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The Internet is an American alternative R&B band from Los Angeles, California. It consists of vocalist Syd, keyboardist Matt Martians, bassist Patrick Paige II, drummer Christopher Smith, and guitarist Steve Lacy.

Their music is a blend of R&B, hip-hop, jazz, funk, and electronic dance music. They have released four studio albums and three extended plays since their formation in late 2011. The band's 2015 album Ego Death was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Urban Contemporary Album.

History
The Internet was formed in early 2011 by Odd Future members Syd and Matt Martians, along with touring members Patrick Paige, Christopher Smith, and Tay Walker. The band's name originally started out as a joke, inspired by Left Brain's answer to a reporter asking where he was from, to which he responded, "I hate when people ask me that, I'm going to start saying I'm from the Internet". The idea amused Syd, and inspired the name for her side project that eventually became The Internet.

Their debut album Purple Naked Ladies was released on December 20, 2011. It was the first physical album to be released through Odd Future Records. Two songs from the album, "Cocaine" and "Fastlane", had music videos to accompany their release. The Internet has a song included on the Odd Future album The OF Tape Vol. 2, called "Ya know".

The band released their second album Feel Good in September 2013, and received praise from fans and critics. The first single from the album, "Give It Time", was released through Odd Future's official SoundCloud. On June 10, 2013, The band backed Mac Miller in London in promotion of his second album Watching Movies with the Sound Off.

Their third album Ego Death was released by Odd Future & Columbia on June 30, 2015 to widespread acclaim. Matt Martians on NPR said about the album's title: "A lot of people that we know [are] just having their egos checked in many ways. Some people losing their jobs when, last year, they were at the top of the mountain; certain people's careers going in different directions that they didn't anticipate. And just kind of two words that you want people to think about these days, because we do have a lot of people who, on the Internet — whether it's Instagram, Twitter — it's a lot of egos that are really based on nothing backing it up."

Following the release of Ego Death, the band's members each focused on releasing individual solo projects. 2017 saw the release of Matt Martians' The Drum Chord Theory, Syd's Fin, Steve Lacy's Demo, Patrick Paige II's Letters of Irrelevance and Christopher A. Smith's Loud, as a part of the duo C&T.

In December 2017, Steve Lacy told DJ Matt Wilkinson of Beats 1 that the follow-up to Ego Death was "95%" finished. He added: "I feel like this is on a higher echelon than Ego Death. I love Ego Death, that was a great record, but I know this one is a step up."

In April 2018, Patrick Paige II announced his debut album Letters of Irrelevance. Later that month, the band released the single "Roll (Burbank Funk)", in promotion of their fourth studio album, Hive Mind. The track features joint lead vocals by Steve Lacy and Syd. The next month the band announced their fourth album, Hive Mind, which released on July 20, 2018. In October 2018, The Internet was the opening act at all but one show for Gorillaz on their North American leg of The Now Now Tour, which concluded with the Demon Dayz Festival. Their performance at the Scotiabank Arena on October 8, 2018 was their first ever performance in a stadium venue.

Discography

Studio albums

EPs

Singles

Other appearances

Members
Contributions refer to members' live roles. On studio recordings, each member plays a variety of instruments.

 Sydney Bennett – vocals
 Steve Lacy – guitar, vocals
 Matthew Martin – keyboards, vocals
 Patrick Paige II – bass guitar
 Christopher Smith – drums

Past members
 Tay Walker – keyboards
 Jameel Bruner – keyboards

Awards and nominations

Soul Train Awards

Grammy Awards

References

Musical groups established in 2011
American musical duos
Hip hop duos
Hip hop groups from California
American contemporary R&B musical groups
American soul musical groups
Trip hop groups
Musical groups from Los Angeles
African-American musical groups
Feminist musicians
Columbia Records artists
2011 establishments in California

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This year, Russia provided record supplies of gas to the European market to meet the region's growing demand. But some nations, particularly the US, Poland and the Baltic states, still insist Europe can do without Russian energy.
Here are the key Russian pipelines supplying oil and gas to Europe, which Washington and allies are trying to obstruct.
The Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline
This project, which is almost complete, aims to deliver more natural gas from Russia to the EU. It involves the construction of two pipelines with a total capacity of 55 billion cubic meters of gas per year, spanning from the Russian coast to Germany and further on to other European customers through the Baltic Sea.
This week, Washington and Warsaw called the Russian gas pipeline a "threat" to European energy security. While the pipeline does not cross the territory of either country, they have discussed the possibility of hindering the implementation of the Nord Stream 2. US President Donald Trump has been promoting American LNG to edge Russia out of the EU gas market, while Poland has ambitions of becoming a major European LNG hub.
However, Germany – Europe's biggest economy – remains firm as Nord Stream 2's strongest backer, insisting that the pipeline will ensure the continent's energy security.
Berlin rejects concerns that the project affords Russia too much leverage over Europe's energy supply. It insists the pipeline will help Germany meet growing demand for energy as it phases out coal and nuclear power.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel has repeatedly reminded her European neighbors that Germany and Europe bought gas from Russia even at the height of the Cold War.
According to analyst John Laughland, Poland and the Baltic states are heavily influenced by US policy on the Nord Stream 2 project, and their latest comments are all part of a "battle" for the European market. Countries like Poland and Lithuania are now campaigning on behalf of Washington for Europe to purchase "expensive American [Liquefied Natural Gas] instead of cheap Russian gas," Laughland explained to RT.
Nord Stream gas pipeline
The first gas pipeline to establish direct Russian energy supplies, Nord Stream, was opened in 2011. It pumps gas under the Baltic Sea to Germany and the rest of Europe, bypassing transit countries.With a length of 1,224km, the pipeline's annual capacity is 55 billion cubic meters of gas.
In 2000, the European Commission included Nord Stream as a priority project in the Trans-European Network for Energy (TEN-E) Guidelines. That means that Nord Stream is key to Europe's sustainable development and energy security.
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However last week, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled to limit Russian gas giant Gazprom's access to the Opal pipeline in eastern Germany. Opal is a transit link pipeline connecting Nord Stream with European infrastructure.The ruling requires Gazprom to reduce its gas shipments via the Opal by limiting them to a maximum of 50 percent of capacity.
The lawsuit was initiated by Polish state gas company PGNiG after the European Commission removed an earlier cap on pipeline shipments in 2016.
Opal, which is located in Germany and has the capacity to deliver 36 billion cubic meters annually, is a key element for the transportation of natural gas directly from Russia through the Nord Stream pipeline and its future expansion, the Nord Stream 2. The use of the pipeline, which is co-owned by Wintershall and Gazprom, has been the subject of several legal battles.
Druzhba oil pipeline
One of the longest and biggest oil pipeline networks in the world, Druzhba was put into operation in 1964. It carries oil some 4,000km from the eastern part of European Russia to Ukraine, Belarus, Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Germany. The network also branches out into numerous pipelines to deliver its product throughout Eastern Europe and beyond. Druzhba crosses 45 major rivers on its road to Central Europe.
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Back in the 90s, the pipeline supplied oil to the energy-hungry western regions of the Soviet Union. The delivery of oil was halted on April 20, 2019 due to contamination but was later resumed.
Yamal-Europe gas pipeline
The transnational Yamal-Europe route supplies Russian gas to Western Europe, running across Russia, Belarus, Poland and Germany.
The pipeline's construction started in 1994 and in 2006 Yamal-Europe reached its design capacity of 32.9 billion cubic meters. The pipeline's total length is over 2,000km. It has become an additional export corridor that has increased the flexibility and reliability of Russian gas supplies to Western Europe.
Yamal - Europe gas pipeline
Since 2005, there have been plans to build a second leg of the pipeline, but later Moscow decided to launch the Nord Stream pipeline instead.
The Yamal-Europe and the Nord Stream (as well as its extension) gas pipelines have been built as alternative routes to guarantee stable supplies to the EU. The necessity of their construction became clear after the gas shortage crisis of 2006, which saw parts of Europe left without heat after Ukraine siphoned off transit gas from the pipeline crossing its territory.
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More than 50 percent of Russian gas supplies to the EU traditionally flowed via Ukraine. For the last several years, Russia and Ukraine have been tied up in transit-fee disputes as the major pipelines supplying Europe with Russian oil and gas run through Ukraine.
The largest gas exporter to the European market, Russia, has been providing natural gas supplies to Europe for more than 50 years. Prices for Russian blue fuel are much more competitive than US LNG, and far less risky than deliveries sourced from Africa.
Europeans, particularly Germany, have been raising concerns about energy security as gas production in the EU is set to fall by 50 percent over the next 20 years, even as demand is forecast to continue at its current pace.
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Teenagers in the ATP Top 500: Looking Forward to 2021 (Part 1)
By: Damian Kust, Editor | December 27, 2020 January 18, 2021
The year-end ATP Rankings for the 2020 season feature a total of 18 teenagers in the world's first 500 ranked players. 14 of them are already 19 years of age, while just two have not yet attained adulthood yet. Some had amazing success on the Juniors tour, while some only broke through on the professional stage. In this article, we look at all the under 20s in the ATP top 500 and ask the question: which of these are ready for the biggest challenges possible? Feel free to come back in a year and torment me with all the predictions that will make me look dumb.
We split the 18 teenagers between two articles. You can find the nine highest-ranked teenagers in this article, while the rest are in the second article.
#341 Juan Manuel Cerundolo
Best results: 2019 Montevideo Challenger semifinalist (win over no. 45 Pablo Cuevas); ITF junior world no. 9; 3 ITF World Tennis Tour titles
Here's a player that seems to have a bigger upside. His brother, Fransisco, won three ATP Challenger Tour events this season and Juan Manuel will not want to be left behind. While he didn't manage much success in junior Grand Slams, his results in South American events spoke a lot about his talent. After a great finish to the 2019 season, it was easy to expect more of Juan Manuel than he did this year. While his brother exceeded expectations, the younger of the two had a pretty poor time, especially after the restart.
With a game not nearly as powerful as his brother's, Cerundolo has to focus more on creating a good amount of topspin and patiently constructing the points. Whether he has the same potential as Fransisco we're yet to see. The pandemic seemed to really derail him and perhaps a more regular-season can tell us more. For now, he isn't living up to what he showed late last year.
2021 year-end ranking prediction: #250
#351 Jiri Lehecka
Best results: 2020 Prostejov Challenger semifinalist; 2020 M25 Prague champion
Besides Italy, one of the nations that suddenly found a lot of talented youngsters is the Czech Republic. A great chance for the Czech youngsters this year was the four-week swing of Challenger Tour events in their country that was played right after the restart. Lehecka managed to get a great run in Prostejov, scoring three top 200 wins to get to the semifinals.
Most of the aforementioned Czechs play a fun to watch brand of attacking tennis and Lehecka isn't an exception. A former world no. 11 in juniors, the 19-year-old has been slowly proving his talent in the professional ranks. Right now, he's playing at a level that should allow him to compete for the biggest ITF trophies and win a few rounds here or there on the Challenger circuit. It doesn't appear likely that the 2021 season will see him make a sudden breakthrough.
#362 Jonas Forejtek
Best results: 2019 US Open boys' singles champion; 2R at the 2020 Sofia Open (a win over world no. 41 Marin Cilic); two ITF titles (1 25K; 1 15K)
Once famous for practicing with a wooden spoon, Forejtek shows a tad more premise than his six months younger compatriot. Once the world no.1 in juniors, the Czech didn't achieve as much as Lehecka in the aforementioned Czech clay swing. However, he still grabbed a great win over Botic van de Zandschulp and pushed Pierre-Hugues Herbert to three sets in what was a very high-quality contest. The organizers of the Sofia Open liked his game enough to hand Forejtek a main draw wildcard. Despite drawing the 2014 US Open champion Marin Cilic in the opening round, the youngster actually managed an unlikely win against a wildly inconsistent opponent.
Forejtek's maturity and ability to adapt to the opponent make him a more dangerous opponent than Lehecka right now. While he's ranked lower than his compatriot, he showed up well on the big stage in Sofia, which might open some doors. For now, it's looking likely that he and Tomas Machac (20yo) will be the ones leading the young Czech charge next year.
#379 Thiago Tirante
Best results: 2020 Lima Challenger runner-up; former junior world no. 1; a title at M15 in Monastir
Despite staying unsuccessful at junior Grand Slams, Tirante made his way to the no.1 ranking through excellent results in big clay-court events. As a pro, he blossomed in the latter half of the 2020 season. First, it was a sixth-week-long stay at Monastir where he won his first title and amassed a 17-5 win/loss record. With that run, he also proved that he is not a clay-court one-trick pony. That said, his runner-up finish at the Lima Challenger still came as a huge surprise. Ranked 539 in the world, Tirante took out players like Pedro Sousa or Fransisco Cerundolo in one of the most outstanding runs of the season.
The Argentinian's game bears a slight comparison to Alejandro Davidovich Fokina – when he has the time and space to play on his own terms and use his creativity, it gets scary. Tirante has great energy on the court and uses that robustness to run around his backhand and hit as many balls as he can off his stronger wing. The level the Argentinian produced in Lima was really high and he's going to be a force to be reckoned with in South American Challengers. A big rise in the rankings might be on the cards here.
#393 – Carlos Gimeno Valero
Nationality: Spanish
Best results: 2019 Wimbledon boys' singles runner-up; 2020 Barcelona Challenger semifinalist; 3 ITF titles (1 25K; 2 15K)
Despite great performances as a junior and fine results on the ITF circuit, Gimeno Valero's Barcelona Challenger seemed like a complete fluke. First of all, Christopher O'Connell had to retire up a match point due to rolling his ankle. Then, Facundo Bagnis showed up with an injury to hand him an easy quarterfinal victory. To add to that misconception, Damir Dzumhur gave Gimeno Valero just three games in their final four meeting.
But the young Spaniard made up for that lack three weeks later in Marbella, having to go through Andrey Kuznetsov, Federico Coria, and Steven Diez to make it to the quarterfinals. All of that he did in straight sets and while he failed to make an impact against Alexandre Muller, it was a really promising run.
His loopy, made for clay courts forehand allowed him to move his opponents around and play out the points the way he intended. Interestingly, Gimeno Valero hasn't shown up on court since and in total, only appeared in six events this year. Adding to that just seven tournaments from 2019, it makes it all the more impressive that he still managed to find himself ranked in the top 400 of the ATP Rankings. Don't know about you but we still need some convincing that he'll be able to play like that on a week-to-week basis.
#397 – Filip Cristian Jianu
Nationality: Romanian
Best results: 2019 Australian Open boys' singles semifinalist; 3 ITF titles (1 25K; 2 15K)
Out of young Romanians, it was Nicolas David Ionel who made headlines last year, winning four ITF titles in a row. But fast forward a year later, it's still one year older Jianu that makes more consistent results and finds himself in the top 500 of the ATP Rankings. This season, he managed to get just one Challenger Tour win in five attempts though, taking out the veteran Teymuraz Gabashvili. From what little we've seen of him, it will take some time before he's ready to look for points on the higher levels of competition.
#427 – Harold Mayot
Best results: 2020 Australian Open boys' singles champion; current junior world no. 1; 2020 Pau Challenger quarterfinalist; 2019 M15 Villers Les Nancy champion
After a whole gallery of former junior world no.1s, here's the one that currently holds that spot. Harold Mayot won the 2020 Australian Open junior title and as a result, received a main draw wildcard to the ATP 250 event in Marseille. Ambitious, yet Mayot actually gave a great performance, making eventual semifinalist Gilles Simon work real hard for the win. After the restart, the Frenchman kept posting decent results in ITF events. He also made the second round at Aix en Provence Challenger, losing in a fairly close contest to Pablo Cuevas. The FFT decided to award him a wild card for the French Open and while he couldn't take a set, his 6-7 3-6 5-7 loss to Alejandro Davidovich Fokina was nothing to be ashamed of.
Lately, Mayot has been struggling with health issues. In December, he decided to participate in two M15 events in Monastir, yet failed to complete a single match. If healthy, the Frenchman seems to have the potential to make a considerable ranking jump next year. While he doesn't have that much power, his tennis acumen and court sense are great to watch. These characteristics can only improve under the tutelage of Thierry Tulasne, former world no.10, who used to coach such specialists in these areas as Gilles Simon or Sebastian Grosjean in the past.
#445 – Timofey Skatov
Nationality: Kazakh (represented Russia until 2018)
Best results: 2017 US Open boys' singles semifinalist; 3 ITF 15K titles
While Skatov is looking very well on the ITF circuit, his tour-level or Challenger Tour tryouts haven't been looking well. His win/loss record stands at 1/4 in the Challengers but the most shocking one was the main draw appearance at a tour-level event in Nur-Sultan this year. Despite getting a lot of good ITF results in the weeks prior, Skatov was absolutely dismantled 2-6 0-6 by Emil Ruusuvuori in a match that showed how big the difference of level still is. Lots of work will need to be done until the young Kazakh is able to get to the next level.
#473 – Holger Rune
Nationality: Danish
Best results: 2019 Roland Garros boys' singles champion; former world no.1 in juniors; 3 ITF titles (1 25K; 2 15K)
A member of the Mouratoglou Tennis Academy, Holger Rune created some controversies around himself with the way his schedule was made. Thanks to knowing the right people he received a lot of wildcards, which didn't even seem to help him at all. At one point considered to be the best 2003 born player along with Alcaraz, it quickly turned out that he just isn't there yet. Thankfully, after the restart, Rune started playing ITF level events on a more consistent basis, which allowed him to rebuild his confidence and start improving.
With Rune starting to get fairly dominant on the ITF circuit towards the end of the season, perhaps next year will be the right time to start playing Challengers more regularly. He should be ready for it sooner than later as he already possesses a very all-rounded game. It appears that in the past year or so he also developed more emotional maturity and the ability to keep up his level over an extended number of games. The Dane is still one of the brightest under 18 talents and he should be getting back on track in no time.
Which one of these do you think can become a future star of the game? Or will it be someone different, perhaps someone who hasn't quite reached the top 500 yet?
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Dr. Romanowski has 10 years of experience in consulting in the areas of management and banking. Previously Dr. Romanowski worked as a Partner at McKinsey & Company, specializing in strategy, restructuring and capital transactions, he supported the two largest mergers in the oil industry in Central Europe, as well as clients from the pharmaceutical and health industry. Dr. Romanowski was also a Board Member at Millennium SA responsible for Corporate Banking, and a Partner at Metropolitan Capital Solutions.
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Dr. Tadeusz Wesolowski has graduated with PhD in Technical Sciences from Warsaw University of Technology. After receiving his diploma he worked at university to obtain the position of a lecturer. In 1990 he founded and managed PROSPER, company which for more than 17 years has been one of the leading pharmaceutical distributors in Poland. The company started its operations from importing parapharmaceuticals and OTC drugs from Western Europe, gradually expanding the range and scope of activities to the distribution of pharmaceuticals. Dr. Wesolowski consistently advised and participated in the creation of new ventures in the pharmaceutical market. Dr. Wesołowski is a Member of the Audit Committee at Selvita.
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Mr. Wojciech Chabasiewicz graduated from the Faculty of Law and Administration, Jagiellonian University and was entered on the list of Legal Counsels in 2005.
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Ribosomes, the universal cellular machines, possess spectacular architecture accompanied by inherent mobility, allowing for their smooth performance as polymerases that translate the genetic code into proteins. The site for peptide bond formation is located within a universal internal semysymmetrical region, which was identified within all contemporary ribosomes. The high conservation of this region implies its existence irrespective of environmental conditions and indicates that it may represent an ancient RNA molecular apparatus. Hence we named it the "proto-ribosome".
This prebiotic pocket-like RNA entity is suggested to be capable to accommodate substrates whose stereochemistry enables the creation of chemical bonds. It could have evolved from an earlier catalytic RNA entity that we named the "pre-proto-ribosome", presumed to be a molecular machine capable of performing various essential tasks in the RNA world, which was snatched by the amino acids invaders for producing proteins.
M. Krupkin, et. al. (2011). A vestige of a prebiotic bonding machine is functioning within the contemporary ribosome. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 366, 2972-2978. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2011.0146.


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Limitless Es el tercer álbum de estudio de la banda de rock australiano Tonight Alive, lanzado el 4 de marzo de 2016 a través de Sony Music Australia en Oceanía y Japón, Fearless Records en América del Norte y Easy Life Records en Europa. La producción en el álbum empezó en marzo de 2015. El álbum fue anunciado en octubre de 2015, junto con la publicación del primer sencillo "Human Interaction". La banda se embarcó en una gira mundial con Set It Off como soporte.

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Según revisiones de música profesionales, Limitless es una salida de Tonight Alive de su anterior sonido pop punk, siendo descrito como pop rock por Blunt Magazine y Beat.com.au, así como rock alternativo por Pure Grain Audio.

Recepción
El álbum ha recibido críticas mixtas ad revisiones. La banda está madurando su sonido y Jenna McDougall las letras han sido citadas como los puntos culminantes de la grabación. En una revisión muy positiva de Jade Falconer para Musicology escribió, "Con su último álbum que es tan oscuro, el más upbeat de Tonight Alive se muestra claramente que esta banda ha tenido tanto más para dar y su viaje es verdaderamente el principio justo."

Lista de canciones

Japanese bonus tracks

Personal
 Tonight Alive
 Jenna McDougall – vocalista líder
 Whakaio Taahi – Guitarra líder, teclados
 Jake Hardy – guitarra rítmica
 Cam Adler – Bajo
 Mate Mejor – batería, percusión
 Músicos adicionales
 David Hodges – piano on "Human Interaction" and "How Does It Feel?"
 Douglas Allen – keyboards, programming, effects, string arrangements
 Steve Solomon – keyboards, programmaing
 Brian Robbins – programming
 Greg Johnson – effects
 Koby Nelson – background vocals
 Producción
 David Bendeth – producción, mezclando, arranger
 Esta noche Vivo – arreglos
 Jenna McDougall – dirección de arte
 Mitch Milán – digital editando, ingeniero, técnico de guitarra
 Koby Nelson – digital editando, ingeniero
 Brian Robbins – digital editando, ingeniero, mezclando ingeniero, espiritual advisor
 Steve Sarkissian – técnico de tambor
 Ted Jensen – mastering
 Thomas Russell – arte de cubierta
 Mitch Storck – Obra de arte, diseño
 Caballero de Jordania – fotografía
 Matty Vogel – Fotografía

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Referencias

Álbumes de 2016
Álbumes de Tonight Alive
Álbumes de rock alternativo
Álbumes en inglés


In a public shaming method of discipline, a father makes his 4-year-old son hold a sign reading, "I hit little girls" on along a busy street corner in Monroe, Michigan.
Tristan Devine was called out for hitting some girls at his class in school and his dad took a public shaming approach that infuriated the child's mother. She's not allowing her son to visit his father (also her ex-husband) until child welfare authorities investigate the incident, New York Daily News reports.
WXYZ-TV reports that Tristan's father — Rob Devine — made his son hold the sign for about an hour. He stood next to the boy, who's been in trouble several times for hitting girls at his school.
Mr. Devine says he didn't do anything wrong because taking away his son's toys and talking to him hasn't made any difference in changing his behavior.
"Honestly, I just wanted to do what I felt was right for my son," Mr. Devine says.
Brittany Tweed, Tristan's mother, feels her ex-husband went too far and that the punishment far outweighed the offense.
Tristan's father claims he'd do the same thing over again to make his son understand that he needs to learn from his bad behavior.
As for the custody battle, the report goes on to say that the father will not pursue court action for joint custody of his son. Whatever the mother and the court decides in this case, will apply if child welfare gets involved.
Parents have forced their kids to engaged in all sorts of public shaming when it comes to punishment. While it's true children don't come with an instruction manual, many will argue that this father's handling of the situation of making his 4-year-old son hold a public shaming sign for hitting little girls wasn't the best way to do it. There will be some who agree that this was the best way to handle the disciplinary action given the circumstances.


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Top Family-Fun Nintendo 64 Games
The past "Top" posts (Christmas albums and Super Nintendo) have had five items, but this one has seven because I had a tough time narrowing down my picks for the Top Family-Fun N64 Games.
7. 1080 Snowboarding
If you live somewhere where it is too cold to be outside or there isn't snow, you can strap on the snowboard boots and race each other down different slopes. Compete to finish first or who ever can do the fanciest tricks.
6. Mario Kart
Shifting from two players on SNES to four on N64 adds more family competition with a lot more fun in the battle and race modes.
5. Bomber Man 64
While you can have fun in the story, this game is best played as a multi-player. While the competition will always be four players, made up of AI's or humans, it is a lot of fun to be able to figure out the right patterns to drop or throw bombs to be able to win the match.
4. Super Smash Bros
Choose your favourite Nintendo franchise character and duke it out with your family who has picked their fav character.
3. Star Fox
Take your family rivalry into the air or in space and battle each other as one of the Star Fox characters. No point in being bound by ground when you can soar in the skies!
2. Golden Eye 007
Take game rating into account with this one as blood does ooze down the screen when you die. However, this game is alone responsible for the multiplayer shoot 'em up games, it is so revolutionary. Battle each other or in groups of 3 or 4. Set the style of the game, secret weapon, choose a map, and attack away.
1. Mario Party
Any of the Mario Party games would do, some say Mario Party 2 is better than the first because Nintendo built on it. This board game like game with mini challenges is an excellent leveling field for those who game a lot to those who don't at all, as the game is a combo of board game and mini-game strategy. Choose one of your fav Super Mario characters and roll away.
***Note: Again as with the Super Nintendo recommendations, I recommend these games and the console as overall they would be cheaper than buying a current generation console.***
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Virginia Set to Execute Woman
The state of Virginia is set to execute Teresa Lewis on Thursday, its first execution of a woman in nearly 100 years. Lewis hired her lover and his friend to murder her husband and stepson in 2002. Lewis's lawyers say that she has an IQ of 72; the Supreme Court has ruled it is illegal to execute anyone who is "mentally retarded," which generally means an IQ of less than 70. Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell has declined to spare Lewis; her last hope is the United States Supreme Court.


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Familienname folgender Personen:
 Colin McComb (* 1970), US-amerikanischer Autor und Game Designer
 David McComb (1962–1999), australischer Rockmusiker
 Eleazer McComb (1740–1798), US-amerikanischer Politiker
 Heather McComb (* 1977), US-amerikanische Schauspielerin
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BAE wins $140m contract to modernise USAF's F-15 fighter aircraft fleet
BAE Systems has received a $140m F-15 modernisation programme contract from Boeing for the US Air Force (USAF).
The multi-year contract was awarded as part of the USAF's Eagle passive active warning survivability system (EPAWSS) programme.
The programme is aimed at providing the air force's F-15 fighter aircraft fleet with an advanced electronic warfare (EW) technology upgrade, in order to maximise mission effectiveness and survivability against current and emerging threats.
BAE said that its new, all-digital EW system will provide advanced threat detection to help maintain the F-15's air dominance, which is essential as this platform is scheduled to remain in active service for decades to come.
BAE Systems electronic combat solutions vice-president and general manager Brian Walters said: "Recognising the importance of providing this enhanced EW technology to our warfighters, our team responded during the first phase of the programme by not only meeting all set programme milestones, but in some cases exceeding expectations by several weeks."
The engineering and manufacturing development contract from Boeing is a follow-on to the previously announced EPAWSS award.
"The engineering and manufacturing development contract from Boeing is a follow-on to the previously announced EPAWSS award."
The F-15 Strike Eagle is an all weather fighter that has been designed for air-to-air combat.
The 19.45m-long aircraft is powered by two P&W F100 or two GE F110 turbofan engines and it travels at speeds of more than Mach 2.5.
To date, Boeing has built more than 1,600 F-15s for six countries including the US, Israel, Japan, South Korea and Saudi Arabia.
Image: Three F-15 fighter aircraft in flight. Photo: courtesy of US Air Force / Staff Sgt. Michael B. Keller.
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The Figaro Digital Digest: 19th January 2018
by Figaro Digital Published on 19/01/18
Wondering what the latest news from the wider marketing world is? Well, we've got you covered. Take a look at our round-up of the industry's biggest stories from the last seven days below.
53 Per Cent Of People Say Images Grab Their Attention More Than Headlines
Pure360 has analysed YouGov consumer data and found that more than half of internet users are more likely to notice an image than a title. Furthermore, 61 per cent said they expected marketing messages to include images, and 62 per cent would not buy from a brand unless they could see a product in its entirety. 54 per cent of respondents said they prefer brands that use product imagery over lifestyle photos.
Komal Helyer, Marketing Director at Pure360 said:
"With image sharing platforms like Instagram growing in popularity, brands are paying special attention to the power of a picture in marketing efforts to attract customers. Thankfully today they benefit from a plethora of technologies to deliver more relevant, interactive, responsive and targeted images."
Four Companies Fined £600,000 For Spam Marketing
We're strong believers in quality over quantity, and it appears the Information Commissioner's Office (IC) agrees. After an extensive investigation, four UK companies have been fined £600,000 for millions of spam emails, calls and texts they made.
• Barrington Claims Limited, Port Talbot was fined £250,000 for 15 million automated calls
• Newday Limited, London was fined £230,000 for over 44 million spam emails
• Goody Market UK Limited, Liverpool was fined £40,000 for 111,367 spam texts
• TFLI Limited, Macclesfield was fined £80,000 for almost 1.2 million spam texts
ICO enforcement group manager Andy Curry said:
"Firms cannot get away with failing to follow the rules designed to protect people from the irritation and, on occasions, distress nuisance calls, emails and texts cause."
"I would urge anyone bothered by nuisance marketing to report it to us. Your reports help us take action against firms like those we have fined today, putting a stop to the trouble they cause."
Instagram Influencer Marketing Activity Doubled In 2017
New research has revealed that in 2017 there were 1,504,383 Instagram posts tagged with #Ad in 2017. The study by Klear states that this is almost double the influencer marketing activity of the previous period (198 per cent) and there was a 5 per cent average growth month-on-month.
Females ruled the roost during this time with 83.9 per cent of #Ad posts coming from women, whereas young millennials (people aged 18-24) posted the most sponsored content (42 per cent). One in four of all sponsored posts were related to fashion and accessories.
Facebook Is Revamping Its News Feed
Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook's founder, has announced a major change to its news feed which will see posts from businesses and media deemed a lower priority than content from friends and family.
Facebook's new algorithm will prioritise posts that offer 'meaningful interactions between people' and should be seen working within just a few short weeks.
In a post on his personal Facebook page, Zuckerberg said:
"Recently we've gotten feedback from our community that public content — posts from businesses, brands and media — is crowding out the personal moments that lead us to connect more with each other. […]"
"Now, I want to be clear: by making these changes, I expect the time people spend on Facebook and some measures of engagement will go down. But I also expect the time you do spend on Facebook will be more valuable."
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Rodney glared and John wondered yet again if there wasn't some way to hook Rodney into the city's Ancient defence systems. Surely if he could put that much energy into a simple look he could blow the Wraith ships out of the sky without breaking a sweat.
"...Courting! She thinks we're courting!"
John scratched his belly and watched Rodney vibrate with frustration.
"Are you sure you didn't misunderstand?"
Rodney's face practically glowed with righteous indignation and John gave a fleeting thought to the city sensors and how they'd react if Rodney exploded on the spot.
"Misunderstand? Misunderstand? Let us see if you misunderstand what Teyla said, shall we? Let me see, how did it go, exactly? Oh, yes."
'I have enjoyed, over the past months, watching the courtship ritual between yourself and Major Sheppard, Doctor McKay. Despite the many differences between our peoples it would appear that courtship at least follows a similar path. However, I do find it curious that you have spent so long on the penultimate phase of the ritual. You have both worked to attract the attention of the other, and you have both displayed a protective stance that speaks of your intentions and respect for one another, despite the outward appearance of distain and the use of sometimes disrespectful... 'nick' names?' I can only assume that there is some sort of societal rule that dictates how long the courtship must last? Or are you waiting for Doctor Weir, as head of your group, to grant permission?
The unexpected pressure of John's lips on his completely wiped clean Rodney's mental slate. He'd been saying something? Courtship. Yes, someone had been mistaken, thinking that their constant sniping and arguments meant... Oh! A thousand light bulbs suddenly went on in Rodney's brain, as every verbal jab, each blatant invasion of personal space, and every insane argument slipped neatly into place within the whole - courtship, geek-style. Of course!
Humming happily into John's hungry, eager mouth, Rodney decided it was time to move this courtship out of its penultimate phase. Enough foreplay already.


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Our goal is for your dog to have a great experience that is also mentally healthy.
Our approach provides a safe, fun and stimulating environment for your dog. An experience that focuses on good manners and proper socialization.
Is your dog not a dog's dog? We can accommodate non-social dogs in our Specialized Care program. Our pet retreat is set up to allow such dogs to still enjoy dog daycare. They receive ample play and care from our professional staff.
Our dog daycare program is popular. We keep it small and exclusive on purpose to ensure our packs stay tight. We offer a complimentary three-hour evaluation by appointment to determine which type is the right one for your dog. We are also proud to offer our Train and Play program. This program focuses on enrichment, manners and proper socialization for puppies! This is all done during dog daycare!
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If Daycare dogs are not picked up by the close of business, a charge of $1/minute will incur for the first 15 minutes after closing. After that, they will lodge with us overnight, and you will be charged the nightly standard fee. You will be able to pick up your dog at the opening of business the following morning. We do NOT do late checkouts after the 15-minute period.
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'My Name Is RaGa' teaser: We now have a Rahul Gandhi biopic
The director is Rupesh Paul, who has previously made 'Saint Dracula 3D' and 'Kamasutra 3D'.
Feb 09, 2019 · 07:06 pm
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A woman tells Rahul Gandhi that she loves him because he taught his haters to accept him as their "beloved RaGa". Gandhi, pleased, winks back. This is one of the many moments in the four-minute teaser of My Name Is Raga that claim to give a glimpse into the inner life of the Congress party president. Directed by Rupesh Paul, My Name Is Raga, according to a press release, has just gone on the floors.
Paul has to his credit the films My Mother's Laptop (2008), Saint Dracula 3D (2012) and the unreleased Kamasutra 3D. "The movie has no intentions to glorify Rahul or to demystify him," Paul said in the press release. "It's the story of a coming back of a human being who had been ridiculously attacked. Anyone who has fearlessly confronted defeat and failure can relate to this story. In that sense, I don't want to call this a biopic, it's a story of any man who becomes unstoppable after he wins over a catastrophic life."
The teaser shows the young Rahul Gandhi as a moody child, disturbed by the deaths of his grandmother, Indira Gandhi, and his father, Rajiv Gandhi. Fighting personal demons, naysayers and the Bharatiya Janata Party – a Narendra Modi lookalike appears in shots – Rahul Gandhi finally becomes the people's leader, the teaser suggests. Aswini Kumar plays Gandhi, Himant Kapadiya is Modi and Raju Kher is former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (Kher's brother, Anupam Kher, played the former prime minister in The Accidental Prime Minister), according to reports.
My Name is RaGa.
Paul previously attempted to make a biopic on Narendra Modi. Calling the project Namo 4D, Paul had told Rediff.com in January 2014, "It's like the doubts the Jews had about Jesus Christ. Only after he was crucified, did they realise that he was the messiah".
My Name Is Raga is the latest political biopic ahead of the 2019 general elections. In the making is a Narendra Modi biopic starring Vivek Oberoi in the lead role. Omung Kumar (Mary Kom, Bhoomi) is directing the film. Nithya Menen will be seen as former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa in The Iron Lady. Vidya Balan will star as Indira Gandhi in a web series based on journalist Sagarika Ghose's biography.
Earlier in January, Rahul Gandhi got an unflattering portrayal in Vijay Ratankar Gutte's The Accidental Prime Minister. Arjun Mathur played the Gandhi scion. The film's release took place shortly after Krish's NTR: Kathanayakudu, in which Telugu Desam Party member and actor Nandamuri Balakrishna starred as his father and the party's founder, Telugu film legend NT Rama Rao.
A few weeks later, Nawazuddin Siddiqui played Shiv Sena founder Bal Thackeray in Thackeray, directed by Abhijit Panse. In Mahi V Raghav's Yatra, Mammootty stars as former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy of the Congress party.
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Wade Nygaard holds off Austin Pierce for his 250th career victory.
Nygaard (#9) edges out Pierce (#2) at the line at Devils Lake Speedway. Photo by Mike Spieker.
DOYON, ND (May 30) - An outstanding field of 30 NOSA Sprint Cars checked in at Devils Lake Speedway for the series' 26th appearance at the high-banked quarter-mile.
The NOSA Sprints take on two high-banked bullrings this coming weekend.
Greg Nikitenko riding the cushion in his #6N NOSA Sprint Car at River Cities Speedway. Photo by Rick Rea.
GRAND FORKS, ND (May 28) - The Northern Outlaw Sprint Association returns to action this weekend with its second consecutive double-header.
Nygaard top 27 car field for BRRP victory.
Wade Nygaard in victory lane at Buffalo River Race Park with his pit crew. Photo by Mike Spieker.
Glyndon, MN (May 24) - The Northern Outlaw Sprint Association made it's third-ever appearance at Buffalo River Race Park Sunday night with 27 Outlaw Sprints signed in to try to tame the tricky quarter-mile.
First Double Header Weekend for the NOSA Outlaw Sprint Cars.
NOSA Rookie of the Year Candidate, Jack Croaker, turning some hot laps at the BRRP Test N Tune. Photo by Mike Spieker.
By Mike Spieker (May 22) - The Northern Outlaw Sprint Association will see its first multi-race weekend of the season.
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GRAND FORKS, ND (May 15) - Track conditions Friday night at River Cities Speedway were less than ideal, to put it kindly, but a lot of credit needs to be given to the RCS track crew for allowing racing to be held as scheduled after a very damp week. A rough track combined with a River Cities Speedway record number of Sprint Cars for a weekly show resulted in a flip count of five when everything was a said and done.
GRAND FORKS, ND (May 1) - Wade Nygaard picked up his 51st career Northern Outlaw Sprint Association victory Friday night at River Cities Speedway. Nygaard slipped by Mark Dobmeier with five laps remaining when Dobmeier hooked a rut in turn one and bicycled up the track. Nygaard went flying by on the outside as Lou Kennedy Jr. harassed Dobmeier for the second spot.


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Making it Rain – Radio Sound Effects
May 31, 2017 by Cheryl Honigford	Leave a Comment
Radio was called "theater of the mind" because the listener had to imagine everything that was happening. That meant, of course, that if was a fight, someone had to make the sound of that fight while the actors performed the dialog.
Take for example, this section from the first chapter of THE DARKNESS KNOWS.
"The well-choreographed struggle began on cue. The organ hummed. The soundman punched a fist into his open palm once, twice while he scuffled his feet through the small tray of gravel in the corner. Graham growled, "Take that!" There was the sound of a single gunshot – a blank fired into the air from a real pistol – then a beat of silence."
And this is from HOMICIDE FOR THE HOLIDAYS (during a live production of The Scarlet Pimpernel).
"The head soundman opened and closed a metal door on its special stand. It clanged ominously.
Another soundman stood far off in the corner, covering his mouth with his hand to muffle the sound. "Ready!"
The head soundman and his assistant picked the prop muskets off the table and locked them."
"Aim!"
A pause. All was silence in the studio. Vivian looked at Graham, his eyes trained on his script, waiting for the blast. Her eyes flicked to the control room. All were rapt with attention, mouths agape, including the ad man practically on his toes in anticipation.
Then the thunderous sound of rifles firing filled the studio. Vivian flinched, even though they'd been through this scene ad nauseam in the past week."
Depending on the size and importance of the production there were likely several people at a table off to the side in the studio behind a table full of sound props. They were responsible for anything beyond dialog that was needed for the production: rain, gunshots, doors slamming, footsteps, car engines revving, squealing tires, thunder, wind… use your imagination – the list is endless. Plungers were used to mimic the sound of horse's hooves slogging through mud. A crackling fire might be made by crinkling cellophane in front of a microphone. Car doors were often the actual doors detached from the car itself and brought into the studio. And believe it or not, real guns were often fired in the studio (as in the excerpt above) to simulate gunshots.
Later on, after recording became popular, they started to use sound effect records for the more unusual or hard to produce sounds.
Here's a Chevrolet-produced short from 1938 that shows the behind the scenes of how it was done:
Posted in: 1930s pop culture, Homicide for the Holidays, Old Time Radio, Research, The Darkness Knows
A Father's Love – Eddie and Butch O'Hare
You may know that Chicago's O'Hare Airport is named for WWII flying ace Butch O'Hare who was shot down over the Pacific in 1943. What you may not know is that the only reason Butch became a pilot at all was because of his father – lawyer, crook, and known associate of Al Capone.
Edward (Easy Eddie) O'Hare was never the most upstanding of lawyers. He bamboozled a client's widow out of the patent to those mechanical rabbits that greyhounds chase around the racetrack.
That's how he made his fortune, and that's how he met Al Capone. Capone owned a greyhound track outside Chicago. They eventually became associates and business partners (and the greyhound track was turned into Sportsman's Park for horse racing. Conveniently, Eddie became its president).
Needless to say, the 1920s were a high time for Easy Eddie, that is until the apple of his eye, his eldest son Edward Jr (known as Butch), told Eddie that he wanted to attend the Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD and become a pilot. Eddie could deny his boy nothing. The problem was that the sitting local congressman needed to nominate Butch to attend the academy, and no congressman in his right mind would nominate the son of a known Capone associate. Not even in Chicago.
What was a father to do? Well, Eddie decided he needed to change his ways. Through a journalist intermediary, he made it clear to the Feds he would give them info on Capone's organization if they helped him get his son into the Naval Academy. He did – and they did. Butch went to the academy and eventually became a fighter pilot and hero over the Pacific, but Eddie wouldn't live long enough to witness that. Eddie was gunned down while driving his Lincoln on Ogden Avenue in November 1939. His murder remains technically unsolved, but it's pretty safe to assume that his double-crossing of The Outfit finally caught up to him.
I'm telling you all of this, because it's a fascinating story, but also because Easy Eddie O'Hare was the inspiration for Viv's father, "Easy Artie" Witchell, in HOMICIDE FOR THE HOLIDAYS.
Posted in: Book #2, History, Homicide for the Holidays, Inspiration, Research
Research Rabbit Hole – Just Your Average, Everyday Drugstore Poison
May 4, 2017 by Cheryl Honigford	Leave a Comment
So how many over the counter "medicines" could have killed you in the early 20th Century? A lot. I found this amazing ad for Hook's Pharmacy in Muncie, Indiana (1921) while researching. Take a gander. Recognize any of the products listed?
Not a lot, right? For the most part, I had no clue what these items were. Bombastically vague product names seemed to be in vogue at the time. I looked them all up (because, of course I did) and found that most of those listed are what we consider patent medicines, and they fall into four major categories (potentially deadly ones have an asterisk after the name):
All Purpose Pep and Vigor Restorers:
Botanic Blood Balm – Promised positive and permanent relief from "blood poison," and to quickly cure "old ulcers, scrofula, eczema, itching skin and blood humors, cancer, festering sores, boils, carbuncles, pimples or offensive eruptions, pains in bones or joints, rheumatism, catarrh, or any blood or skin trouble," as well as "female weakness" and "hereditary taint."
Gude's Peptomangan – To provide a direct supply of minerals; to help build hemoglobin in the blood and stimulate the appetite so that more iron is absorbed from food
Make Man Tablets* – For those who are "nervous, tired, irritable, don't sleep good, wake up every morning with a bad taste in your mouth and a dull, hot, tired feeling in your head". Splendid tonic, blood purifier, and nerve strengthener. (the main ingredients were arsenic and strychnine – yay!).
Morse's Indian Root Pills – Its manufacturer claimed the pills contained herbal ingredients that would help "cleanse the blood," as "impurity of the blood" was believed to be the cause of all disease.
Wampole's Phospho Lecithin* – for Nervous Prostration, Nerve Exhaustion, Nervous Excitement, Hysteria, etc. (with strychnine – yay!)
William's Pink Pills for Pale People – Claimed to cure chorea, referenced frequently in newspaper headlines as "St. Vitus' Dance," as well as "locomotor ataxia, partial paralyxia, seistica, neuralgia rheumatism, nervous headache, the after-effects of la grippe, palpitation of the heart, pale and sallow complexions, [and] all forms of weakness in male or female."
Youth Gland – "Cured" extra strain on the gland tissues brought on by sickness, age, worry or overwork.
Laxatives and Digestives
Carlsbad Sprudel Salts – Mineral salts used for gastric irrigation taken by mouth and through enemas
Cascaroyal Pills – Blackburn's Casca Royal Pills treat the bowels wisely and well, a rational physic and stomachic relieve constipation
Eatonic – For flatulence and bloating
Edward's Dandelion Pills – "Purely vegetable tonic and cathartic" "For constipation, liver and kidney diseases, scrofulous affections and all diseases of the stomach and bowels".
Green's August Flower – Dyspepsia
Pluto Water – strongly laxative natural water product which was very popular in the United States in the early 20th century.
Sal Hepatica – mineral salt laxative that was produced and marketed by Bristol-Myers from its inception in 1887, becoming its first nationally recognized product in 1903, until 1958. When dissolved in water, it was said to reproduce the taste and effect of the natural mineral waters of Bohemia.
Albolene Solid – Facial Cleanser
Canthrox – a granular shampoo marketed to prevent dandruff, falling hair, and graying.
Charles Flesh Food – Beautifier ointment that "builds firm healthy flesh"
Westphal's Auxiliator – Hair tonic (with a terrible name)
Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur – Hair tonic that contained sulphur, lead acetate, glycerine, and cayenne pepper (but not sage).
General Weirdness and Outright Quackery
Alkalithia*-Trade name of an effervescent mixture containing lithium (yay!); employed in the rheumatic and gouty
Death Dust – Insecticide (This wins for best name, imo. Surprisingly, it wasn't deadly to humans since it likely only contained borax and pyrethrum – made from dried chrysanthemums).
Ozomulsion – "Cure" for consumption (tuberculosis) (Right…)
Schiffman's Asthmador* –To relieve the distress of bronchial asthmatic paroxysms (with belladonna – yay!)
Philadelphia Bird Bitters – Medicine for sick birds – just like it says (???)
Trypsogen Tablets – Diabetes remedy said to contain "the enzyme of the islands of Langerhans with the tryptic and amylolystic ferments of the pancreas" (???)
Vapo Cresoline – Vaporizing lamp supposed to cure "Whooping Cough, Spasmodic Croup, Nasal Catarrh, Colds, Bronchitis, Coughs, Sore Throat, Broncho [sic] Pneumonia, The Paroxysms of Asthma and Hay Fever, The Bronchial Complications of Scarlet Fever and Measles and as an aid in the treatment of Diphtheria and Certain Inflammatory Throat Diseases." (Of course, it did none of those things.)
If you're tempted to think of the past as some sort of glorious "simpler" time, chew on this – the first two categories of patent drugs above had flourishing sales due to the poor diet of the time – lots of iron deficiency, anemia, and constipation among the general population. Fun! And several of those "medicines" could outright kill you while they claimed to solve such problems. One in the ad just might kill a character in the 3rd book in my Viv and Charlie Mystery Series. (Of course, I'm not going to tell you which medicine. Where's the fun in that?)
Patent medicines went the way of the dodo in the late 1930s due to more stringent food and drug acts passed by the US government. It's for the best, but I still think it's fascinating all the potentially deadly stuff you could've purchased at the local drugstore in 1921. And if you're like me, it certainly makes knocking off that troublesome character in your latest book a lot easier…
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Talbot Badger (born c. 1621) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1654.

Badger was the son of John Badger of The Pool House, Hanley Castle, Worcestershire. In the 16th century The Pool House and its lands was held by the Badger family of the lords of the manor of Hanley Castle. He matriculated at Lincoln College, Oxford on 5 April 1639, aged 17. In 1654, he was elected Member of Parliament for Worcestershire in the First Protectorate Parliament. He was appointed an assessment commissioner in 1656. It was said of Badger that "By his holy and humble life he exercised much influence for good on his neighbours".

Badger had a daughter Jane who married Anthony Young, of Hanley, to whom she brought The Pool House. Badger may have been a close relation of Roland Badger of Hanley Castle (parish), who complained in 1655 of his "sequestration for Recusancy on a bare suspicion, having lived quietly all the late troubles."

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1621 births
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My favorite reads of 2022
10 stories about space, time, and decisions
The end of the year and start of the next is a period of reflection, and as one reading season ends, I've always thought it to be useful to look back on the year to see if there are any common themes that stick out.
Here are my favorite books of 2021, 2020, and 2019. You can also find the rest of the monthly book lists (and other lists) via the Book List tag.
In prior years, I've found that I gravitated toward books that seek to explain the state of the world, which offer a form of escape, or which offer up ideas for rebuildng after hard times. Looking over what I read this year, I found something a little different: stories about choices.
What I read in 2022
Transfer OrbitAndrew Liptak
Certainly, there are books that examine the nature of colonialism and imperialism, intellectual property and artificial intelligence, but at the core of all of those books are stories where I was particularly struck by the efforts on the parts of their characters to recognize the problems that face them and to find ways to improve or change their station in the world. Choices, I fervently believe, are the minutia that drives the action and direction of every story, and the following ten novels are outstanding examples of characters whose choices define the story. Big and earth-changing, or small and minute, the choices defined those characters and their stories. Those choices helped them build their world, uncover something incredible about the nature of the world, or defined their relationships with their friends, loved ones, and peers. It was a good year for books.
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Without further ado, here are the books that came out in 2022 that I loved:
Mickey7 by Edward Ashton
When Mickey flees his home on a colonial expedition, he accepted a truly desperate job: as the mission's expendable person who's mind is backed up and who can be tossed into any dangerous situation with the understanding that he can be cloned and brought back again. It's a dangerous role: he's killed in all sorts of horrific ways while on the way to their new home, and once there, when he's left for dead once again, he finds his way home and face to face with his cloned successor.
Edward Ashton's book is a fast, action-filled thriller as Mickey7 and Mickey8 work to make sure that they aren't mulched as the colony begins to fall on harsh times. Along the way, he explores the complexities of sharing space with one's own copy, and the realities of landing a colonial settlement on a planet that might already be occupied, and the hard choices that people need to make along the way.
Review: Mickey7 by Edward Ashton
The baggage that lingers under the surface
Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree
I'm a firm believer that not every cup of coffee has to be a work of art, and that not every film has to be a groundbreaking work of cinema. Sometimes, you need something cozy with small stakes that you can enjoy. Travi Baldtree's fantasy novel has that atmosphere: a comfortable tale about some ordinary characters looking to make their way in the world.
Viv's way in the world happens to be setting up a coffee shop in a small fantasy city, and all the small challenges that come up: hiring new staff, dealing with jealous people from her past, and local muscle who want a cut of her new business. By grounding the stakes, Baldtree has not only put together a book that's perfect with a cup of coffee and a pastry (it inspired me to make my own cinnamon rolls for the first time in ages), he's told a story that shows that you don't have to have show-stopping, end-of-the-world stakes to power an epic fantasy. The result is a book that triumphs in showing that the smaller stories are just as important and relatable.
Review: Legends & Lattes: A Novel of High Fantasy and Low Stakes by Travis Baldree
Not all fantasy novels need to have epic stakes
Devil House by John Darnielle
A true-crime author named Gage Chandler takes on a new assignment for his next book: an investigation into a notorious murder that took place at the height of the Satanic Panic during the 1980s. He moves into the house where the brutal murders took place, and begins to take a look into the events and people who were involved in the crime.
Like the crime that his character begins exploring, John Darnielle's book isn't exactly what it appears on its face. As Gage spends time piecing together the story, he finds that the crime wasn't as it appeared, but that part of the story falls away as Darnielle looks at the sensational nature of true crime itself, how different stories collide, and what the meaning of protecting one's sense of home is.
The World We Make by N.K. Jemisin
Fresh off of her Broken Earth trilogy, N.K. Jemisin turned to upending Lovecraftian horror in her 2020 book The City We Became, spinning out a brisk thriller about a group of people tapped to become the avatars of New York City as they face an existential threat that comes in the form of white supremacy and gentrification. In 2022, she capped off the story with The World We Make, a spectacular finale as the Woman in White redoubles her efforts.
Jemisin raises the stakes in this book: the face of not only New York City is at the forefront, but our entire world, as forces far beyond our understanding threaten to unmake the world in the name of an orderly existence. The avatars of New York City have to not only get their own house in order, but convince the elder cities of Earth that the threat extends to them as well. It's a powerful story that drips with relevance about our own, broken world.
Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution by R.F. Kuang
A bit of a disclaimer up front: I haven't completely finished this one, but I'm far enough along to know that this title belongs here. It's been a book to savor. In 1828, an orphan named Robin Swift arrives in London, brought by a mysterious benefactor who prepares him to enroll at Oxford's Royal Institute of Translation.
As we follow Robin through his journey, R.F. Kuang spins out a story that explores the lasting impact of Britain's colonial era, and how remnants persist in the form of academics, institutions and language. It's a powerful read.
Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel
In Emily St. John Mandel's breakout hit Station Eleven, she followed the remnants of civilization in the aftermath of a world-ending flu pandemic. With the onset of COVID-19, the book was certainly one that readers turned to, and in her latest, she once again grapples with the implications of pandemics in this time-sprawling read.
Mandel splits her story between three different times: in 1912, an Englishman named Edwin St. Andrew is exiled to the Canadian wilderness after some pointed remarks at a family gathering, while 200 years later, an author named Olive Llewellyn embarks on a book tour on Earth from her home on the Moon, while a lunar detective named Gaspery-Jacques Roberts sets out to investigate an strange anomaly.
The three stories are all connected because of that anomaly and moment, and that connection steers the destiny of each character. I'm a big fan of novels that loop in on themselves, and Mandel uses this technique to meditate on the nature of time and of reality itself. The result is an engrossing, thoughtful story that lingers on the state of the world that we have now – and how the choices we make can alter our destinies.
The Mountain in the Sea by Ray Nayler
If you put a gun to my head and forced me to pick my absolute favorite book of 2022, one serious contender would be Ray Nayler's The Mountain in the Sea, an engrossing exploration of the nature of intelligence and how we might recognize it.
In the nearish future, a mysterious tech company called DIANIMA has purchased Vietnam's remote Con Dao Archipelago, and invited a marine biologist named Dr. Ha Nguyen to come an help it study a species of hyper-intelligent octopuses that lives there. The company is known for its efforts in developing artificial intelligences: virtual companion apps and robots, and it seems likely that studying the animals will help it unlock new secrets to furthering its goals. Accompanying Ha is Evrim, the world's first — and thus far only — sentient android, and grim security officer Altantsetseg, who help her with her research and protect the island from all threats — external and otherwise.
The octopuses are a big part of the plot, but at the center of the story is Nayler's fascination and interrogation of just what is intelligence and how we recognize it. As Ha and her companions work to understand the nature of the task that's before them, they also face other challenges from DIANIMA and its own nature and agency.
Secret Identity by Alex Segura
Regular readers of this newsletter know of my fascination with intellectual property and how it's used, and there's no better case study of this than the larger comic book industry: a sprawling network of publishers, studios, artists, executives and writers who've built massive industries out of paper, ink, and imagination.
Alex Segura sets his novel in 1975 in a third-rate comic publisher called Triumph that. There, aspiring writer Carmen Valdez works as an assistant to the publisher's irascible editor, when she gets a break: one of the writers that the publisher is working with offers to bring her in as a ghost writer on a project, the publisher's first female-led book, The Lethal Lynx. Carmen pours her ambitions into the project, only to come up short when her co-writer turns up dead.
As she pulls on the strings behind his murder, she discovers that the project she's been working on on — and her partner, have ties to a deeper plot within the comic book industry involving the nature of IP and the value that it holds. It's a fascinating blend of comic book history, murder mystery, and commentary on the ever-changing comic book industry.
The Cartographers by Peng Shepherd
Maps are intriguing documents, ones that proclaim to offer up a sort of truth or representation of reality, but which can be deceptive at the same time. When you zoom in on the finer details, you recognize the latitude that cartographers have at their disposal for what to place on paper.
Peng Shepherd picks up the story of a young cartographer named Nell, who discovers that her estranged father has abruptly died. Their estrangement came over her discovery of a seemingly worthless gas station map, but while searching his office, she discovers that he's kept it all these years. The map is the clue to unlocking a deep-seated mystery that her father was at the heart of, and there are powerful people looking for it to try and take control of the secrets that it holds – secrets that can undermine reality itself.
Shepherd's book is a blast to read: a slick thriller that drags the reader along on a fascinating mystery, all while asking posing some big, important questions about the nature of the things that we take for granted.
Mapping reality
Peng Shepherd's novel The Cartographers is a brilliant work of fantasy
Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
If pressed again on what my absolute favorite read of 2022 might be, the other easy answer would be Gabrielle Zevin's novel Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow, a heartbreaking story of a difficult friendship between two game developers that stretches across decades.
While studying at Harvard in Boston, Sam Masur encounters an estranged friend, Sadie Green, and after years apart, the two rekindle their friendship over their mutual love of video games and storytelling. The two set out to build a new game, Ichigo, and encounter mainstream, blockbuster success, propelling them into the depths of the gaming industry of the 2000s. Their professional partnership and friendship has its ups and downs over those years, each intently focused on their work and desire to create real art out of the medium, even if it costs them everything they've worked for. Along the way, Zevin takes a hard look at realities like creativity, disability, sexism, and the complexities that come with real life in a way that few books ever fully realize. It's a stunning, emotional, and heart-rending story that holds up a mirror to the world and entertainment that we consume.
Other excellent books that I enjoyed, but which didn't quite make the list include:
Age of Ash by Daniel Abraham
Sweep of Stars by Maurice Broaddus
A Prayer for the Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers
Star Wars: Brotherhood by Mike Chen
Star Wars: Shadows of the Sith by Adam Christopher
Even Though I Knew The End by C.L. Polk
The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi
January Fifteenth by Rachel Swirsky
Children of Memory by Adrian Tchaikovky
All the Horses of Iceland by Sarah Tolmie
Every year leaves with a pile of books that I'd desperately hoped to delve into, and this year is no different. The following are ones that I've both highly anticipated and have read enough praise for to think that they likely would end up on this list, but I just hadn't managed to get through enough of them to include them. I'm hoping to rectify that before too much longer.
Dreams Bigger Than Heartbreak by Charlie Jane Anders
Locklands by Robert Jackson Bennett
The City Inside by Samit Basu
A Half-Built Garden by Ruthanna Emrys
The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez
Fight, Magic, Items: The History of Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest, and the Rise of Japanese RPGs in the West by Aidan Moher
The Memory Librarian: And Other Stories of Dirty Computer by Janelle Monàe
Reap3r by Eliot Peper
The Pallbearer's Club by Paul Tremblay
The Hidden Palace by Helene Wecker
The Icarus Plot by Timothy Zahn
What books were your favorites of 2022? What would you recommend to your fellow readers? Let me know in the usual places.
Here's to a good 2023 (here are the books that I'm looking forward to the most), and I look forward to writing to you in the coming year.


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Emergency Medical Services Council: This council is seeking a volunteer to fill the recently vacated role of Public Service Answering Point (PSAP) representative on the council. Candidates should currently serve in one of the PSAPs that provide 9-1-1 service to Clackamas County. This role carries a three-year term. This council advises the Board of County Commissioners on matters relating to the organization and running of emergency medical services in the county. The council meets quarterly and considers proposals from members, guests, and related subcommittees.
The deadline for applications is Dec. 20. For more information, contact Jack Nuttall atjnuttall@clackamas.us or 503-742-5333.
The council and the Board of County Commissioners are responsible for oversight of a federally funded grant that provides primary medical, dental and behavioral health services to residents of the county. Council member duties include working closely with staff to review and recommend service priorities for patients, determining program policies and providing fiscal oversight. The council meets monthly from 6:30 to 8 p.m. on the fourth Wednesday of the month with the exception of holidays. Child care and mileage reimbursement provided.
The deadline for applications is Dec. 31. For more information, contact Jeanine Goodwin at jgoodwin@clackamas.us or 503-742-5926.
Pedestrian/Bike Advisory Council: This council has five openings, each of which carries a four-year term. The committee advises the county on policies, programs, projects and ordinances that affect pedestrian and bicycle facilities in Clackamas County.
Increasing public awareness of bicycle and pedestrian issues.
The deadline for applications is Dec. 28. For more information, contact Scott Hoelscher, 503-742-4533 or Brett Setterfield, 503-742-4511.