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'Wondered at as an owl'
Blair Worden
- Cromwell's Major-Generals: Godly Government during the English Revolution by Christopher Durston
Manchester, 270 pp, £15.99, May 2001, ISBN 0 7190 6065 6
Among the objects of hatred and ridicule in English memory the regime of Oliver Cromwell's Major-Generals has a towering place. The division of the country, in 1655, into 12 districts administered by killjoy Puritan commanders was a brief episode, in effect lasting less than a year, but it has been reviled and derided from that time to this. In the 18th and 19th centuries, as constitutionalism grew, the reign of the Major-Generals came to be viewed as a monstrous aberration, England's sole experience of open military rule since the Conquest. Their powers, David Hume ruled, were exercised 'not in the legal manner of European nations, but according to the maxims of eastern tyranny'. Nineteenth-century Whiggish historians queued to condemn that 'despotism'.
That the sword reigned in Cromwellian England is true enough. The Protectorate had no legal base save for the constitutional document, the Instrument of Government, which the Army had invented for it and which the Parliament of 1654-55 repudiated. Not the least of MPs' objections was Cromwell's refusal to share control of the military with the nation's elected representatives. After the Royalist rising of March 1655 he decided on intensive security measures. Royalists were forced to pay for them through an 'extraordinary' tax of blatant illegality, the Decimation, which confiscated a tenth of the annual value of the property of those who had supported the King.
Some Major-Generals were harsher than others. Royalists breathed more easily under Major-General Whalley in the Midlands, where insurrection was held to be relatively unlikely and where Whalley had respectable local connections and was ready to mollify them, than they did in the North-West under Major-General Worsley, whose uncompromising reforming ardour drove him to an early death. Life was easier, too, in a group of southern counties, where Major-General Goffe, a stranger to those parts and out of his depth both socially and politically, was outsmarted by the community's aristocratic and gentle leadership. The overall impact was nonetheless severe. Thanks, mainly, to local commissioners appointed by the Government to assist the Major-Generals, the sports and pastimes of Royalists were interrupted, their movements watched and curtailed. Many supporters or ex-supporters of the Stuart cause were arrested or ordered to move to less restless parts of the country. Fourteen thousand of them had to give bonds for good behaviour. Royalists who travelled to London had to report and register their movements as if prisoners on parole.
With this massive security clampdown went a campaign to Puritanise the land. War was waged on non-Puritan and anti-Puritan culture. Energetic action, sometimes enforced by soldiers, was taken against alehouses, drunkenness, maypoles, neglect of the sabbath and various forms of what the Government press called 'mirths and jollities', among them billiards and other bar-room entertainments. Swearing, cursing, adultery and fornication were zealously forbidden. Anglican worship, viewed by Puritans as idolatrous, was forbidden, and Anglican pastors and chaplains and schoolteachers were ordered to leave their posts. It has become usual to reject the traditional emphasis on the repressive element of the Major-Generals' regime. Certainly the killjoy component of Puritanism can be exaggerated. Puritans were against drunkenness, not drink, against sexual licence, not sex. The larger distortion, however, has been wrought not by critics of Puritan repression but by liberal scholars eager to annexe Puritanism to their cause and soften its fundamentalist features.
There has been another misconception. It is customary, in accounts of the Major-Generals, to distinguish between their military duties and their reforming ones, which were additions to their original task of preventing insurrection. But in Cromwell's mind and theirs the two went together. The frivolities of the alehouse or the racecourse provided meeting-points for the disaffected, who gathered to grumble and conspire. Puritans knew that where there was sin there would be disorder, and that where there was disorder conspirators would exploit it. 'Reformation', Cromwell was sure, would be the nation's best 'security'. The actions of the Major-Generals against 'loose' and 'idle' persons, against people living above their incomes or without visible means of support or moving round the country without a discernibly respectable purpose, conformed – as did many of their deeds and aspirations – to traditional visions of social order, but exceeded previous practice in intensity.
The aspirations of the Major-Generals, it is true, ran far ahead of their achievements. Hard as they worked and stoutly as they tried, and omnipresent as their exertions must sometimes have seemed, their tasks were beyond the resources of 17th-century government, and far beyond those of a regime presiding over a war-torn nation where the customary bonds of local co-operation had broken. As Christopher Durston remarks, their reforming achievement was restricted to the closing of a few hundred alehouses, the rounding up of a few hundred vagabonds, the ejection of a few ungodly ministers from their livings. The nation's moral and sexual habits, as far as can be judged, were barely affected.
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Saturday, March 26, 2016
Springtime Tulip
It's Easter and what could be more appropriate than a lovely tulip to place on the Easter table. Today I'm sharing a mixed media collage I call Springtime Tulip. It is meant for Moo-Mania and More's Spring theme as well as Try it on Tuesday's Nature theme, where I am the Guest Designer this fortnight.
The inspiration behind this piece was a lovely tulip I found in a book on flowers. I layered it over a sheet of white printer/copier paper that I ran my gold leafing pen around.
I glued a piece of vintage sheet music to a book page, then painted both using orange/brown paint that I mixed myself. Then I glued the tulip assembly to the top of that.
I hope you will join me at Moo-Mania and More and Try it on Tuesday. You have nearly two weeks at Moo-Mania and more, but I encourage you to check out all the wonderful art already offered there.
There are many incredible entries at Try it on Tuesday, but time is running out on the Nature Inspired theme, so please make sure you visit or join in the fun before Tuesday rolls around. And remember, if your art is chosen by the DT, you could end up being a Guest Designer like I have been these past two weeks. Thanks, too, for your visit today and Happy Easter to those of you who celebrate it..
15 thoughtful remarks:
- Valerie-Jael said...
Beautiful page, tulips are such lovely flowers, I am always happy when I see them. Thanks for joining us again at TIOT and MM&M, have a nice day, hugs, Valerie
- 1:17 AM, March 26, 2016
- Blogoratti said...
What a nice collage you've got. Warm Easter greetings!
- 7:16 AM, March 26, 2016
- Jeanie said...
This is lovely, Elizabeth -- and perfect for Easter. Tulips are definitely a favorite of mine!
Happy Easter, my friend. And thanks for stopping by The Gypsy!
- 8:53 AM, March 26, 2016
- Krisha said...
Happy Easter!
- 9:24 AM, March 26, 2016
- Sandra Cox said...
Beautiful! And so in keeping with Easter. Hope its joyous.
- 10:17 AM, March 26, 2016
- pearshapedcrafting said...
A beautiful collage Elizabeth, love the touch of gold to echo the gorgeous colours of the tulip! Thank you for joining TIOT again and being a great GD this time! Hugs, Chrisx
- 2:06 PM, March 26, 2016
- froebelsternchen Susi said...
I love tulips and bought a bunch of pink tulips as a present to myself today for Easter .. a wonderful page and all your support for Moo Mania & More and Try It On Tuesday is much appreaciated dear Elizabeth!
Hope your Easter will be happy!
Here is bad weather - not very nice...
so... indoor activity as always !!!
- 2:38 PM, March 26, 2016
- Meggymay said...
A very beautiful page, the tulip looks fantastic. This is a wonderful way to celebrate and show that spring is nearly here.
Yvonne xx
- 3:57 PM, March 26, 2016
- Corrine at corrinegilman.com said...
A wonderful old fashioned tulip illustration with those lacy petals. A perfect balance with the music and vintage look. Happy Easter! Xox
- 6:02 PM, March 26, 2016
- My name is Erika. said...
Happy Easter Elizabeth. I love the tulip- it is perfect for Easter and spring. We had some beautiful spring weather today and I got to rake- which would not be fun any other time except somehow after the winter anything to get outside in the garden is great. Hope you had a wonderful Saturday. Hugs- Erika
- 7:29 PM, March 26, 2016
- Rosie Schirrmeister said...
Sooo beautiful
Thank you for joining us at MOO MANIA & MORE
Happy Easter for you and yours
- 5:36 AM, March 27, 2016
- Margik said...
Happy Easter Elizabeth!
Your tulip collage is very beautiful!. Thank you for joining us at Try it on Tuesday again.
Mar xx
- 6:46 AM, March 27, 2016
- Meggymay said...
I'm back again. I forgot to thank you for adding your fantastic tulip to our TioT's theme and for being a great Guest Designer for us.
Yvonne cc
- 8:50 AM, March 27, 2016
- zandra said...
Your tulip is so pretty and what a great addition to your collage. Thanks for playing with us at TIOT.
Hugz, Z
- 8:14 AM, March 28, 2016
- Mrs.B said...
Hope you had a wonderful Easter Elizabeth,
This is a beautiful page - I always love to see tulips,
Thanks for sharing at TioT
Avril x
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Ron has since appeared in over a dozen motion pictures including "Killer Tomatoes Eat France," "Addicted to Murder," and "The Cool Air." He played Bottom in a film of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" called "Ill Met By Moonlight" (1993). After winning the 1992 Christopher Columbus Screenplay Discovery Award, Ron wrote the 1994 horror hit, "The Fear," with Vince Edwards, Ann Turkel and Wes Craven. As a director, Ron helmed his first feature, "Alien Force," in 1995 for Wildcat Entertainment, in association with his own company (their first venture), Fat Free Features. The action/karate/comedy genre blender (guest starring TV's "Robin," Burt Ward) was successful enough to warrant two more pictures for Wildcat. A succession of feature directing and writing jobs quickly followed for other production entities, including Sterling Entertainment, Vista Street Entertainment and SNJ Productions. In 1999 he wrote and directed an installment of a long-running Horror series -- "Witchcraft XI: Sisters in Blood." The same year also saw the him direct his fist 3-D feature, the sci-fi action thriller "V-World Matrix.". He is currently mounting the giant insect thriller, "Deadly Scavengers," which he will shoot for Vista Street Entertainment later this year. Today Ron can be found busily writing, directing, or doing post production work on some production at any given time.
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DEAD TIME TALES Fat Free Features 1998
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ALIEN AGENDA: ENDANGERED SPECIES (segment) Brimstone Ent. 1996
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MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH (sold; unproduced) David DeCoteau 1995
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|Season 2
|Season Information
|March 16, 2012
|Executive Producers:
| Norberto Barba
David Greenwalt
Jim Kouf
Sean Hayes
Todd Milliner
| David Giuntoli
Russell Hornsby
Bitsie Tulloch
Silas Weir Mitchell
Sasha Roiz
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Bree Turner
Claire Coffee
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Season 1
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Season 2 is the second season of Grimm. Grimm was renewed for a second season on March 16, 2012, and the season was filmed in the Portland, Oregon area. Filming for the second season started on May 30, 2012.
The first episode of the season, "Bad Teeth", aired on August 13, 2012, and the season two finale, "Goodnight, Sweet Grimm", aired on May 21, 2013.
Season Notes
Bree Turner was promoted to a series regular for season 2 at the beginning of the season. Claire Coffee was promoted to a series regular for season 2 beginning with "Season of the Hexenbiest".
The first four episodes debuted on Monday nights at 10 PM before moving back to Friday nights at 9 PM starting September 28.
During the nearly four month long hiatus between "Season of the Hexenbiest" and "Face Off", a four part weekly webseries was released, called "Bad Hair Day".
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The season starts where the previous one ended: with Nick being reunited with his mother, Kelly Burkhardt. She decides that a lengthy stay would be counter-productive, so she leaves after a few days, taking the Coins of Zakynthos with her to supposedly destroy them.
Sean Renard wakes Juliette from her coma after taking a potion brewed by Adalind's mother, revealing himself to be a half-Zauberbiest and a Royal in the process. The potion has the unexpected side effect of causing Sean and Juliette to become dangerously obsessed with each other. This situation requires all of Rosalee's apothecary skills to resolve.
Her obsession with Sean Renard is not the only result of Juliette's coma, as she is unable to remember her relationship with Nick. Although she remembers events, she doesn't recall Nick's presence at them. With help from mutual friends and a mystic named Pilar, she slowly begins to regain her memory.
Just before Hank spirals into madness after attacking his therapist and shooting his closet, his abducted god-daughter, Carly Kampfer, woges into a Coyotl during her rescue, and Nick is forced to explain about Wesen and that he is a Grimm to prevent him from shooting her. Hank is unsure about the revelations but copes by deciding that he may be crazy, but at least he's not alone.
Adalind conducts affairs with both Sean Renard and his brother, Eric, with the aim of becoming pregnant and trading the baby with Stefania Vaduva Popescu, the Queen of the Schwarzwald Gypsies, for the return of her powers.
Nick continues to juggle his twin roles of cop and Grimm whilst fending off the attacks of those who seek the key. He finds out the Captain Renard was the instigator of the earlier attempts to take the key, but when he does gain possession of the key, he returns it to Nick.
As Juliette regains her memory, she recalls that Nick was trying to tell her something before she fell into a coma, and she consults Monroe, who with Rosalee and Bud, introduce Juliette to the Wesen world.
Eric conceives a plan to capture Nick and force Sean to return to Europe using the zombies of Baron Samedi to create chaos in Portland. The season ends with Nick in a coffin in the first stage of a Cracher-Mortel victim: paralysis with a death-like appearance.
|Episode(s) Written
|David Greenwalt
|"Bad Teeth" (co-wrote)
"The Kiss" (co-wrote)
"Season of the Hexenbiest" (co-wrote)
"Face Off" (co-wrote)
"Volcanalis" (co-wrote)
"The Waking Dead" (co-wrote)
"Goodnight, Sweet Grimm" (co-wrote)
|Jim Kouf
|"Bad Teeth" (co-wrote)
"The Kiss" (co-wrote)
"Season of the Hexenbiest" (co-wrote)
"Face Off" (co-wrote)
"Volcanalis" (co-wrote)
"The Waking Dead" (co-wrote)
"Goodnight, Sweet Grimm" (co-wrote)
|Sean Calder
|"The Hour of Death"
"Kiss of the Muse"
|Akela Cooper
|"La Llorona"
|Alan DiFiore
|"The Bottle Imp"
"Mr. Sandman"
|Dan E. Fesman
|"The Good Shepherd"
"To Protect and Serve Man"
|Richard Hatem
|"Bad Moon Rising"
"One Angry Fuchsbau"
|Spiro Skentzos
|"Over My Dead Body"
|William Bigelow
|"The Other Side"
|Thomas Ian Griffith
|"Natural Born Wesen" (co-wrote)
|Mary Page Keller
|"Natural Born Wesen" (co-wrote)
|David Simkins
New Wesen
Wesen Returning from Season 1
Mentioned or Appeared in Grimm Diaries only
New Wesen
Season 1 Wesen
Mentioned in Rosalee's spice shop books only
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Episode Summaries
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|No. in Series
|Directed by
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|Original air date
|U.S. viewers
|"Bad Teeth"
|Norberto Barba
|Jim Kouf &
David Greenwalt
|August 13, 2012
|Synopsis: After their face-off with Kimura, Nick finds himself trying to come to grips with the return of his mother, Kelly Burkhardt. A trail of brutal murders unveils a foreign conspiracy to hunt down Nick, leading to several revelations about his past. Meanwhile, Juliette still lies in her mysteriously-induced coma as Rosalee and Monroe work tirelessly to bring her out of it safely. Elsewhere, Hank struggles with the shocking truths he's recently seen and Captain Renard deals with unexpected family issues when his estranged brother comes back into his life.
Quote: "The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere the ceremony of innocence is drowned..."
|"The Kiss"
|Terrence O'Hara
|Jim Kouf &
David Greenwalt
|August 20, 2012
|Synopsis: As Nick and his mother continue to battle the Mauvais Dentes, Monroe and Rosalee fight against the clock to save Juliette. More details are revealed about the source of Juliette's illness, resulting in an epic showdown. Back at the precinct, Hank senses that something is amiss when Nick lands in hot water with the FBI. Meanwhile, Captain Renard continues to reveal himself as he deals with his estranged brother.
Quote: "If a man of pure heart were to fall in love with her, that would bring her back to life."
|"Bad Moon Rising"
|David Solomon
|Richard Hatem
|August 27, 2012
|Synopsis: As Hank continues to seek help to cope with the inexplicable siting he had, an old friend, Jarold Kampfer, needs his help when his daughter goes missing. Nick's expertise as a Grimm comes in to play as he investigates the disturbing motives linked to the disappearance.
Quote: "Then she began to weep bitterly, and said, 'What can a poor girl like me do now?"
|David Straiton
|David Simkins
|September 3, 2012
|Synopsis: While investigating an accident site, Nick comes upon a bizarre and gruesome Wesen disease that is spreading quickly. A romantic day out for Monroe and Rosalee takes a dangerous turn when they encounter an infected creature that is out for blood. Meanwhile, Captain Renard gets a tip about a dangerous foreign fugitive who's made his way to Portland.
Quote: "Death stood behind him and said: Follow me, the hour of your departure from this world has come."
|"The Good Shepherd"
|Steven DePaul
|Dan E. Fesman
|September 28, 2012
|Synopsis: When a local Reverend reports that his church has been robbed, Nick quickly learns that it's a Wesen church, and enlists Monroe to check for any suspicious activity regarding the shepherd's flock. Meanwhile, Nick and Juliette continue to figure out the rules of their relationship as a dangerous opponent lurks in the shadows with his sites on Nick.
Quote: "Dressed in the skin, the wolf strolled into the pasture with the Sheep. Soon a little Lamb was following him about and was quickly led away to slaughter."
|"Over My Dead Body"
|Rob Bailey
|Spiro Skentzos
|October 5, 2012
|Synopsis: Angelina comes back in to town with bad tidings as Monroe learns his continued cooperation with the Grimm may come at a high cost. Nick comes to Hank for help to keep Monroe safe and Hank uses this time to get caught up with his knowledge of the "Wesen world." Meanwhile, an old European acquaintance pays Captain Renard a visit, but it's hard to tell if this visit is for business or pleasure.
Quote: "Whilst he thus gazed before him, he saw a snake creep out of a corner of the vault and approach the dead body."
|"The Bottle Imp"
|Darnell Martin
|Alan DiFiore
|October 12, 2012
|Synopsis: After investigating a grisly murder, clues lead Nick and Hank to a seemingly unstable father who is on the run with his daughter. As they learn more about the case they realize that the girl's father may be the least of their worries. At the spice shop, Monroe finds out filling in for Rosalee isn't as simple as he'd hoped it would be. Meanwhile, Captain Renard finds himself paying unwarranted attention to more than one woman from his past.
Quote: "Let me out, let me out,' the spirit cried. And the boy, thinking no evil, drew the cork out of the bottle."
|"The Other Side"
|Eric Laneuville
|William Bigelow
|October 19, 2012
|Synopsis: Nick and Hank are called to the scene of a murdered high school academic decathlete and learn just how competitive some extracurricular activities can be, and the extremes some coaches and parents will go to give students the best chance for success. In other police matters, Captain Renard deals with an unwanted infatuation while we learn an old accomplice of his has been spending time with his family in Europe. Elsewhere, Monroe continues to manage the spice shop and gets a visit from an unlikely customer.
Quote: "I thought of making myself a beautiful marionette. It must be wonderful, one that can dance, fence and turn somersaults."
|"La Llorona"
|Holly Dale
|Akela Cooper
|October 26, 2012
|Synopsis: Despite the enthusiastic anticipation of the city's residents for Halloween, a series of horrifying child abductions make their way to Portland, quickly spoiling the holiday spirit. Nick and Hank join forces with Valentina Espinosa, a mysterious detective from Albuquerque, to help find and capture the elusive suspect. Juliette joins their investigation, acting as the precinct's fill-in Spanish translator. The more Nick digs into the case, the more he realizes the pattern of the kidnapping matches those in the famed Hispanic horror story La Llorona, a story with its roots intertwined with his own family's history. Meanwhile, Monroe celebrates the holiday in fine style as he teaches the neighborhood bullies a lesson.
Quote: "On many a dark night people would see her walking along the riverbank and crying for her children."
|"The Hour of Death"
|Peter Werner
|Sean Calder
|November 2, 2012
|Synopsis: When a brutal vigilante homicide is made public, it sends Portland's Wesen community into a frenzy. As Nick investigates further, he discovers a pattern similar to that of a particularly brutal line of past Grimms. Is there another Grimm in town, or is Nick dealing with a sadistic copycat? Meanwhile, Captain Renard takes it upon himself to offer Juliette comfort in handling her on going dilemma with Nick.
Quote: "And branded upon the beast, the mark of his kin. For none shall live whom they have seen."
|"To Protect and Serve Man"
|Omar Madha
|Dan E. Fesman
|November 9, 2012
|Synopsis: Hank starts reflecting on an arrest he made earlier in his career regarding a man who committed murder claiming "self-defense against monsters." With the man's death sentence rapidly approaching and the knowledge he's recently gathered from Nick, Hank begins to wonder if there was more truth to the man's seemingly absurd story then he once thought. Back at the spice shop, Monroe finds himself involved in a situation he never saw coming.
Quote: "The beast was simply the Call of the Wild personified... which some natures hear to their own destruction."
|"Season of the Hexenbiest"
|Karen Gaviola
|Teleplay by:
David Greenwalt &
Jim Kouf
Story by:
Jim Kouf
|November 16, 2012
|Synopsis: Adalind returns to wreak havoc in everyone's lives and avenge her mother's brutal death. She has her eyes set on Nick and those closest to him – especially Hank and Juliette. Elsewhere, Captain Renard's obsession continues to escalate. Meanwhile, a surprise visit at the spice shop gives Monroe more than he ever bargained for.
Quote: "Oh! There is a terrible witch in that house who spewed her poison over me and scratched me with her long fingernails."
|"Face Off"
|Terrence O'Hara
|Jim Kouf &
David Greenwalt
|March 8, 2013
|Synopsis: After Nick learns about Juliette and Captain Renard, he must deal with the consequences. Things get even more complicated when Nick is called to investigate his own crime. Meanwhile, the search for the key intensifies as Captain Renard finds Nick's trailer and makes a surprising alliance. With Rosalee's help, Monroe informs Nick that they might be able to stop what's going on with Renard and Juliette before it goes too far. Elsewhere, Wu responds to a bizarre shooting at Nick and Juliette's house.
Quote: "The will to conquer is the first condition of victory."
|"Natural Born Wesen"
|Michael Watkins
|Thomas Ian Griffith &
Mary Page Keller
|March 15, 2013
|Synopsis: The Wesen code of honor comes into question when Nick, Hank and Monroe discover a series of bank robberies with Wesen using true natures as their disguises. Meanwhile, Juliette finds herself tormented by faint, slowly returning memories that cause her to question her mental state.
Quote: "So the animals debated how they might drive the robbers out, and at last settled on an idea."
|"Mr. Sandman"
|Norberto Barba
|Alan DiFiore
|March 22, 2013
|Synopsis: When a mysterious case of sudden blindness causes a woman's death, Nick and Hank come across a disturbing Wesen that feeds off its victim's tears. Meanwhile, Adalind contemplates the significance of her new situation, while Juliette continues to work with Rosalee in an effort to fix her memory.
Quote: "Now we've got eyes — eyes — a beautiful pair of children's eyes", he whispered."
|Charles Haid
|Akela Cooper
|March 29, 2013
|Synopsis: When a gruesome homicide brings an office party to a screeching halt, Nick and Hank find themselves battling a Wesen on a completely new platform - online. Meanwhile, Juliette's mysterious hallucinations finally start to take shape, giving them a whole new meaning.
Quote: "Then he seized his left foot with both hands in such a fury that he split in two."
|"One Angry Fuchsbau"
|Terrence O'Hara
|Richard Hatem
|April 5, 2013
|Synopsis: While on jury duty, Rosalee tasks Nick, Hank and Monroe to help stop a defense attorney from using his particular "Wesen wiles" to overturn what should be an open-and-shut murder case. Back at the precinct, Captain Renard brings Nick and Hank in on his own recent dealings with the Verrat, to keep them on their toes. Meanwhile, a return to the trailer brings a flurry of memories of Nick rushing back to Juliette.
Quote: "He sang a sweet song in tones so full and soft that no human ear could resist them nor fathom their origin..."
|David Grossman
|Jim Kouf & David Greenwalt
|April 19, 2013 (Canada)
April 26, 2013 (United States)
|Synopsis: Nick finds himself fighting a wildly different sort of nature freak in a desperate attempt to keep a volcano from burying Portland in lava. Meanwhile a pregnant Adalind meets a powerful new ally in Europe. Meanwhile, Juliette seeks out help after becoming overwhelmed by the latest side effect of her recovery - multiple memories of Nick showing up everywhere.
Quote: "The demon came home, and he declared that the air was not clear. 'I smell the flesh of man.'"
|David Straiton
|Spiro Skentzos
|April 30, 2013
|Synopsis: Mysterious cow mutilations and reports of glowing creatures put Nick on a case that forces him to question the existence of aliens within the Wesen world. He also meets a strange UFO expert who seems to know more than he's letting on. Meanwhile, Nick digs further into the key, and Juliette's romantic memories of Nick start coming back in a big way.
Quote: "They'll kill you, and I'll be here in the woods all alone and abandoned."
|"Kiss of the Muse"
|Tawnia McKiernan
|Sean Calder
|May 7, 2013
|Synopsis: Nick discovers a muse-like Wesen with the ability to influence those she gets close to - some with positive results, others with terrifying ones. Nick must find a way to get close without losing himself in the process. Juliette arranges a dinner date with Nick in the hopes of clearing the air, but their plans go awry as the case intensifies. Meanwhile, Rosalee takes her first visit to Aunt Marie's trailer.
Quote: "Tell me O' Muse, from whatever source you may know them."
|"The Waking Dead"
|Steven DePaul
|Jim Kouf &
David Greenwalt
|May 14, 2013
| Synopsis: Nick and Hank discover a new kind of strange when they investigate suspects being found dead - for the second time. In Europe, Adalind finds herself in the middle of a feud between Frau Pech and Stefania while working over the details of her pending transaction. Meanwhile, determined to remember every last detail to get things started once more, Juliette insists Monroe share with her Nick's darkest secret - the world of Grimms and Wesen.
Quote: "Papa Ghede is a handsom fellow in his hat and coat of black. Papa Ghede is going to the palace! He'll eat and drink when he gets back!"
|"Goodnight, Sweet Grimm"
|Norberto Barba
|Jim Kouf &
David Greenwalt
|May 21, 2013
Synopsis: Just when things look like they're back to normal with Juliette, Nick is called to investigate a flurry of rage-fueled assaults happening all over Portland. He goes to Monroe and Rosalee for help battling Portland's newest wave of "undead." As if that weren't enough, Captain Renard informs Nick that his brother Eric is in town on family business. Meanwhile, Stefania and Frau Pech methodically use their alliances with Adalind to battle one another.
Quote: "And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest."
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Halloween Episode
Mid-Season Return
Gag Reel
Behind the Scenes
DVD/Blu-ray Release
- Main article: Grimm: Season Two
Season 2 was released September 17, 2013 on DVD and Blu-ray. Both have 5 discs featuring all 22 episodes.
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Past Exhibitions
16 September – 11 December 2017
This exhibition presents recent photographs by Bill Henson, selected by the artist, and encompassing themes including portraits, nudes, lush museum interiors and transcendent landscapes.
Black Swan Prize for Portraiture
1 – 27 November 2017
Now in its 11th year, the Black Swan Prize for Portraiture is one of Australia's richest portraiture prizes, featuring the $50,000 First Prize donated by the Lester Group, $10,000 Tony Fini Foundation Artist Prize, and $7,500 People's Choice Prize donated by the Baldock Family.
Craft & Design Gallery – Resonant objects
27 May – 15 October 2017
Our Craft & Design Gallery, Resonant Objects, brings together highlights from our Australian and international furniture collection in dialogue with the photographic work of David Goldblatt and Jan Nelson.
Micro Galleries – Sky & Garden
1 February – 30 September 2017
In May 2016, the Gallery opened two new display spaces, Garden Gallery and Sky Gallery.
The second installment of the Wesfarmers Collection display focuses on the idea of landscape and what contemporary explorations of the theme can show us about our place, tastes and traditions.
12 August – 10 September 2017
One of Richard Bell's most defining works, Scratch an Aussie, is a playful, serious and challenging video piece that explores racism in Australia.
13 May – 4 September 2017
More than 150 rare and iconic sneakers are now in Perth
After popular showings in Toronto, Brooklyn and Atlanta, the international exhibition The Rise of Sneaker Culture is on display at AGWA for its only Australian presentation.
The Rise of Sneaker Culture is the first exhibition to explore the complex social history and cultural significance of the footwear now worn by billions of people throughout the world.
Everyone has a history – Part One: Plain Speak
25 February – 13 August 2017
Plain Speak launched a new annual series at AGWA, Everyone has a history, presenting compelling personal stories told through art.
Exclusive to PIAF, the inaugural show put Indigenous artists in the spotlight. Featuring 50 powerfully personal works, presented through a range of media; including video work, paintings, photography, sculpture and textiles.
|Screen Space – Jesper Just
8 July – 10 August 2017
Sirens of Chrome is one of Danish-American video artist Jesper Just's most compelling works.
Just's work is ambiguous, full of life's uncertainties, a technique that draws viewers into the story allowing insertion of individual memories and associations into his evocative visuals and forceful soundtracks.
Objects Gallery – Gifts to the Fallen
2 July 2016 – 9 July 2017
The exhibition, Gifts to the Fallen, is both a pragmatic and sentimental response to death, and the ceremonies around it, from an Aboriginal perspective. It presents a combination of traditional and contemporary objects that reference Aboriginal mortuary beliefs and practices.
Artists represented include Jean Baptiste Apuatimi, Janet Fieldhouse, Ricardo Idagi, Yvonne Koolmatrie, Dr David Malangi, Yhonnie Scarce, Roy Wiggan and Joyce Winsley.
Luminous: Tom Malone Prize 2003-2017
11 March – 25 June 2017
Our annual showcase of contemporary Australian glass
Glass is one of the most exciting and dynamic art forms in this country. It is a uniquely captivating medium, capable of almost endless transformation. Glass provides a perfect vehicle for the exploration of a range of themes, from the personal to the observational, and Australian makers are some of the world leaders in the medium.
Now in its fifteenth year, the Tom Malone Prize is a highly respected and eagerly anticipated event for contemporary Australian glass artists.
1 April – 28 May 2017
Nathan Beard is a young Western Australian artist whose work deals with the fluid nature of personal and cultural identities. Often based in an exploration of his own Thai-Australian background, his practice is conceptually and materially hybrid as he combines sumptuously rendered sculpture, photography and drawing to produce thoughtful, provocative and elusive experiences.
Craft & Design Gallery – Resonant Objects
20 March – 15 May 2017
Contemporary Australian Glass
This Collection display, with its focus on contemporary Australian glass, complements the exhibition Luminous: the Tom Malone Prize 2003-2017. It showcases many of the glass acquisitions AGWA have made since the beginning of the Tom Malone Prize in 2003. Several of these works were shortlisted in various years of the Prize; others were acquired outside the Prize but selected on the basis of the intimate knowledge of the glass field in this country we have gained whilst running this glass initiative.
Year 12 Perspectives 2016
Celebrating 25 Years of the Perspectives exhibition.
Year 12 Perspectives showcases work by some of the best, brightest and most talented graduating high school artists in WA, and is a barometer of what our youth are thinking and feeling.
In 2017, the Year 12 Perspectives exhibition celebrates its 25th year and the show will also highlight alumni who have become professional practitioners in the visual arts, including video interviews with previous finalists across the years.
|WA Focus – Helen Grey-Smith
10 December 2016 – 19 March 2017
Helen Grey-Smith had a long career in Western Australia as a textile designer, painter and maker of collages. Ceaselessly inspired by the physical world around her, Grey-Smith's subject matter reflected her deep
On display are textiles including full-length curtains, Grey-Smith's design for a Perth scarf detailing iconic landmarks, and fabric samples – as well as later works. Presented alongside a number of design objects from WA artists of the same period, the exhibition provides an insight into domestic interiors of the era and an overview of Helen Grey-Smith's practice.
Craft & Design Gallery – Resonant Objects
Showcasing works across a range of mediums, this newly introduced space allows for AGWA to express the many ways that craft and design practitioners use their materials to engage with the world.
With works drawn from historical, modern and contemporary areas of the Collection, this space provides a place to learn more about the significance of the handmade and the material world.
Its focus is contemporary and features works from Western Australian, Australian and international makers. Included from WA are glass makers David Hay, Kevin Gordon and Jamie Worsley, ceramicists Bela Kotai, Pip Drysdale and the late Beverly Gallop and jeweller Helen Britton with textile artist Justine McKnight.
Rise Sounds Gallery – Mei Saraswati
19 May 2016 – 27 February 2017
Swamp Gospel is a new sound work by Mei Saraswati. Created with the research expertise of wetland ecologist Jacqueline Giles, the work features Giles' recordings of long-necked turtle calls and sounds of underwater invertebrates.
Swamp Gospel is an ode to the former wetland and lake site on which the Art Gallery is situated. Audiences will sonically travel either up or down the water column in AGWA's new vertical sound gallery, immersed in melodic collaboration between species and the orchestral noise of biological activity.
|Screen Space – Christian Thompson's HEAT
12 November 2016 – 26 February 2017
HEAT is a captivating work and a personal recollection of contemporary Bidjara artist Christian Thompson, visiting the harsh Australian desert landscape with his father.
30 July 2016 – 5 February 2017
Landmark partnership between WA and the US
19th-century landscapes by Australian and American artists re-examined
An exciting partnership between the Art Gallery of WA, Chicago-based Terra Foundation for American Art and the University of Western Australia sees fifteen American landscape paintings shown in the context of their Australian counterparts.
Mapping and Imagining Western Australia
17 September 2016 – 30 January 2017
Experience WA through the eyes of the first European explorers and colonists.
The first European explorers and colonists viewed Western Australia and its spectacular coast as an "unknown land".
Of course, it was no such thing – Aboriginal people had owned the land for thousands of years and were quickly in conflict with the imperialists.
Whatever their motives – colonist, invader, explorer, settler, adventurer – the Europeans were awestruck by the land we now call Western Australia – and the opportunities it presented. This exhibition of the earliest watercolours, paintings and drawings of WA superbly captures images of iconic locations still familiar, but now mostly transformed. These European artists were the first of many generations to be inspired by the landscape of WA.
Portrait Month and Portrait Project
October 2016 – 30 January 2017
Portraits commemorate, transform, reflect, iconise and sometimes distort their subject in endlessly fascinating variety.
In an exciting new initiative for 2016, AGWA introduces Portrait Month where we explore the many forms of portraiture across photography, painting, video and sculpture. Taking centre focus is the State's premier portraiture prize, the 2016 Black Swan Prize for Portraiture which features alongside AGWA's own Portrait Project.
Micro Galleries – Sky & Garden
19 May 2016 – 23 January 2017
AGWA is celebrating the opening of two new display spaces, Garden and Sky. These Micro Galleries will launch with large works – accompanied by smaller works – from the Wesfarmers Arts Collection following the idea of 'large works in small spaces'. The contrast between the giant works and the dimensions of the Micro Galleries creates an exciting dynamic.
The new spaces are intended to offer the opportunity to create unique artistic conversations. As such, the first display begins with a conversation between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal artists across the two galleries.
20 August 2016 – 8 January 2017
Dissenting Voices is an exhibition concerned with how artists respond to social issues, cultural concerns and political events. Their art also provides poignant commentary on the human condition.
Selected from historical, Indigenous and contemporary artworks in the State Art Collection, the works in the show explore themes of socio-political engagement, personal and national identity politics and resistance to acts of authoritarian control and aggression.
Many of the works, including installation, photography, sculpture, video and painting, are being shown for the first time together, along side a few new acquisitions, such as those by Raquel Ormella and Marco Fusinato.
These artists' works will offer insights to viewers about the nature of political art, its varied purpose and potential meaning, from dissent and disturbance to contestation and condemnation.


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Spin-1 antiferromagnetic spin chain has a venerable history and has been thought to be well understood. Here we show that inclusion of both next nearest neighbor (alpha) and biquadratic (beta) interactions results in a rich phase diagram with a multicritical point that has not been observed before. We study the problem using a combination of the density matrix renormalization group (DMRG), an analytic variational matrix product state wavefunction, and conformal field theory. For negative beta < beta*, we establish the existence of a spontaneously dimerized phase, separated from the Haldane phase by the critical line alpha_c(beta) of second-order phase transitions. In the opposite regime, beta > beta*, the transition from the Haldane phase becomes first-order into the next nearest neighbor (NNN) AKLT phase. Based on field-theoretical arguments and DMRG calculations, we find that these two regimes are separated by a multicritical point (beta*, alpha*) of a different universality class, described by the level-4 SU(2) Wess??"Zumino??"Witten critical theory. Furthermore, we find that the dimerized and NNN-AKLT phases are separated from each other by a line of first-order phase transitions that terminates at the multicritical point. We establish that transitions out of Haldane phase into dimer or NNN-AKLT phase are topological in nature and occur either with or without closing of the bulk gap, respectively. We also study short-range incommensurate-to-commensurate transitions in the resulting phase diagram.


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How patient you were, how efficient (all that checking in at hotels, for example, was made quite painless for us - and all the meals that just appeared without any effort on our part - and the delicious picnic.....). One thing we particularly enjoyed was having flexible time in places: stopping by the butcher's 'shop' by the side of the road last Friday, hopping off the bus to shop for baskets (now proving very useful in the home), an unscheduled lunch at the Zhe Cafe - all that and very much more made our holiday truly special.
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- Belvedere Acres (4.3km)
- Beverly Hills (4.3km)
- Squirrel Creek (4.6km)
- Pine Hills (4.8km)
- Lanier North Woods (4.8km)
- Brookwood (5km)
- Sundown on Lanier (5km)
- Crown Point (5km)
church a building for public Christian worship.
- Canaan Church (0.4km)
- Antioch Church (1.1km)
- Sardis Church (1.9km)
- Cornith Church (3.7km)
- Corinth Baptist Church (3.7km)
- Northside Church (3.9km)
- Rock Hill Church (4km)
- Open Door Church (4.6km)
Local Feature A Nearby feature worthy of being marked on a map..
- Antioch Campground (0km)
- Bethel Tabernacle (1.1km)
- Sardis Creek Access Point (2km)
- Chattahoochee Golf Club (3.2km)
- Chattahoochee Country Club (3.6km)
- Shallow Ford (historical) (4.1km)
- Simpson Access Point (4.3km)
park an area, often of forested land, maintained as a place of beauty, or for recreation.
- Johnson Creek Access Point (2.3km)
- Upper Latham Creek Access Point (4.7km)
- Holly Park (4.8km)
- Highway Fiftythree Access Point (4.8km)
Accommodation around Antioch Campground
Hampton Inn Gainesville 450 Jesse Jewel Pkwy S.W., Gainesville
Hilton Garden Inn Gainesville 1735 Browns Bridge Rd, Gainesville
Lake Lanier Suites 1755 Browns Bridge Rd, Gainesville
cemetery a burial place or ground.
- Antioch Cemetery (1.2km)
- Sardis Cemetery (1.8km)
- Corinth Cemetery (3.8km)
- Rock Hill Cemetery (4km)
bridge a structure erected across an obstacle such as a stream, road, etc., in order to carry roads, railroads, and pedestrians across.
- Lanier Bridge (4.2km)
- Thompson Bridge Access Point (4.7km)
- Thompson Bridge (4.8km)
stream a body of running water moving to a lower level in a channel on land.
- Ada Creek (3.3km)
- Sardis Creek (3.5km)
- Latham Creek (4.9km)
school building(s) where instruction in one or more branches of knowledge takes place.
- Sardis School (1.3km)
- Sardis School (historical) (2.9km)
Wikipedia entries close to Antioch Campground
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- Oakwood, Georgia city o city
- Clermont, Georgia city o city
- Flowery Branch, Georgia city o city
- Lula, Georgia city o city
- Dahlonega, Georgia city o city
- Dahlonega city l city
- Dawsonville city n city
- Southern Catholic College education
- Road Atlanta sport landmark
- Gillsville, Georgia city o city
- Talmo, Georgia city o city
- Rest Haven, Georgia city o city
- Cumming, Georgia city o city
- Buford, Georgia city o city
- Cumming (Georgia) city k city
Airports close to Antioch CampgroundDobbins arb(MGE), Marietta, Usa (95.8km)
The william b hartsfield atlanta international(ATL), Atlanta, Usa (118.7km)
Anderson rgnl(AND), Andersen, Usa (139.2km)
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Showtime's new drama The Affair is becoming more and more intriguing.
The provocative series stars Dominic West as Noah, a New Yorker who begins to have an affair with local waitress Allison (Ruth Wilson) while vacationing for the summer in Long Island. However, both of them are married: Allison to a tough cowboy (Joshua Jackson), and Noah to his college sweetheart (Maura Tierney), whose lives are turned upside down by the affair.
In the new teaser below, it sounds as if Allison and Noah are each being questioned about an accident. Could their affair be motive for the "mess" the cops are investigating?
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British Modernism, or Late-Imperial Literary
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In recent years, the term "British Modernism" has come under intense scrutiny. The inadequacies of the term are legion: its main practitioners were not British; the period in question was better characterized by a series of literary and philosophical debates between its members rather than developments within a current; and its beginnings and its ends have yet to be fully or satisfactorily marked. These interventions have demonstrated three itineraries for modernism: the first, heading out towards the continent (usually Paris) and circulating with developments in French, German, Russian, and Italian letters; the second, coming from America, using London as an entrepot occasionally for all things European, but mostly for Englishness proper; and the third, heading out towards and back from the Caribbean, African, and Asian colonies. That traffic had as its consequence certain changes to aesthetic and literary conventions which marked out modernism as a style and a period, but these conventions have been called into question by asking whether what counts as modernism in
- Achebe, Things Fall Apart
- Anand, Untouchable
- Barnes, Nightwood
- Braithwaite, Selected Poems
- Conrad, Heart of Darkness
- Eliot, Selected Poems
- James, The Outcry
- Joyce, Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man
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- Pound, Selected Poems
- Rhys, Wide
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- Stein, Selected Poems
- Woolf, Mrs. Dalloway
- Yeats, Selected Poems
- July 8, 10: Introductions and fin-de-siecle literary
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- July 15, 17: Homegrown modernism; or Reactions to the growth of the world's first mega-city: Lawrence and Woolf
- July 22, 24: American Anglophilia; poets in search of new homes: Eliot and Pound
- July 29, 31: American women, French locales, British modernism: Stein and Barnes
- August 5, 7: Irishmen and their English masters: Yeats and Joyce
- August 12, 14: The colonial subject in the metropolis: Anand and Achebe
- August 19, 21:
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A taste of Crimson Dawn!
Georgiana Fields takes the legends of the Vampire and gives them her own interpretations. Her characters add depth to the irresistible creatures of lore. For instance, the Dhampire are not dead or undead, and they aren't created by biting.
"Jenny's my mate."
"You shitting me?" Quaid pushed his fingers through his hair. "Are you certain?"
Was he certain? Hell, yes, he was certain. Royce had never been more positive about anything in his life. "I'm sure. I've known since she was a kid." He remembered the very time and day he realized the pigtailed brat was his true mate, fourteen years ago, at three forty-five in the afternoon. He knew the time because the grandfather clock in his study chimed on the quarter hour. The clock began to chime just as Jenny burst through the door at the same time whats-her-name was easing his aching hard-on.
"Was that after Jenny walked in on you and Cherry?" Quaid raised a skeptical eyebrow. "I've heard Ruth's version of the incident."
That was her name, Cherry. He'd forgotten. But considering how many secretaries he'd had over the years, he never bothered to remember their names. He'd admit it. He'd been a man-whore. Royce didn't need anyone, especially Quaid, to point out that fault.
Royce filled his lungs with the crisp night air. "When Babushka, Ruth, and Jenny arrived at Wyvern House I'd been engrossed in the Clermont case. I hadn't even had time to welcome Babushka home." He stared out across the grounds, concentrating on the swirling windblown snow. His soul was just as bleak and cold. "At the time I don't know what had come over me. I suddenly had a perpetual erection. Now I know I was sensing my mate. At the time I didn't know it was Jenny. I hadn't seen her. Shite." He balled his hands into fists, digging his nails into his palms.
"Perpetual erection," Quaid teased, tilting his head to the side.
"Well, you know what they say, if it lasts longer than four hours. Four hours, bloody hell, try four days."
"Let me guess, the second Jenny interrupted you became flaccid." Quaid chortled. "And it hasn't risen to the occasion since?"
If you don't read this book, you won't know the answer to the implied question at the end of this excerpt!
Blurb: Book 4 of the Crimson Series. Dhampir, shape-shifters, romance and sexy love scenes. Action adventure featuring a war threatening to rip the Dhampir apart.
How can Jenny, the granddaughter of her mate's enemy, ever find happiness as his mate? Royce will someday rule his people. How can he find happiness with Jenny, whose family has committed unforgivable atrocities against his?
As usual, Georgiana Fields has set up a conflict that would take a miracle to solve.
For books 1-3, go grab each one or all three for a bargain!
Born in coastal North Carolina, Georgiana Fields grew up in a military family near Camp Lejeune. Spending her summers on the Atlantic Coast, she developed a love for the ocean, nature, and coastal ghost stories and legends. As a child, she used to love listening to her aunts tell and retell stories and legends surrounding New Bern, N.C. and other coastal towns.
After marrying her high school sweetheart, she moved to Georgia where she worked for the Red Cross as a medical technologist.
Georgiana currently resides in a suburb north of Atlanta with her husband, two dogs, and two cats.
While she loves nature, horseback riding, and scary movies, she currently spends most of her time writing paranormal romance/suspense.
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text: The originality and fun spilling over in Hornby's acclaimed debut, High Fidelity (1995), run deep and strong through this second novel, as a playboy pretends he's a single dad so he can date single moms, but finds his fantasies warped by the real needs of an unusual 12-year-old boy. Set for life in London with royalties from a sappy Christmas song his father wrote, Will Lightman does nothing all day except be cool--something he does extremely well. And he chases women, with intermittent success. When chance throws a beautiful mom his way, he makes the most of the opportunity, even though she dumps him because she thinks he's ready for commitment and she isn't. No matter: He joins a single parents' group, inventing a toddler named Ned, and is well on the way to another conquest when frizzy-haired loner Marcus and his depressive hippie mother Fiona intervene. They all meet on the day Fiona tries to kill herself, and while Will's really just a friendly bystander, Marcus, in desperation, seizes on him as the solution to their problems. He follows Will to see where he lives, and, after quickly seeing through the toddler ruse, takes to barging in on his "friend" nearly every day after school. While hardly in agreement with this turn of events, Will is still enough of a boy himself to recognize that the lad needs a hand, and finds himself caring enough to buy Marcus cool sneakers, which are promptly stolen by the gang at school who harass Marcus daily. But Will provides the key that gives Marcus a first girlfriend, and then is repaid in kind when he meets another beautiful mom, falls in love, and persuades Marcus to act as his son to keep her from getting away. Far more than just boys will be boys, this has the right mix of hilarity and irrepressible characters to attract a wide audience: an upbeat, unqualified success. (First serial to the New Yorker; Book-of-the-Month Club featured alternate selection; author tour)


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Staff crunch hits hospitality sector
The continuing exodus of people from the Northeast to their home states has resulted in a staff crunch in the hospitality industry and security agencies here.india Updated: Aug 18, 2012 03:03 IST
The continuing exodus of people from the Northeast to their home states has resulted in a staff crunch in the hospitality industry and security agencies here.
This is because most of the people who have been fleeing belong to the lower middle class who work mostly as cooks, waiters and security guards in the city.
Narayana Kulal, who runs a restaurant in central Bangalore's Vivekanagar area, said that of his 43 employees 33 are from Northeastern states. "I am facing a serious problem running my establishment. The other thing is that many northeastern students used to come to my restaurant but now I have hardly any customers," he said.
Rajan Thapa from Darjeeling runs a Chinese restaurant near Halasur in east Bangalore. "Forty of my employees have left and I have come to a stage of stopping the business for some time," he said.
Thapa, however, said he intended to stay in Bangalore: "It is a nice city. I have many local friends and nobody is harmful. I don't know why these people (fleeing the city) are believing in rumours."
The security industry has been hit as badly as the hospitality sector.
Nagaraja Reddy, a partner with the 3-Star Security agency in Koramangala said many apartments, malls and other commercial establishments are facing problems because security personnel from the Northeast have fled. "If this continues, it will be very difficult to run the security industry," he said, adding that residents of Ba ngalore will also face difficulties as many of their security guards have joined the exodus.
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The tour bus is around back taking on fuel. When it pulls around to the front, watch this space for events as Jim hits the road to promote Ochoco Reach. The book released from Word Hermit Press on January 4, 2016 and is available everywhere.
I would hope that you order Ochoco Reach from your favorite bookstore, but you can click on the cover image to get it from Amazon.
Great news! The Portland, Oregon area launch party will happen at Annie Bloom's Books on January 11, 2016.
Here's a list of other 2016 events:
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A few months after the battle of Halford in 1643, Lord Standing and Sir Thomas Barnaby crossed swords again at the village of Fletcher's Cross. It was a quiet Sunday morning ...
... and Lord Standing's Royalist troops were marching south towards the village.
However Sir Thomas Barnaby's Parliamentarians were marching north on the same road.
As both forces reached the outskirts of the village they sighted each other. Drums began to beat, weapons were readied and the two groups prepared for battle.
Lord Standing's horse moved west around the village to cover against a move by their Parliamentarian counterparts. His dragoons occupied the village. A regiment of Parliamentarian foot engaged the green-coated Royalists.
The Parliamentarian horse skirmished around the edge of the village, supporting the foot.
They broke off, however, when the Royalist horse threatened their army's flank.
Both sides formed lines on each side of the village, whilst holding units in reserve to feed into the settlement should an opportunity present itself.
An overview of the battle, taken from a contemporary print. maybe.
The Royalist dragoons were unable to stand against the Parliamentarian foot, and abandoned their position.
Meanwhile a swirling cavalry melee had developed to the west of the village, with neither side able to gain an advantage.
Parliamentarian troops pushed into the village south side of the village, whilst Royalists entered from the north
However the fighting to the east of the village had very much gone the way of Sir Thomas Barnaby's troops, and the Royalist defenders found themselves under heavy fire from dragoons and artillery as well as the infantry opposing them
To the west the Royalist horse had also been driven off, and the Parliamentarian horse quickly wheeled into an attack on the Royalist infantry regiment supporting the defence of the village.
With no relief coming the Royalists in the village were under extreme pressure.
They held firm, however, and in a wild charge drove away the Parliamentarian regiment of foot. However weakened and scattered by the fighting they themselves were driven off by fire from the Parliamentarian guns to the south-east of the village.
The final Royalist regiment marched into the village from the west as Parliamentarian dragoons moved in from the east.
However they too were driven off by the artillery.
As night fell the Parliamentarian forces held the village. Sir Thomas Barnaby had scored his first victory of the campaign.
This was the Advance Guard scenario from One Hour Wargames, played out using the latest modifications I have made for the OHW Pike and Shot rules. This includes Gallopers losing their extra melee bonus in the same way as other units go out of ammunition, and Dragoons (as I am now referring to the units I previously called Shot) being allowed a level of cover if they are stationary in the open, on the assumption that they would always deploy behind available walls and hedges. In addition I have added a rule which causes units to fall back if they fail to inflict casualties in close combat.
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Costa Family Cruises
Costa's club for children is known as the Squok Club. Their spaces are equipped with plenty of bright colors and furnishings. Your child will be entertained with the latest video game consoles and Sping Master games such as Meccano, the Aquadoodle carpet, and Spy Gear for secret agents. Costa Fascinosa, Costa Favolosa, and Costa Diadema exclusively feature open-air Water Parks, with a pirate ship, games and even a castle.
Squok Club is divided into different age groups and is open from 9:00 am to midnight. The age groups are divided as follows:
- Mini (3-6 years)
- Maxi (7-11 years)
- Teen Junior (12-14 years)
- Teen (15-17 years)
For guests ages 3 to 6 in the Mini club, there is an opportunity to meet the famous Peppa Pig after boarding. The children will be able to talk with her and take plenty of photos. Peppa Pig even has her own day on every cruise and young guests can enjoy activities such as coloring, crafts, treasure hunts and puzzles. In the afternoon, kids can have lunch with Peppa Pig with a special menu. An evening dance at the disco with Peppa will be the highlight of the trip. There are plenty of colorful souvenirs to remember Peppa Pig by or to even take home to share the delight with friends.
Some example activities available for ages 3-11 include:
- Treasure hunts
- Sports tournaments
- Dance and karaoke competitions
- Costume parades
- Themed parties
The teens can have fun too, with example activities including:
- Dance and music courses
- Sports tournaments
- Pool parties with a midnight swim
- Games at the disco
- Themed dinners
- Birthday dinners
- An area available for hire for a high-tech party
The support of Costa's staff is available free of charge at the clubs after registering your children onboard. You will be given a detailed program of activities then.
For a small extra charge, Costa's Squok Club can organize a special day for girls and boys upon request. There is a day for children who want to be a princess called "Princess for a Day." This event includes hair and make-up, a dance with dad and a professional portrait, all while dressed up like a princess. The other event is "Captain in Training." Those who opt for "Captain in Training" will be taught by the Squok Club team how to use sea tools like a compass and a flag, and they will also be taught technical sailor terms. While dressed as a Captain, the child on their special day will announce the weather forecast and take part in a special dinner in the main restaurant.
Costa's ships are designed to accommodate strollers. These accommodations include elevators, spacious cabins, large decks and walkways. Children under the age of 3 have priority boarding and are allowed to play games in the Squok Club, outside of the busiest times, when accompanied by an adult. They cannot participate in activities designed for children over 3. Children who are set to turn 3 during the cruise can access the Squok Club upon embarkation.
Parents who wish to participate in excursions while leaving their children onboard will need to notify the Squok Club 24 hours beforehand so they can accompany their children 15 minutes before the start of the tour.
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@ CES: GetGlue Raises $12 Million, Hits 2M User MarkEmail This Post
January 11, 2012 – 11:34 am
As the social TV app landscape is starting to get a lot more crowded, entertainment check-in app GetGlue has closed a $12 million round of financing led by Rho Ventures as the company seeks to add more visual features to stay ahead of the competition.
Over the past few months, several social TV app providers have begun gaining attention, including Miso, which recently introduced a feature called SideShows, which allows viewers to fashion themselves as "super-fans" who push out instant notifications with info about actors, quote highlights, products about a given show. In addition, IntoNow, YapTV and Umami are also vying for users and media company's attention, mostly by offering automatic access features that can "hear" a program through some form of audio fingerprinting.
GetGlue COO Fraser Kelton acknowledged that he's seen some "clever" applications from the competition. And he noted that GetGlue does have an arrangement for audio identification of shows with DirecTV.
Cutting through noise: But in an interview with TVExchanger, Kelton said that the company would not be rushing to add similar features any time soon, preferring to concentrate on making the conversations that users have after checking into a TV show or other media. For one thing, unlike much of its competition, GetGlue has positioned itself as a more general entertainment social media app, offering check-ins across movies, music, books, sports, etc., though 60 percent of its usage is around TV, Kelton said.
In conjunction with the new funding, which also included previous backers of GetGlue's November 2010 $6 million round, i.e., TimeWarner, RRE Ventures, and Union Square Ventures, the company had hit two notable milestones: it has now reached 2 million users and has provided an update to its iPhone app. GetGlue also has iPad and Android apps and a mobile WAP site for Blackberry, Windows 7 and other phones, but Apple products are where most of its audience resides so it gets the refurbishing first (revamps for those are planned sometime this quarter).
While the company didn't add as many bells and whistles as its competition has, GetGlue is mindful that users want more visuals. Later in the year, Kelton said, the company will begin including more rich media within the app, but for now, the new Conversations tab will allow for larger images from a given show and allow users to superimpose quotes and comments above them.
Secondly, GetGlue is promising more personalization and customization for both users and the growing list of 75 TV networks and 30 media companies it has formal deals with.
So how come it has so little interest in adding more audio fingerprinting and automatic functions to its app? Mainly because GetGlue believes that its growth lies in helping keep the conversations going longer and allowing users to filter out the social media noise than can accumulate when an app has a growing audience of 2 million users.
For example, typically, a popular show, like AMC's Walking Dead can attract 40- to 50,000 check-ins, Kelton said. In addition, the company claims that check-ins grew 1000 percent and crossed 100 million for 2011. Making sure that a user gets the comments from people they want to hear from is what GetGlue's engineers are interested in managing, as opposed to having everyone talking at once.
"While we all know that people are using their mobile devices as they watch TV, we also know that they don't want any distractions during a show they're intently watching," Kelton said. "'It seems like a contradiction, but it really isn't. People may want to push stuff out, say by quoting a line of dialogue, or noting a piece of action. But they really don't want to talk to someone else until after. And they only want to talk to a select group of fellow viewers. 'Identification and verification,' which is what these audio identifier systems do, is a service layer for people to consume during a show. And those systems do reduce the friction of checking-in, but that's not what keeps people around. As I say, we're focused on the longer conversation after it airs and that's what's important in this kind of service to both users and marketers."
Going slow on marketing: Still, Kelton said that the company plans to go slow on the marketing side of the business, aware that users' tolerance for marketing on mobile apps remains pretty low. He did point to GetGlue's softer selling approach that the company wants to build on.
"When TheGap offers a 40 percent discount to someone after checking in to a show, that's a much different proposition from just showing a banner ad, which I might add is the kind of format we're not interested in," Kelton said. "Or, if a viewer checks-in regularly to HBO's True Blood and they are offered a discount on buying the box set, it's probably a marketing message that people would be receptive to. So we're looking more deeply at those kinds of ways of connecting users and brands in a way that just feels like a natural part of the conversation, since it's based on an expressed interest or it provides something of value beyond 'buy this because this ad looks good.'"
Having a growing base of 2 million users and the ability to draw 40-50k check-ins for popular shows also means something else to marketers: real-time data. Kelton didn't go into details, but he did say that the company is looking for ways to build out some form of audience measurement functions for media companies and markets.
"We are not interested in one-to-one targeting, this would only involve anonymous data," Kelton said, knowing how fraught privacy issues are these days. "But when you have 50k people checking-in to a show, think about it: that's practically 10 times Nielsen's audience panel. So we think we can gain a lot of insights there that might be valuable to marketers."
By David Kaplan
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The oddball sci-fi horror flick LAST DAYS ON MARS is crash-landing onto DVD/Blu-ray on March 4th, according to a press release. The flick is an interesting mix of straight-forward sci-fi and crazed space-zombie horrorshow. Doesn't quite nail it, but it's a worth a look.
Starring Liev Schreiber, Elias Koteas and Romola Garai and directed by Ruairi Robinson, LAST DAYS ON MARS goes like this:
On the last day of the first manned mission to Mars, a crew member of Tantalus Base believes he has made an astounding discovery – fossilized evidence of bacterial life. Unwilling to let the relief crew claim all the glory, he disobeys orders to pack up and goes out on an unauthorized expedition to collect further samples. But a routine excavation turns to disaster when the porous ground collapses, and he falls into a deep crevice and near certain death. His devastated colleagues attempt to recover his body. However, when another vanishes they start to suspect that the life-form they have discovered is not yet dead. As the group begins to fall apart it seems their only hope is the imminent arrival of the relief ship Aurora.
Pre-order LAST DAYS ON MARS right HERE. Special features include behind the scenes photos and a visual effects featurette.
Romola Garai


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