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closed on the smooth wood of the axe handle. He swung his arm reflexively, the silver axe head shining in the blackness. He put every ounce of strength into his arm as if he were hitting a grand slam in the Copper Valley ballfield.
In slow motion, he watched it slice into the gray fur, his momentum forcing it through the dense cartilage so that the barking head was silenced before the brain had a chance to tell the mouth muscles to stop moving. It tore from his hand to travel with the corpse of the monster, looking like the lance they used to bring bulls down in bullfighting.
The animal bounced high, the body continuing its onslaught, but Wyatt forced himself to twist left, missing the impact of the headless werewolf. It catapulted into a bench, pulling it up from the ground where it was bolted. The head landed with a loud _splat_.
Wyatt sat stunned, panting, his legs numb. He pushed himself painfully to his feet, limping toward the dead wolf. He yanked the axe from the body, cursed softly, and then headed toward Zombieville.
# Chapter 22
"Find them?" Jessup asked as they ran toward the forest of posts supporting the mezzanine. They had entered the park through the commissary, but it was locked tight. They couldn't go back that way.
"No," Carter said, looking around the deserted street.
People were hiding, and the wolves had spread out. They heard screams, but this part of the park seemed empty. Occasionally, a dark shape flitted by.
Jessup and Carter studied the base of the steel poles, feeling their way around them in the darkness.
"There's no way up," Carter shouted.
"I don't see any exit signs." Jessup looked around and then up. He hugged the pole, trying to inch upward. "They're too smooth to climb."
Carter searched the park, his eyes resting on one of two trash cans. He tried to lift it, but it was bolted to the floor. "Come on. Help me."
Together both men pressed all their weight against the mesh can. Carter's veins stood out on his neck from the strain, his face crimson. The can groaned and then tore off its base. Carter rolled it toward the pole. They spied another one and soon heaved the second trash can so that they now had a structure nine feet tall. Carter hauled himself up, wobbling as he stood, but he used his weight to balance.
Quickly, he stripped his shirt, wrapping it tightly around the pole. Using his feet as leverage, he began to inch his way up the smooth metal shaft. He looked down to watch Jessup climb the garbage cans after him.
Carter paused, sweat pouring into his stinging eyes. He heard his phone ping with a message, but his hands were clutched tightly in his shirt. It would have to wait. Loosening his hold, he jerked the material upward to continue his slow climb.
Emergency lighting had now turned on. Carter could hear screams and closed his eyes at the horror of the sounds of this disaster.
He heard Jessup shout. A huge wolf stood on his hind legs, bright eyes glowing with excitement, its growls turning into frantic barking. Carter started to slide down, Jessup's orders stopping him.
"No. Go. We've got to shut this thing down."
The animal was leaping, its fangs snapping as it lurched up. Another circled the base of the trash cans, nudging them so Jessup swayed dangerously. "Get out of here!" he screamed.
Carter let go with one hand, reaching for his gun.
"Forget it. It won't do any good," Jessup called as the wolf finally grabbed his arm. He fought, pistol-whipping the beast, but it barked stridently, calling for help. Its jaws snapped, clamping on Jessup's thigh, pulling him down off his pedestal. Jessup screamed once, the sound cut off as his throat was torn out.
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eyes closed with disbelief, his gorge rising. His legs shook, the muscles screaming with the strain. His shoulders were on fire, his stomach churned, but he continued inching upward. The sounds of skin tearing filled his head.
The landing came into view, and he hooked his foot over the railing, his arms shaking with the effort. Dangling over the edge, his arms weakened for a moment, but adrenalin coursed through him, enabling him to vault over the barrier to land in a sweaty heap on the floor. With trembling hands, he pulled out his phone to look at the text.
"Sean is on the way home. I will be too as soon as I get Jade. Zombieville."
"Zombieville," Carter muttered.
Rolling onto his knees, he stood on legs that barely supported him. He put his wrinkled shirt back on. Glancing over the railing, he saw the wreckage of his friend. His heart sunk.
The wolves formed a circle below, their intelligent eyes watching him. They bayed with triumph. The green glow of the lights on their collars speckled the park, looking like a field filled with fireflies.
Carter turned, and his feet carried him toward the other end of the tunnel. Lights went on overhead, dim now—a generator supplied the power, he reasoned. The weak light lit small pools of white that chilled him more than full darkness. _If a generator was running the place, where were the support staff?_
His feet echoed in the dark tunnel, his breath loud in his ears. Carter paused, banging on the outline of doors along the wall. No response. He felt for a lock, found a keypad, but his tired mind couldn't recall the numbers he had seen Vincent punch. Frustrated, he headed to the mouth of the tunnel.
He ran toward the entrance, hitting his fist on the metal barrier separating him from the outside world. It reverberated in the confined space with a tinny resonance.
Shouting, he placed his fingers along the seam, straining to separate the two halves. It was locked tight. Carter cursed.
He heard scrabbling at the other end of the tunnel. There was a loud thump, as though a body were hitting the railing. He hugged the cool metal of the walls, moving toward the sound.
He saw the shadow of a wolf jumping, its long claws trying to hook themselves on the glass barrier. It continued its attempts. It had to be leaping forty or fifty feet. Carter cursed again. Dual paws caught, the hind legs scratching against the glass. Carter watched the bared teeth gleam in the minimal light as the beast pulled itself up and over the barricade.
Carter's breath whooshed out of him. He turned, running to the nearest outline of a door that he saw in the hallway. The paws scraped against the tiled floor, the loud panting filling his ears.
He felt the sides blindly for a keypad. Closing his eyes, he frantically tried to recall the numbers Vincent typed into the keypad earlier.
"Five-eight." _There were more._ He pressed his sweaty head against the wall. He could do this. He muttered the numbers again. He moved his fingers over the keypad.
_Come on, numbers, numbers._ _What were those numbers?_ he thought, closing his eyes, trying to recreate the moment with Vincent. All he saw were those dark eyes mocking him. He slapped his head. _Think,_ he ordered.
"Five-eight-forty-five-oh-..." _What was the next number?_ He tried again, going for the five.
The animal was picking up speed. Another wolf landed with a thud after reaching its goal. Four pairs of claws clicked on the surface of the floor. There was an additional number to the code; he recalled Vincent had covered the keypad.
A menacing growl echoed behind him. Carter hissed with fear, his fingers punching the keypad, going through the sequence, again and again, his fingers slick with sweat, pressing each of the digits until he got to seven.
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# Chapter 23
The tunnel was dank. Water from the lagoon dripped from the overhead pipes. It was dark. Here and there, pools of blood coagulated around the battered bodies of the staff of Monsterland. The wolves had done their damage, Raoul told them. Now they were waiting for the chance to finalize their escape.
Howard groaned. His neck ached as if it had been wrung— _well, it had,_ he thought. He cracked open one eye to survey his surroundings. His glasses were gone, and everything had a fuzzy quality. They were underground, the belly of the park. He looked up at the pipes, knowing from the muted sound that he was under a body of water, like an aquarium.
He peered around the dark space. Keisha was sitting, her eyes closed, her knees against her chest. A trickle of blood sluggishly oozed from a spot on her neck.
Howard stiffened. Booted feet stood next to his face.
"He's up." A girl with matted pink hair crouched to look at him. She pulled his face from the dirty floor. "I like him. Can I have this one?" she asked with a plaintive wail.
Raoul separated himself from the shadows on the wall. "Not yet, Sylvie dearest. Young Howard here will lead us out."
Howard sat up, groaning. "How did you know my name?"
Raoul smiled contemptuously. He nodded to Keisha. "My drone told me. She told me everything, Howard Drucker." He said the name slowly, savoring it, as if by saying both names they were confidantes, close.
Howard pulled his tied hands, bound painfully behind him.
"What did you do to her?" he demanded.
"Relax, lover boy. She'll be coming out of it soon. I only sipped a bit of her nectar. She won't stay in this state for long unless I maintain a steady diet." Raoul's eyes sparked.
Howard pulled at the ties confining him, finally giving up, exhausted. "What is this place?"
"Vincent's idea of a _scary_ roller coaster attraction. It remains unfinished but one day he intends to frighten the kiddies with trolls and dragons," Raoul said with a sinister laugh.
"As if vampires, werewolves, and zombies weren't enough?" Howard replied.
"You might as well stop fighting it. You can't win," Raoul told him in a silky voice. "We've been around forever. We're real, we're here, since the beginning of time. You can't stamp us out." He got up, walking around, warming to his subject. "You persecuted us for being different."
"You're parasites."
"No better or worse than a deadbeat relative or a petty criminal. You're stuck with us, so you better make the best of it."
Howard heard a sound, watching in revulsion as one vampire, then another, detached themselves from the darkness to scurry over to the pools of blood outside their hiding spots. He heard slurping and must have made a face.
"We used to fascinate you."
"That was before I knew what you were."
"What are we?" Raoul bent down to touch his face familiarly. "Monsters?" He shrugged. "We do what we do to survive." He snapped his fingers, and Keisha rose, her eyes blank. She walked toward him. He pulled her down to rest against him, settling her close with an intimacy that made Howard squirm. "You have to get us out of here."
Howard shook his head. "I don't think so."
"You know, I like this one," Raoul said in a friendly manner. "I droned her. Maybe I'll go all the way. Turn her into one of us." He stroked Keisha's face. " | 1.14274 | -0.056022 | -0.757327 | -0.262353 | [
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Would you like that, my pretty?" he asked softly. He looked at Howard. "You know how we do that, don't you?" The vampire observed the young boy's clenched hands, his gritted teeth. "You wouldn't like that, Howard Drucker," he purred. "You wouldn't like that at all."
Raoul stood easily, taking out a knife from his pocket, freeing Howard's arms. The blood rushed through Howard's abused limbs like needles.
"Oh, I hear it, Raoul. Let me taste it," Sylvie cooed. She rubbed his arms, her tongue flicking with delight. Howard pulled away from her, a sneer on his face.
There was a crash above them. "Come, children," Raoul ordered. "We must flee. Young Howard will lead the way."
He pushed Howard on the shoulder toward the passageway leading to their freedom and Howard's hell.
# Chapter 24
Wyatt sprinted toward the part of the park he wanted to go to, and the only area he hadn't seen. He ducked into an empty store, ripped a T-shirt from a hanger and wrapped it around his stinging hand. His hand had stopped bleeding, but he looked like he had just come off a battlefield. He touched his bloody chest with disgust, grabbed another shirt with the theme park logo, and put it on.
In the Monsterland streets there was no light but the dim emergency bulbs that flickered with an orange glow. Merchandise littered the ground, windows gaped, broken, and listless curtains waved like flags of surrender. Wyatt trod carefully, avoiding the dark red puddles. Piles of corpses lay on the pavement. The bodies were unrecognizable.
A barricade separated him from Zombieville. A small suburban town had been built, that much he knew, but it was behind a steel wall, confined in an impenetrable prison, cut off from the rest of the park.
A dismembered body lay on the ground, a steel mesh glove abandoned by its side. A scream split the air, breaking the silence.
The steel gate that held the zombies from society shrieked as a lever groaned, and the gate started its slow movement, opening up Pandora's box. It stopped at the midway point.
Wyatt gingerly picked up the glove, pulling it on his arm. The mesh went all the way to his shoulder, where the leather strap looped over his head to hold it there.
Wyatt heard cries and sporadic shots being fired in the park. The werewolves' triumphant baying made it clear who won the battle. Slowly, the sounds of the violent encounters were dying down.
Overhead, the stars twinkled from the inky sky; even the breeze had died.
Wyatt sucked his breath in, but stopped from inhaling deeply, the sour stench of rotting flesh making the air heavy. He looked back through the alleys and streets he had come down, wishing he could go back, find his brother, and run for safety.
A wolf howled, and he shivered. Jade was somewhere in there. In Zombieville. He had to get her and Nolan out. He put his foot forward and then followed with the other.
He walked toward the metal gate, a solid wall of riveted steel. Wyatt pushed himself to move through it, his eyes searching the darkness.
He reached the attraction, the faint agonizing grunts and muffled moans floating on the still air. He stepped on a porous rock, wincing when the crunch magnified in the dark. A silence followed it, so thick he felt underwater.
Wyatt sniffed, his face grimacing from the stench of decay. It enveloped him, smothering him until he felt his gullet meet the back of his throat. The axe felt heavy in his hands.
He saw them from the corner of his eye. They were slow moving, just like he imagined. They lumbered with a mindless motion, rocking as if their kneecaps didn't work. The zombies were in various stages of the disease, their skin a yellowish green.
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their arms outstretched; some had eyes, others empty sockets with sticky black puddles that overflowed to paint their cheekbones in striated patterns.
They shuffled rather than walked, and when the first one moved close enough so that its gnarled fingers brushed against the thick mesh adorning his arm, Wyatt reacted, whacking the axe against its head, watching in sickening astonishment as it cleaved it in two, brains spilling out like water from a broken faucet.
The thing groaned, falling to its knees to land with a soft whisper on the floor. Wyatt backed away, revolted by the rancid stench of the blood, sickened by the way a group fell en masse like a tackle in a football game, the soft sucking and crunching noise of their feast making bile rise so that it coated the back of his throat.
"Jade!" he screamed, his voice cracking. "Jade, where are you?"
Frantic banging answered him from inside one of the houses, and Wyatt raced toward it, mowing down the slow-moving zombies in his path.
# Chapter 25
Billy leaped by the trash can, a bark forcing him to stop. He turned, spying the new kid. He ran over and licked the cub's ear, which was drenched in blood.
The lad rubbed his face happily against him.
Billy smiled—at first, he had been repulsed by the human when he'd invaded their territory. He was ready to rip his skin, to feast on the warm organs. When he held out the camera, as an offering, Billy's conscience pricked him, and he decided to let him go. The tables turned when the kid begged to be incorporated into the pack.
Little John was horrified. They hadn't added for years—it was a code between them. It was a hard life, but the yearning in those eyes made him do it. A bite, a nip really, and their blood intermingled to morph and change the boy forever.
It was instantaneous, a miracle to watch. The body embraced the changes, the youthful howls shivery in his delight.
Of course, he was sloppy. His initial kill was a messy job, but, Billy thought with pride, _the kid learned fast._ After all, he led them from the confines of the dome to reach the guests enjoying the ride.
"It's eat them or be killed," Billy warned. "No time for maudlin sentimentality like you showed those cops." He gestured to the dead policeman at the base of the mezzanine.
"I don't have a collar like yours," the cub yelped.
"No need. These are collars of captivity. I like yours better," Billy told him with gentle barks. He licked the gold werewolf head pendant. "See, it has green eyes that resemble our lights. You're one of us now."
"For real?" he barked in wonder.
"For real," Billy responded.
Melvin smiled a toothy canine grin and yapped, "Thank you." He then turned to join in the bedlam.
Billy's eyes teared up. "No, thank _you_!" Billy was happy at last. Happy and free, thanks to the boy.
# Chapter 26
Carter ran through the miles of halls, trying doors, using his formidable shoulders to break open the locks. He heard sobbing, and he banged on the door, finally kicking it open to find a trio of Monsterland employees huddling in the corner. One rose, brandishing a broom.
"Where is everybody?" Carter demanded.
"Gone. Gone or dead. There's no way out. The wolves have the garage, the zombies just broke through their gate, and the vamps are missing. We're doomed," he cried.
"Have you called for help?"
"We've called Washington. They said help is on the way, but what kind of help?" a girl whined, her face lined with mascara.
"They are going to bomb us; they have to."
Carter agreed grimly. "Where's Vincent?"
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Carter shook his head. "He wouldn't leave."
"Try the main control room." He pointed up the dark passageway.
Carter nodded and took off. He heard them close the door, followed by the movement of furniture behind it.
The halls echoed eerily. Carter passed the weapons room, paused, and then ducked inside to grab a shotgun. He stuffed as many shells as he could in his pockets and then loaded the gun. He came up to the control room, trying the doorknob. He double pumped the gun, blasting the locked doorknob so that the door flew open.
Vincent Konrad turned around, his eyes opening wide with surprise. "Officer White, just in time." He held a receiver to his mouth. "No, no, it was nothing. Everything is under control here. The president... ah yes, the president is in the eating facility, safe and sound. I'm afraid cell phones aren't working well... I understand. Hmmm... well, that's no problem." His finger depressed the lever on the base, disconnecting the phone. "The Secretary of State. She's so tiresome. I'll have to do something about her tomorrow."
Carter grabbed the receiver from his hand. He punched in numbers.
"Officer Carter White of the Copper Valley Police Force. We are in trouble here. The president is dead. Security's been breached..." The line went dead.
Vincent tugged and then held up the phone wire in his fist. "You'll ruin everything. It's all proceeding as it should. I have it all under control. Monsterland is safe."
Carter held up the gun. "You keep saying it's safe, Doctor. Nothing could be further from the truth. It's over, Vincent. Word will get out."
Vincent laughed, flicking on a console. "It already has. It's all over the news." He gestured to the multiple screens in front of him.
The monitors lit up with every news station worldwide reporting on the massacres in all the different Monsterland parks around the world. Thousands were dead—every country had lost leadership. The globe was rudderless. "Right now, it's just mass confusion. But that won't last." He chuckled. "The new president and I will swoop in." He made a grandiose movement with his arms. "And save the world."
"I can't even guess how many have died tonight."
"No, you can't. Your simple civil servant brain can't think larger than Copper Valley." Vincent observed him thoughtfully. "You know what your problem is, White? You have no vision. You can't see the forest for the trees."
"And you can?" Carter said with contempt.
"Right now, all the governments are reeling. My people are sliding into planned positions as we speak." He smiled again, as if reassuring a nervous patient. "Everything is fixable. Who needed McAdams anyway? He was a liberal with nasty little ideas. I'm in charge now."
"No, the vice president is in control of the country," Carter said slowly as if talking to an idiot.
Vincent threw back his head and laughed. "How do you think I was introduced to the president? Watch," he said gleefully. He pulled out his cell phone. He pressed it so that it was on speaker.
"Vincent?"
"Nate... or should I say, President Owens—"
"Is my father safe?"
"He was marvelous. They loved him in the show—tell him, Carter, tell him how that naughty hunchback stole the show."
"Hunchback?" Carter asked.
"I've called off the Air Force now that General Anthony is dead, and the new Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff has agreed to my wait-and-see approach," the new president informed him. "I'll deal with the Secretary of State as soon as I get off the phone with you."
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"What are you talking about?" Carter demanded.
"It's simple. For years the Russians have been tampering with our computers, raiding and stealing information. A sort of cyber-terrorism. Well, with the Russians' envoy assassinating the president, as well as every other diplomat attending our parks, it gives President Owens very little choice other than to shut them down. The invasion of Russia's infrastructure starts today. Have you taken down their satellite yet?" He directed the last question to the new president listening on the phone.
"That's crazy; the Russian envoy was murdered," Carter shouted. "They didn't attack."
"Sadly, once word gets out of the massacre here, it won't matter. By then, I will be the new leader of Russia, and I'll add restoring world peace to my resume."
Vincent walked calmly to a console, flicking on screen after screen so that the massacre of Monsterland looked like a cheap horror movie.
"You're mad," Carter whispered. "You're the monster. A monster and murderer."
"No, Officer White. I am brilliant, and I will save the world. I will do what no politicians or diplomats can do—finish the job."
"This was all planned?" Carter asked, with dawning horror.
"A _coup d'état_ ," Vincent said with a smile, hanging up on the president. He became thoughtful and said, "I used to catch wild pigs when I was a boy. Do you know how to catch wild pigs, Carter?"
"What?" Carter asked.
Vincent studied Carter. He perched his hip casually on one of the desks.
"You catch wild pigs by finding a nice clearing in the woods. You sprinkle corn on the ground. The pigs find it and return every day to eat the food." He folded his hands and then pressed his two index fingers together. He continued. "When they are used to coming every day, you put a fence down one side of the place where they are grazing on the corn. In the beginning, they are wary of the barrier, but eventually, they get used to the fence. They begin to eat the corn again, and you put up another side of the fence. They get used to that and start to eat again. You continue until you have all four sides of the enclosure up with a gate in the last side. Don't you understand?" he asked. "You see, the pigs get used to the free corn and start to come through the gate to eat that corn again. All you have to do is slam the gate on them to catch the whole herd."
He stood, a feverish light in his eyes. "Suddenly the wild pigs have lost their freedom. They run around and around inside the walls, but they are caught. Soon they go back to eating the free corn. They are so used to it that they have forgotten how to forage in the woods for themselves, so they accept their captivity. Monsterland is free corn. We have just captured the entire world." Vincent threw his head back, and the echoes of his laughter bounced off the impregnable wall of his prison. He paused, looked at Carter, and shook his head. "Besides, how else were we to invade Russia? They've been playing with your Internet for years. It's time to have the governments run by more capable hands."
"Monsterland?"
"Oh, my interest in Monsterland was real. We will have theme parks all over the world. It is where we will put troublemakers. More inventive than prison, don't you think? A zombie police force."
"But the wolves..."
"A means to an end. A careless guard, a lost key, nature takes its course."
"They have the run of the park."
"It appears so... but looks are deceiving."
"But what about the vampires?"
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course and poof... problem solved."
"What are you getting for all this?" Carter gestured to the empty room.
"Power. I am the puppeteer. President Owens will follow my directions. You could say we've got a lot in common."
"You're sick," Carter said, disgusted.
"I've been called worse." Vincent sniffed. "Now I think it's time for you to take your place in your new home."
He pressed a button. Carter raised the shotgun.
"I don't think so, Officer White." Vincent drew a small revolver sliding out from his wrist. He shot once, winging Carter, who dropped his shotgun.
Carter recoiled, grabbing his shoulder. Two huge men entered the room. They were wearing uniforms with a new logo that had an American flag on it. It said Federation Forces.
"You thought I was alone," Vincent spat. "I was never alone. You are outnumbered. Long live the new federation!" He punched his fist in the air. "My federation."
"What are you talking about?" Carter's veins bulged as he shouted.
"I have made a worldwide alliance to stop those pesky countries from interfering. Like the Euro and one currency, so shall we all be one nation."
"The single European currency didn't work out so well."
"I'll be the judge of what works and what doesn't succeed, Officer White." A group filed into the room, their faces wooden. "Time to end this."
Carter watched in stupefaction as they took seats.
He heard Vincent order. "Kill the wolves."
One of the men pressed a series of buttons. A high-pitched buzz filled the park. On the screen, the wolves started to run in circles. Their howls penetrated the thick building. The lights on their collars changed from green to red.
"Watch... watch... watch," Vincent said eagerly. "We implanted transistors in their collars, only mine have an added kick," he ended on a note of glee.
The earsplitting noise filled the park. The wolves howled, their faces aimed at the moon.
"Here it comes," Vincent said with anticipation, his voice shrill.
One by one, the werewolves rolled and then arced up, their heads exploding in a spectacular eruption. "You're crazy," Carter told him.
"No, genius. Pure genius," Vincent responded. "Give him to the zombies. Wait, I think I want to watch."
# Chapter 27
Raoul's hand rested on Howard's shoulder. To someone who didn't know any better, it would appear they were friends. The passageway grew narrower, the sounds from outside louder.
"If we can get past security, there is a way out of here behind the wolf pens." Angie gestured upward and continued. "A drone told me about a feeding pipeline that runs from the back of a supply silo over here."
There was a dark, ominous tower behind the dome of the Werewolf River Run. Angie pointed to a large circular tube that carried food from a special tank toward Zombieville. "It's filled with all kinds of blood and guts," she told them.
Howard swallowed convulsively. He looked at Keisha, trying to make eye contact, but she was as catatonic as the guards.
Screams echoed in the thick air. Raoul's eyes searched the dark streets for signs of the wolves, but he couldn't see any.
"Do you think the wolves got out of the park?" Sylvie asked.
"Doubtful," he replied. "They are too busy gorging themselves on human flesh. Tonight was a smorgasbord for them."
"A Bacchanalian feast." Angie slithered out, drawn to a bright trail of blood on the concrete. She crouched down and wiped her finger through the small puddle. Placing it on her lips, she sucked. "That's vampire blood."
"They didn't stand a chance once the werewolves got out. They are probably all ripped to shreds."
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exclaimed, the old debate supplanting fear in his head. "What of their superior night vision, dexterity, and intelligence?"
"Myths, my little friend. All myths. Just the junk we churned out in our old PR machine to make us more glamorous." Raoul draped his arm around Howard's shoulders in a warm manner. "We are nothing better than vermin that live off the rejects of society." He paused. "Except for me, of course." Raoul considered the supply line. "If we split up—"
"Don't even think about it, Raoul," Ian sneered. He had lost his drones in the melee. "The kid knows his way around. Unless you want to give him to us, and you wake the girl up?"
"Oh, I plan on waking her up," Raoul said with a seductive smile.
Howard felt Sylvie stiffen next to him. She exhaled in a livid huff.
"You think she's prettier than me?" she asked, her eyes watery and hurt. Howard wasn't sure if she was speaking to him or Raoul. The older vampire ignored her with a cold stare. Howard shivered.
Howard looked at Sylvie's deathly pale skin and dirty pink hair. He watched her pat her hair in the age-old feminine way of fussing.
Howard wet his dry lips and considered the most logical way to answer. His brain told him to tell Sylvie that she was more attractive than Keisha. His heart chose this inconvenient time to come to life and twisted painfully when he glanced at Keisha.
Sylvie watched his face, her own turning a dark purple with rage. Balling her fists, she twirled, punching Keisha full in the chest. Keisha went down like a sack of potatoes, rolling face down on the floor.
There was a tentative howl and a clatter of sharp nails on the empty pavement. Ian craned his neck down the dark alleyways of Monsterland and saw nothing. He moved farther out.
Howard gaped in astonishment, his breath whistling out of him as a massive shape hurtled from the darkness to land with a growl on Ian's chest. They all backed away, watching Ian wrestle with a werewolf, his cries mixed with fierce growls. Ian's teeth gleamed in the moonlight; his sharp nails gripped the wolf by the thick scruff of the neck, trying to twist free.
Angie jumped on its back, and Howard thought, inanely, that it looked like a werewolf sandwich.
Raoul grabbed Keisha's arm and then gripped Howard, pulling them from the tunnel. "Come on, Sylvie!" he ordered.
"You're leaving them?" Howard was aghast.
"I told you I care for nothing," Raoul responded as he herded them toward the supply tube. "Up you go." He pushed Howard onto the riveted bars, forcing him to start climbing onto the winding pipe that disappeared around the other side of the dome.
Howard wrapped his arms around the cold metal tube, wondering, with a shudder, what was coursing through it. The liquid vibrated against his fingertips.
Howard turned in time to see Ian's face being separated from his skull, his dying screams smothered by a spout of blood. The wolf caught Angie around the waist, shaking her limp body like a rag doll.
"Don't look down," Raoul said.
"Too late," Howard wheezed. The wolf stood still, watching him intently. A gold pendant dangled from a chain around its powerful neck, and green glass eyes shined back at him. Howard cocked his head. He knew that pendant.
_I guess I was wrong,_ Howard thought. "Werewolf wins," he said, his voice barely a squeak.
They climbed, their bellies hugging the round metal tube. He heard Keisha cursing loudly as if she were coming back to life. Howard smiled—that was the Keisha he knew.
"What are we doing here?" she complained, her brows lowered.
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"This was supposed to take us out of the park," Sylvie moaned. "It took us to the zombies! I'm scared, Raoul. Let's go back."
Raoul kicked out, his face furious, his razor-sharp teeth feral. "Stop whining, you stupid girl." Sylvie grabbed his leg, and they both slipped.
Raoul reached out, taking hold of Howard's ankle, so they all descended in a rush onto the black pavement outside Zombieville. Howard heard Keisha yell, "No!" as his head connected painfully with the concrete. Howard lay flat, staring at the starry sky with a dazed expression.
Keisha leaped down, coming to stand between Howard and Raoul, her stance combative.
"I know taekwondo, you bloodsucking creep."
"You're beautiful when you're angry," Raoul said, walking toward her.
Howard's eyes softened. He wanted to agree. He thought that too.
"Ugh." Keisha gagged. "Is that the best you can do?" She circled him warily, ready to kick.
Howard raised himself, shaking his groggy head. His hand was against something soft, his fingers in a puddle of sticky wetness. He turned over to come face-to-face with the open eyes of a guard, his dead fingers wrapped around the handle of an axe.
Howard reached out to grab the axe, but Raoul walked backward, kicking it out of the way, laughing maniacally.
Raoul growled appreciatively to Keisha, his eyes gleaming. "I'm going to enjoy making a woman out of you." He moved slowly toward her; his eyes dark with passion.
"No," Sylvie screamed, picking up a discarded tree limb, swinging it in a wide arc toward Keisha.
Howard looked around wildly for a weapon. He stood, his hands fisted.
Raoul jumped back, the branch grazing him. He fell, rolling to come up behind Howard, grabbing both his arms in a tight hold, laughing. "I think I like her better, Sylvie. What are you going to do?" He shrugged.
Sylvie bent in half, her mouth opened in a high-pitch scream. Her eyes turned into dark, hot pits of hatred. She moved toward Keisha, using the branch like a javelin.
"Nothing better than a little cat fight," Raoul commented. "We'll flip a coin for the winner. Do you have a quarter?"
Keisha dodged Sylvie with nimble footwork. Sylvie squared off with her, her attention diverted for a minute. They impacted, Keisha's long legs scissoring upward to smash into Sylvie's short form.
Sylvie twisted to come up into a crouch, using the branch to try and trip Keisha. She swiped at the girl's feet, but Keisha jumped high, kicking her in the face.
Raoul winced at the sound of cracking bone. "Ouch, that's got to hurt."
Howard struggled uselessly against Raoul's superior strength. Raising his foot, he brought it down on the vampire's instep. Raoul reacted by punching him in the face. Howard dropped, the lights fading for a minute.
The vampire grabbed him by the lapels, shaking him violently. A sound split the night, and Raoul looked toward the high barrier enclosing Zombieville. It gaped open.
Shuffling feet filled the silent night, followed by the moans of the plague victims. A group of four made their slow way through the half-opened gate toward them. _They walked like, well, zombies._ Howard considered them. They were soft, all squishy—their green skin and stiff, outstretched arms seemed surprisingly fragile.
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You could take them," he told Sylvie.
She ignored him, her balled fist connecting with Keisha's chin.
"Stop fighting! _They_ are the enemy!" Howard screamed, his stunned look exchanged for sheer horror. He stared at the moving wall of flesh coming their way.
_What was wrong with the vamps?_ Hysteria bubbled in Howard's chest. _They were stronger, more agile; they had superior intelligence; they had working opposable thumbs, for God's sake!_ "Move, damn you!" he shouted to Raoul. "Do something!"
Raoul did something then. He placed Howard in front of him to shield him from the approaching zombies.
Howard twisted. Raoul stood behind him, frozen, his eyes wide with... fear? _Raoul is afraid_ , Howard thought disgustedly.
Sylvie fought on with mindless hatred, her sharp nails aiming for Keisha's soft skin.
They were all going to die. Howard had to do something. _Vamps were friggin' useless!_ Howard scrambled, feeling his pockets for anything, a key, a pen, a... pencil.
Howard gripped the pencil in his fist, turning to Raoul's frozen face.
He heard Keisha's cry of dismay as she slid in a slick of blood, going down on one knee. Howard's breath stopped in his throat as he took the number two lead pencil and rammed it directly into Raoul's exposed chest.
"Take this, you bloodsucking leech!" he yelled, his face a frozen grin from the irony that he was driving a wooden stake into the fiend's chest.
He turned to see Keisha's prone body roll to the side, reaching out to grab the discarded axe a few feet from the body of the dead guard.
Howard yelled, "Keisha! Use the wooden handle!"
Keisha looked at the axe head and then at the handle. She slammed the axe on the concrete, separating the metal and leaving a sharp splintered point.
With a war cry, she ran straight for Sylvie, impaling the vampire straight through the heart. Sylvie dropped where she stood, her skin turning mottled as blood rushed from her mouth in a dying breath.
Keisha was panting, and she fell to her knees. Howard raced over, propping her arm over his shoulder.
"I think I love you," said Howard. He grabbed her, kissing her fully and passionately on the lips. Keisha's opened eyes drifted shut.
Keisha pulled away to study him. "Now you get romantic?"
The sound of moaning interrupted them. She glanced behind her, watching as the zombies landed on Raoul's body, their satisfied mouths chomping on his limbs. "Ugh."
"Let's get out of here."
They turned to flee—a werewolf stood, growling, blocking their exit. It was tense, its muscles bulging under fur, twin green chips of glass reflecting against the pelt. Howard considered the beast's intelligent hazel eyes, and his mouth dropped open.
Keisha tugged his arm, her knees weakening in fear.
Spinning, they saw the zombies look up, their faces cocked with interest, their lifeless eyes deep pockets of emptiness.
Keisha yanked her broken axe handle from Sylvie's body, brandishing it, while Howard took out another number two pencil from his pocket protector.
The lone wolf howled from behind them.
"Crap," Howard muttered.
# Chapter 28
Wyatt scrambled through the streets, the axe in front of him, his mesh-covered arm outstretched. Bushes parted, and two men came at him—one was on his knees, which were now bloody stumps, and the other was in a lesser state of decay.
Wyatt swung the axe. It connected with the soft middle of the taller man. Wyatt jumped back, avoiding the blood and bone that flew out. The corpse | 0.781145 | -0.031065 | -0.998904 | -0.108872 | [
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fell to the artificial turf with a dull thud.
The man on his knees made a grunting sound like a rooting pig. He knocked the axe from Wyatt's hand. Wyatt reached out with his meshed arm, the fingers sinking into the eye sockets, and he pulled hard. The head came off with a soft _whish_ , the grinding sound of the gristle and bone making Wyatt gag.
He spun in a circle, throwing the disconnected head at another group of shuffling zombies that fell like bowling pins. "Strike," Wyatt said with satisfaction. He paused, realizing with a start that they were incredibly fragile.
Bending, he picked up the heavy axe and ran through the devastation into the house where he heard a steady thrum of knocking.
Dust motes danced in the air, the waning moonlight illuminating them like fairy dust. The sky had lightened somewhat, and Wyatt wondered what time it was.
He searched the gloom. A woman lay on the floor, dragging herself toward him. She moaned piteously.
Wyatt screamed Jade's name, ducking into the dark corners, his feet shoving the slow-moving wrecks of humanity that crawled along the floor. They grabbed at his legs, squeezing his thighs.
Using his axe handle, he butted them away, watching in revulsion as body parts broke off to land with muffled thumps on the floor. He picked off their relentless hands, chopping with the ease of a butter knife, their diseased limbs falling in a cascade of carnage.
He kicked the slow-moving woman out of the way, yanking open the door to a bedroom, finding Jade cowering in a corner. Wyatt rested the axe against the wall and peeled off the bloody mesh armor from his arm.
He pulled her into his embrace, and she curled up against him, her body shaking with dry-heaving sobs.
"It's okay. I've got you. What happened to your protective gear?"
"Once we heard the alarms, we tried to run. It was too heavy, and Nolan made me take it off."
"Where's Nolan?" Wyatt asked.
"Nolan..." she stuttered between gulps. "Nolan..."
"Did he leave you here alone?" Wyatt cupped her face with his hands.
Jade's blue eyes widened until the irises were fully surrounded by white. Her mouth opened in a soundless scream.
"What?" he demanded.
Jade peeked over his shoulder fearfully.
Wyatt placed himself in front of Jade protectively. Nolan was behind him, his eyes filled with an unholy light, his skin a sickly shade of green in the dark room.
"Nolan, man. You scared me..." Wyatt said, turning back to Jade.
"Wyyyatt!" Jade jumped, grabbing at his shoulders. She pointed at Nolan, who grinned evilly. Wyatt sniffed and then peered closer in the gloom.
Nolan appeared... strange. He smelled foul. A large chunk of skin was missing from his forearm. Nolan's eyes had sunk into his skull, and he held his arms outstretched, ready to wrap his hands around Wyatt's throat. His voice was as dry as a hacksaw, but it still worked.
"I knew you wanted her, you creep." Nolan clenched his hands, and the skin on them looked waterlogged, as though he had been underwater for hours.
Wyatt's hair stood up on his scalp when he noticed the telltale white spots on Nolan's bluish nails.
"What happened to you?"
"Nothin'." Nolan grinned in a parody of a smile. "Come on, buddy; I'm _desperate_ to have a word with you."
Wyatt backed near a closet, feeling Jade behind him. They were trapped in the room; there was no escape.
"Can't we talk about this?"
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think I'm just going to let you have her? She locked herself away from me a long time ago. She told me this was our last date, didn't you, Jade?" He leered behind Wyatt. "You think I didn't see her making eyes at you for the last few weeks? Did you?" He tapped Wyatt hard on the chest. Wyatt pushed him away. Skin sloughed off to hang like a drape on Nolan's wrist.
Wyatt stared at the bloody hands, sucking in his stomach to avoid a second touch.
"Well, babe, you were right about one thing. This will be our last date, and it's going to last a long, long time," Nolan told Jade.
She wailed.
"Shh..." Wyatt warned her. "You'll bring more of them in here." He pushed her further behind him, but Jade moved in front of him defiantly.
"I hate you, Nolan. You're a bully." Jade stood rigidly in front of Wyatt. "I never liked you, but I was afraid to not go out with you." She turned to Wyatt. "He made me date him. I hate him."
Nolan bent his diseased face close to Jade, looming over her. "Be afraid, Jade," Nolan spat. "Be really afraid. Remember when I twisted your arm. Remember how it felt?"
Jade spit viciously in his face, a glob of saliva landing on the putty skin of his cheek.
Nolan reacted impulsively, shoving her hard so that she hit the wall with a loud crash and slumped to the floor.
Wyatt felt his chest tighten; his face grew red. He balled his fists impotently, because to touch Nolan, he risked infection. Nolan reached out to Wyatt, and he dodged his arm, easily.
"Yeah. Stupid little Jade. I told her I'd beat the crap out of her little brother if she didn't go out with me," Nolan snickered.
Nolan moved closer, almost on top of him. His hand was inches from Wyatt's unprotected neck. Wyatt closed his eyes in resignation, knowing he was doomed. He looked up to stare death in the face.
"Hey, Nolan," Wyatt heard Jade's voice from behind.
Nolan craned around almost dislocating his neck.
"I'm breaking up with you."
The axe hung suspended as if in midair. It wasn't until Nolan's body was split in two that Wyatt watched in astonishment as Jade triumphantly pulled the axe out of Nolan's lifeless back.
Nolan collapsed like an empty suit of clothes.
Wyatt grabbed her hand and said, "Let's get out of here." He took the axe from Jade.
They bolted from the room to find zombies crowding against the windows outside, blocking what little light could come in. Wyatt cracked the door, then slammed it shut. They were outnumbered, and there was no way out.
Jade turned to him and said, "How are we going to get out of here?"
Wyatt looked at her and replied, "I'm going to rush them and make a path for you."
As soon as the words left his mouth, they heard the thud of zombies dropping like flies outside.
Wyatt peeked out the window to see a lone zombie methodically smashing the heads of the plague victims. He was using a small boulder to do the deed.
_Was he eliminating competition or creating an escape route?_
Wyatt's eyes met the creature's, and he knew instinctively, the thing meant them no harm. Wyatt opened the door.
"Out," the zombie rasped painfully. "Out, get out of here." The zombie dropped the boulder and grabbed his throat from the pain of speaking.
Wyatt didn't need any more encouragement than that. Grabbing Jade's hand, the axe in the other, he turned sideways. Stopping for a second, he said, "Thanks."
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. Raising his hand, he pointed to the gateway, whispering, "Now."
Wyatt dashed from the door, dragging Jade behind him. More zombies came at them like a driving rain, but Wyatt was fast, dodging through them as if they were a sloppy defensive line, swinging his axe like a claymore.
The muted light beckoned from the gate, and the sky lightened. Wyatt's feet tore up the grass, and he heard Jade panting behind him, but he held her in a merciless grip. Bowing his head with determination, he pressed on, his heart pumping like a steam engine, the gate his only goal.
He reached the metal barrier, swinging Jade through, turning to see that strange male zombie shoving his pursuers onto the ground and then crushing their legs so they couldn't follow.
# Chapter 29
Wyatt rounded the gate and then pulled it on the wheels to close it, but he couldn't move it far enough alone. It was too heavy. He heard Jade's intake of breath, and, when he turned, he saw a werewolf standing, blocking off the main exit. His name was being called, and to his left were Keisha and a bloody-looking Howard Drucker, holding her hand.
Wyatt glanced to each of them, the breath leaving his body at the relief of seeing his friends. Between them were the torn and bloodied carcasses of a dozen zombies.
Howard Drucker looked at Wyatt and then the wolf and back to Keisha.
"I feel like I'm stuck in _The Good, the Bad and the Ugly_ ," Howard shouted.
"Well, I'm not gonna be ugly," Keisha retorted. "So that leaves good and bad."
Howard gazed at Keisha with a dopey grin. "I think we're bad. Super bad."
Keisha smiled. "Okay, genius, how are we going to get out of this one? I don't think your number two pencil is going to work on him." She gestured to the wolf with a nod of her head.
Howard looked at the spot. The wolf was gone.
Wyatt ran to Howard and Keisha. "You guys okay?" He grabbed Howard by both upper arms.
Howard held up his bloody pencil. "Never better. Where's Nolan?"
"Nolan split," Wyatt said.
"You wouldn't believe it," Howard told him. "We were about to be annihilated by a group of zombies, and some wolf tore them to shreds."
"Where is it?" Wyatt searched.
"It disappeared."
Headlights lit up the road. A golf cart filled with four men pulled into the clearing. Behind the cart, the sun peeked its way over the rocky hills. The sky lightened to a lilac hue.
"Ah, Alec Baldwin," Vincent Konrad said as he stepped out of the cart.
"Wyatt," he corrected him. He watched Carter being pulled from the back of the vehicle. His shirt was torn, and his shoulder was bloody. His face hadn't fared too well either. A man bashed him on his bad shoulder with a shotgun. Carter groaned, then fell to his knees. Another hopped out of the cart, kicking him in the stomach.
Wyatt surged forward but found himself imprisoned by the iron grip of one of Vincent's henchmen. He looked around. They were surrounded by a ring of guards in uniforms he hadn't seen before. They were all armed with rifles.
"Carter!"
"A family reunion. Eh, Frank? What do you think of your boy?" Vincent called to the lone zombie, who staggered from the small space where he had squeezed through the gate.
"Wyatt," Vincent directed a question to him, his face filled with mirth. "What do you call a lawyer who turns into a zombie?"
Wyatt looked at Vincent and then at the wreck of a man who stood on unsteady legs. "What... are you... doing?" The words were wrenched from the zombie's throat. "This was | 0.480502 | -0.147792 | -0.807418 | -0.661013 | [
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... supposed... to be... a place of learning... and science."
Vincent went on as if he hadn't heard him. "You didn't answer my riddle. What do you call a lawyer who turns into a zombie? Don't know? I'll tell you. Frank Baldwin. No relation to Alec, of course." Vincent laughed at his joke. "To Alec, get it?"
Wyatt sagged against the guard and then his face inched up to come to land on the shell of humanity that stood swaying in the center. "It can't be." Wyatt's heart sank. "It looks nothing like my father!" Wyatt shouted, tears streaming down his face.
Vincent came forward like a demented game show host. "It can be, and it is. Oh, how I wish I had the press here, but, sadly, they are all dead. No more press but mine from now on. Thank you very much."
There was a scuffle, and a group of zombies broke free from the gate to make their slow way toward them. Vincent nodded, and two guards moved forward, spraying them with bullets. They dropped where they stood.
Carter was shoved against Wyatt. He tottered, and Wyatt held out a hand to steady him. He sank to his knees and then leaned against Wyatt's leg, his face down.
"Do you know what's going on?" Wyatt asked.
Carter shook his head. He had a cut over his eye, and his cheek was bruised.
"Do you?" Wyatt asked again. He looked at his birth father, searching for something recognizable, but found nothing.
Carter's eyes found Wyatt. "I didn't know about that. I know your dad—"
"Worked for me, Wyatt. He was my attorney. Your mother was not happy with that. Said he worked too hard, ignored the family. Felt the work was unethical. Imagine that, an unethical lawyer. An oxymoron, if I ever heard one. You know," Vincent confided, "I helped with the arrangements in the divorce. Used a crack LA team that knows the ins and outs of hiding funds from pesky families. They hadn't been getting along for a while, right, Frank?" Vincent supplied helpfully. "I couldn't have my attorney distracted. He had work to do. Besides, he believed in me. Believed with so much passion that he left all his money to my research." He turned to Frank. "You weren't supposed to get infected, you stupid man. I told you to keep your hands to yourself. Never could keep his hands off the ladies." Vincent shrugged. " _C'est la vie_. Now he'll have his son with him for as long as he lasts."
The zombie raised a hand—his destroyed vocal chords grunted, but the sounds were little more than groans. His mouth shaped the word _no_. His sad eyes looked from Carter to Wyatt. He pointed to Vincent, his face changing into a sneer. He moved toward the doctor, anger written all over his face.
Vincent backed away. "Now, now, Frank. What's all this? Suddenly you care about the boy. You and I both know you didn't give a damn about anything except for money." Vincent's laugh was cut short when the zombie picked up speed in a burst of energy. Vincent's eyes opened wide with fear, and he screamed, "Shoot him. Shoot him now!"
A shot rang out, and Frank Baldwin fell to his knees. He wobbled for a second, then collapsed. His eyes locking with Wyatt's before they closed forever.
Wyatt turned and grabbed the axe that lay behind him. Carter pulled himself up and then moved in front of Wyatt, knocking him to the ground as another shot rang out. Wyatt felt Carter fall against him and cried out, "Dad!" taking Carter into his arms.
Vincent turned to the guard. "Finish them off." He walked toward the cart, dismissing them.
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Wyatt's vision. The wolf panted and then spun, leaping to attack the throat of another guard.
"Look, werewolves!" Howard pointed to the west, distracting them. Everyone turned to look in that direction.
Wyatt picked up the gun, but the remaining soldiers broke rank, disappearing into the rubble.
Vincent turned, his voice panicked. "Stop, you imbeciles. You're supposed to protect me! I'm the leader of your world."
Vincent jumped into his cart, turning abruptly to make his escape. Wyatt held up the rifle, and all things around him turned soft—the only thing he could focus on was the round shape of Vincent's dark head. He felt a tug on his leg. Carter looked up, his face bleached white but his voice firm. "Close one eye, and aim for the biggest part of him, son."
Wyatt nodded, relief filling his chest. "You okay?"
"Flesh wound. Just shoot the son of a bitch."
The gun fit against his shoulder as if he had held it a hundred times. He didn't think about the sound. His world shrank to his father's corpse, the reassuring weight of Carter against his leg, and the outline of Vincent's head. Closing one eye, he squeezed the trigger. Nothing happened. He clicked it open—the chamber was empty.
He heard Carter's soft curse as he hauled himself to his feet.
The wolf circled, leaping over a cluster of dead bodies, its long body stretching over the road, almost airborne. The five of them saw the cart roll over from the impact of the wolf hitting it. Vincent tumbled down the soft side of the road and then scrambled to his feet to escape down the path.
The wolf easily ran after him, leaping on his back so that he fell clumsily. He reached into his pocket to aim a small gun, but the wolf stretched out with his snout, clamping his jaw on Vincent's wrist, pulling. Vincent watched in revolted fascination as his hand detached. He screamed, high and long, the sound echoing in the empty park.
The wolf jumped on his chest—the sound was cut short. Vincent rolled, sobbing for the wolf to leave him be. The animal allowed him to crawl away. He scrabbled on the ground to escape. Vincent looked back, relief flooding his face. "Thank you," he cried. "Thank you. I will take care of you. I will reward you."
He rambled on; his voice was desperate. The wolf raised its head to give a long howl. Everything stopped, even Vincent, who turned to look back. He must have seen something the others didn't, because he raised his bloody stump, screaming, "Nooooooooooooo—" The wolf raced to him, the shriek died as the werewolf tore Vincent's head off in a single yank.
The werewolf trotted away, its prize between its long fangs, Vincent's lifeless eyes staring back at them, mouth caught in a soundless scream. The wolf shook the head, then flung it into the bowels of the theme park.
"Melvin was right all along," Wyatt said with admiration.
Keisha turned to Howard and said, "I told you, Howard Drucker, vamps are useless."
"Dang it!" Howard responded, with a grin.
They watched quietly as the last werewolf took a flying leap over the concrete wall to disappear into the shimmering desert.
"Let's get out of here," Wyatt said, taking Jade's hand in his own.
Carter nodded as he limped over to the dead guard to pick up a gun. He searched the sky, noticing the sun painting the ridge of the eastern mountains.
"First we have to lock the zombies in." They followed him to the barricade. They all worked together to shove the iron gate closed. There was a muted fumble on the other side followed by the soft thud of the zombies impacting the hard surface.
The iron clanked loudly as the lock slid into place.
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over again. In the distance, a sea of black helicopters flooded the sky, heading with determination toward the park.
"I guess the military has decided to reassert themselves," Carter said.
"What?" Wyatt asked.
Howard walked next to him, placing his fingers over his eyes to shade them from the slowly rising sun. "It means our government has gone back to work."
"Sean?" Carter questioned, turning to Wyatt.
Wyatt checked his phone, reading messages, his eyes tearing up. "Home, safe with Mom. She's freaking out. I have forty-five messages from her. Should I tell her we're okay?"
Carter hooked his arm around Wyatt's neck.
"Yep. We're okay."
In the rusty-orange-colored hills, the sun rose, coating them with warmth, and a lone wolf howled.
# Acknowledgments
_M onsterland_ always resided within me from the first time I stepped into a theme park as a kid. While I enjoyed conventional rides with both anticipation and fear, I never understood why there wasn't a more primal theme park created, one that captured what scares us most—monsters. _Monsterland_ was born on a lazy summer afternoon, after a classic-movies marathon binge. The story took shape and became so much more than a fear of monsters, but that of a group of teens teetering on the cusp of adulthood, and as the story grew, so many current issues from bullying to finding acceptance and happiness in one's own skin, found their way into the manuscript. This is so much more than a monster book, and I hope the readers see that. I couldn't have written _Monsterland_ without the love and support, as well as the professionalism and expertise of the following people:
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**_S haron_**—you have been, and remain, a source of serenity and patience. Your hand is the only one I want to hold on the Werewolf River Run.
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**_M om_**—you are the voice of reason. You have always taught me "To thine own self be true." This book would not exist if not for your guidance and foresight. And for the funding of my expedition as well. Big thanks for that.
* * *
**_D ad_**—thank you for being my rock. Also, please don't read or listen to this book. I don't want to be called any colorful names.
* * *
**_E ric_**—thank you making me put in the werewolves and vampires. You are my drummer in the band of life, keeping a steady beat to this crazy thing that's happening to us.
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**_J ennifer_**—thank you for keeping me grounded by constantly hitting me over the head. I'm grateful for that.
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**_A lexander & Cayla_**—you are the reason why I'm doing this.
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**_H allie & Zachary_**—you are also the reason why I'm doing this.
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**_S usan_**—it took me 28 years to find you. But as you said on our first call "It was kismet." I'm really looking forward to the next 28.
* * *
**_N ick_**—thank you for being my rock star agent. You took a chance on me, and for that, I will be forever grateful. I still think it was the bacon cheeseburgers we had at that amazing restaurant in Brooklyn, though.
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**_K im_**—you were on my vision board for years. Thank you for seeing through the monsters and into the heart of Monsterland. This is just the first step in our journey together.
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**_K evin_**—you have taught me more in one year than I learned in 11 years of English classes. Thank you for opening the park.
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Linda Vega
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Latino Vote
Perry Emerges as a Leading Anti-Trump Voice in GOP
July 3, 2015 admin Analysis and Opinions 0
by Patrick Svitek, Texas Tribune
Former Gov. Rick Perry, looking to break through in a crowded Republican field for president, is positioning himself as a leading voice against billionaire businessman Donald Trump, whose weeks-old candidacy is already causing headaches for the GOP.
Perry, who has kept a low public profile over the past week or two, delivered a speech Thursday at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., that was remarkable in its own right. He emphatically urged his party to work harder to connect with black voters and suggested the GOP has occasionally focused too much on state rights at the expense of civil rights.
During the end of his appearance, though, Perry gave reporters another headline in response to a question hinting at Trump's comments that "rapists" and "killers" are crossing the U.S.-Mexico border. Trump's remarks, made during his 2016 campaign kickoff last month in New York, have become an uncomfortable topic for Republicans looking to attract more Hispanic voters.
"Let me say," Perry said, "I don't think Donald Trump's remarks reflect the Republican Party."
In a Fox News interview later Thursday afternoon, Perry further sharpened his criticism of Trump.
"I think that was huge error on his part and, number one, it's wrong," Perry said of Trump's characterization of undocumented immigrants. "What I would say is that we want somebody who's actually dealt with this before, not somebody that's just going to shoot from the hip. I will suggest to you I know how to secure the border, and the border security is the real issue here."
Perry's campaign, apparently seeing an upside in taking on the divisive tycoon, quickly sent reporters a transcript and video of Perry's appearance, underlining parts of the criticism for emphasis. Perry himself tweeted a link to the materials, repeating that the "real problem is border security" and Trump's "comments are wrong."
Perry's reactions Thursday marked a bit of an escalation against Trump. In an appearance Wednesday on Fox News, Perry simply said Trump's statement on illegal immigration is one "that I certainly wouldn't have made."
Perry nonetheless stood out by Thursday for the overall forcefulness of his comments on Trump. Several other GOP candidates have distanced themselves from Trump when asked about his remarks — long shot George Pataki has called on his foes to denounce the businessman — but Perry and his campaign appeared to go further than anyone else Friday in driving home the criticism.
Perry has taken a decisively different approach to Trump than has Ted Cruz, the other Texas Republican running for president. Asked Tuesday about Trump's controversial comments, Cruz spoke effusively about the billionaire and criticized NBC's decision to cut ties with him due to his remarks.
"When it comes to Donald Trump, I like Donald Trump," Cruz said on Fox News. "I think he's terrific, he's brash. I think he speaks the truth. And I think NBC's engaging in political correctness that is silly and that is wrong."
Cruz also suggested Trump should not have to "apologize for speaking out against the problem that is illegal immigration." Cruz did disagree with Trump's suggestion that most people crossing the border are rapists or killers, but he credited the billionaire with effectively drawing attention to "an issue that needs to be focused on."
Regardless of their reaction to Trump's remarks, he remains at least a temporary obstacle for Cruz and Perry, both of whom have trailed him in a round of recent polling. In the latest national survey — a CNN/ORC poll released Wednesday — Trump placed second, with Cruz and Perry 8 and 9 percentage points behind him, respectively.
A Trump spokeswoman did not respond for a request for comment Thursday on Perry's criticism.
Rove: Tell Us Your Health-Care Plans, GOP Hopefuls
Linda Chavez: Celebrating Democracy
Analysis and Opinions
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Only Half of U.S. Kids and Teens Have Ideal Cholesterol Levels
By Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago on May 22, 2019
Amanda Marma Perak, '09 MD, '18 MS, '16 GME, assistant professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Cardiology and a cardiologist at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, led the study published in JAMA.
Cholesterol levels in U.S. youth have improved from 1999 to 2016, but only half of children and adolescents are in the ideal range and 25 percent are in the clinically high range, according to a Northwestern Medicine study published in JAMA.
The study is the first to report estimated prevalence of high cholesterol in youth in recent years, analyzing nationally representative data from more than 26,000 children and adolescents (ages 6 to 19 years).
"High cholesterol in childhood is one of the key risk factors for developing heart disease later in life," said first author Amanda Marma Perak, '09 MD, '18 MS, '16 GME, assistant professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Cardiology and a cardiologist at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago. "Although we see favorable trends in all measures of cholesterol in children and adolescents over the years, we still need to work harder to ensure that many more kids have healthy cholesterol levels. We know that high cholesterol is the critical initiator of atherosclerotic plaques in the arteries, and even in childhood it is associated with these changes in the blood vessels that can lead to heart attack in adulthood."
For children and adolescents, ideal measures include total cholesterol (TC) at less than 170 mg/dL, LDL or "bad" cholesterol at less than 110 mg/dL, and HDL or "good" cholesterol at greater than 45 mg/dL. These levels are associated with better long-term health. All youth should have their cholesterol checked at ages 9 to 11 years and again at 17 to 21 years, according to the latest guidelines from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute.
"If a child is found to have borderline-high or high levels of cholesterol, we can usually improve those levels through lifestyle changes, such as healthier diet and increased physical activity," said Marma Perak, also an assistant professor of Preventive Medicine. "Children are rarely placed on cholesterol-lowering medications like statins."
The improving cholesterol trends observed in the study are surprising, given that obesity is one of the factors that drives abnormal cholesterol levels, and childhood obesity continues to increase.
"More research is needed to understand the reasons for the favorable cholesterol trends we found," Marma Perak said. "Some factors that influence cholesterol may be improving, such as decreased trans fats in the food supply. Although more efforts are needed, the fact that cholesterol levels are moving in the right direction warrants some optimism about the future cardiovascular health of our population since cholesterol is such an important driver of cardiovascular disease."
Donald Lloyd-Jones, MD, ScM, chair and Eileen M. Foell Professor of Preventive Medicine and senior associate dean for Clinical and Translational Research, was the senior author of the study.
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The realm rejoices as Paradox Interactive announces the launch of Crusader Kings III, the latest entry in the publisher's grand strategy role-playing game franchise. Advisors may now jockey for positions of influence and adversaries should save their schemes for another day, because on this day Crusader Kings III can be purchased on Steam, the Paradox Store, and other major online retailers.
Real Strategy Requires Cunning
Crimson Drakon
Alla Fine Del Mondo- To The End Of The World- A Pisan Republic AAR
Prologue
Before Marco Polo and Sir John Mandeville, at the brink of the High Middle Ages, amongst the unknown and anonymous travelers to the Near East and the Far Orient, there came to be a family of Pisan Patricians, the Visconti Family of Sardinia. A tumultuous discovery, a family book passed from father to son, from brother to brother and to the chosen heir of the Familia Visconti, this tale is an account of the wish of a dying man to his progeny to prove right what was hushed down lest not to ire the wrath of the holy order of things.
Zealous or cynical, wroth or patient, ambitious or content, lustful or chaste, each heir of the Visconti sets to fulfill the family birthright, interwoven with the fate of the Republic of Pisa, one of the competing Maritime Republics of the age.
(Catalan Atlas- 1375)
Arc I
Italian Ambitions
Spoiler: Table Contents of Arc I
Chapter 1: Ildebrando Visconti, the Scholarly Theologian of Oristano
Chapter 2: Gerardo Visconti, the Lord Mayor of Arborea, the Bearer of Stigmata
Part [1] : The Capture of the Melgueil Trade Post
Part [2]: The Pisan Holy War for Tunis/ Gerardo becomes Chancellor of Pisa/ The Investiture Controversy sparks / The Visconti become Lord Mayors of Cagliari
Part[3]:The Miracle of Gerardo Visconti and the audience with the Pope/ The First Guidicati of Sardinia/ The Holy War for Amalfi
Chapter 3: Pietro Visconti, Second Doge Guidice of Sardinia(1089-1091) the Stressed
Amalfi enters Pisan sovereignity/ The promised marriage of sottocapo Pietro II/ Cardinal Bertoldo Sassari brings the Amalfitans to Catholicism/ The end of the first generation of Visconti
Chapter 4: Pietro II Visconti, Fifth Serene Doge of Pisa, Third Doge Guidice of Sardinia, (1091-1118) the Architect of Pisa
Part [1]: The young adulthood of Pietro II Visconti / Pisa becomes the mistress of Tunisia and the city of Palermo/ The First Crusade for Jerusalem
Part [2]: The influence of Adriana Faliero/ The Trade Mission to Malta/ The construction of the Tower of Pisa
Part [3] : The Pisan Election Campaign / Pietro gives his first campaign speech
Part [4]: The Mandate of Pietro II Visconti as Serene Doge of Pisa (1112-1118)
Chapter 5: Baldassare Visconti, Sixth Serene Doge of Pisa, Fourth Doge Guidice of Sardinia (1118-1139) the Wise
Prologue: Memories of a High Judge of Pisa
Part [1]: Pietro's Will/ The Marriage of Baldassarre Visconti/ Delinda's Amorous Adventure and Chiaffredo's Adulthood/ Yehoshua the Jew aids Baldassarre's Oriental Ambitions/ The Royal Betroth | 0.091981 | 0.553967 | 0.053636 | 0.257596 | [
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al/ The War for Benevento
Part [2]: Pisa expands to Benevento/ Gargamel's Expedition to Pisa/ The Fight for Alexandria/ Clash with Byzantium/ The Capture of Palermo and Capua
Part [3]: The Second Crusade for Jerusalem/ The Wedding of Eleonora Visconti and Anthimos Doukas, Heir Apparent of Byzantium/ Ubaldo Panico becomes Bishop/ The Alliance between Byzantium and Pisa
Chapter 6: Giordano Visconti Seventh Serene Doge of Pisa, Fifth Doge Guidice of Sardinia, Doge of Amalfi (1139-1156) the Gold Hound/ the Unready
Part [1] : Fickle Love/ Giordano Manages the Business of the Republic/ The Failure of the 2nd Crusade for Jerusalem/ The Trade Expedition to Murcia/ The Conquest of Napoli and the 2nd War for Mersa Matruh
Part [2]: The deportation of the Jews after the Pisan bankruptcy/ The Fraticelli Uprising of Italy/ The death of Basileus Anthimos and the wedding of Cassio Visconti to Princess Eudokia Doukas
Part [3]: The Wedding Party Continues/ Siya's Promise/ The Merry Men of Pisa/ The attack on Cassio Visconti/ The Conquest of Gibelet in Tripoli and the recovery of an ancient relic/ The Alliance with the Kingdom of France/ The End of the Second Generation of Visconti
Chapter 7 : Chiaffredo Visconti Sixth Doge Guidice of Sardinia, Doge of Amalfi and Capua (1156-1175) Tenth Serene Doge of Pisa the Exorcised/ the Dictator of Pisa/ He who went to the desert to find his soul
Part [1]: Seperatio conjugum quoad thorum et mensam (Separation of spouses from bed and table)/ Divine Will? / The Rulings of Chiaffredo Visconti/ The Byzantine De Jure Claim on Lecce and the Angelos Dynast Revolt/ The death of Caliph Gabri'el the Great and the rise of Caliph Abderahman the Decadent of Egypt/ Chiaffredo's Ambitions
Part [2]: Chancellor of the Republic/ Forced Alliances/ The Bohemian League of Independence/ The Jews return to Pisa/ Malleus Diaboli
Part [3]: The Exorcism of Chiaffredo/ Eliminating the Competition/ The Cessation from the Holy Roman Empire/ For the Defense of the Republic
Part [4] : Dictator for Life/ The Trial for High Treason of Chiaffredo Visconti/ Scramble for Anatolia/ The Vendetta d'Appiano – Et tu?/ New Allies/ The Third Crusade for Jerusalem and the Holy War for Alexandria
Interlude I: Anno Domini 1175- The Tales and Travels of a True Christian Knight as presented by Sir Giordano Visconti
Chapter 8: Cassio Visconti, Eleventh Serene Doge of Pisa, First Doge of Alexandria, First Grand Prince of Pisa (1175-1195) the Great Moorish Prince/ the Restorer of Jerusalem
Part[1]: A True Christian Knight/ An Unwilling Crusader
Part[2]: The storming of Jeursalem/ The victor of the Third Crusade/ The Triarchy founded/ Cassio presses the claims for the Duchy of Tuscany and Modena/ A Visconti on the Papal throne
Part[3]: A Holy Alliance/ Pisa expands into Tuscany and Modena/ The Grand Principality of Pisa/ The Pisa- Holy Roman Antipapal War/ Genoa submits to the Duke of Susa/ Cassio Visconti claims Genoa and Susa
Chapter 9: Sinibaldo Visconti, Second Grand Prince of Pisa, Second Doge of Alexandria, Doge of Tuscany (1195-1225) the Just, the Observer of the Sky, the Podestà of Italy, the Defeated of Jerusalem
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isani is formed/ The Shia Holy War for Alexandria/ The Fall of Venice and the Pisani Mare Nostrum/ The Pisan Holy War for Aswan / Council Machinations/ The Adjourned War Committee of 19 February 1205
Part [2]: War for Verona/ The Betrothal of Basileus Serapion Doukas and Adalberta Visconti/ The Catholic Crusade for Anatolia/ Podestà of Italy/ The Shia Jihad of Jerusalem
Part [3]: The secrets of il Libro/ Sinibaldo pursues its study/ Chancellor Gelasio Caetani tutors Sinibaldo /The Greatest of Khans/ A clandestine meeting / Chiaffredo the Condottiero unanimously becomes Grand Prince
Epilogue of Arc I: The End of Italian Hegemony
Arc II:
Of Lesser, Middle and Greater India
Spoiler: Table of Contents Arc II
Chapter 1: Doge Ausonio of Alexandria (1243-1259) the Son of the First Grand Prince, the Webweaver of Pisa, the Hippopotamus of Alexandria
Shadow of Visconti Glory and the Carousing Thereafter/ The Case of Miruts Zagwe- Pretender of Abyssinia/ Of the Refusal of Procession of the Relic of St. Mark and the Outrage Provoked/ The 4th Crusade for Jerusalem- The Shia Jihad for Persia/ The Investiture Controversy resurfaces / Ausonio indulges in Roman delicacies
Chapter 2: Sinibaldo II Visconti (1259-1284) the Apostle of the Indies
Part [1]: An Alexandrine Doge aspiring to Alexander the Great
Part [2]: Sinibaldo II becomes Grand Prince/ Across the Red Sea to the Gulf of Oman/ Rivalry with the della Gherardesca/ Grand Prince Sinibaldo II reclaims Aswan
Part [3]: Pope Nicolaus IV summons Sinibaldo II to Rome and launches the 5th Crusade for Jerusalem/ The Conquest of Debul from the Baluchistan Maharaja – The Battle of the Indus River/ The deeds of Sinibaldo II's offspring – Gianfranco and Sinibaldo III the Chaste
Chapter 3: Sinibaldo III Visconti (1289-1302) the Chaste, the Werewolf, he who spoke with himself
- The Capture of Navasarika/ The 5th Crusade for Jerusalem Succeeds- The Teutonic Order protects the Holy Land/ Catwalk of Grand Princes/ Of the della Gherardesca scheme and his fall/ Sinibaldo III becomes Spymaster of Pisa and Grand Prince-Elect/ The della Gherardesca Rigged Elections/ The Election of Grand Prince Sinibaldo III/ Epilogue of his life
Chapter 4: How the Black Death struck our Great House but Fortune Favored Doge Ausonio II with the breath of a dying man
Chapter 5: Ausonio II Visconti (1304-1329), Doge of Alexandria the Midas, the Lustful, the Conqueror of the Indies Silk Ports
Part [1]: Reflections of the life that has been
Interlude II: Anno Domini 1326 – A treatise on the known world, as presented by the scholar Ya'qub of Cyrenaica
Part [2]: Hearing the Call of the Heart / A Friend in Need/ Love Conquers All
Epilogue of Arc II:
Fine del Mondo? – The Two Imbecile Visconti Grand Princes
- Puppetmaster Gianfranco Visconti, the Imperial Progeny, pulls the strings – The Pisan Anti-Papacy and the lapse to Fraticelli and Lollardy – Grand Prince Gianfranco Visconti restores the Nova Roman Republic
Arc III
Roma Perpetua
Spoiler: Table of Contents Arc III
Chapter 1: Gianfranco Visconti (1368-1399) Grand Prince of Nova Roma and Pisa,the Restorer of Nova Roma, the Drunkard
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trigue of the Indepence Factionalists/ The Nova Roman Republic expands into Archa – Jerusalem – Ferrara and Sicily / The Catholic Crusade for Sicily / The Betrayal of Theodosia Synadenos to the Grand Prince
Chapter 2: Abelino II Visconti (1399-1449) Doge of Alexandria, Grand Prince of Nova Roma and Pisa, Emperor Augustus of the Republic of Rome the Glorious
Part [1] : Intrigue must be conducted with honor/ Remorse of a Catholic Grand Prince / The boot will be on the other foot / A gift from Egypt
Part [2]: The Riots of Constantinople – The Collapse of Familia della Gherardesca – Senatus Populusque Romanus restored to eternity – Celebrations to commemorate the joyous occasion – Grand Prince Abelino shifts to erudite studies and enriches il Libro – The Preparations for Cabo de Finisterre
Conclusion
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Game info: Playing with Patch 2.5.2, all DLCs
Iron Man Mode
Starting Date: Stamford Bridge 15 September 1066
Edit 20/03: I changed the title of the AAR from the End of the World -> To the end of the World, as not to imply any immediate Doomsday reference
08/05: We may see Conclave in the near future -
05/06: Conclave enabled from Arc I- Chapter 9!
~~Hic sunt dracones~~
Arc I: Italian Ambitions
"Promise me…Gerardo…promise me…"
The old man coughed and wheezed as he began to lose his balance. Promptly his son, Gerardo, managed to grab him and maintain his posture. As Ildebrando aged, he had developed a hunch from spending endless time reading by candlelight the many tomes that adorned his tower just outside the city of Oristano in Arborea, Sardinia.
"Father..you know I cann…"
Ildebrando lashed out
"I…SAID… as your father to a grateful son…the Visconti trade will be yours. With the term…the conditio… this book you will keep. It is my magnum opus, my masterpiece…"
Gerardo nodded while he was obviously tutting
"So much that the Holy Father would almost have put you on trial for heresy should he had discovered what you were up to… mind you Rome is only some days sea travel from here…"
Ildebrando frowned. It had not been long that the Schism of the Churches brought turmoil even in Sardinia itself, as the Pope demanded the Greek rite to be abandoned in favor of the Papacy. Surely, the legates would be very eager to inspect the island once more, for potential deviations…
"Do not talk back to your father…tell me…tell me again..what year is it…"
"Anno Domini 1076…" Gerardo replied
"Oh…oh, how time has passed…"
"…open the book and tell me again..what year did I stop writing…"
Gerardo took the dusty tome and opened it. It was filled with diagrams and celestial movements, drawings of planets…rotating around the Sun? And…the Earth was…round? God forbid, this book was the entry ticket for the banquet with the Devil himself.
Ildebrando observed Gerardo and let a wry smile.
"..if only…I had the power to go to Rome and show these findings myself. How the ancients were right and we here hide these finds for fear of…" he said
Gerardo cut him short
"…1074…apparently a giant destroyed several villages in Arborea, but then disappeared without trace"
"…right…son, let me tell you the real story of these years, when…when I was younger and…"
"Father, I remember, I was not a child…" Gerardo replied
"You know…but the progeny will not…write…write down as I narrate to you, please my son"
Gerardo let out a sigh. Could he do else?
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married to Fausta Caetani, of the Cagliari Caetanis and with her I had three sons: Gerardo-the diplomat, Ugo- the soldier and Pietro- the erudite
On 1066, ten years ago, the Barbary Zirid pirates declared their holy war to oust us pious Sardinian Christians out of our land. Serene Doge was Tedice della Gherardesca an ambitious and patient man, if though fat and envious of nearby Genoa, the Proud City.
The pirates were prompt to besiege Cagliari and we had no news of Pisan help. It was then that I began to fear for my life and family, would the pirates attack Oristano and loot our town. Immediately I began the construction of a tower which later on would shelter my passion: astronomy.
Some months later, Cagliari would fall to the Zirid corsairs: pillage, rape and bloodshed were the news that was brought to us by refugees. We sheltered the Caetani to our household and prayed God would save us.
Till one day, Oreste, the Court Chaplain preached in the town square of Oristano and said: Do not fear! For the Lord shall be our sword and shield and crush those who oppose Him! Follow me lest our holy relics lie on heathen hands!!
Aroused by his speech, a thousand of our burghers marched to meet headlong the pirates. It was heard that the Pisans and the Pope had send a relief force to retake Cagliari and bring to the sword the infidels.
We were victorious and the pirates broke their ranks. Nothing could save our fury but their soulless bodies.
To celebrate our victories, my third son Pietro, the sly rascal, asked my permission to marry, which I gave with much happiness. I found him a suitable bride: the daughter of Lord Mayor Gentile d'Appiano of Piombino, the gregarious Violante.
I made a step further and sealed an alliance between our houses: it came most useful when we ousted the feudal lord of Arborea and restored the honored traditions of the republic in our land.
Of course, as these events took place and we had barely recovered from the Zirid pirates, the Genoese scoundrels wished to wrestle away the city of Ogliastra in Cagliari from my in-law relatives. Of course, Oreste stood to the defense of our Sardinian island and together with the Pisan army, we send the Genoese running with their tail between their legs! What is more, we besieged and captured Genoa, storming their coffers of ill-gotten gold and goods!
Myself though, I was above this sport of the young and able and began my research of the stars, in the tower I made to keep the pirates at distance. Endless and sleepless nights, I saw and observed and recorded and each new day brought me findings I did not think possible. I studied side by side the ancients and saw much wisdom, and came to a conclusion….
Ildebrando rose from his seat and embraced his son.
"Thank you for your patience…from now on, you have my blessing and whomever you choose to continue our family tradition. It falls upon you and our household to travel to the End of the World and see if these findings are true…and if you do reach there, plant a cross on the ground with my name upon it, to mark where land ends and the endless sea engulfs our world.."
Gerardo kissed the hand of his father and his cross, taking an oath to serve his father's will.
A day later from their meeting, Ildebrando let his last breath and was with Christ.
Chapter 2: Gerardo Visconti, the Lord Mayor of Arborea
Part 1 : The Capture of the Melgueil Trade Post
"Requiescat in pace" (Rest in peace)
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i became Lord Mayors on their own right over the region of Arborea. Yet it was not without cost: for in his late years, after the defeat of Manfredo Doria, the Doge of Genoa who tried to capture Ogliastra from Pisa, Ildebrando himself launched an attack against the rival Republic for the acquisition of the trade post of Melgueil in France. His goal was simple: expand the trade zone of the Visconti to the richer markets of France and cut out the continuous flow of trade of the Genoese Republic.
That was not all though: for in his aid to fend off the Genoese at Ogliastra, the Visconti became indebted and to cope, they had to lend from the Jewish moneylenders of the island. Of course, this reduced their standing with the Church, which preached usury was a sin. He hoped though that with victory over Genoa, his profit would enable to repay the debt and no harm would come out of it.
Gerardo Visconti became the inheritor of a debt to the Jews and a war with Genoa. But the largest debt upon his shoulders was Il Libro- The Book, along with his conscience. A part of him wanted to do away with it and end once and for all the sword of Damocles hanging upon his and his heirs' neck, should ever the Papacy find what is written inside it. The other though part bid him to complete his vow , however painful, and inform those who would bear the legacy bestowed upon them.
So it was that Gerardo Visconti held a family council with his two other brothers: Ugo, the soldier and Baron of Sassari, the former castle of the Count of Arborea and Pietro, the erudite, his younger brother.
Town of Oristano, Arborea-Sardinia
Bad tidings had befallen Oristano: as an Arborean force had been send to capture the trade post in Melguiel, the Genoese found an opportunity and besieged the town itself, with a token garrison force left behind. In this grim setting, the Visconti brothers convened inside the tower-observatory of their late father, the atmosphere becoming heavier and suffocating due to his departure.
"Tell us Gerardo, why have you summoned us in father's tower, when we should be defending the town from the Genoese? What have our troops done under the command of valiant Chaplain Oreste?" asked Ugo, ever inquisitive
Gerardo looked at both of his brothers. In different situations he was eloquent and with charm, words flowing from his mouth with ease. Yet now, he was lost for words and croaked a simple cough to begin. He believed in honesty and sincerity: after all, it was this trait that enabled him to speak with passion about his topics.
"Brothers, I shall be brief for the situation is dire. The reason I have called you here is because we have to settle the matter of succession in our family: should I die…"
Pietro interrupted Gerardo. His emotional, trusting nature made him burst and knock on wood to avert the evil that perhaps lurked in Gerardo's words.
"For Heaven's sake brother! We will make it through I am sure…"
Gerardo smiled to Pietro. If only it was this simple..
"…Father made me promise. The one who would head the Visconti must also carry Il Libro and journey gradually to the End of the World, to see if his findings are true. It is a geas forevermore…"
He then opened the book and showed them, both astounded with its writing. They were glad the Pope had ceased his inquiries, as Ildebrando was no more and there was no sense to continue his search
"Why..this is…heres.." said Ugo
"Please Ugo, do not mention it. I know of your beliefs and for this, I ask you, if you are in agreement for Pietro to take over the business. You shall rule your estate of Sassari and so will your line. I ask this for the good of our family.."
Ugo did not put much of a resistance. He was content with his plot of land and would need not compromise his beliefs. Pietro too was a convenient man and accepted: the three brothers joined their hands together and swore never to mention Il Libro again or its creed.
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defeat at Pisan hands. Fortunately, the Visconti were relatively unharmed as they hid in the tower basement. However the Genoese soldiers ransacked the library and stole what they could. Tomes that Ildebrando had collected all these years as a scholarly theologian were lost.
Hearing the news of the capture of Oristano, the Arborean force returned home and together with the aid of Piombino and a mercenary army contracted by Gerardo, they defeated the Genoese at Sassari, with Gerardo winning the recognition of his brothers in arms.
It was then time for the Arboreans to reverse the table and launch a siege in Genoa. Quickly they sailed for the city, setting it under blockade and commencing the siege. The Doge of Genoa though was exhausted from the conflict and gave up the trade post on his own. Gerardo accepted with much relief, as he knew he could not keep up indefinitely the services of the Bulgarian band. The Genoese trade was cut in half and the Visconti enlarged their trade ventures. It was all for good in the end.
"And this was all Signor Gerardo?"
The scribe looked into the eyes of Gerardo. He rubbed his wrist and dipped the quill into the ink, waiting for Gerardo to continue his story.
"…for today yes. Come tomorrow and I will give you your fee once we are done"
He nodded in agreement. Yet the scribe took an expression of curiosity and asked Gerardo
"Signor Gerardo, if I may, you told me about your meeting in the tower..but what was in Il Libro? May I look? It may help me with the depiction of the story…"
"It contains the World, son. Terra Mundi "
TheAnguishedOne
Field Marshal
Interesting tale so far. How far have you played ahead? Your title made me think you were all but doomed.
Playing as House Arrius in This Is Madness 2 - Imperium Sine Fine
Current Senator: Magnus Arrius
Previous Senators: Duilius Arrius, Gaius Arrius, Marcus Arrius
TheAnguishedOne said:
Thank you! I am sorry if the ambiguous title lead to confusion, I have played till 1100 and I am trying not to play further as to keep up with the pace of the AAR.
Now I cant guarantee if things will go for the worse in the future, who knows, hopefully not
The Pisan Holy War for Tunis/ Gerardo becomes Chancellor of Pisa/ The Investiture Controversy sparks / The Visconti become Lord Mayors of Cagliari
Ah endless sea, ye so fickle and foreboding, allow me
My sons to see one more time again
I vow to thee
To return to your embrace
once I part for final time my wife Helene
And join thee
in your depths your nameless suitors
Plea of the Cursed Mariner,
Gerardo Visconti
When Gerardo decided to rest for a moment on his laurels and help with the upbringing of his firstborn Baldassarre and focus on his family, an urgent message arrived in Arborea from the majestic city of Pisa: the Republic was officially at war with the Barbary pirate lords of Africa for Tunis, with the blessing of the Holy Father. For long Tunisian piracy disrupted trade and their incursion to Sardinia and the Italian peninsula was left unchecked. The only solution to this was one : Tunis delenda est, to paraphrase Cato the Elder. Even though the Carthaginians were no more and they were a part of ancient history, this renewed struggle to control the Western Mediterranean inspired the people of Pisa and reinforced their links with antica Roma, ancient Rome.
As Serene Doge Tedice had supreme control over the course of the war, the Visconti contribution to it would be the expected by the law. Yet a turn of fate would tie the Visconti and Gerardo here in particular more closely with the heart of the Pisan Republic. Two months after the declaration of the Pisan Holy War for Tunis, the Serene Doge presented the honor for Gerardo to occupy the officio of Chancellor of the Republic, which he accepted gladly.
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cappo Pietro, heir apparent of the Familia Visconti, remained in Sardinia to manage the family business. For the first time in their family history, the Visconti would set their feet further than the trade port of the capital of the Republic….
The Serene Doge Tedice had called the Council of Pisa to convene and be informed of the latest events that transpired in their locale and further. Tedice sank on his chair at the head of the table and it was not only of his weight: he seemed more and more perplexed with the future and the precarious position of the Republic. Indeed, through the Visconti, they had scored a victory against Genoa but it was not enough. Meanwhile, the Amalfitans openly contested Pisan trade and wanted a slice of the pie themselves, beginning to set their eyes on Sicily, which would sooner or later be besieged by the Norman Hautevilles.
"Chancellor Gerardo Visconti, will you present us with the state of the world in our region? " asked Serene Doge Tedice. He looked at the new Chancellor in the eyes, causing Gerardo for a moment to become stressed.
"Wh..why yes of course, my Serene Doge. Here it is…" said Gerardo and opened the scrolls before the Council.
It is no news that Inghilterra – England is at the hands of the Norwegian King after defeating both the former Anglosaxon King and the contender Norman Duke. However, our latest reports concern the Kingdom of France, with which we have trade relations. Apparently, the Capet King succumbed to a faction demand and he is now the King of Aquitaine, while France is ruled by a Dutch monarch… elsewhere, the Spanish Kings remain as they are and contend with the Moors for Hispania.
Tedice nodded passively, his thoughts wandering elsewhere. He thanked Gerardo and dismissed him for that day, as the Council had to discuss the ongoing war with the Emir of Tunis.
He felt pleased with himself and as he returned to his home in Pisa, he was greeted by his wife, with whom he shared the news of his first report. She was happy herself and let Gerardo know that as the midwives had consulted her, the baby she was caring would be a boy, according to tradition. Gerardo had one more reason to feel as if the stars and planets had aligned for his success and well being.
The months would pass and there was little progress on the war for Tunis. Meanwhile, the Genoese held elections and the new Doge renewed the Genoese undying rivalry against Pisa: promptly they declared war for Ogliastra again, their lesson never taught.
During that time, Gerardo's popularity rose with the Pisan well-to-do, as a ship from Melguiel brought with them a treasured cargo of spices, which traced their origin all their way from faraway Egypt. Perhaps, if business is doing so well, Gerardo could have the chance to run for Pisan politics, as his name became to be more known amongst the political circles of the Republic.
What came as a shock in the Western Christian world was the spark of the Investiture Controversy. The tension between the Pope and the Holy Roman Emperor climaxed to a point that there was no other solution but for the Holy Roman Emperor, the child Kaiser guided by his regent, to appoint a Pope of his own and be done with the councils of the Papal State. This would undermine the supreme authority of the Pope and cause heated debates in the Italian cities, Pisa included, about the superior position of the Pope or the Kaiser
On 7 December 1081 was a most sad day for Pisa, for Serene Doge Tedice threw himself in the river Arno, unable to cope with his sadness. The war with Tunis was a fiasco, ending in a white peace and were it not for Visconti who fought the Genoese at their ground, the Pisans were stricken with idleness. The new Serene Doge was Gentile d'Appiano, the Lord Mayor of Piombino and in-law relative of the Familia Visconti.
Gentile was a different character altogether: he was plump as his predecessor but he enjoyed the finer things in life as a hedonist. Still his trusting nature and sense of justice made people overlook his chosen lifestyle, perhaps even allured by the grand gatherings and feasts he hosted to appease his friends.
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In thanks for the services offered as previous Chancellor and the contribution to the war against the Genoese, Serene Doge Gentile renewed the position of Chancellor to Gerardo. This left only one front opened by the Amalfitans in a power hungry attempt to opportune themselves of Ogliastra as well when the Pisans were confronted by Genoa and Tunis.
Good news were also brought by sottocappo Pietro back in Arborea: apparently, the Visconti ages ago were not just Giudicati di Arborea[1] but also of Cagliari as well, now wrongly occupied by Count Torcotore di Cagliari. Promptly Gerardo bided to press the claim for the Familia Visconti and send word to Ugo in Sassari to lead the army and meet the Count's troops.
Assemini,Sardinia
Count Torcotore gritted his teeth as he saw his troops breaking from the pressure of the Italian militiamen of Arborea. Experienced in the recent wars, the Arborean archers exhausted the heavy infantry of the Count, making them easy prey for the fresh Arborean forces which waited for the signal of the attack.
Ugo had crashed himself into the fray of the battle, never missing a chance to show his prowess. Slashing and striking like there was no tomorrow, his excess in battle was noted by his peers, who tried to stay clear from the Baron's change in temper. Over the years Ugo's zealotry made him see enemies and shadows were there were none to be seen. He feared the Pope's legates and was more pious than the Pope himself. Only war made him forget his troubles and this was his escape.
An armored clubman of Count Torcotore, still fighting to the last man, surprised Ugo, blowing an overhead strike while he had his back turned. Ugo felt dizzy for a moment and lost his balance. His foe found opportunity and bludgeoned him with sheer force.
The battle of Assemini was won: but Ugo Visconti was rendered incapable, a drooling shadow of his self. Some, more cynical, said for once the voices in his head silenced and it was for the better.
The bad tidings were brought to Gerardo, who felt guilty for sending his brother to lead the army in the first place. The physicians wrote that his condition was severe and not improving: it was all but certain that Ugo Visconti, the first of his name, would meet the Lord sooner or later. In his grief, Gerardo wrote a letter to His Holiness himself, asking for money to pay for a funeral worthy of the piety Ugo had shown through his life.
He was met though with cold rejection. The new Pope, Gregorius VII, despite the warm words of the Visconti court chaplain in Rome, was influenced by the court politics who reminded him of Ildebrando's dubious research. Gregorius VII doubted Visconti piety and implied these coins would have been used for other uses than as requested.
Grief struck anew the Visconti, as Violante d'Appiano, the beloved wife of Pietro Visconti died some days after the birth of a newborn son. Her father, the Serene Doge Gentile, held a funeral worthy of a daughter of a Doge with many of the nobility of Pisa presiding. Pietro was sincerely devastated and for several days was closed to himself. It fell upon him to raise the three sons he had sired with Violante
After a long siege, Count Torcotore pleaded surrender and the castle of Assemini was granted to Gerardo Visconti. It was a grand victory for the Visconti but with the losses of Ugo and Violante, overshadowing the unification of Sardinia under the Guidicati mandate of Gerardo. Another step forward was taken on the Visconti prominence on the Pisan political scene.
Assemini, Sardinia
"No…please…no!.."
Gerardo tossed in his bed, beads of sweat forming on his brow. His noises woke up his wife Contessa, who tried to calm him down from the nightmare he was seeing.
"Hush my love, you are safe" she said, as she comforted him in her arms.
Gerardo was in panic. How could he forget what he saw?
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I..how can I tell you the dream that I had? It was…horrific…"
She looked at him with an expression of curiosity mixed with concern.
Gerardo began to tell her about seeing the ghost of his father, who showing him a crucifix reminded him duly: Il Libro, Gerardo, Il Libro… following after with the mangled corpse of Ugo, his brother who he too beckoned him not to forget.
Contessa knew almost nothing about the Book. She tried to understand, nodding her head, only to calm her husband.
It was then that Gerardo felt a sharp pain and screamed in agony. The skin of his hands and feet became red and began to itch uncontrollably. As he scratched, he began to bleed profusely to the horror of both of them.
"By God…the stigmata…I am…blessed!"
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[1] The Giudicati (Judicadu, Logu or Rennu in Sardinian language) were autonomous state entities that took power in Sardinia between the ninth and fifteenth centuries. They were sovereign states with summa potestas, each ruled by a King called Judges (Judikes in Sardinian). (Source: Wikipedia)
The Pope declines to help while Gerardo himself becomes more zealous. Driven by faith but rejected by the Pope, perhaps the HRE's child-emperor's Anti-Pope will inspire...
It could have been possible if Pisa was a part of the Holy Roman Empire and thus no longer under Papal jurisdiction. Political favors though shift and one can only guess the future!
The Miracle of Gerardo Visconti and the audience with the Pope/ The First Guidicati of Sardinia/ The Holy War for Amalfi
(Pope Gregory VII)
To our son Gerardo Visconti,
News have come to Rome of you experiencing what our Church tradition names as stigmata- the signs of God. Furthermore, we have reports that you claim yourself to be the bearer of these signs upon your body.
You are to report yourself to Rome and show Us an account of your experience. Be warned though that should you be found wanting, you shall be put to trial for blaspheming the Word of our Holy God and be sentenced according to Canonical Law
His Holiness,
Pope Gregorious VII
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"Gerardo!"
A faint mumble could be heard from a room inside. Contessa, the wife of Gerardo Visconti, rushed into the room, a letter in her hand. She shook Gerardo violently and showed her the parchment she was holding.
"Look what you have brought us into…the Pope himself is calling you to Rome, while I insisted that you go to a medicus and check your condition… this cannot be a holy…"
"Shut your mouth woman! This is the stigmata and the dream that night confirmed it! The cross that father and brother showed me, the stigmata afterwards equals a causa adequata!! I will not only go to Rome but I also have a plan…" snapped Gerardo back
Contessa began to cry uncontrollably. Ever since Gerardo had lost his brother Ugo at the battle of Assemini, his ever growing remorse had escalated to such a degree that Gerardo would lash out at his loved ones for no apparent reason and invoking the stigmata as the penance for his fault. It was his punishment and blessing together for being a rash capofamiglia, when he could have instructed Ugo to take a safer flank and not the center of the Arborean army.
"You are not the Gerardo I loved…" replied Contessa
"…and you are not the woman I married. All I had asked you is a daughter to complete our Familia, a woman to marry to a Greek Prince to bring prestige to our family..but you, no..nothing… in fact, it could be good this call to Rome. I will think about a lot of things in the meantime" Gerardo said. His face darkened while piercing his gaze at Contessa, who broke into wails
"Please, Gerardo, listen to reason! I cannot know why God has not given me the gift of another child but I beg you, I will write to my contacts , should something go wrong, and Pope Sergius V of Ravenna may absolve you…"
This was the last straw for the overzealous Gerardo.
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"Me, bow before the German Anti-Pope of the Kaiser?! I'd rather throw myself at the Tyrrhenian Sea…" he said. Furiously, he slammed the door behind him and chartered the first ship to leave with the tide to Rome.
Rome, Papal State
It was the first time Gerardo set his foot in Rome. The Eternal City of antica Roma, ancient Rome, it had long lost its size and splendor. Even now though, as the seat of the Papal State, it retained its imperial authority as that day Gerardo would be called into audience by the Pope Gregorius VII.
He entered solemnly before the College of Cardinals, when his name was called. His eyes wandered around the many elders who comprised it and at the head was the Pope himself, sitting upon an illustrious throne, his head adorned with a magnificent ecclesiastic crown.
As he made his way at the long corridor, the Cardinals whispered and gazed at the Chancellor of Pisa, the son of Ildebrando Visconti, the scholarly theologian of Oristano. Gerardo began to feel that he would be judged for more than what he was called for…
"Gerardo Visconti, Lord Mayor of Arborea and Cagliari, do you know why you are summoned here?"
Gerardo cleared his voice. Years of experience as the Chancellor of Pisa, he now was facing the most important diplomatic mission of his life, if not for Pisa and Sardinia, it was surely for himself.
"Your Holiness, Esteemed College" he said. He paused and faced each one for a second before turning his eyesight on the Pope himself, humbly looking at the direction of the throne.
"A night as all others, I was visited in my dream by my father and brother beckoning me to the image of our Lord upon the crucifix…"
It was half truth. Would he mention Il Libro, the Book , as well, he would condemn himself for sure!
"…and this was all…in a dream? We should be cautious for it is known the Devil has many ways to perverse the faithful, even with holy images.." a cardinal said.
"Vade Retro!" some cardinals spoke and made the sign of the cross
Gerardo continued
"After this dream, the next event that happened was my hands and feet were itching severely. After scratching the skin, I bled from my hands at the center of my palms…"
He then extended his open palms, showing the so called stigmata. There were obvious wounds, which had healed, but nothing to indicate an extraordinary event
The Pope arose from his throne and spoke
"Gerardo Visconti, while it seems you speak the truth, your signs are not as obvious as it would be to classify your experience as the stigmata of our Catholic creed. A medicus could have perhaps aided your ailment…" his voice trailed off in Gerardo's ears.
He was doomed. The College seemed to distrust his stigmata as an illness, something ordinary. But that was not all, for this would condemn him as a blasphemer in the eyes of the Church!
"… and as your father chose to be silent regarding the matter of his research…"
They were involving his father too! It was obviously a set-up from his political rivals! But who? The only obvious enemies were the Genoese and especially the Dorias, but they were excommunicated some years ago by Pope Alexander II himself…
"…it is therefore our decision…"
Suddenly, he felt it. The hot rush of blood gushing from his palms. He looked at his hands and they were covered completely, as if he was slain by an enemy. He could hear the gasp of the College of Cardinals, some crying miracle and others that Gerardo was the Devil incarnate.
He passed out from the tense moment.
Some days later
"Gerardo, how are you?"
He opened his eyes to see Pietro, his brother by his side. He was glad to see a familiar and friendly face for once.
Pietro explained to Gerardo that his wife Contessa was most worried and since they departed in bad terms, asked of Pietro to look after Gerardo discretely. The blood gushing from the wounds caused quite a commotion in the College and the Pope, after fasting and prayer, decided that it was indeed stigmata | 0.981118 | 0.19668 | -0.474378 | 0.368479 | [
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and recanted all accusations of blasphemy and heresy on account of Gerardo and the Familia in general.
He even apologized for the harsh words of the last letter and promised whatever boon Gerardo asked, he would comply.
Gerardo smiled and thought of only one thing which was both practical and holy: the monetary support of the Pope for the recapture of Amalfi from the Saracens.
Indeed, when the Amalfitans attempted their gambit to take Ogliastra, the Saracen Sheikh of Kerkent made his move and stormed Amalfi, slaughtering each and everyone who would bear arms. Of fear of the sword, the populace changed to Sunni in a night and the chapel of Ravello was pompously turned into a mosque. The Republic was abolished and the Saracen threat resurfaced into Italy.
Pope Gregorius VII promptly agreed
Several days after the events, Gerardo returned with the honors of a living saint. The people rushed to embrace him and kiss his hands, as if he would bestow a miracle.
Gerardo thought it was the right time to announce the creation of the united Republic of Sardinia. He would be the first Guidice of all Sardinia, the island nominally under the Visconti Familia.
All were present at the glorious ceremony , save the Familia Caetani, who held the city of Ogliastra and the Cagliari Trade Port. In fact the whispers around the Caetani family thickened when one day, during the time Gerardo was in Rome, a Caetani trade ship arrived with the salvaged goods of a Visconti trade galley, presumably "lost" to a storm. Or was it plundered by Caetani raiders?
Gerardo was a man, like his father, who easily lost temper. Immediately he ordered the Caetani Trade Post of Cagliari to pass under Visconti jurisdiction , by force if necessary.
His mother, Fausta, was alarmed. She pleaded her son to stay temper and do not escalate this crisis with only circumstantial evidence. Listening to his mother's advice, he agreed to cease immediate action, but wanted evidence from her part for their innocence. Swiftly, Fausta Caetani began an investigation, as the Spymaster of the Familia…
…only to end with her death. Was she caught in the crossfire of a plot thicker than it seemed? Did the Caetani believe she was sent on a payroll to end the matter with a snake on their chest? No one could know for certain.
Gerardo was infuriated and rode personally to complete the capture of the Trade Post. The guards could not offer tremendous resistance in comparison with the entire island of Sardinia against them. Such ended the Sardinian- Ogliastra Trade War over Cagliari with the Visconti victorious.
With the act of avenging his mother partially done, Gerardo did not forget the promise of calling holy war against the Saracens in Salerno. In fact, the stigmata experience shifted his way of life entirely and he became distant with his wife and family: he turned himself to prayer and vowed to liberate the Amalfitans, despite their ill shown intent against Pisa.
He donned his armor and battle instruments and with haste, the Sardinian fleet proceeded to land to the harbor of Amalfi, where they were met with only a meagre garrison. Apparently the Sheikh of Kerkent had underestimated the Sardinian Holy War and was surprised to hear the news of the invasion. When he heard that both Ravello and Amalfi fell to Christian hands, he mustered his army and navy to recapture the occupied regions.
Gerardo invented a ruse: he moved to Salerno, supposedly for supplies, leaving the Sheikh to land without obstructions to his war goal. When they landed, a fierce battle took place, with the Saracens caught by surprise.
Cantazarro, Southern Italy
War Camp of the Sardinian Forces
An excited militiaman rushes into the tent of Doge Gerardo, to announce the good news
"Mi segnor, glorious news!! The Saracen forces have yet again broken and are running to find shelter wherever they can! And… why…you are bleeding…we should call the medicus!"
Gerardo scoffed at the young soldier
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mata, God's will. The blood of the Saracens is upon my hands and God is pleased..let me cherish the moment while I feel His presence, I can take care of myself.."
The soldier looked puzzled. He nodded but still went on his way to call a physican, whatever the Doge may have said
Gerardo smiled to himself and mumbled
"Oh father, have I made you proud? Il Libro is safe and our Family prospers. Brother, do you see the Saracens defeated by Christendom?"
Moments later, the soldier rushed with the physician, to find the Doge upon his bed, his eyes open and blood running from his hands. His spirit had departed for the realm of the Lord.
A bit of a fool in the end, but he still helped his family prosper... Probably will be remembered as a controversial ruler. Who knows, maybe he'll be made a Saint.
Gerardo was hoping to cling to something in order to repent for his judgement of sending his brother lead the center of the army (when he was not as qualified in war as he may have seemed..) and he found it in the connection between the dream of his guilt and the stigmata which appeared later on. This though lead him on a holier than thou attitude which, while aided himself and his family be cast for the moment of all doubts, still hurt his loved ones deeply. As of his memory... perhaps it could pass under a local miracle or so, it depends on the future events
Pietro Visconti, Second Doge Guidice of Sardinia(1089-1091)
Amalfi enters Pisan sovereignity/ The promised marriage of sottocapo Pietro II/ Cardinal Bertoldo Sassari brings the Amalfitans to Catholicism/ The end of the first generation of Visconti
Pietro let a sigh of sorrow when he received the news of how his brother succumbed to the stigmata. He remembered how fatigued and exhausted Gerardo was when he saw him at Rome, keeping an eye on him per the request of his wife Contessa and to his concern of course.
Death stalked the Visconti, for one life brought to the world, another was taken. Ugo and Gerardo- his brothers, Violante- his wife and Fausta- his mother were the beloved ones he had lost during his lifespan and were taken so soon by the Lord.
Pietro now under moral obligation had to support the widow Contessa and his brother's children, in addition to his own. It was fortunate that the second generation of the Visconti was growing of age: Baldassare, the firstborn of Gerardo had become a grown man and a charismatic negotiator, while Ugo II was by his own name Baron of Sassari. His own son too, Pietro II, had become a very skilled diplomat, with vast knowledge of court etiquette and with manners such as patience, temperance and diligence.
Gerardo's passing had sapped the joy of the victory of the holy war for Amalfi. Still it was a relief to know that the Amalfitans would not suffocate under Muslim yoke and were placed under Pisan protection. Together their trade interests would blossom commerce in the Western Mediterranean and control the competitive hostile actions of the Genoese.
It should be noted that the steady decline of the Saracen pirates in Sicily and Africa became the reason for a multitude of holy wars to spring against them. For it was not only Gerardo and Pietro who would push back the Saracens from Amalfi, but also the de Hautevilles and the Spartenos Count of Neapolis who fought for segments of Sicily.
Of course, the greatest expedition organized was the political and military movement of Serene Doge Gentile, father in-law of Pietro. Around the time of the Amalfitan Holy War, the Serene Doge launched a campaign, likewise in mindset as before, to capture Tunis from the heathens and restore mercantile and religious order in the region. To his aid came King Ramon-Berenguer the Old of Aragorn, with whom an alliance was sealed between Pisa and the latter Kingdom.
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to the Christian Catholics. His war though was only words, for his forces were not even capable of posing a serious threat to the safety of his goal of conquest.
During this turbulent time, Pietro's first born son began to feel the fluttering of his heart and his desire to marry and make a family which would honor the Familia Visconti. Pietro was most pleased and promised to look for a suitable betrothal for his son, a wife which would compliment his position in social life and aid him during his time of woes.
Pietro II, like his father and uncle before him, were masters of the diplomatic game. His upbringing, despite his hard childhood years, was exceptional, possessing four of the seven Christian virtues: kindness, temperance, diligence and patience. His only flaw was his arbitrary way of making decisions, effectively placed upon the turning of a coin or by whim.
For the love of his blessed child, Doge Guidice Pietro named his firstborn son as the sottocapo , heir to the Familia Visconti. Doing such, he disrupted the customary seniority succession which was the usual in the Republic and heir apparent would have been Ugo II of Sassari. It was though justified according to the pact between the brothers agreed at the Observatory Tower of Ildebrando Visconti, where the line of Ugo would always be Barons of Sassari and could not claim the inheritance of the management of the Familia Visconti.
On 15 May 1091, the Norman forces successfully conquered Palermo and Girgenti, ousting the Shia Emir of Sicily. Doge Guidice Pietro rushed to seal a deal with the Normans, enabling the Visconti to have exclusive trading rights in Palermo and thus increasing their trade zone which spanned from Golfe Du Lion to Strait di Messina.
Furthermore, Cardinal Bertoldo Sassari brought the Amalfitans back to Catholicism with due haste, the people repenting for betraying Jesus Christ and paying proper dues in indulgences to His Holiness the Pope.
Yet tragedy struck once again on the Visconti household: the 1st of November 1091, during a cold autumn night, Doge Guidice Pietro died under uncertain circumstances. Not even the physican could explain the reason of his passing, contributing it to his declining health and pressure he had sustained from supporting the Familia. With him died the first generation of the Visconti, passing the mandate and IL Libro- the Book to Pietro II, the apparent child prodigy of the Familia.
Pietro's reign was so short, all he really managed was finishing what his brother started and making sure his son inherited. Hopefully Pietro II will last longer than his namesake.
Yes indeed, and Pietro did not have any illness or stress in-game to justify his sudden death. Fortunately Pietro II has entered game wise his 30s but you will wait a bit to process the game material and hopefully write an interesting story which will reflect the game events
Chapter 4 : Pietro II Visconti, Third Doge Guidice of Sardinia(1091-..)
Part 1: The young adulthood of Pietro II Visconti / Pisa becomes the mistress of Tunisia and the city of Palermo/ The First Crusade for Jerusalem
The old friar prostrated himself before the young Doge Pietro the second of his name. According to his sayings, he was the chronicler of his late uncle Gerardo years ago and his abbey was the beneficiary of a considerable sum. In return, the monks entitled their work De miraculis Gerardi , the Miracles of Gerardo, in reference to the –famous now- stigmata that his uncle bore and exposed at the Council of Cardinals and the Pope himself.
Pietro hoped for a more secular biography, although he considered it a paradox with a man of the cloth as his chronicler. Still, he hoped the old friar was more open minded to the changing trends of the world.
"From where shall I begin then…?" mumbled Pietro
"If I may make a suggestion, why do you not begin with your current status and continue with your past? After all, I am sure the readers would like to learn how a man such as yourself, orphan from both parents at the beginning of his adult life has managed to become one of the most upstanding Patricians of | 1.019469 | 0.810866 | -0.085857 | 0.472534 | [
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Pisa…"
Pietro modestly smiled at the flattering words of the friar. He may as well heed his advice.
"Very well then… here begins the story of Pietro II Visconti, Third Doge Guidice of Sardinia, Lord Mayor of Amalfi and Palermo, High Admiral of Pisa"
My mother, Violante d'Appiano, daughter of my grandfather Serene Doge Gentile had passed away when I was child. I seldom remember her and mainly from the stories of my father Pietro. My father was supportive to our family and the wider Familia Visconti as a series of bad lucks led to the demise of my grandmother Fausta Caetani, my uncles Gerardo and Ugo and finally my father in succession. I hope to God that he will let me live to see my offspring grow to adulthood.
My cousins are all well educated in their fields and I am sure will bring prosperity to our Familia. Baldassare, the charismatic negotiator, Severino, the thrifty clerk, Rainero the castle taker, Sinbaldo the holy warrior and Giordano, a man of his own skills.
Ah, I remember how the world seemed such a mountain before me. My father barely managed to promise me to marry me and then his breath was taken away. It fell upon me to choose my spouse, with Baldassare's help. He showed me the portraits of suitable brides, Italian and foreign, for me to choose and make a correspondence with their fathers.
My eye was caught immediately upon the portrait of my future beloved wife Adriana Faliero of Venice, a fellow Patrician family. She was but a child then, however Baldassare mentioned she was exceptionally mature for her age and showed great potential in her studies, despite being a woman. I told him to set up the betrothal and give whatever Faliero would ask
I was most happy when my future father in-law agreed to my proposal, although I was a bit perplexed why he would call me a rogue and if he thought I was one, why would he marry his daughter with me… maybe my increasing reputation as a man who had his way with words made him believe I was a charmer and a tomcat. No matter, he accepted and that was the end of the story.
With the matter of choosing a wife closed, I focused myself on grasping the essential skills to become a successful capofamiglia. It was not a better time: my grandfather Gentile succeeded where Tedice could not: Pisa was the sovereign of Barbary Tunis, cutting out one of the vilest pirate harbors the Mediterranean had seen. The people were resentful of Pisan rule and wrote to their coreligionists of the supposed oppression they had endured under the new Christian masters: this brought the ire of the Shia Caliph of Egypt Abu Mansur al- Nizar who beckoned a new era of Jihads against the unfaithful.
In response, Gentile decided to lower the amount of mandatory work the Barbary serfs had to complete under Pisan surveillance, leading the agitating forces to be hushed down.
In Visconti history, our family would either swim in money or have financial difficulties: with pride I have to say that fortune favored us for we salvaged an ancient Roman shipwreck in the port of Pisa and appropriated its content according to the maritime law of salvage. Furthermore, our family debt to the Jews was erased, as Serene Doge Gentile decreed that the Jewish were in collaboration with the Muslims over the sabotage of Pisan trade and thus should be expelled.
A moment of opportunity arose when the Normans became embroiled in a petty civil war. Apparently, a Norman vassal, a FitzEmma who controlled almost the entire Sicilian island challenged the rule of Duke Bohemond d'Hauteville and declared war to become Duke of Apulia in his stead. As he had broken off his liege lord, immediately I send word to our garrison at the trade port of Palermo to prepare the ground for our Sardinian fleet to sail and storm the city. To their aid, the Catalan Band was enlisted and Rainero,my cousin who had come of age was most willing to lead the siege and our expedition force. I complied to his wishes.
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arked, the letter of the betrothal in her hands. The poor thing had lost both of her parents like myself and shyly asked if a dowry was needed for her brother to contribute. Of course I rejected, the Visconti were absolutely not dowry grabbers!!
I was smitten by her beauty and on the first wedding night we consummated our marriage. The fruit of our love became obvious some months later when Adriana announced to me that she was pregnant with our first child. I was most happy.
Rainero proved a most useful condottiero, tearing down the fortifications of Sicily like they were made from sand. The Norman revolutionary had but to agree the city of Palermo to pass to Pisan administration.
More goods news came as I became a proud father of a baby girl, whom we named Francesca! The little girl was a prodigy: the midwives said that she spoke full words when she closed one year of her infant life!! Also, Rainero my wily cousin, cashed in his success with the ladies after his adventures in Palermo and Sicily and married a woman from a lesser burgher family. Severino too showed his merit and managed to collect a large tithe from the Sardinians, as I began to shift my attention further to the management of the family trade and governance of the republic.
The pinnacle though of our time was the Crusade called by Pope Innocentius II to bring salvation to the Holy Land from the heathen Muslim occupiers. As you know well, my friar, Pope Innocentius II, before he adopted his holy name, was none other than Cardinal Bertoldo Sassari, who brought the Amalfitans back to our faith. Indeed, our Holy Father preached the oppression he witnessed first hand in Amalfi and swore never to see in his life such injustice done to Christians whether they be residents or pilgrims to the Holy Land. Even today the Crusade is ongoing, with sadly little interest from the major kings of Europe and the Shia Caliph gloats his victories over the trickling amount of soldiers that wish to see the lands where our Lord Jesus Christ preached become Christian again.
The friar completed the sentence on the parchment as a knock on the door was heard. Inside the room came Adriana Falieri, the beautiful and resourceful wife that Pietro was so enamored with. After extending pleasantries, in a reserved manner, she looked at Pietro and silently whispered in his ear
"My husband, would you do me the honor of talking to you in private?"
Gerardo nodded and excused himself, asking the monk to come another day to note down further details. The chronicle of the friar it seemed would wait for another day…
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Magister Inquisitiones
The book of the Visconti starts to take shape - with a crusade as next episode.
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kwell.
A genius child is never a bad thing, but it is unfortunate that the daughter can't be your heir. The era of Crusades and Jihads should make for some coming excitement. Perhaps the Pisan Republic could become a Crusader Republic?
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alscon said:
Good to see you alscon!!
Quoted for truth...sigh, anyhow, at least we got the trait rather than nothing
Hopefully so, although as long as the Pisan Republic is in other hands, it is difficult to see a potential joining of the Crusade. The First Crusade though so far was most disappointing, only the King of Scotland and some Irish Dukes joined, out of all the Catholic world (the HRE boycotts pompously anything if it is not done by their Pope)
Henry v. Keiper said:
Thank you!! I hope you enjoy the journey
The influence of Adriana Faliero/ The Trade Mission to Malta/ The construction of the Tower of Pisa
After walking to the many corridors of the Mansion di Visconti, Adriana and Pietro secluded themselves in a room where they were alone to talk, as Adriana had requested. Pietro was genuinely interested, for his wife was shy in her manners and avoided potential guests and business acquaintances of Pietro, so her interruption with the friar was out of the ordinary.
"Is there something that you would like to discuss? Does it have to do with Francesca's health?" said Pietro. He took her hand into his and looked into her eyes.
"No my husband, Francesca is fine…there are some matters I wish to discuss with you…" she said. Her eyes looked nervously around the room and the closed door behind them.
Pietro became concerned. What could be on Adriana's mind…
"Tell me my love, has anyone offended you or spoken to you in an inappropriate manner? I will question them immediately!!"
"As a matter of fact…there is…your cousin Ugo, your marshal and heir to the Familia. He has grown bold with his estate of Sassari and due to his military prowess, I have heard..rumors..that he is complaining of how he should have been the head of family, and not you…. That you are too young to effectively run it and need better suited advisors… my duty as your wife and spymaster is to report you my hearings. He is also most annoyed when he sees me, I believe he knows that I have discovered him"
He rubbed his mustache. While the pact of the first generation of Visconti was the Ugo bloodline to be forevermore the Barons of Sassari, times changed as the seniority law of the Republic took preference. Combined with his military arms, Ugo could be a potential contender…and as he aged, he was not getting younger.
"Hm…in that case…maybe it is for the best for Ugo to retire altogether in Sassari and be dismissed as marshal. I will not let him jeopardize the Familia for petty politics. Let him know he is relieved of his services as Marshal of the Republic of Sardinia. However for reasons of stability for the Familia, I will not renounce him as heir yet…I shall wait for his move, if he has any" Pietro said while contemplating on the situation.
"Thank you my husband…it means much to me. I wish to feel safe in our Mansion and to limit potential threats to the minimum…"she said. Adriana then took his hand and kissed it, showing her affection.
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interest of the Republic and to his own. He was worried though that the task of Spymaster was a most perilous one and tried not to endanger Adriana, recalling her from potential missions frequently.
Adriana smiled back and spoke
"Pietro…you have not told me about this book you have…" she said and pointed at a dusty old tome
"Oh that… I found it at father's belongings when he passed away… I did not bother to open it, I felt it would make me feel sorrow, as he used to take it with him when he met with uncle Gerardo and Ugo, when he lived" replied Pietro
"You know…it has a dedication for you. It was encoded actually but I found the key… it said to the heir a cross to be placed on the edge end of the world"
He looked at Adriana in surprise
"A dedication? …a key…?"
She opened the book and showed him. When Adriana's father was alive, he took great care in educating her despite the norm, for he saw that she had great potential. A learned scholar, with a considerable fee, taught her much of the classics and according to her, the book in Pietro's possession was a commentary on fragments of the ancient Greeks and Romans about the shape of the world and how the Earth revolved around the Sun.
Adriana told him scholarly opinions varied, others were in favor of the round shape of the Earth- though they were being suspect of being crypto-Pagans at times and others took in grammatical interpretation of the Holy Scripture, such as Cosmas Indicopleustes/ the man who sailed to India, who supported the Earth was flat with no question of it whatsoever.
(World Map by Cosmas Indicopleustes. The map is oriented with north to the top. It shows a rectangular landmass in the middle of the World Ocean (ꙌΚΕΑΝΟϹ, Okeanos), reflecting what Cosmas thought was the "floor" of the tabernacle-shaped universe. The Roman Gulf (i.e., Mediterranean) is shown in the western half, with indentations for the unmarked Adriatic and Aegean/Black seas. Three further gulfs are shown: the Caspian to the northeast and the Arabian (i.e., Red Sea) and Persian gulfs to the south. Paradise is shown in the far east, beyond the Ocean. Four rivers run from it and cross under or through the Ocean to reach Asia and Africa- Source Wikipedia)
"I wouldn't have figured all these out even if you paid me…"said Pietro. He was obviously surprised with his wife's finding. He wondered what else she could let him know about his father's legacy.
"Perhaps in Alexandria, in Egypt, we could learn more. After all, Cosmas and most of the ancient Greek scholars had associated themselves with this place, maybe some Christian quarter or an Arab scholar has some more clues…"
Adriana agreed but judging from the current politics, a journey to Egypt would be perilous. The First Crusade was ongoing and the Caliph of Egypt had closed his borders to all Christians. Furthermore, a stray Barbary Emir fought with the Serene Republic of Pisa to reclaim Tunis. Fortunately, the last war was supported by a plentitude of allies, the Kaiser of the Holy Roman Empire included.
Pietro was amazed and infatuated with Adriana. How could she decipher with such ease mysteries encrypted by learned scholars such as his grandfather Ildebrando, concerned with the shape of the world and its rotation? He "bathed" himself in the feeling of adoration and expressed his desire as his natural instinct guided him. The result was a pregnancy anew and the Familia was most happy with the expectation of another child, a boy perhaps as Pietro so dearly hoped for.
Ugo though openly criticized Pietro for heeding his wife's advice too much, saying he is hiding behind skirts and ruled by them. Perhaps saddened by his disgraceful dismissal, he fell ill in Sassari and died shortly thereafter, only at age 35. The new heir of the Familia was Baldassare, the charismatic negotiator and firstborn son of the famous Gerardo, the First Doge Guidice of Sardinia.
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of Sardinia mobilized to capture Palermo from yet another revolt of the FitzEmma, however it was short lived as when hearing the news of the Sardinian invasion, the disloyal vassal promptly closed his differences with his liege and returned to his safety, annulling the war.
Pietro's mind was whirling between running the business and tying it with the interests of carrying the legacy of his ancestors. He had to reach Alexandria to investigate further sources and going incognito was too risky. Somewhere in his heart, he felt that a Muslim Pietro too would have the same questions; he only had to find a connection with this part of the world too, in exactly the age of holy wars and reconquests.
Severino, his cousin and steward of the Republic, found the answer: trade. Through commerce contacts, the Sheikh of Malta was interested for the Sardinian and Occitan trade goods, as his island was becoming isolated from traders of his own faith. Promptly, a trade mission was set up, partially financed by the clerics of Sardinia, who hoped to have safe access to Malta and report to the Pope of the beliefs of its residents.
The winds were fair and the journey from Sardinia to Malta was without any problem. The Sardinian merchants, with Doge Pietro and Steward Severino and the assembly of bishops, arrived at the castle of the Sheikh, who greeted them warmly, although he did eye cautiously the Catholic priests. Doge Pietro expressed his thanks for granting him passage and called the servants to bring the gift of the Sheikh: a dozen strong horses from Sardinia. He was most glad for this prize, for horses were treasured in his culture. The Sheikh toured the Sardinians in his castle, showing them the plentitude of armaments and gold he had stockpiled. Of course, he bypassed the harem which was reserved only for himself and guards stood in attention to see none of the Westerners strayed from the tour. Then they were seated for dinner which was rich in taste and spices, although seated was a colloquial term, for as it was Arab custom, they had no chairs but large pillows and round tables.
Severino enjoyed the food: he probably enjoyed it too much. Using both of his hands, he grabbed the delicacies from the table and devoured them as there was no tomorrow, licking his fingers meanwhile. The Sheikh was beginning to become annoyed with the Westerner, his face getting more red. Doge Pietro elbowed Severino and gleefully replied "My Sheikh, please excuse him, I am trying to teach him manners befitting of a Patrician but he is resistant. Perhaps today his lesson will be learned", slapping his neck. Severino was caught off guard and almost chocked himself, making the Sheikh laugh out loud and forgetting the incident.
When dinner was finished, the Sardinians strolled the courtyard, enjoying the beautiful garden. The silence was broken when increased tension of voices were heard with the words of "Jesus" and "Mohamed" becoming more and more repetitive. To his surprise, Doge Pietro saw one of the priests debating with the vizier and rushed immediately to quench the flame. He should have thought it was a wrong idea to bring hot-headed clerics in a land where their religion were battling each other in a far away place. Fortunately though, no harm was done. In fact, the Sheikh took a liking to the Doge and the virtues he exhibited and so the deal was concluded with much success. Arborea would become a harbor of great importance in the commerce between the Occitan and the secluded markets of the Barbaries, as Malta would intervene as a middle man and regain its lost importance. Severino too was rewarded, perhaps as a repayment for the injury he sustained during the dinner.
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need for further interpretation. Thus should Pietro succeed in his journey, he had to move from Egypt to the Red Sea and thereon to mystical India. As Egypt was dominated by the Shia, the rival branch of Sunni Islam, he did not have any connections with its dwellers, but he would help the Doge should he wish his aid. Likewise, Doge Pietro helped the Sheikh when he requested his help when a mad woman accused him wrongfully and gave him advice to deal the matter in a more diplomatic way than the execution of the said woman.
The success of the trade mission piqued the interest of Serene Doge Gentile d'Appiano, the grandfather of Doge Pietro. Despite being well into the third age, he did not abandon his famous lifestyle, eating and merrymaking, which in the end contributed to his successful political career. He was proud of his grandson's achievements and called him at the Palace of the Republic in Pisa to discuss with Pietro his political future. As High Admiral and Doge of Sardinia, Pietro's esteem in Pisa was growing with the day and while he was still young to become the new Serene Doge,he had great potential in future elections to be elevated to the seat of the Serene Republic.
To further his standing, and his grandson's indirectly, the Serene Doge commissioned a work of great importance and splendor for the city: Pietro would administer the construction of a tower the world had never seen thus far, which would become the envy even of Constantinople itself. However, as this would promote the Visconti cause, all expenses would be paid by the Visconti exclusively. Pietro did not wish to miss the opportunity to one day rise to the office of Serene Doge himself, so he complied, praying to Heaven he would be able to financially sustain the project.
Already, the people were stirring and gossiping about this new tower that would adorn Pisa. Sebastiano di Torino was a known craftsman and had a crew of laborers which had completed similar projects for the various Dukes in Italy, although not in such a grand scale. Pietro had envisioned it as the tallest bell tower, which would complement the monuments of the Piazza del Duomo.
Time progressed and all was going as planned, well as fast as anything could be done given the magnitude of the work. Doge Pietro was most glad when Sebastiano di Torino came to him, hopefully to inform him of the work progress. However, he brought ill news: he needed more money as the first installment was all but vaporized into the labor costs for the marble of the tower.
Pietro sighed and agreed with giving more money to Sebastiano, after all his political career was laid to foundation here. Adriana though heard rumors that Sebastiano was not the honest craftsman he seemed. She heard that he had been saying that he managed to achieve his prospect in life and after years of starvation to stingy Dukes and Counts, he found the gallant Patricians who swam in money and they could do with giving something more to support the free artisans. Naturally, the women surrounded Sebastiano like bees near honey, when he in turn showed how generous he was to the fair ladies.
The immediate monetary demands of the project began to show their ugly face. The Visconti Familia became to the red when Sebastiano demanded better quality marble for his work. A working accident too halted the work and put the finance even deeper into debt.
So, Pietro had to improvise as not to declare bankruptcy due to the Tower of Pisa. He consulted with Severino, his Steward, who though disagreed immensely, and proceeded with la grande frode - the big fraud and debase the value of the minted coins he would mint, in celebration of the Tower which would be built. Already though, the effects of the Visconti debt would be felt on the Republic firsthand with the appearance of large bands of robbers in Arborea and the rise of a Thieves' Guild in Amalfi.
Despite la grande frode , the debt was omnipresent, although it decreased thanks to the Visconti business which ran with credit. Pietro asked funds from Bishop Torquato who gladly for charity gave 50 coins. However when the Bishop asked the Tower to be reduced in standing as it was insulting to God, Pietro prompted him to return to his scriptures.
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How not to program by unknownfile at 6:57 PM EST on November 28, 2006
Watch this video and see what happens when you don't program something correctly.
In UF's e-Box by unknownfile at 3:55 PM EST on November 29, 2006
some new pics now available in the IDIOT CLUB. It will be aired as part of ESPN's Monday Night Countdown pre-game show. Exciting news coming in the next few days. Our focus should be not on emerging technologies but on emerging cultural practices. Online video sharing sites have become a high in-demand online type of service because they allow small independent publishers the ability to publish video files of almost any size without problems.
and congrats to IDIOT Dreaminsarbear who won the August contest! One year later, the devastation is still fresh in our minds, and we'd like to keep it in yours. Text-messaging service lets you send sms to a large group of people and manage evens from any mobile phones Mobile IM application enables you. All this and more, in sparkling Quicktime video no less. It may be cheap to buy, but it is not cheaply made.
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Photo credit: alxm Collaborative synchronized media player allows you to watch, fast forward and rewind video clips with other remote userrs.
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Recently, however, a plot hatched by a cabal of paranormals was uncovered.
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Blip Festival Day 1 by hcs at 3:48 AM EST on December 1, 2006
The recording idea failed due to a) stupidity b) lousy equipment.
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Jag ar flints, bitch by unknownfile at 11:26 AM EST on December 1, 2006
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ick (Jag ar Flints)" from Live Svajklubb. We played the song today in his honor.
Also, now that the recording idea has failed, what are you going to do with the equipment?
by hcs at 11:48 AM EST on December 1, 2006
I am going to return it ("this sucks, giveth my back mine monies") and use the money to buy shirts and CDs at the show :)
Picked up a few CDs. Herbert Weixelbaum was awesome, as was Rabato (not to say the others weren't also awesome, but these guys really stood out!)
Banninated! by unknownfile at 10:46 PM EST on December 3, 2006
Recent events caused me to write this song. I hope to perform it. *ahem*
*takes out guitar*
*strumma strumma strumma strumma*
AND SO I WAS BANNED
AND MY BRAINS WER CANNED
OW, OW, OW *headbanging*
I DEMANDED AN EXPLANATION
BUT THEY WERE TOO BUSY YIFFING TO RESPOND
MASTURBATING WITH THEIR CHEESE GRATERS
AND IN THEIR COCKS WERE CRATERS
LA LA LA LA LAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH
I GUESS THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOUR AN ASS LIKE ME
BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S FUN TO DO SUCH A THING
EVEN IF IT MEANS LOSING YOUR ABILITY TO RHYYYYYYYME
*mild applause*
edited 10:47 PM EST December 3, 2006
Blip Fesitval Day 3&4 by hcs at 11:43 PM EST on December 4, 2006
First, you should listen to Herbert Weixelbaum's bline, he opened with it on Day 2 and it is one of the most awesome things I've ever heard.
I made it in time for the end of the This Spartan Life screening and for all of 8 Bit, which was a fairly interesting documentary (the sort of thing I might want to show my family to explain what the hell I'm into :)
The show...
I finally got over my antisocialness and met virt, chibi-tech, and others whose names utterly escape me. The show was great, can't really do it justice in words... Bud Melvin was funny and skilled, TouchBoy did a 20 minute (at least) mix that had me spazzing to the beat the whole time, don't let me leaving a name off the list indicate that they weren't awesome, virt has a much more detailed rundown of everyone.
I stayed for the whole show, which ended after 2 AM, which meant I missed the last train out of Penn Station, so I took the PATH with virt, Prozax, and cibi-tech back to Jersey. I then waited two hours in Newark for the next train, walked a few miles home from the train station, and promptly passed out.
This was the day of the Big Names... Jeroen Tel is incredibly good at what he does, and a good showman, too, picking the notes out of the air (though not nearly as energetic as, say, Nullsleep). Portalenz was great, after they instructed everyone to "BUY OUR CDs" I went over to the CD sale section and said "I want to buy their CDs", two of which are nice low-volume productions exclusive to blip festival with handwritten labels.
YMCK was just as crazy-cute-happy JPop as one might expect, a bit too happy for me.
Neil Voss seems not to perform very often, his music was great but he was pretty much just standing up there pressing buttons (not that that wasn't what nearly everyone else was doing, but they looked a lot more excited about it). He reminded me vaguely of Elijah Wood. After his set I stalked him around the room for a while until I could get his attention, introduced myself, complemented his work, and asked him about USF.
"Have you ever heard of USF?"
"I think so, but I'm not sure why..."
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64 music-"
"Oh, yeah, Ultra Sound Format."
It turned out that not only had he heard of it, he had downloaded the player and rips and was entertained at how accurately it reproduced the bugs in the original playback software. He took down my email address and signed my program with "ROCK THE USF'S".
Took the PATH back again (I had taken it in this time, it actually makes more sense than the other route I'd taken), then helped chibi-tech run across Newark Penn Station with his luggage so we could make the train that was already in the station.
Best 4 days ever. Despite the troubles associated with getting there and back, and the huge amount of money I spent on transportation, food, and CDs, I regret nothing. I took some pictures with a black and white disposable camera that I bought from a guy who kept trying to sell me a digital camera at lower prices, but at that point I was almost out of cash.
COME NEXT YEAR AND BRING YOUR AWESOME!
by unknownfile at 10:51 PM EST on December 7, 2006
Spent some time in #adc on Rizon, and we were having a discussion on philias. It was pretty hilarious, but then THIS happened:
<DarkLancer> i wanna know the fetish of fucking a vacuum
by hcs at 1:35 PM EST on December 8, 2006
edited 1:47 PM EST December 8, 2006
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by zen | Jul 30, 2014 | Monitor |
[by Mark Safranski, a.k.a "zen"]
Top Billing! The Hill (Laurie Blank) Asymmetries and proportionalities
….There is no doubt that, after an attack, the urge to simply count up the casualties and declare a war crime is powerful. However, an effects-based analysis — that is, using the numbers of casualties and extent of destruction to make legal claims — is simply incorrect. The law does not require that commanders be right all the time. The law also does not require perfect accuracy in targeting. But it does require extensive steps to protect civilians and reasonable judgments about the potential harm to civilians and the actions needed to minimize that harm.
This methodology is not designed to give militaries a free pass for causing civilian deaths. In fact, judging the legality of an attack solely on the actual effects of that attack actually does far less in the end to protect civilians from suffering during war.
First, an effects-based analysis gives commanders no way to know, at the time of the attack, how to determine the parameters of lawful conduct. Many commanders might well simply disregard the law entirely as no longer relevant — an invitation to unrestricted warfare and much greater harm to civilians. It is undoubtedly more protective to follow the law of war's central obligations: attack only military objectives; refrain from indiscriminate or disproportionate attacks; and take precautions to minimize harm to civilians through choice of weapons, provision of warnings and other steps.
Second, a focus on effects incentivizes the enemy to simply surround itself with civilians in every conceivable location and circumstance, effectively guaranteeing greater civilian casualties and increased civilian suffering. As the United Nations Secretary General has reported, along with media around the world, Hamas does exactly that, storing weapons in schools, hospitals and mosques and locating tunnels under residential houses, mosques and other civilian property.
Importantly, Hamas's use of the civilian population as a shield — a blatant violation of the law of war — does not in any way absolve Israel of its obligations to comply with the law's fundamental obligations to protect civilians, including the principle of proportionality. But the effects-based analysis, or numbers game, not only minimizes Hamas's legal responsibility for such civilian harm, but actually rewards it for exploiting the law's protections for civilians by suggesting — wrongly — that every civilian death in Gaza is an Israeli war crime.
CICERO – Russell Crandall on COIN and America's Dirty Wars
How much of the problem is the lack of political or popular will for Vietnam-style counterinsurgencies, versus one of force posture or the mentality of our military/armed forces, which seems more enthralled and better suited to fight conventional wars?
This might sound evasive, but I think the key element in any particular case of American involvement is that "it all depends". Political will and popular support can certainly help America prosecute these types of wars but the ongoing case of Afghanistan shows that this alone does not ensure success. It is fascinating to see how episodic the U.S. military understanding and embrace of irregular warfare has been over two centuries. The default has been that these dirty wars are aberrations that the military will fight only if it must. Following Iraq the new COIN philosophy assumed that the murky realm of irregular warfare would be the default conflict and was thereby embraced. But now a new sobriety is questioning this fidelity. What this suggests is how either knowingly or otherwise recent events weigh on our understanding of the past, present, and future. If Iraq and Afghanistan had been the cakewalks they appeared to be in their initial phases, our understanding of America's ability to influence irregular warfare would be decidedly different. Yet the difference between cakewalk and quagmire in these two cases was remarkably thin.
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Ельян Радіг (; , Париж) — французька композиторка, авторка електронної музики.
Життєпис
У дитинстві співала у хорі, навчалася гри на фортепіано й арфі, а також теорії музики. У 1950 р. (19-річною) переїхала до Ніцци, де познайомилася із авангардним художником Арманом Фернандесом, з яким вони одружилися у 1954 р. У 1955 р. Радіг випадково зустрічається з П'єром Шеффером на зустрічі-обговоренні, присвяченій філософу Ланца дель Васто. Шеффер запрошує Радіг приєднатися до Студії електронної музики при радіо RTF, і вона стає асистеном у студії. Завдяки цьому Радіг здобула досвід роботи з плівкою і техніками конкретної музики. Радіг вказує, що Шеффер мав значний вплив на неї завдяки ідеї про те, що будь-який звук може бути музикою. У 1958 р. через конфлікт Шеффера і П'єра Анрі, Радіг вимушена була припинити роботу в студії. На деякий час вона присвятила себе вихованню трьох дітей.
У 1960-х рр. Радіг разом з чоловіком деякий час жили у Нью-Йорку, культурне середовище якого мало вплив на неї — вона познайомилася з такими його представниками, як Філіп Гласс, Стів Райх та інші. Згодом вона казала: «Моя музична сім'я була у Штатах». У 1967 р., після розлучення з чоловіком (з яким вона мешкала у Ніцці та Нью-Йорку), переїжджає до Парижа, і на деякий час стає асистентом П'єра Анрі. Зокрема вона допомагала реалізовувати Анрі твір L'Apocalypse de Jean. Проте Анрі ставив перед нею дуже високі вимоги (часом 14—16 годин праці на день) при тому, що вона працювала на добровільній основі, і часом був доволі деспотичний. Тому у 1968 р. вона припиняє свою співпрацю з Анрі. Після цього Анрі подарував їй фоноген.
Ранні твори
У своїх ранніх творах (до 1970-го року) Радіг використовувала зворотній зв'язок (feedback) і запетлювання магнітофонної плівки. Серед цих творів — Omhnt (звукова інсталяція з трьох магнітофонних петель різної довжини), Opus 17, Vice-Versa, etc..., Ursal, Stress Osaka.
Синтезатори
У 1970 р. Радіг їде до Нью-Йорка, де отримує можливість працювати у студії електронної музики при Нью-Йоркському університеті. Завдяки цьому вона отримала доступ до одного з перших модулярних синтезаторів — Buchla 100. Крім того, у Нью-Йорку вона познайомилася з такими людьми, як Пауліна Оліверос, Елвін Люсьє, Мортон Суботнік, Ла Монте Янг та інші, і поновила контакти зі Стівом Райхом. У 1971 р. у Нью-Йорку відбувся перший концерт, присвячений її музиці. На цьому концерті зву | -0.105227 | -1.017366 | -0.773179 | -0.150494 | [
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Q: html5 appcache stoped working on IOS 11.3 We now know this is an issue with IOS 11.3, and seems to target only Ipad.
When requesting ressources through appcache, the cookies are discarded. If your ressources are behind some authentication. They will be redirected to your authentication page.
As mentioned by Apple, we tried experimentation feature on/off.
Removing authentication for ressources is not a valid permanent option.
We are looking for solutions while the next version of IOS hopefully fix this problem which seem the case with 11.4 beta 2. Changes are to be as minimal as possible to reduce risks.
Following informations are the process we when through when trying to solve our problem. To this day, no valid solutions have been attempted. Service Workers being the most plausible path.
Day 1
We have an application which was running fine in production for a while (almost a year since last deployment).
Our application use app cache to enable offline mode when wifi is not available.
Our application is mostly used on ipad with safari and some surface pro with chrome. Currently most cases are reported with ipad.
In the last few day, more and more users start to have problem loading the cache. We have been able to reproduce the probleme on an ipad after updating to 11.3 (could not reproduce on iphone 11.3) and using google chrome desktop incognito mode on dev machine. Application work on an older iPad we have which is at version 10.3.3.
--Application Cache Error event: Resource fetch failed (2) http://localhost:63330/client/vendor/kendo-ui/kendo.all.js--
Fact
- It always block on the same files, after some testings it seems to be all files bigger than 1.2Mb, in this case kendo is 4.7Mb and the minified one is 1.7Mb.
- Fiddler does not report any error, all files status response is 200
Guess
1. An update to safari and chrome might have changed
2. An ipad setting might have been changed by admins
3. An update to windows or ios, might have changes something
Since safari and ios follow the same release (29 Mar 2018), they are probably linked and the most likely guess, does anyone have an idea why this might happen?
Could not find much on apple support page of changes for 11.3
https://support.apple.com/en-ca/HT208067
https://support.apple.com/en-ca/HT201222
Update Monday 9 april 2018
We have been able to reproduce the issue both by debugging an Ipad and on the mac mini we have. However, the problem is different and for this reason we currently discarded what we found on Chrome on our desktop in incognito.
Here are the new facts:
*
*Cookies were not provided while downloading file with appcache. The first file request is rejected and redirected to login page.
[Warning] ApplicationCache is deprecated. Please use ServiceWorkers
instead. (192.168.0.152, line 2)
[Error] Failed to load resource: the
server responded with a status of 401 (Unauthorized) (cache.manifest,
line 0)
[Error] Application Cache manifest could not be fetched,
because the manifest had a 401 response.
[Error] 2018-04-09 12:01:51 :
APPLICATION CACHE error
logMsg (logDecorator.js:111)
error (logDecorator.js:128)
(fonction anonyme) (applicationCacheUpdateSrv.js:121)
dispatch (jquery-1.10.2.js:5109)
handle (jquery-1.10.2.js:4780)
- After effect of solving authentication, we have problems with IDBDatabase, might be related to Authorization we removed (currently under investigation)
IndexedDB request error (get all rapports) -> NotFoundError: Failed to
execute 'transaction' on 'IDBDatabase': One of the specified object
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By Mark Schultz
A belt is any length of material that encircles and is secured around the waist. Popular materials include leather, fabric, and metal. Belts are worn by males and females to define the fashionable waist and for a variety of other functions in many world cultures.
Early Belts
Sometimes referred to as a girdle or sash, the belt was worn in the Bronze Age and in ancient Crete, Greece, and Rome and is mentioned in the Bible.
Mens Belt Buckle Options
Fashionable Belts
Choosing Women's Plus Size Fashion Belts
Belts accent the fashionable position of the waist as it travels from under the breast to its natural position to low on the hips. As shirtwaist and skirt ensembles became a popular option for women in the nineteenth century, they were often accessorized with contrasting belts. In the 1860s, the Swiss belt, a wide, back-laced, and usually black belt, defined a woman's waist. Belts held special importance again when the New Look dictated small waists for post-World War II women.
During the twentieth century, women's belts were often of the same fabric as their matching dress or coat. Belts of metal or plastic links have also been worn as trendy fashion accessories by women. Twentieth-century men almost exclusively wore leather belts to secure their trousers. Belts of webbing borrowed from military uniforms were another, more casual, option for males.
Functionally, belts relieve the wearer's shoulders of part of the weight of the garment. Another function of belts is for attaching items; during the Middle Ages and Renaissance, women hung chatelaines, cosmetics, mirrors, pomanders, and purses from their belts. Police officers in America continue to use belts to hold items such as their guns, clubs, and pepper spray, and carpenters and other tradesmen carry their tools in utility belts. In the twentieth century, garter belts, an undergarment, were used by women and children to hold up stockings before panty hose and tights became common.
Belts in Martial Arts
Belts denote rank in the martial arts. Actually it is the color of the belt that denotes rank. Originally, there were three belt levels: white belt, brown belt, and black belt, with black belt as the highest rank. A common myth explaining this system states that all students started by wearing white belts and through use the white belts turned brown and then black over time. More likely the colored belt system was borrowed from the one used in Japanese school athletics, particularly in ranking swimmers. In the 1960s the white belt rank was divided into several different colored belt levels: yellow, orange, purple, blue, and green, as a way of showing progress toward the higher ranks. The ranking of the colors varies among each style of martial arts. Adding stripes to belts is another way of showing progress at the lower levels.
Military Identfication
Belts can also reveal identity. In the military, opposing armies or regiments were identified by the color sash they wore (in the Thirty Years War), as well as different branches of the service (in the American Civil War for example, general officers: buff; cavalry officers: yellow; and medical officers: emerald). During the Middle Ages in some cities, belts were worn as a sign of respectability and position and women of questionable repute were prohibited from wearing them.
Infamous or mythical, chastity belts have endured in the popular imagination. Purportedly invented to ensure women's fidelity while their husbands were away during the Crusades, a woman locked into a chastity belt was effectively prevented from having sexual intercourse. Modern versions of the chastity belt are included in fetish gear.
Belts are also used to provide protection. Weight-lifting belts provide stability to the spine and lower back thus reducing risk of injury to the lifter. Delivery people and others who do lifting in their occupations wear similar belts. Seat belts are often complained about for being uncomfortable or for crushing the wearer's clothing. Several decades after automobiles became common, a movement started to promote motor vehicle seat belts. In the 1960s seat belts became standard in | 0.220263 | 1.031113 | 0.932444 | -0.367607 | [
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Kat Howard is a writer of fantasy, science fiction, and horror who lives and writes in New Hampshire. Her short fiction has been nominated for the World Fantasy Award, performed on NPR, and anthologized in year's best and best of volumes. In the past, she's been a competitive fencer and a college professor. Her debut novel, Roses and Rot was released from Saga Press in May of 2016, and will be followed by An Unkindness of Magicians in September 2017, and a short fiction collection, A Cathedral of Myth and Bone, in 2018, both also from Saga. You can find her on twitter, and on tumblr.
Welcome and congratulations on the publication of An Unkindness of Magicians! Without giving too much away, care to give readers a taste of what it's about?
In New York City, magic controls everything, but the power of magic is fading. No one knows what is happening, except for Sydney—a new, rare magician with incredible power that has been unmatched in decades, and she may be the only person who is able to stop the darkness that is weakening the magic. But Sydney doesn't want to help the system, she wants to destroy it.
This is a book about sacrifice and family and making yourself who you want to be. Oh, and there are magical duels.
I have admit that sometimes I'm shallow, and I do judge books by their cover, by which I mean impulse buying things that are pretty. This cover is a particularly striking one – did you have any input on the artistic process?
I had absolutely nothing to do with the artistic process, so I feel perfectly comfortable in saying that I love how gorgeous this cover is. The cover design is by Lizzy Bromley, and the illustration done by Vault 49, and I'm so grateful for their genius. It's based on what is one of my favorite scenes in the book, where a piece of magic goes very, very wrong.
I also wanted to ask about your first novel, Roses and Rot, which I adored. I love the themes of family, fairy tales, and artistic inspiration woven throughout. Speaking of artistic inspiration, what sparked this story for you?
The artist's colony of Melete that you describe in the novel sounds amazing. If you were invited, would you go, even knowing what lies behind the colony? If you were offered the deal that the most promising Melete residents are offered, would you accept that invitation?
I'd go, and I'd make the bargain. I'm not sure I'm exactly comfortable with that piece of self-knowledge, but there you go.
In addition to your two novels, you've also written quite a bit of short fiction. Were there any challenges in transitioning between the two lengths? Do you have different processes for writing short versus long fiction?
The biggest challenge for me was to let the novel open up and breathe. My short fiction tends to be very focused (or at least it feels that way in my head when I'm writing it), and so allowing myself to open up to the possibilities that something novel-length offered as a bit of a transition.
Switching gears completely, I have to ask about your competitive fencing. How did you get into competitive fencing, and do you still fence for fun? Are you an extra harsh critic of works (movies, books, etc.) featuring swordplay? Are there any works out there that really get it right? On the other side of things, is there a particular thing that people who don't do their research get wrong about swords that causes you to shout at a book/movie in frustration?
I've been obsessed with fencing since I first saw a Zorro cartoon and went around drawing Z's everywhere. Seeing Star Wars and lightsabers only increased this obsession. My parents found me lessons, and I started training seriously in college. Injury meant that I stopped competing, but I'm moving in a few months, and one of the first things I did was look up fencing clubs, so I hope to get back into it. I love the sport.
And because I love the sport, while I do wince at certain depictions, I'm also generally glad to see fencing in movies and books. Anything that gets people to love it! Ellen Kushner writes great fencing, and Molly Tanzer has a forthcoming book, Creatures of Will and Temper, that I | 1.441329 | 0.276811 | 0.61795 | -0.399901 | [
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The first step towards responsible pet ownership is to learn about the breed you are interested in. Becoming educated on breed history, along with an understanding of natural characteristics will allow you to decide if a specific breed is right for you. It is our hope that in reading the following, you will develop a good understanding of the Welsh Terrier: what the breed has to offer, their background and tendencies, and most of all, their needs when it comes to pet and family life.
The Welsh Terrier is a very old working breed. Welsh Terriers have been bred for centuries to locate, chase, flush out and kill prey, without any prompting or hesitation. This ingrained personality is such that the breed has the drive, tenacity and stamina to chase prey relentlessly through harsh terrain, without noticing the pain of bramble cuts or bites. These working requirements have created a unique set of traits of which most Welsh Terriers share. Understanding their working history and function is important, as those who select a Welsh Terrier assume the responsibility of respecting and working with the hard-wired traits of the breed.
Welsh Terriers tend to apply their avid intellect and problem-solving abilities towards their own initiatives first and foremost.
Prey Drive: This breed possesses the highest level of prey-drive. Prey drive simply means that Welsh Terriers have a powerful natural impulse to chase moving objects; which in everyday life can be cars, cats, squirrels, or running children. Unlike many other breeds, even the best-trained Welsh Terrier can never be completely trusted off-leash.
Strong Instinctual Reactions: Welsh Terriers are prone to strong instinct-driven behaviors. The breed has propensities towards: high prey drive (chasing), an assertive manner with other dogs, resource guarding, and automatic defensive reflexes (for example, growling when suddenly being woken up). Welsh Terriers are not recommended for inexperienced homes, especially those with small children. Training is critical to help teach Welsh Terriers to self-regulate, and owner awareness and understanding are imperative towards suitably managing the natural tendencies of the breed.
Barking: Unlike many other terrier breeds, Welsh Terriers are not known for aimless or excessive barking. The breed does however have a propensity for alert barking. Alert barking is barking in response to environmental stimuli, especially at home. If you live in the city with a Welsh Terrier, be prepared to take on some diligent training and/or managemnet if you wish to lessen alert barking over daily happenings!
Energy Level: Welsh terriers relish their downtime, but even the most calm and well-trained Welsh Terrier can go into overdrive in seconds at the sight of prey or other fast-moving objects.
A Welsh Terrier is a lazy pet one moment, and a driven hunter the next.
Welsh Terriers require mental and physical exercise to fulfill the daily needs of their active minds and athletic bodies. Being just physically or mentally tired is not enough: both needs must be met to prevent a restless, frustrated Welsh Terrier.
Grooming: The traditional method of grooming a Welsh Terrier is called hand-stripping. All show Welsh Terriers are groomed using this method. Proper hand-stripping requires skill, is labor-intensive, and must be done on a regular basis for the quality of the coat and the comfort of the dog. The benefit of regular hand-stripping is a traditional-looking richly colored black and tan coat with a hard wiry texture. Many pet owners opt to have their Welsh Terriers clipped, which requires less labor and skill. Once clipped a few times, the texture of the coat usually becomes softer and often can no longer be stripped.
Training: Welsh Terriers require a sizable amount of training compared to most other breeds of dogs. The best match for a Welsh Terrier is an owner who is open-minded and interested in spending extra time and effort training and building a bond with their dog. Welsh Terriers are fast learners, but their specialty is to do the same thing differently every single time! If you are looking for a "challenge to overcome," you will find yourself very frustrated with the experience of training a Welsh Terrier. Whereas one can generally train a Golden Retriever to learn | 0.690062 | 0.625536 | 1.546214 | -0.168704 | [
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Volume 11 Issue 8 (2016)
Russian Universities: Towards Ambitious Goals
Dmitriy Grigorievich Rodionov, Natalia Gennadievna Fersman & Olga Alexandrovna Kushneva
pp. 2207-2222 | DOI: 10.12973/ijese.2016.591a | Article Number: ijese.2016.185
Published Online: June 16, 2016
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Your Bibliography: Rodionov, D.G., Fersman, N.G. & Kushneva, O.A. (2016). Russian Universities: Towards Ambitious Goals. International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 11(8), 2207-2222. doi: 10.12973/ijese.2016.591a
In-text: (Rodionov, Fersman and Kushneva, 2016)
Your Bibliography: Rodionov, D., Fersman, N. and Kushneva, O. (2016). Russian Universities: Towards Ambitious Goals. International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 11(8), pp. 2207-2222.
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Your Bibliography: Rodionov, Dmitriy Grigorievich, Natalia Gennadievna Fersman and Olga Alexandrovna Kushneva (2016). "Russian Universities: Towards Ambitious Goals". International Journal of Environmental and Science Education 11 (8):2207-2222. doi:10.12973/ijese.2016.591a.
An increased competition in the world market of educational services has brought about new tools to raise the prestige of higher education institutions in the opinion of students and employers. The most important of these tools are the rankings of the best universities in the world, regularly compiled by well-known foreign agencies. The Russian leadership pays focused attention to the ranking positions of our universities, which resulted in the development of the national program "5-100-2020" in 2013, the implementation of which should allow at least five Russian universities to occupy positions in a leading hundred of the QS World University Ranking in 2020. The article discusses the way the rating positions of the leading Russian universities have changed over the past year. The importance of advancements in international rankings is illustrated by the success of foreign universities in terms of advertising and attraction of a large number of international students. Particular attention is given to an increasingly larger role of distance learning in extending the coverage of the global student audience. A comparative geographical analysis of the regions of residence of international students, attracted both to national and foreign universities, has been conducted. The problems of raising the international prestige of Russian high school in the world educational space have been considered, the causes of unreasonably low rating of Russian universities according to leading rating agencies have been identified. The author has proved the importance of enhancing the mobility of students within Russia, taking into account the regional diversity of scientific schools.
Keywords: University, rating, competitiveness, mobility, international students, globalization, export, ranking, dynamics, citation index
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Now that was one atmospheric Pure Illusion. Instead of focusing on exploring a new world, the episode took our two protagonists back to their own school. That alone sounds quite terrifying; in the life of a student, being sent back to school in your own free adventure time has to be the worst nightmare. Now imagine being a student who is trapped in a nightmarish version of it that looks as if it came straight out of a horror movie. And by trapped I mean quite literally.
I think the episode was cleverly planned to air around Halloween. While it didn't feature any of the usual imagery related to that particular festivity, the episode had many horror elements that we tend to associate with this time of the year. Unremitting rain, deafening thunders and candles being the primary source of light are the tropes that have been used in horror films since the birth of the genre. As girls explore this version of their own school in search for a fragment, they go through a series of typical cat scares – with Papika taking on the role of a cat – until they meet the other students. They soon get used to their unusual appearance and voices and get trapped in a time loop. To emphasize the effect, creators used another frequent horror trope – a creepy doll. As the doll turned around everytime the girls fell asleep, the narrative was hinting at the possibility that the doll is conscious. That was as you'd expect revealed to be true in the final act.
The theme this week wasn't horror alone though, that much is immediately obvious. The idea that they are stuck in a loop is quickly established through shots lacking the 12th hour, and clock imagery becomes more prevalent as the episode progresses. And of course, the setting of the episode is a clear reference to yuri fiction; the all-girls academy reminiscent of the catholic schools in series like Maria-sama ga Miteru, the polite gokigenyou greetings often associated associated with the genre, the delicate atmosphere and refined club activities leading to notoriously charged moments, and of course the myriad of unquestionable metaphors. Who knows if the show's undercurrent of sexual awakening is going anywhere, but that was one unequivocally gay episode.
Overall I thought it was very satisfying on a visual level. The layouts had good depth to them and Studio Pablo did a great job on bringing them to life with their background art. The color design was as deliberate as always. The animation itself was rather limited once again but had its highlights during the final showdown in the clock tower, and even some pleasantly elastic cuts here and there.
The episode was directed and storyboarded by Ryohei Takeshita, a freelance director whose biggest job so far was taking on a role of an assistant director on last season's New Game!. Next spring, he's scheduled to direct an adaptation of Eromanga Sensei, a light novel from the creators of Oreimo. Despite the episode being quite reserved on the animation side, the staff list was really huge. 2 animation directors, 3 assistants and 25 key animators isn't a thing you would expect to see in episode 5 of a well scheduled show, moreso on a low calory episode like this one. Animation directors were both female. Sayaka Koiso previously worked as a regular staff member at the studio with the best logo ever, most notably as a character designer on Rokka no Yuusha. Ayako Takahashi on the other hand is acquainted with Studio 3hz, having worked with them before as a regular animation director on their previous project – Dimension W. The animation highlights happened in the clash between Yayaka's team and our protagonists in the clock tower. Hironori Tanaka animated Yayaka kicking Papika and Cocona smashing the bell. The sequence of both teams running up the stairs also featured some nice movement.
Every week I end up thinking this show does so many things right. So why do I have that tingly feeling that there's something missing? I'm not enthralled by the show as I should be but can't really pinpoint what's wrong with it yet. Nonetheless, I'm having fun following this show weekly and maybe that's enough!
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What's a Rectangular Parallelepiped?
Grade 6 students found out about rectangular parallelepipeds as they constructed their own model of these 3D rectangular-sided prisms during French mathematics class. These labeled models will help them understand and refer to the faces, sides, and angles of these shapes in Geometry lessons! Hands-on building helps reinforce the concepts students are learning.
Rallye Lecture: Grades 3 & 5
Students in Grades 3 and 5 have joined in on the reading fun with the Rallye Lecture, a reading competition in which students keep track of the French and English books they've read and answer questionnaires to check their comprehension.
This is a proven effective tool designed to help students strengthen their reading comprehension, build their background knowledge and expand vocabulary in both English and French.
Math Rally: students put their heads together to solve problems
Students in Kindergarten through Grade 5 practiced their group work and problem-solving skills during the Math Rally. The math problems featured a variety of concepts that will be applicable to everyday life. Around 215 classes across the US participated during the specially designated Math Week!
Science Fair 2018: Grades 6-8
It was a show of creativity, innovative thinking, and scientific method at the Middle School Science Fair on Friday. With a focus on projects that will impact our future, Grade 6, 7, and 8 students presented their work to the rest of the school community. Take a look at their ingenuity!
Grey Water or Grow Water? Can grey water be used to successfully grow plants?
Wireless Electricity: how the Tesla coil works
An experiment in food shelf-life. Do organic or non-organic lemons hold up longer?
Transportation of the future: a look at how Hyperloop-one works with electric propulsion.
Design for a greener school of the future:
Could the majority of the vitamins we need come from a pill?
Vertical Farms: a great way to save space and reduce the use of pesticides!
Design for a house of the future. What elements would you incorporate?
Water crisis! A cost-effective water filtration system
Does a green roof help lower building temperature?
Will we all be eating bug smoothies and bread in the future?
Find out what kind of building design stands up best in the wind!
Let's see a demonstration of how a magnetic metro system works.
A creative design for a flying car, based on the principles of how airplanes fly.
A demonstration of how hydroelectric power works
Envisioning how cars of the future will be powered
What are some of the possible benefits of an insect-filled diet?
How can we design a watering system for vertical farming so that all plants get the water they need?
Thanks to all our Middle School participants for great work and fun, educational presentations during our 2018 Science Fair!
Engineering Workshops with Princeton University
Students learned a lot about engineering during a visit from graduate students in the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering department of Princeton University. https://mae.princeton.edu/
Engineers help design medical tools! Students learned how stethoscopes work by building one and listening to each other's heartbeat. They found that the stethoscope works much better when you add rubber coverings over the ends. Why is that?
Firefighters put out fires with the help of engineered equipment. Students brainstormed different ways to put out a fire and stay safe. What methods do you think they used? What's going to work best, water or air? How can we accurately get it to the flame?
Students explored another way to put out fires using a large drum. Thanks to a fog machine, we could even see the puff of air putting out the flame!
Engineers design rockets! Students built a rocket with the help of some simple materials. 10 seconds to takeoff! The rockets launched across the strings as the balloon deflated! How would you redesign your rocket to go faster?
Engineers use their knowledge to design musical instruments! Students learned about sound waves and how sounds are created. Because of their different properties, the slinkies moved up and down at different rates, just like the guitar strings.
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Home/Home Improvement/All You Need To Need To Know About Rough Plumbing Bathroom In Maryland
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All You Need To Need To Know About Rough Plumbing Bathroom In Maryland
Abdul RehmanSeptember 7, 2022
The rough-in is typically the most challenging part of the plumbing process. You'll be 90% of the way to finishing the project if you get the rough-in right. It doesn't have to be that intimidating. Sinks, toilets, and tub/showers all have standard rough-in measurements. In addition, rough-in specs are usually included in the product literature from fixture makers. Always double-check the typical dimensions against the manufacturer's specifications to ensure they'll fit in your space.
Putting the Pipes in Place
In a conventional plumbing project, the wastewater system is usually installed first. Working with smaller pipes around larger ones is always more accessible than the other way around. The wastewater system is not pressurized and operates only on gravity. All wastewater pipes must be directed downward, away from plumbing drains, and towards the septic outlet, with a standard drop of at least 1/4 inch for each horizontal foot of pipe.
Methane gas must escape from the wastewater system through vents so that wastewater can flow freely. Plumbing fixtures must have a trap or a U-shaped pipe to keep the water full to prevent sewage gas from entering the living space. Clogs are unavoidable, no matter how well a system is built. Local plumbing codes will dictate where cleanouts must be made as a result.
Read More: An Important And Comprehensive Overview Of Kitchen Plumbing Texas
Rough-In Planning in Maryland
Getting a Bathroom Renovation Expert Stages of Bathroom Plumbing
A basement bathroom addition requires careful planning, just like any other home improvement project. During this stage, you and your contractor will choose the following:
Where will the bathroom be located?
How will the new bathroom be laid out?
What bathroom will fixtures be added?
What will the budget be?
The success of the subsequent phases depends on the outcome of this step, making it the most important.
Cleanup and Demolition
This stage is really important in the process of renovation of the bathrooms. The process of demolition can be done in a manner where you can remove the reusable fixtures of the bathroom to keep them and use them later in the fitting process. In case you are planning to clean up the bathroom. First, you have to gather all the necessary tools and supplies. Next, you have to clear out all the little stuff, including the cupboard, shower, and shelves. Then take down anything hanging with the wall to prevent it from damaging when hammers are used. Let's make the room safe to work with and shut off the power supplies to the washrooms using the right power breaker switch.
The walls and fixtures that are in the way will be removed using expert demolition. The old bathroom will need to be dismantled if you transfer an existing bathroom rather than building a new one in your basement.
Bathroom Plumbing and Construction Rough-In in Maryland
At this point, the new bathroom's construction gets underway. First, the floor plumbing rough-in is finished. The installation of the wall's structure and subsequent wall rough-ins will come next. The drywall in the bathroom is next put in. When the plumbing rough-in is complete and the fixtures are ready to be installed, all the pipes and drains will be in place.
The fittings for the bathroom are then installed. There are faucets, a showerhead, a bathtub, a sink, and a toilet. Depending on the space, arrangement, and size, the bathroom cabinet can be installed after all fixtures have been installed. Larger institutions may now pass through, thanks to this. Currently, everything is working correctly in the restroom. On the other hand, this step attends to the finishing touches that your basement bathroom requires to deliver the most outstanding experience possible.
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718 F. 2d 1465 - Yermakov Yermakov v. R Fitzsimmons P
718 F2d 1465 Yermakov Yermakov v. R Fitzsimmons P
9 Collier Bankr.Cas.2d 699, Bankr. L. Rep. P 69,435
In re Alexis M. YERMAKOV, dba, Westerly Stud Farms, Debtor.
Alexis M. YERMAKOV, dba, Westerly Stud Farms, Appellant,
Edward R. FITZSIMMONS and Richard P. Weldon, Appellees.
Ninth Circuit.
Argued and Submitted Nov. 2, 1982.
Withdrawn from Submission
June 21, 1983.
Resubmitted Oct. 25, 1983.
Decided Oct. 25, 1983.
Rauer L. Meyer, Bushkin, Kopelson, Gaims & Gaines, Los Angeles, Cal., for appellant.
Merle C. Meyers, San Francisco, Cal., C. Douglas Wikle, Los Angeles, Cal., for appellees.
Appeal from the United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit.
Before FLETCHER, NELSON and REINHARDT, Circuit Judges.
FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:
This is an appeal from a decision of the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel that reversed the bankruptcy court's interpretation of the proper basis for computing the compensation to be awarded under 11 U.S.C. Sec. 330 to a debtor's attorney. The Panel ruled that Fitzsimmons, formerly attorney for the Yermakovs, who are debtors in a bankruptcy proceeding, could recover under section 330 the fee provided in a contingency fee contract entered with the Yermakovs three years prior to commencement of the bankruptcy proceeding. We withdrew the case from submission to allow additional briefing concerning the question whether we might lack jurisdiction over the appeal because the bankruptcy court's order was interlocutory.
The case is hereby resubmitted. We conclude that we have jurisdiction over the appeal and that the bankruptcy court, not the Panel, correctly interpreted section 330. Accordingly, we reverse.
* BACKGROUND
Alexis and Katherine Yermakov in 1974 purchased the Westerly Stud Farms, consisting of 3,700 acres of grassland in the Santa Ynez Valley near Solvang, California. $3,000,000 of the purchase price of $5,760,000 was paid by a promissory note secured by a deed of trust. The Yermakovs subsequently purchased several hundred thoroughbred race horses, also acquired by promissory notes secured by a second deed of trust on the Westerly real estate.1
The Yermakovs were unable to meet the payment schedule on the promissory notes given in the horse purchases, and they received a notice of default in November, 1977. Later they also defaulted on the promissory note given to purchase the real estate. The holder of the second deed of trust elected to foreclose, and the property was sold, subject to the first deed of trust, for $4,500,000. The purchasers agreed to allow the Yermakovs to remain in possession only through November 4, 1978. The Yermakovs found themselves in an unhappy situation, because they still owned about 150 horses that were stabled on the Westerly farm.
In September of 1978, the Yermakovs on advice of their attorney contacted the attorneys who are appellees in this case, Edward R. Fitzsimmons and Richard Weldon. By a letter dated September 26, 1978, the Yermakovs entered a contingency fee agreement with Fitzsimmons and Weldon. This agreement, after describing in detail the "extreme difficulty" of the Yermakovs' position, stated that "we [Fitzsimmons and Weldon] shall have, and are hereby granted, a thirty-five percent (35 | -0.58853 | -0.419296 | -0.548721 | 0.406199 | [
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%) contingent fee of any enhancement in your present position, whether due from trial, settlement or sale." Fitzsimmons then commenced suit in California state court to set aside the foreclosure sale, alleging defects consisting of the failure to describe the entire parcel in the original trust deed and fraud by the mortgagee and the purchasers in the conduct of the sale. This court action effectively prevented the purchasers from ejecting the Yermakovs from Westerly Farms.
In September, 1979, while discovery was proceeding in the state court action, the purchasers bought the first deed of trust, which was also in default. This gave them power to foreclose and take possession of Westerly even though the state suit prevented them from taking possession based on the foreclosure of the second deed of trust. After the state court dissolved a temporary restraining order preventing foreclosure, Alexis Yermakov on February 4, 1980, filed a Chapter 11 petition in federal bankruptcy court.
Although neither the parties nor the court below stated the point explicitly, from the context of the record it appears that the value of both Westerly Stud Farms and the horses belonging to the Yermakovs appreciated substantially between 1975 and 1980. In the schedule of assets filed in the bankruptcy proceeding, Westerly was valued at $25,000,000 and the debtor's personal property, including the horses, was listed at $10,742,000. Thus, while the Yermakovs lacked sufficient cash to pay the indebtedness on their promissory notes, the total assets of the estate far exceeded total liabilities. The state action contesting foreclosure on the second deed of trust was removed to the bankruptcy court, where it was eventually settled prior to judgment. Under the settlement, a third party agreed to extinguish the Yermakovs' $11,500,000 outstanding indebtedness in exchange for an assignment of the right to redeem Westerly Stud Farms from the trust-deed purchasers. The Yermakovs also received free and clear title to the 210 acre parcel on which their residence and much of the farm improvements were located, an option to participate in a limited partnership that would own the entire Westerly Stud Farms, a dismissal of state counterclaims that had the effect of giving the Yermakovs 23 months of rent-free tenure on Westerly Stud Farms,2 and $1,773,242 in cash left over from the foreclosure sale. Following the settlement, Yermakov moved to dismiss the bankruptcy proceeding.
After the Yermakovs and their creditors reached the settlement, Fitzsimmons on behalf of himself and his partner Weldon applied to the bankruptcy court for compensation pursuant to 11 U.S.C. Sec. 330(a)(1). Fitzsimmons contended that he and his partner are entitled to receive 35% of the "enhancement" in the Yermakovs' financial position over their position on September 26, 1978. The position presently adopted by Fitzsimmons is that he is entitled to receive, at a minimum, record title to 35% of the 210 acre parcel and $647,600 in cash.3 The bankruptcy court, however, ruled that Fitzsimmons and Weldon may not enforce the contingency fee agreement in an application for a fee under section 330(a)(1), which authorizes only "reasonable compensation for actual, necessary services rendered" by a debtor's attorney. The court further found as a fact that the successful settlement primarily resulted from the efforts of the trustee in Yermakov's bankruptcy, as well as the trustee's attorney, and not from those of Fitzsimmons. The court stated that of the 1,877 hours of time billed by Fitzsimmons and Weldon, some were excessive and not required. Without stating any basis for computing an appropriate fee based on a reasonable hourly rate, the court awarded Fitzsimmons and Weldon total compensation, in addition to reimbursement for expenses, of $110,000.4 The bankruptcy court did not and has not entered a final order terminating | -0.135852 | 0.093272 | -0.614664 | 0.652029 | [
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the bankruptcy proceeding. Instead, the case has been held in abeyance, apparently awaiting the disposition of the present appeal.
Fitzsimmons and Weldon appealed the bankruptcy court's fee award to a Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit, which reversed. That court held that because the Yermakov bankruptcy will pay all creditors and return a surplus to the debtor, there is no need to apply any policy that would limit the debtor's attorney fee in order to conserve the estate for creditors. The Bankruptcy Panel further ruled that when judged by "the situation as it was when the agreement was entered into," the agreement is reasonable and can therefore be enforced upon a section 330 fee application.
We must determine at the outset whether we have jurisdiction to entertain the appeal from the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel's decision. In re Rubin, 693 F.2d 73, 76 (9th Cir.1982), held that while an interlocutory order of a bankruptcy court may, by leave of the panel, be appealed to the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel, the BAP decision remains interlocutory and cannot be the subject of a direct appeal to this court. In re Rubin does not question that a "final" order of the bankruptcy court may be appealed to the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel, and then to this court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. Sec. 1293(b). Id. at 75. Our jurisdiction in this case thus depends on whether the bankruptcy court order appealed is final or interlocutory.
The Tenth Circuit has ruled that an interim allowance of attorneys fees awarded pursuant to 11 U.S.C. Sec. 331 is interlocutory in nature and cannot be appealed directly to the circuit court. In re Callister, 673 F.2d 305, 307 (10th Cir.1982). We are inclined to agree with the reasoning of that decision. All parties to this case have argued, however, that the order awarding compensation to appellees was not an interim allowance, but rather a final determination of the payment to be distributed to them from the estate. The parties take the position that the bankruptcy court order is therefore final as to Fitzsimmons and Weldon, and may be appealed to this court.
Portions of the bankruptcy court's comments upon entering the order suggested that the award given might be supplemented by subsequent orders. The court stated that "[t]he allowances made now include work performed and time spent up to the time of the hearing on the applications. Any time spent and work performed after that will be the subject of separate applications." If the bankruptcy court meant that Fitzsimmons could apply for more compensation at a later time, the fee award could only be viewed as an interim order entered pursuant to section 331, and would not be appealable to this court. The parties, however, assure us that Fitzsimmons and Weldon were discharged from further representation of the Yermakovs prior to entry of the bankruptcy court's fee order. They maintain that the appellees will not be permitted to file any further fee applications.
Our review of the record satisfies us that the parties are correct, and that the bankruptcy court's comments quoted above did not leave open any possibility that Fitzsimmons and Weldon could be granted additional fee requests.5 See In re Pacific Far East Line, Inc., 654 F.2d 664, 666 n. 2 (9th Cir.1981). Thus, the bankruptcy court order conclusively determined the entire section 330 compensation to be paid the appellees. From this premise it follows that the court's order, entered in the peculiar context of a bankruptcy proceeding, conclusively determined a separable dispute in the case, and constitutes a "final judgment, order, or decree" appealable under 28 U.S.C. Sec. 1293(b). See In re Saco Local Development Corp., 711 F.2d 441, 445-46 (1st Cir.1983).
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the appellees filed for compensation under 11 U.S.C. Sec. 330(a)(1), which permits a fee award only for "reasonable compensation for actual, necessary services rendered by" an attorney.6 The appellees ignore the purpose and effect of that provision. Section 3307 is designed to secure for the estate the services of competent professional persons, including a trustee, an attorney for the trustee, accountants, appraisers, and others who may be needed in order best to operate, reorganize, or liquidate the estate. See S.Rep. No. 989, 95th Cong., 2d Sess. 40-41 (1978), reprinted in 1978 U.S. Code Cong. & Ad.News 5787, 5826-27; H.Rep. No. 595, 95th Cong., 2d Sess. 329-30 (1978), reprinted in 1978 U.S.Code Cong. & Ad.News 5963, 6286-87. The debtor's attorney is included among the professionals compensated under section 330 on the theory that his services, while not performed for the direct benefit of the estate, may be helpful to the bankruptcy process because they facilitate orderly administration of the estate. 2 Collier on Bankruptcy p 330.04 (1983 ed.). Because "economy in administration is the basic objective," S.Rep. 989, 95th Cong., 2d Sess. 40 (1978), reprinted in 1978 U.S.Code Cong. & Ad.News 5787, 5826, Section 330 limits the compensation payable to the debtor's attorney as well as other professionals to a reasonable amount for "actual" services that are "necessary" in connection with the bankruptcy process.
The contingent nature of the appellees' claim itself belies any contention that the amount appellees seek is reasonable compensation for actual or necessary services. Appellees in effect argue that no matter what the nature or extent of the services they performed, they are entitled to receive the share of the "enhancement" of the debtor's position that the Yermakovs agreed to in 1978. By accepting appellees' position, we would accord an administrative expense priority to an obligation incurred by the debtor long before the filing of bankruptcy. See 11 U.S.C. Secs. 503(b)(2), 507(a)(1) (Supp. V 1981). Such a result would flatly contradict the policy reason for granting administrative expense priorities, which is that the estate as a whole is benefitted if general creditors subordinate their pre-bankruptcy claims in order to secure goods and services necessary to an orderly and economical administration of the estate after the petition is filed. See In re Cochise College Park, 703 F.2d 1339, 1355-56 (9th Cir.1983). We cannot sanction the decision of the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel that would have produced this anomalous effect.
The panel below suggested that in the ordinary bankruptcy proceeding, the necessity for conserving assets for the benefit of creditors would require the bankruptcy court to ensure that a section 330 fee award is not excessive in light of actual services rendered. 21 B.R. at 11-12. However, it stated that the fact that the estate in this particular case will return a surplus of assets to the debtor required the section 330 application to be viewed from a different perspective. The panel ruled that because the fee agreement would apparently be upheld under state law, and since the issue of enforcement is before the court only due to a "fortuitous circumstance," there is no reason why the fee contract should not be enforced. Id.
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the estate, the attorney can assert the claim in bankruptcy. See 11 U.S.C. Sec. 502(a) (Supp. V 1981). The claim must be disallowed, however, to the extent that it exceeds the reasonable value of services rendered by the attorney. 11 U.S.C. Sec. 502(b)(5) (Supp. V 1981).
In this case, it is questionable whether the claim asserted by the appellees represents the reasonable value of the services they rendered. From our review of the record, it appears likely that the Yermakovs' return to financial health was occasioned primarily by a sharp increase in the value of property they owned, and only tangentially by the efforts of Fitzsimmons and Weldon. As the bankruptcy court noted, an earlier filing for bankruptcy by Yermakov would probably have achieved a better result sooner at less cost. We do not decide whether a contingency fee contract can be or is in this case a measure of the "reasonable value" of the services of the debtor's attorney under section 502(b)(5). No aspect of either decision below addresses that issue; the issue is not before us. The record does not show that Fitzsimmons and Weldon ever filed a proof of claim covering the contingency fee contract. Unless properly proved, the claim may not be allowed. Perry v. Certificate Holders of Thrift Savings, 320 F.2d 584, 589 (9th Cir.1963). Should the appellees submit a proof of claim, the bankruptcy court in the first instance will determine whether and to what extent it can be allowed.
CALCULATION OF THE FEE
The appellees argue in the alternative that even if the bankruptcy court correctly ruled that the contingency fee contract is not a proper basis for an award pursuant to section 330, still the court's award of $110,000 should be set aside because it is not reasonable. Appellees argue that the award is unreasonable because the bankruptcy court did not adequately articulate its reasons for arriving at the fee award.
The bankruptcy court, although it discussed the question of enforceability of the fee contract at length, made only a brief statement concerning the fee actually awarded. It commented that "[t]he time summary contained in the Supplement to Application for Fee as Attorneys for Debtor is of little help. The times are stated as approximations. Some are excessive or not required. The total is approximately 1,877 hours." Without further elaboration, the court awarded an overall fee of $110,000.
The primary method used to determine a reasonable attorney fee in a bankruptcy case is to multiply the number of hours expended by an hourly rate. Southwestern Media, Inc. v. Rau, 708 F.2d 419, 427 (9th Cir.1983). Under the present Bankruptcy Code, the hourly rate must be based on the rate that would be charged for comparable services in a non-bankruptcy case. 11 U.S.C. Sec. 330(a)(1); see H.R.Rep. No. 595, 95th Cong., 1st Sess. 330-31 (1977), reprinted in 1978 U.S.Code Cong. & Ad.News 5963, 6286. Factors appropriate to the determination of a comparable rate in this case would include (1) the rate normally charged by Fitzsimmons and Weldon in comparable non-bankruptcy cases where an hourly fee basis is used; (2) the prevailing rate for such work in the area during the period in question; and (3) the number of hours of work claimed, if any, that were actually performed by persons whose services are generally billed at a lower rate. Southwestern Media, 708 F.2d at 428; see Johnson v. Georgia Highway Express, Inc., 488 F.2d 714, 717-19 (5th Cir.1974) (listing numerous factors to be considered in awarding attorneys' fees).
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show that the bankruptcy court acted on the basis of the appropriate factors in determining the fee to be paid Fitzsimmons and Weldon. The court stated that some of the hours billed were excessive or unnecessary, but it did not state how many should be allowed. Nor did it state what it considered to be an appropriate hourly rate for the time spent. We therefore remand the case so that the court may recalculate the fee or state on the record the reasons supporting the present fee award.
We also remand for another reason. The bankruptcy court, in making its fee determination, may not have been aware that the appellees are not entitled to compensation under section 330 for all services they may have rendered the Yermakovs in the past. A proper construction of the bankruptcy fee statute allows compensation under the administrative expense provision of section 330 for only those "actual, necessary services" rendered by the debtor's attorney "in contemplation of and in connection with" the bankruptcy case. See 11 U.S.C. Secs. 329(a), 330(a)(1). Reasonable fees charged for services rendered for other purposes may also be compensated, but only as general claims against the estate, and not as compensation under section 330. The bankruptcy court should take further testimony, if necessary, and determine the number of hours spent by the appellees that can properly be compensated pursuant to section 330. It should then multiply those hours by an hourly rate calculated in accordance with the principles set forth in this opinion to arrive at the amount to be awarded Fitzsimmons and Weldon as "reasonable compensation for actual, necessary services rendered" by them as the debtor's attorneys in the bankruptcy proceeding.
The decision of the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel is REVERSED, and the case is REMANDED for further proceedings in the bankruptcy court.
However, the property description in this second deed of trust omitted a 210 acre parcel on which the debtor's residence, a breeding facility, and other improvements were located. 21 B.R. 6, 7 (Bkrtcy.App. 9th Cir.1982)
The Yermakovs received "free use" of Westerly between September, 1978 and February, 1980 because the claim of the purchaser at foreclosure for rent during that period was ultimately dropped. The Yermakovs received an additional period of free use, from July, 1980 to January, 1981, from the third party buyer as part of the settlement agreement. Based on the bankruptcy court's determination of a reasonable administrative rent, the value of the total period of free use was $1,250,000
This is based on only two items received by the Yermakovs in the settlement, the 210 acre land parcel and the $1,773,242 cash payment. Fitzsimmons states that if awarded this amount, he will forego any attempt to collect based on other types of "enhancement," such as free use of Westerly, the value of which is more speculative
This total consisted of $100,000 to be paid from the estate, plus $10,000 that Fitzsimmons and Weldon had received from the Yermakovs as an advance
We surmise that the comments referred only to the trustee, the attorney for the trustee, and the estate accountants, who were awarded fees at the same time as Fitzsimmons and Weldon
At argument before the bankruptcy court, counsel for appellees characterized his position as follows: "I believe that under the standards of section 330, and because section 329 is not applicable to the present situation [see infra note 8], the fees for the applicants in this case should be calculated solely upon the written contingency fee agreement between the parties."
11 U.S.C. Sec. 330 (Supp. V 1981) provides that:
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October 30, 2018 by Peter T Young Leave a Comment
Looking Into The Past
It looks like Kalākaua's vision is becoming a reality …
Kalākaua's interest in modern astronomy is evidenced by his support for an astronomical expedition to Hawaiʻi in 1874 that came from England to observe a transit of Venus (a passage of Venus in front of the Sun – used to measure an 'astronomical unit,' the distance between the Earth and Sun.)
The King allowed the British Royal Society's expedition a suitable piece of open land for their viewing area; it was not far from Honolulu's waterfront in a district called Apua (mauka of today's Waterfront Plaza.)
Kalākaua addressed those astronomers in 1874 stating, "It will afford me unfeigned satisfaction if my kingdom can add its quota toward the successful accomplishment of the most important astronomical observation of the present century and assist …"
"… however humbly, the enlightened nations of the earth in these costly enterprises to establish the basis of astronomical distance." (Pacific Commercial Advertiser, September 19, 1874)
Kalākaua reinforced his positive feelings toward modern astronomy – and noted the importance of scientific learning versus the financial aspect of it. On November 22, 1880, King Kalākaua wrote to Captain RS Floyd noting his interest in telescopes and astronomy:
"I must thank you sincerely for the pamphlet you sent me of the 'Lick Observatory Trust.' Something of this kind is needed here very much but we have so few people who take interest in scientific matters. Everybody is bent upon making money on sugar and the all might dollar." (King Kalākaua)
In Kalākaua's time they were measuring an astronomical unit, using now-considered rudimentary equipment; today's cutting-edge telescopes are making discoveries about new planets, interacting galaxies and seeing stars at the edge of the observable Universe.
Astronomy looks into the distant past.
"Proxima Centauri, which is the closest star to us (other than the Sun), is about 4 light-years away. This means that the light we see from it now left the star about 4 years ago."
"(T)he light from the Sun takes about 8 minutes to reach us here on Earth, so when you look up at the Sun, you see it as it was 8 minutes ago (but don't look at the Sun) … The speed of light is about a foot per nanosecond (billionth of a second)". (Masters)
It wasn't until nearly a century after Hawaiʻi's participation in the first Transit of Venus that a high elevation observatory was constructed in Hawaiʻi – in 1964, a NASA-funded 12.5-inch telescope was installed on Puʻu Poliahu to see if Mauna Kea provide the right observation conditions.
Dr. Gerard Kuiper's team began "seeing" studies. Kuiper concluded that "The mountaintop is probably the best site in the world – I repeat – in the world – from which to study the moon, the planets, and stars." (Ironwood Observatory Research)
At the close of the decade Mauna Kea saw the construction of a 0.6-meter (24-inch) (1968) and 2.2-meter (88-inch) (1970) telescopes, provided to University of Hawaiʻi by the US Air Force and NASA.
Now, Hawai'i has another opportunity … the Thirty Meter Telescope.
The Hawai'i Supreme Court has upheld the Board of Land and Natural Resources decision to issue the Conservation District Use Permit for the construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT).
TMT will be three times as wide, with nine times more area, than the largest existing visible-light telescope in the world. This larger telescope will deliver sharper and deeper images than existing telescopes both on the ground and in space.
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can only be realized if we correct the blurring effects of the Earth's atmosphere with special adaptive optics. Maunakea is one of the best sites in the world for using adaptive optics to sharpen images, as the atmosphere over Hawaii is calm, steady, and most often free of clouds and weather.
As a result, TMT will likely revolutionize our understanding of the universe and will help to ensure that Hawaii remains the global leader in astronomy. (TMT)
TMT will be able to study the earliest galaxies that formed, when the universe was only a small percentage of its present age; galaxies containing stars comprised of raw materials from the Big Bang.
TMT will also extend the studies of the shapes, dynamics, and chemistry of early galaxies – from 5 to 6 billion years ago and further back in time to almost 13 billion years ago, when the very first structures in the universe were forming.
TMT will also study individual stars in our local group of galaxies at a volume nearly 100 times larger than currently possible.
By resolving and studying these individual stars, we can determine how our Milky Way Galaxy and its nearest neighbors have grown, interacted, and possibly even merged (i.e. captured dwarf galaxies) over the history of the universe. (TMT)
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Mauna Kea Observatories
Mauna Kea started to form over a million years ago, in stages typical of all Hawaiian volcanoes. Magma rising through fissures in the ocean crust hot spot slowly built a volcanic cone of pillow lava and glassy fragments, rock formations created by underwater eruptions. About 800,000-years ago Mauna Kea rose above sea level, and intensive mountain building began.
Mauna Kea's shield-building phase ended about 130,000-years ago. Cinder cones at the summit mark the location of subsequent eruptions, which buried a larger central caldera. Eruptions flared even when Ice Age glaciers gripped the summit. (National Geographic)
Since 150,000 to 200,000-years ago, there have been three glacial episodes. Glacial debris on the volcano formed about 70,000-years ago and from approximately 40,000 to 13,000-years ago. Mauna Kea is presently a dormant volcano, having last erupted about 4,500-years ago. (USGS)
No point on the planet reaches higher into the atmosphere than Mount Everest: 29,035-feet (unlike the hot spot that formed Mauna Kea, Mount Everest formed as the result of a convergent tectonic boundary.)
But as a geologic formation, Everest is substantially smaller than Mauna Kea. Everest begins its rise in the Himalaya at an average elevation of 19,160-feet above sea level. Its height from base to summit averages 10,000-feet. The base of Mauna Kea starts about 45-miles out from shore at a depth of some 18,900-feet, giving it a total rise of 32,696-feet. (National Geographic)
"The ancient Hawaiians were astronomers, and (they used terms that) appertained to the heavens, the stars, terrestrial science, and the gods. Curious students will notice in this chant (Kumulipo) analogies between its accounts of the creation and that given by modern science or Sacred Scripture." (Liliʻuokalani)
"In ancient times, the class of people studying the positions of the moon, the rising and setting of certain fixed stars and constellations, and also of the sun, are called the kilo-hōkū or astrologers. Their observations of these heavenly bodies might well be called the study of astronomy."
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misfortunes, victory or defeat of a battle, death of king or queen, or any high chief; it also foretells of pestilence, famine, fine or stormy weather and so forth." (Nupepa Hawaiʻi, April 2, 1909)
In the 1930s, the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) undertook fencing, road building and visitor facilities on Mauna Kea. The CCC built a stone cabin at Hale Pōhaku, which gained its name (house of stone) from that structure. The cabin at Hale Pōhaku provided a shelter for overnight hikers, hunters and snow players.
In 1943, construction of a road from Hilo to what would become the Pōhakuloa Training Area began. After the end of World War II, the Saddle Road, as it was called, was extended to Waimea, greatly improving access to the south side of Mauna Kea.
In 1961, an Executive Order by Governor Quinn set aside land on the summit of Haleakala in a place known as Kolekole, to be under the control and management of the University of Hawaiʻi which established the 'Haleakala High Altitude Observatory Site,' sometimes referred to as Science City. (IfA)
Observatories are an 'identified land use' in the Conservation District pursuant to HAR §13-5-24, Identified Land Uses permitted in the Resource Subzone include, R-3 Astronomy Facilities, (D-1) Astronomy facilities under an approved management plan.
In 1964, the first road to the summit, a "jeep road" was completed, and in July of that year, the Lunar and Planetary Station, located on the summit of Pu'u Poli'ahu was opened (Group 70.) The jeep road was improved in 1970, allowing much easier access to the summit.
The Institute for Astronomy (IfA) was founded at the University of Hawai'i (UH) in 1967 to manage the Haleakala Observatory on Maui and to guide the development of the Mauna Kea Observatories on Hawaiʻi Island, as well as to carry out its own program of fundamental research.
In 1968 Governor John A. Burns established the Mauna Kea Science Reserve, and through a lease with the Department of Land & Natural Resources, the University of Hawaiʻi was granted the authority to operate the Science Reserve as a scientific complex.
The University of Hawaiʻi's Board of Regents adopted its first master plan for the Science Reserve (Mauna Kea Science Reserve Complex Development Plan and Final Environmental Impact Statement) in 1983.
The University's 2000 Master Plan for the UH Management Area designated 525 acres of the UH leased land as an Astronomy Precinct within the 11,288-acre Mauna Kea Science Reserve.
Office of Mauna Kea Management (OMKM) was established in 2000 as part of a master plan to provide responsible stewardship of Mauna Kea, including protecting cultural, natural and scientific resources, monitoring public access, and decommissioning astronomical facilities.
Kahu Kū Mauna (Guardians of the Mountain) is a volunteer community-based council whose members are from the native Hawaiian community. They give advice on Hawaiian cultural matters affecting the UH Management Areas. They review proposed projects and give their input to the Mauna Kea Management Board.
The 1983 plan included seven areas in the Science Reserve that were designated as Analysis Areas. The 2000 update of the Master Plan enabled the refinement of the Telescope Siting Areas within the Astronomy Precinct, to include all existing observatories, proposed redeveloped facilities and new facility sites.
The areas were anticipated to provide suitable observation conditions with minimum impact on existing facilities, wekiu bug habitat, archaeological sites and minimal visual were selected.
The astronomy precinct, where 13-existing telescopes are located, delineates the area of development of astronomy facilities, roads, and support infrastructure. (The remaining 10,763 acres are designated a Natural/Cultural Preservation Area in order to protect natural and cultural resources within the UH Management Areas.)
The 13-telescopes with the Mauna Kea Astronomy Precinct include:
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• UH-Hilo 0.6-meter (24-inch) (1968)
• UH IfA 2.2-meter (88-inch) (1970)
• NASA Infrared Telescope Facility, 3.0-m, (1979)
• Canada-France-Hawai'i Telescope, 3.6-m, (1979)
• United Kingdom Infrared Telescope, 3.8-m, (1979)
• Caltech Submillimeter Observatory, 10.4-m (1987)
• James Clerk Maxwell Telescope, 15-m, (1987)
• Very Long Baseline Array, 25-m (1992)
• Keck I 10-m, (1992)
• Keck II 10-m, (1996)
• Subaru Telescope, 8.3-m, (1999)
• Gemini Northern Telescope, 8.1-m, (1999)
• Submillimeter Array, 8x6m (2002)
(The Hubble Space Telescope's mirror is similar in size to that of the UH 2.2 meter telescope — the second smallest telescope on the mountain. However, Hubble's position, orbiting the Earth, gives it a view of the universe that typically far surpasses that of ground-based telescopes.)
With today's technology and the fiber optic communications system, many of the studies occurring at these observatories can be operated remotely either from Hale Pōhaku, off-mountain Hawaiʻi locations (Waimea, Hilo), or via the Internet.
The mid-elevation facilities at Hale Pōhaku have typically been associated with support of astronomers, dating back to times when all facilities were operated by on-mountain astronomers and technicians.
Today, the Onizuka Center for International Astronomy located at Hale Pōhaku has living facilities for up to 72 people working at the summit. Also located at the center are the Visitor Information Station and other support buildings. The station is managed by the Institute for Astronomy's Mauna Kea Support Services.
In 2006, ʻImiloa Astronomy Center of Hawaiʻi was completed. The 42,000-square-foot exhibition and planetarium complex is located in the University of Hawaiʻi's Science and Technology Park. It was designed specifically to promote the integration of modern astronomical science and the Hawaiian culture.
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NASA Infrared Telescope Facility Built in 1979
Canada France Hawaii Telescope Photo IFA 1979
United Kingdom Infrared Telescope (Photo UKIT) 1979
Caltech Submillimeter Observatory 1987
The James Clerk Maxwell Telescope 1987
The Very Long Baseline Array 1992
Twin Keck (Illustration by Tom Connell) 1992-1996
The Subaru Telescope (Photo Subaru) 1999
The Gemini Northern Observatory 1999
The SubMillimeter Array 2002
Road to the Summit with support buildings IFA
Hale Pohaku Photo IFA
Map of the Summit. ( IFA )
Filed Under: Buildings, Economy, General, Place Names Tagged With: Astronomy, Hawaii, Hawaii Island, Mauna Kea
September 5, 2015 by Peter T Young 2 Comments
Hale Kilo Hoku
"In ancient times, the class of people studying the positions of the moon, the rising and setting of certain fixed stars and constellations, and also of the sun, are called the kilo-hoku or astrologers. Their observations of these heavenly bodies might well be called the study of astronomy."
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's last King, Kalākaua, has been referred to as a Renaissance man. While seeking to revive many elements of Hawaiian culture that were slipping away, the King also promoted the advancement of modern sciences, art and literature … and astronomy.
King Kalākaua has also been described as a monarch with a technical and scientific bent and an insatiable curiosity for modern devices. He became king in 1874. Edison and others were still experimenting with electric lights at that time.
Five years after Kalākaua and Edison met (1881,) Charles Otto Berger, a Honolulu-based insurance executive with mainland connections, organized a demonstration of "electric light" at ʻIolani Palace, on the night of July 26, 1886.
"The first telephone ever used in Honolulu belonged to King Kalākaua. Having been presented to him by the American Bell Telephone Company." (Daily Bulletin, December 4, 1894) (It followed (1881) the placement of a phone in the White House (1879.))
Kalākaua addressed those astronomers in 1874 stating, "It will afford me unfeigned satisfaction if my kingdom can add its quota toward the successful accomplishment of the most important astronomical observation of the present century and assist, however humbly, the enlightened nations of the earth in these costly enterprises to establish the basis of astronomical distance." (Pacific Commercial Advertiser, September 19, 1874)
(When American astronomer Simon Newcomb combined the 18th century data with those from the 1874/1882 Venus transits, he derived an Earth-sun distance of 149.59 +/- 0.31 million kilometers (about 93-million miles,) very close to the results found with modern space technology in the 20th century.)
Kalākaua later helped astronomy with the Transit of Mercury (November 7, 1881.) "The king, Kalākaua, offered me the free occupancy of the site from which the observations of the Transit of Venus were made in December 1874 …" (Rockwell, Royal Astronomical Society)
The King then took his trip around the world, "Among our passengers on the voyage to San Francisco was a well-known Englishman, a lecturer on astronomy, returning from Australia."
"'He discussed with the King the astral theories of the Polynesians, which were, it must be confessed, not as advanced as those held by the present generation of Europeans, but quite as valuable as those of learned men two centuries before, who believed that comets were sent by the Almighty to frighten men into obedience."
"The King became much interested in these semi-scientific conversations, and at the end of the voyage their effect upon him was shown after a not altogether unexpected fashion." (Judd; Around the World with the King)
Later, in 1881, during his travels to the US, King Kalākaua visited the Lick Observatory in California and was the first to view through its new 12" telescope (which was temporarily set up for that purpose in the unfinished dome.)
"Then that magnificent type of a man, stalwart fellow with black hair, splendid features and bronzed complexion stood before Mr Lick, and said that he had heard what Mr Lick had done, and that he proposed to do for the state, that he thanked him on behalf of humanity." (Wright)
"Kalākaua arrived … at a crucial time, as the first important astronomical venture on Mount Hamilton was about to be launched. The 12-inch dome was not yet finished."
They improvised "by mounting the telescope temporarily on the pier in the open air. The next morning … he again went up the 'hill.' He told (Thomas Edward) Fraser (builder of the Lick Observatory) he was delighted with what he saw and wanted a transit at his place." (Wright)
Hawaiʻi had a chance for a Hale Kilo Hoku (observatory or astronomy building (Pukui)) in 1887. Harvard College Observatory issued a circular, "looking about for a suitable site for a station."
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of the late Uriah A Boyden, property the present value of which exceeds $230,000 was left in trust for the purpose of astronomical research, 'at such an elevation as to be free, so far as practicable from the impediments to accurate observations now existing owing to atmospheric influences.'"
"A location in the southern hemisphere will be preferable for various reasons one of which is that 'the southern stars invisible in Europe and the United States have been less observed than the northern stars and by the aid of a southern station the investigations undertaken at Cambridge can be extended upon a uniform system to all parts of the sky." (Harvard)
"There is no doubt Professor Alexander (of the Hawaiian Government) will be able to show that the Hawaiian Islands are fully qualified to fulfill some, if not all, of the required conditions (called for in the Harvard prospectus.)" (Daily Herald, April 13, 1887)
"The response to the Circulars was enthusiastic. (Harvard) received letters recommending mountain sites in the Andes and the Himalayas, and in South Africa, Australia, Japan and Hawaiʻi." (Harvard College Observatory) Harvard chose 'Mount Harvard' in Lima Peru for The Boyden Station of Harvard Observatory.
These were followed by NASA Infrared Telescope Facility, 3.0-m, 1979; Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope, 3.6-m, 1979; United Kingdom Infrared Telescope, 3.8-m, 1979; Keck I and Keck II, each 10-m, 1992 & 1996; Subaru Telescope, 8.3-m, 1999; Gemini Northern Telescope, 8.1-m, 1999; Caltech Submillimeter Observatory, 10.4-m, 1987; James Clerk Maxwell Telescope, 15-m, 1987; Submillimeter Array. 8x6m, 2002; and Very Long Baseline Array, 25m, 1992.
In 1891, while ill in bed, King Kalākaua recorded a message on a wax-type phonograph in the Palace Hotel in San Francisco. Kalākaua died in San Francisco a few days later (January 20, 1891.)
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Assessment of a high-order finite difference upwind scheme for the simulation of convection-diffusion problems
V.G. Ferreira, F.A. Kurokawa, R.A.B. Queiroz, M.K. Kaibara, C.M. Oishi, J.A. Cuminato, A. Castelo, M.F. Tomé, S. McKee
This article deals with the study of the development and application of the high-order upwind ADBQUICKEST scheme, an adaptative bounded version of the QUICKEST for unsteady problems (Commun. Numer. Meth. Engng 2007; 23:419-445), employing both linear and nonlinear convection term discretization. This scheme is applicable to a wide range of computational fluid dynamics problems, where transport phenomena are of special importance. In particular, the performance of the scheme is assessed through an extensive numerical simulation study of advection-diffusion problems. The scheme, implemented in the context of finite difference methodology, combines a good approximation of shocks (or discontinuities) with a good approximation of the smooth parts of the solutions. In order to assess the performance of the scheme, seven problems are solved, namely (a) advection of scalars; (b) non-linear viscous Burgers equation; (c) Euler equations of gas dynamics; (d) Newtonian flow in a channel; (e) axisymmetric Newtonian jet flow; (f) axisymmetric non-Newtonian (generalized Newtonian) flow in a pipe; and (g) collapse of a fluid column. The numerical experiments clearly show that the scheme provides more consistent solutions than those found in the literature. From the study, the flexibility and robustness of the ADBQUICKEST scheme is confirmed by demonstrating its capability to solve a variety of linear and nonlinear problems with and without discontinuous solutions.
International Journal of Numerical Methods in Fluids
https://doi.org/10.1002/fld.1875
Published - 10 May 2009
high-order upwind schemes
convective terms
finite differences
advection-diffusion equations
10.1002/fld.1875
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/fld.1875
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Upwind Scheme Mathematics 100%
Convection-diffusion Problems Mathematics 92%
Newtonian flow Engineering & Materials Science 82%
Convection Engineering & Materials Science 78%
Difference Scheme Mathematics 77%
Finite Difference Mathematics 71%
Advection Engineering & Materials Science 67%
Higher Order Mathematics 56%
Ferreira, V. G., Kurokawa, F. A., Queiroz, R. A. B., Kaibara, M. K., Oishi, C. M., Cuminato, J. A., Castelo, A., Tomé, M. F., & McKee, S. (2009). Assessment of a high-order finite difference upwind scheme for the simulation of convection-diffusion problems. International Journal of Numerical Methods in Fluids, 60(1), 1-26. https://doi.org/10.1002/fld.1875
Ferreira, V.G. ; Kurokawa, F.A. ; Queiroz, R.A.B. et al. / Assessment of a high-order finite difference upwind scheme for the simulation of convection-diffusion problems. In: International Journal of Numerical Methods in Fluids. 2009 ; Vol. 60, No. 1. pp. 1-26.
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order upwind ADBQUICKEST scheme, an adaptative bounded version of the QUICKEST for unsteady problems (Commun. Numer. Meth. Engng 2007; 23:419-445), employing both linear and nonlinear convection term discretization. This scheme is applicable to a wide range of computational fluid dynamics problems, where transport phenomena are of special importance. In particular, the performance of the scheme is assessed through an extensive numerical simulation study of advection-diffusion problems. The scheme, implemented in the context of finite difference methodology, combines a good approximation of shocks (or discontinuities) with a good approximation of the smooth parts of the solutions. In order to assess the performance of the scheme, seven problems are solved, namely (a) advection of scalars; (b) non-linear viscous Burgers equation; (c) Euler equations of gas dynamics; (d) Newtonian flow in a channel; (e) axisymmetric Newtonian jet flow; (f) axisymmetric non-Newtonian (generalized Newtonian) flow in a pipe; and (g) collapse of a fluid column. The numerical experiments clearly show that the scheme provides more consistent solutions than those found in the literature. From the study, the flexibility and robustness of the ADBQUICKEST scheme is confirmed by demonstrating its capability to solve a variety of linear and nonlinear problems with and without discontinuous solutions.",
keywords = "high-order upwind schemes, convective terms, numerical simulation, finite differences, advection-diffusion equations",
author = "V.G. Ferreira and F.A. Kurokawa and R.A.B. Queiroz and M.K. Kaibara and C.M. Oishi and J.A. Cuminato and A. Castelo and M.F. Tom{\'e} and S. McKee",
note = "Strathprints' policy is to record up to 8 authors per publication, plus any additional authors based at the University of Strathclyde. More authors may be listed on the official publication than appear in the Strathprints' record.",
doi = "10.1002/fld.1875",
journal = "International Journal of Numerical Methods in Fluids",
Ferreira, VG, Kurokawa, FA, Queiroz, RAB, Kaibara, MK, Oishi, CM, Cuminato, JA, Castelo, A, Tomé, MF & McKee, S 2009, 'Assessment of a high-order finite difference upwind scheme for the simulation of convection-diffusion problems', International Journal of Numerical Methods in Fluids, vol. 60, no. 1, pp. 1-26. https://doi.org/10.1002/fld.1875
Assessment of a high-order finite difference upwind scheme for the simulation of convection-diffusion problems. / Ferreira, V.G.; Kurokawa, F.A.; Queiroz, R.A.B. et al.
In: International Journal of Numerical Methods in Fluids, Vol. 60, No. 1, 10.05.2009, p. 1-26.
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AU - Tomé, M.F.
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L'Auberge Casino & Hotel Baton Rouge
777 L'Auberge Ave, Baton Rouge, LA 70820
The Sportsbook at L'Auberge has two locations: the ground floor of the casino by High Limit Slots, and on the second floor in the Promenade Area. The hours of operation vary between the two locations. The Casino Floor is open from 10 a.m. until 11 p.m. Monday through Friday and from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. The Promenade area is only open on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Its hours of operation are from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Friday, and from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday.
The Sportsbook has 25 betting kiosks and multiple ticket-writing stations that give bettors plenty of options when placing a wager. Before placing their wagers, bettors can get a head start building their bets with The Sportsbook's Bet Builder website.
The actual bets at L'Auberge are made through the Kambi platform. Kambi is a provider of sports betting services to licensed gaming operators, and helps to provide software platforms with helpful features to both users and operators. These include front end user interface, odds compiling, customer intelligence and risk management. In total, Kambi has partnered with more than 25 operators on six continents.
The betting windows that are currently set-up are temporary. L'Auberge is owned by Penn National Gaming, and construction on a Barstool Sportsbook will start in January and aims to open in June.
While L'Auberge is the only facility in Baton Rouge taking sports bets right now, multiple other casinos in the area are still vetting for licensing through the state.
Types Of Bets Taken At L'Auberge Baton Rouge
In-person betting at retail sportsbooks like L'Auberge offers plenty of options. Bettors can pick and choose which type of bet they prefer.
Moneyline Bets
Also referred to as a straight bet, a moneyline bet is when you simply pick who you think will win the game. Regardless of how close the game is, if you bet on LSU to win and they do, you win money. Simple as that. Payouts/odds are a little higher when betting on an underdog, and those wagers are represented with a plus symbol. Conversely | -0.499501 | 0.142066 | -0.595959 | -1.048617 | [
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, payouts/odds are lower when betting on the favorite, and those bets are represented with a minus symbol.
Points Spread Bets
Things get a little more interesting with a points spread bet. In this case, just winning the game is not going to cut it. In football and basketball, one team is usually favored over their opponent, and they are favored to win by a certain amount of points. For example, if LSU is listed as favorites at -3.5, in order to win the bet, they must not only win the game but win by at least four points or more. On the other side, if LSU is listed as underdogs at +3.5, then they must either win the game OR lose by three points or less.
These types of bets refer to the total amount of points scored in the game. You can place a bet on the number of points to either go over or stay under the listed total. For example, consider a game in which LSU is playing against Florida and the total listed is 52.5. If you bet on the over, you will need the two teams to combine for at least 53 points in the game to win your bet. If you bet on the under, then you would need the two teams to stay under 52 combined points to win. Many sportsbooks also offer totals for quarters and halves as well.
Parlays are a fun way to potentially earn a bigger payout. In a parlay, bets include multiple picks on at least two different games. Parlays can be made on the moneyline, points spread, or game totals. For example, if you put together a two-team moneyline parlay involving the Saints and the Cowboys, you would need both teams to win their respective games in order to receive a payout.
Player Prop Bets
Player props focus on a single player in a game. In NFL games, a popular player prop is total passing yards by quarterbacks. For example, bettors can bet on Saints QB Trevor Siemian to throw over or under his listed total of 212.5 passing yards.
A futures bet is different from placing a bet on a single game. A futures bet involves betting on a series or an award that will be decided in the future. For example, you can bet on the winner of the next World Series, or choose a team that you think will win the Super Bowl, and so on.
Live Sportsbooks Operating In Louisiana
Retail sports betting is now offered at nine Louisiana casinos. Eight locations have been approved through the Louisiana Gaming Control Board.
The first launch for Louisiana sports betting occurred on Sept. 6 when Paragon Resort Casino and its partner Betfred began accepting sports wagers at its location in Marksville. Paragon opened what it calls a "Las Vegas-style sportsbook" with the highly-anticipated launch. Because it is owned by the Tunica-Biloxi Tribe of Louisiana, Paragon is not regulated by the state.
On Oct. 29, the Louisiana Gaming Control Board issued retail sports betting licenses to four casinos and allowed them to begin taking in-person bets on Oct. 31. Horseshoe Casino in Bossier City and Harrah's New Orleans opened that day, while Boomtown Casino in Harvey and L'Auberge Casino in Baton Rouge opened one day later on Nov. 1.
In Lake Charles, The Golden Nugget and L'Auberge Casino launched retail sportsbooks on Nov. 10.
Two Bossier City casinos, Margaritaville Casino Resort and Boomtown Casino & Hotel, became the seventh and eighth casinos to earn the licenses. Margaritaville began accepting wagers on Nov. 12, while Boomtown took their first sports bet on Nov. 15.
Legal Sports Betting In Louisiana
Louisiana's casino industry has roots dating all the way back to the 1750s when the state held its first government-run lottery. Naturally, gambling in Louisiana has evolved over the past 250+ years, and the legalization of sports betting is the latest development that is still taking shape.
In addition to the nine brick-and-mortar casinos that have begun accepting sports wagers, several mobile operators, including Caesars, FanDuel, and DraftKings have also begun allowing Louisiana residents to download their sportsbook apps and sign-up for pre-launch bonus offers.
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oters in the majority of Louisiana parishes voted to legalize sports betting in their areas. Bettors will have to be physically located within one of the approved parishes in order to bet on sports in Louisiana. The parishes that chose not to legalize sports betting are Caldwell, Catahoula, Franklin, Jackson, LaSalle, Sabine, Union, West Carroll, and Winn.
Geofencing technology will be used to restrict people from betting on sports when physically located within a parish where it is not yet authorized. When mobile sports betting launches, bettors located in these parishes will have to drive to a parish that voted yes on sports betting in order to place a wager.
Louisiana bettors are already getting in on the action at the various brick-and-mortar casinos in the state. The popularity of sports betting will get a big boost once mobile betting is live. It is certainly an exciting time to be a sports fan on the bayou.
Online Sports Betting Partnerships In Louisiana
Once sports betting is launched in Louisiana, bettors will have the chance to bet straight from their mobile phones. Mobile betting apps offer sports fans a convenient way to place their bets from the comfort of their own home, at the local sports bar, or at the stadium.
The chart below lists some of the notable sportsbooks that are expected to go live in Louisiana in the near future.
Louisiana Sportsbook
Land-Based Partner
Claim Bonus Offer
Caesars Harrah's New Orleans, Horseshoe Casino Bossier City Get $100 free bet with pre-launch offer
FanDuel Boyd Gaming Get up to $100 pre-launch offer
Betfred Paragon Casino Resort Claim $150 pre-launch offer at Betfred
DraftKings Casino Queen Get $100 pre-launch offer
BetMGM Amelia Belle, Delta Downs, Evangeline Downs, Sam's Town Shreveport, Treasure Chest Get up to $1,000 with a risk-free bet (Use code SHARP)"
BetRivers TBD Get 100% deposit match bonus up to $250 (Use code SHARP250)
PointsBet TBD Get up to $2,000 with a risk-free fixed odds bet or PointsBetting (Use code BESTOFFER)
Louisiana Sports Betting Guide
The 3 Most Popular Sports For Sports Bettors In Louisiana
In the United States, the NFL is undoubtedly the most popular sport for bettors to place wagers on. That also rings true in Louisiana. With one of the more passionate fan bases in the NFL, the New Orleans Saints bring a ton of energy and excitement to the state. The Saints won their lone Super Bowl back in 2009, and they have made the playoffs in each of the last four seasons. Because of the Saints' popularity, the NFL figures to take plenty of betting tickets in Louisiana.
Louisiana is also SEC country, and the Pelican State is home to some of the most dedicated college football fans in the nation. LSU won the College Football Playoff in 2019, and they have won four national championships in their history. New Orleans serves as a host city for numerous college football bowl games, including the 2019 title game between LSU and Clemson. Shreveport also annually hosts the Independence Bowl. Following the NFL, college football will be a major market for sports bettors in Louisiana.
The NBA will be another league that bettors in Louisiana look to place wagers on. Along with the Saints, the Pelicans of the NBA call New Orleans home. There is a lot of excitement surrounding the Pelicans, as players like Zion Williamson and Brandon Ingram are poised for another strong season. The NFL and college football will take precedent, but the NBA will be a league that sports bettors in Louisiana focus on.
The Best Online Sports Betting Apps In Louisiana
These apps will be available on Apple iOS and Android devices as well as through desktop or mobile browsers:
Caesars Sportsbook >> Best for large risk-free bet offers and rewards program
FanDuel Sportsbook >> Best iOS and Android app
Betfred >> Best for retail location in Louisiana
DraftKings Sportsbook >> Best for overall betting experience
BetMGM Sportsbook >> Best for loyalty program
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What is Dalai Lama's 'Middle Way'
(en.tibet.cn)
The Dalai Lama has, in recent years, been telling the world he has stopped seeking "Tibetan independence" and turned towards a "middle way".
By this, he says, he means "high-level autonomy" or "real autonomy" in Tibet and other Tibetan-inhabited areas within the framework of the Chinese Constitution. Only by doing so, he has argued, can Tibet best protect its unique traditional culture, religion and eco-environment, and can the unification and unity of China be maintained. (On March 10, 1959, the reactionary upper class in Tibet staged a counter-revolutionary armed rebellion. When it was suppressed, the Dalai Lama and his men fled to India, where he made March 10 as a remembrance "Resurrection Day".)
On March 10, 2006, he followed his usual practice of delivering a speech, in which he said: "Making the Tibetan race become the real masters of their own fate and enjoy real autonomy constitutes my only wish. And this wish could be materialized as the PRC Constitution contains special stipulations for this."
What the Dalai Lama says sounds reasonable at first glance; and he has given up the "independence of Tibet" and turns to work for the interest of the Tibetans. However, if one takes a closer look at the background of what the Dalai Lama has put forth regarding this "middle way", its major contents and the Dalai Lama's explanation, and then compares this with the PRC Constitution, one will instantly find nothing new, only old wine in a new bottle.
People who know Tibetan history well know that the Dalai Lama stands for the "independence of Tibet" when he has fled to India in 1959. On June 20, 1960, he held his first press conference in India, and vowed to "restore freedom and the special status Tibet enjoyed before the Chinese invasion in 1950". Thereafter, he made speeches on March 10 each year, vowing to win the "independence of Tibet".
Moreover, the Dalai Lama set up his "government in exile" overseas and worked out a "Tibetan constitution" (later renamed the "constitution for Tibetans in exile"). He built up a rebel army in Nepal for border harassments in the ensuing years. In the name of "organizing armed troops to fight their way back into Tibet", he collaborated with the Indian military and American CIA to organize the "Indian Tibetan special border troops", set up "representative offices" in some countries, and organized the "Tibet youth congress", "Tibet national democratic party" and "Tibet women's federation." All these organizations have engaged in separatist activities overseas.
From the 1970s to the mid-1980s, the international situation underwent changes with India and the United States all working to improve ties with China. As a result, the Dalai clique got less public support internationally. It faced economic difficulties and was riddled with internal feuds. It was against this background that the Dalai clique told the Central Government it could "give up efforts seeking Tibetan independence and return to China".
In 1987, the Dalai Lama delivered a speech to the US Congressional Human Rights Committee, putting forth his "five-point scheme for Tibetan peace"; in 1988 he tried but failed to address the European Parliament in Strasburg, and instead spoke in the hall of the parliament, where he declared his "seven-point new schemes" (hereinafter referred to as the "five points" and "seven points"). In the two speeches the Dalai Lama made his statement with regard to the "middle way", and the two speeches served as the most authoritative explanation of this approach.
It is the "five points" and "seven points", as well as other explanations made by the Dalai Lama and his like that show the world the "middle way" goes against the Chinese Constitution and law. Here are four aspects related to this conclusion:
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in its preface that the PRC is a multi-national country founded by peoples of various ethnic groups in the country. Article 4 of the Constitution goes further to say that various regions exercising national regional autonomy in China are an inalienable part of the country. However, the Dalai Lama said in his "five points" that "Tibet was a completely independent state in 1949 when the PLA entered". In his "March 10" statement of 1995, he said: "The reality of today is that Tibet is an occupied country under colonial rule". At an Indian seminar called "support for Tibet", he declared: "Buddhism entered Tibet from India, and so did many other aspects of Indian culture. From this point of view, I hold that it is more reasonable for India to own sovereignty over Tibet than China." In recent years, the Dalai Lama has changed his tune by saying that the issue can be turned over to historians for discussion; we should refrain from talking about the past, and instead focus on the future.
It is an historic fact that Tibet has since the ancient times been an inalienable part of the Chinese territory, and the Central Government of China has exercised indisputable and effective rule over Tibet. During the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368), the Central Government set up the Xuanzhen Yuan to take in charge of the Buddhist affairs in the whole country and the military and administrative affairs of the Tibetan region. It exercised effective rule over Tibet by conducting census, setting up post stations, collecting taxes, stationing troops, appointing officials, and introducing the Yuan Dynasty criminal law, astronomy and calendaring to Tibet. During the Qing Dynasty (644-1911), the 5th Dalai Lama and the 5th Panchen Erdeni of the Gelug Sect of Tibetan Buddhism all received honorific titles from Emperor Shunzhi and Emperor Kangxi. From then on, the Dalai Lama and the Panchen Erdeni of the future generations all got the honorific titles and established their political and religious leadership in Tibet. And it becomes a historical precedence for the Dalai Lama and the Panchen Erdeni to receive honorific titles during the Republic of China (1912-1949). The 14th Dalai Lama himself was confirmed and enthroned with the approval of the Central Government of the Republic of China. Governments of various countries in the world declare that "Tibet is part of China". This constitutes the common knowledge of the international community and the political basis for China to develop bilateral ties with other countries. We see that the Dalai Lama publically refuses the fact that Tibet has since the ancient times been a part of China, and then says that he does not have to talk about this issue. He does all these to impress the others he has made concession. As a matter of fact, however, he is turning a known-to-all historical fact and a political principle related to state sovereignty into a historical and academic question that exists and does not have to be discussed. Admitting what the Dalai Lama has said means acknowledgement regarding his statement that Tibet has been an occupied country after 1949. Legally speaking, the so-called "Tibetan issue" will not then be an internal issue of China; it will then be related to "colonial issues" whereby the Tibetans could enjoy the right to independence through "national self-determination" according to international convention. This, of course, goes against the historical fact that China enjoys sovereignty over Tibet and the principle set forth in the PRC Constitution that areas exercising national regional autonomy are inalienable parts of China. The Central Government naturally is staunch in attitude and all people with a sober mind can see that what the Dalai Lama does is his plan to dish out his "Tibetan independence" when conditions ripen again according to his own standards.
The second point is that the Dalai Lama attempts to refute the current political system followed in Tibet according to the Constitution which states that the socialist system is the fundamental system of the PRC; no organization or individual is allowed to undermine the socialist system; in the PRC, all power belongs to the people, and the NPC and the People's Congresses at various levels are the organs of power through which the people exercise State power. And the PRC | 0.415442 | 1.172573 | 0.464507 | 1.383014 | [
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Law on National Regional Autonomy stipulates that national regional autonomy is the basic political system of the CPC to solve China's ethnic issues using Marxism-Leninism. The above legal stipulations undoubtedly apply to Tibet. However, the Dalai Lama declared that "the autonomy China follows is not real autonomy". According to what he has said, Tibet should achieve "high-level autonomy" or "real autonomy" according to the "one country, two systems" principle, and the scope of "autonomy" should be larger than that for Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao. In his "seven points", meanwhile, he argues that "a Tibetan government should be set up in Lhasa and should have an elected administrative chief and possess a bicameral legislative organ and an independent judicial system". In November 2005, the Dalai Lama said in the United States: "The Central Government should take care of defense and foreign affairs, because the Tibetans have no experience in this regard, but the Tibetans should have full responsibility for education, economic development, environmental protection and religion". In a nutshell, the CPC leadership, the socialist system, the people's congress system and the national regional autonomy in Tibet, which have been in place in Tibet for decades in accordance with the PRC Constitution, should all be refuted, and a whole new system introduced according to what he says "real autonomy". This is obviously different from what he claims for Tibet to work "within the framework of the Chinese Constitution." The PRC government white paper entitled National Regional Autonomy in Tibet issued in 2004 made it clear that, unlike Hong Kong and Macao, Tibet is not faced with question related to the exercise of sovereignty and the possibility of re-introducing another social system. Any endeavor to destroy and change the current political system in Tibet runs counter to the PRC Constitution and law.
It is known to all that the "one country, two systems" refers to the fact that the mainland follows the socialist system while Hong Kong and Macao continue to follow the capitalist system they had followed before. However, no capitalist system existed in Tibetan history; what was followed in the region was a feudal serfdom featuring temporal religious administration. In its own "constitution of Tibet in exile", the Dalai Lama advocates the reintroduction of the old system featuring "temporal religious administration". According to the system, the Dalai Lama is the government and religious leader enjoying the final say on major matters. In old Tibet, the Gashag set up by the Qing Dynasty in region, or the local government of Tibet, was composed of four Galoons. When the Dalai Lama had fled overseas, his government in exile continued to follow the system, with the role of chief Galoon of the government in exile continueing to be assumed by a high-ranking lama. These are the people who are advocating the "one country, two systems" approach for Tibet. What they can do? Only restore the feudal serfdom, and nothing else!
The third point is that the Dalai Lama sticks to "Large Tibetan Areas"that, however, does not exist in history. Articles 14 of the white paper on national regional autonomy says that matters concerning areas following the regional national autonomy, such as the title and regional border line, should be determined through full consultations among the State organs and local relative power organs and representatives of ethnic groups concerned in accordance with the law, and result of the consultations be submitted to departments concerned according to procedures set forth in the law; the areas following the system should not be disbanded or annexed without going through proper legal procedures. The Dalai Lama, however, persists in bringing together the areas where people of the Tibetan ethnic group live to form an "enlarged Tibet autonomous region" which would cover one-fourth of Chinese territory. People with knowledge of Chinese history know that, during the Yuan Dynasty, the three areas where the Tibetans lived saw the establishment of three pacification commissioner's offices for governance. The three areas refer to U-Tsang-Ngari (the bulk of the Tibet Autonomous Region today), Amdo (mainly southern Gansu, Aba of Sichuan Province and the bulk of the Tibetan-inhabited areas in Qinghai Province), and Kham (largely Yushu of Qinghai Province, Garze of Sichuan Provinice, Deq | 0.133974 | 1.036485 | 0.275557 | 1.721192 | [
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Bringing together nearly one hundred tales translated from fourteen languages, Folktales of India opens the vast narrative world of Indian folklore to readers of English. Beck includes oral tales collected from tribal areas, peasant groups, urban areas, and remote villages in north and south India, and the distinctive boundary regions of Kashmir, Assam, and Manipur. The tales in this collection emphasize universal human characteristics—truthfulness, modesty, loyalty, courage, generosity, and honesty. Each story is meant to be savored individually with special attention given to the great range of motifs presented and the many distinct narrative styles used. Folktales of India offers a superb anthology of India's bountiful narrative tradition.
"This collection does an excellent job of representing India. . . . It is the type of book that can be enjoyed by all readers who love a well-told tale as well as by scholars of traditional narrative and scholars of India in general."—Hugh M. Flick, Jr., Asian Folklore Studies
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390 pages | 8 halftones, 1 map | 5-3/8 x 8-1/2 | © 1987
Folktales of the World
Asian Studies: South Asia
Folklore and Mythology
Foreword by A. K. Ramanujan
I. Suitors and Maidens
1. The Goddess of Mahi River (Gujarat)
2. The Girl Who Was Loved by a Tree Spirit (Nagaland)
3. The Rain Prince's Bride (Gujarat)
4. A Farmer's Son (Tamilnadu)
5. The Man Who Was in Love with Two Girls (Nagaland)
6. Love between Two Birds (Nagaland)
7. Four Clever Men (Tamilnadu)
8. A Poor Man (Tamilnadu)
II. New Brides and Grooms
9. The Girl Fated to Die by Snakebite (Nagaland)
10. The Yakshi's Descendants (Kerala)
11. A Marriage in the World of the Dead (Nagaland)
12. A Dead Husband (Assam)
13. Four Friends (Uttar Pradesh)
14. The Farmer and the Barber (Uttar Pradesh)
15. The Story of a King (Tamilnadu)
16. The King's Daughter (Uttar Pradesh)
17. Sanykisar the Crow-Girl (Kashmir)
III. Parents and Children
18. The Boy Who Could Speak with Birds (Nagaland)
19. The Uninvited Guest (Kashmir)
20. The Birth and Marriage of Siva (Bengal)
21. Chokanamma (Kerala)
22. The Youngest Daughter-in-law (Bengal)
23. The Wicked Mendicant (Bengal)
24. Akanandun the Only Son (Kashmir)
25. Lord Siva and the Satwaras (Gujarat)
26. An Old Man's Wisdom (Nagaland)
IV. Sisters and Brothers
27. Seven Dumb Daughters (Kashmir)
28. The Clever Old Man (Assam)
29. Thabaton (Manipur)
30. Kini Mulki (Karnataka)
31. Greed Can Be Perilous (Kerala)
32. The Monkey-Son (Tamilnadu)
33. Monkey-Boy's Story (Tamilnadu)
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34. Tolerance and Jealousy (Tamilnadu)
35. The Story of a Brother and a Sister (Uttar Pradesh)
36. The Origin of Different Water Animals (Nagaland)
37. The Man Named Unige Mada (Nilgiri Hills)
38. Mamo Jalwalo (Gujarat)
V. Domestic Strife
39. The Fish Head (Assam)
40. The Cruel Daughter-in-law (Kerala)
41. A Flowering Tree (Karnataka)
42. Two Sisters-in-law (Uttar Pradesh)
43. Kecha Nahar (Assam)
44. Lord Krishna's Wives (Karnataka)
45. Sandrembi and Chaishra (Manipur)
46. The Tale of the Mouse (Kashmir)
47. As Long as You Keep Your Legs Up (Bihar)
48. Siva and Parvati (Karnataka)
49. The Story of a Man Who Had Awful Lips (Tamilnadu)
50. Vayanatu Kulavan (Kerala)
51. The Enchanted Water Hole (Manipur)
VI. Moral Virtue or Its Lack
52. The Prince and the Shepherd (Bengal)
53. Rich Girl, Poor Girl (Nagaland)
54. The Dexterity of a Squirrel (Kerala)
55. The Mincemeat Spirit (Kashmir)
56. The Crane and the Crow (Kerala)
57. The Tale of Bibgaraz Maj (Kashmir)
58. The Children of the Crab (Karnataka)
59. The Rupee Note (Assam)
60. The Value of an American Thank You (Karnataka)
61. The Brahman's Lime (Assam)
62. The Feast (Assam)
63. Borrowed Earrings (Andhra Pradesh)
64. Oh! Calcutta (Bengal)
65. Dala Tarwadi (Gujarat)
66. The Story of Pebet (Manipur)
67. The Outlaw Babar Deva (Gujarat)
VII. Knowledge and the Fool
68. The Elephant and the Ant (Gujarat)
69. The Crow and the Sparrow (Uttar Pradesh)
70. The Parrots and the Carpenter's Scale (Kerala)
71. The Potter and the Wagher (Gujarat)
72. The King of Delhi and the King of Turkey (Uttar Pradesh)
73. The Single-Wit (Gujarat)
74. Tenali Ramalingadu (Andhra Pradesh)
75. The Ghost of a Brahman (Bengal)
76. The Daily Measure (Assam)
77. Badsah the Great King (Kashmir)
78. The Foolish Gujjar (Kashmir)
79. Our Wife (Andhra Pradesh)
80. I'll Take Two (Andhra Pradesh)
81. Dropping, Rolling, Tail-Peeler (Kerala)
82. Panikar's Blunder (Kerala)
83. The Fox and the Crow (Uttar Pradesh)
84. The Greatest Fool of All (Bengal)
85. A Jackal and a Fox (Uttar Pradesh)
86. A Jackal and a Crocodile (Uttar Pradesh)
87. Chamdan and Yuthung (Manipur)
88. The Sparrow and the Sweet Pudding (Tamilnadu)
VIII. Origin Tales
89. The Origin of Man (Manipur)
90. How Lijaba Created the World (Nagaland)
91. The Porcupine Daughter (Gujarat)
92. The Origin of the Temple at Tarakesvar (Bengal)
93. Bhimnath Mahadev (Gujarat)
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If you drop down off the side to the right you'll quickly find the Legendary Treasure, unfortunately that's not the acorn we're looking for. Bounce back up and walk along the wooden planks to the right, three Troll Greasemonkeys and a Blast Troll will attack, kill them and step off the path to the right onto a tree midsection with a ramp and a Troll Grenadier on.
If you aren't going for the Achievement/Trophy then pick up the pile of rockets at the top and walk to the edge nearest the giant chainsaw. Fire the rockets in its general direction, six should do it. Once it's exploded and formed a handy ramp make your way down, smash through a fence and walk up along it.
After killing the three enemies out in the open another group will burst through the fence to the north, and once those are dead the Monster gate will open. There's a rotating blade next, step onto the bounce pad here to reach a Soul Gem, Stealth Elf's "Sylvan Regeneration". Jump straight back down again.
Carry on through the rotating blades, at the four blade one bounce up. If you take the northern bounce pad on this blade you'll find a Treasure Chest. Drop down and use the second pad, the next jump here requires you to wait so that you're not bumping straight into the blade overhead. Go down the slope and attack the large grouping of Trolls in amongst a large collection of explosive barrels (harmless to you).
Wander across the tiny bridge to a grassy area, go up the curve to the left and kill a few more Trolls, smash through a fence and then attack the Tech Spell Punk, one of the only ones that can actually do damage. The Story Scroll is also here so pick that up. Grab the rockets and go through the newly opened Monster gate, you'll probably want to kill the Trolls attacking you first but you should be able to fire the rockets over their heads.
Walk up the chainsaw and snuff out the Tech Spell Punk at the top, go left and south-west up to an Earth Gate.
Right, Left, Right, Right, Left, Left, Right, Left, Right, Left, Right, Right, Left, Left, Left, Left, Right, Right, Right, Left.
This opens up a teleporter behind there. Walk to the end of the platform you go to and drop off to the left onto another similar looking slope, you'll need to smash through a fence halfway up it. Drop down into a large open area with a bounce pad right near you. There are few Troll Greasemonkeys and Blast Trolls, as soon as they're gone the Monster gate will open to let you collect the Coonskin Cap from the Present.
Bounce back up the bounce pad and go back down the slope you just climbed up, for once don't follow the path of coins down, instead drop off the south side of the end to land on a slightly raised section at the start where the two Grenadiers are standing, here you'll find a Treasure Chest. If you missed the landing then just teleport back up and jump straight off the first platform.
Follow the winding path down through some explosive barrels and a few Trolls, after smashing through the fence use the bounce pad to jump up to the left onto a grassy area, don't land on the rotating blade section just yet. Up here you'll find the last of the Treasure Chests, it's being guarded by a few more Trolls and a couple of those Corn Hornets.
Jump back down the way you came up and go onto the rotating blade part this time, jump up again using the pad here. There's another large chainsaw and a rocket shown to you, you can just attack the chainsaw yourself but if you want to go up to get the rocket you'll need to go through a short series of rotating blades and bounce pads, nothing complicated.
Smash through the barrier and attempt to pick up the Eternal Life Source. It's not quite that easy though, time for a boss fight!
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Cellars Wine Club has grown substantially since its establishment in 1996 and now offers thirteen different membership levels to cater to any palate and budget. Cellars' Premium Wine Club is one of their more affordable, entry-level memberships and is geared towards an inexperienced wine drinker who is looking to educate themselves on domestic and international wines. In addition to trying wines from the classic regions like California, Italy and France, Cellars will also send their members wine to sample from newer premium regions like New Zealand, Australia, South Africa, Argentina and Chile. They also offer a wide range of varietals from the popular ones (ex. Chardonnay and Cabernet Sauvignon) to ones that are less well known (ex. Albariño and Shiraz).
All of Cellars' Premium Wine Club's featured wines are carefully researched by their in-house wine experts and are selected based on their quality and value, as well as overall uniqueness. As part of your membership, you will choose whether you want to receive two bottles of a red varietal in each shipment or if you'd prefer a white varietal and a red varietal. You can also decide how many shipments you want to receive, whether you want to pre-pay or pay in installments, and if you want to receive deliveries on a monthly, bimonthly or quarterly basis. In each shipment, you will also receive a short, educational newsletter detailing the winery's history, tasting notes on the wines and suggestions for food pairings. If you try a wine that you love, you can easily reorder more bottles on Cellars' website at a great discount.
You can purchase a monthly membership to Cellars' Premium Wine Club for $39 a month. Shipping and handling is included, but you will have to add $4 if you are shipping to a residence.
We give Cellars Wine Club's Premium Wine Club a B- because we feel the no-frills membership features a good variety of domestic and international wines and is a pretty great deal for a wine novice. However, we deducted points because they appear to have a less rigorous selection process than their competitors, don't publicly archive all previous wine selections, don't offer white-only shipments of wine and don't offer a 100% satisfaction guarantee.
Features wine from classic growing regions (ex. Italy, France, and California), as well as more recently discovered premium regions (ex. New Zealand, Chile and South Africa).
First shipment can be sent out immediately after receiving your order, but typically shipments are sent out on the 20th of the month.
No satisfaction guarantee, but they will only replace any bottles you receive that are corked/damaged. If you want to cancel your membership, you must do so by the 7th of the month otherwise it will not take effect until the following month.
Members will sample a wide range of red and white varietals from wineries in the US and around the world.
If you pre-pay for a 12-month subscription, customer service told me you will receive a $25 discount (not listed on the website as far as I could tell).
2009 Estate Sauvignon Blanc from Doña Paula from the Mendoza region in Argentina, which was one of only 18 wines (out of 700) to win a trophy at the Argentina Wine Awards.
In each shipment, Cellars will include their monthly newsletter, Cellar Notes. In addition to the winery's history and tasting notes on the wines, Cellar Notes will also provide information on the wine's region and club specials.
You can choose to receive shipments every month, every other month or every quarter. Shipments are typically sent out on the 20th of the month, but if you place an order after the 20th, you can still receive your wine right away if you want. If possible, you should ship to a business because Cellar's charges an extra $4 to ship to a residence.
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Make Meaning in Your Company
by Stanford / Guy Kawasaki
◀ ← Video Lecture 1 of 16 → ▶
1: Make Meaning in Your Company 2: Don't Write a Mission Statement, Write a Mantra 3: Get Up and Get Going! 4: The New Business Model 5: Weave a MAT and Outline Your Priorities 6: Know Thyself and Niche Thyself 7: Make a Great Pitch 8: Who to Hire 9: Lower the Barriers to Adoption 10: Seed the Clouds and Watch the Sales Grow 11: Be a Mensch 12: Funding Choices 13: How Do You Find Evangelists? 14: How Do You Find Soul Mates? 15: The Career Path to Becoming a Venture Capitalist or an Entrepreneur 16: Experience Is Overrated
Subject: Entrepreneurship
Name: Stanford University (Stanford)
Date Added: December 30, 2009
Guy Kawasaki, founder and Managing Director of Garage Technology Ventures, believes that those companies who set out to make a positive change in the world are the companies that will ultimately be the most successful. He gives examples of the best way to make meaning: increase quality of life, right a wrong, and prevent the end of something good.
The first thing I figured out and learned, sometimes the hard way, about entrepreneurship is that the core, the essence of entrepreneurship is about making meaning. Many many people start companies to make money, the quick flip, the dot com phenomena. And I have noticed in both the companies that I've started and funded and been associated with, that those companies that are fundamentally founded to change the world, to make the world a better place, to make meaning, are the companies that make a difference. They are the companies to succeed. My naive and romantic belief is that if you make meaning, you will probably make money. But if you set out to make money, you will probably not make meaning and you won't make money. So my first thought is you need to make meaning. That should be the core of why you start a company. There are three ways to make meaning. First is to increase the quality of life. My background is the Macintosh division of Apple Computer, and I can tell you with total certainty that we were not motivated by making money. We were motivated by changing the world to make people more creative and more productive. We were trying to increase the quality of life for the Macintosh user. And that was a great motivation. It kept us going through many many difficult periods. We were waking up in the morning thinking how we could change people's lives. A second way to make meaning is to right a wrong. This fish is going to die after jumping out, but to right a wrong means that you find something that's wrong in the world or you notice that's something wrong and you want to fix that. This might be particularly applicable to not-for-profits where there's pollution or there's crime or there's abuse and their very core is to end that wrong. And the third way to make meaning is to prevent the end of something good. You see something beautiful, something wonderful, and you just can't stand the fact that it's been eroded, it's being changed, it's being ruined. So I ask you as you start your companies, your not-for-profits, your churches, your schools, whatever you're starting, please have one of those three motivations, one or more of those motivations. If you don't have any of those motivations, I suggest that you rethink what you're doing. I think these three things are the key to starting a great organization.
Don't Write a Mission Statement, Write a Mantra
Get Up and Get Going!
The New Business Model
Weave a MAT and Outline Your Priorities
Know Thyself and Niche Thyself
Make a Great Pitch
Who to Hire
Lower the Barriers to Adoption
Seed the Clouds and Watch the Sales Grow
Be a Mensch
Funding Choices
How Do You Find Evangelists?
How Do You Find Soul Mates?
The Career Path to Becoming a Venture Capitalist or an Entrepreneur
Experience Is Overrated
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I Took Part in the Army's New Battalion Commander Assessment Program: Here's What I Learned
Vincent Enriquez | 02.07.20
As many readers will know, the Army has a new process for selecting officers for battalion command. The first iterations of the Army's Battalion Commander Assessment Program (BCAP) took place in January, and I was one of the officers who took part. My performance there will likely determine if I will continue to progress as a leader of soldiers in the United States Army.
Each of us who participated in BCAP have provided significantly more data to the Army in order to deem us either ready or not ready for battalion command. The stakes are high for officers in consideration; many of them feel that selection for battalion command is the defining achievement of a career as an Army officer. With the institution of the BCAP, the rules for reaching that goal seem to have changed suddenly, frustrating and angering many of those invested in the current system. Many of my peers find themselves questioning if their efforts over the last 16–18 years still mean anything.
After taking part in the program and reflecting on the experience since its completion, I have reached two conclusions. First, I believe the BCAP will make the process of selecting battalion commanders more fair. And second, the Army needs to take steps like this to stay relevant.
An Even Playing Field
The BCAP did something truly unique for an organization as large as the Army: it made a supreme effort to use the same yardstick for everyone. Maj. Gen. JP McGee, the director of the Army Talent Management Task Force (ATMTF), which was responsible for establishing the BCAP process, briefed us upon arrival at Fort Knox that the BCAP cadre would administer every assessment professionally and consistently for each of the more than 760 candidates split into eighteen cohorts. It was evident to me during each BCAP event that great lengths were taken by the ATMTF to ensure minimal variance of measurement in order to give the Army as fair a comparison of us to one another.
Take, for example, our height and weight measurements—one of the first assessments to ensure we met Army standards for body composition. The assessment was done in the same room of the same building with the same examiners on the same scale at the same time of day for everyone. This was followed the next morning by the Army Physical Fitness Test (APFT), which was administered indoors to ensure uniform conditions for each candidate. Push-ups and sit-ups were graded by the same graders, using the same strict Army standard.
If we are honest with ourselves, something as simple as enforcing a single standard on push-ups at a unit is challenging for a variety of reasons. Often the people grading are the people who also stand to benefit from increases in unit physical performance stats. Maybe it's a friend or a superior taking the test. How willing were we to say, "Sir/Ma'am, that last rep didn't count, your elbows didn't lock out completely"? The style in which this APFT was administered created a basis for fair comparison between candidates. Frankly, I finished with one of the worst PT scores I have had in the last decade—but I was confident everyone else had a similar experience. Twenty-one and three-quarters laps on an elevated track around an indoor gym was miserable for the two-mile run, but everyone ran the same course with the same HVAC system causing the same dry cough.
The APFT was followed by a battery of psychometric tests and writing assessment to measure overall cognitive abilities and to scan for any potential issues regarding a candidate's psychological health. I come from a background in Army Special Forces and have undergone similar testing before. Seeing it here, though, felt important. The Army should have results of such testing for every single potential battalion commander, given the impacts such leaders will have within their respective units. This data enables an apples-to-apples comparison of officers' raw cognitive ability, instead of relying primarily on rater and senior-rater assessments, which have no formal reporting mechanism. The current field-grade officer evaluation report (OER) doesn't even have a specific spot for raters or senior raters to convey their assessments of a rated officers' intelligence; for now such an assessment can only be inferred from a senior rater's comments.
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comments, to assess the quality and potential of officers. While that has worked well for the most part, that process has its shortcomings. The most significant issue is how much the quality of the senior rater's writing affects how a promotion or command selection board will grade an officer relative to his or her peers. Whether the senior rater writes well is independent of the rated officer's true quality, performance, or potential. Additionally, senior raters can only comment on officers under their command, making it very difficult to assess how officers from different units, rated by different commanders, compare to one another. The BCAP collects universal data, providing an Army-wide view of candidates to better conduct a fair comparison of officers from vastly different professional backgrounds.
The final event of the BCAP has perhaps received the most attention due to its novel use of a "blind" panel. Initially, this format concerned me because it seemed to eliminate the evaluation of criteria I thought was important for battalion command—presence, professional appearance, and use of nonverbal communication. However, we were told that the blind interview had two specific objectives: (1) to determine if an officer was ready for command; and (2) to assess the verbal communication skills of the officer. Given those limited objectives, the blind setup made sense.
The blind panel's first objective of assessing each officer's readiness for command was a pass-fail determination; the interview did not have to grade an officer with enough fidelity to move them up or down the overall rank order of assessed officers. It only had to determine if a candidate exhibited characteristics that convinced a majority of the panel members that he or she was not ready to command a battalion. I was not privy to the exact criteria, but I suspected some indicators—like toxic leadership traits, for example—might have met that threshold.
The second objective—assessing verbal skills—didn't require the panel to see the officer. Panel members just needed to hear what that officer was saying and assess how effective he or she communicated according to a rubric shared with candidates before our arrival at Fort Knox.
Overall, the quality that most clearly characterized all of the events and the way the BCAP was conducted was consistency. Data collected from these events will make the process of selecting battalion commanders more fair because it allows for more even comparison between officers with a wide variety of professional backgrounds. All the data were collected the same way, for each and every officer under consideration.
A Change the Army Needs
The Army needs to continue honestly and realistically assessing its many programs and systems in order to stay competitive in the contemporary operating environment—and make bold changes when change is required. That's exactly what the BCAP represents. From our in-brief, we were told that the Army is seeking to transform itself from a force meant to dominate in the Industrial Age into one agile enough to win in the Information Age. The BCAP is one of the first cornerstones laid in a broader modernization strategy to accomplish that mission.
Modernizing our Army for the Information Age is no small task. Efforts to upgrade cyber and networking capabilities are the types of initiatives that seem to capture the most attention, and while those are important, so are things like talent management. The Army must incorporate Information-Age capabilities such as data-driven decision making into the talent-management process. We need updated methods and tools to collect data about ourselves and each other, and then to further parse and analyze that data. It might sound cliché to make this comparison, but this transformation is like Moneyball for the Army. Professional baseball teams realized some of the information driving acquisition decisions, like a player's height or how fluid his pitching form was, weren't directly tied to making the team win more. However, there was player data available that had a direct tie-in to achieving more wins: on-base percentages. A player that got on base more than another would generate more opportunities to score, which translated into more runs and more victories. The takeaway here for the Army is that with a little trust, the right data can help us create a competitive advantage.
Accepting that data-driven decisions have a role in our modern Army is a step in the right direction. The BCAP, undertaken on the direct authority of the chief of staff of the Army, means more than just selecting the right battalion commanders. It is a demonstration of trust in a selection methodology that carves out a space for data analysis. The human element still plays the biggest role in deciding if and where an officer will command a battalion. Assessment of past performance through the lens | 1.504334 | 1.032904 | 2.230999 | 1.039633 | [
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provided by OERs makes up the greatest share of the formula that calculates a candidate's overall position on the battalion command order-of-merit list. The important thing is that the Army is bringing in data analysis where previously there was none.
For some, this seems like an obvious step for the Army to take, but that is a pretty radical concept for an Army culture that has historically sought to empower leaders at the lowest level and honor the sanctity of a commander's personal judgment. With the BCAP, assuming the Army leadership stands by the results, we are taking some weight from what commanders, in their capacity as senior raters, have said about their folks and reallocated that to the raw data collected during the BCAP.
However, the slight inclusion of data-analysis in the selection and placing of battalion commanders is not my main concern. What struck me several days after I returned from the BCAP was the question that is the underlying burning question for the wider Army—how do we know we are collecting the right data? Do soldiers of higher cognitive ability actually make better commanders? Can we say the same of APFT scores? The BCAP collected comprehensive data on a single year group of aspiring battalion commanders, and symbolically that means a lot for the reasons I gave above, but we have to understand what it is—a single data pull at one point in time from a particular year group of officers. The Army doesn't have a way to take these results and compare them against historically successful commanders. Other than collective assumptions about desirable characteristics in a commander, we don't know for sure which have a causal relationship with mission success or to what degree. Going back to the Moneyball example, it's not as clear cut as "they get on base." We are still just analyzing the BCAP data and rank ordering candidates using the Army's assumptions about what makes a good commander.
The Army had to start somewhere, though. Beginning to collect data had to happen. Sure, many of my peers wished it hadn't started with us, but I think all of us know that we're part of the Army team, and someone had to execute the task of getting assessed. I just hope that this effort continues for the long term and longitudinal studies are produced as a result. Ideally, when the time comes for my year group to take battalion command, the Army would also collect data on a wide range of aspects that define "success" for command of a unit, such as soldier retention, combat efficiency during rotations at the combat training centers, or how well a commander's subordinates end up scoring when they're eventually eligible for the BCAP. That unit performance data in combination with what was gathered from the BCAP would help to objectively identify the constitution of a good commander.
After some reflection, I realized my peers and I shouldn't overthink how to maximize our personal performance at the BCAP. Our mission there wasn't to get selected for a battalion command; it was: to help the Army find the best possible battalion commanders. Taking a hard look at myself, I do strongly desire to return to command a Special Forces battalion, but I know most of the other officers also in consideration and they are all superb. The Special Forces Regiment will keep "rolling along," even if I do not come back to command. So putting my pride and personal desire for a tactical battalion command aside, the real question is: How best can I serve the Army in the years ahead? For now, participating in the BCAP is the best way to help the Army find the answer.
Lt. Col. Vincent Enriquez currently serves as a Military Aide to the Vice President. He was originally commissioned as an Army Engineer after graduation from West Point in 2003. He later completed the Special Forces Qualification Course, earning the Green Beret and served in 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne) and 1st Special Forces Command (Airborne). He was previously a Wayne A. Downing Scholar.
The views expressed are those of the author and do not reflect the official position of the United States Military Academy, Department of the Army, or Department of Defense.
Image credit: Pvt. Matthew Marcellus, US Army
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Danny Anderson on 02.07.20 at 5:29 pm
I would like to think Lt. Col. Vincent Enriquez for a very in depth look into BCAP. I am finding the Armys tranformation into forward thinking so refreshing | 0.909895 | 0.667616 | 1.485344 | 0.771692 | [
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. Instead of an OER tunnel vision process. Question of interest. Did you get selected for Bn Commander position? Thank You
Tom Rozman on 02.08.20 at 12:15 pm
Well written and cogent…the general import of the comment is encouraging in that the Army is examining a more relevant and effective approach to selecting one of its most critical corps of leaders in their operational leadership contribution when activated and in their potential benefit to the service in their development toward critical Army senior leadership needs. But having experienced earlier iterations of the processes introduced through several decades I always retain reservations about possible negatives along with the positives. Most system developers tend to be conceptual people. Most system appliers and practitioners are not. This is a immutable fact of our reality and translates to some dysfunction over time, for example, a previous iteration of a version of such selection introduced in the late 1980s euphemistically referred to as the "Youth Leadership" initiative arguably had some downsides over the following years on the effect of the leaders who emerged from this process after its introduction. As always, some positives mixed with negatives resulted….but on whole what was the long term effect on say level of toxic leadership or on numbers of highly effective leaders that built truly effective mission capable teams at every level of command? Throughout the development of this system being introduced I hope the developers involved keep open minds and their eye on the "real" ball…competent nontoxic leaders of integrity who understand the sacred duty they are being considered for. The last thing a battalion needs is a narcissist.
jose A. CaRbone on 02.08.20 at 12:44 pm
The one aspect that I did not see evaluated was what did this officer's battalion command sergeant major and other senior NCO's think about his leadership style and effectiveness.
Senior NCO's are key to an officer's development and I trust they also have the Army's best interest at hand.
Travis on 02.09.20 at 9:37 am
Vincent, thanks for writing this. I am curious about the overall weighting of BCAP to OERs.
Mark Tomola on 03.11.20 at 1:00 am
As part of the psychological/ leader profile a 360 assessment was done on each candidate. prior to the BCAP event, organizers solicited feedback from subordinates and peers on each candidate. The candidate did not have any role in selecting who would provide commentary, so there was no "survey packing." Each candidate also answered a similar survey about themselves. This allowed the evaluation team to assess emotional intelligence and perception of potential candidates. The range of surveys solicited allowed assessors to eliminate significant outliers for any individuals with an ax to grind. The 360 assessment was aggregated into the psychological profile of the candidate. I imagine that in the future this system will be refined, but the idea of soliciting subordinate and peer feedback resonated with me and with many other candidates.
Chris danbeck on 02.20.20 at 9:20 pm
Thanks for a great rundown and a mature look at this important process. One thing you address but not directly is the consistent commentary I hear on social media and in the last Pre-command Course of the fear that senior rater evals clearly don't mean anything anymore. Basically future Brigade CDRs not understanding that the ONLY reason you and fellow officers were even at BCAP was because leaders (BN but more BDE Commanders) chose you to be there through there evaluation. Congrats on the selection and good luck wherever you command!
andrew bell on 02.23.20 at 9:49 am
Just to make your point that Army standards as simple as the push-up on the APFT are subjective, your example of "Sir/Ma'am, that last rep didn't count, your elbows didn't lock out completely" for the push-up does not sound correct. Is the standard to "lock out your elbows" or "raise your entire body until your arms are fully extended"? If you don't know the difference your point about how subjective Army standards are just got more complicated. Yes, I agree there should be an "even playing field" and that starts with knowing what the standards are and are not. As leaders, we need to become expert enough to understand the standard and the spirit of that | -0.557712 | -0.897394 | 0.217224 | -0.345597 | [
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Alsept Surname Ancestry Results
Our indexes 1000-1999 include entries for the spelling 'alsept'. In the period you have requested, we have the following 5 records (displaying 1 to 5):
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Apprentices registered at Exeter in Devon (1741-1745)
ALSEPT. Cost: £8.00.
City of Westminster Voters (1780)
The poll for the election of two citizens to serve in Parliament for the City and Liberty of Westminster was begun 7 September and ended 23 September 1780, the candidates being the Hon. Charles James Fox (F), Sir George Brydges Rodney, bart. (R), and the Right Hon. Thomas Pelham Clinton the Earl of Lincoln (L). In this poll book the names of all voters are given, by parish and within each parish by street, arranged alphabetically by surname and christian name, with the individual votes cast shown in the right hand columns. Pages 1 to 48 cover the parish of St George, Hanover Square; 49 to 100, St Martin; 101 to 134, St Clement and St Mary le Strand; 135 to 155, St Ann, Soho; 157 to 166, St Paul, Covent Garden; 167 to 170, St Martin le Grand; 171 to 224, St James; 225 to 274, St Margaret and St John.
Inhabitants of Islington in Middlesex (1790-1797)
The provincial sections of the Universal British Directory include lists of gentry and traders from each town and the surrounding countryside, with names of local surgeons, lawyers, postmasters, carriers, &c. (the sample scan here is from the section for Hull). The directory started publication in 1791, but was not completed for some years, and the provincial lists, sent in by local agents, can date back as early as 1790 and as late as 1797.
Persons of standing recommending London police recruits (1830-1842)
The Metropolitan Police Register of Joiners (MEPO 333/4) lists policemen joining the force through to 31 December 1842 (to warrant number 19892). The register is alphabetical, in so far as the recruits are listed chronologically grouped under first letter of surname. It is evidently a continuation of a similar earlier register, not closed until its alphabetical sections were filled: consequently, there are no entries in this register for the initial letters N, O, Q, U, V, X, Y or Z; and the sections of this register start at different dates - A 18 April 1840 (warrant number 16894); B 11 December 1830 (5570); C 7 September 1830 (4988); D 27 May 1833 (8445); E 15 December 1838 (14476); F 30 March 1832 (7372); G 1 December 1835 (11,184); H 25 April 1832 (7457); I and J 13 February 1837 (12449); K 2 January 1838 (13457); L 3 October 1834 (9905); M 15 November 1832 (7999); P 4 October 1831 (6869); R 4 September 1837 (13021); S 30 March | -0.774806 | 0.814447 | -0.335043 | -0.419736 | [
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Potemkinites
During the reign of Czarina Catherine the Great, her royal favorite, Prince Potemkin, arranged that she should be spared the site of rural poverty during her travels through Russia by causing false-front villages to be erected along her route. From her carriage window, Catherine did not see the degradation of her subjects, hidden away behind the princely theatrical productions.
So, should we be surprised that the most famous sequence in Battleship Potemkin (1925), indeed, one of the most famous sequences in the history of cinema, did not actually happen? Eisenstein's brilliant political (most call it 'propaganda') film, dramatizes the mutiny of the battleship crew in 1905, part of the runup to the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917. The scene at the steps of Odessa where the machine like ranks of the Tsar's army shoot down civilians, driving them into the whips of the mounted Cossacks waiting at the bottom of the stairs, contains the endlessly quoted – I almost said 'iconic', but what does that mean? – bit with the baby carriage bouncing down the stones unattended after the girl attending it is shot down.
There was a mutiny, however, and I was tickled to read that the last survivor of the original crew died in Ireland, aged more than 100, the owner of a thriving fish and chips store.
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Demons II: Conclusion
So, Demons comes to an end, but I'm not sure that there was a complete exorcism, although this scene after the murder of Shatov is a start:
…he snatched out the revolver and pointed it straight into the open mouth of the still screaming Lyamshin, whom Tolakchenko, Erkel and Liputin had already seized firmly by the arms, but Lyamshin went on shrieking even in spite of the revolver. Finally, Erkel, somehow bunched up his foulard and stuffed it deftly into his mouth, and thus the shouting ceased. Meanwhile, Tolkachenko tied his hands with a leftover end of rope.
Can we say that anything has been resolved, when we have young people like this in town who gape at suicides for fun?
I remember one of them saying aloud right then that "everything has become so boring that there's no need to be punctilious about entertainment, as long as it's diverting."
Stepan Verkhovensky, the stuffy old-time liberal is aghast at the events in the town, and at the role his son played in organizing it all. He glimpses the truth that his own abstract, self-satisfied intellectual games helped set the stage for it, and shattered by the knowledge, he sets off wandering in Russia, like King Lear on the heath. Still, he remains absurd, childishly seeking a new female protector in the person of bible saleswoman he happens upon, and he still utters French expressions as would any self-respecting member of the intelligentsia. So much for finding the real Russia.
Joyce Carrol Oates has written a fine essay on the novel in which she jeers at critics who insist on judging the book by an arbitrary standard, including Nabokov, and where she draws many parallels with Shakespearean tragedy:
Much has been said of the unevenness of The Possessed: Dostoyevsky has been accused of creating caricatures rather than characters, and of exaggerating the imbecilic nature of his "anarchists." Several close readings of the novel have convinced me that this is not the case. Of course if The Possessed—like any of Dostoyevsky's work, beginning with The Double—is measured against the conventional standards of naturalism, it will seem somewhat feverish and improbable: but so will King Lear and Hamlet.
Oates remarks on the frequent comparison of Stavrogin to Prince Hal, a foolish one, she thinks: Hamlet is the more suitable comparison. An exceedingly dark Hamlet, and all the darker for knowledge of the suppressed chapter, At Tikhon's, in which the jaded superman character, above all normal human feeling, reveals his cruel seduction/rape – | 1.244096 | 0.563759 | -0.211401 | 0.44652 | [
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it's not completely clear which – of a twelve-year-old girl who then killed herself. His demonic narcissism and self-destructiveness makes him a perfect front man, for Pytor's nihilist machinations, as well as being a figure of magentic attraction for him:
No need for education, enough of science! There's sufficient material even without science for a thousand years to come, but obedience must be set up. Only one thing is lacking in the world: obedience. The thirst for education is already an aristocratic thirst. As soon as there's just a tiny bit of family or love, there's a desire for property. We'll extinguish desire: we'll get drinking, gossip, denunciation going: we'll get unheard-of depravity going: we'll stifle every genius in infancy.
So I wince when I hear anarcho-hipsters singing Pink Floyd's We Don't Need No Education, from The Wall. Those who learned the lessons carried on, but in a more organized fashion. They had the courage and ego to create a structure to ensure their place at the vanguard of the destructive wave
In the meantime your whole step is towards getting everything destroyed: both the state and its morality. We alone will remain, having destined ourselves beforehand to assume power: we shall rally the smart ones to ourselves and ride on the backs of the fools. You should not be embarrassed by it. This generation must be re-educated to make it worthy of freedom. There are still many thousands of Shatovs ahead of us.
But if Dostoyevsky is ruthless in his depiction of the nihilists, their hangers-on, and by implication, their progeny in the revolutionaries of 1917, he is not light on the Establishment. Governor von Lembke is an idiot – is he the only thing standing between Russia and the abyss? Well, he has a German name anyway…
And, in the end, what is to be done? I will go on to read just that novel since it appears to be one of the most influential in the history of 19th century Russia.
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"We must smash the kulaks, eliminate them as a class." Joseph Stalin
The Foundation Pit, by Andrey Platonov is a short novel writen around 1930, but not published in Russian until the 1950s. Platonov was an enthusiastic supporter of the Revolution, but came to understand firsthand its horrific consequences for the rural peasantry. Unlike a lot of Soviet intellectuals who had their doubts about Comrade Stalin's methods, and who were only at home in the cities, Platonov travelled and saw by himself what was going on during the period of forced collectivization and de-kulakization.
The kulaks (from the Russian for tight fist) were so-called rich peasants who would naturally tend to resist being forced to relinquish their property and livestock to join a collective. In fact, any peasant who had any property at all could be deemed a kulak, and they were deported en masse to various parts of the USSR, with large percentages of them dying on the way. The master plan was to force the rural masses to supply grain to the cities, where Stalin's breakneck industrialization program was centered, and to supply the grain on demand, as called for by the central bureaucracy, regardless of what a fair price would be or what the rural nutritional needs were. As a result, millions starved. The incredible brutality of this policy caused a split in the Party, with horrific consequences.
The book is rather difficult to read despite its brevity. It begins and ends at the site of an enormous excavation for a housing project's foundation, although it isn't all that clear if the work is being carried forward in any rational manner, and in between there is a long section that takes place in an agricultural village where a party functionary, known as The Activist, is pushing along the collectivization program. The story is structured like a fable, almost a fairy | 0.871544 | 0.848469 | 0.24005 | 1.008416 | [
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tale, but the landscape is bleak, and people speak only in political sloganese. In fact, the language of the text is what is most difficult, for every sentence seems to contain within it many allusions, parodies, sarcasms, and deep ironies. Readers who are not familiar with early Soviet culture and its controversies are likely to be mystified, or bored.
The weird language that Platonov creates seems to be mirror of the weird, irrational, tortured state to which Soviet society was reduced during the era of the purges and collectivization. It seems to mock its speakers with its haywire intellectual pretensions, and sometimes notes of intense tragedy break through, in spite of it.
A sample – The activist is making a raft on which to float away the deported kulaks, perhaps an allusion to the practice of filling barges with anti-revolutionaries and sinking them that occurred during the French Terror – a kulak challenges the authorities:
"Show me your papers then, if you're truly an authorized body."
"What kind of a body am I to you?" said Chiklin [an engineer at the pit]. "I'm a nobody. The only body around here is the Party."
"Show me the Party then. I want to take a close look at it."
Chiklin gave scant smile.
"You wouldn't recognize it – not if it were staring you in the face – I can barely sense it myself! Report to the raft at once, you capitalism, you bastard!"
"Let him sail the seas. Here today, and gone tomorrow, isn't that right?" pronounced Nastya [a very youg girl]. "Bastards like him make life boring."
Chiklin and the hammerer [a bear that acts like a human – often found in Russian folklore] further liberated another six huts that had been built with the flesh of poor laborers, and then returned to the OrgYard where the masses, now purged of kulaks, were standing in expectation of something.
The activist checked the newly arrived kulak class against his own social stratification register, found complete precision, and rejoiced in the action of Chiklin and the forge hammerer. In return, Chiklin showed his approval of the activist: Now that's what I call consciousness! Your sense of the classes is just like an animal's!"
Zhachev, a legless veteran of the "imperialist war" watches the kulaks float away.
By then, the kulak river transport had begun to disappear around a bend, behind the bushes on the bank, and Zhachev was loosing the appearance of the class enemy.
"Fa-are we-ell parasites!" Zhachev shouted down the river.
"Fa-are we-ell! responded the kulaks floating off to te sea.
Does he loose site of the kulaks, or does he cease to see them as class enemies once they are reduced to their helpless state? Does he know which? Later, the activist is made frantic by a directive from on high that states that many people like him have gone too far, undermined socialist progress, maybe even been wreckers! Such forward and backward leaps of policy, leaving the fanatical and the opportunistically faithful vulnerable to purges were common, and completely planned by Stalin.
After a while, the activist descended an inventory down onto the floor so that the child could leave a mark confirming receipt in full of all the property acquired in life by the landless laborers who had died without kin and stating that she would put this to good future use. Nastya [who dies at the novel's end] slowly drew a hammer and sickle on the paper and handed the inventory back.
A symbolic exchange. Note the weird verb cases – "descended an inventory down onto the floor…" This is not a poor translation, it's a deliberately odd use of the passive voice, mocking, I think, the pseudo-scientific, objective prose to be found in so much communistic hack work.
Somehow Platonov survived to die in 1951 from the TB he caught from his son who was sent to the Gulag at age fifteen.
… And now, for some comic relief:
Bankers are the new kulaks, rails Lady Black
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Injustice Watch (https://www.injusticewatch.org/commentary/2016/if-hes-guilty-it-cant-be-malicious-prosecution/)
Speaking of malicious prosecutions…
By Rob Warden | April 6, 2016
Federal Bar Association
Judge Robert Dow Jr.
Regardless of whether U.S. District Court Judge Robert M. Dow Jr. was on firm ground last week when he denied a motion to dismiss a $40 million civil suit stemming from the supposed malicious prosecution of Alstory Simon for an infamous double murder, the ruling — right or wrong — begs a crucial question: Can a prosecution that rested on overwhelming evidence of guilt be construed as malicious?
Alstory Simon
The answer, of course, in the end surely will be that it cannot.
But evidence of Simon's guilt was not the issue before Judge Dow last week; in deciding whether to dismiss a case, a judge is required to accept factual allegations in the complaint as true. In giving a green light to the suit against Northwestern University, former Professor David Protess, and private investigator Paul J. Ciolino, Dow held only that the alleged facts, if true, constituted a plausible cause of action.
Any forthcoming objective assessment of the facts, however, surely will find them wanting — leaving nothing remotely resembling reasonable doubt that Simon shot Jerry Hillard, 18, and Marilyn Green, 19, to death in a dispute over a drug debt in the wee hours of August 15, 1982, in Washington Park on the South Side of Chicago.
There is no credible evidence to the contrary — despite an elaborate propaganda campaign orchestrated by a three avaricious, agenda-driven lawyers who represent Simon — James G. Sotos, Terry A. Ekl, and Andrew M. Hale, who have dedicated their careers to representing police officers accused of torture and framing innocent civilians.
The trio contend that Hillard and Green were slain not by Simon, but by Anthony Porter, who was convicted of the crime in 1983 and came within two days of execution in 1998 before he was exonerated and pardoned based on innocence.
The propaganda campaign comprises a book called "Justice Perverted" written by a former Chicago Tribune reporter William Crawford and published by a vanity press, a deceitful documentary called "A Murder in the Park" based on Crawford's book and financed by Hale, and a wrongheaded, if not disingenuous, decision by Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez to cut short a 37-year prison sentence Simon received after pleading guilty to the crime in 1999.
Simon's suit, like the book, documentary, and Alvarez's action, rests on an implausible notion that Protess and Ciolino, who worked on wrongful conviction cases with Protess and his students, somehow tricked Simon into falsely confessing, supposedly by promising him that he might share in the proceeds from a prospective book and movie deal — no money down, of course.
The suit goes on to surmise that Protess and Ciolino set about framing Simon and freeing Porter to advance both the drive to abolish the Illinois death penalty and their reputations as champions of the innocent.
Northwestern University, the lead, deep-pocketed defendant in Simon's suit, is alleged to have known about unethical conduct by Protess and Ciolino stemming from their work on a previous case but to have ignored the situation — so as not to jeopardize millions of dollars flowing into university coffers from donors enthralled with the success of Protess, his students, and Ciolino in exonerating wrongfully convicted men and women.
Although the co-defendants' attorneys hoped that Dow would throw out the case last week, that he did not may well have set the stage for a long-overdue airing of evidence that promises to leave no reasonable doubt that Simon — not Porter — murdered Jerry Hillard and Marilyn Green.
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who along with his wife, Inez Jackson, had been in a heated dispute with Jerry over drug money the evening preceding the victims' deaths.
Rather than pursuing Simon, however, police focused on Porter, who was implicated in the crime — dubiously — by an eyewitness: William Taylor, who had been swimming in the Washington Park pool when the murders occurred and initially told police that he had not seen the killer, but changed his story after 17 hours of grilling, belatedly identifying Porter.
Police cursorily interviewed Simon and Inez Jackson, who denied having been in Washington Park with Hillard and Green — a denial that Simon now acknowledges was false, as did his former wife before her death of natural causes. In its current incarnation, the story is that the four were drinking in the park but parted before Porter happened along and shot the victims to death.
Promptly thereafter Simon left Chicago, moving to Milwaukee — where he would become a prime suspect in the murder of a man named Felix Alfonso Bello, who, like Hillard and Green, had been shot with a .38-caliber weapon.
Porter's surrender and conviction
When Porter learned that he was a suspect, he surrendered to Chicago police, professing innocence, but was charged with slaying Hillard and Green.
Although Porter qualified for representation by a public defender, his family thought — unwisely it would turn out— that he would be better off with private counsel; the family retained private attorney Akim Gursel, promising to pay him $10,000. But when only $3,000 was forthcoming, Gursel stopped investigating Porter's innocence claim.
In September 1983, Porter went on trial before Judge Robert L. Sklodowski and a jury in Cook County Circuit Court. There was no physical evidence linking Porter to the crime; the prosecution case rested principally on the eyewitness testimony of William Taylor. During the trial, Gursel once fell asleep; the transcript shows that Sklodowski awakened him. When the prosecution rested, Gursel called only two alibi witnesses and a photographer who had taken aerial shots of Washington Park.
The jury found Porter guilty. After Gursel waived a jury for sentencing, Sklodowski deemed Porter "a perverse shark" and sentenced him to death. Appeals dragged out over the next 15 years before Porter's execution was scheduled for September 23, 1998.
In the face of the impending execution, Daniel R. Sanders, a volunteer lawyer, arranged for intelligence testing, which placed Porter's IQ at 51 — meaning that he likely was mentally retarded.
Although at the time it was legal in Illinois to execute someone who was mentally retarded, Sanders filed a last-ditch petition with the Illinois Supreme Court arguing that Porter's mental capacity rendered him incapable of understanding his punishment and, therefore, that he should not be executed.
Two days before Porter was scheduled to die, the court granted a stay of execution, ordering the Cook County Circuit Court to hold a competency hearing to determine whether Porter was fit to be executed.
The Northwestern investigation
Shortly after the stay was granted, Protess, Ciolino, and the Northwestern students began investigating the case. In December 1998, in an interview with Ciolino, eyewitness William Taylor recanted his trial testimony, signing an affidavit saying that he had not seen who shot the victims and that police had pressured him to identify Porter.
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Four days after that, Simon confessed on videotape to Ciolino, maintaining that he had killed Jerry in self-defense after the two argued over drug money and that Marilyn's death had been accidental.
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Nikoismusic.com Popular articles What did the Sierra Club accomplish?
What did the Sierra Club accomplish?
The Sierra Club successfully defeats proposed dams in Kings Canyon and Glacier National Parks. During World War II, many Club members use their backcountry skiing and mountaineering skills in the US Army's 10th Mountain Division.
What was the Sierra Club 1892?
The Sierra Club was founded in 1892 by a group of Californians who wished to sponsor wilderness outings in "the mountain regions of the Pacific Coast." The naturalist John Muir was its first president (1892–1914) and very soon involved the club in political action to further nature conservation. …
What legislation does the Sierra Club support?
The Sierra Club supports bills that promote science-based water management such as groundwater monitoring, stream gauges, water usage meters and reporting, and efficiency standards that will help us prepare for the hydrologic challenges of climate change.
How powerful is the Sierra Club?
The Sierra Club is the most enduring and influential grassroots environmental organization in the United States. We amplify the power of our 3.8 million members and supporters to defend everyone's right to a healthy world. Help the Sierra Club keep fighting for Earth's natural resources.
Why is Sierra Club Bad?
The Sierra Club has been criticized by anti-immigration groups such as the Center for Immigration Studies and the Federation for American Immigration Reform for opposing Trump's plan of creating a wall on the United States' southern border.
What does Sierra Club mean?
The Sierra Club, with over 700,000 members nationwide, is the oldest grassroots environmental organization in the United States. It sees its purpose as preservation, protection, and enhancement of the natural environment.
Who funds the Sierra Club?
Funding. The Sierra Club Foundation is the tax-exempt charitable arm that provides financial support for the Sierra Club. According to the 2015 annual report, the foundation provided $54,164,581 in grants. The foundation's single largest grant was for the "Beyond Coal" campaign which received $26,351,587 in grants.
What issues does Sierra Club support?
Air Quality & Climate Disruption.
Beyond Oil. Fracking.
Buy Clean.
Coast & Ocean.
Conventional Biomass Incineration.
Forests, Habitat, & Wildlife.
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What part of the government does the Sierra Club target?
The club has consistently supported transferring Western lands to the Federal government from state governments or private ownership. It also supports expanding the amount of land protected by state and local governments. The club also opposes drilling and mining on public lands.
Where does the Sierra Club get their money?
To fund its radical activist agenda, the Sierra Club gathers funding from a suspicious maze of donations, including funding from an off-shore shell company based in Bermuda.
Is Sierra Club anti hunting?
The Sierra Club opposes all sport hunting in national parks, which are set aside for the preservation of natural landscapes and wildlife. The Sierra Club also believes that hunting and fishing is defensible only when it is managed in a way that benefits wildlife and ecosystems.
Where does the Sierra Club get its money?
Who was the first president of the Sierra Club?
Sierra Club. It was founded on May 28, 1892, in San Francisco, California, by the Scottish-American preservationist John Muir, who became its first president. The Sierra Club primarily operates in the United States; an affiliated organization, Sierra Club Canada, operates in Canada and deals exclusively with Canadian issues.
Why was the Sierra Club important to San Francisco?
In the first decade of the 1900s, the Sierra Club became embroiled in the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir controversy that divided preservationists from "resource management" conservationists. In the late 19th century, the city of San Francisco was rapidly outgrowing its limited water supply, which depended on intermittent local springs and streams.
Where are the headquarters of the Sierra Club?
Its headquarters are in Oakland, California. Human action has triggered a vast cascade of environmental problems that now threaten the continued ability of both natural and human systems to flourish.
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/*
* REST API Documentation for the MOTI Hired Equipment Tracking System (HETS) Application
*
* The Hired Equipment Program is for owners/operators who have a dump truck, bulldozer, backhoe or other piece of equipment they want to hire out to the transportation ministry for day labour and emergency projects. The Hired Equipment Program distributes available work to local equipment owners. The program is based on seniority and is designed to deliver work to registered users fairly and efficiently through the development of local area call-out lists.
*
* OpenAPI spec version: v1
*
*
*/
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Collections.ObjectModel;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.IO;
using System.Linq;
using System.Net;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc;
using Newtonsoft.Json;
using Swashbuckle.SwaggerGen.Annotations;
using HETSAPI.Models;
using HETSAPI.ViewModels;
using HETSAPI.Services;
using HETSAPI.Authorization;
namespace HETSAPI.Controllers
{
/// <summary>
///
/// </summary>
public partial class GroupController : Controller
{
private readonly IGroupService _service;
/// <summary>
/// Create a controller and set the service
/// </summary>
public GroupController(IGroupService service)
{
_service = service;
}
/// <summary>
///
/// </summary>
/// <param name="items"></param>
/// <response code="201">Group created</response>
[HttpPost]
[Route("/api/groups/bulk")]
[SwaggerOperation("GroupsBulkPost")]
[RequiresPermission(Permission.ADMIN)]
public virtual IActionResult GroupsBulkPost([FromBody]Group[] items)
{
return this._service.GroupsBulkPostAsync(items);
}
/// <summary>
///
/// </summary>
/// <response code="200">OK</response>
[HttpGet]
[Route("/api/groups")]
[SwaggerOperation("GroupsGet")]
[SwaggerResponse(200, type: typeof(List<Group>))]
public virtual IActionResult GroupsGet()
{
return this._service.GroupsGetAsync();
}
/// <summary>
///
/// </summary>
/// <param name="id">id of Group to delete</param>
/// <response code="200">OK</response>
/// <response code="404">Group not found</response>
[HttpPost]
[Route("/api/groups/{id}/delete")]
[SwaggerOperation("GroupsIdDeletePost")]
[RequiresPermission(Permission.ADMIN)]
public virtual IActionResult GroupsIdDeletePost([FromRoute]int id)
{
return this._service.GroupsIdDeletePostAsync(id);
}
/// <summary>
///
/// </summary>
/// <param name="id">id of Group to fetch</param>
/// <response code="200">OK</response>
/// <response code="404">Group not found</response>
[HttpGet]
[Route("/api/groups/{id}")]
[SwaggerOperation("GroupsIdGet")]
[SwaggerResponse(200, type: typeof(Group))]
public virtual IActionResult GroupsIdGet([FromRoute]int id)
{
return this._service.GroupsIdGetAsync(id);
}
/// <summary>
///
/// </summary>
/// <param name="id">id of Group to fetch</param>
/// <param name="item"></param>
/// <response code="200">OK</response>
/// <response code="404">Group not found</response>
[HttpPut]
[Route("/api/groups/{id}")]
[SwaggerOperation("GroupsIdPut")]
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Rob Aspinall
Literature & Fiction | Teen & Young Adult | Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
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Rob has never been in a car chase, a gun battle or a fight to the death. But he does come armed with a vivid imagination. And he's not afraid to use it. Originally a copywriter in the shadowy world of creative advertising, Rob went rogue in 2016 and started to publish books under the fiendishly inventive pseudonym of… Rob Aspinall. Based in London, UK, Rob writes fast, funny thrillers with an original twist. Whether it's spies, mobsters, serial killers or trained killers, he loads all of his books with action, humour and heart-thumping thrills. Rob's books include: The Truly Deadly series - Chaotic teen turns killer assassin. The Charlie Cobb series - Mafia villain turns antihero vigilante. The Sam Driver series - Six captured operatives on a mission to save the world. Chosen Girls - Mystery thriller with a female P.I. and a shocking twist (prev. published as Homecoming).
Truly Deadly
Spy and Assassin Action Thriller Series, Book 1
By: Rob Aspinall
Narrated by: Ella Lynch
Ever since the heart transplant, Lorna hasn't been the same. The crazy behaviors. The insane new spy skills. And the violent memories. Could they really be her donor's? Soon, Lorna's on the trail of a mysterious object her donor hid before his death....
Series: Truly Deadly Series, Book 1
Death & Back
Charlie Cobb, Book 2: Fast-Paced Vigilante Justice Thrillers
Narrated by: Alister Austin
How far would you go to save a stranger? For ex-mafia fixer Charlie, it could be all the way to the grave....
Series: Charlie Cobb, Book 2
1 out of 5 stars 1 rating
Infinite Kill
Truly Deadly, Book 2
I'm officially dead. Unofficially, I'm alive and on the run. There are new questions. New dangers. New scars that cut deep. There's also my new travel buddy, a total psycho who could kill me any moment. And did I mention I'm hated all over the internet? Listen to find out more....
Charlie Cobb, Book 1
Can the villain be the hero? If you like Lee Child and Mark Dawson, meet the tough new antihero with a particular set of skills. Charlie Cobb - aka "Breaker" - is a mafia fixer on the gritty, crime-ridden streets of Manchester, England....
World Will Fall
Truly Deadly Book 3: Spy and Assassin Action Thriller Series
Now we're chief suspects in a terror attack we prevented. Well, you won't believe what's coming next. There'll be two weeks of hellish spy and assassin training. A heartbreaking memory of Philippe's. Plus an undercover mission in the world of the rich and super-dangerous....
Charlie Cobb Series: Books 1-5
Charlie Cobb is the man they call "Breaker". The guy the mob sends to scare the worst of the worst. He's promised his daughter he'll change his ways. But there's a witness to silence. Which finds Charlie at a crossroads....
Series: Charlie Cobb, Book 1-5
Burnout (Fast-paced Vigilante Justice Thrillers)
Dead men can't talk. The people behind a movie star's death are banking on it. The police think it's an accident. Ex-mob fixer Charlie's not convinced. He starts digging. Way too deep. What secrets will he uncover....
The Holdup
A Charlie Cobb Thriller, Book 3
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Citigroup (C) Offering Possible 6.38% Return Over the Next 6 Calendar Days
MarketTamer | by MarketTamer
Posted on August 9, 2019 | No Homepage, Trade Ideas
Citigroup's most recent trend suggests a bearish bias. One trading opportunity on Citigroup is a Bear Call Spread using a strike $67.50 short call and a strike $72.50 long call offers a potential 6.38% return on risk over the next 6 calendar days. Maximum profit would be generated if the Bear Call Spread were to expire worthless, which would occur if the stock were below $67.50 by expiration. The full premium credit of $0.30 would be kept by the premium seller. The risk of $4.70 would be incurred if the stock rose above the $72.50 long call strike price.
The 5-day moving average is moving down which suggests that the short-term momentum for Citigroup is bearish and the probability of a decline in share price is higher if the stock starts trending.
The 20-day moving average is moving down which suggests that the medium-term momentum for Citigroup is bearish.
The RSI indicator is at 36.3 level which suggests that the stock is neither overbought nor oversold at this time.
To learn how to execute such a strategy while accounting for risk and reward in the context of smart portfolio management, and see how to trade live with a successful professional trader, view more here
LATEST NEWS for Citigroup
JC Flowers to sell $700 mln worth of shares in Shinsei Bank
Thu, 08 Aug 2019 07:07:49 +0000
Private equity investor JC Flowers & Co will cut its stake in Japan's Shinsei Bank to less than 4%, according to a filing by the lender, selling shares worth around $700 million nearly two decades after one of Japan's first buyout deals. The share sale will see the fund's founder, J. Christopher Flowers, also sell down his personal stake in the lender, and exit the bank's board, according to the filing. Flowers and other investors will sell as many as 45.6 million shares, including an over-allotment, to domestic and overseas investors.
Goldman Sees Gold Prices Climbing to $1,600
(Bloomberg) — For Goldman Sachs Group Inc. analysts, gold's rally above $1,500 is just the beginning.Analysts at the bank predict that prices already at six-year highs will climb to $1,600 an ounce over the next six months as investors seek havens. The dimming global economic outlook, fueled by heightening trade tensions between the U.S. and China are boosting gold's appeal as a hedge against financial turmoil."If growth worries persist, possibly due to a trade war escalation, gold could go even higher, driven by a larger ETF gold allocation from portfolio managers who still continue to under-own gold," Goldman analysts including Sabine Schels said in a note Wednesday. "Gold ETFs have recently built momentum almost as strong as in 2016, and we believe that can be maintained in the short-term."Bullion holdings in ETFs climbed to the highest since April 2013 amid a financial market meltdown that saw more than $700 billion wiped from the value of U.S. equities on Monday. The argument for owning gold as protection to one's wealth got louder after the market value of the Bloomberg Barclays Global Negative Yielding Debt Index closed at a record $15 trillion at the start of the week.Industrial production in Germany posted its biggest annual decline in almost a decade, adding to fears that the world economy could be moving closer to its first recession in a decade. In the Asia-Pacific region, central banks in New Zealand, India and Thailand made surprise interest-rate cuts as they sought to shield their economies from global headwinds. The moves came just a week after the Federal Reserve lowered U.S. borrowing costs for the first time in more than a decade.Last week, Bank of America | -0.622943 | -0.43183 | -1.241115 | -0.382992 | [
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Merrill Lynch analyst Michael Widmer said the metal could climb toward $2,000 in the next two years, as "the recent dovish tilt by central banks, accompanied by increases of negative yielding assets" provide a good backdrop that could sustain the rally. The metal reached a record $1,921.17 in the spot market in 2011."We believe that there are further cuts coming," Widmer said Wednesday in a Bloomberg TV interview. "Talk about easing in other parts of the world as well, that drowns out everything else on the dollar, for instance." Increased volatility could see gold prices spike above the bank's base case forecast of $1,500, fueling the rally.The precious metal climbed as much as 2.4% in the spot market on Wednesday to $1,510.46 an ounce, the highest since April 2013. On the Comex in New York, futures touched $1,522.70, before settling at $1,519.60 at 1:30 p.m.Goldman said Wednesday it raised its 2019 outlook for ETF demand to 600 metric tons this year, from 300 tons, and boosted its six-month price forecast after the metal surpassed the bank's previous target of $1,475.UBS Group AG and Citigroup Inc. are also bullish on gold, forecasting prices could rise to as high as $1,600.\–With assistance from Scarlet Fu.To contact the reporters on this story: Luzi Ann Javier in New York at [email protected];Justina Vasquez in New York at [email protected] contact the editors responsible for this story: Luzi Ann Javier at [email protected], Steven FrankFor more articles like this, please visit us at bloomberg.com©2019 Bloomberg L.P.
5 Big Bank Stocks to Sell as Central Banks Cut Rates
Global equities are reeling again on Wednesday as not one but three central banks (New Zealand, Thailand and India) cut interest rates as policymakers around the world struggle to get in front of weakening economic fundamentals and what looks like a burgeoning currency war between the major powers in Asia, Europe, and the United States.It's a race to the bottom, as competitive devaluations become the norm in the wake of worsening trade tensions between the U.S. and China. Beijing fired the latest salvo this week, with an aggressive cut to the valuation of the yuan in response to President Trump's threat to slap a 10% tariff on all remaining untariffed Chinese imports — which would include things like new Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) iPhones.Lower interest rates, at at time when negative interest rates are becoming more common around the world, will only further pressure bank earnings as the difference between long-term interest rates (which are falling fast) and short-term interest rates declines.InvestorPlace – Stock Market News, Stock Advice & Trading Tips * 10 Stocks to Buy on the Trade War Dip Here are five major bank stocks to sell now: Bank of America (BAC)The first of our bank stocks, Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) is falling further below its 200-day moving average, testing the critical lows set in March and again in May. A violation of those levels would set the stage for a decline back to the December lows, which would be worth a loss of roughly 17% from here.The company will next report results on October 16 before the bell. Analysts are looking for earnings of 68 cents per share on revenues of $22.9 billion. When the company last reported on July 17, earnings of 74 cents per share beat estimates by three cents on a 2.7% rise in revenues. Citigroup (C)Citigroup (NYSE:C) shares are testing their 200-day moving average, threatening a return to their March lows which would be worth a loss of around 8% from here. This caps a sideways consolidation range going back to late 2017. This comes | -0.105634 | -0.064919 | -1.105426 | 0.140859 | [
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Beethoven violin concerto cadenza pdf merge
Upon first hearing him in 1794 beethoven was hugely impressed and predicted in the 14year olds autograph album that he would reach the greatest goal possible to an artist here on earth and. In the few years leading up to the violin concerto, beethoven had produced such masterpieces as the symphony no. On two occasions, the concertgebouw orchestra played under bernard haitink, who accompanied henryk szeryng and the orchestras legendary concertmaster herman krebbers. It was beethovens only concerto for violin, and it is. But where schneiderhan had the solo violin backed up only by the timpani just as beethoven does, kremer introduces a piano as well.
The best contemporary artists, along with the best of the past, are able to blend their ability to. At some point in 17902, before his musical maturity, he began a violin concerto in c, of which only a fragment of the first movement survives. This posting is about ludwig van beethovens violin concerto in d major. Beethoven himself left no cadenzas for his violin concerto. Cadenza for beethovens violin concerto internet archive. While her initial entrance sounds just a touch affected, from there on her resinous tone and fearless passagework produce a reading of uncommon energy, without ever compromising. The violin concerto is the most accurate reflection of the lyrical side of beethovens musical personality. Cadenza by alfred schnittke beethoven vln concerto mvt. Beethoven didnt make much of an effort to rearrange the notes for the pianohe basically just gave the violin part to the right hand, and added a few uninteresting chords for the left hand. New to youtube nigel kennedy beethoven violin concerto, 1992 new video 1992 performance of violinist nigel kennedy preforming beethovens violin concerto with. Whether the work, or even the first movement, had ever been completed is not known. Kreislers cadenza for beethovens violin concerto imslp.
There are numerous cadenzas for beethoven s violin concerto in d major, op. Violin concerto by ludwig van beethoven, annesophie mutter from amazons classical music store. Breitkopf and haertel three cadenzas for beethoven s violin concerto. However, in this case it seems like an inspired piece of programme planning, with an account of the berg that plumbs its depths of melancholy, setting off a radiant, lifeaffirming performance of the beethoven. It was beethovens only concerto for violin, and it is considered to be his most lyrical work. Kreisler, fritz three cadenzas for beethovens violin concerto, op 61 carl fischer edition sheet music see all formats and editions hide other formats and editions. In 1806 beethoven was persuaded to write his monumental violin concerto in d major, opus 61, for franz clement, leader of the theater orchestra at wien. Clement had been a child prodigy, and was considered to be a remarkable violinist with a prodigious memory, but was, as well, something of a charlatan in that some of his public performances. Famous for its spirited final movement, the work reveals the amazing melodic and technical range of the violin.
The soloist plays a cadenza between the recapitulation and the coda. Jun, 2008 cadenza by alfred schnittke beethoven vln concerto mvt. It is described as by beethoven kremer, for like wolfgang schneiderhan in his 1961 dg recording he uses a transcription of the big cadenza which beethoven wrote for his piano arrangement of the work. Here is the first movement of beethoven s concerto for violin in d op. Tetzlaff, christian cadenzas for beethovens violin. Beethoven had, by this time, also written cadenzas for his violin concerto and the first four of his own piano concertos. The beethoven and berg violin concertos arent commonly pa | -0.046053 | -0.183604 | -0.108683 | 0.282634 | [
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ired on disc. Violin concerto cambridge music handbooks general editor julianrushton publish. I have to say the kriesler cadenza is the one that fit the best. Over the centuries the cadenza has become a display of virtuosity, often recapturing the beauty of moments in a piece, but in his piano cadenza beethoven goes to a very different place.
The present cadenzas and leadins to mozarts five violin concertos k 207, 211, 216, 218 and 219 attempt to present the violinist with stylistic and idiomatic solutions based upon the compositional technique of mozarts piano concerto caden. Beethoven has not composed any cadenzas for the violin concerto. Cadenza imperfetta bataloni, giovanni cadenza in rocknroll, op. Combining sweetness with brilliancy, gives it prominence and power over all other. In any event, it was neither performed nor published. So, im a fan of the beethoven concerto and once heard incredible c20th cadenzas during a performance. I think people adaptation of beethoven s cadenza written for the piano version the concerto just isnt good enough. Cadenza for beethovens violin concerto hubert leonard. June 27, at pm hi does anyone have a copy of the fritz kreisler cadenza for the third mvt. Alfred schnittke, cadenzas to beethovens violin concerto, cadenza 1. Where can i find the heifetz cadenza, auerheifetz cadenza. Back beethoven s five cadenzas beethovens funf kadenzen for additional historical information and literature see the preface to. New to youtube nigel kennedy beethoven violin concerto. Ludwig van beethoven 1770 1827 wrote his violin concerto in d major, op.
This authors sample inspires the string player by strict and plain violin expression of this music and other tricks to download pdf, click the download pdf button below the appropriate sheet music image. I think people adaptation of beethovens cadenza written for the piano version the concerto just isnt good enough. Apparently, in beethovens 5th piano concerto, the composer wrote out the cadenza to prevent the performers showiness from getting in the way of his music, which included a dialogue between piano and timpani. Rondo allegro cadenza by joachimauerheifetz victor 78rpm album dm705. About violin concerto 3rd movement rondo theme artist. Beethoven violin concerto schnittke cadenza mov 3 kremer. Beethovens violin concerto was not successful at its first performance, so beethoven rewrote the whole thing for piano including cadenzas. Beethovens concerto has many structural similarities with a violin concerto. Beethovens violin concerto, my first thought was that i needed to find a polite excuse not. Cadenzas to ludwig van beethovens concerto for violin and orchestra op. Isabelle faust plays this concerto with plenty of personality. On the one hand we have the mer riment of its largely cantabile themes, unfolding in idyllic tranquillity, and the spaciousness of its expressly lyr.
Here is the first movement of beethovens concerto for violin in d op. The work was allegedly premiered with the soloist franz clement sightreading his part, because the composer was late in finishing the composition. Ludwig van beethoven composed his violin concerto in d major, op. A detectives view on ludwig van beethoven s violin concerto in d major, opus 61 by patricia kopatchinskaja i am pleased to share my interpretation of beethoven s violin concerto with spco audiences this week and want to take this opportunity to share my perspective on this piece. In this case, beethoven plays the cadenza inside the coda. Beethovens cadenza for the first movement of mozarts k. Beethoven had previously written a number of pieces for violin and orchestra. There is no trace of tragic intensity, inner struggle, suffering or overwhelming passion anywhere in the fortyfive minute long piece | -0.132428 | -0.685652 | -0.503782 | 0.238411 | [
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. Beethovens concertos in particular often work with march rhythms and heroic postures.
Alfred schnittkes cadenza to the beethoven violin concerto, commissioned and played here by gidon kremer. Beethoven violin concerto concerto ludwig van beethoven. The violin concerto is a masterpiece, but the piano transcription is disappointing. It is described as by beethovenkremer, for like wolfgang schneiderhan in his 1961 dg recording he uses a transcription of the big cadenza which beethoven wrote for his piano arrangement of the work. Cadenzas to mozarts violin concertos for violin zu. Allegro ma non troppo cadenza by auer edited and reivsed by heifetz ii. Schneiderhan after the original cadenzas to the piano version of the concerto.
I have the kreisler version of the cadenza but ive always wanted to play the extremely hard, death defying version that heifetz came up with and played for his recording of the beethoven concerto. Cadenza to first movement of beethoven s piano concerto no. This edition is unique in drawing together for the first time a selection of cadenzas to one of the most famous works in the history of music, written by composers and violinists over 150 years. Over the centuries the cadenza has become a display of virtuosity, often recapturing the beauty of moments in a piece, but in. Beethoven concerto for violin and orchestra hilary hahn. A detectives view on ludwig van beethovens violin concerto. Back beethovens five cadenzas beethovens funf kadenzen for additional historical information and literature see the preface to. Tetzlaff adapted this idea to the violin concerto and wrote his cadenza around that. The first movement of the violin concerto is pervaded with pastoral and martial associations. Where can i find the heifetz cadenza, auerheifetz cadenza to beethoven concerto op. Our consideration of beethoven s violin concerto explores the violin, his association with franz clement, the violin concerto, its premiere and revival, the piano version, the cadenzas, its acoustical recordings, its prestereo electrical recordings, some more recent recordings, and some sources for this article and further information.
Three great violinists taped beethovens violin concerto op. A tormented genius, who went deaf in later life and never heard his final works. A detectives view on ludwig van beethovens violin concerto in d major, opus 61 by patricia kopatchinskaja beethovens violin concerto was commissioned in 1806 by the virtuoso franz clement 17801842, who was also a composer himself. Perhaps as an introduction to the piece, the later kremer, with cadenzas by the violinist himself based on beethovens less successful piano. Kreisler, fritz three cadenzas for beethovens violin. Since then it has become one of the bestknown violin concertos. Beethoven wrote his violin concerto in d major, op.
It was printed before the original version for violin. Beethovens only violin concerto remains one of the most widely played and popular works for the instrument. Christian tetzlaff on beethovens violin concerto cadenza. The initial impetus and destiny of beethovens violin concerto in d, op. Beethoven also arranged as piano concerto in d major, op.
Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Cadenzas to ludwig van beethoven s concerto for violin and orchestra op. A catalogue of cadenzas for beethovens violin concerto. Perhaps as an introduction to the piece, the later kremer, with cadenzas by the violinist himself based on beethoven s less successful piano. One of the greatest and most radical composers of all time. Beethoven violin concerto 3rd movement rondo theme sheet.
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The impact of the pandemic on the billing process
Rédigé
Among the administrative tasks disrupted by the health situation, invoicing represented a particular challenge. With the social distancing imposed, the closure of sites and the more or less systematic use of telecommuting, processing this mass of paper invoices proved to be very delicate. Let's take a look at it.
During the pandemic, companies had to face many challenges: supply chain activity was severely disrupted, supplier risks increased, force majeure was invoked as a reason for not being able to execute contracts, etc. At the heart of the storm, the 2 billion invoices issued between companies, of which more than 70% were paper-based, had to be processed in a remote working environment. Cumulative issues encouraging the dematerialization of the invoicing process, the way out for many organizations.
Paper invoices difficult to process during containment
The National Electronic Invoice Forum (FNFE) conducted a survey in the summer of 20201 to estimate - among a wide range of companies, from large industrial groups (more than 5,000 employees) to microenterprises - the effects of the first containment on paper invoice processing.
Many companies reported difficulties in processing invoices received from their suppliers in this format. These difficulties were more significant for large companies (62% admitted to having experienced difficulties) than for SMEs (42%). For invoices issued ("customer" invoices), the trend is similar, although the respondents consider the difficulties encountered to be slightly less significant.
But it was not only the processing of invoices that was disrupted during the lockdown. Before paper invoices can be processed, they must be in hand. Teleworking, the deployment of lay-offs (partial and technical), but also the reduction of postal services had a direct influence on the increase of the sending and receiving times of paper invoices.
Companies that use an electronic format have been less affected by the economic situation. In fact, a large proportion of the companies surveyed by the FNFE reported that electronic invoices were very easy to process. 47% of respondents had no difficulty processing them when they were destined for customers, a figure that rises to 60% for supplier invoices.
Significant delays in payment
For the first time in 15 years, payment delays have increased in France as a result of the crisis, rising by 3 days between the first and third quarters of 20202.
These delays have an impact on both suppliers, who collect late, and customers, who pay late. Failure to meet deadlines and regulatory obligations can have significant consequences. In addition to late payment penalties, these delays can damage the trust relationship between the company and its suppliers, strain suppliers' finances and even jeopardize the supply chain.
In France, late payment is the leading cause of bankruptcy. The French Ministry of the Economy estimates that they cause 15,0003 bankruptcies per year, which represents nearly a quarter of all business failures4 . SMEs and microenterprises are particularly sensitive to late payments, which cost their cash flow up to 19 billion euros per year5.
In order to avoid cash flow defaults in this period of crisis, France has set up an exceptional scheme, the State Guaranteed Loan (SGL). It allows companies to access liquidity quickly and at a very low rate. 630,000 companies - 89% of which are microenterprises - had benefited from this scheme by the end of 2020, for a total amount borrowed of around 130 billion euros6.
The dematerialized invoice more and more popular
To make the payment process smoother and faster, more and more companies are requesting that invoices be sent to them electronically, especially in PDF format. The FNFE notes that there has been "a real awareness of the benefits of electronic invoicing after experiencing long-lasting confinement and teleworking". Perfect timing, since the use of electronic invoicing will soon become an obligation. Article 153 of the 2020 Finance Law requires the progressive implementation of electronic invoicing for all transactions between companies subject to VAT between 2023 and 20257.
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