough to endear themselves to one another, and were soon sitting side by side. Hungary braided ribbons into Poland's hair, then made pigtails, and it simply escalated out of control during the following visits.
"What do you think~?" Poland asked, turning dramatically as Lithuania came into the sitting room.
"Why are you wearing a dress?" Lithuania groaned, setting the guests' lunch on the table. Hungary beamed at her work, adjusting the apron over Poland's skirt as she suggested kitten heel shoes. ("Those loafers are just too tough on such slender legs!") He had happily fallen into the habit of trying on Hungary's old outfits, letting her hem up a skirt here and there, suggesting shades of petticoats and whether or not knee socks were going to come back into fashion. Leit, as usual, tried to ignore their high and hysterical chatter, taking a seat alongside of Austria.
"She seems rather taken with your friend," Austria commented, nodding towards he pair as Lithuania poured some fresh tea.
"I'm glad you think so," he smiled graciously. "Poland doesn't usually get along with people."
"Yes, it's just been the two of you for a long time," he observed wistfully, raising the tea to his lips. After a few more minutes of observations and the ladies of the room giggling to themselves, Austria's tone hardened. "You should know, Lithuania, that those two," he began, and didn't need to bother clarifying which two he had meant. As far as the commonwealth was concerned, there were only two powers that were worth speaking so solemnly about. Still, Lithuania felt strange to have the other man looking at him so seriously. "Your house is right in their way." Lithuania bristled at the threat.
"It's like you said; We've lived here a long time," Leit protested, shuffling some food onto a plate and pushing it into Austria's hands a little firmer than he would have liked. "You guys can't just kick us out." Austria stayed silent the rest of the visit, offering only an occasional opinion on Poland's outfit when the girl asked for it. Lithuania couldn't concentrate, focused on the land outside their window, the flimsy fences built in the distance.
After the guests left, Lithuania told Poland, "Let's become stronger." They practiced fighting for a little while, but it devolved into a game of tag, then hide and seek, and then back into practice fighting when Poland wrestled him in the fields.
"I miss Latvia," Poland said in the midst of their fun. Lithuania rolled off him, as this sad confession occurred just as he had gained the upper hand in their tickle fight. They sat side by side in a mutual, unhappy silence before Leit leaned over and pulled some grass from Poland's hair.
"Me too," he mumbled. He opened his mouth to say more, only to be thrown on his back, wheezing.
"OH I GOT YOU!" Poland crowed, tickling him mercilessly. "God, you make it way too easy!"
"I have an idea," Poland announced proudly over breakfast. Lithuania had a feeling his face didn't look nearly as interested as Poland had been expecting. Largely because then Poland swept Leit's breakfast off the table for the added flourish.
"Yes?" he sighed, scrubbing porridge off his breast pocket.
"So~ You, like, said we can get stronger, right?" Poland bounced on his heels in excitement and Lithuania nodded. "Well! It's just that like, I had this idea. Cause you know, France is getting really crazy." The revolution, yes, Lithuania acknowledged, searching for the mop. "Yeah! Like, he's crazy.... crazy strong!! So I was thinking we should do that too."
"Do what?" Lithuania stared at him. Poland had a habit of skipping explanations and assuming everyone was behind him. It was cute when they were playing games, but it didn't make for any grand master plans. "You want a revolution?" Poland made the sound of a buzzer and gave Leit a swat on the head.
"Constitution! Constitution!" Poland shook a finger in his friend's face disapprovingly. "C'mon, Leit, even a baby would like know what I'm talking about!"
Frankly, such a suggestion from this guy seemed really out of the blue. Sure, Poland had been reading France's books on enlightenment as part of their education reforms- But he read that stuff upside down, and fell asleep after the first few pages. After Leit had tucked him into bed, though, he couldn't help glancing through the pages. Although that new guy America lived far away, and France was a very different from them, the idea of a constitution didn't sound so bad. It wasn't that Lithuania thought he was being treated unfairly, but establishing some boundaries might help them work together better. After all, Poland started that last fight with Russia without even asking what Lithuania thought!
Nevertheless, he had a sinking feeling Poland didn't know what a constitution was, so Lithuania gladly took up the pen and paper. Poland paced around the room dictating some good ideas ("FINE. I guess you can like witches, Leit, but I don't wanna hear about it.") and some unpopular ones ("We should like, only speak Polish from now on too." "No!" "Nie?"). He gave suggestions throughout the day, and well past when Poland fell asleep, Lithuania continued to write.
"I don't like your rules," Poland grumbled later, shuffling his feet under the table. After looking at Leit's constitution, Poland hadn't responded with excitement or praise as Leit had expected, but with sour looks and whines. He had apparently thought his draft of the constitution would impress Leit, when in fact it had been several pages of pony doodles. Lithuania respectfully kept his criticism to himself.
Really, Lithuania didn't mind doing lots of the work around the house, but he thought it couldn't hurt to suggest Poland to help around as well. That was the point of these constitutions, wasn't it? Treating one another equally? Had he been reading those books wrong, Lithuania worried, looking over Poland's temper tantrums- holding his breath and stamping on the floor.
"You can do a little work, Poland," Leit assured him, checking on the dinner. "It's not hard, I promise."
"Don't wanna," he replied stubbornly, scraping his fork on the wood. "You do it."
"You know that's not fair." Lithuania said in a stern voice, seating himself in front of a plate. Poland stared across the table in blank confusion. "Oh, go serve yourself." He didn't budge. "It's over in the pot, you don't need me to bring it to you. And don't look so upset-- No! This is my share! Let go!" The plate they were playing tug of war with slipped between both their fingers, tossing stew across the kitchen floor.
"Nice going," Poland scoffed, leaning back in his chair. Lithuania's appetite disappeared with his growing frustration at this lazy bastard and this stupid constitution.
"Why are you acting like this?" he demanded, standing up stiffly. He had the urge to clean up after Poland- as usual, but he resisted. "We are supposed to be friends, right? Maybe people don't treat their friends like this."
"Maybe," Poland conceded in an unconvincing tone, shutting his eyes and yawning. "Like, does it matter? Whatever you just wrote, it's just some paper."
"It's not just some paper!" Lithuania pressed, trying to recapture his friend's attention. Poland was impossible like this, he never listened to anything he didn't want to hear. Which is why, of course, Leit had never said any of these things sooner. "It's a law now, remember? It's going to make us stronger." Poland started to whistle to himself and Leit's anger rose to a shrill shriek in his mind. "If we don't get stronger, those guys are going to come back again! They'll beat us up again for sure if we don't!" He stared helpless after Poland, who was snapping his gum with silent annoyance. "You don't want things to change, do you?"
"You're the one changing things!" Poland grumbled, bringing the legs of his chair back down to the ground and leaving the room. "Tch! Whatever, I'm not even hungry.." Blind with fury, it was several minutes after Poland left before Leit realized he'd started cleaning up the fallen food.
Leit really expected Poland to tear up the constitution after their fight, but he left it untouched. A whole week passed and his friend did nothing to object to the document, though he still didn't intend on doing any half of the chores. Lithuania had only just decided that, come springtime, he wouldn't do Poland' share of the crops, when the partitioners returned.
They felt more prepared this second time around. Poland doubled back through the back door while Prussia gave chase. Prussia was a much more disciplined fighter, but Poland could wear him out enough to gain the upper hand. Russia was a person Lithuania could easily take on his own. It even seemed like he would win, too, until that final charge.
"Your friend didn't like your little constitution, did he?" Russia smiled and Lithuania stopped so fast he almost fell face-first into the snow. It was all the opportunity Russia needed to crack his jaw and drop him shaking on the ground. Russia settled down beside him, watching curiously as the other boy spit blood into the snow. "You're wondering how I know, aren't you?" Lithuania willfully deafened himself to this kind of talk, fingers digging in the ice to find purchase, to push himself back up. When he'd got so much as his elbows straight, Russia's fist came down on the back of his head.
"He practically begged for my help," Russia continued genially, as if he hadn't just brained the other man. "What a selfish person."
"Poland wouldn't ask for your help," he growled and choked on the blood dripping into his throat. When Leit coughed, he thought for a minute that was Russia's hand was on his back, like a strange, motherly touch. It couldn't have been. It was probably just the height of battle making him hallucinate. Austria didn't show up, he thought ruefully. They had calculated that Austria would either stop these guys from coming back, or at least buy them some time. But it hadn't turned out that way, Lithuania shivered. Nobody was going show up to stop them.
"Why not?" Russia wondered aloud and caught a handful of Lithuania's hair, pulling him to his feet only to send him crashing back down, ribs folding under the force of his attack. "You're what's making all the trouble for him. Hasn't he taken care of you all this time? And I take care of him." He knelt down again, testing pressure on Lithuania's sides, searing pain so warm it didn't feel like January, but the humid summers in the field, nestled between his friends. Poland would fall asleep against the crook of his elbow, smiling and talking in Polish in his sleep.
Far away from that memory, Poland screamed in pain, so loud and frightened that Lithuania forced himself awake, thrashing against Russia. Poland never could have asked for Russia's help. Whatever disagreements we have, he wanted to scream to Russia, they don't matter. It's always been just us, and you two can't just march in and change that. He didn't wind up saying much of anything at all, since Prussia dropped Poland beside him at just that moment, and Lithuania used all his strength to crawl to his friend's side.
"Poland, wake up," he whispered, reaching out at the other boy's cold arm.
"I did it," Russia beamed over them, and Leit was once again shoved down by his mere presence. "Russia is the strongest!"
Prussia squinted against the sunlight on the snow, picking out the spaces he was going to take too. "Aren't you glad?" he grinned down to Poland, who was boredly waving goodbye to Lithuania. "You don't have to put up with him anymore."
"Ah," Poland flopped back into the snow. "You said it!" Prussia had his men carve out more pieces of territory for himself, though it seemed very nominal to the great chunk Russia had stolen along with Leit.
Poland yawned and went back inside to warm up. It was tough wrapping his chest in bandages alone, so he just put on an old pair of Leit's pajamas instead. He's not coming back, he reasoned, so Leit won't mind if I get some blood on them. He tested a few wounds with a couple pokes and rolled around on the bed. He couldn't remember the last time he had a bed all to himself! Leit wouldn't wake him up early anymore. That guy was always waking up at dawn to do chores, so annoying! But now he could sleep in as long as he liked.
After the soldiers left, Poland started to get kinda hungry. Lithuania kept some leftovers in the kitchen for emergencies, and Poland ate them quietly by himself. It was too salty, he complained to the empty house, and cried suddenly and miserably. When am I gonna eat something this gross again?
"Hey," America blinked after the guy on his doorstep. Who the heck was this!? ".. You. What's up?"
"I'm Poland," he snapped, looking sourly over America's shoulder a that warm, lively house inside. "Remember? I like, helped you against what's-his-name."
"England?" America's face clouded. He still hadn't forgiven the man.
"Yeah!" It was true Poland sent a couple guys over for the revolution, and that was where some of the ideas for the constitution had come from. America, even if he was kinda unfamiliar, was a more reasonable guy than France. France was mostly arguing with himself throughout the revolution, while little America took down a big guy like England. England was kinda tough, and he'd stopped America's fighting before, but he got beat. Maybe Poland could do the same thing with Russia.
Poland took a deep breath- asking for help was so uncool.
"I need to get Leit back." ("Who…") "He got taken from me by that jerk, Russia." ("Russia…?") Poland growled after America's dumb stupid face-- "Everything changed and its lousy and I hate it! I'm trying to ask you like what I'm supposed to do!" America blinked.
"Beat him up." Poland stared after him, unable to believe it would be that simple. Like, if just beating him up had been the answer, he and Leit could've won the first time right? Maybe. America grinned, crossing his arms over his chest in some silly, know-it-all way. "Well, I'm not sure what you're talking about, but nobody will take you seriously if you just keep letting bad stuff happen to you. You gotta rise up and prove to everybody that you're not gonna get stepped on by this Leit guy anymore! WIN BACK YOUR BUDDY RUSSIA!" ("Ah, you mixed up!! Leit! Leit!")
It seemed a little dirty, Poland acknowledged. After all, Easter was pretty important. Nobody loves a good religious holiday like a Pole! So to launch on attack on that kinda day was probably some kind of sin. Crouched in the bushes outside of Russia's church, Poland went over this crisis of conscience. Not really a sin, though, right? Because stealing people's best friends was like, probably the worst thing a guy could do! Yeah, Jesus would see something like that and be like 'Yo, what are you doing? Not cool.' Poland was so busy rationalizing this he almost missed Russia on his way to Holy Week mass. Deciding this was the most effective course of action, Poland burst from his hiding place, setting himself on the unarmed Russia.
"Yeah!" Poland smirked, grinding his heel ("Why are you wearing kitten heels," Russia coughed) into Russia's bleeding chest. "Poland's the strongest!"
Poland kept up those attacks for the rest of the week, beating on Russia whenever he tried to get into a church. Not everybody agreed with it, but each time Poland came out looking really cool! It was definitely worth it. Besides, Poland remembered the times he and Leit had fought Russia the normal way. He wasn't gonna win any battles being traditional- that weirdo America helped teach him that.
Prussia hung around the eastern side, complaining a lot but not really bothering to help fight yet. But everyone knew a strong guy like Prussia wouldn't stand for those tactics much longer, so Poland began thinking up a new strategy. Oddly enough, this next strategy played into a pretty strong talent of his; shouting.
"I have a really important announcement!" Poland cried, struggling to stay standing in his high place, atop the statue. It used to be his and Leit's, but of course now Prussia owned it. That guy was there, looking grumpy as usual.
"Shut up," Prussia grumbled, reflecting the sunlight off his sword to shine it in Poland's eyes. Poland shielded it with one hand, waiting until he had Russia's attention. He'd called the guy out east, making sure he'd drag Leit along with him. Poland felt his stomach turn to a hunk of lead at the sight of his friend after all this time. He started to wave excitedly ("Leit, look at how high I am!") before Russia's genial tones cut him off.
"Oh, Poland, how nice to see you out in the open," Russia called, waving back with a bandaged hand. "I thought you'd become a forest creature, hiding in the trees. Have you called us here to apologize?"
"Nope!" Poland laughed and jumped a little when Prussia hauled another rock at him. "Quit it! Everybody pay attention! I have something to say! Like, shut up and listen! Let me finish, guys!"
"You're the only one talking, Poland," Lithuania mumbled.
"LIKE I WAS SAYING- Everybody can be equal now," Poland said and smiled. When there was no reaction to that statement, he pressed on, "Like. Even cool guys with good taste in food and art and clothes and everything- just cause like, I've got all of that doesn't make me better than guys who believe in witches and put too much mayonnaise in dinner and never stop cleaning." Lithuania's shoulders stiffened a little, but he kept his eyes on the ground. Russia's expression never really changed, but that guy was impossible to read. And Poland wasn't doing this sort of stuff for him anyway!
"I guess I'm saying," he hesitated, searching past Russia's beaming smile to find the man next to him, smaller than Poland had remembered. He tossed his head back proudly, shouting, "I like, really don't mind doing some work too, you know! So can you please come home?"
"You definitely need my help now," Prussia pointed out, looking over Russia's still smarting Easter wounds. The other man smiled gratefully at the offer. "Looks like he's stronger," Prussia smirked and leaned across the table, suddenly shifting his predatory eyes on Lithuania. "I bet it's cause he misses you."
"Oh, I'm sure that's it," Russia replied cheerfully, setting a tight hand over Leit's shoulder. "Regardless, Lithuania? Let's get rid of this nuisance Poland by summertime, shall we?" He squeezed until Lithuania cried out in pain, which was as much of an affirmative as Russia would get.
The battles went long into the summer, cutting into a time of the year when Russia would have preferred enjoying himself. That wasn't to say, of course, that clamping down on a rebellious boy like Poland wasn't a little fun. But Poland had become such an obnoxious child, and Lithuania was constantly scolded for spoiling him.
"You should have taught him proper manners," Russia suggested helpfully, tossing Lithuania back to the dirt. It didn't seem much different from any other the other days he knocked some sense into the pliant Lithuania. Only for some reason, maybe because of Poland's stupid proclamation, Leit pushed himself back up.
"Oh?" Russia looked over the shaking man with a sumptuous smile. "Do you have something to say?"
"We're going home," Lithuania's voice was so fierce Russia nearly didn't recognize it. "Things have changed now, but that's just cause we've become stronger. Poland and I will go home." Russia dragged Lithuania up the stairs to his own house, mulling over this announcement as he disciplined him. It was so troublesome having them cry about change and becoming stronger. Hadn't everyone agreed Poland and Lithuania were much more valuable when they let other people make decisions for them? When they kept their mouths shut? If too many people talk at once, nobody will hear what anyone is saying. These two yowling cats of the commonwealth would do better to be quiet for good.
Poland made quick work of pushing Prussia back, slipping into equal spats with Russia with an unnatural ease. He used to be so lousy, Prussia complained. I thought you said that Leit guy was the really strong one. Russia's irritation at their predicament mounted with each guerrilla victory. An uprising, no matter who by, always left a lousy taste in his mouth. Which was why, in late October, Russia was waiting with the other Black Eagles at Poland's house.
"What," Poland gaped at that ill-fitting haughty face situated between the two. "Ugh! Like you come back now!" He shrieked and struggled, hauled up by Prussia's great hand over his collar.
"Sorry," Austria replied unconvincingly, never stepping down from his horse. He paused, momentarily looking a little remorseful, or maybe it was just the shadows. "You look nice in men's clothing." Prussia cracked Poland on the back of the skull ("OW! WHAT WAS THAT FOR?!"), and a sudden flare in the corner of their eyes changed the course of the conversation.
"What are you doing," Poland gasped, thrashing wildly under Prussia's hold. "H-Hey! Like that's our house!" Russia smiled goodnaturely, moving the torch to the western side of the house, letting the wood pick up the flames there too. "Knock it off!!" Austria turned his horse away from the sight, which portions of the south side would now fall under his control.
"Your friend has such nice memories of this place," Russia beamed, striding back to Poland, the fire outstretching behind them, leaping through the fields. "It was turning Leit against me." Prussia tossed the writhing Poland to Russia, who gathered the boy in his arms. "What naughty children you've been," he murmured, smothering Poland along with the smoke.
- Austria, Prussia and Russia agreement to overtake the commonwealth was called the "Black Eagles", as the symbol of the commonwealth was a white eagle.
- The previous war against Russia Lithuania references is the Bar Confederation, when Russia imposed a series of laws on Poland-Lithuania (for fun and religious tolerance), and the Poles fought back.
- LATVIA!! Is this when we lose Latvia? other Baltic history majors? I always forget about him.
- I know that Austria during the partitions was the Hapsburg empire, but I think they had much of Hungary anyway by the late 1700's anyway. If not.. well, can you really argue that Hungary wouldn't have been hanging around anyway? DO YOU HAVE A BETTER EXPLANATION FOR WHY POLAND WEARS DRESSES? NO I THOUGHT NOT
- The second partition occurred when Polish nobles rejected the loss of their elite status through this new constitution and asked Russia to stop the reformers. does that mean Poland called Russia?!! who cares
- What is Lithuanian food.. I just remember salty meat and pancakes and lots of potatoes..
- Poland helping in the American Revolution is stealing the role of Tadeusz Bonawentura Kościuszko, a Lithuania-Pole who was a general in the revolution and then went on to fight the Russians in Poland. He also was the one to abolish serfdom, and make "everyone equal even if you are poor and like witches and junk" also to note, our family home is the "Bonaventure", named after this dude.
- During the Polish uprising, the resistance had major victories against Russia by sneak attacking Russian soldiers on their way to church.
- In the final battle of Praga, Russia burns the city to the ground. for funsies.
- IF YOU HAVE ANY HISTORICAL ISSUES WITH ME, I GUESS WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT HERE? thanks for reading


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Where is our season heading?
We've got no money (£9m in debt at the last count) a wafer thin squad which has been decimated by injuries.
I can see us heading in only one direction and that is down.
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f*** off QPR u c**** hope u all die
f**k off u QPR scum ur going down as well!!!!!!!!!!
"Patience is a virtue" something football fans don't have. players nd to be winning lost balls,tracking bk,patience on the ball and composure, most importantly shooting from distance,something no keeper likes.we seem to be afraid to do this. players need to show 120% commitment no 10%. Credit to Doncaster made brentford work hard and have some good exp professionals -Lewis Guy,mc cammon,price all guilty of falling over at any given time. Idle/Mousinho 5* angered at Fans chants to him and leroy.
Have been a die-hard Brentford fan 4 11yrs,local lad live in Chswick, I was reaLLY upset with some sections of the Brook road terrace, shouting at John Mousinho that he was "not fit to wear the shirt" a boy of only 20,these people should be ashamed to be barracking a fellow plyr who has been 5* for much of this season and also calling 4 Leroy's head. Facts: no money,small squad,injuries. players need to stand up and show some b******s, passion, energy. Charlie idle top man 4 me yesterday. just nd confidence to shoot. don't get points 4 passing.
Disband the club To much dead wood in the F.A.
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It must be 65 ago when I saw the Bees drop out of the old Division 1 Still waiting to see them go up tto PREM not down to bottom AGAIN Scrap all the dead wood out of the leagues and have a smaller FA OF BETTER TEAMS kILTIE
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Neil Denari surveys historical examples of buildings that might or might not constitute a thesis, starting with Corbusier's Villa Savoye and the Florey Building, Oxford (1971) by James Stirling, to Toyo Ito's Taichung Metropolitan Opera House (under construction). He feels Robert Venturi's house for his mother (1964) definitely argues a thesis, as do Peter Eisenman projects from House III (1961-71) to the City of Culture of Galica (2013), and projects by Superstudio, Buckminster Fuller and Coop Himmelb(l)au. Denari discusses his own Interrupted Projections (1996) as a project that presented ideas worked out in detail in his subsequent career. He discusses the difference between designs that exist in movies and reality, and the distinction between just going with your interests and attempting to make a contribution.
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November 13, 2015 | Video Lecturer: Neil Denari
Neil Denari begins with a description of unexpectedly encountering a house in Fort Worth designed by Paul Rudolph (1970) when he was seventeen. It was a shock that convinced him architecture was an adventure he wanted to be part of. Denari turns to historical examples of building that might or might not constitute a thesis, starting with Corbusier's Villa Savoye and the Florey Building, Oxford (1971) by James Stirling. Denari points out how Frank O. Gehry's Foundation Louis Vuitton, Paris (2014) employs very traditional materials, but delivers them in a new way.
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April 1, 2015 | Video Lecturer: Devyn Weiser, Greg Lynn, Jeffrey Kipnis, Peter Testa
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Alejandro Zaera-Polo surveys innovative building materials and technologies since World War II–from Albert Kahn, and Lee Porter Butler, to the textile facades of the London Olympics. He notes the disconnect between sophisticated materials employed in pedestrian designs. He argues that the architectural and political resides at the level of the detail.
2015 Grad Thesis Prep Symposium
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Oviedo, Florida
|Oviedo, Florida
The Wheeler-Evans House
|Motto: "Growing in the right direction"[1]
Location in Seminole County and the state of Florida
|Coordinates: 28°39′35″N 81°11′45″W / 28.65972°N 81.19583°WCoordinates: 28°39′35″N 81°11′45″W / 28.65972°N 81.19583°W
|United States
|• Mayor
|Dominic Persampiere
|• City manager
|Bryan Cobb
|• Total
|15.4 sq mi (40 km2)
|• Land
|15.2 sq mi (39.4 km2)
|• Water
|0.2 sq mi (0.6 km2)
|48 ft (14.6 m)
|Population (2010)
|• Total
|• Density
|2,192.3/sq mi (846.5/km2)
|Time zone
|• Summer (DST)
|ZIP codes
|32762, 32765, 32766
|Area code(s)
|407, 321
|FIPS code
|GNIS feature ID
|City of Oviedo, Florida Website
Oviedo is a city in Seminole County, Florida, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 33,342, reflecting an increase of 7,026 (26.7%) from the 26,316 counted in the 2000 Census.[4] It is part of the Orlando–Kissimmee–Sanford Metropolitan Statistical Area.
- 1 Name
- 2 Geography
- 3 Demographics
- 4 Schools
- 5 Local publications
- 6 National publications
- 7 Historic downtown
- 8 New developments
- 9 Attractions
- 10 Weather events
- 11 Notable people
- 12 See also
- 13 References
- 14 External links
In the late 1870s, individuals living a couple miles south of Lake Jesup needed an easily accessible post office in the Florida back country. Andrew Aulin, an early settler and shop-owner, decided to file paperwork for a post office; in his first site location report he needed a unique name, one that no other post office in Florida had.[5] Aulin liked having a Spanish name, "to go with the Spanish name of the state," and decided to name his post office location Oviedo after the city of Oviedo in northern Spain (the capital city of the Principality of Asturias) and the University of Oviedo.[5] Some say he visited the University, others say he just liked the sound, most agree he likely pronounced it "Oh-vee-Ay-Doh" rather than the Americanized way of "Oh-VEE-doh."
Oviedo is located at 28°40′13″N 81°12′30.5″W / 28.67028°N 81.208472°W.[6]
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 40.0 km² (15.4 mi²). 15.1 square miles (39 km2) of it is land and 0.3 square miles (0.78 km2) of it (2.07%) is water. Oviedo is located about 20 minutes from downtown Orlando, Fla. by highway (SR 417 and SR 408). The Econlockhatchee River runs through the east part of the city, and a tributary, the Little Econlockhatchee River, runs through the southern part of the city.
|Historical population
|Est. 2015
As of the census[2] of 2000, there were 26,316 people, 8,556 households, and 7,178 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,738.9 inhabitants per square mile (671.6/km²). There were 8,977 housing units at an average density of 593.2 per square mile (229.1/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 83.55% White, 8.83% African American, 0.27% Native American, 2.42% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 2.62% from other races, and 2.27% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 12.19% of the population.
There were 8,556 households out of which 50.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 70.8% were married couples living together, 9.99% had a female householder with no husband present, and 16.10% were non-families. 10.50% of all households were made up of individuals and 2.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.07 and the average family size was 3.31.
In the city the population was spread out with 32.0% under the age of 18, 7.1% from 18 to 24, 36.60% from 25 to 44, 18.50% from 45 to 64, and 5.80% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females there were 98.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.0 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $77,489, and the median income for a family was $80,923. Males had a median income of $46,777 versus $30,757 for females. The per capita income for the city was $23,831. About 3.30% of families and 4.60% of the population were below the poverty line, including 4.70% of those under age 18 and 3.9% of those age 65 or over.
The city of Oviedo's public schools are a part of Seminole County Public Schools. Oviedo contains 6 public elementary schools (K-5); 2 public middle schools (6-8); and 3 public high schools (9-12). The city of Oviedo is also home to a branch of Seminole State College of Florida, the Orlando campus of Reformed Theological Seminary, and borders the University of Central Florida in Orlando.
Elementary schools[edit]
- Carillon Elementary School
- John Evans Elementary School
- Lawton Elementary School
- Marguerite Partin Elementary School
- Douglas Stenstrom Elementary School
- Joan Walker Elementary School (in Chuluota)
- Partin Elementary School
Middle schools[edit]
- Jackson Heights Middle School
- Lawton Chiles Middle School
- Tuskawilla Middle School (Close to the Oviedo/Winter Springs border)
High schools[edit]
Private schools[edit]
- The Master's Academy (Pk-12) (Christian)
- St. Luke's Lutheran School (Pk-8) (Lutheran)
- Teen Transformation Ministries (All Male) (Special Education) (Christian)
- Tuskawilla Montessori Academy (3-12) (Secular)
- Oviedo Montessori School (Preschool-1) (Secular)
Local publications[edit]
The Seminole Voice and The Seminole Chronicle (publication ceased in July 2014) are both print newspapers that cover Seminole County news, with a focus on the Winter Springs, Oviedo, and Chuluota areas of the county. The Oviedo Voice'' has been servicing Oviedo for 23 years. The Oviedo Citizen is an online publication that has been covering Oviedo news since August 2008.
National publications[edit]
Oviedo was voted #100 in CNN Money Magazine's 100 Best Places to Live 2009.
Oviedo was listed as one of the Top 10 Towns for Families in Family Circle's August 2011 issue.[9]
Oviedo was voted Best Places to Raise Kids in Florida in Businessweek for 2013.[10]
Historic downtown[edit]
The downtown area is quickly changing to make way for a wider road, but The Oviedo Preservation Project[11] has helped photograph and document these buildings so we can remember them. Of the buildings still standing, most were constructed between the end of the 19th and early 20th century. The Nelson and Company Historic District, the R.W. Estes Celery Company Precooler Historic District, the First Methodist Church of Oviedo, and several houses in Oviedo are listed in the National Register of Historic Places.[12][13] The nearby Oviedo Mall features murals of historic areas along with pictures of early European and African-American settlers in the area.
New developments[edit]
In 2015, the city of Oviedo dedicated a brand new downtown development just south of the current "old downtown" along Oviedo Blvd. The new town center, named "Oviedo on the Park", is a mixed use development with townhouses, apartment homes, restaurants, and retail. It is centered around the new Center Lake Park with a man-made lake, large amphitheater, playground and Veterans Tribute.
A new Emergency Room (ER) hospital, called Oviedo ER, was completed in 2014. Oviedo ER is a department of Central Florida Regional Hospital.[14] The Oviedo ER is located on the corner of Red Bug Lake Road and West Broadway.
The Oviedo Mall, a single-story indoor mall with a movie theater built in 1998, has recently undergone a large-scale renovation by its new owners, 3D Investments. BJ's Restaurant & Brewery[15] opened across from the Oviedo Mall in August 2014. Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons of KISS hosted a grand opening celebration for their new Rock & Brews in Oviedo in January 2015.[16]
Oviedo's new Gym & Aquatic Center features a waterslide, kid's water park, and a large Olympic-sized pool with multiple lanes. Oviedo's Riverside Park also contains a pool, but also in addition has tennis courts and a skate park.[17]
Oviedo has a YMCA, a golf course, a library, Little League, bowling center, and a nature nursery. Several large retailers in Oviedo include Target, Home Depot, and Lowe's amongst others.
Oviedo is also home to numerous housing developments including the established Whispering Woods, Aloma Woods, Remington Park, Carillon, Little Creek, Sanctuary, Kingsbridge, Riverside, Riverwind Apartments, Twin Rivers, and Bear Creek. It also has new subdivisions including the Oviedo Forest, Oviedo Gardens, Providence, Clayton's Crossing, Stratford Green, the Trails, and Live Oak Reserve.
Black Hammock Adventures and the Lukas Butterfly Encounter are located in Oviedo. The "Oviedo Lights" is a local roadside attraction.[18] A mural dedicated to the phenomenon is painted on the wall of the local Tijuana Flats.
This annual event is held the last Saturday each October and invites the entire town to travel a 5K route that leads past 10 historic sites, then enjoy a homemade pancake breakfast while watching an interactive performance from actors in costume portraying Oviedo's founders, who are back from beyond the grave for one magical weekend. This kid-friendly event is not scary, but purely based on the town's history.
Oviedo chickens[edit]
Part of Oviedo's southern charm is the population of chickens that roam the downtown area. There are so many of them roaming the area that traffic often stops as they cross the roads. The chickens have been featured on Oviedo T-shirts and coffee mugs and a poster commemorating one of Oviedo's yearly festivals, "A Taste of Oviedo."
Contrary to what some believe, there are no specific laws or statutes surrounding the chickens, neither for their protection nor for their removal - the latter being something some residents would like to see due to the danger they pose with traffic in the congested town center. For others, however, the chickens add an element of fun.
There are City Ordinances that protect birds in the City Limits, the entire city is designated a bird sanctuary. Chickens are afforded the courtesy of protection under the code.[20]
The chickens were also the subject of a short documentary that was part of the Florida Film Festival 2009.[21]
Weather events[edit]
Hurricane season of 2004[edit]
In August 2004, the northwestern side of Hurricane Charley passed directly over Oviedo while still a Category 2 storm.[22] More than half the city as well as much of the surrounding unincorporated areas had no power for 5 to 7 days. School was not in session county-wide for one full school week. The damages ranged from toppled oaks to destroyed homes. The worst damage was in Palm Valley, a mobile home retirement community less than a mile from UCF. Charley's damage in Oviedo is considered to be the worst in Seminole County history. Barely a month later, Hurricanes Frances and Jeanne further battered the area resulting in additional damage and power outages, but they did not reach the level of Charley's fury.
Tropical Storm Fay[edit]
Tropical Storm Fay hung over Oviedo for days during 2008 with high winds, heavy rains, and flooded roads.
Notable people[edit]
- Jennifer Barringer - professional runner and Olympian, current American record holder in steeplechase[23]
- Mark Bellhorn - professional baseball player
- Blake Bortles - NFL quarterback for the Jacksonville Jaguars
- Talia Joy Castellano - Thirteen-year-old Internet celebrity, died from neuroblastoma and preleukemia.
- Jeff Driskel - Louisiana Tech Bulldogs quarterback and San Francisco 49ers draftee[24]
- Stuart Fullerton - entomologist, founder of the "Bug Closet" at the University of Central Florida[25]
- Hal King - former Major League Baseball player[26]
- Robert T. Kuhn - Past President of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod.[27]
- Theodore Mead, horticulturalist and naturalist
- Tom Rhodes - Comedian and actor
- Megan Sladek - founder of The Oviedo Preservation Project, former editor of The Oviedo Voice
- Monty Sopp - professional wrestler under the ring names Billy Gunn and "The Outlaw"
- Zach Eflin - professional baseball player for the Philadelphia Phillies of the MLB.
See also[edit]
- ^ "City of Oviedo, Florida Website". City of Oviedo, Florida Website. Retrieved September 22, 2012.
- ^ a b "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ^ "U.S. Census Bureau - State & County Quickfacts - Oviedo (city), Florida". quickfacts.census.gov. 2010-04-01. Retrieved 2012-05-29.
- ^ a b Adicks, Richard; Neely, Donna (1992). Oviedo: Biography of a Town (2nd ed.). Oviedo, Florida: Richard Adicks and Donna Neely. p. 13.
- ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
- ^ "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015". Retrieved July 2, 2016.
- ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
- ^ "Top 10 Towns for Families". Family Circle. August 2011. Retrieved 2011-12-05.
- ^ "The Best Places to Raise Kids 2013".
- ^ "The Oviedo Preservation Project".
- ^ "NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Listings September 28, 2001". Department of Interior. 2001-09-28. Retrieved 2015-10-15.
- ^ "NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Listings July 27, 2007". Department of Interior. 2007-07-27. Retrieved 2015-10-15.
- ^ "Central Florida Regional Hospital Website". Central Florida Regional Hospital. Retrieved September 1, 2015.
- ^ "Oviedo to get BJ's Brewhouse". Seminolechronicle.com. 2014-02-26. Retrieved 2014-03-25.
- ^ "Rock and Brews Hosts Grand Opening". Centralfloridafuture.com. 2015-01-06. Retrieved 2015-10-25.
- ^ "City of Oviedo Parks and Recreation". City of Oviedo official website. Retrieved 2015-10-25.
- ^ "The Oviedo Lights". Weirdus.com. Retrieved 2015-10-25.
- ^ "The Rising Run 5K – An Oviedo Tradition – It's a 5K. It's a Cemetery Tour.".
- ^ Article I. Sec. 10-1 of Oviedo Code of Ordinances (1996). "City designated a bird sanctuary". Retrieved 2011-12-05.
- ^ titanicca37 (14 March 2009). "Oviedo Chickens Documentary" – via YouTube.
- ^ [1] Archived June 29, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ "Jenny Simpson". US Track & Field. Retrieved February 2, 2013.
- ^ "Jim Driskel". ESP College Football. Retrieved February 2, 2013.
- ^ Clarke, Sara K. (2014-04-10). "Stuart Fullerton: Curator who founded 'Bug Closet' at UCF". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved 2014-05-04.
- ^ "Hal King Stats". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved February 2, 2013.
- ^ Foerster, Robert (22 July 2013). "LCMS Convention Update - Monday, July 22nd". LCMS Eastern District. Retrieved 22 July 2013.
External links[edit]
|Wikimedia Commons has media related to Oviedo, Florida.
- City of Oviedo, Florida Website Portal style website, Government, Business, Library, Recreation and more
- City-Data.com Comprehensive Statistical Data and more about Oviedo
- Seminole County Convention and Visitors Bureau
- Oviedo - Winter Springs Regional Chamber of Commerce
- GFWC Oviedo Woman's Club
- Great Day in the Country Arts & Crafts Festival


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Court Farm Gallery June 2016
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Dennis Kucinich is now reaping the reward for his high-profile bug-out on the Compulsory Corporate Profit Act of 2010, also known as "health care reform." And what a pearl of great price it is! Well worth selling out your heatedly avowed principles for! I mean, Mahatma Gandhi himself would traded his loincloth for a pinstripe suit to bag some bling like this! Check it out:
Dennis Kucinich the new face of Dem campaign committee.
That's right: Dennis is now fronting the big-time money-grubbing operations of party hacks! Just days ago, Kucinich was condemning the health care bill as a bad, tainted piece of pork:
"a giveaway to the insurance industry — $70 billion a year, and no guarantees of any control over premiums, forcing people to buy private insurance. I just don't see that this bill is the solution."
But now, he's out there rattling the cup for the very ladlers of corporate pork he has been castigating for months, writing in the new donation pitch:
On Tuesday, I ... witnessed an historic ceremony in the White House, where President Obama signed health care reform into law. I am pleased to have played a role in helping make this important moment possible.
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Under current circumstances, though, using Kucinich makes perfect sense. He can appeal to liberals who might not open their wallets for a lot of other members of Congress, and his seal of approval can be used in an effort to convince Democrats who think the reform legislation doesn't go far enough that they should stay active with the party this year anyway.
In other words, Kucinich is happily participating in a PR scam to perpetuate the corporatist party elite that has just — for the umpteenth time — betrayed the deepest hopes of its masochistic supporters. And for your real rootin', tootin', "fightin' progressives" like Koppelman, this is a good thing. Because it's smart. It's savvy. It's playing the game.
And the game, apparently, is to keep your sweet progressive self somewhere near the hindquarters of power, just in case you might get a pat on the head every now and then from the honchos — brutal operators and war criminals who will never, not even once, not even by accident, put any of your vaunted principles into practice.
A more paltry — and degrading — ambition can scarcely be imagined. But this seems to be the full extent of the "vision" offered by our modern progressives — who despite their savvy servility to power still like to fancy themselves as the heirs of Martin King, Mother Jones ... and that old empire-shaking lion in loincloth from India.
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Saturday, September 5, 2015
A Requested Title the Library Doesn't Own
To Kill a Hummingbird.
The patron asked since we don't have it, could we order it. I explained no, and why. Even though it should exist, that book doesn't.
Friday, May 15, 2015
Straits of Hell = Pages of Paradise
Matthew Reddy and his surviving Destroyermen are now stationed on different ships around the Alliance Fleets in this alternate Earth. They are battling on two different fronts with allies from indigenous peoples as well as humans from other arrivals from other time periods in Reddy's earth's history.
Enemies similarly include Japanese from World War II, where the old Asiatic Fleet destroyer USS Walker came from; sentient reptiles called Grik; and other humans from different Earths in the past, relative to World War II. The writing about these groups and their thoughts actions just grabs this reader and yanks him along. These enemy characters are complicated, not mere cardboard cutouts to provide opposition in the plot.
Obviously, at number 10 in the series, much has happened before the events of this book. All things being equal, I'd recommend that readers start the series with book 1, Into the Storm. Nevertheless, if a reader is willing to start "In medias res," this book can carry the extra weight. What are characteristics that make this a compelling and worthy read?
As mentioned before, the characters are interesting and complicated. They are put in dire situations and have to overcome being outnumbered, plans that are more clever than they expected at the time. Another facet of these books is research and re-development of technologies that existed in the World War II time frame, but were unknown in the alternate Earth that the Destroyermen arrive at. Much of the technology has been developed in previous books, but the struggle to improve and manufacture items needed for war goes on as a plot thread. Finally, showing characters working hard to create a more ideal civilization including multi-species interests and entertains.
Straits of Hell is worth your reading time and your book dollars--as is the rest of the series.
Friday, July 25, 2014
First Fifteen Lives of Harry August
This novel is a thriller with a time travel twist. North's narrator, Harry August, doesn't travel in time using technology, but some unexplained phenomenon of his person sends him back to his own birth after his death. Every time. And each time he gets sent back to his own birth to re-live his life, he remembers the events of his previous life. Others exist in the future and in the past with this same looped-life quality. Because their lives overlap slightly--one person being a child when another person is old--they can send messages up and down history.
The problem occurs when one of these multi-lived people decides to change history and brings technological advances into existence earlier than they normally arrive. Then he starts killing permanently others with returning lives who would oppose him.
The reader learns the hard-knock wisdom that Harry August picks up in his serial lives and waits to find out if August will be killed permanently by the Other who is trying to manage human history and destiny through his own lives.
This is an exciting read, even if a much less exciting review.
Saturday, April 12, 2014
Cauldron of Ghosts--Third book in the Crown of Slaves series taking place in the "Honorverse" of David Weber
Action--fights on a small enough level to follow individuals--space ship takeovers, urban fighting in defended and booby-trapped buildings, and cargo "truck"-jackings gone sideways.
Suspense--will the characters be caught or will they succeed? Will they die? Will they Die AND succeed? The reader in the moment is kept guessing.
Favorite characters--Anton Zilwicki, Victor Cachat, and others from the Crown of Slaves segment of the Honorverse are all here doing their characteristic mannerisms; dangerous, insane plans; and forlorn hope actions. The one exception to known character similarity is Andrew Artlett who acts younger yet more thoughtful than his appearance in Torch of Freedom.
In any case, there's a lot to love in this volume and a reader's favorite villains to hate as well--from bit-part slavers to (literally) evil genius father & sons.
Full four stars from me! The only thing that kept it from being five stars for me is that (as other reviewers of the David Weber Honorverse books have complained about a couple of other titles) is that in this book several paragraphs are taken word for word or nearly from the second book in the Saganami Island series, Storm from the Shadows. Since the scene takes place in both books, it's understandable, if not justifiable. I found it only a little disconcerting.
Nevertheless, for readers who enjoy the Honorverse or for readers who just enjoy good space / spy / military adventure stories, this is a four-star read that they will want to dive into. Like a number of individual books in a series, it may not be the best volume to jump into from a standing start, but it does read well on its own, and for first time readers, the repeated paragraphs won't even be noticed, because they fit perfectly in this story.
For fun and adventure, read this book!
Thursday, April 10, 2014
Missing Simile
Why doesn't anyone ever say "Cute as a zipper"?
Thursday, February 13, 2014
Overheard Art Movements
Two Schools of art that I heard of:
Gopher Baroque
Hoosier Dada (this is apparently the name of a race horse as well).
I just need to think of others for an imaginary art history course.
Saturday, February 8, 2014
The Sea without a Shore by David Drake, review
The Sea Without a Shore by David Drake
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Drake pours on the adventure and gives readers an excellent time.
The Sea without a Shore by David Drake is the latest (#10) in the Daniel Leary / Adele Mundy space navy series. Drake keeps things fresh in this adventure of the duo in the Cinnabar Navy--RCN as all the insiders call it. Because this is one of a series, and because the author has said he tries to make it possible to start the series from any one of the books, this book has some passages that readers familiar with the series will either welcome as familiar friends or feel some level of annoyance with the repetition of stuff they already know. Mine was the familiar friends reaction.
David Drake (as his author's note explains) takes earth minor historical events and recasts them as a plot framework for Leary & Mundy to work through in different planets and star systems. It's a technique that works very well for me. The author is able to take his characters through multiple adventure scenarios without becoming repetitive (except in as much as some have found the explanations of the Matrix or Leary or Mundy's personal history repetitive, as mentioned above).
In this book, they are not acting as official RCN members. They escort the son (formerly a ne'r do well, but now reformed) of Adele's civilian boss to a planet where there's a revolution going on, where the son hopes to find a buried treasure to help his side buy weapons and win the revolution. They don't know if there really is a treasure, but they set off to help--with Adele having a related secret mission that she doesn't share with Daniel or anyone else!
In one sense, it's a well-known pattern for fans of the series--Daniel & Adele are given a nearly impossible mission, Daniel thinks up a bold and sly plan, and Adele gets normally inaccessible information and fools the opposition. This may sound simple and mundane, especially after nine previous novels in the series, but once again, for me, Drake pours on the adventure and gives readers an excellent time.
I've read all his books in the Leary & Mundy series more than twice! and I expect to do the same with this volume.
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The cold end to winter and beginning of spring also could be hard on Vermonts deer, which use up much of their fat reserves during the winter, but it could benefit moose because the winter ticks that have become a problem for many moose dont survive prolonged cold weather. Moose arent as bothered by deep snow.
Despite the cold and snowy weather, bears are being spotted across the state, officials said.
Once we receive reports bears are out and about, we urge Vermonters to remove any bear attractants, said Mark Scott, Vermont Fish & Wildlifes director of wildlife. Take down your birdfeeder, seal up your garbage and turn on the electric fence around your chicken coop or beehive.MORE IN This Just InCASTLETON - Head coach Eric Ramey has announced that the Castleton softball team will once again... Full StoryMONTPELIER Vermont state officials are blaming a lack of seat belt usage, speeding and driving... Full Story
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AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW) -- The new sanitation contract hasn't even started yet, and some say it's causing problems. The largest sanitation contract Augusta has ever let out starts June 1.
There will be lots of changes, including the price you pay and the days you get service. Your trash system is changing and your day of service as well.
"We're going to one time a week, there's incentive-based recycling and we're using three new garbage trucks as part of it," said Environmental Services Director Mark Johnson.
No more two-a-days. They will pickup garbage, recycling, yard and bulk waste on the same day once a week. There's also a new $310 bill added.
"They did not realize what we have out here in District 8. I expressed that on the floor last year," said Commissioner Wayne Guilfoyle.
Guilfoyle says he didn't vote for this plan last year and that he knew it would stink for the people out in his district.
"People are upset that this is a forced service. They did not have a say-so. I have a problem with it as well. I don't believe the government should force something on a private citizen," Guilfoyle said.
Some say this new fee is garbage, and believe it or not, there could be a way out. There's a business exemption for trailer parks, family apartment units bigger than four and churches.
"There's a second exemption for long driveways. If you live more than 300 feet from the road, you have the option to participate or not," said Environmental Director Mark Johnson.
Johnson says that's still weeks away. He says the contract is signed and everything starts June 1.
Call 311 for more information about your trash service and trash pickup days. There is an exemption for senior citizens and for those with medical problems. A doctor has to certify that you're ill and cannot walk. Click here to view that form.
Here's a list of the current exemptions to solid waste and recyclable collection services:
- 1. Those that reside within the city limits of Hephzibah and Blythe.
- 2. Commercial properties. This includes commercial businesses, apartment complexes with five or more units on one parcel of land, trailer parks with 10 or more units on one parcel of land and churches.
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