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Test Driving The Oystermen - the Covent Garden seafood restaurant makes great use of its extra space
Written by Gavin Hanly
The tempura oysters - with champagne aioli and smoked herring caviar (£8). A must-have if you're not too sure about the raw oysters - and it's pretty hard to resist Champagne aioli.
What can you tell us about The Oystermen?
Once a roving pop-up (with a big focus on oysters, of course), The Oystermen settled down in Covent Garden in 2017 with a permanent restaurant. The restaurant still offers plenty of oysters, of course, but they've also expanded the menu significantly with an ever-changing seafood menu, led by the contents of the day's catch.
And why visit now?
We somehow missed visiting The Oystermen in their first incarnation in Covent Garden, a tiny restaurant but one which quickly won plaudits from public and critics alike (quickly impressing Giles Coren). A little over a year after opening, they were given an opportunity that doesn't come very often at all for London restaurants - the option to almost double their size by taking on the space next door.
After a few months' worth of refurbishment, they've reopened the bigger restaurant, with a new raw bar counter added for good measure. It's still possible to see where the footprint of the previous restaurant was and it's clear that the restaurant really was quite tiny before. Post refurb, it's clearly grown quite a bit - but still retains the feel of a small cosy place.
Where are they?
The restaurant is on Henrietta Street - just a few short steps from the main Covent Garden piazza. Either Charing Cross or Covent Garden itself work as the nearest tube.
Where can we meet for a drink first?
On this occasion, we took the opportunity to head back to Red Farm on the other side of the piazza. At the top floor of the restaurant is a hidden away cocktail bar, Toots and Hoots, serving up some wonderful cocktails. it's a very useful place to know if other Covent Garden bars are full. We'd also recommend a trip to Lady of the Grapes wine bar just around the corner on Maiden Lane.
Where should we sit?
Any seat in either of the main restaurant sections will do (although we did like the area which had a view into the tiny kitchen) and there are quite a few counter spaces by the wine bar and also stools by the window. So, with that in mind, it's also a good place to pop in for some solo dining if you're passing by.
We should start with oysters, yes?
It's right there in the name - so, yes. The oysters are either served cooked (if raw puts you off - you should definitely look at this section), or you can look at the daily boards to see what's available on any day. With that in mind, here's what we went for...
A pair of the oysters available on our visit. These were Kumamoto. Obviously extremely fresh, and come with "champonzu" wasabi and shiso (£7 for two).
And what should we eat?
Given the nature of any seafood restaurant, expect a menu that's driven by what's been caught. So you'll see variants on what we were served at any time. The menu is split into key sections though - snacks, starters, mains and sides - and that separate section for oysters, of course.
In addition to what you'll see below, the Old Bay seasoned chips are a must to go alongside (£3.50) and we also liked the look of the smoked cods roe and the curried squid on the snacks section too. Here's what we had on the night...
The white fish arancini and madras mayo (£5) - perfect snacking food while you're going over the menu.
Portland crab thermidor, chilli, fennel and toast (£10) - and a very decent portion of it too - a dish that can easily be shared.
Dorset squid, n'duja and zhoug broth with baby gem (£9) - just the thing if you're in need of a little warmth in the winter months. That n'duja gives the whole dish a delicate spicy kick without overwhelming it.
Pan-fried Scottish cod, white bean and sesame cream, portobello mushrooms and garlic (£21). The kitchen has a strong hand on its fish cooking - this was done perfectly - and that cream's pretty wonderful too.
Roasted halibut, Jerusalem artichoke, grilled hispi cabbage, chicken broth, thyme (£24) - almost too beautiful to eat. Delicate and delicious.
How about dessert?
We were almost at the point of sharing a dessert but were persuaded to try both of the dishes on offer (with a cheese plate available too). This proved to be a very good decision...
Roast peaches, white chocolate mousse, caramelised white chocolate (£8.50) - for someone who doesn't hold with cooked fruit, this dessert proved to be a gamechanger.
Almond tart, red wine poached blackberries, malt cream (£7.50) - a surprisingly light tart and that malt cream is excellent.
And what about drink?
There's a decently-sized two-pager wine list (with plenty of sparking and Champagne on there too). Over half of the 20+ whites are available by the glass (175 ml) and prices start at £19.00 - with seven bottles £30 or under at the time of writing - or up to £80 if you're splashing out.
It's taken us longer than we'd hoped to visit The Oystermen, having heard nothing but praise for this small Covent Garden seafood spot. The expansion has clearly done it no end of good, with a lovely vibe throughout. Whether you're perching at the counter for snacks and oysters or trying their impressive seafood menu - we think this is a great little Covent Garden restaurant that's just become even better.
More about The Oystermen Seafood Bar and Kitchen
Where is it? 32 Henrietta Street, London WC2E 8NA
How to book: Call 020 7240 4417
Find out more: Visit their website or follow The Oystermen on Twitter @theoystermen and Instagram @theoystermen
Hot Dinners dined as guests of the restaurant. Prices correct at time of publication.
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August 15 2014: The newly relocated Nest gets a couple of visitors
A formerly defunct ranch about 20 miles off the I-95 between Gotham and Metropolis
Anabeth O'Neal
The invitation had come to both Mike and Berto at the same time. To Mike it had been 'Come on down and see what all your hard work has done.' Since after all, he'd helped out with the rescue and the Nutates were sure to be glad to see him. To Berto… well, it was pitching an idea. This place was supposed to help victims of human trafficking recover and if Red Team took off like Berto seems to think it will, there's a possibility that he may want to know about this place.
Sadly, Nancy's not in at the moment, having taken a trip to get more supplies. Most of the Nutates and able bodied family members are hard at work putting their new residences in order, repairing fences, painting and such. Three older women man the kitchen and it is just about nearing lunch time…
Roberto shows up in typically ostentatious style, his mercury droplet of a car skimming the curves and grades of the private drive with a quiet purr that belies its speed. You'll have to forgive him: he doesn't get out of the city all that often, and a country road is prime territory for indulging his inner speed demon. He rolls up to the end of the drive, shuts down the engine, and exits the vehicle, looking around. There doesn't appear to be any sort of welcome wagon in evidence, but then again, the location is supposed to be keeping a low profile. He shrugs, puts on a pair of stylish sunglasses, and heads for the ranch house, his shorts and tank top keeping him comfortably cool in the summer weather.
A sleek-looking TRON styled motorcycle arrives a few moments after Roberto's arrival … and unfolds into a robot, about twelve feet tall and menacing. But then it releases, and a human-sized guy steps away from it, and it folds down into a smaller box-like shape. Mike Drakos has arrived.
And he's completely flabbergasted at the Ranch. Not because of the hard work — because it's so very, VERY low-tech. How do they LIVE?
His horror at this primitive lifestyle is entirely ridiculous, given that his parents insisted that he go every summer to a no-tech camp, even when he was having 'robot parts' issues. Well, perhaps not ridiculous. Perhaps it's an act. After all, the 'rents have recently bought a "ranch" - that is, a smallish place that they have hired people to work as an organic farm because Ana is too busy despite 'retiring' and Kyr is too easily distracted by work.
But his main reason is that he looks around and it seems like they're using extremely not-green technology, no windmill, no solar, no thermal pool — it's tragic!
Nancy is just coming off the highway and heading the last 20 miles to the Nest. The pickup is filled all the way to the top of the bed with supplies, both for the kitchen and for the rest of the building. Housing over 30 people takes a lot of supplies and as Nancy is driving, she is thinking to herself what she is going to do to supplement the grant from the Maria Stark Foundation. She has no worries that the money will last the next five years, like it's supposed to, but what about *after* those five years? If she can find a way of stretching out that money to last a few more, that would be ideal. But how? She thrums her fingers on the steering wheel.
At the ranch, one of the folks working on the fence looks up as the vehicles pull up. An older man, tall but stocky, he pulls his sunglasses off as he approaches the pair, taking out a handkerchief to wipe his brow. "Hello there!" he calls out amicably. "Can we help you boys?"
The other people working on the fences watch the interaction between the older man and the pair warily, some having an air of scared rabbits, while others look like they hope this is going to turn into a fight.
Bobby has been working out on the fence, but comes walking back up when he sees Gus stop to talk to an unfamiliar looking ca- no wait. That little silver teardrop. He'd recognize that car anywhere. "Berto?! Mike?! Is that you guys?"
Bobby himself is wearing an a-frame and jeans. He's not super fit, but he does wear it rather well. Though clearly he's been sweating and working in it because he's got dirt and sticky all over him. He breaks into a jog to close the distance.
Roberto glances over his shoulder as Mike arrives, managing to look even more incongruous than he does in the idyllic surroundings. It takes him a moment to recognize the mechanical mechanic, but once he does, he greets him with a wave and a smile. "Olá, Mike. I didn't realize you were a transformer, too." He hasn't heard about Mike's involvement with the group here, but he does know that he's friends with both Cold Bobby and Nancy, so it's no great leap of logic to guess at his connection.
The fence-builders who approach get waves as well, with a friendly grin thrown in for Iceman. "Indeed it is," he answers, adding for Gus's benefit: "I'm Roberto da Costa, from the Xavier Institute. I'm just here to visit." No fights to be watched, people. Move along.
"Bobby! Yes. It is us," he says, lightly shoulder-punching 'Berto, and walks over to the older guy. "It's good to see you're doing well, sir. I was concerned, when we were removing you from that prison they had you in. Some of you were not doing very well."
He waves a casual hello to the guys wandering around with the 'can we has fight' expressions. At least one of them he remembers tasering.
The people that were around Bobby groan as he leaves. In the summer heat, working close to the Ice Nerd is the best place to be! The one known as Charmer decides since the cat is away, the mice should play and starts to sit down. "You folks don't need me," he tells them as he pulls out a cigarette. "You're doing great all on your own." And naturally, they all agree with him.
Gus looks over the two, sizing them up. He's about to say something when Bobby vouches for them and their being here. The older man nods his head. "Sorry about that. If you know what this place is, then you know we're a little apprehensive around strangers. Name's Gus. I'm Millie's dad." He thrusts out his hand after wiping it off on his overalls. Looking over Mike, he nods. "Some of us 'incentives' were being treated none too well. We kept tryin' to escape. They didn't take too kindly to that, it seems."
The drive to the Nest is relaxing, almost idyllic. She will *not* however ever be playing country music on the radio of the pick-up. No no. Maybe some Plain White T's or some Good Charolotte, but no country. Ever. The poplars that act as a windbreak also mask what is behind them. Windbreak… that means… maybe an orchard? Ooooh, maybe one of those high end fruit wine places that the hoi-paloy seem so fond of these days. Definitely something to talk over with Nesters.
As Bobby gets closer it's apparent that the hammer he's holding is made of ice. Yes, Ice Nerd is his own tool belt. Unless he needs nails. Ice nails are a long term solution to absolutely nothing.
"Hey Gus. It's okay, I don't know if you remember but Mike here was with us when we pulled you out. And Bobby-the-Handsomer…" Berto gets a grin. "He's a friend. He's going to be helping a lot of people. Some of them might need, you know, a safe place like this."
Turning to his friends he puts the hammer down and offers his hand to shake each. It's cold because he doesn't need to be sweating more than he already is and it makes him like a mobile AC out in the field. Oh yes, popular is the ice nerd in the summer heat.
"Nice that you could both make it. Nancy should be back pretty soon, she just went to get some more supplies. We're going through a lot with all the repairs."
Yeah they could have hired people to do it with the Stark Foundation's agreement to support them but hard work is a therapy all its own.
"TAKE A BREAK!" Bobby calls out to the workers. "ALMOST LUNCH TIME!"
Still smiling, Roberto takes Mike's punch gamely, swaying to the opposite side a little bit when it connects. He lets the metal mutant pass him and take the lead in the conversation, as he appears to be more familiar with the locals. He simply puts his hands on his hips and watches, looking as friendly and non-threatening as the next Brazilian beach bum.
Bobby and Gus's handshakes are firmly returned, though. "There's no need to apologize," he assures the older man, looking around at the ranchland surrounding them. "You have a beautiful place here. I would be protective of it, too."
His tone turns less formal as he answers Bobbuman the White. "Puh-lease. You've got that whole sweaty ranch hand thing going for you right now. If not for the car, there would be no contest. And that's all this guy." He hooks a thumb laterally at Mike.
When Bobby yells out that it's break time, everyone seems to let out a groan of relief. Hard work and labor might be good for the soul, but it's hell on the muscles. People take off their gloves and start heading up to the main house. Charmer gives Bobby a glare. After all, he just was getting to skive off before he gave them all a break. Sorta defeats the purpose of his conning the bunch he was with into letting him be lazy.
"Care to join us for lunch? When yer havin' ta cook for 30, two more mouths really won't be noticed." Gus starts to head up to the house just as Nancy pulls into the long driveway. "And looks like Nan is just in time for lunch. I'd say she had perfect timing, but that's Billie's thing."
Nancy hops out of the pick-up, having had the drive up to figure out who the two new people were. "Hey! It's hot stuff and metalhead! Hey!"
Mike smiles slightly at the comments from his compatriots, and says to Gus, "So, while I understand the value of hard work, I have some ideas for improvements that would make this a greener ranch, and might even make it cheaper to operate. Like solar panels and some small wind-turbines, and a thermal-bed system for heating and cooling the barns."
He'll be glad to discuss it further, but first he has to do something mean to Nancy… because he hears her truck coming. And she's playing some sort of Mellow Rock Channel. That will not stand. Her radio starts to play "You picked a fine time to LEAVE ME, Luciiiiiilllllle, foar hongry chilldrun and a crop in the feeeeullllllllds, …" just as she's coming up the driveway.
Bobby grins and toes his hammer aside so no one trips on it. "Ah yes, there she is now." He waits for Nancy to pull up and hop out.
"Hey there cutie. We've got visitors, as you've already seen." Nan's already met both Mike and Berto so there's no need to make introductions.
"So everyone's headed in for lunch. I think it's pulled pork. And yeah, Berto, Mike please do stay. We can give you the dime tour when we're done and you can meet everyone. Mike, they're gonna especially want to see you. Hope ya don't mind getting hugged."
"I'd love to join you. I'm not much of an eater anyway," Roberto replies graciously. His low appetite isn't a manners thing: the sun out here is strong, and his shoulders, arms, and legs are bare. He'll happily put away anything protein- or vitamin-dense, but he's got more solar super-calories than his body knows what to do with already.
Nancy gets a roguish grin as the group heads toward her, the house, and the promise of dinner. "How's it going, Nan?" he asks.
This is the time of luncheon. Mike allows himself to be invited in, but he's not going to be able to eat much, because he's recently refueled. He nods to the others and happily accepts a lemonade, hard or otherwise, and hugs, hard or otherwise. The house isn't as young as it was once, and he starts scanning it for things to fix.
The radio breaking out into country was the clincher when she saw the pair. That had to be Mike. And he's got his sense of humor back. When she hops out of the truck, she is dressed a lot less gothy then usual. It's hard to do the whole corset and heels look when you're on a farm. So, it's her Doc Martens, jeans and a t-shirt, with one of Bobby's dress shirts worn over it. She hugs Bobby the Cooler tight and gives him a kiss. "Good, cause I'm famished!" she tells him.
Walking up towards the house, they have set up a covered patio for eating. It's the only way to sit all 30 at the same time. Pulled pork, coleslaw and corn on the cob is the order for the day. "I am doing rather well, thank you," she tells Roberto, slipping an arm about his waist so she becomes a Nancy sandwich between a hot and cold Bobby.
Once Mike is identified as one of the people that helped with the rescue, he is given what seems to have become the traditional greeting for their saviors. He is hugged, his hands shaken, patted on the back and otherwise made the center of attention. It seems they all want to know every detail of how he got involved with the rescue and his involvement in it from one end to the other. Nancy goes to sit with her mother, leaning in to kiss her on the forehead. Brushing Annabeth's hair with a hand, she looks at her mother. "You're looking well today."
"That hunk of a doctor came in and gave us another treatment while you were gone. Does he have an older brother? An uncle maybe?"
"MOM!"
"What? I can't get a little attention?"
Bobby grins and mentally thanks Angelo. At least he's not getting glared and screamed at for being a homewrecker. Wouldn't that be awkward to explain. He watches as Mike gets mobbed with thanks, appreciation and curiosity, grinning over to Berto. "Dig in. Or just pick at it. I don't remember if you said you ate. I'll let Nancy make the introductions but that's her Mom, Ananbeth right there, and the sulking guy over there is 'Charmer'. Careful what you let him talk to you about."
'Berto smiles and returns Nancy's hug, then listens as Bobby identifies some of the people present, committing their names to memory. "One of those hypnotic voice powers?" he asks of Charmer, lip twisting as he makes the connection between code name and warning. "Those sure can get irritating."
He plops down at a seat near the O'Neals and grabs a small portion of the pork, forgoing bread and sauce. Definitely a picker, then.
Mike takes a serving of bread and sauce and no pork, and adds a pinch of something from a belt-pouch, and eats. He lets Charmer talk to him for a few minutes, saying, "Yeah, that's interesting."
Of course, he's actually analyzing what the guy does to make his victims believe and trust him.
The meal is a happy hectic mess. There is talking, laughter, the occasional tiff. Charmer, or Jason as he is actually named, is pushed over to sit by Nancy by another young woman. "You just keep that fat mouth to yourself, Jason. No one wants to hear it." Charmer feigns innocence, even as he is forced to sit in Nancy's little bubble. Nancy can't help but laugh.
"When are you going to learn that Becky is immune to your silver tongue?"
"Hey, you can't blame a guy for trying. Besides, it's more of a challenge that way. I gotta try actually being charming for a change!"
Nancy shakes her head and rolls her eyes, enjoying her lunch. Annabeth taps her and points to Roberto. "Now, if you had to go and dump Jeremy, you should have gone for him. Fancy car, good looking, and that Rolex doesn't come cheap."
"Mom! Stop trying to set me up, please!" Nancy leans her head down to rub her temples as Annabeth looks over to one of the other two moms and winks. Is Nancy's mom trolling her?
Bobby takes it all in stride. He's had time to get used to the notion that Anabeth has good days and bad days. Today is a very good day so perfect time for visitors. When the meal winds up he looks to Nancy and Gus. It's not all work here of course but the faster the work gets done the quicker their living conditions improve. "Alright, Nan, Warm-Twin, Mike, wanna take the tour?"
"If you're going to flatter me, Annabeth, at least let me sit a little closer so that I can hear it all," Roberto cuts in, tossing a teasing smile at Nancy as he scoots down the table. And then spends the rest of the meal proving that he's not above charming her mother just to embarrass her.
When the meal is complete, he nods at the other Bobby's offer. "Sure thing. Let's see what you've got here."
Mike has enough data after a few minutes, his 'tampering' reset happens twice before Becky moves Jason to the Time Out Bubble. He moves on to talking to other people, and not eating much. At the invitation, he nods to Cold-Bob Squarepants, and turns and says "I'll have Nancy bring by the proposals once I see where they could go best," to Gus and a few of the other 'responsible' types that he was talking with.
Roberto's remark causes Nancy to face palm. Just what she needs. Another swarthy handsome man flirting with her mother. What's worse is she flirts back! She's old enough to be their mother!! She should know, cause Annabeth is her mother!
Gus chuckles and gets up. "Alright folks, that fence has got a lot of work to do on it still. Nancy mentioned something about an idea for the land, so we're gonna want it nice and safe." The ex-high school principal is well regarded and though there are groans of reluctance, they all clean up their mess and then head back down along the road. Even Charmer.
Nancy sighs when lunch is over. "It's always entertaining here, that's to say the least. Come on. Lots to show you. Well, lots as in empty acres. But I might have an idea."
Bobby walks with Nancy over to a barn that serves now as a tool shed and a garage. Inside are a few ATV's and helmets. "You guys know how to work these? The grounds are pretty big and walking would take a while." Picking up one of the helmets he starts to adjust the straps. "Well, shall we?"
Roberto wears a perfectly innocent (or, perhaps, shameless) expression as he follows Cool Bobby into the garage. Flirt? Him? He simply had a steady interest in what Annabeth has to say, and enjoyed her jokes, and just happened to have a quick change in subject or a kind compliment ready whenever the woman had an odd moment or made a strange comment. After some of the jerks he has had to deal with in the business world, a run-of-the-mill schizophrenic made for a rather pleasant conversation partner.
He nods and hops astride one of the ATVs, popping a helmet on lackadaisically. "Oh, sure. We had some of these on the grounds back home. I used to steal them from the gardeners and…" He trails off, realizing what a spoiled brat he's cast as in this particular anecdote. "Sure, I know how to drive them," he finishes, snapping the straps on the helmet shut.
ATV? Why? Mike just points across the lot to the metal box and it rises and floats over to him, unfolding. It folds around him and there's a moment of molten-metal followed by some thoroughly unrealistic Transformer movements — someone is making fun — and then there's an ATV-like vehicle where Mike used to be.
Nancy laughs over at Roberto, giving him a nudge. "You made her day. She'll be insufferable now, after you and Angelo in one day. But, she's getting better. So… who knows. I might get my mom back. She gets more days like this now."
In the barn, she starts putting on her helmet and has to stop to watch Mike transform. She shakes her head. He never ceases to amaze her. "Okay, I'm taking a ride on him, cause that way I don't have to steer and cause when am I *ever* gonna get a chance to say that again?"
Bobby snickers and revs his up. "You're gonna have to finish that story one day, Bobby. I guess I'll lead since Mike's never been here… unless he's gonna let Nancy steer him. Which I guess kinda defeats the point. Where to first Nan? Windbreak?" Even as he asks he's already pulling out in that direction. Once they get going he goes into tour mode.
"This place used to be an old sheep/cattle ranch. Hasn't been used for it in years but the old grazing fields are still here along with what's left a loading dock for the goods. Most of those building's will probably have to knock down. Windbreak's over at the edge of the property."
"You should see the air I can get on one of these things if I go all Sunspotty and give it a rocket boost," Hothead Bobby boasts as he follows close after his cooler-headed twin. He's just possibly feeling a little outdone by Mike's Michael Bay routine. "But, I mean, I won't do that," he adds sheepishly. "It's hell on the shocks."
From then on, he goes quiet, simply listening to Bobby's tour guide explanations of the different areas they visit.
Mike laughs at 'hell on the shocks' — he's had days like that. Yeah, his voice comes out of the radio that he has in his ATV even if the others don't have one.
"Just make sure you have a helmet," the vehicle-mutant says. He follows Bobby-the-colder along the path, and at one point says, "Better hold onto the handlebars, Nancy," because the ground is getting bounceworthy.
In the time that he's been using them, Bobby's learned to drive these things fairly well, but he's not up to anything fancy quite yet. It's a good bouncy twenty minute drive (taking the long way through a dried watercourse) to get to the windbreak at the far end of the property. It's a triple line of tall trees and really actually looks quite pretty now in late summer. Adds a kind of… country ambiance to it that's hard to quantify. "Ah. Here we are. Nan did you wanna explain what you wanted to do?"
Nancy does indeed grab onto the handlebars. She may not have to steer, but that doesn't mean the gopher holes don't make things a little chaotic at times. When they arrive at the windbreak, Nancy gets off of Mike and unclips her helmet. "Well, I was thinking, with all those large trees keeping this place protected, this might be the ideal place for an orchard, or maybe a vineyard. And those other buildings, we could turn them into a vintners. Make those high end fruit wines that are so popular right now. And local stuff is popular these days too. 100 mile diet and all that rot."
"Some of that is a great idea," Mike says unfolding into a robot form like the one from the hospital invasion. "But… it takes at least five years for grape vines to come into productive life, up to ten for fruit trees, and it's rather difficult keeping them from being killed by hard frosts in spring and by drought in summer. You may want to look into organic crops, especially things like chickens, eggs, and berries, vegetables, things you can grow in greenhouses. And rotating the crops. I was reading about a farm in Montana that did that, actually free-ranged the chickens by using movable coops with the vegetables and so forth on trailer-mounted systems. It was very different. Not sure I'd like to do that all the time."
"The other option is to make the place a working ranch again though I'm not sure that it'd be any less work than farming… possibly quite a bit more. Either way we'd need some outside expertise because we don't exactly have any agriculture experts in the Nutates or their families. Whatever it is, just giving them something productive to focus on helps a lot."
Bobby takes his helmet off again to admire the Nest from a distance. Wow. What have he and Nan gotten themselves into?
"Well, we do have five years for the grant. So we really need to be looking long term. We could possibly do both? Start the orchards for the winery now, so they'll be ready in five years, but in the area closer to the houses, have the organic vegetables and free range chickens? And yeah, berries will be needed for the winery anyway. I'll have to see if Ms Potts has anyone that can help us with this whole organic farming thing. Everyone in the Nest is a city kid."
Bobby's no help there either sadly. Largely a city kid himself. However… there are other matters to discuss. "So you said you had a few ideas for things Mike?" He's seen what the technomancer can do. His knowledge of things mechanical is very, very impressive. Good thing Nan's seen him at work too.
"Well, you need a powerplant or two… you're paying people for your electricity, they should be paying you for your leftovers. You also need to fix some pumps — I will totally help with that — if you expect to be able to irrigate from the well I felt on the way. Which _feels_ like it's safe enough, no arsenic or lead, but you might want to get it tested by the county before using it, and you do need to check on your legal rights and on whether this place has used pesticides," Mike answers. He scans over the farm more carefully, sending out some drones that will measure things like 'soil quality' and 'Monsanto Infestation Risk' for genetically modified crops in neighboring areas.
The area is fortunately, largely given over to ranching and the neighbors at least are up to code. Further out there's things like standing water that might be an issue.
"Heh. You know you might become a fixture around here yourself if you keep stuff like this up." A thought seems to occur to him and he leans in. "And you should definitely talk to Brazillian Bobby later, in private. I think maybe you could help with something he has planned and I'll bet he's thinking the same."
"Hmm? You mean his 'use mutant powers to do cool shit to make people's lives better' thing?" Someone has been reading the mutie gossip boards. Or maybe writing … no, just reading. When all that was happening, Mikey was still emotions-off, so he wouldn't have been able to be intrigued or interested.
"I kinda came to that same plan m'self a month or two back. I'm thinking once I learn enough, I might find a few other people who have powers that work well with repair and stuff, start a company. Call it Damage Control or something like that."
"Damage Control, mmm? That's a good name. You'd sorta do what you do in M-Town?" Bobby shifts on his ATV looking thoughtful. "Might still wanna talk to Berto even in that case. Business partners can be helpful with such things I'm told."
He takes a deep breath. "You doin' okay? After the other night…"
"Yeah. Yeah, I'm better. I still need to find the man I verbally abused. But what I'm really worried about… this 'burning human' garbage that's happening next week. I mean… the name alone is provocation. Have these people forgotten their mothers?" Mike's kind of in a unusual situation. His parents neither freaked out, nor kicked him out, nor called him spawn of satan, nor declared him demon-possessed. And they were both very religious! It's almost like they weren't stereotypes or something, and how can that possibly be possible?
"No, I shouldn't be thinking that way. It doesn't have to turn out as a chance for riots. I just wish it was out in the middle of a desert where it couldn't hurt other people."
Nancy has been listening. Really! But she's done that thing again where she is looking at this huge responsibility that she's been put in charge of and is feeling a little overwhelmed. Soil condition, call the county, damage control. Wait, what? Nancy looks over to Mike. "Damage Control? So… like a company of mutants that fixes the crap that other mutants and supers pull? Mike, I think I love you."
Bobby smiles, a touch sadly this time. "M-Town's always been like that, long as I've been there. Which isn't long but still. Some folks want the trouble, they think it'll bring them attention they can use." He sighs. "Hotheads."
Nancy shakes her head. "They're only giving Creed more fuel for his fire. Look how awful we are. Look at the things I do. I can't believe I used to buy into his baloney. I don't know what has him so angry, but I'm betting there is more to this then just him wanting to be Friends of Humanity. I know why I was so angry at supers, and I wasn't nearly as adamant about it as he is. So, what crawled up his ass and died?" She slips an arm around Bobby's waist, enjoying the closeness as they discuss.
"Creed?" Mike pauses. He grins, and says in the voice of a television character from the late 1980s, "Wellll. Let's see. What could have crawled up his posterrrior, whispering all sorts of dirty little hateful things? Could it be, SATAN?!" … with echo effect.
Bobby shakes with restrained laughter and he gives Nancy a squeeze. "Oh. Too good Mike. And I wish. No, Creed the political figure. You know how M-Town is Mike. There's a good chunk of mutants who are just tired of being on the outs and are willing to force the issue. Then there's the sane mutant rights crowd, then there's the honestly worried normal folks, then there's the people like the Friends of Humanity. It's a wonder we don't get riots there two or three times a week."
Nancy looks over at Mike and can't help but laugh. He's one of the few people she knows that can make talking about Creed funny. "You're the best, Mike. Though aren't you a little young for SNL from the 80's? Or did you just Youtube it?" She nods over to Bobby, leaning her head on his shoulder. "You have the extremes on both sides, and then the concerned people on sides that just sorta get caught up in the fervor. I get scared sometimes. That this won't end well. Humanity has proven over and over through history that we're not really the get along with our neighbors type. We tend to have an us or them mentality until one side is so crushed as to not be a problem anymore."
"I don't really sleep, haven't for years," Mike says. "Well, a few hours a night. So I watch lots of old stuff."
He shakes his head at the negativity. "If we do nothing to try to change things, they don't change. It's no longer legal to own slaves in most of the world. It's no longer legal to treat women as property in most of the world, and women have the same property and citizenship rights as men in over half of the countries in the world. Mutants are just humans with a gene that gives them added powers. It's idiots like Creed and his friends who make it seem otherwise, who are causing so much of this idiocy. The old idea that people hate and fear that which is different simply because it is different? Nonsense. Only if they're taught to fear it."
Bobby's not sure he agrees. History has shown, at least to him, that humanity has an endless ability to separate itself into camps. But… the point's not real worth arguing because he's right in that things don't change if no one makes an effort to change them.
"The situation is pretty bad at the moment though. This kind of thing has split nations before. Either we yank ourselves back from the brink or the extremists get their way and we fight over it. Which is why I'm glad you're going into business. It has to start to become normal or nothing is ever going to change."
"Well, part of the problem is that whole Homo superior moniker. I mean, really? Who came up with *that*. Let's just give everyone that doesn't have a power an inferiority complex. Oh, and then there is the whole grading of powers. That is just dumb. It's like making our powers a competition." She nods along with Bobby's sentiment of the business idea being a good one.
"I've been in business for almost five years, just not openly as a mutant," Mike says. "Even before I went metal, most of our clients knew I was a mutant and they were fine with it - the few who weren't, well, they didn't get a Drakos Motors sports car, did they?"
He shrugs. "The majority of the PR problem is pure racism, and we need as a society to extinguish that pernicious weed. If it weren't for mutants, they'd be even more violent towards blacks, or latinos, or … yeah."
Mike nods when Nancy mentions the stupidity of 'Homo Superior' … "How about Homo Sapiens Mutans? But even that's nonsense. The human genome is often completely scrambled. It should be fixed at what was there at birth: Homo Sapiens Sapiens. And I can't even begin to say how stupid the power-grading thing is. I mean, come ON. I'm a Gamma class according to one guy, an Omega according to another, and an Alpha-Minus according to a third."
Bobby nods. "That's the other obsessive human need. The need to categorize. Unfortunately now that genie is out of the bottle and we're going to spend a lot of time stuffing it back in." He turns and looks back toward the Nest. "This is a start though. Taking care of these people and anyone else who finds their way to our door. Maybe not a change the world start… but a start."
Nancy looks over to the Nest and smiles, giving Bobby a squeeze. "Yeah, it's a good start. Teaching them that mutants and people can live together. That there doesn't need to be hate. That reminds me, we need to talk to Angelo about Jinx. She's still in that pocket dimension, as far as I know."
Mike looks blank at the mention of Jinx. No clue. He's just content to stay here, look out at the country side, waiting for Bobby-warm to stop doing wheelies in the dirt, and to play an MMO on his internal computer system over his high-bandwidth uplink.
What? Computer brain, multitasking.
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Inspired by my spring picks blog post I decided to put together a super casual but girly outfit together featuring my new pink jacket from Bellfield clothing*. Styled with a few of my most loved/worn pieces in my wardrobe, I opted for my high waisted ASOS ridley jeans, a blue cropped fluffy jumper from Topshop and a battered pair of Vans. All part of my attempt to try and achieve the ultimate effortless look. Making this outfit perfect for when the April showers hit, and living in the UK I have a pretty good feeling that they will! Although I know this outfit doesn't put me in any style competition to be the next Blonde Salad, I do know that this is something that I will genuinely wear and hopefully a few of you would too. I spotted the pink car below and knew I had to do include it in an outfit post as it matched my pink coat so perfectly! If this jacket is a little too sugary sweet for you, Bellfield clothing also have they have some really lovely pieces on their site I particularly like the Dandelion and Wisteria skirts!
*This post made in collaboration with Bellfield clothing, however all thoughts are my own!
Thank you! I'm a vans addict!
Your coat is so pretty, it just makes the whole outfit! I've been thinking about getting an anorak a bit like yours recently, but maybe in a yellow or a navy - though they look cute in every colour, and pink suits you!
I've always wanted a yellow anorak, I think you should definitely get one!
Such a cute coat! I have a lovely pink trench coat waiting for spring in my closet!
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Emotive advertising: Dove Real Beauty Campaign
Advertising comes in many forms...
Advertising comes in many forms, and I'm not talking about whether it's on TV or whether it's online display, I'm talking about whether it's humourous, foolish, bad, clever, blatant, controversial, irrelevant, cinematic, minimalistic, childish, old school, trashy, hilarious, cheesy, sexual, cunning, or damn right brilliant. One quality that has always, and always will remain a powerful tool in advertising is emotion.
Recently the industry has seen an influx of emotive advertising campaigns – brands know that getting people to connect with your brand on a personal level is half the battle. All brands should have a story to tell or convey certain values in their branding which can be attributed to real life. In this blog, we will consider how Dove have used emotion in their advertising.
This consumer brand knows how to hit our sore spots (excuse the pun). A classic beauty brand which started in 1957 as a bar of soap in the US, Dove is now an iconic family name. Dove's Real Beauty campaign has consisted of a range of powerful videos and images, based on a research project, with the aim of making women feel good about themselves.
"The campaign started a global conversation about the need for a wider definition of beauty after the study proved the hypothesis that the definition of beauty had become limiting and unattainable." (Dove)
Most would say that these videos are clever, real and emotional, but their most recent advert has received some backlash. Watch the video below.
Dove Patches
What's your initial reaction from watching this video? For most people it's a positive one – whether you're a female, male, young or old, it's hard not to feel emotional watching these women realise that the Beauty Patch was just a placebo. It sends an empowering message that beauty and body confidence is all about state of mind: not magic patches, pills or potions. The women in the video echo this sentiment, describing the process as a "life-changing experience". (Telegraph)
However there has been (an equally emotional) negative reaction, with some people claiming that this 'trick' is insulting to women. Laura Stampler at Time magazine writes:
"It makes women seem too gullible, too desperate, and overall helpless against the all-knowing master manipulators at Unilever." (Time)
Steve Miles, Unilever's senior VP-Dove, said in a statement that Dove created the "Patches" video "to intentionally provoke a debate about women's relationship with beauty" given that 80% of women feel anxious about how they look and only 4% consider themselves beautiful. (AdAge)
Whether you find this video heart-warming or demeaning, or see it simply as a see-through marketing stunt, there's no denying it has hit off. In under a week the video has received almost 13 million views from Dove's Youtube channel alone. Unilever's social media tracking has found a 92% positive sentiment globally. (AdAge)
With the Real Beauty campaign, Dove have been tapping into current issues of self-confidence and body image ideals that are prevalent in today's Western society. Yes, ultimately Dove is a brand that sells products, and no matter how many lumps in throats these advertisements cause, we all know it's a selling tactic. But they are doing it brilliantly – their research has given them real insight into their market and they have created emotional advertising that has got us all talking.
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On Friday news broke that after a year of struggling in the ratings, NBC is canceling its freshman comic book series, Constantine. While others took the interwebs and expressed their disappointment, I celebrated in style. After all, for this queer nerd of color, seeing that bi-phobic tripe get canceled was nothing but sweet retribution with a nice serving of schadenfreude. Because it tackles very dark and adult themes, Constantine, as a franchise, has never had the mainstream success as say Spider-Man, Batman, or X-Men. Just the same it has an immensely loyal and devoted following. While the 2005 film which starred Keanu Reeves (aka Future Hubby #8) continues to garner a mixed reaction, I personally enjoyed it. In fact my friends and I at the time dubbed it The Prophecy 4.
Damn my future groom is FINE!!!!!!!
Where was I? Oh yeah… When news broke of a new Constantine series premiering, like many people I was most intrigued… After all, anyone who knows me is aware that I proudly support my LGBTQ superheroes. Oh yes, John Constantine is canonically bisexual and part of the family. And before any other white trolls decide to question this or my comic book street cred like they did on Twitter: STAY MAD HOMOPHOBES!!!!!!! Then news broke that Constantine wouldn't be bisexual in the new series.
The reason? The standard BS, that Constantine's bisexuality isn't all that important to the character.
The mutants aren't here for this foolishness.
Sexuality is not that crucial to John Constantine? Have you met the guy? Seriously.
It should also be noted that this isn't the first time Executive Producer David Goyer has displayed this kind of homophobia and heterosexism. He has previously (and rightfully) come under fire for attempting to downplay and erase the sexuality of another queer protagonist, Leonardo Da Vinci in Da Vinci Demons.
History and facts be damned. Because that's all the media needs right now another straight white superhero.
So the show struggled and limped in the ratings and S.O.S. (save our show) campaigns were launched. In the meantime myself and other alienated and boycotting fans are essentially enjoying the train wreck.
And to think the very LGBTQ fans who were boycotting this series might've made the difference in getting Constantine renewed for a second season.
But by no means is this the first time something like this has happened. Oh no. Hardly. We're well aware of the fact that erasure happens on the racial front. As out gay writer David Gerrold will tell you, erasure and bigotry is all too prevalent when it comes to LGBTQ people as well. Case in point, his novel and the 2007 eponymous film: The Martian Child. While in the novel the protagonist is gay, in the film he is turned into a straight widower. And for those of you who are wondering, The Martian Child tanked at the box office. The irony being had they kept the protagonist gay, the film probably would've done far better. If nothing else than for the sheer fact that it would've been something different from every other bland straight white rom-com drama. It would've piqued curiosity and garnered disposable queer dollars like that movie about the gay guys on the mountain. Um, yeah them too, but I meant the other gay guys on the mountain. It should be noted that most writers have no power over film adaptations which is why we get fails like this and the Ursula K. LeGuin's Earthsea fiasco where the characters were whitewashed for the SyFy Channel's miniseries. LeGuin spoke out on the erasure and the whitewashing of the films on Salon. Neil Gaiman has also had to deal with the Hollywood shotcallers trying to whitewash his protagonists — which is why adaptations for Anansi Boys were sidelined. New York Times Bestselling Author Jessica Verday was part of an upcoming dark fairy romance anthology, Wicked Pretty Things, and wrote a boy/boy tale for it. The editor claimed the publisher Running Press wouldn't approve of it and she'd need to make one of the characters a girl. Verday called BS on the claim and pulled the story in protest. As many of you may recall, I had the privilege of having a bigoted Lethe Press publisher invite me to submit to a Civil War anthology, only to be instructed that I am not allowed to include gay characters because the anthology needs to appeal to a mainstream cis heterosexual audience. Having a racist piece of garbage tell me to erase the gay from my narrative is no different from telling me to erase the colored. But you really have to appreciate the gall to ask a queer writer of color to houseslave for a Civil War anthology. While Gaiman, Gerrold, Verday, LeGuin, and myself are all completely different writers, it's clear that we have at least one belief in common: So Hollywood, I see you continue to hemorrhage money left and right. With all of that erasure, bigotry, and soul-auctioning, I have to ask, how did it work out for you? Oh. Okay then.
I'm not dancing about the loss of Constantine but I love that first gif.
Not being gay, I was disappointed but not enraged about the erasure of John's bisexuality. As a WoC, most of my energy goes towards pointing out the erasure of people like me, as does your energy go towards topics personal to you.
But I did make note of it.
I didn't get too upset about it, though, because about halfway through the season, I bailed. I bailed because it's network television and this is not a show for bland, watered down, mainstream viewing. This is "Constantine" and I just knew that everything I loved about the books was NEVER going to make it on NBC, during prime time, no matter how edgy they thought they were being.
I have never expected network TV to be edgy or progressive. From time to time, they get a bit of fire in the britches and show something controversial but the purpose of such networks are almost diametrically opposed to the kinds of entertainment I find enjoyable, so I don't ever expect much from any of them.
I knew Constantine was doomed for that reason. It wasn't ever going to edgy enough for fans of Hellblazer and it was too bland for people who weren't. The show would have been better served by starring on HBO, or Showtime or something. Not any of the big three.
Actually that's not true. I go just as hard for other minorities as I do people like me. It's not out of self-interest but doing the right thing because it's the right thing to do, be they trans, disabled, WoC, LGBTQs, etc.
I just have lower energy reserves, then.
Goddammit. I hadn't even heard news of the bi-erasure (I got into the show really late off of someone else's rec), so now I'm *pissed*.
But that's just it. The public is speaking with their wallets which is why most of these projects keep flopping. Hollywood just doesn't want to change.
I don't know if you're a fan of Empire (I don't associate, myself), but I expect a lot more ripoffs of it next year, as every network tries to capture that lightning and replicate what that show has done.
Con: The quality of the shows will be on par with Empire, because they certainly won't strive to be better.
I presume, then, that the show didn't show (or plant) any relationships or sexual tensions for Constantine with women, either. Since his sexuality wasn't important.
I can't judge, since I didn't watch the show, but I'm guessing sexual tensions would have arisen at some point, given that there are extremely few shows where sexual relationships don't come into play for the main character(s) at some point.
@Ikeke35 That's the best case scenario. Worst case? They turn out to be dreck because the networks dialed it in.
I find one of the truly absurd things from Hollywood is the assumption that white cis straight people aren't interested in stories that focus on people who are not exactly like them. It's outdated thinking, and this white cis straight woman wants far more diversity in the stories I read and watch. I think box office numbers show I am not the only one. I know what it's like to be me. I want to be told a story from the POV of someone different than me.
I didn't know that about Constantine's sexuality. But it's good to know I didn't waste my time with this interpretation. Why did they think they could dull down this character? There are so many supernatural themed TV shows why make this one as generic?
Wait…we have the Cleaveland show right? Thats main…err never mind that's a white man portraying…oh hell never mind again.
Thanks for this. I was disappointed when the show was cancelled and I was not aware of the decision to censor Constantine's sexuality. I was willing to watch until the show found its footing. Now I'm not upset about the cancellation.


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Authorities looking for a missing Belgian backpacker in northern NSW will shift their focus along a headland near Byron Bay after another fruitless day of searching. Theo Hayez's distraught father Laurent made an emotional plea for help on Monday, 17 days after he was last seen leaving the holiday town's Cheeky Monkey's bar about 11pm on May 31. He said he feared his son was in grave danger and begged for any information that could lead police to his whereabouts. "Before I left Belgium I promised Theo's little brother Lucas that I would bring his brother home. Please, help me keep my promise to him," Mr Hayez told reporters through tears. Theo used encrypted service Whatsapp the night he disappeared and Mr Hayez asked for help obtaining access to the messages. WhatsApp confirmed it had provided all the information it has to police. However the company is only able to access and disclose some data - which can include a user's name, last seen date, IP address and basic information - but not the encrypted content. Dozens of people, including State Emergency Service volunteers and members of the public, on Tuesday returned to the area around Cape Byron Lighthouse where the last 'ping' from Theo's phone was recorded on June 1. The search was suspended that evening with nothing of interest found, NSW Police said in a statement. The operation will resume mid-morning on Wednesday with specialist police forces. Theo had been preparing to return home after eight months travelling Australia. Homicide detectives are helping the investigation along with Belgian authorities but police hold hope Theo is still alive. More than $65,000 has been raised via a GoFundMe page for the Hayez family, part of which was used to help Laurent Hayez fly to Australia. Mr Hayez arrived in the country late last week and has vowed to stay until his son is found. Australian Associated Press
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Laurent Hayez has pleaded for public to help find his son Theo who went missing in Byron Bay.
Authorities looking for a missing Belgian backpacker in northern NSW will shift their focus along a headland near Byron Bay after another fruitless day of searching.
Theo Hayez's distraught father Laurent made an emotional plea for help on Monday, 17 days after he was last seen leaving the holiday town's Cheeky Monkey's bar about 11pm on May 31.
He said he feared his son was in grave danger and begged for any information that could lead police to his whereabouts.
"Before I left Belgium I promised Theo's little brother Lucas that I would bring his brother home. Please, help me keep my promise to him," Mr Hayez told reporters through tears.
Theo used encrypted service Whatsapp the night he disappeared and Mr Hayez asked for help obtaining access to the messages.
WhatsApp confirmed it had provided all the information it has to police.
However the company is only able to access and disclose some data - which can include a user's name, last seen date, IP address and basic information - but not the encrypted content.
Dozens of people, including State Emergency Service volunteers and members of the public, on Tuesday returned to the area around Cape Byron Lighthouse where the last 'ping' from Theo's phone was recorded on June 1.
The search was suspended that evening with nothing of interest found, NSW Police said in a statement.
The operation will resume mid-morning on Wednesday with specialist police forces.
Theo had been preparing to return home after eight months travelling Australia.
Homicide detectives are helping the investigation along with Belgian authorities but police hold hope Theo is still alive.
More than $65,000 has been raised via a GoFundMe page for the Hayez family, part of which was used to help Laurent Hayez fly to Australia.
Mr Hayez arrived in the country late last week and has vowed to stay until his son is found.


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"It's the best day on earth!" said Joe Miller, a 6-year-old battling a rare blood disorder, who says he is a huge fan of the Washington Capitals.
It was a sea of red in the Pediatric Hematology Oncology Clinic as Caps players visited with patients and their families. The Players autographed jerseys and hats and helped with various art projects. The young patients, parents and siblings were excited to see their favorite players take time off the ice for the visit.
The Capitals teamed up with Hope for Henry and its founder Laurie Strongin whose son was treated at MedStar Georgetown 14 years ago. Addressing the team she said, "My son Henry was a total Caps fan. You guys made so many people happy today. It's so hard to be in the hospital during the holiday season."
Many kids enjoyed playing with Play-Doh, including 4-year-old Brock Ludwigson who was diagnosed with a rare cancer when he was 12 months old. Defensemen #88, Nate Schmidt was helping him make planets with the Play-Doh. "We're all having a great time. I haven't played with Play-Doh in awhile. The kids have been through so much, yet they still are smiling and having a good time. It's an enlightening experience for me," said Schmidt.
Players handed out hats and caps through Ellie's Hats and everyone enjoyed treats from Georgetown Cupcake.
The Caps invited the children to create portraits of the players for a fundraising project for Tracy's Kids, which helps young patients cope with cancer through art. Kids completed the portraits at the party by squirting paint through a syringe onto the white spaces of the canvas.
19-year-old Charlotte Hay, who was treated for leukemia at MedStar Georgetown, drew a portrait of T.J. Oshie. "I'm a hardcore Caps fan. Not just a little fan. They're such nice players, such great guys."
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Program Giving Children Hospitalized Long-Term "A Room of Their Own" Launches at MedStar Georgetown
Hope for Henry and Dormify Partner to Help Ease Transition from Home to Hospital
MedStar Georgetown First and Only Center in the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Region to Offer Proton Therapy for Cancer Patients
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Surprise Visit: D.C. Fire and EMS Encourage Pediatric Transplant Recipient
MedStar Georgetown Hosts Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony for New Pediatric Mobile Clinic, Gives Toys to Local Children
MedStar Georgetown has served Washington, D.C. with mobile care since 1992.
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MedStar Georgetown University Hospital and Children's National Health System Receive $6 Million from The J. Willard and Alice S. Marriott Foundation to Launch Early Childhood Innovation Network
Funding Will Improve Children's Lives through Early Intervention and Prevention.
First Summer Camp in North America for Youth Impacted by Huntington's Disease
Category : MedStar in the community , Neurosciences , Pediatrics ,
Swim Safety Tips for Making the Summer Safe and Fun
With summer just around the corner, most of us will be making plans for a poolside or oceanfront vacation. But before you dive into summer, make sure you know the basics when it comes to swim safety.
Category : Emergency medicine/trauma , Pediatrics ,
New Study on Preventing Peanut Allergies
The number of children with peanut allergies is rising rapidly. Hope may be on the way for parents of some children, however. A recent study shows the early introduction of dietary peanuts may prevent peanut allergy among children at high risk.
Protein Implicated in Osteosarcoma's Spread Acts As Air Traffic Controller
The investigation of a simple protein has uncovered its uniquely complicated role in the spread of the childhood cancer, osteosarcoma. It turns out the protein, called ezrin, acts like an air traffic controller, coordinating multiple functions within a cancer cell and allowing it to endure stress conditions encountered during metastasis.
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A Day for Heroes at MedStar Georgetown
"When I saw him, I was really excited!" said Andy. "I didn't know he was going to be here in his Batmobile! Batman is my favorite." Andy was one of the many young superheroes awaiting Batman's arrival for the Hope for Henry Foundation's 2015 Super Hero party.
Successful Domino Liver Transplants in Children with Rare Disorder Allow Them to be Liver Donors as well as Recipients
In a new milestone for the MedStar Georgetown Transplant Institute, transplant teams have successfully completed domino liver transplants from young people suffering from a rare genetic disorder to adults on the liver transplant list who could safely benefit from them.
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THE FORMER minister for women and equality has accused the Government of an "unacceptable" five months of inaction over the gender pay gap issue.
Maria Miller MP (Cons, Basingstoke) says a report by the Parliamentary Women and Equalities Committee, which she chaired, has gone ignored since it was published in March.
The report found women are paid 19.2 per cent less than men and often become 'trapped' in low-paying part-time jobs well below their skill level, or receive little support if they are returning to work.
The government has promised to resolve the issue within four years but Mrs Miller said: "The Government had committed to eradicating this issue and our report sets out a clear way on how to close the gap, mainly by creating more flexible jobs.
"But I have spoken to ministers and we are still awaiting a response.
The worst sectors for pay disparities are 'highly feminised' jobs such as retail, care or cleaning.
Coun Rachel Eden, the founder of Holy Brook Associates, a training and consultancy firm in Reading, is also frustrated with the lack of Government response.
"It's disappointing that the Government doesn't have plans to address the pay gap, as too often I hear women say it's not worth going back to work after having children.
"I am very clear we have equal pay for equal work in my company, especially as our culture expects women and men to talk differently about money.
"I quite often have to stop highly able, female entrepreneurs apologising for telling me what their rates are, which is something I've never encountered with a man," she said.
However, there are industries such as consulting firms and cyber-security, where the gap between pay is almost on equal parity and at times women are paid more than men.
Karla Jobling, the chief operations officer of BeecherMadden, a recruitment firm in London, said that even with the closing of the gap in some industries, she has faced resistance from male colleagues.
"Some companies focus on getting people to return to work after a career gap, and while men are included – it's obviously targeted at mothers.
"My big worry is that men really resist these moves.


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Montenay est une commune française située dans le département de la Mayenne et la région Pays de la Loire, peuplée de .

La commune fait partie de la province historique du Maine, et se situe dans le Bas-Maine.

Géographie

Communes limitrophes

Climat
Le climat qui caractérise la commune est qualifié, en 2010, de « climat océanique franc », selon la typologie des climats de la France qui compte alors huit grands types de climats en métropole. En 2020, la commune ressort du type « climat océanique » dans la classification établie par Météo-France, qui ne compte désormais, en première approche, que cinq grands types de climats en métropole. Ce type de climat se traduit par des températures douces et une pluviométrie relativement abondante (en liaison avec les perturbations venant de l'Atlantique), répartie tout au long de l'année avec un léger maximum d'octobre à février.

Les paramètres climatiques qui ont permis d'établir la typologie de 2010 comportent six variables pour les températures et huit pour les précipitations, dont les valeurs correspondent aux données mensuelles sur la normale 1971-2000. Les sept principales variables caractérisant la commune sont présentées dans l'encadré ci-après.

Avec le changement climatique, ces variables ont évolué. Une étude réalisée en 2014 par la Direction générale de l'Énergie et du Climat complétée par des études régionales prévoit en effet que la  température moyenne devrait croître et la pluviométrie moyenne baisser, avec toutefois de fortes variations régionales. Ces changements peuvent être constatés sur la station météorologique de Météo-France la plus proche, « Ernée », sur la commune d'Ernée, mise en service en 1996 et qui se trouve à  à vol d'oiseau, où la température moyenne annuelle est de  et la hauteur de précipitations de  pour la période 1981-2010.
Sur la station météorologique historique la plus proche, « Rennes-Saint-Jacques », sur la commune de Saint-Jacques-de-la-Lande, dans le département d'Ille-et-Vilaine,  mise en service en 1945 et à , la température moyenne annuelle évolue de  pour la période 1971-2000, à  pour 1981-2010, puis à  pour 1991-2020.

Urbanisme

Document d'urbanisme
Le Plan local d'urbanisme intercommunal (PLUI) est en vigueur sur chacune des quinze communes de la communauté de communes de l'Ernée.

Typologie
Montenay est une commune rurale, car elle fait partie des communes peu ou très peu denses, au sens de la grille communale de densité de l'Insee.

Par ailleurs la commune fait partie de l'aire d'attraction d'Ernée, dont elle est une commune de la couronne. Cette aire, qui regroupe , est catégorisée dans les aires de moins de .

Occupation des sols

L'occupation des sols de la commune, telle qu'elle ressort de la base de données européenne d'occupation biophysique des sols Corine Land Cover (CLC), est marquée par l'importance des territoires agricoles (93,8 % en 2018), une proportion identique à celle de 1990 (94,1 %). La répartition détaillée en 2018 est la suivante :
terres arables (44,2 %), prairies (38,1 %), zones agricoles hétérogènes (11,5 %), forêts (4,3 %), zones urbanisées (1,5 %), zones industrielles ou commerciales et réseaux de communication (0,2 %), milieux à végétation arbustive et/ou herbacée (0,2 %).

L'IGN met par ailleurs à disposition un outil en ligne permettant de comparer l'évolution dans le temps de l'occupation des sols de la commune (ou de territoires à des échelles différentes). Plusieurs époques sont accessibles sous forme de cartes ou photos aériennes : la carte de Cassini (), la carte d'état-major (1820-1866) et la période actuelle (1950 à aujourd'hui).

Toponymie
Le nom de la localité est attesté sous les formes de Montaniaco au  et de Monteneio en 1225. Le toponyme serait issu de l'anthroponyme latin Montanus.

Le gentilé est Montenaysien.

Histoire

Néolithique
Montenay est vraisemblablement la ville la plus ancienne du pays d'Ernée : on retrouve des traces de son histoire au néolithique (entre 5000 et 3000 ) : le dolmen de la Perche d'une part, mais surtout un polissoir pour silex (la Pierre Saint-Guillaume, proche de la Pierre Montpinçon), unique du genre en Mayenne.

Moyen Âge
En creusant les fondements d'un certain nombre de maisons du bourg, on a retrouvé des cercueils en pierre coquillière. Parmi ceux qui furent ouverts au , on découvrit deux bagues. Ces cercueils appartiennent certainement à l'époque mérovingienne (du  au ).

L'église (deux furent rebâties depuis) fut fondée par saint Thuribe au . Le village de Montenay (villa Montiniaca) fut légué à l'église cathédrale du Mans en 616. Montenay est à l'époque de Charlemagne classé parmi les bourgs publics (Montenay était alors considérable). À la fin de l'épiscopat de Sigefroy (960-995), le prieuré Saint-Michel possède l'église de Saint-Michel de Montenay.

Si en 1217 on établit un cimetière près de la chapelle de Vautorte (appelée Bourg-Nouveau), ce n'est qu'en 1225 que Maurice, évêque du Mans, sépare la commune de Vautorte, en transformant la chapelle de Vautorte en église paroissiale (il faut comprendre que Montenay est d'une superficie trop importante).

Il y avait quatre seigneuries sur Montenay : Gevereau, la plus importante, Montguerré, la Bas-Maignée et le bourg de Montenay.

Révolution
A la Révolution, Quesnai, le curé de Montenay et ses deux vicaires Lettelier et Souci, prêtent serment avec préambule (en ne prêtant pas complètement serment à la Constitution civile, ils sont considérés comme réfractaires). Les deux vicaires seront déportés sur l'île de Jersey en 1793.

Il faut cependant noter que la population est largement pro-républicaine, tout en inscrivant cette position en conformité avec la croyance catholique. Le 19 mai 1793, les républicains invitèrent la population à faire une procession pour la République : « Surquoy la municipalité assemblée en conseil permanent et applaudissant au zèle patriotique et religieux des pétitionnaires, considérant qu'il n'est point de plus vrai civisme que celui qui a pour base la religion catholique, parce qu'elle fait un précepte rigoureux d'aider sa patrie et de lui sacrifier ses biens et sa vie même, et le procureur entendu, a arresté que la dite procession aura lieu lundi 27 de ce mois, jour fixé par le citoyen curé, qyue tous les citoyens de cette paroisse serait invités d'y assister (…). » Ce jour-là la population s'engage même à faire une quête pour aider Ernée (le chef-lieu de district, particulièrement exposé aux attaques) à s'armer.

Seconde Guerre mondiale
En 1944, le groupe de résistance d'Ernée trouva refuge au hameau de la Chatterie. La chatterie devient de juin à août 1944 le QG de ce groupe de résistance, alors dirigé par René Justin, qui y prépare ses actions de l'été 1944. C'est de la Chatterie que part le 4 août 1944 le groupe de René Justin qui rejoint les forces américaines à Landivy. Il les guide jusqu'à Mayenne, épargnant ainsi la ville d'Ernée d'une destruction par les bombardements prévus par les Américains.

Politique et administration

Tendances politiques et résultats

Liste des maires

Le conseil municipal est composé de quinze membres dont le maire et trois adjoints.

Population et société

Démographie

Enseignement

Activité et manifestations
L'Association sportive omnisports de Montenay fait évoluer une équipe de football en ligue du Maine et deux autres équipes en divisions de district.

Économie

Culture locale et patrimoine

Lieux et monuments
 La Chatterie : QG de la Résistance du pays d'Ernée de René Justin entre mai et août 1944 chez Louis Papouin et Angèle Papouin-Lucas. Aujourd'hui, production artisanale de miel.
 La Berthelière : polissoir dit la Pierre Saint-Guillaume classé Monument historique. Polissoir néolithique proche de la Pierre Montpinçon.
 Château de la Bas Meignée. Le château construit au  reste visible.
 Montguerré : il subsiste encore le portique, une tour et la chapelle. Cette demeure fut longtemps la propriété de la famille Plessis-Châtillon.
 L'église : fondée par saint Thuribe au , l'ancienne église de Montenay date probablement du . La nouvelle église, construite à l'emplacement de la précédente, a été construite en cinq ans et bénite le 11 décembre 1880.
 L'école : statue avec cinq personnages de Louis Derbré, artiste natif de la commune.

Personnalités liées à la commune
 Joseph de Berset (1775 - 1834 à Montenay),  militaire.
 René Charles Duvivier (1785-1852), général et député, maire de Montenay.
 Léocadie Gascoin (1818 à Montenay - 1900), religieuse.
 Urbain de Hercé (1861 - 1918 à Montenay), homme politique.
 Louis Derbré (1925 à Montenay - 2011), sculpteur.
 René Justin (1916-1982), résistant, chef du réseau Libé-Nord du nord-ouest de la Mayenne en 1944 dont le QG fut installé à la Chatterie à Montenay.
 Groupe de Résistance d'Ernée

Voir aussi

Articles connexes
 Liste des communes de la Mayenne

Liens externes

 Montenay sur le site de la communauté de communes

Notes et références

Notes

Références
 Altitudes, coordonnées, superficie : répertoire géographique des communes 2014 (site de l'IGN, téléchargement du  mars 2015)
 Dictionnaire historique, topographique et biographique de la Mayenne
 Histoire de la ville et du Pays d'Ernée, R.Delaunay
 "Commission Historique et archéologique, procès verbaux et documents, 1878-1879", Imprimerie Léon Moreau, imprimeur de la préfecture (retrouvée très récemment dans une brocante de Château-Gontier)

Commune dans la Mayenne
Aire d'attraction d'Ernée


Sweet post ~ You make a grand couple! Enjoying life!
Nice post, Susie, nice looking couple. I would have to seen those old Volvos. Twenty years is a long time, congratulations.
They reminded me of Peter Falk, as Columbo, and the old 1959 Peugeot 403 convertible that he drove on his TV program.
Thanks, Jim. The Husband had a 60-ish Volvo sedan, while I had a late 70s Volvo station wagon. I liked that station wagon but was throwing $800+ a year to give it new parts, so finally retired it to a dump that took old cars for parts. He retired his a few years later when we started downsizing ourselves.
Isn't love grand! You two seem to have a special kinship and I am certain many people wish they had this with their loved one or even had a loved one they could share things with. Have you walked up and down Mt. Tamalpais since then?
We hiked up Mt. Tamalpais once, maybe twice, before we moved away from the area. Love is grand. Communication helps, too. And turning a "deaf" ear now and then.
Ah, you dorve the same car - that does it:):) Congrats with your anniversary! Only I'm confused - I thought you lived in the UK!
Thank you! UK? That would be cool. We live in California, midway, far enough away from the hustle and bustle of big cities, but close enough to go visit them.
Thanks for telling that it is blogger and not us that is causing the problem.
Great you and your husband still has the spark.
A very nice couple and lots of good qualities that you share. Enjoy your weekend together and thanks for this share.
Nice picture ! We have 48 years behind us ! We become rare species !
48 years! Whooo-hooo! I hope we get to see that day.
Congrats on your 20 years.
Yes, I like that beautiful portrait showing your happiness during these 20 years, congratulations!
Nice picture of the two of you. Congrats on your 20 years. I bet it flew by.
Thanks, Manzi. I just realized that over half of our life together was shared with the Mama. The Husband has a big heart!
I have always been single - so, you and your sweetie seem really special to me . . .
Thank you, Maggid. We have had our growls at each other. Fortunately, one of us gets levelheaded sooner than the other to start talking us both down from furiousness.
Cute shot of the two of you! Wishing you many more happy years together.
Very cool. When the Husband and I met, I was living on Warren Drive and Warren was his mom's family name. I think couples are meant to find each other. The thing is for each to be open about letting the other one into his/her life at the same time.
What a great story. The last line should probably should have been..."and they lived happily ever after."
lol. I think you're right, Betty. Thanks for stopping by.
What a perfect way to end this round. Love seeing the two of you together.
BTW Susie, did I ever tell you that our three girls call me Mama and often The Mama, coincidence or what?
How wonderful to hear your love story, especially so since you were both widowed. May you have many more years.
I miss my sister-in-law's dad and mom. They were the kindest, most gracious people. She was Polish and he was Filipino. He did the cooking for family gatherings- simply delicious. He had no recipes so we miss his cooking.


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Cricket/Hockey pitch, 6 shale courts, 1 bowling green, 2 squash courts. Bar area upstairs.
Opposite view pre 1996
View from the bowling green showing the squash court block.
Pitch sold for housing estate, 1 additional bowling green, snooker room, 6 tennis courts (3 artificial clay, 3 astro turf) and a carpark.
BRAMHALL QUEENSGATE SPORTS CLUB
7.30 PM IN CLUBHOUSE
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Bramhall Queensgate Sports Club (BQSC)
Tennis has been played on the Bramhall Queensgate site since the late 1800's. Information is sketchy but we do know that in the 1930's there were 3 grass courts next to the cricket pitch (which is now Oakfield Close!) and the tennis nets were taken down on cricket match days to ensure a lengthy straight boundary! The Bowls section used to use the cricket square to practice their sport when not in use by the cricketers! The hockey section joined in 1967 and two squash courts were built in 1977.
In 1996, after falling on hard times financially, due to falling squash membership and a general disarray amongst the different sections, the original building and site which had encompassed a Cricket/Hockey pitch, 2 Bowling greens, 6 shale Tennis courts, 2 Squash courts and a two-storey clubhouse, was knocked down and the land sold for a housing development.
With the proceeds of the sale of the land, Bramhall Queensgate Sports Club funded the following:
· building of a new clubhouse on the Queensgate site, replacing the 6 tennis court surfaces, complete with floodlights
· bought land and built a pavilion at Church Lane for the cricket section
· bought a lease on the land and look after the management of the hockey pitch at Seal Road
Bramhall Queensgate Sports Club's (BQSC) funds are generated by the hockey pitch income and the first call on those funds is the maintenance and sustainability of that facility. All land and property at Church Lane and Queensgate is owned by BQSC (landlord) through its Trustees. Bramhall Queensgate Sports Club is run by a volunteer management committee made up of representatives from all the different sports sections.
Bramhall Queensgate Tennis Club (BQTC)
The Tennis Section itself has gone from strength to strength with the original grass courts changing to hard and shale and then to AstroTurf when they were resurfaced following the sale of the cricket pitch. In 2012 we upgraded 3 courts to artificial clay (the first club in Bramhall to have these) and 3 new dual-tone AstroTurf courts were put down in 2017 making us a multi-surface club providing variety to our members.
We currently have 4 Ladies' and 4 Men's teams playing in the North East Cheshire Leagues. We also have 4 winter league teams which are mixed teams.
The juniors have been outstanding for a number of years on the trot, being Division champions at all age levels. There is the ever popular Junior Club Night every Friday from 4-7 pm in term-time. Why not come down and give a try for FREE!
Adult Social tennis is held on Tuesday nights and Saturday afternoons. The 1st Tuesday of every month is an American style tournament with a theme and prizes, followed by drinks and snacks in the clubhouse which is proving very popular. This is the best time to come if you are a new member and haven't played tennis for a while.
Tennis is a game that most people have played by the time they become an adult at some point, either at school or having a knock about with friends on holiday etc. It is a very sociable game which also helps to improve fitness and well-being, just from running around in the fresh air. We have people in their 70's and 80's still playing on a regular basis!
If you've not played for some time but would like to give it another try, why not come for a FREE TRIAL! Pop down on a Tuesday night 7-9 pm or a Saturday afternoon 2-4 pm
Queensgate Sports Club (QSC)
The Queensgate Sports Club is made up of three sports which are played on the Queensgate site - Tennis, Bowls and Snooker.
The volunteer Committee is made up of two representatives from each of the three sections. They look after the buildings, car park and lettings of the clubhouse.
Each section makes a yearly financial contribution to the cost of the rates, electricity, maintenance etc as a percentage based on the number of their adult members.


Patrick Moore, late of Burndennett, passed away on March 5, at Woodmount Care Home, Strabane. Beloved husband of the late Mary, much loved father of Joe, Gerard, Vincent, Martina, Declan, John and Kevin, and brother of John and the late Mickey. Reposing at his home from 4 p.m. on Monday (March 6), Family time please between 11 p.m. and 11 a.m. The Funeral will leave his home on Wednesday (March 8) at 10.15 a.m. for Requiem Mass at 11 o'clock in St. Mary's Church, Aughabrack (for directions, see right). Interment to follow in the adjoining cemetery. Deeply regretted by his sorrowing sons, daughters, grandchilden, great-grandchildren, brother and Family Circle. Sacred Heart of Jesus have mercy on his soul.
Directions to St. Mary's Church, Aughabrack, Lisnaragh Road,Dunamanagh BT82 0SD.


Dave presented a talk titled "The Effects of Mitochondrial Redox Stress on Energetics and the Proteome in Aged Skeletal Muscle" in Keystone, CO. He summarized work from the Marcinek lab and collaborators examining how the interaction between mitochondrial dysfunction and changes in post-translational modifications with age affect energetics and muscle function. Some of this work was recently published by Matt Campbell in Free Radical Biology and Medicine (see News item).


A bathroom can be transformed by the accessories and little details you add to the room – a houseplant here, a bath mat there. Wooden and natural materials are perfect for softening the look of bathrooms that might otherwise feel a bit cold or clinical, and I've recently been on the look out for wooden bathroom accessories to work with my brother and sister-in-law's new on-trend grey and white bathroom.
This round up post isn't strictly interiors, but we're bending the rules a bit with this one, as it's something I had to hunt for fairly recently now that I have a new small person in my life (note: for anyone who knows us this is Kath posting not Liz – Liz would like to stress that she hasn't secretly acquired a child).
The world of baby changing bags was entirely foreign to me, but when I started looking I was immediately overwhelmed by the amount of choice. I was also a bit put off by the out-and-out girliness of a lot of the bags, which isn't me at all, and I certainly wouldn't inflict a pink cupcake-print bag on my other half (not if I want him to ever change a nappy).
Below are my pick of bags that I think are simple, stylish and practical (ie. you can wipe them down / stick them in the wash) and don't scream 'changing bag'. Some are specific changing bags, and others are simply backpacks that you could use as a changing bag if you pick up a handy changing mat insert. Any of these I'd be happy to use as a normal bag beyond the changing bag stage and, most importantly, all have passed the husband test of 'minimal embarrassment if made to carry'.
For those of you interested, I ended up buying a unisex navy changing backpack from Etsy shop One Duo (which has Mary Poppins-like capacity and zillions of pockets) along with a spare travel changing mat from JoJo Maman Bebe. It's been worth the investment as I love the look of the bag, and other handbags aren't getting a look in at the moment!
Myself and Kath are off on a Finnish trip together (more specifically Lapland) – in fact when this post goes live I think we'll actually be there, hopefully drinking glögi and eating smoked salmon… But as well as gorging ourselves on the local delicacies and hanging out with Rudolph I'm also hoping to learn a little more about the Finnish design scene.
I'm a huge fan of Scandinavian design, there's a whole section on this site dedicated to my obsession, but I'm not as familiar with the Nordic offering. However there is one store that immediately springs to mind when thinking about our northerly Nordic neighbours and that's Marimekko.


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As the Fortnite craze continues to sweep the nation, a leisure centre chain has invented a way for parents to get their kids away from their screens and exercising over the summer holiday.
The PS4, Xbox One and PC video game which sees players battle it out on an island, while intermittently cracking out some impressive dance moves, has become arguably the most popular, and most addictive, game in the world right now.
And it is leaving parents struggling to get their children away from the TV and enjoying the hot weather we have been having during their summer holidays.
But David Lloyd Clubs has introduced a new exercise class for teens and children dedicated to learning the popular dance moves featured in the game.
From 'flossing' to 'taking the L', kids mimic game characters in the new 'Emote Royale' class.
The victory dances that players use to celebrate within the Fortnite game – known as emotes - have become so popular that everyone from footballers to film stars have been attempting them in the real world.
England's Deli Alli has 'taken the L' in his goal celebrations and Will Smith and Stranger Things star, Millie Bobby Brown have been caught on camera doing the 'floss'.
Whilst parents may despair at research revealing that children will spend an average of two hours and 15 minutes per day playing computer games such as Fortnite this summer, the game's victory dances could actually be the key to ensuring children stay active and avoid too much sedentary screen time - and that is certainly the rationale behind the introduction of David Lloyd Clubs' new class.
The chain says the classes have been developed alongside a team of 12-year-old child 'consultants' to ensure it is genuine.
Participants will tackle 12 dances inspired by the popular game including; the floss, orange justice, take the L, the wiggle, best mates, jubilation, hype, flapper, fresh, boneless, the worm and the robot.
Once each move has been perfected, the class performs a routine of all 12 moves together and even warms down with dances from the game such as the slowed down version of 'the eagle' and the 'storm salutation'.
A spokesman for David Lloyd Clubs said: "We know that kids – and some parents – are huge fans of the Fortnite game, but excessive screen time can pose a problem for kids, meaning they're not as active as they should be.
"We're always keen to introduce inventive classes to our varied timetables and the 'Emote Royale' class has been developed by kids, for kids, to help keep everyone active this summer and bring the popular computer game to life in a fun, active and original way."
The Emote Royale classes will be added to selected DL Kids timetables across the country throughout the summer holidays.


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"Star Trek" is celebrating its 50th anniversary on Sept. 8, and these celebrities are probably just as excited about it as you are -- if not more.
Mila Kunis has been a fan since the age of 18. For Paul Scheer, the obsession started after attending a convention in NYC.
These celebs are proud to call themselves Trekkers.
It may be Olivia Wilde's dream to play the female version of Captain Kirk in an upcoming "Star Trek" film. "I grew up as a Trekkie," she said in an interview with io9. "I think [with] 'Star Trek,' they were always great female roles, but there's no reason the captain shouldn't be a woman."
President Barack Obama proudly revealed to the world that he is in fact a Trekker after Leonard Nimoy's death in February 2015. "'I loved Spock.' - President Obama #RIPLeonardNimoy," a tweet from the White House Twitter page read. He even met Nimoy in 2007.
While presenting "Star Trek" with an award for best makeup at the 2010 Oscars, Ben Stiller admitted he owns two pairs of Spock ears from the original series.
Mila Kunis has been a "Star Trek" fan since the age of 18. She told GQ in January 2011 that she'll always be a Trekker. "I'm still a Star Trek fan," she said. "You never stop being one."
Paul Scheer's obsession began at a young age, he said in a video posted to the "Star Trek" Twitter page in June. His father brought him to a convention in NYC and the rest is history. "From then on in I have been a fan," he said.
As the actor behind Bones, it's not really a big surprise that Karl Urban is a huge "Star Trek" fan. He eagerly tweeted the trailer to "Star Trek Beyond" in July, with firework emojis and the Vulcan salute.
The 1986 film "Star Trek: Voyage Home" was Pete Wentz's first encounter with the series, he said in a video posted to the "Star Trek" Twitter page in May. "I thought that it was pretty cool that 'Star Trek' is such a futuristic idea but at the same time was really all about humanity," he said.
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On September 12, 2014, a Middlesex County Jury returned a verdict in favor of a Nurse Practitioner and Physician represented by Peter Kelley. This followed a six-day trial on a claim of wrongful death arising from the death of a 51 year-old male from a MCA stroke.