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Outright NorPac Title Up for Grabs When Cal Faces Card
Friday, October 29, 2010
Category: Sports > Fall > Field Hockey
The Cal field hockey team's final home game of the season has all the makings of a Friday night classic. If the anticipation for the 7 p.m., contest against Stanford wasn't enough, the right to sole ownership of the NorPac West Division title is on the line.
"The atmosphere of the game is going to create more pressure," coach Shellie Onstead said. "It's going to be a lot of fun. They're going to be excited and they'll have to be able to do the simple things well, so that's what we've been focusing on."
With a 3-0 win over Pacific last week, the Bears (8-7, 5-0 in NorPac) are assured at least a share of the regular season conference championship. Cal will likely meet the Cardinal for the third time this year in the NorPac tournament, but a victory over the squad's cross-Bay rival ensures a top seed.
"Games against Stanford are always very intense," senior Lisa Lohre said. "I think if we bring the level we want to bring tomorrow, and just carry it over to NorPac, we'll have good preparation for that tournament."
Over the last eight seasons, the Bears have posted a 20-5 record against Stanford (10-5, 4-1). Although Cal has rarely suffered defeat at the hands of the Cardinal, some of those losses have been heartbreaking - three have come in each of the last three NorPac championship matches.
Despite the Bears' 29-9 shot advantage in the 2008 finals, Stanford's goal in double overtime denied Cal an NCAA play-in bid. Last season, the Bears had nine freshmen on their roster, entered the finals as underdogs, and were handed a postseason exit by the Cardinal once again.
But in its thrilling 2-1 upset over then-No. 16 Stanford this season, Cal showed no signs of being haunted by 2008's unexpected defeat or 2009's prematurely ended Cinderella run. The teams matched each other shot-for-shot until sophomore Claire Dougherty scored in the last four minutes to topple the Cardinal.
The Bears have history on their side. Dating back to 1998, Cal has won 11 straight home games against Stanford. A 12th straight victory means an undefeated NorPac record for the first time since 2006.
"I'm happy to play up the home field advantage. It's a viable thing here, and I think there will be a lot of people out here," Onstead said.
There's another reason for Cal to sweep the Cardinal: Friday's match is also Senior Night. Onstead has voiced pride for their leadership this season.
"They're very significant. They're handling this year very, very well," Onstead said. "It will be emotional, there's no way around that, and I think that's going to give them a little extra oomph on Friday."
That "extra oomph" might already be present, as the seniors are raring to take one final shot at Stanford in their last homestand.
"We're pumped and we definitely want to get a win tomorrow for our team," senior Megan Psyllos said. "We need to win this game, but I think we're just excited to finally play in it."
Catherine Nguyen covers field hockey. Contact her at [email protected]
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New York Post Corrects Melania Trump Story
A major mistake.
How's this for some Rupert Murdoch tabloid sloppiness?
Today's cover: Melania Trump like you've never seen her before https://t.co/wkoDGWTF9g pic.twitter.com/V375rBTUEw
— New York Post (@nypost) July 31, 2016
A secondary bombshell aspect of the New York Post's splashy summer resurrection of nude Melania Trump photos was that the pictures were shot in 1995 and originally published with a dateline of January 1996, raising questions about the circumstances of her arrival in the U.S. and legal right to work here. Politico for example picked up on that angle.
However, per TPM's Tierney Sneed, the paper got the chronology wrong:
The issue of Max magazine in which Trump's photos appeared had Cindy Crawford on the cover, the Post said. Crawford appeared on the cover of the February 1997 issue of Max, while the cover of December 1995/January 1996 issue did not feature her. While photos published in January 1996 would have almost certainly have been shot in 1995, photos published a year later lend credence to Melania Trump's attorney's account.
Jarl Ale de Basseville, the photographer who shot the Trump photos for Max, told TPM via email that the Post "made a mistake" in saying the photos appeared in the January 1996 issue and confirmed that the photos ran in the February 1997 issue. He could not, however, recall when the photo shoot in question took place, so [Melania Trump attorney Michael J.] Wildes' claim that the shoot took place after Trump received her visa in October 1996 could not be independently confirmed.
An Editor's Note now appends the Politico item, while the following parenthetical correction has been inserted into the Post article:
(Photographer Alé de Basseville later told The Post that he misspoke, and the photo session actually took place in 1996 in Manhattan, and appeared in a 1997 issue of the magazine.)
At press time, the top online caption in the Post story still has it slightly wrong, listing January 1997 as the issue of the French magazine. Melania arrived in the U.S. in August 1996 with a B-1/B-2 visitor visa and received an H-1B work visa two months later.


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Downtown St. Cloud gets new LED lighting and audio system
November 26, 2018
The city of St. Cloud debuted a new LED lighting system and audio system during the Veterans Day parade through downtown.
The city plans to change the displays as the seasons change as well as for specific holidays. They now have the ability to play themed music throughout the streets.
This was all made possible by a $7 million street light improvement project that began in 2016 and is still underway. With the new LED technology throughout the city, the city is expected to save about $6 million over the next ten years. They will pay themselves off in 12 years.
They installed the system to try to have downtown St. Cloud have a better ambiance and to feel more connected to the arts community.
The new system also includes surveillance and can also be used as a way to broadcast public messages such as AMBER alerts and other alerts.


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"But what if I can't?"
"You won't be able to help your friends. And they'll die without you."
— Meredith and Lydia Martin in Damnatio Memoriae
Meredith Walker is a supporting character in Season 3, Season 4, and Season 5 of Teen Wolf. She was first introduced as a fellow patient in the Eichen House psychiatric facility with Stiles Stilinski and Malia Tate in the late autumn of 2011, but it was later revealed that Meredith is actually a Banshee like Lydia Martin, though she appeared to have a greater control over her powers at the point of this discovery.
Though her fondness for the McCall Pack has led her to use her powers to assist them whenever possible, it was revealed in Season 4's Perishable that she was actually the architect of the Deadpool, a hit-list that included every supernatural creature in Beacon Hills, all of whom she identified with her Banshee abilities and whose assassinations were funded by the $117 million worth of bearer bonds stolen from Peter Hale's safe in the Hale Vault. Soon after, it was discovered that she enacted the Deadpool on behalf of Peter, who came up with the idea while he was comatose in Beacon Hills Memorial Hospital; the two were assigned to the same room at the hospital (where Peter was in a coma recovering from his burns sustained in the Hale House Fire, and Meredith was recovering from the physical and psychological side effects of her powers being tested by fellow Banshee Lorraine Martin), and Meredith's Banshee telepathy allowed her to hear Peter's thoughts as though he were speaking directly to her.
Despite the fact that all of the supernatural members of the McCall Pack were put on her list, including her friend and fellow Banshee, Lydia Martin, and even Meredith herself, she still gave them clues as to how to access the Deadpool computer code, which allowed them to not only survive the attacks but to also protect others on the list as well. After the Deadpool was shut down, Meredith apparently was transferred back to Eichen House's closed unit, where she reunited with Lydia in Season 5 after the latter was admitted after being traumatized into catatonia following Theo Raeken's attack.
After Lydia arrived, Meredith used the Banshee connection that they share to enter her subconscious and encourage her to wake up so that she could save her friends from the Dread Doctors and their latest Chimera. When Lydia worried that she wasn't strong enough to do so, Meredith promised to teach her how to use her voice as a weapon in order to escape the psychiatric facility. As of Lie Ability, Meredith appears to be in a similar catatonic state to what Lydia experienced as well, likely due to a large amount of antipsychotic drugs, such as Haldol, that the nurses in Eichen House give to their patients to ensure their good behavior. As a result, her mind is active, so she can use her Banshee abilities to communicate with Lydia, but her body is near-motionless.
Early life Edit
Very little of Meredith's early life is known. At some point, everyone in her immediate family died, though the causes of their deaths remain unknown. ("I.E.D.") She activated her Banshee abilities when she was in high school, during which time she had many days where the voices of the dying all around the world filled her head constantly.
During one such day, Meredith became so overwhelmed by the voices during her chemistry class that she began to slam her hands down against her desk, confusing her teacher and classmates. Finally, Meredith Banshee-wailed and accidentally channeled her scream through her hands, which shattered all of the windows and injured the majority of her fellow students, an event that contributed to the self-loathing she feels to this day about being a supernatural creature. ("The Sword and the Spirit") She was presumably admitted to Eichen House sometime afterward when, like many Banshees, the effects of the voices she heard in conjunction with premonitions of upcoming deaths, the bodies of the dead that she was drawn to, and the wailing for the dead were mistaken for signs of mental illness.
When she was around sixteen years old, Meredith was found at Eichen House by Lorraine Martin, grandmother of Lydia Martin and a fellow Banshee who was desperate to figure out how her powers worked after she predicted the death of the love of her life, Maddy, and was unable to save her. However, when Lorraine brought Meredith to her home to try to test her abilities, the record player Lorraine used to divine for information about impending death somehow damaged Meredith's ears and brain, both physically and emotionally, which resulted in the young Banshee being hospitalized for over a year. According to Lydia, she never quite recovered back to the point where she was before the accident. ("Perishable")
While Meredith was a catatonic state in the hospital, she was roommates with the Werewolf Peter Hale, who had sustained 3rd degree burns over the majority of his body in the Hale House Fire and whose body had gone into a coma while his supernatural healing ability slowly started to regenerate the damaged tissue. However, since Werewolves are fully cognizant when they are comatose, he slowly started to go mad from being a prisoner in his own essentially paralyzed body, and Meredith's Banshee abilities somewhat picked up on his "signal." This caused her to hear all of his thoughts as though he was standing over her bed and talking to her, which included his manic ranting about how he knew the Argents were going to come for them and how angry he was at his sister Talia for not listening to his warnings.
He then detailed a plan to remake the supernatural community of Beacon Hills in his image by creating a Deadpool hit-list that would allow anyone—assassins, hunters, or amateur civilians alike—to hunt and kill the existing supernaturals in the town, presumably because he intended to create more after he became an Alpha. Meredith, already prone to self-loathing regarding all of the pain and suffering that supernatural creatures such as herself cause to each other and innocent humans, decided to put the Deadpool into effect after she heard Lydia wail for Allison Argent's death in Insatiable. Since, as a Banshee, she knew that the head orderly, Brunski, was an "Angel of Death" who had been killing patients under the guise of supposedly "relieving their suffering," she used this information to blackmail him into helping her with the Deadpool, including having him steal the bearer bonds from the Hale Vault, convert them into cash, and help her utilize Lorraine Martin's computer code to run the Deadpool automatically. ("Monstrous")
Throughout Teen Wolf Edit
In Echo House, Meredith made her first appearance when she was introduced as a patient at Eichen House during Stiles Stilinski's brief stay there. Stiles' roommate, Oliver was showing Stiles around the facility when they came upon Meredith talking to someone on the payphone in the common area at Eichen House. They overheard her talking about how she needed to tell "someone" the whole story before whispering that "one of them" was standing right behind her; though it was initially assumed she was referring to Stiles and the fact that he was possessed by the Nogitsune at this time, it is now believed that she was actually referring to Malia Tate, a Werecoyote who would later be one of targets she put on the Deadpool in Season 4.
After noticing Stiles and Oliver were eavesdropping on her call, Meredith then immediately hung up and walked away, taking great care to avoid eye contact with either of the boys. Meredith was later seen attending the same group therapy session as Stiles, Oliver, and Malia Tate, which was led by Eichen House's counselor Marin Morrell. When she saw Stiles starting to have a panic attack due to the hallucinations he was experiencing as a result of being possessed by the Nogitsune, she watched him with both curiosity and worry.
In, Insatiable, she was seen again, when Stiles realized that Meredith might know more than she was letting on about what was currently happening in Beacon Hills. However, when Sheriff Stilinski went to Eichen House to speak with her, he learned that she had been sent to the closed unit because she wouldn't stop screaming, which was the first hint in the series that she was actually a Banshee.
After Brunski, the head orderly, accompanied Stilinski to her room, they found that she had already escaped, presumably after experiencing a Banshee premonition relating to the Nogitsune and the reign of terror he had been causing in Beacon Hills. Upon making it out of Eichen, she then went straight to Beacon Hills High School in hopes of running into Scott McCall or his fellow members of the McCall Pack.
Once there, Meredith wandered to the music room and began plucking piano strings to try to divine more information about what was going to happen at the night's battle through sound divination and clairaudience. She was seemingly able to glean some information in this procedure, as she tried to tell the voices she was hearing that she needed them to repeat what they said a little louder so she could understand it. However, she was interrupted by Brunski, who confronted her in the music room and threatened to electrocute her with his taser if she didn't follow his orders and come back to Eichen House with him. Panicked, Meredith backed away from him until Bobby Finstock, who seemed to have a negative past history with Brunski, incapacitated him with his own taser, allowing Meredith to be whisked away by Stiles Stilinski, Scott McCall, and Kira Yukimura.
As soon as they got into Stiles' Jeep, Scott and Stiles wasted no time asking her where Lydia Martin, who had been captured by the Nogitsune, was currently located, Meredith became confused and asked them who Lydia was, indicating that she didn't know of whom they were speaking. Despite this, Scott and Stiles brought her back to the McCall House, where they hoped that Isaac Lahey would be able to help them talk to Meredith and figure out any kind of plan that could save Lydia's life. After being brought into Scott's bedroom by Isaac and Stiles, Meredith suddenly realized that they were talking about "the Banshee with red hair," and revealed through her actions that she uses telephones to help her process the voices of all the other Banshees in her head by pretending they're calling her.
She used her Banshee connection with Lydia to send her a message from Stiles and Isaac Lahey asking how to find her, but Lydia's response was that she didn't want to be found. She then told them that she heard her say, "Coup de foudre," (French for "a bolt of lightning" and a metaphor for "love at first sight") which made Scott realize that she was at Oak Creek, where Noshiko Yukimura and Corporal Rhys' love story began, and where she summoned the Nogitsune in 1943. Meredith was then presumably sent back to Eichen House later that evening.
Unbeknownst to anyone, she heard Lydia's Banshee wail alerting the supernatural to Allison Argent's death that evening after the young huntress was stabbed and killed by an Oni under the control of the Nogitsune.
In I.E.D., we see Meredith again for the first time since Season 3, when Lydia was desperate to figure out how to decrypt the second and third parts of the Deadpool hit-list and inadvertently sent Meredith a call for help through their Banshee connection without even realizing it. Meredith then once again broke out of Eichen House to lend her assistance, and was found walking toward the high school from the coast (a distance of about fifteen miles) by Deputy Jordan Parrish, who brought her to the Sheriff's station.
After requesting to speak to Lydia, Sheriff Stilinski called Lydia and Malia, who, with Parrish's help, asked Meredith questions about how to find the second cipher key. When Parrish asked her if she had someone that they could call to help them out, Meredith gave them the number 2-4-3-6. Assuming she was going to be giving them a phone number, Lydia became so frustrated that Meredith began to panic and became to upset to help further. Malia and Lydia would later figure out that the number was a code using the numbers and letters on an old-fashioned telephone, which spelled out the name "Aiden." When the name was typed into the Deadpool code, it unlocked the second portion of the list.
In Orphaned, Lydia and Stiles, after learning that Jordan Parrish was on the Deadpool, went to see him to both inform him of this fact and to ask for his help in unlocking the third and final portion of the Deadpool list by accompanying them to Eichen House to talk to Meredith, as they believed that since she had given them the second cipher key, she might also know the third.
Parrish, Stiles and Lydia went to Eichen together to ask for Meredith's help, but Meredith seemed too afraid to give them any more clues, making it seem as though she knew the Benefactor and that "he" didn't want anyone else to know. Lydia, however, was desperate to get answers and insisted that people were going to die if she didn't help them, and though Parrish argued that Lydia needed to go easy on her, Meredith still became so overwhelmed by Lydia's pushiness that she began to have a panic attack, eventually screaming "I don't know!" so loud that she made Lydia's ears bleed, since, as a Banshee, they were more sensitive than the ears of normal humans.
That night, Stiles and Lydia continued to talk about Meredith, as Lydia was concerned that she had sent Meredith over the edge with her aggressive behavior and lamented the fact that she had mistreated the only other Banshee she had ever met. After Lydia managed to figure out on her own that the third cipher key was "Derek," she unlocked the last part of the Deadpool and learned that Meredith was on it for $1 million, among many other familiar names. Lydia insisted that they needed to call Parrish to tell him what was going on, and when she informed him that they needed to get in touch with Meredith to warn her that she was on the Deadpool, Parrish sadly revealed that Meredith had killed herself and that Brunski found her hanging from a noose made of a sheet in her bedroom.
In Weaponized, Lydia was given the evidence box of Meredith's meager belongings from Eichen House, including a teddy bear, a nearly-empty bottle of perfume, a bouquet of dried yellow carnations, and a photograph. However, she didn't pay close attention to the items at first, instead using them as a kind of talisman to connect to Meredith's "spirit" in the Banshee study in her grandmother Lorraine's lake house. She turned on the special record player and began to talk to Meredith as if she were listening, admitting that she had no idea what she was doing, since she didn't believe herself to be a psychic, nor did she think she was a very good Banshee due to her lack of understanding of the extent of her powers.
Lydia went on to insist that she was trying to save her friends and that she thought there had to be a way to use her still-undefined abilities to help them. When she got no response, Lydia began to cry and confessed that what she really wanted to say was that she was sorry and that she wished she could have helped her. When Lydia gave up on trying to contact Meredith and started to pack up her belongings, she finally gave a closer look to the photograph and realized that it was of Meredith standing in the exact same study that Lydia was currently standing in as well, leading Lydia to reveal that Meredith and Lorraine had known each other.
In Time of Death, Lydia returned to the Martin Lake House to try to learn more about how Meredith knew Lorraine, where she was eventually caught by her mother, Natalie Martin. After vaguely admitting what she was doing, Lydia showed Natalie the photo of Meredith, whom Natalie immediately recognized and who explained the girl's connection to Lorraine off-camera.
Meanwhile, after Scott McCall faked his death to try to lure out The Benefactor in hopes of identifying them and ending the Deadpool, they realized that they had misread The Benefactor when they never showed up. This led Scott to inform Kira Yukimura that he thought this could still tell them something about The Benefactor, since there was only one kind of person they knew of who could know whether or not someone was dead without having to see the body—a Banshee. This was the first hint that Meredith was even more connected to the Deadpool than anyone knew, though, since the characters all believed her to be dead, no one suspected that she could be the Banshee Scott was referencing.
In Perishable, Lydia, Jordan Parrish, Derek Hale, and Scott McCall met in Derek's loft after Parrish was doused in gasoline, set on fire, and nearly killed by his work partner, Deputy Haigh, as the fact that Parrish walked away without any injury had proven that he was indeed a supernatural creature like the Deadpool had indicated.
While they were there, Lydia, in an effort to explain more about the Deadpool code, told the story of her paternal grandmother, Lorraine Martin, who, like Lydia and Meredith, was a Banshee. After detailing the fact that Lorraine was a computer programmer for IBM who seemingly wrote the code that was used to create the Deadpool list, Lydia went on to explain that Lorraine's powers manifested in adulthood when she predicted the death of her wife, Maddy. According to Lydia, Lorraine had shrugged off the Banshee premonition at the time, not knowing what it was, but was devastated to learn later that Maddy had in fact drowned while boating on the lake, just as she had predicted. Lorraine then dedicated her life to figuring out how she was able to foresee her wife's death, which ultimately led her to find Meredith in Eichen House, realizing that Meredith didn't understand the things she heard either and thinking that they may be the same.
However, when Lorraine brought Meredith to the lake house to test her powers in the soundproofed study she had built, the special record player hurt Meredith's ears so badly that she became catatonic due to the psychological trauma. Lydia lamented the fact that her grandmother pushed Meredith toward losing her mind, while she herself pushed Meredith to suicide despite the fact that all she wanted to do was help them.
The next day, Stiles and Lydia deciphered the note Lorraine left Lydia, which uncovered a list of suicides at Eichen House, including Lorraine herself. This led the two to go to Eichen House to bribe Brunski into allowing them to access the file room, where they were quickly double-crossed by sadistic orderly, who shocked them with a taser and bound them each to a support beam down in the basement of the facility. Unbeknownst to any of them, Meredith was hiding behind a shelf in the file room and watched as Brunski taunted them with the tape of Lorraine's last moments before Brunski killed her and made it look like a suicide. When Parrish finally showed up and killed Brunski before he could kill Stiles and Lydia, Meredith came out of her hiding place and confirmed Brunski's last words—she was The Benefactor, and that while Brunski wasn't on her list, he was a bad person, indicating that she thought he deserved his fate.
In Monstrous, Meredith was apprehended by Sheriff Stilinski and his deputies and brought back to the Beacon County Sheriff's Station for questioning, though Stilinski had no luck getting any answers out of her. Though Stilinski and Parrish were reluctant to allow it, Lydia eventually convinced them to let her talk to Meredith.
While in Stilinski's office, Lydia assumed aloud that Meredith had learned that Brunski was already a serial killer and knew he would kill again, which led her to use him by having him steal Lorraine Martin's computer code and the bearer bonds from the Hale Vault. From there, Lydia then determined that since Meredith let herself be brought in, that meant she did want to talk, which Meredith confirmed; however, Meredith insisted she would only speak with one person-- Peter Hale.
Peter agreed to come in to speak with Meredith in the Sheriff station's interrogation room while Lydia and Stilinski watched from the observation room next door and Parrish stood guard inside in case anything should happen. Meredith was in awe of Peter's appearance and went to touch his face, which caused Peter to grab her roughly by the wrist before she could make contact. When Parrish firmly instructed Peter to let go of her, he reluctantly complied before asking Meredith why she did that. Meredith, still stunned by his appearance, then breathlessly explained that it was because his burns were all gone, revealing that she knew him when he was hospitalized after the Hale House Fire.
Shocked by this revelation, Peter reminded her that she not only stole $117 of his bearer bonds from the Hale Vault but also created a hit-list of supernatural creatures that included both his daughter, Malia Tate, and his nephew, Derek Hale. Still confused, Meredith reminded him that this was what he told her to do and insisted that he said that the Deadpool had to remain secret. Realizing that Meredith clearly knew more than he did, Peter quickly shoved Parrish onto the ground so he could perform the memory manipulation ritual on Meredith with his claws without interference.
Though Peter was too incapacitated to reveal to the others what he was learning, Lydia's Banshee hearing allowed her to get the full story through Meredith's whispers. Lydia went on to fill Stilinski and Parrish in on the fact that Meredith was hospitalized at the same time as Peter and was his roommate, which somehow allowed Peter's mind to find the same wavelength as Meredith's, giving her the ability to hear every thought Peter had as though he were standing over her bed and whispering it in her ear.
Since Peter, who, as a Werewolf in a coma, was fully cognizant but unable to move or do anything but ruminate in his thoughts, had nothing but time to angrily recall how angry he was with his sister Talia Hale for, in his eyes, making the Hale Pack weak and allowing them to be destroyed by the fire, he had plenty of time to make good on his vow to raze the supernatural community of Beacon Hills to the ground and rebuild it in his image and began to develop a plan. He went on to rant to Meredith as the idea formulated in his mind—Peter would hire assassins such as The Mute, The Chemist, and the Desert Wolf, as well as Hunters and even amateurs, all to try to kill off the town's supernatural population in what he called the Deadpool, believing that it would also confirm what he already believed to be true, which was that anyone could be corrupted by money for the right price.
It was this telepathic ranting on Peter's part that helped convince Meredith to start the Deadpool when she got the chance. After Peter withdrew from Meredith's mind, Meredith watched silently as Stilinski, Parrish, and Lydia confronted him on his part in the Deadpool. Peter claimed that Meredith was acting on the orders of a "deranged lunatic," but, upon realizing that he had just insulted himself, amended his comment by pointing out that since he had healed, he was much healthier now. Meredith seemed eager for a fight to break out between the four, but Lydia quickly realized that this was her point and reminded them that three of the five people in the room were still on the Deadpool—Meredith for $1 million, Parrish for $5 million, and Lydia herself for $20 million, meaning that there was $26 million at stake.
Peter agreed with Lydia and insisted to Stilinski that he had no interest in all of them killing each other, but that Meredith, who masterminded his plan in the present day, clearly did. After some persuasion by Lydia, Stilinski agreed to let Peter go, though he did warn that he would not be doing so a third time. Meredith, realizing her plot to remove another three people from the list had failed, began screaming that the Deadpool wasn't finished yet.
Despite Meredith's protests, Lydia was able to assist Stiles and Malia, who were at the Martin Lake House, in shutting down the hidden computers that ran the Deadpool, ending it for good. Afterward, Lydia approached Meredith in the Sheriff's office and asked her if she was okay, but then determined that she must be if she was that willing to kill supernaturals that she would put her own name on the Deadpool. Meredith, however, insisted that she had to do it before confessing that she heard Lydia Banshee-wail at Camp Oak Creek after Allison Argent's death, which led her to realize that it was the right time to "start over" by rebuilding the supernatural community from scratch.
Lydia couldn't believe that Meredith would trust Peter that much, but Meredith maintained that Peter is and would always be the Alpha and that he would make things right since, as she saw it, things were never right for the two of them and the other supernatural creatures in their generation. Meredith went on to lament the number of people (such as Allison, Aiden, and Derek, whose names were the passwords for the Deadpool list) who got hurt because of supernatural creatures and insisted that they were all monsters, including Banshees and herself as well. Lydia replied that she refused to believe that, adding "Not all monsters do monstrous things," which led Meredith to ask her which "monsters" she was talking about. When Lydia admitted she was talking about Scott McCall, Meredith gently touched Lydia's cheek with her hand and pointed out that Lydia fell into that category as well before she finally realized the gravity of what she had done and began to despair. Some time afterward, she was apparently returned to Eichen House, where she was given large doses of psychiatric meds that made her nearly catatonic again.
In Damnatio Memoriae, Lydia Martin, who had just been admitted to Eichen House after being forced into a catatonic state due to trauma inflicted by Theo Raeken, heard a tapping noise and rose from her bed, only to find that she was actually in her Banshee mind-space. She followed the noise to the women's shower room, where she was horrified to find a tub full of black goo inside. Suddenly, Meredith, covered in the black goo, began crawling toward her, and when Lydia tried to run away, Meredith used some form of mindspace-telekinesis to lock the door so she couldn't escape. Meredith made her way toward Lydia until she was standing in front of her and warned her not to be afraid, though Lydia still Banshee-screamed in fear.
Later, Meredith, who had cleaned off the goo, followed Lydia back to her room in their shared mindspace, where they watched as Nurse Cross taunted Lydia's catatonic body by insisting that she was so dangerous that they could keep her in Eichen House for the rest of her life. Meredith insisted that Lydia needed to wake up, but when Lydia, concerned about her abilities, asked her what would happen if she couldn't, Meredith replied that she wouldn't be able to help her friends, and they would die without her. Lydia was doubtful that she would be able to escape Eichen House in her current condition, which caused Meredith to remind her that Jordan Parrish had taught her to fight and that she had learned more than she thought she had. When Lydia still proved skeptical, Meredith assured her that she would teach her the rest of what she needed to know—namely, to use her Banshee-voice as a weapon.
In Codominance,
In Amplification,
Personality Edit
| "Are you okay? I guess you are, aren't you? For someone who would put their own name on a hit-list..."
"I had to."
"Because I heard you. I heard you scream in the tunnels at Oak Creek. That's why I knew it was the right time... to start over."
"But with Peter?"
"He's the Alpha. He's always been the Alpha. He'll make it right. It never was with us. Too many people die because of us. We're the monsters. Even Banshees. Even me."
"I don't believe that. Not all monsters do monstrous things."
"Like who?"
"Like Scott McCall."
"Like you. Oh God, what have I done?"
— Lydia Martin and Meredith Walker about the Deadpool in Monstrous
Meredith is a very complex character who, despite her actions, has always seemed to have good intentions, even if they aren't always well-executed. Though she created the Deadpool under Peter Hale's instructions (and under the mistaken impression that Peter could improve the current supernatural climate in Beacon Hills), she was not exactly as dedicated to it as one would expect, especially with regards to the McCall Pack—even though she put their supernatural members and allies on the hit-list (and for the highest bounties of everyone on the list due to how powerful they are, both together and individually), she still went out of her way to give them hints that ended up helping them survive the many assassination attempts on them that resulted from the list.
Meredith's motivation for enacting the Deadpool came from a place of self-loathing, as she felt guilty for all of the people who get hurt or killed as a result of the supernatural, such as the students she hurt in high school with her scream shortly after she triggered her Banshee abilities, as well as the fact that Allison Argent, a human Huntress and member of the McCall Pack, was killed by the Oni demons; as a result, she even went so far as to put herself on the list for $1 million because she believed herself to be part of the problem that Peter's Deadpool was meant to solve.
However, despite her past actions, Meredith enjoys helping people by sharing the information she learns from her Banshee senses, and has been shown to give her assistance to benevolent supernatural creatures and their human allies whenever she can. She especially feels a kinship with Lydia Martin, a fellow Banshee who she has mentored with regards to her powers on multiple occasions. Meredith has shown herself to be a very brave, clever, and resourceful person, as she has broken herself out of Eichen House on at least two separate occasions in order to help the pack (including one time out of the highly secured closed unit), and was able to orchestrate the entire Deadpool hit-list from inside Eichen's supernatural ward. Because of her eccentric personality, people who meet Meredith patronize her and underestimate her abilities because they assume she is mentally ill; however, she has proven herself to be very intelligent and much more self-aware than most people around her. She is also very patient, taking the time to explain to Lydia how to use her voice as a weapon and reassuring her that she is more than strong enough to do what needed to be done to escape Eichen House.
Physical Appearance Edit
Meredith is a very small and slim young woman with pale skin, blue-gray eyes, and short-cropped, coarse, and curly light-brown hair. Because she is a resident of Eichen House, Meredith typically only wears lounge clothes, such as sweatpants and shirts, camisoles, and cardigan sweaters; if she's in the closed unit, she typically wears only a hospital gown. On rare occasions, however, she has been seen to wear jeans and a t-shirt with a trendy jacket, typically during her brief escapes from the mental health facility and when she appears in hers and Lydia's mindscapes through their Banshee connection.
Powers and Abilities Edit
Powers Edit
Meredith, as a Banshee, has the power to channel supernatural forces in order to gain powers to help her predict death. It seems that every Banshee's power set is unique to the individual, but since most Banshees share a common core set of powers, it has been implied that they can learn to use other powers, as well as they, grow in strength. The powers Meredith has demonstrated thus far includes:
- Harbinger of Death Sense: As a Banshee, Meredith can sense when someone has died or is about to die. This sensation is usually accompanied by a trance-like state that can draw her to those who are dead or near-death, though Meredith's long-term residence in Eichen House makes it so that she is usually unable to leave to follow these feelings.
- Clairaudience: As a Banshee, Meredith's ears are naturally tuned to levels of the universe that only Banshees can hear, which allows her use this enhanced sense of psychic hearing to perceive hints regarding an impending death.
- Premonitions: Used in conjunction with the power of Clairaudience, Meredith has the capacity to receive auditory and visual premonitions about those whose death she is sensing; this typically involves visions and sounds that correspond with the manner of the person's death and/or the event that will cause it. As her powers have advanced, these premonitions have also become visual in nature as well as auditory, allowing her to glean more details of the death to come.
- Sound Divination: As a Banshee with enhanced hearing abilities, Meredith can use sound vibrations to divine for more information regarding those whose deaths she is foretelling, as the ears of a Banshee seem to be able to convert vibrations and other ambient noises into more auditory clues. For example, Meredith was shown plucking piano strings to help her gain more information about the upcoming battle at Oak Creek in Season 3.
- Harbinger Connection: As a Banshee, Meredith has a somewhat psychic connection to other Banshees, such as Lydia Martin, a connection which Banshees can then use to communicate with each other regardless of how far away they are. However, this seems to be an ability that needs to be somewhat consciously activated, though Meredith has shown the most control over this connection than any other Banshee on the series. With this power, Meredith has been able to send Lydia messages from her pack, as well as enter her mind to teach her how to use her voice offensively. She was also able to share this connection with Scott McCall through the Werewolf memory-sharing ritual, which allowed him to see Lydia's condition for himself while he and Meredith discussed how to best save her. Through this connection with Lydia, Meredith also seemed to be able to sense that the McCall Pack needed her help on two separate occasions; once to locate Lydia after she had been captured by the Nogitsune, and again when Lydia and Malia needed help breaking the second Deadpool list, suggesting that she overheard their conversations in some way.
- Banshee Scream: As a Banshee, Meredith has a powerful voice that can be used to produce various effects. Her wail is most often used unconsciously as a warning of someone's impending death, or as a signal that someone has just died, such as after she finds a dead body during a fugue state. Her voice can also be used to clear the ambient noises from her auditory channels so that she is able to focus solely on the specific sound she needs to hear. This power can also be used in an active or offensive manner—when a Banshee wail is given focus and direction, often by channeling the wail through her hands, it can shatter glass, overload electronics, burst eardrums, and create concussive blasts that can easily throw a person across a room. This is Meredith's most powerful ability, as she has described her offensive scream as being like "a bomb going off," which can often make her afraid of using it due to the risk of harming others in her vicinity. Meredith has been seen using this ability to cause Lydia's eardrums to bleed when she got overwhelmed with stress, and to throw Lydia backward as a demonstration when Meredith was teaching her to use her power offensively in her mind.
- Telepathy: Meredith has demonstrated a limited form of telepathy on several occasions, such as when she was able to somehow read all of Peter Hale's thoughts while they were in the same hospital room together, and when she was able to tell Scott McCall to save Lydia even after he was no longer performing the Werewolf memory-sharing ritual on her; whether the second instance is due to true telepathy or residual effects of the ritual remain a mystery. It is also unknown if this is an advanced form of one of her Banshee powers, or if this is a power that is specific to Meredith herself, because none of the other Banshees who have appeared thus far have demonstrated this ability with someone who isn't a Banshee.
- Supernatural Sense: Meredith has shown an ability to identify all supernatural creatures in her general vicinity, though it is unknown how exactly this ability works or how wide the range is. However, she was able to use this ability to identify all of the supernaturals in Beacon Hills so she could put them on the Deadpool hit-list. This extended to their general state of being, as well—not only could she sense when those on the list were killed by assassins to confirm an assassin's kill, but she also sensed that Derek Hale was losing his powers and took him off the list, adding his bounty to Liam Dunbar's instead.
Abilities Edit
- Resourcefulness: Meredith's strongest ability is her resourcefulness, and when she sets her mind to something, she always finds a way of making it happen. She was able to break out of Eichen House on several occasions when she sensed that the McCall Pack needed her help without any of the orderlies or guards noticing or stopping her, and she was able to orchestrate the entire Deadpool (from tricking Kate Argent into breaking into the Hale Vault so she could steal the $117 million inside to finance the assassinations, to commandeering Lorraine Martin's computer code to automate the process, and getting Brunski to do her dirty work) from inside the mental health facility without anyone catching on.
Weaknesses Edit
- Mortality: Despite being a supernatural creature, Meredith is still technically human and has no regenerative healing ability. As a result, she is as vulnerable to any physical illness or injury as any other mundane human, and can thus be killed like one as well.
- Loud Noises: As a Banshee with a very heightened sense of hearing, Meredith is vulnerable to loud noises, which can cause severe damage to her auditory canals. For example, the recording on Lorraine's "banshee record player" caused Meredith to start bleeding severely from her ears and eventually resulted in Meredith becoming catatonic for almost a year.
- Psychological Turmoil: Being a Banshee is often a very traumatizing experience, as Meredith is surrounded by death, whether it's because she's predicting it, witnessing it, or hearing the cries of other Banshees in her head. As a result, this can often have understandably negative effects on Meredith's psyche.
Equipment Edit
- Evidence Box: Meredith's belongings from Eichen House were put into a box after she faked her death, which was then given to the Sheriff's department. From there, Sheriff Stilinski gave the box to Lydia Martin to use to communicate with Meredith. The box included:
- Perfume bottle
- Teddy Bear
- Dried bouquet of yellow carnations
- Photograph of Meredith at the Martins' lake house
Trivia Edit
- Meredith is the second Banshee (after Lydia Martin) to be introduced in the series. She was then followed by Lydia's grandmother Lorraine Martin, who was revealed to also be a Banshee in Season 4.
- This doesn't include the Banshee Sheriff Stilinski revealed to have met in 2003/2004 just prior to the death of his wife Claudia Stilinski, as this Banshee has yet to be formally introduced in the series.
- Meredith uses telephones (such as payphones, landline phones, and cellular phones) to help her deal with the voices of all of the Banshees she hears on a regular basis. It is also possible that she can communicate with the dead along with fellow Banshees.
- Though Meredith has been confirmed to be a Banshee, she has demonstrated many supernatural abilities (or aspects of abilities) that other Banshees like Lydia and Lorraine have never been seen to use, such as telepathy and the ability to sense and identify all of the supernaturals in her vicinity (as well as possibly identifying their specific supernatural species). It is unknown if this means that these are abilities specific to Meredith, or if she just simply understands how to use her Banshee abilities to a more advanced level than the others. Peter once referred to Meredith as a "telepathic girl," though it remains unclear whether he was being facetious or if he knew something more about Meredith's supernatural powers than he was letting on.
- In Echo House, when Meredith was speaking on the broken payphone at Eichen House, she mentioned to whomever she was speaking to that "They needed to hear the whole story," and that "One of them is right behind me." It was initially suggested she was referring to Stiles Stilinski, who was standing behind her with Oliver and who was possessed by the Nogitsune at the time, but it is also possible that she was talking about the Deadpool, as Malia Tate, one of the names on the Deadpool hit-list who would be valued at $4 million, was also standing right behind where Stiles and Oliver were waiting to use the phone.
- She shares her birthday with Claudia Stilinski & (possibly) Theo Raeken.
- Her birth year being listed as 1998 (like Malia and Theo) on her hospital admittance forms is presumed to be an error by the writers, as given the timeline of the show this would make her 13/14 years old. This is supported by the fact that on the same form it states that at her time of admittance in 2009 she was 16 years old, which would put her birth year as 1992/1993.


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6 comments:
- Yvonne said...
Love your man, Lynn! Sorry you're still mending, hope things hurry along.
- December 6, 2012 at 4:19 PM
- Junibears said...
My dear Lynn, Oh you have been through the wars, as they say. I'm so sorry you are still in so much pain. You just can't 'do' without the use of your hands....
It was so nice of you to visit and leave a comment, it's much appreciated.
Your mustachiod man is great and you made a lovely witchc's bottle!
Take care my dear, thinking of you,
Big Hugs
June xx
- December 7, 2012 at 2:20 AM
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- December 7, 2012 at 2:21 AM
- ~*~Patty S said...
Very sorry to hear things are not going very smoothly for you dear Lynn...I hope your healing accelerates and your hand is good as new very soon!
Love your moustache man ... cleverly done you!
Happy Weekend to ya lady
- December 8, 2012 at 1:25 AM
- Sandy said...
Wow this is stunning.
Great men style.
Love them.
- December 9, 2012 at 5:17 AM
- Lynn Stevens said...
Oh Lynn I'm so sorry to hear your having to go through all this pain! I do hope your feeling better soon. Its amazing how much we take for granted when we feel good.
Sweet mustache man, glad your getting a little craft time in.
Be well.
Hugs Lynn
- December 10, 2012 at 3:01 AM


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I disagree. He actually has the best consistent development of any "villain" in the series. Especially if you count Big Finish, but for the sake of simplicity:Valeyard wrote: ↑Mon Jul 01, 2019 4:42 pmDavros should have only ever appeared in 'Genesis of the Daleks' and stayed dead for the rest of the show's history. His character arc was complete in that story and after that was reduced to an insane inventor who wants to wipe out all other lifeforms in the universe who survives everything against impossible odds.
Genesis: Dav's mission statement, obviously. A ruthless, clinical, genius manipulator with conquest on the brain.
Destiny: Yes, his resurrection is convenient, but he was pretty sly. The Daleks still being a force clearly energizes him, but he still has the proud oversight that the Doctor exploits. Notably, he seems confident that his knowledge of Daleks relegating all other life to subservience or extermination (including him) will allow him to circumvent losing authority or control. (Total hubris, just as before)
Resurrection: Here he really starts "growing". He takes the good and bad news of the Dalek status, and forms a plan. He's out for himself from here, realizing that his creations are flawed, and intending to tweak them to allow his plans to work. However, he has to subvert Doctor/Dalek/human effort to stop him, which leaves him with thin resources and options....soooo....
Revelation: Though not perfect, I love this story as it shows a genius at work: Being a boo-hiss genocidal villain wasn't working, and the universe poised against Daleks left Davros with too much opposition to start from scratch with any overt idea of what he was doing: So, he manipulates his way to a resource-laden, economic advantage to produce a new Dalek army. And it WORKS, until a perfect storm that includes the Doctor shows up. A notable failing: he can manipulate people and situations, but he lacks the "human" understanding of his workers and they betray him.....
Remembrance: Surrounded by Daleks, this allows Davros to succeed: The Doctor calls it, his lack of humanity isn't needed to wheedle his way to the top of the Dalek heap. However, it also means he can't really detect or outsmart the Doctor's subterfuge....
Journey's End: Davros had a lot of time to consider his losses and (technical) demise, and the Doctor is at the center of those. He cruelly tries to actually hit the Doctor where it hurts while he (again!) insures isolation from the human elements/scrutiny that opposed him: He initiates a plan that even allows for the Daleks taking control; He knows how to play that to his satisfaction AND accounts for the Doctor enough to emotionally compromise him (with great timing too; It's an incarnation who's extra frowny about it). He's begun to understand how humanity "works" again. Again, classic hubris - he presumes with scientific coldness about "the facts", ignoring the possibilities with Caan and Donna/etc while unlikely, were possible.
Magician/Witches: This is almost "Watchmen" levels of character growth and examination beyond "hero/villain" roles....and it's earned: Davros and the Doctor get more reunions than the Doctor affords companions. Davros has a near lethal understanding of humanity and how to exploit it; This time, the Doctor really would rather believe he's genuinely helping (as his return to the boy shows), BOTH have grown since their last (televised) meeting. It's riveting for me; most of this is down to the performances and interaction of The Doctor- Davros, and on rewatch it shows his realization of how to genuinely manipulate emotion is miles away from the clinical, factual manipulator of "Genesis" & "Revelations".
Speaking of adversaries - Only the Master had similar care and growth throughout, and it definitely wasn't as consistent.
And I have to say, while Missy "coming round" makes sense....it's gratifying that Davros grew....more bad. He was a selfish, genocidal genius and has been surrounded by emotionally dark creations of his....he'd not just have a cry and think about what he's done. Can't fix everybody, and the way Magician's/Witches was used to examine the Doctor and Davros in that regard was great.
So yeah, I'd not trade that. If Sutekh popped back onscreen and tried to have a chat with the Doctor after a wobble, it'd seem disingenuous. Unearned, and out of character. Fenric supposedly played a long game with the Doctor.....but we didn't see it. Remember the Great Intelligence, when all of a sudden it was back with all this history & significance? It'd be like that. And other repeat characters, like Borusa or the UNIT family have been gone too long to carry the same weight. (Really only Sarah Jane, The Brigadier, or - to a lesser degree - Jo Grant have the same history and weight here as well)
I'd absolutely not lose Davros - it's a rare thing in Doctor Who, an individual (stress on individual; a single person not a monster) villain with consistent development and growth with a 40+ year history. We only have one other that comes close.
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Boom Town is a decent story and would be far more respected had it not been in a series as strong as S1
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I agree.
Some of us were miserable before the virus...
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I think overall Series 1 is one of the strongest of New Who.
Some of us were miserable before the virus...
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Terror of the Vervoids is genuinely enjoyable and is the best story in 'Trial of A Time Lord'. I'd argue it's the best story in the entire Colin Baker era.
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I really like Boom Town actually, it's one of my favourites from S1. It's just great seeing Jack and Mickey interact for the first time.
Here's another controversial opinion for you, I actually don't mind Fear Her at all, it's got some good moments. And if you disagree with my opinion I'm reporting you to the council!
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For me it sums up my biggest problem with the RTD era, should we have an adventure in the Time traveling spaceship or shall we just wonder around Cardiff listening to the dull lives of our leads. They don't even bother to pretend it's london, it's the perfect example of cheap filler which lead to stuff like the lodger, forest of the night and Arachnids.
HOWEVER to be fair it's far superior to the story it replaced.
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Can't remember if I've said this before but I think s6 is Matt Smith's strongest season.
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Definitely, The Impossible Astronaut and the Girl who Waited are my favourite 11th Doctor stories.CharlieTheWhovian wrote: ↑Tue Jul 09, 2019 11:28 amCan't remember if I've said this before but I think s6 is Matt Smith's strongest season.
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Oh yes, it's a car alright! A High Speed Amphibian. Simply press a button and drive into the water. The wheels automatically rise and as you press the accelerator nearly a tonne of thrust pushes the Aquada onto the plane. The whole process takes less than 12 seconds. It can plane at over 30mph. And look at the positioning of the driver's seat... the two babes on both sides must have fallen out OHW NO somebody warn this lonely millionair!! gibbstech.com | video1 | video2 | more videos | Related posts: Who wants to drive in a fish? | Sexy car
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I don't think its not about commercial / noncommercial. I do agree we might be less critical on the current post if it would have been about some vague artist who made some statement by building a car that is a boat as well. That would be wrong. We don't want to turn the nextnature blog into an average art blog hey?. Overall it is just hard to see how this post connects to the changing relation between culture and nature..
This border-discussion suddenly becomes a bit vague, because it appears that so called 'gadgets' and commercial-tech items like the Aquada (a product designed to expand peoples territory; browse both land and water with one machine) are not on topic, while f.e. arty TV helmets and XXXL LED-screens are more relevant? Do I sense an aversion towards the commercial side of subjects? Because this should not have to matter in this blog. Commercialism could very much change the course of life as we know it into the next nature.
General remark for all bloggers: Lets not turn the nextnature blog into an average tech / media / lifestyle magazine, there is enough of that already. If posts are on the border of the topic please try to describe why you think they are relevant or what is fascinating about them in respect to next nature. Thanks
Good news then... we've found another border defining the space we call NextNature!
I also think this gadget is off topic (or at least at the border of our topic). But hey, at least the car is global warming ready.
No, this is my other car :)
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Just like the country, each state has its own governing document, usually a constitution, and Florida is no exception. That document gives certain powers to each part of the government -- the governor, the legislature and the judicial branches. Sometimes, a lawsuit is filed alleging that one of these branches of the state's government somehow violated the constitution. The decisions made by judges on these cases could result in appeals to the higher Florida courts.
It would probably be difficult to find anyone here in Florida, particularly in the southern part of the state, who has not heard about the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Sadly, 17 people lost their lives in that tragedy. Governor Ron DeSantis blamed Sheriff Scott Israel and suspended him, which prompted the lawsuit.
Sheriff Israel alleges that Gov. DeSantis did not have the constitutional authority to suspend Israel since he is an elected official. It is up to the public to remove him from office if it believes, as the Governor does, that the sheriff failed in his duty to keep the children safe during the tragedy at the Broward County high school. For this reason, Sheriff Israel appealed the lower court's ruling arguing that the appellate court needs to make a ruling on how suspension powers are used by this governor, or those who come after.
These types of appeals often help define and refine the powers given to a state's governing bodies through its constitution. While appellate courts may not hear every case of this type, when they do, the ruling could provide further interpretation of that document's provisions. As is the case at the national level, the judicial branch of the state serves as an important check and balance to ensure that the citizens of the state are protected from abuses of power. Whether that existed in this case remains to be seen.


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Toronto, capital of Ontario
We spent two days in Toronto where we were able to wander around the different neighborhoods of this huge city. I (Madeleine) had never set foot in a big North American city, it was very impressive.
We first went to the Distillery District. It is an old distillery and its warehouses converted into boutiques, cafes and restaurants, art galleries, etc.
Close to the financial district, we stopped for lunch at Saint-Lawrence Market. It is an European style market with cheese stalls, butchers…
In our Lonely Planet guide, we read that there was a sort of tropical garden in Toronto, in the middle of town. Very curious, we went to see and there… Surprise!
The garden was gone, and the area was under construction…
To end our first day, we went to Chinatown as we were looking for ingredients to make a curry. We also strolled around Kensington market. It is not a market as we think of it, but an authentic and multi-ethnic district which offers bookstores, cafés and thrift shops.
The islands of Toronto
For our second day in Toronto, we needed to get out of the city. With the advice of our CouchSurfing host, we went for a walk on the islands of Toronto.
The Toronto Islands surfaced in Lake Ontario in 1858 after a hurricane. There are 15 islands and they are located 1.6 km from downtown Toronto.
In winter, only one ferry is operational, if Lake Ontario is not frozen. It takes you to Ward Island. The trip costs $8 (excl. taxes) for a round trip and lasts about 15 minutes.
On Ward Island, vehicles are not allowed to circulate. The streets are wide like a sidewalk. About 700 people live year-round on this little piece of land. It has only one shop, a café, open only in summer. There is a primary school and a private club for recreation. To own a house on the island, you have to inherit a family member's house. If there is no succession, the house is given in a raffle, to a lucky winner on a waiting list. To be registered on this list, you have to pay $25 each year.
It is from these islands that you can have the best views on the enormous city of Toronto.
Niagara falls
Before going to Toronto, we went to see the Niagara Falls. Pierre-Adrien had already had the chance to go there when he did a school exchange with an American student from Buffalo.
Without much surprise, the Niagara Falls are what they are. Impressive, noisy and wet. 🙂
Fortunately, we were there one day when there were not too many people and we were able to enjoy it without being pushed by hordes of tourists in groups.
We will let the pictures speak for us, as we do not have much to say.
Hiking in Niagara
After admiring the falls and walking near these, we drove by car following the course of the Niagara River. 8 km from the falls is the Niagara Glen Nature Reserve. This small park offers many hiking trails that go to the bottom of the gorge at the foot of the Niagara.
We saw many lying trees that had been nibbled at the base, probably beavers.


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Growing up, Valentine's Day began at breakfast. My mom would set a place at the table for each of my sisters and me with cards, candy and perhaps a little gift. It was simple, and it always made me smile. I hope to create those memories for my girls, too.
As a start, I made this simple mobile to hang above the table. I found the inspiration here, but since I don't have a sewing machine, I just made felt hearts. Here's what you need:
Twine (or ribbon)
Stiffened felt (or two layers or regular felt glued together)
Hole punch
Glue gun, craft glue or double-sided tape (optional)
Washi tape (optional)
Cut several hearts from stiffened felt in a variety of colors and sizes. Use more felt and/or washi tape to embellish hearts.
Punch a hole near the top of each heart (or two holes, one at the top and one at the bottom, if you're going to hang another heart below it). Assemble sticks into mobile using twine. Tie twine to hearts in varying combinations, then tie to sticks. Hang mobile from ceiling or chandelier.
When I showed Cricket the mobile, she exclaimed: "Oh! What beautiful hearts!" Nora did this:
Need some Valentine's Day card inspiration? Here are a few cute ideas:
For my fellow dorky writer types
Arrow twigs
Eraser hearts
Seed starter
Easy felt heart garland
Thumbprint hearts
Candle love
For more Valentine ideas, check out my Pinterest holiday board. For more DIY projects, click here.
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There's nothing like a perfect peach.
And nothing like turning a perfect peach into an even better dessert.
A few weeks ago we had a tree full of ripe peaches and the corresponding debate about the best way to use them. Luckily, Epicurious came through with this awesome recipe for peach blueberry cake. Find the original recipe here.
This cake totally rocks. It falls somewhere between a cake and a pie, and is light enough to enjoy any time of day. I decreased the sugar in the fruit from the original recipe, giving me zero qualms about serving this morning or night. The best part about it? Anyone can make this. I mean it. You do not need any special skills or equipment.
Start by making the crust. The recipe calls for pulsing it in a food processor. If you don't have one, just mix together the dry ingredients, then use two knives to "cut in" the butter to combine it with the flour. Use a spatula to add in the egg and vanilla to finish the dough.
The recipe also calls for using a springform pan. I always use a regular pan lined with parchment on the bottom. Find my parchment tutorial here. Press the crust into the pan, then chill while you make the fruit filling.
I made a couple of changes to the original recipe for the fruit filling. First, I substituted 3 Tbsp. tapioca flour for the 2 Tbsp. flour and 1 Tbsp. tapioca. I had tapioca flour on hand and didn't feel like grinding tapioca. I also cut the amount of sugar back to 1/4 cup from the 1/2 cup in the original recipe. For the filling just toss everything together and spoon into the crust. Easy as… peach blueberry cake.
The Epicurious recipe says to bake it at 400°F, but that's a bit high for my liking and people seemed to have issues with burning on the bottom. I baked it at 350°F and had no problems. Ovens vary, so I would start checking it at about an hour. Since I used a regular cake pan, I cooled it at room temperature a bit, then chilled it in the refrigerator to set up.
Getting it out of the pan is a little trickier than a regular cake, but not too bad. Make sure it is chilled and the fruit has set up. Run a knife around the edge to loosen the crust, then cover the top of the cake with a plate or cutting board. Turn everything upside down so that the plate/cutting board is on the bottom, and gently shake to turn it out. If it resists releasing, turn it right-side up and warm the bottom over a burner on your stovetop. Do this by moving it around for 10-15 seconds over a warm burner to slightly melt the butter in the crust. Then flip it back and try again and it should release. Place your serving platter atop the bottom crust (which is now on top), then flip it back over. Finally, cut, eat and enjoy!


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Turkish side Galatasaray SK of coach Erik Gerets is the third club, with AFC Ajax and Manchester United FC, to be confirmed to play in the LG Amsterdam Tournament. The matches will be played in the Amsterdam ArenA on Friday 4 and Saturday 5 August 2006.
Galatasaray, the most successful club of Turkey, returns to the LG Amsterdam Tournament after three years. In 2003, the red and yellow squad, then with former Ajax player Frank de Boer, captured third place behind Ajax and Internazionale. The International Event Partnership (IEP) expects to announce the fourth and final participant shortly.


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Add this to your laundry list of do's and don'ts: Better not leave a TV out in the sun. (via AP)
At some point Monday, a big-screen television was left outside an apartment building in Springfield, Missouri, and somehow that decision resulted in a fire that caused minor damage to the apartment complex. Thankfully, an outdoor sprinkler system installed on a patio quickly doused the blaze.
In the days since, fire experts have been pondering just how a TV could start a fire. Assistant Fire Chief Randy Villines described the fire as "bizarre " to the Associated Press, and speculated that what happened was that various mirrors inside the projection TV caused sunlight to ricochet and become concentrated. Hence the spark, and the fire.
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For whatever reason, I didn't write a blog last night. Yesterday before we set off, nb Hadar passed us by and I shouted the required hello and introduced the boat. Keith and Jo waved and passed by as they were in a rush somewhere. Very nice boat. We then made our way the the pie pub (Folly)at the bottom of Napton locks. We had a pint of Guinness each but didn't have the pie in the end as Lisa had made a particularly large breakfast. Apparently we missed Sue on nb No Problem by half an hour judging by her blog. Next time perhaps.
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Earlier in the previous week, Blockchain.com, the popular cryptocurrency wallet provider, unveiled the launch of the counter (OTC) trading desk, in a bid to attract more institutional investors.
The company has already been offering custodial services specifically modified to meet the demands of clients such as asset managers and hedge funds. And through the introduction of OTC trading desk, blockchain.com will also be able to make large private crypto trades outside of public exchanges.
Quoting a familiar source, The Block, reported that Former DRW fixed-income trader, Vince Machi will be handling all operations of the new OTC desk.
This new introduction has come just days after the announcement of Jamie Selway, the former head of electronic brokerage and execution services at Investment Technology Group (ITG), spearheading responsibility for the institutional efforts of Blockchain.
Companies such as DRW and DV who are also involved in the same space have already provided OTC services, while also simultaneously going on to develop cryptocurrency exchanges such as Itbit and Kraken.
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The planning required to make any vacation a success can at times become intimidating once you know that the family and kids are coming as well. While fun and relaxation are the prime targets of any family holiday, achieving these goals means to literally go through a maize of selecting a hotel from hundreds, pouring over travel literature and scanning the net for the right flight and seat selection.
Asia as a destination can be very enticing, but it is equally daunting, especially if you are a first timer and more so if there is a family in tow. Searching on Google will only confuse you and waste time, rather than being useful for what you actually require. It is therefore advised to go through these eight precious tips to make your Asian family vacation, both exciting and enjoyable.
Discuss with the Family
Asia is such a huge and diverse continent, that visiting it can overwhelm anybody, leave aside a newcomer with a family to worry about. It is imperative, therefore, that at the planning stage itself the whole family sits together and discusses the pros and cons. Things like, destinations, activities and places to visit should be sorted beforehand to avoid any conflicts during the actual holiday.
Choose your destination wisely
Asia, with its massive tourist potential, can easily mislead a family traveler into selecting the correct place to visit. The continent is as vast as it is diverse, resulting in spots which need to be avoided altogether from the word go. No doubt the cities are modern and family friendly, with every conceivable modern amenity, there are some extreme places, which may look attractive on the net, but should be avoided because of the weather variations. Just go in the right season, have a tailor made itinerary catering to family demands and you have a thrilling experience awaiting you in the offing.
Take Health Precautions
This is the most important, albeit a time-consuming process which should be addressed well before the trip takes off. Travel to Asia might require a dose of vaccinations, which depend entirely on the duration of stay and places you intend to visit. To ensure maximum immunity, some doses are needed to be taken over an extended period of a few months, like Hepatitis for example. The process should ideally begin as soon as the holiday has been finalized. The plus point is, that these vaccinations once taken offer immunity for 20 years or even a lifetime. It is best to visit a reputable Travel Clinic for advice, before commencing on the holiday.
Apply for Visa in Advance
Countries in Asia are known to change the visa rules at the whims and fancies of the ruling Government very frequently. Imagine landing up at an unearthly hour with wailing toddlers, only to find that you are short of the visiting criteria. Requirements for each country are different, and at times bewildering, so it is better to get that vital entry sticker from the Consulate of your home country. The internet may display that visa on arrival can be granted for some destinations, but it is always advisable to to double check with the concerned embassy directly, rather than try to gather information from any other unreliable source.
Take Expert Advice
Traveling to any destination in Asia for a new family can easily become frustrating and difficult. Try to gather as much information as you can from friends or relatives who have been there before. Search blogs for information on places you intend to visit. Additionally, depending on where you choose to go, you can opt for the services of an accredited travel portal to help you. You are not selling your soul to the travel agent, but only asking for planning of the trip. Vital information, based on the ages of the tour members, can advise you on the family hotels and resorts, spending minimum time on intercity transfers and arranging transport with a driver knowing your language, who is aware of the comfort stops enroute, can come in quite handy.
Opt for Homestay
There is no better way to experience the rich culture of Asia, than by skipping the hotel and choosing to stay in someone's house. These type of accommodation thrive in countries like Nepal, India and Mongolia among others. They offer a unique opportunity to the family to get to know about the lives of the locals by staying with them, and allowing the wide eyed toddler to judge the country with his own perspective.
Pack Wisely
It is easy to get over carried by toting excess baggage when holidaying with the family. This is exactly opposite for Asia, because not only cheap laundry facilities are available almost everywhere, you can buy a new pair of jeans from any of the street vendors at a steal, in case you require one.
Change Money at Destination
Surprisingly, most Asian countries will give you a far better rate for the dollar than any American or European airport, because of the high fees prevailing there. Credit cards are not widely accepted in small joints so keep plenty of cash in hand if your kid wants ice-cream or a pizza.
Things may go wrong on an Asian holiday with kids resulting in a tricky situation. To avoid this, travel smart by sticking to the eight tips highlighted here to ensure an amazing time for your near and dear.
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With several years of experience in the industry, Todd was ready to start his own business. In 2001 he and his business partner, a colleague, and personal friend, began CEIS, Inc., at the dining room table of his one bedroom apartment, then 18 months later, they moved to a 900 square foot office in downtown Tulsa. Today there are five offices; the Home Office, what is now called TECHSICO, LLC, has been located in District 77 near 11th and Hudson since 2010, and they expanded to Oklahoma City in 2015. A second company, Towers Unlimited, Inc., was started in 2010 in California and Nevada. In 2017 they expanded to Houston. This thriving business is proof of Todd's dedication, determination, and excellent business mind. He has brought more than 160 jobs to Oklahoma and beyond!
Todd is married with two daughters. His wife, Kris, is a human resources coordinator with Techsico but has since left that position to help with campaigning. Both girls graduated from Broken Arrow HS. Skylar, the oldest, is a Broken Arrow middle school teacher and has previously taught in TPS. Kayla is passionate about animals which has led her to a career in the veterinary field. Todd's family has happily lived in District 77 since 2013.


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We understand the importance of collaboration and the need for guidance in the early stages of commercialisation. That is why we are proud supporters of the Curtin Ignition program – an intensive training program for aspiring entrepreneurs and innovators to trial and prepare high growth business ideas for the commercial environment.
The program comprises a blend of keynote and workshop teaching sessions, small group mentoring, panel discussions, expert clinics, networking sessions, and experienced advice and support from leading entrepreneurs and innovators. Ignition is designed to give you the tools, contacts and confidence to transform your idea into a successful business.
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Factor To Consider When Choosing the Best Charlotte Escape Room.
Escape rooms are a good way for you to have fun with friend away from the busy lives that awe lead on today. These are the video game kind of experience, only real life this time, which was designed in japan like a decade ago, and has become popular over time. You will learn to work as a team, improve and stimulate your thinking capacity and get social benefits not to mention the actual entertainment that is the main point. The kind of people in your team, the theme and the actual company are among the things that will determine the kind of fun that you will get. There are a number of the companies even in charlotte, and that means that you need to know what to look for if you are to get the best of this service.
The kind of theme that excites you may not be what I am looking for, and that is because we are all made differently with different tastes and differences. You can neither get to a common ground with the team members that you are going in with, or you can actually join people that are already there, and the whole stranger thing is no so bad. This means that the whole quality is a good place to start, like the kind of themes that they have, and the capacity especially if you already have a complete team. Making the price your primary concern will probably get you an escape room that you do not want because the quality and the prices goes hand in hand. This is not to say that you need deep pockets to have an awesome time and great quality, as there are companies that will offer quality at a good price and such is the kind that you should be looking for. By clicking here, you will learn more on escape rooms.
There are a lot of things that you will never know until you actually go there and have the experience, but the people that have been there can give you an idea of what to expect. These people have nothing to lose or gain from the information that they give and that means that you will get both pros and the cons. This is exactly what you need to make the best choice, and there is also a very high chance that you will get the same experience as the people that have been there. Winning is good but that should not prevent you from having the fun that you are there to.


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The spirit of friendly competition comes alive on Sports Day. The children participate in a wide range of sports events, cheer on their teammates and learn valuable lessons in sportsmanship.
St. Kabir School Ahmedabad will be celebrating its 'Annual Sports Day 2018- 19 between 18th December to 20th December 2018. The whole atmosphere will be highly charged in the wee hours of mornings; the reason being, there will be an Inter Branch Sports Competition.
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Inshore lifeboat and Chivenor helicopter called out after man falls from his kayak just off Ilfracombe Pier.
ILFRACOMBE lifeboat volunteers were called out on their first shout of the year yesterday (Tuesday) to rescue a kayaker.
The man had fallen from his boat just off the end of Ilfracombe Pier, with the RNLI inshore lifeboat Deborah Brown II and the search and rescue helicopter from RMB Chivenor sent to his aid.
Volunteers' pagers went off at 2.40pm during a dull grey afternoon of high seas, but within minutes the lifeboat was on its way to the casualty.
The crew of local trawler Our Josie Grace had already been able to pull the man from the water before mooring their boat in the harbour. He was transferred by a local coastguard team to the Chivenor helicopter.
The lifeboat crew took the overturned kayak under tow, returning to the lifeboat station, where they cleaned down and refuelled the lifeboat, making her ready for service once again.
Volunteer crew member Leigh Hanks, at the helm of the inshore lifeboat, was pleased with the outcome: "Concerned members of the public alerted the coastguard to the man in the water, and we launched within a few minutes.
"Our first shout of the year may not have ended with us picking up the casualty, but he got the help he needed, which is the important thing. We also were able to recover his craft, which stopped the chance of further 999 calls."
Ilfracombe Lifeboat Station was among the busiest in the South West in 2013, with RNLI figures showing 64 launches, and 67 people assisted.


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This is a definite winner from the team that created The Runaway Dinner. The combination of humorous text, quirky drawn out writing style, and clever illustrations all point to another runaway hit! Many of the same characters reappear from the first book, which is extra fun for the readers.
Once there was a pencil, who loved to draw. He sketches wonderful things - a boy and a dog, a cat for the dog to chase, a house, a family for the little boy and even an entire town. He even draws a paintbrush to make his drawings rich with color. And is everyone happy? No! The pencil is overrun with complaints and must draw an eraser to clean things up.
The eraser starts rubbing away and everyone seems satisfied. Yet rather suddenly he gets too excited and starts erasing all sorts of extra things. Poof! The house and town are gone. The pencil must quickly come up with a plan to stop this eraser and save his own skin, er, graphite.
What a wonderfully imaginative story this is. It's a fun read that will have readers rushing through the pages to find out who will prevail in the end. Whimsical illustrations and a quick wit make the entire book fly by far too quickly.
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The next chair of the culture, media and sport select committee will be named on Wednesday – and already pressure is rising to make the BBC invest more fairly.
Five Tory MPs – Damian Green, Jason McCartney, Graham Stuart, Jesse Norman and Damian Collins – are in the running for the role which is set to be announced on Wednesday, June 17.
The victor will be heavily involved with negotiations over the renewal of the BBC charter to take place later this year, amid a rising tide of discontent in the Midlands over investment levels.
While the BBC reinvests about 50 per cent or more in every other UK region, more than £9 out of every £10 raised in the Midlands is spent elsewhere – and business and community leaders in the region have demanded action.
Birmingham MP Gisela Stuart, who has long campaigned for a fairer share of BBC investment to come to the Midlands, said she will be lobbying the new chair for change as soon as he is in place.
Mrs Stuart (Lab Edgbaston) said: "I will certainly be keeping a close eye on who becomes the next chair of the Culture select committee and will be making the case for the regionalisation of the BBC."
A total of £942 million was paid into the BBC by Midland families last year through the licence fee.
However, only 8.5 per cent of that was invested in the region – less than it spends in London in 12 days.
For every family paying a licence fee in this region, the BBC spends just £12 while it invests £80 in the North, £122 in Wales and £757 in London.
Presently, no prime-time television is made in the region – which has a similar population to the Netherlands – and campaigners and MPs say it is vital that production returns to the area.
BBC executives have been silent on that, but have announced more HR roles moving to Birmingham.
In all, about 300 jobs are being moved to the Mailbox.