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Nicola Sturgeon launches withering attack on 'unelectable' Jeremy Corbyn : i News
stilloaks April 20, 2017 ELECTION
Nicola Sturgeon has launched a withering attack on Jeremy Corbyn, describing the Labour leader as an "unelectable" politician who has no chance of becoming Prime Minister. The Scottish First Minister spoke out after Mr Corbyn ruled out forming a post-election coalition with the SNP to force the Conservatives out of power.
During First Minister's Questions at Holyrood, Ms Sturgeon said Labour now had so little support across the UK that such a deal would not be possible as it would not have enough seats.
"You only have to take one look at the polls to know Jeremy Corbyn ain't going anywhere near Number 10 Downing Street on his own or with the help of anyone else," Ms Sturgeon said. She insisted that the only way for Scots to ensure that they were protected from Tory policies would be to vote for the SNP, who could provide a strong opposition.
Earlier this week Ms Sturgeon raised the prospect of the SNP forming a "progressive alliance" with Labour and the Liberal Democrats. In an echo of the Tory campaign in 2015, Theresa May later described the potential deal as a "coalition of chaos". The SNP leader said the prospect of Labour replacing the Tories in the election was "frankly pie in the sky", adding that the party was "unelectable and utterly useless". Turkeys voting for Christmas She also compared the sight of Labour MPs backing the Prime Minister's plan for a snap election in June to turkeys voting for Christmas.
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Nicola Sturgeon raises the prospect of a coalition with Labour, gets turned down, then decries them as utterly useless.
Talking of Turkeys voting for Christmas, the SNP have been paying for Ineos test drilling for fracking.
Labour has already stated that they will ban fracking if they win the next general election.
I would be a turkey voting for Christmas if I voted for SNP to facilitate the environmental destruction of my own country…
jeffrey davies says:
nothing like a woman scond but is she really a tory in lib tie
In Nicola's constituency she's allowing rats running around as if they own the place.
If that's what she's doing to them, the people who actually voted her in….I'M WONDERING…WHAT'S SHE FICKEN GOING TO DO TO ME ?.
Labour for me on the 8th of June.


World Mental Health Day is observed on October 10 across the world. The goal is to create and increase awareness and advocate against social stigma, apparently being that stigma that comes with mental illness keeps people locked up in pretense till the unavoidable symptoms reveals at dangerous stages.
Each World Mental Health Day has a theme to focus on. This year, it is Young People and Mental Health in a Changing World.
According to WHO, there is a recognition of the importance of building mental resilience from the earliest ages in order to cope with the challenges of today's world.
It has been observed that half of all mental illness begins by the age of 14, bit most cases go undetected and untreated. Suicide and depression being the second and third leading cause of death among 15-29 year-olds respectively. Evidence is growing that promoting and protecting adolescents' health brings benefits not just to adolescents' health but also to the society at large.
In a changing world where growing up on the internet, increased use of online technologies bombards young people with unachievable lifestyles to compare theirs to. Gender identity discrimination which onsets major mental illness requires time and absolute compassion and attention.
However, prevention begins with better understanding of early warning signs and symptoms. To this end, parents, teachers and every other person should read often about these things and stay alert, paying close attention because ignorance is the most deadliest and violent element in our society and proper compassion and attention could be keys to unlocking people.
Let the awareness continue and the the stigma fade away so that we can save more lives and build a better world.


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Cassie's Choice
By Donna Gallagher
Book 7 in the League of Love series
One night of regret and a simple lack of communication leads to two miserable years apart. What will happen when the two broken-hearted are forced to reunite?
One night has haunted Cassie for over two years. After agreeing to something she didn't feel sure about, all for the sake of a man—or more correctly, her fear of losing him, she is still consumed with thoughts of her past.
Although a few years younger than her Riley Walters was all man, in and out of the bedroom. So much so that Cassie believed he would tire of her sexual inexperience quickly. For him she was just a bit of fun—he never said anything to her to make her doubt that assumption. The reason she put herself in such an uncomfortable situation in the first place—to keep him happy. Of course it didn't help. Riley disappeared from her life and never had anything to do with her again. Now he's back, part of her social circle, leaving Cassie to find a way to deal with the attraction she still feels for him even after two years of trying to convince herself otherwise.
Riley was horrified at how much rage he felt that night. Memories of a trauma from childhood quickly surfaced—he was terrified that he was becoming a monster, just like the man from his memory. Cassandra Davies filled his mind, his every thought, his obsession. Now he's been offered a position at the Jets Rugby League Club, an opportunity to work alongside the people he called family, something he'd always dreamed of—but how will he survive being around Cassie if he can't drag her into his arms, back to his bed and never let her leave?
General Release Date: 24th January 2014
Sitting in the quiet classroom after another sleepless night was not working out very well for Cassie. She had hoped that the topic test she'd scheduled for her class today would have ensured a peaceful start to her work day. Instead, as her students worked away diligently on their papers, Cassie found her mind drifting—or more precisely obsessing over the events of the recent night's dinner at Mia's restaurant and her run in with him.
What was it about Riley Walters that did this to her? After all this time—nearly two and a half years—and still just being in his presence turned Cassie inside out. She craved the man like some drug-addicted loser desperate for a score. She was a loser, when it came to him, her dignity and self-preservation flying out of the door at the mere thought that he might want her again. Touch her again. It was a pitiful thought for a fully grown, mature, professional woman, to know that at one time she had been so enamoured of a man that she would have gone to any length to keep him happy. Put herself through any kind of emotional or physical discomfort for fear that he might find her wanting, boring, and leave.
Cassie, though deeply wounded by the way Riley had just up and left her, tried to convince herself that it had been for the best. Knowing how much of herself she had been prepared to risk, the lengths she had been prepared to go to for him, was a chilling reminder that the relationship had not been healthy for her. No partner should have that much control over the other, or be prepared to use that power. Not that Riley had threatened Cassie in any way—for all she knew he'd been unaware of her deep feelings for him—but it had not stopped her from feeling like a slutty whore when he had walked out on the ménage he had suggested they partake in. Walked out without a word and never contacted her again.
Thinking back on the night—and Cassie had done that, fixatedly—she had come to the conclusion that if she'd only said no, then maybe things might have been different. At least she would not have had to deal with the sick feeling in her stomach or the crawl of her skin when she remembered the events of that night. She had been so infatuated with the few years younger Riley that Cassie had been terrified he would find her lack of sexual exploits or experience boring. She was, after all, the older woman, or so everyone had pointed out repeatedly. Riley's friends winking at her all the time, stupid grins on their faces with some kind of amusing agenda in their implication. Like Cassie was some sort of Mrs Robinson or something. When the truth was, Cassie had spent so much time studying to become a high school teacher she really hadn't had much time to explore her sensual side at all.
A few quick flings during university had been the extent of her experience, but from the moment she had met Riley, her body had gone wild for him. Cassie had never been able to get enough of him and he had taught her so much about her own desires, her cravings and what made her scream with pleasure. And she had screamed, moaned, pleaded and begged at times. Riley had been like a master magician casting a spell over her, knowing exactly how to satisfy her sexually. She would have tried anything, done anything not to lose him.
Cassie had not only worried over their age difference, but also the fact that someone with as much skill in the bedroom as Riley must have had a long list of sexual conquests to his name. How else could he have understood what she needed and achieved that goal so completely, so effortlessly? He seemed to have known exactly where and when to touch her to bring her undone.
Riley had never made her any promises, never discussed being exclusive, and Cassie had been too nervous to ever mention it, for fear of looking too needy. But it had not softened the blow when he'd upped and left.
These were all the reasons, Cassie reminded herself, why being with Riley was not in her best interests. The fact that he still had the ability to make her hurt years later and her body lust for his attention after all he had put her through made Cassie feel hopeless.
Even sitting in a classroom full of sixteen-year-olds could not stop Cassie from reminiscing about how Riley had made love to her. Her nipples poked hard against her blouse and moisture began to pool between her legs, wetting her underwear at the memory of how good they used to be together.
"Miss… Umm…hello! Earth to Miss Davies… Wakey, wakey! What's wrong, Miss? The boyfriend have you up all night doin' it? Although you don't look too happy—didn't he give you an—"
The voice of one of her more unruly students snapped Cassie from her thoughts.
"I beg your pardon, Ben," Cassie's stern retort was voiced quickly as she attempted to cut him off before he managed to embarrass her further or get himself into any more trouble. Then realising that she really did not want the boy to repeat himself, Cassie shouted, "No! Wait, I heard you the first time… Do not open your mouth… In fact, one more word and we will be discussing this further in detention. Do you understand me, Ben Somers? Not one word."
Looking at the classroom wall clock, Cassie realised that she had been caught up in her own thoughts for most of the lesson, and with only minutes to go she still had to collect the answer sheets.
"Pens down, please," she instructed her class, hearing the usual mumblings of displeasure from the students who had not finished the exam or were unhappy with how they feared they had performed.
"Quietly pass your papers forward, then you can all pack up and have an early mark." Of course her twenty-six students had no concept of the word 'quietly', especially with the temptation of the weekend looming so close. The sounds of chairs scraping the floor and the excited chatter of the teenagers making plans filled the room to a near deafening level. "Ben, did you need something before or were you just trying to be annoying?"
The boy was one of the brightest in this class of gifted and talented students. It was probably the reason he was such a handful. Ben already knew most of what she taught in the personal development class, would probably go on to study medicine or something. He was also a very talented sportsman with a confident personality that was both humorous and entertaining. Unfortunately, teachers were often the brunt of his quick wit, much to the amusement of students.
Book Length: SHORT NOVEL
Donna Gallagher
Sydney-born Donna Gallagher decided at an early age that life needed be tackled head on. Leaving home at fifteen, she supported herself through her teen years. In her twenties she married a professional sportsman, her love of sport—especially rugby league—probably overriding her good sense.
The seven-year marriage was an adventure. There were the emotional ups and downs of having a husband with a public profile in a sometimes glamorous but always high-pressure field. There were always interesting characters to meet and observe, and even the opportunity to live for a time in the UK.
Eventually Donna returned home a single woman, but she never lost her passion for watching sport, as well as the people in and around it.
Now happily re-married and with three sons, Donna loves coffee mornings with her female friends, sorting through problems from the personal to the international. But she's on even footing with the keenest man when it comes to watching and talking rugby league.
Donna considers herself something of a black sheep in a family of high achievers. Her brother has a doctorate in mathematics and her sister is a well-known Australian sports journalist.
An avid reader, especially of romance, Donna finally found she couldn't stop the characters residing in her imagination from spilling onto paper. Naturally, rugby league is the backdrop to her spicy tales of hunky heroes and spunky heroines overcoming adversity to eventually find true love.
A multiple ARRA awards finalist in 2013 & 2014 for her League of Love series, Donna is spreading her genre wings In 2015 with the launch of her new romantic suspense Haven Security Series and the re-release of her contemporary erotic novella A Fruitful Intimacy.
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Art Clokey
Arthur Charles Farrington
(1921-10-12)12 October 1921
Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
8 January 2010(2010-01-08) (aged 88)
Los Osos, California, U.S.
Creator of Gumby
Ruth Clokey (1948–1966, divorced) 2 children
Gloria Clokey (23 October 1976 – 19 August 1998, her death)
Arthur "Art" Clokey (October 12, 1921 – January 8, 2010) was an American animator. He was one of the first people to make stop motion clay animation popular. His work began in 1955 with a short movie called Gumbasia. Clokey's work was influenced by his professor at the University of Southern California, Slavko Vorkapich.[1][2] He and his wife Ruth later created the clay character Gumby. Gumby and his horse Pokey became popular characters on television. They first appeared in the Howdy Doody Show, and later got their own series The Adventures of Gumby.
Early life[change | change source]
Gumbasia, the first stop motion clay animation movie by Art Clokey
Clokey was born Arthur Charles Farrington in Detroit, Michigan. When he was nine years old, his parents divorced. He stayed with his father, Charles Farrington. After his father died in a car accident, he went to live with his mother in California. However, his stepfather refused to raise another man's son, and so Arthur was sent to an orphanage. When he was 11 or 12, he was adopted by Joseph W. Clokey.[3][4] Clokey was a classical music composer and organist who taught music in Claremont, California.[4] He taught Arthur painting, drawing, and filmmaking.
The name of Gumby comes from Arthur's childhood, when he would play with a clay and mud mixture called "gumbo".[5]
Clay animation[change | change source]
Before he made Gumby, Clokey did a few experiments with clay animation. Most of these were short movies for adults, including his first movie Gumbasia. Clokey made this in 1953, and released it in 1955. It consisting of animated clay shapes dancing to jazz music. The title Gumbasia was named after Walt Disney's Fantasia. In 1963, he made The Clay Peacock. This was a reinvention of the animated NBC logo of the time.[6] Clokey's third short movie was Mandala (6 minutes, 30 seconds). He made it from 1974-1977, and it was released on August 31, 1977. He described it as a metaphor for the evolving human consciousness. All three of these animations were later released to the public on several collections of Gumby television shorts.
Gumbasia caught the attention of Samuel G. Engel, president of the Motion Pictures Producers Association. He paid Clokey to make a short pilot for what became The Gumby Show (1957). In 1995, Clokey worked with Dallas McKennon to make Gumby: The Movie, a full-length movie. It was not very successful. In the mid-1990s, Nickelodeon signed a contract with Art Clokey to show every episode of Gumby. It was on top of their ratings for over three years.
Clokey's second most-famous work was the Davey and Goliath cartoon.[7]
Death[change | change source]
Clokey died on January 8, 2010, at his home in Los Osos, California. He was 88 years old. He had been suffering from a infection of the bladder.[3][8][9]
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↑ Louis Kaplan, Scott Michaelsen, Art Clokey, ed. (1986). Gumby: the authorized biography of the world's favorite clayboy. Harmony Books. {{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: editors list (link)
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↑ Fox, Margalit (January 11, 2010). "Art Clokey, Animator Who Created Gumby, Dies at 88". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 14 January 2010. Retrieved January 11, 2010.
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Boring ballad and their voices get quite grating.
Ballade ist ganz gut...aber mir gefallen die "kleinen mixer" einfach besser wen sie Uptempo machen!
Simple but beautiful. Would have been a good album closer.
It's meh quality. Was yarning, waiting for it to end.


BROOKLINE – A sense of déjà vu has swept over the Boston University community with a recent string of Brookline robberies this past weekend paralleling a similar series of crimes in the Fall. While some students believe the timing and location of the attacks feel coincidental to previous incidents, the criminals say this is all according to plan. In an exclusive yet brief interview, The Bunion sat down with one of the robbers, who has requested that his identity to be concealed as "Still-Wearing-My-Hoodie." He not only recounted the details of the attacks while threatening our interviewer at gunpoint if we revealed his identity, but also revealed his motives behind what he calls the beginning stages of his "Bring Stability Back to BU" plan.
"At a school plagued by uncertainty," says Hoodie, "it's difficult for students to find comfort in the unfamiliar. We're just trying to restore that comfort by kicking off every semester with a few robberies to fulfill students' expectations." He, along with his accomplices, questions the current lack of transparency at the university. "Will there be gender-neutral housing? Is the T ever going to be on time? What is the password to the sauna inside of FitRec? Nobody knows, but we are here to restore some continuity and stability in the Boston University community." He even discussed future plans for the "Bring Stability Back" program. "Eventually, if all goes according to schedule, we plan to launch a tracking app to let students know exactly when and where we will be each semester." Hoodie says the app is currently being planned for iPhones only, with a release for Android devices coming at a later time.


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Wash fulfillment: Disruptive firm aims to take competition to the cleaners
Hyper-focused on brand development and customer loyalty, Woodie's Wash Shack is shaking up the car wash industry. A lot more expansion is on the way.
| 12:00 p.m. October 29, 2021
Woodie's Wash Shack President Tim Miller doesn't shy away from disclosing his grand ambitions for the nascent car wash company, a rising star thanks to a partnership with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and a fresh approach to branding and customer loyalty.
He tosses out phrases such as, "We're building the Chick-Fil-A of the car wash space," and "We'll hopefully be the next Outback Steakhouse of Tampa Bay — homegrown and highly successful" when describing his outlook for the company, which launched its first location in St. Petersburg in spring 2020.
'Why would you go to a competitor when you have to drive past three Woodie's [locations] to get to it?' Woodie's Wash Shack President Tim Miller
Miller, 51, has the bona fides to back up his belief in the upstart brand. He spent 14 years as CFO of TBC Corp., which owns the Tire Kingdom and Midas automotive repair brands. During his time there, TBC grew from $1 billion to $5 billion in annual revenue, he says, "and I had a heck of a lot of fun along the way." The fun ended, Miller says, when Michelin acquired the company, and he decided to step down.
Not long afterward, a family office affiliated with computer mogul Michael Dell urged Miller to take a look at the carwash industry. Miller started doing his homework and came across Woodie's Wash Shack and its colorful managing partner, Don Phillips, a veteran commercial real estate investor.
The duo formally teamed up in August 2020. A year later, Woodie's Wash Shack has three locations in the Tampa Bay region, with three more on the way over the next few months. The firm's five-year plan calls for an even bigger leap in scale — at least 50 locations and 250,000 members by the end of 2026.
How will it achieve such a feat? Having a team of experienced, well-capitalized partners is a big plus. But just as important as funding, Miller has learned, is a coherent plan to deploy it.
"Real estate values are continuing to go up," Miller says, citing one hurdle the company will face as it looks to expand. "But we will pay the appropriate amount to be in the right locations for our members." Market saturation, he adds, is a primary objective. "Why would you go to a competitor when you have to drive past three Woodie's [locations] to get to it?"
Courtesy. Woodie's Wash Shack Managing Partner Don Phillips with Bucs star Rob Gronkowski and his brothers.
In addition to density of physical locations, Woodie's wants to take up space in consumers' heads — and being top of mind, of course, comes with strong brand marketing. Enter the five-year partnership with the Bucs, which made Woodie's the team's official car wash. Throughout September, every Wednesday was a "Woodie's Wednesday" and featured giveaways of Bucs tickets and footballs autographed by players such as star tight end Rob Gronkowski. The contests were open to customers who pay for memberships, which range from $24.99 to $44.99 per month.
"We're all about 'membership has its privileges,'" Miller says. "I don't think we coined that term — we stole it from American Express — but at the end of the day, Woodie's wins, and we like to make sure that our members are appreciated."
Woodie's is winning in the revenue department, too. Miller says the company's first location, on 66th Street North in St. Pete, did around $1.8 million in sales in its second full year. That's an increase of some $700,000 — up nearly 64% — from when the facility was known as Mt. Washmore. That was also before Phillips bought it for $5.85 million and spent $325,000 on upgrades. It also exceeds Phillips' original projection of $1.5 to $1.75 million in revenue.
"We've dramatically grown that business," Miller says, "because of the fact that we make it fun to go. When you show up, we'll have a smile on our faces, we're glad you're there. That approach has paid significant dividends."
File. Woodie's Wash Shack's nostalgic branding harkens back to 1950s and '60s surf culture.
It also helps to have a big, marketable personality like Phillips on the leadership team. He frequently pops up on the company's social media channels, mugging for the camera with Gronkowski and his brothers, "dabbing" and flashing the "surf's up" hand gesture. He even got the Gronk boys to shoot a YouTube video in which they go through the carwash in a top-down convertible. "I would never recommend that," Miller says, "but it was funny."
He adds, "Don knows everybody in Tampa and has developed an amazing brand," Miller says. "And Gronk, I would describe him as a friend of Woodie's — there's no formal agreement or anything like that. He's a friend and does some things for us. It's a good relationship."
(This article has been updated to clarify that Michael Dell's family office did not invest in Woodie's Wash Shack.)
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And Uzziah prepared for them throughout all the host shields, and spears, and helmets, and habergeons, and bows, and slings to cast stones. And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by cunning men, to be on the towers and upon the bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stones withal. And his name spread far abroad; for he was marvellously helped, till he was strong. But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up to his destruction: for he transgressed against the LORD his God, and went into the temple of the LORD to burn incense upon the altar of incense.
The men of Judah invented all these instruments of war, prepared all these weapons to defend themselves and fight their enemies. But ultimately the enemy of pride and self destroyed Uzziah from within. It is a dangerous and subtle enemy that can slip through a wall of stone, avoid the archers and the soldiers with their spears and swords. No shield can deflect it, and no helmet can prevent its grip upon a human mind. God made Uzziah to prosper. He enabled him. He strengthened him. But when he became strong and popular and successful, he forgot that it was God who got him there, and that was his downfall.
It was when he became strong that Uzziah's pride took over. So maybe our weakness isn't such a bad thing. Maybe our weakness is what keeps us humble and dependent instead of arrogant and self-sufficient. Maybe we can't be trusted with strength because we'll succumb to pride and it will lead to our own destruction. The wisdom of God and the folly of man is often on display throughout the Scriptures. Our long-term memories so often fail us and we end up taking the credit and absorbing the praise instead of reflecting it back to God.
Has God enabled us to be successful? Has He blessed us with some special skill, some special knowledge, some ability? Can He trust us to remain humble amidst that success? Will we give Him all the glory for enabling us and allowing us the privilege of serving Him through that? Or do we get bold and brash and enter into temple and burn our incense thinking we're something great?
All it takes is a simple reflection on the truth. We know deep down that we can't do anything. We know that it's God strengthening us. But sometimes that little voice comes along telling us how great we are and how much we were able to accomplish, convincing us of the lie that we've done it all on our own. We are allowed to enjoy what God has given to us. We can rejoice in His blessings. But we simply must be careful that we don't sin against God when He raises us up in strength and end up being destroyed by foolish pride.
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AZTEC CENTURY
by Christopher Evans
Gollancz
352pp/£4.99/April 1994
Cover by Mark Taylor
Usually when a novel examines a world in which England has been invaded, it focuses on a Nazi victory in World War II. Christopher Evans's Aztec Century, which is set in 1993, is set in a world where the Nazis (apparently) have never existed. Instead, England (and much of the rest of the world) has been conquered by the mighty Mexican Empire, ruled by the Aztecs. In this world, Hernan Cortes betrayed Spain because he fell in love with an Aztec woman. Although some history from that point on is the same (limited colonization of North America by the Europeans, the English monarchy until the mid-ninteenth century) much has changed as well and the world of Aztec Century only resembles our own in superficial ways.
The novel is told from the point of view of Catherine, one of England's royal princesses. When the novel opens, she is living in exile in Wales, but on the evening she attempts to escape to Russia, she and her sister are captured by the Aztecs and returned to London. Upon their arrival, Catherine learns that her father, King Stephen, has recently died of natural causes and plans are being made for her mentally handicapped brother to be crowned King of England. Catherine views the Aztecs as villainous conquerors and sees her brother as a pawn and anyone else who works with the Aztecs as traitors and collaborators.
By using Catherine as a narrator, Evans is able to show a negative attitide towards the Aztecs as well as some of the way the Aztecs operate. However, it also has its limitations. Although pro-English and anti-Aztec, Catherine is completely shielded from the common English citizen and has limited access to the Aztec bureaucracy. Furthermore, Catherine was living in seclusion for the three years prior to her capture, which means that her impression of the Aztecs is three years out of synch with the rest of England's. Although Evans shows some anti-Aztec sentiment in the form of bombings and attacks, the reader is also given the impression that the vast majority of English citizens accept Aztec rule. Furthermore, even though Catherine is sheltered by the Aztecs, little is shown of the Aztec culture and what Catherine does explain is suspect because she never loses her fundemental distrust of the Aztecs.
It would have been nice for Evans to include more scenes which showed the common Aztec or the common Englishman under Aztec rule to provide a counter-point to Catherine's enmity, which almost comes across as paranoia at times. In fact, despite Catherine's adventures from England to Russia to Mexico, Evans provides very little sense of location and general mood can only be inferred on the basis of how much the reader trusts or distrusts Catherine's narrative.
Despite being in the constant presence of her self-declared enemies, Catherine manages to strike up numerous relationships, from Bevan, the Welshman who is captured with her at the beginning of the novel, to Extepan, the Aztec governor of England. Although she initially distrusts Bevan as the traitor who turned her over to the Aztecs, she eventually forms a shaky alliance with him as a link to her former life. However, Catherine does not let many people become close to her, even when they want to, and she rebuffs the Aztecs who make overtures of friendship, even as she attempts to use them to achieve some of her goals, one of which remains her desire not to be seen as an Aztec collaborator.
While Aztec Century is one of the better written alternate histories, as far as not trying to force too many in-jokes on the reader, it could be a stronger book by showing the reader a little more of the differing attitudes and cultures which exist in this world. Fortunately, despite having a narrator who is something less than likable, the majority of Evans's characters have redeeming values which the reader is aware of even if Catherine willfully overlooks them.


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Travel to paradise with your performing group. Say aloha to this colorful culture. Enjoy unique performance opportunities like the USS Bowfin. Honor our soldiers a...
NORTH AMERICA - Orlando, FL
Custom Performing Tour to Orlando
Build your next performing tour in sunny Orlando, land of the orange groves. Your choral or instrumental group will love the more than a dozen theme parks, plus gr...
NORTH AMERICA - San Francisco, CA
Custom Performing Tour to San Francisco
Give your choir, band, or orchestra the trip of a lifetime with a performing tour to San Francisco. Watch the fog roll in on the majestic Golden Gate Bridge and di...
NORTH AMERICA - Chicago, IL
Custom Performing Tour to Chicago
Chicago is the spot for your next custom performing tour. The Windy City offers up world-class fun and loads of culture for school choirs, bands, and orchestras al...
NORTH AMERICA - Alaska
Custom Performing Tour to Alaska
Travel with your choral or instrumental ensemble to see Alaska's natural beauty which has to be seen to be appreciated! You'll explore Juneau, Ketchikan, or Skag...
NORTH AMERICA - Boston
Custom Performing Tour to Boston
From "chowda" to the Bruins, this city is filled with tradition and fun for your next performing tour to Boston. Learn about the Kennedys at the Library, or Pa...
NORTH AMERICA - Custom
Performing Cruises
Festivals at Sea has been a leader in the student cruise travel industry for over 16 years. They are the originators of the festivals at sea concept. Festivals at ...
Middle School Honors Performance Series at Carnegie Hall
The Middle School Honors Performance Series at Carnegie Hall showcases the most talented middle school performers from around the world. Through an individual nom...
Young Adult Honors Performance Series at Carnegie Hall
The Young Adult Honors Performance Series at Carnegie Hall assembles talented college-aged and young adult performers to experience the thrill of working with mast...
Custom University Travel to Canada
Vast in both culture and beautiful landscapes, the U.S.'s northern neighbor is a vibrant nation with its own story. Custom university travel to Canada can show s...
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Custom University Travel to Mexico
Mexico's history is a splendid story of pre-Columbians, colonialism, rebellion, and the birth of a nation. Its future—undeniably linked with the fortunes of it...
Custom University Travel to Guatemala
A biodiversity hotspot, Guatemala is home to many native species living in peace – not even two percent of the country's landmass is urbanized. As a result, Gu...
CENTRAL AMERICA - Dominican Republic
Custom University Travel to the Dominican Republic
Named 'Hispaniola' or 'Little Spain' by Christopher Columbus when he landed in 1492, the Dominican Republic is now the most visited destination in the Cari...
CENTRAL AMERICA - Panama
Custom University Travel to Panama
A nation where stark economic contrasts often come together, much like its unique geographical role as the crossroads for Atlantic and Pacific Ocean traffic. On on...
UNITED STATES - Custom
Custom University Travel in the United States
Admired and scrutinized, the United States is undeniably an economic, geopolitical and cultural superpower. From the labs of Silicon Valley to the halls of power i...
CENTRAL AMERICA - Nicaragua
Nicaragua Leadership Program
Nicaragua is a beautiful Central American country with a fascinating history and unique way of life. Through this program, students have the opportunity to improve...
Custom University Travel to Costa Rica
The words Costa Rica translate to mean "Rich Coast." They are also an apt description of the rich opportunities for custom university travel to Costa Rica. Thi...
Adventure through the Dominican Republic from coast to coast! Explore Santo Domingo, the island nation's capital, before discovering biodiverse flora and fauna nea...
ILMUNC Conference
Debate, discuss, and engage with the world's future leaders at the ILMUNC XXXIII Conference. The 33rd Ivy League Model United Nations Conference will be hosted in...
Service-Learning Trip - Dominican Republic (Spanish Immersion)
The Dominican Republic shares the Hispaniola island with Haiti—along with its rich colonial culture. Stay with a family in Santiago and share in service-learning...
Dominican Republic Baseball Tour
Our Dominican Republic Baseball Tour is all about beisbol, and it's more than just a game down here. For every MLB superstar that's come from the DR, there are...
Costa Rica Volleyball Tour
Take your team to a true Central American jewel on our Costa Rica Volleyball Tour. Introduce yourself to the 'Pura Vida' lifestyle as you embark on an immersiv...
Costa Rica - Soccer Tour
A Costa Rica Soccer Tour will help to improve your team's skills in a destination filled with exciting cultural attractions–including the Poás Volcano, La Paz...
Mexico Soccer Tour
Mexico is a country with a renowned and feverish passion for soccer, as you and your team will see first hand on a Mexico Soccer Tour with Excel. With great compet...
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Spanish Language Immersion Tour – Costa Rica
On this Spanish language immersion tour, you will learn the language in beautiful Costa Rica and experience exciting trips to volcanos and beaches, a white-water r...
Spanish Language Immersion Tour – Mérida, Mexico (8 Days)
A Spanish language tour in Mérida combines cultural trips, tours to unique sites, homestay with a local family, and language classes at local universities. Trips ...
Service-Learning Trip - Costa Rica (Spanish Immersion)
Help improve the lives of local children and take in breathtaking scenery on our Costa Rica service-learning tour. Projects include supporting the community of L...
Leadership and Service Trip: Costa Rica
This popular combination of a service trip and leadership expedition takes place in a biodiversity hotspot, Camp Osa, located on a peninsula in a remote region of ...
Service-Learning Trip - Guatemala (Spanish Immersion)
Guatemala, a Central American country south of Mexico, is home to volcanoes, rainforests, and ancient Mayan sites. The capital, Guatemala City, features the statel...
Service-Learning Trip - Nicaragua (Spanish Immersion)
Your service-learning tour begins in Managua, the capital of Nicaragua. While there, you'll learn about this beautiful country's history and politics from the ...
Service-Learning Trip - Panama (Spanish Immersion)
Our service-learning tour of Panama starts in Panama City with a tour of Casco Antiguo, the historic colonial center. You'll participate in several service proje...
Music of Costa Rica
Costa Rica is a fairly small country, but it is still one of the most biologically diverse regions in the world. Visitors can explore the Pacific or Caribbean coas...
Mission Work in Costa Rica
Ready to make the difference in Costa Rica? Arrive in Heredia and discover this unique Costa Rican city. Afterwards, Experience the opportunity to work with orphan...
Business Studies in Costa Rica
French Language Immersion Tour – Montréal, Québec
Canada was inhabited by indigenous tribes for centuries before the French and English made claim to its territories. The influence of all three cultures is still s...
Art Tour to Mexico - Footsteps of Rivera and Kahlo
Mexico is an incredibly diverse country with hidden treasures around every corner. From one of the largest cities in the world to countless tiny pueblos, Mexico is...
NORTH AMERICA - Puerto Rico
Service-Learning Trip - Puerto Rico (Spanish Immersion)
Puerto Rico is a tiny yet dazzling island that pulsates with the rhythm of life and yet has a charming and laid-back island feel. The island has towering mountains...
SOUTH AMERICA - Costa Rica
Conservation Tour to Costa Rica - Turtle Conservation and Ecology
This Turtle Conservation Tour to Costa Rica is perfect for students of all ages. The eight-day program is a great balance of immersive educational lessons and exci...
SOUTH AMERICA - Bolivia
Conservation Tour to Bolivia—Biological Studies
Bolivia is a country in central South America with a varied terrain spanning the Andes Mountains, Atacama Desert, and Amazon Basin rainforest. At more than 3,500 m...
Service-Learning Trip - Louisiana: Social Issues Today in New Orleans
Louisiana is a southeastern state on the Gulf of Mexico. Its history as a melting pot of French, African, American, and French-Canadian cultures is reflected in it...
Service-Learning Trip - Texas: Social Issues Today in Houston
This seven-day service-learning tour to Houston, Texas immerses you in local communities while focusing on three of WorldStrides' Community Cornerstones: Conserv...
Service-Learning Trip - California: Social Issues Today in San Diego
This seven-day service-learning tour to San Diego immerses you in local communities while focusing on three of WorldStrides' Community Cornerstones: Conservation...
SOUTH AMERICA - Mexico
Spanish Language Immersion Tour – Merida, Mexico (9 Days)
Mexico is an incredibly diverse country with hidden treasures around every corner. From one of the largest cities in the world to countless tiny pueblos, from moun...
Service-Learning Trip - Illinois: Social Issues Today in Chicago
Illinois is a midwestern state bordering the western side of the Mississippi River. Nicknamed "the Prairie State," it features farmland, forests, rolling hills, an...
Art Tour to New York City - Art and Architecture in the Big Apple
This five-day Art and Architecture Tour in New York City is perfect for art students of any age. While exploring legendary museums, including the Guggenheim, the M...
Service-Learning Trip - Washington D.C.: Social Issues Today in our Nation's Capital
This seven-day service-learning tour to Washington, D.C. immerses you in local communities while focusing on three of WorldStrides' Community Cornerstones: Conse...
Service-Learning Trip - Pennsylvania: Social Issues Today in Philadelphia
This seven-day service-learning tour to Philadelphia immerses you in local communities while focusing on three of WorldStrides' Community Cornerstones: Conservat...
Service-Learning Trip - Colorado: Social Issues Today in Denver
Colorado has a diverse landscape of arid deserts, rocky river canyons, and the snow-covered Rocky Mountains, which are partially protected by Rocky Mountain Nation...
UNITED STATES - Arizona
Service-Learning Trip - Arizona: Supporting the Navajo Nation
Tuba City is an unincorporated town on Navajo lands and the Navajo Nation's largest community. The Navajo name for Tuba City, Tó Naneesdizí, translates to "tangl...
Service-Learning Trip - Arizona: Social Issues Today in Phoenix
This seven-day service-learning tour to Phoenix immerses you in local communities while focusing on three of WorldStrides' Community Cornerstones: Conservation a...
UNITED STATES - Georgia, Alabama
History Tour to the American South – Following the Civil Rights Trail
Take your students on an unforgettable Civil Rights Tour in the American South. This educational experience brings history off the pages and out of the classroom a...
Service-Learning Trip - Washington: Social Issues Today in Seattle
This seven-day service-learning tour to Seattle immerses participants in local communities while focusing on three of WorldStrides' Community Cornerstones—Cons...
CENTRAL AMERICA - Bolivia
Service-Learning Trip - Bolivia (Spanish Immersion)
Explore the extraordinary natural beauty of Bolivia while participating in a variety of service-learning projects that include conservation of local animal species...
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Lima (Peru): The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has confirmed Paris and Los Angeles as the Summer Olympics host cities for 2024 and 2028 respectively, through a vote by a show of hands here.
"Congratulations to Paris 2024 and Los Angeles 2028! This historic double allocation is a 'win-win-win' situation for the city of Paris, the city of Los Angeles and the IOC," said the IOC President, Thomas Bach on Wednesday, reports Xinhua news agency.
"It is hard to imagine something better. Ensuring the stability of the Olympic Games for the athletes of the world for the next 11 years is something extraordinary," Bach commented.
After the announcement, representatives from the two host cities, the IOC and President Bach signed official contracts for the Olympic Games, respectively.
Celebrating the decision in jubilance, Paris and Los Angeles both expressed their excitement in bringing home the Olympic Games.
"Today I am delighted to invite you to join the great family of Parisians, a family which belongs to the world," said the Mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo.
"Bringing the Olympics back home to LA gives us the chance to imagine what our city will look like a decade from now," said Eric Garcetti, Mayor of Los Angeles.
According to a previous Tripartite Agreement reached by the two cities and the IOC in July, Paris would be candidate for hosting the 2024 Olympics Games and Los Angeles for hosting the 2028 edition.
The idea of the agreement came to light after a working group of IOC Vice-Presidents studied the possibility of a double allocation of the Olympic Games 2024 and 2028. The working group was set up in March 2017.
"These are two great cities from two great countries with a great Olympic history. Both cities are very enthusiastic about the Games and are promoting the Olympic spirit in a fantastic way," said Bach.
The IOC decision in Lima has made both the two cities three-time Summer Olympics hosts as Paris hosted the games in 1900 and 1924 and Los Angeles hosted the games in 1932 and 1984.