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CHARLES E. WINDLEY, McLean High School 1960
(1942 - 16 Dec 2017)
Magicians are a natural fraternity, a society of secrets,
initiation is required. Within that fraternity,
Chuck Windley was legendary.
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There was no obituary for Charles "Chuck" Windley at his funeral home. I wrote this biography as a tribute.
This is not the only tribute to Chuck's from his high school classmates.
Since then, the magician community has swung into action to honor Chuck.
A wonderful tribute by fellow magician Robert Baxt appears after this biography,
along with comments by more of us who were his classmates at McLean High School, 1960.
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It has been difficult for me to piece this biography together, and I am happy to have corrections and more information.
jerry-va@speakeasy.net
Jerry Nelson, McLean HS '60, Classmate
A BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH FOR CHUCK WINDLEY
Charles E. Windley, 75, passed away December 16, 2017 after a battle with cancer. His roots were in Norfolk; he had lived in Williamsburg since June 2011.
Chuck's mother remarried and the husband's business brought them up from Norfolk to the metro DC area. Chuck graduated from McLean High School in 1960, and from American University in 1962 (a two-year masters program?) with a degree in speech and drama. When asked how performing magic has helped him, he said, "I got into magic originally because I stuttered." Ten years later his public speaking was flawless. He married Lisa at this time (1962-1964ish) and had one daughter.
To his high school classmates, Chuck spoke of his first wife Lisa from 1962 college days. In the magic community, his wife was Shirley from the mid 1970s, and the daughter, Saida Dawn Windley, is -- incorrectly, I think -- said to be Shirley's, not Lisa's.
I presume Chuck is survived by his daughter, Saida Dawn Windley, and perhaps his brother Donald Windley of Stuarts Draft, VA (2004).
In the 1970s, he and his wife (Shirley) worked on a course for use in open school classrooms. Magic is a good tool for learning, he said, because it encourages student to seek their own answers to problems, and to create new ideas. A series of study guides ("Teaching and learning with magic" were published.
Charles Windley, Teaching & learning with magic (Acropolis Books, Invitation to learning Series No. 4), 1976.
Charles Windley, Comedy in Magic. Souvenir program and secrets of magic. (NY: Magic Masters), 1978.
"40+ years ago I was using his system to promote
fund raisers in elementary schools.
Very innovated Guy"
--jakeg
http://www.themagiccafe.com/forums/viewtopic.php?topic=655871
CHAPTER 1: CHILDHOOD START, YOUNG ADULT APPRENTICESHIPS
"How did you become interested in magic," a reporter asked Chuck, who was in a hurry to set up for a show. "At the age of nine, Santa Claus gave me a magic kit." The real answer is far richer.
CHUCK WINDLEY ON HIS CHILDHOOD START IN MAGIC
source: "Backstage: A Journal for Magicians," Inaugural Issue, January 1982.
[The website magicmore.com is long gone. Try the WayBackMachine on archive.org, and donate to this non-commercial miracle while you are there:
https://web.archive.org/web/20030820203120/http://www.magicmore.com:80/BACKSTAGE%201.htm ]
My first experience with a magic shop was "The" Magic Shop in downtown Norfolk, Virginia. I don't mean last year. I refer to 1951. It was called the Edmar Magic Shop in those days [Earl Edwards' store on Granby Street]
GOING OUT WITH GRANDPA - I was nine and my grandfather and I had a Saturday morning ritual. We would sneak out of the house (letting my grandmother sleep late) and head for breakfast at Peoples Drug Store on Granby Street; then to a movie at the Lowes. This was followed by a visit to the trick store. Pop would give me a half dollar to spend and it usually took about an hour to decide which miracle to buy. There were a hell of a lot of thirty-five and fifty cent tricks to choose from in those days. There still are except now they cost five bucks.
I remember once seeing a trick in the showcase with a price tag of $2.00. "Who in the world would spend two whole dollars for just one trick?" I wondered. I thought of that incident last year as I handed Recil Bordner a check for $1,800.00 for my new Bloodless Amputation illusion.
LESSONS, THEN DEMONSTRATING ALL THE MAGIC IN A MAGIC STORE. Anyway, I ended up taking lessons at the shop. They charged fifty cents a lesson and, at the end of five lessons, I would receive a certificate good for $2 worth of merchandise. Even at nine years old, I was financial wizard enough to figure that was a pretty good deal. Sometimes we had a guest teacher such as Bob McAllister, Dick Oslund or Jerry Ornoff. My fellow students eventually went on to bigger and better things like growing up and getting a job. I must have missed the lesson where they taught that you were supposed to outgrow this 'phase'.
That magic shop was a special place and consumed all my free time for the next five years [1956, time to start high school]. You would find me there every day after school and all day on Saturday unless I had a show somewhere and couldn't make it. I had worked my way behind the counter where I would demonstrate for the customers. I sold a lot of stuff because the adults figured that if a ten year old kid could do it, then it must be easy.
The shop had a great list of regulars. Retired troupers such as Art Eason and Karl Cartwright who would fill the empty moments expounding on their world travels in days gone by. I would listen with fascination because I knew that someday it would be my turn to see the world.
OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY. Meanwhile I let Norfolk be my training ground. [Chuck played in theaters at age 14, and] I toured for the Norfolk Parks and Recreation Department (once doing seventeen shows in two days, each at a different location); played the Park Theatre as well as the Colley, Memrose, Riverview and the Wells. Every Saturday night I emceed the variety show at the Navy YMCA and Sunday afternoons found me as a regular on WAVY-TV's 'Stars of the Future'.
THE LAUNCH TO NEW YORK: Then came the letter. It was addressed to me in care of the magic shop and I remember the night Earl handed it to me. It was from New York; Hubert's Museum on 42nd Street. It offered an eight week booking. I was off... [1958, sixteen yrs old, working professionally. Chuck created his trademark show, "Wonderland of Magic" at that time, somehow taking time off for high school with all of us too.]
HUBERT'S DIME MUSEUM & FLEA CIRCUS - The New York Times 22Nov2007: "Hubert's Dime Museum and Flea Circus, a celebrated basement phantasmagoria on 42nd Street in Manhattan. In its heyday ... it was a haunt for the louche and the lurid, and also for raconteurs of the offbeat like A. J. Liebling, Tom Wolfe, Bob Dylan, Andy Kaufman and Lenny Bruce..." And yes, there really was a flea circus act, fleas pulling objects, fleas kicking balls.
MEETING AL FLOSSO (1895-1976) JIN: On his first day off from all this, Chuck Windley, 14, just up from Norfolk, headed out to meet the famous man in town, in a horridly dirty, cluttered "store":
"Sit down, kid, and rest your mind, " said a little voice from nowhere "But do be careful. That was once Houdini's chair. "
"I don't think he's still using it," I replied.
"You never know...you just never know," stated the little man as he rounded the counter and sat across from me.
"Mr. Flosso, my name is Windley and I've been looking forward to meeting you for a long time," I began.
"Hell kid, you ain't been around for a long time yet," he shot back; then, "How you like working Hubert's? Charlie Lucas been treating you all right?"
"How did you know I was playing Hubert's? I just opened there two days ago."
"Think you're my only customer? Some of the guys were up here talking about you yesterday."
Thus began a conversation that continued...in chapters...for over twenty years. I became part of a group of magicians that could never be in New York without spending at least one day with the little man. Al knew magic. He knew magicians. He had been personal friends with Thurston and Leon Mandrake and Houdini. He and Dunninger had grown up together. When the phone would ring, it was usually Kuda Bux or Cardini or any of a hundred others just calling to say hello...or ask a favor...or seek advice.
The last time I saw Al was April 1976. We both knew it was the very last time we would see each other. We waited until after the last customer had left and then we quietly said goodbye. He died a month later. I understand I'm not the only one that can tell this story.
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JIN: It was Earl Edwards' Edmar Magic Shop on Granby Street where Chuck went as a child with Grandpa. Chuck was later an apprentice of Bill Neff (1905-1967), who left Chuck his shows when he died. Chuck was working out of New York in the 1970s and too active to have his own store until he returned to Norfolk in 1982.
CHAPTER 2: ON THE ROAD IN THE 70s, STORES TOO, IN THE 80s
Launched in New York as a teenager in the 1960s, Windley was everywhere by the 1970s.
He performed in circus shows (1979), perhaps the first to do so:
http://www.circushistory.org/Publications/CircusReport19Feb1979.pdf
. . . and at a theme park summer resort in the Adirondack Mountains in 1976,
(search "Got History - Enchanted Forest Water Safari")
and in Florida festivals in 1979 -- Jacksonville/Atlantic Beach, Fort Meyers, a 30 minute magic show of fire eating, people disappearing, ducks appearing, the Guillotine trick and more, the festival flyer said. He was good with kids, he played schools, the Greenbelt MD PTA sponsored one (1975), Williamsburg's Mathew-Whaley School printed a formal program for Windley's "Wonderland of Magic" (1972).
An article on Chuck's humor ran in Parade Magazine in 1978 (magically undisappeared by McLean HS fellow student Pam Johnstone Hitt).
Chuck ran his performance bookings out of the Paramount Building, 43rd and Broadway in the Times Square neighborhood of New York City -- he was showbiz savvy enough to get a Paramount Building address in 1962, and kept it for 38 years.
STILL ON THE ROAD IN 1982, BUT NOW WITH HIS OWN MAGIC STORE BACK HOME
Chuck's store, Magic and More, was incorporated in Norfolk, 1982, and had two locations:
-- Oceanview Ave, Norfolk, VA 23503 tel 757/855-0864
Larger quarters came in 1985,
-- 797W 53rd St. Norfolk, VA 23508 magicwindley@verizon.net tel 757/440-7775.
-- 1992: a second store was added in Virginia Beach
...my heart is hurting...R.I.P my friend..you were a great magician and boss..i loved working for you in VA Beach. You will be missed!
--Tina Mccallie Leone, December 16, 2017
-- Jan 2000: both stores closed, Windley wanted to just perform, but the many other
on-the-road magicians who used his supplies persuaded him to keep an e-commerce
and warehouse operation going. Kathy Smith handled orders when Chuck was
on the road.
-- 757/440-7775 remained the ordering number for the online catalog at magicmore.com;
797 West 53rd Street, Norfolk, Virginia 23508 remained the mailing address
(The e-commerce website ran until summer 2009.)
YOU MAY WANT THESE!
AP001 Devil's Handkerchief
This is a colorful handkerchief used to vanish small objects such as a watch, deck of cards, etc.
These have double pockets and a penny in each upper corner.
AB003 Cigarette Catcher
With this gimmick and no skill, you can reach in the air and produce a cigarette or a rose or crayon, etc.
DE010 Ribbon & Candle - Fantasio
These are hard to get simply because Fantasio doesn't like selling them. He still uses this routine in his own act.
[Fantasio was Ricardo Roucau (1936-2017), a prolific inventor whose appearing and disappearing props like this one were sought-after by magicians everywhere.]
Hold the end of a 1"x18" ribbon in your left hand.
Right hand brings up other end and drops it. You are suddenly holding a LIT candle.
Again bring the ribbon up in front of the candle and let go.
The candle has completely vanished.
This is a very pretty routine and pretty easy to perform.
Comes with everything needed and good instructions.
THE MONTHLY NEWSLETTER "BACKSTAGE"
Chuck published a monthly newsletter out of his "Magic and More" shop, called at first "Magic and more . . . Backstage" and later called "Backstage: A Journal for Magicians".
From his editorial, January 1982: "PLEASE . . . I already know that magic shops aren't profitable! I know I won't make any money! I wish people would stop telling me that. // Agreed that, if I wish to open a business, I would be better off with a laundrymat or a saloon, except that I don't really wish to clean up ..."
Monthly issues came out for ten years, starting January 1982 when the Magic and More store was incorporated, then becoming an 'occasional' and then, like many magic rags, a 'whatever happened to?'. As the Website opened (1999) for e-commerce and the
bricks-and-mortar storefront closed (becoming the order-fulfillment warehouse), "Backstage: A Journal for Magicians" came out regularly again. Frequent contributors were Mike Bornstein, Bob McAllister, Billy McComb, many others.
"While working as a bartender in a banquet room, I was lucky enough to see a magician perform his show. I was next to the little stage that was set up for the magician and after his performance we started talking. I learned that this particular magician (Mr. Charles Windley) also owned a magic shop (Magic & More - Norfolk, VA 757-855-0864).
And luckily for me, it was less than four miles from where I was living at the time! The next day I walked in to Magic and More, purchased my first trick (Scotch-n-Soda) and started down the path of becoming a magician.
What magic meant to me early in my magical life was more money as a bartender. What magic means to me now is bringing a smile to someone's day. The look of astonishment, excitement, and joy on the faces of people watching ...is enough to keep me going for years and years."
--Ron Ratcliff a.k.a. The Magi
By the end of the New York time, he was twice divorced and wondering about giving up (he didn't). In the late 1980s Chuck was performing mostly on cruise ships. By 2000, Chuck had relinquished his Broadway presence, and was running his Norfolk store only as the warehouse for an e-commerce operation from his website.
CHAPTER 3: BROADWAY, WILD TIMES
"I never really had a career, it was more like an adventure."
@Magicwindley Twitterfeed, 10Sept2010
The Times Square neighborhood -- the 1970s New York City years -- were a wild time for Chuck, yet it is not closed to us. Before Facebook and the social media revolution killed them, there were blogs, and people poured their hearts out.
The "Ring 170 Blog" for Tuesday, November 01, 2005
by "That Magic Guy"; here, a post by Dennis Phillips
http://ring170.blogspot.com/2005/11/october-ring-report.html
Dennis Phillips, Dennis' Deliberations...........
There have been a few special magical characters that have affected my early life in magic: My boyhood friend and mentor, Bob McAllister, Earl Edwards, Joseph and Georgi Smiley, Al Cohen and Charles "Chuck" Windley.
Chuck Windley was originally from Norfolk, Virginia and a part of the 1950s crowd that hung around Earl Edwards' "Edmar" magic shop on Granby Street in downtown Norfolk. I got to Norfolk in the early 50s because my father was a Navy man and stationed at the massive Norfolk Navy base. As a boy of 10, my interest in magic drew me to Edwards' shop. Chuck Windley was 8 years older than me so in those early years I watched him and the older guys without being directly in their group. [Chuck's mother Betty Windley Haddad, d.1984, had remarried Said "Paul" Haddad.] Chuck's step dad was in the demolition business and business was brisk in the Tidewater area tearing down the dilapidated military buildings from World War Two. Later, Mr. Hadad [Said Haddad, 1916-2004] would move to Northern Virginia and create ABC Demolition Corporation and demolish most of the outdated buildings in Washington, D.C.
Chuck was anxious to leave Norfolk as quickly as possible and make for the big time in New York City. In the late 50s a short lived Western Theme village (Frontier City) opened in Virginia Beach. Similar to Ocala's Six-Gun Territory, these 50s theme villages were built to capitalize on the Western TV series that were popular at that time on prime time TV. In many ways they were an early version of the "theme park" that came to full flower everywhere in the 1960s. Chuck was the "Medicine Man" and had shows both in the "Palace Saloon" as well as a stand up act on the Medicine Wagon in the town square. I remember a little of both acts. Chuck used a Town House Head Chopper, 20th Century Silks, Milk pitcher in paper cone and Hippity Hop Rabbits.
As soon as he could, Chuck made his way to New York in the early 60s and here is where fact meets legend.
I do know that he worked in a Times Square Amusement Hall as well as for Bill Neff and Chang [ca189- ca 1972; in his prime, Chang traveled with 14 tons of equipment, costumes, stage settings]. Illusionist Roy Huston and Don Drake were some of his big-time New York drinking buddies. Chuck has detailed much of his version of his New York experiences in his former periodical called "Back Stage" and some of it is posted on his "Magic and More" website. He even included the story of his failed suicide attempt. In the dark pre-dawn hours he jumped off the second deck of the Staten Island Ferry and landed on a rather soft car roof on the deck below. He said he was surprised and angry because he thought he was going to his death into the New York Harbor. The roof of the car was destroyed, Windley survived uninjured. He indicated to me that Jack Daniels had pushed him.
Chuck migrated into carnival work. He spent a short time with Professor Stu Miller on the Clyde Beatty Circus sideshow. Eventually he gravitated back to Washington, D.C. and started a school show circuit where he would present a small illusion show as a fund-raiser. It was about this time he met and married Shirley. Shirley was a very attractive divorcee with two teenage daughters. She was about ten years older than him but the relationship was ideal. Shirley was mature, stable and had a creative and business sense and made an ideal assistant for Chuck. They had a baby girl together, Saida [Saida Dawn Windley; goes by Dawn].. Suburban Maryland became their home base.
At this time Chuck and I renewed our old friendship. He and Shirley bought a house in Bowie, Maryland in the massive Levitt development known as Belair. I lived a few blocks away. At the time I was finishing up my degree in Elementary Education and working in the broadcasting business in the Washington Capital area. I became Chuck's illusion mechanic and builder. While he and Shirley and the girls were out on tour, I watched and maintained their house.
My first task was to rebuild and remake much of his show. I worked on his Noma Blade Box illusion, an effect he learned from his Bill Neff days. The plans to this illusion can be found in the July '05 issue of "Genii". I gave them to Paul Osborne and he put them in his article along with photos of my Noma. I made Chuck a Fu Manchu version of the Nest of Boxes. He wanted a "Head on the Sword" and I worked on that and a photo of it can be seen in the book I co-wrote with Philip Morris "How to Operate a Financially Successful Haunted House" [illustrations, Charlie Lawing; 1st end 1980; 1997;
https://www.amazon.com/Operate-Financially-Successful-Haunted-House/dp/0911137114/]
One season Chuck and Shirley worked a "Girl to Werewolf" illusion we built for a mud show circuit in the Southeast states. It was like the Girl to Gorilla , using the large plate glass reflective mirror and alternate dimmed lights. [The mud show circuit is a traveling carnival company that features a large variety of animals -- many exotic -- and animal acts, a tiger balancing on a ball, elephants, so many animals that keeping them always makes the field muddy.]
I graduated college in 1972 and ended up as the production director at WDBJ-TV in Roanoke, Virginia and a short time later at WBTV in Charlotte, N.C. where I was a producer-director-writer and Kid's Show host. Chuck was winding down his school show route that he sold to Baltimore magician Ed Sparrow.
Chuck and my path crossed again when he went to work on a Phil Morris touring magic-illusion show. By the mid 70s his marriage to Shirley was over and he was married to wife #2. [JIN: I count three, Lisa, Shirley, this one.] That marriage also ended in a few years and Chuck moved back to Norfolk, Virginia. This was the town he always wanted to escape. He tried to pick up the pieces of the old Edward's Magic shop and combine it with a costume shop. The costume shop lasted a few years and he closed it and focused on the magic business that he runs today [2005; Magic and More].
Chuck had a staccato delivery and rapid performing style with illusions.
The finest performance I saw him perform was at a regional show for a Costumers convention in 1987 in Charlotte. He came out with a wrinkled , ill-fitting and out of date business suit and with just three effects brought the house down! He did the Threaded Needles in the mouth, 6 Card repeat and a Napkin Tear.
What made his act was not only his clever and skillful handling of these classic effects but also his attitude and sad-sack lines. He worked as a broken down, abandoned character. He was a sort of "Willie Loman" (from Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman")
One line stands out in my mind: "I used to have a wife and a rabbit. My wife left me and took the rabbit. God, I miss that rabbit!". I was never quite sure if he was play-acting or if I was seeing the real Chuck Windley. Maybe it was a combination of both.
--Dennis Phillips
Dennis Phillips is the local Secretary for Ring #320, "The Blue Ridge Magicians" of the International Brotherhood of Magicians. He holds the "Merlin" title and the Lee Noble Award for professionalism. Phillips has written cover stories for Magic Magazine and co-authored the much demanded and reprinted book, "How to Operate a Financially Successful Haunted House". His illusion inventions have been seen in Las Vegas and on "America's Got Talent" His own performances are known for high levels of comedy and audience interaction.
CHAPTER 4: CHECKING IN WITH AL FLOSSO ONE LAST TIME
http://www.themagiccafe.com/forums/viewtopic.php?topic=625179&forum=6
I've known Chuck Windley since he was a wet nosed kid, whose nose just reached the top of the counter in the old EdMar Magic shop [Earl Edwards, shop owner] in Norfolk. Chuck, at 16, [JIN: 1956, age 14, Chuck says] went to New York, and, lying about his age, got a job in Hubert's "Dime Museum". Of course, he met and got to be friends with Al Flosso.
YEARS later, he stopped in to see [Al's son] Jack, after Al [Flosso] had died. Jack said, "I'm closing up. The building is going to be demolished, and, a new skyscraper built. Is there anything that you would like for a "souvenir" of Dad's shop?" Chuck responded, "YES! The toilet seat!" Jack said, "Why would you want the toilet seat?" Chuck said, "Harry HOUDINI [1874-1926] sat on that toilet seat!" It now hangs on the wall in Chuck's apartment!
Ah! Show biz!
Dick Oslund, 3Oct2016
Al Flosso (1895-1976) was Albert Levinson, who perfected the "Miser's Dream" illusion of producing an endless sequence of coins out of thin air and dropping them with a loud clang into a bucket. He won Magician of the Year in 1973 after an appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show. A New Yorker like Houdini, Flosso came up the hard way, working the midway on Coney Island.
The author of this recollection, Dick Oslund ("Keep it Simple, Make it Fun"), drove forty to fifty thousand miles annually for years, bringing his show to elementary and high schools, sometimes in small towns where he played to a K-thru-12th-grade audience all at once.
CHAPTER 5. THE CHUCK WINDLEY TWITTER FEED
@Magicwindley
"Will gather my act today. For some reason props are scattered everywhere. Both of them." 9Feb2012
Sold my illusion show Wonderland of Magic. 53 years was a long run. I'm glad it will continue. 21May2011
Moved house to Norfolk, tried to hang shelves ("I need 2 small anchor screws.
That means driving 7 miles to Home Depot, walking 100 yards from the parking lot
to the screw isle, then back"). What's the lesson here?
"I don't have time to get married. I'm going to just find a girl I don't like and buy her a house." 14July2012
JIN: Technology is beyond us. What comes up on the smartphone screen is "magic" to most of us, and yet, did the smartphone play with our expectations, amaze us in the end, smile when we did? Chuck Windley said it simpler:
"Card tricks are to magic as pornography is to sex; all the moves are there but there is no mystery." 27Feb2012
I just bought 8 dining room chairs. Now I have to find 7 friends. 1Feb2011
My New Year's resolution is not to make any resolutions. Damn, I broke it already. 1 Jan 2011
You spend Thursday giving thanks for what you have, and then spend the next day buying more stuff. Go figure. 22Nov2012
I need a haircut badly. Going in today for an estimate. 7Jun2013
TV first and computers later have completely destroyed people's attention span. 7Jan2011
The secret to success is sincerity. Learn to fake that and you've got it made. 16Nov2009
Getting a hair cut this morning. What the hell, I'll get them ALL cut! 17Jun2009
In doctor's office having my hearing restored. I'll continue to say 'what?', however, so people won't talk as much. 22Jul2009
R.I.P. from McLean High School Class of 1960
--jerry
J. I. Nelson
CLASSMATE COMMENTS
http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/name/charles-windley-obituary?pid=1000000187693506&view=guestbook
Chuck Windley was one of us, McLean High School Class of 1960
"Damn it!! He was supposed to live forever, and perhaps he will in our memories, but that is small compensation for our loss. We met at McLean High School. He was truly magical and a friend for 60 years. His magic began when illness confined him to bed and his mother went to Mr. Edwards Magic Shop in Norfolk and purchased a magic kit which led to his career in magic. His magic came from Mr. Edwards, his comedy came from the heart. Many years later he purchased the Magic Shop and continued Mr. Edwards Magic and legacy. I had the privilege of knowing both of them. I will always have the image of his walking down the street and turning into a drug store.
Thank you Chuck."
--Ford Bond
"I am mourning the death of CHUCK WINDLEY, as are all who knew him. Chuck was the last good friend of my youth, and one of the few true friends I have been fortunate to have in my life.
Another friend of his wrote: "Charles Windley has been described as the greatest magician you've never heard of." While true, he was more than that. He was a student of the art, a friend of every fledgling magician, and often to virtuoso prestidigitators as well.
I'm still having problems imagining a world without Chuck Windley. Chuck may have lost his life, but the world lost Chuck Windley. The world got the worst of that deal. I almost expect him to reappear in a puff of smoke, saying "Yes, I know how He did it!"
Goodbye, my friend of more than 60 years and my daughter's Godfather.
I will miss you as long as I live."
--Jack Seeley, December 17, 2017
Chuck very naturally projected a sophisticated image at McLean High School, sophisticated but not aloof. He was a good guy, but you'd never catch him in a pair of jeans. Along with magic, he was involved with our drama department and was aware of what was going on in the Washington, D.C. area entertainment scene. And, like a lot of us drama kids at the time, he wouldn't miss the Jack Paar Show on TV. I admire Chuck for following his individual bent toward magic and entertainment. My condolences to his daughter and family.
Gary Ellison
March 01, 2018 | Davidson, NC
Three things impressed me about Chuck as a High School classmate. He was always well and expensively dressed. Typically he wore a sport coat, slacks, nice shoes and shirt and an ascot. He always had money; and he was never at a loss for words. He was a mystery to me. A teen making a living at "magic" - couldn't possibly be true. He was unique! R.I.P.
Richard Bowers
March 01, 2018 | Corpus Christi, TX
Post Script:
A "Broken Wand" memorial service will be held at the 77th Annual "Abbott's Get-Together," Mon-Thurs, 6-9 August 2018, in Colon, MI. The memorial services are organized by:
IBM, The International Brotherhood of Magicians
13 Point West Blvd
St Charles, MO 63301-4431
tel 636/724-2400
Abbott's Get-Together in Colon, Michigan is anchored the preceding week, Wed-Saturday, 1-4 August 2018, by a prominent manufacturer/supplier of magic equipment, Abbott's Magic Company. The show turns the town upside down, filling it with families in tents and campers, with an international influx of invited magicians, run by the Abbott's company, the Colon Lions Club, and Chamber of Commerce. Registration is $220.
For information and to register for this annual event, contact
Abbott's Magic Company
124 St. Joseph Street,
Colon, MI 49040
tel 269/432-3235 or 800/926-2442
https://www.abbottmagic.com/main.sc
Cemetery. Colon, Michigan is about four towns south of Battle Creek. The Get-Togethers are known around the world, and Abbott's has been in Colon, MI so long, that the small town's cemetery has become something of a national Magicians' Graveyard.
Chuck's grave. Robert Baxt of the International Brotherhood of Magicians has seen to it that Chuck will have a place in the magicians' section of the town's Lakeside Cemetery. The Colon Magicians Graveyard tombstone for Chuck will read, "Charles Windley, a wonderful magician, a great character, and you picked the Three of Clubs."
Robert Baxt's wonderful tribute. After such a rocky start, with no published death notice, no funeral home obituary, I am thankful to Robert Baxt for purchase of the gravesite and for publishing a fine tribute for Chuck, beautifully illustrated, in the International Brotherhood of Magicians magazine "The Linking Ring" for March 2018.
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November 2, 2018 by Bryant Bott
7-Eleven Grand Opening at Texas Motor Speedway
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The store will carry 7-Eleven fan favorites, such as Big Gulp® and Slurpee® drinks, coffee, 7-Select® private brand products and other popular items. The 7-Eleven store will operate 24 hours a day during the race week, which began Saturday, Oct. 27 at 8 a.m. and will end Monday at 4 p.m. 7-Eleven is the "Official Convenience Store" of Texas Motor Speedway. Grand opening activities will begin Friday and will include exciting opportunities for fans such as autograph signing sessions and free Slurpee drinks.
Busch, the 2015 series champion and current Round of 8 playoff contender, will host an hour-long autograph signing session from 3-4 p.m. at the store. His car sponsor, M&M's, will have the No. 18 show car on display as well as a race simulator on hand for fans from 12-6 p.m. Dillon will be autographing 24-ounce cans of Twisted Tea stocked in the store as a bonus to fans purchasing the product.
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Shootings on the Rise in Downtown Area, Police Data Shows
Acacia Hernandez | November 8, 2021 9:06 pm
Ten people were killed and at least 50 people were shot in Chicago over the weekend.
Public officials are left grappling with how to deal with the problem as violence also increases in the Loop.
Of the two police districts that make up downtown, Chicago police data reports 48 shootings so far this year in District 1, compared to 29 this time last year. That's a 66% increase.
And in police District 18, data shows 43 shootings this year, compared to 27 in 2020 – a 59% increase.
The Chicago Sun-Times recently reported a 220% increase from 2019 in the total number of shootings and total shootings per 1,000 residents in the Central police district, which includes a large part of the downtown business district.
"It is accurate to say that shootings as well as homicides are up in that area, but it is still less than the total in a lot of other areas in Chicago," said Andy Boyle, director of product engineering for the Chicago Sun-Times, where he's done data analysis on city violence. "We saw about one shooting victim for about every 4,000 residents in the downtown area, but in West Garfield Park, it was about one shooting victim for every 98 residents for the time period...there is a huge gap in terms of where the violence is in the city."
Downtown crime accounts for less than 1% of Chicago shootings, Boyle noted.
Deborah Gershbein, president of Streeterville Organization of Active Residents, says the increase in the number of shootings happening downtown has been a growing concern for residents since the pandemic started.
"Streeterville used to be a very safe area," Gershbein said. "Residents are very alarmed right now and feel like they could be a victim of a crime. They want to know what we can do to make it a safer environment for us."
2nd Ward Ald. Brian Hopkins, whose ward covers parts of downtown, says the Chicago Police Department needs to adjust their tactics to address the issue.
"We need a greater police presence on the sidewalks, on the streets of Michigan Avenue in particular and they need to use technology for a more effective means," Hopkins said.
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By Susan Schmidt
I was born in Detroit, Michigan and grew up in a small community north of Detroit called New Baltimore on Anchor Bay of Lake St. Clair. Our home was on the lake and I spent all my summers boating and fishing.
After graduating from college in Nursing, I started working at Port Huron Hospital in Port Huron which is on one of the Great Lakes of Michigan, Lake Huron. One of my best friends would show photos of her son in the Army stationed in Viet Nam to all the other nursing students but not me. So I made sure that when he came home I would be the first to meet him, and the rest is history because we have now been married for 49 years!
I first worked on the pediatric floor then medical-surgical, the recovery room and finally the operating room where I spent the next 30 years. In 1979 we moved to North Palm Beach, Florida where I helped open up the operating room in a new hospital in Jupiter, Florida. First becoming a certified operating room nurse, then teaching operating room nursing and eventually charge nurse then director of the operating room. I took 2 ½ years out of the hospital setting and was a clinical nursing instructor at a small private college in West Palm Beach. I returned to the day surgery unit in a West Palm Beach Hospital where I finished my 30-year nursing career doing patient teaching, coordinating their interviews with anesthesiology and readying every patient for surgery.
Bill was born in Port Huron. He was the Drum Major of his high school marching band. After graduating he enlisted in the Army and trained in electronics. He was deployed to Viet Nam and did his tour of duty there. He came home after that tour during the holidays and that is when we met. He had to finish his tour of duty in Colorado before being discharged and coming home to Port Huron. He enrolled at Michigan State University and entered the teaching field. We were married in the small Neumann Center on the campus of St. Clair Community College where I was finishing my nursing degree. He then received his master's degree in elementary school education from Wayne State University. In 1979 we fled the "cold north" and moved to North Palm Beach in Palm Beach County. I continued my operating room nursing career and he started out teaching and then went on to serving as the President of the Classroom teachers association, the largest teacher's union in Florida, for eight years. He then was recruited to be a financial service representative working with nonprofits such as teachers and nurses for their annuities for retirement.
After my son and daughter were grown and started their lives my husband and I who had spent time for many years on Marco Island in southwest Florida decided to move there. We lived in a lovely community right on the Great Marco River and Gulf of Mexico. After about ten years living there our children were married with children. In our attempt to be closer to them (my son and family lived in Jacksonville and my daughter and family lived in Atlanta) we looked for a place to live on the gulf further north in Florida. We came upon Apalachicola and fell in love with it.
So, that is how we ended up here in Apalachicola. We had always lived in small communities and were very active in those communities. After buying our home here we started out becoming part of the community. We joined the Historical Society and are guides at all the "ghost walks" and volunteer for other events. We were involved with Save our Shotguns historic homes on the hill, Riverkeeper, the Historic Squares, and one of our favorite things– volunteering at the Food Bank which we discovered from joining St. Patrick's Catholic Church. We also volunteer for Elder Care at the Holy Family Center.
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WHY IS BIDEN REFUSING TO ANSWER 'COURT PACKING' QUESTION?
Posted on October 10, 2020 January 23, 2022 by Tawsif Anam
It is essential for voters to know whether or not the integrity of the United States Supreme Court would be maintained by keeping the number of seats unchanged, should Joe Biden win the presidency. Presidential candidate Joe Biden must answer this question to all Americans, something that he has avoided doing so far.
Former vice president Joe Biden, as well as his running mate Senator Kamala Harris, avoided answering the questions about whether or not they would 'pack the court,' if they win the White House. In spite of being asked directly on national television, none of them gave a clear answer, indicating a clear lack of transparency.
The United States Supreme Court currently has nine seats, which many legal scholars believe is the most appropriate size for the country's highest court. As the third branch of government, it is essential that the size and structure of this court is not tampered with by those who are elected to partisan offices in the legislature and the executive branch – meaning Congress and the Oval Office, respectively.
Last year, the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg opposed the idea of increasing the number of justices on the U.S. Supreme Court. She reportedly said:
"Nine seems to be a good number. It's been that way for a long time."
Democrats, on the other hand, have expressed their support for increasing the size of the court.
The Supreme Court has five conservative justices and three liberal justices, following the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Among the five who are conservative, Chief Justice John Roberts has often given decisions that have made people view him as the 'swing vote' on the court.
President Donald Trump has nominated Judge Amy Coney Barrett to fill the vacancy on the court. If confirmed by the United States Senate, the court would shift to a 6-3 conservative majority. As a result, there are questions surrounding whether or not the Democrats would try to 'pack the court' if Joe Biden wins the presidency.
'Packing the court' would compromise the integrity of one of the three branches of the government. Increasing the size of the court for the purpose of shifting the majority from conservative to liberal would be an entirely political move.
Joe Biden, on Friday, in Las Vegas, was asked again whether voters deserve to know if he would attempt to pack the Supreme Court if he wins in November and Amy Coney Barrett is confirmed by the Senate as a justice on the Supreme Court. His response was:
"No they don't."
Joe Biden's lack of a proper answer, and the condescending way in which he addressed the question about whether or not voters deserve to know his position on 'court packing' must make every American concerned about his ability to be a transparent leader.
Voters deserve to know whether or not Joe Biden would move to pack the court, should he become the president. His refusal to answer the question is a matter of great concern and something that voters must strongly take into account while casting their ballot this fall.


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Stand Out Albums: The Crow Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1994)
There are some albums that stand the test of time that are not by a single artist of composer. These albums, compilations of music by various artists, form a representation of the time they are from, a sort of time capsule keeping that moment in history safe from interlopers.
Today's Stand Out Album is a very different for than the others I have discussed as it is a compilation, but honestly, one of the greatest compilations every released, and, in fact, the first of it's kind. So, wrapping up our horror month I figured what a perfect album than this one. Seeing that the film starts on Oct 30th, aka Devil's Night, there is none more appropriate than this one. This is The Crow Original Motion Picture Soundtrack.
Why This Album?
I was a huge fan of The Crow, and still am in fact. When the film came out (which we will discuss much further in this weeks Key Movie of My Life Post) I was engrossed in its story, cinematography and, of course, its music.
Upon hearing about this amazing new film entitled The Crow, I soon found myself in possession of the soundtrack that had a few bands that I had only fairly recently come to love, including Nine Inch Nails and Stone Temple Pilots. Opening with a song by The Cure entitled Burn, I would find myself listening to this album over and over forming a version of the story it was compiled for in my mind. It would be several months before I got to see the film, but the pump was already primed by the amazing collection of music that introduced me to even more bands that I would have otherwise ignored. Over time, this album became a mainstay for me for the rest of the nineties and beyond.
At the time of it's release, we didn't realize that it was indeed a first of its kind. Although scores had been a mainstay for movies since the inception of the silver screen, never before had anyone recorded and compiled an soundtrack of songs by different artists for a movie,while also incorporating them into the film as part the movie itself. The music tied directly into the story with the hero being a musician himself prior to his death, the songs seemed to channel that subplot, giving the film a more substantial depth. Several bands on the album even recorded new or updated versions of their songs for it's release including The Cure, Rage Against the Machine and Pantera. Due to this innovation and the amazing collection that had been formed, this album would land at number 46 on the Billboard top 200 albums of 1994.
Ironically, it is only now that I realize that this album arrived the same year that one of my favorite musicians, Kurt Cobain, died, effectively ending Nirvana and the grunge movement I had so fallen in love with. This album marks an evolution in my musical tastes that would begin to include harder, more intense music to go along with my love of the harmonies and pop sound of bands like The Posies.
Favorite Tracks?
The first track that comes to mind is the Joy Division song Dead Souls covered by Nine Inch Nails. This is one of my favorite songs period and every time I hear it I am immediately pulled back to my youth in the 90's.
The next track is Color Me Once by Violent Femmes. It is such a calm and dark tune that really hits me every time I hear it.
Lastly, the opening track, Burn by The Cure. It is such an amazing tune that really pulls in the feel of the film along with a torturous tone that only the Cure could pull off.
The rest of the album is fantastic as well with great tracks by Rage Against the Machine, Stone Temple Pilots, Pantera and many more. It is a gorgeous blend of moody goth music and hard rock that is great to put on and write to or just use as a soundtrack to your next gaming session. It's a tight mix of tunes worthy of the greatest of mix-tapes.
Ok, Where do I get it?
This is one you can still pick up for around $15 and it is worth every penny. if you happen to have Spotify, the entire album is there as well. If you haven't listened to it before, or haven't heard it in a while, do yourself a favor and spin up this album. It still holds up today some twenty four years later.
It is also worth noting that the score for this film is also pretty incredible. Composed by Graeme Revell it is a seriously amazing piece of work.
Come back on Thursday when we discuss the film itself!
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Spillover of R&D results in oligopolistic industries may affect the R&D decisions of firms. How much a newly eveloped technology by a firm gets spilled over to its rival firms may or may not be observable by the concerned firm. This paper considers a two stage game involving two firms. In the first stage the firms decide whether to invest in R&D and in the next stage they compete in a Cournot duopoly market. The R&D incentives of firms are compared under alternative assumptions of complete and incomplete information scenarios involving general distribution function of types. The results indicate that the impact of availability of more information regarding rival's ability to benefit from spilled over knowledge on R&D activities of firms is ambiguous.
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Q: Question about decreasing sequence. Problem: Imagine an infinite chessboard that contains a positive integer in each square. If the value of each square is equal to the average of its four neighbors to the north, south, west, and east, prove that the values in all the squares are equal.
I understood the problem can be proved by using the decreasing sequence. I think it is false when 'positive integer' changed to 'positive real number', but I can't prove it.
Question: Is it still true when 'positive integer' changed to 'positive real number'?
Thank you for your advice.

A: Intuitively speaking:
W.L.O.G let, $f(0,0)=0$. There is no minimum at the lattice points.
And let, for $x,y \to -\infty$ $f(x,y)$ converges to $M$.
So, for some $x,y<<0$, let, $|f(x,y)-M|<\epsilon$, for some $\epsilon >0$.
The 4-tuple of differences between the points and it's neighbours will be like $(-\epsilon{_1}, -\epsilon'{_1}', -\epsilon{_2}, \epsilon'{_2})$.
Such that  $-\epsilon{_1}-\epsilon'{_1}+\epsilon{_2}+\epsilon'{_2}=0$.
And, if you start extending the structure from here. You will never be able to maintain $|f(x,y)-M|<\epsilon$ in its neighbourhood. If you try to maintain this convergence requirement in one portion , you fail to do in a opposite portion.
So, the convergence must not be true. It must go to $-\infty$.
This means $f$ can be bounded  neither from above nor from below with being it a constant function. So, $f(x,y)$ must have to be a constant function.

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Henty field days survive and thrive in digital age
Kate Nugent, of Agquip, visited the Henty Machinery Field Days to find out the recipe for success.
Rather than being challenged by the digital age, field days are surviving and thriving with a record number of exhibitors and visitors at this year's Henty event.
The HMFD Co-operative has embraced technology to better provide tech savvy visitors with both a virtual and genuine sensory experience.
In the month leading up to the field days, website hits averaged almost 30,000 a day while Facebook peaked over the event at a weekly reach of almost 85,000.
A mobile phone app was launched this year while the new Agri-Centre showcased the latest research and demonstrations of agricultural robots and automated technology.
Exhibitors found visitors had done their research on the home computer but turned to the field days to see, touch and inspect farm machinery or equipment first-hand.
Australian Earthmoving Supplies sales manager Alistair Hall said genuine buyers sought out the company at Henty after comparing brands and prices on the internet.
"They had done their research on the internet but doing these field days show just how important it is for us to attend and keep our brand out there,'' Mr Hall said.
Rural Press Events operations manager at Agquip Kate Nugent was impressed with Henty's ability to embrace change when she visited with a team of young staff.
"It's important for us to recognise Henty is such a great success and we can be assured there is a strong future field days can offer as part of a marketing mix for our agricultural and lifestyle companies,'' Ms Nugent said.
"It is important for my young staff to understand and respect what a successful field days can generate for our communities and agricultural exhibitors.''
Ms Nugent, of Tamworth, said Henty had renewed her faith in what could be done in regional Australia for rural communities.
She said Henty field days were a great example of drawing power over long distances.
"The primary point Henty profiles so well is the sense of community,'' she said.
"Everywhere we went, talking to exhibitors and their responses to the community groups involved, we were impressed by the mountain of volunteers feverishly working away.''
Ms Nugent said it was critical for field day committees to work with their regional communities.
She said achieving a sense of community was a key for visitors, suppliers and exhibitors when promoting field days.
"That gives me a sense of pride about field days and how important they are – we are passionate and feel at one with the agricultural industry
"We all have the same objective – to keep our exhibitors happy and we need to ensure not only a successful sales event but also generate a great experience.
"We can only do that through the service we offer and that's where Australian and New Zealand field day organisers stand united to share ideas.''
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Top 10 Best Viking Games For Fans of Norse Mythology
by Jason Moth October 28, 2021, 1:55 pm
Norse mythology has fascinated people for centuries. Vikings and the Norse gods have been depicted countless times, and in countless forms, in everything from epic poems and folk music to superhero movies and, of course, video games.
The popularity of Viking games has been growing exponentially these past several years thanks in no small part to major releases like God of War and Assassin's Creed: Valhalla. It's safe to say that if a series runs long enough it will eventually have an installment set in a world inspired by Norse mythology.
With the upcoming release of Skyrim Anniversary and the recent news surrounding the God of War PC port, we figured this would be the perfect time to take a look at some of the best Viking games ever made.
This is going to be a ranked list but, as always, it's just our opinion so take it for what it is. And feel free to tell us about your favorites in the comments section. Let's jump into it.
10. Ancestors Legacy
This first one is for all you strategy fans out there. Ancestors Legacy is a medieval-themed RTS that plays a fair bit like Company of Heroes. The gameplay isn't as complex as you might expect from a traditional RTS but that's not necessarily a bad thing. In fact, Ancestors Legacy is a very good choice if you're new to the genre.
Ancestors Legacy's main focus is on the story, which centers around four warring factions. You've got the Anglo-Saxons, Germans, Slavs, and, of course, the Vikings. If you want to move away from Europe for a while there's also a DLC that lets you play as Saladin, the first Sultan to ever rule both Egypt and Syria.
But even without the DLC, there's a lot of content here. The base game alone features 40 missions spread across 4 different campaigns. And that's just the single-player. There's also the multiplayer to keep you busy if you're itching for even more action.
Ancestors Legacy has a free version known as the 'Peasant Edition'. It only comes with access to 4 single-player missions and 17 multiplayer maps. But that's more than enough to give you a taste of what this game is all about.
9. For Honor
Even though it wasn't the smash hit Ubisoft hoped it would be, For Honor turned out to be an overall solid title. And easily one of the best Viking games around if you love PvP. The game launched with three factions in the form of the Vikings, Samurai, and Knights before adding the Wu Lin with the Marching Fire expansion.
Strangely enough, there are also Roman-themed warriors like the Centurion or Gladiator, but they are part of the Knight faction.
Inexplicable anachronisms aside, you're here for Vikings, not Knights. So let's talk about them. The Viking faction has no less than seven classes to choose from – Raider, Warlord, Berserker, Valkyrie, Highlander, Shaman, and Jormungandr. Each class has distinct skills, weapons, and playstyles, and while there's a single-player campaign you could try, the bread-and-butter of For Honor is definitely the PvP combat.
The game doesn't really concern itself with historical accuracy, hence, why we find the Scottish Highlander among the Vikings. You can expect a very fantastical version of the Norsemen here. Complete with horned helmets, bare-chested brutish warriors, and oversized two-handed weapons.
For Honor still has a loyal player base but it's slowly dwindling due to the lack of cross-play and numerous botched updates. At this rate, Ubisoft might decide to shut down the servers in the near future. Hurry up if you want to check it out.
8. Jotun
Jotun is one of the more underrated Viking games on this list. Set in a world inspired by Norse mythology, the game has you playing as Thora, a disgraced warrior who must redeem herself in the eyes of the gods by defeating giant elemental creatures known as Jotun.
Defeat all of them and you may be granted access to Valhalla. If you can also go toe-to-toe with Odin himself, that is.
Jotun is a pretty simple indie game that involves a lot of exploration and puzzle-solving. With some boss fights sprinkled into the mix here and there. But despite being sparse, the combat sections in this game are memorable. And fairly difficult.
The gigantic Jotuns have a number of elemental abilities and their disposal and they won't hesitate to use them to send you straight to Hel. Luckily, Thora has a few godly powers of her own to help even the odds.
If fighting massive elemental beings isn't your thing, you should still consider checking out Jotun just for the visuals alone. The game uses a hand-drawn art style that looks absolutely gorgeous. To set the mood even further, Jotun also features beautiful authentic Icelandic narration.
7. Northgard
Next up on our list of top Viking games, we have another RTS. Albeit this one also incorporates city builder elements. The premise is simple: take control of one of several clans of Vikings and attempt to explore and colonize the land of Northgard.
Unfortunately, wild beasts and undead creatures will not make that job easy. In addition, you'll also have to compete against other clans for territory.
To make matters worse, you'll often find yourself battling the elements while trying to keep your clan alive. Northgard's seasons rotate periodically and bring with them dramatic weather changes. There's not much to worry about during the summer but once the cold sets in, you'd better be prepared because Northgard's winters can be potentially deadly for your crops and even your warriors.
Northgard launched in 2018 with only a handful of clans and without a proper single-player campaign, but both of those issues have since been remedied. These days, are no less than 11 clans to choose from, each of them with its own special abilities.
Unfortunately, most of the clans are locked behind paid DLC but you can stick exclusively to the base factions and still have plenty of fun.
The latest installment in the Assassin's Creed franchise takes place during the Viking Age and focuses on the Norsemen's expansion into the British Isles.
This time around, we play as a raider named Eivor and get to meet many historical (and some not quite historical) figures like king Alfred the Great, Halfdan Ragnarsson, Ivar the Boneless, Harald Faihair, Rollo, and others. If you're familiar with the TV show Vikings you probably recognize most of those names.
Just like Origins and Odyssey, Valhalla plays more like an open-world RPG than a stealth-based action game. The long-running conflict between the Assassins Brotherhood and the Templar Order is there but takes a backseat to the events surrounding the invasion of Britain.
Similarly, you can still expect sequences that take part in the modern world but these are pretty much irrelevant at this point.
Assassin's Creed Valhalla is a pretty massive game that should take you anywhere between 60 and 100 hours to complete. Provided you do some side quests in addition to the main story.
If you're itching for even more action afterward you can also check out the Wrath of the Druids and The Siege of Paris DLCs. Needless to say, this game can keep you busy for quite a while.
5. Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice
Most Viking games let you play as the eponymous Scandinavian warriors but here the Norsemen are actually the bad guys. Hellblade follows a Celtic warrior named Senua who must contend not just with the Vikings invading her land but also psychotic episodes that cause her to see visions of her dead lover.
Hellblade is a remarkable game for several reasons. First off, it looks better than a lot of AAA games despite being developed independently by Ninja Theory. The developers wanted to tell a very serious story about mental health and didn't want a publisher interfering with their vision. That was definitely a good idea.
Despite being set in a highly fictionalized world inspired by Helheim, the Norse version of Hell, this game's main theme is all too real. The developers collaborated with neuroscientists and people who have experienced psychosis to make sure the disorder was depicted in a realistic and sensible manner.
The end result is a very impactful and emotional game, that may or may not give you nightmares.
Also worth noting is the incredible motion capture and a superb performance by Melina Juergens whose likeness was used to bring Senua to life. As a side note, Hellblade 2 is set to launch next year and we couldn't be any more excited for it.
4. The Banner Saga Trilogy
If you like Viking games with deep tactical combat, immersive narratives, and hand-drawn art styles you'll definitely appreciate what The Banner Saga has to offer.
The Banner Saga is a trilogy of turn-based RPGs that takes place in a world inspired by Norse mythology. Despite being the debut title of developer Stoic Studio, the original installment garnered a lot of praise from both critics and fans alike. And eventually spawned two equally successful sequels. Alongside a board game and a handful of tie-in novels.
The Banner Saga is a game where every choice you make has some impact on how the story unfolds. Even choices made during conversations. And you can expect a lot of conversations here because there are more than 25 characters that can join you on your adventures.
Stoic Studio was founded by former Bioware developers, which is why The Banner Saga shares some similarities with the likes of Dragon Age or Mass Effect in terms of storytelling. Just like in Mass Effect, your unique progress from the first game carries over into the second and third parts of the series.
3. Valheim
It's hard to talk about Viking games in 2021 without mentioning Valheim. The open-world survival game came out of nowhere and quickly become the first big hit of the year. And it's easy to see why.
Valheim doesn't try to reinvent the wheel or blow our minds with innovative gameplay mechanics. It's simply a well-polished survival sandbox and that's all we really want. In the famous words of Todd Howard, "it just works."
One of the main selling points of Valheim is its focus on cooperation. Most survival games take that label too seriously and focus on being difficult more than being fun. Here, you don't have to worry too much about having to survive all alone in a hostile world before reaching the point where you can be considered worthy to join a clan or guild. The game encourages you from the get-go to team up with other players. And most people in Valheim are pretty welcoming to newbies.
Hype for Valheim gradually died down over the past few months but there are still plenty of people playing it. Don't worry about being late to the party if you want to jump in now for the first time. The game is technically still in Early Access so we're likely to see another huge influx of players once it launches properly.
2. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Easily one of the most popular Viking games around, Skyrim is a title that needs very little introduction at this point. Initially launched back in 2011, the game has seen multiple re-releases over the years, to the point where a lot of us are sick of hearing about it.
However, that doesn't take away from the fact that Skyrim remains a solid RPG. Especially if you're playing with mods, of which there are literally tens of thousands to try out. Some of them have even been turned into full-fledged games like Enderal or The Forgotten City.
Skyrim arguably has the most generic setting out of all The Elder Scrolls games, but that can be seen as either a good or a bad thing depending on how you look at it.
On one hand, the land of the Nords is not a great setting if you're looking for a unique and outlandish world like the one we got in Morrowind. But on the other hand, it is the perfect setting if you want to immerse yourself in a world inhabited by fantasy Vikings, gods, dragons, and magic.
On November 11th Bethesda is bringing Skyrim back for a last hurrah to celebrate the game's 10th anniversary. If you haven't played it before this is your chance to remedy that.
You can also check out the lands of Skyrim in one of the best MMORPGs around, The Elder Scrolls Online.
1. God of War
To say that God of War is one of the best Viking games around would be an understatement. The title received universal acclaim upon launching in 2018, with many placing it next to the original God of War in terms of its impact upon the gaming community. Needless to say, it also helped sell more than a few PlayStation consoles.
The 2018 God of War reboot marked an interesting shift in the direction of the franchise. In more ways than one. While the original series was all about heart-pounding action and epic set pieces, the reboot brought with it RPG elements and an immersive story.
Don't worry, beating old gods to a pulp is still the bread-and-butter of the game. But the latest version of God of War offers much more complexity than any of its predecessors.
If you don't own a PlayStation console you'll be able to check out God of War on PC in early 2022. A sequel dubbed God of War Ragnarök is also set to launch in 2022, though there's no specific launch date just yet.
Given that God of War is finally making its way to PC, there's a pretty good chance that the sequel will also get a port. Eventually.
There are a few more interesting Viking games we couldn't quite fit onto our main list but we still wanted to give them a little shoutout. Check them out below.
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The following contains a copy of the conference report for the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (PL 111-5) as well as a summary of the student aid provisions of the legislation.
The US House of Representatives passed the legislation by a vote of 246 to 183 along party lines on February 13, 2009, with 246 Democrats voting yes, 7 Democrats voting no, 1 Democrat voting present and 176 Republicans voting no. The US Senate passed the legislation by a vote of 60 to 38, including 55 Democrats, 3 Republicans and 2 Independents on February 13, 2009. It was signed into law by President Obama on February 17, 2009.
Division A contains the spending measures and Division B the tax measures.
Legislative language for the student aid provisions appears on page 173 (discretionary Pell Grant funding, FWS, Student Aid Administration), pages 175-178 (national service) and page 191 (mandatory Pell Grant funding), and the state fiscal stabilization fund on page 425-445.
Legislative language for the student aid provisions appears on pages 15-23 (American Opportunity Tax Credit/Hope Scholarship) and pages 23-24 (computer technology allowed as a qualified higher education expense for section 529 plans).
Discussion of student aid provisions appears on pages 65-66 (discretionary Pell Grant funding, FWS), along with pages 67-68 (national service) and page 71 (mandatory Pell Grant funding). Discussion of the state fiscal stabilization fund begins on page 123.
Discussion of the Hope Scholarship appears on pages 11-14 and discussion of the inclusion of computer technology as a qualified higher education expense for section 529 college savings plans on pages 15-16.
Page numbers are relative to the PDF documents and not in terms of any page numbers visible in the text of the documents.
$15.64 billion increase in discretionary Pell Grant funding. This funding increases the maximum Pell Grant under discretionary funding by $500 to $4,860 for 2009-10. Combined with the $490 amount from the mandatory Pell Grant funding, this yields an overall maximum Pell Grant of $5,350 for 2009-10. Since eligibility is based on discretionary funding, this will increase the number of Pell Grant recipients by about 800,000 to a total of about 7 million. Note that this $500 increase is just for the 2009-10 academic year. (Technically it is a $619 increase, since the combined maximum Pell Grant increased from $4,731 in 2008-09 to $5,350 in 2009-10. But the legislation increased it by $500 on top of a previous funding increase.) This funding also will reduce or eliminate the funding shortfall that has accumulated since 2006.
Note also that eligibility for the Academic Competitiveness Grants (AC) and National SMART Grants (SMART) require the student to be eligible for the Pell Grant, so the number of recipients of AC and SMART grants will increase by about 13% due to increased Pell Grant eligibility. The AC and SMART grants are currently underutilized, so no increase in appropriations is necessary for these two programs.
$1.474 billion to eliminate a funding shortfall in the mandatory Pell Grant funding. This increases funding for 2009 from $2.09 billion to $2.733 billion and for 2010 from $3.03 billion to $3.861 billion.
$200 million for Federal Work-Study (FWS). This will yield $267 million in additional funding for FWS when the institutional matching funds are included. That is enough for an additional 181,000 recipients.
$60 million for Student Aid Administration.
$160 million for the Corporation for National Service, of which $89 million is to make additional awards.
$40 million for the National Service Trust.
$53.6 billion for the State Fiscal Stabilization Fund, of which 81.8% is to be used for support of elementary, secondary and postsecondary education. States must agree to maintain at least the same level of support for higher education (excluding capital projects, research & development, and funds from tuition and fees) in 2009, 2010 and 2011 as they provided in 2006.
American Opportunity Tax Credit. This provision increases the Hope Scholarship for 2009 and 2010 to a total of $2,500 (100% of first $2,000 and 25% of second $2,000 of qualified tuition and related expenses) with the credit allowed for the first four years (instead of two years) of post-secondary education. The definition of qualified tuition and related expenses is expanded to include course materials (e.g., textbooks). Income phaseouts are increased to $80,000/$90,000 (single) and $160,000/$180,000 (joint). The credit is allowed to offset the AMT. The credit is 40% refundable, meaning that up to $1,000 of the tax credit may be refunded to taxpayers (dependent children are not eligible for refundability).
Allows computer technology and equipment as a qualified higher education expense for section 529 plans for 2009 and 2010. This includes internet access and software, but excludes non-educational software for sports, games or hobbies.
Mandates a 1-year study of the potential coordination of the Hope Scholarship with the Pell Grant to "maximize effectiveness at promoting college affordability" and to "examine ways to expedite the delivery of the tax credit".
Mandates a 1-year study of the feasability of including community service requirements as a condition for receipt of the Hope Scholarship.
The following table illustrates the differences between the Hope Scholarship for 2008 and the American Opportunity Tax Credit for 2009 and 2010.


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As the Head of Operations for Google Launchpad Accelerator Africa, you will play a key role in building and operating Launchpad's seed-stage startup accelerator in Africa. You will join a small, dedicated team, supported by our developer relations regional leads and the central Launchpad team and will travel as required to collaborate.
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No. 24 Wisconsin's defense put the clamps on No. 21 Maryland down the stretch and took a pivotal 69-61 Big Ten victory Friday night in Madison, Wis.
Brad Davison scored 21 points for Wisconsin (16-6, 8-3 Big Ten), including back-to-back 3-pointers to put Wisconsin ahead 54-52 with 6:12 remaining. Maryland (17-6, 8-4) regained the lead 55-54 on Bruno Fernando's lay-in at 4:59, but then it was all Badgers as surging Wisconsin won a fifth straight game.
The Badgers went ahead for good on Aleem Ford's 3-pointer at 4:40 to go up 57-55 and closed the game on a 15-6 run.
Wisconsin canned 9 of 18 3-point attempts on the night, including 4 of 6 by Davison, but also got 18 points, 11 rebounds, six assists and a pair of blocks and steals from big man Ethan Happ. Eleventh in the nation allowing just 61.5 points, the Badgers allowed just two Maryland field goals the rest of the way after Ford's big basket.
Freshman Eric Ayala led the Terrapins, who have lost three of their last four, with 18 points, 13 in the first half. Fernando added 13 points and 10 rebounds.
After trailing most of the first half and heading to the break down 36-31, Wisconsin scored nine of the first 13 points after intermission to tie the game 40-40 with 16:10 to play. Happ used five free throws and a layup to author a 7-0 run, during which Maryland's Fernando went to the bench with three fouls.
Brevin Pritzl's corner 3-pointer just before the half had made the score 36-31 at the break. Maryland's torrid 55.6 shooting (15 of 27) in the opening 20 minutes had given the Terrapins a nine-point lead, first after a 12-3 run that closed with Ayala's jumper to make it 26-17 at 7:27.
The Terrapins were particularly effective from distance, hitting 6-for-10 3-point attempts, including 3-for-3 from Ayala, the Big Ten leader in 3-point percentage. Back-to-back triples by Ayala and Anthony Cowan Jr. had Maryland in front 36-27, but the Terrapins did not score the last 3:17 of the first half.
Maryland won the first meeting with the Badgers, taking a 64-60 decision in College Park when they squandered a 21-point lead and then came back to win at the end.
The Terrapins' tough stretch continues on the road at Nebraska Feb. 6. Wisconsin plays at Minnesota that same night.


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One way to keep cats and dogs from chewing electronic cables: Go wireless.
Does your Kindle bear tooth marks? Has your dog destroyed countless remote controls and sets of headphones? You're not alone: Pet owners are full of tales of animal-related electronic woes.
Christie Keith of Davisburg, Mich., is on her fourth Kindle. Her Scottish Deerhound, Rawley, has a taste for them. He has also demolished six Kindle covers and the USB cable for a Garmin GPS pet locator (apparently, he has issues with surveillance).
Indy, a Cardigan Welsh Corgi owned by Cait Macanliss of Dallas, Texas, had a fetish for laptop chargers (he went through three of them as an adolescent).
According to an April 2013 survey of 1,200 pet owners by SquareTrade Inc., approximately 66 percent said pets chewed up gadgets, while 21 percent said lunging pets caused them to drop pricey electronic gear. One in six reported that a pet had thrown up, peed, or pooped on a device.
Just how much damage do pets cause? About $3 billion annually, SquareTrade estimates.
Gastrointestinal foreign bodies — including cell phones, speaker wires, and computer cables — are a common reason for canine visits to the veterinarian. At the Foster Hospital for Small Animals at Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, more than half the dogs brought in for intestinal obstructions require surgery, says surgical specialist John Berg, DVM.
Can't find your iPod mini, but you're not sure it went down Buster's gullet? The classic signs of an obstruction are vomiting and regurgitation. A foreign body stuck in the esophagus causes regurgitation, meaning food the dog has tried to swallow simply rolls back out when the dog opens his mouth. Vomiting, with its abdominal heaving, suggests obstruction of the stomach or small intestine. Appetite loss is another warning sign — especially if your dog normally loves to eat. If your dog has a history of chewing and swallowing objects, these signals are a good indication that a trip to the veterinarian is in order.
Many items pass through the body with no problem, but some parts of the gastrointestinal tract — namely the esophagus, stomach, and small intestine — are more prone to obstruction. An item that makes it all the way to the large intestine is usually home free, though.
Why do pets love to gnaw on Nokias and bite into Apples? Chalk it up to good old-fashioned curiosity and appetite — could that be something good to eat? — or maybe even a desire to be close to us. After all, we constantly handle our electronic playthings, and they undoubtedly carry our scent. Our animals may rationalize that if we like playing with that object so much, maybe they will, too.
Or maybe our pets are just trying to use GoogleMaps to find that bone they buried or a favorite catnip patch.
When her cats wouldn't give up chewing cords, Gail Parker of Philadelphia switched to a cordless mouse and keyboard. She also coats any thin cords in the home with solid deodorant, which contains alum and has an unpleasant taste.
Protect wiring with tough plastic cable covers, aluminum-foil tape, or double-sided tape.
When not using them, place electronics well out of a pet's reach.
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Never place gadgets near your coffee cup or other liquids.
Simply resign yourself to replacing items frequently. Alison Taub, who lives with Flat-Coated Retriever Brennan in Lake Forest, Calif., limits herself to headphones that cost no more than $20.
It could be worse: If our pets had opposable thumbs, they'd be ordering expensive pet toys online.